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Just weeks away from Illinois’ primaries, DePaul groups and students get ready for a contentious election year Democrats torn Republican between Bernie students fight for or Hillary voice at DePaul

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By Brenden Moore News Editor

Members of the DePaul College Democrats are either “Feeling the Bern” or proclaiming “I’m with her” as they decide whether to support Sen. Bernie Sanders (I - Vermont) or former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton as their party’s nominee for president. This choice, while clear for some, is proving to be one between the heart and the brain for many.

While the enthusiasm of Sanders is experiencing with young people nationally is certainly reverberating within the group, Clinton has several backers with many more occupying a gray area between the two.

Senior member Tony Carrillo perhaps summed it up best, saying he’s “55 percent Hillary, 45 percent Bernie.”

“There’s a lot of overlap between the two I’d say, which I really do like,” Carrillo said.

Junior Kyla Patterson, the club’s membership director, counts herself as conflicted. At a “political crossroads,” Patterson said she is leaning towards Sanders.

“I support a lot of Hillary’s policies.

I think that she is going to get the job done,” Patterson said. “But at the same time, Bernie is promising a revolution and right now, I do think that the American political system is broken.

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about the primaries

What is a primary?

How Illinois voters under 35 plan to vote

What is a delegate?

How Chicagoans plan to vote

A primary is a state-by-state contest that helps to determine which candidates from each party will be competing against each other in the general election Nov. 8.

There are three types of primaries: open, closed and semi-closed. Illinois is a semi-closed primary, so voters will disclose their party to a judge at the polling station before they vote. Votes in a primary election determine how many delegates a candidate will get at the National Convention.

Delegates are awarded to candidates based on the number of votes he or she gets in the primary election. Delegates are party activists, local political leaders or early supporters of a given candidate. This year, the Democratic candidate will have to win 2,382 out of the 4,763 delegates in order to win the party’s nomination; the Republican candidate must secure at least 1,237 out of the 2,472 delegates in order to win the party’s nomination. Each state has a certain number of delegates. The candidate with the most delegates within their party will win the nomination.

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To be conservative at DePaul is to be in the few.

This notion of course comes to no surprise, as the city of Chicago has become distinctly known for its long-standing left-wing politics. A city not only responsible for notably raising the current president of the United States, but also this presidential election’s current front-runner for the Democratic nomination — Hillary Clinton.

In a city that hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1927, it’s more than safe to say conservatism lies on the outside of Chicago’s preferred political spectrum.

And while DePaul finds itself in the heart of Chicago, there are certainly some elephants around that refuse to adjust to the ideals held in the donkey den of the Midwest.

For some students at DePaul, registering themselves as a republican is synonymous with being an outsider of the school’s political thought. For political science student Pauline Gebczak, being a conservative means always being the minority in class — so much so as to being uncomfortable to share contrasting opinions.

“I would gladly debate with students that are more liberal than

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Chicago ‘feels the Bern’ Vermont Senator brings political revolution to Chicago State University, the blackmajority institution under threat of closure due to the state budget impasse

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By Maddy Crozier Staff Writer

Speaking to race and education disparities, Sen. Bernie Sanders, who seeks the Democratic Presidential nomination, spoke to several thousand people at a rally at Chicago State University (CSU) on Feb. 25.

His appearance at CSU, preceded by a televised event at his alma mater University of Chicago, came just two and a half weeks before Illinois’ March 15 presidential primary election.

The location of the rally proved significant to one of Sanders’ more public campaign stances: education. His campaign places importance on reducing student loan interest rates and eliminating tuition at public universities.

CSU announced last week it would cancel spring break in order to finish the semester before reserve funding runs out. Because of the state budget impasse affecting schools across Illinois, CSU students will graduate at the end of April.

State funding contributed 30 percent of CSU’s budget, according to ABC Chicago.

“What is going on in America? Where are our priorities?” Sanders asked. “Why are we talking about shutting down colleges? What we should be talking about is making public colleges and universities tuition-free.”

Alumna Catherine Miller, who volunteered at the rally, said “coming from DePaul, a private university, the idea of education as a right instead of a privilege is something I hold on to dearly.”

African-American students make up 80 percent of the student population at CSU, a demographic from which Sanders hopes to earn increased support, which would give him an edge over his opponent Hillary Clinton.

“We are listening to our brothers and sisters in the African-American community. They are saying, how does it happen that unarmed African-Americans are being shot and killed by police officers?

They are saying, how does it happen that African-Americans are far more likely to get criminal records for smoking marijuana than whites? The African American community is saying, what we are saying, is we are going to reform a broken criminal justice system. We are, in this country, going to end institutional racism,” Sanders said.

This is relevant not just to AfricanAmericans, but all people living in a city under increased scrutiny for unjustifiable police actions.

“How does it happen that we allow a great city to undergo incredible destruction?” Sanders asked.

Along with education and criminal justice, he explained his stance on minimum wage issues, social security benefits, gender and income equality, healthcare, comprehensive immigration reform and campaign finance reform.

He also emphasized differences between his campaign and Clinton’s, in an attempt to gain traction with voters.

It is well known that Sanders’ campaign raises funds without donations from wealthy individuals or Super PACs. “I’m very proud to tell you we have received over 4 million individual contributions. And you know what the average contribution is? $27, I am proud to represent people... making $27-contributions,” he said.

The way he runs his campaign reflects his determination to end the “corrupt campaign finance system” in America, as he called it. Here, Sanders references the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court case that allows corporations to use money as political speech. “You do not have the

right to buy elections,” Sanders said.

“The reason that our campaign is gaining momentum is we’re doing something pretty unusual for American politics. Instead of listening to billionaire campaign owners, we are listening to the American people,” Sanders said.

DePaul junior and rally volunteer Jamie Hoddinott agreed. “Bernie has mobilized a generation in a way no other candidate in recent history has,” Hoddinott said.

Part of that mobilization would be to restore power to regular American citizens. Supporters at the rally applauded Sanders’ comment that real change in America “has always taken place from the bottom on up.” He further emphasized, as he does at almost every speech, that “no person, not Bernie Sanders, not anybody else, can address the enormous problems facing this country alone. No president alone can do it.”

The young working class and minority voters at the heart of Sanders’ campaign showed support at every point in the rally.

“Our campaign has been doing something really radical: telling the American people the truth,” Sanders said.

“In politics, I feel like my voice doesn’t matter. But to Bernie, it does,” freshman Raffi Rincon said.

“If we do not allow them to divide us up, there is nothing that we cannot accomplish. This campaign is about a political revolution. You can help make that revolution happen on March 15 here in Chicago,” Sanders said, closing his Illinois rally to continue down his campaign trail.

“Bernie Sanders cracked the idea of political revolution wide open,” Miller said.

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REPUBLICANS, continued from front page myself, but these discussions often turn into shutting down the person with a differing opinion,” Gebczak said. “I would say this is true for professors as well. Instead of facilitating a conversation about a topic so that students can all challenge their ideas, lectures turn into soap box speeches against conservatives.”

DePaul sophomore Jorin Burkhart has shared similar experiences as well.

“When it comes to the political science classes I take, I constantly find myself being the only counterpoint in any discussion we have. Most students just nod their heads at the professor,” Burkhart said.

“And if anyone does talk, it’s usually just them regurgitating any points the professor already brought up. If I say I disagree, I get stares. I mean sometimes people really dislike me for voicing any conservative opinion in class, and it can be awkward.”

But Burkhart has never let any backlash stump him from voicing any of his opinions.

As well as being a member of the DePaul College Republicans, Burkhart recently became the campus director for DePaul Cruz Crew — the official student led organization supporting Ted Cruz. And in the midst of this presidential election, Burkhart plans on being more active than ever by spreading his conservative ideals across campus, in hope of gaining support from student voters.

“To me, Ted Cruz embodies what it is to be a real conservative. It took me some time to decide on one candidate at first, but I think Cruz stands closest with my personal beliefs and ideals,” Burkhart said.

Photo courtesy of MARK WEYERMULLER “I think he’d be a great president, and as campus director for his campaign at this Been (second from left) and other DePaul students pose with Sen. Ted Cruz (R - Texas) at a 43rd Ward Republicans fundraiser in October school, I’m trying to convince people of 2014. Been is supporting Trump this election. that very same message.”

Much like Burkhart and Gebczak, Been A message DePaul junior Nicole Been has also received her share of negative reshares quite similarly, though for a different actions from others for having right-wing republican candidate. ideals at a left-wing campus. Even claiming For many conservatives at DePaul, She has even seen her DePaul College ReBeen’s name rings a familiar bell as she publican and Students for Trump posters has become one of ripped down by other school’s most active students. political leaders on “It can be hard “It can be hard being a campus. being a republican at Serving as a Republican at DePaul. But DePaul. But I’m not president of DePaul I’m not someone that will sit someone that will sit College Republicans, there and just play Been’s past work exthere and just play victim, victim, you move on perience includes you move on and deal with and deal with how interning for Bruce people react,” Been Rauner, being First how people react.” said.

Vice Chairman of IlAfter publically linois College Repubcoming out in suplican Federation and Nicole Been, president of the port for Trump earChapter President of DePaul College Republicans lier this month, the Turning Point USA. responses were much “It’s a busy lifedifferent than she style, and it’s hard to had anticipated. keep track of everything, but being active “There was a lot more negative reaction here (in politics) is something I’ve loved than I thought. I’ve had friends disagree since high school,” Been said, noting in with my views before—I’ve even lost high school she had put McCain Palin friends before — but this was the first time stickers on her binders.

I had family members coming to me and Recently, she served as Midwest asking what am I doing supporting him,” Regional Director of Students of Santorum.

Been said.

After Rick Santorum ended his presidential “I just kept saying to myself, ‘how dare campaign earlier this month, Been was you question my conservatism?’” in need of a new GOP candidate to stand Been — on behalf of DePaul College behind — one that would stir equal with Republicans — will face off in a debate the right wing values she saw in Santorum. against DePaul Democrats and DePaul SoAfter weighing the options of the many cialists on Super Tuesday (On March 1), candidates, she had made her decision — where she plans to spread her conservative landing the position as the National Northideals while the three clubs discuss promiern Regional Director for the official stunent issues surrounding this presidential dent organization, Students for Trump. election.

“If it came to it, I’d feel comfortable “My main goal that night is to spread voting for any of the republican candithe Republican message and values to anydates running right now, but for me I most one who might be uninformed, or just folstrongly support Donald Trump,” Been lowing a candidate because they’re trendy,” said. “He’s so real, and he’s brutally honest Bean said. about what he believes.”

“I look forward to a nice polite and “He’s not someone that would be bulclean debate.” lied into anything,” she said.

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Three challengers seek to unseat Alvarez State’s Attorney’s race shrouded in controversey following Laquan McDonald

By Jackson Danbeck Copy Editor

With a little over two weeks to go until the Cook County State’s Attorney primary election, candidates for the high office are desperately trying to whip the necessary votes. To help you wade through all the claptrap and make an educated decision, here is a preview of the office and the candidates who strive to obtain it.

The State’s Attorney is in charge of prosecuting all misdemeanor and felony crimes committed in Cook County, as well as providing legal advice and representing the county if it is sued. To do this job, the office currently manages over 1,500 employees and a $103 million budget.

Since 2008 the office has been held by Anita Alvarez, but her ability to uphold the law has been questioned by many after she took over 13 months to file charges against the Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke who shot and killed African-American teen Laquan McDonald. Alvarez did so only hours before the court ordered camera footage of the shooting to be released.

“This race is really the microcosm of the race issues that have permeated Chicago,” said Nicholas Kachiroubas, professor in DePaul’s School of Public Service. “So in the last several years it has been exacerbated by the Rahm EmanuelChuy Garcia campaign that happened last year, and obviously some of the negative things that have happened with the police, the shootings that have come out in the last year.”

