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Vol. # 97, Issue # 19
| April 8, 2013
Student killed in wrong-way crash Off-duty police officer allegedly hit student’s vehicle on Lake Shore Drive
By DYLAN MCHUGH News Editor Asuncion Torres’ last words to her son were “Be careful.” But it was the alleged carelessness of another that caused her son’s death. Fabian Torres, a DePaul University student, and his friend Joaquin Garcia were killed in a car accident on Lake Shore Drive March 15, after an off-duty North Chicago police officer allegedly drove on the wrong side of the road while intoxicated. Torres, 27, was a first-year DePaul student. Joaquin Garcia, 25, was set to graduate from Malcolm X College in May and aspired to be a surgical technician. Both were traveling southbound on Lake Shore Drive in a black
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Fabian Torres. Jeep at around 4 a.m. when Terrell Garrett, 35, collided head-on with his Chevy Trailblazer. According to Huffington Post Chicago, a judge set Garrett’s bail at $500,000 at a hearing March 18. Garrett allegedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.184 — more than double the legal limit — according to prosecutors at the
hearing. Garrett celebrated his birthday on the same day as the accident. Garrett is charged with two felony counts of reckless homicide and two felony counts of aggravated driving under the influence. In a statement released Friday, the North Chicago Police Department said they “immediately relieved Officer Terrell Garrett of his police powers and has placed him on administrative leave pending the outcome of the Chicago Police Department’s investigation.” Cecilia Garcia, Joaquin Garcia’s mother, told WGN-TV that she was heartbroken about the accident. “I don’t know how to feel about… that this man comes out with a bail bond and gets to walk home,” said Garcia. “Our kids never will come home to us, never.”
Garrett was recovering from injuries and was in serious condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center at the time of the hearing, according to Huffington Post Chicago. In the days following the accident, some protestors held signs outside of the hospital intended for Garrett, including one that read “Happy Birthday Killer!” The Torres and Garcia families also held a vigil on March 18, and marched from 26th and Pulaski streets to the Cook County Criminal County Administration buildings protesting Garrett’s bond. Garrett was released from the hospital March 25, and needed to post 10 percent of the bail — $50,000 — to return home under electronic monitoring. Garrett’s first hearing See TORRES, page 7
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The threat of North Korea may not be what the media portrays. Opinions, page 12
Remembering Roger Arts & Life, page 19
DePaul Art Museum celebrates anniversary of Armory exhibit Modern art show’s 100-year return By COURTNEY Jacquin Arts & Life Editor There were no riots at the DePaul Art Museum Friday evening. It is unlikely riots will break out at the museum in the foreseeable future. In 1913, it was a different story. For and Against Modern Art: The Armory Show + 100, on view at the DePaul Art Museum through June 16, revisits some of the original works and artists from the Armory Show of 1913, the show that introduced shocked Americans to modern art. The Armory Show visited the Art Institute of Chicago in 1913 to roughly 189,000 outraged patrons. “The Armory Show was the most important art exhibition ever in America,” said Mark Pohlad, guest curator for the exhibit and associate professor of art and architecture at DePaul. One hundred years later, of course, it seems wild that works by great artists like Matisse and Picasso would’ve incited such rage, but DPAM’s exhibit is striving to look at the work on a more conceptual level. “We wanted to go beyond the clichés,” said Pohlad. “It’s not just the fact that people flipped out and were really offended, but why were they offended. We’re really trying to understand that.”
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A patron reads information about For and Against Modern Art: The Armory Show at the opening reception Friday, April 5 at the DePaul Art Museum. The show will run through June 16. The DPAM exhibit, like the original, Academy, The City as Subject and Body. ing taught one way, and their art is radicombines American and European art- The Academy references the art that art cally different,” said Pohlad. “It’s a hoax.” City as Subject works cover the right ists of the time with “radicals of former education students were receiving around years,” like Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir and the turn of the century in America focusSee ART, page 21 ing mainly on realism. Gauguin. “You’re an art student and you’re beThe exhibit takes three focuses: The
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CPS closings affect DePaul-shadowed schools By JASMINE ARMAND Contributing Writer At 6 a.m. March 21, Chicago Public School principals began to receive word of whether their schools would be closed or turned around at the end of this academic year. The final list includes 50 schools, primarily on the South and West sides, making this the largest single round school closing in the nation. Though there are at least four distinct DePaul-CPS partnership programs available through Enrollment Management and Marketing alone, Jean Vipond, assistant director for academic development in DePaul’s Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning and Community Service Studies, said she believes the School of Education will be impacted the most by the school closings. Student teachers in DePaul’s School of Education are regularly placed in CPS. “We have a strong relationship with the Chicago Public Schools,” said Kate Liston, director of field experiences and student teaching in the School of Education. Joseph Stockton Elementary School has hosted DePaul student teachers in the past. After appearing on the list, Stockton will now merge with Mary E. Courtenay Elementary School, with Courtenay moving in and taking charge. Joseph Brennemann Elementary School, another Ravenswood school in which DePaul students have observed classrooms, has been saved from closure. “We have all been notified regarding the Brennemann
to find jobs for the following academic year. Student teaching, much like an internship, has the ability to translate into employment. “Principals enjoy watching the student teachers teach and are more likely to hire a student teacher since they have had the opportunity to see her/him actively teaching and interacting in the school for at least 10 weeks,” said Liston. One of DePaul’s many CPS partnerships is the CPS Male Initiative Project, a mentoring program for African-American and Latino male high school students across Chicago. As MIP’s main institutional higher education partner, DePaul has hosted the project’s annual student development retreat, provided a student intern for the project and hosted project leaders for a student leadership and planning workshop. While MIP is not in danger CHARLES REX ARBOGAST | AP of any of its participating schools Karen Lewis, second from right, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, is joined by the closing, professional school Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, right, during a demonstration and march counselor at Kenwood Academy through Chicago's downtown March 27 over the plan to close 54 public schools. High School and original program School auction,” announced so many schools that we will be with DePaul alumni especially. coordinator Shelby T. Wyatt said Principal Sarah Abdelal over the able to find an equally excellent She said that alumni who are also that after-school programs will intercom at the conclusion of student teaching placement CPS teachers will be displaced be impacted and their resources the school day. “Our school will at another school within the and face the arduous task of will be limited as schools become remain open.” geographic location the student finding work among the other more populated with the influx of DePaul’s School of teacher wishes to teach,” said displaced teachers. Radner and students. The extra students could Education’s network of schools Liston. her program are ready to be there deplete the resources that were include the Archdiocese of Based in the School of for them. assigned based upon a smaller Chicago, charter schools and New Learning, the Polk Bros. “I am concerned about those number, he said. even schools outside of the state Foundation Center for Urban effective teachers facing that In the event that more schools of Illinois in the case of hardship, Education at DePaul uses challenge, and am preparing are added to the list – a move that which can include a partner’s research-based structures to support them in finding CPS said would not be done – and job transfer, illness of a parent to improve instruction in employment at another CPS MIP was affected, new schools or financial hardship, among classrooms, particularly in math school,” said Radner. could contact the community others. Because of this, Liston and literacy. Despite the upcoming job relations department at DePaul is not concerned about the future Barbara Radner, the director market flood, Liston does not to become a partner and provide placement for student teachers in of the center, acknowledges that believe this will make it more this service for their current and the coming year. the effects of the school closings difficult for graduating DePaul new students. “We have relationships with will be many, but her thoughts are School of Education students
DePaul students sweep hedge funding competition By ANNE MALINA Contributing Writer Five DePaul students have been invited to the next round of Battle Fin, a hedge funding competition that pits potential hedge fund managers against each other in a real-time competition with real money. Competitors must come up with a viable strategy for working with the hedge funds which are judged by experts. Teams with the most effective strategies make it to higher and higher levels in the competition and ultimately create solid careers for themselves. Tim Harrington, president of BattleFin, said the idea for this program arose from a very common problem, namely that “emerging managers can’t get access to capital.” Essentially, Battle Fin has provided a ranking system for new hedge fund managers as well as exposure that can ultimately lead to promotions for them. Five DePaul students entered the competition, made it all the way through and were consequently invited to partake
in the next competition. They were able to put up a return of 50 percent and beat out students from schools such as MIT, UC Berkeley, Yale and Harvard. At the end of this round they will be funded between $1 million and $4 million. If they win the next round, they will be funded between $5 million and $10 million. George Wojciechowski, a member of the team of DePaul students said that they “will utilize the prize money to expand (their) current fund and grow (their) company, Hegemon Capital Partners,” if they win the next phase. Tim Fligg, another member of the team, has been a trader for 13 years. He returned to DePaul in 2009 to take some portfolio management courses. In Fligg’s applied portfolio management course taught by Jim Booth and Diane Swonk, he was the portfolio manager of the Kelley Asset Management Fund. “Through this process, he was introduced to several hedge fund and portfolio managers” and he “learned from these meetings and lectures and applied it to what he was doing professionally,”
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Five DePaul students were invited to participate in the Battle Fin tournament, which pits hedge fund managers against one another. said his teammate Wojciechowski. Wojciechowski met Fligg during his junior year at DePaul after he was hired at NASDAQ Market Maker. In Jaime Goodfriend’s course in hedge funds, Fligg met Brian Thompson who became the analyst for the portfolio. Thompson is a principal consultant at Black & Essington Solutions, LLC. He is working towards achieving his MBA at DePaul for business strategy and decisionmaking and finance, expecting to graduate in 2013. These current and former DePaul students attribute much of their success to DePaul University’s finance program. “I have 13 years of real world professional experience… but if it wasn’t for what I learned in Jim Booth and
Diane Swonk’s class, I wouldn’t have been able to develop this strategy,” said Wojciechowski. Booth and Swonk are both finance professors at DePaul. Despite the potential that this competition held, Wojciechowski insisted that he and his team were “very confident” starting out. He called it a “rare opportunity” for them “to be accepted into an incubator like Battle Fin, with a large prize award and people all over the world watching." That’s exactly why he and his teammates worked as hard as they could to succeed. "You get one shot…and you need to make it count,” said Wojciechowski.
