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Raising funds and awareness for cancer across campus By Megan Deppen News Editor

Two organizations, hundreds of students and tens of thousands of dollars for one cause: ending cancer. Whether it’s knowing a friend or family member that has or is affected by cancer, hundreds of DePaul students unite every year to take on new fundraising challenges towards curing the disease. Last week Demonthon’s 24-hour fundraiser that aimed at raising $24,000 actually raised more than $36,000, while DePaul’s Colleges Against Cancer, CAC, raised more than $40,000 for their annual highlight event, Relay for Life. To explain why they did it — why they stood on street corners, overcoming fears of asking strangers for money; why they sent countless emails asking for donations and then stayed up through the night to walk around a track — students said it was because everyone, in some way is affected by cancer. DePaul sophomore Alexa Ohm’s parents led the opening lap around the indoor track last Friday at CAC’s

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World Catholicism Week stresses responsibility for planet By Megan Deppen News Editor

In anticipation of Pope Francis’ encyclical, the annual papal address to all Roman Catholic bishops, DePaul hosted scholars, theologians and activists from around the world last week to address environmental issues at the university’s sixth annual World Catholicism Week. The South American pope’s environmental agenda is expected to put pressure on world leaders to prioritize environmental solutions, but it is only a part of the movement by all religions to take better care of the planet. In a country where science and religion don’t easily mix, speakers at the conference hosted by the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, said the divine and nature are intertwined. “I think the reason (science and religion) been studied separately is one is considered spiritual and

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Sheila Gerhardt, a third-year student at DePaul, stands on Fullerton Avenue just west of Sheffield Avenue in the location where she and her roommate were mugged September 2013 on their way to class. Theft is the most common crime reported to DePaul Public Safety and the Chicago Police Department near the Lincoln Park campus.

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Theft higest among crimes reported at DePaul

Safety) in that way. The way they supported me was really cool.” The incident, which took place Sept. 30, 2013, was part of a larger attack involving three separate incidents in a half-hour span that morning. Chicago Police By Courtney Jacquin arrested four of the six offenders, three of whom were Editor-in-Chief minors. Gerhardt’s unfortunate incident is not uncommon Sheila Gerhardt and her roommate were walking to their first class of the day after grabbing coffee at near DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus. In a survey of Starbucks on Sheffield and Fullerton Avenue, now Chicago Police Department data from Sept. 1, 2014 to taken over by Whole Foods, like any other fall quarter Dec. 1, 2014 — roughly DePaul’s autumn quarter — just over 200 crimes were committed in morning. the sliver of Lincoln Park DePaul As they were walking west along inhabits. Incidents happening Fullerton Avenue to their 11:20 a.m. Theft is the most common between Armitage Avenue to the classes in Arts & Letters Hall, they crime reported to the south, Wrightwood Avenue to the noticed a loud group of teens not far north, Lakewood Avenue to the behind on the sidewalk. And then Chicago Police Department west and Halsted Street to east were the morning wasn’t so usual. and DePaul Public Safety considered. “This girl slapped my roommate around the Lincoln Park Among those reports to the on her butt … they used that as a campus. Chicago Police Department, nearly distraction to unzip her backpack half were theft with 90 reports. and take her wallet,” Gerhardt, a Criminal damage to property came third-year DePaul student studying in second with 19 reports and battery with 17. The creative writing, said. Gerhardt then ran after the group screaming to get majority of thefts were reported as taking place on the the wallet back, but in the process was tripped by one street, with 23 of the 90 reports fitting that location of the offenders, hitting her head on the cement and description. DePaul Public Safety reports mirror the prevalence spraining her ankle, later requiring medical treatment. She and her roommate immediately went to DePaul’s of theft around DePaul’s campus. From Sept. 5 to Nov. Public Safety office to report the incident, and Public 8, 2014, 24 theft reports were filed to Public Safety. At the start of Spring Quarter, DePaul students Safety received permission from the Chicago Police Department to arrest the offenders, and caught those were reminded of the reality of crimes on campus — Public Safety sent out an alert of an aggravated robbery involved within 10 minutes according to Gerhardt. “I definitely believe in Public Safety in a way I hadn’t near campus on the first day of classes for the quarter. before,” Gerhardt said. “I never encountered (Public

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Dealing with cancer as a college student is proven to be more difficult, see page 7.

Climate change is undebatable UK’s leading newspaper, the Guardian, declares climatechange deniers not worthy of publication. See page 12.

Don’t miss out on getting your favorite vinyl from the best record stores in Chicago. See page 17.

Freshman soccer star Alexa Ben was invited to play at the National Women’s Team training camp. See page 26.

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The 43rd Ward is still without a winner this week as Ald. Michele Smith leads challenger Caroline Vickrey by a mere 86 votes as absentee ballots are still being counted. Both sides have held off on declaring victory or conceding until all the votes are counted. But even then, a recount is still a possibility in this bitterly contested race. “Confident,” Vickrey said when asked how she felt heading into the next few weeks. Smith led by 98 votes on election night, but it switched to a six-vote Vickrey lead the next day after two precincts that experienced technical errors were counted. But after two days of counting absentee ballots, Smith’s lead is back up to 86

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contested as issues surrounding the redevelopment of Children’s Memorial Hospital and the Lincoln Elementary annex have made Smith a polarizing figure in the ward. Doug Farley, a field organizer for Smith’s campaign, hypothesized on the particularly competitive nature of the race. “The 43rd Ward, in particular, is very hard to please. The last elections here have also been very close. I think the alderman here may be much more accountable than that of most other wards. People here are very aware and involved in the community, and there’s 12 neighborhood associations that all have very active followings,” he said. “With something like the development of the (former) Children’s Memorial Hospital, we’re looking at what should turn out to be a great new development plan. Obviously

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Still no decided winner for Lincoln Park’s alderman votes. Absentee ballots historically favor incumbents, and the numbers across the city reflect that. In addition to Smith, Aldermen John Pope (10th Ward), Toni Foulkes (16th Ward), Howard Brookins Jr. (21st Ward), and Ray Suarez (31st Ward), all in tight races, have made gains against their opponents in the past few days. In a press release, the Smith campaign said, “We are confident of victory and anxious for all the votes to be counted.” Support across the ward was quite divided, with Vickrey winning the majority of Lincoln Park and doing especially well around the site of former Children’s Memorial Hospital, and Smith drawing her strongest support from Old Town and the Gold Coast. The race has been one of the hottest and most bitterly

among Emanuel’s toughest critics during his first term. The mayor wanted them out. The people voted overwhelmingly to keep them in. The mayor has struck a different note the past few days, even having a conversation with Lewis, whom he had not spoken to since lashing out at her before she led the teachers on strike for the first time in 25 years in 2012. But it will require more than just talk, but collaboration and reform. Many, even those who backed Emanuel have asked for that. One way for the mayor to put his money where his mouth is would be to support the creation of an independent aldermanic budget office that has been stalled in committee. The proposal would allow alderman to have accurate budget information independent of the mayor’s office. Chicago may have voted for another four years of Rahm Emanuel, but they do not want the next four years to be like the last. They want independence instead of a rubber stamp and they want deliberation instead of voting for passage without debate. One thing is for certain: The next few years, the city will find out if the mayor is a changed man. And elected officials will find out if these results are more than mere frustration, if Chicago is truly ready for reform.

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“Chicago ain’t ready for reform yet,” said former 43rd Ward Alderman Paddy Bauler upon his victory over a reform candidate in 1939. Indeed, this line became one of folklore as Chicago went from being a haven for gangsters to a safe place for elected officials to perfect their craft of graft. For a long time it was a very true statement. But there is an indication now that the old way of doing things is on its last legs. The new City Council will be more progressive in composition and more independent in nature after several of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s allies lost their races and left the re-elected mayor weakened last Tuesday. Certainly, the rubber stamp council will still largely be in place. But the losses sting. Emanuel loyalist Lona Lane (18th Ward) was blown out of the water, gaining only 33 percent of the vote. Another ally, Mary O’Connor (41st Ward), was defeated by a union-backed Republican set to join the Progressive Reform Caucus. West Side Alderman Debora Graham (29th Ward) is gone, despite being one of the top recipients of money from Chicago Forward, the proEmanuel Super PAC.

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managed to push a political heavyweight into a runoff election and one of them, Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia, managed to win 44 percent of the vote in the runoff despite being outspent 4-to-1 by the mayor and his big-pocketed allies. For many Chicagoans, voting for Emanuel came down to Garcia’s inability to govern. He was a second-tier candidate that got in too late and raised too little against a notorious fundraiser. Voters would not hand over the keys to City Hall to someone with little experience handling budgets when finances are the number one issue facing the city. It should never have been this close. But in hindsight, the mayor is lucky that Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle passed on a run, and that Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis was diagnosed with brain cancer. Either one could have taken him down, or at least would have made it much closer than the actual result. Emanuel’s allies on the council were not as lucky. He should heed the warning and members of the city council should sweat. Voting in lockstep with a Chicago mayor is not something many Chicagoans will tolerate for much longer. Take Aldermen Scott Waguespack and John Arena. The two progressives were targeted by Chicago Forward after being

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The list goes on and on. At the end of the day, the Progressive Caucus, who will only lose Ald. Bob Fioretti after his failed candidacy for mayor, is set to gain at least enough to get into the double digits and could even double their ranks if all goes well. Sure, there are races that still need to be settled, including Lincoln Park’s 43rd Ward and the 10th Ward along the Indiana border. But whatever the outcome, it is clear that business as usual is no longer an option. In the past few days, Emanuel has said that he wants the city council to be more than a rubber stamp and to be involved in governing. He has even said he will be a different person in his second term. “Chicago, I hear you,” Emanuel said. “I’m proud of what we’ve done in these past four years. But I understand the challenges we face will require me to approach them differently and work in a different fashion.” This is not the mayor simply having a change of heart after four years —it is a necessity after barely surviving re-election. That is how it can best be described: surviving. One cannot call it winning. Despite securing a majority in the runoff, this election was not as much an endorsement of the mayor’s policies, but an indictment on a progressive base that fielded a weak slate of candidates. But even in spite of that, those candidates

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though, there are immediate neighbors in the surrounding blocks that aren’t going to be happy, and some of them may have preferred to see townhomes or quieter development along the lines of that. It’s a very galvanized public that is ready to decry anything that doesn’t meet their exact standards.” Despite the still undecided aldermanic race, ward residents voted for Mayor Rahm Emanuel

at a decisive 83 percent clip, the second highest of any ward in the city. While Smith and Vickrey both supported the mayor, Smith had his backing and often reminded voters of that. The results are not expecteed to be final for another couple of weeks. Kevin Gross contributed to this report.

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Types of crime near DePaul's campus A breakdown of the different types of crimes reported to the Chicago Police Department near DePaul's LIncoln Park campus (Armitage to the south, Wrightwood to the north, Lakewood to the west and Halsted to the east) from Sept. 1 - Dec. 1, 2014. THEFT

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“I don’t think I’ll ever feel safe in Chicago again,” DePaul student Sheila Gerhardt said. In September 2013, she and her roommate were mugged while walking to class on the Lincoln Park campus.

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CRIME, continued from front advisor at the DePaul-affiliated 1237 Apartments who wished to page According to the alert, a male student was approached just before 9 p.m. March 30 on the 1200 block of Webster Avenue by three males who “demanded his personal belongings.” While Public Safety can get permission from CPD to act and arrest on CPD’s behalf, Public Safety is not a campus police force. When students report crimes to Public Safety they are given the option to also separately report crimes to the police with the help of a Public Safety officer. DePaul Public Safety Director Robert Wachowski declined to be interviewed for this report. “In the case of an emergency, we’re advised to call 911 as soon as possible,” said a resident

remain anonymous because of the RA’s position with the university. “Then, we notify our residence life manager, she reaches out to Public Safety if the police or fire departments enter the building and DePaul students are involved.” The RA was unable to comment on any specific cases that have taken place during the RA’s time working at 1237, due to student privacy. “Our residents’ safety is very important to me,” the RA said. “I take it very seriously, and it’s the reason I must sometimes put myself in uncomfortable situations.” According to data kept by the Chicago Tribune, Lincoln Park was ranked No. 12 of 78 in Chicago neighborhoods for the most thefts per 1,000 residents for the past 30

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days. Neighboring Lakeview falls much lower on the list at No. 25. From March 1 to March 31, 122 thefts were reported to the Chicago Police Department in Lincoln Park. “I feel very safe (in Chicago),” Mehdi Bichri, a senior management information systems major who lives in Lakeview, said. “It’s the city of Chicago, you have to make sure you’re cognizant of your surroundings and that you know who to call or where to go if

something happens.” Bichri said he takes precautions such as refraining to use his headphones late at night and not using his phone while by himself on the street or while riding the CTA. Bichri lived on or near the Lincoln Park campus for his first two years at DePaul. “Just because it’s Lincoln Park doesn’t mean it’s Candy Land,” he said. The realities of the threat of

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crime around DePaul’s campus are certainly fresh in Gerhardt’s mind. “I don’t think I’ll ever feel safe in Chicago again,” Gerhardt said, who plans of moving to Scotland for graduate school in the fall. “In Chicago any time somebody bumps me I’m afraid they’ve stolen something from me. So I guess it’s that sense of security that’s been taken from me. “I don’t think I’ll ever feel the same in Chicago.”

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Spirituality saving the environment CATHOLICISM, continued from front page one is considered scientific,” Brayton Shanley, the co-founder of the Agape Community, a Catholic community residence dedicated to social activism and sustainable living, said. After centuries of religious leaders denying scientific discoveries, Shanley said religious people are starting to “honor what science is saying.” DePaul environmental science professor and Protestant, James Montgomery, said religion can play a positive role in supporting environmental awareness. “What the Catholic and other denominations are doing is espousing a view of the care of creation, that we live in a world of finite resources,” Montgomery said. “I think the idea of the care for creation, as I envision it, is the need for people to recognize limits to growth, to re-evaluate what our basic needs are.” The pope’s environmental-themed encyclical has stirred the Catholic community, but other religious leaders at DePaul said their faiths also practice environmental sustainability. Matt Charnay, DePaul’s Jewish Student Life Coordinator, said there are many Jewish holidays tied to the environment. Though some of these holidays’ meanings can be deeply theological, many are applied by Jews today. “As modern 2015 Jews, we have taken this idea of repairing the world. We really see it as our duty as humans on this earth to make sure that this earth is in the best shape it possibly could be,” Charnay said. “We really, as a whole in Judaism — from very liberal secular Jews to very conservative orthodox Jews — see it as our responsibility to take care of the world that God has created.” “We really understand as religious people that it is one of the duties of ours to take care of the earth,” Charnay said. “Both in terms of social justice and for serving God,” Charnay said, “we need to create heaven on earth so the messiah can come back, and we need to make the world as beautiful and as pristine as possible so we can keep it alive for as long as we need it to be alive for.” Abdul Malik Ryan, DePaul’s Muslim Student Life Coordinator, said to be Muslim is to be submitted to God.

