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PURE MADNESS

Annual event returns to tip off basketball season

By Preston Zbroszczyk Asst. Sports Editor

Blue Madness is back.

After what was a brief hiatus from 2019, DePaul basketball on display, two weeks before the season officially tips off.

The free public event took place on Friday, Oct. 14. It was initially sched uled for the outdoors in Saint Vincent de Paul’s parking lot, but unfortunate weather caused it to be moved into Mc Grath-Phillips Arena. This resulted in a huge turnout with packed bleachers.

With food truck accommodations and representatives from the Chicago

White Sox, Blue Madness had Chica go Bulls forwards Patrick Williams and Javonte Green in attendance.

“It means a lot,” said men’s head coach Tony Stubblefield. “Our marketing and our administration has done a great job with the work they have put in. To get the turn out like we did on a Friday eve ning, is very exciting. It introduces us to the start of the season.”

Each player on the men’s and wom en’s basketball teams received their own individual introduction. Some walked and others danced out to a song of their choosing and finished their entrance by throwing t-shirts into the crowd.

Women’s head coach Doug Bruno

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then grabbed the microphone, getting everyone on their feet shouting to the crowd multiple times, as he was losing his voice, “We need you,” in response to getting fans at Wintrust.

After last season’s league bottom at tendance rate, the efforts have been in place to improve the turnout at Wintrust Arena for the upcoming season.

‘I’m incredibly humbled’

Mission and Ministry’s Joyana Dvorak honored by university

By Lilly Keller Arts & Life Editor

Room 311 in the Student Center radiates a sense of warmth and welcome. At first glance, the well-worn couch and communal kitchen could be mistaken for a community lounge rather than the Division of Mission and Min istry.

While the department may appear to be far from the vaulted ceilings and stained-glass windows that many associate with Catholic architecture, the essence of tradition for Joya na Dvorak, the associate Director for Student Engagement & Mission Integration, resided in the answer to the question of what must be done.

“When I think about Vincentian heritage or the legacies that Vincent DePaul and Lou ise de Marillac left for us, I think the heart of it for me is this idea of believing that another world is possible and using our hands, using our hearts to be part of co-creating that other world,” Dvorak said.

Recently named one of the 125 faces of

DePaul, Dvorak’s commitment and passion to embracing the Vincentian values can be felt by anyone within her presence.

In recognition of the university’s 125th anniversary, students, staff, faculty and alum ni nominated individuals who exemplify De Paul’s values.

Dvorak’s cheerful personality shines through every ounce of her tall stature and bright smile, even from a distance.

Throughout the 15 years since she stepped into her role as, Dvorak has never lost sight of her desire to create a sense of community and belonging within the division.

She initially oversaw the university’s im mersion trips for seven years, but it wasn’t until after the birth of her son that Dvorak knew she wanted to create something new for DePaul.

Meet Me at the Mission, an undergradu ate program founded by Dvorak alongside a group of student leaders in 2015, exemplifies this goal.

DIANE M. SMUTNY | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY Dvorak serves a bowl of macaroni & cheese to students at Vinny Fest, Sept. 30, 2022.

Senior center Nick Ongenda dunks at the Blue Madness event on Friday, Oct. 14 at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Lincoln Park. DePaul men’s basketball will play Loyola (MD) in their season opener on Nov. 7.

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Illinois Workers’ Rights Amendment protects right to collectively bargain, unionize

By Jake Cox, Samantha Moilanen Staff Writer, Opinions Editor

Being raised by a single mother who worked in a non-union factory her en tire life, Joe Bowen, who does campaign ing for the Vote Yes for Workers’ Rights group, decided to research unions, soon realizing the important impact they can have on improving working conditions.

“When I was kid, I remember her telling me she didn’t like unions because they were bad for the company,” Bowen said. “Then I learned what they were and what they did, and I realized they would be good for her.”

Now, Bowen is pushing for the pas sage of the Workers’ Rights Amendment which will appear at the top of the Illinois ballot during the midterm elections.

The amendment was supported by both houses of the Illinois General As sembly in May 2021. In order for it to be officially signed into the Illinois Bill of Rights, 60% of the Illinois electorate must vote in favor during the election on Nov. 8.

Workers' rights under current legis lation are protected by the National La bor Relations Act and the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. However, with a change of governor or state legislature, these rights could be revoked.

The amendment would add a “Work ers’ Rights” section to the Illinois Bill of Rights that protects workers’ rights to organize and collectively bargain to ne gotiate for higher wages, better hours, working conditions and to promote their economic welfare and safety at work.

“People don’t have fundamentally un reasonable demands,” Bowen said. “They just want to be paid well, they want to know when they have to work, the time they're going to have for themselves and their family, and they want to know that they're in a safe workplace.”

While in control of the legislative and executive branches, Illinois Democrats are preparing for the possibility of shift ing politics.

“It [the workers’ rights amendment] would preserve that status in the Con stitution, which would obviously pre vent the legislature from ever passing a right-to-work law in Illinois,” attorney and law professor Gerald A. Golden said. “Given shifting political winds, the pos sibility that the legislature could be more inclined to support a right-to-work law for a lot of reasons. You know, this would prevent the legislature from having the ability to do so.”

Right-to-work laws, common in Re publican controlled legislatures, are piec es of labor legislation that limit union power.

“[Right-to-work laws] prevent an em ployer and the union from entering into a labor contract that requires that all em ployees covered by a union contract must join the union and pay dues in order to keep their job,” Golden said.

The Illinois Economic Policy Insti tute, in conjunction with the Univer sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), found that “By supporting col lective bargaining, the Workers’ Rights

Amendment would advance the state’s interest in creating high-quality jobs and contribute to a strong economy in Illi nois,” via study.

According to a new paper in Cornell University’s ILR Review, researchers ex amined the benefits of being part of a union for your entire career. The study found, being in a union means a work er could make $1.3 million more over the course of their lifetime. Additionally, being a career-long union member can have the same potential value as a college degree.

Critics argue that the amendment's language of “economic welfare” is too broad and could be used to strike without prior mediation, which is currently pro hibited under Illinois law; however, how this would work in practice is unclear.

“It could be interpreted as an effort to diminish any limitation on certain public employees in Illinois, like teachers, from striking,” Golden said. “Nobody really knows how a judge would apply the law and whether it would be interpreted as a violation of the Illinois constitution.”

A common misconception about col lective bargaining is that this measure would allow workers to strike at any time — this is not the case.

“Employees can't strike while they're under an existing labor contract, so they can't just strike at any time unless the contract explicitly gives them the right to, which is an extraordinarily unusual status under a labor contract,” Golden said.

According to Bowen, even if workers had the means or capabilities to go on strike, it is not something that happens often because no one wants to put their financial stability at risk.

“It’s a scare tactic. If you’ve ever talked to a worker who’s gone on strike, that's not something anyone wants to do,” Bowen said. “What people want is to have good paying jobs and safe working con ditions.

Another important aspect of this measure is that it will only affect work ers in the public sector. Employees in the private sector are governed by the Na tional Labor Relations Act, a federal law that supersedes any state legislation.

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), the state's largest local of the American Federation of Teachers, employs over 25,000 Chicago teachers and parapro fessionals and is one of the public sector workforces that is frequently mentioned when discussing union power in educa tion.

“The CTU enthusiastically supports the Workers' Rights Amendment on the November ballot, which guarantees the fundamental rights of workers to orga nize and have a voice in their workplaces — the very rights that Republicans across the country and right here in Illinois have been trying to undermine for years,” said Christine Geovanis, CTU Commu nications Director, in a statement to The DePaulia.

Chicago Public School graduates see

the importance of teachers’ rights to bar gain collectively being enshrined in the Illinois constitution.

“Teachers should have the right to bargain collectively,” said DePaul fresh man Lesly Fernandez, a graduate of Senn High School. “They deserve to be able to speak on things that affect them.”

For Bowen, the amendment is not about politics, but is a step toward ensur ing the safety and welfare of all workers in Illinois.

“We have gotten further and further

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Joe Bowen

from each other, in terms of our ability to recognize what we need as neighbors and to come together over an issue that isn’t political, but is a value,” He said.

“This particular amendment gives us the opportunity to bring people together, not around a political party or specific candi date, because this has nothing to do with politics, it’s about voting for yourself.”

"It’s a scare tactic. If you’ve ever talked to a worker who’s gone on strike, that's not something anyone wants to do”

Campaigning for the Vote Yes for Workers’ Rights group

Chicago Teachers Union protested at an abortion rights rally Oct. 8. The CTU actively supports the Workers Rights Amendment.

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Tutoring breaks the patternof individual learning

By Jake Kaufman Contributing Writer

College students have a tendency to face challenges. Whether it's a math assignment, a chemistry lab course, or the writing of a re search paper, students face a variety of chal lenges. However, many students are unaware that they can overcome academic challenges through a DePaul tutoring session.

DePaul offers tutoring services for all courses offered at each individual college. Tutoring sessions are led by student tutors, and each tutor focuses on a specific subject or course for the sessions in which they are most qualified. Some sessions, such as the writing center, require an appointment, while others, such as the math department, accept walk-ins.

Many students at DePaul take advan tage of the opportunities the university offers through each of the departments. Sam Gut terman, senior studying finance has taken advantage of DePaul’s tutoring services.

“They offer help in the concepts as well as students’ homework,” Gutterman said. “I usually go now for sessions for questions about my homework.”

“My first quarter of my freshman year I took trigonometry, it was easy for me, and I didn’t need additional help,” Gutterman said. “In the next quarter, I struggled with a couple of concepts on my homework, and thought of going to the tutoring center for help.”

Sean Hancock, a senior at Dominican University studying to become a high school English teacher, also values tutoring. Tutor ing is a great resource to have for any student to succeed in the classroom.

“Tutoring is a great way to get help in certain subjects and concepts,” Hancock said. “Sometimes a fresh explanation from anoth er student could help them.”

Getting those fresh explanations from a student can be beneficial for the students.

Instead of hearing from the professor, they will be hearing the concepts from a fellow student. Professor Peter Elliot, an associate professor of English at Anderson University, teaches practical writing courses for tutors at the university. He believes students benefit from tutoring by hearing the concepts and lessons being told to them by a student rather than a professor.

“Students get to hear a voice other than their professor,” Elliot said. “Tutors have the advantage of being peers to the students that they are working week.”

With many students at DePaul taking four or five classes per week and listening to multiple different professors teaching, just hearing a voice that can relate to them and is going through the same schedule with class, can give the student help.

Unfortunately, some students don’t al

ways seek out the help they might need. Some feel, according to Elliot, that they should understand the concepts and going to a tutor is basically admitting their shortcom ings. If they break this stigma, they can see for themselves the benefits of tutoring. Elliot compares a tutoring session to a doctor’s ap pointment.

“There are many benefits of going to a tu toring session for a struggling student,” Elliot said. “They acknowledge they need help and go and get the help they need.”

Hancock has also seen it himself during his time training to become a teacher. He also sees the benefits of tutoring for students suc cess in the classroom.

“I think that students need to know when they should ask for help if they need it,” Han cock said. “Tutoring can be useful.”

Students like Gutterman have seen these

benefits and have kept the option of getting help in mind.

“My trigonometry professor that I had encouraged our class to go to the tutors for help if we were struggling,” Gutterman said.

“I always kept the sessions in the back of my mind for assistance and now it is useful.”

He does not believe fellow students should stress themselves out over not under standing how to solve a problem or difficulty with the concepts they are learning.

“The peer tutors are there to help you out,” Gutterman said. “It never hurts to get help and have someone look over your work to help you solve the problem.”

Hancock also agrees with this statement. He always tries to encourage others to get help as well, and is willing to offer extra as sistance and give students one-on-one addi tional guidance to anyone that needs it.

DePaul nutrition coach shares passion for health, wellness

By Raena Bents Contributing Writer

An apple a day really does keep the doc tor away.

This is the type of thing that Nutrition Coach Peter Mierwinski is teaching about at DePaul’s Ray Meyer Fitness Center. On Wednesday, Mierwinski held an hour-long workshop in which he advocated for a plantbased diet in support of a healthy immune system.

“We’ve done different types of work shops, but this is the first time we’re doing an immune system health workshop,” Mier winski said.

For the next few weeks, the Ray is holding health and wellness workshops on Wednes days from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

DePaul freshman Logan Takahashi at tended the nutrition and immunity work shop this previous Wednesday.

“I first saw it on Instagram,” Takahashi said. “But I’m also part of the Edge program [at DePaul], and one of our leaders was telling us that there are all these workshops happen ing.”

The audience turnout totaled five people, but that was not to Mierwinski's dismay.

“It’d be great if we can get six people to show up, and I’d also be happy with one,” Mierwinski said. “If I can share this message with even one person, I feel that my time has been well spent.”

Mierwinski’s passion for nutrition began almost nine years ago when his doctor tried

to prescribe him another medication in addi tion to the ones he had already been taking.

Mierwinski worked in a high-stress corporate job and had been on blood pressure medica tion since his early 20s. When he rejected his doctor’s initial prescription, the doctor then handed him a different prescription sheet.

On that sheet was the name of a documenta ry: “Forks Over Knives.”

“He said ‘I want you to go home and watch this documentary,’” Mierwinski said. “[Now], it’s the number one documentary I recommend.”

“Forks Over Knives” was Mierwinski’s in troduction to the world of whole-food, plantbased diets, and now his passion for that world drives him in his efforts to bring this

knowledge to the DePaul community.

“Health compounds,” Mierwinski said. “The more you do today, the better you’ll feel tomorrow”

However, it is not just current DePaul students that Mierwinski is reaching.

Susan, whose last name is to be omitted, is a local Lincoln Park resident and DePaul alumna that takes workout classes at the Ray and found out about the workshop from the fitness center.

“I just am interested in hearing what in sightful things he has to say about the im mune system and nutrition,” Susan said.

Mierwinski spoke about what a plantbased diet entails and the importance of con suming foods that come directly from the earth.

“You’d be surprised how many medica tions people are on for some of these chronic conditions that could be fixed through di etary change,” Mierwinski said.

Mierwinski spoke about the creation of a strong gut micro biome through consuming fiber.

“Fiber is the part of natural whole foods that we don’t digest,” Mierwinski said. “There are trillions of bacteria living in our gut. They digest it.”

Mierwinski also says he tries to avoid in take of all animal products. He outlined the fact that animals whose products are typically associated with certain vitamins actually get those vitamins from the food that they eat from the earth.

“Only plants make vitamins,” Mierwinski

said. “A cow doesn’t produce any vitamins. Unfortunately, the industry has trained us that we need to eat [those cows] in order to get the key nutrients.”

Mierwinski’s main goal is to reach people with this information and positively affect their lives in a proactive way.

“I was in my late 30s, and I was starting to suffer the consequences of eating the stan dard American diet,” Mierwinski said. “I wish I had known [in my 20s] what I know now.”

Not only does Mierwinski spread his knowledge to the public, he does it in a man ner that is inspiring and motivating.