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Student groups unite to debate Israeli-Palestinian conflict By NICOLE COLEMAN Contributing Writer Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) partnered with the African Student Association (ASA) Thursday, April 4, in the Cortelyou Commons to create a “think-tank” surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Following the screening of Connie Field’s “The Bottom Line: How Boycott and Divestment Ended South African Apartheid,” an intimate crowd of students, recent graduates and activists joined SJP DePaul in a provocative debate on using the South African Apartheid Movement as a strategy for raising awareness about the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict and creating a peace treaty that will foster true liberation. “We have to figure out a
way to make Palestine local and make local issues relevant to Palestine,” said Joy Ellison, SJP DePaul graduate student. “We were hoping for this event to bring different people together to talk about the situation in Palestine in a different way and how our struggles relate to each other.” With a central focus on American business conglomerates – JPMorgan Chase Bank, Shell Oil and General Motors – that used harsh working conditions and low wages to subjugate black South Africans, ASA Representative Sekordri Lewis adamantly expressed her concerns about the blatant disregard for human life. “The Apartheid represented a fight against white or western supremacy,” said Lewis, a DePaul history major. “It’s shocking to see that the value of a dollar
is held higher than the life of a human being. How far have we come as a human race that big corporations would destroy millions of people throughout the
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questioned how the movement could be used to educate the public on the Middle Eastern duel over land control, Tarek Khayl, who graduated from John
It's shocking to hear that the value of a dollar is held higher than the life of a human being. How far have we come as a human race that big corporations would destroy millions of people? This can happen to you — your life can be ruined just because someone else wants to make a profit off it." SEKORDRI LEWIS, ASA representative
world? This can happen to you – your life can be ruined just because someone else wants to make a billion dollars off of it.” Although participants
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said Khayl. “They have to be more involved to make the public believe that what is going on between Israel and Palestine is something that can only be resolved between the two parties and the U.S. as an impartial mediator when, in fact, we have to internationalize the conflict. We need to take the U.S. out of the picture because it has never been a neutral mediator.” As an American-Palestinian, Khayl routinely faces opposition on his views regarding the peace initiatives attempted by the American government. “The difference between what happened in South Africa and what is happening to the Palestinians is that there is a façade of the so-called peace process,” said Khayl. “The media acts as though it is a democracy, and as someone whose home was taken away from my family in Jerusalem, I know people who live there that say 'I have a home that is separated by military checkpoints, by-passes and Jewish neighborhoods.' They live in isolation under institutional discrimination. We must not ever present this as a real peace process because we all know it is a sham.” DePaul freshman Donavan Singer agrees with Khayl. "The video showed protests of companies that were happening all across the world,” said Singer. “You saw the lengths that corporations took to keep a system of injustice, pain and poverty as it continues today, through the killing and assassinating of people. That should be a wake-up call to anyone who is participating in a movement. There are forces at play with interests at stake that will do all they can to crush justice." Singer and Bushra Abdelhalim, a University of Illinois at Chicago senior, favored the idea of addressing capitalism and economics as it relates to oppression. “The video showed that it’s not about people supporting a movement, but where the money is going,” said Singer. “There is a larger problem if we have to influence stockholders to move money around to change what they would do as a company.” Abdelhalim also discussed some of the financial conflict of interests that can emerge from social justice issues. “Economics is such an important factor in anything that goes on whether it’s politics or social movements,” said Abdelhalim. “Our tax dollars are supporting an illegal military occupation. We have billions of dollars that could go into our financial deficit, but are instead supporting something that is violating human rights. If you tie economics with the moral issue, it can make the movement more powerful … to show that so many businesses are benefiting from subjecting others to this type of treatment.”
News. April 8, 2013. The DePaulia | 5 Tribune's request for comment, rumors say that DePaul is aiming to construct a new stadium near McCormick place. Meanwhile, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office said in a statement that " As he has always made very clear, the mayor wants to see DePaul play basketball in the city."
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WRIGLEY FIELD RENOVATIONS TO BE DETAILED ON HOME OPENER The long-awaited renovation plan for the historic Wrigley Field will be revealed in detail on April 8, the Cubs' home opener, according to DNAInfo and WGN. Among the changes to the stadium are a video scoreboard in left field, a 300-space parking garage, and developing a hotel across the street from the stadium, according to a source close to the negotiations who spoke to
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According to reports, the Cubs will announce their Wrigley Field renovation plans on April 8. DNAInfo. Other renovations would allow for more advertisements and night games for the stadium, though these alterations may affect the rooftop seating that surrounds Wrigley.
Despite an offer from the United Center to host DePaul basketball games for ten free years, and give all ticket proceeds to DePaul, the university has ruled the stadium out, according to the Chicago Tribune. Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz told the Tribune that the United Center "really threw the kitchen sink" at DePaul, and that "we'd like to have DePaul as a tenant ... We thought it would be exciting. And quite frankly, we thought it would help them with their recruiting." Though DePaul declined the
Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the Driehaus College of Business as the best undergraduate business school in Chicago on March 26, advancing seven ranks from last year. DePaul was named no. 60 out of 124 universities that make it to the final round of rankings. It was also the second-highest ranking of Illinois colleges, trailing behind no. 26 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ray Whittington, dean of the Driehaus College of Business, told DePaul Newsline that the school was honored to be ranked so highly among prestigious institutions. “It’s a statement about the quality of our faculty and undergraduate programs," said Whittington. "It is recognition of the value we provide to employers and graduates of our programs.” The Driehause College of Business is also currently celebrating its centennial year.
PEACE CORPS, DEPAUL ANNOUNCE FELLOWSHIP DePaul and the Peace Corps announced new opportunities and degree programs for returning Peace Corps volunteers in the School of Public Service April 3, as part of the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program.
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DePaul will offer degrees to Peace Corp volunteers. Peace Corps volunteers will be eligible to enroll in the public service management, international public service, leadership and policy studies, nonprofit management and public adminstration degrees. “We are honored to welcome returning Peace Corps volunteers to the School of Public Service,” Director William Calzaretta told DePaul Newsline. “The collaboration with the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program will enhance our student body and better serve the Chicago community.”
DePaul to cohost LIFT Poverty Awareness Week By UMAYMAH TABANI Contributing Writer LIFT Chicago is holding Poverty Awareness Week with events running throughout DePaul from April 8 to 13. These events are intended to share the realities of poverty within the DePaul Community as well as all of Chicago. Events and activities such as a Food Drive, a film screening, Poverty Awareness Tables and an Anti- Poverty Networking Panels will be set up during the week. LIFT has offices in six major cities in the United States including two Chicago offices in Uptown and Pilsen which make up LIFT Chicago. LIFT's mission is to help community members achieve economic stability and well-being. They do this with trained volunteer college students acting as student advocates, who take out their time to help clients with job searches, receive public benefits and refer them to health services. Reed Von Mehren, a freshman at DePaul and a Student Advocate at LIFTPilsen, said that his favorite part of being at LIFT Chicago “is the ability it gives me to get out into the community that is different from the community I am a part of everyday at DePaul.” His expectations for Poverty Awareness Week include connecting with the DePaul community “in a way that really engages them to think about ways to combat poverty in the United States.” He hopes to convey that poverty is a containable problem if the solutions are correctly applied.
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DePaul PAW events Kick-Off Event Performance by Inter-Chorus & Documentary Courtelyou Commons April 9 7:00-9:00 pm
Poverty Awareness Tables Student Center April 10 10:00am-3:00pm
Anti-Poverty Networking Panel Student Center Room 380 April 11 7:00-9:00pm
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First-ever Liberal Arts Week to guide LAS students By MEGAN DEPPEN Contributing Writer Throughout the year, DePaul’s Career Center hosts workshops, lectures and tutorials to prepare students for the big, dark and scary world of employment. Often, students hear reports of the booming unemployment rate and, in turn, view adulthood as a kind of looming, unmerciful transition from the comfort of college life. This week, the Career Center presents Liberal Arts Week, an initiative to address the real issues that graduates face when stepping off campus and into the working world. Liberal Arts Week is the Career Center’s first weeklong series of events for students. While there have been daylong workshops and lectures specific to the other colleges on campus, liberal studies students have the luxury of choosing from 16 different events spread throughout this week. Have you ever stared at the computer screen and wondered whether your resume has been tweaked enough; fretted over what exactly you should wear to that interview while surrounded by a pile of clothes; or scrolled through DePaul’s list of majors and minors, trying to match your passion with what your parents think is practical? The events featured in DePaul Liberal Arts Week exist because Career Center staff and advisors, student workers and graduate advising interns have experienced these dilemmas themselves. Current students from the College of Science and Health (CSH) and the College
of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (LAS) were consulted by the Career Center Student Advisory Board, who provided feedback for the types and schedule of events to best benefit their peers this week. “The Career Center is focused on helping students succeed in their transition from college to career – and in helping them prepare along the way,” said Amanda Powers Snowden, associate director of communications for the Career Center. “Each year, we survey DePaul’s graduating classes and publish Career Outcomes reports detailing the employment and graduate school outcomes for our graduates. We know from that data that LAS students in particular face challenges when pursuing post-graduate employment, so we wanted to do something to connect with the Liberal Arts and Social Sciences audience and provide resources specific to their needs.” The 2011 Career Outcomes report cites that 83 percent of LAS bachelor’s degree recipients were employed or in graduate school six months after graduation, the highest undergraduate rate amongst all the colleges. LAS students with master’s degrees had an 86 percent employment rate, and 56 percent had a new or better job. About 90 percent of master’s degree students were working in a job related to their field. Dean of the College of LAS, Charles Suchar, expects Liberal Arts Week to be a valuable resource for students and an overall success. “(Liberal Arts Week) is a great value,” said Suchar. “(Especially) for students who are still at that point now, not having
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DePaul's first Liberal Arts Week provides workshops and networking events for LAS students. decided completely what they want to do after they graduate. Liberal arts students have a very broad-based education – whether they’re regarding critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills or ways of applying knowledge-base areas to various careers.” For Suchar, Liberal Arts Week will “give students an insight into life after DePaul. The possibilities of bettering themselves by way either of career opportunities or furthering their education by thinking of graduate or professional programs … and how to best go about the process.”
Guest speakers, including DePaul alumni, will host events such as “Beyond 9-5: Do What You Love” and “Superpower Conversations: True Stories from LAS Alumni.” Macy’s is also sponsoring a fashion show and interview preparation event titled “Macy’s Presents: What Not To Wear: Interviewing Basics and Workplace Essentials” to decipher the business dress code. For more information, visit the Career Center website at http://careercenter. depaul.edu/liberalartsweek.
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COURTESY OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARTHUR ORTIZ | The DePaulia
A mourner looks at a poster paying tribute to Fabian Torres during his visitation. Torres, 27, was a first-year student at DePaul studying to be a teacher. occurred on April 5, and his next will be on April 12. Asuncion said her son was a foodie and “fashionista” who studied education at DePaul. “He always told me he wanted to be a teacher,” said Asuncion. “Going to a neighborhood where we were from, our schools weren’t up to
par. He wanted so bad to be a teacher.” When Asuncion last saw her son, he was at home at 9:30 p.m., doing laundry. “I thought he was going to stay home,” said Asuncion. “The last thing he said to me was ‘I’m going out.’” Raoul Vera, Torres’ uncle,
Terrell Garrett, the North Chicago police officer who allegedly drove the vehicle that killed Fabian Torres and Joaquin Garcia, appears in a mugshot.
described Torres as a young man who was not afraid to talk about life. “I’m gonna miss his smile,” said Vera. “He had a smile, and I think that’s what attracted people to him. He was a lucky, gold person who cared for you.” Asuncion said there should be a higher standard for police
officers. “Why is it the reverse?” asked Asuncion. “He’s gonna get a slap on the wrist and walk home when he killed two people.” Asuncion said that while any sentencing for Garrett would be “inequitable,” it should “be whatever the regular punishment
would be, times three” because he is a police officer. “That’s the indignity to this case,” said Asuncion. “It’s insulting that he gets to walk home (on bail). My son will never get to go home.”
CAMPUS CRIME REPORT: MARCH 13 - APRIL 2 LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS MARCH 14 • A Theft report was filed for a victim who had a tire taken off their bicycle in front of Richardson Library. • A Robbery report was filed for an off campus crime. A student had their iPhone taken on the Red Line Train at Chicago Avenue. • A Criminal Trespass to Land warning was give to an individual who does not belong on DePaul University property.
MARCH 15 • A Possession of Marijuana report was filed for a room in CliftonFullerton Hall. Offender was taken into custody by Chicago Police.
MARCH 18
• A Liquor Law Violation occurred at the Student Center. Offender was transported by Chicago Fire Department to Illinois Masonic Hospital.
• A Theft report was filed for an unattended USB drive taken from a computer at the Richardson Library.
MARCH 17
MARCH 27
• A Disturbance report was filed at University Hall. Offenders were having a verbal altercation, parties were separated, and no one was hurt.
• A Bicycle Theft report was filed for a Yellow Tack bike taken from the rack at Corcoran Hall.
• A Possession of Marijuana report was filed for a room at Corcoran Hall. Offenders were taken into custody by Chicago Police. • A Liquor Law Violation report was filed for offenders at University Hall. Offenders were transported by Chicago Fire Department to Illinois Masonic Hospital.
MARCH 16
• A Theft report was filed for a victim at the Richardson Library. Victim had their unattended iPhone taken.
• A Liquor Law Violation occurred in Corcoran Hall. Offender was transported to Illinois Masonic by Chicago Fire Department.
