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Stolen train guides symbolize rite of passage
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By SHANNON SHREIBAK Contributing Writer It’s been a long day of classes in the Loop, you’re utterly exhausted and all you want is to do retreat back to your apartment. You look up to count how many stops remain on the interminable commute, and…all you see is an empty frame. Shards of paper are all that remain of the one sense of direction you had. This is just one of many inconveniences caused by DePaul students’ penchants for swiping “L” maps to sell, adorn their walls, or even give as gifts. This trend began at the beginning of the year but seems to have gained momentum recently, judging from the vacant map frames strewn among “L” cars. One man’s map is another man’s poster. At least that’s the sentiment among DePaul students. Dorm and apartment walls are often decorated with a collection of stolen maps. It seems to be our take on
last generation’s abstract portrait hanging over the fireplace. But what’s the appeal of a map? It seems so mundane; it’s just too easy to snatch. Freshman Joe Lanzerotti equates the trend to a popular childhood game, “DePaul students steal “L” maps for the sport of it. It’s like catching PokéMon in real life almost. It’s fun to try and collect them all.” Elizabeth Gaughan, a freshman English major, was motivated by factors quite the opposite to Joe’s. Worn down from balancing challenging classes and a college social life, Elizabeth laments, “I stole a map out of spite.” From profound statements of frustration to competitive sport, “L” map stealing seems to appeal to a vast array of DePaul students. Complementing the sporting aspects of the thievery is an informal ranking system of each map’s value. According to a survey
of students, the Red and Brown lines are among the least valuable because they are the most common lines ridden by DePaul students. The honor of most coveted map, though, is bestowed upon the Yellow Line (which requires taking the Red Line to Howard and then embarking to Skokie) and the cryptic Green Line (because of the air of mystery that surrounds it and its destination). But the map that completes every “L” Map collector’s compendium is the official CTA “L” map featuring all of the lines. So let’s say you got your hands on an “L” map, however honest or sneaky your method, what now? Many DePaul students display their spoils on dorm or apartment walls. For DePaul student Grace Hanson, the map symbolizes much more than a successful looting. “It’s like a rite of passage that you can hang on your wall,” she says. Other students have given these maps as gifts, as well. For a college
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Kenmore Ave. to temporarily close for traffic By COURTNEY BEDOYA Contributing Writer For the past 42 years Jerry McElvain has lived in his threestory brownstone near the corner of Belden and Kenmore Avenues. He has seen DePaul University transform from a sleepy commuter school to a vibrant urban campus. While he is not opposed to DePaul expanding the campus and improving the neighborhood, he does not like that they are “taking over.” Closing Kenmore between Fullerton and Belden is part of DePaul’s Master Plan for development. The idea to close Kenmore started in 2009 when the 10-year Master Plan was introduced. During the past couple of years, the university has put together a zoning package that included survey research by an outside company. The research included statistics on who parked in the 46 spots that line Kenmore over the course of a couple weeks. They found that half the vehicles parked on that stretch of road were DePaul students, faculty and staff; 10 percent were neighborhood residents; and the remaining 40 percent had no known affiliation to either the university or the neighborhood. McElvain is against closing the street not just because of the parking issue. He argued that Chicago streets were laid out in a grid that
See MAPQUEST, page 5
City releases plan for LGBT health concerns
By GABRIEL TYLER Contributing Writer
The Chicago Health Department released its Community Action Plan to address the specific health needs of the city’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community on March 31. The 22-strategy plan, developed in conjunction with the mayor’s office and community partners, aims to tackle health issues within the LGBT community by focusing on many issues that are nontraditional. Dr. Gary W. Harper, professor in the Department of Psychology at DePaul University and Director of DePaul’s Master
of Public Health Program, said the plan is crucial, timely and relevant because it is rooted in the community. “For any plan to be sustainable, it needs to be rooted in the community,” Harper said. “It’s the idea of ownership versus being dumped upon. If people feel like you’re forcing them to do something, they won’t support it. We need to be empowered. We need to be a part of the solution. We need to be at the table.” The LGBT Community Action Plan serves as a supplement to Healthy Chicago, the city’s public health initiative spearheaded by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2011. A recent press release from the Office of the Mayor declares that Chicago’s
government is dedicated to increasing the accessibility of health care and information to all Chicagoans, no matter what their sexual orientation is. “Chicago’s strength is in the diversity of its communities,” Emanuel was quoted as saying in the press release. The plan focuses on many health concerns and strategies which, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), are among the most pressing health issues facing LGBT Chicagoans, including the lack of culturally competent medical care, hate violence against transgender people and HIV. However, the plan introduces a few health issues in the LGBT community that are often overlooked, including the See LGBT, page 9
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DePaul plans to close Kenmore Avenue for safety purposes during May.
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LEFT: The DePaul University Green Team began an initiative called “Cans Across Campus” last Monday to kick off the week-long environmentalism celebration. BELOW: Every can is laminated and features a fact about environmentalism.
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RIGHT and BELOW: The Green Team hung bottles from trees in the quad in order to promote sustainability efforts.
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As you walk through the Quad this week, you might see some of the typical summertime DePaul sights: cargo short clad Frisbee throwers, beanie-wearing hipsters discussing the finer points of Foucault and endless bikes, blades and boards covering the green space between the trees. With all of this excitement, it might be easy to forget that it's “Earth Week.” That is, until you look at the trees. The DePaul University Green Team began an initiative called “Cans Across Campus” last Monday to kick off the week-long environmentalism celebration. On each of the trees in the quad, there are bottles and cans hanging from string creating an effect that screams artistic vandalism. Yet upon further inspection,
the bottles represent quite the opposite. Green Team supervisor, Cecelia Jacobson, says that the cans are meant to be a demonstration to increase awareness. “We hung the cans out there to increase awareness around campus about our sustainability efforts,” said Jacobson. “It’s part of the larger effort to make the residence halls more sustainable in terms of consumption.” Each can is laminated and features a fact about environmentalism. One can reads: the amount of sunlight that falls on the Earth’s surface in one minute is sufficient to meet world energy demand for an entire year. Each can contains a unique fact and features the Green Team information. “All this week there will be events around LPC to help increase environmental awareness,” said Jacobson. “We’re working to get people excited about being green.”
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Poet, activist Javier Sicilia promotes nonviolence in Mexico By HALEY BEMILLER Senior Writer
When Time Magazine made the protestor Person of the Year, it featured several interviews with activists around the world. One featured protestor was Javier Sicilia, leader of Mexico’s Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, who also made an appearance at DePaul last week. Sicilia held a talk at DePaul’s Art Museum on April 16 and discussed the mission of the MPJD and the current state of Mexico. Once famous for his poetry and writing, he became the face of that movement after his son was killed last March. The purpose of MPJD is to promote nonviolence in a violent country. According to Sicilia, they’re adding to the discourse of the Zapatista movement, another activist organization in Mexico’s history. Drug-related violence has caused thousands of lives in Mexico, and Sicilia said there have been 20,000 disappearances and 250,000 displacements. “We are the victims of this nation,” he said. The first problems he addressed were economic. He believes the current economic model in Mexico is failing and isn’t compatible with handling poverty. The increase of drugs and prosecution has also led to money laundering. Additionally, he sees a constant process of acquiring and consuming that has led to a change in society. “This way of seeing life has invaded every aspect of human life to the point where it’s all that matters,” he said. Sicilia also maintained that Mexico and the United States need to change the politics surrounding drugs. Presidents Barack Obama and Felipe Calderón continue to prohibit drug use, but by doing so, Sicilia claimed they’re inadvertently contributing to the selling of illegal arms and violence in Mexico. To fix the problem, Sicilia said drugs need to be de-penalized. “Not to do it is a stupidity,” he said. “Or it’s perverse. It’s a stupidity to say this war is protecting our children.” Additionally, he said drug use should be a matter of
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Javier Sicilia poet and leader of Mexico's Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD), spoke at DePaul's Art Museum Monday to promote the MPJD's "peace caravan" that starts in San Diego Aug. 12. public health and not politics. He referenced his personal their way across the country to encourage people to join smoking habit as something that is “not national security.” their movement for change. He hopes U.S. citizens can “It has to do with individual rights,” he added. “If also use social media to spread the message. someone wants to get drugged, let them do that. This has “The democracy isn’t in the White House,” he said. to be treated as a public health issue.” “It’s in the people.” The bigger issue at hand, according to Sicilia, is arms At the end of the day, Sicilia believes that Mexico control—or what he believes is a lack thereof. needs to find peace and justice before it can fix its “Weapons kill people, and they’re everywhere,” he other problems. Otherwise, he said, Mexico will lose said. “They’re sold like candy.” democracy. Part of Sicilia’s purpose for visiting DePaul is to “Statistics has a face,” he said. “They’re humans that promote the MPJD’s “peace caravan” in August 2012. need justice. They’re human beings that demonstrate the They’re going to start in San Diego on Aug. 12 and work tearing apart of a country.”
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“MAPQUEST” continued from cover student on a budget, the option of snatching a map becomes incredibly tempting. The whimsical gifts are met with positive reception. On receiving a rare Yellow Line map as a gift from friends, Hanson gushed, “I was honored to receive a Yellow Line map from my friends. I was incredibly excited.” DePaul student Thomas Gutheil is somewhat of an expert concerning 'L' map theft; he has collected over 10 maps to decorate his room and give as gifts. Thomas doesn’t believe that the thievery trend adversely affects the CTA, “I don’t think it matters. The CTA could make a lot of money if they just understood to sell these maps but until then I’m almost positive they won’t be able to stop college students from taking them.” But what kind of feasible solution is there to curb El map theft? Some lines’ maps have recently been bolted to their frames, making it impossible to take the map without tearing it beyond recognition. The CTA refused to comment regarding monetary losses resulting from 'L' map theft, but it seems to be taking some small steps to solving the problem. The CTA does offer “custom printed” maps at their online gift shop for $36. If you’re willing to shell out the cash, you can get it framed for $180. Upon hearing the high price of these otherwise free maps, students guffawed at the thought of forking of hard-earned paychecks and small allowances for the print. Many maps on trains are now either bolted down or encased in a plastic frame. So unless you’re willing to spend an entire night unscrewing bolts and peeling away at plastic, that coveted decoration will be just out of reach. Joe Lanzerotti, though, has a rather unconventional solution to this problem,
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Students find free art for their apartments or dorm rooms by stealing different CTA 'L' maps. One student sports the Red and Orange Lines on the wall next to their bed (above) while another had an array of posters including a Red Line map (right).
“In all honesty, it would be smart of them to purposely ruin some of the maps with coffee stains or sharpie lines or something. People only want the clean ones.” Stealing 'L' maps is not just an activity
of thievery that DePaul students happen to enjoy; it’s an entire event. Friends get together and explore Chicago all in pursuit of a piece of paper with a brightly colored
line printed across it. It’s much more than just a map; it’s a way of bringing students together, maybe for a questionable cause, but together nonetheless.