Christina Rivers, a political science professor at DePaul, said that the major issues of the race are transparency and accountability.

“I think for an incoming person, the best that they could do, or claim, or try to do, is be more accountable and to not use the opacity of the process to bend our civil liberties,” Rivers said. Many have lost confidence in Alvarez’s ability to be transparent and accountable, Rivers said, after how she handled the McDonald case.

Alvarez’s hegemony is now being challenged by Democratic candidates Kim Foxx and Donna More, and Republican candidate Christopher Pfannkuche. While Pfannkuche’s nomination is secured as long as he has no competition, Alvarez, who is running for reelection, will duke it out with Foxx and More until the primary.

The candidate with the most votes wins the Democratic nomination.

Incumbent Alvarez has spent her 29year legal career in the State’s Attorney’s office, where she held numerous offices

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Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez is facing a tough reelection fight against opponents Kim Foxx and Donna More (pictured left to right). The incumbent has come under severe criticism for her handling of the Laquan McDonald case as well as other policeinvolved cases. along the totem pole. Her highest-profile cases include the “Girl X” case, when she prosecuted a man for predatorily assaulting a 9-year-old girl, and the Supreme Court case William v. Illinois, where she prosecuted a man over his constitutional rights after raping a young woman.

Alvarez has a distinct set of advantages and disadvantages that affect her chance of winning. Kachiroubas said she has a large treasure chest which she uses to fund television advertisements. Kachiroubas also pointed to her connection with the e law enforcement and legal communities who have thrown their weight behind her.

“Because she’s supported by police officers, people in this campaign are saying, ‘Does she have the guts to actually prosecute police officers if they’ve done wrongdoing?’” Kachiroubas said. “But she’s lost a lot of support in the political community, in the sense of the Democratic leadership in Cook County who may have supported her in the past.” One leader Alvarez did fall out of favor with was Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

“I think her message to voters is ‘I’ve been doing the job, and I want to keep doing the job, and even though there has been a lot of criticism I still chose to indict,’” Kachiroubas said, in reference to Officer Van Dyke.

Rivers said Alvarez’s advantages are that she has experience as the State’s Attorney and she has the establishment behind her, advantages that are not likely to go away any time soon.

“As far as I know, Rahm (Emanuel) hasn’t hung her out to dry. I don’t get the impression the establishment are distancing themselves from her,” Rivers said. “It’s hard to run and win against an incumbent, even when that incumbent is on the ropes, unless the incumbent has really messed up.

And so far we don’t have any proof of that.”

Foxx also has a history in the State’s Attorney’s office, where she worked for 12 years. The highest-profile case she prosecuted during that period was when she convicted two women who persuaded teenagers to dump acid on another woman.

Foxx was also chief of staff for Preckwinkle, where she managed the office’s $4 billion annual budget and led reform to alter the racial disparities that plagued the criminal justice system.

So far Foxx has obtained a host of endorsements from heavy players, including the Cook County Democratic Party, Preckwinkle, the Chicago Teachers Union, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Council 31.

Rivers said that while Preckwinkle’s office does not have the power and influence it used to have, symbolically Preckwinkle’s backing very well could bolster Foxx’s chance of winning.

“She has risen to a level where you can’t really ignore her endorsement,” Rivers said.

Perhaps due to the nature of her endorsements, Foxx’s message is directed at Alvarez’s own support.

“I think Kim Foxx is saying ‘We can’t have somebody who is supported by the police in the State’s Attorney’s office,’” Kachiroubas said. Foxx, in turn, promises to clean up the office and value issues facing the African-American community.

Like her two competitors, More has experience in the court room. She spent five years in the State’s Attorney’s office, where she worked in the adult felony court and tried more than 100 cases. More then served in the U.S. Attorneys’ office as a federal prosecutor and later as the Illinois Gaming Board’s first legal counsel. Since then, she has been in private practice, mostly representing casinos. However, More hasn’t prosecuted in 25 years.

Kachiroubas said that while More lacks the endorsements that Alvarez and Foxx have, she offers her own brand as an independent voice.

“Deborah More is saying ‘Elect me because I am a prosecutor and I am not a politician,’” Kachiroubas said.

Running from across the aisle for the Republican ticket is Pfannkuche. He has served as a criminal prosecutor for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office for 21 years, where he reviewed felony cases, including police shootings. He has prosecuted more than 2,000 cases during his legal career.

While Cook County has traditionally been under Democratic control, Pfannkuche’s race could pose as a problem for the Democratic candidates.

“They have to beat the Republican, which in Cook County shouldn’t be an issue, but you never know. This race has had a lot of nooks and crannies to it,” Kachiroubas said. “If Anita Alvarez wins the primary, I think the Republican candidate would have a formidable chance.”

According to a January Chicago Tribune poll of about 1,000 registered Cook County Democratic voters, Alvarez received 34 percent of votes, Foxx 27 percent and More 12 percent. The poll also found that seven in 10 voters said they are dissatisfied with Alvarez’s handling of the Laquan McDonald case.

Candidates’ running platforms, important issues and history can be found on their websites.

Voters can cast their ballots for the Democratic and Republican nominations on March 15. The general election will be held on Nov. 8.

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SGA to continue MAP grant advocacy

By Madeline Mosso Contributing Writer

DePaul president Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. has released a statement promising the more than 4,500 students who receive Monetary Award Program Grant (MAP) funding full compensation from the university to the end of next year.

For the 2014-2015 school year, $373 million was awarded to financially disadvantaged college students from the grant, according to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. In light of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto last week, a large portion of these recipients might have to quickly find alternate funding for the rest of the current school year. The bill he vetoed, SB2043, was scheduled to provide $721 million for MAP funding, as well as other education spending.

Though DePaul quickly prepared for further budgetary impasse complications by honoring MAP for both current and incoming students, other schools don’t have enough extra funding to do the same.

Schools funded by the state such as Chicago State University (CSU), Eastern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, University of Illinois and Illinois community colleges are already in dire need of funding because of the complete lack of funds since July of last year. CSU, Illinois’

only major majority black college, said they are being pushed to close their doors entirely by March 1 unless the budget issue is resolved.

Western Illinois University in Macomb , Illinois hosted a gathering of representatives pf higher education to appeal for funding on the grounds that many schools will lose students, especially in low-income demographics.

According to TriStates Public Radio, Ann Behrens, vice president for academic affairs at Quincy University said, “the current budget impasse makes victims of our most vulnerable students, those who arguably have the most to gain from pursuing a college degree.” This was said at the event with the support of many other voices advocating for an end to the budget drain targeting education.

DePaul and other colleges in the Chicago area rallied to show their anger and unification over the MAP Grant issue last week on Feb. 18 in the loop, chanting “Hear our chatter — MAP matters!” or “Rauner, don’t be a downer — Sign SB2043!”

Adriana Kemper, the executive vice president for operations in the Student Government Association (SGA), was at the rally and explained that MAP matters because “one in five students here rely on MAP to pay for tuition, and it is extremely important for them to receive this because if they don’t receive it then everyone else’s tuition rises. We need a great education in order to be beneficial

in the state in the future.”

The cross-college rally also shows how widespread support for SB2043 is.

Alex Boutros of DePaul Impact group said, “it’s awesome because so many of these people who came here don’t actually receive the MAP Grant but they still came here in solidarity.”

Rauner’s “turnaround” legislation would extend $1.6 billion in spending for higher education, but would only be provided at the cost of passing the Unbalanced Budget Response Act, which would allow him the right to use designated education budget money for outside expenditures.

Kemper also said that SGA is still planning to go to Springfield on behalf of MAP grant recipients and speak with Illinois state legislators in the interest of bolstering higher education funding.

SGA is also heading a postcard campaign

to the state government, asking support for MAP grants.

DePaul sophomore Sam Peiffer explained his thoughts on the schools management of the case. “I appreciate that DePaul is going to make sure that students do not receive a reduction in scholarships for this academic year, and that’s great, but at the same time DePaul had about $43 million in excess revenue from this past year and I hope that DePaul chooses to reinvest that $43 million in revenue into those students who are losing MAP Grants.” Peiffer said.

“The tricky thing from a budgeting standpoint is, ‘well, what does the future look like?’ That’s not necessarily a commitment that the university could absorb indefinitely,” Executive vice president Jeff Bethke said on funding the MAP grant for future students.

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NEWSbriefs Case of norovirus confirmed at DePaul An email sent by Public Safety Friday warned the DePaul community that a commuter student contracted a case of the norovirus. Highly contagious and with symptoms similar to the flu, the virus case escalates the need for sanitation, sleep and wellness on campus.

Norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is highly contagious and is passed through contact with infected people, contaminated food or water and by touching contaminated surfaces. The virus causes stomach and intestine inflammation and results in stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting.

There is no specific medical treatment for norovirus and it cannot be treated with antibiotics because it is a viral, not bacterial, infection. The CDC recommends drinking plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration.

Cheryl Hover, assistant director of vv

Emergency Management at DePaul, said the Chicago Public Health Department notified DePaul that a student had a confirmed case of the virus. Hover said due to the interest of the student’s privacy, no other information about their condition would be released.

“DePaul’s Facilities personnel will continue the deep cleaning of campus buildings that it began doing two weeks ago when some residence hall students contracted the stomach flu,” the email read.

“In addition, they will begin wiping down computer keyboards.”

The email emphasized the need for sick students to isolate themselves in order to prevent a spread.

“If you become ill, please isolate yourself and do not go to class or Food Service.

Because symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea, it’s important that you remain hydrated. Symptoms of dehydration include dizziness, especially when getting up, and weakness,” the email read.

According to the CDC, norovirus

infects19 to 21 million illnesses every year in the U.S. and it is common in hospitals, restaurants and on cruise ships. It is often related to food-related illnesses.

Targeted scam email messages sent to DePaul employees In an email sent to the University Community Friday, Information Services warned the community of multiple spear phishing and scam email messages requesting fake fund transfer requests. These requests have been sent to DePaul employees.

“It is clear from these emails that the attackers have made efforts to study the details of DePaul’s structure and identify key individuals for their phishing campaigns.

These attacks are unlikely to stop in the near future so it is important for all DePaul

employees to be on the lookout for them,” the email in part said, “In most cases that we have seen, the attacker pretends to be a senior member of DePaul University, and are requesting a staff member to assist with an electronic funds transfer.”

Information Services warned the community to take caution and identify fake requests by looking at the “From” or “Reply-To” address to find out if the email comes from a depaul.edu address. If any individuals doubt an emails legitamacy they are encouraged to validate the requests with the individual on the phone or contact the Information Services Security team.

According to Information Services, there has been an increase in malicious attachment targeting DePaul users. To report any suspicious emails, contact the Information Services Security team at security@depaul. edu.

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FEB. 17 1) A theft report was filed for items taken from a storage

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FEB. 18 3) A harassment by phone report was filed for a staff member

FEB. 20 11) A disturbance report was filed a crowd in the Seton Hall lot.

receiving disturbing phone calls.

Some of the people were drinking and urinating in the parking lot.

4) A graffiti report was filed for markings in the first floor men’s restroom at McGowan South.

5) A suspicion of marijuana report was filed in University Hall.

No

drugs were found.

6) A smell of marijuana report was filed in University Hall.

No drugs

were found.

7) A smell of marijuana report was filed in McCabe Hall.

No drugs

FEB. 19 8) A smell of marijuana report was filed in University Hall. were found.

12) An unauthorized access report was filed for people on Wish Field without permission.

13) A suspicion of marijuana report was filed in Munroe Hall. No drugs were found.

FEB. 21 14) An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor report was done for a person at Corcoran Hall. Person was transported to Illinois Masonic

by Chicago EMT.

were found.

15) An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor report was filed for a person in Corcoran Hall. Person was transported to Illinois Masonic by Chicago EMT.

