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Volume #100 | Issue #19 | April 4, 2016 | depauliaonline.com
MEGAN DEPPEN | THE DEPAULIA
Adjunct professor Ilan Geva goes through the syllabus of his marketing class. Geva has been at DePaul for 10 years and is one of 1,800 adjunct faculty that teach per year, on average.
UPPING THE ANTE DePaul, unions clash over recent efforts to win adjunct loyalty
STORY BY MEGAN DEPPEN & BRENDEN MOORE Print Managing Editor and News Editor
The university announced enhanced benefits and support for adjuncts a few weeks ago, just months after union organizers were found on campus with support for adjunct unionization growing. And in a separate but related twist, university administrators alerted faculty and staff last week of “unwelcomed union contact with faculty.” On March 31, an email from administration alerted faculty and staff that reports of union organizers visiting adjunct faculty members both outside of the classrooms and at home “in ways that have made them uncomfortable.” “Faculty members have also expressed concerns about their privacy, safety, and security,” the email read. “Please know that DePaul did not provide union organizers with any faculty member’s home address, class schedule or any other contact information. We do not know how union organizers acquired this information; only the union can answer that question.” Union members from the Service Employees Intenrational Union (SEIU) did not return requests for comment. Provost Marten denBoer
said that DePaul’s open campus allows for union solicitation to take place and several faculty members have been approached by union workers. He emphasized the right for faculty to decline any solicitation. This adds to the ongoing drama surrounding threats of union solicitation at DePaul and other universities across the country. A memo from denBoer to faculty, dated March 7, announced improvements to the adjunct experience at DePaul, which include an update to the course cancellation policy as well as the creation of a task force to measure ways to improve adjunct involvement on campus. Geography adjunct professor Heather Smith has been teaching at DePaul since 2007, and though she has never been approached by union organizers, she only recently noticed these increased efforts by the university to improve resources for adjuncts. “I did find it interesting that many of these changes have been put into place since the union started coming around,” Smith said. “I’ve been watching and intrigued by this and the discourse around it. “Clearly there’s a lot of
free speech and freedom to join a union,” Smith added. “At the same time, I sense the administration is leading up to this because they have a lot of adjuncts and there’s a lot at stake with adjuncts joining. I think as commentary, the improvements from administration didn’t start coming until the SEIU started recruiting adjuncts. I don’t necessarily think they’re good. I think the administration has had the right responses. I just think that there’s adequate pressure to help support adjuncts. It’s nothing the administration was doing negatively, but there just wasn’t anything they were doing before union recruiting came about.” According to the announcement from den Boer, as of July 1, 2016 professors will receive 25 percent of their agreed-upon salary should their course be cancelled at least one month prior to the start date. Currently, adjuncts receive 10 percent if the course is cancelled between a month and a week to the start date and 20 percent if it is within a week. According to their union
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University reacts to printed anti-Semitic flyers By Jessica Villagomez News Editor
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Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich praised DePaul’s swift response to anti-Semitic flyers being printed on campus. Cupich visited DePaul Tuesday.
DePaul’s Vincentian mission assures hateful rhetoric has no place on its campuses. With organizations, offices and groups like the Jewish Life Center, students have a place to feel supported and included on campus. But last Thursday a threat was posed to that vision. In an email sent to faculty and staff by DePaul President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., Holtschneider condemned anti-Semitic and white supremacist flyers that appeared in output trays throughout DePaul’s campus last week. “We are currently investigating the
breach as well as the source and origin of this despicable act, which certainly is not reflective of DePaul’s values nor of our campus culture where ALL are welcome,” Holtschneider said in the email to faculty and staff. Now, the university is left scrambling to find a solution that ensures this won’t happen again. “After reporting of the incident, we were able to note all affected printers and begin remediation from steps to harden them from future abuse,” DePaul Director of Information Security Arlene Yetnikoff said. “While we would rather have prevented this incident completely, our incident response processes have stood us in good stead for analysis of this incident as soon as it was reported to us.
“We will continue to investigate the best way of implementing this control, while striving not to impact legitimate uses of our printers.” To aid in the investigation, the university’s remote printing feature will be turned off temporarily, but will not impact on-campus printing. Yetnikoff said Information Security (IS) received initial notification of activity from a DePaul employee using one of the affected printers. The University responded immediately, she said. “After reporting of the incident, we were able to note all affected printers and begin remediation steps to harden them from future abuse,” Yetnikoff said.“While
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APPALLING APPAREL United Students Against Sweatshops take a stand against Nike’s business ethics
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Noi Supalai (right), a former garment worker from Bangkok, Thailand spoke to DePaul students Thursday about her experiences working at a Thai clothing factory.
By Jessica Villagomez News Editor
Members of the DePaul community gathered Thursday to hear Noi Supalai, a former garment worker and union president from Bangkok, Thailand, speak about her experience working for a Thai clothing factory that produced collegiate apparel for Nike. The visit was hosted by United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), a national student labor organization that advocates for workers’ rights. Supalai visited DePaul as part of a national speaking tour on college campuses that have contracts with Nike, including the University of Michigan, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Indiana University and DePaul. “We want to make sure that clothes that we are wearing from our universities are made by workers whose rights were respected,” International campaigns coordinator of USAS Morgan Currier said. Before introducing Supalai, Currier asked the 10 to 12 students in the crowd to name brands sold at DePaul’s bookstore, including Nike, Champion and Under Armour. Students were asked to read each other’s clothing tags to see where the clothing they were wearing was made. China, Thailand, Mexico and Bangladesh were just a few named. “We’re a small group here and I hear eight or nine countries,” Currier said. “All these brands source all their apparel from around the world.” Currier said that Nike outsources their clothing production to 680 factories around the world and this subcontracting leads to potential workers’ violations. Supalai shared her own personal
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DePaul bookstores sell Nike, Champion and Under Armour apparel. All three companies outsource clothing production to factories around the world. experience working for Thai factory Eagle Speed, one of the 680 factories that Nike out sources its clothing production to. Accompanied by a translator, Supalai described the working conditions she met while working on orders for Nike. Up until 2008, Supalai said the factory provided workers with sufficient wages. “The factory was having fewer orders and was losing profits, that’s when Nike took advantage of our factory” she said. After Nike threatened to pull its orders from Eagle Speed if they failed to complete the order at a lower cost and faster speed, Supalai said workers were met with long hours, dangerous working conditions and wages lower than sufficient. “We could not produce up to the quantity that Nike requested, so Nike did not pay any money to the factory and the factory
did not have any money to pay us the wages.” Supalai said. Supalai was a member of a group of workers that gathered to protest the working conditions. Signs of protests were met with threats of termination from the factory. Supalai said that she reached out to the Department of Labor Protection of Thailand but they were told to continue to work in the factory in order to eventually gain their wages. “I tried to reach out to other organizations and came across the Workers’ Rights Consortium (WRC),” Supalai said. “They asked us about what was happening and we told them all our stories and asked for their advice” she said. Twenty-three workers who were previously held captive including Supalai were released and the factory gave employees the option of either
continuing to work with them or resigning with compensation. Currier said she hopes hearing Supalai’s story will urge students throughout college campuses to advocate for workers’ rights and question apparel production within their universities. Currier cited Nike’s 2015 decision to ban independent inspectors such as the WRC from monitoring working conditions within its factories, instead opting to monitor its activities from within the company. “Nike has decided that it no longer wants to allow independent monitoring like the Workers’ Rights Consortium to access its factories to do inspections so that schools like DePaul can know where their university apparel is coming from,” Currier said. Organizations like USAS find this selfmonitoring problematic and fear it could potentially lead to worker abuse. “Even though Nike says that they’re going to inspect their own factories and they’re going to do their own reports and let universities know conditions in those factories, we can’t trust that because they have a very long history of human rights and labor violations,” Currier said. Currier urged students to take action by advocating for Nike to reverse its policy on independent monitoring, or for DePaul to terminate their contract with Nike. “DePaul purposely works with the Works Rights Consortium. Scott Kelly who’s from DePaul is on the board of the Workers’ Rights Consortium and yet DePaul is saying, ‘Alright, it’s fine to do business with Nike,’ without their factories being inspected by the WRC,” Currier said. “Nike is trying to tell the university how and by who factories are being inspected when it should be the university demanding that of Nike.”
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DePaul borrows $70 million for music school By Brenden Moore
capital projects that just so happen to be of about the same dollar News Editor amount,” Bethke said. “So from DePaul sold more than $70 a capital structure standpoint, I million worth of bonds late last then went back to the board and month, providing the vast ma- said ‘here’s an idea to the finance jority of funds necessary to con- committee: instead of borrowing struct the $80 million School of taxable for the events center and Music building on the Lincoln paying a slightly-higher rate, we Park campus. now can borrow tax-exempt for While borrowing money the music building and use those was always a part of the equa- monies we set aside for the music tion to fund the capital projects building and redesignate them greenlighted by the board of for the events center building.’” trustees, the Since issuance preDePaul is a sented a change “Instead of borrowing non-profit of plans, one institution, taxable [bonds] for the it can issue that could save the university events center and paying bonds in as much half tax-exempt a slightly-higher rate, we m a r k e t s , a million dollars per year now can borrow tax-exempt which come in interest paywith a lowments. er interest for the music building.” University rate than a executive vice taxable isJeff Bethke, executive vice president Jeff suance of president Bethke said bonds. The the initial plan i mp or t ant was to bordistinction row cash to between the pay for the new basketball arena, two capital projects, according to a project approved in 2013. But Bethke, is that DePaul will not that changed when the School of own the stadium, which makes it Music project, which had been ineligible to issue tax exempt for on hold for a few years, was ap- that project. proved in November. “There’s no additional bor“So now, we’re operating in an rowing that’s occurring, but beenvironment where we have two cause we’re structuring it this
way, we’re borrowing tax-exempt instead of taxable, and therefore we’re saving ourselves a half a percent or three-quarters of a percent on the borrowing cost, which is a relief to the budget in the range of a half a million to $600,000 a year of interest expense that we then don’t have to absorb,” Bethke said. The School of Music building is expected to cost around $80 million while the university is responsible or $82.5 million of the $165 million price of the events center. Bethke said for big investments like building a building, there are essentially four ways to pay for it: gift money from donors, tapping into institutional reserves, the use of operating surpluses, and debt. As The DePaulia reported in January, the university had a massive budget surplus in fiscal year 2015, which was used mainly for capital projects and to shield Monetary Award Program (MAP) recipients from the state’s budget crisis. While DePaul has taken on debt to fund projects before, including in 2011 to aid in the construction of the Arts and Letters Hall, it is a tool the university tries not to over-rely on. “You want to be very careful about how you take on debt because it restricts your future
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The majority of $70 million the university sold in bonds last month will go towards the construction of the $80 million School of Music building (pictured above). flexibility,” Bethke said. “And the future is always uncertain, but regardless of what happens, you’re going to be called upon to make those debt payments, so you have to be careful and make sure you feel very confident that you’re not taking on too much.” As of September 2015, the university’s total direct debt stood just under $277 million, a number Bethke cited as low to moderate for an institution of DePaul’s size and characteristics. “There’s no bright line with any of this stuff, but there’s a continuum and they say, ‘alright, for an institution of DePaul’s size, with its endowment and with its operating income and whatnot, it either has good debt capacity or it doesn’t have good debt capacity,’”
Bethke said. Ratings agencies affirmed the university’s bond ratings despite the increased borrowing and all marked the DePaul’s outlook as ‘stable.’ Fitch and Standard and Poor’s have DePaul at an ‘A’ rating while Moody’s Investors deemed it ‘A2’, firmly within investment grade. According to Fitch, “The ‘A’ rating reflects DePaul’s history of positive operations, sound balance sheet resources for the rating category and active expense management. However, enrollment for graduate, law and undergraduate transfer students has declined in recent years, which is a concern.”