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Get sweet for Misercordia ’s Candy Days By AVERY CONNELLY Contributing Writer
Don’t be surprised if you see some familiar faces standing on the corner next weekend. Wearing white bibs with a red heart and the Jelly Belly logo, DePaul students, faculty and staff are volunteering to collect donations for Misericordia’s Candy Days. Candy Days is one of Misericordia’s major fundraising efforts. Volunteers across the Chicago area signed up to spread awareness about Misericordia and pass out Jelly Bellies to people who make donations. This year Candy Days will be held Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28. Misericordia is home to over 600 children and adults with developmental disabilities. It is located on the North Side of Chicago on a 31-acre campus. “Misericordia’s Candy Days is essential,” said Liz Coughlin, the Writing Center program director. Misericordia has a special place in Coughlin’s heart since her brother has been a resident there for the past 19 years. “Between 8,000 and 10,000 volunteers blanket the Chicago area spreading awareness of Misericordia and collecting donations as they distribute Jelly Belly packets,” said Lois Gates, assistant executive director of Misericordia. Organizers are hoping that seeing the familiar faces of professors and students will encourage people to donate. “We are very happy and extremely grateful to have the Division of Student Affairs engaged
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People from across the city will participate in Misericordia's Candy Days April 27 and 28. with lots of Misericordia supporters,” said Coughlin. “We have been working with DePaul for many, many years,” Gates said. “This is the first year we have gotten such a phenomenal response from the DePaul community. We have always received Candy Days support from DePaul, but not at this level.” Coach Doug Bruno and the women’s basketball team have volunteered every year since 1988. They have become wellknown fixtures at Union Station, said Amy Foran, department assistant for student affairs. “People look for them,” she said. "Community service is a major component to our women's basketball program,” Bruno said. “For our players who have been blessed with the gifts of
mental, emotional and physical skills, it is very important for our team to understand that young adults and children with physical and mental attributes are so special.” DePaul currently has 60 volunteers who will participate in the Loop as well as the Lincoln Park area. “Our goal is to have over 100 volunteers,” said Foran. “We are always looking for more.” DePaul volunteers will be at major intersections near both of the DePaul campuses. These include the corners of Fullerton and Sheffield, as well as Diversey, Lincoln and Racine and Fullerton, Lincoln and Halsted. Volunteers will also be on the corners of Wrightwood, Lincoln and Sheffield, Fullerton, Ashland and Clybourn and Stockton Drive and Fullerton. In the Loop volunteers will be at the corners of
Move over cubicle, hello virtual employment By RAYA SACCO Contributing Writer
Usually when you think of an internship, you think of working in a small office room at a big corporate company filing papers, organizing the mail room, or going on coffee runs. But what if you completely transformed the traditional intern job and made it virtual? The virtual internship course here at DePaul University is designed to take the internship experience somewhere more familiar…home. “Each student has an internship in which they perform online duties for their employer, but with minimal face-to-face contact and they do it remotely---in their home, library, Starbucks, whatever,” said Professor Mike Conklin, who teaches CMN 395, the virtual internship course at DePaul. “Their duties can range from doing research and managing web content to producing YouTube posts and creating Facebook pages.” The main objective of this course is to prepare students to work in a self-disciplined and professional manner with a supervisor or virtual team in order to finish the projects assigned on deadline. This course will develop a framework for a job search campaign or entrepreneurship plan like freelance or contact work that showcases skills learned or honed. “Technology has changed the way we work. The communication tools available to us now (Skype, email, instant messaging, smart phones, webinars, etc.) allow us to work with people anywhere in the world without ever meeting them,” said Graciela Kenig, director of internships for the College of Communication at DePaul. “There was increased demand for interns who could write articles or manage social media from the comfort of their home. So I started to explore
the possibilities… I had decided this class was needed at DePaul before I even knew that Columbia University offered it.” Columbia University in New York is the only university besides DePaul to offer the course, but DePaul’s approach is quite different than Columbia’s. This class meets once per week where students discuss the challenges and rewards of virtual work. Some of the downfalls for having virtual employment are the ability for people to stay motivated, organized, and focused when completing a task. Some people can become distracted by family and friends when working at home so creating boundaries is vital to be proactive. Many people enjoy working and communicating with others in high-energy environments that some might experience in an office building. “This class was designed with the communication professions in mind and it is reserved exclusively for communication majors and minors who meet the pre-requisites -- They have to have already worked in a traditional internship, or have held a job for at least six months,” said Kenig. All students should be prepared to work virtually because, at one time or another, they may be asked to do so.” With all the interesting and productive courses offered at DePaul, CMN 395 “Succeeding in Your Virtual Internship,” is among the most informational and progressive courses. “This course can work especially well in a major metropolitan city like Chicago, where there are numerous, local opportunities and experiences for us to tap,” said Conklin. As we progress, the course becomes recognized for its viability, as I know it will, we will continue to massage the thing and branch into new horizons.”
Jackson and Dearborn as well as Randolph and Michigan. Gates explained that Candy Days is broken down into 13 different districts throughout Chicago and nearly every suburb. She feels the Loop district is exceptionally popular because of the high rate of businesses and the proximity of the train stations. Volunteers focus on the high volume traffic times during the morning commute, lunch hour breaks and the evening commute home. “We are very fortunate to have a majority of businesses on board for Candy Days,” said Gates. “Misericordia is unique because it offers a continuum of care,” said Gates. Coughlin agrees. “They (Misericordia) have such a respect for the residents and their abilities,” she said. “If we didn’t have fundraising like Candy Days we wouldn’t be able to provide the quality programming that we do,” said Gates. “Last year Candy Days raised over one million dollars. This year’s goal is to do even better.” The Jelly Belly Candy Company makes Candy Days possible by donating 1.5 million packets of Jelly Bellies. The DePaul community itself also makes the event possible. “We can’t thank Father Dennis (Holtschneider) enough for his graciousness in endorsing us and embracing the mission of Misericordia,” said Gates. “People really want to be involved because they know they are making a difference.” If you are interested in volunteering for Candy Days, contact Amy Foran at aforan@depaul.edu.
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allows traffic to flow easily and that any disruption would mess that up. “DePaul should be part of the neighborhood, but not take over and bend it to its wishes,” said McElvain. “I just don’t see the advantage.” Robert Kozoman, executive vice president of DePaul, said the idea for the street closing was partly for esthetic purposes, but mainly for safety. “With the new Arts and Letters building now open, there is a lot more [student, faculty and staff] pedestrian traffic crossing the street,” he said. “It is for their safety.” Kozoman held a neighborhood meeting, inviting local residents to discuss the closing of the section of Kenmore Avenue. He said the majority did not like the idea, stating that their main concern was parking. Kenmore is one of the few surrounding streets that still allows free parking at any time. A local resident, who asked not to be named because he is affiliated with DePaul, said he is in favor of the closing. “It will add to the quaintness of the urban campus and neighborhood,” he said. In his opinion he thought it would actually improve the neighborhood. Kozoman has been working with both the 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Wagespack, and the 43rd Ward Alderman Michelle Smith. Neither office has supported nor denied support of the proposed closing. During the neighborhood meeting Kozoman suggested a trial closing of Kenmore in April. The local residents did
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prevalence of smoking and obesity. The high prevalence of smoking and issues of obesity among subcultures in Chicago’s LGBT community are two key components to the CDPH’s community action plan. The LGBT community is among the populations most severely impacted by tobacco use, according to the Center for American Progress. A recent analysis of studies on substance abuse by the Center for American Progress revealed gay and transgender people smoke tobacco up to 200 percent more than their heterosexual and nontransgender peers. “I think most data shows that queer people smoke at higher rates than our counterparts, and although smoking and obesity effect the entire country, there may be unique methods to dealing with it in the LGBT community,” said Brian Richardson, Director of Public Affairs of the Center on Halsted. Harper said he believes there are many factors to why obesity and smoking prevalence are health issues and that the two are correlated. “Sometimes people use smoking as a way to reduce stress, especially when
not feel closing the street in April would give an accurate picture of what closing the street would do because there was nothing big, like a Cubs game, to test the real effect. So the trial closing has been moved to Tuesday, May 1 through Wednesday, May 30. With the already limited amount of parking in the neighborhood surrounding DePaul, taking away the 46 parallel parking spots that line Kenmore is a concern for many. Gary Morrissey, a science teacher trainer for the Chicago Public School system, said, as he lugged his luggage cart piled high with equipment to his car, that he did not have any real affiliation with DePaul or Kenmore Avenue, but he would not be excited about loosing his parking spot right out the front door of the connected SAC, O’Connell and Levan buildings along Kenmore. “If they closed it I’d have to drag all my stuff from who knows where,” he said. Another concern of the neighbors was access for emergency vehicles. Kozoman assured them that in the event of an emergency, with the university’s assistance, the barriers could be removed for access. Manuel Aznola, 24, of the South Loop and an international studies major at DePaul, said he liked the idea of closing Kenmore Avenue. “It sounds like a good idea to me. More green and less pavement,” Aznola said. “They should appropriate as much public land surrounding the university as possible and beautify it with
you’re part of a marginalized group,” Harper said. “Sometimes there’s a relationship between smoking and weight reduction. While the plan notes obesity as an issue for lesbian women of color, it does not explore the pressure for white, gay men to be thinner.” Dr. Rodrigo Sebastián Torres, the Coordinator for the Office of LGBTQA Student Services at DePaul, said while he believes the plan is “sound” and a “community framework,” a few things get lost in translation. He believes “relationship health gets lost” in the discussion of LGBTspecific health concerns. The plan also outlines methods of improving health care provider’s “overall inclusion of the LGBT community across the city” and providing members with better access to health care resources and information. “LBGT people are a part of Chicago and deserve access to health care and opportunities. It’s heartening to see the city recognize the unique needs of LGBT people and incorporate those needs into long term policies,” Richardson said. Rachel Wills, a junior Catholic
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Kenmore Avenue between Belden and Fullterton Avenue will be closed to traffic until May 30.
trees, flowers and student art.” The university does not see this closing happening in the immediate future. Kozoman said it takes time to get through the proper preliminary work. It takes zoning approval, which the university already has; a letter of support from the ward alderman to the appropriate city office; and some neighborhood support. If all goes well and DePaul gets the support and approvals they need, Kenmore Avnue between Fullerton and Belden, could be closed and turned into “Kenmore Green” by January 2013.
Studies major, said she believes the plan is important because it acknowledges the presence of Chicago’s LGBT community
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BRIAN RICHARDSON Director of Public Affairs of the Center on Halsted
and their similar and different health needs. “It’s important that when you go to your doctor they don’t assume that your health needs are the same as your heterosexual counterparts. It’s also important that they don’t assume they are
different,” Wills said. When asked about his views on which health concerns was the most pressing for Chicago’s LGBT community, Richardson said, “I don’t know if there is one issue that is most important to the entire community because we’re a diverse community. There are diverse issues at play, and each one of the issues are important.”’ The Community Action plan was developed by the CDPH with the assistance of a number of communitybased organizations, partners and stakeholders, including the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago, the Chicago Commission on Human Relations, Howard Brown Health Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Affinity Community Services, and the Center on Halsted. “It’s good to live in a city where our government recognizes the importance of the LGBT community and the importance of working with the community to solve challenges.” Richardson said. The CDPH hopes the plan ushers in awareness of LGBT-specific health concerns and methods of meeting those concerns citywide.
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CAMPUS CRIME REPORT LOOP CAMPUS
arrest was made.
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•A Theft report was filed at the Barnes/ Noble in the DePaul Center. The offender was arrested.
•A Theft report was filed for missing Kleenex from a closet in 990 W. Fullerton.
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•A Possession of Marijuana report was filed on a student in Belden/Racine Hall. Chicago Police were called and an arrest was made.
•A Theft report was filed for a student who had their cell phone stolen at an off campus location.
LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS APRIL 11 •A Possession of Marijuana report was filed on a student in Clifton/Fullerton Hall. Chicago Police were called and an
APRIL 13 •An Indecent Solicitation report was filed on a person exposing himself in the 4th floor restroom of Richardson Library. •A Domestic Dispute was reported in Sanctuary Hall. The offender was given
a Criminal Trespass to Land warning. •A Disturbance report was filed on a student who became aggravated during class in the School of Music.
APRIL 14 •A Suspicion of Marijuana report was filed on a room in Munroe Hall. No drugs were found.
APRIL 15 •A Possession of Marijuana report was filed on students in McCabe Hall. Chicago Police were called and an arrest was made. •A Suspicion of Marijuana report was filed on a room in Munroe hall. No drugs were found.
•A Theft report was filed for a student who had their bicycle taken from the rack at Seton Hall.
APRIL 16 •A Suspicion of Marijuana report was filed on a room in Munroe Hall. No drugs were found in the room. •A Stalking report was filed for a student who lives in Munroe Hall. A non-DePaul student was harassing and sending unwanted text messages to the student. •A Criminal Damage to Property report was filed in regards to foreign objects being placed in the drains in the Student Center, causing blockages and backups to the system.