No drugs

LOOP CAMPUS

Other

FEB. 17 16) A theft report was filed for a person whose unattended items were taken from DePaul Center.

FEB. 18 17) A theft report was filed for a person taking items from the Barnes and Noble.

FEB. 20 18) An assault report was filed for a person who was yelling at the front door of 247 S. State St.

19) A criminal trespass warning was given to a person who was drinking on DePaul property.

FEB. 21 20) A criminal trespass warning was given to individuals in the Barnes and Noble.

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DEMOCRATS, continued from front page Something needs to be done and it needs to be drastic and that’s what Bernie’s offering.”

Despite the praise for some of Clinton’s proposals, Patterson is turned off by her association with the establishment.

“I think Hillary just kind of represents the establishment right now,” she said.

“We’re sick and tired of the establishment as young people.”

Sophomore Thomas Rietz counts himself as a Clinton supporter, but understands the sentiment that is fueling Sanders’ popularity among a more socially-conscious generation, who he believes are simply fed up with the “inability of government to really take care of people.”

“We’re very cynical as millennials; so when someone offers a hope-inspiring message like Bernie Sanders who is an exciting candidate, who is well-liked by his community and the people around him, I can definitely see why there is such a strong following among young people,” Rietz said.

Yet despite his awareness of the feeling on the ground, Rietz is not “feeling the Bern,” but instead an enthusiastic volunteer for Clinton.

“My personal reason is that I used to be in the foster care system and Hillary Clinton has time and time again fought on behalf of American families, she introduced a wide-reaching foster care reform,” Rietz said. “So that issue speaks to me specifically, but I also look at her leadership style, where she came from, where she grew up - she was a Cook County resident, I look at what she cares about, and the way in which she tries to get policy achieved is very pragmatic.”

While Rietz likes Sanders, he was

not sold on his ability to get his agenda through a gridlocked Congress.

“He’s a great guy. And I love his campaign message, but I don’t know if he’s going to be able to deliver on some of the wide-reaching reforms he’s trying to support,” Rietz said.

This was the argument most Clinton supporters used and something even Sanders backers acknowledged, that Clinton was the more realistic choice to take on the Republican nominee in the general election.

“The donations she’s taken from (Wall Street) make people uncomfortable, it makes me uncomfortable. But looking down the road, I still see her as the best candidate to fight off whoever the Republicans (nominate),” Carrillo said.

“Because looking at that, looking at the general election, I find that’s way more important to get a Democrat in office instead of picking Bernie because he’s the populist candidate, but then having the problem of him losing to a conservative Republican.”

Yet the trust gap between Clinton and young Democratic voters persists, driven by tales of scandals dating back to her husband’s administration, her current email controversy and her ties to Wall Street. Clinton has come under fire for not releasing the transcripts to paid speeches given at large financial institutions. For many, she appears too close to the big banks that many blame for the last economic downturn.

However, her core supporters in the group were not terribly concerned.

“I trust Hillary Clinton. I think that the emphasis that she’s put on workingclass families, I think that a lot of the work has been genuine,” Rietz said.

“I don’t think that she backs policies arbitrarily or because someone handed her a political campaign donation. That

TOM LYNN | AP

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I - Vermont) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smile at the audience during their last debate, Feb. 11. just doesn’t make sense to me.”

Junior club member Mike Papanicholas believes Clinton has been subject to criticism that even her former boss, President Barack Obama, was not subject to, pointing to his record of Wall Street reform in spite of campaign contributions coming from there.

“President Obama passed DoddFrank, the financial reform package that was widely opposed by Wall Street, and President Obama has taken money from Wall Street,” Papanicholas said. “I don’t think anyone would say that he’s in the tank for Wall Street given the large criticism they’ve directed at him.”

Rietz acknowledges the critiques

going his candidate’s way, but still thinks she’s the best person for the job.

“I know that she has a lot of baggage, but I know that she can get a lot done and I know she can do a lot for our country.

And with that in mind, I’m willing to accept that she has a history,” Rietz said.

And I don’t think her history is bad. I think it shows a resilience to overcome some of the critiques the GOP has been keeping up for the last 30 years.”

A poll released by the Southern Illinois University’s Simon Institute showed Clinton with a commanding 51 to 32 percent lead over Sanders ahead of the March 15 Illinois primary.

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Nation &World

Breaking the bank

Budget impasse forces sacrifices to continue

By Rachel Hinton Nation & World Editor

For Maggie Jaryszek, a DePaul junior studying psychology, understanding how the brain functions has been moved to the back burner as her education was jeopardized by the budget impasse between Gov. Bruce Rauner and state legislators in Springfield.

Jaryszek is one of 5,000 students at DePaul and 130,000 statewide who receives the Monetary Award Program, or MAP, grants.

The budget stalemate, which started in July 2015, has jeopardized not only her education but also the education of many others throughout the state — schools that receive more state funding, especially Chicago State University (CSU), may close due to lack of funds — as well as human services for the elderly and low-income families.

The cuts to education have been the most talked about among college students and on their campuses. Eastern Illinois University had to lay off professors in preparation of not receiving funding, and CSU students will not have a spring break this year in order to expedite the quarter in case the school has to close.

Students have spoken out in response, trying to keep themselves and others afloat.

“It’s unfair considering that many rely on MAP to help finance their education,” Jaryszek said. “When Rauner went to school he didn’t have to deal with this. He doesn’t understand the problems of the people who rely on this stuff.”

However, it’s not just universities that are facing trouble. The current financial downturn can be related to the rollback of income taxes in January 2015. The rollback and the lack of increased revenues or cuts in spending, as well as the state’s pension requirements, have weighed the state down. Since July 2015, Illinois has operated without a budget and entities that are funded or receive funding by the state have had to make do, in the hope that legislators will pass a budget soon.

Rauner has said to the press that he does understand the difficulties, but that a balanced budget, not a “piecemeal” budget — a few entities funded here and there — would be better overall for the state and its residents.

To further prove that, Rauner vetoed a bill that would have funded MAP grants last week, calling instead for a balanced budget.

However, without a budget in sight, Illinois is sinking deeper into debt and dragging many people down with it. The MAP

grants are one of the casualties.

“Many of Illinois’ most vulnerable residents have already been negatively impacted by the current budget impasse and the state’s lack of action in paying its bills,” Katy Broom, communications coordinator of the Civic Federation, said. “Continued inaction will do nothing but make an even bigger negative impact on Illinois residents, including our most vulnerable.”

The state’s budget shortfalls are projected to be around $4.6 billion for 2016, according to the Civic Federation, an independent, nonpartisan government research organization that provides financial analysis to Chicago and Illinois. That shortfall could increase the state’s money in unpaid bills to $10 billion.

To put that into perspective, the official tuition rate for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and College of Communication

in unpaid bills

is $35,680 for 2015. If the money in unpaid bills went toward tuition it could serve nearly 128,924 students. The rate is even higher for students at the business and science and health schools — that money could be used for the tuitions of 126,791 students.

Though the state is in its seventh month without a budget, and students who rely on MAP at DePaul don’t have to worry yet about the school funding their grants, many have protested or taken to social media hoping that legislators will take into account their futures and the importance of higher education now since no solutions have been offered.

“An investment in higher education is an investment in the future and in the economy,” Patrick Pfohl, executive vice president of student affairs for DePaul’s Student Government Association who formerly received MAP funding, said. “This is important to fund because college education is important for success. I hope more politicians come forward to support it.”

The clash of education and human services with the ongoing budget crisis is painful for many, including groups who are tasked with making recommendations and

proposals for the governor. Broom said the Civic Federation does not determine exactly where spending cuts should be made — that is a task for the General Assembly — but it does create a report that suggests where the state might cut down on spending since current levels of spending and revenue are “unsustainable.”

The federation, in its Feb. 11 report, recommended limiting spending in fiscal year 2016 and establishing spending controls to limit the amount of spending for three years.

Higher education encompasses nine public universities, community colleges and MAP grants, has faced a large amount of the spending cuts may still be an option the governor and legislators put in place in order to reverse the current financial situation.

Rauner's 2016 budget proposed a spending cut of nearly 32 percent, going from $1.2 billion to $849.1 million.

Cuts are suggested not only by the federation but also

by IHS Economics, in the office of management and budget in Springfield, but the Civic Federation acknowledges that this may be hard for students and those relying on programs.

“The recommendations proposed by the federation are painful, but the ongoing budget impasse and state’s delay in paying down its backlog of bills has exacerbated the crisis to the point that there are no easy options left,” Broom said. “The loss o f services in higher education and human services is a glaring example o f the effect that the budget impasse has had on Illinois residents. The only way to get Illinois back on track is through shared sacrifice, which is reflected in the federation’s painful but necessary recommendations.”

DePaul has honored, and will continue to honor, MAP money for incoming students, but for some schools time is running out.

Jaryszek believes politicians, especially Rauner, should keep them in mind during budget negotiations.

“I think they should consider our lives and empathize with us and our backgrounds,” Jaryszek said. “Not everyone comes from well-off families and education is a right, not a privilege.”

KATIE TAMOSIUNAS & MICHELLE KRICHEVSKAYA | THE DEPAULIA

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DePaul "flexes for Flint," matches donations

KEVIN W. FOWLER | AP

Michigan Representative Phil Phelps (D-Flushing), left, and Comcast employee Lloyd Richards deliver cases of water to residents at Slidell Senior Housing in Flint, Michigan.

By Megan Deppen & Jessica Villagomez Print Managing Editor & News Editor

News of Flint, Michigan's water crisis spread nationwide a few months ago, but for DePaul student Danielle Szabo, avoiding her hometown's toxic tap water has been a reality for almost two years.

Water bottles clutter around the house and Szabo drives outside city limits to shower at her boyfriend’s house. Szabo’s mother brings home water bottles from work in Detroit that her coworkers donated. The Red Cross passes out water bottles to residents, but families are stuck paying water utility bills for leadcontaminated water. Szabo's cousin was recently diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, a form of pneumonia caused by bacteria associated with the water switch.

Trust has broken down in the town, and now Szabo said residents live in fear of contamination.

“When they made the switch, no one trusted it. Even before any reports came out to say it was bad," Szabo said. And though her mom's water was tested negative for any contamination, "at this point no one is trusting anything anyone is saying from the government.”

The Flint city council announced in April 2014 that they would be switching the city’s water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River after a decades-long deal with Detroit deteriorated and city officials were left scrambling for a new water source until a new supply system could be built to Lake Huron. According to Time Magazine, the city did not treat the water to prevent lead from contaminating it and the infamous red water began flowing from families’ faucets.

The city switched back to Detroit’s water supply in October 2015, but no clear timeline exists for fixing the problem and citizens don’t know when the water will be safe to drink. The Red Cross has been heavily involved in emergency water supply efforts, but Szabo was surprised to learn that DePaul's food provider, Chartwells, has also lent a hand to help.

"When I first came to DePaul, no one heard of my hometown unless they watched one of Michael Moore's movies," Szabo said. "So it's surreal that everyone knows what it is and that my own school is raising money to donate."

In hopes of increasing awareness and

aiding the cause, DePaul Dining introduced a new donation campaign, #FlexForFlint.

The campaign allows students to use their meal plan money to purchase water bottles for Flint residents. Students can donate any amount of money at any dining register in the Lincoln Park and Loop campus.

James Lee, resident district manager of Chartwells Dining Services at DePaul, saw the success of the previous donation campaign DePaul Dining held during the holiday season for families using the DePaul Parish and was inspired to start one aiding Flint.

“We came across the Flint crisis through the news and social media. With such a great response to the holiday donation, we naturally thought about having students participate,” Lee said, “Being in the food and beverage industry, we felt a need to give back. We also have a Chartwells account close to Flint.” Lee said that the Chartwells location operates at Oakland University, just 40 miles from Flint, and were the drivers behind this campaign.

“Typically, we look at organizations that are local and have a specific relationship with DePaul or Chartwells,” Lee said.