“It’s so easy to do this kind of thing,” Takahashi said after completing the work shop. “You have so much control over what you put in your body.”

Mierwinski is also interested in stream lining his efforts toward athletes.

“I’ve already met a few folks who are on sports teams here and they've expressed some interest,” Mierwinski said. “That’s really what I’m excited about because I think that student athletes are thinking more about what they put in their body and how it affects their per formance and we want winners here at De Paul.”

Ultimately, Mierwinski is passionate about doing all he can to inspire others to take on the same naturally-fueled lifestyle that he did over eight years ago.

“There’s no greater satisfaction I can have than knowing that what I shared today has a special place in your mind, and maybe you’ll also share it with [others],” Mierwinski said.

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The Writing Center offers help and tutoring services for students with writing. There are two offices in the Loop and Lincoln Park.

SOFI MARTINEZ | THE DEPAULIA Mierwinski encourages students to lead a healthy lifestyle when he talked at DePaul.

By Lily Lowndes Social Media Editor

Junior Steven Francis walked up to the printing kiosk in the Richardson li brary and swiped his ID. He was sur prised to find that his printing balance was much less than it was last year.

Francis had over $100 in printing money at the end of the spring quarter, but now he only has $24.

“Wasn’t there more money at one point?” Francis asked.

Before fall quarter, all students saw their print money accounts reset. Ac cording to DePaul’s Help Desk, students are allotted $24.00 of free printing per quarter, except for law students, who are allotted $36.00 per semester. Balances carry over each term but are reset at the end of the school year, just before the fall quarter begins.

While this is DePaul’s Student Print ing Policy, the university did not reset printing balances for the past two years.

According to Kat Keating, the asso ciate director of DePaul’s Help Desk, the balances were supposed to reset. It was human error that caused the balances to roll over after the 2019-2020 and the 2020-2021 school years, and the Help Desk returned to its reset policy at the end of last school year.

Due to human error, during the 20202021 school year, when DePaul was com pletely online, the printing money start ed adding up. Students could opt out of other student services like U-Passes, but they were still charged $24 each quarter for printing money.

When students returned to campus last school year, they saw much larger balances than the standard $24. If a stu dent did not come to campus to print during the 2020-2021 school year, they would have had at least $96, or four quar ters’ worth of printing money in their ac counts.

If students were here during the 2019-2020 school year, which ended with online school during Spring Quarter, they would have potentially seen an even greater balance in their account last year.

Blue Demons who were freshman at DePaul in 2019 and did not use any of

their printing money through their ju nior year, they would have had a balance of $216 in their accounts last spring.

While Francis was confused by the small number left in his account, it did not bother him.

“Since there are so many people that submit things online now, I think [print ing money is] rather, maybe not arbitrary, but it’s less important,” Francis said.

It costs $0.08 to print a single-sid ed page in black and white and $0.50 to print a single-sided page in color.

For someone who does not use the printers on campus that often, having printing money reset is not a big deal. For those who have to print a lot, learn ing that their balance reset was a shock ing discovery.

Destiny Strothers, a first-year gradu ate student in the School of Music, prints her own sheet music for her studies. As a vocalist, Strothers has to print multiple copies of sheet music for each piece she learns. One for herself, one for her ac companist and one for her professor, just in case.

She thinks that printing balance should roll over year-to-year.

“I think it’s great if it resets and you had $0 and [then] you get $24, but I think the opposite should not be true,” Stroth ers said.

Strothers believes that those who had over $100 remaining in their accounts last Spring should have over $124 in their accounts now.

Other students, like Joseph Corso, believe that the remaining printing funds should be put back toward students’ tu ition.

“I think that if it’s not going to be used towards printing, then we should have an explanation for where it’s going or how it can be added,” said Corso. “You know, some of us don’t really have great finan cial support for some printing, so if that money is not being used, I think it would be best to be put back into our pockets.”

Students who do not print often are happy with the printing policy.

“I have nothing but positive things to say,” said Windy Kasir, a senior at DePaul.

Kasir usually prints at home, using

on-campus printers only when necessary. He did not notice a change in printing funds and feels like he always has enough money for printing.

“I just know that I never usually print as much to the point where I run out of my current balance,” Kasir said.

When asked about printing on cam pus, more students seemed to be con cerned about the lack of available print ers than the printing money in their accounts.

Michael Jensen, a sophomore music education major, has walked across cam pus to find printers that work.

“It’s been pretty frustrating,” Jensen said. “I’d say that from what I see, there’s a one out of three chance that the printer I want to go to doesn’t work at that time.”

Paige DeLuca, a freshman at DePaul, decided to buy her own printer after hav ing unreliable experiences.

“It was stressful enough for me where I was like, ‘I think I need my own’ because I don’t want my grades to suffer and my school experience to suffer from not be ing able to print my work,” DeLuca said.

No matter what students’ relationship is to printing money, they can expect to have an additional $24 added to their ac counts next quarter.

“It’s great if it resets and you had $0 and [then] you get $24, but I think the opposite should not be true.”

Destiny Strothers DePaul first-year graduate student in the School of Music

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JAKE COX | THE DEPAULIA city. Blue Madness returned for the first time in

JAKE COX | THE DEPAULIA Students and their families attended activities such as plays, museums and soccer games both on and off-campus.

JAKE COX | THE DEPAULIA Games such as cornhole were set up for families to play among themselves or other families. The university encouraged alumni and families to make a donation to the school.

JAKE COX | THE DEPAULIA as lanyards. Goodies were passed out under the Fullerton CTA stop.

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Family members pose with iconic Wrigley Field sign in the Lincoln Park Student Center. Wrigleyville is close to Lincoln Park.

We all Scream for Ice Cream (and Answers)

Manuel holds DePaul vision hearing

By Jake Cox Staff Writer

President Rob L. Manuel hosted an ice cream social and vision session on Oct. 12 for students to express their ideas about what they want to see at the university. Originally, students were supposed to have the opportu nity to attend a vision session earlier in the quarter, but Manuel combined the ice cream social and the vision session into one hourlong session.

Manuel held the vision session in the De Paul student center. It was originally limited to 25 students but was expanded to include more students, due to increased demand. About 30 students and faculty members at tended the social.

Students were asked to discuss why they chose DePaul and to identify the university's greatest strengths and weaknesses.

This event follows an email from DePaul's Joint Council outlining the need for universi ty-wide budget cuts as a result of the fall cen sus, which revealed a drop in enrollment.

When questioned about this decision by The DePaulia, Manuel replied, “I never talked about enrollment [in this presentation].”

When questioned again Manuel re sponded, “So that's the answer, right? The more we can get to the place where we pro

vide the distinctive education that connects to what students want and what faculty know we need, the more people want to come here. That's the desirability of an institution. And that's where that connects to the ability to put money back into the things that are part of our mission and their core to what we are.”

Many students came to this event not knowing what to expect. It is a first for many students to have a president who is willing to meet with them.

“I think this was a great way to begin, es pecially kind of like I said, a little more like the previous president,” senior and Student Government Association (SGA) Communi ty Engagement Coordinator, Jaslynn Hodges said. “I don't think Esteban would have ever made such an effort to interact with students and connect with them.”

The main area of concern addressed by attendees of the vision session was DePaul's diversity, equity, and inclusion. Manuel noted the university's strides in representation but where it still falls short.

“We have representation– but we do work next to each other, not with each other,” Manuel said.

Manuel remarked on students' desire to get involved and attend social events in the aftermath of Covid-19 and the success of Blue Demon Welcome.

“There were like 4000 students,” Manuel said. “As the first major event, it was clear ev erybody was hungry [to get involved].”

However, only 2,147 students registered to attend Blue Demon Welcome, via DeHub.

After convocation, student Isabella Ali came out to the vision session to hear from Manuel.

“I was hearing so much about President Manuel’s investiture,” sophomore and SGA senator for intercultural awareness Isabella Ali said. “I would really like to hear his goals for DePaul.”

Students have ideas of what they would like Manuel to prioritize when making a plan for the future of DePaul.

“I've heard a lot from students that the lack of shared governance model at DePaul is really important to them, like they would like to see that structure kind of changed,” Hodges said. “I noticed that in his 125 Day approach, he listed that was something that he wanted to focus on.”

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A common theme of the vision session is improvement of the university’s diversity and inclusion.

“I wanted to show them that these are is sues that I feel have witnessed for three years now that I think should be addressed, espe cially if a president is allowing us to speak, then I will be here to speak, and I will be here to advocate for as many groups as I can,” ju nior Emmaeilin Salgado-Diez said.

Manuel’s plans seem to be leading up to his inauguration on Nov. 11.

“The goal before inauguration on Nov. 11, is to come up with ideas for the future of the university,” Manuel said. “To do that, I need to listen a little bit about what is im portant to the people who are at the universi ty now, and then take that information into a vision that I can really see what you're talking about at that point.”

Future vision sessions will alternate be tween the Loop and Lincoln Park campus and will be announced ahead of time via De Paul Newsroom.

The Ice Cream Social originally allowed 25 students to attend; however, increased to 30 due to increased student demand.

125 Faces of DePaul

"The whole point of it is that no matter if you — whatever faith or religious background or none — I really believe that there is something about the Vincentian values that all of us as humans can connect too," Dvorak said. "Part of why Meet Me at the Mission was start ed was actually to reach out to students who would never nec essarily come to the division of Mission and Ministry."

Throughout her time at De Paul, Dvorak has not only re shaped the university's percep tion of Vincentian values but also become a grounding pres ence in students' lives.

"One of my favorite things about her is how truly she cares about the well-being of every person, and that's a value of the Vincentian mission," said Eliz abeth Amaya, a DePaul senior and member of Meet Me at the Mission.

Since meeting Dvorak during her freshman year, Ama ya has remained candid about her impact during her four years on campus.

"One thing that I just always carry with me, is whenever I see Joyana, she'll always ask me, how are you doing? Have you had time to breathe?” Amaya said. “Usually, the answer is no. Like, I let out an exhale.”

While it is not every year that faculty and staff are so openly recognized for their presence on campus, it is evident that Dvor ak deserves her place among the other 124 nominees.

"She incredibly deserves it,” Amaya said. “She is the person that always sees people that al ways see students and will al ways generally care about how they're doing, and their well-be ing is.”

DePaul alumna Alicia Zapart articulated similar praise for Dvorak's ability to create a sense of community within the division of Mission and Minis try.

"I was part of the DePaul Community Service Associa tion, so I was thrust into Mis sion Ministries workings a lit tle bit, and this was something that I wouldn't have gotten into if it wasn't for my scholarship," Zapart said. "Joyana specifically was one of my mentors, and she was just someone that loves cel ebrating small wins with you."

Although Zapart may not have interacted with Mission and Ministry on her own ac cord, Dvorak's uplifting pres ence made her feel welcomed and appreciated.

"Joyana absolutely deserves that award,” Zapart said. “She is somebody who knows how to welcome others and how to lift up people's spirits, so she's totally deserving of recogni tion for that.”

Dvorak expressed noth ing but humility when dis cussing the university-wide recognition.

"It's not really about Joy ana,” Dvorak said. “It's re ally not, but I think it's more about how the impact has come through how the stu dents [and how] each of you find ways to use your gifts and bring life to this mission.”

DVORAK, continued from front page

RANDALL SPRINGS | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY Dvorak high-fives mascot DePaul's mascot, DIBS. She was nominated as one of DePaul's 125 Faces celebrating influential communit y, faculty and staff members.

"Every time I walk into the Student Center Monsignor Egan reminds me about the charge all of us at DePaul are called to answer: ‘What are you doing for justice?"

Nation & World

Five years after María, Hurricane Fiona devastates Puerto Rico

By Raena Bents Contributing Writer

The island of Puerto Rico has been slammed with another crisis, five years after Hurricane María.

Hurricane Fiona touched down in Puerto Rico on Sept. 17 accompanied by torrential downpours, 85-mph winds and severe flooding.

“The truth is that it is difficult,” said Carlos Torres, 54, from San Juan, Puerto Rico. “There is no water nor electricity. My girlfriend has to buy [water] or bor row from someone else and bathe with rain water.”

The island experienced similar dev astation after Hurricane María in Sep tember 2017. It is estimated that María hit land as a category four storm, but Puerto Rico’s wind sensors were dam aged, leaving meteorologists with only a rough estimate of the land-based winds that ensued.

María wiped away homes, roadways, traffic signs, schools and businesses.

“The island was still not fully recov ered from the effects of María in terms of infrastructure,” Nezih Altay said, DePaul professor and expert in humanitarian aid, logistics and disaster management and response. “This hurricane only exac erbates their pain.”

María was not the only destructive force that affected Puerto Rico within the past five years.

Since 2017, Puerto Rico has not only experienced natural disasters in the form of earthquakes, but also socio-economic disasters in the form of protests, political turmoil and the COVID-19 global pan demic. There are less than ideal condi

tions for the rebuilding of an island.

In the wake of Hurricane Fiona, Pres ident Biden announced that $60 million in aid will be provided to Puerto Rico.

“Humanitarian aid is emergency help, not development aid,” Altay said. “Humanitarian aid is [only] short term assistance. Puerto Rico needs to rebuild its infrastructure.”

After Hurricane María, Congress allocated $40 billion in disaster aid for Puerto Rico. This is in contrast with the estimated $90 billion worth that Puerto Rico actually lost in damages. By the end of May 2019, Puerto Rico had received less than $14 billion.

“When it comes to development aid, the problems are the same everywhere,” Altay said. “Corruption prevents the money [from going] to people and plac es in need. There is always politics in volved.”

Isabel Olivo, a Puerto Rican junior at DePaul, says she sees how the humanitar ian crises Puerto Rico continues to expe rience is intertwined with U.S politics.

“I think Donald Trump downplay ing the effects of hurricane María placed further emphasis on the idea that, for the most part, Puerto Rico and the habitants of the island have to fend for themselves,” Olivo said.

While Biden has pledged more mon etary support for the island than the Trump administration did after María, some say it still is not enough.

“In my opinion, what Puerto Rico needs, in addition to humanitarian aid... is development aid,” Altay said. “[They need] to strengthen, rebuild, and in some cases build from scratch the island’s in frastructure.”

Problems with water, electricity and access to other essentials do not just oc cur after a hurricane. For Puerto Rico, it has been an ongoing struggle as the is land suffered from continuous blackouts even before hurricane Fiona hit.

“It’s incredible,” Torres said. “The electricity in my house just comes and goes.”

Money for rescue missions and emer gency food and shelter provide shortterm aid, but Puerto Rico needs help to establish a much stronger foundation to limit the emergency aid needed following future disasters.

“Mr. Biden’s promised $60 million will not cover anything other than hu manitarian assistance,” Altay said.

Despite Puerto Rico’s greater need for infrastructure development, many feel that they are not even receiving the bare minimum when it comes to humanitari an aid.

“FEMA does help the poorest to fix houses,” Torres said. “[But] they don’t give me anything.”

