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Fueling up without the pump
For DePaul legend Aguirre, it’s a matter of degree By Matt Paras Asst. Sports Editor
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Visitors on a tour of the Loyola Biodiesel Lab, where DePaul sends its waste cooking oil to be processed into useable biofuel for vehicles.
Student Center cooking oil converted into biofuel By Nathan Weisman Asst. News Editor
On Feb. 1, DePaul started sending its used oil to a new home, the Loyola Biodiesel Lab, to be recycled. The collaboration is part of an initiative by the lab to expand its program to more
universities in the Chicagoland area, including Northwestern and the City Colleges of Chicago. “I saw a partnership between the Loyola Biodiesel Program and DePaul to be an exciting and unique intercollegiate connection,” Megan Hoff, the senator for sustainability
for the Student Government Association at DePaul, said. Hoff worked to connect Zach Waikman, the Loyola Biodiesel lab manager, with James Lee, the District Manager for Chartwells at DePaul. “Essentially, I became the liaison between Chartwells, DePaul’s Dining Service Provider, and Zach, with the hopes that Chartwells would agree to give all of their kitchen grease to Loyola to be converted into 100 percent biofuel,” she said.
“I thought it was a good idea,” Lee said. Lee had been talking to Hoff and Waikman about DePaul contributing to the program since September, but needed to take time to make sure that he didn’t break any previous contracts. DePaul had been selling the oil to other recycling companies that had been turning it into products like animal feed, and Lee needed to resolve those contracts before
See BIOFUEL, page 8
Mark Aguirre had heard it before. The once DePaul star and two-time NBA champion heard it all the time when he was an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks. “You should become a head coach one day.” Aguirre brushed off the advice and his life went on. After leaving the Knicks, his focus shifted from the professional game to college. Currently, Aguirre occasionally serves as a mentor to DePaul’s basketball program, helping the big men on the team improve on fundamentals. In the fall, Aguirre decided he wanted to get his degree with one particular area in mind. It was time he listened to what people had been telling him for years. Aguirre finally wants to become a head coach. “I think all my life I kind of shied away from it,” Aguirre said. “But I’ve taught a number of NBA All-Stars, been an assistant GM, coached on three NBA teams and had really good success. I’ve been avoiding it for too long.” “Now, I really am in a
See AGUIRRE, page 26
Compromise reached on Children’s Memorial site By Grant Myatt News Editor
The Children’s Memorial redevelopment plan will move to the city’s Department of Planning and Development on Feb. 20 after compromises were made. Following several community meetings, an agreement was made between McCaffery Interests and Alderman Michele Smith including one major building height reduction. A five-story health club will replace the proposed 11-story residential building along Lincoln Avenue. The health club will be a similar height to the adjacent parking lot. “This will also result in a more pleasing streetscape, as the remaining two taller buildings are set back from the street,” Smith said. “It will also mean less overall height for the project as well as less massing, less density and a meaningful reduction in traffic, especially car and truck traffic.” McCaffery will also pay for traffic improvements on Fullerton, Halsted and Lincoln that will include bike lanes for the
first time at the busy intersection. Neighbors also expressed concerns over parking issues with the redevelopment. McCaffery will provide 35 free parking spots at Lincoln Elementary. Additionally, customers for the retail space will have access to 90 minutes of free validated parking and residential permit parking in the area will be increased, Smith said. The revised plan includes an underground loading dock in a tunnel under Fullerton. There will be no loading dock or truck traffic on Orchard or Burling. The old Children’s Memorial site has sat empty for more than two years. The redevelopment plan was put on hold while Smith focused on the Lincoln Elementary overcrowding situation as a priority. Before the plan is presented to the Chicago Plan Commission, Smith said “representatives of the neighborhood community organizations will work with our office and their residents to finalize a strong community agreement, which will detail protections regarding land use and construction.”
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The site of Children’s Memorial hospital, in blue, shows where new construction will take place. The city’s Department of Planning and Development will vote on it Feb. 20.
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Extinguished: CVS to stop selling tobacco By Nathan Weisman
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CVS announced last Wednesday that the drugstore will stop selling tobacco products as of Oct. 1 of this year. The move comes as the company tries to enhance its image as a health care provider. More and more Americans are becoming familiar with the idea of receiving health care in store clinics, like CVS’s minute clinics. The clinics are able to supply many services to patrons including the ability to diagnose and write prescriptions for common illnesses and distribute flu shots. “They (minute clinics) are just more convenient than going to a doctor's office,” Emily Abbott, a Chicago resident who works near DePaul’s Loop Campus, said. “I was able to stop by on a whim after work to get a flu shot. Also they can take my insurance, so that just makes everything easier.” “CVS Caremark is playing an expanded role in providing care through our pharmacists and nurse practitioners,” Larry J. Merlo the President and CEO of CVS Caremark said in a press release. “The significant action we're taking today by removing tobacco products from our retail shelves further distinguishes us in how we are serving our patients, clients and health care providers
CVS Caremark, the second-largest drugstore chain in the U.S., will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products by Oct. 1.
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By Sanjana Karanth Conributing Writer
DePaul University’s LGBTQA Student Services is starting a new mentor program called Queer Peers that will begin Fall Quarter of 2014. Queer Peers is a new program where interested students will be paired up with a student mentor for the duration of one academic year. The mentor will meet with their mentee at least once a month, and provide support and help to the mentees if and when they need it. Mentors will also have to take part in two separate meetings with other mentors during the year. LGBTQA Student Services Coordinator Katy Weseman
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CVS will remove all tobacco products from its shelves by Oct. 1 and better positions us for continued growth in the evolving health care marketplace." The company says that they will lose about $2 billion in sales a year from removing tobacco products from their stores. That number includes gum and other products that a customer coming into a CVS would buy when picking up a pack of cigarettes. $2 billion, however, is a mere scratch in the company's profits, having
expanded on the program. “It’s not just limited to freshmen,” Weseman said. “It [Queer Peers] is open to those who are new to DePaul, those who have recently come out, and really just anyone who goes to DePaul…even grad students can do it.” While the mentee position is open to almost anyone at DePaul, there are specific qualifications a student must have before applying to be a Queer Peer mentor. The potential mentor must be in either a sophomore or higher academic standing during the year they are mentoring. They must be in good academic standing at DePaul, and belong to or have extensive knowledge of the LGBTQA community at DePaul. Ashley Valentin, a junior at DePaul, helps with the LGBTQA Student Services and will be one of two student coordinators for the program. “They [mentors], like most
$123 billion in overall sales in 2012. “It will probably influence my decision of where to shop,” Robert O’Neil, DePaul senior., said “I’ll probably end up going to somewhere that I can just pick up everything I need at once, and that includes cigarettes a lot of the time.” While the store will lose some business, the choice to stop selling tobacco products is being
leaders, should mainly be aware,” Valentin said. “They should have the ability to understand their own identity.” Weseman said that what motivated the LGBTQA Student Services to create the program in the first place was the ability for LGBTQA students to have an additional way to reach out to their office and to peers. “We wanted to create more points of connection to the students, with a more 1-on-1 relationship,” Weseman said. The LGBTQA Student Services are expecting the Queer Peers mentorship to grow and positively affect the LBGTQA community, in addition to the office’s three existing groups: Trans*(formation) DePaul, Act OUT, and Spectrum DePaul. Spectrum DePaul’s president, Daniel Olsen, has high hopes for the program. “I learned about it like three weeks ago and it seems like a great idea, especially having someone there to talk to,” Olsen said. “I think right now there’s more of an interest in mentors. People are already applying and it’s great.” While some may see the program as a way to potentially segregate the LGBTQA community further, Weseman looks at the issue differently.
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commended in the medical community. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called the decision an "unprecedented step in the retail industry” in a statement. She continued to stress the importance of keeping tobacco out of the hands of America’s youth. “Nearly 500,000 Americans die early each year due to smoking, and smoking costs us $289 billion annually,” Sebelius said. “Each day, more than 3,200 youth under age 18 in the United States try their first cigarette and more than 700 kids under age 18 become daily smokers. If we fail to reverse course, 5.6 million
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American children alive today will die prematurely due to smoking.” In addition to taking tobacco off of its shelves, CVS announced that it would be undertaking a national tobacco cessation program in the spring. “Every day, all across the country, customers and patients place their trust in our 26,000 pharmacists and nurse practitioners to serve their health care needs," Helena B. Foulkes, President of CVS pharmacy said in the press release. "Removing tobacco products from our stores is an important step in helping Americans to quit smoking and get healthy."
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The Queer Peers mentor program will begin next Fall Quarter. “The difference [between LGBTQA and non-LGBTQA] will always exist. There has been a history,” Weseman said. “It’s simplistic to say we don’t need to have these programs, knowing some students still don’t feel as supported. Our main goal is to provide opportunities. It’s not a requirement.” Valentin agrees with Weseman’s perspective. “It’s another option from the clubs we already have,” she said.
“Spectrum is more of a group setting, and sometimes kids don’t feel comfortable with that. They sometimes need separation to figure themselves out, and can feel pressured.” The mentor application deadline for the next academic year is Feb. 21, and individual interviews will begin in March. Students will be able to sign up as mentees during the summer of 2014.
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Many questions remain after College of Law dean's resignation By Kenny Reiter Contributing Writer
With the law school dean recently announcing his departure and enrollment numbers falling since 2009, rumors circulate as the students at the DePaul College of Law try to find answers as to why these changes are occurring. Law Dean Gregory Mark announced last week that he would be giving up his position to pursue other opportunities according to an email to faculty and staff from Interim Provost Patricia O’Donoghue. The dean plans on returning to the faculty in the fall of 2015. Students continue to speculate the reason for his announcement, but the real reason remains unclear. One male law student, who preferred to remain nameless, thinks the announcement may have something to do with the law school’s employment numbers. “I’m pretty hands-off about that stuff,” he said. “But I think they juiced up employment scores.” Recent data shows that 75 percent of law graduates had found some sort of employment, according to an employment summary for 2012 graduates. This number has been on a steady decline since 2009 when it was as high as 93 percent. To put this data into perspective, the college of law currently has 720 full-
time and 130 part-time students enrolled, creating a 13.85-to-1 student to faculty ratio, according to a 2013 information report. The current cost for a year of law school at DePaul is $44,999 for a full-time student. The employment data helps to reassure the 850 currently enrolled students that their graduated peers are finding work and that their high tuition expenses are justified in the long run. This is not the first time the College of Law has been criticized over employment numbers. Two years ago, a lawsuit claiming the school had been acting “fast and loose” with its employment data was dismissed by a Cook County Judge, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. The lawsuit was filed by a group of graduates and was thrown out because students “failed to allege the existence of any fraudulent misrepresentation.” Another possible reason for the dean leaving could be linked to the student discord caused by DePaul dropping in the U.S. News rankings, according to an "Above the Law" article. Some students even insisted that some deans should be fired over the drop in rankings. Mark responded with an email defending the school and putting the blame on the media. DePaul College of Law hopeful Bob Bailey is not phased by the rumors surrounding the dean’s announcement.
“For me as a future law student, it’s interesting to see what direction the school takes,” Bailey said. “It’s all new to me.” The dean’s departure may be nothing more than an amicable split with no sordid details to mull over at the water cooler, but mystery has surrounded the departure of DePaul College of Law deans in the past. Former Dean Glen Weissenberger was removed from his position in 2009, and rumors are still circulating over the reason behind his firing, according to the Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog. The university stated they simply were no longer working well together, and Weissenberger said it was due to a letter he sent to the American Board Association. Other law students are talking about the recent drop in enrollment. Natalie Foote, a student at the College of Law, has a two guesses as to the reason for the decline. “Dropping in the rankings, if I were to guess,” Foote said. “ And all these articles about how law schools are becoming obsolete.” The College of Law’s enrollment dropped 4 percent from 2012 and 17 percent from 2009. Unlike the dean’s departure, this is one law school rumor, though, that may have an explanation. Michael Burns, dean of Admissions and Student Administration, said the enrollment numbers at law schools across
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DePaul's College of Law is stepping down from his position at the end of this year. the nation have dropped and that DePaul has chosen to limit the class sizes. “Because of this declining applicant pool, the university and college of law made the decision to reduce the size of the entering class in an effort to maintain the high quality of entering law students,” Burns said. “A smaller class also benefits our graduates who will be competing for jobs in a tough market.”