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NATION & WORLD
Nation & World Editor Michael Corio depaulianation@gmail.com
Santorum out, Romney in line for GOP nomination By CALLIE BRETTHAUER Contributing Writer A recent poll revealed what moderate Republicans have been hoping for – that Mitt Romney will be the candidate for the president of the United States. The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press poll, conducted after presidential Republican candidate Rick Santorum announced the suspension of his campaign, shows that 74% of Republicans say Romney will definitely seal the nomination, while 21% believe there is a possibility of someone else snagging it. Despite the fact that many political analysts are already trying to predict who Romney’s running mate will be, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul try to remind and convince Americans that they are still running. “They are wasting a lot of money and allowing more of a chance to have their image tampered with,” said sophomore Brianna Christiano, a political science student. “America is learning a lot about these candidates that can hinder further elections. Plus, in my eyes, it is clear who will be the Republican candidate.” Depleting campaign funds was Santorum’s main reason for dropping out. From parties to private jet rides, the expenses for running a presidential campaign are astronomically high. Former presidential candidates such as Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and John McCain are still
Romney’s biggest concern now that the public has deemed him as the candidate to go up against Obama in the next six months. “The question is,” said Wolfinger, “what does Romney do to broaden his appeal to women and Latinos?” Romney is lacking support from both of these groups; therefore, whether he is able to change their views has the power to make or break his campaign. “I don’t think many women support Romney because he is not a good representation of women’s values,” said Henry. “Republicans tend to be unsupportive of legislation that is important to them.” This does not imply that the road ahead will not be tough for Obama as well. With four years of experience under his belt as the JAE C. HONG|The Associated Press nation’s leader, people are more In this Feb. 22 photo, Rick Santorum, left, and Mitt Romney talk following a Republican presi- likely going to judge him on his dential debate in Mesa, Ariz. After a nasty primary, Romney has to fire up the party's staunchest past rather than what he promises conservatives without alienating independents he'll need to defeat President Obama in the fall. for the future. “The biggest challenge paying off their hundreds of enough delegates in the primaries Douglas Henry III, a media and Obama will face,” said Christiano, thousands worth of debt. to win. cinema studies major. “They “is people not thinking he has “Financially and logically it The growing support of no longer want to associate accomplished all he said he would.” was a good decision for Santorum Romney over Santorum and the themselves with either side.” Without a doubt, the most to drop out of the presidential other candidates proves that it is On the other hand, being too race,” said Christiano. “However, better to have a more moderate center can potentially cause a loss criticism will be about the economy. Because this directly I do not think it was a good GOP nominee. The American in crucial votes as well. idea for him to drop out. In my people tend to stray away from “Conservatives don’t trust impacts Americans and their opinion it gives the message that candidates who are either too Romney,” said James Wolfinger, livelihood, it is an important he kind of gave up. I believe left or too right on the political professor of history and education issue. How effectively Obama you owe it to all those who have spectrum. In fact, a Gallup poll at DePaul. “The problem – if he reacted to the recession over the donated and supported you to shows that in 2011, 40% of voters becomes the nomine – is not that last four years is crucial. “People will either say it’s fight until the end.” identified themselves as political these voters are going to vote for Despite his attempts independents – a record-high. Obama. They won’t vote at all. his economy and he’s to blame,” to question Romney’s “The gridlock that seems to This can cause Romney to have said Wolfinger, “or that he did the conservativeness and characterize be constantly occurring between a very difficult time with the best he can with how bad it was.” him as too similar to President Republicans and Democrats election.” Obama, Santorum could not win angers people,” said sophomore Conservatives are not
Kim Jong-un admits North Korea rocket launch a failure By HALEY BEMILLER Contributing Writer Despite warnings from the international community, North Korea launched a satellite missile last week that had the potential to eventually carry a nuclear weapon. Unlike previous launches, however, this satellite didn’t make it any further than international waters. According to an April 12 article in the New York Times, the missile was airborne for about a minute before breaking up and falling into an area west of the Korean Peninsula. For the first time in the country’s history, the Korean government actually admitted to the failure of the launch. However, this didn’t prevent international condemnation and tightened sanctions. Paul Choi, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, said North Korea made an additional deal with the U.S. Feb. 29 that was called into question. He said the U.S. agreed to provide 240,000 tons of food aid if the government agreed to halt testing. After a dispute following the launch, the U.S. suspended the deal, and North Korea has expressed further
frustration with the United States. North Korea maintains the launch was part of a peaceful space program, although the U.S. and its allies said it could be used to test long range ballistic missle technology, a key component in developing an effective and far-range nuclear deterrant. With the failed launch, many suspect that the regime will take further action to assert its nuclear capabilities. “This just kind of gives it [North Korea] more of an excuse to go on with a nuclear weapons test,” said Choi. Choi said the way this launch was conducted differed from past launches, but experts are unsure if it’s related to the new leadership. Other than admitting to the failure, he said, the government also invited foreign media into the country. “They made it a very public event,” he said. History says this satellite launch will LEE JIN-MAN|The Associated Press lead to further nuclear tests, added Choi, and reports of that possibility are already A student caricatures North Korea's rocket launch and hereditary succescoming out of South Korea. “Every subsequent test that they have sion of power in Seoul, April 15. is validating their progress on their nuclear However, with elections blossoming program,” he said. “This just creates a in the United States, Choi doesn’t believe more credible threat on the part of the the government will take adequate time to North Korean military.” have talks with North Korea.
“I think it’s going to be difficult to pressure significantly North Korea and punish this behavior,” he added. Phillip Stalley, a political science professor at DePaul, said the failure could prove difficult for Kim Jong-un. Showing force is important to North Korean leadership, and a failed launch doesn’t reflect that strength. “It potentially has implications for his leadership and may undermine his claim to power,” he said. Stalley also said that North Korea has always been hard to predict. Because of this, experts can only speculate what the country’s next move will be and whether or not they’ll listen to the international community. “There’s not many levers we have left,” said Stalley. The only country that has any influence over North Korea is China, he said. However, China maintains a delicate relationship with North Korea to appear as a middleman between North Korea and the United States. “China has a difficult balance when it comes to North Korea,” Stalley said. “They don’t want North Korea to collapse and get absorbed into South Korea…they don’t want North Korea to win or lose.”
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AL-QAIDA RECRUIT SEEKS REDEMPTION AFTER BOMB PLOT
This Week in World News
BREIVIK: FREEDOM OR DEATH, PRISON TERMS ‘PATHETIC’ OSLO, NORWAY
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An admitted al-Qaida recruit testified Wednesday that he and two friends were determined to "weaken America" by strapping on suicide bombs and attacking New York City subways around the anniversary of 9/11, but now hopes for redemption. "I believe my crimes are very bad," Najibullah Zazi said on cross-examination. "If God gave me a second chance, I would appreciate it and will be a very good human being." Earlier, Zazi told a federal jury at his alleged accomplice's trial that he slipped detonator ingredients into the city on Sept. 10, 2009, after the chemicals extracted from beauty supplies passed a test run. Using code words, he then frantically emailed one of his al-Qaida handlers to get the exact formula for building homemade bombs to go with detonators. Zazi said the plot — financed in part by $50,000 in credit card charges he never intended to pay back — was abandoned after he noticed that everywhere he drove in New York, a car followed. "I think law enforcement is on us," he recalled telling one of his co-conspirators, Zarein Ahmedzay. Later, he said he told the third man, Adis Medunjanin, in a text message, "We are done."
ROBERT MARKOWITZ|The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C.
This photo provided by NASA shows the Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, flying over the Washington skyline, as seen from a NASA T-38 aircraft on April 17. Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter will be placed to its new home, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
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The right-wing fanatic on trial for massacring 77 people in Norway says he wants either freedom or death, calling the country's prison terms "pathetic" and arguing for the return of capital punishment, which was last used here to execute Nazi collaborators after World War II. In the third day of his terror trial, Anders Behring Breivik was grilled by prosecutors about the antiMuslim militant group he claims to belong to. He rejected their suggestions that the "Knights Templar" doesn't exist, but admitted he had embellished when describing the network in the online manifesto he published before the bomb-andshooting rampage on July 22. "In principle it is not an organization in a conventional sense," he said, describing it as a leaderless group of "independent cells." Prosecutors told reporters after Wednesday's hearing that they didn't believe the group is real or that the meetings Breivik claims took place ever happened. If found sane, Breivik could face a maximum 21-year prison sentence or an alternate custody arrangement that would keep him locked up as long as he is considered a menace to society. If declared insane he would be committed to psychiatric care for as long as he's considered ill.
EGYPTIAN CLERIC TRAVELS TO ISRAEL, DEFIES CONVENTIONS
POLICE ARREST DISRUPTIVE STUDENTS IN CLASS
CAIRO, EGYPT
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
A top Egyptian Islamic cleric paid a rare visit to Jerusalem Wednesday, breaking with decades of opposition by Muslim leaders on traveling to areas under Israeli control. The Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa wrote on his Twitter account that the symbolic visit was in solidarity with the Palestinians' claim to east Jerusalem, under Israel's control since it was captured in the 1967 Mideast war. He prayed in the AlAqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest site, during his two-hour visit to the city. Gomaa called the trip an unofficial visit, clearly an attempt to defuse criticism he is already facing for breaking an unofficial ban by Muslim clerics and most Egyptian professional and private associations on visiting Israel or Israelicontrolled Palestinian territories. Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty in 1979, but most Egyptians view the Jewish state as their top enemy shunning dealings with Israeli authorities.
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LEADERS GATHER FOR SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA
Presidents and Heads of State wave during the official photo at the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia on April 15. COMPILED BY MICHAEL CORIO | NEWS COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A New Mexico teacher asked a 13-year-old girl to stop talking with her friend and move to another seat. The girl refused. The teacher called the police. The case is among thousands across the country fueling a longsimmering debate over when educators should bring in the police to deal with disruptive students. A 6-year-old Georgia kindergartner last week was hauled off in steel handcuffs after throwing books and toys in a school tantrum. "Kids are being arrested for being kids," said Shannon Kennedy, a civil rights attorney who has filed a class-action lawsuit against Albuquerque's public school district and its police department on behalf of hundreds of kids arrested for minor offenses over the past few years, including having cellphones in class, destroying a history book and inflating a condom. Police were put in many schools in the 1990s in response to zero tolerance policies and tragedies like the Columbine massacre.
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OPINIONS
Opinions Editor Jenn Schanz depauliaopinions@gmail.com
Washington boys behaving badly
Fiscal negligence and moral ineptitude make it difficult for Americans to trust the feds By JENN SCHANZ Opinions Editor Last week was perhaps the worst week to be a federal employee since Watergate. From prostitutes to Vegas masquerades, Washington has not been on its best behavior. Frankly, if the suits in D.C. were to get a report card for conduct this semester, it’d be a big fat F. But while the American public continues to face international humiliation for their leaders’ malfeasance, Capitol Hill’s finest continue to take a long recess. In an era that will undoubtedly be described as the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the General Service Administration took to demonstrating just how recklessly money can be spent by squandering taxpayer dollars to fund a $823,000 “training conference,” which we might as well refer to as a royal spring break, considering the tab included $7,000 for sushi, $5,600 for in-room parties, $3,700 for t-shirts, $2,800 in water bottles, $1,500 for Boursin scalloped potatoes, $3,200 for a session with a mind reader, $400 for three officials to rent tuxedos and $2,700 for a senior official to entertain employees after the closing dinner. Did I mention all of this was on Middle Americans’ bill?
J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE| The Associated Press General Services Administration Inspector General Brian Miller, left, accompanied by acting GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 18. That’s right, while you’re taking out a third mortgage and frantically trying to stay afloat while juggling student loan payments and trying to send your kid to a decent day care while you work double shifts, GSA officials deem it appropriate to fork up the equivalent of two months rent to have their palms read. This is about the time when the teacher should come over with a ruler.