Plan of action proposed to improve race relations By Matthew Paras Editor-in-Chief
DePaul junior Mario Morrow looked at the list of recommended changes the President’s Diversity Council and then back at the list of proposed items the Black Student Union (BSU) discussed with DePaul Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M., from their meeting in January. “There’s point-by-point different ways to combat the issues we addressed,” Morrow, the president of BSU, said. “So that was great.” Immediate and a longer-term plan of action were put into place to improve the culture on campus for students of color, the university announced Wednesday. The changes stemmed from earlier discussions on race at DePaul with a meeting between the BSU and Holtschneider being a key component. In that meeting, Morrow and other members of BSU brought up ways to handle issues such as micro-aggressions in the classroom, additional financial aid for students and racial profiling among Public Safety. “And yet we know DePaul’s noble ideals require humans to bring them to life, and we humans are not always noble or even acutely aware,” Holtschneider said in an email to the student body. “Our motives are mixed; our courage fails; our vision can be myopic. And so, we must constantly encourage one another along the way. “We’ll need open hearts to listen to the members of our university community, listening attentively rather than defensively to what they are telling us and then thinking together about how we might serve them even better than we did yesterday,” he
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Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M. attends an on-campus vigil last May for Rekia Boyd, an African-American woman killed by an off-duty police officer. added later. As for immediate steps, Public Safety will receive updated cultural competency training on July 14 and 21. Over the course of the next month, financial aid related measures will also be emphasized, such as posting signs at DePaul Central to inform students to meet with a financial aid advisor in private upon request. Staff from DePaul Central and Financial Aid will participate in BSU focus groups “to discuss how services may be improved to meet the needs of African-American students,” according to the PDC memorandum sent to Holtschneider. But the plan of action also includes the creation of six task force groups to purpose
a full multi-year plan in August. That multiplan will include student input, collected data and strategies for addressing student concerns. University stakeholders will vet the plan as well. Each working group will examine of the following: student feedback and involvement, education and awareness training, policy and processes, financial aid and scholarship resources, advising and other supports for African-American and underrepresented students, data collection and campus climate survey results, African-American student resource center models and issues regarding faculty staff and diversity. Shailja Sharma, a member of the President’s Diversity Council and an
associate dean in the college of liberal arts and sciences, will work on the policy and procedures task force. She said the task force will meet for the first time on April 8. “We’re taking our lead from (BSU) and saying, ‘okay these are the issues.’ Let’s try to respond to them,” Sharma said. “But also, let’s hear from a wider student body than the BSU to see if there are additional things we need to be looking at.” The policy and procedures taskforce will explore a possible similar model to the way the university processes and investigates Title IX, a federal law that prohibits gender and sex discrimination, and if it can be applied to DePaul. DePaul has revamped that program as well, hiring an independent Title IX coordinator and a Title IX investigator. The time frame for most groups is to have their research concluded by August. However, the task force for exploring an African-American student resource center models will have until November. The group is responsible for exploring the feasibility of creating a “black center,” similar to what Northwestern and other universities have. Morrow said he was surprised to see the idea make the list. In general, Morrow said he and other members of BSU were ecstatic in response to seeing the exact time frames for the plan of action. “There’s direct action and planning that’s in place,” Morrow said. “We can see a lot of time and consideration has been done … I don’t want to say we couldn’t ask for more — of course we can always ask for more — but with everything that’s happened right now, we’re pleased.”
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JAMIE MONCRIEF | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Archbishop Blase Cupich walks past a picture of Pope Francis on display in the Richardson Library on March 29. The archbishop attended the opening of an exhibit showcasing pictures of popes in the Holy Land. At the event, Cupich condemned the anti- Semitic hack.
ANTI-SEMITIC, continued from front page we would rather have prevented this incident completely, our incident response processes have stood us in good stead for analysis of this incident as soon as it was reported to us. We will continue to investigate the best way of implementing this control, while striving not to impact legitimate uses of our printers.” According to The New York Times, computer hacker Andrew Auernheimer, also known as “Weev”, claimed responsibility for the flyers that appeared at over a dozen of universities and colleges including The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Brown University and The University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Auernheimer said in an interview on Monday that he sent the fliers to every publicly accessible printer in North America. He said he did not specifically target college campuses, The New York Times reported. Yetnikoff leads the Information Security team within the IS department and oversees the investigation that ensued after the hack. “We would not generally consider this despicable incident a ‘hack,’ a word we would usually reserve for a criminal using a computer to take over network resources or to access data in a system in an unauthorized manner,” Yetnikoff said. “This incident was a case of a miscreant sending a document over the Internet to
several DePaul printers.” Despite rushing to fix the incident, DePaul’s technological security measures were susceptible to the hack. Yetnikoff said technology has many layers of protection and hackers have a multitude of attack methods to bypass them. “DePaul is more centralized from a computing stance than many other universities our size,” she said. “By policy, unless exceptions are made, computing servers are to be housed in DePaul’s data centers where we have further technology controls and monitoring systems to protect sensitive information.” Though printers are not housed in the data center but throughout the university, printer protection has been on the forefront of IS’ agenda. “We have been addressing printer protection over the past couple of years at DePaul as attacks have metamorphosed,” Yetnikoff said. DePaul freshman Benji Shefler learned of the hack through shared Facebook posts. “I wasn’t worried there was going to be any physical harm,” Shefler said of the antiSemitic flyers, “My only concern was about anti-Semitism in general. I think there’s a lot of hateful rhetoric going around for many groups of people so I think it’s something we should highlight and use it as a way to move past hurtful opinions and make something good of this hatred.” DePaul freshman Dennis Nabrinsky found out about the printer hack while talking about it with his peers at DePaul
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(Left to right) Israeli Consul General Roey Gilad, President of the Jewish Federation of Chicago Steven B. Nasatir, DePaul President Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M. and Cupich. Jewish Life Center. “Before I knew the extent, I was a little concerned like maybe it was something on campus that would target Jewish kids,” Nabrinsky said. “After hearing about this, a lot of people came in here and they were just talking to each other, reassuring that though there’s some discussion that needs to be had about anti-Semitism on campus but as of now, there is nothing DePaul kids should be afraid of.” Both Shefler and Nabrinsky said that
the printer hack offered an opportunity for DePaul to start a conversation about antiSemitism and hate on college campuses. “If a kid who doesn’t know much about anti-Semitism or hate in general or if they never been a victim of hate, if they see any sort of hateful flyer, on any group, it doesn’t matter if it’s the Jewish group, the Muslim group on campus,” Nabrinsky said. “If they see a hateful flyer just make sure to denounce in right away. Denounce all forms of hatred.”
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Archbishop Blase Cupich commended DePaul president Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M. Tuesday night for the university’s swift response condemning the appearance of anti-Semitic flyers on campus last week. The archbishop made the remarks at the opening of a DePaul photo exhibition celebrating papal journeys to the Holy Land held in the Richardson Library and cosponsored by the Israeli Consulate of Chicago. “We’re here tonight to talk about pictures because as the adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand words,” Cupich said.
“Well, the picture of this room speaks volumes about DePaul’s true culture and Fr. Holtschneider, we want you to know that we stand with you and DePaul University in your efforts to fight anti-Semitic literature and efforts and also to promote diversity.” It came less than a week after anti-Semitic and white supremacist flyers appeared in printer output trays throughout DePaul’s campus. It was later revealed that to be part of a larger hack that affected several universities across the country. Cupich was joined at the event by Holtschneider, Consul General of Israel of the Midwest Roey Gilad and President of the Jewish
United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Steven B. Nasatir. “Fr. Dennis, your statement was not a public relations rhetoric; rather it’s part of DePaul’s DNA,” Cupich said. “DePaul was the first university in Chicago to accept Jews, people of other denominations, men and women without reservation. All we need to do is look around the room at what we see tonight; people of various backgrounds who are not just visitors, but longtime partners with DePaul and so many efforts to promote diversity.” Cupich also celebrated Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Parish Sunday night.
6 | The DePaulia. April 4, 2016. ADJUNCTS, continued from front page contracts, Roosevelt University paid 10 to 20 percent of a course fee in the case of cancellation. Columbia College pays a flat fee of $250 and Northeastern University pays $100 for every class meeting a professor completed before the class was canceled. DenBoer, who served as provost of Cal Poly Pomona in California before beginning at DePaul in July of last year, mentioned that despite adjuncts at his former university having a union, there were no cancellation fees. In this sense, he believes DePaul is much better than other universities. “I would venture to guess, and I emphasize that it’s a guess, that the majority of universities do not have any kind of a cancellation fee for adjuncts,” denBoer said. “So I think we’re sort of on the leading edge of that.” Business school professor Tim Smith has taught at DePaul for 13 years and said it has consistently paid more than other universities. Though he has had some classes dropped, he said he was paid appropriately and that overall DePaul has “been good to me.” Alternatively, Ilan Geva said the course cancellation policy has caused problems in the past. “It’s like I never know what to expect,” Geva said. “Usually ... I have to initiate a phone call to the department to ask ‘Are you counting on me for next semester?’ I never know in advance. It’s happened that classes are canceled because of a minimum number of students. Some classes were canceled a week before the semester began. I never had a class canceled at UChicago.” Geva has been teaching at DePaul for 10 years and has taught at the University of Chicago for 15 years. He owns his own business and usually only teaches two classes per quarter. “DePaul is a very sensitive organization. It’s not a place where I can find many faults. They’re very considerate,” Geva said. “But I think it’s very clear that the full-time professors are given priority no matter what. I cannot say anything against it. It’s their job.” This prioritization of full-time faculty often comes down to shared governance, or how loud the adjunct voice is in governing bodies like Faculty Council. “The (faculty) handbook is pretty
clear that shared governance in terms of Smith said. “All (my department chairs) governance of curriculum and so on is in have been super supportive and available the hands of Faculty Council,” denBoer for questions over email no matter day said. “And that is an important principle or night. I definitely felt like part of because it’s the tenure and tenure- community.” track faculty who have the greatest Weighing the pros and cons of responsibility for the curriculum and the unionization at DePaul, Tim Smith said academic programs that we offer.” unionization wasn’t something he saw as Though part-time professors have a practical venture at DePaul. the opportunity to teach when full-time “Being an adjunct is not supposed professors go on sabbatical or do other to be a full-time career job ... When I research, Geva said that is never done in compare the adjunct versus full-time coordination with adjunct professors. professional role, it’s just horrible,” Smith “We are at the end of the process,” said. “Adjuncts can do anything they want Geva said. “We either get feast or famine. to, which is kind of a nice. It’s a different role. It’s a different career choice with a I cannot plan my life around that.” Another aspect of the provost’s plan different level of responsibilities.” “Because I have access to a research for adjuncts involved a task force that would determine what kind of committee library I was able to write a textbook,” or structure would best give part-time Smith continued. “I couldn’t have done that if I wasn’t at the school with the faculty a voice. quality of DePaul. “That’s a At DePaul I was concern that comes up in “DePaul is a very sensitive able to write that textbook because conversations organization. It’s not a place of the access to with part-time faculty far more where I can find many faults ... I research material that DePaul frequently think it’s very clear that the full- provides. It changed than any other issue,” den time professors are given priority my life. That’s what I use my adjunct Boer said. no matter what. I cannot say role for.” “The goals of When asked the Task Force anything against it. It’s their job.” about the possibility we’re forming is of adjunct to help see how Ilan Geva, adjunct marketing unionization, we can help denBoer said engage adjunct professor. it would not be faculty in the straightforward. departments “I think part of they participate it is self-explanatory in, that they’re that if you have a not just coming in to teach a class and then disappear, but third party between the university and the adjuncts, that conversation is always have some ongoing involvement.” The Task Force will include 10 part- going to be more difficult,” denBoer said. time faculty, one from each college, two representatives appointed by Faculty Council, preferably to include the chair of the Committee on Contingent Faculty, a dean appointed by the provost and the designated associate provost. The committee’s members have been determined, but the provost declined for the time being to release their names. Heather Smith said her full time job doesn’t allow time to attend any meetings from the department, but she said her relationship with the department has always been friendly and supportive. “Department chairs always really supportive. I’m on the general email list,”
“You’ve played games I’m sure where a message goes around a circle and it gets very disordered by the time it goes around. And if you have a third-party, unions are very good at making rules that apply to a very particular kind of worker. But, we have such a different range of adjuncts here that I think trying to fit everyone into one straitjacket I think would really constrain what we could do for our adjuncts.” The provost also added that a permanent structure would still be necessary given the likelihood that not all adjuncts would be represented by a union. As the DePaulia reported, the SEIU has taken an approach of organizing smaller bargaining units by college within a university. This strategy worked in the formation of unions at the University of Chicago and Loyola, but left several adjuncts at each school without representation. “This is a little speculative on my part, that even if there’s a union in place for some part-time faculty, that it’s not likely that union would represent all adjuncts,” den Boer said. “And so, we’d still want to have some mechanism in place in case those adjuncts who are not in the union would have a voice and be able to do the things we’d like this permanent structure to be able to do.” Moving forward, Heather Smith said “I just think the changes that DePaul is making is a really great step in the right direction and articulating what that support looks like in one central place given that it’s such a large institution. I hope they continue to do that and having the dialogue sessions with adjuncts to really understand what the needs are.”
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One professor, four schools By Aaron Lee Contributing Writer
In the midst of the state’s budget crisis, college institutions are not the only ones experiencing scarcity. With job cuts, low enrollment numbers and lack of scholarships, adjunct faculty members are just as frustrated as students and other professors. “It’s very unfortunate that they are cutting funds for education,” professor Traci Minnick said. “We need to make education a priority.” Minnick is an adjunct sociology professor who is currently teaching nine classes at four institutions. They are Moraine Valley, Harper, Triton and Oakton colleges. She has been an adjunct all of her teaching career and usually teaches two classes in one day. She has been at Moraine Valley since 2007, and she considers that to be her full-time “real gig” even though she travels around frequently. “It’s actually really cool. I don’t have that many other friends that love their job as much as I love my job, and that’s why we put in so many hours traveling around the place,” Minnick said. “It’s just so much fun.” However, if the weather isn’t perfect, she said it’s an unpleasant feeling trying to get to her next institution.