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Legal services provides student support By Jasmine Armand Staff Writer
This may be the most important office that DePaul students are unaware of. DePaul’s Office of Croak Student Legal Services (CSLS) was created in 2006 through an SGA initiative and was named after Rev. Thomas M. Croak, C.M., the office’s first director, following his retirement. The goal of the office is “to both help students address legal issues that may arise in their university experience and to educate the students about their legal rights and responsibilities,” according to its website. CSLS’s new director, Sarah Baum, is a graduate of DePaul’s College of Law and is working hard to make sure students are aware of all the free services they have to offer. Students can come in with virtually any legal issue including anything from
small claims and debt to divorce and child support. The two most common issues that Baum sees the most are landlord/tenant issues and minor criminal and traffic violations. While the range of services is broad, CSLS cannot advise or help with any issue that would be adverse to the university. Due to staffing, they are also unable to represent students in court but have attorneys that students can be referred to. The services are free to all students – full and part time, undergraduate and graduate – but out-of-pocket services will have to be covered by students. Baum understands that legal issues can arise at any time in life and works to not only help resolve the issues but to also equip the student for the future. “I try as much as possible to empower students to help themselves,” Baum said. “Rather than take on everything for the student, we also have a philosophy that
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to CSLS for help with legal aspects and described her experience as “positive.” “Legal services really gave me the tools to be able to do it and they would help me along with it which is awesome because I also want to go into the legal field,” Loutfi said. “No matter how busy they get, they want to make sure they’re offering their services.” For as many services as the office offers, Loutfi isn’t so sure that enough students know about it. “I think they might know about it but they forget it,” she said. “Then you mention it and they’re like ‘Oh yeah, we have legal services at DePaul.’ It just doesn’t come into their mind when they need it which is unfortunate.” Beyond providing legal services for students, the office is also open to interns, most commonly DePaul College of Law students. Through the Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative (PBSCI), law students who complete and report at least 50 hours of service are eligible for a service award and CSLS is just one of the locations. Russell Martinez, a first year law student who is interested in public service found his match at CSLS where he volunteered during the fall semester. “It was a fun experience,” Martinez said. “As a law student, we were able to get a look at what it’s like to deal with clients and real life issues and apply some of the knowledge that we’re learning in our first year to those cases. It was really cool to help students with their real life issues. The law is so much in our society that at some point in our lives, people will have to deal with it.” Martinez worked on everything from landlord/tenant issues to helping a student work through the copyright process for publishing a book she wrote in class. Martinez, who worked with both Baum and Croak prior to his retirement, emphasized how committed the directors were to student advocacy and empowerment. “They’re both extremely dedicated to helping every person who comes through the doors,” he said. “Volunteers are tasked with giving equal importance to every single case and giving the student proper knowledge on how to go forward.” Baum, Loutfi and Martinez all stressed the importance of visiting the office even if only with a question so that an issue can be prevented. The earlier a student meets with Baum, the more options they have. “I totally forgot I had access to them and I wish I had gone and just told her my situation and prevented it,” Loutfi said of a separate issue. Martinez would not only encourage law students to intern with the office but for all students to visit the office at least once, no matter what their issue would be, stressing that it is a safe place. “[I would] just encourage students to go to the student legal services and make note that we prioritize the client in making sure that we deal with the student in the most professional way possible,” he said. “There is a vow of confidentiality. We don’t tell parents or school anything. If students are reluctant to speak out about an issue, the CSLS office is a place for them to go and be safe. People will take the time to help them out.” Croak Student Legal Services is located in Suite 308 in Lincoln Park’s Student Center.
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Delta Gamma raises money for visual impairment By Lindsey Murphy Contributing Writer
DePaul University’s Delta Gamma sorority hosted their annual philanthropy event on Friday, a three-on-three basketball tournament called Anchor Slam benefiting their philanthropies, Service for Sight and the Delta Gamma Foundation. The tournament took place at the Ray Meyer Fitness Center on the Lincoln Park campus and was open to anyone who wished to participate that formed a team of no more than five, with three on the court at a time. Most of the teams included the other fraternities and sororities on campus, some having more than one team. Each team donated $40 and all of the proceeds benefited Delta Gamma’s National Philanthropy, Service for Sight and the Delta Gamma Foundation. According to their website, “protecting the gift of sight is one of Delta Gamma’s highest priorities.” Service for Sight dedicates their services to the blind and visually impaired. “The main goal of Anchor Slam is to raise money and also to spread awareness about visual impairment and its effects,” Culley Schultz, Vice President of Foundations for Delta Gamma, said. Throughout the tournament, a number of men also competed in an “Anchor Man” competition consisting of a number of different basketball-themed events that took place in between games. The events included a shoot out, running
from one end of the court to the other while dribbling a ball, shooting the ball backwards, and many others. A member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity took the title of “Anchor Man”. “This year we had a great turn out with more teams than ever, some organizations even registered two or three teams in the tournament,” Schultz said. The Alpha Phi sorority won the women’s bracket of the tournament and a team made up of male DePaul students won for the men’s bracket. Each team played a series of games that lasted ten minutes, with the winner being determined by who ever had the most points at the end. “Our team had a good time playing, it was a healthy, competitive atmosphere and I think everyone was a good sport on and off the court,” Becky Fay said, a member of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority that also participated in Anchor Slam. The winners received trophies and ribbons at the end of the tournament. Delta Gamma also put on different events throughout the week leading up to Anchor Slam to help raise more funds for their philanthropy. The chapter put on a “beautiful eyes” competition in the form of Penny Wars, where all of the proceeds benefitted their philanthropy, as well as a dine-to-donate with Insomnia Cookies on the 2200 block of N. Lincoln Ave. “It’s really cool to think about how it’s more than a game and that it’s benefiting a lot of people that really need it,” Jenn Prange said, also a DePaul student and member of the greek community who participated in the event.
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DePaul's Delta Gamma chapter hosted 'Anchor Slam' for their annual fundraiser. The three-on-three basketball tournament raised money for Delta Gamma's national philanthropy organization, Service for Sight.
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NewsBRIEFS By Nathan Weisman
MAP Grant deadline approches
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Whole Foods to open in 2015 The new Whole Foods that will be replacing the closed Dominick’s will not be opening until some time in 2015, according to a press release from the company. This means that the grocery space in DePaul’s Centennial Hall will be closed for more than a year. Dominick's left the space in December when the company closed all of its Chicagoland stores. The decision to do so was made by Dominick’s parent company Safeway. Whole Foods currently has more than 360 stores in the United States, and has been listed as one the “top 100 companies to work for” for the last fifteen years. “The DePaul University campus offers a vibrant atmosphere,” Michael Bashaw ,Whole Foods Market Midwest Regional President, said. “We’re thrilled to bring the highest quality of natural and organic products to the students, faculty and staff as well as the surrounding Lincoln Park community.”
DePaul is predicting that MAP grant funds will run out by this Saturday, Feb 15. Every year DePaul students receive about $20 million in financial aid from MAP grants which are largely given on a firstcome, first-served basis. Last year DePaul had more than 4,000 students receive aid from MAP grants. Like a Pell grant from the federal government, MAP grants are awarded to Illinois students and will not have to be repaid. The administration and SGA have worked over the past few weeks to not only ensure that as many students as possible apply, but also to spread awareness about the importance of the MAP grant for the larger DePaul community. Much of this is in an effort to lobby state legislators to restore the MAP grant to its previous level of funding in 2009. SGA, in conjunction with the DePaul administration and the Illinois Board of Higher Education, are planning to go to Springfield to meet with legislators about the MAP grant in April.
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The old Dominick's location will sit empty for more than a year before Whole Foods opens up in 2015. Whole Foods put up signs last week on the Fullerton location.
CAMPUS CRIME REPORT : Jan. 29 - Feb. 4 LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS
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JAN. 29 8) A public intoxication report was filed for an intoxicated
LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS JAN. 29 1) A suspicion of cannabis report was filed for a room in Centennial Hall. No drugs were found.
JAN. 30 2) A theft report was filed for a victim who had their iPhone taken from the Richardson Library.
3) A domestic dispute was reported between two people in the Student Center.
student in class in the DePaul Center.
JAN. 30 9) A criminal damage report was filed for graffiti in a stairwell in
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the Lewis Center
5) A suspicion of cannabis report was filed for a room in Belden-Racine Hall. No drugs were found.
10) A disturbance report was filed for a student using their cell
6) A liquor law violation report was filed for an offender in Belden-Racine Hall. Offender was transported by Chicago Fire Department to Illinois Masonic Hospital.
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7) A suspicion of cannabis report was filed for a room in University Hall. No drugs were found.
phone during class in the Lewis Center.
11) An assault report was filed for a person attacked outside the Daley building. The offender was taken into custody by the Chicago Police.
FEB. 4 12) A fire report was created regarding a small trash fire in the
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55 E. Jackson building. No one was injured.
Clifton-Fullerton Hall. Offender was taken by Chicago Fire Department to Illinois Masonic Hospital.
13) A theft report was filed for someone who had property
4) A liquor law violation report was filed for an offender in
taken at the Dunkin Donuts at 333 S. State St.
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kitchens in the Student Center go through 20-25, 35-pound containers of oil. The oil is used in the seven fryers in the Student Center. “To have DePaul be able to contribute and participate in such a revolutionary, sustainability-driven project was extremely significant to my agenda for this year,” Hoff said. “On February 1, 2014, the switch was made and DePaul's oil now goes 100% to biodiesel production right in the city.” Biodiesel is a renewable, cleanburning diesel alternative, and the first and only EPA-designated advanced biofuel in commercial-sized production, reaching over one billion gallons in annual production. As an alternative to diesel, biodiesel will work in any diesel engine. The Biodiesel Lab at Loyola is maintained by a fluctuating staff of six to
10 Loyola students based on the grants and research projects that are currently underway. “While all the students help with the production of the oil, the student focuses on their own unique research projects,” Waikman said. Currently all of the students who work at the lab are from Loyola, but Waikman said that it would be a good opportunity for DePaul students and professors to team up and work on a focused research project that would utilize the lab. The lab is also involved in outreach programs with local schools. Students from the lab help local students learn about sustainability and green living. “We have mentored a lot of science fair projects,” Waikman said.
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donating the oil to Loyola. “I wish DePaul had a program that we could donate the oil to,” Lee said. The Loyola Biodiesel Lab is the first and only university lab in the nation to have an operations license to sell biodiesel. Started in 2007, the lab is moving from its original home to a bigger facility. Originally only working with Loyola and its surrounding community to gather grease to be refined into biofuel, the lab is now transitioning into a more industrial model. “We are aiming to produce 30,000 gallons of biodiesel a year,” Waikman said. Last year the lab produced 3,000 gallons of biodiesel. As part of the effort to scale up their output, the lab has reached out to other schools to try and get their cooperation in supplying their kitchen grease. Over the course of a single week the
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Oil from the Student Center is deposited into a container behind the Student Center in Lincoln Park.
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Members of the DePaul Community pose in the Student Center Friday Feb. 7 wearing red to raise awareness and show support for heart disease.
Black History Month events at DePaul For Black History Month, celebrated annually in February, DePaul hosts a series of lectures, forums and readings to celebrate the month. The events, sponsored by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity, are an extension of the university’s Martin Luther King Jr. series. Below is the list of events taking place in February. Black History Month Lecture Thursday, Feb. 13, 3 – 4 p.m. Lincoln Park Student Center, 325 Jakobi Williams will speak on the subject of his book “From The Bullet of The Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago.” “N” by David Alex Friday, Feb. 14, 3 – 5 p.m. 2350 N. Racine Ave., 301 Staged reading of David Alex’s “N.” The play is set in an urban city where a young white artist rents a room from an elderly and socially conservative African-American woman. Directed by Jason Beck. Followed by light reception. Annual Forum on Race Saturday, Feb. 15, 1 – 3 p.m. DePaul Center, 8005 In this event, attendees will discuss the issues and problems that stem from institutional bases like political systems and governments, communities, religion and economic organizations. The forum is a partnership with the City Colleges of Chicago, the Chicago Mayor’s Office Council on Diversity, School for New Learning and the OIDE.
