Vol. # 97, Issue # 21
| April 22, 2013
Measure for Measure
Sleepy indulgence
DePaul’s Theatre School tackles timeless Shakespeare comedy with a modern twist
Arts & Life, page 17
Arts & Life, page 16
Taking back the streets
High school student arrested in dorm robbery By Grant myatt Design Editor An 18-year-old high school student snuck inside McCabe Hall Tuesday morning, tailgating a student and stealing one laptop, according to Director of Public Safety Bob Wachowski. DeQuan Mayfield entered McCabe at 10:26 a.m. and walked into several unlocked dorm rooms on two separate floors encountering several students, Wachowski said. A female student realized something was wrong and notified the front desk, which then alerted Public Safety. Mayfield was in the building when Public Safety arrived
DENNIS GEORGES| The DePaulia
Desk receptionist Kelly Schroer checks the ID of a McCabe resident. MAX KLEINER| The DePaulia
Students run in solidarity for Boston By courtney jacquin Arts & Life Editor When bombs exploded at the finish line of The Boston Marathon Monday, April 15, the attack was felt especially hard by a community around the country and around the world: the running community. “I watched the marathon on TV, but I heard of the bombing when my wife texted me while I was out,” said Scott Young, department chair on the Department of Management at DePaul and five-time Boston Marathon finisher. “This was the worst thing to happen to a marathon. It was supposed to be a celebration and someone decided to ruin it,” said Young. “Someone chose that they would make a statement at the event. It angers me — whoever did this is despicable.” With the Bank of America Chicago Marathon just under six months away and the New York City Marathon following a few weeks later, runners are rightly concerned for how the tragedies in Boston will affect the
next major marathons in the U.S. “Security will increase,” said Young. “The problem is that they can’t control when someone is walking by with a backpack like they did for this event.” Jason Dement, 32, a senior relational communications major at DePaul, finished the Boston Marathon about an hour before the first bomb exploded. His wife began the marathon 20 minutes after he did and hadn’t finished by the time the pandemonium began. “I was in the military, so I have experience with this kind of thing, but it’s different when you’re waiting for your wife to get back and she hasn’t,” said Dement. Dement and his wife were reunited later and returned home safely. After Monday’s
events, he already has Boston for next year in his mind, training now for another marathon to qualify for 2014. “I have a feeling Boston will be even more popular next year for, for lack of a better word, a ‘f--- you’ for whoever did this,” said Dement. Most runners share the same sentiment. This only makes them want to run even more. DePaul students Dani Preback and Amanda Boleman have run Chicago in the past. Though not running The Chicago Marathon this year, the events in Boston wouldn’t have changed their minds. “The marathon is such an unexplainably amazing feeling, and I simply don’t want to live a life in fear,” said Prebeck, a junior marketing major. See BOSTON, page 3
For more on Boston: Investigation begins with question of Miranda rights Focus, p. 14 -15 Remembering those lost Opinions, p. 10
Commentary from Boston native Sports, p. 28
Boston’s impact on DePaul’s Discover Chicago marathon class, see News p. 3
and began a floor-by-floor search. Mayfield then ran out of an emergency exit, starting a foot chase, Wachowski said. Mayfield spent approximately 25 minutes in McCabe and was detained by the Chicago Police Department following the foot chase at approximately 11 a.m., Wachowski said. Sophomore Whitney Williams said she received a text message from her roommate telling her that Mayfield had entered her room while she was taking a nap. “I guess he took my laptop form my bed and moved it next to her,” Williams said. “This woke her up and she asked what he was doing. He then said ‘sorry’ and ran out of the room.” Wachowski said that Mayfield didn’t want any confrontation and “wasn’t aggressive towards people.” According to DNAinfo Chicago, Court records See DORM, page 6