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Pope Francis rides through adoring crowds after mass on Easter Sunday on April 5 . The Argentine, known for riding in cost efficient cars and staying in simple apartments, will address the United States Congress in September about environmental issues.

“There’s a Muslim understanding that all of creation — all the animals, all the planets, the stars, the rocks — are Muslim. They are all submitted to God, they perform its function the way that it’s supposed to,” Ryan said. “Being that we’re all part of creation as human beings, we’re supposed to be a part of the natural order and all its mission with God together. So anytime humans interact with the natural world, we’re held accountable for how we interact with the natural world and that we do it in the correct way.” Scott Kelley, assistant vice president for Vincentian scholarship at DePaul, said “the environment is something that as human beings we’re all embedded within.” Kelley said that environmental concerns have always been present in the Catholic church, but Pope Francis has made it a focal point. The Argentine pope was elected to

lead the Catholic church in 2013 and has built a unique reputation after refusing to live in luxurious papal apartments and insists on driving low cost cars. According to Market Watch, Pope Francis’ much anticipated address on the environment will be broadcast to billions around the world, and, according to Reuters, after an invitation by House Speaker John Boehner, Pope Francis will deliver his address to Congress in September. “I think that Pope Francis has obviously a great deal of influence. He’s certainly well respected, not just by people in the church, but by people around the world,” Sr. Katie Norris, director of DePaul’s Catholic Campus Ministry, said. “I think that he can influence people who then in turn can influence others.” When the pope speaks to Congress in the fall, Norris said “he’s not exactly speaking to a friendly bunch of people

because the GOP is still saying that (climate change) is not happening.” Norris said it was ironic that many Republicans who deny the existence of climate change are also Catholic. “It appears that their faith is in one compartment and their politics are (in another). And when I say their politics, that’s strongly influenced by economics, by people of power,” Norris said. Bill Cavanaugh, director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology that hosted the conference said the research center was established to talk about the role of the church in what he calls the “global south,” or countries in Latin America and Africa. Other topics addressed at the fiveday conference included issues of sustainability and justice in developing countries.

Students’ LGBTQ blog a success By Zoe Krey Opinions Editor

With the recent controversy surrounding the state of Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or RFRA, for its ability to potentially allow businesses to discriminate against gay and lesbian customers, it is clear that the LGBTQ community is a force to be reckoned with. The law was eventually changed to protect gay and lesbian customers largely because of grassroots movements that put religious conservatives and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on the defensive. Perhaps the LGBTQ community is stronger today

than it has ever been before. Sam Schwindt, a DePaul freshman, is no stranger to the powerful grassroots LGBTQ movement in our nation. Along with DePaul freshman Emily Thompson, the pair co-founded an LGBTQ community blog entitled Queer Daily. The blog was started in late January of this year and has already generated about 20,000 views in its first three months. The blog features poems, comics, pictures, personal stories and opinions pertaining to LGBTQ related issues from writers across the country. “I really wanted a space for members of the LGBTQ community to share their ideas, opinions and stories,” Schwindt

said. “I wanted something that was free for people to write whatever they wanted to, and I wanted this outlet for myself — something that I could call my own.” What distinguishes Queer Daily from other LGBTQ forums and media outlets is the style of writing that is featured on the blog. While other publications objectively attempt to cover just the facts, Queer Daily addresses relevant topics and issues regarding the LGBTQ community, but also adds an element of creativity into the mix. “I don’t think there’s an outlet like Queer Daily out there. In all these news sources there are professional writers,

and I wanted this blog to be a grassroots writing effort of everyday people,” Schwindt said. Thompson posted the first article onto the blog, titled “My Problem with Pussy.” “It just took off. Emily put a link to her story on Facebook and it got 800 views the first day,” Schwindt said. Currently, the biggest challenge for Queer Daily is getting consistent writers. The site publishes five articles a week, Monday through Friday, and has about 60 articles posted so far. Despite the large amount of views the blog has already generated in the first three months, Schwindt questioned the reach of his blog and how

much it affects the LGBTQ community. “Sometimes I wonder if we’re actually impacting people, but I’ve gotten some emails and comments from readers that are really positive.” If you’re interested in writing for Queer Daily, details for contributions are posted on the blog at queerdailynews.com. “My goal isn’t viewership, but to create a community of writers and readers that interact,” Schwindt said. “I want to build a community of creative individuals from the LGBTQ community, including everyday people that suffer in silence and are discriminated against.”

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Cancer survivors lead the first lap at DePaul’s Relay for Life Friday. For 12 hours, students and family members walked the track to remember those that lost their lives to cancer, those that were still battling, and those who had survived. In total almost 400 participants raised more than $40,000 for the American Cancer Society for research and patient care.

CANCER continued from front page Relay for Life event. Ohm’s mom, Maria, was diagnosed with breast cancer two and a half years ago and was Ohm’s inspiration to join CAC. “I’m not the only person who knows somebody who has cancer,” Ohm said. “It’s about helping the greater good. So even though I’m personally affected by it, I’ve been lucky enough to say that (my mom) is a survivor. There are other people who can’t say the same and they’re still fighting the fight against cancer.” DePaul junior Kathleen Ashenden has a grandfather, a grandmother, an aunt, a classmate and a friend whose lives have been affected by cancer. She walked the track at Relay for Life and said, “I think it’s really important to have events like this because it raises awareness and it gives us a chance to try to end a disease that has affected so many lives and so many families.” DePaul’s Relay for Life donates its proceeds to the American Cancer Society, which uses money to fund patient care and programs like transportation for patients to and from doctor appointments. Maria Ohm said the most important contribution goes towards research. “I think they’re really close to figuring it (a cure) out. They need a little bit more (time and funds), and (cancer) may be something of the past,” Ohm said. Both DePaul and Loyola University at Chicago’s Relay for Life events raised significant amounts of money compared to the University of Chicago and Illinois Institute for Technology, which raised just over $8,000 combined. With 912 participants, Loyola raised more than $75,000, while DePaul raised more than $35,000 with only 382 participants. For Demonthon dancers, or participants, raising the funds for the Ann & Robert H. Laurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is easier when so many people in the community have used it. “Every time I go canning I meet three people that either work at the hospital, have been to the hospital or have someone who goes there,” Sadie Brown, fundraising coordinator for

Demonthon, said. Canning, or asking for random donations on the street, is one of the creative ways the organization has devised for students to fundraise. Last Monday marked the beginning of Demonthon’s dancer appreciation week, which Brown said was “to motivate (dancers) and show them how much we appreciate the work they do. They have only a couple weeks to raise $250 and that can seem so daunting. So it’s us saying we’re here for (them),” Brown said. “Once they leave every event they just want to raise more money.” Only four years old, Demonthon is ranked 17th of the 270 Dance Marathons around the country that donate funds to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. DePaul’s group raised $103,700 in its first year, setting a record for the highest amount raised by a first-year Dance Marathon group. Last year they doubled that first total, raising more than $214,000, and altogether Demonthon has raised more than $468,000 for the Lurie Children’s Hospital. “Some people are not used to donating and some people are not used to fundraising,” DePaul junior Karli Bahner said. To warm people up to donating, she said using phrases like “donate a little change to make change” helps. “It took awhile for me to be comfortable asking people to donate. You have to not feel guilty asking people for money and for receiving money,” Bahner said. Freshman Lindsie Bliss spent three hours on Sheffield and Fullerton avenues canning. She said the collection of bills and change in the bottom quarter of her clear jug likely amounted to $50. “It really adds up,” Brown said. “This weekend I went canning. I was out for two hours and people gave me dollars and pennies. I ended up with $190 in two hours.” After all the work campaigning and putting on events like the 24-hour fundraiser, Brown said it is the Demonthon event itself that makes the hard work pay off. At the Demonthon event, dancers get to spend the night interacting

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Maria and Mike Ohm (center) lead the way at Relay for Life Friday night. Their daughter Alexa joined Colleges Against Cancer last year to support her mom, who survived breast cancer. Mike said Maria’s chemotherapy was hard to watch, but he is overjoyed to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary this year.

with children who visit from the hospital. “They just inspire me so much,” Brown said. “Other people, they have siblings that have had cancer, family members, friends, and people who work at the hospital.” Four hours into Relay for Life last Friday, all the participants set down their footballs and pizza, and silently filed onto the upstairs track. The lights dimmed and participants walked past illuminated, white paper bags dedicated to survivors or victims of cancer. “The whole reason we’re (at Relay for Life) is to remember and honor those who have fought their battle,” MacKenzie Parker, president of CAC, said. “It brings everyone together and you remember why you’re walking.” “To be a survivor, I take a different look at life now,” Maria Ohm said. “The little things don’t bother me anymore because I’ve overcome the biggest thing.” DePaul junior Teagan Reid was diagnosed with leukemia first when she was five and again when she was eight. She raised the most money from DePaul this year at $1,320 and said she wants to work at a non-profit for public health advocacy. “(Relay for Life) is a really great event because it acknowledges that we are survivors, but it also remembers those that have lost

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Bags dedicated to survivors, fighters, and victims of cancer illuminate the track at DePaul’s Relay for Life last Friday.

their battle with cancer. It also fights for future people that get diagnosed,” Reid said. “Being a good friend or family member to that person is really important if they’re going through that battle. They just need that support.” Reid said she doesn’t remember the hard parts of having cancer since she was so young. Her mother, Maura Reid, said she certainly remembers. “It was an absolute shock the first time. She had been sick for a long time,” Maura Reid said. “When she relapsed (in 2001) that was a shock.”

“You always have to act like you have hope and the future is going to be bright. There were those times, I gotta tell ya, when it was really scary for us. But then we’re so excited for these kinds of events,” Maura Reid said. “(Relay for Life) is a great event. Even just walking that track and everyone clapping. Every year I get goosebumps and I get teary-eyed. It’s just such a great community event,” Maura Reid said. “I would really suggest everyone experience this one time.”

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Students coping with cancer By Shelley Mesch Contributing Writer

Last Friday, DePaul students raised more than $40,000 for Colleges Against Cancer’s (CAC) highlight event of the year, Relay for Life. Participants, survivors and family members said everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by cancer. According to experts, coping with the effects of cancer on a family member is especially stressful to college students. According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,658,370 cancer diagnoses and 589,430 cancer-related deaths in the U.S. this year. For those coping with the loss of a loved one, studies have shown they will likely experience different emotional states and that the grieving process may last for years. DePaul juniors Emily Power and Tori Meschino have both seen the effects of cancer up close. Power’s grandmother died last year after fighting cancer twice. “She had breast cancer. She had it originally about nine years ago, and went through chemo,” Power said. “I don’t remember that very clearly. I was 11.” Gerry Koocher, Dean of DePaul’s College of Science and Health, specializes in the psychology and coping methods of cancer patients in families. While not every person will be affected as deeply, Koocher said college students are often put under more stress due to their developmental stage in life. “College students are in an age where the critical developmental task in your life is individuating yourself from your family,” Koocher said.

“All of a sudden this serious illness crops up in your family, and that could be disruptive. So the question is: Do you get knocked off your developmental trajectory? It’s easier to get knocked off if you’re an adolescent or young adult than if you’re a little kid or older adult,” Koocher said. Meschino’s father was first diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia before she was born. It is a blood cancer that spreads slowly and can be treated with medication. His second diagnosis came when she was in fourth grade. “Most of the time when cancer comes back, it’s not the same, and it’s more aggressive,” Meschino said. “He was lucky — or you know, ‘lucky.’ (His cancer) was exactly the same and they have great medicine for it.” Meschino’s father had been in and out of the hospital with blood clots and cuts that wouldn’t heal due to the damage done by the cancer. Meschino said she and her siblings hadn’t felt the impact until her father suffered a stroke earlier this month. “That’s when my mother sat us down, just like she and my dad did when they told us he had cancer again and told us that he wouldn’t get back to the point where he would intentionally squeeze our hand and look at us,” Meschino said. Koocher said not all family members will react the same way to a cancer diagnosis. “It’s not that the illness experience by itself will make the big difference,” Koocher said. “It’s what that illness experience means to you and how that interacts with your individual coping abilities, resilience, personal skills and so forth.” Junior Kathleen Ashenden said

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Kathleen Ashenden walk (L) with (L-R) Maria Paleologos, Kylen Schmitz and Christine Jeavons at Relay for Life and said everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer. Both Ashenden and Paleologos had friends who died from cancer.

supporting loved ones with cancer can be really hard. “You see someone fighting so hard and you want to fight with them. You want to do everything you can. But you also feel so helpless because you’re not a doctor, you don’t know how to help them,” Ashenden said. Ashenden and almost 400 other DePaul students walked for CAC’s Relay for Life, where survivors, caretakers and victims were honored. “We form a community for the many people who have been affected by cancer,” DePaul CAC president MacKenzie Parker said. “Almost everyone in our committee has seen a close loved one fight or lose their battle against cancer.” The American Cancer Society lists a healthy diet, consistent exercise, family support and enjoyable hobbies as healthy ways to cope with the loss of a loved one. Smoking and using substances like medication or alcohol to sleep or reduce anxiety are unhealthy means of coping. One of the most important factors involved with coping, according to the American Cancer Society, is reaching out to a support network. Losing her grandmother caused Power

to focus more on her homework to avoid the pain of the loss. “I felt extremely distracted when I did school work, but it was also all that I wanted to do,” Power said. “I didn’t want to pursue personal interests or relationships, so school was a convenient and comfortable escape. Despite this, it was frustrating to try and focus on schoolwork. I felt easily overwhelmed and anxious.” Meschino’s father passed on March 11, 2015, and she took time away from school to grieve. Although professors gave her extensions on her homework, she still chose to complete this quarter without taking an incomplete grade. “He wouldn’t want to be pitied, he would hate to be,” Meschino said. “In an attempt to accept this, as hard as it is, I am giving myself permission to do things that feel normal. If that means homework, then I’ll do it; if that means crying randomly in the car on the expressway, that’s gonna happen; if that means spending a day in bed, then I’ll do it and be thankful it’s spring break; and if that means smiling at the sky and thanking my dad for a beautiful spring day, then I’ll do those things.”

