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APRIL
Vol. # 97, Issue # 22
| April 29, 2013
No silence for sexual violence
ARTHUR ORTIZ| The DePaulia
Sophomore Mark Talsma (center) leads student activists down Belden Avenue in Lincoln Park supporting sexual assault awareness as part of the Take Back the Night national movement April 25. Full story, see page 5.
DePaul arena search continues By JULIAN ZENG Sports Editor
Facing a contract expiration with Allstate Arena in 2015, DePaul men’s basketball is searching for a new home back in Chicago. Though new arena talks are still yet to be set in stone, a current expiring stadium contract and necessity to meet DePaul’s Vision 2018 quota are important factors CHRIS AYAN| The DePaulia that should get the ball rolling, with less implementation time every day. The former site of A Finkl Steel and Sons Co., located in Lincoln Park, is still under “If DePaul wants to have its own, new consideration for the development of a new DePaul basketball arena. building, that’s typically a two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half year process,” said Marc involved DePaul passing on the United According to Ganis, the United Center Ganis, president of SportsCorp Ltd., a Chicago- Center’s offer of 10 years of free rent. Ganis deal is something that can be resurrected based sports business consulting firm. “Could thought this move was a mistake, as the and put back onto the table. But overall, an be longer if there are environmental issues, McCormick Place area is less viable in his on-campus arena would best serve DePaul’s but one-and-a-half opinion. interests. (years) is standard “Frankly, I “The two choices that should be looked for construction, don’t think it at are on or near campus or the United I don’t think it makes any sense six to nine months makes any sense to Center. The idea of building a new arena to do the McCormick deal from do the McCormick near McCormick Place looks, on its face, for approvals and a public standpoint.” design.” deal from a public to be a waste of land,” said Ganis. “It A parcel of standpoint. The would potentially cost taxpayer dollars, and MARC GANIS, SportsCorp president Finkl Steel site is if there’s a big contributor ready to put their land just north of McCormick Place, certainly more of name on the arena, then build a more modest the soon-to-be-vacated site of A. Finkl Steel an on-campus facility,” said Ganis. “If they’re facility near campus so it can be used for and Sons Co. steelmaker west of Lincoln gonna go to the McCormick Place, why not more activities than just basketball games. Park, and the United Center have all been go to the United Center? It seems like there’s That’s what seems to make the most sense.” rumored strong candidates for either the tremendous waste of additional capital costs John McCarron, urban affairs writer development of a new basketball arena or to and operating costs versus playing in an and adjunct lecturer in DePaul’s College of house the team’s home games. arena that is already a first-class facility.” See ARENA, page 27 The most recent reported development
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Holtschneider backs DREAM Act By KEVIN GROSS Staff Writer DePaul University President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider recently expressed his support for the passing of the DREAM Act, a controversial proposed law that would assist in the legalization of certain types of undocumented immigrants in an April 18 editorial in the Chicago Tribune. This comes during a time when the Chicago Council for Global Affairs, which is comprised of DePaul as well as a number of other Chicago groups, business leaders and dignitaries, has come out in support of immigration law reform. Far from being an unconditional reward system for undocumented immigrants, the DREAM Act (short for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) focuses on granting legal permanent residency for undocumented immigrants who have arrived before the age of 16, lived in the United States for the preceding five years, avoided criminal behavior and have shown a willingness to contribute to the country by having graduated high school and enrolled either in an institution of higher education or enrolled in the military. See DREAM, page 5
“War Baby/ Love Child”
New mixed race Asian art exhibit opens at DePaul Art Museum. Arts & Life, page 16
Devastation in China
Students react to deadly earthquake April 20. Nation & World, page 10