But not before the Secret Service gets put in a hefty time out. Eleven agents and 10 members of the military enjoyed an evening in Cartenga, Colombia, prior to President Obama’s arrival for the weekend Summit of the Americas, with the help of 21 Colombian escorts. I can’t figure out which is worse, spending taxpayer money to have a pseudo psychic look in a crystal ball or being so stingy, you can’t
even put up more than $30 for a one-nighter. And let’s not forget about U.S. soldiers posing with mangled bodies of Afghan insurgent bombers or about the $2 million the Federal Election Commission recently discovered in an audit that the Obama administration conveniently forgot to disclose in 2008’s contributions. Sure, $2 million in the grand scheme of election cash is chump change,
but it speaks to a larger issue — the blatant disregard for transparency in Washington. How are we supposed to put our confidence in any federal official, regardless of partisanship, when every television we watch or paper we read reeks of lie after lie and ultimately brings the American public economically, militarily and socially further into the can? Hey, big wigs have never been the most morally erect, and despite the staged and corny campaign ads, none of the American public believes the individuals they elect are as pristine as the image they project. We know politicians and federal workers are humans. We don’t expect perfection, we just expect competence. Part of that competence includes behavior ownership. Why is it that when an average citizen fudges numbers or has an indiscretion their lives are ruined and reputations smeared, but if you’re one of the few lucky people who doesn’t pay for stamps you get a pass? Instead of “Change you can believe in” or “Believe in America” as campaign slogans, maybe 2012’s presidential candidates should focus on what Americans genuinely need to hear: “I won’t lie to you or reach in your pockets without asking.” To the point, it’s something Washington should try, along with a timeout and bedtime without dessert.
Washington D.C. too harsh on medical marijuana dispensaries By JACKIE TORTORELLO Contributing Writer
However, because of implications posted by the Department of Health only six were given the go
In 1998, they voted. In 2012 it finally passed. By doing so the D.C. council granted licenses to six medical marijuana cultivators. Despite such a long turnover rate and the negative connotations associated with the green, this new ruling means it might be a little easier to roll up and spark it. Or maybe it won't. According to an article published in the Washington Post, the D.C. council originally envisioned dolling out 10 cultivation licenses that would approve growers to maintain 95 plants. KURT STRAZDINS | MCT Wire Service
ahead. This doesn't mean much for those who have elected to abstain from the enticing smoke and liberated outlook. But for those with a problem, it's serious business. It could mean excessive muscle spasms and cramping from diseases like fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis. According to medicalmarijuana.net, “In a 2000 study, 70-80 percent of patients experienced pain relief when using medical marijuana.” “I have crippling anxiety. Like seriously I can't even make decisions and when I smoke it feels like the pressure from my mind is just lifted off my chest. I'm not a drug addict, I just want to function like everyone else,” an
anonymous DePaul student said. A previous bill, passed in 2010 made it legal for a patient stricken with HIV, glaucoma, cancer or a “chronic and lasting disease” to possess the maximum of two ounces with a doctor's recommendation letter. These patients experience multiple and different symptoms but medicate mostly to combat the pain and nausea. They are prohibited from growing any themselves because of the formal contribution from distribution centers. The imposition of these distribution centers gives marijuana a decriminalized appeal. However, it also promotes the capitalist nature of the United States. Just like prescription companies mark up the price of medicine, distribution centers pray on the vulnerabilities of their clients. This law is far different than the ones upheld in California.
Out west, locals and tourists alike can gain access to products that potentially procure all sorts of ailments. From back pain to insomnia, medical marijuana advocates promote and exploit all sorts of uses. Which is why California's medical marijuana dispensaries have become popular and so diluted. This is what politicians in D.C. fear. “The minute you walk down the Venice Beach strip there are people in green scrubs yelling at you to get 'legalized.' It's a pretty big scam,” said 22-yearold Emma Shiprley. Through granting licenses to only six growers, D.C. is trying to curb its medical market from going up in flames by granting access to the public. However, because of these limitations imposed by the semantics of law many question the price and availability of their medicine.
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Concert live-streaming innovative, but not equal By SHANNON SHREIBAK Contributing Writer This year, Coachella has earned itself a new moniker— “Couchella.” Thanks to a partnership with State Farm, Coachella was able to stream Weekend One of the festival live and for free via YouTube. The stream was met with rave reviews and empowered many fans states away. The enormous viewership of Coachella’s live stream has brought the future of music, concerts specifically, into question. Music and film have become increasingly intertwined as technology in both sound and visual effects has progressed. But the live streaming movement was completely unprecedented. Bands have followed suit in the precedent set by festivals, beginning to live stream concerts for free via their official websites. Acts as wellknown as Paul McCartney or as underground as The Kills have all utilized live streaming as a means of connecting with fans and marketing their music. Live streaming offers a convenient, interactive option for fans that do not have the means to attend a festival or concert. With Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and Outside Lands all releasing lineups and unleashing tickets for
sale, festival season is in full swing. But a weekend packed with amazing music and hanging out with friends comes with a hefty price tag. All-weekend passes for most festivals lie in the upper-end of $200 and could even reach thousands with V.I.P. packages. As college students in an uncertain economy, staying in the comfort of our own homes and watching from afar on a laptop screen seems so much more practical. Even in the early stages of its own existence, live streaming has created its own art form. The bond between music and cinema continues to strengthen as more and more advances in sound and visual technology are made. “Shine A Light,” the Rolling Stones documentary and concert film directed by Martin Scorsese, combined classic rock music with cinematic art and was met with wide critical acclaim. More recently, Jack White personally selected actor Gary Oldman to direct his live concert webcast from Webster Hall April 27. This live stream is just one of a series produced by American Express that has already featured Arcade Fire, Coldplay and My Morning Jacket. Rolling Stone reported last year that concert attendance in North America has dropped 24.4 percent and concert ticket sales
CHRIS PIZZELLO| The Associated Press Festivalgoers react during British band Arctic Monkeys' set on the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Friday, April 13, in Indio, Calif. have dropped 26 percent. Many blame live streaming for this drop, but the accusation seems quite hasty. Dedicated fans will attend concerts as long as it is within their means to do so. But sometimes, the stars are unable to align and band devotees are left with nothing but a singledigit bank account and a pile of
bills with no way of purchasing a coveted concert ticket. Web streaming is a way to make live music more accessible to the masses, which is really the aim of any art form. Anyone who has ever attended a concert knows that there is no way to replicate that sharp buzz in your eardrums, the adrenaline
high from bouncing through a crowd, the sore throat from screaming lyrics that have gotten you through the best and worst days. While a concert DVD or YouTube feed may come close to the real thing, it’s only a matter of time until we all must realize that we’re just staring at a bunch of clustered pixels.
The dark world of prima perfection
The film “Black Swan” depicts an eerie reality of the image-obsessed world of modern ballet By KASIA FEJKLOWICZ Contributing Writer Their hair is pulled back into neat buns. The black, skin-tight leotards wrap around their small thighs. Their bodies move in perfect coordination as they do warm-up exercises. Large mirrors surround the dance studios, and every girl has her eyes fixed on her reflection. None of the dancers or the instructors ever discusses it, but their idea of beauty has been tainted. The strict world of ballet has rules that the dancers must abide by. Their studios are plastered with pictures of what an ideal dancer looks like. The pictures and posters of fragile bodies haunt the dancers, and from a young age this ideal is embedded in the majority of the ballerinas’ minds. They all desire to be thin and beautiful. The movie “Black Swan” takes this to another level because it shows an extreme dancer’s obsession with trying to reach perfection. Lauren Schirripa, a DePaul student, was a ballerina for 16 years, and she believes that if she were trying to be a professional she would have to succumb to the standards of the industry.
“There was definitely a pressure to have a ballerina's slender body and a general feeling that ballet movements look more beautiful when performed by this certain body type,” she said. Many ballet dancers usually say that for them this body type is the norm. They live in their own bubble, and they help each other lose weight. “When I was in ballet I weighed 100 pounds. I was fairly anorexic. I could go three to four days without eating. I wasn’t even hungry,” said Margaret Reynolds who is now the owner of the Belle Plain Studio in Chicago. While Reynolds was letting go of her career, another girl was just starting. The Berkshire Ballet Theater in Crystal Lake, Ill, is made up of 75 girls, and Rose, who asked that her full name not be used, was one of them. Like most ballet dancers, she started out when she was four years old. During her junior year of high school she was dancing at level four, which was the second to highest level. Through the years she noticed her friends moving up, but she stayed right where she was. “I
DAYMOND GASCON| MCT Wire Service was crushed and eventually quit because I didn’t want to dance for someone who was basing looks
over performance,” Rose said. Once Rose left, she understood her peers in a strange new light. The other dancers constantly worried about their weight and starved themselves on many occasions. Rose knew that this was unhealthy and that these girls were willing to do anything to get the lead role, even if that meant putting their health at risk. This scenario is familiar to Reynolds, and she has seen it hundreds of times. “I would fire that person too and I have,” said Reynolds. “Every dancer knows what is expected of them. Most of the girls that are let go are beautiful dancers, but it doesn’t look right. It just doesn’t work when someone is too heavy.” Monica Crisan, another ballet dancer, was discovered in elementary school, and she was quickly sent off by her parents to a respected ballet school in Romania. She lived in the dorms until her freshman year of high school and that year she gave up on her dreams of becoming a prima ballerina. During her days in the dormitory she remembers one thing vividly and that is her hunger. “They gave us little portions. I don’t remember eating
bread,” said Crisan. They would also weigh them every month, and if someone was caught eating candy they would be punished with more homework or more training. Crisan was given the chance to play the Swan Queen in the famous “Swan Lake.” She is happy she had the opportunity to experience this different world, but she also knows it was too much for her to handle at such a young age. These are not rare cases of ballet dancers who decided to quit after a couple of years because of how demanding the industry is. Since the beginning of the 20th century, St. Petersburg has been the most well-known. The artistic director in "Ballerina," a documentary about the Russian ballet, talks about her expectations for these young girls. She said that the ideal applicant must have a “small head, long neck, long arms and long legs … a slender figure.” In the documentary, Pierre LeCotte, a choreographer, was interviewed. He believes “when you enter this profession it is like joining a convent in terms of self-deprivation … there’s hope and faith, but a dancer’s career is short.”
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
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FOCUS Is everyb
Graduating students make the By ANDREW MENTOCK Contributing Writer
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ith the end of the school year a little more than a month away there is one thing on every DePaul senior’s mind: what to do after they
graduate. More importantly, they all want to know how they can be happy after four years of having Fridays off and being a short walk a way from a plethora of bars that cater to their demographic. DePaul psychology professor Jessica Choplin believes that one key to happiness after graduation involves keeping your activities consistent. “If you have many amazing experiences it can make your everyday experiences [after graduation] seem mundane,” Choplin said. Some seniors look to continue their experiences by traveling after graduation, including some DePaul students. “I wanted to travel and get away for a long period of time before I started work,” said Natalia Urbanek, 23, who graduated from DePaul last year with a degree in finance. She left to backpack through Europe for six months a few days after graduation. “I got to see a lot, do a lot, and experience a lot,” said Urbanek. “I don’t think I will have an opportunity to take off six months again.” However, once Urbanek returned to the United States, she ran into some trouble because she was no longer experiencing a new and exciting place every day. Instead, she was forced to move back into her parents’ home in Park Ridge, Ill. after living on her own for the past four years. Urbanek was able to remain content through this transition by managing her expectations. She also had to deal with the fact that most of her friends had already found jobs by the time she returned, which made her nervous and anxious. Now she was broke, felt as if she should already have a job, and was feeling the pressure from her parents to find one.
After a few job as a fund ac that if the search ten down on her She said tha could have gotte “Unemploym ing,” said Chop sues next to div solution. Just tr the grind stone.” However, C people need to b the “potential into a learned lessness state,” avoid it. Becau if they are n persistent and start to believe that there is
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nothing they can do to find a job, they will become depressed. A good way for seniors to avoid unemployment altogether is to network through a job or internship they have in college. Elle Eichinger, 22, graduated from DePaul and said she remembers her brother calling her all the time and telling her “don’t graduate, it’s the worst.” But with a degree in journalism, she turned her internship at a Michigan Avenue Magazine into a full-time position. She is now the magazine’s online marketing editor, which she said she loves. But not every recent graduate feels this way. The best way to avoid feeling as if life after college is terrible is to find a job that is challenging and pleasurable. But if that does not happen, there is a way to avoid it. “If you can cognitively get yourself in the mind set where you put that [wow] experience in a different context and you don’t compare the day after, when you go off to work, and it’s nowhere near as exciting, you might be better off,” said Choplin. Some seniors are fortunate to graduate college with a full-time job. Senior Sonal Moraes secured a job as an Account Coordinator at Cision and began work during spring quarter eliminating any stress of job searching.