• A Possession of Marijuana report was filed for a room at McCabe Hall. Offenders were taken into custody by Chicago Police.
• A Criminal Trespass to Land report was filed for an intoxicated male arrested at 1150 W. Fullerton. • A Bicycle Theft report was filed for a bicycle taken from the rack at Corcoran Hall.
MARCH 28 • A Disturbance report was filed for a victim who was having a domestic argument with her boyfriend. The offender fled the scene.
MARCH 31 • A Public Intoxication report was filed for an intoxicated offender at Fullerton and Chalmers. Offender was transported by the Chicago Fire Department to Illinois Masonic
Hospital.
APRIL 1 • A Theft from Vehicle report was filed for a missing catalytic converter taken from a car in Lot H.
victim who had their Apple Mac Book-Air taken from a classroom at the DePaul Center.
MARCH 16
APRIL 2
• A Criminal Trespass warning report was filed for an offender in the DePaul Center.
• A Possession of Marijuana report was filed for a room in Seton Hall. Offender was taken into custody by Chicago Police.
• A Criminal Damage to Property report was filed for damage to the handicap stall in the concourse restroom of DePaul Center.
LOOP CAMPUS
MARCH 21
MARCH 13 • A Theft report was filed for a victim who had an unattended wallet taken from a restroom at the DePaul Center.
MARCH 14 • A Theft report was filed for a victim who had their unattended wallet taken from the Lewis Center.
MARCH 15 • A Theft report was filed for a
• A Retail Theft report was filed for Radio Shack at 247 S. State.
MARCH 28 • A Criminal Damage report was filed for graffiti scratches on the Quiznos Sub Shop at 333 S. State.
MARCH 30 • A Criminal Trespass report was filed for a male offender sleeping in a bathroom stall at the DePaul Center.
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NATION & WORLD
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Changing tides More leaders show support for marriage equality
By CALLIE BRETTHAUER Staff Writer Amidst two historical Supreme Court cases, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the United States’ largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group – launched a movement by simply making their logo red. After posting the image, the HRC encouraged Facebook and Twitter users to make their profile pictures red March 26 to show their support for marriage equality on the first day of Supreme Court hearings dealing with the issue of same-sex marriage. Without a doubt, the support was overwhelming. According to CNN, a redlogoed Facebook post by the campaign was shared 43,000 times. As a result, Fred Saiz, vice president of HRC, said the image has been seen by 10 million people on Facebook alone. The Supreme Court cases deal with the definition of marriage and whether it is constitutional for
the state or federal government to ban same-sex marriage. The first case deals with Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment in California that was passed in 2008 and only recognizes marriage between a man and a woman. The other case deals with the overturning of a U.S. federal law called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). It was passed in 1996 with the same strict definition of marriage as Proposition 8 and denies same-sex couples federal benefits even if they are legally married in a state. The Supreme Court decisions will not be made until June, but have already caused more leaders to come out in support of samesex marriage. Both Bill and Hillary Clinton made public statements last month reflecting their stance. The former president, who signed the DOMA bill, said last month that he decided to support same-sex marriage and he believed the law should be overturned. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton echoed the same
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAS | AP
Demonstrators chant outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, as the court heard arguments on California's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. sentiments, saying, “I support it personally and as a matter of policy and law, embedded in a broader effort to advance equality and opportunity for LGBT Americans and all Americans." It was only a year ago when President Barack Obama made history as the first sitting U.S. president to support marriage equality. According to ABC News, he has recently expressed that he “hopes the Supreme Court will grant same-sex couples the right to marry” even though he defined marriage as being
between a man and a woman in an interview with WTTW
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steps in January, I promised myself that I would return to the
Life comes down to who you love and who loves you back – government has no place in the middle.”
MARK KIRK, Republican Senator from Illinois
Chicago public television when running for an Illinois Senate seat in 2004. “At a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” said Obama in an interview after publicly announcing his support. The president is not the only public figure whose views on same-sex marriage have evolved. Recent public attention has been on Republicans who have stated their full support for gay marriage despite their party’s opposition. Last month, Ohio Senator Rob Portman became the first sitting Republican senator to endorse it after his son told him he was gay. “I had a change of heart based on a personal situation,” said Portman to a Columbus CBSaffiliated television station, “but the more I think about it and the more I was able to delve into the issue, the more I believe that this is something that would be better, actually, for stability and the kinds of benefits you get from marriage.” Additionally, while Illinois waits for its House to vote on a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage, Illinois Republican Senator Mark Kirk announced his support last Tuesday. He said he changed his mind after recovering from a stroke that nearly killed him. “When I climbed the Capitol
Senate with an open mind and greater respect for others,” said Kirk. “Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. Our time on this earth is limited, I know that better than most. Life comes down to who you love and who loves you back – government has no place in the middle.” While the list of politicians advocating for same-sex marriage continues to grow, there is a part of the LGBT community that still feels marginalized because for them. There still remain people who are discriminated against because they have difficulty with their sexual identity, or either are intersex with anatomy that is not completely male or female or are asexual and do not feel sexual attraction. “While it has been nice to see so much symbolic support for same-sex marriage on my Facebook feed, it is a little disheartening to know that people have not looked into what organization that red equal sign represents,” said freshman Marty Schissler, a member of the student organization Trans*(formation) at DePaul. “The fight for LGBTQIA rights is much more than a debate about same-sex marriage and it is about time people start treating it that way,” said Schissler. “An allinclusive, intersectional approach is necessary if we hope to make substantial progress on all fronts.”
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NORTH KOREA TURNS ON NUCLEAR REACTOR
This Week in World News
GAZA CITY
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North Korea's vow to restart its mothballed nuclear facilities raises fears about assembly lines churning out fuel for a fearsome arsenal of nuclear missiles. But it may actually be a sign that Pyongyang needs a lot more bomb fuel to back up its nuclear threats. Despite the bluster, it could be years before North Korea completes the laborious process of creating more weaponized fuel. Its announcement, experts say, is also likely an effort to boost fears meant to keep its leadership safe while trying to extract concessions from the U.S. and its allies. While North Korea has declared itself a nuclear power and threatened to expand its atomic arsenal, its current arsenal is estimated to be only a handful of crude devices. However, it does possess the ability to produce both fuels that can be used to make nuclear bombs — plutonium and uranium. Causing long-term concern is North Korea's announcement that it is "readjusting and restarting" all facilities at its main Nyongbyon nuclear complex, including a plutonium reactor shut down six years ago as part of now-failed nuclear negotiations, and a uranium enrichment plant.
PALESTINIANS MAKE COAL FROM WOOD
RICK RYCROFT|AP SYDNEY
British artist Anish Kapoor, who made Millenium Park's "Cloud Gate" (or "bean") produced a similar work of art that is currently being displayed in Sydney, Australia. Titled "Sky Mirror," the stainless steel sculpture is a 32.8-foot wide disk that sits on an angle.
In adapting to years of border blockades and shortages, Palestinians in Gaza have become experts at recycling and making new out of old. That includes turning scrap wood into charcoal. Wood is not in ample supply in the sandy coastal strip where a rapidly growing population, now at 1.7 million, is steadily gobbling up the remaining open spaces. Fayez Abu Jobain and his seven employees first started producing charcoal in 2004, using trees the Israeli military had cut down in rural areas to deprive Gaza rocket squads of cover when they fired their projectiles toward Israel. Since then, Abu Jobain and other charcoal producers have been adapting repeatedly to changing political circumstances. When Israel and Egypt imposed a tight closure on the territory in 2007 in response to the takeover by the Islamic militant Hamas, the charcoal-makers used scrap wood brought into Gaza from Egypt through smuggling tunnels. Since then, both Israel and Egypt have eased the closures, and some of the wood needed for charcoal-making is even imported legally.
EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS FEAR KIDNAPPING
BRITISH LIBRARY ARCHIVES THE WEB LONDON
MATAI, EGYPT
For centuries the library has kept a copy of every book, pamphlet, magazine and newspaper published in Britain. April 6 it began recording every British website, e-book, online newsletter and blog in a bid to preserve the nation's "digital memory." The library says the work is urgent. Ever since people began switching from paper and ink to computers and mobile phones, material that would fascinate future historians has been disappearing into a digital black hole. The library says firsthand accounts of everything from the 2005 London transit bombings to Britain's 2010 election campaign have already vanished. "Stuff out there on the Web is ephemeral," said Lucie Burgess, the library's head of content strategy. "The average life of a web page is only 75 days, because websites change, the contents get taken down. The library is showcasing just a sliver of the content, selected to give a snapshot of British online life in 2013. They range from parenting resource Mumsnet to online bazaar Amazon Marketplace to a blog kept by a 9-year-old girl about her school lunches.
Over the past two years, there have been more than 150 reported kidnappings — all of them targeting Christians, according to a top official at the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the police. Of those, 37 have been in the last several months alone, the official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. Responding to the allegations that authorities do not aggressively investigate crimes against Christians, Minya's security chief Ahmed Suleiman said it is because victims' families negotiate with kidnappers rather than report the abductions. "We cannot be held responsible for kidnappings that are not reported to us," said Suleiman, blaming hardened criminals for the kidnappings. Christians say they do not bother to report because they have no confidence in the police.
GEMUNU AMARASINGHE| AP
MYANMAR OPENS MARKET FOR PRIVATELY RUN NEWSPAPERS YANGON, MYANMAR
Newspaper sellers wait for a bus after receiving newspapers from a wholesale dispatcher in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 1. For most people in Myanmar, it will be a novelty as privately run daily newspapers hit the streets. Many were not even born when the late dictator Ne Win imposed a state monopoly on the daily press in the 1960s. COMPILED BY LYNSEY HART | NEWS COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Egypt's Christians, followers of one of the world's most ancient churches, make up about 10 percent of the country's estimated 90 million people.
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OPINIONS
Opinions Editor Kasia Fejklowicz depauliaopinion@gmail.com
Despite rhetoric, North Korea still a nuclear threat By JACKIE TORTORELLO Contributing Writer In the novel “The War of the Worlds,” H.G. Wells depicts a vision of future anxiety and terror as aliens invade the earth. By surveying the current population and adopting an unsympathetic stance towards practices of humankind, they elect to destroy and disperse an alternative mode of living. With the elimination of earth’s species, it’s clear this terrestrial race has superior intellect and technology. But as ashes rain down upon a nation that once thrived, compassion and communication is long forgotten. While Wells maintains a science fiction fantasy, his 19th century warnings are becoming more real. Instead of an alien invasion, the rogue nation of North Korea has pursued the development of nuclear weapons as well as missile technology. They have threatened to declare war on South Korea, which has impacted relations with the United States. News outlets like NBC and The New York Times quote researchers and politicians who claim that the nuclear advancements are nonthreatening baby steps. But the fact that North Korea can even endorse these destructive abominations is a fearful and habitual event. The nation released its intentions and propaganda through a YouTube video on March 15 in which missiles are fired and cheers are heard when the U.S. Capitol explodes. The
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A photo released by KCNA news agency on March 12 shows North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visiting the Wolnae-do Defence Detachment on the western front line. voice narrating the video says, “The White House has been captured in the view of our longrange missile, and the capital of war is within the range of our atomic bomb.” It was released after the U.N. Security Council imposed stronger stipulations against North Korea and their manufacturing of nuclear weapons. Besides the video, North Korea also threatened to enact a pre-emptive nuclear attack against the U.S. as well as South
Korea. This officially nullified the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953. While U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry believes the only way to solve the issue is through negotiations, one of Kim Jong Un’s main priorities is to develop nuclear technology. When Kim Jong Un became the supreme leader of North Korea after his father’s death, many hoped that this volatile nation could gain stability and work towards global peace. But instead of enacting a tolerant
disposition, the leader vied for more power through the use of threats and nuclear coercion. An advance the nation has made is switching from bombs fueled by plutonium to cores made out of uranium. The introduction of highly enriched uranium, also known as HEU, signifies a relationship with Iran, another country ostracized by the U.N. Along with advances, their threats include turning the capital of South Korea, Seoul, into a “sea of fire” and bombing U.S.
military bases in Hawaii, Guam and Japan. While the conflict between North Korea and the United States has not reached the proportions of “The War of The Worlds,” we walk a thin line between negotations and explosions. The nuclear technology obviously exists, but in American media, it’s only a distant threat. Perhaps this is a tactic to evade hysteria and fear experienced in the Cold War, but regardless, the average person should be concerned.
