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President A. Gabriel Esteban speaks to university students, faculty and staff in the School of Music’s new Holtschneider Performance Center, named for Esteban’s predecessor, on Thursday, Oct. 3.
Esteban on waning enrollment, diversity concerns in State of University By Patsy Newitt Asst. News Editor
DePaul’s enrollment has experienced an eight-year decline – and while President A. Gabriel Esteban stresses that he isn’t worried, he also stresses urgency. Esteban addressed faculty and staff this past Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Holtschneider Auditorium, discussing DePaul’s “Grounded in Mission” Plan for 2024, achievements in the 2018-2019 academic year and challenges facing the university – specifically, declining enrollment rates and its effect on revenue and academic climate. Esteban opened with his goal for DePaul to be one of the Top 50 universities, Top 10 private, Pell-aid awarded universities and top five Catholic universities by 2030. These goals are attainable, he said, pointing to DePaul’s successes in the past year, including eight DePaul students and alumni receiving Fulbright scholarships, the new Grace School of Applied Diplomacy and a recent $6.6 million NIH grant to
“We have the faculty, we have the students. That’s why DePaul has a distinct advantage moving forward.”
A. Gabriel Esteban
President of DePaul University DePaul faculty researching violence prevention curriculum in CPS. “We have the faculty, we have the students,” he said. “That’s why DePaul has a distinct advantage moving forward.” Challenging this progress is DePaul’s eight-year decline in enrollment. Since a peak in 2010, DePaul’s population has declined by 3,334 students, according to a PowerPoint presentation by the provost and vice president of the university on Sept. 20. DePaul’s enrollment is concerning in reference to national trends in higher ed-
ucation. Though national enrollment has decreased by 1.7 percent, according to the NCS Research Center, 88 of 180 private, not-for-profit, doctoral institutions had an enrollment increase of 10 percent or more, and 127 of 180 experienced stable or positive enrollment growth in the past year, Esteban said. Locally, Loyola has increased enrollment by 8 percent, University of Illinois at Chicago by 14 percent and University of Illinois-Urbana by 11 percent from 2012 to 2018, he said. Declining birth rates in the 2000s are
a general concern for higher education. In 2026, Esteban said, there will be a sharp decline in 18-year-olds. And of the 18-yearolds, less are attending universities, with a projected 18 percent decline in Illinois high school graduates by 2029. Despite these trends, DePaul has the largest freshman class in its history this year, with 2,627 students. With this, DePaul has seen an increase in diversity, with students of color making up 44 percent of the new freshman class, as well as first generation students making up 33 percent and out-of-state students 38 percent, according to Esteban’s powerpoint. These numbers indicate a diversifying campus, but audience members expressed concern with a recent climate survey that showed diminishing feelings of diversity in DePaul’s academic climate amongst faculty and staff, according to Quinettta Shelby, an associate professor of inorganic chemistry. “There are declines in the perceived environment that favor diversity,” she said, “And I wonder if we’re seeing a decline in
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The Father, the Son and the Holy School Spirit
ALEXA SANDLER | THE DEPAULIA
The student section at a DePaul Men’s Soccer game on Friday Sept. 20. With school spirit at an all-time low, administrators have worked to excite students, to almost no avail.