Civic Engagement Today: Learning from the Civil Rights and Immigration Movements of the 20th and 21st Centuries Thursday, Feb. 20, 12 –2 p.m. 14 E. Jackson Blvd., 1601 With guidance from DePaul students and faculty, students at Michele Clark STEM High School will research principles in U.S. Civil Rights and immigration movements, culminating with a presentation of the findings. Students, faculty and activists from Afghanistan, Kenya, Taiwan, Ireland, Tanzania and Mexico will participate via teleconference. Slavery as a Backdrop Friday, Feb. 21, 3 – 5 p.m. 2350 N. Racine Ave., 301 Student-written and directed short pieces that explore the use of slavery as a backdrop in plays such as “Whipping Man” and films such as “Gone with the Wind,” “Django Unchained” and “12 Years a Slave.” SANKOFA: 40 Years of Black Experience at SNL Friday, Feb. 21, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. DePaul Center, 11th Floor A meet-and-greet and networking event for School for New Learning students, faculty, staff and the larger DePaul community. The SNL SANKOFA project will be unveiled as well, a project that recognizes and celebrates diversity in SNL during its 40 years. “Hate Crimes in the Heartland” A Documentary Screening Tuesday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. screening; 7:45 p.m. discussion CDM Theatre | 14 E. Jackson, lower level A screening of the film that explores the media’s coverage of hate crimes over the past 90 years in Tulsa, revealing
the extreme racial tension in America’s heartland as told through the eyes of survivors of the 1921 Race Riot and the 2012 “Good Friday Murders.” A discussion with filmmaker Rachel Lyon and Rev. Jesse Jackson will follow. More than a Month: A Film Friday, Feb. 28, 3 – 5 p.m. 2350 N. Racine Ave., 301 African-American filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman traveled the country interviewing people from all walks of life asking the question throughout — “should Black History Month be ended?” Obama and the Oscars: Lights, Camera, Nationalism Friday, Feb. 28, 4 – 7 p.m. Richardson Library, Rosati Room Academics, critics and film programmers will come together to discuss the production, distribution and marketing of films during President Obama’s second term, an atmosphere that lead to many films tackling slavery and racial discrimination of the American past. Faith Uncensored: Chicago College Gospel Conference and Concert Conference: Friday, Feb. 28 – Saturday, March 1, times/ locations vary Concert: Sunday, March 2, 5 p.m. Lincoln Park Student Center, 120A/B This three-day conference is hosted on DePaul’s campus, aimed at spreading awareness of the impact of gospel music to DePaul. The conference concludes with a concert featuring college gospel choirs from around Chicago.
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Nation &World
Sochi 2014: The road so far
OPENING CEREMONY
HIJACKING STOPPED
ACTIVISTS ARRESTED
After much anticipation, the Winter Olympics kicked off in Sochi last week with a large production of Russian pride. The Opening Ceremony took place Friday evening, beginning with floating islands and a young Russian girl flying through the air. It then used fireworks, ballet and more to tell the story of Russia's long history. Some aspects of that history were arguably more idealized than they should have been, and other, more heinous occurrences were overlooked completely. The most memorable moment of the ceremony for many centered around a technical difficulty. Five glowing snowflakes were supposed to transform into the iconic Olympic rings, but one snowflake glitched and rendered the symbol incomplete. Another one-of-a-kind spectacle occurred when a Russian police choir performed Daft Punk's “Get Lucky.”
Turkish officials detained a Ukrainian flight passenger Friday who planned to hijack a plane to Sochi. The suspect threatened to detonate a bomb on his cell phone if the pilot didn't land the plane in Sochi. According to the New York Times, the flight crew then deceived him and told him the flight had arrived when it actually landed in the original destination of Istanbul. Officials said the passenger's suitcase contained electronic equipment and no bomb. They are still investigating potential motives and organizational links. The attempted hijacking has so far been the only major security threat to plague the Winter Games. Some expressed concern after passengers flying into Sochi through the Moscow airport were able to bring liquids through security checks without any problem. However, nothing serious came of the lax procedures.
Several gay rights advocates were arrested on the opening day of the Winter Games following protests in St. Petersburg and Moscow. According to the Associated Press, 10 activists in Moscow were detained after waving a rainbow flag and singing the Russian national anthem. In St. Petersburg, four protesters displayed a banner quoting the Olympic Charter's anti-discrimination policy. Police officials in both cities refused to comment. These incidents came after months of controversy surrounding the Sochi Olympics and Russia's harsh stance on gay rights. Many human rights groups condemned the arrests. “Instead of allowing peaceful dissent while the world is watching, Russia is doubling down on its commitment to criminalize supporters of equality,” Ty Cobb of the Human Rights Campaign said.
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THIRSTY JOURNALISTS Two glasses of water went viral on the Internet last week after a Chicago journalist tweeted about water conditions in her Sochi hotel. According to Stacy St. Clair, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, hotel staff members instructed her not to use the water on her face because it contained something dangerous. “Water restored, sorta,” St. Clair tweeted later on, along with a photo of the water. “On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like.” Her original tweet saw almost 6,000 retweets, while the photo of the water was retweeted more than 3,700 times. St. Clair's water saga is just one of several stories that popped up last week about poor hotel conditions in Sochi. U.S. bobsledder Johnny Quinn, for example, was forced to break down his bathroom door after it jammed while he was taking a shower.
FCC to put high-speed Internet in more schools By Eric Domingo Contributing Writer
Internet access has become such a luxury to most that we often don’t think about the individuals who can’t go online. However, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to help some of these individuals and double their budget for highspeed Internet connections in schools and libraries over the next two years. President Barack Obama announced the plan during his State of the Union address. The plan will provide broadband service for an estimated 20 million American students in 15,000 schools. This project will be financed by the revamped E-Rate program, and the FCC will increase annual spending by $1 billion. The funds will be used to boost broadband speeds and assist schools in receiving wireless service. According to the FCC, roughly half of schools receiving E-Rate funds are able to connect to the Internet at speeds of three megabits per second or less. There was a wave of complaints by schools in the program that the Internet service was too slow to stream videos.
The commission hopes to provide all schools access to broadband connections of 100 megabits per second by 2015, and connections of up to one gigabit per second by the end of the decade. “This is a great development, especially for students and families in lower-income areas, who might not have access to wireless Internet technology,” Laurie Alfaro, a computing and digital media (CDM) lecturer at DePaul, said. Alfaro believes that having access to high-speed Internet will allow students to view multimedia content and connect with subject matter from experts around the world. Aspiring minds will be able to research and access unlimited sources. She’s also excited that these efforts will ensure Internet accessibility for people with disabilities. “I once taught at a school which had no Wi-Fi, and I had a disabled student in a wheelchair,” Alfaro said. “She had limited mobility and every day, when she came into the classroom, I had to pull out an Ethernet cable and help her plug in her laptop.” This caused complications for Alfaro and her student, as
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The FCC will provide high-speed Internet for an estimated 20 million students. sometimes the cable would get tangled in the student’s wheelchair. She believes if schools had access to wireless service, it would be much easier for disabled students to participate in class. “That’s not the sort of thing most people would even think about,” Alfaro said. When asked about the increase
to 100 megabits per second, Alfaro said she believes 10 megabits per second should be sufficient to access multimedia content such as video lecturers. However, if speeds are slower than that, Alfaro believes students may experience buffering interruptions that can interfere with the content they’re receiving.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the E-Rate program is targeted toward non-profit K-12 schools as well as all public and many private libraries. Eligible schools and libraries must meet the definition of elementary school, secondary school or library as defined by U.S. legislation.
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ICYMI: What's happening in world news Obama approves farm bill that trims food stamps President Barack Obama Friday signed into law an agriculture spending bill that will spread benefits to farmers in every region of the country, while trimming the food stamp program that inspired a two-year battle over the legislation. As he penned his name on the five year measure at Michigan State University, Obama said the wide-ranging bill "multitasks" by helping boost jobs, innovation, research and conservation. "It's like a Swiss Army knife," he joked. But not everyone is happy with the legislation and Obama acknowledged its passage was "a very challenging piece of business." The bill expands federal crop insurance and ends direct government payments that go to farmers whether they produce anything or not. But the bulk of its nearly $100 billion per year cost is for the food stamp program that aids 1 in 7 Americans. The bill finally passed with support from Democratic and Republican lawmakers from farming states, but the bipartisan spirit didn't extend to the signing ceremony where Obama was flanked by farm equipment, hay bales and Democratic lawmakers. White House press secretary Jay Carney said several Republicans were invited, but all declined to attend.
Anti-government protests surface in Bosnia
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Evacuation begins for civilians from Syrian city Dozens of children, women and elderly people on wheelchairs were evacuated Friday from besieged neighborhoods of Homs under a deal struck between the government and the opposition that also included a three-day cease-fire allowing aid convoys to enter. The rare truce in Homs may help build some confidence ahead of a second round of peace talks between the opposition and the government of President Bashar Assad, scheduled to begin in Geneva next week. By nightfall, around 80 civilians were brought out of the city, many of them appearing frail and exhausted. Residents have endured a crushing blockade and severe food shortages for more than a year. U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi had pushed for aid for the estimated 2,500 civilians trapped in the ancient, rebel held quarters of the city known as Old Homs as a confidence-building measures during the first faceto-face meetings in Geneva last month. The talks were adjourned until Feb. 10 with no tangible progress achieved, as the Syrian government accused the opposition of capitalizing on human suffering in Homs to score points with the international community.
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Scientists find 800,000-year-old footprints in UK Archaeologists announced Friday that they have discovered human footprints in England that are between 800,000 and 1 million years old — the most ancient found outside Africa, and the earliest evidence of human life in northern Europe. A team from the British Museum, London's Natural History Museum and Queen Mary at the University of London uncovered imprints from up to five individuals in ancient estuary mud at Happisburgh on the country's eastern coast. British Museum archaeologist Nick Ashton said the discovery — recounted in detail in the journal PLOS ONE — was "a tangible link to our earliest human relatives." Preserved in layers of silt and sand for hundreds of millennia before being exposed by the tide last year, the prints give a vivid glimpse of some of our most ancient ancestors. They were left by a group, including at least two children and one adult male. Ashton said the footprints are between 800,000 — "as a conservative estimate" — and 1 million years old, at least 100,000 years older than scientists' earlier estimate of the first human habitation in Britain.
TOP: A Bosnian woman stands near burning car tires during a protest in the Bosnian town of Tuzla. Violent protests by thousands of unpaid workers in a northern Bosnian city spread to other parts of the country Thursday and have morphed into widespread discontent in an election year about unemployment and rampant corruption. BOTTOM: Bosnian protesters throw objects at a local government building during protests in the Bosnian town of Tuzla on Feb. 7. Bosnian protesters have set ablaze the local government building in Tuzla after they stormed it in rage.
CVS Caremark to stop tobacco sales in 2014
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CVS Caremark Corp. said it will phase out tobacco by Oct. 1 in its 7,600 stores nationwide as it shifts toward being more of a health care provider. CVS and other drugstore chains have been adding in-store clinics and expanding their health care offerings. They've also been expanding the focus of some clinics to include helping people manage chronic illnesses like high blood pressure and diabetes. The move to remove tobacco products will cost the company about $2 billion in annual revenue.
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Hackers may have used Pa. company to hit Target The hackers who stole millions of customers' credit and debit card numbers from Target may have used a Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration business as the back door to get in. If that was, in fact, how they pulled it off — and investigators appear to be looking at that theory — it illustrates just how vulnerable big corporations have become as they expand and connect their computer networks to other companies to increase convenience and productivity. Fazio Mechanical Services Inc., a contractor that does business with Target, said in a statement Thursday that it was the victim of a "sophisticated cyberattack operation," just as Target was. It said it is cooperating with the Secret Service and Target to figure out what happened. The statement came days after Internet security bloggers identified the Sharpsburg, Pa., company as the third-party vendor through which hackers penetrated Target's computer systems. Target has said it believes hackers broke into its vast network by infiltrating the computers of one of its vendors and installing malicious software in Target's checkout system.
