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Presidential search commitee continues

By Jackson Danbeck News Editor

In the search for DePaul’s next president, the Board of Trustees has decided it will not reveal the names of the vetted candidates to protect them from scrutiny if they don’t get the job, according to an email to the DePaul community by Board of Trustees Chair William Bennett and Vice Chair James Ryan. They also said they do not want to conduct a closed search, an approach that would impair transparency.

Instead, the Board has concluded the best method is the “hybrid search model,” a mixture of both opened and closed searches. In this new process, the presidential search committee will select three finalists and invite them to a closed interview with the Board, the email outlined.

Next, the presidential finalists will be interviewed by a 20-member faculty committee, a 20-member staff committee, a 10-member senior leadership committee and a 10-member student government committee.

Seven of the 10 student members in the student government committee will be chosen by application, Student Government Association president Ric Popp told the DePaul community by email. The other three student members will be Student Government representatives.

After the interviews with the presidential candidates, each committee will submit a report to the presidential search committee, according to the email.

They in turn will report to the Board for its members to choose DePaul’s 12th president.

So far, this new process has been approved by the Board, but still requires consent by all of the presidential candidates.

“Witt/Kieffer has assured us that they believe this hybrid model will deliver a strong and diverse pool of candidates,” the email wrote, referring to the firm that is assisting in the search.

The presidential search committee’s duty is to recommend names of the finalists, “along with an analysis of each finalist’s perceived strengths and potential vulnerabilities,” the email wrote.

On Sept. 23, Ryan, who has also been named chair of the search committee, emailed the DePaul community the

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A NEW BEGINNING Lawrence Hamer appointed to run diversity initiatives

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By Kyle Woosley

also giving us the motivation to address them.”

Provost Marten denBoer said Hamer’s As part of DePaul’s Speech and Race experience in leadership roles at DePaul Action Plan, Lawrence Hamer was asked was a factor in choosing him for the to lead diversity initiatives in the Office of position.

Academic Affairs.

Fresh out of his business adminisThe release of the plan could be seen tration and marketing Ph.D. program at as a result of the Milo the University of Illinois Yiannopoulos controChampaign, Hamer Most situations, in versy in the spring. The started as an assistant conservative speaker was even if marketing professor and invited to the university by worked his way through they’re bad, the College Republicans, the ranks — eventually present some which resulted in a numserving as associate dean ber of protests and petiof the Driehaus College of opportunity. tions.

Business.

Since the controversy, He eventually moved DePaul has been the subinto the Office of Academic Lawrence Hamer ject of many topics regardAffairs, where he serves as Associate Provost of Governance and ing free speech on college associate provost of goverAcademic Integrity campuses and is now ananance and academic integlyzing how it represents rity. In this position, he minority students. Hamer said this is the has worked closely with Faculty Council silver lining of the situation from last and the President’s Diversity Council. spring.

“I think my past experience on a vari“Most situations, even if they’re bad, ety of topics, and my effectiveness on a lot present some opportunity,” he said. “I of those topics, is why I was appointed to think the opportunity that was presented this poisition,” Hamer said. “All of these by the situation last spring has made it things have given me exposure to a numreally clear that we have issues on campus ber of people across the university, so it’s that we need to address, and I hope it’s allowed me to interact with people and News Editor

build relationships with people that will be helpful in this position.”

But denBoer said it was more than just Hamer’s experience that made him the best candidate for the position.

“He has a thoughtful approach to issues,” denBoer said. “He’s handled a lot of difficult programs and he has a creative approach to them. But he’s also a good listener. He listens to people and I respect that.”

Part of Hamer’s new role will be to work closely with the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity to increase faculty diversity, amongst other initiatives.

“Lawrence Hamer’s new role to lead faculty diversity efforts is an essential development in achieving diverse faculty representation and success at DePaul,” Elizabeth Ortiz, vice president for Institutional Diversity and Equity said.

“His work in partnership with the diversity advocates, will look to the recruitment, retention, and engagement of diverse faculty while also exploring diversifying the curriculum.”

The announcement of Hamer’s position comes following a major reorganization in Academic Affairs that occurred over the summer.

“We went through some structural

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TOP: Associate provost of governance and academic integrity Lawrence Hammer is now leading diversity initiatives within the Office of Academic Affairs.

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Online enrollment climbs DePaul students take more online courses as curriculum expands

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By Jackson Danbeck News Editor

More DePaul students are taking online classes than ever before, most of whom are also enrolled in face-toface courses, a trend that reveals the increasing popularity of the university’s expanded online course curriculum.

From 2010 to 2015, the number of students enrolled in online courses increased by 64 percent, from 3,384 to 5,560, according to the 2016 abstract from DePaul Enrollment Management and Marketing. During the fall of 2015, 24 percent of students took online classes, compared to 13 percent in 2010.

During the summer term, the least busy time of the year on campus, 35 percent of all credit hours were taken online. Seventy-four percent of all undergraduate courses during the summer term were taken online.

At the same time, total university enrollment has decreased, according to DePaul’s 2015 enrollment summary. In 2010 total university enrollment amounted to 25,145, declining to 23,539 in 2015. Almost one in five students take a class online.

“Enrollment in online classes has grown consistently over the past 15 years, since DePaul started offering fully online courses,” said GianMario Besana, an associate provost who is in charge of DePaul’s online academic strategy. “A lot of progress has been made since then and now every college at DePaul is engaged in the online arena.”

In 2015, the College of Computing and Digital Media had the most students taking online classes, with 1,740 students. The School of New Learning has the largest portion of students in its school taking online courses, at 54 percent. The College of Communication (CMN) and the College of Science and Health (CSH) had the highest proportional increases. Thirty-two percent of CMN student took online classes, compared to 7 percent in 2010, and CSH increased from 6 percent to 22 percent during the same period.

Students who only take online classes are a minority, Besana said, and because DePaul doesn’t keep track of those students, there is no data available on them.

The largest growth in online enrollment at DePaul is at the undergraduate level, Besana said. He said students opt for online classes for no motive in particular.

“Students gravitate toward online offerings for a wide variety of reasons: convenience, scheduling needs, job and family responsibilities,” Besana said.

Many classes are also only offered online. When

students are looking for classes to enroll in, they may go with the online one because they want to experience that class and learn under a specific professor.

Faculty have had to undergo extensive training in order to provide hybrid and fully online classes for students.

Professors received similar training when the university introduced D2L and Campus Connect, DePaul’s online learning systems that allow teachers to share resources, collect assignments and provide feedback, DePaul’s website outlines.

For all the technological changes, Besana said DePaul’s way of teaching has not been altered.

“The same fundamental pedagogical principles that drive DePaul’s academic quality, including small classes, personal attention, active learning, are translated to the online space,” Basana said.

“DePaul has achieved this by investing a great deal of resources in ensuring that its faculty members are properly trained to become effective online learning facilitators, bringing to the online class the same passion and highly polished teaching craft that they bring to the traditional class.”

The closure of DePaul’s Naperville campus in August 2017 is directly connected to the rise in online enrollment.

Established in 1997, DePaul’s suburban campus was created to make it easier for students living and working in the suburbs to take their classes. Because so many classes are now available online, students who used to attend Naperville take their classes at home instead.

In 1999, students at the Naperville campus were taking more than 24,600 credit hours, according to wan email provost Marten denBoer sent out earlier this year. By the fall of 2015, the number of credit hours had dropped to a little more than 700.

“In short, one form of making an education easily accessible has supplanted another,” denBoer said in the email.

To David Kalsbeek, senior vice president for enrollment management and marketing, convenience was what students sought by enrolling at Naperville.

“As more courses at DePaul have been offered online over recent years, and as more competitors offer online degrees as well, convenience for students is enhanced even more than by suburb locations,” Kalsbeek said. “It is only natural that enrollment at Naperville has declined as a partial result of more convenient alternatives.”

Besana expects hybrid and fully online classes to continue to grow. “(The use of) technology to conduct synchronous online classes is improving constantly and we’ll see a

growth in courses where the faculty interact synchronously at a distance with students,” Basana said.

DePaul’s bump in online enrollment parallels national trends. During the fall of 2014 about 3.9 percent more university students enrolled in at least one online class compared to the previous fall, according to an annual report by the Babson Survey Research Group. That translates to about 5.8 million students across the nation who were enrolled in online classes then. Accurate statistics about enrollment trends since then have not been released.

Students have mixed opinions about taking online classes.

Cynthia Zuniga, a junior and health science major, took one online class during her sophomore year and concluded it was not for her.

“I didn’t like it because everything was due Sunday, and because I wasn’t physically in class, I tended to forget about it throughout the week,” she said.

Zuniga ended up dropping the online class, not because of its content, but because it was an online course.

She said she intends to never enroll in one again.

“I like being in the classroom,” she said. “Especially since it’s so helpful when other kids ask questions in the class and it’s all discussion-based. You work better, and you understand way more than just being online. It seems so artificial to me.”

Bradley Niemczyk, a freshman and graphic design major, has never taken an online class because he prefers to learn face-to-face.

“I’ve always felt I do better in person when I’m interacting with other students and with the professor,” he said. “It’s more encouraging to go to class and participate, as opposed to online where sometimes I have an issue with forgetting an assignment.”

Niemczyk said that when he is older, working a lot or can’t get to class, online courses are definitely an option.

“I don’t have anything against online classes, I just personally prefer in person,” he said.

On the other hand, Adaure Ajiere, a junior and biology major, wishes she could take all her classes online. She takes a three-hour commute to campus, making face-toface classes inconvenient.

“I do find them efficient, in terms of time,” she said.

“The only problem is that you have to be very selfdisciplined.

If Ajiere could at least take all her non-major classes online, and get to her labs on campus, she said she “would definitely do that.”

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City to hire close to 1,000 new officers in an

By Brenden Moore & Kyle Woosley Political Editor & News Editor

Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed a broad plan Sept. 22 to solve the violence plaguing many Chicago neighborhoods, centered on hiring nearly 1,000 more police officers.

The mayor argued the increased manpower and tougher penalties for gun offenders will go a long way towards getting the city’s surging crime levels down. In order to fully address the problem, he said more investments must be made and opportunities opened up to people in the city’s violent areas.

“I have seen firsthand that when we provide an alternative to the life of guns and gangs, our young people will choose that positive alternative,” Emanuel said.

Emanuel told the invitation-only audience that solving the city’s crime problem is on “all of us” and urged Chicagoans to “get to work.”

The mayor’s announcement comes weeks after Lincoln Park’s Alderman Michele Smith called for an increase is police patrol in the area. While her views are in sync with that of Emanuel, some DePaul students who live in the area do not think an increase in police activity is BRENDEN MOORE | THE DEPAULIA necessary.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel addresses a crowd at Malcolm X College announcing the hiring of nearly 1,000 cops to the Chicago Police force.

“This isn’t really an area of high crime compared to the other neighborhoods,” said McCrey Guillory, freshman fact Lincoln Park is a wealthier area of the packages that come with new hires cost you’re going to have an even productivity more to the city. It’s cheaper in the longer line across that 16 hours? If you overwork environmental science major. “These city.

“Some can afford high-end security run than hiring a new person because people, they tend to make mistakes or people have the resources to pay for better systems, or they can do things like get that person is going to get a huge range they tend not to do their job in a proper home security. This is an area that has together through the civic association of benefits.” fashion. And ultimately, overtime becomes been heavily gentrified.” and hire security guards,” he said.

“Other While this decision has economic the goal, not the crime prevention.”