By Ella Lee Arts & Life Editor
As DePaul fights the national decline and its own in student enrollment, they are turning to school spirit to boost retention and increase affinity for the university among students. This year, the university committed an additional $240,000 to its budget to fund at least eight large-scale affinity events, according to DePaul spokeswoman Carol Hughes. A newly formed student organization, the DePaul Traditions Council, is in charge of putting on these events. The money also funded a convocation for all new students on Sept. 10, Hughes said. “There’s ebbs and flows [of school spirit] throughout the school year,” said Courtney James, director of the Office of Student Involvement. “There’s a natural excitement and enthusiasm in first weeks of class that we don’t need to mirror during finals time. We’re not looking to do something like ‘Welcome Week’ every week. We want to create peak experiences where students can connect and create a DePaul memory.” Research shows that small amounts of peak happiness pay off in the long run, as opposed to doing the same thing for an extended period of time, she said. Some events the Office of Student Involvement put on last year, like an ugly sweaters event and the annual midnight breakfast, are intended to work in this domain. Another way the university is working to boost student affinity is through clubs like the DePaul Activities Board, whose primary goal is to put together events which bring the student body together. “We have a lot of organizations and each one has its own goal, its
own characteristics,” said Nathalia Levy, a student worker in the Office of Student Involvement and president of DAB. “It’s hard to get students involved at first, but once they’re involved, then they see the benefit in that. I think as a whole, involvement isn’t really high in comparison to other schools, lots of it because it’s a city school, but I think in more recent years, we’ve been increasingly doing a better job than before.” She added that there is affinity within the student organizations, as many of them share the same goal to get as many students as possible to their events. “For bigger events like FEST and DemonJam, we want to make those events into an experience for every student at DePaul, so that when a 2016 graduate talks with a freshman in 2018, they can say, ‘Oh, did you go to your FEST? Who was your artist?’ and bond over their shared DePaul experience,” Levy said. James said that one of the groups the university is focusing on in-
creasing school affinity among is e-sports. She explained that a survey found that 47 percent of students engaged in e-sports are not involved in traditional student activities. Using a rough number of 1,000 e-sports participants at DePaul, then, she said that would mean that there are 470 students potentially not engaging. The Office of Student Involvement is working with them to connect their love for e-sports to the university in a meaningful way. But while the spirit may be willing, the flesh is weak, and the lack of student affinity goes beyond those who participate in e-sports. In a survey of 32 students across different disciplines and years, The DePaulia found that 46.9 percent of students said they do not care about school spirit, whereas 25 percent said they do care and 28.1 said they sometimes care. When asked what they feel the university does poorly and could improve upon in relation to school spirit, many pointed to a lack of a connected campus and student
body. “‘The city is your campus’ is a cheeky way to downplay our lack of campus personality,” said Noah Sallen, a fourth-year student at DePaul. “Despite the ubiquity of DP advertising I see everywhere I go, I believe the best way to bring ethos to our city presence is to market our sports accomplishments better.” James said that in order to increase spirit among the student body, she thinks it’s important that students engage in the university’s initiatives surrounding affinity. “Even the low-level things we do, like wearing blue on Thursdays — we do this because the end goal is to leave [DePaul] and have a sense of connection and ties to the university because of the strength of relationships due to the things [students] went to,” she said. “As alumni engage, they consider sending their kids here, not just because it’s academically rigorous, but because they feel a sense of connection to the things that took place when they went here.”
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From left to right: Wayne Steger, Joe R. Tufoya, David Williams and Valerie C. Johnson took part in the impeachment discussion on Oct. 2.
Impeachment: Faculty talks what it is, what’s next By Veronica Schoonover Contributing Writer
Since Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, announced the official impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump there has been a surge of questions as to what will happen next. To facilitate an open conversation on the subject, the Political Science Department held a panel discussion event in the Schmitt Academic Center on Oct. 2 to discuss the ongoing impeachment process of President Donald Trump. The event was moderated by Valerie Johnson, Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department. The panel included Professor Wayne Steger, Joe Tafoya and David Williams. They are all professors in the Political Science Department and possess different specializations of knowledge on the subject. Tafoya said that the discussion panel is beneficial for both students and professors to understand the views that peers have in such an important political event. “It’s an organic process where dialogue happens,” Tafoya said. The formal impeachment inquiry was officially announced by Nancy Pelosi. The inquiry resulted from a series of events started by a phone call with President Donald Trump and Ukranian President, Vlodymyr Zelensky. Trump urged Zelensky to fight corruption and suggested that he investigate Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. At the time, Hunter Biden was working in Ukraine when his father was vice president and working with the Ukranian government. The formal impeachment inquiry was announced Sep. 24. Professor Williams discussed the impeachment process as two-staged. The process is divided by the House and the Senate. Impeachment begins in the House. If the House votes yes on impeachment, the President is impeached but not removed from office. Removal from office depends on the Senate vote. Impeachment exists because there must be “some measure of accountability to the people,” Williams said. He described impeachment as an essential option to hold problematic leaders accountable. He related this purpose back to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 in which Ben Franklin described impeachment as a much better option than assassination. Impeachment is unique in every case,