“It’s the most relieving feeling ever,” said Moraes. “It’s a little difficult to take classes seriously now, but I don’t feel stressed anymore.” If a graduating senior does get a job they enjoy, such as Eichinger, the worst part of graduating might be the fact that they no longer have a gym membership included in their tuition or that they now have to pay to ride the ‘L.’ An advantage Eichinger has found graduating from DePaul is that many of her friends have remained in Chicago for work, as opposed to a state school, where she said people graduate and then their friends go different places. “On the weekends we still go do the things we were doing in college,” said Eichinger. “We still go out. We’re doing it now like three days a week as appose to seven.”
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ARTS & LIFE
Arts & Life Editor Tricia Cathcart depauliamagazine@gmail.com
HOW TO AVOID HELL ON THE L A savvy Chicagoan's guide to the CTA
By ALEC MORAN &
JONATHAN THOMAS
Contributing Writers
Summer is right around the corner in Chicago, and with it all the great things the season brings: sunny weather, baseball games and festivals for almost anything you can imagine from dogs to music to sausages. Yet with all these festivities, the summer months also bring something not so welcome: ridiculously crowded L rides. So for the benefit of our readers — whether you’re new to the summer L scene or a veteran who’s just a little rusty — The DePaulia presents a simulation carefully devised to aid you, dear reader, so you can beat the crowd
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A great way to keep the seat next to you...crumble potato chips all over it. If someone does sit in the potato chip seat, run. They are crazy. Or possibly blind.
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and ride the train with ease from now till September. You arrive at the Addison red line stop at 10 p.m. on a Saturday — already a poor choice since a Cubs game just concluded, but to your dismay you also find that the “Vienna Beef Veggie Dog Sausage Festival Featuring A Performance by ‘Hungry Like the Wolf,’ a Duran Duran Tribute” has just let out as well. And the festival-goers are approaching the train fast. Your sharp ear can hear a red line train rumbling in the distance – perhaps one stop away. Time is precious. At the turnstiles, you see a group of suburbanites blocking the path. Suburbanites tend to be unable to insert their fare cards correctly into the stiles; some spend days having their passes rejected by the turnstile, as they flip and turn their pass every way but the right way. In the fight to get to the train you are armed with many tools, and the one you want to use here is kindness. Simply take the suburbanites’ fare cards and slide them in correctly — you will not only receive their awestruck appreciation, but you will save valuable time. As you ascend to the tracks, you notice how crowded with Cubs fans it is in the middle of the platform. Unfortunately, the cruel
hand of evolution dealt many Cubs fans an underdeveloped sense of sight. Since they can only see three feet in front of them, they huddle at the middle of the platform, unsure of where its edges are. Easily sidestep the fans and move toward the head of the platform, leaving them to scream and chant and try not to run into walls. As the train pulls into the station, the head car is crowded and people step aside and out of the car to let passengers out. Remember those karma points you won by helping those suburbanites? It’s time to cash them in for a bad deed. You have two options: you can wait for everyone to step out of the car, and then throw civility to the wind by bolting through the suckers and onto the car. Or, you can fake a limp. People always let a guy with a limp on the train. At this point, you’re standing on the train. Watch the seats for anyone who might be getting off, keeping an eye out for certain small movements, like people gathering bags, closing books or putting out cigarettes on the passengers next to them. The battle for an open seat
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is cut-throat, and an eye honed on gestures like these might give you the leg up on the competition. Once you obtain a seat, you might have the good fortune of your neighbor getting off the train as well. Rather than letting that seat fall into someone else’s hands, maybe you want to keep that for
yourself, too. Room to stretch out. Manifest Destiny, westward the wagons — heck, it’s the American way. A great way to keep the seat next to you is, when no one is looking, to crumble potato chips all over it. NOTE: If someone does sit in the potato chip seat, run. They are
crazy. You reach your destination, and now the only step left is getting off the train before the doors close. This one is easy, for there exists a word in the English language that can part a crowd of people like Moses and the Red Sea. You can say it soft as a whisper or strong as a shout, but announcing to the car that you have diarrhea will get you off the train in no time at all. I recommend that you tear this page out and carry it with you all summer. The techniques described above are advanced, indeed, but with practice and dedication, even you can avoid a summer of Hell on the L.
BONUS PRO-TIPS: -If getting a seat is impossible, stand across from an attractive person, because on bumpy rides you might end up kissing them. -If you can fold a $10 bill into a paper airplane and throw that airplane into the driver’s cabin as the train pulls into the station, he’ll let you drive the train for a little bit. -A well-placed backpack under the shirt can give anyone the appearance of pregnancy, and the L privileges that come with it.
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‘Hunger Games’ stirs up racial controversy Fans and foes take to Twitter, discuss discrepancies between novel and film By COLLEEN CONNOLLY Copy Editor Just 24 days after “The Hunger Games” was released in theaters, it had already raked in $337.1 million. But the franchise is generating more than just dollars. Every time the film leads the box office, now in its fourth consecutive week, it seems another controversy appears. The most recent controversy has also invoked some of the most heated reactions. The issue concerns race. Some moviegoers were disenchanted with the casting, but it wasn’t bad acting that led to their disappoint — it was the skin color of the actors, namely Amandla Stenberg (Rue), Dayo Okeniyi (Thresh) and Lenny Kravitz (Cinna). Like many pop culture-related controversies, angry fans took their opinions to the Twitter world. “why does rue have to be black gonna lie kinda ruined the movie,” tweeted one person. Another said, “Awkward moment when Rue is some black girl and not the little blonde innocent girl you picture.” Perhaps even more explosive and hateful was this tweet: “Kk call me racist but when I found out rue was black her death wasn’t as sad. #ihatemyself.” Countless blogs have been written in response to these tweets, and most authors blame sub par reading comprehension and racism for the comments. In Suzanne Collins’s book, Rue is described as having “dark brown
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Rue, played by Amandla Stenberg, was a controversially cast character in "The Hunger Games." skin and eyes,” so it shouldn’t surprise readers that Stenberg was cast for the role. Thresh was also similarly described. Although some found fault with the casting of AfricanAmerican actors, it seems most readers see absolutely no problem with it. “The book is supposed to be futuristic, and there’s not supposed to be racism in the future,” said Danielle Chiaramonte, a junior communication studies and psychology student, who read the book and saw the movie. The race controversy in “The Hunger Games” calls into
question Hollywood’s seemingly biased casting practices. If more African-Americans were cast in previous franchise films, then perhaps nobody would have batted an eye about the skin color of Rue, Thresh and Cinna. In some of the most recent highly-successful franchise films in Hollywood, including “Harry Potter” and “Twilight,” none of the leading roles were played by black actors. Although the race issue is at the forefront of the current controversies surrounding “The Hunger Games,” it does not completely overshadow the
other controversial critiques. Before race even became an issue, politics were dominating the blogs about the film. With everyone rallying for the heroine, Katniss, politicians argued about whether she represented the conservative, anti-government message or the liberal agenda, invoking the ideas behind the Occupy movement. “Taken literally, Hunger Games is a black-helicopter-ish portrayal of state power,” wrote James Pinkerton of the American Conservative Union. “But taken figuratively, the film is an Anthem (novella) for our time,
a well-crafted cry from the heart against top-down injustice and oppression. Nobody has made a rallying-cry of a movie that’s this effective in a long, long time.” On the other side, people are crying out the similarities between “The Hunger Games” and the Occupy Wall Street movement, in part because Donald Sutherland (President Snow) publicly made a comment about it. But even with politics invading the story, fans of the books and film don’t seem to be bothered, or take a side in the debate. “It’s definitely political, but I didn’t relate it to my own culture,” Chiaramonte said. Gretchen Seibel, a sophomore elementary education student, took note of the politics as well, but didn’t feel the need to choose a side. Instead, she compared it to George Orwell’s “1984” and “Animal Farm.” “I don’t think there ever is one new idea,” Seibel said of the thematic similarities between “The Hunger Games” and other politically-minded books and films. Even though it’s political and may point an obvious finger at today’s society, it still makes a good read. And despite the issues of race and politics, which are usually enough to scare people away from a conversation, fans of “The Hunger Games” still see through it all to the ingenuity of the film. “I loved it,” Chiaramonte said. “I thought it was fresh and real.”
Death Cab for Cutie plays old favorites, new hits By COURTNEY JACQUIN Contributing Writer
The Chicago Theater is an expansive, ornate and beautiful theater -- the perfect setting for Death Cab for Cutie’s Chicago stop on their spring tour with the Magik*Magik Orchestra and Low. Death Cab lead singer Ben Gibbard said it best himself, sarcastically, “we told them we wanted to play in a nice place in Chicago and they put us in this [expletive] place,” to a laughing sold-out theater. The April 16 performance was the first of a two-night stop in Chicago with the orchestra that was featured on the band’s 2011 release “Codes And Keys.” The pristine setting of the theater seemed a little out of place for an indie rock show. Filled completely with seats as opposed to standing room, something felt a bit off without the ever-present threat of having beer spilled on you. When the eight-piece string section, led by Minna Choi, took to the dimly lit stage, everything made sense. Gibbard, dressed
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The Marquee outside of The Chicago Theater, displaying the headliners for the night: Death Cab for Cutie and Low. entirely in black along with the orchestra, sat at his keyboard to open the show with “Passenger Seat” from the band’s 2003 release “Transatlanticism.” The impeccable acoustics in the theater enhanced the beauty of
the strings and made Gibbard’s voice seem larger and fuller than on any recording, in the best way possible. Remaining band members Chris Walla, Nick Hammer and Jason McGerr then entered and
performance of the 2005 hit “Soul Meets Body” that finally brought the seated crowd to their feet “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” with Gibbard and his acoustic guitar, but with the orchestra joining him as opposed to the usual lone performance. Despite the band’s greater success in recent years, they remain ever humble and stick to their roots. Gibbard still introduced the band after DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE|Codes and Keys finishing their second song, as if the 3,600 audience members Album art for the indie didn’t know who they were. rockers most recent release, This humble mentality shined 2011's "Codes and Keys." through in the set list filled with songs from earlier albums like went on to play an impeccable “Transatlanticism,” “The Photo set. Though the orchestra was Album,” and even a performance featured on the band's latest of “Wait” a Secret Stars cover album “Codes and Keys,” the set from the band’s 1997 demo was heavy on rearrangements, “You Can Play These Songs written by Choi, from early With Chords.” The songs are albums. part of a classic repertoire, but The eight-piece string section the band’s sound has grown and behind the traditional four-piece matured and reached even greater band gave Death Cab for Cutie’s heights with the Magik*Magik music something you never knew Orchestra. you were looking for, but when The nostalgic set list came the strings were added the music to a close with “Tiny Vessels” reached new levels of depth and played into “Transatlanticism,” perfection. exactly how they are heard on the Highlights of the set namesake album, yet this time included an especially bouncing they were so much more.
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ABC’s new ‘Apt. 23’ leaves viewers unsatisfied By DEANNA SHILKUS Contributing Writer It's all too often that we see the same old classic sitcoms that portray the life of girls living together in an apartment, who are looking for a new life, often running away from an old boyfriend to come to a big city to follow their dreams. This storyline is often typical and overdone. So yet again, “Don’t Trust the B— in Apt. 23” is just the same. Except that June, a naïve blonde girl from Indiana, moves to New York because her current job at Buchwald pays to relocate her and Steven, her new fiancé, who is still finishing up his Master’s degree. June comes to New York to be successful and independent, at least that’s what it seems like when she says she is “turning 26 next week and my life plan is right on schedule!” Well, then she hasn’t met the B— in Apt. 23. June, played by Dreama Walker, soon learns that Buchwald has been taken over by the government because the head of the company was arrested for embezzling investors out of millions of dollars. Now that she has no place to work and is without the apartment that was provided for her, she is forced to find a new job and a new place to live. June’s parents put a lot of stress on her to do well in New York. Their video phone calls through the Web suggest that they are the type of parents who pressure their daughter to do better than they ever did.