Robert Stokes, director of DePaul’s places that don’t benefits to the city, it’s not the most Emanuel also did not shy away from School of Public have that money effective method of crime prevention. the fractured relationship between the Service, said the or resources need “Crime does not operate that way,” community and law enforcement, saying distribution of “At the end of the day, we police.”

Stokes said.

“You’re going to tell me that “respect is a two-way street.” police through working for 16 hours as a police officer, “Every one of us has a role to play in Chicago is a will be judged by one simple On the policing problematic part of the system, and question: Can a mother in any end, 500 officers, 200 detectives it is one that will neighborhood in Chicago send and 100 new field need to be corrected training officers if these new hires her children outside to play will be hired over announced by with peace of mind that they the next few years. the mayor are to The mayor also actually have an are safe?” announced every effect.

“Police are a Rahm Emanuel officer will have a public service that Mayor of Chicago body camera and Taser next year, everyone pays taxes and that the city for, and some places, will be funding new like Lincoln Park, gunshot-tracing think they’re getting cameras in violent under-policed” he said. “But there’s a police districts.

The new hires will total strategy with cops that you’re going to put 970 by end of 2018. cops where they’re the most impactful, The additional cops are expected and that tends to be in the worse off areas.” initially to cost around $135 million per But Carly Travis, freshman journalism year, but the mayor offered no specifics on major, said she doesn’t want to see Lincoln how the city plans to pay for it.

Park excluded from the news by CPD. Stokes said the city has not hired “They should definitely be more such a mass quantity lately, which has concentrated in the south side and the not resulted in more officers using overtime so great neighborhoods,” she said. “But Use the promo code DPUFALL200 as opposed to hiring new ones. the city shouldn’t skip out on Lincoln Park “They really earn a lot of overtime, and because it’s safe. Don’t give us the short to receive $200 off a fall classroom course! it really puts them in a higher economic end of the stick.”

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n attempt to decrease the rising crime rate rebuilding the vital partnership between our police and the community,” he said.

“We all have to hold ourselves, and each other, to a higher standard.”

Emanuel said when he talks to Chicagoans, they do not hate the police, but in fact want “more cops and fewer gangs.”

“There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner,” Emanuel said.

Legislatively, the mayor called for Springfield to act on gun offenders, ranging from tougher sentencing to holding gun stores accountable.

“Our residents and police are demanding tougher gun laws and tougher sentences,” Emanuel said. “We need Springfield to be part of the solution and not just mimic Washington.”

But Stokes said no number of new officers will fix the main problem that lies

within the political sphere.

“We have these extreme voices being heard on both sides,” he said. “Both sides of this argument have some legitimate gripes to make, but this thing has to be sorted out on the ground. Hiring more cops, I think, would be a step to solving the problem. It’s not going to completely solve the problem, but it’s going to help.”

Emanuel also called for expanding opportunity “community-by-community, block-by-block.” This includes investing $36 million over the next three years to expand mentoring programs for young people along with more job fairs and programs.

The mayor closed with asking for the public’s help.

“The city of Chicago is our home,” Emanuel said. “The people of Chicago are our family.

“At the end of the day, we will be judged by one simple question: Can a mother in any neighborhood in Chicago send her children outside to play with peace of mind that they are safe?” Emanuel said.

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changes, and we didn’t have anyone specifically working on diversity,” he said.

“I think my past experience on a variety of topics and my effectiveness on working on a lot of these topics is why I was appointed to this position.”

One of his major goals in this new position is to restructure the curriculum to make sure it’s more effective for the student body.

“I plan on working with the Liberal Studies Council to see how diversity is currently reflected in our liberal studies program and if we’re comfortable with the way it’s reflected, or if we think it needs to be changed somehow,” Hamer said.

These curriculum changes will look at the content and structure of courses in the liberal studies program to make sure it’s incorporating all backgrounds.

While the main portion of Hamer’s position will impact faculty and administration, he said he will have an “indirect” impact on students.

“It’s tied to students through the work on faculty and the work on the curriculum,” he said.

By exposing students to more diverse faculty and curriculum, Hamer said students will be able to exit DePaul as more culturally well-rounded individuals.

However, as he was just appointed to the position earlier this month, he is still working on analyzing the curriculum and faculty to see what kind of changes are needed before setting an official plan into motion.

In the end, Hamer thinks his position will allow for some much-needed discussion on campus.

“I hope that my role can help foster a conversation and contribute to that energy that will be needed to make change on campus,” he said.

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names of the 14 members of the search committee. They include executive vice president Jeffery Bethke, provost Marten denBoer, Board trustee Mary Dempsey, and student and SGA president Popp.

The day before the email, the search committee had their first meeting to discuss previous work on the search, leads on candidates with Witt/Kieffer, review the final prospectus and approve a timeline for finding candidates.

In the email, Ryan also thanked more than 600 community members who submitted feedback on what qualities the next president should have.

The Board is expected to choose the next president by the end of February 2017.

When the Board chose past presidents, finalists were named publicly and participated in two days of interviews on campus with the community, according to the email. Members then gave feedback to the search committee about the finalists, which was in turn used by the Board to make the final decision.

But the Board and the search committee found that presidents of other universities who were interested in the job at DePaul were often unwilling to broadcast their names to the public because their reputation could be tarnished if they failed to get the job.

“As a result, the Board of Trustees has concluded it cannot conduct an open presidential search,” the email wrote.

Current President Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M. is to step down at the end of the 2016-17 school year, planning to resume teaching as a professor in the College of Education after a year off. He announced the decision in June, weeks after protests broke out on campus after

controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos’ event was interrupted.

“It’s time in ’17, next year, to start saying what are the next set of ambitions for DePaul,” Holtschneider told The DePaulia in June. “What does DePaul want to do next? That is a perfect time for an organization to bring in new leadership, as opposed to being in the middle of that.

If I waited a couple more years I would’ve slowed down all the activity.”

Holtschneider first spoke of his intention to step down to the Vincentian leadership in January, and by March had informed the Board. Soon after, the university created a team to search for possible replacements. His contract as president officially would have ended in 2019.

At the time, Holtschneider made it clear that his departure as president and the events surrounding the Yiannopoulos events were not connected.

“They’re completely unrelated,” he said to The DePaulia. “I actually felt bad when some students were talking about that, that I couldn’t tell them, but I hadn’t told the Board yet. I had to tell the Board first.”

Caroline Rau, a freshman and art history major, said she believes the university is doing a good job keeping the DePaul community informed about the presidential search.

“I don’t know if everyone is reading them, but I definitely did,” she said.

“Talking with sophomores and juniors here, too, they also seem to be in the loop.”

Rau said that the next president must be able to communicate with student groups, especially following Yiannopoulos’ visit, and handle the situation “a little better.”

“I know this is a pretty liberal school, but I also know there is a conservative

population here too,” she said. She’d like the next president to “see both sides and who can understand both sides, and be able to work well with both sides.”

DJ Singh, a senior and biology major, also said the university is doing a good job keeping students informed, as far as he is concerned.

“I think as a DePaul student I am interested, but it’s not my main interest.

So as far as I am interested, I think they are doing a good job.”

But the university could always do a better job informing students in broader aspects of the search, he said.

“Maybe they could have it stem down to the professor level, where a professor talks about it during class,” he said. “Here’s what a president does, here’s why it’s important, here’s how it could impact you.

So maybe make that clearer.”

But Singh was concerned how the new president would tread regarding guest speakers, especially after the protests during Yiannopoulos’ visits and the university denying conservative journalist Ben Shaprio from speaking on campus.

“I’m interested in how they are going to handle that stuff,” he said. “How are they going to allow students to express their opinions, while also keeping it a safe environment?”

The Board will be hosting a community forum on Oct. 5 from 4-6 p.m. in McGowan South Room 108, offering members of the community to ask any questions they have about the search for the next president.

For students who cannot attend the forum because they are in the Loop campus, they can watch the proceedings via video at the DePaul Center Room 8005.

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NEWSbriefs #BlackOutDePaul statement demands justice and change

To create meaningful change, the writers of the statement want the university to support and foster the work of existing groups and departments on campus. These groups include the Women’s and Gender Studies department, the department of African and Black Diaspora Studies, the department of Latin American and Latino Studies, the LGBTQ Studies program, the Office of Multicultural Student Success and the Center for Identity, Inclusion and Social Change.

It is unclear who wrote the statement.

The statement ends with “We Are DePaul.

We Are Concerned,” and use the hashtags #DoBetterDePaul and #BlackOutDePaul.

A full statement with more specific demands is planned for future release, the statement read.

Following the release of the speakers’ names from the Race and Free Speech series, and a silent disruption at a Student Affairs divisional meeting, students posted a statement via Facebook demanding social justice change on campus, signed by the hashtag #BlackOutDePaul.

The statement provides three demands.

First, the group urges the university to support departments working for justice on campus with institutional and financial resources.

Second, they want President Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M. and his administration to listen to perspectives of marginalized students rather than “boiling down our viewpoints to a single organization or identity group.”

And third, they want the university to back its marginalized students “emotionally, financially and in whatever areas they need to truly achieve academic success.”

The statement criticizes the administration for its Free Speech and Race Action Plan for its “one-dimensional approaches to addressing racism on campus that ultimately will do nothing to create lasting change.”

Safety fair to inform students in case of emergencies To prepare DePaul community members in case of emergencies at the school, the university is hosting two fairs, appropriately timed to be within “National Preparedness Month,” Public Safety Director Bob Wachowksi said in an email to the community.

The Chicago Fire Department, the Chicago Transit Authority, various university

organizations and venders will be at these fairs to offer information to help DePaul members in case they find themselves in an emergency.

The first will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the DePaul Center’s DePaul Club on the 11th floor. The second is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 28 at the Student Center’s Atrium.

At the fair there will also be a raffle: the prize being a $75 Barnes and Noble gift card and a backpack filled with emergency supplies.

Town hall meeting about presidential search The university will host a panel-style town hall meeting to give the community a chance to ask questions about the ongoing presidential search.

The meeting will be held from 4-6 p.m. on Oct. 5 at McGowan South Room 108 in the Lincoln Park campus. For students who can’t make the meeting but will be at the Loop campus, the meeting will be displayed via video in the DePaul Center Room 8005.

The meeting was created at the recommendation of Faculty Council, Staff Council and the Student Government Association. It will be hosted by Board of Trustees members William Bennett and

James Ryan, who is also the chair of the presidential search committee.

Vincentian Bicentennial Memorial Dedication DePaul celebrates the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Vincentians to the United States with the dedication the Vincentian Bicentennial Memorial on Sept. 27.

DePaul students, staff and faculty are invited to gather at the Arts & Letters Patio at the corner of Kenmore and Belden avenues at 5 p.m. to listen to speakers talk about the date’s importance. After the dedication, an ice cream social will be held on the patio.

The dedication is part of Vincentian Heritage Days, hosted by the Office of Mission and Values, which strives to bring together faculty, staff and students to discuss and celebrate “in the spirit of St. Vincent de DePaul,” according to the office’s website.

The office is “dedicated to enhancing the DePaul community’s understanding and support of the university’s mission, and the Vincentian heritage that continues as the lifeline of our institution.”

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CAMPUS CRIME REPORT : Sept. 14 - Sept. 20, 2016 LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS

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LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS SEPT. 14 1) A criminal trespass to property report was

filed for a person told previously to stay off of DePaul University property. Chicago Police took the person into custody.

SEPT. 15 2) A theft report was filed for a backpack taken

from a classroom in Schmitt Academic Center.

SEPT. 16 3) An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor report was filed for someone in Seton Hall.

The person was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital by Chicago EMT.

4) A computer tampering report was filed for a

subject whose campus connect information was altered without their consent.