“When I get done here (at Moraine Valley in Palos Hills) I only have one hour to get up to my next class and that’s every Monday and Wednesday,” Minnick said. “So if there’s like one snowflake or a car accident, I’m in a bad place — like I’m hauling to get up there.” Although she loves her job, Minnick also expressed hardships she and other adjuncts are experiencing with the budget crisis. “As far as cutting adjuncts, it’s really unfortunate. It happens to all of us every semester,” Minnick said. “If there’s low enrollment, a full-time instructor gets to take a class and then an adjunct is left without a class. That’s like our livelihood.” Adjuncts depend on their two or three classes a semester, Minnick said. She also said it stinks when they get the boot and their class is given to full-time faculty. For many adjuncts, it’s a guessing game to figure out how many classes they will have. “I’m supposed to have four classes this summer,” Minnick said. “I might only have two. I might have to get a different job. It’s a waiting game.” That different job she alluded to is a seasonal job such as at Home Depot, Starbucks or Hobby Lobby. When a class gets canceled, there is a sense of urgency all adjuncts
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Adjunct professor Traci Minnick advises a student at Moraine Valley Community College, one of the four institutions where she teaches. have to find a way to pay their bills, she said. “We rely only on this like 85 percent even if this is your fulltime job. A lot of the different institutions I teach at have different policies like that,” Minnick said. “If there is a class cancellation they try to let it ride out as long as possible, because if things like enrollment are down, they will give you a week before school starts. So the week before you’re supposed to be working, you don’t know if you have a job.” Despite the uncertainty, Minnick doesn’t regret her decision to teach. She said it comes with the job and adjuncts are fully aware of what they are getting into. Once you become an adjunct, you
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get stuck, she said. “It’s stinks, but it’s a part of life if you want to live this lifestyle. As far as teaching at the adjunct position, I really enjoy it,” Minnick said. “So I’m going to bust and do whatever I have to do and get a crummy job in the summer if I have to, because I really — really like what I’m doing.” Another aspect of the adjunct lifestyle is adjusting to the academic schedules of different institutions. Midterms, Christmas beaks and spring breaks have always been challenging and stressful, she said. “That’s the worst part of it. Everyone asks are you going somewhere for spring break? I’m like — no, I have four different spring breaks,” Minnick said. “So
some of them coincide but that’s where it gets a little stressful. It’s just a matter of time management.” Minnick’s time management skills have developed over time and she knows what college she should be at during the week. And she knows all of her students’ names in each of her nine courses, she said. As Minnick looks back at her journey, which started as an elementary education major in college, a sabbatical from teaching English in China, she is truly happy and satisfied with being an adjunct. “It’s a lot of fun. I enjoy it, it’s rewarding,” Minnick said. “I like to see my kids excited about sociology and education. I feel like I’m doing a good job.”
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LPHS teachers picket, join citywide strike By Antonio Serna Rosellini Contributing Writer
Educators protested peacefully outside Lincoln Park High School in one of many events across the city aimed at attracting the attention of those responsible for the state budget deficit. “It’s been about 10 months now and we still don’t have a budget. That should be the discussion. We’re here today to highlight the fact that there is still no budget, and schools across Illinois still lack funding. This isn’t a protest about contracts, it’s about helping our schools,” Kevin Krakovsky, the school’s union representative, said. Krakovsky said coverage in recent weeks has painted a struggle between North Side schools and South Side schools, as well as suburban districts against Chicago Public Schools. “The media creates a divisive approach to deter from the fact that all schools are facing the same issues with funding. This isn’t about North Side schools or South Side schools — it’s about all schools in Illinois,” Krakovsky said. The protest at Lincoln Park High School was a positive demonstration. People smiled and danced, holding signs depicting Gov. Bruce Rauner as Mr. Burns from “The Simpsons.” The public showed their support by honking and exchanging of thumbs up through their car windows and from the sidewalk. “The media has been divide and conquer,” Anais Donald, a DePaul student, said. “The more divided they make it seem, the more they can divide the schools and people against certain parts of the city, the more they can
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Teachers and their allies pickett outside Lincoln Park High School on April 1 as part of a citywide 1-day strike conducted by the Chicago Teachers Union. strike down unions.” The amount of available funds differs from district to district depending on where they receive funding from. Compared to suburban schools, CPS receives more federal funding due to higher enrollment rates of lowincome students. Chicago’s public schools receive the majority of funding from property taxes. This year, other districts received $2,266 per student in pension support from Springfield, ILwhile Chicago received $31 per student, meaning that CPS has to come up with the extra money, which CEO Forrest Claypool has said is “unfair, both to our students and out city’s taxpayers.” DePaul students also joined Lincoln Park educators in protest. CPS also has a $1.1 billion operating deficit this year.
The teachers and their allies also pointed “the finger” at City Hall. In addition to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s closing of nearly 50 schools a few years back, unions and teachers cited the city’s withholding of Tax-incrementfinancing (TIF) funds for schools, while they continue to be used to promote development in wealthier areas. From 2002 to 2010 the TIF program raised $1.69 billion in revenue, of which only 51 percent was invested into public facilities and infrastructure. The remainder went to private businesses. “The TIF money is supposed to help fix depressed areas in Chicago. What we’re seeing is money going into areas like Randolph and Wabash,” Scott Payne, a Chicago Teachers Union representative, said. “I don’t think
the area really needs the money if you take a look at other areas around Chicago.” Some said the protest is about coming together as a unified group of faculty and students to help address the issue of the underfunding of schools, an issue that stretches beyond public school students and faculty. “We’re protesting the budget crisis that Illinois and Chicago are going through that currently affects MAP grants, which definitely affects college students, both public and private,” Donald said. “The teachers are doing this because they do put the students first and because the people who go to public schools deserve a good education. You need to make your state responsible for educating your children.” The legality of the protest
was questioned by government officials and used as anti-protest rhetoric from Rauner and Claypool, painting the protest as selfish and as putting teachersfirst, above the needs of students. “They have this line, our teaching conditions are your students learning conditions, they are intrinsically incorporated into one another,” Hannah UtainEvans, a DePaul student, said. “It’s also impossible to have a legal strike that gets anything done. Since the ’30s we’ve had a cascade of labor laws passed that keep people from legally striking without any real power behind. So right now teachers can legally strike for contracts that wont be reviewed until May.”
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NEWS briefs New dean named Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
The university announced the selection of architect and urban planner Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco as the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Vásquez de Velasco is currently the vice provost and professor of architecture at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He previously served as dean for the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State from 2007 to 2015. A native of Peru, Vasquez de Velasco has both held academic posts and worked as an architect in several countries around the world, including Belgium, Canada and his native country. “Everything can be a subject of design, and in some measure everyone is a designer. We design all the time,” Vásquez de Velasco said. “At DePaul, we have an opportunity to design a 21st century college of liberal arts and social sciences that can serve as a global model. I am captivated by the many strengths of the college, and I am eager to start working in such an exciting environment.” The search process that led to Vásquez de Velasco’s appointment started in
controversy after it was announced in September that embattled Dean of the College of Science and Health Gerald Koocher would be the academic affairs representative on the search committee. This led to a coalition of LAS Faculty Council members, LAS Senate representatives and LASAC members sending an email to Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M. and Provost Marten denBoer requesting that Koocher be removed from the committee. “This deanship is a highly desirable position that should draw interested applicants from across the country,” the email said. “However, the recent media attention surrounding Dean Koocher’s collaboration with the Department of Defense’s coercive interrogation program may jeopardize the search committee’s ability to attract the best candidates for the LAS deanship. “Dean Koocher’s presence on the search committee for LAS thus represents a conflict in our values, and creates a perception of the University that is diametrically opposed to how we want the College and the University represented,” it continued. “Therefore, we request that Dean Koocher be removed from this committee and a more suitable
Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, dean of DePaul University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (LAS) (Photo by Christopher Helms)
DePaul names composer as School of Music dean
DePaul has selected internationallyrecognized composer Ronald Caltabiano to lead the School of Music as its next dean, effective July 1. Caltabiano currently serves as dean and professor at the Jordan College of the Arts at Butler University. There, he oversaw the college’s arts programs, led youth outreach efforts and founded the 11-day
replacement appointed.”
Dr. Ronald Caltabiano, an internationally recognized composer with more than 25 years of experience in higher education. (UCSF DMM/ Marco Sanchez)
Butler ArtsFest, which brings national and international artists to work with Butler’s students and faculty. The announcement comes after DePaul officially began construction on new School of Music facilities late last fall. The university expects construction to be completed by spring 2018, and in the meantime, the school’s 386 students have been using different practice spaces in an Annex building. Compiled by BRENDEN MOORE and KIRSTEN ONSGARD| THE DEPAULIA
CAMPUS CRIME REPORT : March 23 - March 29, 2016 LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS
LOOP CAMPUS
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LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS MARCH 24 1) A hate incident report was filed regarding anti-Semitic papers found in the printers of buildings at DePaul University.
MARCH 26 2) A bicycle theft report was filed for a bicycle taken from the SAC bike rack on the quad side.
3) A burglary (non-forced) report was filed for items taken from a room in Munroe Hall.
MARCH 27 4) A domestic dispute report was filed for an argument in the lobby of Munroe Hall.
MARCH 28 5) A domestic battery report was filed for an incident in Sanctuary Hall that occurred in February.
6) A burglary (non-forced) was reported in Munroe Hall.
Assault & Theft
Drug & Alcohol
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7) A burglary (non-forced) was reported in a different room in
previously warned not to be on DePaul property. Person was taken into custody by Chicago Police.
8) A theft report was filed for a wallet taken from a room in the
MARCH 27 13) A criminal damage to property report was filed for graffiti on 60
Munroe Hall.
Student Center.
LOOP CAMPUS MARCH 24 9) A criminal trespass report was filed for a person exposing himself
E. Jackson.
MARCH 28 14) A disturbance report was filed for two men arguing in the café at Barnes & Noble. Both left without incident.
in the DePaul Center. Person was taken into custody by Chicago Police.
15) A burglary report was filed in the DePaul Center regarding a
10) A criminal trespass warning was given to a person in the DePaul
16) A criminal damage report was filed for a person setting fire to
Center who was found intoxicated in the food court.
11) A criminal trespass warning was given to a person in the DePaul Center who was trying to steal books from the Barnes & Noble.
MARCH 26 12) A criminal trespass report was filed for a person who was
wallet taken from an office.
trash behind the DePaul Center. Chicago Police took the person into custody.
MARCH 29 17) An attempted theft report was filed for a subject trying to steal a
cup of coffee from Dunkin Donuts. She placed it back on shelf before leaving.
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Nation &World
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AWAY A proposed Illinois bill aims to keep transgender students out of locker rooms and bathrooms of their preferred gender
JILL KNIGHT | AP (Front L-R): Demonstrators Jess Jude, Loan Tran and Noah Rubin-Blose sit chained together in the middle of the street during a protest against House Bill 2 outside of the Governor's Mansion March 24 in downtown Raleigh, N.C. A similar bill has been proposed in Illinois.
By Shelley Mesch Contributing Writer
Across the nation, states are pursuing legislation that many see as discriminatory toward transgender individuals. On March 23, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act into law that mandates people entering a gender-specified restroom or changing facility in a government building must use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex noted on their birth certificate. Since then, members of the LGBT community and others have been vocal in their opposition of the North Carolina law. The North Carolina General Assembly held an extra session to vote this bill into law after an ordinance passed Feb. 22 in Charlotte. The ordinance allowed people to use the restroom that matched their gender identity. Since legislators say the ordinance exceeded the rights the city council had, the extra session was held to keep the ordinance from going into effect April 1. “This ordinance would have eliminated the basic expectations of privacy people have when using the restroom by allowing people to use the restroom of their choice,” a statement from McCrory’s office said. “This new local regulation brought up serious privacy concerns by parents, businesses and others across the state, as well as safety concerns that this new local rule could be used by people who would take advantage of this to do harm to others.” Transgender people and allies from around the country have denounced this bill saying it goes against their civil rights and is targeting and discriminating against transgender individuals. Businesses have also voiced their concerns about the bill, as well as their support for the transgender
community. “It makes it easier for people to not accept other people,” Paxton Neville, a transgender man living in Chicago, said. “If it’s seriously an issue about people being predatory, people are going to do that anyway. I can’t think of any reason why you would need that [law] in place now other than hate mongering.” Rep. Tom Morrison of Illinois’ 54th district brought a similar bill before the Illinois General Assembly in January. Morrison’s bill, the Pupil Physical Privacy Act, would affect public schools — requiring students to use facilities that match their biological sex. Like the North Carolina law, this bill does not prohibit transgender people from using single occupancy restrooms and it states that transgender students can request special accommodation. “This bill creates a reasonable compromise and gives (transgender students) the ability to work with the school,” Morrison said. Morrison pursued this legislation after a case in his hometown of Palatine made national news. A transgender student filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights after she was not allowed to use the women’s locker room at Fremd High School. The student won her case and transgender students were granted access to the locker room and restroom that matched their gender identity. After Morrison was unable to create change in his school district, he prepared to take the issue to the general assembly. According to Morrison, allowing students of another biological sex into genderspecific areas can be harmful. Morrison referred to cases where sexual abuse victims were uncomfortable with people of another biological sex being in a private space.
