T U O PIG April 9, 2012
Vol. # 96, Issue # 18
ARTS & LIFE, page 19
New sustainability initiative in motion By ALEX THIBODEAU Staff Writer
see long-term savings due to conservation of energy, water, and resources,” said Willard. Senior journalism major, Evan Taylor, said that she would not mind paying a fee at all. “That’s a really small amount to contribute and I would be happy to pay it, as long as I knew exactly where the money was going,” Taylor said. “I love seeing the things like the water bottle refill stations that show exactly how many bottles we’ve saved.” Jonathan Eiseman, senator for sustainability within Student Government, sees the SITF as critical to realizing the goals DePaul has set. “Their role is one of establishing the language that DePaul will use to communicate the changes that will take place in the future,” said Eiseman. “They determine the most plausible,
economically efficient, and ecologically sound procedures for becoming the most sustainable urban campus.” The task force is
See SUSTAINABILITY, page 9
Peekapalooza
CTA teasers build up summer concert hype By MATTHEW SCHWERHA Contributing Writer People throughout the country have grown accustomed to seeing commercials or groups of strangers in streets performing in flash mobs. But what about flash ads? Commuters on the CTA were exposed to ads showcased on flat screen televisions on train platforms throughout Chicago, March 27. The advertisements included lyrics or song names by well-known acts that are now thought to be performing at Lollapalooza, Aug. 3-5 in Grant Park. “I was getting on the Red Line at Addison when I got a text from a friend,” said Bryn Rich, a Lollapalooza enthusiast. “He said people were tweeting about them but no one had taken a picture yet. I hung around for a little while and saw the Justice ‘Do the D.A.N.CE.’ ad pop up, so I snapped a picture of it.” After being passed around on Twitter and other social media outlets, Rich’s photo was nearing 5,000 views as of April 4. In the past few years, Lollapalooza has tried to stir up some interest a month or so before the entire lineup is announced in mid-April. They use guessing games or interactive activities with their fans. This year they went with ads on the CTA to
Quick student reactions leads to robbery arrest By ZOE BARKER Copy Editor
MATTHEW SCHWERHA| The DePaulia
Lollapalooza took to CTA platforms to generate buzz about the summer concerts headlining acts. give a taste of what is to come when ads] anywhere on the Internet that the entire lineup is announced April morning, just heard rumors, so I 11. snapped [pictures].” “This is [Lollapalooza’s] way of Confirmed acts include The pre-empting media leaks that have Weeknd, Bloc Party, Die Antwoord, occurred in past years,” said Greg Justice, The Big Pink and Jack White. Kot, music critic at the Chicago Along with the ads on the Tribune. CTA, other ads were popping up For people like Rich and Anthony on websites such as do312.com, a Casanova, 26, an assistant editor site that lists ideas of what to do in in Chicago, finding out the acts in Chicago. Do312 also has a shortcut advance is like gold. on the main Lollapalooza webpage “I have been watching the boards/ right next to the festival’s Twitter and websites/Twitter/Lolla rumor pages Facebook shortcuts. for months now, so I knew there Kot said social media such as were people out there who would Twitter and Facebook have become want these pictures as proof,” See LOLLAPALOOZA, page 5 said Casanova. “I hadn’t seen [the
Do you know what to do if you are held at gunpoint? Luckily for them, two female DePaul students did March 26 when they were confronted by a man with a gun demanding their purses. The two 19-year-old students, who live in 1237 West, were walking down the 900 block of West Belden Avenue at around 11:40 p.m. when the incident occurred. A red Ford Taurus pulled up, and a man got out of the passenger’s side with gun and told them to give him their purses, the students said. The students tossed their purses to him and he got back into the vehicle and drove off. The students noticed that a woman was driving the vehicle and called Public Safety immediately. “They did all the right things, and they should be credited for that,” said Bob Wachowski, director of Public Safety. Wachowski said it was great that the girls were able to give detailed descriptions of the incident to Public Safety because it was helpful when they relayed the information to the Chicago Police. With video from on-campus exterior camera surveillance, Public Safety was able to point the Chicago Police in the direction in which the car fled the scene. Not long after, the car was spotted by police about a mile from campus, according to Wachowski, and the alleged robbers were See REACTION, page 9
CHERYL WAITY and DARLA WEAVER| THE DEPAULIA
The Sustainability Initiatives Task Force (SITF) began their journey with a question: In what ways does the focus on sustainability function to build DePaul’s capacity to be an agent of social transformation? Two years later, it appears that we have an answer to that question and a plan of action. Last week, a faculty-wide letter from Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, CM announced the completion of the Institutional Sustainability Plan (ISP). An accompanying cover letter described the plan as “a baseline audit of activity and list of proposed recommendations.” This report is the first of its kind at the university and covers many facets of university life ranging from academics to operations. According to Barbara Willard, an environmental science and
communication professor at DePaul, the task force was meant to get the ball rolling in regards to the ISP. “We began working to come up with a strategy as to how to create a plan that was comprehensive, stressed all aspects of sustainability (as too often people narrowly see it as only environmental), and involve the DePaul community in the process,” said Willard. In light of the recent student protests regarding tuition increases, the issue of how these applications fit into the budget becomes relevant. While a “green fee” in tuition costs is typical at many universities, DePaul has yet to implement one. Student Government and the Environmental Concerns Committee have been working toward adding such a fee, which is generally around $10-$20 per quarter. “It actually should make the university more economically sound because we will