7) A theft report was filed for a victim whose

unattended laptop charger was taken from the Richardson Library.

SEPT. 18 5) An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor

SEPT. 19 8) A theft report was filed for a person whose

6) An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor

9) A bicycle was reported stolen from the rack at Clifton-Fullerton Hall.

report was filed for someone found intoxicated near the School of Music. Person was transported to Illinois Masonic by Chicago EMT.

report was filed for someone near Sheffield Square. Person was transported to Illinois Masonic by Chicago EMT.

unattended cell phone was taken out of a conference room in the Theatre School.

LOOP CAMPUS SEPT. 14 10) A criminal damage report was filed for

graffiti in the Daley Building.

11) A harassment report was filed for a student who is receiving unwanted phone calls.

SEPT. 19 12) A criminal damage report was filed for

graffiti in the Lewis Center.

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Recharged SGA and Facility Operations install car chargers on campus to promote sustainability

By Kyle Woosley News Editor

Two electric car charging ports are now available for students to use in the Clifton Parking Garage.

The Student Government Association (SGA) used $12,000 of the $250,000 allocated from the Facility Operations sustainability fund to install the two car ports over the summer.

Rick Popp, SGA president, said this addition is an important one for the university as the world moves into a more environmentally conscious mindset.

“As people transition into more energy efficient vehicles, cars powered by electricity and gas or vehicles charged purely by electricity, we want to be accommodating and encouraging that,” he said.

Adriana Kemper, executive vice president of operations for SGA, said this is an important step in the right direction for the university.

“I think it gives a tangible example of what can happen in the future and how to make a community move forward with sustainability,” she said. “All these little steps are steps toward sustainability and

being able to live in an environment where that is a focus.”

Bob Janis, vice president of Facility Operations, said student safety was a major concern when deciding how to allocate the sustainability funds.

“For people who drive electric cars, it helps to ensure they get back home again at the end of the night if their cars have a limited distance capacity,” he said.

The car ports were just one of the major suggestions made to Facility Operations, but Kemper said they also had to think about how doable each project would be in a metropolitan area like Chicago.

“We had a list of things we wanted to do,” she said. “For example, we looked at doing a green roof and the costs of that, but unfortunately it was not feasible. We had a lot of different projects we could do.”

Kemper said SGA has a method to compiling the list of ideas.

“We have based some of our measures of sustainability on other schools that we compare ourselves to,” she said. “A couple of other schools had car charging stations, so we thought it’d be beneficial to do that.”

Janis said they used “anecdotal

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Electric car charging ports are located on the first-floor of the Clifton parking garage. information” to determine the need for the stations on campus.

“It is a known fact that more and more people are buying electric cars or hybrid vehicles, and we want to accommodate them like all other parking facilities on the planet for their being environmentally smart and conscious.”

With most projects, there’s an immediate cost savings. However, with this project, the savings will not be so immediate.

“Overtime, those cost savings usually bring back money, even if it’s over a longer period of time,” she said. “But (for this project) it’s even better for the larger scale environment and it’s going to show an innovative look toward the future and transportation.”

Janis said the university will measure track more statistical information from the stations.

“Our system has monitoring software, so we will be able to track the volume

of users, length of charge, energy used and other data that will eventually tell us whether or not we should add more charging stations in the future,” he said.

With the remaining funds, DePaul also installed more LED lighting, motionsensor lighting and added more recycling bins.

This SGA allocation is behind many of DePaul’s more eco-friendly features, including the water bottle refill stations, solar lighting on campus and the solar charging stations in the Quad and on the 11th floor of the DePaul Center.

“It shows that DePaul is dedicated long term and in every year they’re making this promise toward sustainable innovation,” Kemper said. “Each year, they are able to invest in newer, more effective technologies.”

The car charging stations are free for the campus community at the first-floor level of the Clifton Parking Garage.

PRESIDENT’S SERIES ON

Race & Free Speech As part of DePaul’s broad action plan to address issues that came to a tipping point last spring, the university community is invited to participate in the President’s Series on Race & Free Speech. This year-long series of events, intended to strengthen the university community, will offer perspectives across the political spectrum on various topics including race, free speech and hate speech, and the current political climate.

Inclusive Speech and Expression Panel Thursday, October 27 1:30–6:30 p.m.

Lewis Center, Room 241 RSVP: go.depaul.edu/EventbriteFreeSpeech PA N E L I S T S :

Stephanie Shonekan, associate professor and director of the Black Studies Department, University of Missouri at Columbia Alexander Tsesis, professor of law, Loyola University Derald Wing Sue, professor of counseling, Columbia University David Hudson, law professor, Vanderbilt and First Amendment Ombudsman for the Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center.

M O D E R ATO R :

Dean Jenn Rosato Perea

Race and Excellence A Conversation with Freeman Hrabowski

Friday, November 4 2–3 p.m.

Cortelyou Commons

Will you join the conversation?

View more events at

go.depaul.edu/JoinTheConversation.

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Nation &World

Suspicion, violence and fear: A McDonald shooting brings departmental changes, training for Chicago police

By Danielle Harris Nation & World Editor

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has a longstanding dicey reputation with residents of the city, but the fatal shooting of 17-yearold Laquan McDonald brought decades of mounting resentment and distrust to a head.

Contradicting initial reports from officers at the scene claimed McDonald was walking towards officers with his three-inch blade when he was killed, but dashcam footage released to the public in December 2015 confirmed what many Chicagoans feared — McDonald was actually walking away from officers when he was shot 16 times by Officer Jason Van Dyke. Protests erupted across the city and citizens’ trust of both CPD and Mayor Rahm Emanuel plummeted.

In an effort to quell the unrest and outrage, Emanuel announced CPD officers would undergo mandatory "force mitigation" training classes in 2016. On Sept. 17 those classes officially began. Force mitigation training, commonly referred to as de-escalation training, teaches officers different ways of approaching potentially dangerous confrontations before turning to deadly force, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The same Tribune article reported that CPD’s force mitigation classes are led by Sgt. Larry Snelling and occur over the course of two days. The first day of classes focused on how to properly evaluate and approach situations in which citizens are acting erratically or may become violent. The conversations mainly focused on how to identify signs of mental health issues, the Tribune reported. During the second day, officers reviewed CPD’s use of force model and participated in simulated emergency situations to test their judgment.

In their training, Chicago officers learn more about the line between when deadly force is justified and when it is not.

“When we can reduce the risk of taking a life even if it’s a bad guy we should,” Snelling told the first group of Chicago officers taking the forcemitigation course, the Tribune reported. “We should not use force simply because we can. But

when you are faced with an immediate threat and your life or someone else’s life is on the line (…) you should respond with deadly force.

You have to.”

DePaul senior Kennedy Bartley believes CPD’s force mitigation is necessary and long overdue. “Force mitigation training is absolutely necessary,” she said. “Oftentimes mental illness is criminalized because there is a lack of resources to properly de-escalate and treat these individuals.

(People who suffer from mental illnesses) often find themselves in a justice system that won’t treat, benefit or rehabilitate them.”

Despite positive responses to Chicago officers undergoing this force mitigation training, the classes do not acknowledge another perceived issue with CPD and other police departments across the country: racial bias.

“I think everyone is afraid (of police violence), especially young black men,” DePaul freshman Quinn Mulroy said.

“When you hear about police shootings it doesn’t do much for the morale of the citizens.

I think the problem of police confrontations escalating into violence certainly isn’t helped by both the police officer and the citizen hearing a million times every day that ‘Oh, this (confrontation) could easily escalate into violence.’”

The issue is nationwide, but CPD has an especially high number of fatal police shootings. According to the Better Government Association (BGA), Chicago police officers fatally shot 70 people between 2010 and 2014 — more than any other department that provided data to the BGA. This statistic is slightly less stark when adjusted for population. Chicago has the fourth highest fatal police shootings rate at 2.57 killings per 100,000 residents. The Phoenix Police Department has the highest rate of fatal police shootings at 3.77 per 100,000 residents.

Bartley believes racial bias in Chicago’s police department results from improper education in racial issues and an inadequate amount of African-American and Latino officers.

“A main issue of the current

system of policing is both a lack of representation as well as ignorance, because officers oftentimes aren’t from the areas they are policing or even from areas with a similar dynamic,” Bartley said. “They use a standardized system of policing that relies too heavily on the discretion of the individual officer. The ignorance comes into play when, due to systemic racist mechanisms such as the prison industrial complex, blacks and Latinos are seen as criminal solely based on their skin color. And because this innocence is stripped of them, officers find them to be hyperaggressive or hyper-threatening when in actuality these things are reflective of the officer’s ignorance and, oftentimes, racism.”

The fatal shootings of two unarmed black men last week — Terrence Crutcher in Charlotte, North Carolina and Keith Scott in Tulsa, Oklahoma — have incited angry protests much like those Chicago saw after the city released footage of McDonald’s killing. Both of these shootings were caught on video, and both of have again started a national debate over when police officers are capable of de-escalating confrontations and when they are justified in using deadly force. For Chicago police, steps are finally being taken to clarify that question and prevent unneccessary fatal police shootings in the future.

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An American policing problem Fatal police shootings in North Carolina and Oklahoma draw protests

By Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press

Police officers gave a black man multiple warnings to drop a handgun before one of the officers opened fire and killed him, Charlotte, North Carolina's police chief said Wednesday, hours after protesters and police clashed in unrest that saw tractor-trailers looted and set on fire.

More than a dozen officers were injured, including one who was hit in the face with a rock. Authorities had to use tear gas to disperse the protests in North Carolina's largest city, which joins Milwaukee, Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, on the list of U.S. cities that erupted in violence over the death of black men at the hands of police.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said during a news conference that 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was shot because he was armed and posed a threat.

But a woman who said she was Scott's daughter posted a video on Facebook soon after the shooting, saying that

her father, who had an unspecified disability, was holding a book, not a gun.

The protest in Charlotte came hours after hundreds of people rallied outside Tulsa police headquarters, calling for the firing of police officer Betty Shelby, who shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Friday during a confrontation in the middle of a road that was captured on police dashcam and helicopter video.

Shelby's attorney has said Crutcher was not following the officers' commands and that Shelby was concerned because he kept reaching for his pocket as if he were carrying a weapon. An attorney representing Crutcher's family says Crutcher committed no crime and gave officers no reason to shoot him.

“These tragic incidents have once again left Americans with feelings of sorrow, anger and uncertainty,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said at the International Bar Association Conference in Washington. “They have once again highlighted — in the most vivid and painful terms — the real divisions that still persist in this nation between law enforcement and communities of color.”

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A protestor at the University of Oklahoma holds a sign.

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Protesters celebrate their arrival at Trade and College Streets in Charlotte, North Carolina on Sept. 22.

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Eleven-year-old

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A police officer monitors protests in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Ethan Julian protests in Charlotte, North Carolina. Protesters cross Commerce Street during the Next Generation Action Network protest in downtown Dallas Sept. 22.

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Opinions

Why I'm with her

President of DePaul Democrats addresses list of grievances

By Jack McNeil Contributing Writer

After losing the Democratic nomination in 1980, Ted Kennedy said, “The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.” He was right then, and, is right now.

The causes young people have brought to the table during the Democratic primary will endure, and it’s important to note that they have been adopted in the Democratic Party’s platform, making it the most progressive platform of all time.

We now have a chance to elect the most qualified candidate in history. We will be electing someone who has fought for women’s rights, even when it wasn’t the politically expedient thing to do, prioritized child care, led the way on universal health care in the 90s and is still standing after 20 years of right wing attacks. Oh, and she will break the next biggest glass ceiling.