Chartwells will also match donations.

“I am grateful,” Flint native and DePaul theater professor Cameron Knight said.

“I think (Chartwell’s donation campaign) forwards the Vincentian mission of DePaul and serves as an example of what good people can do ... I have many friends from Chicago that have organized similar efforts as well as friends in other parts of the country. Such support and care, warms my heart.”

Knight grew up in Flint and said the community is made up of culturally aware and politically active people who care about the town. Despite its negative portrayal in the media for high crime rates, its citizens are victims of neglect by the state, Knight said.

“I’m disgusted,” Knight said. “I think it is appropriate the people feel targeted, neglected and that this was not an accident.

The governor knew what he was doing and needs to be behind bars. Children have died, businesses are closed, adults are sick and there are more long term effects we can’t imagine right now. While the governor and city offices were telling people that brown water with toxic levels of lead were safe to drink and bathe in, they were getting shipments of bottled water.”

Knight said some friends who recently

JAMES LEE | DEPAUL DINING

DePaul Dining Services (Chartwells) put together a water bottle donation campaign to help residents of Flint, Michigan during their water crisis.

JAMES LEE | DEPAUL DINING

Students' donations will be matched by Chartwells. Students can donate to the cause by using their meal plan money.

bought houses and have young children cannot afford to leave.

“Flint is another example of what is actually important to the people who make the laws that govern our nation. They have the chance to do the right thing, they’ve

had the chance before this even started,” Knight said. “We don’t have a good track record in this country for doing the right thing. The people of Flint are tough, they are managing, but this is too much.”

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Opinions

STARTING A DIALOGUE

Professor addresses increasing need for financial reform

By Keith Jacks Gamble Assistant Professor of Finance, Driehaus College of Business

Higher education is at a crossroads.

Its institutions are being squeezed by competitive pressure and poked by stringent governmental and legal oversight. Most schools are headed down the road paved by the corporate model: cut costs, increase revenues and focus on improving metrics and the bottom line.

While higher education can certainly benefit from greater financial efficiency, I fear that increased administrative concern for money will result in missed opportunities to serve the real purpose of higher education: improving the future of society by empowering minds. I believe we at DePaul have all the ingredients to lead higher education down the road to the greater good. However, we are in need of systemic change in our community.

I am writing this open letter to you, yes you, the one who is reading these words right now. You are an important piece of DePaul University, the faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors and friends who empower this institution with their time and money. True cultural change must come from the bottom up, not the top down. DePaul President Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M., is a wise man in a powerful position, but not even the president of DePaul himself can impart a cultural change. DePaul’s previous provost spent his first quarter here listening to faculty, staff and students from across the university. I believe that he saw the need for a systematic shift at DePaul, but he tried to achieve this change from the top down by removing incumbent deans. This bold, aggressive plan did not work. DePaul paid him $516,551 in a year and showed him the door. I want a cultural change, too, but I think it should start as a fire in the hearts of the DePaul community.

Adjunct professors are being exploited.

They are like modern-day indentured servants getting access to academic resources and a title by working hard for absurdly low wages and benefits.

However, not all adjunct professors are being exploited. There is no minimum or maximum amount that adjuncts can be paid at DePaul. The amount an adjunct professor is paid is largely a decision of the department chair with the oversight of the dean’s office. Students would be shocked to learn just how much some adjuncts are paid. It is a problem that an adjunct professor can lead a course with 40 students enrolled while being compensated with the tuition dollars of only two students. Students do not know how much their professors are paid at DePaul because we are a private institution that chooses to keep much of its financial decisions confidential.

I am not arguing against high salaries in higher education. University of Alabama’s head football coach Nick Saban may have been the highest paid employee in the industry in 2015, and it is

reasonable to argue that he was underpaid based on the income his job performance brought to his university during the year.

Imposing ceilings on salaries is not the solution since some of the most productive employees will leave if their pay is restricted. What I am arguing for is greater transparency in the compensation of all of DePaul’s faculty and staff, not just that of our highest compensated employees.

In the wise words of philosophical sports personality Jalen Rose, “You never get paid what you deserve in life, only what you have the leverage to negotiate.” Leverage can be achieved in many ways. Some are healthy for the university, such as being so productive an employee that other schools make competing offers. Some are unhealthy, such as leverage obtained by cronyism or political patronage.

DePaul’s adjunct professors deserve fair compensation, and unionization may be a necessary step to achieve that goal. More and more adjunct faculty are unionizing at colleges across the country to gain leverage at the negotiation table.

Adjunct faculty, please be careful about how you pursue this critical process of organizing at DePaul. I think that unionizing in a small group is likely to end very badly for you. DePaul is already under tremendous financial pressure primarily due to the budgetary impasse in the state government keeping MAP funds locked up. The Monetary Award Program (MAP) provides taxpayer-funded grants to low-income students from Illinois who attend college in Illinois. Serving students of high potential who have been handicapped by obstacles beyond their control is a key piece of DePaul’s mission.

We have nearly 5,000 MAP-eligible students at DePaul who each receive an annual grant of more than $4,000. That works out to about $20 million a year in state funding missing at DePaul, which would require about a $500 million gift to the endowment to support annually on our own. I suspect that this financial pressure created by the lock on MAP funds is the primary reason that the administration has so strongly discouraged adjunct unionization here through multiple direct email communications to faculty and the creation of the Adjunct Info Hub. Activists will tell you that the information the administration provided is standard union-busting propaganda, and if true, I hope DePaul did not pay too much for it.

DePaul may compensate its adjunct professors a little better than some universities, but that does not mean that adjuncts are fairly compensated for their contributions. Many adjunct professors are confused about why they were not paid for cancelled

courses. The reason is that the stated policy of compensating adjuncts for cancelled courses was only recently added, possibly in reaction to the adjunct unionization movement sweeping across the country. Organizing quickly in a small contingent to demand higher pay may result in being told your services are no longer needed. If unionization becomes necessary, pursue it collectively across the widest swath of the university that can be gathered with patient, deliberate effort.

DePaul cannot dismiss a negotiation with a union of all of its almost 2,000 adjuncts represented at the table. But a small, unionized group will be powerless. The Office of Academic Affairs has analyzed proposals to increase teaching loads of tenured and tenure-track faculty across the university. In my school, the Driehaus College of Business, some tenured faculty are already assigned eight courses a year.

Students, you have a right to be angry about the state of higher education. You are among the most exploited members of the community. Your tuition dollars can be perceived as are supporting the administrative bloat and the rewards of political patronage. Your tuition dollars also can be seen as supporting the sizeable minority of tenured faculty members who use their tenured contract as their personal benefice, who have quit on research and dismiss their poor teaching evaluations out of hand. Understand that the posted tuition price is just the sticker price for a higher education, and the financial aid process allows students from low-income families to get a price far below the university's posted tuition price.

This need-based price discrimination is one form of discrimination I wholeheartedly support. The political impasse in the state is effectively raising the price low-income students must pay for a higher education. I fear that if the state budgetary impasse continues many of these students will have no choice but to drop out of school and pursue jobs without a degree while burdened by the debt already accumulated, which must begin to be repaid as soon as they leave school. State politicians are culpable for this impending disaster. Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed the bill that would have restored MAP funding, but the leadership in the state legislature sent him a bill that left out currently unfunded higher education costs to public colleges and universities. I think we of good heart in the DePaul community need to raise our voices to both the governor and the General Assembly. If the impasse continues, how many Illinois colleges will be forced to shut down? How many student loan defaults will it take before the federal government cracks down?

I am proud that DePaul has committed to supporting our students with the greatest financial

need by covering the unpaid MAP grants awarded by the state to current DePaul students. I am proud of the courage displayed by DePaul’s leadership and trustees to cover the MAP grants to all new entering students. That is DePaul’s Vincentian mission in action. That commitment to purpose is what makes DePaul a special place to work and study.

But great reform is needed. Too much is decided here behind closed doors or in the dark where the great charity and talent in our community cannot see what is happening and what needs to be done. We need to change the rules to instill transparency and accountability in our culture. I support making all course evaluations open to the DePaul community. I support making enrollment statistics public both for past courses and real-time for current and future courses. I support providing accessible audio recordings of key meetings such as those of the faculty and staff councils and of the various promotion and tenure committees. I support making records of all university financial expenditures open to the community at the transaction level, including all forms of compensation.

Creating greater transparency and accountability in our culture will boost productivity by proactively forestalling any institutional fraud and directing resources to their best use.

We, the DePaul community, must engage in open communication with mindfulness toward mutual understanding and respect to address our concerns.

Doing so will strengthen our community and empower us with the ability to work together toward the greater good.

HECTOR CASANOVA | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

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PROFITS OVER PEOPLE Kesha's battle with Sony Music highlights bigger ethical issues

By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor

After a lengthy court case and her career being stalled for two years, Kesha’s future is still up in the air. The pop singer, whose full name is Kesha Sebert, is known for her glittery style and fun-loving songs including “Tik Tok” and “Die Young.”

But the artist has taken a more serious tone as of late, as she’s been engulfed in a legal battle with her record label and former producer.

Kesha claims her producer Luke Gottwald, who is professionally known as Dr. Luke, has “sexually, physically, verbally, and emotionally abused (her) to the point where (she) nearly lost her life.” But on Feb. 19, a New York State Supreme Court judge refused to let Kesha MARY ALTAFFER | AP leave her six-album contract Pop star Kesha leaves the Supreme court in New York on Feb. 19 with her lawyer Mark Geragos. with Sony and Gottwald. Kesha is all the allegations against him in we’ve begun to work at stopping appeal the ruling and get justice.” trying to get out of her contract a series of Tweets. victim shaming, and one of my Many protesters have also so she no longer has to work with “It’s a shame that there’s biggest fears is that this case gathered outside of the Sony her alleged abuser. Gottwald has so much speculation out will undo a lot of that,” Lawrie headquarters in New York City, denied all charges. there basing itself on so little said. “Obviously this ruling is a and have gathered in support of Kesha is not the only singer information,” Gottwald said on product of rape culture and will the singer on the Internet. to struggle with her label and Twitter. “I didn’t rape Kesha and continue to perpetuate it in the The ruling against Kesha producers in regards to creative I have never had sex with her. minds of the public.” sparked outrage on social media, freedom. Pop star Jojo was Kesha and I were friends for While the New York State leading to more grassroots released from her former label many years and she was like my Supreme Court has not given any support, and hundreds of Blackground Records in 2015 little sister.” justice to Kesha, the change she thousands of fans posting with after years of legal battles. Prince This case further proves how needs to be set free may be found the #FreeKesha hashtag on also felt trapped in his record the legal system works against in the grassroots movement, Twitter and publicly supporting label contract in the early ‘90s. victims of rape through victim including rallies such as the one the singer, including celebrities The difference in Kesha’s case blaming, silencing survivors at Loyola University Chicago like Lady Gaga, Adele, Kelly is she is not only trapped into and intimidation — altogether on Feb. 26 — the day a Kesha Clarkson and Demi Lovato, her contract, but the accusation contributing to rape culture. concert at the school’s campus who have become outspoken of rape adds a level of fear the “(The ruling) proves the was cancelled due to “personal supporters of the “Tik Tok” industry hasn't seen before. existence of rape culture,” DePaul issues” according to the singer’s singer.

While Sony insists that Kesha is freshman Aurora Lawrie said. management.

Lovato sent off a series allowed to work with a different “It’s telling victims that they will Despite the pop star of tweets, which have been producer, Dr. Luke would still lose even more if they try to cancelling her concert, students retweeted thousands of times, profit off the singer. bring the people who assaulted and community members at calling for women empowerment “Imagine someone really hurt them to justice.”

Loyola still held a rally in support and the support of Kesha. you, physically and emotionally,” Rape culture is a setting in of Kesha.