“When you have a very subjective standard, it is hard to have any kind of order into who goes into what space,” Morrison said. Vanessa Sheridan is the director of Trans Relations and Community Engagement at Center on Halsted, a community center in the Lakeview neighborhood for LGBTQ people. As a transgender woman, she has experienced discrimination based on her gender. According to the Williams Institute at UCLA, transgender students commit suicide at a rate of 41 percent, which makes gender affirmations important, according to Sheridan. “Trans kids have enough problems without legislators sticking their noses and anatomy into their business,” Sheridan said. “We need to not focus on trans people as predators because they’re not.” North Carolina and Illinois are not the only states to introduce similar bills to their general assemblies. Oklahoma, Indiana, Virginia and Tennessee also introduced bills, although not all of them have made significant headway. A bill in Georgia made it through the state house and senate before Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed the bill when companies like Disney, Unilever and the NFL threatened to take money out of investments in Georgia. Supporters of these bills say their religious freedom is being threatened when ordinances are put in place that accommodate transgender people, but critics say these laws are designed to promote discrimination. Regardless of people’s positions, the national dialogue is open, and Neville sees this as a possible springboard for transgender rights. “If this is what it takes to get people to look at things differently and maybe question what we’re doing here, maybe it’s a good thing,” Neville said. “Maybe this step backward is leading to something better.”
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Terrorist attacks strike close to home
Study abroad programs are being hosted in countries where recent bombings took lives By Rachel Hinton Nation & World Editor
Studying abroad has become a mainstay on the list of musthave college experiences, from a quarter in Los Angeles to learning from animators in Japan, students have been encouraged to go past the confines of the city and into other cultures. Due to recent terrorist attacks in Brussels and Istanbul, venturing out has become more complicated. Recently, students traveled to Brussels and Turkey, where there were terrorist attacks carried out by the Islamic State (ISIS) and, in Turkey, by ISIS and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The group is an anti-government group that carried out a car bombing last week in Diyarbakır, a southeastern province of the country. Since the attacks in Paris last November, European nations have tightened borders and some have considered closing them, since people in the European Union can move freely from country to country and many of the terrorists are European nationals. The most recent spate of attacks, though not directly harming DePaul students, have shown how complex travel and studying abroad may become in the future as traditionally safe and popular countries face the growing threat of terrorism. Turkey has had numerous terrorist attacks in the past year, and a week before a group of 22 DePaul students led by business professor Nezih Altay left the U.S. there were attacks in the capital of the country. There were also attacks the day they landed and the day they left Turkey. “This is the fifth trip (to
CAROLYN DUFF | THE DEPAULIA Terrorist attacks, most of them carried out by ISIS, have changed security measures in the EU and the lives of many throughout Europe and the Middle East. The most recent attacks happened close to groups of DePaul students who were studying abroad.
Turkey) that I’ve organized and until this year it’s been the same process,” Altay said. “But there was an attack a week before we left and that alarmed us. We had to change some plans, but a majority of the students still wanted to go. We altered our plans to make sure they were safe and to make sure we wouldn’t be in areas likely to be targeted.” The changes to the trip were
played by ear and were, Altay said, talked over with students in order to make sure all of them felt comfortable. The group traditionally goes to Istanbul, which Altay said is “the NYC of Turkey.” They also visit Epheseus, a town dating back to the bible, and Cappadocia, a town carved into old volcanic rocks. The Istanbul part of the journey was cut down, however, due to safety
concerns. Around 2,100 miles away, in Brussels, 17 students were studying abroad. Many worked at Parliament during their stay in the Belgian capital and some would take a train that stopped at the airport that was bombed. On the day of the bombings, none of the students, fortunately, took that route, but a somber mood set in.
“There is also a strong sense of community that is evident, especially among my study abroad group,” Natalie Cushman, a public policy student in Brussels, said. “We pushed tables together at dinner so we could all sit together, and held a period of silence to express our sympathy for the victims and all others affected.” As the global community continues to come together around sites of terrorist attacks and figure out how to increase security, Erik Tillman, a political science professor, said that 100 percent safety is never guaranteed. Tillman also said that countries are operating at a national level when it comes to security instead of working with one another which, after looking at how terrorists have planned attacks in one country and carried them out in another, may negatively affect their security. “(Safety) requires a multifaceted approach,” he said. “The challenge for Europe is addressing marginalized communities and building closer ties between communities but also between countries.” Though worrisome at the time, Cushman and Altay said that they would not let the attacks stop them from traveling or living their lives and that terrorists want people to live in fear and change their way of living, which Altay said is out of the question. “Those students (in Brussels) didn’t go there thinking there would be an attack. Many of my students understood that these things happen and that terrorists want you to live in fear,” Altay said. “Will something happen? Who knows. But if you stay home, you lose and the terrorists win.”
Nuclear summit focuses on evolving terrorist threat By Matthew Pennington Associated Press
President Barack Obama urged global leaders Friday not to be complacent in the face of an evolving threat from terrorists who he said are eager to unleash a devastating nuclear attack. "It would change our world," he declared. Hosting his last nuclear security summit, Obama said the world has measurably reduced the risk of nuclear terrorism by taking "concrete, tangible steps." He said no terrorists have thus far obtained nuclear material, and he praised recent moves by Argentina, Switzerland and Uzbekistan to eliminate their stockpiles of highly enriched uranium. Still, Obama said, the prospect of the Islamic State group or other extremists getting a weapon remains "one of the greatest threats to global security." He pointed out that the IS group had already used chemical weapons and that al-Qaida has long sought nuclear material. "There is no doubt that if these madmen ever got their hands on a nuclear bomb or nuclear material, they would certainly use it to kill as many people as possible," Obama said. For the dozens of world leaders
assembled in Washington this week, the harrowing risk of nuclear terrorism has been front and center, alongside concerns about North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Yet Obama worked to open the summit's final day on an optimistic note, hailing the nuclear agreement with Iran as a "substantial success" and a model for future diplomacy. "It will take time for Iran to reintegrate in the global economy, but Iran is already beginning to see the benefits of this deal," Obama said. Obama acknowledged that the Iran deal hasn't swept away other issues the U.S. and other nations still have with Iran; support for terrorism and Tehran's ballistic missile program typically top that list. Still, he said all the nations that negotiated the deal could agree that it's been an effective way to address the narrower issue of nuclear proliferation in Iran. "This is a success of diplomacy that hopefully we will be able to copy in the future," Obama said. Leaders came to the nuclear summit with commitments in hand, known in diplomatic-speak as "gift baskets," to strengthen nuclear security. The White House spelled them out in a blizzard of fact sheets released on the summit's closing day. Latin America and the Caribbean are
JACQUELYN MARTIN| AP President Barack Obama listens at left as Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during their meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington March 31.
now free of highly enriched uranium, the White House said, praising Argentina by name for converting its remaining stockpile of the potential bomb-making material into a less dangerous form. The U.S. and Japan also pledged to remove highly enriched uranium from a Japanese research reactor to reduce the risk of theft and nuclear terrorism.
The United States, in newly declassified statistics, said its own national inventory of highly enriched uranium has dropped from 741 metric tons two decades ago to 586 metric tons as of 2013. Fissile materials like highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium are necessary ingredients to make nuclear bombs.
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More than 70% of Chicagoans do not trust Mayor Emanuel BRIAN CASSELLA | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduces Eddie Johnson, the current Chief of Patrol, as the Interim Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department at CPD Headquarters on March 28, 2016.
By Michael Mulvaney Contributing Writer
Officer Eddie Johnson has recently been assigned the daunting task of polishing off the tarnished reputation that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) accrued by its own doing, beating out three other candidates who were on a “short list” for the position. Appointed to Interim Police Superintendent by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Johnson has 27 years of experience as a Chicago cop. Johnson was appointed to his position after Garry McCarthy, the former police chief, was fired after the city was ordered to release dashboard footage of Jason Van Dyke, a former Chicago police officer, fatally shooting Laquan McDonald with 16 bullets as the 17-year-old was walking away from multiple officers with a knife in hand. The city was overcome by protests following the release of the footage, with mounting pressure on Emanuel to resign and McCarthy to be fired for their perceived attempt to cover up the events that led to McDonald’s death. An atrocious lack of discretion by Van Dyke, the incident was yet another example of white officers fatally shooting black men and women in America under conditions many consider unjustified. McDonald’s death grabbed the nation’s attention and it served as McCarthy’s coup de grâce. Emanuel did not share the same fate as McCarthy, but he also did not walk away unscathed. His already questionable reputation plummeted even further into what appears to be Chicago’s very
own bottomless pit of political despair. Emanuel and CPD were both under intense scrutiny, and the mayor remains in office despite calls for his resignation. Emanuel was not involved in the Chicago Police Board's (CPB) process of choosing the three potential candidates for interim police chief, and many were shocked when he named Johnson the city's new top cop considering he wasn't among CPB's final three. Still, Emanuel applauded the police board's rejected nominees. “I am deeply appreciative of the time and hard work the Police Board put into this search,” Emanuel said in a press conference announcing he chose Johnson for the job. “The three candidates I interviewed have distinguished careers in law enforcement and they all impressed me with their commitment to public safety. However, as our city works through the challenges ahead, it is more important than ever that we find the right person who knows our city and can provide the level of safety every resident deserves, lift the morale of Chicago’s police officers and build on the work that’s been done to restore trust and accountability in the police department.” Johnson is entering this job with plenty of major issues to deal with: Chicago’s 2016 homicide count was at 135 as of March 30, a 71 percent spike from this time last year, according to CPD. Shootings have also seen a rise as 727 people were shot in the first quarter of 2016, a 73 percent increase from 422 shootings during the first quarter of 2015. It's quite a burden to carry, and
he is now responsible for the decline of these numbers. Johnson knows that the faith and trust from the black community especially needs to be restored after the McDonald police shooting. “I think the relationship is fractured but I also think we can regain their trust and that’s what I’m aiming to do,” Johnson said. But it will take quite some time to fully regain trust back from a person or party that is considered untrustworthy by many Chicago citizens. Wounds were opened by the department’s perceived dishonesty and many Chicagoans carry feelings of betrayal. So when a cop slays a young man for walking away from multiple officers, and reports come out proving officers at the scene lied about what happened and how many times McDonald was shot on that dark October night, it can be difficult for citizens to believe their police force is truly working to “serve and protect.” They also have added to the construction of the nation’s greatest wall. Surprisingly, they were able to accomplish this feat without any help from Donald Trump. The infamous “Blue Wall of Silence” was established by the very people who are supposed to serve and protect. It values protecting the privacy and reputation of police officers and police departments over maintaining transparency with the communities they serve. Unfortunately for Johnson, even if he is a man who Emanuel believes can, “restore trust and pride” back to the city, he cannot do it alone. It is decidedly up to his subordinates who serve to protect
each other. They need to recognize the morally righteous from the morally skewed. Greater transparency is needed in the department to ensure officers are not working in an institution that will protect unjustified use of force in order to avoid public scrutiny. But that’s exactly the point of their self-made wall. Johnson recently admitted he has personally been the subject of racial profiling. “That’s how come I am determined to ensure that we don’t do that now,” he said. “Now I’m in a position where I can stop that kind of behavior, and that’s one of my end goals.” But to believe one man can achieve the obliteration of the Blue Wall of Silence is a fantasy. Although Johnson has had a fabulous record on the force working his way up from the bottom to the upper echelons of the force and has almost three decades of experience policing the city of Chicago, the track record of the CDP as a whole is shoddy at best. Yes, they are absolutely honest police officers that work tirelessly to protect the city of Chicago. And while they are providing relative safety for some, the city’s crime rates remain stagnant at a staggering height. CPD has failed to show any traction in decreasing crime rates, as statistics showing increases in homicides and shootings from last year at this time have shown. This will require a change in the entire department, from Johnson to his subordinates, and transparency in a department historically known to be anything but honest with the city it serves.
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Dismissive media coverage belittles Sanders campaign By Danielle Harris Opinions Editor
When Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his campaign for the presidency last April he was immediately dismissed by the mainstream media as a total long shot. In a Washington Post profile on the senator, he was described as “an unlikely presidential candidate — an ex-hippie, septuagenarian socialist from the liberal reaches of Vermont.” Whereas the campaign announcements of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz made the front page of the New York Times, Sanders’ bid for the presidency was on page 21. That dismissive media coverage has been continually problematic throughout his grassroots campaign. Even as the Sanders campaign broke fundraising records and his rallies continued to draw in massive crowds, political pundits rejected the notion that the self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist had any chance of defeating Clinton and winning the Democratic presidential nomination. One particularly problematic narrative in the media is that Sanders is hopeless when it
comes to minority voters. Clinton, who has basically universal name recognition and a loyal following of Democratic minority voters in the South, was expected to dominate in all of the country's most diverse states. This was proven entirely false after Sanders won by a large margin on “Western Sunday” in three of the country's most diverse states: Alaska, Washington and Hawaii. Frustrated with the widespread assumptions that Sanders does not fare well with voters of color, many of his minority supporters took to Twitter with the hashtag #BernieMadeMeWhite. The tweets were generally humorous, such as @welknett, an AfricanAmerican woman, tweeting a picture of herself next to a white woman with the caption “This isn't a picture of two best friends, it's actually a before and after voting for Bernie pic. #berniemademewhite.” While the trending hashtag used humor to highlight the false perceptions of Sanders' inability to attract the always-coveted minority vote, #BernieMadeMeWhite highlighted an even bigger issue: the media's tendency to make predictions instead of covering where candidates are actually
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Supporters of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders cheer during his campaign event in Los Angeles on Aug. 10, 2015.
getting support at the grassroots level. Media outlets continually express utter shock when Sanders wins in key states such as Michigan, but generally ignore when he performs better than expected, such as when Clinton won the Democratic primary by less than 2 percent in her home state of Illinois. In an MSNBC Live panel discussing media coverage of Sanders, Progressive Magazine's Ruth Conniff acknowleged the widespread dismissal of Sanders by the media and powers within the Democratic party.