President Obama said it best when speaking to the Congressional Black Caucus.

“My name may not be on the ballot, but our progress is on the ballot," he said.

"Tolerance is on the ballot. Democracy is on the ballot. Justice is on the ballot.

Good schools are on the ballot. Ending mass incarceration, that’s on the ballot right now.”

He not only mentioned his legacy being on the line this November, but he also noted America’s record low voter turnout. If we want progress after November, we have to show up, and keep showing up.

According to the Pew Research Center voters under 35 outnumbered baby boomers (aged 52 to 70 years old) for the first time as a share of the electorate.

But will we turn out? Well, we know what happens if we get representation that doesn’t represent us.

We end up with a chair of the Environment and Public works committee in the Senate throwing a snowball on the floor to prove the Earth isn’t warming.

So, how do we change that? We mobilize and vote, and then we mobilize again to push for the progressive policies adopted by the Democratic Party. There’s only one candidate who can enact that policy: someone who has been in the trenches fighting for us her whole life, whether or not it was to Sean Hannity’s liking.

We care about mitigating the effects of climate change, and understand that, as Bloomberg stated, clean-energy jobs have surpassed oil-drilling jobs, and there are twice as many jobs in solar than there are in coal, as Fortune reported. Clean energy is the future, and Hillary Clinton has a plan for generating 50 percent of our electricity from clean energy sources within a decade.

We are saddled with college debt, which Marketwatch reported has just

PHOTO COURTSEY OF CHRIS BEIDERBECKE

President of DePaul College Democrats Jack McNeil speaks at a Quad Cities rally. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton spoke a few hours later at the same event.

PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPAUL COLLEGE DEMOCRATS

Jack McNeil speaks as President of the College Democrats of Illinois at an event last Summer.

surpassed $1 trillion in total. Along with new investments in K-12 education, Clinton is pledging to make college debt-

free to every American and provide relief to those with college debt.

We care about ending mass

incarceration across this country.

Clinton began her campaign talking about criminal justice reform, ending the school to prison pipeline and investing in community policing.

She’s also been a strong advocate for common sense gun safety measures, as well as reforming our broken immigration system, something that is long overdue.

I understand some voters want more than the platform adopted by the Democratic Party this year. They see the economic inequality that still exists, despite the progress made under President Obama, and want to see an economy that works for everyone. They want to believe people when they tell them if they work hard and go to college, or go into a trade field, that they will not only survive, but also live comfortably.

Clinton has a plan to make the economy work for everyone. Whether it’s prioritizing a fair tax system, supporting unions, fair housing, investments in infrastructure and advanced manufacturing or her pledge to propose a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United in the first 30 days of her presidency, she is ready to reinvent the American dream. It’s time we all join her.

Now look at Donald Trump, seriously.

Look at him, and then imagine him sitting in the Oval Office. Imagine what that says about our country, that we allowed a reckless, racist scam artist and liar to be president. His most recent lie being that Hillary Clinton is at fault for the five years he spent leading the birtherism movement, a shamefully dark moment in American history. Simply put, "the Donald" needs to be defeated.

That being said, I’m voting for her because I believe in the policy she and our newly energized party believe in. Are you skeptical of her? Good. That means when she’s in office, you can work even harder to help her enact the policies she is stumping for now. We won’t have that opportunity if we elect a lying authoritarian who is friendly with Putin, deepens racial divides, can be baited with a tweet and doesn’t have a clue about even some of the most basic policy questions.

I'm voting for the kids in Indiana being heckled with “build a wall” during a high school basketball game. I’m voting for the generation of fathers who couldn’t see their child’s first dance recital or basketball game due to an unjust criminal justice system. I’m voting to continue the progress made by President Obama. Right now we need to elect the most qualified candidate of all time, and after we win, we must continue the fight. And we must continue to vote because “the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.”

Jack McNeil is the president of the DePaul College Democrats and president of the College Democrats of Illinois.

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Sexual assault training should be extended to all undergraduate students

By Yazmin Dominguez Opinion Editor

Before going to his first day of college classes, DePaul freshman Lavonn Ackerman took the required 90-minute online sexual and relationship violence education module, Haven, in his bedroom while also playing some music from his laptop. As the time went by, he turned off his music and became more engaged with the module after it became apparent how demanding the module was.

“It was things I already knew,” Ackerman said. “Because I am such a social media person, I was exposed to learning about sexual assault so there wasn’t too much new for me. A few new things I did learn were statistics, like one in five women are sexually assaulted in college.”

Junior women's and gender studies major Maria Vega recalls her experience taking the module as a freshman, which then contained both the topics of alcohol and sexual violence prevention together.

“When you take (Haven) for your Discover or Explore class students don’t take it as seriously,” Vega said. “I found it more entertaining to see how my drinking equated to burgers and not so much what sexual assault means.”

Intended to be an introduction to sexual and relationship violence, as well as alcohol education, Haven and AlcoholEdu are required for all incoming students to complete, but many receive the task with a lack of interest. This can be counterproductive, since the Haven module contains information that impacts a large amount of college students who can experience sexual assault during their four or more years of college. Therefore, the Haven module or a workshop of similiar

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nature should be created to stress the importance of sexual assault and violence prevention continually to all students.

While Haven is only meant as basis or introduction to the topic of sexual assault and violence prevention, universities such as DePaul should implement a method in which frequent workshops are held every year for all students to complete.

“It should be a constant practice. Your standing within college doesn’t affect your propensity to get assaulted,” Vega said. “I think it should be a mandatory class. If everybody is mandated to a history class, why can’t somebody be mandated to pay attention to what consent means?”

The topic of prevention and informing students on the basics of sexual assault is important, but there needs to be more of an attempt to distribute information to all students on how to talk to sexual assault survivors and the trauma which ensues.

Speaking about the basics in a 90-minute module only goes so far when you are trying to speak to a close friend, who is a recent survivor, if you don’t have any knowledge on how to console them or if you’re trying to come to terms with an assault yourself.

In a university setting, sexual assault has been a silently large epidemic.

According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network 23.1 percent of females and 5.4 percent of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence or incapacitation among undergraduate students.

It is for those undergraduate students who are sexual assault survivors that it should always be questioned how relationships between university’s and survivors could be improved. In hopes to create a setting in where students who have survived sexual assault can continue their studies in a supportive environment.

Once originally a part of the AlcoholEdu module, the decision to separate the modules in 2015 was put in motion by a newly implemented state law titled the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act. Thus, Haven was put into motion by DePaul’s Title IX coordinator, the Dean of Students and the Office of Heath Promotion and Wellness.

The implementation of Haven standing as its own module is important because it breaks down the inaccurate connotation that alcohol is the direct correlation to sexual assault, which is not the case.

“We see sexual violence and alcohol use and we can see them overlapping, but they are two separate issues,” Retzkin said.

“It’s more important for me for students to understand what consent is and how alcohol relates to consent versus a risk reduction type approach, which says if you don’t drink alcohol, or drink less, this won’t happen to you because that’s not the philosophy we want to show students.”

It should be at the top of a university’s agenda to consistently find methods to keep the topic of sexual assault relevant and apply them to all students. A method Haven has in place to achieve this goal includes allowing incoming students an opportunity to evaluate and express if they have encountered sexual assault, stalking or violence within their first six weeks at DePaul.

This data is then used by Retzkin and Title IX coordinator Karen Tamburro to alter their workshops and trainings.

“From the data we have gathered from students, we can really see what their experience has been in their first six weeks of college,” Retzkin said. “We get some good feedback on who has experienced sexual assault, violence or stalking in the first six weeks and that helps us guide our curriculum and what we should be

23.1 percent of females and 5.4 percent of males in their undergraduate years experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation.

- RAINN Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network

teaching.”

While this data is only gathered from a specific group of students, a large amount of information and sexual assault experiences from the rest of the university’s students remains untold. For upperclassmen who have experienced sexual assault in their latter years of college, the original 90-minute online modules they took their freshman year is not of any help.

DePaul’s Office of Health Promotion and Wellness has a Vinny Vow, a bystander intervention program that teaches students how to intervene when there is risk for sexual or relationship violence.

The Office of Health Promotion and Wellness and the Center for Intercultural Programs will step in and provide an hour-long educational workshop titled “Don’t Cancel the Class,” related to sexual and relationship violence prevention.

These programs are beneficial and increase the conversation of sexual assault, but all universities should consider implementing a required course or workshop all students, not just incoming, should take relating to the topic of speaking to a sexual assault survivor and its effect.

“There has been discussion of it.

Right now we’re targeting incoming students,” Retzkin said. “Hopefully one day we can have something like Haven for upperclassmen but right now we are growing and building the program.”

The separation of Haven from AlcoholEdu is a positive step in the right direction, but to carry the conversation to all students, the next step must be considered in order to address the sexual assault epidemic taking place across universities nationwide.

1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college - National Sexual Violence Resource Center Graphics by JACQUELINE LIN | THE DEPAULIA

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

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Focus

Kayaking Try Urban Kayaks or Wateriders for a tour on the river, with Wateriders offering a "Ghosts and Gangsters of Hustlertown" night tour perfect for fall.

By Jake Ekdahl Contributing Writer

Lakefront Trail This 18-mile trail is accessible from Fullerton Avenue for picture-perfect skyline views.

South of Navy Pier, a turn takes walkers along the riverwalk.

From its days of industrial domination to modern recreation, the Chicago River has enabled the city to prosper. Chicago’s location at the meeting point between the river and Lake Michigan proved to be one of the major factors that enabled the city’s rise to prominence in the Midwest. Today, the early and continued importance of the river is memorialized by the two blue stripes on Chicago’s flag.

Despite its history, in the 21st century, the river seems more commonly used for recreational activity than commercial.

Architectural boat tours, kayaking, canoeing, jogging, biking and the famous dyeing of the river for St. Patrick’s Day are just a few examples of how Chicagoans use the river during different times of the year.

Especially attractive to Chicagoans and tourists alike is the idea of interacting so closely with the iconic river. Like the Willis Tower and other recognizable buildings along its bank, the Chicago River has become a symbol of the city itself.

As students and faculty say farewell to summer, the river still offers opportunities for unique outdoor activities that can be enjoyed even as the days shorten. When the weather is pleasant, many people enjoy boating.

One of those people is DePaul senior Nicole Been. Her family keeps their Sea Ray Sundancer in Burnham Harbor.

The river shows “the beauty of Chicago, and the history,” Been said.

However, Been believes there is still work to be done, particularly with the cleanliness of the water.

“I’d be wary of getting in one of those (canoes) in case it tipped over,” she said.

In Been’s view, taking care of the river is something that benefits the city as a whole.

Faculty members at DePaul agree.

“Rivers connect communities,” James Montgomery, of DePaul’s College of Science & Health, said. Regardless of socioeconomic circumstances, the river is one of the only universal resources that all Chicagoans share, according to Montgomery.

“The river is a good way to build community,” he said.

DePaul sophomore Liz Spencer knows the river as a member of the rowing team, which launches boats from the Weed Street Boathouse.

"I love rowing on the river. The views are beautiful, and it's such a familiar and comforting place to be every morning. Every time I'm downtown walking west and have to pass over a bridge, I definitely wish I was rowing under it instead," Spencer said.

Even those without boats can find themselves in one on the river, whether

Architecture River Cruise Wendella Boats holds the title of Chicago's original architecture tour, but Shoreline Sightseeing and the Chicago Architecture Foundation Boat Tour are also good options.

Water Taxi The Chicago Water Taxi, at $8 for an all-day, weekday pass, can be a more cost-effective way to see the sights of Chicago from the river, with unlimited access to its stops.