Torres said he believes the govern ment’s help has always been motivated mainly by promotional purposes, but even that help has waned over time as well.

“Two things... hinder development aid, politics and corruption,” Altay said.

There is also a disparity between how people conceptualize the United States as a country versus what the country actu ally constitutes.

“I feel like Puerto Rico most definite ly gets overlooked as a part of the United States,” Olivo said. “The general public is unaware of Puerto Rico’s status as a Com monwealth, and most people don’t even

know what that entails.”

People currently living in Puerto Rico, as well as those with ethnic ties to the island, are frustrated at the continued lack of attention and support Puerto Rico has historically received from the United States in the midst of disaster.

Torres believes that until Puerto Rico is receiving the proper attention, aid and infrastructure development, the island will continue to be swept away by recur ring natural disasters.

“It is always the same,” Torres said.

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“There is no water nor electricity. My girlfriend has to buy [water] or borrow from someone else and bathe with rain water.”

Carlos Torres

Resident of Puerto Rico

Playa Salinas is flooded after the passing of Hurricane Fiona in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Many Puerto Ricans are still without electricity and running water.

Presidential race tightens in Brazil, second round of voting approaches

By Laura Katherine Tooley Contributing Writer

After a tight race on Oct. 2, the top two candidates in the first round of Brazilian presidential elections will go into a second round of voting. Many wait with anticipation for the results of the next round of voting and announcement of Brazil’s next president.

Oct. 2, Brazil held the first round of vot ing for all the candidates for the presidency of Brazil. The results spurred a runoff election that will be held on Oct. 30.

The two top candidates in this election are Luiz Incacio Lula da Silva, colloquially re ferred to as “Lula,” and Jair Bolsonaro. For a candidate to win in the first round of voting, they must have over 50% of the vote. After the results of the first round of voting, Lula secured 48.43% of the vote while Bolsonaro secured 43.2%. They will be the two candi dates for the next round of voting.

The 2022 elections have been polarizing because of the top two candidates. Accord ing to the Council on Foreign Relations, the economy, public health, corruption, crime and education are the primary concerns of voters. Bolsonaro, the current president, is running with a conservative campaign. Con cerns about Bolsonaro include his hopes to weaken LGBTQ+ rights, his downplaying COVID-19 and other decisions made during his 2018 presidency.

Lula, candidate for the workers party, served two terms. Worries about his cam paign include concerns about the workers party and its history. Brazilians in Chicago were able to vote in the Loop on Sunday, Oct. 2.

“I don’t know that many people from Bra zil here, so it was fun,” said Jonas Serpa Suza, DePaul junior. “It was a fun experience being around so many Brazilians. Portuguese was

the language you heard as you were walking, which was a very different experience than what I’ve had so far.”

The voting system that was used in Chi cago was the same one used by the rest of voters in Brazil: completely electronic. Many voters feel that this electronic voting system is trustworthy, citing the fact that it is paperless as one of the reasons.

“I would say this is one of the things that I really like about Brazilian elections,” DePaul junior Paola Venzon said. “We have a safe electronic device that we can vote, and the results can come right in the day, so we don’t have to wait a month, like here in the United States.”

According to Stanford University, Brazil is the first country to use a completely elec tronic voting system. Moreover, the electron

ic voting system has been shown by review to be trustworthy because it is not connected to the internet and is very difficult to hack ac cording to Rest of Word.

The Brazilian election system varies from the American system in many ways. The vot ing age is 16, in contrast to the United States system which permits voting at age 18. For people aged 16, 17, and for those over 70, voting is not mandatory, but voting is man datory for persons aged 18-70. This contrasts with the American voting system which is not mandatory for voters. The Brazilian vot ing system works by popular vote, in contrast to the American system which utilizes the electoral college to determine the amount of votes a candidate receives.

According to Joice Brignoli, history teacher in Brazil, the political climate of Bra

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zil is very different from years past, and the current presidency had something to do with this.

“The political climate in Brazil has ex acerbated the thoughts of many Brazilian people, who up to Bolsonaro’s election didn’t feel empowered to speak their conservative minds,” Brignoli said.

Brignoli said that the way that the second round of voting is approached is very import ant.

“For the second round, I hope voters un derstand that politics is a collective subject,” Brignoli said. “We cannot interpret the vote as a way to get individual gain, or imagine that my social reality represents the entirety of Brazil.”

New Jan. 6 footage shows Pelosi, leaders as crisis unfolded

By Eric Tucker Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — As rioters stormed through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was shel tering in a secure location and trying to do what her job demands: take charge of a sit uation.

“There has to be some way,” she told col leagues, “we can maintain the sense that peo ple have that there is some security or some confidence that government can function and that you can elect the president of the United States.”

Then, an unidentified voice interject ed with alarming news: Lawmakers on the House floor had begun putting on tear gas masks in preparation for a breach. Startled, Pelosi asked the woman to repeat what she said.

“Do you believe this?” Pelosi said in dis belief to another Democratic leader, Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina.

It was around 2:45 p.m. and the vio lent cacophony had already disrupted the planned certification of the 2020 presidential election results. It would be hours before the building was secure.

At one point, Pelosi said of President Donald Trump, “I’m gonna punch him out.”

Never-before-seen video footage played Thursday by the House Jan. 6 committee, and later on CNN, showed Pelosi and other lead ers, including Republican allies of Trump, re sponding anxiously — and angrily — to the insurrection.

The recordings offer a rare glimpse into the real-time reactions of the most powerful members of Congress as they scrambled to drum up support from all parts of the gov ernment, including from agencies seemingly ill prepared for the chaos, and vented anger

over a president whose conduct they felt had endangered their lives.

In the videos, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer negotiate with gov ernors and defense officials to try to get the National Guard to the Capitol as police were being brutally beaten outside the building.

The deployment of the Guard was de layed for hours as Trump stood by and did little to stop the violence of his supporters.

The footage, recorded by Pelosi’s daugh ter, Alexandra, a documentary filmmaker, was shown during the committee’s 10th hear ing as an illustration of the president’s inac tion in the face of grave danger posed by the rioters to the lawmakers forced into hiding inside.

“As the president watched the bloody attack unfold on Fox News from his dining room, members of Congress and other gov ernment officials stepped into the gigantic leadership void created by the president’s

chilling and steady passivity that day,” said Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a committee member.

The concerns were not theoretical. Around 3 p.m., as a Trump loyalist outside Pelosi’s office pointed her finger and shouted, “We’re coming in if you don’t bring her out,” the speaker was huddled somewhere else in a room with Schumer, who said, “I’m gonna call up the effin’ secretary of DoD.”

And so he did, telling acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on speakerphone that there were senators still in hideaway spaces and imploring him to send in the Maryland National Guard. Pelosi chimed in that she was going to call the mayor of Washington, D.C., for help as well.

As the violence persisted outside — “Of ficer down, get him up,” a voice could be heard bellowing in one clip shown by the committee — the leaders kept making calls inside. One went to Virginia Gov. Ralph

Northam about the possibility of help from the Virginia National Guard, with Pelosi nar rating the events based on what she saw from television news footage.

An angrier call followed with Jeffrey Ros en, the then-acting attorney general. Days earlier, and unbeknownst at the time to Con gress or to the public, Rosen and colleagues had fended off a slapdash attempt by Trump to replace him with a subordinate eager to challenge the election results.

On that day, though, Schumer and Pelosi sat shoulder-to-shoulder on the couch and laid bare their frustrations with the country’s top law enforcement official.

“They’re breaking the law in many dif ferent ways,” Pelosi said. “And quite frankly, much of it at the instigation of the president of the United States.”

Schumer weighed in too, shaking his head to the side for emphasis: “Yeah, why don’t you get the president to tell them to leave the Capitol, Mr. Attorney General, in your law enforcement responsibility? A pub lic statement they should all leave.”

In a clip that aired later on CNN, Pelosi was told that the Secret Service had dissuad ed Trump from going to the Capitol.

“If he comes, I’m gonna punch him out,” Pelosi responded. “I’ve been waiting for this. For trespassing on the Capitol grounds, I’m gonna punch him out. And I’m gonna go to jail, and I’m gonna be happy.”

It wasn’t until the evening that the Cap itol would be cleared and work would re sume. The news that Congress would be able to reconvene to finish its work in certifying the election results was delivered to the con gressional leaders not by Trump but by Vice President Mike Pence.

After a very bad day, Schumer had two words: “Good news.”

ANDY WONG | POOL PHOTO VIA AP New video footage follows Nancy Pelosi during the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for office again at the end of October, gives a thumbs up to supporters.

Opinions

‘Fake newspapers’ spreading lies to Illinois voters

By JacoB costello

In the past six years, Donald Trump’s constant callouts of “fake news” made Americans more aware of poor reporting and stories with an agenda. While journal ists are far from the “enemies of the people” that President Trump described, the news is something that can be weaponized. In an ironic, but fitting turn of events, Republican interest groups are now engaging in the actions their party leader was so adamantly against.

In the past two months, you may have noticed a new newspaper in your mailbox, or more likely in your neighbor’s dump sters. One of the papers is called “Chicago City Wire” and other papers go by differ ent names with the content and headlines focused on criticizing the new SAFE-T Act. What people might not realize is that this is not a real newspaper. It is instead a rightwing attack-ad paid for by a political action committee (PAC), called the “People Who Play By the Rules.”

“The Chicago City Wire” and its various sister publications circulating under dif ferent names in the suburbs are not news. These publications are designed to influence people who may not be as media literate as the average news junkie. The opinion rag sheet masquerades as real local newspaper stories, which is especially dangerous.

Alexandra Murphy, a journalism stu dent at DePaul, along with her journalism peers, is flabbergasted by these publications.

“I think it is toxic to real journalism and it is painting a poor picture of legitimate campaign publications,” Murphy said.

Biased reporting is nothing new. Prime time news networks each have audiences they cater to. For example, MSNBC serves liberal viewers while FOX broadcasts to conservatives. These papers, however, are far shadier than your average talking head. We all know what Tucker Carlson and his Fox colleagues are about, but these papers weap onize the trust of local media to say similar messages presented as real local news.

Amy Merrick is the advisor for DePaul’s chapter of the Society of Professional Jour nalists and teaches a variety of journalism classes at DePaul. She is also concerned by these fake newspapers.

“I see these newspapers as the newest evolution in misinforma tion,” Merrick said.

In the past six years, we have seen an increase in misinforma tion spread for political gains. A website might set itself up to appear as a local news site to gain followers and readers, then begin to report biased cover age as a way to get their audience to vote a certain way.

“These papers are riding off the cred ibility of local news,” Merrick said. “They blur the lines in a way that makes it hard for anyone to trust what is and is not real reporting. Why should anyone trust local

news if these flyers present themselves as local papers?”

These papers are funded by the People Who Play by the Rules political action com mittee, which is bankrolled by Dan Proft, a right wing Chicago radio host who lives in Florida. Proft has a history of putting millions of dollars behind Republican can didates in hopes to dethrone the Democrats who have governed Illinois and Chicago for a long time. Proft is a supporter of Darren Bailey who seeks to become the governor of the state. Bailey has earned criticism by referring to Chicago as “a hellhole.”

The scariest thing about these flyers is that they appear real. They look nearly iden tical to a normal newspaper, which most people trust to provide them with unbiased information. By putting his propaganda in this format, people may not be aware that they are being manipulat ed. When I see an attack-ad on television or a billboard, I know I am looking at political adver tising. The same cannot be said for these papers.

“I think these papers are manipulative and dangerous,” Riley Andrews said, a DePaul journalism student.

“We talked about them in one of my classes and they are definitely a form of propagan da.”

The company who was printing these papers, The Daily Herald, has stopped printing “The Chicago City Wire ‘’ and the other papers as of late September, due to pressure from Governor Pritzker. However,

their website remains alive and they began printing again earlier this week.

The real question is what can we do about this dirty trick? The obvious solution is when you see one of these in the city, toss it in the dumpster, but that is only a tempo rary solution and will not solve the issue.

“People use friends and family as information sources a lot,” Merrick said. “Having this trust is good because when a family member starts saying something they read in one of these papers, you can have a reasonable discussion about why whatever they are saying is false. We can not stop this misinformation from being out there, but we can help our friends and family tell what is true and what is not.”

Murphy advocates for staying one step ahead of Proft.

“I think individuals staying informed in the news and doing research on any source of information being sent out is important to be more aware of the biased information that is circulating,” Murphy said.

These papers are extremely dangerous and sneaky. The misinformation is know ingly presented as local news in order to influence voters without them realizing they are reading propaganda. This is scummy in every sense of the word. This kind of un derhanded political advertising might earn Bailey a few points in the polls, but these papers only serve to make people distrust the news more.

Conservative-funded propaganda, disguised as local newspapers, circulate the Chicagoland area delivered to unsuspecting Illinois voter’s homes.

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Chicago City Wire, a fake publication circulating Illinois, features limited stories with bylines.

“These papers are riding off the credibility of local news,”

Amy Merrick

Advisor for DePaul’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists

Brett Favre: from hero to zero

By yazen Barakat Contributing Writer

Brett Favre, the all-time leader in turnovers in NFL history, continues to miscue in his retirement. Favre’s partici pation in the alleged misappropriation of millions of dollars intended for Mississip pi residents in the form of welfare funds is potentially the most fraudulent case in the state’s history.

In 1995, Brett and Deanna Favre founded the Favre 4 Hope Foundation, initially dubbed the Brett L. Favre Foun dation.

They raise money by hosting annual golf tournaments, dinners and auctions in Green Bay to provide financial assis tance to agencies that provide services to underserved and disabled children in Mississippi and Wisconsin, where Favre was the town’s heroic figure for 16 years with the Packers.

Fast forward to 2018. An accounting firm in a Maryland audit discovered that more than $77 million were improperly used from the state’s welfare program through nonprofits.

The 104-page audit of the Mississippi Department of Human Services released shows how federal welfare grant funds flowed from the Department of Human Services into two nonprofits, frequently spending the cash in unsuitable or cynical ways.

Tax records show that Favre 4 Hope gave the University of Southern Mississip pi Athletic Foundation $60,000 in 2018. Two years later, while his daughter was playing for the USM volleyball team, Fa vre played a crucial role in directing more than $5 million in welfare funds into the construction of the volleyball facility.

“It’s always upsetting to hear about cases where funds are being diverted from those who most need them,” DePaul’s director of gift processing Karin Carrero said regarding the mishandling of welfare funds. “As someone who works in a university setting, my first thought when I read about this scandal is to question USM’s involvement and perhaps how they could have played a role in preventing the misappropriation of funds,” she said.

In a statement, Mississippi State Au

ditor Shad White said the report “shows the most egregious misspending my staff have seen in their careers at the Office of the State Auditor.” He added, “If there was a way to misspend money, it seems DHS leadership or their grantees thought of it and tried it.”