“You know, you see the party, a lot of the elected and a lot of the party officials trying to push for viewing Hillary as the nominee,” Conniff said. “Now that’s not really happening. He’s picking up steam now with these big victories, the margin of the victory, the enthusiasm for him, the number of young voters who overwhelmingly prefer him. I mean, all of that he’s trying to make the case is carrying him forward all the way to the convention. And I think there’s no reason at this point to believe he won’t go all the way to the convention.”
Conner Pierce, a 22-yearold Lakeview resident and vocal Sanders supporter, remains as optimistic as Conniff despite the senator's struggle to be viewed as a legitimate candidate by the mainstream media. "Honestly, it almost seems like his lack of coverage via large media has done more to motivate young voters, who receive most of their political information through the Internet, to become more active politically,” Pierce said. "People can see the bullshit for what it is, and his campaign has done a lot to illuminate the things that need to be changed.”
DePaul student's image used in fake sex scandal By J. Samantha Rivera Staff Writer
“Well Done, Teddy @tedcruz for tapping this fine ass,” is just one of the eerie Tweets I'd come to discover when I found myself in the middle of a presidential election sex scandal. Imagine waking up to what seemed like hundreds of Twitter and Instagram notifications, and even emails like these, and realizing someone supposedly named Jennifer Carr was using your profile picture to pose as Republican candidate Ted Cruz’s mistress. At first glance, I thought the messages asking “Did you have an affair with Ted Cruz?” were a joke or some sort of spam. But then I continued to scroll down to what seemed like a never-ending list of Twitter mentions. I eventually discovered that a selfie I took this past December had been used as the icon for the Twitter account of this Jennifer Carr. How twisted does someone have to be to think of using an innocent woman’s picture as alleged evidence for an entirely false accusation? The scariest part of it all was that this person took the time to find me, make sure I was somehow related to the sports world to give “Jennifer Carr” a sports background, and create this elaborate story just to get retweets and gain followers. This guy literally had to buy his followers, just to get the Jennifer Carr account to 20,000 followers. Talk about insanity.
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The tweet from the fake "Jennifer Carr" Twitter account claiming the so-called sports reporter for the Los Angeles Times had an affair with Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz.
Looking at my story from a broader perspective, I realized it spoke volumes about the significance of careful use of social media. The reality of the matter is that the privacy we might assume exists online simply does not. Why this person chose me specifically is beyond my knowledge, but it’s a testament to the fact that this could have happened to anyone. Whether they’re pictures or words, nothing you post on social media is completely protected. If this picture was taken from my private Instagram account, is there any real way for people to keep themselves from the same thing happening to them? Although there may not be a foolproof way of maintaining our privacy online
without removing ourselves from social media completely, it’s important to remember we all can choose what we do and do not share online. I had strangers going through my older tweets, which thankfully contained nothing that could get me in any trouble. They were searching for anything that they could use to insult me. These people had no idea who I even was, but still had the audacity to sit behind a computer and call me "Univision intern scum." This experience has made me consider whether or not I am sufficiently safe online. It has made me question if I want to continue a career as a sports journalist. But I think it’s my job to stand up against these kinds of trolls, instead of allowing
them to intimidate me out of the realms of social media. When I first discovered my image was involved in false accusations of an affair with a presidential candidate, I felt somewhat embarrassed to know that my privacy had been violated. It made me realize the Internet was an uglier place than I had already thought. This incident is certainly not the way I’d like my name to be known for, but if anything positive comes out of this story, it’s that my struggle can serve as a reminder for everyone to think twice before posting anything online, and to realize that privacy is nothing more than a figment of our imagination.
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
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Focus ‘I’ll fight for
every child’s educatio
Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters protest budget cuts By Jackson Danbeck Copy Editor
Protests in solidarity with the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) at schools across Chicago climaxed at a massive rally and march downtown on Friday, where activists preached to a red-clad legion of thousands of teachers and their allies, waving antiRahm and Rauner banners to the fanfare of horns, drums and cheers. The demonstration was part of a larger effort to bring state lawmakers to fund Chicago public schools and colleges — which have had their budgets cut due to the long-running impasse in Springfield — and to persuade Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to accept the union’s terms for a new contract for teachers. But the protest was not just for teachers; hosts of other marginalized groups were represented. Professors and their students demanded funding for MAP grants and bankrupt schools like Chicago State University. Workers from McDonald’s, nursing homes and city transportation pressed for a $15 minimum wage. And many cried out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and African-Americans who have have been shot by police officers. DePaul students and supporters also attended the rally and march, who gathered beforehand at the Lincoln Park campus. The 40 or so students there voiced their concerns, especially about DePaul’s MAP grants that will go into limbo during the 2017-18 school year, and issues facing the adjunct unionization movement. Afterwards, the group marched across campus to the chant of “Furlough Rahm, furlough Rauner, striking makes our movement stronger” and “Strikes are awesome, strikes are great, strike the rich out of our state.” The students then joined protesters from all corners of Chicago at the Thompson Center downtown. Atop a raised platform and surrounded by banners snapping in the wind stood the rally’s speakers, who spoke to the crowd for over an hour as it rained lightly, occasionally broken by sweeping rays of sunlight. “Sisters and brothers, I am so humbled to be here, and to fill the love and to fill the power,” Karen Lewis, president of CTU, said. “This is what happens when we all decide to come together and to stop fighting each other, and to know who our real enemies are.”
Lewis acknowledged the rally’s relevant groups in her 10-minute speech, including teachers and professors, students of all ages and those a part of the “Fight for 15” minimum wage movement. “We’re not only here for the children of Chicago, we’re here for young adults of Chicago. We’re here for people who deserve and are entitled to a real future,” Lewis said to the roaring masses. Other lesser-known activists also spoke. Veronica Morris, co-founder of Fearless Leading by the Youth, focused on police shootings. “As important as it is to vote, as important as it is to get an education, it is equally important to organize and to do direct action, and to disobey a law that continues to violate and give an excuse for our murders,” Morris said. Charles Preston, a senior at Chicago State University, which has had to shorten its school year because of budget cuts from the state, also spoke about issues facing the African-American community. CTU President Karen Lewis speaks to protesters outside the Thompson Center. “I am unapologetically black, because this state has shown that they expect me to apologize for my blackness. They expect me to apologize for my existence,” Preston said. “I will continue to fight. Today, we begin revolutionary change.” For some speakers like Lewis, the Chicago police was seen as a force to be helped, to be improved. To others, the police was a coercive arm of the state. On the nearby streets, a wall of stiff police officers stood, some faces masked, others expressing melancholy. Jesse Jackson finished the speakers off with a short appearance, where he led the crowd in a prayer-like chant and emphasized the importance of solidarity for the marginalized. JESUS MONTERO | THE DEPAULIA After the rally finished, the protesters At a rally downtown on Friday, the public joined together to speak out against moved onto the streets and began many issues such as the budget cuts for Chicago Public Schools and police shuffling towards the Chicago River. The brutality. march itself resembled something of a red river, swinging back and forth fluidly, could have been different at other points of because she and her fellow teachers are not signs and banners poking out of the mass. the march, however. receiving enough funding to educate their People chanted “Rahm Emanuel’s got to go. Teachers amid the throng of protesters students. Hey hey, ho ho” and “Hey Rahm, let’s face had much to say about why they were there “How do you expect good results it, your budget is racist” to the rhythm of and if positive change in education could when you don’t supply us with the main cowbells, drums and didgeridoos as they be obtained. Some were among the CTU’s necessities?” Zuniga said. “You don’t ask marched. roughly 27,000 members, who teach about a metalworker to go to work without a When the protesters’ route bent, often 330,000 students in the city, according to blowtorch.” a barrier of bicycles and horses blocked an Mary Wilson, who teaches language the Huffington Post. alternative direction, manned by Chicago Vanessa Zuniga, a graduate student arts at Drake Elementary School, said she police officers. Considering the mood held at DePaul and a teacher of arts at Peck is protesting to hit Emanuel and Rauner “in by some, most marchers were polite and Elementary School, said she feels angry the pockets.” considerate towards the officers. The mood
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Although the protest remained peaceful, police officers surrounded the march, sometimes blocking off protestors from certain areas.
“You can’t get anything unless you fight for it, and I’ll fight for every child’s education no matter what color, what size, whatever it is,” she said. Wilson also criticized charter schools for not giving their teachers the same benefits as traditional public schools do. On Friday, Chicago’s 120 charter schools remained open, their 60,000 students in class. While teachers in the unions were protesting, their students had the day off. John Finn, who is a case manager at
Kilmer Elementary School and a DePaul alumnus, wasn’t sure if the march would bring adequate change. In fact, Finn said he voted against the walk out on Friday. The CTU’s House of Delegates voted 486 to 124 in favor of striking on Friday. “I was one of the two or three people that said ‘No, I don’t think this is a good idea,’ but at the same time I’m going to support my brothers and sisters in solidarity,” Finn said. While the CTU said the march was legal, CPS said the march was illegal because the
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DePaul students protested the lack of funding for MAP grants in the quad and around campus on Friday afternoon.
union cannot lawfully strike until May after a 105-day fact-finding period. Alan Mills, an adjunct professor of law at DePaul, was concerned about students being criminalized in prisons. “We don’t need kids behind bars; we need kids in seats in schools,” Mills said. DePaul students were also distressed with the state of Chicago’s education system, among them Nassir Faulkner, a senior and political science major. He said that students must come to these protests
to fight for future generations. “The more people we have, the louder our voice is, and that is what we need. We need to say this is our fight as well,” Faulkner said. “Politicians aren’t going to do it on their own.”
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Arts & Life
Double Act Photo courtesy of KEN KRIMSTEIN
A cartoon by Ken Krimstein, a PRAD professor at DePaul. Krimstein is also a freelance cartoonist, who has sold some of his cartoons to the New Yorker amongst other publications.
DePaul professor balances advertising and freelance cartooning By Rachel Hinton Nation & World Editor
When asked how he got his start as a cartoonist, Ken Krimstein, a professor in the College of Communication, started with how, when he was little, he loved to draw. His house, always full of art supplies and comics, encouraged the hobby. So he doodled. He dabbled. And, years after those first sketches, he was published in the New Yorker and, as a test, he did it again and again. His start perhaps stems from the story he tells about his beginning, connecting the love to draw with his youth. His father who worked in an ad agency, a Chicago version of “Mad Men,” would bring young Krimstein to his office and he couldn’t believe the sights before him: the diverse group working at the agency, all of them fascinating, creating and producing advertisements, but also cartoons. “His office as a kid blew me away — there were so many diverse and interesting people,” Krimstein said, reflecting. The creation and production of advertisements was captivating to Krimstein, but it was the cartoons that really struck him. He remembers one hung up on the wall of the office, by B. Kliban, that blatantly made fun of advertising and those who create it. Something connected in his head at that moment and he decided “I’ve got to do this.” And he has been ever since, finding that cartoons and ads share a similar foundation.