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Opinions #America is Beautiful
Controversy surrounding Coca-Cola's multilingual Super Bowl ad is unwarranted
By Madeline Buchel Contributing Writer
The first recorded apple pie recipe originates from 14th-century Britain. “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” a patriotic American song, is set to the tune of God Save the Queen, the British national anthem. The United States began as a group of 13 colonies of the British Empire, populated by British people, who spoke the language of their country: English. Apologies for the brief history lesson, but these facts are important to keep in mind in wake of the controversy surrounding a seemingly benign Super Bowl commercial brought to us by the all-American corporation Coca-Cola. For those of you who haven’t seen the ad, it depicts people of all ages and ethnicities enjoying their culture and lives with the tagline “America is Beautiful.” Heartfelt commentary on the diversity of our melting pot of a nation, right? Not according to some. The problem, in the eyes of the offended, is that the commercial is set to a rendition of “America the Beautiful” that is multilingual. Representatives, Fox News hosts, Rush Limbaugh and other naysayers immediately took to Twitter and radio waves, decrying the ad as thoroughly un-American for corrupting a patriotic song and suggesting the choice to sing it in different languages signaled to immigrants
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A series of vintage Coca-Cola advertisments in different languages. that it is unnecessary to learn English when moving to the United States. The ad also inspired mass tweeting of the hashtag, “#SpeakAmerican,” which was intended as a show of pride in the perceived patriotism of communicating in English. There’s a myriad of problems with that hashtag, but here’s the major one: there is no such thing as “speaking American.” Contrary to what the virulent protestations against the ad seem to suggest, the United States doesn’t actually have an official national language. Furthermore, there’s certainly nothing innately American about English
whatsoever, except that it’s the language that the immigrants who founded the U.S. spoke. According to Merriam-Webster, the English language originated in the 5th century in England, which happens to be the country the founding fathers were attempting to disassociate from when they wrote the Declaration of Independence. If the most important thing about our language is whether it’s “American,” it could be time to brainstorm some alternatives to English. Algonquin? Siouan? Iroquoian perhaps? Maybe some of us have forgotten that, unless you’re 100 percent
Native American, all Americans descended from immigrants who, in all likelihood, didn’t fluently speak the language of the native people when they arrived here. Jamie Bochantin, a communications professor at DePaul, shed some light on the mentality that leads to this troubling association of the English language with the American identity. “Americans tend to be very ethnocentric as well as egocentric. When you’re egocentric, it means that you’re unable to take somebody else’s perspective because you’re convinced that your
own perspective is the correct perspective.” Bochantin continued, “Americans tend to be diehard patriots, lots of nationalism. It makes us unwilling or unable to see other points of view, especially with regards to other languages or other cultures.” Bochantin pointed to patriotism as the link between language and identity. “If there’s generations of this national culture being forced down your throat, you begin to identify that way as well. It becomes a large part of your self-concept, which starts developing the minute you are born. By the time you get to high school and college, then you get to meet folks from other walks of life and cultures and so then you could have a shift in the way you believe or the way that you feel, but it is really hard to go against things that have been so ingrained in your psyche since you were a small child, especially that strong national culture.” The American emphasis on tolerance and diversity is arguably one of the greatest aspects of this country. From that perspective, Coca-Cola’s commercial is more than American; it is a supremely patriotic celebration of harmonious multiculturalism. And to anyone who has spent the past week fervently defending the ability to speak English as the cornerstone of what it means to “be American,” don’t worry. You can take solace in the fact that the English language is just about as American as apple pie.
Education, contraceptives aid in declining abortion rates By Danielle Harris Contributing Writer
A recent study has found that the abortion rate is the lowest it has been since its legalization in the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. This news comes as somewhat of a shock in a culture struggling with increasing teen pregnancy rates as well as abstinencebased sex education being funded by the federal government. Many Americans would assume this recent decrease is a direct result of state laws restricting access to abortions, like those recently implemented in Texas. Indeed, The Huffington Post reported there have been 54 abortion clinic closings nationwide since 2013. While it would seem reasonable to assume that clinic closings and pro-life arguments are the source of the decline, this is not the case. According to the study, “While most of the new laws were enacted in states in the Midwest and the South, abortion incidences declined in all regions.” In other words, the closing of clinics is not affecting the number of abortions being performed. So if pro-life arguments and abortion restrictions are not the reason the entire
nation is seeing a drop in abortions, what is responsible? Many argue that the decrease is due to the liberalization of contraception laws, as well as the greater acceptance of single, young mothers. If the nation intends on making these trends of decreasing abortion rates continue, the best place to make a real impact is in the classroom. Isabel V. Sawhill, a well-respected budget expert and graduate from New York University, wrote in her article “Welfare Reform and Teen Pregnancy” that “teenage pregnancy rates in America are still at least twice as high as in other industrialized countries and about as high as they were in the early 1970s. About half of these pregnancies are carried to term while the remainder either end with a miscarriage or are terminated by an abortion.” Considering the facts, the best way to reduce abortion rates is to take action with teenagers and educate them properly. Unfortunately, current sexual education programs across the U.S. still aren’t cutting it. In Pamela K. Kohler’s “Abstinenceonly and Comprehensive Sex Education and the Initiation of Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy,” the issue of abstinenceonly education is on full display. Kohler notes, "U.S. fiscal policy has allocated
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A person holds up a condom. Health researchers have credited contraceptive awareness programs for the recent downturn in abortion rates. increasing amounts of funding to abstinence-only prevention programs. In 2001, abstinence-only education programs received $80 million in federal funding, and by 2005 federal funding had more than doubled to $167 million.” Federal funding is heading in the wrong direction by spending more money on education to teach young people to not have sex, rather than how to make safe choices if they decide to do so. It’s clearly no small feat to have lowered abortion to its lowest rate since
the 1970s. However, there is still much work ahead to prevent as many unplanned pregnancies as possible from happening. Restricting abortion access, as well as not teaching America’s youth how to make safe and educated sexual choices, only keeps the United States from progressing. With education comes smarter choices, and without it ignorant choices will be made. Hopefully the federal government will realize this sooner rather than later in order to maintain the decline in abortion rates.
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One soda maker's role in an international conflict By Kevin Gross Opinions Editor
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been raging for more than 40 years, claiming thousands of lives and adversely affecting the lives of thousands more. So it comes as a surprise that the newest movement to end the injustices there involves a soda company. The SodaStream Company, known for producing make-your-own soda machines, has come under fire for opening a factory in the West Bank, a part of Palestine that BERNAT ARMANGUE | ASSOCIATED PRESS has been occupied by Israel. Since then, Masked Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during a clash in the West Bank. there has been an international effort to boycott products from SodaStream in buildings that would never pass a single order to punish them for utilizing labor in safety test in the States, all for the sake of a politically questionable area, which some employing workers that earned a pittance critics say perpetuates the occupation by in pay. Israel. In contrast, SodaStream employs over From a business standpoint, these 900 Palestinian workers. These workers efforts should not be underestimated. are adequately supported with wages of Bloomberg Business Week reported that close to $60 a day – much more than the company’s stock has dropped in the the local average of $24 a day – and the last two years, largely as a result of these company functions as one of the few public efforts to boycott the group. sources of reliable work in the depressed But in the end, no one should care region of the West Bank. The company’s whether a producer of a specialty kitchen CEO, Daniel Birnbaum, once stated, “Our product ends up going out of business. factories are apolitical. We don’t take sides The real question in this case is whether in this conflict.” these efforts will ever help influence a SodaStream does not seem like resolution to the conflict in the region. an overt abuser of Palestinian rights, CHALKY LIVES | CREATIVE COMMONS A mural on one of the walls in the West Bank used to divide the Palestinian Leila Abdelrazaq, the head of DePaul’s and a successful boycott would indeed territories from Israel. chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, hurt the livelihood of the workers for is hopeful. “I think if a boycott movement a time. In this case, however, there is people.” takes hold, it can really change people's a larger concern that involves the end Furthermore, there have been peace attitudes about an issue and result in real of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the talks between the two sides that have been change. We have seen this throughout U.S. continuation of Israeli business practices ongoing since July 2013. Although they history, from the UFW's grape boycott for in the West Bank is seen as legitimizing have not resulted in a resolution yet, it farm workers’ rights to the Montgomery the settlement and occupation of Palestine may mean that peace is close around the Bus Boycott of the Civil Rights Movement and prolonging a final end to the conflict. corner. … (Boycotts also) helped bring down As Abdelrazaq explained, “The lack If a boycott is what is necessary as apartheid in South Africa.” of work is just one of many problems the final push for these talks to end the In the past I personally wrote about that stem from the Israeli occupation. conflict, so be it. It is then our duty as the ethical consumer movement and the Employing Palestinians in Israeli ethical consumers to support these efforts role that consumers can play in choosing settlements (and) society is a band-aid to put international pressure on the to avoid companies that are unjust, solution at best, and at worst perpetuates groups and companies that perpetrate this particularly in the case of a collapsed the problem. The only way to achieve conflict. factory in Bangladesh that killed more justice for Palestinians is an end to the Many Palestinian workers, although than 1,000 workers in 2013. When occupation.” destitute, understand the ramifications SODASTREAM | ASSOCIATED PRESS previously discussing the topic with Laura If an end to the occupation arises out of this issue. An anonymous Palestinian Scarlett Johansson in a Super Bowl Hartman, a DePaul professor of business of boycott efforts, the ends could justify worker speaking to the Christian Science advertisement for SodaStream. ethics, she concluded, “Producers are the temporary pain that workers would Monitor acknowledged that although he is dependent on the purchasing power of endure. laborer stands alone, they will often find dependent on the pay from SodaStream, consumers. If producers don’t please them, But how likely does an end to the themselves out of a job. This is why it's the existence of Israeli business they cease to exist. Consumers can make conflict look in the near future? so important for consumers to stand in settlements in the West Bank is part of a the ultimate decision.” “SodaStream is just one boycott target solidarity with the laborers in order to larger issue. There is indeed a big difference in a larger movement,” Abdelrazaq said. demand their rights. The consumers and “I’m ashamed I’m working there,” he in the role of the companies between “Boycott, divestment, and sanctions have laborers need to work together to demand says. “I feel this is our land, there should the situation in Bangladesh and the already been working for Palestine … more.” be no (Israeli) factory on this land.” situation in the West Bank. In the case of with an enormous shift in mindset and a As consumers, its time for us to have a Jill Nyof, a member of DePaul’s Fair Bangladesh, managers of these factories heightened awareness of and intolerance say in resolving one of the worst conflicts Trade Committee, explained the role of were actively cutting corners and creating for Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian our world has seen in the last few decades. the consumer in these situations. “If the
A few of the major companies that have been boycotted for involvement in the West Bank
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HP Computers
Sabra
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
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Focus
Going solo
Celebrate the single life t Valentine’s Day with sing and bar crawls.
Singles Awareness Day Despite the countless singles celebrations for Valentine’s Day, there’s no getting around the fact that the holiday was made for couples. Fortunately, a new day has been declared just for the perpetually alone — Singles Awareness Day, which falls on Feb. 15. Dustin Barnes, a reporter for the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., invented the holiday in high school with some friends who were equally single. They bought half-price Valentine’s candy the day after the holiday and gave it to each other as a joke. In college, he kept up the tradition, and the holiday has been around ever since. “We’ve expanded on the holiday now,” Barnes said. “Noting that the initials are SAD, we go out to restaurants and celebrate our singleness with a drink and laughs.” Barnes is currently single and will yet again celebrate that status this year. But he does not view the lack of romance as a reason for loneliness. “That’s why we have friends,” he said. “I guess that’s why I still love this ‘holiday,’ because it’s morphed into this celebration of friendships, of the people that are always there for you. The ones that keep you from being that dreaded ‘alone.’”
Cupid’s cup If you’re throwing a Valentine’s Day party this year, whether it’s inclusive of couples or not, try making Kristin Nevells’ hot pink margarita to spice up the night. Ingredients 1-2 cartons of strawberries 1 whole pineapple 2-5 chopped jalapeños A fifth of tequila Sour mix Triple sec Directions Combine strawberries, pineapple and jalapeños in a pitcher with the tequila. Let soak for 4-7 days. Then strain it. Mix the infused tequila with the sour mix and triple sec. Lastly, pour, serve and enjoy.
One-man show Valentine’s Day also falls during Theatre Week in Chicago. Gather up a group of your closest friends and head to dinner and a show at an amazing discounted price. All tickets are $30 or less. Here’s a rundown of some of the shows that will run on Valentine’s Day.