CAMPUS CRIME REPORT : April 1 - April 7

Mayor Rahm Emanuel (L) has battled mayoral candidates (L-R) Willie Wilson, Bob Fioretti, and Chuy Garcia on Chicago’s policy of a mayor-appointed school board.

LOOP CAMPUS

990 W. Fullerton 3

Theatre School 7

Levan Center

Sheffield Square

SAC

McCabe Hall

Daley Building 10

DePaul Center

Student Center

The Ray

LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS

LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS APRIL 1 1) A disorderly conduct report was filed regarding a fire alarm

5) A drug arrest was conducted in the alley behind the Ray

pull station activated without cause in the Student Center.

Meyer Fitness Center. Chicago Police took the offender into custody.

APRIL 2 2) A criminal defacement of property report was filed regarding

APRIL 4 6) A marijuana smell was reported in Sheffield Square

graffiti found on the 990 W. Fullerton building.

3) An arson was reported in The Theatre School. A fire was started in a men’s room trash can.

APRIL 3 4) A drug arrest was conducted in McCabe Hall. Chicago Police took the offender into custody.

Apartments. The matter will be handled administratively.

APRIL 6 7) A possession of a controlled substance report was filed in the Levan Center. The matter will be handled administratively.

8) A criminal damage to property report was filed regarding damage to a computer in the Schmitt Academic Center.

APRIL 7 9) A criminal defacement of property report was filed regarding graffiti found in the alley of the College of Education.

LOOP CAMPUS APRIL 1 10) A theft report was filed in the DePaul Center regarding stolen cash.

APRIL 7 11) A harassment report was filed regarding a series of prank phone calls received by Public Safety dispatch. Chicago Police were notified.

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After a week of spring showers, the sun finally broke through the clouds last weekend and brought Chicagoans outside to the parks and the lakefront to soak up the rays.

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Nation &World

Feet on the street

Rahm Emanuel and Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia proposed policies to increase the street presence of the police. Is this an effective strategy for crime fighting? By Jackson Danbeck Contributing Writer

As instances of police brutality and crime continue across the nation, Chicago is forced to look at its own crime problem and whether the policies of newly re-elected Mayor Rahm Emanuel will prove effective or stoke the gathering flames. Chicago has been known as one of the most crime-ridden cities in the nation since the days of Al Capone. Today, there are varying estimates of how bad crime really is. There were 30 percent more murders reported in the first three months of 2015 than the first three in 2014, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, WGN-TV reported there were 26 percent more homicides in the first three months of 2015 than in the first four of 2014. They also reported that police found 1,500 illegal weapons so far in 2015, a 22 percent increase from 2014. The crime issue, however, is not just one of civilians breaking the law; it involves the conduct of police officers. In Chicago, prosecutors began the trial for white police officer Dante Servin Thursday of shooting and killing unarmed black woman Rekia Boyd in 2012. In South Carolina a video recording showed a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man running in the opposite direction, which was released by the New York Times on April 8. Another white officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in Wisconsin in March. Recent memory will also recall the killings of Eric Gardner and Michael Brown. Considering the recent attention towards crime and brutality, both Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia promoted policies during the 2015 mayoral election to prevent crime in Chicago. Emanuel said that he would combat crime and gun violence by moving police officers from their desks to the patrol car, expanding prevention programs such as one that offers jobs to students on break, and stopping the flow of illegal guns. Garcia, meanwhile, said that he would reduce gang and gun violence by hiring an additional 1,000 police officers and forging better police-community relations. Emanuel originally advocated hiring an additional 1,000 police officers during his 2010 mayoral election but never went through with the policy. His inability to do so could be attributed to the lack of funds necessary. It's estimated that costs to hire, train and sustain one officer for an entire year is about $100,000, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. To hire, train, and sustain 1,000 officers, $100 million is required. Since abandoning his former policehiring policy, Emanuel has instead paid police officers to work overtime in order to patrol areas that would otherwise require more officers. In 2014, $95 million were spent to pay overtime for officers, according to Chicago Magazine. Emanuel’s reasoning is that it's cheaper to pay officers to work overtime than to hire new ones. However, as officers work longer hours, the quality of their work may decrease. Garcia, in support of his own platform,

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Beat police patrol the streets of Chicago. Many pundits question whether increased police presence is a socially or economically effective method to fight crime. advocated cutting $75 million from money spent on overtime and instead hiring new officers. Where the additional funds would have come from remains unknown. Either way, both Emanuel and Garcia said they wanted more police officers on the streets. The argument is that with more officers on patrol, it is more likely they will spot a crime and stop it. Additionally, if civilians know that there are more officers on patrol, they would be less inclined to commit a crime. Yet, there could be drastic flaws in the policy itself. “They want more cops, but all that means is that they’re going to find more crimes,” William Sampson, a public policy professor at DePaul, said. “If you have no cops, there’s no crime.” Policy makers are probably aware of this themselves, but they need something to show in order to be elected. “The politicians need a tag line,” Michael Bennett, a sociology professor at DePaul University, said. “They need something that they think the public will perceive as addressing the issue. The truth is that it is a much more complex issue.” People who commit crimes are often in poverty, lacking an adequate job to support themselves, an education to get an adequate job or a supportive network of family and friends to help out and watch their kids. Crime is further linked with race. Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods are almost always home to African-Americans and Latinos — who are the most widely arrested for committing crime. According to a 2012 study by the Chicago Reader, the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago — Riverdale, Fuller Park, Englewood, and West and East Garfield Park — have populations that are 40 to 61 percent impoverished and 93 to 98 percent African-American. Their homicide rate ranges from 36 to 63 per 100,000 residents. People who live in these areas often have little choice in the matter. “You got two alternatives,” Sampson said. “You can either work at McDonalds, or you got to go to college. Or, you hit somebody in the head and take their cellphone. Now, which is easiest?” Solving structural poverty to prevent crime in Chicago is a challenge no politician

has yet to take on wholeheartedly; however, politicians elsewhere are trying to solve crime of a different sort — police brutality. One potential solution that the Obama administration advocates is the use of body cameras on police officers. If an officer knows he is being watched, supposedly he will act within the law in fear of being held accountable. Furthermore, video records of officers’ actions could prove useful to find out what happened during particular situations. Although it is a relatively new policy, many cities are experimenting with police camera technology. In Chicago, police officers in the 14th District have tested body cameras, according to the Chicago Tribune. While officers said the cameras do not solve the underlining issues of crime, they are helpful in figuring out what happened during a particular encounter, as cell phones did during the killing in South Carolina. The mayor of the South Carolina city where the killing happened ordered 250 body cameras on Wednesday for police officers to wear after an appropriate policy is created and officers are trained to use the technology. In Wisconsin a similar policy is

pending approval, where $30,000 will be used to fund the study of body cameras’ effectiveness. It is estimated that the cost to equip 335 police officers with body cameras is approximately $900,000. If Chicago cannot afford to hire 1,000 police officers, it is unclear how the city could purchase enough body cameras for the current police force. Another solution to address police brutality is to amend the selection process that decides who becomes a police officer and who doesn’t. “The main issue is the selection process,” Bennett said. Many police departments “have reduced and sometimes eliminated the psychological exams. At one point it was mandatory in most police forces.” When police officers know how to use weapons or patrol, but don’t necessarily know how to build good relations with residents, problems can occur. “The bottom line is that there are (police officers) who ought not to be carrying weapons,” said Bennett. “The folks who are committing street crime don’t have a future,” Sampson said. “We got to give them one. We don’t know how. We are not willing to spend the money to do it."

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The nuances of nuclear diplomacy with Iran By Brenden Pedersen Contributing Writer

On April 2, after two years of contentious negotiation between Iran and the United States, the two world powers arrived at a tentative outline in Switzerland that would place tight restrictions on Tehran’s nuclear program for the next 15 years. A final deal will be presented by June 30, after which it will have to survive both the U.S. Senate and Iranian Parliament to take effect. In the weeks that followed, proponents of the deal praised the development as a chance to potentially ensure actual and longstanding stability in the region, while critics bombarded the effort as a means of letting Iran escape the sanctions that brought it to the talks in the first place. President Obama, whose foreign policy legacy may rest on the success or failure of the Iranian nuclear deal, stated in an interview with the New York Times that the accord was a “once in a lifetime opportunity,” as well as “our best bet by far.” In the meantime, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has, as expected, come out as one of the most vocal opponents of the deal. Israel has long viewed Iran as an existential threat. On April 5, he appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” saying, “I’m not trying to kill any deal; I’m trying to kill a bad deal.” Many Congressional Republicans have also come out against the deal, concerned

that Iran will not remain faithful to the terms set in the final agreement. The country has a history of concealing its nuclear military ambitions, most recently in 2009 when a secret uranium enrichment facility was discovered being built into a mountain near Fordo, Iran. Last month, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas made major international headlines after sending a letter signed by 46 other Republican senators to the Iranian government, stating in no uncertain terms that an Iranian accord would not pass in the U.S. Senate. The move was labeled a “rare direct congressional intervention into diplomatic negotiations” by the New York Times, and met with fury by the White House. Proponents concede that the deal may not be perfect: Israel and others have long argued that the complete dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program is the only acceptable solution. Kaveh Ehsani, a professor within the International Studies Department at DePaul University and a contributing editor of the Middle East Report, noted that even the energy portion of Iran’s nuclear program has failed to benefit the common Iranian. “There is no accountability for the economic benefits of this very costly program, which is carried out in isolation from Iran’s own,” Ehsani said. “If energy was a primary interest for Iran, which is one of the largest holders of raw materials in the world — natural gas and oil — there would be

many other alternatives: solar energy, wind energy, even tidal wave energies could be used.” The absence of any deal at all means that Iran would be free to continue and possibly accelerate its efforts to build a nuclear bomb, despite retaining its current and severe sanctions. “There’s almost an unspoken assumption that by keeping the sanctions on, we prevent Iran from getting a bomb,” Tom Mockaitis, a DePaul University history professor, said. “There’s no indication of that.” He continued, saying, “The popular notion is that we just have to hang tough with sanctions… hang tough to what end? Dictators and authoritarian governments don’t suffer from sanctions; ordinary people suffer from sanctions.” In an op-ed piece for the New York Times last month, former United States ambassador John Bolton argued to controversial effect that the only way to actually prevent Iran from obtaining a bomb was to bomb Iran’s facilities. Specifically, he stated that war “could set back its program by three to five years,” compared to the potential 15 years promised by the Obama administration’s deal. Mockaitis referred to war with Iran as a “formidable undertaking,” but not an unthinkable one. “We can do it. We have the ability to severely damage and perhaps even destroy many of their facilities, but such an attack might only delay rather

than prevent Iran from getting a bomb,” he said. “It would certainly embitter people and perhaps strengthen their support for the nuclear program.” War also appeals to the conservative establishment of both Iran and the United States, according to Professor Ehsani. “You do have this continuation of a Cold War mentality that you need an enemy,” he said. “If your whole rhetoric for legitimizing your hawkish position… has been predicated on maintaining this

evil, terrorist enemy, then you’ll be put into a position to rethink and have to explain how you’re making a deal with the devil.” But simply coming to any agreement will represent “a big geopolitical shift” in U.S.-Iranian relations, according to Ehsani. “If the accord is passed, Iran and the U.S. will have to make a deal and normalize relations on a host of other matters,” he said. “The U.S. will have to modify its position and question its existing relationships with existing allies.”

Mad Men: Islamophobic ads highlight free speech controversy By Kevin Gross Nation & World Editor

Look around the bus or train the next time you are riding the CTA; you will likely see a scantily clad advertisement for American Apparel, a picture telling you to “drink Bacardi,” or perhaps a promotional banner for our very own school. However, in a few cities — including San Francisco, Detroit, and most recently, Philadelphia — advertising has, at times, taken on a far more insidious nature, as some municipalities have allowed the placement of anti-Muslim ads on city property and transit. Most such ads have been sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI, a far-right nonprofit group that has been categorized by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “hate group.” Some more extreme ads have included messages comparing Muslims to Hitler. The issue, unsurprisingly, has unleashed many waves of furor from Muslim and peace advocates nationwide. Individuals in San Francisco had defaced such ads with Muslim-inclusive messages, while groups ranging from the Human Rights Council to the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs have responded with public outcry or counter-ads.

People walk past an anti-Muslim advertisement placed on a Philadelphia public bus. Interestingly enough, however, attempts to outright ban the ads have often failed due to premises of the First Amendment. “The thing that is difficult is, what is free speech?” Mohammed Aljan, a DePaul student from Kuwait, said. “What qualifies as something that can be banned?” David Franklin, a DePaul constitutional law professor, described how public speech is treated. “The Supreme Court has created different categories of public forum, depending on the facts of the case,” Franklin said. “(One) category is called a limited public forum … which is a space that the government actually controls, and allows certain

speakers to use under certain circumstances ... Such authorities retain the flexibility to impose limitations on that speech, so long as they are reasonable and viewpoint neutral.” Viewpoint neutral is the important criteria to consider, however. Chicago had, in 2012, endured similar advertising on public property. Interestingly enough, CTA officials tried to refuse the ad offers; however, they were ordered to accept the ads by federal judges citing the First Amendment. Similar legal controversies have occurred in most other cities that ended up running Islamophobic ads. “(Agencies such as) the CTA … can say to would-be advertisers

or organizations that want to use that space, ‘we’re going to accept all of you,’ or they can even make other types of regulations, so long as it doesn’t have to do with the viewpoint of the message,” Franklin said. “What they can’t do is accept an ad that says something along the lines of ‘God Bless our troops in Afghanistan,’ and then reject an ad that says ‘oppose the war in Afghanistan.’ That type of discrimination would be viewpoint-based, and that would be a problem.” Franklin described how municipalities could refuse ads under a neutral basis of “not allowing political statements whatsoever.” Especially in the era of cash-strapped transit agencies,

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however, many authorities desire the revenue from all potential sources, and may not think far enough ahead to consider the unpalatable messages of certain ideological ads. With limited means to limit such ads, however, it remains to be seen how long groups, such as the AFDI, will continue their efforts, and how people will continue to respond to such messages. “I think licensed (pro-Islamic) demonstrations, lawful discourse, and other types of discussion are a good method to combat Islamophobia,” Aljan said. “What we have to know is that you can’t counter hate with hate.”