“Cartoons are written — they’re gags, they’re ideas. Coming up with those ideas is similar to coming up with an ad idea,” Krimstein said. “There are similar tasks involved and creating cartoons and ads uses the same process. That’s what I try to tell my students.” Krimstein’s message seems to have caught on with the students he interacts with, both in class and in AdVentors, a DePaul club for advertising students. Gary Galindo, who is president of the club, said that Krimstein’s teaching style is loose, adapting to the environment students will find themselves in once they leave school, as well as the impact of ads on individuals. “He taught that advertising is a reflection of society. It’s obvious with campaigns and political ads, but I see it now with other ads, too. They persuade us in a way that reflects our values and feelings,” Karina Schumyatskaya, junior public relations and advertising and political science student, said. “When I respond to an ad, I know it’s also a reflection on myself and the things that move me and matter to me.” Before becoming a teacher, Krimstein worked in New York at ad agencies and as a cartoonist. He was made partner in an agency in New York. His first cartoon was published in the ’80s in Good Housekeeping but it was his first cartoon pitched to and accepted by the New Yorker, the magazine Krimstein calls the greatest publication for
cartoons, that thrilled him. “I was dumbfounded and awestruck by it,” Krimstein said. “Selling the first (to the New Yorker) was a thrill. The second one was harder but I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it, that they hadn’t made a mistake.” Krimstein’s cartoons span a wide breadth of subject matter, from the bizarness of bag pipes to the varied usages of those flags airplane people
tone: funny, witty and show me how a lone image, or comic, with the right line is all you need to show a big idea,” Galindo said. “Other than that, they are just interesting.” Krimstein has honed his abilities through his career and the shifts in his work and location have been helpful, too. In New York, he spoke at a national networking event for the group Advertising Women of New York. Through this
“I try to be aware of what’s going on around me, but I’ve found inspiration only comes when you sit down and work.” Ken Krimstein, DePaul professor and cartoonist
use to slightly more political issues like the inanity of preexisting conditions. He keeps a notebook, as well as a notepad app on his phone, for when inspiration hits. “It’s a constant struggle,” Krimstein said on the topic. “I try to be aware of what’s going on around me, but I’ve found inspiration only comes when you sit down and work.” Galindo, who has taken many classes with Krimstein, said that his cartoons may be a reflection of the man himself but with a tone that mirrors other cartoonists. “Ken’s cartoons r e m i n d me of Bill Watterson’s
experience — and being asked to teach and talk to students around the New York area — Krimstein found that he really enjoyed teaching and, after meeting people from DePaul and building a rapport with them, he accepted a teaching position when asked in 2012. Drawing runs in the family it seems. Krimstein’s three children all draw and one, like their grandfather, attends the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Though he teaches, he still pitches cartoons to the New Yorker. When asked about the
process now, Krimstein said that rejection is still high after all of these years and “every week it’s an assignment, a process I’m continually working on.” That work, as ad creator, cartoonist and teacher has helped his students. “Ken has helped qualm my fears about the craziness of the ad industry. I know there’s a large world out there that needs ideas. Ken helps us through his connections in the industry, and shares his experiences with AdVentors,” Galindo said. “All my life, I’ve lived inside a bubble, and Ken took a needle and stabbed at it, which, now that I think about is a good thing. Ken’s taught me to think a little bit more like a leader, and I believe leadership is one of the greatest qualities a person can ever have.” Krimstein has been a fulltime professor at DePaul for four years and through his experiences has been able to help and aid students while also doing an impressive balancing act sustained by a lot of coffee and an interest in many topics, something he also recommends to his students. “I think students should study and do things outside of their majors, browse, find passions,” Krimstein said. “Don’t be afraid to explore different points of view so you can bring more of yourself to what you want to do.”
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The Symposium members (left to right) Benny Goetz, a senior at DePaul, Charlie Gammill, Sam Clancy and Jamie Seiwert at Gammill and Clancy’s apartment. The band formed in 2013 and is putting together their second album to play at venues across the city.
Opening up
Chicago band The Symposium talk about their origins and rise in local scene By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor
There was a rumor that The Strokes were playing Lollapalooza this year, only to have the headliners be Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers and LCD Soundsystem. Fortunately for Chicago fans, there’s The Symposium, a local band who sound reminiscent of the New York band’s best releases. There are numerous threads on music blogs and Reddit comparing the strokes to and the Chicago-based band The Symposium acknowledges that their earlier music, including their 2014 album “Drugs” and many of the songs they play live are heavily influenced by The Strokes. “A lot of the stuff we play, the older songs, mainly, sound the most like them,” Charlie Gammill, vocalist and guitarist for The Symposium said, adding that for their upcoming album the band is embracing different influences. “Their music sucks now, in my opinion, compared to the first two albums,” Gammill said. “They haven’t written any truly good music in 13 years, so clearly we have different influences now.” These influences include Local H and Nirvana as well as artists whose music hasn’t faltered throughout their career like Ty Segall, Diane Coffee and Mac DeMarco as their main influences, is planning on releasing a new album this summer, their first with drummer Jamie Seiwert who joined last summer. Seiwert runs a DIY venue, La Cubierta, out of his house, and joined the band after The Symposium played there last summer. “We needed a drummer, so we asked him and he was totally down to be in the band,” guitarist Sam Clancy said. La Cubierta is home to DIY shows throughout the summer and has also hosted bands like The Orwells and Modern Vices. “Last summer we started throwing these shows,” Seiwert said. “The first one was kind of small, but they’ve actually got progressively pretty big.” “They have hot dogs too,” Gammill said.
UPCOMING SHOWS April 7 Double Door
with The Walters, Post Animal $8
April 9 The Observatory
Headlining show $5
April 21 The Empty Bottle
with Acid Dad, Modern Vices $8
May 10 Schuba’s Tavern
with Muuy Biien, Beat Drun Juel $10
May 21 Beat Kitchen
with the So So Glos, The Dirty Nil $12
While the band recently added Seiwert, the rest of the members have known each other for years after growing up in Elmhurst together. Bassist Benny Goetz, a senior at DePaul who studies media and communication, is Goeetz’s cousin, and Clancy and Gammill have been best friends since elementary school. “We were waiting in line for recess, and I asked if anyone knew how to make homemade explosives, like a fireworkstype deal, and Sam said ‘I don’t know how to make explosives but I know how to make a smoke bomb,’” Gammill said. “Really, all it was just sticking a bunch of really flammable, super-toxic s— in jars and lighting it on fire. It would smoke probably this toxic death that took years off of our life, but it smoked. And that’s how it started.” The two friends have been playing music together for years. They started playing with Goetz as a band when he
moved to Chicago to attend DePaul. Overall, Goetz has found it manageable to handle his school work and being in a band. The most difficult parts of multitasking for him have been when the band has traveled to different cities like New York City to play shows, so he is excited to graduate at the end of the quarter in order to focus more on The Symposium. “If we have to go somewhere, I have to miss a bunch of days sometimes, but overall it’s pretty good,” Goetz said. Goetz graduating will give the band more of an opportunity to tour, something they have been hoping to do. They’re currently in the process of trying to set up a DIY tour to the West Coast with fellow Chicago band, The Walters, who they have played numerous shows with in the city. “We’ve had all these random opportunities, but nothing has been focused in the form of a tour yet,” Gammill
said about the shows the band has played on the East Coast, including an upcoming one at St. Mary’s College near Washington D.C. “I think we’re right there, though.” The summer will also give the band more opportunities to promote their upcoming album. While there’s no release date yet, they released a new single, “Red River,” over the weekend. The single was released in October with a music video, but it was just made available on Spotify, where Goetz said the band has their largest audience, for the first time with the most recent release. It’ll be The Symposium’s first release since “Drugs,” their 2014 LP. While the band has their sights set on touring in the near future, they don’t deny the influence the Chicago scene has had on them throughout their years of playing local shows and playing with larger local bands like Twin Peaks and The Orwells, who are also from Elmhurst. “We’ve been playing dope house shows with really cool bands,” Clancy said. “We’ve got deep ties with the (Chicago) music scene, I’d say.” “There’s a lot more energy with the bands in this scene, it’s had us bring more energy to our shows,” Gammill said. “It’s definitely different from the New York scene. From what we’ve seen, the New York scene seems to be a lot more like it’s every man for himself, and here it’s like everyone bands together and plays each other’s spaces.” The house shows that The Symposium frequently play are put together and supported by the DIY community, and the supportive community helps Chicago stand out amongst other music scenes. “The DIY spaces here come and go, it’s kind of like guerrilla tactics. Where one pops up, a bunch of bands play it, and then it gets shut down, but then another one pops up,” Gammill said. “So everyone’s kind of helping each other out in that sense and I think it’s really cool because it’s super easy to meet a lot of people and play shows for a lot of people. I think it’s one of the better scenes to be a part of right now, anyway.”
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Vice Media premieres new network and shows By Piper Schad Contributing Writer
Vice Media, known for its popular culture magazine and online news presence, recently premiered its new television channel, Viceland. DePaul senior Kate Silveri has been binge-watching Viceland’s shows since their release on Feb. 29. “All of the shows on Viceland cover relevant, gritty and controversial topics that most other television programming doesn’t,” Silveri said. “It’s about showing unique perspectives on the world through personal narratives.” Viceland currently features eight shows with more in the works. From music to food to weed, the documentary-style programs target the millennial market. “I’m most excited about ‘Huang’s World’ and how he explores how people express their culture and personal identity through food,” said Silveri. Vice’s transition to television may be a risky move in today’s uncertain media landscape, but DePaul media communications professor Paul Booth is confident Viceland will reach its audience. “It’s very unusual for a print company to expand to other media,” Booth said. “But as our media environment becomes more complex, it’s not surprising that a brand like Vice will want to explore other outlets and options. I suspect as long as the channel is available online it will find an audience.” There are several ways to access Viceland. The Viceland channel is now available 24-hours a day on cable and satellite television. Episodes will also be sold on iTunes, and select episodes are already available for free on Viceland’s
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One of the shows that premiered on Viceland is Weediquette, which features VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu exploring different aspects of the marijuana industry. Weediquette is one of the eight shows that premiered on the new network. website. The new station is available in DePaul’s dorms on channel 103.1. Junior Amanda Giannini looks forward to watching new content from Vice, a magazine she deems hip and sometimes controversial. “I heard about Viceland when I was watching all the late night shows and the producer of the station was going around talking about it, and I thought it sounded like a cool channel,” Giannini said. “’Balls Deep’ is the show I’m most excited for,” she said. “It’s like when Morgan Spurlock went around for 30 days and just lived people’s lives. That’s what this guy is doing, but better. I’m also really excited for Action Bronson’s food show.”
Vice was founded in Montreal in 1994. Since then, it has become known for its gritty international reporting on topics ranging from the life of homosexuals in Russia to Mexican prisons to sex trafficking in Cambodia. The website and magazine also feature lighter articles on taboo subjects such as sex and drugs. The Vice Media collective reaches over 200 million visitors every month. Vice is no stranger to multimedia; the media company has been releasing its own videos online for years and has produced content for MTV and the Canadian television network City. Vice also features video content on the social media app Snapchat. Vice’s 35-minute documentary
on the world’s scariest drugs has nearly 17 million views on YouTube. In 2014, A&E Networks, co-owned by Disney and media conglomerate Hearst Corporation, bought a 10 percent stake in Vice Media for $200 million. Viceland has now replaced A&E’s channel H2, formally a spin-off of the History Channel. Viceland plans to expand its channel to networks throughout Europe later this year. “This network is the next step in the evolution of our brand and the first step in our global rollout of networks around the world,” co-founder and CEO Shane Smith said in a press statement.
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Finally, we can put the snow boots and wool socks away. But that also means the hunt is on to find the right fit for your feet, rain or shine. “My opinion of shoes that are in right now is pointedtoe heels and flats,” shoe enthusiast and DePaul business student Chinenye Marcus said. Marcus, a saleswoman at DSW, is an upscale department store veteran, having also worked at Nordstrom and Bloomingdales. She started her own fashion blog last year and has a shoe collection spanning 100 to 200 pairs. “Flats can dress up or down,” Marcus said. “They can be casual or business-wear. They’re very comfortable. I’ve seen a lot of people wear nude or black — black is very versatile. I’ve also seen light blue and suede.” Josephine Roth, a member of the DePaul Fashion Society, said flats are dominating spring fashion this year. “They’re not completely open-toed like sandals, but
are still appropriate for the rising temperatures,” Roth said. “I love (the) styles from J.Crew, Anthropolgie and Banana Republic. They offer a nice variety for people with different styles and can even be worn straight from school to work, which is a huge plus.” It’s no secret that flats have dominated the street scene for a while, but this year, Roman lace-up sandals have also made a comeback. “(Gladiators) are very trendy. You can wear them in spring and summer,” Marcus said. Though the hype for those shoes died down a few years ago, they’re making a comeback both as sandals and also as flats, looking like a hybrid between the two shoes, with closed-toes and laces around the ankle. “Flats are always a timeless piece and stores are always trying to come up with different ways to design and style them. I will say I’ve seen more metallic flats and pumps recently as well as embellished flats,” Roth said. Both Roth and Marcus agreed that many brands are designing flats with comfort in
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Finding the best shoes to wear for warmer weather mind. But for people who think flats fall, well — flat, there are other safe, classic alternatives that are worth investing in and are guaranteed to last a while. For Roth, slip-on sneakers are a good go-to. “I always think it’s fun to have a white pair in your closet so that you can slowly reintroduce white into your wardrobe before Memorial Day,” Roth said. “Sneakers are also great because they have the same versatility of a flat but are more comfortable. They look great with dresses but also track pants and a cute sweatshirt.” For Marcus, a trendy but classic alternative is a pair of Oxfords. “They’re very popular year-round. Those would be a good investment,” Marcus said. “You can wear them in spring, summer and winter when there’s no snow. They’re a pair for every season. They don’t go out of style and they sell year round.” Oxfords are also a great option for guys, DePaul student Paolo Mazza said. He plans his outfits by the campus he’s at
that day, be it in the professional Loop or relaxed Lincoln Park. “They come in many colors, are comfy, and most have a rubber sole so you don’t slip,” Mazza said. Loafters or boat shoes also fit the bill. Speaking of bills, it’s all well and good to browse cute shoes online, but seeing the final bill in your online cart is a bleak reminder that nice shoes don’t mesh well with a student budget. “Honestly, finding the balance between price and quality is something I struggle with,” Roth said. “I usually like to splurge on shoes because I wear them more often and poor quality materials tend to wear out quickly.” Roth suggested investing in leather, and for spring, sticking with festive, lighter colors, or something versatile like black or white. Luckily for city students, shoe inspiration is not far away. For more ideas about what to wear and how to wear it, perch on a bench in the quad and watch your peers walk by.