Panties in a bunch over sexy teen lingerie By FRANCESCA GATTUSO Contributing Writer Lace bras, bedazzled underwear, lowcut tanks and skin-tight yoga pants are staples for the lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret (VS). But what if I told you that these sexy items are no longer targeted just toward women, but also young girls and teenagers? Victoria Secret’s PINK Collection is an assortment of brightly colored, racy, flashy and essentially over-sexualized clothing for young girls. How exactly does VS make these grown-up looks so appealing to a younger crowd? Well, the answer lies within visual stimulation and societal pressures on young girls to look not only older, but sexier. The PINK Collection includes not just loungewear and underwear, but everything from hair accessories, swim suits, bedding and school supplies. The powerhouse PINK brand is symbolized by a small pink drawing of a dog. Smart move, VS. Well played. What young girl isn’t instantly drawn to
a cute little puppy or can’t identify with the bubble gum pink coloring or the adorable creature? Their yoga pants adorned with leopard or zebra print trim. Just add a dash of hot pink lace and rhinestones to
risky slogans written across the backside, such as, “You Want This,” “Hot Stuff” and “Be Mine”. Obviously VS’s main objective is to remain marketable and profitable, but where does Photo courtesy of VICTORIA'S SECRET this leave the mindset of today’s youth? Not only are young girls a simple pair being constantly reminded of underwear and, sure through various media outlets, enough, teenage girls including the merchandise at VS, to everywhere are begging be sexy and that being sexy is achieved their mothers for a trip to VS through their style of dress, but that this instead of Target or Kohl’s for is what is desirable by men. their undergarments. Sexy is hardly ever equated with a I don’t think a little color woman’s intelligence, ambition, family and rhinestone embellishment values or success. Instead women are will hinder a young girl, but VS has thrown into an isolated category that daringly crossed the line from young and revolves around appearance. And now, sassy to mature and trashy with a new even girls as young as eight years old are lingerie item. A pink colored bra is now a being sucked into this unfair category and pink push-up bra. Not only are the styles essentially being forced to succumb to sexier, but also heavily more padded and society’s views. made to enhance a young girl’s body in a Let’s be honest. While a woman who is sexual manner. The underwear is no longer mature in both her sexuality and intelligence composed of cute lace styles, but now have is able to make a more mature decision
about how she dresses and physically presents herself to the outside world, a child and or teenager is unable to do the same. VS cashes in on the peer pressure to fit in and ultimately be accepted. VS gives the message that they are cool. They seem to be saying, “This is the clothing that your friends are wearing. This is the clothing that will make you desirable, and we want you to have it so you can have all those desires fulfilled.” So here I go stepping on my pedestal and urging parents, particularly mothers, to let their daughters know that being sexy is not solely associated with outer appearance and that dressing your age is important. Enough of letting a little PINK dog dictate your daughter’s thoughts and choice of dress. Let a new outlook attempt to flourish through clothing that is still stylish, but also respectable. Trust me, ladies. An appropriate choice of dress is much more demanding of not only attention but also respect. Go ahead and splurge on a pair of cute yoga pants or a swimsuit. But young girls should remember to let themselves stand out from the crowd and let their uniqueness shine through.
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Fighting guns with guns
The Princeton review Nonprofit gives away shotguns in Tucson, Ariz. By NATALIA HERNANDEZ Contributing Writer
ROSS D. FRANKLIN| AP
Former Tucson, Ariz. mayoral candidate Shaun McClusky poses with a shotgun at Black Weapons Armory in Tucson, Thursday, March 28. The weapon is similar to those to be given away as part of a privately funded program he is launching to provide residents in crime-prone areas with free shotguns so they can defend themselves against criminals. By KEVIN GROSS Contributing Writer
The nonprofit organization known as the Armed Citizen Project recently announced its plans to start a gun giveaway in Tucson, Ariz., that would function as a crime-fighting measure. Fighting guns with guns? It’s a novel idea. Undoubtedly, this will create a world of controversy, especially in a city such as Tucson, which was the site of the shooting of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the mass killing of six other people in 2011. Yet the measure, which is headed by former Tucson mayoral candidate Shaun McClusky, is viewed as a potentially essential aspect of crime prevention. “This is about public safety,” said McClusky. “This is about people protecting themselves.” Of course, as with nearly any issue, there is another ulterior motive. In addition to public safety, the Armed Citizen Project wants to use this as a research opportunity. The group has already been tracking illegal activity in certain downtrodden neighborhoods and will continue to record activity after the gun handout takes place, with the hope that statistics will show that an armed citizenry does actually help boost public safety, thereby boosting the gun advocacy movement. Now, of course, we should all be in favor of research; an informed populace is an
empowered populace; however, there is just something about the nature of this type of “research” that is troubling. Essentially, this is a project that uses people in a large scale and puts them at potential risk, using them as guinea pigs. In another world, there could have already been preexisting professional research documenting the effects of gun ownership on violent incidents. However, in 1996 the NRA forced a bill that banned government
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such as increased suicide rates, escalated domestic violence or accidental shootings that can undeniably arise from increased gun ownership. As far as the Tucson handout program goes, they do get a few props for attempting to minimize some of the risks of firearms. A good portion of the $12,000 raised so far for the program will be spent not only for equipping residents with guns, but for giving them gun locks and training for proper gun handling. They are
Protection Ordinance,” which would make gun ownership mandatory for adults in the city. “Having a gun would help residents take their protection into their own hands,” said Heath Mitchell, police chief of Nelson. Undoubtedly, many police departments are strapped for cash around the nation. However, guns could never function as a universal replacement for police protection. In addition to the obvious domestic risks of firearms, there is also the
Essentially, this is a project that uses people in a large scale and puts them at potential risk, using them as guinea pigs.
funding towards research on guns. While the White House finally repealed the funding ban in January, there has been a 17year paucity in gun research. Ultimately, this left the door open for gun advocates to conduct research on their own terms. Furthermore, there are some undeniable concerns as to how this project is to be conducted. The location is questionable – Tucson is not the prime location for a radical gun program. While the city certainly has its risky neighborhoods, it will likely never show up on anyone’s shortlist of dangerous cities of America. Tucson had a 13-year low in crime in 2010, and has a murder rate that is less than onefifth that of New Orleans, the nation’s highest. In Tucson, there are simply not enough crime risks to warrant the other risks
also giving background checks to any potential recipients of the program, a measure that many extremists of the gun advocacy movement have historically been opposed to. Plus, they are equipping residents with shotguns rather than handguns. Ignore your first glance judgment – the provision of bulky shotguns rather than concealable handguns ensures that the primary use of these weapons will be for home defense rather than for more malicious intent. However, a bigger concern with the handout program, and with the broader gun advocacy movement, is that an armed citizenry is often being touted as a replacement to an adequate police force. Many gun advocacy programs have the potential to go too far: the town of Nelson, Ga. recently passed the “Family
simple fact that many people will simply refuse to take part in gun ownership or vigilantism. This is more than a simple political concern. This means that there is a sector of the population that will simply not be willing to protect themselves with personal firearms. If gun ownership is proliferated as a universal replacement to police protection, are these people simply to be left defenseless? There are many questions that are going to be left unanswered by armament advocates. As far as the Armed Citizen Project goes, there is the potential that these measures will, perhaps, show that an armed citizenry does increase public safety. Until results arise, however, all we can do is pray that these measures don’t result in too much damage, collateral or otherwise.
Many freshman, specifically women, are excited and terrified at the idea of attending and becoming a DePaul student and graduate. The doors open to new opportunities, career prospects, excellent educators and for some, potential future mates. While women are dreaming about what's to come, men are focused on the immediate pursuits of sex and pleasure. According to Susan Patton’s “Advice for the Young Women of Princeton” published in The Daily Princetonian, female students should not have the same priorities as their male peers. Instead, they must focus on acquiring a husband while men focus on their social lives. “Here’s what nobody is telling you: find a husband on campus before you graduate,” said Patton. Patton is a well-educated, well-versed and a highly accredited alumna of Princeton who, in an attempt to enlighten the daughters she never had at her alma mater, decided to address a letter to the editor on what the real goal of a fouryear education at Princeton should truly mean. “I wish I had ended up with a Princeton man,” said Patton. Not all women agree with Patton’s stance. “Finding a man is kind of a natural process, she makes it seem like it’s all planned out, like you have to work on it, chase one down,” said Sarah Lamarti, a Belgian student. Chasing a man is the path to happiness considering we have a “shelf life,” according to Patton, who ogles and idealizes the elusive and intellectually capable men of Princeton that got away. In 1977, Patton graduated Princeton, spent her 20s working and at 30, married outside of Princeton. Now, past those exquisite years, she is divorced with two sons, visiting Princeton and publicly airing the grievances of her life instead of confining it to the walls of Facebook and Twitter as we all tend to do. So let us take a moment to mourn the harsh reality of this “Princeton duchess.” The woman never lived up to that Princeton dream – a meal she was probably fed but cannot seem to forget. The idea of a perfect marriage, an unrivaled career and some spoon-fed elitism is an idealized version of what a Princetonian is, instead of who an individual is – flaws and all.
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
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SPRING TUNE-UP
Guide to Spring Quarter concerts and album releases
MAX KLEINER| The DePaulia
By Diana Dilenge Contributing Writer
START Spring is finally here, and the only thing better than the scent of flowers in the air is the sweet sound of new music from a multitude of talented artists. With so many great albums being released while April showers bloom into May flowers, you’ll want to make sure your music library is at the top of your Spring cleaning list.
May 9
Concert: Paramore & Kitten Chicago Theater, 8 p.m.
Another pop rock band will be gracing the streets of Chicago this May. Paramore with their opener Kitten, will be performing at 8 p.m., May 9, at the Chicago Theater. to support their new self titled album. Hear them play their new single “Now” live along with classics such as “Misery Business,” tickets are available through Stubhub starting at $69.
May 16
Concert: Fall Out Boy Riviera Theater, 7 p.m.
April 9 Album Release: Paramore
“I’m excited [for the new album] because the last time they came out with an album was 4 years ago, so it’s been a while. I can’t wait to hear what is sounds like, if it’ll be their usual sound or different.”
MANDIE LEDERER, junior
This is the first album since the departure of the band’s guitarist Josh Farro and drummer Zac Farro, who cited internal band conflict between lead singer Hayley Williams and the brothers as the reason they left. The conflict has left some Paramore fans apprehensive about the sound of the new music, but Lederer isn’t one of them.
May 7
Concert: The Shins & Ra Ra Riot
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On May 7, East Coast indie pop rockers, Vampire Weekend are releasing “Modern Vampires of The City.” The band is known for their quirky sound and witty lyrics, and fans are hoping to hear again on the new release. “Modern Vampires of the City” will be the band’s third studio album, following the success of 2008’s “Vampire Weekend” and 2010’s “Contra.”
May 20
Concert: Marina and the Diam
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“I’m really glad they’re making music again, they’re a huge part of my musical experience” For those of you who eagerly anticipated Fall Out Boy to come off of hiatus, you can catch their “Save Rock n Roll” tour at the Riviera Theater on May 16 at 7 p.m. For the first time since the band’s 2009 hiatus, you’ll be able to hear their hits “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs” and “Sugar We’re Going Down” live. The Chicago show, along with the rest of the tour sold out almost immediately after tickets went on sale, however some tickets are still available through stubhub starting at $125.