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Opinions

Skinny is so last year

Climate change is not up for debate

Examining the Guardian’s unapologetic stance on the environmental crisis

By Sam Ridge Contributing Writer

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Gentoo penguins stand on a rock near station Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctica. The melting of Antarctic glaciers as a consequence of global warming is concerning scientists because of rising sea levels that will eventually reshape the planet.

By Zoe Krey Opinions Editor

Prominent news sources are often thought of as reliable because of their ability to remain objective when reporting current events. The Guardian’s recent climate change campaign is redefining activism, and at first glance it may seem that the revered quality of objectivity is at stake. However, this campaign hits at an important public question: is the issue of climate change really up for debate? Last March, Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, announced that the publication would engage in a six-month campaign to do “justice to this huge, overshadowing, overwhelming issue of how climate change will probably, within the lifetime of our children, cause untold havoc and stress to our species.” This editorial decision will change the British newspaper’s coverage of climate change, as the Guardian “will assume that the scientific consensus about man-made climate change and its likely effects is overwhelming,” Rusbridger said. “We will leave the skeptics and deniers to waste their time challenging the science. The mainstream argument has moved on to the politics and economics.” Rusbridger’s decision rests upon the fact that climate change can no longer be debated. Furthermore, the Guardian isn’t just going to ignore climate deniers, but they are also calling on the Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to “remove their investments from the top 200 fossil fuel companies and any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds within five years.” Here is where the economics of climate change come into play. The deniers of climate change rest their cases on the negative effects that acknowledging climate change has for their businesses. For example, the founding family of ExxonMobil, the Rockefeller family, has been trying for years to get the US oil company to change their ways and give up climate denial. The Guardian released an article about ExxonMobil and the Rockefellers on March 27, to which ExxonMobil issued the statement, “ExxonMobil will not respond to Guardian inquiries because of its lack of objectivity on climate change reporting demonstrated by its campaign against com-

Climate change poll

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Percent of people who think climate change is the result of human activity. panies that provide energy necessary for modern life, including newspapers.” Clearly, ExxonMobil is not on board with the Guardian’s campaign. And why should they be? Maybe, for the sake of the environment and the future of humanity? Nope. ExxonMobil sees profitability as a first priority. Our home and its inhabitants come second. The call for divestment is certainly the most controversial part about the Guardian’s campaign, but the Guardian is also partaking in its own divestment to ward off claims of hypocrisy. As stated on the Guardian’s website, “The Guardian Media Group (GMG) has committed to selling all the fossil fuel assets in its investment fund of over £800 ($1.18 billion), making it the largest yet known to pull out of coal, oil and gas companies.” “I don’t see any ethical concerns regarding the campaign, unless advertising was being tied to coverage,” said adjunct professor Joe Cappo, an expert on media business and ethics. The Guardian has addressed the concern of advertising by stating, “the Guardian believes that editorial independence is essential. We have a strict policy of not allowing advertisers to influence editorial content.” Essentially, they are addressing further hypocrisy claims that pertain to the fact that the Guardian is still taking advertisements from fossil fuel companies.

But to the claims of those who say the Guardian is ruining their credibility by not remaining objective on the climate change debate, Cappo said that the Guardian “is well within their journalistic rights…the scientific evidence (for climate change) is so strong.” Perhaps political scientist W. Lance Bennett and journalist William Serrin said it best in their essay “The Watchdog Role of the Press,” “What is the point of the construction of a two-sided debate about global warming when one side consists overwhelmingly of scientists who have little scholarly doubt or disagreement, and the other side consists primarily of politicians and business interests who have quite another agenda fueling their skepticism?” Bennett and Serrin argue that watchdog journalism has become over-stylized or ritualized. American journalism as a whole is failing in their watchdog role. This role is essential for a functioning democracy, but “the press has adopted a tone of cynicism and negativity often without offering original documentary material or constructive solutions to accompany that goal,” Bennett and Serrin said. The American public needs efforts such as the Guardian’s unapologetic climate change campaign. It not only has the potential to inspire people into action, but it brings back investigative journalism to its rightful place in democracy.

France recently banned what it deems to be unhealthy, skinny models in the country’s fashion industry, following a trend set by other countries such as Italy and Spain. These countries have adopted similar codes of conduct for models. A model is considered unhealthy if they have a body mass index (BMI) lower than 18, which means a 5-foot6-inch model must weigh at least 121 pounds and holds a certificate from the government confirming that he or she is sufficiently “healthy” to work. The law also bans websites from encouraging viewers to “seek excessive thinness” and enforces both imprisonment, ranging from six months to a year, and fines ranging from approximately $82,000 to $110,000 for violation of these laws. Some Americans may think that this law is problematic as the French government is restricting modeling agencies from hiring models who best suit their business. This violates our basic civil liberty of freedom from censorship. However, the French government is well known for heavily involving itself in the lives of its citizens and shows no signs of changing this political tendency anytime soon. However, there are some issues regardless of political beliefs. One major issue with these laws is that BMI is hardly indicative of health. Any doctor will tell you that BMI provides a convenient, rough estimate of a weight range a person should likely fall into given the person's height, age and sex. On one hand, most distance runners have BMIs that indicate they are extremely underweight. On the other hand, most body builders have BMIs that indicate they are obese. Clearly, in both instances BMI is an inaccurate way of determining health. France will now levy punishments against modeling agencies that work with models who don’t weigh enough, rather than help models the government deems unhealthy. If the French government really wanted to help people with anorexia, it would set up better access to therapists and doctors instead of banning them from working in a particular industry. Making something illegal doesn’t eliminate a problem; people drank alcohol during Prohibition. According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, in the last 15 years, the number of obese people in France doubled from one in 20 to one in 10, and now 40 percent of the population is overweight. It seems strange that France chooses to focus on its slighter problem of anorexia rather than the much larger problem it faces with obesity. Even if we acknowledge that anorexia is a significant enough problem in France that the government needs to intervene and even if we acknowledge that the best way to alleviate this problem is by focusing on fashion models — both of which seem mistaken — restricting which models can work in the fashion industry based on their BMIs will fail to solve the problem of anorexia in any significant, lasting manner.

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DePaul's outdated sexual health policy By Kate Kownacki Staff Writer

DePaul’s sexual wellness programs have come a long way over the years. In 2011, the Trojan Sexual Health Report Card rated DePaul dead last out of 140 universities nationwide. Last year, DePaul triumphantly claimed 113, which admittedly is not worthy of a trophy, but at least an improvement. The Trojan Sexual Health Report card determines the grade of universities by examining student opinions of health services, the availability of services and contraception, the prevalence of awareness programs and several other factors. It is arguably not the most accurate measurement of campus sexual health, but DePaul undoubtedly needs to step up its game. “Sexual health can encompass a wide range of physical, emotional and spiritual dimensions,” Rima Shah, DePaul’s sexual health and violence prevention specialist, said. According to DePaul policy, the university “reserves the right to restrict the distribution of medical or health supplies and devices items on university premises that it deems to be inappropriate from the perspective of the institution’s mission and values. Specifically, the distribution of birth control devices, of any kind, is strictly prohibited on university premises.” “Our focus is on providing care, information, support and empowerment, so students can make healthy, informed and respectful choices related to sex. This holistic approach is consistent with DePaul’s Catholic and Vincentian mission,” Shah said. “We are in no way judging a student’s behavior. Instead, we try our best to ensure that the student receives medically accurate information

Condoms are available on some college campuses. on sexual health to reduce any potential harm while also engaging them in a larger conversation.” Either way, the policy is outdated and it is time for progression. The common notion that contraceptives promote sex is outlandish, and while DePaul does not shy away from talking about the issues, there is minimal substantial follow through of providing actual protection. Stanford’s Sexual Health Center estimates that 1 in 4 college students have an STD. While only accounting for 25 percent of the sexually active population, people from the ages of 15 to 24 are responsible for more than half of the STD

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diagnoses every year. Sexual health is not a game; it is a matter that must be taken seriously on college campuses. The likelihood of a college student getting an STD is far too high, and the fact that there is little being done to prevent the spread of STDs on campus is abhorrent. The Office of Health Promotion & Wellness at DePaul is not completely in the dark regarding sexual safety on campuses. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and DePaul is trying to get the word out about assault on college campuses. The rate of sexual assault on college campuses is astonishing. According to

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the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, “one in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college.” Additionally, “more than 90 percent of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault.” The stigma attached to a high number of reported sexual assaults on campus is enough for victims to feel ashamed or embarrassed and not report their attack. DePaul is no exception to this. In 2013, only three forcible sexual assaults were reported on the Lincoln Park Campus, which is nearly impossible given the statistical data. Talk, in the case of STDs and sexual assaults, is not enough. Recognizing what DePaul is doing right is undoubtedly important, but the acknowledgement of success should not stunt future efforts. The presence of free STD and HIV testing, awareness campaigns and sexual health panels is a great start, but it should not be the end. Settling into this mediocrity says something about the university’s lack of initiative and makes it clear that the university is not as interested in the health of its students as it may seem. Progress is on the horizon, but it is going to take a great deal of pressure from the student body to truly transform the system. It is time for DePaul to take a step into the modern age and allow the distribution of contraceptives on campus. We must continue to question the effectiveness of DePaul’s sexual health programs, even if it seems to be headed in the right direction. More importantly, we must remember that as students, we can make a difference. If you are passionate about this issue, put more pressure on the officials who are denying women their right to contraception. Together we can bring DePaul’s sexual health policies into a brighter future, but only if we try.

Feminism continues to be misunderstood By Sam Schwindt Staff Writer

Feminism is dying, and it’s our job — the job of men and women — to revive it. Popular media often gives feminism a bad rap, especially when powerful women state that they are not, in fact, feminists. In 2014, Shailene Woodley, heroine of the “Divergent” action films, told Time Magazine she is not a feminist because, “I love men, and I think the idea of ‘raise women to power, take the men away from power’ is never going to work because you need balance.” When a woman like Woodley, who in “Divergent” embodies a powerful female lead, states that she is not a feminist, you know that we have a problem. Feminism is not about ending the tyranny of men, destroying masculinity or killing all men so women can rise to power. Rather, according to contemporary feminist bell hooks’ essay “Feminism Is For Everybody,” feminism “is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression.” According to Dictionary. com, feminism is the “doctrine

advocating social, political and all other rights of women equal to those of men.” So feminism is not about usurping men; rather, it is all about gender equality. Today, much still needs to be done. Some would like to think that equality has been met. However, women in the workplace still face obstacles. In 2013, women made 78 cents for every dollar a man earned — a gender wage gap of 22 percent according to the Institute For Women’s Policy Research. Sexism is also rampant in the business world of Silicon Valley where it’s largely a boys-only club. Bringing sexism back into the realm of the public, Ellen Pao, now interim CEO of Reddit, recently lost her gender discrimination case against the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. Although Pao lost her case, she is still a success for many. Daring to challenge a large firm like Kleiner takes some real grit, and many in the tech industry and public are praising Pao for her willingness to fight. According to the Wall Street Journal, the issue of gen-

der discrimination has long been an issue in Silicon Valley, and Pao illuminated the hidden and secretive sexist world of Kleiner Perkins. Pao warned in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that “you can’t just hide” from the issue of workplace sexism. “You need to work through these issues because they are here and they’re not going to go away.” Pao’s personality was the main object on trial in the three-year case, with the opposing argument being that she was fired because she was ineffective, passive-aggressive and disloyal. The attorney for Kleiner crossexamined Pao and brought to light her affair with a partner at the firm and emails in which she criticized co-workers. Whether or not Pao was actually fired for being a woman remains up in the air. However, what is important is this: Pao has brought the issue of workplace sexism back into the public media sphere, and that will have a lasting impact on the future of women in the workplace in Silicon Valley. We need to bring back feminism; we need to bring back

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Workplace sexism remains an issue in the business world. the fight for gender equality. Sexism still persists in business, politics and everyday life, and the only way to fix it is if we all work together. So, be a feminist. Tell your family and friends that anyone can be a feminist. As Gloria

Steinem said, “a feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” Be like Pao and stand up for yourself; stand up for gender equality, for feminism and for your fellow human being.