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We did the homework so you don't have to. Check back each week for the scoop on bands you can't miss at Pitchfork, Lollapalooza, North Coast and Riot Fest this year.
By Maddy Crozier Staff Writer
MØ Listeners might recognize MØ’s vocals from Major Lazer and DJ Snake’s hit “Lean On,” but her original songs stand on their own, too. Her 2014 breakout album “No Mythologies To Follow” features confident electro-pop gems like “Pilgrim” and “Walk This Way.” The latter moves with striking energy and rhythm, carried by MØ’s bold vocals. She pulls listeners in to her personal life with the album and a handful of singles, which all seem sewn together by her spirit. One of her most recent and energetic songs, “Kamikaze,” hints at an upcoming new album. Lyrically it declares freedom, like that of MØ’s identity. Her tracks blend right in to the seduction of summer, making Lollapalooza a great venue. Her determined theme of finding her way through the world as a young person makes this generation a great audience. It’s well known that Radiohead is headlining Lollapalooza on Friday, but it will be well worth it to check out MØ’s set earlier in the day.
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The musical term “con brio” means “with spirit” or “with vigor,” and that’s just the feeling the San Francisco-based band wants to personify. Between jazz festivals, impromptu concerts and their summer performance at Lollapalooza, they bring a fresh, soulful jazz presence to the stage. Worth noting is the truly passionate heart of the band, frontman Ziek McCarter, who continues to push musical norms within the band. He expresses himself and engages with the audience through confident vocals and dance moves. The full band, including a saxophonist and trumpeter, serves his voice on a platter of smooth instrumentation. The band, which formed in 2013, is playing Friday, July 29 at Lollapalooza. They began touring North America in February 2015 after releasing their EP, “Kiss the Sun.” Their single “Never Be The Same” highlights both McCarter and the band, with vocal riffs leading into instrumental breaks. When Con Brio comes together, they shine, the members solar flares of passionate performance.
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Twin Peaks Local group Twin Peaks will take the stage with jam session vibes, giving the audience a taste of laid-back and relatable garage rock. With two studio albums, including 2014’s acclaimed “Wild Onion,” Twin Peaks has established a chord-influenced, young-at-heart brand of punk that feels spontaneous. Songs like “Making Breakfast” show off ‘90s vibes with low-tone vocals. An upcoming album, “Down in Heaven,” will be released on May 13, the same day as a sold-out Chicago show at Lincoln Hall that kicks off their summer tour. Twin Peaks has already released the singles “Butterfly” and “Walk to the One You Love” from this album, which show off a fair amount of the band’s talent. Instinctive bursts of vocal harmony layer with stubborn drums, bass and guitar for a rock-solid, homemade sound that is currently taking over the Chicago music scene. After playing Lollapalooza last year, Twin Peaks is playing Friday, July 15 at Pitchfork Music Festival, which takes place in Union Park.
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in MUSIC Parquet Courts “Human Performance” April 8 This isn’t Parquet Courts’ most hard-hitting album, but it’s an obvious step up from their last EP. The two singles, “Dust” and “Berlin Got Blurry”, are the most memorable and the classic drone, New York punk sound the band is known for, but other songs like “One Man, No City” show their lyrical prowess. The band also finds a successful balance between experimenting in instrumentals without going overboard, adding in some Congo drums that give a little surf-rock edge to the band and Ramones-influenced riffs that quicken the monotone beats. Overall, Parquet Courts has found a steady rise in their musical abilities.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Warner Bros. Pictures March 25 “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” was released on March 25 to unfavorable reviews from fans and critics. The title and director, Zack Snyder, promise screen time for both DC heroes but deliver an overly stuffed, awkwardly plotted, disorganized film that is as predictable as superhero movies can get. Despite the presence of new DC characters, including the psychotic, slimy, tech-savvy jerk Lex Luthor (Jessie Eisenberg) and the ageless Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), the film does not reach the expectations set by its unmerited confidence. There are a few brilliant moments, however. It’s two and a half hours long, full of loud sound bites sure to blow your ear drums if you sit too close to the speaker. The acting is mostly strong (Ben Affleck unexpectedly pulled off a decent Batman) and there’s enough deep material, quality visual effects and hyper cutting to make the viewer feel like they watched a good movie. But if you look past the visual aspect, “Batman v Superman” is nothing more than a cash grab-setting up DC’s “Justice League. MARISSA DE LA CERDA | THE DEPAULIA
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Find this and all our DeJamz playlists on depauliaonline.com and on our spotify account By Erin Yarnall Arts & Life Editor
If you’ve ever had a conversation with me you will have seen me give that fake smile and nod of acknowledgment like I actually heard what you said and enjoyed it. In reality, I can’t hear a thing. I’ve spent the past 10 years of my life blasting my iPod as loud as I possibly could. Why would I ruin my ears to such an extent, some people may ask. The answer is obvious and the reason why I do anything that I do, to look cool. Although my personality and overall appearance end up ruining any chance I have at looking cool, here are some of my favorite
songs to blast on my iPod to have people look at me a certain way. 1. Carly Rae Jepsen — “Boy Problems” Every song on Carly Rae Jepsen’s 2015 album “Emotion” is incredible, but “Boy Problems” is a step above the rest in regards to how fun it is to listen to. I hope when people hear this obnoxiously blasting, they think I’m just as fun as the song is. 2. The Velvet Underground — “Heroin” There’s no denying that The Velvet Underground was one of the coolest bands in history, and Lou Reed was one of the coolest men to ever live. While I normally
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Across 1. “___ like old times” 6. “Fear of Fifty” author Jong 11. Endorsing 14. Like draft beer 15. Union group 16. “Anytown, ___” 17. Hold grudges 19. Blazing 20. French wine classification 21. Australian with three toes 22. Doctor’s due 23. Pathetically inept person 27. Cardinal 29. Japanese tie 30. Focal device 32. One-eighth of a piece of eight 33. Faux ___ (blunder) 34. Moved stealthily 36. Latin music type 39. Chancellor von Bismarck 41. Three-tone chord 43. Holier-than-thou
leash as well. 4. Hilary Duff — “So Yesterday” If there’s anything that’s cool right now it’s ‘90s nostalgia. Since I’m not cool, I’m really into ‘00s nostalgia, so in order to embrace nostalgia, sometimes I jam out to Hilary. 5. Bully — “Trying” I genuinely love Bully, and all the songs on their album “Feels Like.” In addition to them being great, they’re also such a cool band, and I know I exude musical knowledge and get coolgirl credibility whenever people can hear them blasting from my iPod.
44. Jockey’s controls 46. Like brains and ears 48. Alter ___ 49. The moon in Paris 51. Double negative? 52. One of the Bobbsey twins 53. Some wrestling holds 56. Prejudice 58. Historic time 59. Alternative to JVC, once 60. Cleo’s killer 61. Butter unit 62. Reason for many surgeries 68. Brunched 69. Disease of cereals 70. Establish as law 71. ___ Altos, Calif. 72. Does a casino job 73. Disney duck Down 1. Weep 2. Memphis-toNashville dir.
6. Carrie Underwood — “Before He Cheats” When most people look at me, it’s pretty obvious that I spend most of my time crying and listening to emo and indie music, but sometimes I like to defy what they think about me and crank out genres like country. One of my favorite songs, “Before He Cheats,” is such a powerful and inspiring song. Carrie Underwood is not a woman who is going to be messed around with, and neither am I. I hope people overhearing this song pick up on that rather than thinking I’m just an emo who is accidentally playing this song.
3. Heathrow airport listing (Abbr.) 4. Chagall and Antony 5. DNA shapes 6. Architectural annex 7. Propel a boat 8. More frigid and slippery 9. Less agitated 10. Hints at (with “to”) 11. Feeling of satisfaction 12. Basket weaver’s material 13. Appraised 18. Giving off light 23. Deep sleep 24. Diminish in intensity 25. Some purified liquids 26. Small projecting ridge 28. Cotswold cries 31. Descendant or heir 35. Skewered fare 37. Common
sweetener 38. Opposite of ecstasy 40. Unwelcome obligation 42. Rejection of a request 45. Emulated a bull 47. Iditarod vehicle 50. Curtain call 53. Country in the Himalayas 54. A Muse 55. ___ different tune (changed one’s mind) 57. State one’s views 63. Costa del ___ 64. “___ a deal!” 65. Shooter’s marble 66. Bar rocks 67. Where bacon is stored?
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for going to my own doctor, saying I was doing my own thing, and that just threw me off,” he said. “I felt like my injury was no joke because this is my career. I wouldn’t sit out just to sit out, but they just seemed to take my injury as a joke.” Phillips, who was Scott’s roommate, confirmed that Scott had foot problems, and said that he had to help walk Scott to early morning meetings. Phillips came to the decision independently to transfer, citing playing time. “I thought I would get more chances to prove myself on the court this season,” he said. “Based on the meetings we had I didn’t think I’d get more playing time next season.” Phillips also struggled with an injury that kept him out of the opening scrimmage in the JOSH LEFF | THE DEPAULIA preseason, but was able to play the majority of the season. He Freshman forward Oumar Berry dunks before a game. averaged three minutes a game. Phillips and Barry were out that way,” Barry said. to sit out an additional year due recruited by former DePaul head Scott was Leitao’s second to NCAA transfer rules. coach Oliver Purnell, and stayed recruit and was announced that “I just thought that when I true to their commitment during he signed with the program on came to college (the coaching the transition to Dave Leitao July 2, the last member of the staff) were going to take care of in March. Barry was similar to 2015-16 squad to join. All three me, that they were going to be Phillips in that he felt like he of the DePaul freshmen are father figures,” Scott said. would be able to see an increase undecided where they’ll play The DePaul men’s basketball in playing time elsewhere. next. If they transfer to Division coaching staff was unavailable “I thought I could get some I school, they’ll most likely have for comment when reached. playing time but it didn’t work
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Jacqui Grant warms up at practice during the NCAA tournament
GRANT, continued from back page games into the season,” Grant said. “(Podkowa and Chanise Jenkins) definitely taught me a lot about basketball, IQ-wise, and just in life and how to represent DePaul.” After averaging 9.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game and shooting 42.9 percent from the floor this season, Grant will be an important component in next year’s team. She, alongside Jessica January and Brooke Schulte will be looked to as the senior leaders with Podkowa and
Jenkins graduating. “It’s my fourth and final season coming up and there’s definitely a big senior class and we’re definitely going to have to lead. These seniors have definitely showed us juniors what you have to do to make it this far and hopefully we’ll be able to pick that up this year and be able to come back and go even further,” Grant said. “Teaching the freshmen is going to be huge, because there are four of them and they’re all great players… teaching them ‘DePaul Ball’ is definitely going to be really important.”