By Maria Elias Staff Writer
Warning: Stereotyping is used in this article. Fall and winter are host to some of our favorite holidays, one falling right after the other. To keep the cold at bay, friends and family get together and warm up the season every year. Take, for instance, Halloween. It’s a man’s favorite day of the year. Girls wear their best push-up bras and dress in extremely revealing costumes with dresses that take mini to another level. At the parties the bowls are filled with jungle juice rather than candy. And the best part yet? It is all not only acceptable, but expected. Now take Thanksgiving. It’s a day made for families and friends to eat an ungodly amount of food that will put you in a horizontal position within an hour of consumption. Then there’s Christmas and Hanukkah. Do I even need to explain why these are arguably the best days of the year? The final popular holiday of the winter is approaching, but the celebration of this one does not traditionally keep the cold at bay for everyone. With the “pink tsunami”
“Buzzer”
merely days away, an overview of love’s favorite holiday is in order. Valentine’s Day is stamped as the holiday invented for women. Receiving entire boxes of chocolates, flowers delivered to their doors, presents, heartfelt cards, jewelry and surprises topped off with significant others taking them out to nice dinners in the new red and pink outfits they picked out last month. Basically, this is the one day of the year when the world conforms to the laws of Nicholas Sparks. And lovestruck women everywhere love it. “Think about it. Little girls even loved Valentine’s Day when we were young and passing out Valentine’s to our crushes,” Kylie Stack, a 25-year-old Chicagoan, said. “Pink, candy and romance? I’m sorry but every girl has to love Valentine’s Day.” As Feb. 14 centers around romance, it is obvious that this day was made for the gender that loves love, right? Wrong. Valentine’s Day, full of love letters, kissing and dinners for two was made only for those lucky men and women lost in love. The boxes of chocolates and the wine come into play for all of the singles that Cupid discriminated against. “Not to be embarrassing, but I get drunk by myself and watch ‘The Notebook,’” DePaul alum Jenny Watchman
Written by the playwright Tracey Scott Wilson (The Good Negro), this dark comedy addresses issues of race and the fear and suspicion that surround it in a rapidly changing world. The show will play at 8 p.m. at the Goodman Theatre (170 N. Dearborn St.).
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“And there is for sure a big bowl of orn and a large box of those hearted chocolates involved.” ke Watchman, many of us singles find lves curled up on the couch watching -wrenching romance movies and ng for the doorbell to ring with the ependable man in our lives—the food eryman. However, although we singles not be waking up to breakfast in bed, does not mean that this Friday night s to be a lonely, depressing one. ePaul senior Kristin Nevells has d a “Single Ladies” party every ntine’s Day since Beyonce released it in 2008. Unlike many singles vances of the love holiday, Nevells’ is not an anti-Valentine’s Day bash. er, she invites all her single friends for drinks, dancing and flirting in r of the holiday. ’m so excited the ‘Single Ladies’ party be on a Friday night this year,” Nevells “And with it being senior year, this ntine’s Day calls for an extra pitcher or of my spicy pink margaritas.” or those of you itching to get out of ouse, Chicago has turned the city a singles paradise. The Empty Bottle, inian Village’s favorite bar and music e, partnered up with The Chicago
of a veteran social worker cts accused of neglecting g the care of the baby girl’s mother exposes a er. The show will play at 8 re (170 N. Dearborn St.).
Reader to host the 5th Annual AntiValentine’s Day Party with Big Freedia, Swaguerrilla, The Runnies and Bruised Orange Theatre Company. The event will have various elements of entertainment, including a DJ, a rock band and a theatre group performing. Look out for that special someone to catch your eye, and the Empty Bottle will send him or her a complimentary shot of SoCo Cherry with a cute note from you. Tickets are $20. “We just want to set up an awesome party so people who are single can have fun on Valentine’s Day, too,” Brent Heyl of The Empty Bottle said. “It’s always a pretty big hit.” For those looking to party with their friends and other Chicago singles, they can also attend the 14th Annual Screw Cupid Bar Crawl for $5 per ticket. Starting at 7 p.m. the bar crawl will hit Durkin’s, Maeve, McGee’s, Duffy’s, Redmond’s and the Wrightwood Tap for drink specials. “I’m thanking God it’s falling on a Friday this year,” Watchman said. “I’m definitely going to that bar crawl, dressed head-to-toe in black, and drinking to being single.”
“The Wild”
Valentine’s Day might suck, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun with it. The DePaulia cares, so we made you Valentines to share with all of your friends, potential lovers or people you hate. You’re welcome. Cut them out and have a blast.
A production based on the tradition of laboratory theater, this show asks questions about the wilderness within ourselves and the impact of distant realities and events on our daily lives. The show will play at 8 p.m. at the Steppenwolf Garage (1624 N. Halsted St.).
“Tribes”
This play is a story about a deaf man named Billy who has an eccentric family. When Billy meets his girlfriend, also deaf, he is introduced into the larger deaf community and struggles to find his self-identity. The show will play at 7:30 p.m. at the Steppenwolf (1650 N. Halsted St.).
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Arts & Life
Concert etiquette: Know before you go By Robert Martin Contributing Writer
Two weeks ago, DePaul hosted its annual “Winter Concert” featuring a little known artist by the name of Chance the Rapper. Despite selling out in record time, I had a last minute opportunity to attend the show at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall. In addition to an inspiring performance by one of the most talented young figures in hip-hop today, I witnessed what happens when several hundred DePaul undergraduates come together for a concert. In honor of what I saw that night and at several other shows across Chicago, I figured it was time we laid out some ground rules for seeing live music in the city.
Respect the Opener Looks like you got to the show 10 minutes before doors, awesome! You’ll be getting a prime viewing location for tonight’s performance. You will also be sitting through at least an opener or two before the artist you came to see takes the stage. While this guitarist/band/acapella group may not pack the punch the Arctic Monkeys do, give them a moment of your time and at the very least don’t talk to your friends all through their set. I can assure you that they worked much harder to get here tonight than you did to score that last minute ticket.
Keep Your Shirt On Hey, I know you’re sweating. I also know that may or may not be chemically induced. Regardless, leave your shirt on. Yes, I realize the DJ just teased your favorite track from “Yeezus” before dropping “Animals” for the third time tonight. It’s OK, leave it on. I’m really doing you a favor. The temperature in Chicago hasn’t gone above 50 degrees in months. There are really better months for this. Sure, we can talk about Lollapalooza, but for now, leave it on.
Keep It Down Someone dragged you along to this show. You’ve never even heard of this guy, but the ticket was free. That’s all fantastic. Maybe this will be an incredible and intimate performance that makes you a lifelong fan. Maybe not. Either way, keep your conversation on the down low. No one in the crowd around you cares about your plans for the rest of the night or what you were drinking before the concert.
Use Your Eyes, Not Your Phone
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It’s the lighter's sad 21st century replacement. The soft glow of several hundred cell phones illuminating a packed audience has become a given. Put that thing away. Your beloved Instagram following can wait. If you absolutely MUST, pull your phone out and snap a few pictures right as the show is starting. First show everyone that you made it tonight, then show the artist some respect by watching them through your two eyes and not a five-inch screen.
See that guy? You don't have to be that guy.
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Cell phones seem to have become what lighters used to be at concerts, except much more distracting and obstructing people's views.
Chainmaille - not just for knights anymore
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Exploring the world's first and only - store of its kind, right here in Chicago By Jessenia Martinez Contributing Writer
Just off the Granville Red Line stop is a store called Blue Buddha Boutique. Located at 1127 W. Granville, it is known for its chainmaille jewelry and local artists’ work. The boutique recently moved to the new location after being in a tiny building in Albany Park. Before the store became well known, Rebeca Mojica, owner and founder of the company, started her chainmaille business in her own apartment. The Boutique not only sells chainmaille jewelry, but also statues, dream catchers and much more. They also offer classes for different levels of learning. There are project samples for beginners, intermediate, advance, mixed and expert learners, and there are a variety of projects that can be completed in class or even on your own. There are even make-and-take home sessions and promotions every month. The sample packs in the store are made by the instructors who work at Blue Buddha. “I came to the store about two-and-a -half years ago, and luckily I already had experience making chainmaille,” Dan Rychtarik, an instructor at Blue Buddha, said. “So I showed Rebeca, the owner, my works because I started my own chainmaille company, and thankfully she
liked it and hired me.” Rychtarik, who teaches classes on making mobiused rosettes bracelets. His love for chainmaille started when he went to the Renaissance Faire and saw a man who made chainmaille jewelry. Since then, he has continued to show others how to make the craft. Rychtarik now works as a take-home/ quality control instructor. This means he takes home 10-pound bags of chainmaille and sorts out the bad jump rings and brings them back to the store. He also teaches classes along with the other instructors and Mojica as well. Also at the boutique, Mojica lets local artists come in to sell and display their work. Products such as hand-made scarfs, stuffed animals and coffee sleeves Photo courtesy of JENNA DEIDEL are shown to the public for a limited time. On display at the store is Mojica's Blue Buddha founder Rebeca Mojica weaving a mandala chainmaille inlay she created submission for a contest she is entering from more than 27,000 jump rings. this year. other goodies from her store along with their wares. After a short session with Every year, Blue Buddha Boutique her book. Blue Buddha Boutique also holds one of Blue Buddha's instructors, you will attends the Bead and Button Convention. classes and workshops for anyone who become familiar with the basics of making This arts and crafts trade show lasts for stops by the booth to learn more about the intricate jewelry, and even have a piece a few weeks and invites artists from chainmaille. The convention can get pretty of your own to take home. everywhere to show others their artwork. hectic since it is filled with craft artists The experience offered at Blue Buddha There are pottery classes, ceramics and from all over. is a truly unique one. Being the only brickother jewelry making stations at Bead and Visit the store or check them out online and-mortar chainmaille jewelry store in Button. Rebeca participates in the Bead at bluebuddhaboutique.com to register the world, you're sure to find something and Button show every year and has given for classes, learn about their By Artists worth your visit. away gift bags filled with sample packs and For Artists program, or simply to browse
3 injured in ceiling collapse at local music venue By Andrew Morrell Arts & Life Editor
When you see a band give a truely spectacular performance, you might say that they "brought the house down." At Concord Music Hall on Saturday, though, headlining DJ Datsik made it something of a reality. Three people were injured when part of the ceiling collapsed onto the audience not more than 10 minutes into his set. Although none of them were seriously hurt, the incident could serve as a warning for other Chicago venues. "Datsik's stage setup and bass were just literally too big for the Concord," Joey Cantacessi, a DePaul student who was at the show, said when contacted by phone. As the bass-heavy music began to blast out of the speakers, Cantacessi and others saw dust suddenly fill the air. Then, Datsik announced to the crowd that the ceiling was going to cave in. He
cued up another track, and then his announcement came true. "People were pretty pissed about it," Cantacessi said. "It was a hot mess getting out." DNAInfo reports that an engineer hired by Concord concluded it was the bass-heavy music that caused the structural failure. The venue will remain closed until further notice, and all previously scheduled shows have been cancelled. While numerous weatherrelated incidents in recent years have called the safety of outdoor concerts into question, this incident could prove to be a wakeup call for other Chicago venues who may be operating under aging infrastructure. Although this time, people left with only minor injuries, perhaps next time things will turn out differently. For now, Concord Music Hall will remain closed until further notice, and shows will either be relocated or cancelled.
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Police outside the Concord Music Hall in Lincoln Square after part of the ceiling fell down into the crowd during a show. Three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries as a result.
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Study abroad diaries: Merida, Mexico
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The banks of Tulum, on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Penninsula, where the ruins of an ancient Mayan city still stand.