“Frustrating to see women actress Lena Dunham wrote in which rape is normalized due to “We hope this rally shows come forward with their past a Lenny Letter about the case. societal attitudes about gender Kesha that she has a huge only to be shot down, not “The judge says you don’t have and sexuality, and victims tend to support system rallying behind believed & disrespected for their to see them again, but they still be blamed for their own assault her,” Shanzeh Daudi, a Loyola bravery in taking action,” Lovato own your house. After everything for a wide variety of reasons such student and one of the organizers said in one of her tweets. you’ve been through, do you feel as what they were wearing, how of the rally, said. “We hope this While every aspect of the safe living in that house?” much they had to drink or for rally raises awareness of the issue case is frustrating, one of the Gottwald claims that he has being out and alone late at night. of rape culture and through the scariest is the lack of results in never raped Kesha, and denied “It’s only very recently that power of organizing, can help her

such a highly-publicized case with a pop star at the center of it, when one in three average women will experience sexual or physical violence from a partner, according to the World Health Organization.

“Once I heard about Kesha, I thought, if someone in higher authority can’t get justice, then who can?” Regina Silvestri, a student at Adler University who attended the Loyola rally said.

According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), an American is sexually assaulted every 107 seconds, and 47 percent of the time it is by a friend or an acquaintance.

In addition to a massive amount of support on social media, Brandon de la Cruz, a Kesha fan, created a GoFundMe page to buy the singer out of her contract. With a $2 million goal, the page has raised more than $20,000 through more than 1,400 donations.

While justice was not given to Kesha in the legal system, through grassroots activism, she knows that she is supported and not being silenced.

“While Kesha is indefinitely silenced, her voice has never been louder,” Dunham said.

Although we can’t always expect the best outcomes for rape survivors in court, it’s important to never underestimate the positive impact that public support can have.

“Words cannot really express the emotions I’ve gone through reading and seeing how amazing everyone has been to me,” Kesha said in a statement after the ruling, before discussing how what she has gone through will impact her support for survivors of sexual assault in the future.

“I for one, will stand beside you and behind you,” she said.

“I know now how all this feels and will forever fight for you the way perfect strangers have been fighting for me.”

The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.

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Focus NOT-SO-FAMILIAR

FACES

Building names on campus give glimpses into DePa

By AJ Karolczak Contributing Writer

The names of a former mayor, Broadway actress and medical supply salesman adorn campus buildings. Students and faculty see them each time they enter a building, or even look at their schedule for room numbers, but most students don’t notice the buildings as they pass by for class.

DePaul’s campus is dotted with buildings named after various figures in the university’s past. A look behind these names on campus reveals an important narrative; how DePaul has grown as a university.

Some don’t see the point of peeking into DePaul’s past, but others argue it is something every student should do. Retaining the university’s history is part of Andrea Bainbridge’s job as university archivist for Special Collections and Archives.

“It’s good for us to see some continuity. Sometimes by looking at these people, you can see some arc of how the university got to where it is and what we did in the past,” Bainbridge said.

Loop students are well acquainted with the Lewis Center and O’Malley Place, both named after figures who have played an important part at DePaul. Rev. Comerford O’Malley, C.M. served as DePaul’s president from 1944 to 1964. Under his direction, DePaul acquired buildings in the Loop, expanding the campus beyond Lincoln Park for the first time. The 16-story Lewis Building, formerly known as the Kimball building, was a gift from the Frank J. Lewis foundation in 1955. Lewis donated the building and the land it sits on to the university.

“I believe it’s always important to know your history and it’s easy to ignore the little things, you know? You’re in the buildings

all the time, but we don’t really stop to ask ‘who is O’Connell?'”

Bainbridge said.

O’Connell is more than a figurehead of the Lincoln Park building that bears his name.

While it may be hard to know where the building stretches with its abrupt entrances to the SAC and Levan buildings, O’Connell’s impact on the university is easier to discern.

O’Connell served as university president from 1935 to 1944.

O’Connell created emergency service training programs and war training courses in science and engineering, effectively keeping DePaul relevant during World War II. Growth and relevance is a consistent theme in DePaul’s history. The familiar John T. Richardson Library offers a glimpse into this concept.

Richardson guided the university’s enrollment to unprecedented levels.

By Richardson’s retirement in 1993, DePaul had more than 16,000 students, with more than a quarter from outside of Illinois, showing the significant growth the university had achieved.

The library was named in Richardson’s honor following his retirement. The naming was by request of Richard and Claire Heise, who donated $7.5 million for the project.

Not all buildings on campus are named after distant figures.

DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theater in the Loop bears the name of the former Broadway actress.

“Merle Reskin is still living,” theater manager Leslie Shook said.

Reskin once acted in “South Pacific” on Broadway, and remains active in the theater community today.

Reskin is a member of The Theatre School Board, Goodman Theatre Women’s Board, Lyric Opera Women’s Board and Steppenwolf Theatre Company Board, Shook said.

The theater was renamed after Reskin because her husband donated $2 million to the theater.

Reskin stands out as one of the few non-university presidents to have a campus facility bear her name. Judging from the buildings on campus, it is clear that DePaul presidents have had a substantial impact on the university’s direction. Look no further than the Cortelyou Commons in Lincoln Park.

President from 1964 to 1981, Rev. John Cortelyou, C.M. was the first president to have a degree in natural science. Cortelyou possessed a master’s degree in biology. All presidents before were trained as theologians.

Cortelyou’s science background led him to lobby for a science and research facility for DePaul in 1964. Ultimately, it was decided that the university was more in need of a library and academic center. Thanks to a $1 million contribution from Arthur Schmitt, the Schmitt Academic Center was completed in 1966 instead.

DePaul would get the kind of science facility Cortelyou hoped for years later, thanks in part to a donation from William McGowan.

According to a 1997 press release, McGowan challenged donors to raise $2.5 million for the new science buildings, to which he would match the donation. His challenge was accepted and successfully met, hence McGowan North and South buildings. Another $4.85 million was contributed by the Department of Agriculture in a plan by Congress to increase minority participation in the science field, according to university records.

But campus construction and additions can threaten to erase some of the university’s history. Take for instance the current demolition of McGaw Hall. McGaw was purchased by the university in 1977. The

building was a part of the former McCormick Theological Seminary.

The university does in fact take several steps to preserve its history.

“When we demolish buildings to make way for new ones, we typically do one of two things,” Vice President of Facilities Operations Bob Janis said. “(We’ll) take a series of photographs prior to demolition, or salvage a particular noteworthy piece of the building. In the case of McGaw, both. The art department photographed the building inside and out prior to demolition. We also salvaged two small sections of the building's sunscreen, some referred to it

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ACADEMIC CENTER Though not a DePaul student, Arthur Schmitt was a Chicago native. He was the founder of Amphenol, which today manufactures electrical and fiber optic components. He used some of his fortune for philanthropic causes, and today the Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation continues to grant scholarships to students. Much of Schmitt’s donations have gone to Catholic universities and their students, though not exclusively.

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AND LOUISE HOUSE Louise is St. Louise de Marillac who, along with St. Vincent de Paul, founded the Daughters of Charity. She was canonized as a saint in 1934.

3. BYRNE HALL Named for DePaul’s first president, Rev. Peter Vincent Byrne expanded DePaul from college to university status. He also opened the university to nonCatholic students for the first time.

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DE PAUL PARISH as the ‘cheese grater.' One piece went to the art department to go along with the photos, and one piece was sent to the university archives,” Janis said.

The building was named for Chicago philanthropist Foster McGaw’s parents, prior to DePaul’s acquisition of the building. It was also used as a library for the McCormick Theological Seminary.

When DePaul purchased the former seminary, the name was retained, but some of the university’s buildings are named after things other than DePaul figureheads. “(Some) have street names or addresses assigned as their titles only, with the idea that someday that may change. For example,

Munroe Hall, named for Martin Munroe, Sr., was known as Clifton Hall for many years,” Janis said.

Munroe Hall was given its current name in 1989 following the death of DePaul alumnus Martin Munroe. A graduate of the class of 1950, he left more than $700,000 to the university.

He was a former Blue Demon basketball player and went on to become senior vice president of UPS. “We never lose hope when it comes to the generosity of DePaul's family and friends,” Janis said.

“With Arts & Letters Hall we had many generous donors contribute to the project, but

did not have a naming level donation. Not wanting to go with just an address and street name, Arts & Letters was assigned as the departments that occupy the building are associated with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, with most of the classes taught in the building associated with LAS” Janis said.

Next time you enter a building on campus, look up and consider the name and the history behind it. Whether it is named after a street near campus, or an important DePaul donor or president, campus buildings provide a crash course in DePaul history.

Sharing a name with the university, the church was originally located where Byrne Hall stands today. The new church, at its present location, was opened in 1897.

5. RAY MEYER

FITNESS CENTER Few names associated with DePaul are as well known outside the university.

Meyer coached DePaul men's basketball from 1942 to 1984, leading the Blue Demons to make 21 post-season appearances.

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Arts & Life

We’re all Barbie Girls

Mattel releases line of Barbie dolls with diverse bodies

By Nina Gaulin Staff Writer

As a child, how often did you play with dolls that actually looked like you? For more than 50 years, young kids around the world have played with stickthin, heel wearing, blonde dolls that most likely did not reflect the people they would become.

These dolls are the famous toys we know as Barbie dolls — a line of toys manufactured

by Mattel, which are still sold around the world today.

Throughout its existence, criticisms of Barbie have been circulated around the concern that children view Barbie as a role model and will attempt to emulate (and evidently expect) her look as they grow up.

But that’s about to change.

In less than a week, stores will sell a new breed of Barbies that portray a more realistic and diverse image of women.

Included in this new line (along with the original size) are Barbies that have petite, tall or curvy body types.

“The idea that kids can look at a shelf and see that it’s not all black and white is great,” DePaul sophomore Cesar Vicario said.

“I think it’s good for the sake of what kids consider normal and abnormal.”

Many have argued that Barbie represented what an unrealistic idea of body image. Although some people will naturally develop to look a little like Barbie, many women will not grow into her perfectly proportioned body and symmetrical features, which could lead to eating disorders in an attempt to achieve the unrealistic body image.

In the 1960s, Mattel released “Slumber Party Barbie,” which came with accessories such as a scale permanently set at 110 pounds, and a book titled “How to Lose Weight.”

With a role model like her, this can lead to many problems such as low self-esteem, eating disorders, and a skewed societal perception of how women should look.

Mattel has recognized this problem and has been trying to

fight its reputation by bringing new dolls on the market that represent women of many shapes and sizes. According to USA Today, last year Mattel introduced 23 new dolls with different skin tones, hairstyles, outfits and flat feet, rather than “the perpetually pointy ones meant to fit into sky-high heels.”

Although these dolls could not begin to cover the multitude of shapes, sizes and colors that women come in, it’s a start.

By the end of the year, 33 new dolls will be introduced that will allow a mixture of different body types with different skin colors, hair types and other important physical features. Spokeswoman Michelle Chidoni told USA Today that the new toys allow “the product line to be a better reflection of what girls see in the world around them.”

Other young people have expressed their childhood desire to own these dolls.

“I think it’s a great idea,” Columbia College Chicago student Mariah Wilbat said. “I

wish I would’ve had them when I was little — I would have had a clan of short and curvy Barbies.

I think it will make little girls less ashamed to be themselves.

When I was young, having only pale white, thin Barbies made me think I had to have stick arms, a flat stomach and heels on all of the time.”

DePaul sophomore Anabel Kane said she has fond memories of dressing up her Barbies and bonding with her sisters over them. Despite the nostalgia she remembers, Kane said she is happy for the change.

“I think that this will genuinely help young girls selfesteem and it will help re-define beauty standards,” Kane said. “I honestly think that it will also help decrease bullying with younger girls.”

According to the Barbie website, this is just the beginning. They claim that, “from offering products that feature more empowering and imaginative roles to partnering with the best i n class

role models, we believe in girls and their limitless potential.”