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How sweet it is
After a Sweet 16 run, there's more to look forward to next season By Zachary Holden Staff Writer
DALLAS — After the loss to Oregon State in the Sweet Sixteen, DePaul coach Doug Bruno didn’t seem as distraught as most coaches would be after seeing their season come to a close. Sure he’s losing two seniors who have impacted the team immensely over the past few years, but what lies ahead is cause for optimism. Bruno’s culture There are just seven active NCAA women’s basketball coaches with longer careers at one school than Bruno. The experience he’s gained in 30 years at DePaul is invaluable and it has taught him how to handle any situation, good or bad. His approach to a season ending is likely based on what he’s learned after three decades with the Blue Demons. “Every season is a new season. Every team is a new team,” Bruno said. “Every season has a life of its own.” The culture Bruno has created during his time at DePaul is a constant stream of success, regardless of what happens the season prior or whom he loses at its conclusion. Fourteen consecutive NCAA tournament appearances do not come with luck, nor does it normally come at schools without a steady stream of four-star and five-star athletes. In fact, only Connecticut, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tennessee and Oklahoma can claim a similar streak to DePaul’s. “In women’s basketball if you don’t win a national championship, nobody knows who you are,” Bruno said, “That’s not a function of us at DePaul … that’s a function of our great sport.” National titles aren’t something Bruno worries about each season because he isn’t at Connecticut or Notre Dame. His beliefs are to grow his athletes, grow his program, but most importantly, grow the sport of women’s basketball as much as he can. Even without the McDonald’s AllAmericans, some other elite programs recruit each year, Bruno has managed to keep DePaul consistently in the top-10 in scoring and assists. The program he’s built and maintains in Chicago is among the best in the nation, even without the recognition it deserves. Looking ahead Losing Megan Podkowa and Chanise Jenkins will certainly leave a void for the team to fill. The same was said after the 2013-14 season when Jasmine Penny graduated, but her leadership was instantly replaced with Brittany Hrynko and Megan Rogowski the following year. When they graduated, Podkowa and Jenkins stepped in to lead. Next year, players like Jessica January, Brooke Schulte and Jacqui Grant will take the reins and lead the Blue Demons. No matter what, Bruno finds a way to replace seemingly irreplaceable players with either new recruits or players making dramatic progress in the offseason. He’s always done a great job involving the
distant and immediate future for the team throughout the season. Take sophomore Lauren Prochaska, who will be one of Bruno’s options to slot into Jenkins’ position in the starting five next season at guard. Earlier in the season against Chicago State, Bruno handed over the team to Prochaska in the fourth quarter and allowed her to get a taste of what she’d be in for alongside January. Another option he will have at that position is incoming freshman Kelly Campbell. The 5-foot-9 guard can command the floor and score from anywhere on the court. Whoever Bruno ends up going with will have big shoes to fill. January will undoubtedly replace Jenkins’ role as a leader on the team. Though the team’s mentality is focused on sharing the ball, January will be the focal point of the offense throughout next season due to her uncanny ability to distribute the ball effortlessly and score both in the paint and from deep. As for Podkowa, sophomore Mart’e Grays will probably be the forward to replace her, especially after her impressive NCAA tournament play. Grays notched her first double-double against No. 11 James Madison in the first round with a line of 16 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, followed that up with nine points, four rebounds and three assists against No. 3 Louisville and capped it off with a 14-point, six-rebound performance against No. 2 Oregon State. Though, it was her outstanding defensive play to frustrate Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year Myisha Hines-Allen that really stood out. That, and banking in a 3-pointer in consecutive games. She already has one eye on the 2016-17 season. “We’re going to come in and focus,” Grays said. “Even though we’re only losing two (players), we have to come back ready with the same focus and same intensity and hope to start another great season.” The other two players to round off the starting five next year will be Schulte and Grant. Schulte led the team in rebounding against Oregon State, which shows her versatility as a guard to not only knock down shots when needed, but also be a presence on the boards. She believes Podkowa and Jenkins’ roles leading the way has brushed off to better not only her, but the team as a whole. “I think with the leadership we’ve had with our seniors, everyone on the team has been phenomenal. They got us where we are today,” Schulte said. “With their positivity and their leadership, along with our great coaching staff, we’re going to build off that and because I’ve been playing with them for four years and they’ve rubbed off on me.” Grant accumulated 33 points and 12 points in three NCAA tournament games. What really showed the type of player she can be for DePaul next season is the way
she started off the game against Oregon State scoring the team’s first seven points and not letting PAC-12 Defensive Player of the Year Ruth Hamblin have much success on offense or defense in the first half. Just having that sort of confidence to end a season will only carry her into the offseason and next season on a high note. “We’re all really motivated. We’ll have a big senior class next year, so a lot of us are going to be really motivated this summer and getting better in the gym and really working hard,” Grant said. “We’ve got a lot of freshmen coming in, so we’ve got to teach them our ways and we’re definitely going to strive for more.” Two of the incoming freshmen for DePaul are Chante Stonewall and Campbell. The three-star guards are rated 90 and 89 respectively on ESPN’s high school women’s basketball recruiting page and bring an immediate scoring threat to DePaul’s offense. Stonewall is from University High School in Normal, Ill. and Campbell comes in from Saint John Vianney High School in Holmdel, N.J. Same goal DePaul will have four seniors and four juniors next season who have had a taste of NCAA tournam e n t success. A f t e r playing a dif f icu lt schedu le this year facing several top-10 teams throughout the season, Grant said it feels like it only helps them moving forward to play against the best. “We want to show how tough and confident we are in ourselves that we can play with these teams,” Grant said. “There’s (Connecticut) and Notre Dame who are really good and then there’s everyone else. “We want to be on top of everyone else, then contend with (Connecticut).”
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For traveling fans, trip is worth it By Matthew Paras Editor-in-Chief
LOUISVILLE — Richard and Carla Jenkins left their Chicago home at 3 a.m. Friday to embark on a five-hour drive to Louisville, Kentucky. With them was a packed car, including five other family members. For years, the Jenkins would see their daughter, Chanise, play basketball in person. A five-hour drive to Louisville and work schedu les
didn't stop that. As it turned out, the trip was well worth the drive. They got to see their daughter and the rest of the Blue Demons play in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament after a thrilling 73-72 win over Louisville March 20 at the KFC Yum! Center. “This win was so exciting,” Richard Jenkins said. “It came down to the last second. But onepoint — It’s a win! We won!” “Anything is worth it for DePaul Ball,” Richard Jenkins added later. Said Carla Jenkins: “We love Coach (Doug) Bruno and the team.” Chanise Jenkins had 14 people total there, including extended family. Richard Jenkins led the pack to cheer her and the Blue Demons, decorated in face paint with the number 13, the number his daughter wears. Carla Jenkins, in similar fashion, sat behind the Blue Demons’ bench with a pair of poms-poms. Their voices were heard, and when Chanise Jenkins finally greeted her family by stepping back onto the court after the game had ended, Jenkins was met with standing applause. “My family is amazing, and
I couldn’t thank them enough,” Chanise Jenkins said. “Just have that amazing support system is unreal.” Similarly, Jeanette Robben made the three-hour drive from Germantown, Illinois to watch her granddaughter Brooke Schulte play. Robben and her husband actually saved two hours traveling to Louisville, as they’re used to the five-and-half hour drive to Chicago for each home game at McGrath-Phillips Arena. The Robbens made the trip each day, driving on Friday and Sunday instead of staying through the weekend. She said she was exhausted by the end of the game, feeling like she had just played 40 minutes herself. But she’s built a close support system through Schulte’s three years at DePaul. “We’ve gotten to be close friends with a lot of the players’ parents,” Robben said. “We also go up to the dorms when we reach Chicago. We bring cookies and sometimes we clean for (the players) too. So they like to see us.” In other cases like Montral and Stefanie January, they ended up flying in to watch their
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Faithful fans traveled to Louisville to watch the Blue Demons. daughter. Like the others, Jessica January’s parents often were at each home game. And what a game they got to see. Montral January watched as his daughter erupted for 25 points, eight rebounds and five assists. “I watch it as a fan,” Montral January said. “And I’m a fan of watching them play. I’m a fan because she’s my daughter, but I got so excited. You have the highs and lows just like everybody else.
But it’s exciting. I’m so happy for them.” For the Blue Demons, they would enjoy another trip to the Sweet Sixteen. No matter where they go, DePaul’s players can look in the stands and see familiar faces. “I’m pretty sure they’re going to make the trip to Dallas,” Jenkins said with a grin. DePaul fell in the Sweet Sixteen to Oregon State in Dallas last weekend.
"Big three" loses two By Zachary Holden Staff Writer
DALLAS — Megan Podkowa and Chanise Jenkins’ careers have come to an end. “This is the true Senior Day. Everybody has Senior Day at campus, but this is the true Senior Day, the last game of the seniors’ careers,” DePaul head coach Doug Bruno said. “They are the first set of seniors to graduate that’s helped our team go to two Sweet Sixteen’s. They’ve been able to do something that nobody else has been able to achieve.” While the duo may have had a forgetable NCAA tournament performance this year — combining for just 45 points, 22 rebounds and 23 assists in three games – their career contributions to the program are unforgettable. Podkowa and Jenkins led the team to a pair of Sweet Sixteen appearances in three years, along with a pair of Big East regular season titles and Big East Tournament championships. “I think my career has been amazing here with the Sweet Sixteen’s and tournament championships,” Podkowa said. She leaves with a Big East Tournament MVP from the 2015 win, Big East AllAcademic recognition, Big East ScholarAthlete of the Year and averages of 13.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game her senior year. Jenkins exits the program with the most appearances all-time with her 141st coming against Oregon State in the Sweet Sixteen and finishes her career as the Big East Player of the Year averaging 14.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and five assists per game as a senior. Like Podkowa, she loved winning titles and making the NCAA tournament runs, but it’s her early times at the school she remembers the most.
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Senior Chanise Jenkins shakes hands after DePaul's loss to Oregon State. “Myself first committing to DePaul, being in the conference room with the current DePaul players that were there and verbally committing to coach Bruno and the team and just every game we’ve won,” Jenkins said. “I cherished every moment with my teammates and I couldn’t thank them enough for the amazing five years I’ve had at DePaul.” While the basketball-related memories are most prevalent, it’s the non-basketball activities they both say they’ll miss the most. “Having like 12 or 13 sisters … when I was crying in the media room, having Jess and Chanise there to hug me pick me up, that’s the thing I’ll miss the most,” Podkowa said. Jenkins echoed the family aspect of the team, but knows leaving won’t change anything. “Every behind-the-scenes party or action we’ve ever had in our dorm rooms, every single moment that I’ve had — doesn’t
matter if it was sad or happy or anything like that,” Jenkins said. “Just having that sisterhood and that feeling of knowing that you’re miles away from home, you still have your sisters there right behind you and you can just walk upstairs to their room or walk downstairs to their room … it’s just a great feeling to know that someone’s always going to be there for you. To know that our friendship is going to last throughout the years is amazing.” Losing two players of Jenkins and Podkowa’s talent is tough on any team. As the heart and soul of the Blue Demons their senior year, seeing that leave on a sour note is never easy. Bruno knows what type of players he’s losing, but more so the type of people he’s seeing graduate. “They’ve given themselves, they’ve given each other and they’ve given DePaul a very, very great season,” Bruno said. “I’m really, really proud of them as people." “It’s going to be hard to replace these two special seniors.”
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MOVING FORWARDS Fred Scott By Ben Gartland Sports Editor
Fred Scott couldn’t jump. He tried running, but when he attempted that, a sharp pain hit and it felt like his foot was on fire. The foot problems limited him in practice and he saw little playing time in his freshman year. But when he finally decided he wanted to transfer from DePaul, it was because of all the things that soured the experience. “I was very limited and (the coaching staff) just told me to keep going,” Scott said. “One of the coaches even asked me if I was even hurt and that was really negative towards me, because I was dealing with something that no one could understand.” Three freshmen forwards, Oumar Barry, Develle Phillips and Scott, have decided to transfer following the 2015-16 season. All three cited playing time as a reason for asking
Three big men leave DePaul after their freshmen seasons
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for their release. In Scott’s case, however, playing time wasn’t the only reason. He also said that he suffered through a Plantar wart in his left foot that limited his ability to play, but felt like he was not taken care of like he thinks he should have been. “I made the decision (to transfer) about two weeks ago,” Scott said. “I didn’t feel like I was given the best opportunities, especially coming off of the injury. Coming back wasn’t looking too good and I wasn’t able to compete every day because I was injured most of the time.” Scott said he had a Plantar wart over the summer that limited his play, but he got it burned off by his doctor. A Plantar wart is a skin growth caused by a viral infection in the top layer of the skin that can cause irritation and minor pain depending on the location. After getting the initial condition treated, Scott said the condition came back in the form of multiple warts and he said he was limited on
the court because of them. Scott also said his frustration came from being misdiagnosed until he went to go see his doctor who originally diagnosed the Plantar wart over the summer. He had the original wart burned off and was able to return to the court in time for the season to start, but was only featured in four non-conference games. Then, he said, the foot injury continued to worsen. “There was a side of my foot that was very tender and it felt on fire,” Scott said. “I tried to see (DePaul’s) doctors and they kept telling me ‘they’re just foot calluses.’” Scott’s original doctor diagnosed the Plantar warts and gave him medicine, which he said allowed his foot to heal and now “feels better than ever.” However, he said he still felt like the coaching staff didn’t understand what was going on with his injury. “I felt like they were trying to punish me
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Grant finds a home at DePaul By Zachary Holden Staff Writer
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Junior Jacqui Grant transferred to DePaul from Illinois starting this season.
Jacqui Grant came to DePaul looking for one thing: comfort. She spent her first two years at the University of Illinois and left amid accusations against Illini coach Matt Bollant and former assistant coach Mike Divilbiss of verbally abusing the players. It was a situation that led the families of Grant, fellow DePaul transfer Amarah Coleman and four other former Illini players to sue the university for $10 million. The lawsuit is still making its way through the legal process. Instead of having to sit out the year after Grant transferred, the NCAA ruled she could start playing for DePaul six games into the season due to the circumstances of
her transfer and her seamless integration into the team began immediately. While Grant didn’t want to talk about her time at the University of Illinois, she quickly learned how different the programs were. It was the comfort she sought at Illinois, but found at DePaul, that allowed her to fit into the team so well and succeed from her first game on. “Any player just needs to get comfortable in the environment they’re in,” DePaul head coach Doug Bruno said. “I think Jacqui is gradually getting more comfortable in what DePaul is all about, how we play, her teammates, coaches. I just think she’s becoming more naturally comfortable.” The concept of being a part of a family is a focal point to DePaul’s success. Bruno said it’s a result of the culture he’s created
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at DePaul; he wants everyone to feel like they’re in a positive environment. “You can’t be a competitor without having some good toughness and accountability to the positive environment,” Bruno said. “I always think we want to create a positive environment, so that’s something we do for everybody. That’s what we do, that’s what DePaul is all about.” When Grant transferred, she was desperately hoping to avoid having to sit out a year as most transfers must do. When she heard she would be allowed to play, one of her lifelong dreams finally came true. “Not knowing if I was going to be able to play this year and wanting to play with Megan (Podkowa) literally since the beginning of time, I feel like finally getting
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