Part five in Parker Asmann's ongoing chronicle of life abroad By Parker Asmann Contributing Writer
Soaring about 100 feet from the ground and accompanied with 90 or more steps on all four sides, El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulkan that thrived between the 9th and 12th centuries, provided a dominating presence as we walked into Chichen Itza, but that wasn’t all. With our first extended excursion set up for the weekend of Jan. 31st – Feb. 3rd, the entire group was anxious to get away from the confines of the city and venture a bit further than Uxmal to see what else the Mayan people had left for us to admire. First on the agenda was one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza. As we pulled into the parking lot and approached the entrance just shy of 10:30 a.m., excitement filled the air and everyone was eager to get through the gates. Passing through the gates was only the first obstacle, as a wide variety of vendors lined the pathway hoping to coax anyone and everyone who walked by into buying some of their art. Once beyond that first barrier, El Castillo glowed in the distance while the sun shone down brightly on its magnificent architecture. In sheer size, the entire site of Chichen Itza was huge, stretching almost two square miles around. I won’t lie,
though, amidst all the beauty and impressive temples, I couldn’t help but think that Uxmal was the better of the two. After having experienced that type of intimacy, to be followed by a crowded site packed with tourists (the second most-visited site in Mexico) was certainly different. With a few hours of tour under our belt, it was time to hit the cenote. By definition, a cenote is “a deep sinkhole in limestone with a pool at the bottom.” Although simply defined, words can’t begin to describe the pure impressiveness of this kind of wonder. Chichen Itza had two of them, one that was only for observing, which the Mayans used as a sacrifice well, and the other open for tourists to swim in. Trying to tread water in a giant pit that stretched more than 150f feet below me is just too unique for words. Night one was in the books after a very long day of sightseeing and exploring. On the agenda next were the Ruins of Tulum and the beautiful city of Puerto Morelos, located south of Cancun in the state of Quintana Roo. This particular site was especially interesting since it served as a major port for the Mayan people, being that it is bordered by forest on three sides and the fourth side is protected by the Caribbean Sea. With access to both land and sea
trade routes, the impact of this site was quickly recognized and explained by our loyal tour guide, Lwisi. This was our only plan for Saturday, so the rest of the day was left for the group to explore the small beach town and take in the attractiveness of the seashore. Aside from the white, silky-smooth sand, the crystalclear blue water that stretched endlessly and the warm touch of the cool breeze in the morning, Puerto Morelos is also home to the fourth biggest coral reef in the world, the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Luckily for us, Lwisi and Susana had set up a snorkeling tour that was set to last the entire morning up until lunch. From the moment I dunked myself into the sea, I instantly regretted not having an underwater camera with me. The reef seemed to stretch for miles and miles and the amount of sea life that was visible was remarkable. From stingrays to sea turtles to barracudas and countless species of fish, we saw it all. Despite being one of the toughest workouts I had endured in recent months due to the restless current that pounded against our faces, I would recommend anyone with the opportunity to explore this spectacular reef. Ek’ Balam was our last stop on this first weekend of venturing around the Yucatan Peninsula. Although it was the
smallest of the ruins that we had seen so far, it sure didn’t lack in impressiveness. Surrounded by two concentric walls that were utilized as a defense mechanism against attack, the craftsmanship of the Mayan people and their intelligence was on full display. After an hour-long tour, another cenote awaited our arrival at the end. Again, it’s hard to verbalize how impressive these features are until you step foot inside them. A spectacular sunset of burnt orange and red disappeared behind the darkening horizon as the group closed in on what
we had all grown to call home in the past month, Merida. Initially, it’s hard to believe that you’ll be able to get so close to a new environment in such a short period of time. However, after having completed one month here, Merida is very much a comfort zone now. With two weeks separating us from our biggest trip down south to Chiapas, it will be nice to relax and enjoy all that Merida has to offer before we leave this home to see what else Mexico has in store for us.
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Everything is awesome in 'Lego Movie' By David Webber Sports Editor
Legos hold a special place in all of our hearts. We’ve all built wonderful things with those little colored blocks, a toy so simple yet so full of possibility. It never mattered if you used a set with instructions or cobbled together a building out of any pieces you could find, Legos have always been a way to let imaginations run haywire. The Lego Movie, which arrived in theaters on Friday, utilizes the nostalgia that comes from playing with Legos and puts together one of the most creative and hilarious animated features in recent memory. Don’t be swayed by the fact that it appears to be a marketing campaign. While it may be a nearly two-hour advertisement for Legos, you never actually feel like you’re being sold anything. In fact, from the very beginning to the very end, the theater was laughing nonstop. I can’t remember a film where I laughed at such a high rate. The writing
is pristine, the characters are all likeable, and the creativity is off the charts. The story revolves around Emmet (Chris Pratt), a typical Lego worker who is ridiculously happy but soon finds out that he is nothing special. Everything changes when he stumbles upon the Piece of Resistance, which must be used to stop the evil Lord Business (Will Ferrell) from unleashing his weapon, the Kraggle, upon all Legokind. Along the way, he befriends Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), the great Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman), Green Lantern (Jonah Hill), Superman (Channing Tatum), Batman (Will Arnett) and many others. The voice acting is phenomenal, the jokes are nonstop, and fun is the name of the game. The writers and directors nailed this movie. The only flaw is that it’s sometimes a little too fastpaced, but there isn’t a movie that’s come out recently that tickles your funny bone as much as this one. Will Arnett’s Batman is one of the show stealers, and his role in the
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The animated cast of "The Lego Movie" features an ensemble roster of voice actors. plot is as important as it is hilarious. Pop culture references abound, including a Star Wars cameo, a cat poster, Dumbledore,
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Gandalf, and a strangely addictive theme song put together by Tegan and Sara and the Lonely Island which proclaims endlessly that “everything is awesome.” The actual physics of Legos also play a huge part in the movie, be it building spaceships to escape the bad guys or drawing faces on the back of a Lego head. It’s the physical interpretation of how Legos actually function that lends to the creativity of the film. The ending may have some scratching their heads or proclaiming “laaaaame,” but it’s a fun and imaginative conclusion to a hilarious movie. The message, while cliché, is heartwarming— and best of all, it appeals to the kid in all of us.
My recommendation is to see The Lego Movie with multiple friends. You’ll all be in knots and you’ll have plenty to talk about afterward. I’ve never watched a movie where I was so sure that anyone who saw it would like it, no matter how old or young. There’s a character for everyone, and you will want nothing more than to head home and build something with that Lego set you haven’t touched in a decade. The Lego Movie is fun for all and will pique your creativity and remind you that you can do whatever you want if you believe that you’re special.
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Chris Pratt of "Parks and Recreation" fame, plays Emmet, the film's central character, alongside other big-name actors like Morgan Freeman, who provides the voice of the god-like Vitruvius, at right.
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IN NEED OF 'ASSISTANCE' DePaul alumnus talks about the office comedy he stars in, and balancing scripted action and improv on stage By Emma Rubenstein Staff Writer
This winter, LiveWire Chicago Theatre, in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, is bringing joy to this neverending weather with a hilarious and poignant new production. “Assistance,” written by Leslye Headland and directed by Joshua Aaron Weinstein, explores the repetition of a nine-to-five job and the novelty that often arises in the midst of its monotony. The DePaulia spoke with cast member and DePaul alumnus Brian Crawford to learn more about the production. The DePaulia: Can you tell me a little bit about the production in general? Does it vary in any ways from other shows that you have been a part of? Brian Crawford: Sure! The production is an office comedy that has a little bit of romance to it and has a little bit of a darker side as well, which is really fun. It is about millennials that are kind of stuck in a job that they don’t really want. They are trying to find what their true direction is and discovering that maybe that might lay outside of professional success and maybe a little bit more in interpersonal success and the relationships that you build along the way. As far as how this compares to other productions, it’s really challenging because it has such a specific physical life to it. These characters live and work in an office that they have been at for several years and they are kind of nonstop with their actions, sending faxes and things like that. They are all connecting to each other or decidedly not connecting to each other in relationship to all of this physical work that they are doing. DP: That’s so interesting! The work place environment isn’t portrayed in theater very often. BC: Yeah, and it is super specific. You know, a lot of
people can relate to that, and it is a really cool challenge for us as performers to make that physical life true. It becomes kind of mindless after a while. Not the work itself, but the tasks. That becomes second nature but this play is not a play about phone calls and faxes but about people who are trying to connect to each other in the middle of that. DP: Can you tell me about the character that you portray within the show? BC: I play Nick. When we meet him at the top of the show he has been working there for probably about a year and a half and he is being promoted to first assistant and he is kind of a little bit of a Peter Pan. He is in his late 20s, early 30s, and he doesn’t really know where he is headed quite yet. He has this job, and he does it, but he doesn’t really have any vision beyond this job. Then into the world comes Nora and there is a little bit of a spark between Nick and Nora and you kind of see over the course of the play how they help each other. Nick is definitely a funny, goofy guy. DP: If you had to pick one favorite aspect of this production, what would it be? BC: There is so much playing going on. These characters are in a world where they know the routine so well that it becomes second nature, which allows them to play with each other all the time. As actors it is just a really great, wonderful balance between scripted work but also improv, because we are allowed to react to each other and throw jokes to each other constantly. You can be on the phone with the boss character but you’re writing postits and drawing little pictures and making faces at the team that are in the room with you. There is just so much room to play. Especially in Chicago where improv is such a core essential of what theater is, it’s kind of fun to have a script that balances the scripted and the improv world. DP: I noticed that you
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John Taflan (above) and Brian Crawford (below) in a rehearsal for LiveWire Chicago Theatre’s production of "Assistance" by Leslye Headland, directed Joshua Aaron Weinstein. received your MFA from the DePaul Theatre School. Are there any ways in which this has affected your experience in the theater world? BC: One of the really wonderful things about spending three years in a conservatory program is that you are allowed to full-time invest in your craft and not really worry about anything else. You don’t have time to worry about anything else so you get to really throw yourself wholly into that. In that world, I was just given so many wonderful mentors that really drilled in the importance of preparation and hard work and specificity and making choices. When you go into a rehearsal room you are so prepared and find yourself really diligent outside of the rehearsal room about doing your homework and prepping. That way, when you get into the room you can just play and you can kind of ease in all of the work that you have done and that kind of becomes a structure for you to bounce around in. There has also been a wonderful focus in the MFA program recently about the idea of creating your own
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Brian Crawford, who plays Nick, a disenchanted millenial working a dead-end office job in LiveWire's "Assistance." work, and giving voice to that is something that has been really rewarding from that program. DP: If you could tell your audience one thing before they see the show, what would you tell them? BC: There is a definite heart to it. It comes across as a comedy
but there are definitely serious and darker aspects to it. That is really rewarding to work on and, hopefully, to see. “Assistance” will be at the DCASE Storefront Theater Feb. 9 to March 16.
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Dr. Dog's rock rolls through the Riviera By Andrew Morrell Arts & Life Editor
Stage design for bands has gotten a lot more elaborate in recent years. Whereas some cool lights and maybe a large banner used to be the norm, many groups you see today, even within the rock sphere of things, will likely utilize some outlandish jumbotron playing fantastic animations, or have weird light fixtures hanging from the ceiling. These are certainly nice to look at, but bands like Dr. Dog seem to know that you don't need crazy set pieces to play good music and have a good time. At the Riviera Theatre on Saturday, where the band played a headlining show to a sold out crowd, Dr. Dog adorned the stage with what looked like parts of an old movie theatre or bowling alley. The main fixture was a large half-circle that lit up spectacularly, dimming during slow tunes and shining brilliantly throughout the band's most lively numbers. The only other set piece was, peculiarly, an old lighted sign that can be found on the front facade of many clubs and bars, with magnetic lettering that spelled out, "A COUPLE TWO TREE DOGS." Exactly what this means is anyone's guess - it could be a sacred chant or summoning spell, or perhaps just some weird in-joke. As a band with a heavy touring schedule, Dr. Dog might
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From left to right, Frank McElroy, Toby Leaman, Eric Slick and Scott McMicken of Dr. Dog, live in 2011. be accustomed to less-thanenthusiastic crowd response at times. They just finished a long tour with Top 40 darlings The Lumineers, which according to singer and guitarist Scott McMicken, was an experience that put their music into perspective. The audience at the Riv, however, was certainly made up of more than just casual fans. Nearly every word of each song could be heard emanating from the crowd, and the energy seemed to carry over onto the stage, as Dr. Dog played
a blistering, nearly hour-and-ahalf long set. The band covered all their fan favorites, including "That Old Black Hole," "Shadow People," and the chant-friendly "Lonesome." Not even stopping to catch their breath more than a couple times, McMicken and crew appeared committed to giving all they could, even playing four songs in an encore. In an interview with The DePaulia last week, McMicken talked about juggling songwriting priorities and whether to focus
on a gritty live sound or a polished album-ready sheen. He described how the band's members, over their decade-long history, have learned to balance the two and create one cohesive vision on album. Something that McMicken spoke enthusiastically about was the band's decision to build their own recording studio in their native Pennsylvania. The entire process of making the studio in which they recorded their latest release, "The B-Room," was something of a team building
exercise for Dr. Dog. McMicken explained that the band emerged from the experience more unified and ready to take their touring schedule by storm. "We were all really excited to have a new space," McMicken said. "The process of getting it ready, designing and building it, flowed seamlessly into the recording, right into the musical side of it. By the time we had it ready, we had spent a month and a half in this great bonding experience, and we felt really inspired by the time it was finished." That bonding comes through in the band's new songs, which during their performance rode a wave of emotional depth, from longing and loneliness to joy and jubilation. Dr. Dog are, essentially, just a fun band. They don't need visual excess or even much sonic trickery to hold the attention of the audience. Despite the sometimes muddy acoustics of the space, McMicken's guitar and Toby Leaman's bass shone through. McMicken admitted that the band was more comfortable in smaller rooms, something their sound definitely lends itself to. Dr. Dog have been together since McMicken and Leaman were in middle school, and by all indications, they will be around for the forseeable future, continuing to tour their hearts out and play more brilliant shows like this one.