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Anyone who’s a fan of pop music right now can catch Marina and th monds on May 20 at 7:30 p.m. The show was recently moved from The Vic Riviera due to high demands for tickets from her fans. If you don’t want to miss up an opportunity to hear “Primadonna Girl” or Not a Robot” live, grab tickets for $25 (not including convenience fees) from com before they’re sold out again.
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If “Simple Song” has been sitting at the top of your most listened to playlist, make sure you get over to the Aragon Ballroom on May 19. The Shins will be stopping by Chicago on their spring tour and are sure to pack the house. Get there on time at 7 p.m. to hear Ra Ra Riot open the show with a bang. Tickets are available through the Jam Productions website for $43.38 including taxes, convenience, facility, and order fees.
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April 16 Album Release: Yeah Yeah Yeahs “I get their song ‘Maps’ stuck in my head a lot.”
CARISA MARCONET, sophomore The Indie Rock scene is also gearing up for notable releases this April and May. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are set to release their fourth studio album “Mosquito” April 16, as a follow up to 2009’s “It’s Blitz!,” which featured the hit “Heads Will Roll.” Many fans are eagerly anticipating the band’s new album after a four-year wait.
April 17 Concert: The Black Crowes
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Concert: Fleetwood Mac United Center, 8 p.m.
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ay and sing along to classics like “Landslide” and our Own Way”, if you can grab some tickets on b. Prices start at $115 for the April concert and $95 June 14 concert at Allstate Arena.
Close to campus at The Vic, The Black Crowes will be rocking out at a pair of shows on April 17 and 18. For around $93, you can grab a pair of tickets to one of the sold-out shows and have a chance to make it to the barricade while the band performs songs like “Hard to Handle” and “She Talks To Angels” live.
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Iggy and the Stooges are reuniting for their second studio album since 1977’s “Raw Power” with the original lineup of Iggy Pop, James Williamson and Scott Asheton. Iggy announced in video statement that “Ready to Die” would be released April 30.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs If you’re more of an R&B or Pop fan, multi-talented songstress Alicia Keys will be gracing the stage at 7:30 p.m., April 18, at the United Center. Keys is known for her heart-wrenching piano ballads and collaboration’s with other talented musicians like Jay-Z. Join Keys and opener Miguel for the Set the World on Fire tour, tickets are available through ticketmaster still and are priced between $70.53 - $140.65 including taxes and convenience fees.
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Just down the street from the Riviera, at the Aragon Ballroom, Indie Rock band Of Monsters and Men will be making their way back to Chicago to perform on May 22. Make sure to catch them playing “Little Talks” live, and be sure to keep in time with the sway of the crowd. Tickets are sold out through the venue, but are available on StubHub starting at $60.
The music doesn’t end here. Turn the page for a rundown of various Summer festivals.
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Paramore Song you already know: “The Only Exception” - Brand New Eyes
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ARTS & LIFE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS By LIZ PALISIN Contributing Writer
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ummer is swiftly approaching and that means a smorgasbord of fantastic music festivals to choose from. But how can a college student on a menial budget make the best of the pennies and dimes that have been amassed after hours upon hours working that part time job at Jimmy Johns? Well, let me be your magical musical spirit guide and walk you through the maze of wonderful choices you can make this season. Overall the choice is up to you. What do you want to see most and what location is most convenient? The choice to spend the money for tickets and travel in order to attend these festivals is worth it to say the least. The people that you meet and the shows that you see will form an indescribably memorable experience that will tide you over until the next year of amazing summer music!
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LOLLAPALOOZA
(Aug. 2-4): This festival is the closest to home, featuring three days filled with music and located smack dab in the middle of Grant Park. This year the lineup features The Cure, Mumford and Sons, Vampire Weekend, Kendrick Lamar and Nine Inch Nails, just to name a few. In addition to the location, another pro is there are always fantastic food and drink options from a variety of local vendors to nosh on. There
BONNAROO
( June 13-16): Set in Manchester, Tenn., this festival has Wilco, Paul McCartney, and R. Kelly on its 2013 bill. The length of this fest (4 days) is longer than most. In addition to the stellar lineup, Bonnaroo also includes other sources of entertainment that include shopping, water slides and movie showing. One of the cons of this fest is the location of the camping area.
COACHELLA
(April 12-14 and April 19-21): This festival is set in Indio, Calif., and has featured acts like Bon Iver, The Arctic Monkeys and the holographic Tupac Shakur. Some perks of this fest include the fantastic setting, complete with palm trees and the Sierra Nevada mountain range and multiple surprise acts. The problem with Coachella can be the heat, soaring to 100+ degrees
SUMMERFEST
( June 26-30): Although this festival isn’t located in Chicago, the drive to attend Summerfest in Milwaukee is only a twohour drive. This five-day fest seems more like individual days of separate music rather than a single cohesive event. Jake Reeder, 20, says that “the demographic
are large grounds that over the course of the weekend can get quite messy. “Nothing is as good as a Sunday at Lolla in the mud,” said Nolan Raynak from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Some cons are the music generally ends at 10 and there are scheduling conflicts with bands playing at the same time, so you might have to choose between two shows you want to see.
Depending on where you camp, it can be miles from where the bands are actually performing. Bonnie Hardin, a sophomore at Michigan State University describes her experience at the festival. “I got the worst sunburn of my life, came very close to fainting in front of the comedy tent, didn't shower for days in 100 degree weather, and would definitely do it all over again.”
Fahrenheit and the over flooding parking lots. Food and drink costs at the festival also tend to be high. The lineup this year includes Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hot Chip, Grizzly Bear and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Camping here is all about togetherness and has a great vibe. Portable showers are also a definite plus.
of people there is huge, there are families, old, and young people. Besides that there are carnival rides and games as well.” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Fun., Jason Aldean and Pitbull are a few acts that have made the 2013 list.
ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL (EDC) ( June 21-23): This huge electric music fest is set in Las Vegas. Need I say more about the environment? Light shows and ongoing parties keep the energy at a constant high. Steve Aoki, Tiesto, Afrojack and Porter Robinson are just a few of the
artists that have performed at past EDC festivals. The lineup for 2013’s festival still hasn’t been announced, but 3-day passes are on sale. Prepare for gruesome traffic when attending EDC!
SASQUATCH! (May 24–27): Located in rural Quincy, Wash., the 2013 lineup includes The Postal Service, Sigur Ros, Mackelmore and The Lumineers. This is a great big beautiful place to camp because it is located right
by the Columbia Gorge. The campgrounds are cleaner than most music festivals. And since it’s smaller than other bigger music festivals, you should be prepared for traffic.
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Spring into cinema
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Films to check out Spring Quarter Well, DePaul students, we are in our final quarter and the weather is starting to warm up. But the weather isn’t the only thing that’s heating up. The box office will start releasing popular films with summer only a few months away. Here is a short list of some well-known films that will be hitting the box office this Spring Quarter.
the remains of an alien race that decimated the Earth. Little does Cruise know that his venture to destroy these aliens will unravel the truth about himself, his planet and his mission. Scary Movie 5: This is the latest installment of the Scary Movie franchise, which began in the late ‘90s with the lampooning of 'Scream.' The film is set to lampoon the 'Paranormal Activity' series and will have guest appearances by Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen.
Oblivion: In this action/ adventure sci-fi film starring the Tom Cruise, a veteran soldier is sent to a distant planet to destroy
Iron Man 3: Phase Two of the Marvel Universe's film releases begins with the third installment of Iron Man. Robert
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Downey Jr. is back to defeat another villain. This time, his enemy The Mandarin goes to extraordinary lengths not only disrupt society, but Tony Stark's personal life as well.
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The Great Gatsby: Who can forget this classic modern lit book that we all had to read in high school? Leonardo DiCaprio plays the most mysterious and extravagant man in New York City, Gatsby. Viewers should expect spectacular visuals and an enthralling plot that represents the time of growing opulence and the loosening of morals in the early 1920s.
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CLOCKWISE, FROM LEFT: Carey Mulligan and Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Great Gatsby'; Robert Downey Jr. in 'Iron Man 3'; Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Bradley Cooper in 'The Hangover: Part III.'
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Star Trek Into Darkness: This is the next installment of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek series. This time, the action and drama has tripled, as an unknown and sinister force has destroyed the Starfleet and is creating havoc on Earth. Abrams has produced notable films in the past, so I won’t be surprised if this film receives favorable reviews from critics.
May 24
The Fast and the Furious 6: Any car freak or woman obsessed with “The Rock” should definitely check out the latest film in this series that started in the early 2000s. This film picks up where the fifth installment left off and is set in South America.
The Hangover Part III: The Wolfpack is back! Despite the mixed reviews and cliché storyline of the second installment, it's certain nearly every student will want to check this film out. The trailer suggests that the pack will be returning to Sin City and some scenes will cover Los Angeles as well, so who knows what humor and drama is left for us?
June 14
Man of Steel: One of the most visceral and creative producers in Hollywood (Christopher Nolan) is back to reboot the “Superman” series. This film seems to cover the youth and early adult years of Clark Kent as he discovers his personal identity and finds a way to be accepted and respected in society.
Tony Award nominee comes to Chicago in 'Big Fish' By EMMA RUBENSTEIN Staff Writer
An exciting stage adaptation of the acclaimed novel and film “Big Fish” is coming to the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre for its preBroadway premiere in Chicago this month. The show is directed and choreographed by TonyAward winner Susan Stroman, and its music and lyrics are by Grammy and Tony-Award nominee Andrew Lippa. The DePaulia had the incredible opportunity to speak with Bobby Steggert, a Tony Award-nominated actor, who plays a boy named Will Bloom in the show. “Big Fish” tells the tale of Will Bloom and his father, Edward Bloom. Edward is a fantastic storyteller and soon enters the last stages of his life, which prompts Will to seek truth and answers. “It’s Will’s hope and need in the show to discover who his father is before it’s too late,” said Steggert. While the musical tells a beautiful tale full of movement, Steggert said that “the show is really about a father and a son
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Tony Award nominated actor Bobby Steggert in rehearsals for 'Big Fish,' running from now through May 5. trying to understand one another.” It seems that at its heart “Big Fish” tells a tale that we can all relate to. Steggert also discussed his love for musicals and the broad range of effects that they possess on their audiences. Although he regards the genre highly, he is selective when it comes to choosing the parts he will portray. “I respect the form of the musical,” said Steggert. “And I
really only want to play roles that illuminate something about humanity.” Steggert was immediately drawn to the role of Will and described how deeply the character and the show resonated with his life and his own experiences. “I was really drawn to this because I have a really complicated relationship with my dad,” said Steggert. “I think, you know, looking up to someone and
seeing how they live their life and then becoming an adult and choosing how to live yours is a complicated thing for all of us. I can really, really connect to the love, and also the conflict with that relationship.” Steggert expounded his love for the dimensionality of this show as well. “'Big Fish' is uniquely versatile and varied,” said Steggert. “It’s a really special musical in the sense that it goes from very small to very large. Usually a musical is big and grand and opulent, or it’s small and intimate, and you really, really get both extremes with this.” Theater, as a whole, has always played a meaningful role in Steggert’s life. “I wasn’t athletic as a kid,” said Steggert. “So I would always watch my brother who is a fantastic baseball player and I would see the community that he had – he got to be on teams and for me, acting is kind of a team sport.” Steggert loves performing, but also loves the connections it fosters. “It makes me feel part of something,” said Steggert. When it came to his advice
for those entering the acting field, Steggert had no qualms about emphasizing that hard work and determination are necessary. It is his belief that people have become too focused on their “fifteen minutes of fame.” For Steggert, success is born from dedication and effort. “The people I respect the most, and the people I have seen succeed, are the people who have always focused on their work,” said Steggert. “Big Fish” will transport, entertain and move its audience. It is both visually and contextually stunning and it is actors like Steggert who bring it to life. He explained how one of the most valuable aspects of acting is “to invest in one’s own imagination,” which Steggert said he has always been able to do. His dedication to his art is apparent; he is fascinated by the human mind and condition and seeks to plumb the depths of them through his performances. His energy, even in conversation, is infectious and it will undoubtedly be readily apparent in Broadway’s newest show. “Big Fish” will run in Chicago through May 5 before its New York Broadway premiere in September.