as it has differed for every president who has undergone the process, Steger said. “Institutional systems fundamentally differed in each of those cases,” Steger said. He discussed this by briefly describing the three previous presidents who have went through the impeachment process: Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Steger said that, as impeachment is incredibly divisive, the inquiry on Trump is interesting due to the unique intensity of partisanship. He said that partisanship has surpassed race as the most fundamental divide in American society. People now perceive the world differently and even possess different sets of information. Tafoya pointed to a graph from fivethirtyeight that not only showed the change in impeachment support since the formal inquiry, but revealed a truth about partisanship in America. The graph first shows a spike in support for impeachment after Pelosi’s announcement. Just before the announcement, Sep. 23, support for impeachment was at 40 percent. Now, support has risen to 47 percent. Tafoya then pointed to statistics that show the majority of the increase happened among Democrats. Support among Democrats has roughly risen 17 percent while support among Republicans has risen a mere 3 percent. Hannah Hyman, junior, attended the event after hearing about it from the Political Science Department. She says that it is important for college students to be aware and this event allows them to hear from experienced professors while they are able to offer a unique perspective on the topic that comes from their experience as a younger generation. “We are acutely aware of the kinds of trouble we face as a nation that other generations are not,” Hyman said. As the panel discussion moved to student questions, one student asked about Trump’s ability to survive detrimental stories from the media as he did when the Access Hollywood tape of Trump having an indecent conversation about women with host Billy Bush. The student expressed his concern that Trump seems to be invincible when it comes to this sort of media, unlike presidents Nixon and Clinton whose own scandals resulted in their absence from office. The panel discussion served to not only be informative but as a reminder of voters’ responsibility. “At some point we must inquire about ourselves as a nation,” Johnson said as a response to the student’s concern.
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., announcing the impeachment inquiry.
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DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) will begin placing feminine hygiene products in bathrooms across both the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses free of charge beginning in January. The products in this photo are Tampax and Always.
SGA announces initiative to provide free menstrual products in campus restrooms By Emma Oxnevad Opinions Editor
DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) announced plans Sept. 27 to distribute free menstrual products across both campuses. The initiative was first proposed by SGA President Giselle Cervantes and Vice President Landon Campbell during their campaign last quarter. “The idea came about when Landon and I were campaigning for SGA,” Cervantes said. “I personally heard from other students that something they would love to see at DePaul is free menstrual products. So Landon and I talked about it and realized that menstrual products are just as much of a necessity in bathrooms as toilet paper and soap.” The initiative will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, according to Cervantes. The products will be distributed across bathrooms on both campuses. “The Department of Facility Operations will be responsible for overseeing the distribution,” Cervantes said. “There will be dispensers in every bathroom that will dispense the free products, and they will be maintained just like the soap and toilet paper is in every bathroom, daily.” Campbell said they have yet to find a company to provide dispensers, but plan on having one secured before the planned launch date. “We haven’t found a specific dispenser or have finalized with a specific dispenser company yet...there will be dispensers in January that will get the products out there,” Campbell said. Free menstrual products being available on college campuses is a growing
conversation. Harvard University began offering free products in all campus dormitories in 2018. “Colleges provide for their students in general; they should provide [menstrual products] for students,” said Riley Reed, a sophomore political science and peace, justice and conflict studies major. “This is something that, you know, that so many different universities have brought in a dialogue or a discussion about because it’s a necessity,” Campbell said. “It just made no sense that if the university could provide toilet paper and soap and paper towels, why not be able to provide this necessity of menstrual products to all students?” Campell stated that the products will be referred to as “menstrual products” as opposed to “feminine hygiene products,” in order to not alienate students who are not female-identifying who also menstruate. Cervantes added that the products will be placed in gender-neutral bathrooms for optimal accessibility to transgender or otherwise gender non-conforming students. “We recognize that not everyone who menstruates is female-identifying, which is why the menstrual product dispensers will also be placed in every single gender-neutral bathroom on campus,” Cervantes said. “Students who are not female-identifying who menstruate will always have access to the menstrual products they need on both the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses.” The issue of menstrual products being made available to non-cisgender students has recently made headlines at Loyola University. A Loyola student
posted a video on Snapchat of themselves throwing away menstrual products that had been placed in a men’s bathroom. The video was later posted to Twitter, causing the student to be accused of transphobia. Some students feel that DePaul should provide more free health-related products to students. “I think anything relating to sexual health and maybe even basic medications like Advil, cough medicine, that sort of
thing,” Reed said. Cervantes said she hopes this initiative will enable menstruating students to continue their studies uninterrupted by a lack of available products. “A lack of menstrual products should never pose a barrier for students to attend class, so we wanted to tear down this barrier by getting free menstrual products on campus,” Cervantes said.