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traveling on Chicago’s Water Taxi for a few dollars or as tourists for the day on a waterbased tour.

“People want to be on the river now.

When I came to Chicago in 1992, no one wanted to be on the river,” Montgomery said, describing a sight different from that of today, where businesspeople, locals and tourists alike can be seen walking the river.

In part, this increase in popularity has come after decades of urban development from the City of Chicago, as construction on the Chicago Riverwalk began in the 1990s.

Public investment into the river has created access to a better community resource. As the organization Friends of the Chicago River says, "When the river is clean, healthy and beautiful, we all benefit."

When Montgomery taught an Explore Chicago class, he always took his students on a canoe trip, which he said many students found to be their favorite part of the class.

Running along the river is a popular activity. DePaul junior and president of the DePaul running club Tommy Piatek has said the club’s runs along the river are “one of the most enjoyable things they do.”

Piatek also said good running routes can be difficult to find in the city. Should the river’s cleanliness become an issue that would deter runners, there would be even fewer options for running routes.

One of Montgomery’s concerns is that

boating traffic could present a hazard if the river becomes too crowded.

“You get too many people out there that just don’t observe safety rules, and it’s led to some close encounters,” he said.

"The Chicago River is very busy; there is a lot of boat traffic, so we have to be very careful and cautious when we row," Spencer said.

Another concern that should be addressed are homeless camps along the river, according to Montgomery. “I don’t know how they’re using the river, if they’re using it to drink, cook or wash their clothes,” he said.

Julia Lippert, a professor in the DePaul School of Public Health, agreed, saying that widespread use of the river in this way could be detrimental. “It’s definitely a threat to their health,” she said.

Montgomery added, “The first Mayor Daley had this vision of making the river fishable and swimmable. It’s fishable to an extent (...) but (the river) is by no means clean enough to swim,” Montgomery said. The cleanliness — and the accompanying odor — have been the most common complaints about the current state of the river.

“I can remember trying to eat lunch by the river and people were laughing. The perception is that it’s so dirty, it will never be cleaned,” Lippert said.

"The Chicago River is a very polluted, dirty stretch of water. During workouts we

will row through an area, and I'll want to hold my breath because the sewage smell is just that bad (...) when I get splashed from a stroke, I definitely want to take a shower as soon as practice is over. Chicago would benefit greatly from cleaning up the river," Spencer said.

Still, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has called the river Chicago’s “next recreational frontier.”

The organization Friends of the Chicago River calls the river the city's "liquid asset."

DePaul junior Mimi DeGaetano believes Lake Michigan — and by extension, the Chicago River — is one of Chicago’s greatest assets. She said, “If we don’t take care of that, what are our other options?”

The Chicago Tribune’s editorial board would agree. Earlier this year, it said, “A world-class city cannot allow the river that runs through it to be polluted with bacterialaden sewage and trash. Not if it wants visitors to stroll the riverwalk. Not if it wants to create business opportunities and burnish the charm of Chicago as a tourist-friendly city.”

Keeping the river nice for tourists seems especially important after a record year for Chicago tourism, with over 50 million visitors to the city in 2015.

Jennifer Caddick of the Alliance for the Great Lakes sees the transformation for tourist use as a good thing. The “huge increase — in a good way — of recreational

(river) use” may also influence more people to take better care of the river and educate themselves on the threats that plague it, according to Caddick.

One of those threats that makes river recreation difficult is flooding. As Caddick explained, “The city of Chicago — being a very old city — has combined sewage and storm water pipes. So when there’s a really big rainstorm, all the rain flowing off the street is going into the sewage pipes as well (...) the sewage plants get overwhelmed.”

Still, as efforts to clean up the river continue, efforts to integrate it into more Chicagoan’s lives also increase.

Some visionaries see an opportunity for transportation along the river beyond boats and bridges in the form of aerial gondolas.

In May, two of Chicago’s most prominent visionaries revealed a plan to bring more tourism to the city by way of a $250 million aerial gondola ride project. Soaring 17 stories above the river, it would transport Chicagoans and tourists alike from Millennium Park to Navy Pier, and west to Wolf Point, Crain’s Chicago Business reported.

From tourism to local use, the Chicago River has been a crucial factor to the city’s success, and continues to be an asset for citizens of all backgrounds to enjoy. But if it is to stay that way, the river and the threats it faces must be given the attention they deserve.

Boat tours Riverwalk Explore the main branch of the river on this open walkway that connects to the Lakefront Trail. Enjoy boat watching and people watching from one of the many places to sit, or one of several dining options along the riverwalk.

Seadog Cruises offers a speedboat tour and an extreme thrill ride tour from Navy Pier, while Chicago Line Cruises leads a history tour along the main stem of the river.

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Arts & Life

THERE’S A MILLION SHOWS YOU HAVEN’T SEEN For the price of a “Hamilton” ticket, here are some of the best shows to see in the city

By Leah Hasdan Contributing Writer

The nation’s most esteemed theatre production is arriving to Chicago and not even a half-priced ticket — which typically entails a disrupted view of a pole in your face and the second floor ceiling caving in on your peripheries — is going to give you a shot at seeing “Hamilton.” With tickets running from $380 to $800, let’s face it: you can’t even talk yourself into seeing this one. However, don’t be intimidated by the eminence of “Hamilton.” Chicago’s theatre scene is in a league of its own and offers other theatrical options. Take a step out of the city’s Theater District, and purchase six or seven quality play tickets for the price one Hamilton ticket.

“Life Sucks!” is the current production running at the Lookingglass Theatre until Nov. 6. Set in a midwestern cottage in an idyllic lingering between summer and autumn, a group of old friends, enemies, ex-lovers and in-laws confront questions that make up the human quandary. Paying homage to Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” “Life Sucks!” is a playful yet thought provoking tragic-comedy that may very well leave you with the notion that life does not suck after all. For discounted tickets visit Hottix.org.

Beyond the play itself, the real beauty of the production is in regards to the

theater itself.

Lookingglass Theater resides on Magnificent Mile, located in the Water Tower Water Works building — making each play a special experience for a night in the city. And while the average tickets for plays at the Lookingglass Theater range from $50 to $60, the fact that they remain in double digits makes it an acceptable price to pay for quality theater.

Considering plays often veer towards the expensive side, DePaul student Emme Lipscomb says attending comedy clubs is much more affordable and yet an equally entertaining option too.

“Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind” is one of Chicago’s most dynamic and thrilling productions recommended by student Levi Clinton. The Neo-Futurists originally formed an ensemble in the 80s to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes while involving interactions and suggestions from the audience. Now an established voice in the Chicago, you can catch this production at the Neo-Futurarium located between Ashland and Foster.

The act includes little bit of improv, drama, bravery, comedy and madness inspired by the unconscious and randomness of Dada and Surrealism— Levi attests each show is “very quality.”

Admissions range between $14 to $19.

Clinton also recommends students check out the plays running at DePaul’s Theatre

School and said theater students “will not Regarding the production, Cerney fail to capture your imagination.” said that it is “a world premiere with While the next production to premiere original music devised by Ruth Margraff at DePaul’s Theatre School, The Kid Who and the Trap Door ensemble.” Cerney Ran For President,” doesn’t come out till said the inspiration for “Fantasy Island Oct. 6, productions from the university for Dummies” “was born out of a strange are an easy walk down the block to check union of various manifestations of our out quality theater. collective conceptions and fantasies of “Fantasy Island for Dummies” female imagery and identity.” premieres at the Trap Door Theatre Plays at the Trap Door Theatre are Sept. 29. The cutting-edge production is one of the cheapest in the ludicrously inspired by an episode of “Fantasy Island,” expensive filled theatre city, and each and where a ventriloquist accompanied by her every student should take advantage of it. cunning dummy play upon the adventures Graphics by KATIE TAMOSIUNAS | THE DEPAULIA of wish fulfillment. The production inspires a journey into suppressed identities, as well as ancient Babylonian sex goddesses, as a seemingly perfect wife grapples with her rebellious side. Admission is $12 for students.

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FEASTING FOR VINNY

DePaul students celebrate Vinny Fest 2016

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On a humid and gloomy afternoon, students fill the quad for Vinny Fest to celebrate St. Vincent de Paul’s feast day, which is on Sept. 27.

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LEFT: Juan Pablo Oscasio and Mark Burghard of DePaul Ministry’s choir serenade the crowd with their improv ode to St. Vincent DePaul. RIGHT: Faculty and ministers advocating for the spread of Vincentian values around the globe. DOWN: Students learn about the history and values of St. Vincent de Paul.

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What was looking to be a cloudy gray Friday afternoon turned sunny as students and faculty gathered in the quad to celebrate this year’s annual Vinny Fest. The festive carnival event is in honor of St. Vincent de Paul’s feast day, which takes place on Sept.27. Feast days come from an early Christian custom of commemorating a saint on the annual date of their death, or birth into heaven.

A swarm of students flocked from desk to desk at the festival, learning not only about various Vincentian clubs and organizations on campus but also learning a great deal of history about the saint their university is named after.

From exploring the compassion, humility, generosity and other Vincentian values that make up this school to learning about the French Catholic priests of which they’re derived from, the festival itself not only proved to be an exciting and fun getaway for students on campus but also an insight into DePaul University’s active role in the community.

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The two-hour festival was packed full of games, food, treats and even a harnessed giant trampoline that caught the eye of every new freshman strolling through the quad.

One of the most popular tables was run by two students from the campus ministry’s choir ensemble. One with an acoustic guitar, the other with a banana as a microphone, the two would have students write down 12 words that praise Vinny, where they would turn those words into a musical ode to the saint.

Other stations had miniature golf games, soccer balls and even Vinny himself playing Twister with students, all celebrating the values and history that St. Vincent de Paul embedded in this school.

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DePaul alum directs new play, “The Burials”

By Pat Mullane Arts & Life Editor

In the spring of 2006, then DePaul student and studying playwrighting, Caitlin Parrish was premiering her play “Echo Boom” at DePaul as part of The Theatre School’s New Playwrights Series.

Inspired by the Greek tragedy “Antigone,” “Echo Boom” followed a high school valedictorian named Ash, whose younger siblings commit a large-scale killing spree at their high school.

Written only seven years after the Columbine high school shooting that left 15 dead, the important conversation behind “Echo Boom” was undoubtedly relevant.

And now 17 years after Columbine, and a decade after “Echo Boom,” Parrish returns with a new play regarding the same subject, exploring once again a conversation and issue that is as relevant as it is today than it was in 1999 — if not more.

Loosely based off of “Echo Boom,” and again, influenced by Sophocles’ “Antigone,” Parrish’s newest play entitled “The Burials” will kick off the 2016-17 season at Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) at its world premiere on Oct. 8.

Much like Ash from “Echo Boom,” “The Burials” follows Sophie, an engaged, smart and loving high schooler, whose life gets thrown into the spotlight after her brother goes on a high school shooting rampage.

Director of the play and fellow DePaul Theatre School alum, Erica Weiss, met Parrish at the university’s theater school in the mid 2000s, and since then the two have been frequent collaborators in theater production, television and feature films.

“When I met Caitlin, I just remember we had linked in so many different

ways,” Weiss said. “Without DePaul, this partnership would never have happened in the first place, which would be unfortunate because it’s easy for us to work together with each other, I’ve never found anything like this.”

Along with Parrish and Weiss sitting behind the steering wheel of the production, DePaul alumna Stephanie Andrea Barron is one of the nine actors cast in the play. Starring as Janette, the happy and optimistic friend of Sophie, Barron talked about the challenges of portraying such a joyful character in such heavy sobering subject.