Danielle Vance-McMullen, an expert in donor behavior, fundraising and nonprofit competition said, “The Favre 4 Hope Foundation raises funds from the public and so is accountable to those donors for its spending.” “Donors gave money with the understanding that it would be used for underserved children, disabled children, and breast cancer pa tients. The organization has an obligation, ethically and likely also legally, to use those funds for their intended purposes.”

The Hall of Fame Quarterback made $137.8 million in his NFL career spanning over 20 years with four teams, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings.

In his 16 years with Green Bay, he never earned an annual salary of over $12 million. With Minnesota, where he led the Vikings to a Conference Championship game in his first season with the team, he made $30 million with a $4 million bonus over two years.

According to the U.S. Census, almost 20% of Mississippi residents live at or below the poverty line, which is the worst rate in the nation.

“Honestly, I thought Favre was a great guy and wanted to give back to the com munity,” said Isabella Hansen, a DePaul junior and a die-hard Vikings fan from Minnesota. “Minnesotans were proud to say he played for them. He would do meet and greets with kids I know and would often meet with Make-A-Wish kids. That’s what makes this scandal sad.”

According to text messages presented in the state’s ongoing civil action over the welfare fraud, former governor Phil Bryant aimed to make NFL legend Brett Favre’s volleyball proposal a reality.

Bryant texted Nancy New, the founder of the nonprofit organizations Nonprofits Mississippi Community Education Center and Families First for Mississippi in July 2019.

“Can we aid him in completing his project? Gov. Bryant said in a text to Nancy New.” We should get together soon to discuss how I can make sure that your initiatives stay on track.”

Nancy New’s nonprofit oversees spending tens of millions of flexible feder al welfare dollars outside public view.

Nancy and her son Zach New have admitted guilt to state and federal charges for their roles in the volleyball project and the many other unethical spendings of federal welfare money.

Bryant also contacted Favre via text, showing persistence that the transfer of funds would go through and Favre would get his inquiries resolved.

“We are not taking No for an answer!”

Bryant said to Favre over text. “You are a Southern Miss Alumni, and folks need to know you are also a supporter of the University.”

Favre’s fate has yet to be determined as the investigation ensues. Five of the six detained people admitted guilt in their role. Favre has rejected both criminal charges and wrongdoing.

“I think media attention on Favre is appropriate, but more attention needs to be paid to the systems in place that allowed for the misappropriation of funds to occur and how a situation like this could be avoided in the future,” Carrero said.

Brett Favre, former Green Bay Packer, passes during a playoff game vs. the Minnesota Vikings.

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Former Green Bay Packers’ Brett Favre acknowledges the crowd during a halftime ceremony of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, in Green Bay, Wis.

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NFL Hall of Famer and former Packers star, Brett Favre, under fire for Mississippi welfare scandal.

Focus

rooted in action

Rogers park named top five neighborhood

By Una Cleary Focus Editor

On the edges of Chicago’s city lim its, 25 minutes north of the Fullerton ‘L’ stop, lies the activism-rooted, communi ty-based neighborhood of Rogers Park.

Recently rated fifth on Money.com’s list of top 50 places to live in the U.S, it is loved by residents for its multiculturalism and welcoming nature.

“I think Rogers Park is the best exam ple of community I can ever point to,” said neighborhood resident Thomas Milligan. “You meet different kinds of people, but what you find similar from person to per son is just friendliness, which is not neces sarily a city thing.”

Milligan was born and raised in the neighborhood and remembers some of his fondest memories at Loyola and Leon Beach.

Jazz clubs, arcades, witch shops and activism organizations all congregate

within a block of each other. The Glen wood Sunday Market appears every week on the corner of Morse and Glenwood, providing fresh produce and community bonds.

“That’s the guy that runs the jazz bar,” Milligan said as he pointed to the dimly lit storefront. “As you are walking by at night you hear music, you hear people talking and having a good time and then you watch people playing video games and having a beer.”

The multiculturalism of Rogers Park bleeds throughout the neighborhood in vibrant street art, international cuisine and a major college campus: Loyola Uni versity.

“Rogers Park is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country,” said De Paul freshman and Rogers Park resident Carla Barry-Esteban. “It’s very cool to see how many communities can live together and be so drastically different.”

Rogers Park holds the history of Irish, German, Jewish, and English families who settled during the 1930’s and 40’s. In the late 1960s, the neighborhood be came home to Russian and Eastern Euro pean immigrants. The turn of the decade saw the growth of the African American population in the 1970s. “There was a lot of progressive people who cared about it and cared about the politics,” said former Heartland Cafe owner and DePaul adjunct Professor Michael Gaylord James.

The Rogers Park Business Alliance es timates that roughly 80 languages are spo ken in Rogers Park.

The Heartland Cafe, a former Rogers Park focal point, was a stomping ground for politicians, athletes and community members across the neighborhood and the city, attributing to this diversity.

“The food attracted people across a spectrum of politics and neighborhoods,” James said. “We had Obama here when he was running for Senate, we had [former] Governor Quinn and Harold Washington two nights before he was elected mayor.”

Opened on Aug. 11, 1976, the cafe ran under James for 36 years, along with co-owners Katie Hogan and Stormy Brown.

“The idea was they would have a place to work, they would make a buck and they would have free time to devote to the rev olution,” James said.

James, as well as the co-owners, were activists themselves.

“Two of us did Rising Up Angry. We had dealt with the police, we had a legal program and we were a part of The Rain bow Coalition with the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords organization and I would even include the American Indian Movement,” he said.

The cafe, now demolished and being turned into condominiums, was sold by James in 2012 and run by new owners un til 2019.

“We were a hard act to follow. We were always in trouble money-wise, partly be

cause we had more people working there than we probably needed. But to me, it was like a little political machine,” James said.

On the corner of Farwell and Glen wood avenue, a former local Postal of fice is now covered with different activist posters, QR codes and volunteer sign-up sheets. PO Box Collective is a creative collective and intergenerational social practice center dedicated to building the Rogers Park community through radical art-making, mutual aid, & programming, according to their website.

“I describe it as activism as a form of activism,” said volunteer Gerardo Mirci no. “We are the umbrella for various parts of the store. We are responsible for doing the memorial across the street which is every single person that has been killed or murdered by the police for the last 10 years.”

Across the street, Black Lives Matter posters color concrete arches under the red line ‘L’ tracks of Glenwood and Far well. Faces of lives lost due to police vio lence are surrounded by flowers, prayers and quotes from famous activists with ‘We Miss you’ is signed thousands of times on colorful stickers. Free Black Lives Matter posters fill a newspaper box where resi dents are encouraged to hang them up in

“It’s very cool to see how many communities can live together and be so drastically different,”

Carla Barry-Esteban DePaul freshman

PO Box Collective

Rogers Park community

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Activism is at the forefront of the Rogers Park community. This value is imprinted in the neighborhood’s public spaces such as murals on many street corners, reflecting the rich political

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their homes. Every Sunday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Cheap Art for Freedom (CAF) and PO Box Collective join to remember and maintain the memorial encouraging visitors to show their solidarity.

PO Box Collective puts on training, has a Seed Library and does weekly food distributions on Sundays.

“We do movies about things like Line 3,” Mircino said. Line 3 is a proposed oil pipeline expansion bringing million bar rels of tar sands from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin.

“Right now, I’m here to make coffee and lemonade because we are going to Touhy Park to feed the [homeless] en campment there.”

PO Box Collective states on their web site they are committed to never requiring payment in exchange for programming associated with its collective. They also do not endorse any political candidates or host political events.

Gentrification continues to expand as it affects every neighborhood in Chicago, Rogers Park included.

Milligan noticed a drastic change in the neighborhood before Covid-19 com pared to now.

“I came back to the neighborhood af ter two years and it felt like this portion

of Rogers Park changed the most I’ve ever seen it. Like all of these are pretty much new developments,” he said.

The average rent for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rogers Park is currently $1,200, a 5% increase compared to 2021 according to Zumper. Residents have par tially attributed this to Loyola’s expansion.

“I think a lot of people move to this neighborhood because they like the idea of diversity,” James said. “Whether we keep class diversity is a real question.”

Scan the QR code to learn more about PO Box Collecitve.

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The “Memorial for Victims of Police Violence,” takes place every Sunday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. organized by PO Box Collective and Cheap Art for Freedom (CAfF). To learn more about the memorial, scan the QR code below.

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Michael Gaylord James, Katy Hogan, former President Obama pose for a photo during his senatorial run, taken at The Heartland Cafe, which was once a focal point for politicians and community members.

Public spaces can be found throughout the neighborhood, such as “The Mile of Murals,” located on Glenwood Avenue. These murals reflect the multicultural influence of the community.

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La presidente del consejo de la ciudad de Los Ángeles renuncia después de la filtración de audio racista

By Santiago PoSada-Jaramillo Gerente Editorial, La DePaulia

Nury Martinez renunció como presidenta del consejo municipal de ciudad de Los Ángeles el miércoles 12 de octubre después de que un audio fuera filtrado, donde hace comentarios racistas sobre el hijo de un colega y de la población oaxaqueña que reside en el barrio coreano, entre otros.

El audio es una grabación filtrada, inicialmente, por un usuario de la red social Reddit, luego expuesta más ampliamente por el medio Los Angeles Times. La conversación grabada es del año pasado la cual se dió entre Martinez, los concejales Gil Cedillo y Kevin de León, y el líder de la Federación Laboral Ron Herrera.

La publicación junto con la posterior viralización de los audios causó gran controversia y rápidamente las voces de otros miembros del concejo de Los Ángeles, ciudadanos manifestándose en la cámara del concejo de la ciudad e, incluso, el presidente Biden pidieron su renuncia.

Entre los comentarios que más despertaron indignación está uno en el que Martinez se refiere al hijo de otro concejal, Mike Bonin, diciéndo que “parece changuito”. Esta comparación, a pesar de que parecía referirse al comportamiento enérgico del menor, se siente más parecida a comentarios racistas que se hacen contra la comunidad afroamericana.

Andrew Peña, 23, estudiante de maestría en DePaul, dijo que el comentario de Martinez fue ignorante y el no pensar dos veces sobre su comentario fue “flojo” de su parte.

Refiriendo al comentario de ‘changuito’ Peña dijo, “incluso si es una frase común [en la comunidad latina] y no está realmente destinada a invocar imágenes e ideas racistas hacia las personas negras”.

Esta no es la primera vez que la comunidad Latina hace comparaciones racistas usando primates. En el 2015, el presentador de Univisión Rodner Figueroa, se refirió a Michelle Obama diciéndo que “parecía sacada del Planeta de los Simios”.

El concejal Mike Bonin habló

emotivamente en la reunión del concejo de la ciudad sobre este comentario y otro en donde Martinez se refería a su hijo como un “accesorio de moda” del concejal.

“Hay muchas personas que ahora están pidiendo perdón. Primero deben renunciar y luego pedir perdón”, dijo Bonin, refiriéndose a los que participaron de la conversación.

También hubo indignación entre la comunidad oaxaqueña de la ciudad, que se manifestó frente al consejo de la ciudad tras la revelación de los comentarios de Martinez en los que los trataba de manera despectiva.

“Ni siquiera sé de qué aldea son, ni cómo llegaron hasta aquí”, dijo Martinez. “Están feos”.

El colorismo dentro de la comunidad latina es un problema con muchos casos como este. Y gracias a esto, venir de una representante latina con una posición de poder, puede causar que estas ideas lleguen a influir en las decisiones que se toman desde esa posición, como analiza Raúl Pérez en entrevista con Axios.

Ante las exigencias de la comunidad pidiéndo su salida del concejo de la ciudad, Nury Martinez decidió renunciar a su puesto el miércoles 12 de octubre publicando también su declaración de renuncia.

“Es con el corazón roto que renuncio a mi puesto en el Distrito 6 del Concejo, la comunidad en la que crecí y mi hogar”, dijo Martinez en la declaración.

A pesar de que esta renuncia era lo que gran parte de la comunidad estaba pidiendo, esto también causó su propia controversia.

Miembros de la comunidad se quejaron de que Martinez no se haya disculpado ni de la comunidad oaxaqueña de Koreatown, ni de los comentarios dirigidos al hijo del concejal Mike Bonin.

También fue criticada por finalizar esta declaración diciendo: “Y por último, a todas las pequeñas niñas latinas de esta ciudad: espero haberlas inspirado a soñar más allá de lo que pueden ver.”

Varios usuarios de Twitter se han burlado ante la ironía que ven en esperar

inspirar a nuevas generaciones luego de haber sido forzada a renunciar por sus comentarios racistas.

La Federación Laboral del Condado de Los Ángeles buscó, inicialmente, atacar a quién filtró el audio diciendo que éste era un acto ilegal y que iniciarían una investigación para encontrar al responsable. Pero, poco después de la renuncia de Martinez, también renunció el líder de la Federación de Labor, Ron Herrera.

Todavía hay personas que exigen que los otros dos miembros de la conversación, los concejales Gil Cedillo y Kevin de León, también renuncien.

Esta controversia se da en un momento delicado para la política estadounidense debido a las elecciones de congreso de mitad del mandato presidencial, también llamados midterms, serán en menos de un mes y es de esperarse que puedan impactar las decisiones de los votantes al dirigirse a las urnas.

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Se colocaron stickers en las fotos de los miembros del Consejo de Los Ángeles Gil Cedillo, izquierda y Nury Martinez, derecha.

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La gente protesta antes de la cancelación de la reunión del Concejo Municipal de Los Ángeles el miércoles 12 de octubre de 2022 en Los Ángeles.

Tampa Bay Rays juega con solo latinos por primera vez en la historia de la MLB

By Santiago gonzalez tiJerina Editor de Deportes, La DePaulia

A pesar de haber sido eliminados por los Cleveland Guardians, los Tampa Bay Rays hicieron historia en la MLB esta tempora da al comenzar su juego contra los Toronto Blue Jays con una alineación totalmente na cida en América Latina en septiembre.

Esta fue una fecha apropiada para hac er historia de tal manera, ya que todos los jugadores de los Rays usaron el número 21 en sus camisetas para celebrar el Día de Ro berto Clemente, quien fue el primer jugador latinoamericano incluido en el Salón Nacio nal de la Fama del Béisbol.

“Es muy sorprendente al mismo tiem po, por la comunidad latina, el impacto que han tenido en la MLB durante tantos años, es muy apropiado que haya sido en el Día de Roberto Clemente”, dijo Kevin Cash, el entrenador de los Tampa Bay Rays en una entrevista para Bally Sports Sun.

Aunque Cash afirmó que no fue inten cional que la alineación fuera completa mente latina, parece que le funcionó, ya que los Rays dominaron a los Blue Jays en un impresionante marcador final de 11-0.

Habiendo perdido sus dos juegos ante riores contra los Blue Jays en la serie, esta alineación latinoamericana, no solo fue cul turalmente significativa, sino que también fue efectiva.