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Cold War Kids return to Chicago at The Metro
By COURTNEY JACQUIN Arts & Life Editor
Low, moody lighting engulfed The Metro Saturday night when Cold War Kids lead singer Nathan Willett’s bluesy voice cut through the screams of the crowd asking, “Wonder why you don’t like April.” Backed with minimal drums and guitar, it was the opening line to the song “Dear Miss Lonleyhearts,” from the eponymous album release April. It acted as a very cool opening for the band’s visit to Chicago on their tour for the new album. If the set started a little too mellow for fans, “Mexican Dogs” followed with Willett and bandmates Matt Maust and Dann Gallucci moving in dizzying circles around the intimate stage. It was a smart move after 2011’s flop “Mine Is Yours.” The over-thought, over-produced album – thanks to Jacquire King (think Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody,” his latest commercial success) – was a step in the completely wrong direction from the band’s bluesy, unkempt rock roots to stadium bro rock, illustrated best in “Royal Blue,” inciting the bro rock bounce across the crowd. It may not have been the album’s fault, but the band had a Chicago venue size downgrade from its last visit in March 2011 to The Riviera Theatre. There’s no denying The Metro is cooler,
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Cold War Kids vocalist Nathan Willett at The Metro April 6. but if it’s not a conscious decision to play the legendary venue after playing larger ones, it might be a bad sign. Luckily, “Dear Miss Lonleyhearts” returns to the older sound, not all the way to the piano
banging of 2006’s “Robbers & Cowards,” but it’s closer. The set was heavy in new tracks, from the neat and upbeat piano riffs of the single “Miracle Mile” followed shortly after by “Jailbirds,” a nice agreement between the band’s
earlier work and newer. Regardless of song choice, Willett is one of the most interesting performers to watch. His voice can range from powerful crooning steeped in soul, blues and rock to an impressive falsetto. Then watch his hands – even with a guitar strapped around his neck, his hands and fingers illustrate almost every note. It’s like he’s playing the piano even when he’s standing center stage. Now on their fourth studio album, mixing older songs into a set becomes increasingly difficult. Before “Rubidoux” and “Hang Me Up To Dry,” Willett let the crowds know, “this is an old one,” which was almost jarring if you’re still listening to “Robbers and Cowards” like it was released yesterday. “Hang Me Up To Dry” is still arguably the band’s most well known song, and the crowd reacted accordingly. Willett continues to create a spectacle, moving like the Hunchback of Notre Dame around the stage during musical breaks and fauxpiano playing while at the mic. As the set was coming to a close, the band included two more off of “Mine Is Yours.” “Cold Toes On The Cold Floor,” the only gem of that album was filled with all of the strength of Willett’s voice and the cool bass line that was somehow left underproduced. Followed by another new track “Fear & Trembling,” a similar pulsing bass line and matching drumbeat was solid
behind Willett’s falsetto. “Louder Than Ever” was the last to be played off “Mine Is Yours,” played at a noticeably faster tempo during the first verse. One might be hopeful it was to please the crowd by playing the track but doing it quicker to get it over with as fast as possible, but the tempo was back on track after the first chorus, unfortunately. The set preencore closed with “Hospital Beds,” arguably the band’s most beautiful song. Willett takes such a free approach to his piano playing it makes the live experience so much more moving. “We Used To Vacation” was clearly missing from the set, but it was the opening for the encore. Willett continued his free piano playing, breaking it down even more, almost acting out the alcoholic protagonist of the track. The set closed out with 2012’s single “Minimum Day” followed by “Something Is Not Right With Me,” a rocking, upbeat end to the show. While it was a solid sold out performance to an eager, sold out crowd, the fact that “Saint Johns” didn’t close the show was a travesty. A long-running tradition for the band on past tours, Willett with his prop glass of wine pulls out more soul than you thought possible. Crowds sing along to the breakdown of a chorus. The show ends. On the tour for a fourth studio album, some things must unfortunately get cut.
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This 1969 photo shows Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert in the newsroom of the paper in Chicago. Ebert, the most famous and popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation's most influential thumb, died Thursday, April 4. He was 70.
Goodbye, Roger Ebert
The legendary film critic affected so many lives COMMENTARY
By DYLAN FAHOOME Contributing Writer I am unable to trace back the first instance I became aware of the greatest film critic of all time. His presence was so integrated into the fabric of Friday Blockbuster aisle browsing that you’d notice his trademark “two thumbs up” on the cover of the movies you
rented and the absence of it on the ones you didn't. First, I remember seeing “Siskel and Ebert.” Then “Ebert and Roeper.” Then, just “Ebert.” Later on when Netflix first introduced itself to our household and we watched the death of the video store, his four star rating scale appeared on the sidebar of any movie he had reviewed that was in the database. One click on the sentence pullout from his review, and I was taken to his
website to read the rest. His website was the gold mine I’d accidentally tripped upon in middle school. After school I would come home, check my Facebook, email and rogerebert. com. About once a week, new reviews would be posted. Once they were up, I’d spend all week reading as many as I could. Over the years, I grew to find all of the answers in Ebert. Every question I had about a movie, he answered. He taught me the art
and craft of analyzing a film and writing about it — he taught me how to write. Amongst my fellow moviebuff-geek crowds growing up, the good, the bad and the ugly films were always in discussion. If a friend praised a film that Ebert despised, I’d bring up his review and let them know that hey – I like Edward Scissorhands, too, but as Ebert says, Burton still hasn’t nailed the technique of storytelling. My friend would
then get angry and say, “you can’t make up your own mind about the film … you only listen to what others say.” I didn’t listen to others – I listened to Ebert. And it wasn’t even listening; it was understanding, comprehending, opening, learning from him that I did when I read reviews. It wasn’t and still isn’t stealing someone else’s feelings about a film. It’s seeing something through another lens – a much more skilled and wise lens, at that. And there is nothing wrong in that. I will miss Ebert’s writing and passion now that he is gone. The world has lost a man who has spent over half a century knowing an art form that is nearly as old as he is. I feared this day would come, the day that I’d have to see a film in theaters and not be able to come home and learn even more about it and discover why it made my heart beat. But I’ll always have his reviews, his meditations on the “great movies,” and his unparalleled humanity and fervor for cinema. That passion lives on and will continue to be as new as the movies that we all keep watching. As Ebert once said, “If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to be about. Look at a movie that a lot of people love, and you will find something profound, no matter how silly the film may be." Movies offer so much for us and say so much about us. Ebert knew what they had to offer and say about us, and that company of awareness is gone. While losing Ebert is losing a friend to go to the movies with, at the same time, Ebert never lied. His last words in his Sun-Times journal were: I’ll see you at the movies. I look forward to it, Roger.
U.K. folk makes another visit to the US with Jake Bugg
By HANNAH HOFFMAN Contributing Writer
When 19-year-old British singer-songwriter and Nottingham housing projects native Jake Bugg released his selftitled debut album “Jake Bugg” in the U.K., it shot straight to No. 1 on the charts, beating both Leona Lewis and fellow back-to-basics folkies Mumford and Sons out of the top spot. In this new age of popular music, where it is as equally cool to sport a banjo as it is a MacBook, Bugg stands out from his contemporaries not only in mere age, but also his lyricism and raw authenticity. It seems that today, music critics and fans are obsessed with the “authenticity” of artists. In terms of his songwriting, Bugg sticks to what he knows, and his authentic storytelling lyrics of life in Clifton are more reminiscent of album “The F¬¬reewheeling Bob Dylan” than “Sigh No More,” with songs like “Seen It All” and “Two Fingers” describing the teen experience.
On “Seen It All,” Bugg sings “one Friday night I took a pill or maybe two,” and the Everly Brothers-esque style instrumentation and his voice – raspy and aged beyond his years – culminate to create the perfect picture of a party night gone awry. His voice is not perfectly melodic, but is a breath of fresh air in the pop world of autotune. Similarly, “Two Fingers” and “Trouble Town” illustrate the realities of teenage life in Nottingham without sounding overly trite or melodramatic. While Bugg is easily compared to the likes of Bob Dylan and Buddy Holly, “Two Fingers” is also steeped in ’90s Oasis Britpop, with its sing-along and highly catchy chorus, and is easily the most widely accessible song on the album. Bugg never feels the need to prove his authenticity in regards to his songwriting – it just comes naturally. Like his idol Scottish singersongwriter Donovan, Bugg has a penchant for writing beautiful love songs, which starkly contrasts the gritty realism
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Album cover for British musician's self-titled debut release, Jake Bugg. portrayed in many of his songs, showing an incredibly sensitive side of the same boy who sang about a “chalked white line stained with blood” in the Dylan-
esque song “Ballad of Mr. Jones.” The song “Someone Told Me” is a tale of lost love that is one of the standouts on the album, with Bugg’s quavering
voice and the stripped-down acoustics bringing in a level of innocence and almost purity. This innocence is also seen in “Simple As This,” and the lyric “high on a hash pipe of good intent” is one of the best lines of the album and reveals a high level of lyricism and songwriting for someone who only just turned 19. Bugg’s songs have a timeless quality to them – a grand achievement for a young artist’s debut album. But some songs seem too reliant on retro musical clichés, and closing track “Fire,” a reggae-infused track recorded on his iPhone, never enters the modern day as it feels too settled in the past. For the most part, though, while he turns to the past for inspiration and sound, Bugg brings these older influences into the modern day and gives them new life. As a debut album, “Jake Bugg” presents a mature young artist with a strong sense of musical direction – a breath of fresh air in today’s popular music.
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TALKING POLITICS New Politics frontman David Boyd discusses new music and touring
By ALYSSA GIRDWAIN Contributing Writer
Throw catchy lyrics and electric, rowdy personas into a single entity, and you’ve got the rambunctious rockers of DanishAmerican band New Politics. The band is set to release their sophomore album May 21 and performed in Chicago April 4 at the Bottom Lounge. Band members David Boyd and Soren Hansen met in Copenhagen and started writing songs for fun. “I told Soren, ‘You know we’re a band and we just don’t know it?’” said lead singer Boyd. The pair eventually entered a national competition, where bands send in their music in the hopes of being chosen to perform and are exposed to the eyes of agents and management companies. The pair won the competition, causing massive hype. With quick interest from American labels, Boyd and Hansen moved their music stateside, where they attracted drummer Louis Vecchio from Long Island, New York.
“We wanted to go as big as we could,” Boyd said about the immediate choice to relocate to Brooklyn. Recently, New Politics played at Vice Bar during SXSW, with acts like Butch Walker, Matt Nathanson and Fall Out Boy. The experience – complete with freebies and parties to let off steam – was a favorite stint. “We’re constantly on the road, working and struggling, so those things mean so much,” said Boyd. Now they are on tour with duo Twenty One Pilots, hitting cities across the United States. “The type of tour that we are on is very hardcore,” said Boyd about life on the road. Between being able to afford a tour bus, not getting an adequate amount of sleep each night and the near absence of healthy food, the days can be difficult. “I’m just giving all the horrible facts because you got me in the middle of touring for three months,” he said. “But performing live on stage, doing your thing that you created and wrote and put in all that work and heart into … I couldn’t ask for
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David Boyd on the set of the music video for the New Politics' song "Harlem." anything else.” Boyd also notes learning about people and cultures within the states and chatting with the fans after each show as additional highlights of touring. The live performance is like an escape for the band – as well as the audience. With the trashing of drums and guitar riffs, the performance is heightened by Boyd’s energetic and unpredictable dancing on stage. “(When I go on stage) I’m done with thinking,” said Boyd. “It doesn’t matter how I look, it doesn’t matter what I do … it’s just, take this moment and just
let go, and just go with it from your core.” With influences ranging from rock-grunge, early ‘90's hip-hop, electro punk and even a little rap, New Politics takes elements of various genres to make their own cohesive sound that is exciting and evocative. Their sophomore album takes these characteristic sounds and songwriting and adds new elements to elevate their sound and versatility. Boyd and Hansen continue to co-write songs about subjects imperative to their current lives and reflect upon their
experiences. The first taste of this is in the band’s current single “Harlem,” a high-energy tune about a spontaneous and romantic adventure around the neighborhood. “We worked really hard on breaking walls and finding other ways of doing stuff instead of being comfortable,” said Boyd. “(The album) shows another side of us, which is important as artists.” New Politics’ new album drops May 21, and their single “Harlem” is available for purchase now.