“It was about making this character more than comic relief, but making her feel like an actual person. Erica’s direction and Caitlin’s script were excellent in helping me achieve that,” Barron said. “It was about navigating the pain a person like this would have after an event so horrific.”

And much like Parrish and Weiss, Barron credits much of her success to DePaul’s Theatre School.

“I don’t think I would have a career without DePaul’s training,” said Barron. “It wasn’t just the professionalism at DePaul, it was the opportunity to connect with people within the industry.”

While many from the cast and crew Photo courtesy of Steppenwolf Theatre from “The Burials” can certainly connect “The Burials” by Caitlin Parrish explores the aftermath of a mass shooting and how one the play to the origins of their careers, family and one community respond to the tragedy in unique ways. many have also a profound connection towards its subject matter. but offered a conversation she wishes for Chicago, I hope they walk away from this “Being from Orlando, and in the wake young people of today explore. play recognizing a problem in America, of the shooting at the Pulse nightclub, this “I grew up in Colorado, I went to and being ready to come together and fix it. story, these conversations, they really meant junior high 25 minutes from Columbine.

“There are so many different reasons something to me during the production of Many of the students seeing the play are why people get shot, but there’s only one this play,” Barron said. “A connection to the age of those killed in Columbine,” way they do get shot.” material like that doesn’t happen often.” said Weiss. “This is a story about young 76948 For Weiss, the subject of a school people with empowering voices. Whether shooting was not only personal to her past, it’s a school shooting or a gang shooting in

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UNDERGRAD TO UNDERGROUND

DePaul student comedians produce stand-up show “Undergrad Underground”

By Pat Mullane Arts & Life Editor

For most attendees, there may not be much to say about the Playground Theater. Its pitch-black walls and floors encapsulate the room in practically complete darkness, with a sole ceiling light shining among a lonely mic standing center stage.

The three-row seating amongst the back wall fits a solid 60, with a few standing stragglers here and there. It’s cozy and tight-fitting, but comfort isn’t essential here.

The small theater isn’t decorated much outside of some colorful Christmas lights, and it has no reason to be. The only source of entertainment is emphasized by the stand-up microphone directly ahead of the audience, but whether that entertainment coming from the mic is good or bad is up to those onlookers.

From a noiseless crowd drawing the theater completely still, or a roaring cackling and laughing audience overdrawn by their own applause, the fate of each comic lands in the judgement of each audience member.

This is the experience every Thursday night at the Playground Theater, when at 10 p.m. the fairly new standup show, “Undergrad Underground,” takes over. Created last winter by three DePaul students, along with a former student from Columbia College, the show has continued strongly throughout the academic months as a place for local stand-up comedians — big and small — to practice their craft amongst a college audience.

“We’ve had students that have only been doing stand-up for a year or so that come here and perform,” Josh Ejnes, a DePaul junior and one of original producers of the show, said. “And then we’ve got comedians that come from the Laugh Factory down the street, that come to this show to test out jokes with the crowd. It’s a great show to see if certain jokes land or not before you try them in front of a larger audience.”

Along with Ejnes, Max Shanker returns this year as one of the original producers, and was last week’s host of the 90-minute stand-up show where he took the reins of transitioning and introducing each new comic after every set. New to the gang is Austin LaFond, originally from Upstate New York, now a student at Northeastern Illinois University. Ejnes met LaFond at many of the city’s open mics.

“I met him last summer and we started hanging out a lot because we were both under 21, which is pretty rare in Chicago comedy,” said Ejnes. “We became good friends and then after Marty and Jaboukie (former producers) left, Max and I asked him to join the show.”

Running for almost a year now, the producers of Undergrad Underground have said they’ve come a long way since the stand-up show’s first few weeks. With word spreading across the city and new comedians pouring in and out, the show which includes a lineup of seven to nine comics each week has found no trouble in finding new talent.

“The show’s definitely grown, we have a new lineup every week, new people headlining and being

featured and it’s been great,” said LaFond. “You get comics from all of the city and sometimes out of state comics just visiting, and they’ll come perform here.”

The show has gained so much popularity, comedians have begun taping sets at the stand-up show to send in across comedy networks.

“We definitely have more comedians reaching out to us about doing the show since it first started,” Ejnes said. “We got lucky last year because Ramon Rivas taped a Comedy Central submission tape at our show and ended up getting a half-hour on the network this year, so he’s been paying it forward by sending some good NYC and LA comics our way. We have some good names coming up on the show in the next few months.

“Our audience has also grown and there’s a lot of people that consistently come to the show that I don’t actually know outside of the show, so it’s nice knowing that people enjoy what we’re doing that are outside of our immediate friend groups.”

The audience is made up a rambunctious crowd of college students, where even in the worst of sets, they’re never quiet — the Playground being a BYOB theater might help with that. Be it someone dropping their Barefoot wine on the floor behind you, or two people to the side of you having their conversation, the crowd is always lively.

“We usually don’t get hecklers. The audience is always interacting with us which is a lot of fun,” said Shanker. “Just tonight, you had that guy in the audience drop his beer and watch it roll onto the stage during someone’s set, and then some random audience member from the other side of the chairs comes and grabs it and drinks it. The audience can be a lot of fun.”

And while the audience can certainly be a bundle of fun as they laugh with your jokes, for any comic there are always occasions where some jokes fail to land. Though for Ejnes, and the rest of the “Underground Undergrad” crew, those times are not only lessons in their craft but a motivation to continue what they’re doing.

“It’s easy to get jaded after a bad set or after you are passed over for an opportunity you would have liked, but you have to keep going,” said Ejnes. “That’s why people who enjoy the craft of stand-up end up doing better than people who are more in it for glory/ career reasons.

“There’s times where you’re going to be miserable but your love of comedy has to keep you going.”

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Surprise artists make Chance the Rapper festival ‘magnificent’

By Nandi Howard Contributing Writer

If anyone in Chicago was skeptical about Chance The Rapper before Magnificent Coloring Day, Saturday proved to be the inaugural acceptance of Lil Chano from 79th.

The attendance record for U.S. Cellular Field was broken this Saturday, with a record of 44,000 people in attendance. for the one-day festival. Instead of cheering on the final home run, this particular crowd danced for 11 hours at Magnificent Coloring Day (MCD) and welcomed the new champ of Chicago, Chance The Rapper.

It can be challenging to think about the South Side without acknowledging the violence that happens frequently in various communities. Luckily, Chance The Rapper shed new light on the South Side, allowing attendees to see the historic part of town that has housed some of Chicago’s biggest talents to date.

U.S. Cellular Field, which hasn’t had a music concert in 13 years, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. With surprise guest appearances from Kanye West and Common and comedian Hannibal Buress the 11-hour show seemed to be neverending, with an A-list lineup.

“There are more people in line than there are at Sox games,” said Kyle Miller, a 30-year-old fan waiting in line.

The show kicked off with Francis and the Lights, but it was the second artist of the lineup, Lil Uzivert, who gave security a hint of how the crowd was going to be like

as the day progressed and acts got bigger.

As Uzi jumped off the stage and into the crowd, fans swarmed the Philly rapper as he ran through the stadium.

With Young Thug being a no show, Tyler the Creator took the stage next. He started his performance by acknowledging how the stage set-up blocked some of the fans from seeing the show. “Someone should get fired,” he said.

There was a pause in between performances, but when the beat dropped for “Beautiful Morning,” the crowd instantly knew what was going on. Fans rushed security and jumped over the railings and dug-outs just to get to the floor to see what seemed to be a melody of Kanye West’s greatest hits.

As Yeezy hit the stage he was joined by his friend Chance the Rapper for their hit song “Ultralight Beam.” As they hugged it seemed to be a moment where 39-yearold West was passing the torch on to his protégé.

“Kanye West was the best part of the show. His work with Chance sounds even better in person and all his old work are classics,” DePaul student Rajanee Redmond said. “I love Kanye like Kanye loves Kanye.”

2 Chainz and Lil Wayne broke a tired crowd by performing hit after hit. “We can go all night,” 2 Chainz said as he performed casually side by side with Lil Wayne.

“The energy was insane when Lil Wayne came out,” said Brittany Cannon a 21-year-old Columbia College student.

“He just tweeted he was retiring so this could be one of his last performances and

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Chance the Rapper looking out at the crowd at his Magnificent Coloring Day festival. he went crazy.”

As the final performance of the night, the pressure was on Chance to top previous performers but Chance couldn’t sell out the U.S. Cellular Field without bringing a powerful, well-directed performance.

After starting the performance with his song “Angels” the crowd was amped for the rest of the night.

The 23-year-old rapper performed

hits from his two previous mixtapes “10 day” and “Acid Rap” but expressed that he wanted the stadium to resemble Lollapalooza after he performed tracks off of his recent mixtape “Coloring Book.”

As Chance addressed the crowd, he performed with an astonished look on his face and said “this still doesn’t feel real,” for a kid from 79th street.

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UNDER THE UMBRELLA

Students explore transgender representation in the media Junior Elon Sloan, who identifies as transgender non-conforming, looks at the controversy as being a marketing strategy Actress Michelle Rodriguez, known for that only further exploits transgender her starring roles in the “Fast & Furious” individuals. franchise and “Avatar,” has been criticized “Michelle Rodriguez doesn’t for her demeaning remarks towards the understand what it to means to be trans, transgender community for her role in and is using the contemporary fascination Walter Hill’s “(Re)Assignment.” The movie with trans people, and the idea that trans follows Rodriguez as a hitman who is people are new, to market this movie,” said forced to undergo a sex change, because Sloan. “It seems like this is leveraging the a psychopathic doctor. When asked at fact that people who identity as trans are the 2016 Toronto International Film going to be upset, to get something talked Festival, if her role was offensive towards about in a way it wouldn’t be otherwise.” individuals who identify as transgender, People think that the easiest solution is Rodriguez responded with, “are they getting someone who identifies as trans to mad that somebody decided to take their portray this character. However, Weseman branded transgender operation and use it believes that the concern should be more on heterosexual people?” She goes on to on the plot, and less on the actual role. relay that if a transgender person was given “I would focus more on what is the the role, the question of profitability would plot, rather than who should be playing the come into play. role. What’s really going on with a violence With transgender representation in that involves gender, specifically done on to the media becoming more apparent with someone? We should examine what’s going actresses like Laverne Cox, and shows on there,” she said. such as Oxygen’s “Strut” and Freeform’s This wouldn’t be the first circumstance “Becoming Us,” Rodriguez’s commentary in which having a trans person portray a serves as a back pedal for progress. problematic character or storyline was LGBTQA Student Services Coordinator, questioned. In Fox’s upcoming reboot of Katy Weseman expresses how the main “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” actress concern encompassing Rodriguez’s film is Laverne Cox plays Dr. Frank-N-Furter. that the review is not representative of the Cox, known for her pivotal role in “Orange core group being affected. is the New Black,” and her upcoming role “In any social justice work, it’s in “Doubt,” has received wary feedback paramount that we hear from those who are for her part in the remake. Many wonder experiencing marginalization, about their the effect of having a transgender woman experiences living in whatever identities play a crossdresser, are being spoken and if that of,” said Weseman. serves as strong “Honestly we need to see more “Those words representation. are coming from transgender actors and actresses Although Sloan someone who doesn’t gives credit to identify as trans. playing a variety of roles. We ‘Rocky Horror’ for You’re not hearing need to see transgender actos and being monumental a trans person’s for gender nonperspective on trans actresses playing cis people.’” conforming people being casted identities, they or trans affirming are skeptical, surgery. It’s someone Katy Weseman, LGBTQA student simply due to the who identifies as cis, services coordinator credibility Cox making problematic has established comments.” with trans For sophomore representation.