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Krysten Ritter is shown in a promotional photo for ABC's new series, "Don't Trust the B- in Apt. 23." Loving and supportive, they remind June how much money they have put into her education in grad school, so if she failed, she would be a disappointment. So she sets out on a hunt for a new roommate. In her search June comes across Chloe, played by Krysten Ritter, known for her role in “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” a brunette who plays up her girly side when she meets June. She loves Chicken Satay and Brazilian music and is apparently friends with James
Van Der Beek from "Dawson’s Creek." Of course, June and Chloe decide to move in together and life is not so fun and on track after all. As if girls weren’t more predictable, the roommates start having problems getting along. Chloe’s evil plot is to take June’s money and drive her crazy so that she will want to move out. However, Chloe’s budding relationship with James Van Der Beek is unclear and irrelevant to the show. Van Der Beek plays himself and he is the sidekick to Chloe’s evil plot. Perhaps he is just there in case the girls start to go crazy. But his status as a wellknown celebrity doesn’t explain why he would be friends with just an average girl from the city. June soon learns from the girl down the hall that Chloe is a notorious B—and she can’t be trusted. While this character’s personality is often found in many modern comedies, Chloe’s character is somewhat refreshing. She is spunky and has an edgy style, but there is something that is likeable about her cruel behavior. Perhaps it is the way she can control everyone around her. But not without payback from June. As June learns that she has been cheated out of paying extra money on rent, she comes up with a plan to strike back. June is the innocent and sweet one, yet fearless when it comes to being fair, and therefore relatable. Clearly, these two aren’t compatible and the show portrays the negative side of having to live with another girl who
always gets what she wants. There is a recurring theme of revenge and power over owning material possessions and simply surviving with a New York City attitude. However, the show does not offer anything new or appealing. These two characters are likeable and can be somewhat memorable, but the plot is more like a reality show than a sophisticated drama. "The Real Housewives" have just as much revenge and drama in their life, and trying to tie this into a half-hour sitcom is far from engaging. The overall message of the show is not compelling. Although the characters struggle to get what they want, at times reminiscent of “Mean Girls,” there is no realistic value of the extremes that the girls go through. For example, Chloe ends up cheating on June’s fiancé and doesn’t feel any regret for it. She was only trying to teach June a lesson that Steven has been cheating on other people. In the end, June and Chloe find closure in their friendship; they compromise to make things work and find a way to always have each other’s back. The show is a creative idea and has imaginative potential, but the characters stick to their stereotypes of good and evil. Overall, it lacks satisfaction and entertainment value, just like the element of surprise in the B—‘s way of getting back. “Don’t Trust the B—in Apt. 23” airs Wednesdays at 8:30 Central time on ABC.
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From ‘Buffy’ to the big screen An interview with seasoned writer & director Joss Whedon
By EDUARDO SAYAGO Staff Writer Joss Whedon is a busy man. He has two movies that are being released in theaters three weeks apart. (“Cabin in the Woods” is out now and “The Avengers” is out May 4.) He is also planning to screen a third movie, his adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado about Nothing,” later this year. In addition to films, Whedon is a prolific figure in television (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,”), print (the graphic novels for “Serenity”) and online content (“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” ). How he managed to find time to talk to The DePaulia is a mystery. We talked to him about “The Avengers,” his writing and what it takes to make a movie these days. The DePaulia: College students have a lot of options this summer with movies to see. Why should college students have “The Avengers” at the top of their list? Joss Whedon: I think “The Avengers” is the kind of movie that I grew up wanting to make and had thought they had stopped making. When I grew up, the summer movie was literally
created as a concept and all my life I wanted to do something like the first Indiana Jones. I wanted to create something that was steeped in character, in love with the genre that it was portraying, that had intelligence, had real acting, had a story that unfolded and wasn’t just a sort of big premise that you already knew going in, or isn’t based on Parcheesi or something just because it has a name. More and more summer movies have felt a little cynical. There are very big exceptions to that, but that has been the case when people throw so much money down. They’re not interested in a story, they’re interested in just barraging you with excitement and imagery and brand names. Marvel doesn’t operate that way. They care about the people. That’s why they hire some of the best actors in the business to play their heroes. This is an old-fashioned movie. It’s a little bit bigger than life, yet it’s very human. DP: What was your process in writing the film? Did you already have a directorial vision when you were penning the screenplay? Whedon: Half of writing a script is writing visually. It’s figuring out what you need it to look and feel like as much
was one of the comic books that was a little bit steeped in science fiction. Marvel was known for its gritty realism and Spider Man was sort the template for, oh, they could just be everyday people in New York. And even though the Avengers made their home in New York, they were so often out in that space and dealing with artificial intelligence and grand beings from another world and gods and monsters — and I love that element. DP: Since Marvel is attempting to create an interlocking film universe, did you feel the need to maintain a directing style, an aesthetic similar to work of the other MATT SAYLES|Associated Press Marvel Studio directors? Whedon: There’s no way you Joss Whedon arrives at the premiere of his 2012 film, "The could make a movie that looked Avengers." like a Jon Favreau, Kenneth what the characters are gonna work, but in terms of the process, Branagh or Joe Johnston movie. say. The process, therefore, was very organic because it was all, You have to take from each of pretty organic – particularly also everybody in the pool. them the things that are useful because we had such a tight DP: Is there something from and will jive with the rest of schedule. They needed some your childhood experience with them. I do think the DNA of the things to be worked on, set pieces the Avengers that especially Marvel movie begins with Iron and action sequences before I’d resonated with you and that Man, and that’s very grounded even written the script. So I was you’re bringing to this movie? in the reel. I tend to be a tiny bit writing visual cues and action Whedon: Well, the fact that florid with my camera work and descriptions before I had finished the Avengers are all really, really my dialogue, but hopefully it’s structuring the story, since we messed up people, I think is a in a way that feels like a realistic knew where we were going. It fine reflection of me. You know, version of a comic book universe. was very difficult structurally with “The Avengers” itself, the Marvel’s “The Avengers,” to figure out how to make it thing that I loved was that it hits theaters May 4.
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ADVANCED REVIEW: Jack White, 'Blunderbuss' By SUMMER CONCEPCION
Contributing Writer
Weirdly mysterious. If one were to describe Jack White, formerly of The White Stripes, in two words that would give a vague idea it would be that. But since we cannot exactly wrap our heads around who White is, the closest we can get to understand the man formerly behind notable 2000’s two-piece garagerock band The White Stripes (in addition to being a member of rock supergroups The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather) is listening to his debut solo album "Blunderbuss" out on Tuesday April 24. As one seeks to decode the “mystery behind Jack White,” it would not be fair to entirely judge the album in the context of The White Stripes. Of course, fans of the band that propelled White to rock fame have been (and will always) yearn for the ingenuity the minimalist garage rock band created. One need not worry, though. White has nowhere near lost his ability to be in-yourface about whatever is on his mind nor his capability to utilize instruments to their fullest potential. Back in January of this year, when White’s first single “Love Interruption” came out, listeners were surprised to hear him come out with such a mellow song. It’s easy to forget that The White Stripes had mellow songs as well (e.g. “We’re Going to be Friends” off of their third album "White Blood Cells") especially when they became more famous for songs like “Seven Nation Army” off of their fourth album "Elephant." With White having his own name to
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Jack White of The White Stripes is to release his debut solo album April 24. his music now, he expands not only on his mellow tendencies but also the tendencies he has showcased in his side projects as well — country, blues, soul, jazz and classic rock leanings. The freedom to add layers to the foundation that White already had in him is essentially what "Blunderbuss" is about. Equipped with a full band complete
with backup singers and no limit to what instruments were used, White displays no hesitancy in showing how he is not afraid to go in a new direction despite awareness of every expectation out there. While the White Stripes-friendly “Sixteen Saltines” is comforting in that we are assured White hasn’t strayed too far from his roots, the album becomes more
compelling with the more unexpectedly less rock-type tracks. When we listen to what White is saying, there is an honesty most do not give him credit for. In the track “Hypocritical Kiss,” we find the soundtrack to a crumbling relationship in which White defends himself by saying statements such as “Who the hell is impressed by you?” Anyone with good sense would not want to get into an argument with him, despite the percussion and piano melodies blending together beautifully. Standout track “I’m Shakin’” is a cover of American R&B singer Little Willie John’s 1960 hit that one could easily mistake as a song The Black Keys would do in the first few seconds. But once White’s signature distorted guitar and voice kicks in, we know for sure that this is unmistakably his own take on a classic song. White even throws in a bit of humor as he pronounces the word “nervous” as “noy-vuss.” More so, it’s impressive how White takes us on a journey throughout the album. He’s one of those few artists who can compose songs that shift moods without sounding indecisive. Closing track “Take Me with You When You Go” shows variety in that it goes from lounge-style music to an epic classic rock-like buildup towards the end. The magic in it all is that we cannot comprehend how White can be brilliant enough to throw all of these elements into one solid album. And do we know him better now? Well, Blunderbuss tells us that this is just the beginning. For a man like Jack White, that’s quite all right.
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Apatow’s ‘Girls’ promises realistic, dry humor she wrote and starred in, made her a hit in the indie film industry after rave reviews at South by Southwest. The pear-shaped Dunham is a breath of fresh air on premium cable, which uses sex and nudity as much as good content in
By MATTHEW SCHWERHA
Contributing Writer
Post-“Entourage” and after the twice-failed “How to Make it In America,” HBO has reached into its bag of tricks for a slackeresque version of “Sex and the City” to capture the lives of young adults in New York City. “Girls,” which premiered April 15 on HBO, opened to 1.1 million viewers and promised to bring loads of laughter with Judd Apatow on board as executive producer. Apatow returns to television after his critically acclaimed "Freaks and Geeks" lasted only 12 episodes in its first season due to poor ratings back in 2000. With films like “Anchorman,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Step Brothers” and “Bridesmaids,” Apatow has become a mainstay on the comedy scene. HBO hopes his success in feature films translates to the small screen. Lena Dunham (“Tiny Furniture,” 2010) created and stars in “Girls,” as Hannah Horvath, following the trials and tribulations of recent college graduates trying to make it in New York City. In the opening episode, Hannah is told by her parents, both professors, that she is being cut off and that she needs to begin supporting herself
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HBO has reached into its bag of tricks for a slacker-esque version of 'Sex and the City' to capture the lives of young adults in New York City. OF HBO'S NEWEST SERIES, GIRLS
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like all 24-year-olds birthed by successful parents are able to do. Like her counterpart on screen, Dunham graduated with
a liberal arts degree and was trying to find her way in show business before her creativity and wit in “Tiny Furniture,” which
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order to grab viewers’ attention. Normal, everyday people are played by the likes of Emmy Rossum and Mary-Louise Parker on Showtime’s “Shameless” and “Weeds,” two gorgeous starlets that are polar opposites in comparison to the looks of Dunham. The show aspires to be a cultural revolution like “Sex and the City,” not only with its multiple mentions of the hit series
in the pilot episode, but because of the strict reliance on females as the main characters, with men intertwined throughout the plot as accessories. Jessa, a world traveler without any ties or responsibilities, and Marnie, sculpted as a grownup version of the plastics from “Mean Girls,” round out the main characters that promise to either enhance or disrupt where Hannah hopes to get in her life. Unlike most main characters in Showtime and HBO shows, Hannah is unable to score at the snap of her finger a sexual partner of great hotness that piques her intellectually and physically. Her inadequateness in her personal and professional life comes to culmination after a rendezvous at her f-buddy Adam’s apartment has her feeling more than a little bit used. Despite proclaiming herself as “The Voice of My Generation” and promising her parents that she can finish her work-inprogress novel on a measly, for New York standards, $1,200 a month, Hannah seems destined for mediocrity, unlike “Girls,” which promises the dry humor and realistic portrayal that is absent from so many shows on television today. “Girls” can be seen on HBO, Sundays at 9:30 pm.