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

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The film industry has always used books as sources for movie ideas, but the adaptations have n By Erin Yarnall

called pre-sold properties,” said Blair Davis, a Media and Cinema Studies professor who teaches a class on adaptations at DePaul. Movies are works that can expose “Because the material exists in another viewers to things they have never seen form already, audiences are familiar with and transport them to worlds they could the basic premise and characters, and will have never imagined, but in many cases an presumably want to follow them over to a author has already created the imaginary new medium.” world. Earlier films were adapted from This familiarity has helped adapted plays, but as time went on they have been works become some of the highestmore frequently adapted from novels. grossing films of all time. Out of the top Although it seems that some books 10 highest-grossing film series, seven have were written to be made into films, like the been adapted from books or comic books trend-following book series “Divergent” including the Harry Potter series which and “The Maze Runner,” which are part has grossed $7.72 billion in eight films, of the dystopian trend in young-adult the Marvel Cinematic Universe which has literature currently, Rebecca Johns-Trissler, grossed $7.16 billion in 10 films, and “The a DePaul English professor argues that this Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” films is a bad way to write a book. which grossed $5.88 billion in seven films. “Writing for trends is the kiss of A more recent medium in which death—you always want to be the first adaptations have been based is television. person to create the trend; everyone else HBO series such as “Game of Thrones” seems like a pale imitation afterward,” and “The Casual Vacancy” have both been Johns-Trissler said. adapted from highly successful books. “Other writers start thinking they “TV can take far more time to tell should all pile on the bandwagon. And the same story as a film,” Davis said. it lasts for a little while, but then readers “A television adaptation often created get tired of the same thing over and over,” additional aspects to supplement that story Johns-Trissler said. further.” The notion that viewers will move on Many of the most successful movie from trends leads to questions about the franchises have been based off of series longevity of established movie series that whose target audiences are children, such are based on trends, such as the Marvel as Harry Potter and “The Chronicles of Cinematic Universe, Narnia.” and trending dystopian DePaul student Andrew movie series. Hutchinson has been a fan of They use what Movie adaptations was once a classic “The Chronicles of Narnia” have been around since he was in the second part of my own since the beginnings grade. When Walden Media childhood and bring started creating movies based of cinema, and include film classics such as them to vivid life on off the series, Hutchinson “Casablanca” and made sure to see them. the big screen. “The Godfather.” The “I think they are good Andrew Hutchinson movies because they use Academy Awards also has a category Junior what was once a classic part for adapted works, of my own childhood and celebrating the writers who have taken a bring them to vivid life on the big screen,” novel, play or even other films and have Hutchinson said. made them their own by awarding them While some adaptations have been the Academy Award for Best Adapted criticized for leaving plot details, such Screenplay. One of the most recent as “Game of Thrones,” which in the past nominees in that category was “Inherent season excluded the character of Lady Vice,” originally a novel by Thomas Stoneheart, some fans argue this makes for Pynchon. a better adaptation. “I saw the film first, then read the “Bad adaptations are usually ones novel and then saw the film a second time,” that stick too closely to the book, DePaul student Jordan Brash said. “I had ironically enough,” Johns-Trissler said. been meaning to read the novel for the “Screenwriters and directors need to have longest time and this was an opportunity the freedom to work in their respective to start.” media if the story is going to be successful.” He complimented how the film was By sticking to the same format as able to be faithful to the original work, but their book counterparts, adaptations be a creative work at the same time. can become boring repetitions of their “ ‘Inherent Vice’ is about as faithful predecessor. as it could possibly be given the amount “When people tell me they want of characters and plot contrivances in faithful adaptations, I’m like ‘Why do you the novel,” Brash said. “I really love that want your art to be boring?’” Brash said. they kept all of the fascinating details of Not allowing film directors to take the novel, like Mickey’s tie collection or creative liberties is what can result in an Bigfoot eating frozen bananas, while still unsuccessful film adaptation. finding a way to tie them into the physical “There’s not much point seeing a film comedy of the film.” based on a book if it doesn’t try to use film Although books become beloved form effectively in translating words into creative works that fans are excited to see compelling images,” Blair said. on the screen, film producers adapt books For as long as cinema has existed, for economic reasons, rather than creative books have been sources to adapt from, possibilities. but it’s exciting to see the creativity that “Media producers have long-preferred filmmakers use to create a work of their to make films and TV shows out of what are own. 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50 Shades Where the Wild Things Are of Grey Originally a “Twilight” fan fiction, “50 Shades of Grey” has become a phenomenon with the book selling more than 100 million copies, and the film making more than $500 million. The dialogue is written so horribly and awkwardly, it becomes impossible to imagine Anastasia Steele, and the psychopathic Christian Grey as actual characters. It gets to the point where the reader begins to wonder if author E.L. James has ever seen actual humans interact with one another. Beyond how unbearably awkward the writing is, to the point where it is comedic, it’s essentially the story of a woman being abused by a stalker. The film is significantly better than the joke of a novel. The characters are still painfully awkward, but they seem like actual human beings. The best thing about the adaptation is Dakota Johnson’s portrayal of Anastasia. She brings life to a character who could not have been written more boringly.

In 1963, Maurice Sendak wrote and illustrated the classic children’s picture book “Where the Wild Things Are.” It follows an imaginative, but trouble-making young boy in a wolf suit, Max, as he travels to a jungle a n d encounters creatures referred to as Wild Things. It’s interesting to see the creative liberties that director Spike Jonze took in making the film, as he adapted it from a book with less than 40 pages and only 338 words. The characters are far more developed in the Courtesy of HARPER & ROW film, especially the Wild Things, as each is given a name and personality traits. Max also develops a close friendship with the Wild Things and K.W. Carol, who come to represent Max and his mother. The film drags at points, but it’s impressive to see what Jonze did with such limited source material.

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The hit HBO show which As one of the most famous Amerireturned for its fifth season last can novels, “The Great Gatsby” has night, and has become one of been adapted into several different HBO’s most successful shows. mediums, including a ballet and Each season is an adapted seven film adaptations. One of version of a book in George the most recent was starring R.R. Martin’s fantasy series Leonardo DiCaprio as Gats“A Song of Fire and Ice.” The by. The book follows the five-part book series is an narrator Nick Carraway, immensely detailed hisplayed by Tobey Maguire torical fantasy series, which in the film, as he moves bases a lot of its content off next to the incredibly of British and Roman history. wealthy, non-stop partying The books are seen as a modern Jay Gatsby. It’s revealed that fantasy masterpiece. Despite Gatsby throws so many parties the high praise, the show is in an attempt to impress Daisy, the even better than the book love of his life, who he has not seen series. Each hour-long episode in years. Although the book was picks up on the most important unsuccessful when it was plot points, and cuts out some first published in 1925, it’s of the immense amount of now regarded as a classic details that Martin includes to novel. The film is maintain a fast-paced, exciting Courtesy of HBO less memorable. show. “Game of Thrones” has The cinematogradone a good job at distinguishing phy in the film is itself from the book series as well. remarkable, but Martin is still in the process of writthe plot falls flat, ing, and so the executive producers and is overall have to make decisions on how the a flashy and story will go without source material. beautiful but boring film. Courtesy of WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

not always been successful

Harry Potter

Arguably one of the most beloved book series ever written, the seven-book story follows orphan Harry Potter as he finds out he is a wizard, and begins school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After finding out he is a wizard, he has to face off against evil teachers, dreaded homework and the most evil wizard of all time — Lord Voldemort. Written by J.K. Rowling, the books have sold over 450 million copies, according to the BBC. The book series is one of the most incredibly imaginative and brilliant series in recent years, and the movies that accompany it are just as great. The films set the standards for how adaptations should be made, as each of the four directors who worked on the eight films took their own creative liberties, but at the same time, made sure not to stray too far from the series that fans fell in love with.

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New Black Some people consider an adaptation a failure if it strays from the source material, but the Netflix show “Orange is the New Black” is anything but a failure. The show is based on Piper Kerman’s memoir “Orange is the New Black,” based on her time in prison on felony money-laundering charges. Kerman retraces her steps through prison and before, to explain what she did and how she was caught. The majority of the Courtesy of NETFLIX focus throughout the memoir is on Kerman, unlike the show. While Piper Chapman (the character based on Kerman) is the main character in the television adaptation, there are numerous other characters as well. Kerman’s memoir touches on some of these, with their names changed, such as Pop (Red on the show) and Nora (Kerman’s ex-girlfriend, named Alex on the show), but for the most part, all of the characters on the television show are entirely new, and the show is better for it. The memoir drags at parts, while the show is constantly exciting and thought-provoking.

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Six book to screen adaptations have been ranked and color-coded on this scale. The further right a point is, the better book it is, and the higher up a point is, the better movie it is.

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The impact of “It Follows,” and how directors craft some of the most frightening movies

By Mike Horky Staff Writer

David Robert Mitchell’s latest film “It Follows” has received critical acclaim for its smart premise and overwhelming sense of terror and dread. This acclaim is welldeserved, as the film is one of the scariest and most ingenious horror flicks of the last decade and possibly of the last 15 years. But with all the attention “It Follows” has received, one must consider why it is a good horror film, and more importantly, what makes a horror film good? Mitchell’s film is a classic piece of horror canon: girl is chased by entity that threatens to kill her, and scares everyone along the way. But despite this basic structure, the film adds a lot more to its palate. This entity is passed on through sexual intercourse, and the film suggests that it occurs mostly in teenagers, some encountering sex for the first time. This adds another layer of horror to this story, that a common and pleasureable action can essentially kill you if you aren’t careful. It’s like an STD, only worse, but that’s not the allegory Mitchell is trying to achieve. His scope is larger: leaving the suburbs, being followed by the last threat to your adolescence before becoming an adult. It’s a coming of age film inside of a horror film, and it’s ingenious. This entity is also relentless; it will only stop chasing its prey if it is passed on to another human. It cannot be seen by those it hasn’t already been chasing, so help from others isn’t an option. And for those afflicted, it takes the form of a stranger in a crowd, or worse, someone they already know.

For the main character Jay (Maika Monroe), this entire concept is a jarring and completely unnerving experience, and Mitchell passes that to his audience with a punch to the gut. He presents many of his scenes in a flourishing wide shot, full of people, forcing his audience to constantly scan the screen and wonder which of these people is chasing Jay. And when her friends enter the frame, are they really her friends? It works to his advantage, and keeps viewers on the edge of their seat until Jay finally notices the next follower. Finally, Mitchell also sets his tale in the suburbs, a place that hits close to home for many, and one that oftentimes feels safe. In this respect, it draws comparisons to John Carpenter’s “Halloween” (1978), another film set in the suburbs with a seemingly unstoppable entity on the loose as it chases a teenage girl. This setting is an ingenious way to rack up tension and potentially scare an audience because of the familiarity, and because it’s not often one has felt afraid living there. What the films of Mitchell and Carpenter succeed in is creating an atmosphere that slowly builds into something unexpectedly threatening. Familiarity can be a filmmaker’s greatest strength or greatest weakness. In the cases of more recent horror outings, the latter tends to preside. Franchises such as “Paranormal Activity,” “Insidious” and “REC” all rely on the familiarity of jump scares and a setting that lets the audience know something bad is going to happen (in the case of all three, an enclosed house or apartment). What hurts franchises

is that even by the end of the first film, the idea becomes stale or just not scary. Overusing jump scares allows the audience to become used to them, and by the second or third film that uses them, the idea just becomes expected. Why films like “It Follows,” “Halloween,” and even “The Descent” (2006) work is because they take common settings or tropes and defy expectations. The first two take the idea that something could be following you at anytime in the comfort of your own town, and you have no idea how to stop it, and the last pairs mutant stalkers and a claustrophobic cave. But horror films don’t just need villains and unlikely settings; they need characters with whom the audience can emphasize. So many horror films introduce characters that will be killed off in a moments notice, leaving no opportunity to know them or care for them: they’re cannon fodder. Character development gives the audience reason to root for them and to feel an impending sense of dread when something goes wrong. This inevitably makes a film scarier. As an audience we feel as they feel. When they’re scared, we’re scared with them. The majority of horror films will never stop being predictable and uniformly disappointing. However, “It Follows” shows promise with the direction horror might be taking. With a fresh script, developed characters and a setting that both defies expectations and proves to be endlessly creepy, Mitchell’s foray into horror uses the successful conventions of the genre to its advantage.

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Chrome extension adds ratings to Campus Connect By Andrew Nunez Contributing Writer

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The top shops to visit on Record Store Day JOSH LEFF | THE DEPAULIA

By Cheriden Sablik Contributing Writer

Since its inception on April 19, 2008, Record Store Day has been a staple for record collectors and independent record stores alike. Throughout its past seven years, occurring on the third Saturday of April, Record Store Day has strived to “celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1,400 independently owned record stores in the U.S. and thousands of similar stores internationally.” Record Store Day boasts many astounding accomplishments, including nearly 3,000 participating stores this year in every continent except Antarctica, over 400 releases available this year, a 2008 kick off by Metallica and even having Dave Grohl as the official 2015 Record Store Day ambassador, a feat in itself. Not only does Record Store Day have an impressive resume, it also helps promote independent record stores that often get lost in the shuffle between big corporations. Proudly promoted on their website, “We’re dealing with real, live, physical, indie record stores — not online retailers or corporate behemoths.” Here are some Record Store Day events.

Saki Records

3716 W. Fullerton Ave. Opens at 9 a.m.

With store hours from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saki has numerous events lined up for Record Store Day. Saki will be having an in-store marathon of live music, which will run from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and features bands like Cheap Girls, Advance Base and Supreme Nothing. saki will also have Dark Matter coffee in the morning, a Rob Karlic Photography photo booth and will be hosting a Record Store Day afterparty at The Burlington from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., featuring Saki Soundsystem DJs.

KSTARKE Records 1109 N. Western Ave. Opens at 10 a.m.

KSTARKE Records will be having backto-back vinyl DJs in-store from open until close, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., along with food and drinks.

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Since 2008, Record Store Day, which takes place April 18, has been appeasing vinyl fanatics and casual music fans alike with special releases and in-store festivities.

Reckless Records Multiple locations Opens at 10 a.m.

Reckless Records’ brand new Wicker Park location will feature performances by Sea & Cake, DJ Clent and a Robert Trujillo of Metallica. The Lakeview store will feature Lasers and Fast and Sh—, Local H, and Ne-Hi while the Loop store will have a performance by Tim Kinsella.

Dave’s Records 2604 N Clark St Opens at 11a.m.

Dave’s Records takes “record store” to the next level, being one of the few vinyl-only record stores in Chicago. Dave’s Records will have some tobe-announced in-store performances on Record Store Day as well as some giveaways. The list of RSD releases that Dave’s receives in stock will be posted that Friday night, which is the case with most other record stores.

Owner Dave said he is looking forward to The White Stripes’ first commercial vinyl release of “Get Behind Me Satan.” “That record is what really got Jack White into pressing specialty vinyl like Lazaretto and what started Third Man Records,” he said. “It was supposed to come out a while ago but never did.”

Bric-A-Brac Records 3156 W. Diversey Ave. Opens at 8 a.m.

The records, tapes and collectables shop is a cute, bright and kitchy alternative to larger record shops. Bric-A-Brac’s Record Store Day instore bands begin at 1 p.m. featuring Tweens, Proud Parents, Son of a Gun, Daymaker, Gentleman John Battles and Ultrahazard. The festivities will also expand to the restaurant and bar next door, which will feature food and drink specials, and vendors will be selling their goods beginning at 2 p.m.