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side of the gallery with mostly American artists like William Glackens’ “Skaters” and George Bellows’ “In the Park – Promenade.” The works are very realistic and illustrative of typical American work of the time. Nothing is radical. The opposite wall of the show is in stark contrast: The Body. European artists were capturing the unidealized female form in their work, like in Henri Matisse’s “Four Studies of a Nude.” Americans had the strongest reaction to this new view of the body, which is obvious in the contrast from the American to European Art. The exhibit is small, occupying only the first gallery in DPAM, making the exhibit a very intimate experience. Most pieces are sketches, so the viewer is forced to really examine the art and think about the once radical ideas. While the show celebrates the Armory Show, it’s not a reunion of the original. Pieces designated by pine trees, the symbol of the original Armory Show, show viewers which pieces were originals. The rest are works from around the time of the Armory Show by artists that were originally included. “There’s a lot of work out there that relates to the Armory Show, it had a huge effect,” said Pohlad. The clearest example of the show’s effect is in Abraham Walkowitz’s “Geometric Abstraction” from 1916. The artist’s work post-Armory Show demonstrated the abstraction of European art in the show, but differed greatly from the work he showed in the show himself. This work, and the exhibit, doesn’t just celebrate 100 years of the original, but shows the vast effect the Armory Show had on the art world. A lecture series in relation to For and
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"Four Studies of Nude Woman," by Henri Matisse, circa 1910, pencil on paper, collection of Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Against Modern Art: The Armory Show + 100 will take place at DPAM throughout April and May. “For and Against: Re-evaluating the 1913 Armory Show and Revisiting Chicagoans’ Responses” from Laurette McCarty takes place April 24 at 6 pm, and “It’s a Rube Town” from Mark Pohlad May 1 at 6:00 pm. The DePaul Art Museum is located at 935 W. Fullerton Ave. and is open seven days per week.
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Reality TV pushes boundaries, perhaps too far COMMENTARY By LIZ PETERSON Contributing Writer Partying until dawn, dancing with very little clothes on, indulging in mud baths and angering politicians. These activities are reality for the teenagers featured on MTV’s “Buckwild.” Millions of viewers consider the show’s rural West Virginia lifestyle a source of humorous entertainment. One of the group’s favorite activities, called Muddin’, involves driving through the muddy woods at high speeds in their pickup trucks. Often, the show depicts the young adults consuming alcohol, and one of the cast members was recently charged with a DUI.
The reality show became all too real when Shain Gandee, a notorious “Buckwild” cast member, was pronounced dead with two others in a pickup truck last Monday, April 1. Along with two other men in the mud-stained vehicle, it was initially unclear of the cause of death, besides the fact that the truck was submerged in a mud hole. Based on the content of the show, many speculated that alcohol was involved in the crash. The most recent release states that carbon monoxide poison was what ultimately killed the three men. This generation that frequently lives on the edge by partaking in “YOLO”worthy activities rarely thinks about what happens when that one life actually comes to an end. Perhaps this is a rude awakening for the “Buckwild” teens who may now understand the horrific consequences of their actions. Despite criticism for being too wild, it is obvious that Shain Gandee
died doing what he loved. Gandee, arguably the most charismatic character on “Buckwild,” is the hometown boy that everybody looked to for a good time. His love for his friends and family was clear through his thoughtful actions. He brought everybody together through his wild and creative ideas. Some of these included building many pools, slides and jumps using the resources and materials they had in their hometown. Although his death was accidental, fingers will accusingly point to MTV for the potentially dangerous lifestyle portrayed. Seen as a horrible representation of their state, a call for the show to end rings throughout the community surrounding Charleston, W.Va. In the shadow of Gandee’s death, it will be interesting to see if MTV can maintain viewership by filming the same carefree attitudes. Hopefully there is not a marketing ploy
here, using Gandee’s death as a lure to gain more viewers. There is a possibility for backlash against the show if it continues. This is nothing new coming from a station that originally broadcast “Jackass,” which had similar incidences and much uproar. Ten years later, there’s a new generation of young adults who live freely without concern about how their actions affect the world. This rebellion against the norms of society is what draws so many viewers to the show in the first place. It coincides with being young and carefree. This attitude has existed throughout time, but with reality TV, it has a new perspective. Although parents and politicians alike criticize what the program represents, they can relate by remembering a time in which they were young and rambunctious themselves. By televising real lives as a source of entertainment, it's forgotten that the stories told become a commodification of life itself. The ability for media outlets to profit from the accidental death of a seemingly normal young man shows that perhaps there is too much fixation on obtaining morals from television. We all make mistakes. We all aspire to enjoy our youth. The cast of “Buckwild” is not the first group of teenagers to receive disapproving criticism from adults, nor will they be the last. The teens are not responsible for anybody’s actions, nor are they advocating for others to copy or mimic them. Careless teenagers will always exist, whether they are features on cable television or not. MTV will continue to broadcast the programs that are popular and are making money. As long as America continues to watch, the program will continue to exploit the group of teens. ABOVE: Shain Gandee, from MTV's "Buckwild."
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Shakespeare shake up: 'Othello: The Remix' By EMMA RUBENSTEIN Staff Writer The Chicago Shakespeare Theater has a lengthy history of providing wonderful traditional performances. They are equally as skilled, though, at putting on breathtakingly innovative and unoriginal productions as well. After entertaining audiences in London, Edinburgh and Germany, a show called “Othello: The Remix” has arrived in the United States at last and is blowing audiences away. The production, created by brothers “JQ” and “GQ” and carried out by a cast that includes two others, is a variation of the timeless play that is comprised completely of hip-hop and rap. Though this premise seems far-fetched, the results are flawless, energetic and incredible. The stage is sparse and the cast is small but the outcome is simultaneously moving and hilarious. The show takes place on the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s upstairs stage. As the audience waits in the lobby, music blares and colored lights bathe the walls. Inside the theater, seating is limited and intimate and the set is covered in spray paint. Immediately, the audience knows what that they are in for – anything but a typical Shakespearean play.
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From L to R: Jackson Doran (Cassio), GQ (Iago) and JQ (Loco Vito) listen to Postell Pringle (Othello) debut a new track featuring Desdemona in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of 'Othello: The Remix', written, directed and with music by the Q Brothers, now playing in the theater Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare. “‘Othello: The Remix’ opened at Chicago Shakespeare while a 21st century ‘Julius Caesar’ and Renaissance-era ‘Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet’ for students shared the Courtyard Theater,” said Anna Marie Wilharm, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Public Relations Assistant. “Adding ‘Othello: The Remix’ to the mix really shows how Shakespeare can be seen through a variety of lenses and attract diverse audiences.”
The Q brothers are indisputable Shakespearean masterminds. They have managed to display the versatility of Shakespeare and pay homage to his literary genius, while simultaneously instilling it with their own spirit and musicality. There is visible evidence of its infectiousness in an audience that just can’t help but sway and dance along. Postell Pringle, Jackson Doran, JQ and GQ are the four
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men who comprise the small and dynamic cast. Though they all portray one main character, they also flip in and out of other personas and genders unrecognizably. Their undertaking of multiple characters is seamless and intriguing. It provides hilarity but also displays their impressive acting abilities. Pringle absolutely shines as the title role of Othello. His emotional arc is flawlessly mastered and he manages to instill
humor and light-heartedness in a character that faces a famously tragic end. Pringle delivers two incredible performances. One is comprised of music and one of Shakespeare, though he blends the two seamlessly. What makes “Othello: The Remix” most effective is its dimensionality. Though it strays away from the original text, it retains every bit of its original intention while instilling it with a whole new sense of vigor through its musicality. Its climax utilizes an especially masterful combination of rhythm, innovation and choreography that left much of the audience in visible tears even though they had been roaring with laughter moments earlier. If you are looking for an enjoyable evening, this show will provide it. “Othello: The Remix” is 90 minutes of absolute entertainment and you will find yourself wishing there was a soundtrack to purchase afterward. It is fast-paced and incomparably delightful. Brothers JQ and GQ have accomplished more than a retelling of a renowned story; they have molded a new form of art. To miss this show is to miss a true opportunity. “Othello: The Remix” will run through April 28 at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 800 E. Grand Ave.
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By STEFANI SEFAHI Contributing Writer The official 2013 Lolla lineup was released Monday after it was leaked days before. Headliners include Mumford & Sons, the Cure, the Killers and Nine Inch Nails. We’ve rounded up some of the songs of the other notable acts set to perform in Grant Park this year that will definitely be worth hearing.
1. “Diane Young” by Vampire Weekend - Weeks ago, the group dropped this and one other single off their forthcoming album “Modern Vampires in the City,” and all I could say was, “Wow.” It was unlike anything the group had released before, but in a good way. It’s an infectious rock single that features a robotic breakdown about 45 seconds into the song and playful guitar riffs throughout, as well as frontman Ezra Koenig’s signature quirky voice. It’s all around headbobbing goodness.
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2. “Best of Friends” by Palma Violets - These British rockers are gaining time in the spotlight after NME named this track Song of the Year in 2012, and rightfully so. I imagine that this group will blow up on the indie rock scene, especially with a tune as catchy as this one. If you’re into the Strokes or the Vaccines (who will also be at Lolla this year), definitely stop by their set. 3. “Awkward” by San Cisco - You can’t help but love a song that is so cute. Its catchy
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“da da da” choruses mingled in between lines like “Get out of my life/ You’ve been stalking me for days” make this a fun boy-girl duet on the painfully awkward texting relationships that any college kid can certainly understand. 4. “Radio” by Lana Del Rey - Lana has proved to be the queen of indie since she debuted in 2011. She has a voice that is, well, “sweet like cinnamon” and captivating in a way that makes you want to put on your flower crown and just watch as
she works her magic on stage. 5. “Friday I’m in Love” by the Cure - Major props to Lolla for landing these veteran pop stars. Their songs, including this popular track, are timeless. I mean, who doesn’t love this amusing love song? 6. “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age - The juxtaposition of a bouncy beat and dark lyrics make this song so hard to get out of your head. Seeing them live promises to be a good performance from these expert hard rockers.