Originalmente, la alineación esta ba diseñada para estar compuesta por bateadores diestros que pudieran competir al lanzador de los Blue Jays, Kevin Gausman, quien puede ser difícil de manejar para los bateadores zurdos.

Alex Lin, un estudiante de DePaul, que es un fanático del deporte, cree que la diver sidad de jugadores de diferentes partes del mundo aporta un aspecto muy importante a la cultura de este deporte.

“El béisbol siempre ha sido conocido como un deporte de Estados Unidos, como

pasatiempo de Estados Unidos, es casi como uno de los lemas del béisbol”, dijo Lin.

“Pero desde el principio, especialmente en la población cubana, ha habido una gran afluencia de diferentes etnias y diferentes culturas”, dijo Lin.

Históricamente, la inmigración cubana a Estados Unidos ha sido significativa, inc luso con las restricciones impuestas por las malas relaciones internacionales entre los dos países.

“Observar la integración de diferentes culturas, especialmente la cubana, ha sido grande, es algo importante en cualquier de porte estadounidense”, dijo Lin.

La alineación titular de los Rays de Tam pa Bay incluyó jugadores nacidos en toda América Latina. Manuel Margot, Jose Siri y Wander Franco de República Dominicana, René Pinto y David Peralta de Venezuela,

Yandy Díaz y Randy Arozarena de Cuba, Harold Ramírez de Colombia e Isaac Pare des de México.

Adniel Orense, un ex jugador de béisbol de Venezuela y estudiante de DePaul, dijo que desde que era un niño ha sido impor tante para él tener jugadores latinos con los que pueda relacionarse, para que lo inspiren a él y a otros niños en América Latina.

Orense dijo que sin la cultura latina, el béisbol no sería lo mismo. También men cionó que para los latinos es un orgullo ver a otros jugadores de Latinoamérica en el béisbol.

“Especialmente ahora, que a veces es difícil estar orgulloso de ser latino, que por lo menos en el béisbol, en el deporte, uno se sienta más orgulloso de ser de donde es y de que tu cultura está influyendo bastante en el béisbol”, dijo Orense.

Orense también habló sobre el impacto que pueden tener los jugadores como Ro berto Clemente, para al menos generar con ciencia, y de cómo América Latina necesita ese tipo de ayuda e influencia ahora más que nunca.

“Muchas estrellas de hoy en día tienen mucha influencia aquí en Estados Unidos, son muy populares acá y por lo menos lo mínimo que uno puede hacer es hablar sobre los problemas de Latinoamérica para que la gente de aquí de Estados Unidos se entere de lo que está pasando porque me parece que mucha gente de acá no tiene ni idea de lo que pasa en Latinoamérica”, él dijo.

El Día de Roberto Clemente en 2022 vi virá en la historia como la primera vez que un equipo de la MLB comenzó una alin eación con todos los jugadores nacidos en América Latina.

Marcha por la Paz en Pilsen pide paz e inversión para el barrio

By Stephania Rodriguez y Rodrigo Melgarejo Escritora y Editor de Copias, La DePaulia

Miembros de la comunidad latina de Chicago se reunieron frente al monumento Plaza Tenochtitlan en Pilsen el 16 de octubre para crear un espacio para la paz y discutir soluciones para mejorar el vecindario y la ciudad.

La reunión Paz en Pilsen fue organizada por William ‘KiD’ Guerrero, un residente de Pilsen que recientemente anunció que se postulará para la Comisión del Distrito 12 para el Empoderamiento de las Comunidades para la Seguridad Pública (ECPS), con la ayuda de las organizaciones de trabajo comunitario Rack Em Ent Car Club, The Mural Movement y Luv City.

“[Paz en Pilsen] significa tener financiamiento en nuestros programas extracurriculares”, dijo KiD.

“[Significa] un día en el que los niños no tendrán que preocuparse por la violencia en nuestro vecindario. Simplemente tener un día en el que no tengamos que preocuparnos por morir, de verdad, y comprender que hay oportunidades para nosotros ahí fuera” él dijo.

Los oradores invitados y las hermanas Samantha y Alexis Smyser-de León hablaron sobre cómo las comunidades de Chicago pueden mejorar y tener más paz.

“Todos estamos bastante cansados

de muchas de las injusticias continuas que ocurren en nuestra ciudad”, dijo Samantha Smyser-de León. “Entonces, estamos aquí para mejorar las soluciones y [hablar sobre] cómo la ciudad puede ser mejor”.

Los vecindarios del lado suroeste como Pilsen sufrieron un aumento en los asesinatos en el 2021, así como un aumento en los robos de autos.

Las hermanas Smyser-de León dijeron que la forma de llegar a tener comunidades más seguras es invirtiendo en ellas.

“Invertir en la educación de nuestros jóvenes, ayuda mutua, organización comunitaria, programas para jóvenes, servicios de salud mental, viviendas asequibles, pequeñas empresas”, dijo Samantha Smyser-de León.

“Creo que también llegamos a [tener] comunidades más pacíficas escuchando, creyendo y animando a nuestra juventud”, dijo Alexis Smyser-de León. “Y es por eso que estamos aquí hoy con todos ustedes”.

Javier Yáñez, un miembro de la comunidad de Pilsen, compartió sus pensamientos sobre cómo puede haber Paz en Pilsen.

“La capacidad de trabajar juntos como comunidad mientras nos ayudamos a crecer unos a otros compartiendo los

recursos que tenemos actualmente pero al mismo tiempo abogando por más”, dijo Yáñez.

“Y eso se deriva de la financiación en nuestro sistema educativo,

proporcionando viviendas para que podamos tener familias estables.

Realmente, ese es el núcleo de la prevención de la violencia”, él dijo.

Celeste Sánchez, una participante en la marcha, ajusta su letrero hecho a mano que dice “Man téngase Positivo” frente a la Plaza Tenochtitlán.

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La primera alineación de la MLB nacida completamente en latinoamerica juega contra los Blue Jays.

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Arts & Life

DePaul students exhibit a variety of tattoo styles on campus. HERE, WE TATTOO

By Jonah WeBer Asst. Arts &

Editor

Day by day, tattoos become wildly more popular, especially amongst young people. Whether they are custom pieces full of meaning that are getting carefully inked onto the skin, or heavy-handed flash, we are seeing this classic art practice appear on more people. Employers aren’t making hiring decisions based on tattoos as much anymore, lightening the pressure people may feel about getting them. The stigmas around tattoos are also disappearing.

The revival of old school tattoo flash from artists like Sailor Jerry and Ed Hardy have drawn quite the clientele. This sort of flash can be found in Chicago shops like Taylor Street Tattoo and Fudo Tattoo, but there are almost a hundred different tattoo shops in Chicago to choose from. Every shop is going to have a different atmosphere, style, and artists. At DePaul, there are plenty of unique styles, pieces, and tattoos to be found. Here is a small tattoo tour of DePaul students. And for the most part, these students seem to be drawn in a thin lined, custom style.

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A realism half-sleeve contaning a snake with floral details on DePaul student Kim Rojas.

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This popular, hyper-realistic, thin linework style of a butterfly, located on Roja's abdomen, contains a variety of shading techniques.

Upper patchwork sleeve with butterflies, stars and florals on Rojas's shoulder.

JONAH WEBER | THE DEPAULIA Located on the forearm is a single-needle skull tattoo.

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JONAH WEBER | THE DEPAULIA DePaul student Leilani Roman shows off her only tattoo: a collection of detailed stars and butterflies located on the side of her neck.

JONAH WEBER | THE DEPAULIA DePaul student Mista reveals a heavily-shaded spider symbol from their favorite anime series "Hunter x Hunter." Mista was tattooed at a shop located in Irving Park, Chicago.

JONAH WEBER | THE DEPAULIA A spooky American traditional flash tattoo.

JONAH WEBER | THE DEPAULIA This tattoo was randomly selected through a tattoo flash-themed gumball machine. A handpoked custom black and red tattoo located on the bicep of a DePaul student.

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Rate My Professor upheld as student resource

By claire tWeedie SGA BeAt Writer

As winter quarter registration looms ever closer, students are left scrambling for an ounce of control amidst course carts and restrictive scheduling. Seats are being filled, options are too wide or too slim, and many are left to wade through the trenches. Yet, through the despair and stress gleams a shim mer of hope: Rate My Professor.

The online rating website has been a de pendable method for students to get ahead of the curve for decades, using voluntary reviews to determine if a professor match es their learning style. The website boasts over 19 million ratings for more than 7,500 schools, including DePaul.

“Every time I sign up for classes, I would thoroughly look through the website to see if the class is a good fit for me,” said DePaul sophomore Tony Huang. “If you have a bad professor, or a professor with ratings that don't suit your personal study methods, I think it would be terrible and hard to pass the class.”

Huang cites Rate My Professor as a reli able source to learn more about a professor, and says numerous bad ratings can impact his decision to take a class or not.

Although all of his friends use the plat form, junior Alexis Gomez holds a different perspective.

“I've definitely had the opportunity to look into it and use it, but I’ve never felt the need or felt compelled,” Gomez said. “My program is tight so there's not much flexibil ity with my degree program or the way I’ve structured my career at DePaul. The profes sor's rating doesn't mean that much to me because I usually have to do whatever I can.”

Gomez is an American studies major with a triple minor in LGBTQ+ studies, Latin American and Latino studies and public law and political thought. As a commuter student, they believe the challenges of being involved and present on-campus also affect how they make course decisions and the importance of professors when registering. Ultimately, they do see benefits of the website even if it is not a useful tool for them.

“There are definitely professors where had I looked at Rate My Professor and read about their teaching styles and the experienc es for students in those classrooms, perhaps I would have postponed that class or taken a different one,” Gomez said. “My experiences could have been different or better, but it is what it is, and I’ve pushed through it.”

Michael Gallaway, a professor in the writing, rhetoric and discourse department boasts a 4.5/5 rating on the website and ad mits to both looking at his own ratings and using the website during his own under graduate and masters programs. He believes professors may benefit from looking at their

own ratings as a mood-booster or as a way to catch things that were not covered in their online teaching evaluations to help improve their teaching.

Gallaway simultaneously argues that pro fessors may find looking at their own ratings to be anxiety-inducing and could put unnec essary pressure on them to change teaching habits based on feedback from only a small portion of students.

“I don't alter my teaching methods based on what people say,” Gallaway said. “Often times, you can get a good idea about how a professor teaches by the feedback given on that site. Even though someone may give a negative piece of feedback, sometimes it's just personal preference.”

Gallaway believes that students may be more honest on Rate My Professor when compared to university-sanctioned evalua tions. Although professors let students know these surveys are entirely anonymous, Galla way thinks students' doubt may impact their ratings.

Huang holds a similar view, claiming

that the anonymity Rate My Professor allows makes students more likely to write a more authentic review on the class and professor.

“Students voluntarily go to Rate My Pro fessor and have the incentive to actually think about their experiences rather than a school survey that they just want to get through quickly while checking random boxes,” Huang said.

When browsing the reviews for a bet ter understanding of a professor’s teaching methods, it is important to understand that bad reviews do not always show the whole picture. While Rate My Professor can be a helpful tool, it can only truly help propel stu dent success when they can make their own personal judgments and take the information given with a critical lens.

“Just because a review is negative does not necessarily mean it's not helpful for you,” Gallaway said. “Maybe that particular stu dent did not have the best experience, but the way that they talk about the class can give you the individual ability to decide if it would suit you.”

Oktoberfest: what are we celebrating?

By Zach elliott Contributing Writer

Fall brings many traditions: the leaves change, school ramps up, and a blizzard of pumpkin-flavored promotions clamor for our attention. Not too far behind them comes Oktoberfest, a now international tra dition stretching back centuries.

“This is a 200+ year old event that has only been canceled a handful of times,” said Samantha Turner Lundeen, Director of Marketing & Events at the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center. “It is a time when everyone can gather and enjoy their time together, despite what else may be going on in the world.”

Characterized by a gathering of copious friends, food, and drink, Oktoberfest was born in 1810 as a celebration of Prince Lud wig of Bavaria marrying Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. In the centuries since, the celebration has grown to become the largest folk festival in the world, and a cherished international tradition, without losing the original character that made it so popular.

"When you watch videos from Oktober fest, it’s ridiculous,” said Bavarian intern at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Educa tion Center Sarah Hertrich. “How people behave, it’s so funny. I think tourists came to Oktoberfest, had such a good time, then just spread the word."

Indulging in food and drink is one of the easiest sells out there, as evidenced by our own city’s observance of Oktoberfest. While Germany’s Oktoberfest runs for two weeks

— ending on the first Sunday in October — one could find an Oktoberfest celebration somewhere in the Windy City every week end since Sept. 10. Chicago’s DANK Haus German American Cultural Center has its Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday, Oct. 21.

“It's a time to celebrate, relax, and enjoy the end of summer,” Turner-Lundeen said.

“It's also a great opportunity to share Ger many and Bavarian folk culture with the world.”

Even though Oktoberfest has been em braced by much of Europe and the Western world, the history of the event has become muddled. Notably, Oktoberfest is not a broadly “German” tradition.

Originating from Bavaria, a region that comprises most of southeastern Germany,

the largest celebration of Oktoberfest every year is held in Munich. As the fervor sur rounding the event spread, the true origins of the event became cloudy.

“Because that idea of eating and drink ing to your heart’s content is so popular, it’s been easy to export Oktoberfest around the world,” said German program director and senior professional lecturer Eugene Samp son. “However, as a result, many people who are not from Germany or from Europe believe that Oktoberfest is like that for all of Germany."

While Oktoberfest is meant to be a joyful annual event, appropriating other cultures’ celebrations without fully appreci ating its origins can dilute the meaning of the celebration. Even if not in an overtly of fensive manner, misunderstandings lead to

inaccurate caricatures.

“When I go to other countries, they think everyone in Germany is wearing le derhosen, which is definitely not true,” Her trich said. “It’s mainly in the Bavarian area. I’m not even sure why they mix that up. Maybe it’s just because it’s part of the wider stereotype of Germans.”

Since the nuptials of Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese, Oktoberfest has been held every year there was no famine, disease, or international crises. Over six million people flock to Munich annually, hoping to match the original joy it was celebrated with. Tra dition has survived, as the same six Munich breweries provide the beer, and thousands dress in dirndls and lederhosen.

If nothing else, the spirit of Oktoberfest has remained alive, even centuries later.

“I think that if the original intent was to celebrate a particular marriage, then that has been lost,” Sampson said. “But if the intent was to reward people simply for being alive, then it hasn’t.”

As it winds down in the U.S., respecting the history of an event we have come to ap preciate so much — and the culture it orig inates in — rounds out the start of another autumn season.

“Oktoberfest has become one of the most widely recognized German cultural icons, but there is so much more to Ger many than Oktoberfest,” Turner-Lundeen said. “I would encourage anyone who is ex periencing German culture for the first time through an Oktoberfest celebration to stay curious and explore what else Germany has to offer.”

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Research for registration Tuba Force played the Dovetail's Secret Stage at Oktoberfest on Saturday Oct. 8.