With course registration coinciding with midterms, fitting in classes and cross-referencing Rate My Professors is often a burden. But one new Google Chrome extension could change that. The extension, called RateMyPaul, was created by DePaul students Ozer Chagatai, a senior who studies software engineering, and Serguei Fedorov, who studies videogame programming. They noticed their friends would often open Rate My Professors in a separate window to choose classes, and created Rate My Paul to expedite the process and as a fun side project. “Both me and Serguei are web developers, so we had the required skill set to make this before we started,” Chagatai said. “The original version took about a week to make, and we’ve been releasing on a weekly basis ever since.” Because course evaluations are public for CDM students, Chagatai wanted to make this true for all schools at DePaul. “Rate My Professor is like Yelp for professors,” he said. “It simply facilitates the student’s reviews, and it doesn’t ping you for two weeks to write an evaluation.” DePaul’s Student Government Association has pushed since the early 2000s for course evaluations to be visible to students. SGA President Matthew von Nida projected that evaluations for the College of Science & Health, Driehaus College of Business, School for New Learning and The Theatre School will be visible by registration time for fall quarter. SGA is currently working with the College of Communication. “Having visible evaluations is beneficial,” von Nida said. “It allows students to see how their evaluations benefit the class and benefit other students.” Through this measure, students would be able to see course evaluations from the last three quarters of the course being taught. DePaul student Tyler Wolfe-Adam, a junior majoring in computer science, found the extension convenient because it reduces on-screen clutter when choosing classes, as he always used Rate My Professor for choosing classes. “My screen isn’t very large, (so) having two browser windows open side by side was very cluttered and awkward to navigate,” Wolfe-Adam said. “Between my cluttered interface and enjoyment level — or lack thereof — towards picking classes, this extension solves the stressful and cluttered dilemma.” He suggested that an option to see how many people contributed to a professor’s rating should be incorporated in the future. “An overall grade of C- from 100plus ratings could mean a very different thing from an overall grade of C- from 2 ratings,” he said. For now, Chagatai and his team are continuing to make improvements and fix bugs on RateMyPaul. “We’re hoping to improve the speed at which the extension brings you the reviews,” Chagatai said. “We’re also hoping that the extension will result in a higher number of students who leave reviews on Rate My Professor.”

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SPRING STYLES

FLORAL PATTERNS “Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.” As Meryl Streep’s snarky fashion editor character Miranda Priestly sarcastically noted in “The Devil Wears Prada,” it’s not exactly a new idea to start incorporating floral patterns into a springtime wardrobe. But this year, the flowers shown on the runway aren’t your run-of-themill dainty, girly prints. “Floral is taking on a new shape this spring in the form of oversized floral prints that really make an outfit pop,” Lindzi Shanks, Chicago native and blogger behind the popular website Trendy Sparrow, said. She suggests trying a bold and bright floral piece with something neutral. “Rock an oversized floral print skirt or short with a simple one color top. Or give floral prints some edge by mixing them with studs or a moto jacket,” she said. For shorter girls, floral dresses may be difficult to pull off, so try a printed floral top and a pair of dark skinny jeans to lengthen the look of your legs. “Floral for spring can be original depending on how you style it,” Shanks said.

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With music festivals like Coachella coming up this month, as well as Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and tons of others happening this summer, lots of designers are creating looks that pay homage to the free-loving bohemian era of the 1970s. “While it has become trendy to talk about ‘festival style’ as a category of clothing, the truth is, it's essentially ‘70s-style boho clothing,” Shanks said. From fringe details to flower crowns and palazzo pants to flowing dresses, bohemian chic is everywhere. Jessica Jaksich, a social media coordinator at a New York City fashion line, loves festival fashion because “you can feel trendy and fashion forward without sacrificing comfort one bit.” As for how to style the perfect Coachella-worthy outfit? “I’m really into kimonos this season,” Jaksich said. “They're great to throw over a simple tank top and jean shorts or a dress and add a festival feel to your look.” Palazzo pants with a neutral tank make for another great festival look.

By Lindsay Goldstein Contributing Writer

Last fall, hundreds of thousands of fashionable people flocked to New York, London, Paris and Milan, all curious to see what designers and brands would be selling in the spring. So many gorgeous

pieces and concepts made audiences ooh and aah with delight, and now the time is finally here to shop for and wear them. Wondering what trends dominated the season’s runways and how you can rock them? Here’s some go-to guides on a few of the most popular styles for spring.

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Military jackets and army-inspired outfits were a trend in fall and winter runways, but many brands chose to show them again in spring, adding lots of girly pieces to refresh the look. This season, military chic goes above and beyond basic camouflage to incorporate lightweight jackets in tons of shapes and colors. For spring, “I am in love with bomber jackets, especially in olive green,” said Charmaine Simmons, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign senior and blogger for Sincerely Evonne. Bomber jackets are a great addition to a Chicago spring wardrobe — they’re light and easy to throw on over any outfit. “I would wear a bomber jacket with a loose tank and some dark skinny jeans that are ripped at the knees, or with a flared skirt,” Simmons said. For a softer look, try a girly lace dress or printed skirt and top with your military jacket.

It sounds like a fashion concept straight out of a bad ‘80s movie — denim shirt and blue jeans in the same outfit. But layering different denim is becoming very popular once again, and is a great way to style things you might already have in your closet. “I bought so many denim tops during the chambray craze a few years ago and always struggled to find the right bottoms. Being able to throw on my favorite blue jeans is such a relief,” Jaksich said. But before you try the trend, Jaksich suggests taking a closer look at various denim washes. “One rule that I learned is that it's good to pair different shades of denim together,” she said. “Like a light jean top and dark jean bottoms, or vise versa.” Try pairing your jean shirts and pants with a blue and white striped top to capitalize on this season’s nautical-chic trends, or mix it up and try out a pair of white jeans. Jean skirts are back in, too — pair one with a t-shirt and denim vest.

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White Mystery makes â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Awesomeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;movie By Jaycee Rockhold Contributing writer

White Mystery, a gritty rock and roll duo made up of fiery, redheaded White siblings, is stirring things up in the local music scene by breaking into the movie business. Though the band has released an album every year on April 20, this time theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re releasing a full-length film comprised of five different stories with two main protagonists, other characters from the underground music scene and a multitude of sets they stumbled across on tour. By this point, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost everywhere. Formed in 2007, the band has traveled to almost every corner of the world, relentlessly playing hundreds of shows to all different sizes of audiences, including shows with legendary bands The Stooges and Weezer. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a typical band documentary. In fact, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a documentary at all. Instead, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fictional tale of two characters based off of Alex and Francis Scott Key White, members of White Mystery. The concept of â&#x20AC;&#x153;That Was Awesomeâ&#x20AC;? lingered in the siblingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind for the last few years, but it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come to life until last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a full-time musician where my brother and I tour in White Mystery several times a year,

all around the world,â&#x20AC;? Alex White, who graduated from DePaul University in 2007, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On all these adventures, from Switzerland to San Francisco to Mexico, we have a lot of time to kind of daydream. You know on these travels you get inspired by what you see and the people you meet.â&#x20AC;? Thus, the idea for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;psychedelic dark comedyâ&#x20AC;? was born. The film took a quick six months to create. Five different filmmakers joined the project, each filming a selection of the movie and then editing, allowing the process to be swift. Each filmmaker has a different style, one chapter even being an animation. Despite how it was filmed and edited, every event that takes place is a fairy tale, some being light hearted and others a nightmare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the stories is called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Orange Psychoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and that takes place in the desert,â&#x20AC;? White said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did shooting while we were on tour and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monsters and villains as well. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a typical band documentary; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an actual plot line. It features the two members of White Mystery, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very much a fairytale. We daydreamed and conceptualized while we were on tour and it was kind of like a side project we could flesh out on these long drives.â&#x20AC;? Besides the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s April 20 premiere at the Logan Square

Theatre, fans and those interested in seeing the film can view it online after the showing. White said the film is one thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;meant to be shared between human beings,â&#x20AC;? instead of gathering dust. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motivated by music and music is a national language,â&#x20AC;? White said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in this era of people accusing each other of pirating and stuff and we think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re picking that apart by creating something that is supposed to be shared.â&#x20AC;? The film also boasts cameos from other Chicago bands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The film is going to be incredible for the scene. No one has done anything like this at all,â&#x20AC;? Brandon Reed, who appears in the film and is a member of The Holy Motors, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ahead of the curve. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen bits and pieces of it and have heard some of the music featured in the film and its badass, funny, quirky and just a good time.â&#x20AC;? Reed, in addition to being good friends with the duo, now works for the band in various ways. Along with other bands like White Mystery, he has become close with such as The Stalkers (NYC) and Timmy Vulgar (Detroit), which play significant roles throughout the film. White Mystery is bringing a new media element to the scene, combining their musings and music together to create a full-

CIMMfest 2015 The Chicago International Music and Movies festival celebrates the convergence of film and sound, including live scores, panels, Q&As and rock documentaries. Here are some must see events.

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SIX FILMS TO SEE THIS SPRING

From primates to poltergeists, here are some of the best movies coming out this season By Pat Mullane & Eric Domingo Staff Writers

1. “Monkey Kingdom” April 17

4. “Mad Max” May 15

2.“True Story” April 17

5.“Pitch Perfect 2” May 15

3.“Avengers: Age of Ultron” May 1

5.“Poltergeist” May 22

Earth Day is coming up, so it’s only fitting to include the predestined masterpiece documentary “Monkey Kingdom.” Okay, so it probably won’t be a masterpiece, but I can bet it’s a lot better than those education films at Lincoln Park Zoo. Disneynature has provided some quality documentaries in the past and “Monkey Kingdom” is bound to stand tall with them. “Monkey Kingdom” follows the life of Maya, a mothering monkey, in search for a new home after hers is raided by a fellow monkey tribe. Tell me that doesn’t sound thrilling.

Jonah Hill and James Franco star in what’s surprisingly not a comedy, but a very serious thriller based on the crimes of Christian Longo, a wanted fugitive convicted of murdering his wife and children in the early 2000s. Franco stars as the incarcerated Longo, who contacts New York Times writer Michael Finkel (Jonah Hill) to write a memoir about his crimes. While both Franco and Hill have proven their capability of handling serious roles, “True Story” might offer their darkest roles to date.

Director Joss Whedon’s sequel to the 2012 movie brings iconic Marvel characters, like Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) together to fight Ultron (James Spader), a robot who wants to end mankind. Ultron was originally created to help police the world so the heroes wouldn’t have to, but starts to develop a mind of his own. He starts to believe the world’s greatest problem is the people who inhabit and vows to rid its inhabitants. In the cinema age dominated by superhero movies, this one should be an exciting add on to a franchise that smashed the box office.

You might not know about the Mad Max franchise, given the last one to come out was in 1985, but I promise you they’re worth a watch. George Miller returns to this post-apocalyptic universe with a whole new cast and set of tools to play with. Tom Hardy replaces Mel Gibson as Max, a wanderer, or “road warrior,” who seems to always find himself in a troubling chase with some crazies. This film looks like a 90-minute energetic action scene, and that’s how it should be, because these films are mad fun.

Actress Elizabeth Banks directs her biggest movie yet, carrying on the original film directed by Jason Moore. What’s different? Everything. The Barden Bellas, who are now graduating college seniors, take on their last big singing compeition but now it’s international. They enter a competition in which no American team has won while contemplating what are they’re going to do after graduation. The first movie took many by surprise, with a grossing $113 million worldwide at the box office, but look for this one to be another hit. Music, pretty girls and Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) should be a successful combination.

Directed from the horrific mind of Gil Kenan, Poltergiest is a remake of the 1982 film. In this film, married couple Eric (Sam Rockwell) and Amy Bowen’s youngest daughter Madison gets abducted by spirits. The Bowens must ban together to get her back, but the evil beings from beyond make the situation a nightmare. The movie should be terrifying, as there will be reminisces of the old film, but it should also be successful because of its appeal to a wide age demographic.

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Strings cooks up delicious take on college classic By Mariah Woelfel Multimedia Editor

You’ll go because it’s the only place open for a 2 a.m. bite to eat. You’ll go back because you’ll crave the food at any given time of the day. And when the host yells, “irasshaimase,” or “come in,” at you as you enter, remember that it’s only the beginning of unique evening at Chef Kee Chan’s recently opened ramen house, Strings 2, located at 1629 N. Halsted St. in Lincoln Park. A rendition of its mother concept, Strings Chinatown, the approximate 80-seat, basement style restaurant offers menu items exclusive to its Lincoln Park location, including new topping choices of kinoko, dacho, kani tama, and a pairing of dacho and kuro buta. Kinoko, or mushrooms, provides vegetarians with the opportunity to indulge, while other toppings such as dacho, or ostrich, promote the sense of competitiveness that Chan hopes to foster between his two chains. If you want dacho, you’ll need to go to Strings 2. Craving oden? Head to Chinatown. Close to ordering the kinoko myself, our server sold me on the kani tama miso ramen: a fermented bean based broth, infused with chicken, turkey bone stock and accompanied by black mayu oil and butter. The fatty broth, infused with collagen and flavor to boot, was exactly what’s expected from a miso,

known for its heavier base from the colder, Northern Hokkaido region of Japan. The noodles — thin, straight and al dente style — held the flavor of the ramen and provided a substantial base to each bite of crab and pork meat, topped with scallion or sesame seed. The bite takes you through a whirlwind of flavors, without disagreement. Bursts of salt from the fermented bean base and acidity from the scallions balance out the sweetness from the bata yaki, or butter infused with vegetables, that might overpower otherwise. Though making a name for itself through its unique take on authentic style ramen, Strings’ two-side menu dedicates an entire page to yakisoba (pan fried ramen noodles), rice bowls, sides and non-alcoholic beverages. The gyozo, or dumpling, side is another menu item exclusive to Lincoln Park. Order it in advance if you want it as an appetizer because they’ll take longer than your ramen to prepare. Choosing between kuro buta, chicken, seafood and vegetable, we tried the chicken and were not disappointed. The tenderness of the dumplings provided just the right vehicle for the pungent flavor of the jelly-textured chili oil they sat upon. Appetizers and entrees are made in-house, while I recommend saving your sweet tooth for after you leave, as the desserts are ordered from a thirdparty vendor, and frankly, Chan

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The kani tama miso ramen at Strings Ramen includes a bean broth infused with chicken, turkey bone stock and black mayu oil base, topped with pork and crab. Its Lincoln Park location is at 1629 N. Halsted. said, not the focus of Strings. The only menu item that sparked my date’s interest and mine was the green tea mochi balls, which weren’t available yet. We settled on the tiramisu, which neither of us cared to finish. The menu, separated by style of dish, is easy to navigate, and offers user-friendly tips in the form of “Ramen 101” for the less inclined — an effort by the chef to give guests agency over this at times hard-to-navigate dish. A map of Japan explains where each style of broth comes from, while “Strings Guide 101” provides guests with basic ramen etiquette.