Award-winning Q-BBQ comes to Lakeview By Courtney Jacquin Managing Editor
Authentic southern barbecue in the middle of Lakeview might seem out of place, but the newly-opened Q-BBQ is making a case for itself. Q-BBQ opened in Lakeview Friday after signs on the window previously promised late December. The space was previously occupied by Bario, purveyors of overpriced, sub-par Mexican food. The Lakeview location isn’t the first for the barbecue joint, with two suburban outposts in La Grange and Naperville. Based on the decals on the front window, Q has received its fair share of press from publications like the Chicago Tribune and ABC 7’s Hungry Hound, but deservedly so -- the restaurant was included in the Michelin Guide to Chicago 2013. The concept is simple -- you walk in and a table number is giving to you. You then order at the counter and your food is brought out to you. The table number, however, is placed on the table so you have to remember what you were assigned. It’s not that difficult, but a long line mixed with a mind clouded by hunger, you might forget. So don’t. The menu, as expected, is heavily meatbased. There are the meat plates, ranging from one to four meats for $12 -- $22 as well as two sides. The standard meats: Texas chopped or sliced brisket, Carolina pulled pork, pulled chicken wings, Memphis chicken wings and Texas spicy sausage. The premium meats -- spicy wings, sliced turkey and brisket burnt ends -- will set you back an extra $1 for each. The menu is rounded out with
sandwiches with most of the same meats between a brioche bun, Memphis baby back ribs, and salads just in case a vegetarian roams into the restaurant. While waiting in line, an employee was walking around with QPups, one of the eleven sides to choose from. It was a great plan, because the deep-fried hush puppies were delicious and I ended up ordering them alongside my three sliders. The sliders -- three mini-sandwiches with a side for $9 -- is the way to go for a first-timer. You can sample up to three meats and not break the bank. I sampled the pulled chicken, Carolina pulled pork and the chopped Texas brisket. While the full size sandwiches have toppings ranging from cole slaw (QSlaw as its called at Q), bacon, cheese and more, sliders are plain, which also makes for a perfect pallet to sample the four signature sauces. The sauces -- sweet, mustard, vinegar and spicy -- sit on the center of each table to add to the meat. As a wimp to spicy food the spicy sauce had a bit too much of a kick in the aftertaste for me, but the sweet was just right for each meat, and even served as a great dipping sauce for the QPups. The mustard sauce might be good if you like mustard, but otherwise steer clear. Stick with the barbecue sauces. The vinegar has a tang to it not as intense as the spicy sauce, but the watery nature of the sauce makes it very difficult to add to a sandwich. Q has a very relaxed atmosphere and is great to grab a quick dinner and a drink with some friends without completely breaking the bank, unless you want a lot of meat. Beer and wine are available, with
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Q-BBQ's brisket burnt ends sandwich, one of the many choices of meats available at the new Lakeview location. choices like Blue Moon and Daisy Cutter couldn’t really discern the difference up for grabs. What takes away from the between the brisket and the pork, maybe mood, however, are the very over-eager my meat palette isn’t refined (I just started new employees asking you at every chance eating red meat again recently after going how your meal was. Out table had no fewer without it for three years), or maybe they than four employees approach our table and really aren’t all that different. I’d certainly ask “what our favorite thing was,” a difficult return just for the option to try more sides question to answer when you only had one -- the table next to mine had both the thing. I appreciate their attentiveness, but I brussels sprouts and bacon mac and cheese also like to eat a meal in relative peace. (“MacQroni”). Overall the meal was satisfying and Q-BBQ is located at 714 W. Diversey based on its proximity to my apartment Pkwy. Open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. I’ll certainly return. To be honest I Visit q-bbq.com for more information.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman: a retrospective By Mike Horky Contributing Writer
Hollywood has lost an icon and a real talent in Philip Seymour Hoffman. The 46-year-old actor was found dead in his Manhattan apartment Sunday, Feb. 2, allegedly of a drug overdose, shaking the film community and reaffirming the horrible effects addiction can have on the addict and those around them. His prolific career spanned more than two decades, ranging from bit parts to brilliant supporting turns in "The Talented Mr. Ripley," "Magnolia," "Almost Famous," "Charlie Wilson’s War" and "The Master," as well as his lead roles in "Capote," "The Savages" and "Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead." He was one of the most brilliant actors of his generation, playing each character with such dedication and grace; it was hard to tell he was even acting. His range of roles were equally phenomenal, and was perhaps one of the few actors of the last century who could play such a wide range of roles without it seeming the least bit unnatural. His best known role is perhaps that of Truman Capote, author of "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast At Tiffany’s," for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor, in an uncanny portrayal that made one believe they were actually
watching Capote on screen. His later roles in "Doubt" and "The Master" continued to prove that his versatility and dedication were his greatest strengths. Hoffman was also an accomplished stage actor and director, wowing audiences with his performances in "True West," "Long Day’s Journey Into Night" and "Death of a Salesman," all of which lead to Tony nominations. His impact on the theater and film community was massive. A widely respected actor, he had perhaps a bigger influence on the audiences he entertained. His craft was admirable, and he was one of the few actors one could truly get excited about when it was announced he would be in another film. It’s a strange feeling knowing he’s no longer in this world to grace us with his humble presence, and it’s a shame we’ll no longer see what other amazing pieces of art he might have delivered to us in the future. What he has left behind is a legacy of truly amazing films that will stand the test of time. He’ll be looked at as a Hollywood icon, a legend of cinema and an influence for future actors to come. He is survived by his partner Mimi O’Donnell and their three children. Philip Seymour Hoffman, you will be missed dearly.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman as Brandt, the clueless personal assistant to the titular character in the Coen Brother's 1998 classic "The Big Lebowski."
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Hoffman in one of his most critically-acclaimed roles as Truman Capote in "Capote," for which he won the Academy Award for best actor.
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One of Hoffman's first major roles in film was as Scotty J. in director Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights."
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Find DeJamz playlists on depauliaonline.com and spotify By Stefanie Safahi Staff Writer
It’s right around that time in Chicago’s winter season where we all walk around looking like extras on "The Walking Dead," our insides as cold and frozen as Lake Michigan. Who can blame us? Last winter was a breeze since we received hardly any snow at all. The year before that, it was warm by St. Patrick’s Day. But this winter, with its endless snowstorms and brutal wind
3. Country Song – Jake Bugg 4. Stuck On The Puzzle – Alex Turner 5. Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs 6.Toothpaste Kisses – The Maccabees 7. She’s A Rainbow – The Rolling Stones 8. Everyday Feels Like Sunday – Of Montreal 9. A Teenager in Love – Red Hot Chili Peppers 10. Crazy For You – Best Coast
chills, doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. Thankfully it’s almost Valentine’s Day. This is our chance to warm our hearts and enjoy the warmth of human touch, even without 70-degree weather. Spend some time with the person or persons you love listening to this oh-so-heartwarming collection of love songs.
1. No Other – Gene Clark 2. Adore You – Miley Cyrus
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Brandon Young (20) fouls Doug McDermott in the second half. McDermott continued his torrid scoring by leading all players with 32 points.
By David Webber Sports Editor
DePaul was looking to avenge a loss to Creighton earlier in the year on Saturday. The Blue Demons kept it close in the second half, but the No. 12 Bluejays pulled away for a 78-66 win in Omaha. Creighton's Doug McDermott, the nation's leading scorer at 25.0 points per game, netted 32 points to lead all scorers and put the game away by scoring nine straight points with about five minutes remaining. DePaul (10-14, 2-9 Big East) was still without the suspended Cleveland Melvin and the Blue Demons struggled to score consistently once again. Brandon Young
did his best with 16 points but he and Forrest Robinson (11 points) were the only Blue Demons to reach double figures. Creighton (19-3, 9-1) continued to roll through the Big East in its first year in the new conference. While the Bluejays never dominated play, they also didn't allow DePaul to hold a lead larger than three. It was the eighth-largest crowd in the school's history with 18,323 in attendance. The loss was DePaul's sixth in a row following a rare two-game winning streak. Oliver Purnell's squad shot just 39 percent and lost despite outrebounding Creighton 41-31. The Blue Demons' next game is at home against No. 6 Villanova.
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BASKETBALL, continued from back page big run near the end of the first half to put themselves up 38-21 at halftime. The Blue Demons outscored Creighton 22-5 over seven minutes. Penny was a key player during that stretch with 13 of her 21 points coming in the first half. Chanise Jenkins, who finished with nine points, six assists and eight rebounds found Penny on multiple occasions. “We did a very good job of buckling down on defense and not letting them get second-chance shots,” Jenkins said. “When you play good defense, it rubs down on your offense and we did a good job of passing the ball around and finding open shots.” Creighton (14-10, 8-4) would answer back after halftime. The Blue Jays went on a 17-6 run in the second, trailing 54-49 with 9:18 left. Fujan again led Creighton with 18 points. She did find help from her teammates as Creighton’s leading scorer Marissa Janning scored 14 of her 16 points in the second half. Sarah Nelson also finished with 14 points.
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Brittany Hrynko scored 11 points for DePaul in the 80-66 victory. Knowing they needed another defensive stop, Centrese McGee came up big when she intercepted a pass and took it all the way to the other end for a lay-up. McGee’s lay-up was part of a 12-0 to put DePaul into another commanding lead. “I thought we did a good job of attacking the basket when they got to within five,” Bruno said. “We had seen this script before. It was really important that we learn from history today. These players are too intelligent so they were interested in learning from history rather than being doomed to repeat it.” DePaul wore pink for Play4Kay, honoring former N.C. state coach Kay Yow, who succumbed to breast cancer in 2007.
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XXII Winter Olympic Games Coverage
Raising the Bar
Are you looking for somewhere to watch the Olympics other than the comfort of your own home? These bars offer a unique take on celebrating the spectacle of sport.
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Emporium Olympics Emporium Arcade and Bar 1366 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Emporium is a bar with dozens of arcade games ready to be played. A $10 entry fee allows you to participate in the Emporium Olympics, a tournament spanning numerous types of games where the victor earns all of the money from entry fees.
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The Vertigo Sky Lounge has the only outdoor ice bar in Chicago. Watch the athletes put the competition on ice while you do the same with your friends. A truly unique experience 26 stories above the ground.