Chicago International Film Festival celebrates 58th year

By JacoB costello

The 58th Chicago International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday night with a red carpet and two screenings at Music Box Theatre. An entire block on Southport Av enue was blocked off for the opening night party, which was free and open to the pub lic. Vendors, improv performers, food trucks and more covered the street to build excite ment for the start of the film festival.

Two very different films had their Chi cago premieres to open the festival: a docu mentary called “A Compassionate Spy” about a University of Chicago student who worked on The Manhattan Project. Once he realized what he was working on, he became a spy for the Soviet Union. The second movie was a slasher called “Sick” set in the early days of the Coronavirus quarantine.

“A Compassionate Spy” is directed by Steve James, a documentary filmmaker who is best known for the award-winning “Hoop Dreams.” His documentaries focus on emo tional stories of humanity, most of which take place in Chicago. James was in atten dance for opening night. He was interviewed on the red carpet, introduced his film and held a question-and-answer session with his cast and crew after the screening.

“I’ve been in Chicago for 37 years now and this is the first time I’ve had a film open the Chicago International Film Festival,” James said. “I’ve had some films in this festi val over the years, which has been great, but this is really special.”

Many of James’ movies have a connec tion to Chicago, but that is not what drew him to make “A Compassionate Spy.”

“It wasn’t the Chicago connection that made me want to tell this story,” James said. “It was Ted’s story and Joan’s story, this love

story between these two very young people and this very brash thing he did at the age of 19. I just think when I was 19, I was slobber ing into my beer at a party, which is very dif ferent from what Ted Hall was doing.”

The large crowd that had gathered for the opening night block party excited James.

“I just hope they’ll all see the movie,” James joked. “I think the block party is a fan tastic idea. This festival has come to embrace the whole Chicago community instead of just a festival that shows movies downtown at the AMC. It has really expanded its reach into the community and that is great.”

James also offered advice to the aspiring filmmakers at DePaul.

“It is good to have a skill that people will hire you to do,” James said. “Be an editor, be a shooter, be a producer, do production design. Have a skill that people will hire you to do… It is good to know how to make a living while working in the business instead of making

ends meet with other things as you pursue your passion.”

James was not the only person on the red carpet with advice for rising filmmakers at DePaul. Mickey O’Sullivan plays an FBI agent who investigated Ted Hall for espio nage in “A Compassionate Spy.”

“Stick with it,” O’Sullivan said. “Work be gets work. If you want to work, be sure to of fer up your services. Make sure to keep learn ing and growing. Take on all sorts of different jobs. There is a reason the credits roll for a really long time at the end of a movie. The more that you know about different positions in this industry, the more useful you are as a problem solver.”

Mimi Plauche is the artistic director for the Chicago International Film Festival who thinks highly of DePaul’s film program.

“We see a lot of good film coming out of DePaul,” Plauche said. “The students in the program are always very impressive. We are

always impressed by the quality of work com ing out of the program.”

Plauche offered advice for film students when submitting films to festivals.

“When you are submitting… just think about what your film is and what kind of fes tival it fits into,” Plauche said. “Having aware ness to what kind of film you are making and who your target audience is is just as import ant as the quality of work.”

The Chicago International Film Festival runs from Oct. 12 through Oct. 23. Most of the screenings are at AMC River East, with a handful at the Gene Siskel Film Center and special events at Music Box Theatre.

Student’s weigh in on the importance of thrifting

By Jonathan rosenBlum Contributing Writer

For many college students, especially those in urban areas, thrifting has become a mainstay. Instead of opting for expensive brand-name clothing, thrifting allows a stu dent to go on an adventure of sorts.

“It's exhilarating finding something unique that you've never seen before,” said DePaul alumni Justin Singerman. Singer man, who has been thrifting and shopping at second-hand vintage shops since he was 14, believes the activity has become normalized.

“It's become more and more common,” Singerman said. “When I was in high school, shopping at thrift stores and wearing stuff from second-hand shops — I don't want to say I was made fun of — but people were a bit turned off by it.”

Along with adventure, thrifting also pro vides a sustainable way to shop. Singerman barely, if ever, buys brand new clothing.

“There's enough clothes on the planet to last us several lifetimes,” Singerman said. “So I figured doing my part and shopping re sponsibly kind of involves me buying things second hand.”

Thrifting also allows one to avoid certain less-than ethical fast-fashion brands.

“It's cheaper and more ethical than like H&M or something,” said DePaul senior Emily Stahl.

DePaul senior Maddy Sanchez shares a similar sentiment.

“I’m just someone that really believes in the overall renewal and recycle process and I think it's so important to get the most use out of an item,” Sanchez said.

Sanchez explains how thrifting can be a relaxing activity.

“For some reason me being at thrift stores is really calming,” Sanchez said.

Sanchez, who has thrifted throughout her life, feels that one must be mindful when

shopping at thrift stores.

“Be mindful of the community spaces you're entering,” Sanchez said, “Be mindful of not overbuying when maybe you're in a po sition that is more privileged than someone who isn’t.”

The dispersion of quality thrift stores around Chicago is not an even one. Although it has some, Lincoln Park tends to not be a heavy-hitting thrifting neighborhood.

“I don't really go thrifting around Lincoln Park,” Stahl said.

Singerman agrees.

“There isn't really much in Lincoln Park,” he said.

When one does wish to thrift in the Lin coln Park area, most of the stores will have a more tailored selection. Buffalo Exchange and Crossroads alike boast smaller, more ex pensive selections.

“It's more curated,” Stahl said, referring to the Buffalo Exchange at 5252 N Clark St. Both stores have quality selections of cloth ing, as well as a higher-end shoe selection.

Along with curated selections, many Lincoln Park thrift stores come with higher prices.

“It's expensive,” Stahl said.

As one moves west from Lincoln Park, thrifting opportunities present themselves more and more.

“Village Discount Outlet in Roscoe Vil lage is like a DePaul staple,” Stahl said.

Village Discount Outlet is a fan favorite, with several locations in Chicago, most nota bly in Andersonville, Wicker Park and Ros coe Village. Singerman describes these three neighborhoods as the “heavy-hitters” as it pertains to thrifting. Village Discount Outlet is perfect for entertaining the adventure as pect of thrifting with enormous racks of ev ery type of clothing.

“If you want to go in and explore, go to a place like Village Discount Outlet,” Stahl said, “They accept everything.”

As well as having a huge selection of clothing, which is, for the most part, orga nized by style and color, Village Discount Outlet boasts a large glassware and shoe sec tion.

“The best thing I have thrifted is this pair of painted overalls,” Stahl said. “I looked them up on Poshmark and they're like $150 and I got them for $4.”

Stahl acquired her favorite thrift at Vil lage Discount Outlet.

While the average price of a long-sleeve shirt at Village Discount Outlet will run one around $5, the same shirt will run someone anywhere from $15-$25 at Buffalo Exchange or Crossroads.

“Lincoln Park is a richer area, so the items might be priced up,” Sanchez said. “It feels a little more classist in these thrift stores in the richer communities.”

Army Navy Sales, located at 3100 N Lin coln Ave, has tremendous value in the thrift ing genre. Army Navy Sales’s atmosphere is very unique, with both a WWII drone and a 40-caliber machine gun as store decorations. One can find anything at this store, including

old Army, Navy and Marine uniforms, MRES (Meals Ready to Eat), old ammunition boxes and military pins.

The Salvation Army Family Store at 2270 N Clybourn Ave, and The Brown Elephant at several locations are both worthwhile thrift stores in Lincoln Park. Salvation Army, similar to Village Discount Outlet, boasts a huge selec tion of clothing, glassware, and furniture. The Brown Elephant, a smaller and more selective store, holds a quality furniture and glassware selection, along with an even-smaller selection of clothing for both men and women.

Thrifting as of now is a common occur rence, especially for college students.

“The fact of the matter is that within the last few years the act of going to places and shopping second hand has come into the mainstream,” Singerman said.

This move towards the mainstream for thrifting is evident on DePaul’s campuses.

“I feel like whenever I'm walking here on campus, the majority of people I see, or at least half, I can see that they definitely might have gotten that at a thrift store,” Sanchez said.

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The 58th annual Chicago International Film Festival kicked off on Oct. 12 in Lakeview.

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Some of the film festivities took place at the Music Box Theatre on Southport.

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A customer browses the secondhand selection at the Brown Elephant thrift store.

'Amsterdam' looks through rose-tinted glasses

By ethan m attheus Staff Writer

In 1934, Ezra Pound wrote “Make it New.” These three simple words would become the declaration for an entire mod ernism art movement and all the issues it sought to tackle in a newly industrializing world. The politics, culture and religion of this era would forever be captured by Pound’s injunction, even after modernism's destruction in the wake of World War II.

David O. Russell seeks to capture this historical moment of transition in his new film “Amsterdam.” His ambitions are grand, amounting to nothing less than analyzing one of the most crucial artistic and political periods of the past 150 years. Armed with an arsenal of the most talent ed current actors and possibly the greatest living cinematographer, one would expect Russell to at least have some semblance of a thesis. However, “Amsterdam” is so the matically indecipherable and cliché that any commentary on both the current and past artistic moments is lost.

The film is set in 1933 New York, and follows Burt Berendsen, played by Chris tian Bale, a veteran who now runs a failing medical practice and his attorney, Harold Woodsman, played by John David Wash ington. Their lives are thrown into disarray after they are falsely accused of murdering the heiress of a wealthy New York family. In an effort to clear their names, they must discover the true killer with the help of Val erie Voze, played by Margot Robbie.

The film’s title refers to the Dutch city where, following the three protagonists'

service in World War I, they find a safe ha ven, one where the cares of the New York elites can be forgotten about. In an extend ed flashback, the trio experiences the care free lives they all dreamed of.

This segment is crucial to understand ing the failings of the film. Russell seems to be eulogizing the loss of an era where, as art critic Robert Hughes put it, “one of the su preme cultural experiments in the history of the world was enacted.”

This immediately parallels Wes An derson’s film “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” which is similarly mournful of a lost histor ical moment where it felt as if being alive right there was equivalent to being at the nexus of the universe.

The difference between the two films is that “The Grand Budapest Hotel” might be nostalgic, but it does not sacrifice clarity for the sake of that nostalgia. “Amsterdam” wants to capture so many disparate ideas that drawing a clear through line is almost impossible. A major subplot in “Amster dam” is the repurposing of shrapnel from the war to create art pieces. This, a seeming act of modernist reappropriation, disdains the patrician class and is portrayed as tri umphant. Later, however, Russell equates experimental modern art with fascist im agery. These two contradictory moments are never resolved or explained.

A charitable reading might say that Russell is trying to show how modernism both informed but can also be reclaimed from 1930s fascism but this analysis also falls short. He wants to critique the wealthy industrialists of post-World War I Europe and their American counterparts who mis

used the tenets of mod ernism for their own financial gain. In the film, these industrialists are so concerned with commodifying the world around them that even the installation of a fascist dictator is preferable to financial loss.

This sounds like a promising idea, but the way Russell resolves this thematic arc, through the benevolent actions of another wealthy character, seems to exist in opposi tion to his thesis that fascism arose through that same wealth.

If anything, the message behind all this is that the “wrong” elites are simply in

power. Instead of presenting any different ideology, “Amsterdam” ends up supporting a rearrangement of the hegemonic powers.

Again, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” comes to mind as a film which synthesized a critique of fascism with a commentary on our nostalgic perception of the world. “Amsterdam” attempts to go the same route but reaches for so much more that every thing slips through its fingers. A great film could be made with David O. Russell’s premise and ideas. Sadly, “Amsterdam” is not that film.

The art of the stoop

By cormick costello Contributing Writer

The phrase “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” has officially rung true with the increasing prominence of stooping in the city of Chicago. While stooping, the act of scavenging for household furniture, has been around since people have kicked their unwanted home goods to the curb, the city has seen a recent increase in the past two years.

A likely factor to this increase is the in troduction of an Instagram account that is dedicated to said hunt, known as @stoop ingchicago.

The page is run by Anna Voyles, a 26-year-old working in construction man agement. When she is not scouring the streets for stoops, as they are called, her In stagram consists of images of furniture and their location. Voyles would go stooping herself when the account first started.

“I didn’t have a lot of followers who would send me stuff, so for a long time the page was just stoops that I found,” Voyles said.

Now that her page has grown, the posts consist mostly of items the community has found, receiving, on average, about one submission a day.

“I’m a big walker,” said Voyles when asked about why she made the account. “I would often see items along my way, mostly in alleys, and knowing that I couldn’t take everything that was a decent piece of furni ture was disappointing, and I didn’t know what to do about that.”

Voyles compared the discontent to the same emotion that one feels when they are at an animal shelter.

“You want to take them all home, but you know that you can’t,” she said.

Voyles mentioned through laughter that she would always send photos of fur niture to her friends, asking them if they might want it, and then decided it would be

a good idea to start a stooping social media account.

“I looked it up and saw that there were big accounts in New York City,” she said.

“I just could not find one for Chicago, so I told myself, ‘Okay, I’m just going to make one.’”

Voyles did so towards the end of 2020, and since its creation, the account has reached over 2000 followers.

While people of all ages can partake in

stooping, there are many aspects that make it more desirable to people of younger ages. These individuals tend to have the time to not only go hunting for stoops, but they also have the time to lug furniture around after they have found it. They are also often moving into new places of residence for the first time, and because of this, they need to find something cheap to sit on.

“I would 100 percent go stooping,” said Sophie Guastafurri, a junior at DePaul.

“Because it’s kind of equivalent to thrifting furniture, and a lot of my furniture is thrift ed. It’s also free, so you can’t beat that.”

Just as thrifting is popular with this de mographic, the thrill that comes from find ing a pair of vintage corduroys is akin to the pride that one gets when their friends gawk at the chaise lounge they just placed in their living room.

Ollin Culbert Mendoza, also a DePaul student, had his moment of pride when he found a couch while on a walk in an alley way.

“I was a little south of campus going to my friend's house,” Mendoza said. “And I saw a couch, but at first I wasn’t going to take it. My roommate later told me that he wanted a chair that was next to it, so when I went back to go help him carry it I realized it was pretty cool and decided I wanted the couch.”

Mendoza described it as a blue love seat with wooden framing and made it sound unique to any piece of furniture that he could possibly get online. He got it to school with the help of a friend who had a truck, but was so determined to get it into his dorm that he would have done anything.

“I would have found someone on the subway to help me carry it,” he said.

Even if one does not find something that they like when they go stooping, the simple pleasure of an outing with friends always makes it enjoyable. Whether it is the company that one does it with, or the peo ple that share the attractive furniture with others, there is certainly a sense of commu nity that comes with stooping.

“I think people just need something to do,” said Voyles. “Stooping is something that is cheap and easy... I get a lot of people contacting me on my account asking me about it and how they can start. It’s certain ly flourishing on social media, and it’s nice to see it pop up in new towns.”