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Tourism service aids Lakeview, Lincoln Park By CLARISSA FIDLER Contributing Writer Chicago Greeter is opening a new neighborhood InstaGreeter location this summer at the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted. Visitors will have the opportunity to take free, one-hour tours with local volunteers in the vibrant and diverse neighborhoods of Lakeview, Boystown and Wrigleyville starting May 26. “Chicago Greeter uses volunteers to highlight Chicago for guests. It’s like having a friend or family member showing you around,” said Katie Law, manager of greeter and volunteer services for the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture. The Center on Halsted said they are excited to be partnering with Chicago Greeter. “Our goal is to serve as a good resource and a good neighbor in the community. Having this service is a huge opportunity for us,” said Sitraka, the center’s community outreach manager. Center on Halsted is located in the heart of Boystown, the first officially recognized gay neighborhood in the United States. It is the largest community center in the Midwest dedicated to building and strengthening the LGBT community. Every day more than 1,000 community members visit the center to utilize its many services ranging from recreational sports to
group therapy. “All of our Neighborhood InstaGreeter Services are located in a cultural or community facility that is an important part of their neighborhoods,” said Law. “Not only is it a resource for the LGBT community but also for the neighborhood and its residents.” Ben Kelner shares his enthusiasm and knowledge about the Windy City as a Chicago Greeter volunteer. “I find it rewarding that I am able to show visitors to Chicago the city through my eyes. I get to be their friend showing them around and not a guide reading off a script,” said Kelner. “I’m excited about the new InstaGreeter service in Lakeview/ Boystown/Wrigleyville because it gives the service an opportunity to enrich the experience for the numerous visitors to those neighborhoods during the summer months,” he said. InstaGreeter tours will be offered every other Saturday throughout the summer and into early fall, beginning May 26 and ending Oct. 6. Guests decide with their greeter what area they would like to explore. Tours are unscripted, allowing for easy conversation and a relaxed atmosphere. Groups are generally comprised of six or fewer people. The Chicago Greeter program is a free service offered by the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture. To find out more visit chicagogreeter.com.
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A tour gathers at one of the "InstaGreeter Outposts," where tourists can meet up with guides to show them an unscripted, informal tour of the neighborhood.
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Tourists scan a map of Chicago on one of the Chicago Greeter "InstaGreeter" tours in the city's downtown Loop area.
Clark, ‘America’s oldest teenager,’ dies at age 82 By EDUARDO SAYAGO Staff Writer Dick Clark, often known as “America’s Oldest Teenager”, died Wednesday at the ripe old age of 82 from a heart attack. He is often credited with legitimatizing rock ‘n’ roll music and bringing the beloved music to the masses. At a time when segregation dominated American life, Clark brought many black artists, including James Brown, The Supremes and the Temptations to the
mainstream. The audience was desegregated, which infuriated many who did not want their children to mix with others who didn’t look like them. Millions of young people danced to the songs, bought the records and requested the songs on their favorite rock ‘n’ roll radio stations, which were at their peak in the 1950's and 1960's. Pop culture and youth culture were mixed together. For the first time, young folks had a say in what music they were going to listen and dance to. Here are highlights from the extraordinary entertainer and media mogul’s life and career.
their new music. A band or singer knew they made it when Dick Clark talked to you after a performance. Clark was a superb MC. He was comfortable and confident when talking to the performers. He made it seem too easy to chit-chat with some of the biggest names in music, often feeling like friends just stopped by to perform and talk to Clark in his living room. It’s because of Clark that countless of MCs, television personalities, disc jockeys, and others were able to go in front of an audience and emcee effortlessly. In one of their first television appearances, the Beach Boys talk to Clark about the creative American Bandstand For decades, “American process behind songwriting, Bandstand”, which began as surfing and summer plans to tour a local afternoon program across the country. James Brown dances across in Philadelphia, was where young people got ahold of the dance floor before Clark catches up with the legendary showman, who visited the studio several times over the years. Clark has to remind Brown that he’s on television and has to make sure his back isn’t facing the millions watching at home. Clark created the American Music Awards as an alternative DICK CLARK|MCT Campus to the Grammy Awards, which
did not recognize pop music often back in the 1970s. These awards were a popularity contest. The winners were determined by a poll of music buyers. The first awards show took place in 1973.
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Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve The (New) $25,000 Pyramid Clark won several Daytime Emmy Awards for his hosting duties on the game show “Pyramid”, which ran on CBS and ABC from 1973-1988. Like “American Bandstand”, Clark was affable and comfortable in the host’s chair.
who is often left to fend for himself, brought a gun to school and shot a fellow student. Clark refused to talk to Moore about the issue.
“American Dreams”
From 2002 to 2005, this NBC period drama showcased a Philadelphia teenage girl (Brittany Snow) who appeared as a regular on “American Bandstand” in the early 1960s. Numerous contemporary artists made guest cameos as 60s-era artists.
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Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ In 2004, Clark suffered a
Michael Moore’s documentary stroke that left him unable to “Bowling for Columbine” host his New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Of course, no man is perfect. When it was discovered that eating establishments owned by “America’s Oldest Teenager” were involved in the controversial “Welfare-to-Work” program created by the Clinton administration, Michael Moore attempts to confront Clark about these questionable business choices. In the Academy Awardwinning documentary, a single, black mother is working over 80 hours a week while unable to pay the bills. Her son, a first-grader
show, which he has hosted since 1974 on ABC. With his speech limited, Clark cut back his public appearances. Ryan Seacrest would take over Clark’s shoes (in more ways than one), although Clark would make a cameo appearance on the specials. Here is Clark, struggling with his speech despite having a smile on his face, counting down to greet the year 2012. There is no word yet on how ABC will proceed with the future of the special.
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Week in Review Softball splits wins
Women's tennis takes one and leaves one
In their home match against Marquette April 14, the women’s tennis team won their fourth straight match, holding a perfect 5-0 home record at the time. The Blue Demons started the matchup by sweeping the doubles point, with Kling and McKnight finishing off Olga Fischer and Kristin Radan 8-5, and Gustafson and Neumann taking down Gillian Hush and Ali Dawson 8-6 in the number three position. With the doubles point in hand, the Blue Demons dominated singles play, led by Kling, Gustafson and Kelsey Lawson. Kling entered her singles match ranked No. 106 and proved her mettle by downing Hush 6-3, 6-1 on the second court. Lawson was next with her 20th victory of the season, defeating Vanessa Foltinger 6-2, 6-2. Gustafson clinched with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Radan on the sixth court. McKnight capped the evening by winning DePaul’s fifth point, taking down Rocio Diaz 6-0, 7-5 for her 20th of the season. For more than four and a half grueling hours, the nuber 69 DePaul women’s tennis team rallied back and forth with the South Florida Bulls on Senior Night at Lakeshore Athletic Club April 15. In the end, the
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Cali Gustafson serves against USF. Blue Demons were handed their first home loss of the entire regular season, finishing with a 5-1 record. DePaul’s No. 74 pair of Jasmin Kling and senior
Gia McKnight traded points with the No. 49 pair of Ecaterina Vasenina and Loreto Alonso, but dropped the doubles match with an 8-5 loss. Kelsey
Lawson and Patricia Fargas continued their winning ways, evening the doubles score with a victory over Fanny Fracassi and Danielle Mills on the second court, 8-5. The last doubles match was between DePaul’s duo of Carolin Neumann and senior Cali Gustafson and Alessandra Bonte and Kate Parker. The USF pair held serve after Neumann and Gustafson pulled within one at 7-6 in the second set and held on for the doubles point. In singles, USF (158) took a 2-0 lead after a win on the sixth court. McKnight and Neumann both battled for three-set wins to tie the singles series at one game apiece. The win for McKnight was her 21st of the season, improving her record to 14-6 on the third court. USF won the match on the fourth court, then doubled their lead after No. 106 Kling lost to No. 42 Vasenina. The final match of the evening was on the second court, where DePaul’s Fargas went to work with Alonso. Fargas came back from a 5-4 deficit to win the first set, while Alonso won the second set in a tiebreak. Fargas took the deciding set 6-2, but the win wasn’t enough to give the Blue Demons the win.
Kirsten Verdun pitched a total of 12 innings throughout the softball team’s doubleheader against Connecticut, striking out 17 batters but split the two games. The Blue Demons (26-14, 8-3) shut out the Huskies 6-0 in their first game, but dropped the second 5-3. DePaul took a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning with some strong offensive play. With two outs Verdun walked, followed by Mary Connolly being hit by a pitch. Katelyn Braget singled to center to score Verdun, and Samantha Dodd came through with a base hit of her own to bring home Connolly and Braget. Verdun (18-7) only gave up two hits over the first six innings she pitched, while Hannah Penna pitched the final inning in relief. The second game of the doubleheader was a different story for the Blue Demons, however. Verdun still pitched a solid game, but the rest of the team was unable to string together significant offensive plays and struggled on defense behind the star pitcher. Dodd first scored on an error to give DePaul a 1-0 lead in the second inning but immediately after, UConn went on the attack. Amy Vaughan hit a two-run double into center field in the third inning, followed by a Brittany Duclos sac fly to give Connecticut the 3-1 lead. Verdun did her best to preserve her chance at getting the win with a solo home run in the fourth inning, but a dropped third strike, bunt single and base hit added insurance runs to the Huskies’ lead, allowing them to hold on for the two-run win. Despite the disappointing split in their conference doubleheader, Verdun was honored with her sixth weekly Big East Conference Honor Roll award last week, the fifth time in eight weeks of competition. The lefthander’s 4-0 record and 0.72 ERA was one of the league’s top performances last week, fresh off winning the USA Softball Collegiate National Player of the Week award April 3.
Summitt to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Men's tennis ends regular season with rivalry match
The DePaul/Marquette rivalry was in full force last Saturday, as the men’s tennis team battled with the Golden Eagles on Senior Night at Lakeshore Athletic Club April 14. The evening kicked off with doubles, where top doubles pair and seniors George Chanturia and Filip Dzanko came out with authority, topping Jonathan Schwerin and Dan Mamalat 8-3. The win was the pair’s 10th of the season and their second in a row. DePaul’s momentum hit the skids quickly, however, as Marquette clinched the doubles point on two 9-8 grind-out matches. Marquette followed up the doubles point win with a quick 2-0 advantage in singles, but Chanturia and Matija Palinic
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. President Barack Obama says Summitt is an "inspiration" as the coach who has won more games than anyone else in NCAA college basketball history and for her willingness to "speak so openly and courageously about her battle with Alzheimer's." The White House says Summitt was notified last week of Obama's decision to present her with the award. It will be presented later this year. Summitt announced Wednesday she was stepping aside as Tennessee's head coach after 38 seasons. Summitt said in August that she had been diagnosed with early onset dementia. Summitt has won eight national titles and 1,098 games during her coaching career at Tennessee.
answered with respective wins of their own. The next two matches evened the score once again at three apiece – Marquette won on the sixth court, but Dzanko came through with a resilient performance in his match 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. With one match remaining, the large crowd of fans joined the two teams around the third court to watch senior Sven Kasper take on Marquette’s Logon Collins. Trading points throughout, Collins won the first set 7-5. In the second set, Kasper went up 5-4, but could not hold on to the lead, dropping the next three games and clinching the victory for the Golden Eagles.
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George Chanturia serves against the Golden Eagles.
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”HAMPTON” Continued from back cover Hampton will head out to Seattle soon and meet with the Storm team doctor and “go from there.” She also acknowledged what her college coach did for her while she was in Lincoln Park. “He’s meant a lot to me,” Hampton said. “He’s pushed me to my limits here at DePaul. He’s never given up on me, made me a better player, better person.” On top of being the third DePaul player in the WNBA, Hampton will be joining one of the other ones. Allie Quigley, who is playing in Hungary before she gets back for the WNBA season, will be teaming up with Hampton. They have exchanged Facebook messages so far, according to Hampton. Quigley's younger sister Sam Quigley played with Hampton for a few years, culminating with a Sweet 16 appearance in 20102011 season. And while Hampton, who says she hasn’t played in a game or even touched a basketball since December, is far off from being in game shape, she is ready to get back out there and do what she does best. “It’s always going to drive me,” Hampton responded when asked if the doubts of her injury will fuel her comeback. “I’m a competitive person, I want to win and I want to play. When I get back on the court I’m going to give it my all.”