Terrance Fulton, what’s even more “For a lot of queer and trans people, disturbing is the lack of compassion ‘Rocky Horror’ is that first taste of seeing Rodriguez held towards a community that someone with a gender presentation that has had to fight, and continues to fight in you wouldn’t expect,” said Sloan. “But contemporary society.

I don’t think anyone would lift ‘Rocky “The right to be a transgender person Horror’ up and say this is how we want faces so much opposition,” said Fulton. to be represented. It makes a lot of people “Being transgender is a lifestyle, people nervous to see someone so important to had to fight for within their families (and) the community in a role like that.” communities. For her to make light of a Weseman understands how one could struggle is very distasteful.” be skeptical of the matter, but believes

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Transgender Terms and Definitions Transgender (adj.) – An umbrella term for people

whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Transsexual (adj.) – An older term that originated in the medical and psychological communities. Still preferred by some people who have permanently changed - or seek to change. Unlike transgender, transsexual is not an umbrella term.

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Correct terms to identify members of the transgender community. audiences should keep in mind, that the umbrella of trans identity looks different for every person.

“It’s complicated because the spectrum of trans is so large,” said Weseman.

“Thinking about how the idea of trans can be problematized, I think there are many intersections of what we think of as transvestite and what we think of as transgender. Yes, those are different identities, and they’re connected.”

Weseman goes on to encourage that more of this intersectionality be implemented into the media.

“They don’t need to only play trans people. Laverne Cox can play someone who identifies as any one of a number of different identities,” said Weseman.

Fulton agrees that with the more audiences are shown these identities, the better they can get educated.

“Everywhere you look transgender people are on our screens, on our newspapers, (and) they’re on the Internet,”

Transgender man – People who were assigned female at birth but identify and live as a man may use this term to describe themselves.

Transgender woman – People who were assigned male at birth but identify and live as a woman may use this term to describe themselves.

Cross-dresser – Heterosexual men who occasionally

wear clothes, makeup, and accessories culturally associated with women. Do not use the word “transvestite,” unless someone specifically self-identifies that way.

said Fulton. “If you let people know of their presence, people are going to have face the reality these people are here, and here to stay. Either you get with it, or you get left behind.”

When social identities are being portrayed, whether on the big screen or in our living rooms, people need to be aware of the complexities of problems that could arise. Simply saying that someone is apart of the community being discussed is not a pass to make whatever they please.

For Sloan, in order for progress to be truly made, society needs to be comfortable in putting the power in different hands.

“People need to have agency in the art that they are creating and taking part in,” Sloan said.

“We need to start paying attention to media created by trans people. Space has to be created and power has to be taken away from dominant identities before trans people, and other marginalized identities can be created.”

Drag queens – Men who dress like women for the purpose of entertainment.

Gender Non-Conforming – A term used to describe people whose gender expression is different from conventional expectations of masculinity and femininity.

Genderqueer – A term used by some people who

experience their gender identity and/or gender expression as falling outside the categories of man and woman.

Trans – Used as shorthand to mean transgender or transsexual ­or sometimes to be inclusive of a wide variety of identities under the transgender umbrella.

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Originally created as a streaming service for other television networks, Netflix has created several successful original programs, and plans to release even more this year.

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DON’T GO AGAINST THE STREAM

By Emily Rutherford Contributing Writer

The beginning of the school year brings stress, homework, and fortunately new Netflix releases.

This year, Netflix is spending $1 billion on producing new original content. Through the success of shows like “Orange is the New Black”, “House of Cards” and “Stranger

Things”, Netflix originals have received more attention, prompting the rapid release of more to come.

With new content premiering at such a fast pace, it is easy to miss releases of new seasons and shows, and many fall in the background. In September alone, four Netflix originals are premiering, and many more to come through the end of the year. Here is what to look out for.

Easy

Premiere date: Sept. 22

American independent film director, writer and executive producer Joe Swanberg debuts a new Netflix original comedy anthology. Set in Chicago, “Easy” stars a diverse cast of characters making their way through love and life obstacles that arise while living in the city. Orlando Bloom, Dave Franco, Malin Akerman and Elizabeth Reaser are just a few of the well-known actors and actresses starring in this series, and it will consist of eight half-hour episodes

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Originally airing on A&E for three seasons, “Longmire” was picked up and renewed

by Netflix in its fourth season. The American crime drama series is based on the Walt Longmire Mysteries series by author Craig Johnson.

Longmire

Premiere date: Sept. 23

Shlesinger, a well-known comedian, premieres her new comedy special reflecting the difficulties of being a woman as just one of the many topics addressed. Her special is projected to be her best yet, attacking very real issues in an exceptionally comedic light that never fails to make the audience laugh. Shlesinger is also known for hosting the TBS comedy game show “Separation Anxiety” and was the season 6 winner of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” This is her third special, and was filmed in April at The Vic Theatre in Chicago. Her two previous specials, “Freezing Hot” and “War Paint”, are also available on Netflix.

Premiere date: Sept. 23

Known as a neo-western crime drama, audiences are anxiously waiting for the premiere after a season 4 cliffhanger that left them on the edge of their seats. According to The Wall Street Journal, the series is “the best of two worlds: a modern crime drama with dry wit and sometimes heart-wrenching emotion that’s also got a glorious setting under the big sky of Wyoming.”

Luke Cage

Premiere date: Sept. 30

Marvel’s new action-fiction and drama web series “Luke Cage” is based on the comic character of the same name. As part of the Avengers lineup, Cage is married to Jessica Jones, and gained his superhuman strength and unbreakable skin after a sabotaged experiment. This series explores the ex-convict’s determination to rebuild his life in Harlem by facing battles and confronting his past.

Black Mirror

Premiere date: Oct. 21

Originally airing on Britain’s Channel 4, Netflix purchased the rights to the series, and Cris Abrego and Charlie Worwin produced a US version as the third season.

Containing a different cast and setting each episode, “Black Mirror” explores the techno-paranoia that shapes our lives today. Known for being emotionally suspenseful, this thriller portrays the unsettling dark and heavy impact technology has on society.

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Known for his appearance in CBS’s “The Good Wife” and starring in TV crime drama “The Ringer,” Mike Colter stars as Luke Cage, the newest Marvel superhero to get their own Netflix show.

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By Pat Mullane Arts & Life Editor

With surprise appearances from Common and Kanye West, Chance the Rapper’s Magnificent Coloring Day at U.S. Cellular was unforgettable for those in the audience. The all-day festival featured not only a packed line up of John Legend, Lil Wayne, Tyler the Creator and more, but also a night of surprise guests, theatrics, games, and an intimate concert for everyone in the crowd. While at the concert’s initial release, Chance had the tickets set at a more than reasonable double-digit price, though after scalpers and resold tickets, the average price sprung

to hundreds of dollars more.

So for those who missed out on the colorful and magnificent experience, here are just a few of the many great songs by the many great artists that played at U.S. Cellular Field this past weekend.

and Sweatshirt’s “Doris,” the members had easily made a name for themselves individually. Be sure to check out the music video accompanied with “Yonkers,” because it is sure to get you in the right mood for this rather dark song.

1. Tyler the Creator — “Yonkers” Easily the most recognizable song by Tyler, “Yonkers” is a throwback from half a decade ago to a time where the Odd Future gang — comprised of Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean and many others were known more for being a hip hop collective than individual artists. But after Tyler’s album “Goblin,” Frank Ocean’s “Channel Orange,”

2. Common & John Legend — “Glory” One of the biggest surprises of the night­­— outside of Kanye’s appearance — was Common’s presence on stage with John Legend.

While Legend was always included on the lineup, Common was hosting his own festival, AAHH Fest! at Grant Park this weekend. But the two festival hosts showed love for one another as they both appeared

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on each other’s stages, the most powerful of the performances being Common and John Legend’s Academy Award winning song “Glory,” which had crowd members in tears.

3. Alicia Keys— “Fallin’” No one could deny the powerhouse performance by Alicia Keys as she belted “Fallin’” to the crowd Saturday night. In a quick appearance, Keys, along with her band, used the most of her limited time to get the crowd on their feet to sing along.

Outside of playing “Empire State of Mind,” the throwback classic “Fallin’” from 2001 was easily the crowd’s favorite song by Keys.

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In his first appearance at the festival, Chance joined the iconic rapper on stage for his final performance of the night. With their arms around each other, the two looked out to the stadium of 44,000 strong, and smiled.

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Sports

Women's basketball learns schedule

By Ben Gartland

GAMES TO WATCH

Sports Editor

DePaul women’s basketball released their 2016-17 schedule on Tuesday, highlighted by a home game against Notre Dame and an away game against defending champions Connecticut.

The Blue Demons will open up the season with two exhibitions.

On Nov. 1, they play St. Xavier at 7 p.m. and then St. Francis on Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. at home. Their regular season starts with the Maggie Dixon Classic, hosted at McGrathPhillips Arena on Nov. 11 with a game against Appalachian State, then they will play either GardnerWebb or the University of Alabama at Birmingham the next day.

On Nov. 19, DePaul will play cross-town rival Northwestern at home, then head to Estero, Florida to participate in the Gulf Coast Classic with their opening matchup against Western Kentucky. Other teams participating include Baylor, Kent State, Ohio State, Syracuse, Florida-Gulf Coast and George Washington.

Dec. 1 will be the Connecticut game, marking the third straight season the two teams have met. The Huskies have won both matches.

DePaul will host Prairie View A&M on Nov. 5 before hosting the

Northwestern Nov. 19. McGrath-Phillips Arena

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Fighting Irish on Nov. 10, also for the third straight year.

After two road matches at Temple and Loyola-Chicago, the Blue Demons will finish their non-conference schedule with Tennessee-Martin on Dec. 20.

DePaul opens up their Big East schedule with two road trips, the first in Georgetown on Dec. 28 and then to Villanova on Dec. 30. They

come home to play Providence and Creighton the next weekend before heading back to the East Coast for match ups with Seton Hall and St. John’s on Jan. 8 and Jan. 10.

The Blue Demons will close out their regular season with two home games against Villanova and Georgetown before going into the Big East tournament, whose location has not yet been announced. DePaul

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has hosted the tournament the past three seasons, moving from Allstate Arena to McGrath-Phillips Arena last season.

DePaul is coming off a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2015-16, but will have to move past the graduations of Chanise Jenkins and Megan Podkowa. DePaul's returning starters are Jessica January, Jacqui Grant and Mart’e Grays.

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Men's soccer falls 4-1 to No. 12 Creighton

By Jack Higgins Asst. Sports Editor

The DePaul men’s soccer team fell 4-1 to 12-ranked Creighton Saturday and fell to 5-3-2 overall.

The Blue Demons aren’t where they wanted or expected to be after two conference games, but continue to look positively toward the future. They also focus on what they did right during the game rather than dwelling on tough losses.

“The score line didn’t really reflect what happened in the game,” DePaul coach Craig Blazer said.

“The second goal made it tough, but I give our guys a lot of credit for coming back and making it 2-1.”

He was right. For 85 minutes, this was a tense match, and Creighton’s final two, gutwrenching goals came with less than five minutes left.

From the opening kick, the pace was lightning fast. The Creighton men are known for their speed, and they are the deepest team the Blue Demons have had to compete against so far in the season.

Despite their deep roster, two of Creighton’s stars took all the glory against DePaul. On the front end, Creighton forward Riggs Lennon recorded a hat trick plus one with all four of Creighton’s goals. On the back end, goalkeeper Alex Kapp came into the game with a .912 save percentage, second the one in men’s Division 1 soccer.