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This couch, located on 17th street in Pilsen, was stooped by one lucky follower.

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The 2022 film "Amsterdam" tells the story of three friends who work to solve a murder.

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The sisterhood of the traveling emotionally unstable icon

By a mBer stoutenBorough

Multimedia Editor

I wasn’t going to write anything about the new film “Blonde,” a historical fiction pro jecting only the romanticization of Marilyn Monroe’s abuse. There are an abundance of writers who focus on deciphering the di chotomy between films that simulate what is wrong with society, and just softcore porn disguised as a ‘biopic.’

I do not often critique films, I enjoy them or I do not. I may not add much from a critic’s perspective, analyzing the trajectory of how repulsive and unfortunately not sur prising this film unfolded to be, but I can feel distraught as once a young girl who adored Marilyn Monroe.

I was obsessed, I watched every mov ie, read every book about her. The fact that Norma Jean recreated herself to be Marilyn Monroe, this glamorous and sophisticated Hollywood icon was a dream come true for an insecure 12-year-old. Obviously, the older I got, the more I read and learned about her past, which proved Monroe wasn’t as perfect as I had once innocently thought. So, I moved on. But by the time I was in middle school I was in the peak Lana del Ray Tumblr era and the new wave of idealizing ‘the tragic beauty’ through the male gaze. While I thought the world has moved on from this ever since they banned thinspo in their search engine, this movie brought me right back.

“I really do think they are going to find out later on how toxic Tumblr and romanti cizing depressed Hollywood stars was for our childhood. I mean I was obsessed with Mar ilyn as a kid, she was white and blonde and gorgeous - I think my infatuation was more of the environment of self-esteem issues than looking up to her as a role model,” said Erika Rodriguez, a sophomore studying Women and Gender studies.

Rodriguez feels that “Blonde” had the op portunity to be a movie that truly focuses on the complexity of womanhood, but instead was wasted for a pornographic view of her life.

“Women have to endure so much yet pit ted against each other from the beginning,” Rodriguez said. “It's so easy to hate someone like Marilyn now with so much privilege but there's no disagreement her life was tragic. I think many aspects of her life are something women can take solace in, and this disaster of a film just spits on that connection.”

Like many female stars after her, Monroe is seen less as a person but a representation of

Hollywood and the dream life.

Paul Booth, a Media and Cinema Studies professor at DePaul believes one of the rea sons people continue to recreate her story is for her role in Hollywood as a larger than life status of an icon.

“The fact that Norma Jean becomes Marilyn Monroe becomes this icon, means it's already removed from any sense of who this person actually is,” Professor Booth said. “Marilyn has come to symbolize what is terri ble and amazing about celebrity culture. She has symbolized feminine power and femi nine fragility. She symbolized the detrimen tal effects of being famous and the success of being famous. So she represents different stories to different people. Which means we will never know the true story.”

There have been 15 movies since Mon roe’s death in 1962 made about her life. Di rected by Andrew Dominick and based after a fictional novel by Joyce Carol Oates, “Blonde” will be the 16th film for people to experience the fetishization of Monroe - now this time rated NC-17.

“People are fascinated by tragedy, and people are fascinated by celebrities and so the two go together. Hollywood makes lots of movies about real people and tragic things that happen to them, but people also go to see those movies. If people didn't pay, they would stop making it. So it's a perennial question, right?” Professor Booth said. “Do people go and see it because they're interested in it or are they interested in it because they can go

and see it?”

Needless to say, I was weary of this film before I saw it, but still I decided to see for myself, trigger warnings ablaze. Three hours of numerous sexual assault accounts, CGI fetuses and way more than tasteful or even relatively related to the plot amount of nudity later, I was once again disappointed of view ing another movie through the male gaze.

From her first moments on screen, Ana de Armas, who plays Monroe, was displayed naked in magazines and shown crying while having forced intercourse with a director. Even to the very end, Armas’s exposed breasts are still in view while they distastefully recre ate her death in the exact spot she died.

A woman I once idolized suddenly be came my worst nightmare. To see Monroe reduced down to a naive, childlike sex doll felt like the past twenty years of women’s lib eration just vanished. I obviously wasn’t the only one disappointed beyond belief about this film.

Sarah Rieken, a junior studying film at DePaul was disturbed after her male class mates made fun of the film as a choice of light porn, not cinematography, and believes the sexism displayed throughout “Blonde” was no coincidence, but a paradigm of today.

“It’s almost comedic after Roe V. Wade is overturned, the most sexist movie of the de cade comes out and is praised for its portrayal of ‘womanhood,’” Rieken said. “The pro-life propaganda displayed while she’s past around all of Hollywood really just shows the lack of

depth this man has about women.”

Rieken continues that the industry com plains about the lack of female directors, but continues to create movies about women di rected by men that barely pass the Bechdel test.

“There are so many phenomenal female directors who would have given at least an ounce of respect toward Marilyn Monroe's name,” Rieken said. “Emerald Fennell, Lynne Ramsey, Sofie Coppola, even Patty Jenkins presented Wonder Woman as a full human, rather than an oversexualized superwhore.”

While Rieken wasn’t a huge fan of Mon roe as a kid, she used to watch old films when she was younger that included some of Mon roe’s classics, like “Seven Year Itch” and “Men Prefer Blondes.”

“She was actually quite funny if you watch any of her films, it’s this misinterpre tation of wide-eyed literalism comedy that I think really shows off her personality,” Riek en said. “I was hoping this movie would even look into Marilyn personality because there was so much more to her than her rumored sex life and trauma.”

Monroe hasn't had a moment of rest since her death, constantly used as a byprod uct of her time, a dress to be squished in for Met Gala and the butt of JFK’s adultery jokes. Reduced to an image that has been replicat ed millions of times, this movie does nothing but add to the exploitation of her ongoing abuse.

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While we have come a long way from 7th grade and Hot Topic tee-shirts, I’ll be the first to say I have never been able to com pletely abandon my middle school music taste. While I don’t exactly know how I was relating to these songs about failed-romances, self-loathing and pain when the biggest issue in my life at 12 years old was not failing math class, emo music has proven to be able to withstand the test of time.

Ironically, now I feel a sense of joy when I throw on my “7th grade bangers” playlist on Spotify containing all of Fall Out Boy’s dis cography from when they were actually good. Maybe it’s nostalgia for a simpler time. What ever the reason, I don’t think I will ever leave my pre-teen favorite bands behind, even if their music is only a guilty pleasure now.

crushcrushcrush - Paramore - Lilly Keller

You would not believe my reaction to finding female singers within the emo genre.

I imagine it’s what meeting God is like. Par amore will always be one of my favorite bands, no matter how their sound changes because I know I will always adore it. If any one is selling their ticket to see Paramore on November 9 at the Chicago Theater email artslife@depauliaonline.com. I’m not joking.

XO - Fall Out Boy - Lilly Keller

When I tell you there was a point in my life where I knew every lyric to every Fall Out Boy song out there – even Pax AM Days – I’m unfortunately not kidding. “XO” in particu lar has always been my favorite Fall Out Boy song. From lyrics regarding biblical morality to a phenomenal guitar riff, I can listen to this song on repeat for hours. Anyways, this song is criminally underrated and if it ever leaves Spotify, you will never hear from me again.

Your Sword Versus My Dagger - Silver stein - Jonah Weber

Any song that one holds close to heart should transport them back to a moment

of major impact. This song does just that to me. The second the heavy guitar riff starts I’m taken back to my awkward, emo teenage self. Skateboarding through the fall-colored Chicago streets as hard as I could, banging my head and screaming my lungs out to the lyrics, “All these city streets the people look the same!”

Scars - Papa Roach - Jonah Weber

Is “Last Resort” one of the greatest songs of all time? Absolutely. Without a doubt. But, when I was 12 year -old and heard “Scars” for the first time, I was truly taken aback. “I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut.” Are you kidding me? What more gut wrenching lyrics does an emo skater-kid need? I’d listen to this song on full blast almost every day be fore middle school. This is without a doubt an emo essential of mine.

The Ghost of You - My Chemical Ro mance - Lilly and Jonah

It wouldn’t be a true emo playlist if we didn’t include some good ol’e fashion My Chemical Romance. MCR is the quintes

sential emo band. Their sophomore album, “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” is espe cially fantastic. Although they are most well known for “The Black Parade” and creating the iconic “G-Note” memes, the heaviness of “Three Cheers” just hits a little closer to home. With songs like “Helena” and “I’m not okay” spoke to angsty, emo kids all over the world. We decided on “The Ghost of You” for our pick though. This song starts off soft as Gerard Way serenades to listeners, then quickly picks up into a heavy scream. I can so easily remember walking the streets of Chica go blasting this song and being sad in middle school.

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Blue Madness then featured the first of three events with the three-point con test. Two players from each team had 60 seconds to shoot 15 basketballs. Whoev er made the most would move on to the final.

Juniors Darrione Rogers and Kendall Jones both shot representing the women. Graduate students Umoja Gibson and Brenden Favre shot for the men. Gibson and Favre advanced to the final round. In the final round, Gibson and Favre tied with eight shots made, forcing them to head to a tiebreaker. Gibson outshot Favre as he sunk his third shot, turning his back away from the basket before the shot went through.

“That’s what basketball is, it’s for the fans,” said senior Nick Ongenda. “Every thing we do is for the fans. From dunks, to shots to everything. It was a great ex perience.”

The half-court shot event followed. Both teams gathered at center court and attempted to make 10 shots. Women and men from the team alternated shooting the ball. Each time one was made, cheer leaders and players tossed DePaul foam basketballs into the crowd.

DePaul athletics anticipated and or ganized an event full of entertainment. Kick started by the Blue Demons cheer and dance teams with their performanc es, they were able to catch the audience’s attention before the main event started.

DePaul senior guard Kierra Collier spoke about why there might have been a large turnout and what this means for the fans.

“It was really nice to see everyone come out and support us,” Collier said. “I think this really gets us started for the rest of the season. It really just sets a stan dard for what we want for DePaul basket ball, for both women and men. Seeing all the fans here just means alot to us, be cause with Covid and the previous years, we were not able to have as many people as we would like. The turnout here makes us very hopeful that we can continue to grow basketball here at DePaul.”

The main event of the night that all fans were anticipating was the dunk con test. Special guest judges featured DePaul mascot DIBS, DePaul President Rob ert Manuel and Chicago Bulls forward Javonte Green.

Both finalists in the contest, Ongen da and junior De’Sean Nelson put on an absolute show. Nelson’s first dunk was a windmill dunk over 6-foot-7 Philmont Gebrewhit that erupted the crowd. On genda’s 360-windmill dunk captured yet another moment that had McGrath-Phil lips Arena shaking.

The crowd still was not satisfied as they called out Nelson to complete one more dunk. Instead, Ongenda came out and performed a windmill dunk to finish off the night, which brought a roar from the fans in the stands as they jumped to their feet. Each dunk received a 10 out of 10, but DIBS was not as satisfied and kept giving nines, wanting to see more.

With DePaul’s love for basketball, this event shows lots of appreciation for the work that the men and women put in throughout the season.

As Blue Madness concluded, the fan involvement among players continued. Players greeted fans with high fives and autographs, as fans were given all kinds of different team apparel from the ath letes and athletic department.

The women’s home opener at Win trust is Nov. 9 against American Uni versity, while the men open at Wintrust against Loyola University Maryland. DePaul’s Blue Madness efforts were also in part to grow a connection to DePaul basketball and attend more games at the arena on the Near South Side.

“Without a doubt, fans will show up to Wintrust,” Stubblefield said. “We just have to do our part and there is no doubt in my mind that the fans will follow. Chi cago is a great sports city, DePaul is a great university.”

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#2 Umoji Gibson, #14 Nick Ogenda and #4 K.T. Raimey celebrating together after Gibson won the Blue Madness three-point contest.

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Larger than life micro wrestling comes to Illinois

By Jonathan Rosenblum Contributing Writer

Derec Pemberton, better known as his stage name “Syko,” says his name holds a special wrestling warning to all his oppo nents.

“The way psycho is spelled didn’t make sense to me,” he said. “So I changed the last two letters to K.O. because I’m going to knock all my opponents out.”

Pemberton has been wrestling with the Micro Wrestling Federation for almost two years, and was the Federation’s champion until fellow wrestler Baby Jesus defeated him during Tuesday’s show in Aurora.

Pemberton originally started his own little person MMA (mixed martial arts) organization with his brother, who is also a little person, seven years ago.

“Sports commissioner of Kansas came in and shut us down,” Pemberton said.

The sports commissioner told Pember ton that if he wished to professionally wres tle legally, the Micro Wrestling Federation was who he had to call.

Pemberton, who has over 672,000 fol lowers on TikTok, enjoys putting on a show more than anything.

“I like the look that comes across peo ples faces as I wrestle,” he said. “I really like to make people second guess their reality.”

Pemberton, whose character of Syko has recently escaped a mental institution and comes out on stage in a straitjacket that will be forcibly removed, feels at home be ing on stage.

“Man, that’s life right there,” he said. “Forreal, it brings happiness to me, it’s real ly my passion. And I’m one of the lucky few who got to follow their passion.”

Pemberton is married to fellow Micro wrestler Pinky Shortcake.

“I’m really lucky to have my wife wres tling because not many wrestlers have their wives on the road with them so they’re al ways wanting to go back home,” Pemberton said. “But my girl is already here so I got ev erything I need.”

The husband and wife duo, who recent ly finished up their wrestling storyline in which they fought each other, welcomed a baby girl last year. Shortcake came back to the ring less than a year after giving birth.

Pemberton announced before his match with Baby Jesus that if given the opportu nity to be not a little person, he would not take it, exclaiming that “Normal people are f_king boring!”

This past week, the Micro Wrestling Federation, an organization in which all wrestlers and most of the staff are little peo ple, came to Illinois with three shows. The Federation did not come to Chicago, but Aurora, Darien, and Princeton.

At the show in Aurora, wrestlers Baby Jesus, Pinky Shortcake, Disco Dom, Lil Chola, Micro Tiger, and the infamous Syko were present. Zach Presley had his turn at the show to be the on-stage referee.

Previous to Skyo v. Baby Jesus, Micro Tiger went head-to-head and came out vic torious against Disco Dom, while Lil Chola triumphed over Pinky Shortcake.

Disco Dom, whose real name is Dom inic Feldi, impersonates John Travolta on stage and, similar to Syko, is a villain char acter. Feldi shares a similar sentiment to Syko when it comes to performing.

“Let me tell you, it is an absolute adren aline rush,” Feldi said. “I love performing in front of people. I love entertaining people.”

Feldi, who hails from Pennsylvania, is a longtime wrestling fan.

“Me and my grandfather, always Mon days and Fridays, we would watch wrestling together,” Feldi said. “My grandfather said, ‘man I could see you doing this.’ And I’ve always wanted to do this. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to do this and it’s a dream come true.”

Feldi just began his third year profes sionally wrestling and is thankful for the opportunity given to him.