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(From right to left) Patricia Ramirez, senior sales manager at PNC, joins Martha Arteaga, vice president of human resources at AMTI Residential and Jackie Rodriguez, chief of staff to the chief operating officer at Groupon, to speak in a panel on Tuesday discussing their tips to Latinx women who are pursuing careers in a role that is typically dominated by white men.
Don’t count them out Latinx women discuss corporate life, entrepreneurship and how they got there By Xavier Ortega Photo Editor
The Office of Multicultural Student Success hosted “Latinx Womyn in Leadership and Entrepreneurship” last Tuesday in the Coleman Entrepreneurship Office for students to listen to Latinx and Chicanx women share their journeys, struggles and how they made it in corporate America, nonprofit sectors or as entrepreneurs. Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz, a pilot, entrepreneur, philanthropist, twotime cancer survivor, author and international speaker, opened the event, telling students that it is important for one to give themselves the power to succeed, especially when entering a field
traditionally dominated by white men. “I think the time [for Latinx women to be given a voice] is now,” CamachoRuiz said. “The people are ready and the community is primed for our talents to be shared with the world. I am in the middle of this amazing international movement of women, with now 152, and I’m opening doors with The New York Times, Universal, Comcast, Telemundo, Forbes and Univision. They need to hear the stories and our talents.” Camacho-Ruiz talked about certain struggles she faced when becoming a small-airplane pilot. Students heard the story of her first time flying a plane, difficulties she faced with turbulence, among other things, and her powering through those nerves, “earning her wings” after landing the plane. She is one
XAVIER ORTEGA | THE DEPAULIA
Keynote speaker, Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz talks to students at the Latinx Womyn in Leadership and Entrepreneurship event on Tuesday at the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center. Jacqueline spoke about giving yourself the power to push yourself to success. of the few Latina small airplane pilots in the U.S., received almost 20 awards for her business acumen and achievements around the world and the founder of The Fig Factor Foundation, focusing on unleashing the talent in young Latinas. Following Camacho-Ruiz, a panel of three Latinx women speak to students about their experiences being in positions of leadership and answering several student questions. The panel consists of: Martha Arteaga, vice president of human resources at AMLI Residential; Patricia Ramirez, the senior sales manager at PNC; and Jackie Rodriguez, the chief
of staff to the chief operating officer at Groupon. During the discussion, panelists urged students that the time for individual branding starts now, not when starting a career, and continues on after graduation. Ramirez told students to network as much as they can, as that builds confidence when in a leadership role. All the panelists spoke about how they continue to deal with discrimination for being Latinx women and how they sometimes have to work harder to show that they are as good, if not better than, their male counter-parts.