For its infamous reputation of misrepresenting the real women of today, Mattel has definitely upped their game. Even though they haven’t gone as far as mixing these body types together, the beginning of the diversification of Barbie can only have a more positive effect on young girls.

In fact, it can have an effect on all children; although it is important for young girls to see themselves reflected in their toys, it is also important for everyone — young boys included — to grow up with a broader view of what women look like. This can help defeat the impossible image of beauty we have all been conditioned to expect from a very early age.

“I think playing with Barbies growing up actually expanded my creativity and helped grow my imagination,” Kane said. “I really hope that people are open minded about (the new Barbies), and are as excited as I am.”

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Marching to the beat of their own disco GARRETT DUNCAN | THE DEPAULIA

Students dance at the Silent Disco organized by DePaul Activities Board (DAB). At the disco, students were given headphones, and only through the headphones could they hear the music.

By Maddy Crozier Staff Writer

To an observer, it looked like any other dance party — it just didn’t sound like one. It had a light show, a DJ and plenty of dancers, but no music?

Not quite.

DePaul Activities Board (DAB) brought a Silent Disco to the Lincoln Park Student Center on Feb. 24. Many students experienced, an event that is gaining popularity across major U.S. cities for the first time.

“I’d never seen anything like this before. The idea of a silent disco is new for this generation,” DePaul sophomore and DAB member Jazmin Nevarez said.

At a silent disco, music can only be heard through provided headphones.

Those attending the event and dancing enjoy the tunes exclusively. DAB marketed it as a “disco night with a twist.”

DePaul freshman Benjamin Tomasik called the dance “conceptually weird.” But he found that after “getting used to it,” plenty of students found the beat.

Each pair of the headphones could tune in to three channels of music, each one corresponding to a different color that lit up the headphones. The green channel played Top 40 hits while the red channel played electronic dance music. A DJ controlled the Top 40 tracks while the EDM ran from a playlist. The blue channel was silent.

“It’s different music everyone can dance to,” freshman Kim Cronin said.

Most dancing students kept it on green all night, though some groups of students danced to the red station.

“The EDM option is good for our hipster school, while the Top 40 option is more versatile,” DePaul senior Teagen Reid said.

Silent Events provided the DJ, music, headphones and lighting equipment for the night. The Tennessee-based event company markets itself as “America’s top silent disco equipment provider and headphone event production company,” according to its website. Creator Ryan Dowd first brought this concept to events and festivals more than 10 years ago.

Silent Events has grown to host dances at festivals and events across the United States, including Bonnaroo, Warped Tour and ESPN’s X Games. Freshman Shivam Chokshi called it an “innovative and

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The DJ from Silent Events provided music for the Silent Disco, but students could only hear it through their headphones. Students had a choice of three channels to listen to through their headphones. modern” concept.

“It seems like every year, there’s a new trend in the festival world,” sophomore FEST Coordinator Betsy Lugo said. She and the FEST Committee chose to host a silent disco because it appealed to them as music lovers and urban students. There is actually a “relatively large market” for this type of event, Lugo said.

More than 60 students attended with plenty of room to dance around a room in the Student Center. Red and green lights splashed the room from floor to ceiling.

At one point, a 20-member conga line snaked across the dance floor.

“Anaconda” by Nicki Minaj was one of the most popular songs of the nights, with many students belting out the lyrics.

“Everyone was feelin’ the music,” freshman Kelsey Miles said. Miles, a member of DePaul Hoop Troupe, hoop danced some of the night.

Other favorite songs on the Top 40 station included “Lean On” by Major Lazer and DJ Snake, “679” by Fetty Wap, “Worth It” ft. Kid Ink by Fifth Harmony and “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars. The DJ also played the throwback from 2007, “Don’t Stop the Music” by Rihanna.

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Students dance in the Student Center to either Top 40 or EDM through two sets of colorcoded headphones at DePaul’s first silent disco, organized by DePaul Activities Board.

While it would have been “a lot easier to draw people in” to the dance if music blasted into the Student Center, the students who did come ended up dancing

in a “really fun atmosphere,” Lugo said.

Freshman Shelby Robinson summed the silent disco up: “it’s a bunch of crazy kids in a big room.”

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By Marty O’Connell

Pitchfork Music Festival is back in Chicago for it’s 11th year from July 15 through 17, and after the announcement of Pitchfork’s lineup last week, we’ve come up with the best acts for you to see all three days.

Contributing Writer

Brian Wilson The lead singer of the Beach Boys is known as one of the most innovative and influential musicians in music history. Wilson was also the subject of the 2014 film “Love and Mercy,” which starred Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano and Chicago native John Cusack who played Wilson’s younger and middle-aged selves respectively. Wilson’s Pitchfork stop will include a performance of the legendary album “Pet Sounds,” celebrating its 50th anniversary. He has stated that it will be his final performance of the album, so don’t skip out on your last chance to hear classics like “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “God Only Knows” live.

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Mick Jenkins This Chicago hip-hop artist began gaining significant attention in the summer of 2014 with his single “Martyrs,” which included messages of societal truths and a famous Billie Holiday sample. That August he released his album “The Water(s),” which earned Jenkins national attention. Last summer he gave a stellar performance at Lollapalooza shortly before the release of his follow-up EP “Waves.” As one of the most exciting hip-hop artists in Chicago, he is sure to give a great performance at his hometown festival.

Mick Jenkins Friday Photo courtesy of MICK JENKINS

Carly Rae Jepsen This act may stick out like a sore thumb on this lineup, as the pop singer is best-known to most for her 2012 hit “Call Me Maybe.” However, Jepsen’s 2015 album “E•MO•TION” was well-received by the Pitchfork crowd. The album, which features collaborators Sia, Devonté Hynes and Rostam Batmanglij, has songs that possess that smooth sound of 1980s pop that is being so heavily revived today. Singles like “Run Away With Me” and “I Really Like You” will surely be fun numbers to dance and sing along to on a summer evening at Union Park.

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Friday

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The Hotelier The emo revival scene has grown bigger and bigger over the past few years, and this band is at the forefront of that movement. Their 2014 album “Home, Like Noplace Is There,” is 36 minutes of songs focusing on themes like gender, abuse and suicide; yet even with the dark subject matter, the album has been heavily praised as one of the most powerful and emotional albums in recent history. They recently announced a new album to be released in May, entitled “Goodness,” and if their prior material is any indication, the new album will definitely live up to its name.

The Hotelier Sunday Photo courtesy of THE HOTELIER

Sufjan Stevens This indie singer-songwriter released “Carrie and Lowell” last spring, an album full of soft and heartbreakingly-beautiful tracks about Stevens’ late mother.

His tour supporting the album has been praised just as much as the album, many stating that shows make for emotional and cathartic events. A festival slot is obviously very different than a quiet theatre performance, but Stevens has the skills to pull it off. Hearing his most popular song “Chicago,” a song full of loud horns and strings, while in front of the city’s skyline is sure to be a special moment to remember.

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Better luck next time Packed dumplings reimagined not worth trip to Hyde Park

By Kiersten Sinko Contributing Writer

I’m wondering if the leprechaun truly thought through the long rainbow ahead and if the pot of gold would be worth the journey. Because for me, I’m not sure if my long journey down to Hyde Park for some dumplings at Packed was as satisfactory as I had hoped it would be.

Packed Dumplings Reimagined, located at 1321 E. 57th St., had a lot of hype leading up to the main opening on Jan. 15. It was all over my Twitter feed for weeks before the opening. Places like Zagat, Red Eye Chicago and Chicagoist were writing about this place before even trying a dumpling themselves.

Once opened, I was looking for an excuse to head down to Hyde Park to try one of these scrumptious and unique creations.

I wanted so badly to like them, but after journeying down there on Monday, I left feeling dissatisfied and a bit misled.

A few things factored into my disappointment with this restaurant. First, taking that journey down to Hyde Park is already a pain-in-the-butt. Knowing there was a long journey ahead to try these dumplings added to my expectations for them, wanting every bite to be worth every minute of travel (and study time) sacrificed.

By the time I arrived to the restaurant, I was “hangry,” a sensation where hunger overtakes your entire body and creates a fume of anger within your soul that makes you even more hungry and angry at the world. I was ready for great dumplings to fill my unhappy stomach, so I embarrassingly ran up to the counter when I arrived. I was confronted at the counter

by Aaron Dimaria, owner of Packed, who recommended me to three popular dumplings on the menu: Peking duck, braised short rib and banana chocolate. I ordered two of each and was hit with my second disappointment of the evening, the price. $15.47 for six dumplings? In that moment I couldn’t help but think of my typical go-to Chinese takeout place and how I could feed a party of at least four with that kind of money. However, a fraction of my respect was won back when Dimaria described his mission behind the food and even the utensils used for Packed. He takes “farm-to-table” seriously with his food, serving 90 percent GMO-free and changing around his menu monthly based on foods that are in season.

The most common complaint, mostly in reviews written on Yelp, are vegetarians who aren’t getting enough options to fit

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Packed Dumplings Reimagined opened on Jan. 15 in Hyde Park and serves farm-fresh dumplings. The new restaurant served disappointing food at high prices. their dietary needs. This complaint does not seem to faze Dimaria, who knows that serving non-seasonal vegetables would mean serving chemically-modified foods, which is not his style. Even the pictures hung in the dining area are ones from the farms that the produce comes from.

He feels good that there aren’t pesticides or chemicals in his food, and listening to his passion for those dumplings, in that moment I did too.

That feeling lasted until after I tried a Peking duck dumpling, which was strike three. It certainly wasn’t that sparks-flying, fireworks-blasting kind of first bite. The duck is mixed with a pasture-raised pork, wrapped in a curry wrapper (which I was not a fan of), and served in a ginger-scallion sauce with green olives. The braised short

rib did raise my spirits a bit, which was complimented well with a horseradish cream. But the banana chocolate dessert dumpling ruined the experience, sadly reminding me of my cousin’s mashed up homemade baby food.

I left feeling discouraged and obviously still hungry. But I also left with a mission to return to Packed Dumplings Reimagined.

If the menu is changing every month, that means new dumplings to try. I have a feeling the food may see an upgrade this spring or summer, and I’m okay with giving them a second chance. Nevertheless, the next time I head down to Hyde Park my expectations for that pot at the end of the rainbow won’t be as high, and I won’t count on luck to give me the perfect cuisine experience I desire.

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Some people need coffee like others need Coke or Mountain Dew, but the main thing all are after is caffeine. The buzz, the wakefulness and mental acuity it provides has catapulted chains like Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts, as well as smaller coffee shops.

BrewPass, started by DePaul alumnus Michael Studer, hopes to bring caffeineaddicts and casual coffee drinkers to those smaller shops with a system similar to Starbucks’ rewards system, but at shops with better coffee.

The idea came to Studer over the summer when he saw the success of ClassPass, an online service that gives users discounts to fitness classes around the city after paying a monthly membership fee of $60.

Initially, BrewPass aimed to do the same thing but for businesses; restaurants and coffee shops through the app for members, but after first quarter, results came in that showed most users frequented coffee shops more than the restaurants.

Studer and his team narrowed down the idea and partnered with coffee shops in the Loop and, more recently, in Evanston and on the South Side.

“We wanted to bring people who wanted to go to smaller coffee shops and those coffee shops together. We wanted to be a gateway for that,” Studer said.

After two months, the number of partnerships grew to 17, but competing with the chains-that-shall-not-be-named as well as reward programs and apps similar to their own may prove difficult.

Starbucks has locations all over the city, however, but BrewPass might encourage some coffee drinkers to go out of their way to try new places and use the app.

“I don’t really like Starbucks,” James

Niesen, a DePaul graduate student, said.