He continued his trend of being rock-solid in net, diving to save well-placed shots from DePaul on more than one occasion.

The game was pretty back and forth in the opening minutes. Both teams got quick chances on offense by counter attacking the other

team.

Junior keeper Quentin Low recorded his first save of the night in the seventh minute of the match off of Creighton forward Ricky Lopez-Espin. However, DePaul quickly counterattacked and senior forward Erik Rodriguez was sprung from a wonderful pass from Hans Wustling less than a minute later. Rodriguez couldn’t place his shot on net, however, and the ball soared over the goal.

After that chance, DePaul held the offensive momentum. Five minutes later the Blue Demons had another great chance when freshman forward Stijn van der Slot shot the ball on goal, but Creighton’s keeper Kapp dove and put a hand on the ball to deflect it wide.

Like DePaul’s counterattack after Creighton’s chance, a minute later Creighton switched to the offensive and Lennon scored his first goal from the top of the box with a well-placed shot that rose just above Low’s outstretched arm in the center of the goal.

“The goal they scored kind of came against the run of play,” senior defensive-midfielder Kevin Beyer said. “Letting a goal in when you’re feeling it kind of takes the air out of your lungs.”

The Blue Demons had their best chance of the half following a yellow card just outside the box.

After the kick Creighton struggled to clear the ball from their side of the field and allowed DePaul two corner kicks, which gave freshman Max de Bruijne a chance to use his height and record a shot off of his head.

Creighton managed to record four more shots in the remaining time in the first, the first of which

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The Blue Demons are 0-2 in the Big East after their 4-1 loss to Creighton at Wish Field on Saturday.

Low had to scramble to cover after his initial save. Although Creighton was controlling most of the offensive play, the Blue Demons were still able to match the Blue Jays' intensity and make some offensive counters.

At half the match remained 1-0.

In the second half, Creighton began to take over the match, and began to set up their plays more efficiently with some great passes.

Low had to make two back-to-back saves off Creighton attacks in order to keep it a one goal game.

However, relentless attack is usually rewarded. At the nineteenth

minute of the second half, Lennon put in his second goal of the day after four successive shots by his team.

After the goal, the Blue Demons began to press forward to take the momentum back. “(Pressing forward) is definitely a difficult role to play,” said Beyer.

“It’s a lot of awareness . . . and taking your chances when you think you have the numbers forward.”

Sure enough, DePaul’s pressure eventually broke down Creighton’s tight defense. Eleven minutes after Creighton’s second goal, senior offensive-midfielder Erik Rodriguez slotted the ball

past Kapp making it a one-goal match once again. Rodriguez was assisted by DePaul defenseman Caleb Pothast and forward Simon Megally.

DePaul began to press forward after the goal, and made two more great shot attempts, but lost their defensive ground. Creighton exploited their press and Lennon put two more shots in goal 36 seconds apart before the game was over.

“There were a number of positives from the game, and we’ll recover and review the game,” Blazer said. “We’ll get after it for our next game against Villanova.”

BLUE DEMON RUNDOWN VOLLEYBALL Vollleyball continued their 2016 run when they won their first conference matchup of the season.

The Blue Demons travelled to Providence in their Big East opener, looking to go above .500. They went into the Friday matchup at 6-6.

The first set belonged to the Blue Demons, but it was only after a comeback.

The Friars raced out to a 6-1 lead before the Blue Demons could start to contain their Big East opponent. DePaul was able to come back and tie the match, before going on a 5-0 run of their own which allowed them to take the first set 25-20.

The second set went back to the Friars in a close match. DePaul took the early advantage with a 9-4 lead, but the home side rallied twice, finishing off the set with six straight points to tie the match at 1-1.

DePaul took back the third set after they broke through at the end. The set saw seven ties before Providence built up a 21-16 lead, but DePaul came back and ended up with a win in the third set 25-23.

With DePaul only needing to win one more set, the Friars took them to the limit.

The Friars were in complete control in the fourth set and won 25-16, but in the final set the Blue Demons finally put Providence away. The fifth set was all Blue Demons as they cruised to a 15-3 victory.

MEN'S GOLF The DePaul golf team began their 20162017 season with their second-straight win at the John Dallio Memorial Tournament, which took place on Sept. 20 and 21.

Junior Freddy Thomas led the Blue Demons finishing two strokes above par and took second-place overall. After the

tournament, Thomas was named Big East Golfer of the Week after his team-leading performance.

Aside from Thomas, senior James Lelliot, senior Jonathon Hewett and junior Bobby Thomas also placed in the top 20 golfers overall.

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Three women's soccer players who have helped the team rise into Big East play.

helped us because we played great teams and were able to pick our game up. I think that’s going to be a great starting point going into conference (play).”

Head coach Erin Chastain was happy with the result on Wednesday because it allowed the Blue Demons to rotate players in and out which also built up the team’s confidence.

They’ll travel to Seton Hall on “I think it puts us feeling good The senior forward has Sunday and then Butler on right now,” she said. “It’s nice to be five goalsOct. in seven Wednesday, 6. games, home and nice to score goals and and a remarkable 50 get a lot of people in the game.” percent shot per goal While DePaul was picked to finish second in the conference, rate. This comes after they’ll have a tough road to not playing the first two get there with teams like No. 3 matches of the season.

OLIVIA JEPSON | THE DEPAULIA Georgetown, No. 44 Marquette Senior forward Ana Greik leads the team with five goals in the season. and No. 73 Providence all ranked above DePaul in RPI. The Blue Taylor Schissler Demons themselves clock in at The senior defender has No. 116, which makes a strong been an attacking asset Big East season a must for NCAA tournament consideration. from the back, chipping “We know that it’s going to in three goals and three be a different level every game,” assists. Her versatility as Chastain said. “It’s going to be a wingback has helped tight games and battles and who the Blue Demons add wants it more.”

Even during the road trip, an attacking weapon.

Chastain said there was never a drop in intensity or fire.

“I think overall our team comes out to practice and grinds The freshman and is excited about the Big East defender has played season,” she said. “Even though all nine matches and is some of the results haven’t gone emerging as a star on our way this season, our group is just excited about what we can do the back line next to in Big East play. “ experienced defenders.

DePaul has one more home Photo courtesy of DePaul Athletics game this week, a 3 p.m. match Stats through Sept. 24 against Creighton on Thursday. Senior defender Taylor Schissler has three goals and three assists in the season.

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FEMALE FANS, continued from back page the majority of women who said they enjoy sports. So why are women continued to be treated like they aren’t “real” sports fans?

It’s shown in the way clothing is marketed towards women sports fans.

The primary advertising for clothing for many different teams features tight-fitting or pink apparel, leaving an impression of overly-feminized clothing as the first option for women.

Samantha Rivera, a sports staff writer for the DePaulia, said that she is treated differently both as a reporter and as a fan because she’s a woman.

“I definitely get garbage from other random fans when I talk about sports.

They seem to think that because I'm a girl, I can't possibly know who Jimmy Garoppolo or Carson Wentz are, or that the Bears' defense is at its lowest I've seen it in awhile,” she said. “No, it's just not possible that a person with longer hair than me could have that kind of knowledge."

Women sports reporters are also treated far more harshly than their male counterparts. There was a video earlier this year that showed men reading tweets that two reporters, 670 the Score’s Julie DiCaro and ESPN’s Sarah Spain, received. These included gender-specific insults such as "Hopefully this skank Julie DiCaro is Bill Cosby's next victim.

That would be classic," and “I hope your boyfriend beats you.”

These all come from an attitude that says “women don’t belong in sports.” It comes from a sports culture where the worst insult a young boy can receive is

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NFL fans support their favorite teams at the NFL Women's Apparel Event on Sept. 15. “you play ball like a girl.” It’s certainly something I heard growing up from football coaches, and it’s certainly something that stung when I heard it.

It made me feel weak and like I wasn’t bringing the masculinity necessary for the sport.

There needs to be a change in the way sports treat women. Like the Gallup poll

said, the majority of women are sports fans. A 2011 survey, the most recent data on the subject, showed that 3.2 million girls played sports in high school and 200,000 play collegiately. Women belong in sports, but they need to be treated like people. Not this condescending, old boy’s club attitude that many women receive currently.

It’s only 51 percent of women who identified as sports fans, so there is room for growth. Outreach to reach potential women sports fans is not a bad thing, and should be encouraged. But the outreach needs to come from a place of growing the sport and reaching out to women like equals, not a niche market that will only get into sports with pink jerseys.

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Stop treating women like they don’t belong in sports

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Keke Palmer and Adrienne Bailon at an NFL Women’s apparel event on Thursday.

By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

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Junior midfielder Lucy Edwards controls the ball in a 2015 match. The Blue Demons returned home with a 4-1 victory over Loyola.

LOOKING AHEAD Women’s soccer moves into Big East play

By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

Going into the week, DePaul women’s soccer was struggling offensively and had spent almost a month playing away from Wish Field. Since August 25, the Blue Demons played six straight matches on the road, going 2-3-1.

They had finished the road trip with a 3-1 victory against Western Michigan, a possible sign for an attacking outburst about to come because it continued when they finally returned home to Wish Field on Wednesday. After giving up the first goal to Loyola, they exploded for four unanswered goals from four unique scorers. In their Big East opener on Sunday against Xavier, they were lighting

up the scoreboard again with multiple goals, and are back to .500 with a 4-4-2 overall record, and a 1-0 record in the Big East.

“It feels really good, we had a hard onthe-road schedule so it feels really good to finally come home and play in front of our home fans,” sophomore forward Franny Cerny said. Cerny chipped in a goal and an assist in DePaul’s victory over Loyola.

The non-conference slate featured games such as San Diego, which resulted in a 3-2, double-overtime loss, a 5-1 drubbing at the hands of Long Beach State and a 1-1 draw at Hofstra, in addition to a 2-1 loss at William and Mary. However it did also feature the Western Michigan win, and a 5-0 scoring frenzy at Army, which showed what the Blue Demons

could do when the attack was clicking.

“I think our non-conference play is going to prepare us for conference,” junior midfielder Jessie Schmidt said. “I think we’re going to come out strong and know what we need to do to beat good teams.”

The non-conference slate seems to have helped already as the Blue Demons took out Xavier on Sunday, starting off the Big East season with a win. The Blue Demons were picked to finish second in the conference in the preseason, and so three straight wins have the Blue Demons feeling good.

“I think we’re definitely on the rise,” Schmidt said. “The fact that we did have a very hard non-conference schedule

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A new television series called “Pitch,” premiered this past week, which centers around the first woman ever to play in Major League Baseball.

In their preview for the show, the New York Times wrote “And how will it cater to the hard-core baseball fan expecting authenticity while still appealing to women, whom Fox is depending on for much of its viewership?”

Assuming those two groups are mutually exclusive.

There’s an attitude that is prevalent in sports media and from teams that women are not on the same level as men when it comes to fandom. The New York Times article shows an attitude that women need something other than the actual sports, such as drama, to bring them into the game.

It’s an attitude that extends to teams, when they condescendingly try to appeal to women by assuming they don’t know sports. The NBA’s Dallas Mavericks announced a “Ladies Night” for this upcoming season, which featured an “NBA 101 for women” program. Their marketing program said “NBA 101 for women is an annual event hosted

by Mavs players, coaches and staff. It’s an opportunity for women to learn and understand the fundamentals of basketball in a fun, light and interactive atmosphere.”

Assuming women need to be taught about sports like they’re children.

A Gallup poll in 2015 said that 51 percent of women identified as sports fans. While not as large as men, who clocked in at 66 percent, that’s still

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