ESTEBAN continued from front our enrollment because of the climate that the faculty and staff are experiencing. I think that probably is felt by the students.” Esteban emphasized the importance of faculty themselves reaching out to colleagues of color when job openings arise. “One thing to keep in mind, I have no say,” he said in regard to faculty hiring. “You’re the ones who know the openings.” Alongside declines in enrollment, DePaul has seen a decrease in revenue, down $7 million from last year, as previously reported by the DePaulia. Esteban noted a steady increase in DePaul’s net revenue from 2003 to 2017 is due to tuition increases rather than enrollment growth Faculty and staff expressed concern about the continuation of gaps and lack of communication between departments as revenue continues to decline. “As we grew over the years, the university got bigger, we created more departments and those departments had more people,” said Tyneka Harris, project leader for the academic support team and information services. “But then we had cuts into those departments and we now have these ‘silos’ that are kind of like little islands — we’re trying to do more with less and there’s no one really coming to try and help us work together.” A focus on standardizing and increasing communication between
RYAN GILROY | THE DEPAULIA
After addressing the university, President A. Gabriel Esteban talks with Nahal Hashemian, former SGA president. faculties will be critical if enrollment and revenue continue to fall. “It’s not necessarily asking for more staff; it’s really more about how we’re going to be more efficient with the staff that we have,” Harris said. In his plan to increase enrollment, Esteban proposed a continued investment in DePaul’s Catholic mission, including scholarship initiatives like Generation Success, a program dedicated
to supporting first generation students, and the Chicago Promise Scholarship, which currently provides scholarships to 299 high-achieving CPS graduates. He also suggested an investment in academic programs, like the Grace School of Applied Diplomacy, which he expects will increase enrollment. “We’re the first school of its kind,” he said. “So we expect this to be able to help recruit students.”
With these investments, he hopes to further create a distinctly “DePaul” experience, emphasizing events like the tree lighting and midnight breakfast. He also hopes to increase engagement with alumni and friends and expand outreach to Chicago and Chicago communities. “The thing about what must be done, is that it had to be done yesterday,” Esteban said. “There needs to be a sense of urgency among us.”
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Faculty Council weighs its priorities By Ella Lee Arts & Life Editor
DePaul’s Faculty Council discussed an array of items at a meeting Oct. 2, including the Faculty Council Budget Committee (FCBC)’s priorities list and the state of the university in a conversation with President A. Gabriel Esteban. After approving the council’s minutes and two Committee on Committees memos, Scott Paeth, the council’s president, called an “executive session” and asked all non-members to leave the room as the council participated in University Board of Promotion and Tenure elections. Non-members were invited back into the room after the closed election had concluded. The council moved on to items brought forward by the Committee on Curriculum and Programs, approving both an Education Specialist Degree in Educational Leadership and Universal Combined (Bachelors/Masters) Degrees in Public Service Management without any discussion. Ahmed Zayed, FCBC chair, then presented a document which detailed the committee’s faculty budget and strategic priorities. Items listed on the document include faculty salary increase pool percentage, tenure-line faculty hiring and funding pools for academic priorities like endowed chairs and centers of excellence, among other things. The first aspect of the document, which quickly became a point of contention, was the salary increase pool. The FCBC’s original document called for a salary increase pool for faculty of no less than 2.75 percent. Despite the fact that there was a salary increase pool of 3 percent last year, Zayed explained that he felt this was generous given the fact that over the course of many years, the average increase pool was between 2.2
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The meeting overviewed budgetting, salaries and the State of the University Address. and 2.4 percent. Members of the council expressed frustration with the lower numbers, citing a lack of consideration for inflation and the number’s place compared to the average cost of living, a discussion the council has had at prior meetings, according to Paeth. The discussion led to a vote, where the council voted to amend the document to list the salary increase pool as no less than 3 percent as opposed to 2.75 percent. Other amendments to the document included changing the wording of “Endowed Academic Innovation Fund”
to “Academic Growth and Innovation Fund” to avoid misconception, and adding a time frame of five to seven years on how often the university will complete faculty compensation studies. The council then heard a presentation by Daniela Raicu, associate provost for research, where she shared which faculty members had been granted awards and how she intends to use her position to guide the research funding process at DePaul. Two faculty members — V. Bala Chaudhary, an assistant professor of environmental science studies, and Tanu
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Malik, an assistant professor in the School of Computing — won National Science Foundation Career Awards, which Raicu described as one of the highest honors in science. After a brief program portfolio review update by Lucy Rinehart, assistant provost, Esteban took to the front to discuss some of what he would bring up at his State of the University presentation and answer questions. In his opening remarks, Esteban asked the group to look long-term when thinking about the university’s future. He said that by 2030, there is a “good chance” DePaul will be among the top 50 universities in the country, top 10 private not-for-profit universities and top five Catholic universities due to its continued efforts to invest in academics. He noted that opening the Chicago Promise Scholarship for CPS students, raising the LSAT score requirement for the Law School and investing in the School for Applied Diplomacy were all decisions intended to increase the likelihood of the university achieving those goals. When the floor opened to questions, few faculty members had anything to say. The councilmembers’ questions primarily addressed the adding of new health care majors to the university and the changes in the Law School, which Acting Provost Salma Ghanem and Vice President Jeff Bethke discussed at length at a forum Sept. 20. Esteban also mentioned that in the spring, the university was approached by a law firm representing a group in China who may want to observe DePaul’s film facilities. In the future, it is possible that this could lead to the formation of a DePaul film campus in China. Esteban said that he and the group have only had one meeting, though, and that the prospect is still very much in the works.