And, yes, slurping is a must. The food and fun facts didn’t distract from the more than adequate service and overall experience we had. If you’re looking for a folded napkin each time you go to the bathroom, or your food to be placed on your table at the same exact millisecond as your date, this isn’t the place for you. Coming from a background of training under a Japanese sushi chef and experience in his own nowshuttered restaurant Heat, Chan says Strings is about nothing more than good, fast service and good eats.

Bumping tunes from Gangstarr to Babbletron, furnished with high-top wooden tables, metal stools and hanging potted plants, Strings gives off a vibe of relaxation intertwined with an upbeat emerging that’s unobtrusive. BYOB and adjoined by a tea spot that will feature local DJ’s on the weekends, Strings fills a gap at both North Halsted and in Lincoln Park in general for those looking for good time you don’t have to think about, at the centerpiece of which is impeccable food marked by an unparalleled attention to detail.

Goodman’s ‘Upstairs Concierge’ packs quick comedic punch By Emma Rubenstein Senior Writer

The Goodman’s Owen Theater is home to a delightful and energetic show this spring. “The Upstairs Concierge,” written by Kristoffer Diaz and directed by KJ Sanchez, tells a frolicking and farcical tale. Though its duration is less than an hour and a half, it packs a delightful and unmistakable punch. The production chronicles the dichotomously self-deprecating and selfpossessed protagonist’s first day as the concierge of a highly anticipated upscale, celebrity hotel. The establishment operates under the tagline “Your New Family Home.” The atmosphere is homelike: Ella’s bedroom is in the middle of its entrance, and there are no locks on any of the guest’s doors. While the new hotel’s intention seems marvelous and hiccupfree, the collection of guests that first come to visit find themselves hilariously and problematically intermeshed. Chicago actress, Tawny Newsome, who has taken on the role of Ella Elizondo, has been involved with the production since its preliminary stages many years ago and is no stranger to the character that she portrays. “She’s not that far from me, mainly because Chris, the writer, is my friend and he sort of wrote the role with me in mind a little bit,” she said. “It is sort of written in a version of my own voice so in terms of how she deals with things, I maybe am not as much of a people pleaser as she is, but I definitely admire how selfless she is and how she just wants other people to be happy and comfortable around her.”

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John Stokvis (Kaz), Tawny Newsome (Ella Elizondo) and Theo Allyn (Mark Merriman) in Kristoffer Diaz’s “The Upstairs Concierge” directed by KJ Sanchez at Goodman Theatre. The production’s comedic value ranges from enormously silly to subtly hilarious. Because of her time spent at The Second City, Newsome is no stranger to the large and physical side of farcical comedy. “We are pretty much dunked and steeped in all types of comedy there so I definitely feel like I can hang, but there are some greats that I am definitely looking up to,” she said. The show’s mastery of contemporary material elevates and distinguishes it. It is full of pop-culture references, yet it is still somehow timeless and reachable.

Newsome described the kind of pointed and current humor that the cast enjoys. “It is very much a contemporary, very current, good-television type of comedy that we all seem to like,” Newsome said. “To bring that into a farce, such a traditional medium, is so cool and I really think this year Chris really found his rhythm with that and the challenge to make contemporary comedy accessible for a live audience.” “The Upstairs Concierge” originated as a part of the Goodman’s New Stages Festival in 2013. Here, the production tested its legs for the very first time. Today the show has

retained its sentiment and presence but has also undergone enormous changes. “I think in the preliminary stages it was less physical,” Newsome said. “It wasn’t on two levels, first of all, so there weren’t any staircases. It was literally just a bed in the center of all of these doors. In terms of the writing, I think the writing is stronger this year. I think Chris’ comedic voice is really coming into a fun, unique place I think that he is such a fantastic playwright and on top of that and separate from that he also has such a fantastic taste in comedy.” Though its presence is loud and its comedy is grandiose, The Goodman’s newest show still retains a delightfully understated element that both complements and balances its larger moments. “It makes me happiest because I am not one for bit set-ups and punch line laughs,” Newsome said. “I like those, but after working at Second City for so long they almost feel kind of too easy. I am way more interested in the little quirks and ticks and pulls and jabs that maybe only handfuls of people here and there notice and, every now and then, you do enough of them in a row and it swells into a big, overflowing pot of laughter.” “The Upstairs Concierge” is a balancing act in its finest form. It is as intricate as it is large, as subtle as it is loud, and as timeless as it is contemporary. It never asks or requires anything of its audience members, but provides them with unending gifts in the forms of laughter, story and variety. “The Upstairs Concierge” will be at The Goodman’s Owen Theatre from March 28 to April 26. Student tickets are $10.

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“Rock and roll is here to stay,” Chaz Bundick muses straight from the mouth of Neil Young on “Empty Nesters.” But one thing is clear: chillwave is dead. Now it’s Urban Outfitter’s goto music to subliminally encourage purchases of high waisted jeans or overpriced cutoffs. Toro Y Moi wasn’t always slurping mangos “Underneath the Pine” - a compilation of scrounged up tracks from the 2000s released as “June 2009” could easily be mistaken for one of Ariel Pink’s thousands of tape-recorded oddities. Like Washed Out and Neon Indian, Toro y Moi found his footing making sample based music meant for reclining, daydreaming and hot summer nights. But whatever iteration of Bundick you prefer, you won’t find it on “What For?” Deliciously funky intros and outros tease tracks like “Buffalo” and “The Flight,” which end up suffocating in a tin can under awkward lyrics. Perhaps an attempt at returning to form, the album shoots for Ariel Pink’s “Before Today” and misfires into sedated indie pop. KIRSTEN ONSGARD | THE DEPAULIA

In “Woman in Gold,” director Simon Curtis embarks on a journey of self-realization and justice. The movie follows the life of Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), a Jewish Holocaust survivor. After the Nazis invaded Austria, Altmann and her family were confined to their home and all their precious belongings, specifically their paintings, sold by the Nazis. One of the paintings was of Altmann’s late aunt Adele, a rare Klimt, which, after the Holocaust, became Austria’s Mona Lisa. Now an older woman and after the recent passing of her sister, Altmann turns to Randol Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds), an inexperienced lawyer for help. The film goes through a series of flashbacks that help tie in the theme of never quite being free of ones past. Throughout the film the viewer sees Altmann struggle to reconcile with Austria, which in her mind betrayed her and her family for allowing the Nazis to take over during World War II. It is through the process of fighting for the paintings that Altmann comes to terms with what she experienced and comes to forgive Austria. Through the flashbacks the viewer comes to realize that the paintings aren’t merely objects but memories and events in Altmann’s life. “Woman in Gold” manages to break the norm of Holocaust films with its two leading actors, Mirren and Reynolds. The two have a dynamic relationship that changes from a grandmother-grandson dynamic to an old married couple relationship. Their relationship coupled with a great script manages to keep the movie light despite the horrendous events that take place in Altmann’s early life. ALONDRA VALLE | THE DEPAULIA

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Lollapalooza’s lineup came out a few weeks ago, but I’ve likely already spent my last year traversing Grant Park for a while — it’s not entirely the cost or the lineup so often complained about. I first attended at 17 back in 2010, and like many, it was my first festival. I remember the sensory overload: the heat, the mass of people and the skyline looming over everything. I’ve attended in some capacity every year since, each time with entirely different friends and last year alone to cover it.

But maybe I’m a bit too old, young or cynical, but Lollapalooza doesn’t belong to me anymore. I’ve been that starry-eyed suburban kid, and Lollapalooza is still a rite of passage for many, albeit now a pricey one. Here are some of my favorite sets of Lollapaloozas past. 1. The XX — “VCR” (2010) Being a festival newbie, I decided to wear jeans on my first day. Big mistake. The XX played a midday set at the concrete pavillion, and their bass blasted as the sun beat down. 2. Arctic Monkeys — “Brianstorm” (2011) Thanks to a downpour, the

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Arctic Monkeys took the stage 20 minutes late as the crowd was reduced to a helpless and sopping wet mess. Call me crazy, but shivering with discomfort made “Brianstorm” and “This House is a Circus” all the more intense and fun. 3. The Shins — “Australia” (2012) If I were to point to a year proving that Lollapalooza’s lineup has downgraded in recent years, it would be 2012. On just this Friday alone, I saw the then largely unknown War on Drugs and Tame Impala. As the sun set, my college friends I made last year sat in a circle and watched The Shins in a moment that can

Across 1. “That’s terrible!” 5. Like some stockings 9. Guck 14. Windfall 15. “The Salt-N-___ Show” 16. Trojan War figure 17. Roman god of the sky 18. Genre that often includes a ballet 20. Utopias 22. Excited, with “up” 23. TV teaser before the first commercial 26. Cote d’Azur sight 29. Lean-___ 30. Nasser’s confed. 31. Harsh 33. Swamp 36. Bone-dry 37. James Bond and others 42. Open org. 43. Second book in Clavell’s “Asain Saga” 44. Fanatic

be described as nothing less than magical. 4. Jack White — “Blunderbuss” (2012) In a classic case of festival conflict, Justice and Jack White were both booked as headliners on opposite sides of Grant Park. Halfway through the former’s set, my roommate and I ran off to White’s set with a final burst of energy to close out a weekend plagued with torrential downpours (remember the great Lollapalooza rain-out?) that still turned out to be one of my favorite experiences. 5. Vampire Weekend — “Oxford Comma” (2013) After “Modern Vampires of the City,” Vampire Weekend found

47. One-up 48. Time zone word: abbr. 51. Buddhist branch 52. “Great” 1975 Redford Role 56. Free-for-all 57. Savanna heavyweight 58. Skinny, so to speak, or what’s hidden in 18-, 23-, 37-, and 52-Across 63. Lined up, with “in” 64. Movers’ challenge 65. Degree holder 66. Without 67. Chooses to join 68. Ages and ages 69. Choice word Down 1. Protest 2. Jinx 3. King output 4. Upright 5. EPA sticker stat 6. Adverb in odes 7. Produce

mainstream success and every teenage indie girl began crushing on Ezra Koenig. Still, this gave them the ability to showcase their consistantly great performance ona main stage. 6. Cut Copy — “Hearts on Fire” (2014) There’s a point in every festival where I end up running toward a set. Last year — probably looking foolish being alone with a press wristband — I dashed to Cut Copy’s set. Yes, I missed out on the second half of Outcast, but the combination of being too short and too closed in, made the prospect of being front row for Cut Copy too good to miss.

8. Capital NE of Vientiane 9. Quick learner 10. “Dragnet” force, briefly 11. Rage 12. Orbitor for 15 years 13. Spanish for “that” 19. Pressures for payment 21. Ting or ping 24. When doubled, a South Pacific capital 25. Blow 26. First name in game shows 27. Iroquoian people 28. Cabs and syrahs 32. “You’re So ___” 1973 #1 hit 33. Carrier that doesn’t fly on the Sabbath 34. Where to hear maas and baas 35. Popular chip 37. ___ bass 38. Words of

understanding 39. Eddie ___, detective involved in the actual “French Connection” 40. Each 41. Slender candle 45. Was in debt regarding 46. Yarn 48. Fusilli shape 49. Mortise partners 50. Nod 53. Pigeon’s place 54. Golden, in Guadalajara 55. Full moon, e.g. 56. Thigh-high attire 58. 2010 GM financial event 59. Little bite 60. Did nothing 61. One might keep you from seeing the show 62. Magazine VIPs

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Sports

Young players creating a racket By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

Well on their way to another winning record and with a Big East tournament win in their sights, DePaul women’s tennis heads into the final stretch of matches with two young players providing crucial play at the top of the card. Freshman Patricia Lancranjan and sophomore Yuliya Shupenia have been the primary No. 1 and No. 2 this season for the Blue Demons, each of them making ten appearances respectively at the top of the bill. When one is the No. 1, the other is typically the No. 2, with both making at least five appearances each in the two-spot. For two first-year collegiate players, starting off the singles bill can be a little daunting. “I think it’s more pressure, even playing number two,” Shupenia said. “You’re the leader Courtesy of DEPAUL ATHLETICS and you’re trying to set the tone Yuliya Shupenia, in her first year, has been able to succeed as both a number one, a number two and with Rebeca Mitrea as a doubles and trying to play really well.” While neither of them really partner. have the record they particularly wanted, their placement at the spots and they’re competitive in top allows head coach Mark those spots, but I think it’s driven Ardizzone to use the older, more them both to want to win more.” Both of them have been able experienced players at the other to win at singles competition positions. “Every team has two maybe overall, but Shupenia has also three good players, but us and been a fixture on the doubles a lot of teams have six or seven slate, partnered with senior really good players,” he said. “If Rebeca Mitrea for the most part. “I really like playing with her. you look at our record at the four, five and six spot, it’s just off the I think sometimes we balance charts good and so it gives me a each other out,” Shupenia said. “So lot of options whenever about who I she’s having want to play a rough time there.” Personally I think I I can step up, While should have done better, and the same both of I want to help the team goes for her, them have we kind of winning more but sometimes it take a little re cords didn’t work out. bit of the overall, pressure off neither of Patricia Lancranjan one another.” them have The two had an impressive win-loss record at have been the most frequent the top. Shupenia is 4-3 at the partnership on the squad, Courtesy of DEPAUL ATHLETICS number one spot and Lancranjan playing 12 different matches with each other. They have a Patricia Lancranjan, with a 20-12 record, has made a strong singles showing in her freshman campaign. is 4-6. “Personally I think I should stellar 12-2 record with each have done better, I want to help other, which has been a large the team more but sometimes part in helping the Blue Demons it didn’t work out,” Lancranjan win the doubles point. (Through April 10) Working with the older said. “Hopefully in the next years players to help mutually improve it will be better.” Ardizzone said this is their game, as with Mitrea and because when they are in the Shupenia, and to help the team at number one spot, they are going the same time is what Ardizzone against the best of the best from hopes is the goal for every player time in and time out. other schools. “What I look for is that every “I think it’s been a tough adjustment period for them as I kid gets better,” Ardizzone said. think they both have not done “I think if we just concentrate on as well as they would have liked that, then we’re going to win in terms of wins and losses,” and the outcomes are good Ardizzone said. “But you know and we can win the matches, them being in those spots just but I want every kid to think makes us so much better in those they’re getting better.”