“Everything is packaged and sold in a way that is supposed to appeal to the ideal customer, and I don’t want to think of myself as the ideal customer. (A dollar per coffee) is a pretty good deal and I think that local places have good quality coffee so (the service) could be helpful.”

The $30 a month, use it or lose it subscription rate differs from Starbucks’, which allows you to load money on a card and use it however and whenever you like.

There are also Starbucks shops everywhere, sometimes a little too close to one another.

But when looking for coffee, proximity matters. Searching for a coffee shop that accepts BrewPass — there are none in the Lincoln Park area yet — may mean doling out money to a chain.

“If this was more widely used, I would probably use both,” Ally George, a DePaul alumna said. “I do what I can to support local businesses and choose the lesser of two evils, but sometimes, I don’t have the headspace to weigh the impact of all my decisions. Sometimes, I just need to access caffeine quickly and easily.”

George would prefer a tiered pricing system, since services are now offered at a flat rate. This would allow the customer to have more control over how much is spent, much like the system Starbucks currently has in place.

Studer understands that BrewPass may not be preferable for everyone, but it may provide better options than the run-of-themill menu at the chains that dominate the coffee market.

“It may not be for everyone, but coffeedrinkers should look at how much they spend on coffee. That might help them decide whether or not $30 is a great deal for them,” Studer said. “We hope to get more places near the DePaul campus soon and keep growing.”

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STRIKE A POSE New York Fashion Week inspires WORD clothing trends

By Kristen Goldstein Contributing Writer

The New York Fashion Week kicked things off with in a big way. Celebrities like Kanye West and Rihanna debuted collections, and Lady Gaga walked the runway for Marc Jacobs. However, even stars like those cannot outshine the presentations of fall 2016’s ready-to-wear collections by some of fashion’s biggest names.

At Proenza Schouler, the styling relied on imbalanced proportions like oversize trousers and fitted waist-length coats over longline tops. Diagonally buttoned vests added structure to otherwise unstructured looks of flowy garments.

The collection as a whole played with the construction, or deconstruction, of the garments as stitching and laces ran throughout the collection as a detail on everything from knit dresses and vinyl bomber jackets, and relaxed fit bandage dresses came down the runway with layered strips of fabric loosely hanging off, bouncing with every step of the model.

Minus a few pops of orange, the color palette was subdued. Standout textures were the lightweight knits that were featured heavily in the collection, as well as the oversized shearling collars on outerwear pieces, like patchwork fur coats and camel-colored leather.

This season, Alexander Wang put out a collection that stayed in the realm of what is to be expected of Alexander Wang.

Looks from the fashion favorite are all about attitude and the styling of typically very wearable pieces, and this collection was just that: wearable. The clothes themselves, both men’s and women’s, were

What will be trending after

New York Fashion Week Dark clothing One of the most popular trends throughout NYFW was very dark clothing.

A lack of color was noticeable within several collections including Rihanna’s FENTYx Puma collection, and Proenza Schouler’s show.

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Grunge-inspired clothing Alexander Wang’s collection is filled with looks inspired by the ‘90s music scene, including pastel sweaters, various slogan pieces and a marijuana print jacket.

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Lady Gaga walks the runway during Marc Jacobs’ Fall 2016 collection show at New York Fashion Week on Feb. 18. in essence very simple. Wang showed leather slip dresses and camisoles layered under chunky coats and paired with sheer tights.

Pastel sweaters with the silhouette of a pole dancer and various slogan pieces were not only memorable, but will surely sell, as will the marijuana print jacket, skirt and camisole. Wang’s aesthetic was a grungy, street-style inspired look blogs and buyers will go crazy for.

Over at Altuzarra, prints dominated the collection. There were stripes and paisleys and florals in rich plums and navies, all presented on thin-strapped handkerchief dresses layered over long sleeved tees or fitted blazers paired with midi skirts.

One of the more notable looks from Altuzarra was not one of these tailored looks, instead it was the finale dresses.

Maxi handkerchief dresses appeared earlier in the collection as a look leaning towards

daywear, but designer Joseph Altuzarra reimagined them in sequins to close the show, showing how the “Altuzarra girl” transitions from day to night.

Finally, there was Marc Jacobs, who had not only one of the most talked about shows thanks to Lady Gaga, but his collection of voluminous goth queen-slash-period piece attire mixed with a few conventional touches made it a must see. There were oversized hoop skirts with striped tights and supersized platforms, and coats so big they looked like they could swallow the models whole.

Looking at pieces individually, there were plenty of items that could make it out on the street. A leather jacket with fur shoulders and velvet wide-legged trousers will surely be spotted in stores this fall, and don’t be surprised if you see oversized bows, a design detail Jacobs used often, embellishing the next crop of winter coats.

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Prints Prints dominated the collection at the Altuzurra collection with stripes, paisleys and florals, and models at the Marc Jacobs show also wore print fashions.

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Gothic pieces Marc Jacobs had one of the most popular shows of the week, and featured a lot of gothic and period pieces, but Jacobs was able to modernize the look to be more wearable after New York Fashion Week.

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With the release of their album “I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It,” The 1975 delves into more thoughtful, clever territory. Originally dismissed by anyone who wasn’t a teenage girl, the British band is showing off their quick wits, sleek guitar riffs, shiny aesthetics and ridiculous genre-leaping abilities. Settling down somewhere between the highlights of any 80s band and more modern indie rock bands like The Naked and Famous, The 1975 have moved past how they present themselves and take on their fame driven, substance-abusing persona full force.

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Reality TV is a guilty pleasure for most Americans (it’s okay, you can admit you want nothing more than to binge watch another season of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”). There’s nothing like watching people who have trainwrecks for lives (despite how much money they make) to make me feel better about my own.

But reality TV has gone a step further, and given me another guilty pleasure, as reality stars began releasing music. Okay not all of it’s guilty pleasure worthy (really only Paris Hilton’s album), but it’s so fun to listen to anyway.

Here are some of my favorite

songs by reality stars.

1. Paris Hilton — “Nothing in This World” Surprisingly to some, Paris Hilton’s pop music career was incredible. The heiress and star of “The Simple Life” released a 2006 album “Paris,” which had really fun singles including the best of them, “Nothing in This World.”

2. Heidi Montag — “More is More” Not only was Heidi Montag one of the worst characters on “The Hills,” but she is also one of the worst pop artists of all time.

This song sounds exactly what you would think it sounds like when you see that it’s performed

by Heidi Montag.

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3. Stallionaires — “Does She Love Me” Besides my personal favorite, Paris Hilton’s “Nothing in This World,” “Does She Love Me,” is one of the best songs on this list.

It’s actually enjoyable music and doesn’t sound like pure garbage.

Stallionaires was partly comprised of brothers Ahmad and Kamal Givens, also known as Real and Chance respectively, who were contestants on the VH1 “Flavor of Love” spinoff “I Love New York,” and then went on to star in their own show “Real Chance of Love.”

4. Brooke Hogan — “Hey Yo!” In the mid-2000s, Brooke

Across 1. Groundwork 6. Churchill’s symbol of triumph 11. Chesapeake in Maryland 14. Without substance 15. Place for the highborn?

16. Finished food 17. Financing 19. Words starting many park signs 20. Pauline’s woes 21. Stew server 23. Like fillets 26. Aquamarines and emeralds 27. Makes joyful 28. Bygone Toyota model 30. Charged atoms 31. Lapwing 32. Mentalist’s claim 35. Luxury hotel feature 36. Small upright pianos 38. Sticky stuff

Hogan became fed up with solely being known as the daughter of Hulk Hogan, and for some reason decided to start a pop career. The “Hogan Knows Best” and later “Brooke Knows Best” star released this song in 2009, and just like watching her family’s personal struggles in their reality shows, it was painful to sit through.

5. Kim Kardashian — “Jam (Turn It Up)” This is the only part of Kim Kardashian’s highly-publicized life that she actually doesn’t want attention for, and after listening to “Jam (Turn It Up),” I really can’t blame her. This song is pure garbage, and I wonder what

39. Royal flush necessity 40. Elbow to the ribs, perhaps 41. Fever and shivers 42. If everything goes right 44. Most congenial 46. Mix of two songs into one 48. Noisy insects 49. Printing press part 50. Produced, as a play 52. What one dots?

53. Ostracisms 58. “Fat ___ and Little Boy” (1989) 59. Not for minors 60. Like some Pennsylvania buggy drivers 61. “__ no use” 62. To the manor born 63. Maiden of mythology Down

Kanye thinks about it.

6. The Scott Brothers — “Hold On” The Scott Brothers, better known as The Property Brothers, are the latest in a long string of reality TV stars to release music.

The video for their country song was released Feb. 10 was weird to say the least, and about as watchable as their annoying show.

It shows a bunch of families reuniting, and at the end of it, Drew and Jonathan Scott are weirdly sitting among the families, smiling and being strangely instrusive, just like on their show.

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Women's basketball looks to win a third straight Big East tournament

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26 | Sports. Feb. 29, 2016. The DePaulia GAGE, continued from back page *** Competitiveness struck Gage at an early age. Before he started playing basketball, Gage’s first sport was boxing, which he was introduced to at age 3 by his grandfather as a way to let out his energy. His grandmother would always note of Gage’s “anger problem” and try to get him to relax.

But it wasn’t just boxing that Gage tried out. He dabbled in karate and played pee-wee football before his mother insisted he stop over safety concerns, though Gage jokes it’s because he popped too many footballs.

No matter the sport, though, Gage’s mother, Wanda Gage, noticed the ways her son applied himself.

“Devin has always been the type (of person) that if you say, ‘oh, I can beat you doing that,’ in any sport, then Devin will always want to play you,” Wanda Gage said.

“He’d always challenge the best player.”

But it was basketball that stuck.

When Gage entered the third grade, he took up the sport, and it was no surprise to the rest of his family. After all, basketball was already a major influence. Gage’s older brother, Derwin Jr., was the athlete in the family and already a standout high school player at Whitney Young and Proviso East.

Eight years older, Devin studied Derwin’s game, while Wanda often noticed how the two stuck close together.

There was no sibling rivalry, just admiration.

“He showed me what to do, what not to do,” Gage said. “He put me in the trenches.

That’s when I started falling in love with basketball.”

It wasn’t until Gage hit sixth grade, however, that he started realizing that he had talent. It was then when Gage started competing in the Athletic Amateur Union (AAU) and was vastly superior than the rest of the kids he went against.

The noticeable jump in talent even took his older brother for surprise. At the time, Derwin was living in Atlanta, playing basketball at Southern Poly College, and when he came back to visit, his friends couldn’t stop talking about his younger brother.

“Everybody was telling me, ‘your little brother is pretty good,’” Derwin said. “’He’s going to better than you.’ I realized then he was going to be special.” *** It’s the first round of the Public League playoffs and Curie is scheduled to play against Taft, a middle-of-the-pack team.

From the beginning of the game, the difference in size and the quality of athletes is readily apparent.

Gage is rested.

Before the game, he took an ice bath to soak his body. For weeks now, Gage has been dealing with a sore right ankle, causing him to miss a pivotal game against rival Kenwood.

Against Taft, though, Gage is everywhere when he is needed. From the start, Gage quickly attacks the basket — his key characteristic — and gets to the rim with relative ease.

Even on the defensive end, Gage makes his superior athleticism felt. After missing a chance for an alley oop, Gage sprints down the floor on what seems like an easy Taft fast break. Yet as the opposing player goes up for layup, Gage jumps from the paint and rises in the air.

Stuffed.

Just like that, Gage stops the easy basket with an eye-opening one-handed block.

“I could have made the oop, but I had

to get in another spectacular play,” Gage said, smiling.

The move did not come completely consequence-free. As he landed, Gage rerolled his ankle. The pain was not enough to keep him out and Curie cruised to an 84-38 win. Gage finished with five points, five assists and two blocks. *** For Gage, DePaul always felt like a natural fit.