“It’s been my biggest blessing and I’ve never looked back,” he said. “I’ve never wrestled with other little people before so this is my first time. This is actually my first time being around other little people.”

This is a common theme among the wrestlers and staff at Micro Wrestling.

“When I was growing up, I didn’t have any other [dwarfs] around me,” Pember ton said. “And so I was always struggling in athletic areas. Now that I’m around other dwarfs that are doing the same stuff I’m do ing, for the first time in my life I feel like I can actually complete and be athletic.”

Along with two matches, a champion ship match, and finally a royal rumble, the Micro Wrestling experience comes with an opening rock show, put on by Ivar the Mi cro, who is also announced during events. Ivar, who worked in logistics and at Target prior to Micro Wrestling, had been in a wheelchair all his life on account of a brittle bone disease, making him break over 100 bones. Before being employed by the Feder ation, Ivar unsuccessfully attempted to get his band, Three and a Half Men, to perform at a Micro Wrestling show.

Thankfully, Ivar still attended the show.

“My buddy told me he had VIP tickets and I ended up going,” he said. “I met ev erybody. Three months later, I hated my job and I called Micro.”

Ivar then made the big step of moving from his native St. Louis to Pigeon Forge, TN, where Micro Wrestling’s headquarters, the Microtorium, is located.

“In my life, I’ve never met anybody my height, so it was kind of cool but it was scary because you had to take a big opportunity and a big change to leave your family,” Ivar said.

To be able to put on his spectacle, Ivar worked out feverishly during the beginning days of his employment with Micro Wres tling, dropping twenty pounds and gaining the ability to walk. At the end of his perfor mance in Aurora, he shouted to the crowd, “One day this bone disease will bring me back down, but until then I will rock out for you every f___ night.”

Tickets to a Micro show cost $20, with ringside tickets being $40. Ringside lets the crowd get face to face with the wrestlers, who often fall into spectators laps and talk trash about fellow wrestlers. Rene and Kev in, who both held ringside seats, enjoyed the quality display for wrestling.

“I liked how in the championship match, you thought it was over, but then it became a royal rumble,” Rene said.

Both Rene and Kevin are longtime wrestling fans, and came to see Micro Wrestling to support their wrestling com munity.

“I think it’s just a passion for great wrestling, “ Rene said, while reflecting on why he came to the Aurora show.

“The wrestling community is very tight-knit. “It’s just another great show that I’ve been to,” Kevin said.

Although some may see Micro Wres tling as exploitative and an opportunity to poke fun at those different from the ma jority, the Federation, and its wrestlers, pride themselves on the empowerment the organization gives them, and in their ability to spread a positive and inclusive message.

“The message is do not stop chasing your dreams,” Feldi said. “I’m telling you, whatever dream you have, do not stop. And I’m telling you it will pay off at the end.”

“It doesn’t matter how small you are,” Pemberton said. “You can be just as athlet ic as anybody else. We can do everything anybody else can do.”

Ivar the Micro sings rock classics as he opens the Oct. 11 Micro Wrestling performance.

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Pinky Shortcake is on the verge of defeat during the Aurora Micro Wrestling show on Oct. 11.

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Women pick up first conference win against Seton Hall

By Max Rayman Contributing Writer

It is only fitting that the Blue Demons women’s soccer team’s first conference win of the season came on senior day against a pesky Seton Hall Pirates squad.DePaul’s of fense shined in the 2-0 win.

From the opening kickoff, the Blue De mons dominated time of possession, not al lowing the Pirates any time to respond.

“We always want to win, but today we were doing this for our seniors,” sophomore forward Susie Sodderstrom said. “Because of the legacy they have built and the road they have paved for the team.”

In the first 10 minutes, DePaul had a beautiful scoring opportunity, but the ball just bounced off the bottom of the crossbar. On the rebound shot, Seton Hall’s senior goalkeeper Grace Gordon was able to make the save.

That was just the beginning of DePaul’s onslaught. On a corner kick a few minutes later, senior defender Sydney Parker just missed on a header. Despite just falling short multiple times, DePaul wasn’t fazed, with sophomore midfielder Katie Godden putting her team on the board first at the 17:04 mark. On a handball in the box by Se ton Hall, Godden was able to bury the pen alty kick attempt.

Toward the end of the first half, Parker seemed to put the Blue Demons up 2-0, but the goal was waived off due to offsides.

Defensively, the Blue Demons took care of business in the first half, not allowing the Pirates to score. DePaul graduate se nior goalkeeper Mollie Eriksson was three for three in save opportunities. At halftime, momentum was high, but the players were focused on closing out their opponents.

“Going into the game, the plan was to press them,” head coach Michele O’Brien said. “Go out with an assertive, aggressive

mentality with our forwards and everyone else followed suit. We did a good job of mov ing the ball quickly. At halftime, the main message was to stay disciplined and not to get excited or aggressive in their position ing. Soccer is 90 minutes, not 45 minutes.”

In the second half, DePaul executed their game plan perfectly, doubling their lead at the 79:30 mark. Freshman forward Freya Jupp had a beautiful feed to Sodder strom for the 2-0 lead.

“I was very excited and screaming for it,” Sodderstrom said. “Freya played me a nice slot ball. I was like one touch, and I have to hit it hard and low. Luckily, I was able to neg the kicker too, which was really nice. It was a good closing goal, that we needed to relieve

some pressure.”

Seton Hall’s best scoring opportunity of the second half came at the 80:12 mark, but sophomore defender Rachel Gerrie’s shot was saved by Eriksson. From there, DePaul stifled any other scoring chances and closed out the game 2-0.

This marked the Blue Demons’ second shutout of the season and the fourth straight shutout against the Pirates.

“I am so proud of this group,” Erikkson said. “It has been kind of a rough go this year. The results haven’t gone the way we wanted. But if there is going to be a momen tum switch, what a great day for it.”

Senior day is always an emotional time for a team, but the Blue Demons were able

to stay focused and pushed any lingering thoughts aside.

“It was definitely a very emotional time when I saw the players around me who are graduating,” senior forward Kristin Boos said. “Kinda thinking about if this is my last few weekends of games at DePaul, but I don’t focus on that. I focused on the smiling faces around me, my teammates, the work I needed to put in, and the win.”

DePaul (3-11, 1-6) will be back in action on Thursday, Oct. 20 for a road matchup against their conference rival Creighton (82-5, 4-2-1). First touch is set for 6:30 p.m. CDT.

Demons threaten upset, draw No. 13 Xavier 1-1

By Patrick Sloan-Turner Online Managing Editor

The conference upset of the season almost took place at Wish Field on Sat urday as DePaul nearly handed No. 13 Xavier their first season loss.

For the second weekend in a row, the Blue Demons played a much more tal ented team to a 1-1 draw in an outstand ing showing.

“We knew it was a good matchup for us,” said DePaul Head Coach Mark Plotkin. “The way they play is similar to us, and obviously, they’ve gotten a lot of results, but we felt good about it coming in.”

A capacity crowd of DePaul fans may have felt nervous early on as Xavier’s at tack seemed to dominate possession in the Demons’ defensive third throughout the first ten minutes. But it didn’t take long for DePaul to wake up, trading pos session and chances for the rest of the game.

As the game went on, DePaul ap peared to create more and more prob lems for Xavier’s defenders.

“I thought we were a little slow ear ly in the first half,” Plotkin said. “But we picked it up and were a lot more aggres sive today in the final third and danger ous in set pieces.”

The match remained scoreless for nearly 70 minutes until the game’s turn ing point came.

Off a buildup down the right side line, senior right back David Gripman sped past defenders and found soph omore midfielder Cade Hagan on the edge of the box. Hagan received the ball with space in front of him and fired an

outside-of-the-foot shot from a seem ingly impossible angle.

Fans erupted as the shot from the ride side towards the far post curled in at the last second to give DePaul a 1-0 lead in the 69th minute.

“As soon as I saw it get past the de fender, it had the perfect bounce for me to hit it one-time,” Hagan said. “I looked up and saw it curl top corner, and I was just ecstatic.”

Hagan’s head coach wasn’t surprised by the impressive strike.

“It was a hell of a finish, but we know that’s in Cade’s wheelhouse,” Plotkin said.

Hagan and the rest of DePaul’s mid field played with composure all game. The Demons made little mistakes in pos session on Saturday, which proved to be an issue a week ago against Georgetown.

DePaul’s defense played up to their opponents’ attack for the second Satur day in a row. Center backs Ethan Gordon and Grant Herbek both played the full 90 minutes and seemed to clear almost every cross that Xavier fired their way.

Sophomore goalkeeper Ghandi Cruz recorded four saves and proved once again why he is talked about as one of the league’s best keepers. Cruz made sev eral athletic saves, the best on a danger

ous Xavier free kick in the 31st minute.

If DePaul could have held on, Satur day would have likely been the upset of the Big East season, but they could only keep Xavier’s attack at bay for so long.

The Xavier equalizer came at minute 77 from a close-range header by fresh man midfielder Alvaro Heredia.

DePaul continued to create chanc es for themselves through the final 13 minutes but could not re-take the lead. It was an impressive showing against the league’s top team. Still, as the clock hit zero, DePaul players were visibly upset they let it slip away.

“I don’t really care about rankings or any of that,” Hagan said. “Whether I score or not, if we don’t get the three points, I’m not happy.”

Plotkin was also disappointed his team couldn’t get the win, but still was happy to spoil Xavier’s chance at three points.

“I wish we could’ve held onto it a lit tle bit better,” Plotkin said. “But [Xavi er] is an outstanding team at the top of the table, and to take points away from teams at the top is always a positive.”

With four games left, DePaul still has opportunities to get some points and move up the table. The Blue Demons (3-4-6, 0-2-4) will host Marquette (4-73, 0-3-3) on Wednesday at 1 p.m. CDT before traveling to UConn (4-6-1, 1-3-1) for a 6 p.m. EDT matchup on Saturday.

“We have four more opportunities to get points,” Plotkin said. “It’s just on us to take care of business.”

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Sophomore midfielder Cade Hagan celebrates his goal with teammates Tyson Amoo-Mensah and Kristian Malinich during DePaul’s 1-1 draw with no. 13 Xavier Saturday.

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Blue

“The Secret Game”

square off

By Tom Gorski Sports Editor

DePaul men’s basketball will square off in a “secret” closed scrimmage against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Sun day, Oct. 23 at Wintrust Arena. Little information or details have leaked to the public about the scrimmage, which is by design.

“I think it’s a good opportunity for the program, and Notre Dame is a top program in the country,” senior DePaul fan Sam Gutterman said. “Even though it’s not a real game, being able to run sets against, maybe not a top-25 team, but a team that should be pretty good, will help since after non-confer ence play, DePaul will play some tough Big East teams.”

The DePaul Ath letic Department did not respond for com ment to The DePau lia’s request for this story.

Details regarding the scrimmage are very minimal and we do not know exactly what will take place or what the plan is for the two teams inside Wintrust Arena. It is not even necessari ly a game, but more than likely a series of game-like situations where coaches have the opportunity to evaluate their team against competition other than their own.

The two teams will likely compete against each other in some five-on-five sets and work on some late-game situ ations later in the day, along with some individual skills work.

The NCAA has allowed Division I teams to hold these types of scrimmages for decades, and the expectation is that this will be strictly between DePaul and Notre Dame. Whatever happens will stay between them and only them. Neither team can acknowledge that the game

even happened.

There will not be any fans or media allowed at the game or a box score for statistics between the two teams — just basketball.

“You need to get chemistry with some of these younger kids,” Notre Dame fan Arafet Isa said. “We don’t know how they’re going to react underneath the pressure. Now, there is no pressure, with no media, crowd or anything around. It’s going to be like a pick up game where they can just play freely.”

There are pros and cons for playing against another team prior to the start of the season, especially if it’s not a regular ly scheduled game or even an exhibition matchup.

“I think the pros prob ably outweigh the cons,” said the owner of a popular De Paul sports social media account, who requested an onymity. “Ob viously, if Yor Anei snaps his leg off in the game, every Blue Demon’s fan is going to be pissed and yell at Stubbs or Peevy and ask, ‘Why the hell did we allow this?’ But if we passed on a secret scrimmage and came out flat in the first few games, the fanbase would be yelling at them again and going, ‘you guys could have had the extra practice, now look at this team.’ So it cuts both ways, and I’m in favor of it.”

Not only are DePaul fans in favor of the scrimmage, but Notre Dame fans also see a lot of positives as to why this game should be taking place.

“I actually really like it,” Isa said. “It’s going to help these kids develop more because it’s basically a pick up game for

them. If you think about it if you’re play ing an exhibition game, everyone is going to see who your best players are, correct? Now you’re playing a closed game where nobody will know anything and there’s this guy for Notre Dame named JJ Ster ling, he’s going to be a stud, but nobody is going to know anything about him until they actually play a real game.”

Over the course of history between the two teams, DePaul and Notre Dame have faced off 106 times, with the Fight ing Irish leading the all-time series 6244. The last time these two teams met was in 2018, and the Blue Demons lost 95-70.

Notre Dame, unlike DePaul, had a very successful season in 2021, finishing with a 24-11 overall record and tourna ment appearance. The Fighting Irish’s March Madness run came to an end af ter being eliminated by Texas Tech in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

DePaul finished with a 15-16 overall record last season under first year head coach Tony Stubblefield, their best since 2019.

Since it is a closed door scrimmage, we will not know if there is a winner or how the game will turn out. DePaul add ed five new transfer players along with two incoming freshmen, highlighted by four-star recruit Zion Cruz.

“I think if they play a game, Notre

Dame blows them out,” Isa said. “Prob ably around 15 points or more. It won’t be close between them. The Irish just have too much talent and DePaul doesn’t have that type of talent. I know they’re in the Big East, but you’re talking about the ACC compared to the Big East, like it used to be a tough conference, but not anymore.”

Notre Dame fans always have high expectations, but when it comes to De Paul, the fan base is more excited than they have been in years. Stubblefield was one game below .500 in his inaugural season, which raises expectations for the program entering the 2022-2023 season.

“Obviously, DePaul will win,” the anonymous social media account owner said. “Paul Atkinson doesn’t play for No tre Dame anymore and the Blue Demons have a chip the size of Ricobene’s steak sandwich on their shoulders. Stubble field won’t tolerate losing any longer, he’s not Chris Collins. I think Umoji Gibson leads the team in scoring and makes at least three three-pointers and Nick On genda has four blocks.”

DePaul’s home opener will take place Nov. 7 when they host Loyola (MD.) at 6:45 p.m. CDT at Wintrust Area.

DePaul students cheer on the men’s basketball team during their 97-72 victory against Coppin State on November 10, 2021 at Windtrust Arena. The Blue Demons improved to 2-0 after this game.

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The scrimmage will be held at an empty Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.

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“It’s going to help these kids develop more because it’s basically a pick up game for them.”

Arafet Isa Notre Dame basketball fan