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20-12

5-8

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24-5

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Alexa Ben called up to United States U-20s By Matthew Paras Managing Editor

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Alexa Ben had nine goals and a school record 11 assists in her freshman campaign, helping lead the Blue Demons to an undefeated regular season.

Freshman Alexa Ben could hardly contain her excitement as she smiled and got more animated with each answer. Fresh off a spring practice, Ben would soon be leaving for California for a great opportunity — competing at an under-20 training camp for the Women’s National Team. Starting Saturday and running through April 18, Ben will be one of 24 players practicing at the U-20 Women’s National Team domestic training camp at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, California. The opportunity, if successful, could lead to a spot to play in the World Cup and the Olympics. “It’s going to be a really good experience to go in and do my best,” Ben said, smiling. “We’ll see what comes out of it.” It’s a special chance for Ben, who is the first DePaul player to be invited since Julianne Sitch was for the 2004 U-21 Women’s National Team in 2004. Sitch is also DePaul’s all-time leader in goals. During her time in Carson, Ben will be scrimmaging against her peers. She will also compete in two games against college teams, facing USC on April 17 and No. 1 UCLA on April 18. Ben first found out that she

got the invite when she got a text at 8 a.m. from her head coach, Erin Chastain. Still sleeping at the time, Ben woke up later to the news. She also received an email from the Women’s National Team later in the day, confirming the invite. “I’m really proud of it,” Chastain said. “She had a wonderful fall season, and even prior to coming here, she was that type of player with that potential. She’s fully deserving.” Ben caught the attention of Michelle French, head coach of the Women’s National Team. Earlier in the fall, Chastain sent French an email to advocate for her player, but French re-inquired about Ben about two weeks before the invite, Chastain said. Ben had a tremendous season in her first year at DePaul, scoring nine goals finishing the season with 29 points — second most in DePaul’s history. She was a large part in why DePaul went 16-1-4, their sole loss being in the NCAA tournament. Now that she is going to have a chance to compete on the world stage, Ben said she is eager to see how she fits in. “I’m hoping to see my work ethic with some of the best U-20 players in the country,” Ben said. “I’m hoping to gain better knowledge of the game and an understanding of what I need to

do better. I want to see what I need to do to make it on the team.” Chastain said that the key for Ben is just to relax and enjoy the experience. “It’s a pressured environment,” Chastain said. “I want her to be able to perform. She just needs to not put pressure on herself, and do what she does well. She just needs to not try to do anything crazy.” Ben’s skillset, Chastain said, is one that DePaul hasn’t had before. At 5 feet, Ben relies on her tremendous speed as a smaller player as well as her excellent vision to find her teammates. Along with her nine goals, Ben also had a school record of 11 assists. “She added a different attacking dimension to our team,” Chastain said. “She fit in right away with our team. Everyone loves her.” The response Ben has received so far from her teammates, family members and friends has been “a sense of warmness,” she said. It will be her first time ever competing on a national stage. Asked if she ever wants to jump up and down and just let people know she’s made it, Ben laughed. “Yeah, but I try not to,” Ben said. “I try to stay reserved as much as possible.”

Softball begins conference play with two sweeps By Octavia Johnson Contributing Writer

With an unexpected start to the season, the Blue Demons softball team quickly turned their disappointing start into a quick, but not so easy 6-0 start in the Big East Conference. Improving their offense and defense in conference games, the defending Big East conference champions leads the conference in hits. Although the team’s pitching has been more up than down, head coach Eugene Lenti feels that the girls can keep the fire going during their upcoming conference games with a little improvement in their performance. “We’ve been hitting a lot of home runs, scoring a lot of runs. Our defense has been a lot better than what it was in nonconference plays,” Lenti said. Since offense is one of the team’s biggest strengths, Lenti believes that the girls can keep up their undefeated streak in the conference so long as they remain strong and remember both defense and offense. “As long as the pitching stays strong and we hit the way we do and keep defending we should be able to keep it going this way,” he said. The team is not too much different from last year, instead of working and

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DePaul softball opened up the Big East season with a series sweep of Seton Hall on the road, followed by a two-game series win over Providence.

trying to build chemistry between a team of 10 girls, the challenge is to build a strong bond between almost 20 girls this season. With everyone bringing different strengths and talents to the field the team is almost certain that they can prove that they’re better than what their non-conference record shows. Returning Big East Player of the Year, senior leader, pitcher and hitter Mary Connolly believes that together they can humbly, but confidently, show that they can perform at a high level when it matters. The team’s formula for success hasn’t changed since the start of the year as they start to play at home: quality pitching, timely hitting and solid defense is the mind frame they want to use to win games. “Our mindset when playing home is to

defend this field,” Connolly said. Although the team lost their first home game to North Dakota, they quickly turned that lost around when they won their first conference game at home against St. John’s. “We love to put on a show during home games for our supporters,” Connolly said. “Support is big to us and we want to show them that we can represent DePaul Blue Demons’ softball program.” Connolly, being one of the best pitchers and hitters on the team, said she wants to improve her performance as a player. She feels that being a pitcher is a leader in itself. She tries not to say or do too much with her leadership because she understands that if she plays well it will reflect in the rest of the team. Although the defense has always been

the strongest component of the team Connolly knows that her team will have her back no matter how she performs. “I think it is very awesome to have a great defense behind me, it boosts my confidence and energy,” said Connolly. Over the next few games until the end of the season the team would like to keep a competitive spirit and always be hungry for victories. They understand that they have to win big in April so that they can get to where they need to be in May. Wishing that they had more home games in their schedule, the team doesn’t seem to be too worried about their upcoming schedule or the teams their up against. Coach Lenti would like to use their non-conference games as preparation for their conference games.

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Big East Softball Standings (Through April 10)

Overall

Conference

14-13 6-0 13-17 5-0 15-19 4-4 16-18 4-5 8-15

3-4

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12-22 2-5

Freshman pitcher Megan Leyva has been the No. 2 starter for the Blue Demons, stepping in behind senior Mary Connolly in the pitching rotation.

Leyva adjusts to collegiate level By Matthew Paras Managing Editor

Nicknames for athletes are common and they catch on quickly. For freshman pitcher and outfielder Megan Leyva, “peanut” spread fast. Associate head coach and Leyva’s pitching coach Lindsay Chouinard are not sure how it originated, but said that her teammates loved her instantly. Leyva has come into DePaul’s culture and been happily accepted. She’s also excelled on the mound. “It’s been a lot of fun so far,” Leyva said. “Now that it’s picking up into the season, I feel like I’m getting a handle on it. It wasn’t that hard of a transition from travel softball, but I definitely feel that it’s picked up.” Leyva, who always seems to have a smile on her face, has stepped in and played a large role in a three-woman pitching rotation. As a whole, this season DePaul softball is trying to replace the production of Kirsten Verdun, who was the Blue Demons’ No. 1 option last year and has since graduated. So far, Leyva is 4-6 with a 6.06 ERA. Leyva said she’s noticed the talent difference in college, but added, “for the most part, it’s still 60 feet in and turn left and still 43 feet back.” It’s this positive attitude that her teammate Morgan Maize has noticed and

made Leyva a joy to be around. “She’s always smiling so you don’t really know what’s going on in her head,” Maize said. “She brings that kind of depth that’s really helped out this year … I think because she’s always smiling, a couple of the girls try to get her riled up to see if she’ll react. And she doesn’t. You never know when she’s upset because she’s always smiling.” Originally from San Diego, Leyva started playing softball when she was seven years old because her mother signed her up with a friend to play. She soon realized, though, that she had the talent and started playing in leagues with kids older than her. By 13, she started to play travel ball. Leyva committed to DePaul her junior year of high school because of two instances, the first being a visit to DePaul’s campus and then also going to watch the Blue Demons in person when they played in California. “I loved the coaching staff and how the girls played together,” Leyva said. “It just seemed like a great group.” While the players caught her eye, when Leyva showed up on campus, it was Leyva who caught the eye of her teammates and coaching staff. Chouinard, who joined DePaul’s coaching staff after Leyva had already committed, said she was unsure of what she was getting to work with until she arrived. “She’s incredibly strong and has the

potential to be a very, very good pitcher,” Chouinard said. “She has a very good changeup and throws the ball down in the zone. Her motion is a little unorthodox and tends to keep people off balance. That’s what’s worked for her this year.” During this season, Leyva is already showing growth. DePaul’s coaching staff works with Leyva so she learns by constantly talking the process out. They’ve also stressed adding new elements to her game, such as mixing in curveballs and working on her swing. Senior pitcher and first baseman Mary Connolly has also taken Leyva under her wing, often being paired up in drills. Maize said she’s seen Leyva’s confidence improve in both pitching and her batting. “When we practice, sometimes you just see her hit these spots,” Maize said. “She also has potential to get even more movement on her drop balls. She just likes to work hard. Hitting, she has a vicious swing “If she just learns to control it, she’s going to be completely unstoppable in the next couple of years.” For now, Leyva said her biggest learning curve has been her mental approach and how she approaches the game. “I have to remember that I can trust myself and that I’ve done this so many times that when I go out there and play like I know how to play,” Leyva said.

A new (e.r.a) Leyva’s 2015 stats Non conference

Conference

W-L

2-6

2-0

E.R.A

9.16

2.25

Walks

Games

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Jalen Harvey’s balancing act By Danny Michallik Contributing Writer

On the soccer map, Bermuda is one of 31 member associations clumped in the Caribbean Zone of CONCACAF, one of the six continental confederations of FIFA, the sports world’s governing body. Ten other nations from the North and Central America subregions constitute the sector. Of the less than 65,000 inhabitants on the 20-mile island emerges DePaul men’s soccer junior Jalen Harvey, who’s weathered the ebbs and flows of the student-athlete lifestyle in Chicago and translated it to success at the international level. With seven goals in three seasons as a Blue Demon, Harvey’s latest excursion on international duty came last week, steering his native country to an emphatic 8-0 aggregate triumph over the Bahamas in the first round of the FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the National Stadium. The result sends the Gombey Warriors to a second-round, twolegged fixture against Guatemala on June 8 and June 16. A native of Smith’s Parish, Bermuda, Harvey’s pragmatism shines through when asked about his country’s expectations, the possibilities unbounded. “Short term, we want to get past Guatemala,” he said. “Long term, obviously going to the World Cup would make history. We’re not playing these World Cup qualifiers to get eliminated. We’re looking to go as far as possible.” Between plying his trade for his national team and for DePaul in the Big East Conference, not to mention a stint with IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida in the USL Premier Development League (PDL) last summer, worldly experiences have molded the 21-year-old into an improved,

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Junior defender Jalen Harvey started two games for Bermuda as they defeated the Bahamas to advance in 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification. two-way player. “It’s great to see how versatile Jalen is and that he does have these options,” DePaul head coach Craig Blazer said. “He’s improved tremendously on both sides of the ball. Defensively, his tactical sense. Offensively, he does have a good skill set. The best thing is that his entire game is evolving and developing and it’s a credit to him becoming a student of the game. It’s very encouraging.” In 44 appearances and spells as a left back, center back, left midfielder and a lone forward at DePaul, Harvey can pack a punch for an already dynamic lineup. Though primarily deployed and preferred as a center back in Blazer’s system of play, Harvey

has a firm grip on his choice position for Bermuda. “With the national team, I love playing that left wingback position,” he said. “The options are a lot different from a center back role, and because I have that offensive part of me, I like that I get the chance to bring it out with the national team. As opposed to center back, it’s more of a defensive position and not getting up the field as much. Playing the role where I get to show off my skills as an attacking and defensive player is a blessing.” Harvey, one of six international players on Blazer’s roster, has come a long way since signing his National Letter of Intent in February 2012. The

rising senior recorded a teamhigh of five goals in 2014 and notched a hat trick against Drake University. It was arguably his best performance across the board, which resulted in Big East Offensive Player of the Week honors. And while Harvey admits a seamless transition to competing in the Big East Conference helped prepare him for the uniformly fast-paced nature of the international game, continuity among his Bermudian teammates poses a distinct challenge. “It’s a lot different because most of the guys you’re playing with are playing in so many different environments,” Harvey said. “You have guys playing in

Leitao adds two to staff By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

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Dave Leitao was announced as the new DePaul men’s basketball coach on March 30 and is working on building his coaching staff.

Norway, England and a couple playing professionally in the U.S. When you put that together, you have to figure out the systems (of play) and it’s always a challenge for the coach. As for now, Harvey is setting his sights on a successful spring season with the Blue Demons and hopefully, a berth to the Big East tournament this fall, the lone feat that has eluded him. “Since I’ve been here, we haven’t made it to the Big East tournament and I’d love to do that,” he said. “In the past three years, once we’ve been out, I’ve been keeping up with what’s going on in the tournament. Next year, I’m hoping to not keep up with it, but to be involved in it.”

Rick Carter will join the DePaul men’s basketball staff as an associate head coach and Billy Garrett Sr. will be retained as an assistant coach under new head coach Dave Leitao, the athletic department announced Friday. Carter will jump over from fellow Big East school Xavier, where he held the same position he will take over as DePaul. “We are excited to announce the addition of Rick Carter to our staff and Billy Garrett continuing his tenure at DePaul,” Leitao said in a press release. “Both Rick and Billy bring extensive recruiting experience locally in Chicago, regionally in the Midwest and throughout the nation. Rick’s relentless energy with

our current roster and in recruiting future players will be contagious for everyone involved in the program. I’ve known Billy for a long time on the recruiting trail. His resources and experience are invaluable for us as we move forward with the DePaul basketball program.” Carter will be a part of new DePaul head coach Dave Leitao’s staff starting in the 2015-16 season. The two previously worked together under Frank Haith at Missouri and was an assistant with a primary focus on recruiting in Midwest states. The 35-year-old is Leitao’s first outside hire during his tenure after making the decision to retain Garrett, who is the only remaining coach from the Oliver Purnell era. He has been with DePaul since Jerry Wainwright’s final year in 2009.

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