Gage verbally committed in June, shortly after being named MVP of DePaul’s annual summer camp. But the prospect of staying in his home city was a decision rooted in family.

“Devin loves home,” Wanda Gage said.

“He’s not one to gravitate to out of state.

He’s a home body.”

And it was DePaul head coach Dave Leitao that sold him on family, in addition to his fit on the basketball court. Since signing with DePaul, Gage has made it a priority to record every televised game. On the first night of the Public League playoffs, he was ecstatic from DePaul’s upset and season highlight win over then No. 11 Providence.

“He’s really good kid from a good family,” Leitao said. “That’s something that we try to have — a tremendous young man with a great amount of character. Basketball wise, he provides something that we don’t have, which is a tremendous amount of speed and power. He gets into the lane a lot and is a really good open court player.”

“The difference I can make next year is to push it in transition,” Gage said.

On the surface, Gage is pegged as a three-star recruit by scouting services such as Scout and Rivals. He fielded other offers from other schools like Bradley and the University of Illinois at Chicago. In a hotbed city of talent like Chicago, however, Gage has also gone unnoticed at times.

In a preseason watch list, the Chicago Tribune failed to list Gage as a potential candidate for Mr. Basketball, an annual award given to the best player in Chicago. It further added to Gage’s motivation.

“I don’t know any other player in this state who has accomplished as much as he has,” Curie head coach Mike Oliver said.

“I don’t think Devin’s lost over 15 games in his career. And he’s playing some of the best players in the country. He should be mentioned.

“He’s not one of them guys who is trying to show up everybody.”

Oliver noted Gage’s tendency to shy away from the limelight. Three years ago, Gage watched as his teammate and one of the most recruited kids in the country, Cliff Alexander, dealt with a herd of fans and press wondering where Alexander would end up in college.

"Devin don’t like the circus,” Oliver said.

“I’m surprised he called you guys back.

Sometimes he’s a loner.

Sometimes he Curie head coach just wants to be left alone.

He’s not one of those guys who likes all that media attention. Devin doesn’t need no one to tell him who he is.”

Yet playing with Alexander also helped Gage as a player. From his freshman year, Gage made varsity and played with Alexander for two seasons. He watched the way Alexander put in the work on and off the court. And playing with a talent like Alexander created heavy expectations for Gage to fit in right away.

“Since freshman year, I didn’t really come in as a defensive player,” Gage said,

"Devin is our star player.

We go as Devin goes.

When he’s ready to go, the whole team gets

Mike Oliver

Devin Gage committed to DePaul in June, 2015. He was head coach laughing at the thought. “Freshman year, Coach Mike stuck me on the best player on every team, in town and out of town — it didn’t matter who. That gave me more confidence on defense.”

They enjoyed success together — winning the Public League playoffs in Gage’s sophomore season. However, that title ended up being declared vacant after Curie was stripped from its title after the Illinois High School Association found that seven Curie players were ruled academically ineligible.

It’s hard to take away the feelings of winning a championship, but Gage was motivated just as ever to make sure Curie comes away with another title.

“I know I have to come through for my teammates,” Gage said. *** Leitao is in the house.

It’s a week following Curie’s win over Taft, and Gage and the Condors are about to face Bogan. The atmosphere in Curie’s gym is completely unrecognizable compared to last week. Students, for one, pack the side of the gym while both sets of bleachers are completely full. Music is blaring as Curie students dance along, all amazingly in sync at certain points.

DePaul’s head coach is there to watch his star pupil, but for Gage, this game is a matter of revenge. Last season, Bogan knocked off Curie in the same round of the playoffs.

“I had that chip on my shoulder since we lost that game,” Gage said.

It’s a tough start for Gage. The senior can’t get anything going and Curie trails because of it. By halftime, the Condors trail 30-24. Gage’s stat line? One rebound, one point.

“Devin is our star player,” Oliver said.

“We go as Devin goes. When he’s relaxing out there, the whole team relaxes. And you see it. When he’s ready to go, the whole team gets going.”

Gage got going.

In the fourth quarter, Gage scored six of his 10 points to rally Curie back. With 5:21 left to go, Gage powered through the lane and hit an and-1 conversion to give his team a slight lead.

But part of being a point guard and the team’s leader is knowing when to distribute.

As Gage drew the attention of defenders, he found teammates Elijah Joiner and Landers Nolley II to carry the offense. Nolley, in particular, came up big late with a trio of 3-pointers to create enough separation for Curie — pulling out a 62-60 victory.

“We’ve got pretty nice chemistry,” Joiner, a junior and Curie’s co-star, said. “I just look up to him a lot.” *** To start the fourth quarter in Curie’s next game, Gage clapped his hands together while he stared straight ahead. Again, the Condors are down, this time on a Saturday afternoon against Farragut.

Many of Gage’s problems from the Bogan game have plagued him in the first half. He can’t get anything to fall. As his team trails 28-21 at halftime, Gage has just three points.

But with his team only losing by two points entering the fourth, Gage is confident. He has already started to find his rhythm, helping Curie erase a deficit.

“Coach trusts me to be a leader,” Gage said. “That’s what I have to do for my team.”

Oliver doesn’t have a doubt — this is Gage’s team. He notes how the rest of his younger teammates look up to him.

“Guys wants to be like him,” he said.

“We were teasing him the other day about guys walking around with the Beats on and hoods over their heads. He started that trend and everybody follows him.”

Right on cue, Gage closes the second half with 16 of his 19 points, a reason why Curie storms back to a 59-55 win. He translated his effort on both ends, finishing with four steals as well.

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“There aren’t many guards at this level with his strength and size,” Oliver said.

“When he’s in attack mode, I think he can get to the rim against anybody.”

With the victory, Curie advances to the semifinals. Two more victories are needed.

Gage is almost there.

“We have to come out stronger in the first half,” Gage said. “We need to know our personnel and coming out on defense hard.” *** Gage has four tattoos.

One is dedicated to his grandparents on his father’s side, both of whom passed away within the last six years. On his right arm, he has “Isaiah 9:6,” a scripture often read by his grandmother.

On his left shoulder, he has a basketball with prayer hands and flames surrounding it. It’s a tattoo dedicated to his love of basketball and his faith.

And then on both arms, he has one word each across his forearms. Together, they form the words “fearless warrior.”

Those words couldn’t have mattered more against a team like Kenwood, Curie’s semifinal opponent.

On Feb. 19, Kenwood was everywhere.

Fans packed the Quest Multisport venue, but it was Kenwood’s fans that were the most vocal — rightly so. Kenwood raced out to a 15-4 lead and Curie looked overwhelmed.

For Gage, shots weren’t falling. He missed his first three shots. Oliver had seen enough, deciding to bench his star pupil for the majority of the second quarter.

“He knew what it took to do,” Oliver said. “He knew what he did and didn’t do.

It’s on him. If he wants to be successful, he has to put the work in.”

While Gage sat on the bench, he watched his teammates find their fighting spirit. Curie stormed back to tie the game at 18 and faced a slight deficit, 20-18, at halftime.

With 16 minutes of basketball left to play, Gage needed to decide how to respond.

In their biggest game of the season, would he sulk about the game not going his way?

Would he fight back?

At the beginning of the half, Gage hit his teammate with a crisp assist to give Curie a 23-22 lead. A few minutes later, he scored his first basket to tie the game at 27.

In each possession, Gage was finding his confidence.

The game continued to be back-andforth. Each time Gage got to the free throw line, chants of “overrated” came from Kenwood’s student section.

And free throws proved to be crucial.

With 45 seconds left, Gage got to the line with a chance to give his team the lead.

By this point, Gage is 4-of-8 from the free throw line. It has been a tough day.

As the noise pours in around him, Gage shoots the first free throw.

Swish.

And the second?

Clank. The ball bounces off the rim and into a Kenwood rebounder.

Timeout, Kenwood. The game is tied at 51.

Gage has no time to mope. Defense is now the priority and Kenwood is coming right at him. Kenwood forward Nick Robinson dribbles in place and Gage is stuck in front of him. Gage is waiting and waiting. Oliver is screaming for a fivesecond call to be whistled for Robinson continuing to dribble in place without moving, but it isn’t called.

Finally, Robinson makes his move. He cuts inside and gets the separation he needs from Gage. Gage’s teammate swings over for help, but it’s too late. Robinson is fouled — going 1-of-2 from the line with only four seconds remaining.

Curie calls a timeout. There’s still a sliver of hope that Curie can storm down the court to get the basket. With an athlete like Gage, it gives them an even better chance.

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Devin Gage goes for a reverse layup in the semifinal game against Kenwood.

On the inbound, Gage gets the ball.

And he’s off. In two seconds, he makes it to the half-court line where he’s met by two defenders. Get past these two and he has a shot. He has to go for it.

Gage squeezes between the two of them — it doesn’t work. He trips and the ball gets away from him. Game over.

As Kenwood celebrates, Gage lays at center court staring directly ahead of them.

He can’t believe it.

“I knew I had to try and score for my teammates in order for us to win,” Gage said, tears in his eyes. “I didn’t follow through with that.”

Kenwood wasn’t the last high school game for Gage. With the city playoffs over, Curie now has to re-direct their focus towards the state tournament. Gage has never made it past the sectional round.

But meanwhile, the face of DePaul’s 2016 recruiting class has time to reflect. He said he knows he should have been more focused as a leader and the need to capitalize on every opportunity.

After all, Gage’s true mindset is inked on him — no matter how hard the loss is.

“It’s heart-breaking,” Gage said. “I have to keep pushing and move it forward.”

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Devin Gage will play for hometown DePaul next season

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Devin Gage is loose.

In a quiet gym, the 6-foot-1 guard is smiling as he runs through a pre-game drill in the team’s layup line. He’s laughing with his teammates and casually puts shots up. In a manner of minutes, Gage is set to begin his last journey competing in the Chicago Public League playoffs.

As the best player on Curie, one of the premier basketball schools in the city, and a DePaul commit, the pressures for Gage to compete are certainly there — both his team’s and his own.

The thought of leading Curie to a city title, and Gage’s motivation to prove he’s one of the best players in Chicago, is in the back of his mind.

But for now, it’s game time.

“I’m more relaxed,” Gage said.

“I just let the game come to me.”

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Curie guard Devin Gage drives the lane in the Chicago Public League semifinals on Feb. 19. Gage will be part of DePaul’s 2016 recruiting class, the only Chicago player.

Men’s basketball takes out last-place St. John’s 83-75

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The final regular season match-up between the visiting St. Johns Red Storm and the DePaul Blue Demons was a battle between two small fishes in a big pond. DePaul was the bigger fish, winning by a score of 83-75.

It began as a slugfest, each team wanting the almost

meaningless win so badly, that they exposed themselves. Both teams combined for six turnovers in the first three minutes.

However, only DePaul was able to clean up the sloppy play.

It was still the same disjointed team we’ve seen all season, but the first half of the game was quite possibly the best DePaul has yet to look. DePaul lost to St. John’s on Feb. 17, ending St. John’s losing

streak of 16: the longest streak in the nation.

“Energy” was the difference in the two games, according to Billy Garrett, who missed the last game with a knee injury. “We weren’t focused in our first game.

We went out there and didn’t play hard enough.”

DePaul took a 45-28 lead into the break, their highest scoring half in Big East play this year. Eli

Cain paced all scorers with 11, Garrett chipped in nine of his own to go with six assists in the first half.

The second half opened with a frantic pace from DePaul. St. John’s Ron Mvouika dominated the second half with 15 points, hitting four 3-pointers. Although they cut the lead to six, St. John’s was never able to mount a successful comeback. Like

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exhausted boxers, the Blue Demons and Red Storm spent the rest of the game exchanging halfhearted blows.

DePaul doesn’t have much experience playing with the lead in the Big East, so it wasn’t a surprise when the team faltered a bit in the second half.

“We haven’t been in that position in a little while,” Leitao said.