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221 N. LaSalle St. AGUIRRE, continued from front page comfortable place to take time to get there,” he said. To become a head coach in college basketball, one must have a degree to get hired. Aguirre, who played for DePaul’s basketball team from 1978 to 1981, chose to forego his senior season and was selected as the number one pick in the 1981 draft by the Dallas Mavericks, leaving him without a degree. To fix that, Aguirre is now enrolled in online courses at DePaul and is focused on getting his degree in sports management. He lives in Dallas and has a heavy travel schedule, which makes taking courses online more convenient for him. However, why even bother getting his degree and becoming a college coach? He has plenty of experience to try and be a head coach in the NBA. Why is Aguirre focusing on becoming a head coach in college basketball? Aguirre says that his ability and drive to help shape young men's lives makes coaching college a better fit for him. “I’m a teacher first of all,” Aguirre said. “The guys I’ve gotten out of college, the
To celebrate the diversity that the Olympics celebrate, Sidebar Grille is offering burgers from around the world. Enjoy a Jamaican burger with jerk turkey and red onions, or chow down on a Japanese burger with grilled tuna steak and wasabi. The American entry? A beef burger with bacon, barbecue sauce, and Merkt's cheddar cheese. All burgers are either $11 or $12 per order.
kids I had – the David Lees and the Jermaine O’Neals – were raw because they were one-and-dones. I actually turned them into pretty good pros over a couple of years. To be able to implement that as a kid comes out of high school, I think I can make them a lot better of a player early.” Aguirre’s coaching philosophy would be along those lines, he said. He wants to make sure his student-athletes know that college basketball is not a sprint. Aguirre said it's important for athletes to understand their responsibilities and improve along the way. This season, he’s done that with DePaul. While he’s not officially an assistant coach, Aguirre provides a mentorship role to the team’s big men. He’s worked on stressing the fundamentals and making sure they do the right things. “I kind of watch them and helping the coach deliver what the foundation should be,” Aguirre said. “It’s all about the mindset and understanding how to get better … I really focus on how to approach getting better from day-to-day. When you approach the game from day-to-day, you have to have a level of energy you approach it with day in and day out. You want to
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make sure it becomes your norm." The former DePaul star said he acquired that sort of vision from multiple people throughout his career, such as former Pistons’ point guard and Knicks president Isiah Thomas, former Pacers’ GM Donnie Walsh and his former head coach Ray Meyer. It all started with Meyer. “I made it my point to understand what (my coaches) wanted and what they were doing,” he said. “When I was here with Coach Meyer, he would talk to me more as an assistant about what was going on and why it was. From day one, I was groomed to understand everybody’s position and why it works.” Aguirre said he should graduate by the fall of 2014. It’s a matter of making sure the courses he has to take are available with his schedule. Some courses aren’t available certain quarters online, which might delay the process. Regardless, Aguirre is setting out to begin a new chapter in his life. “At one point, you’ve got to listen to all those people behind you,” Aguirre said. “I’ve got some great experience behind me so I think it would be wrong to not pursuit it.”
It's third annual Olympwick's, where you can partake in events like the Alpine Challenge: whoever finishes their Tater Tot Mountain first is crowned the victor. Or the Biathlon Battle: a shot of vodka followed by a shot with a Nerf gun.
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Mark Aguirre was a star at DePaul, but played great basketball in Detroit as well.
Mark Aguirre at DePaul
89 games 2-time 24.5 points Consensus 7.9 rebounds All-American
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COMMENTARY
NFL: monetary gains net traditional pains By David Webber Sports Editor
The NFL I know and love made a return this past Sunday in the Super Bowl. Defense ruled supreme over offense, and smashmouth football took control against the best statistical attack in league history. Traditional football won, and it won big. But all of that is likely going to come to an end and as usual, the culprit resides in the pockets of some of the richest people in the entire country—NFL owners. This past week, the NFL signed a deal with CBS to broadcast more Thursday night games in 2014, as well as a new production: Saturday night football. The shift to Saturday night is another move in a laundry list of questionable decisions the NFL has made in the name of financial gain. I'm not naive. I'm aware that the point of running a business is to make money. But the NFL has so many billions of dollars that the pursuit of more dinero at the expense of the on-field product is rather ridiculous. The NFL has already run the record books ragged by changing the way defenses can play so that offenses have more free space. The move to Saturday night—which, by the way, is reserved for college football, a sport that is even more popular than the NFL in many parts of the country— further dilutes the product by offering what was once a bi-weekly occurence a mind-boggling four and sometimes five days per week. The money will flow from the TV deal to be sure, but at what cost to the fans and to the integrity of the most popular sport in America? There's a reason scouts tout college football players as guys who "could play on Sundays down the road." Sunday is a sacred day in the eyes of football fans. It's the one day a week where you can sit down and enjoy some good, oldfashioned football. It's tradition. It's how
SOFTBALL, continued from back page because they’re used to being in situations where they’ve been successful, and they know how to handle the failure.” DePaul will start off with a fairly tough non-conference schedule, facing 16 teams that had winning records in 2013 including Maryland, Kansas and James Madison. After that, they face a revamped Big East that includes new opponents in Butler and 2013 Missouri Valley Conference champion Creighton. “We’ve never seen Creighton or Butler in my four years here but it shouldn’t really change the way we play as a team,” senior shortstop Allie Braden said. Braden is one of the four seniors on the 2014 team and is hoping to make her senior year a memorable one for both herself and for the team. “I want to be able to make it past regionals and to be able to go there and possibly to the semifinals and maybe even to the World Series,” she said. Fellow senior Kirsten Verdun also has her personal and team
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Commissioner Roger Goodell (top) and owners like Jerry Jones (left) and Arthur Blank (right) all have a certain measure of power to change the face of the NFL. it's always been. If my Redskins play on Saturday night, I'm going to really be missing out on that feeling of being able to watch on a nice Sunday afternoon. Saturday night games are the most recent change, but there are more changes coming that could radically alter the NFL and ruin the product even more. For one, the NFL is considering
goals set out before the season starts. Her individual goals include winning Big East player of the Year, Big East pitcher of the year, first-team All American and possibly even National Player of the Year. “They are some pretty lofty goals but I wouldn’t have talked to the coaches about them if I didn’t think they were attainable,” she said. Her team goals, however, are the same as Branden’s—win it all. “As a team we want to win the Big East regular season, win the Big East tournament and then win, not just go, but win the College World Series,” she said. Following conference play, DePaul will be hosting the Big East tournament at the Ballpark at Rosemont. “(The Ballpark at Rosemont) is a phenomenal facility,” Lenti said. “It’s something that all the teams travelling from the Big East will really enjoy and it’s something that we hope to continue years down the road.” So far, things haven't started off well. After an 8-4 seasonopening win over Maryland at the FIU Softball Stadium, the Blue
ending kickoffs and extra points. Special teams always seems to take a backseat to offense and defense but it's an incredibly important part of the game. Kickoffs can be returned for touchdowns and always determine field position, an often forgotten part of the game. Extra points, while almost automatic, keep the idea of a two-point conversion in play and
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change the game completely if missed. That's not even the worst change. According to seemingly every report that is coming out, the NFL will be playing an 18-game season within a few years. Worse still is the very likely possibility of playoff expansion. In its recent power play, the NFL is telling fans that money is more important than tradition. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is the face of these changes, so he's the man who almost always gets the brunt of the backlash from fans. But it's not Goodell's fault; the owners run the league, not him. He does what the owners tell him to do. But it's still up to Goodell to try and stymie some of the change. If the NFL goes through with any of the proposed changes, it could lose fans. The league operates under the illusion that there will always be people who watch football. But this simply is not true. Football is special for a very specific reason: there's never too much of a good thing. There are 16 games per team, per year, compared to the 82 games in the NBA or NHL and the 162 in MLB. This "lack" of games means every week is an event because every week is important. The difference between 45 and 40 wins in basketball is miniscule compared to the difference between 11 and six wins in football. Expanding to 18 games makes each game mean less, and expanding the playoff bracket makes it even worse. If there are more games, and it's easier to make the playoffs in addition, there's no reason to think the NFL will remain special. The NFL has the advantage of knowing that money will come no matter what. Being the most popular sport in America is a dangerous privilege, and the NFL is starting to abuse that privilege by taking the fans for granted. There may be no way to stop it, so learn to love the NFL as it is because there's a chance you'll never experience it like this again.
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Senior Allie Braden is looking to cap her career with a Big East title.
Lindsay Chouinard will wear Demon blue yet again in 2014.
Demons suffered consecutive setbacks against Jacksonville and FIU by a combined score of 200. DePaul's grabbed a 5-0 win to take revenge over Jacksonville on Saturday, but Lenti was still focused on the previous two losses. "It was a blitzkrieg," he said. DePaul's next tournament is the College of Charleston Classic in Mt. Pleasant Feb. 14-16.
LEGEND, continued from back page has been built from a softball standpoint. “We really wanted to get back to the roots of what made us great in the first place,” she said. “The kids have been amazing and they’ve really bought in to how it translates.” Chouinard also said that
being hired so early in the offseason has given her time to mesh with the team and to work with them. “It was great that I was able to come back right away and that I was able to go with them overseas when they took their trip in August,” she said. “I got to bond with the upperclassmen early on and I’ve been able to get to know them too and figure out what’s going to make them successful.” Senior pitcher Kirsten Verdun has been working with Chouinard this offseason and said that she has done a great job of fitting in with the team. “She’s done a really good job of stepping in,” Verdun said. “She’s been great with all of the pitchers and we love her.” After working with her the entire offseason, Verdun said that everyone is on the same page now. “We only had a week this summer when we were in Europe to really get to know her, but now we’re on the same page and we know how she calls pitches and her game plan,” Verdun noted.
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A DePaul legend comes home What better way to manage the high expectations for the 2014 season than by bringing back one of the best players in DePaul history as an assistant coach? Lindsay Chouinard, former three-time, All-American pitcher for the Blue Demons, has returned to DePaul as an assistant coach after five seasons as head coach of Northern Illinois. “DePaul is like a second home to me, I feel like I grew up here,” Chouinard said. “When Eug (Head Coach Eugene Lenti) called me there were no doubts that I was going to come back. This place is very special to me.” Chouinard played for the Blue Demons from 2000-2003, helping deliver them to the 2000 College World Series and breaking the DePaul career records for runs allowed, earned-run average and shutouts, among others. She was an assistant coach previously for the Blue Demons from 20052007, before taking the headcoaching job at Northern Illinois in 2008. Head coach Eugene Lenti is
very pleased that Chouinard is back as an assistant head coach. “The nice thing about having Lindsay around is that she and I have the same philosophy when it comes to pitching and defense,” Lenti said. ““Lindsay and I believe in the same things about making pitching and defense the priority.” According to Chouinard, she and Lenti will work together on pitch calling and everything that has to do with setting up the defense. “We’re a very ‘pitch-tocontact’ type of program,” she said. “We want the defense to be involved. It’s something I did when I was a player and a coach here so it was easy to get back on the same page.” Since being hired back in July 2013, Chouinard has already started to work with the team during the offseason. She says that one of the things she hopes to bring to the team is an understanding of the history of DePaul and how the program
Kirsten Verdun is on pace to break several of Lindsay Chouinard's records in 2014.
Verdun, Demons voted conference favorites
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Lindsay Chouinard has nearly every DePaul pitching record and
See LEGEND, page 27 will be returning this year as an assistant coach.
Expectations are high, but so are the attitudes as DePaul softball begins its 2014 campaign ranked as the preseason Big East favorite. The coaches voted the Blue Demons, who will return eight starters in 2014, number one in the Big East, ahead of new conference opponent Creighton. Despite the expectations coming in, Head Coach Eugene Lenti says that winning the Big East “is our expectation every year.” “It’s our goal to go out and play DePaul softball and let the chips fall where they might,” he said. The Blue Demons return eight starters from 2013, including 23-game winning pitcher Kirsten Verdun and power threats Mary Connolly and Staci Bonezek. “You can’t replace experience,” Lenti said. “Experience is valuable
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Blue Demons win school record eighth-straight Big East game By Matt Paras Asst. Sports Editor
The first time DePaul women’s basketball faced Creighton, it was the McKenzie Fujan show. Fujan, who was averaging 9.4 points prior to that game, scored 38 points and rallied Creighton in the second half to upset DePaul. The Blue Demons had led by as many as 15 in the fist half before the Blue Jays came away with an 86-78 win. On Sunday at McGrath-Phillips Arena, Creighton went on another second-half run to cut DePaul’s 15-point lead to five. For a moment, the game looked like it was going to be eerily similar to the first meeting. It wasn’t. DePaul regrouped and brought their lead back to double-digits late in the second half. Jasmine Penny scored 21 points and Megan Rogowski added another 16 as DePaul came away with an 80-66 victory,
avenging an earlier season loss. The win was the team’s eighth victory in a row. “It’s the time of the year where teams are fighting for separation in the Big East.” Head Coach Doug Bruno said. “I think it was important for our players to show we can play with the Creighton program.” Four Blue Demons finished with double figures. Besides Penny and Rogowski, Brittany Hrynko scored 11 points and Jessica January scored 10 points off the bench. Creighton was held to 36 percent shooting (24-66) and was out-rebounded 47-35. The Blue Jays were held to 29 percent (6-21) from beyond the arc, including going 0-10 in the first. In the first half, the two teams were evenly matched as the score was tied at 16 with fewer than ten minutes to go. However, DePaul (19-5, 10-2) went on a
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Megan Rogowski hit 4 treys and scored 16 points for the Blue Demons. DePaul used a 22-5 run in the first half to pull away for their school-record eigth straight Big East win.
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