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Sailing club gets competitive By AVERY CONNELLY Contributing Writer “Sign me up,” said Sawyer Hopps, a junior at DePaul, one of the eight members of DePaul’s Sailing Club. The eight-member team practices four days a week at Columbia Yacht Club, just south of Navy Pier. “I have always wanted to be involved in junior sailing,” said Palizza. Palizza organized seven of his friends, found a faculty advisor and approached the school about setting up a club sport. Palizza was surprised with the positive and quick response from the school. Officially there are eight members in the club, but new people are always welcome. “We are always looking for people to come out on the water,” said Palizza. The Midwest Collegiate Association officially acknowledged DePaul’s Sailing Club in February. The group applied for membership because the NCAA does not acknowledge sailing. Other schools in this group include Marquette University, Purdue University, University of Illinois and University of Iowa. The Student Activity Fund has been “very generous” and recently donated $1,400 to help defray the club's expenses. Columbia Yacht club charges $350 a person to cover the cost of the coaches, classroom use, maintenance of the 420 boats, as well as the motor boats the coaches use. This new donation will reduce club member fees to $200. The yacht club will recieve $75, 25 dollars of which will go to the sailing club to cover hotel and regatta fees. DePaul recently donated funding to purchase life jackets for the club. “It would
be super cool if they (the life jackets) said DePaul, then we would look really official,” said Ewart. The sailing club uses the 420 sailboat for both practices and future regattas. The 420 sailboat is aptly named because it is 4.2 meters long. This small two-person dingy was designed for high school and college students to learn how to sail. The 420 is the pre-curser to the 470 sailboat, which is used in Olympic competitions. There are two types of races that the team can participate in during the regatta. “Fleet racing is every boat for itself in fleets as large as 20 boats,” said Palizza. “Team racing is a total of six boats on the water at once, three teams from one school against three teams from another school,” said Palizza. “Team racing is actually a lot of fun. You try to get the other team to break a rule and make them have to do a lap,” said Palizza. This dedicated crew practices four days a week. Typically members make three out of the four practices, according to Hopps. A typical practice starts at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in a classroom at the Columbia Yacht Club. Once the boat assignments are handed out the members proceed to the boats where they prepare them for sailing. Practices usually end around 7 p.m. Saturday practices are from noon to 4 p.m. Palizza explained that they practice a lot of rolling starts. “In a regatta you can’t pass the start line before the gun shot,” said Palizza. Since boats don’t have breaks it is important to learn how to keep the sailboat from crossing the start line before it is time.
”TABLE TENNIS” Continued from back cover (NCTTA) divisional and regional tournaments to qualify for the nationals, a great achievement for such a newly created club. “We started the club from scratch, so it was really kind of hard to put all that work together and keep the club running. We try to practice twice a week, but since DePaul doesn’t have a table tennis facility, we have to rent a place off campus.” The facility where the team practices is called the Chi-Slam Table Tennis Club on 1647 W. Chicago Ave., one of only a few table tennis facilities in Chicago. Nestled in a shared building space with a company that rents U-Haul dollies and packing boxes as well as a flower shop, the table tennis club offers DePaul’s team a dedicated space to practice and hone their skills. “[Kangkang] is constantly working with me on my footwork. Even though I was a tennis player before, [table tennis] is a much faster rhythm,” said Colin Sato, a senior studying physics and math. Sato, who began playing table tennis seriously only six months ago, has truly become enraptured with the game ever since picking up a paddle. One of the less experienced players on the team, Sato has improved greatly through his dedicated practicing. Being able to practice at Chi-Slam has been instrumental in Sato’s turnaround as well. “There really aren’t that many places where you’re not going to hit somebody with the ball when they’re doing their workout or where you have enough space,” said Sato. “At the Ray, I’m sure it seems to most people like there’s enough space around both the table tennis tables, but to the side and by the window you can easily lose your ball.” With a dedicated venue to practice and solid tournament experience, the DePaul table tennis team has high aspirations for the future. As for how they will fare next season, Huang said, “I think our team will be in the top eight next year.”
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Sean Palizza on the right and Patrick Meehan at a practice this fall. Frigid water temperatures do not detour this dedicated team from practicing. Spring practices began in March when the water was 38 degrees. “If you’re not wearing a dry suit you will need to shower at the end of practice,” said Palizzo. In addition to regattas, the group is also hoping to participate in a “bird bath.” A “bird bath” is when a college invites other schools to participate in a regatta. The host school supplies the boats as well as housing for the participants. Members are already looking forward to next fall. “Fall is going to be a big season for us,” said Hopps. “There are three or four regattas right here in Chicago.”
Fun run
By MARIA CANNATA Contributing Writer
Never thought the words “fun” and “run” could be used in the same sentence? Think again. Chicago offers a variety of runs that are fun. These races aren’t always for the serious runner you might see at the Ray (the ones that have been running for your entire workout and have yet to break a sweat). They’re for everyone: lovers of music, beer, burritos or the beach. Some upcoming runs include:
Cinco De Miler 5/6/12
Continue the Cinco de Mayo celebration and run off those Coronas at the Cinco de Miler. This fivemile run begins at Montrose Harbor and ends with a post race fiesta. Register for $50 at cincodemiler.com.
Disco Dash: 6/21/12
“Shake your groove thing” at Soldier Field with Disco bands, a beer garden and your choice between a 5k or 10k course. Registration is $35-$40 before June 13 at guaranteedrate.com.
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music? More of a night person? Then this 6k run is the one for you. Beginning at 9:30 p.m. runners get to enjoy a live DJ on the course, glow in the dark swag and a post-run party. Registration is $35 before June 14 at allcommunityevents.com.
a variety of obstacles in support of St. Jude. Register online at beachdash.com for $50 before June 4.
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicago Half Marathon: 7/22/12
Xsport fitness presents the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon for lovers of fitness and music. This race includes bands every mile and a post-race concert. Registration is $100 before May 31 at runrocknroll. competitor.com/chicago/ register.
Chicago Late Night 7/14/12 Six- 6k Glo Run: Beach Dash is a “gnarly” event at Montrose Beach 6/16/12 where participants enjoy Mud Wars: Like techno and house beach music, beer and face
7/28/12
Don’t mind getting a little dirty? Mud Wars is an intense 5k run equipped with nine obstacles, three mud pits and a party area including DJs, food and beer. Register at mudwars. org for $55 before July 28.
really easy to spot who is a loyal fan and who is a bandwagon hopper. They only know three people on the current roster, the accomplishments of the team in 2010 and they just generally don’t know anything about hockey or the Blackhawks history. Some only know that the players are cute and others only know that the players are good. Yet, when you ask who Tony O is or Ed Balfour, they quickly go to their phone and type it into Google while saying “of course I do.” They call for interference every time someone gets hit, they don’t know what icing is, and always yell to shoot the puck, no matter where the team is on the ice. Yet, they still get to stand where the true fans are, having the same silly grin in the victory pride. I always say the Stanley Cup is to bandwagon hoppers as breadcrumbs are to pigeons, except pigeons know what bread is before they flock to it. Yet, just as they are a pestilence, I partially excuse their bandwagoning. As much as we may not like it, there were very few people who actually liked the Blackhawks pre-2007, and that’s because many of the Blackhawks home games were blacked out in Chicago. How can you cheer for a team that you are never able to see? That makes the Blackhawks a special case in bandwagoning. Also important to note is that everyone was a bandwagon hopper at some point. Unless you knew about the Blackhawks since birth, you would have had to have suddenly liked the Hawks at some point in your life. Nobody is a true fan from the beginning; someone would have to introduce the team to you or you found them on TV. The first two years of your fandom for a team would truly be under the title of “bandwagon fan.” While bandwagoners are annoying people for following after the team won the Stanley, they are at least in some way supporting a Chicago team. We should cheer on not just a team, but our city because of town pride. I’ll even give the Blackhawks bandwagoners some credit; they still stayed even after last years loss to Vancouver in the playoffs. Using other sports as an example, the White Sox bandwagon emptied out hours after the victory parade. So while the rage builds in my brain seeing the sudden fandom of a team that I have great favoritism for, it doesn’t build for too long because it’s these people that help the Blackhawks sell tickets. It’s these people that may eventually turn into real fans. It’s these people that make the United Center a great place to play. As annoying, obnoxious and infuriating as they may be; they just want to see the same thing that us true fans want to do. And that’s a Blackhawks win.
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Hampton swept up by Storm
DePaul forward drafted 22nd to Seattle's WNBA team
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Get off the bandwagon By JAKE PAYNE Contributing Writer
By DAVID BERRY Staff Writer DePaul Blue Demon alumni in the WNBA are few and far between. Right now though, you can add one to the list. Keisha Hampton, who missed half of her senior season due to a knee injury, was drafted by the Seattle Storm with the 22nd pick in the WNBA draft. “It was an emotional day because I didn’t know if I was even going to be drafted,” Hampton said. “That was the biggest question going through my head. It was overwhelming that I was drafted. Just to hear my name called, I was kind of in shock.” Hampton was at home in Philadelphia when she found out the news. She said that she didn’t do any pre-draft workouts with teams because she couldn’t. “It’s coming along,” Hampton said, who also mentioned that she is almost 100 percent at running on her own. “Just taking it day by day.” DePaul head coach Doug Bruno, who called Hampton to congratulate her on the accomplishment, was excited for what the potential holds for her. “Had Keisha not been injured this season, she probably would have been a top five pick in this year’s WNBA draft,” Bruno said in an interview with the DePaul athletic website. “So to get Keisha at 22, Brianna Kelly | The DePaulia and with regained health, Keisha will be a Keisha Hampton playing against St.John's Dec. 7. Hampton's recurring knee steal by Seattle.” See “HAMPTON“ page 26 injury prevented her from playing in more than half the Blue Demons' games this season.
You finally made it. After seeing all the preseason games, after watching your favorite team rise and fall, seeing them at their best and worst… it's finally playoff time. Yet, the “Go Hawks Go” cheers that were once sung by the proud few are now, at this point in the season, sung by the masses. They are now sung by bored Bulls fans when there are no games on, by play it safe hockey fans who don’t want to stay faithful for the longevity of the regular season and by the Kane and Sharp puck bunny following. They are sung by those who shunned the NHL’s existence until 2010, when the Blackhawks conveniently won the Stanley Cup. They are sung by those with the dreaded title: bandwagon hoppers. They are a pestilence to the sports world, with their boasting of Google found stats and fight songs, their random presence during the end of the season combined with a smug look as if they had ridden through the long journey with everyone else, and their fake hockey sweaters that were ordered from the first site they saw after searching “cheap jerseys” on the Internet. They expect people to respect them while they take the easy way out and suddenly start caring just after the team builds success or wins the big one. In a sport like hockey, where the national attention is at a minimum, it’s
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Table tennis spins it up at National Championships in Texas By JULIAN ZENG Assistant Sports Editor
Most acknowledge table tennis as a recreational diversion played in basements for fun, at least in the United States, but know relatively little about the game. Yet in other circles, table tennis is appreciated as a highly competitive sport, one that combines acute hand-eye coordination, a full range of body movement and quick reflexes. One group here in Lincoln Park has a great fervor for the sport. The DePaul table tennis club team, which was formed just last year, is made up of students of widely varying experience levels, but the same passion for the game. Recently, the club team competed at the College Table Tennis National Championships in Plano, Texas April 13-15. They finished in 14th place out of 24 schools in the coed competition, a strong performance for their first tournament on the national level. Lindenwood University and Texas Wesleyan University, who won the women’s title and coed team title, respectively, are two of only three schools in the U.S.
to offer academic scholarships for college table tennis players. While DePaul doesn’t offer academic scholarships for the club sport they did manage to receive full funding for the trip. “We were very thankful to receive funding for our trip to the tournament,” said Kangkang Huang, sophomore finance and economics student and president of the table tennis team. “We really weren’t expecting DePaul to pay for us, but we really appreciated it and had a great experience.” Huang, born and raised in China, has played table tennis since she was nine years old. In 2004, Huang moved to Singapore to play for the national table tennis team. She competed there until 2008, when she moved to Chicago. While a student at DePaul, Huang is also a sponsored athlete for Chicago-based table tennis company KillerSpin. Though she’s had plenty of professional experience playing, Huang was still just as happy as the rest of the team for their national tournament opportunity. “We were super excited for the tournament,” said Huang. “We didn’t have that much time to practice, but we were excited
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Colin Sato awaiting an opponent's serve at the College Table Tennis National Championships in Plano, Texas. to make it to nationals, at least.” Though the team has not had much playing experience together, there is clear
evidence they have chemistry when competing. They played well enough in the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association
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