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DePaul recruit Flynn has craft down pat By jAKE PAYNE Contributing Writer
While the start of the DePaul men’s soccer season seems like a long ways away, the team got a big burst of excitement after they landed a very talented and crucial prospect. How good is he? He was Naperville Central’s catalyst for their runs at the 3A Men’s soccer state championship runs and he was the Sun-Times Player of the Year winner for his senior year, where he scored 19 goals in 23 games. With a resume like that, anticipation should be building for the arrival of Patrick Flynn. Flynn has been looking forward to coming to DePaul ever since he decided in October. “The school as a whole enticed me to choose DePaul. I know many people that have graduated from DePaul and they only have good things to say about the school. The campus is awesome and it felt extremely comfortable when I visited in the fall,” said Flynn. The talented forward lit it up in his last two years at Naperville
Central with an array of goals, many of which were equalizers or game-winners – which will be useful with the notable absences that DePaul will have to overcome this year. Antonio Aguilar, last season’s leader in goals, shots on goal and game winning goals, graduated last year. With Flynn’s propensity to score, he could develop into the complement to the other young forward, Thiago Ganancio. The team will definitely need Flynn to step to the challenge, something that he is very eager to do. “I love being challenged during every game and I knew the Big East offered that. DePaul plays in one of the hardest conferences for soccer,” said Flynn. “I am hoping that my talents from high school and club soccer can translate to success at the college level. I know it is a lot of hard work, but I have seen kids from my high school make the same jump.” You don’t have to look very far to understand what he means. Fellow teammate Art Garza graduated from
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Pat Flynn playing with Naperville Central against Morton in the IHSA State Soccer Final Nov. 5, 2011. Naperville Central while Flynn was a freshman. Flynn said that Garza was one of the players he learned from during high school and he also hopes to make the jump from high school
"RUTGERS" continued from back page human resources professionals, and earlier in the year when Rice was suspended outside counsel,” when he first received video for three games why he didn’t take 30 minutes of Rice abusing players in November. His to watch the video, Barchi responded that he “first instincts” were to fire Rice on the spot, should have. but was overruled. Watching his press conference, it As a result, Pernetti was essentially could be evident to many that Barchi did forced to step down because of the outcry neither himself nor other members of the over Rice’s treatment of Rutgers players. administration any favors in offering clearBut was it fair treatment cut explanations for the for someone who, just last course of events leading up month, was named one of to Rice’s dismissal. Barchi Sports Business Journal’s five avoided accountability, even finalists for athletic director of claiming he had troubles the year? Was it justified for “loading the DVD into my someone whose contributions Apple” to watch Rice in to move the university from practice. the Big East to the Big Ten If Pernetti’s inaction Conference for 2014 will when given the opportunity increase Rutgers’ media rights to fire Rice immediately revenue, according to ESPN, was grounds for his from $3 million annually to departure, Barchi’s inability more than $40 million by to foresee this scandal 2017? reaching its tipping point is No. At least, not entirely. the same. The president of FRANK FRANKLIN II | AP as influential an athletic and Pernetti here was more of a scapegoat, the fall guy for the Former Rutgers basketball academic institution cannot higher tiers of administration head coach Mike Rice. remain employed if studentand their inaction when athletes under his purview presented with evidence that Rice was a loose are being mistreated in such a capacity. cannon. Rutgers president Robert Barchi, In this increasingly complicated situation who gave a press conference after Pernetti in which Rutgers finds itself, it is important stepped down, emerged as the truly negligent to remember that the players are the true individual in the ordeal. victims. Had video of Rice grabbing and When the video was originally brought kicking his players in the middle of drills not to the attention of the school’s athletic come to light, his behavior could have been department, Barchi balked. In his presser, perpetuated. Even his original three-game Barchi admitted that, “mistakes were made,” suspension wasn’t sufficient, as it would have claiming he did not actually see video of allowed him to simply return and carry on as Rice’s behavior in team practice until the day before. it was aired on ESPN. Sports are about accountability. When Therefore, since November 2012, when individuals don’t take responsibility for their Pernetti first brought evidence of Rice in actions, other suffer. practice videos with verbal and physical In Rutgers’ case, Rice, Pernetti and abuse and “some episodes of slurs,” Barchi Barchi all let the team down, and it may be a wasn’t to be bothered to take time out of his long while before the university will be able schedule to watch the video. When asked to right the ship.
to college like Garza did. One of the other factors that went into Flynn’s decision was DePaul’s educational value. “I was considering going to Dayton, Illinois Wesleyan, or
Marquette,” said Flynn. “All of these schools offered a great business school and I would have had the opportunity to play soccer as well.” He realized that an offer from the MLS would be a tough stretch and he is going to split his focus between soccer and accounting. “I don’t know what lies ahead for me in my soccer career. I hope to play after college but I know it is extremely difficult. Also, DePaul’s education will help me get a job in the business world right out of college,” he said. Even though he prepares for life outside of soccer, he realizes he still has a job to do. He is going to be joining a young, yet growing DePaul team that is in the process of creating a system. This is a team that got outscored 32-17 over the entire year. DePaul clearly needs him to help shift that balance, but until then, Flynn is focusing on goals for himself. “I hope that my game can take another step in the positive direction at DePaul,” he said.
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"BASEBALL" continued from back page minor league system, shying away from overpriced free agents (here’s looking at you, Alfonso Soriano) and instead relying on youth to form a group of players that could don Cubbie blue for years to come. Free agent acquisition Edwin Jackson will provide support for the pitching staff in 2013, and the Cubs will improve overall. The pitching is by far the strength of the team, and many of the arms on the Cubs’ staff could be serviceable with any number of winning ball clubs. The batting order is the problem, but Castro is a hit machine and Rizzo is developing into a powerful slugger. There will be no playoffs for the Cubs in 2013, but fans should definitely be excited. The Cubs may be challenging for a playoff spot in 2014, and even the World Series title in 2015 predicted by “Back to the Future” could be a realistic goal.
Chicago White Sox
The White Sox have a load of talent, but it just doesn’t seem to come together. The team finished 85-77 in 2012, and they are looking at more of the same this season. Some of the talent includes Chris Sale, who came into his own last season, going 17-8 with
a 3.05 ERA in 29 stellar starts. Then there’s Paul Konerko, who continued to forget that he’s old, batting .298 and slugging 26 home runs. Adam Dunn remained a pariah at the plate, but still managed 41 home runs. There is also young talent, like new catcher Tyler Flowers and 24-year old Dayan Viciedo. But there’s still too much the White Sox need if they want to catch the Tigers in their division. For one, Dunn is an absolute black hole in the lineup despite his power. He leaves runs on the table so often it’s as if he’s stealing them. In addition, Konerko is 37 years old and the pitching staff has limited depth. As it stands, the White Sox will have a very tough time contending with Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera and the championshipGENE J. PUSKAR | AP minded Tigers. If anything, the Cubs Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija throws against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning are better off. The Sox are of their opening day baseball game April 1 in Pittsburgh. superior now, but they’re overloaded with aging veterans and have no farm system to speak of. The Sox need to make the playoffs this year (which likely won’t happen), or they won’t taste the postseason for several more seasons while their cross-town rivals try to finally break their 100-plus year drought.
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time, and my hand would freeze and then I’d have to go out and pitch,” said Penna. But she came back in the bottom of the inning and stroked a two-run single up the middle, then scored a run. By the end of the third, DePaul’s lead was 16-4 and any hopes of a Seton Hall comeback were unequivocally crushed. The game was called after the top of the fifth inning due to the NCAA’s “mercy
the best all-around player on the diamond. Lenti was impressed with the player he dubbed the star of the game. “As I said to her, ‘who’s the idiot who doesn’t bat you more?’” said Lenti. “As a pitcher, you feel so much more confident knowing you have offense to back you up,” said Penna. To say that she helped her own cause would almost be an understatement.
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rule” regulations. DePaul collected 16 hits in the dominating effort and had 25 over the two games. In the first game, junior Kristen Verdun pitched seven strong innings, improving to 13-7 on the season, and the Blue Demons showed that they are hard to beat, whether it’s a doubleheader or otherwise. But the story of the day was Penna, who had a career afternoon and was
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Demons double up Pirates
By DAVID WEBBER Assistant Sports Editor
Sometimes the bounces just keep going the right way. For junior pitcher Hannah Penna and the rest of the DePaul women’s softball team, Wednesday’s doubleheader sweep of Seton Hall showed how good the squad could be if they dominated on the mound and at the plate. After sophomore Staci Bonezek sent a two-run homer over the fence to lead the Blue Demons to a thrilling 5-4 win in the first game, Penna took the mound and made sure Seton Hall wouldn’t get close in the second. DePaul ran out to a 6-0 first inning lead and never looked back, cruising to an 18-5 victory and helping the Blue Demons improve to 20-13, including 7-1 in the Big East. “It was obviously better than the first (game), obviously the offense really came through in the second game,” said head coach Eugene Lenti. “No matter what pitcher they threw at us . . . we just put the game out of reach.” It was a complete team effort, but Penna found a way to shine. She improved to 7-5 this season and struck out seven Pirates over four innings. She also went 4-4 six RBI to lead the team in batting as well. “I was just seeing the ball well,” said Penna. “That’s usually my main problem, I take my eye off the ball. So I was just focusing on seeing it.” The game time temperature hovered in the 30s, which typically makes it more difficult to hit due to the fact that cold air
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Bree Brown heads to home plate and her celebrating teammates after hitting a solo shot in the 5th inning of Game 1. is denser than warm air. Penna didn’t seem to care. “I think it’s harder, honestly, to pitch in cold weather than to hit,” said Penna. “The weather really didn’t affect me.” It certainly didn’t affect her arm because Seton Hall was fishing for
Play ball, Chicago
By DAVID WEBBER Assistant Sports Editor
It’s time for baseball, and Chicago is alive with the crack of the bat and the infectious sound of the organ playing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
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Dayan Viciedo is one of the best young players for the White Sox. But while tradition and excitement fill the air, hope certainly does not. The Cubs and the White Sox are two proud
teams, but 2013 is not likely to treat either club kindly. Everyone has the same record on Opening Day, but fans in the Windy City could be disappointed when game No. 162 rolls around and their team is barred from October baseball.
Chicago Cubs
The Cubs lost 101 games last year – their most since 1966 – and no one should expect them to do much better in 2013. If the Cubs win 70 games, it would be considered a smashing success. But for the Cubbies, this year is a small piece of a bigger puzzle. While the Chicago team has limited depth and multiple holes in the lineup, the groundwork has been set for a playoff run in the near future. At the core of that prospective run are the young stars: 23-year-old shortstop Starlin Castro, 23-year-old first baseman Anthony Rizzo, 27-year-old shortstop Darwin Barney and 28-year-old Jeff Samardzija. Each of these players turned in a solid 2012, and they are looking to build on that success as the Cubs try to build for the future. Team president Theo Epstein has done a superb job of restocking the See BASEBALL, page 27
anything they could possibly find. Penna set down the side easily in the first inning and breezed through the second inning as well, allowing only one base runner. She ran into some trouble in the third when she walked the leadoff hitter and then allowed two consecutive singles. On
the second hit, an error allowed two runs to score. Penna then allowed a home run, and DePaul’s lead was cut to 8-4. “It was definitely harder to stay in an inning, and then we’re hitting for a long See SOFTBALL, page 27
COMMENTARY
Rutgers’ scarlet fetter By JULIAN ZENG Sports Editor
“Accountability” is among the most common buzzwords in sports team culture. Coaches preach to their players endlessly that everyone on the court, field, ice and pitch has to know what’s happening and what needs to be done. Teammates must look out for teammates in order to succeed. Accountability is a mantra that supposedly inspires winning and excellence. Rutgers University administrators could have afforded to take a page out of this playbook. In the midst of a player abuse scandal that saw the Scarlet Knights’ head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice fired and assistant coach Jimmy Martelli resign, Rutgers Athletic Director
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Rutgers president Robert Barchi announces that he has accepted the resignation of athletic director Tim Pernetti, April 5. Tim Pernetti was the latest April 3 after his controversial piece to fall from the actions reached a boiling school’s administration. The point in the public. Martelli consequential reach could go resigned the same day Rice higher. was fired. Rice was dismissed after Pernetti announced video surfaced on ESPN of his resignation as athletic him hurling obscenities and director on April 5, writing in basketballs at players during a letter to the university that team practices. At first he wished he had overridden only handed a three-game Rutgers’ officials who chose suspension and a $75,000 to seek “university lawyers, fine, Rice lost his job on See RUTGERS, page 25
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