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With the quarter in its fifth week, many students from the College of Science and Health (CSH) will soon be racing to their course carts to ensure they stand a chance against the cap-size limit that has been recently preventing students staying on sequence with their core classes. Each of the 2,458 undergraduate students enrolled in CSH must pass a three-quarter sequence of general biology and general chemistry before they can move up in their chosen field. It is common knowledge among students that failure to pass the core classes with a C- or better means that they must retake the class in order to move on. Even if students do pass the class, they still might not be able to move on to the next level if they were unable to enroll into the next sequence due to the cap sizes being reached and the waitlists being too full. CSH designed a program called the Pathways Honors Program for those coming to DePaul seeking a career in health and medicine. On the CSH homepage, a brochure of the honors program is attached which advertises the many benefits of Pathways. Advertisements mention that every year during the freshman acceptance process, a select amount of first-year students are invited into the program. Among the many mentioned benefits of being in the program is that those students selected have priority course registration. Although Pathways students are told they have priority course registration, often those enrolled in the curriculum still face major difficulties of scheduling the core classes. An anonymous source, a thirdyear biology major, came to DePaul as a freshman into the Pathways Honors Program. She wished to remain anonymous over fears that she could potentially risk her status in the college. When she came to DePaul for orientation, she had one of the last advising meetings, but was assured that she would have her place in classes because she was one of the selected freshmen enrolled in the program that guaranteed priority course registration. When it was time for her to schedule, the general adviser told her that one of her required courses, general chemistry I, was already filled up, she would be on the waitlist and that she little chances of making it into the course. The priority registration that was advertised to incoming Pathways students was misinterpreted, leading to her being
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Large labs and lecture halls tend to leave seats empty because of cap-sized classrooms, leaving many students without a required course. mixed into the scheduling process with Emily also said that she and many most freshmen. other students took one of the general “They told me that chemistry was chemistry courses over the summer to full,” she said. “They told me they were finish the sequence and stay on track just going to put me into physics and they with their degree requirements. did without asking me.” David, a third-year biology major Emily (whose last name will not as well, but not enrolled as a Pathways be mentioned due to confidentiality), student, who also chose not to give his also a junior enrolled as a freshman last name, was surprised to hear about in the honors program, had a similar the issue of Pathways students not getting experience. She also had one of the last into gen-ed classes when he himself did orientation blocks and came in with the not struggle with cap-sizes. assumption of priority registration but As a freshman, he felt there was plenty couldn’t be enrolled in one of her core of room in his classes. He shared that he classes as well. was indeed aware of the cap size issue, “When I got to the advising but because of the priority registration, appointment during orientation, it said Pathways students were given, he was that I was already in general biology, but surprised to hear of the situations where it didn’t say I was in general chemistry some weren’t allowed into their required because at the time it was full,” she said. courses. “Pathways seemed to have reserved a spot David decided to look into the for me in biology, but it didn’t reserve a syllabus and class list that he still had spot for me in chemistry.” from general chemistry class and was According to Emily, she and a few of shocked to learn that some students were her classmates had to take chemistry as a locked out of enrollment because of cap sophomore, which she believes made her sizes. feel behind compared to other students After he pulled up his classlist, he in her year. When she and other students shared that his general chemistry I class didn’t reach the grade requirements, she had only about 60 students in it, and shared that a lot of people fell further his class was held in one of the Schmitt behind because when they needed to Academic Center rooms that could fit at retake the course, it wasn’t always offered least 100 kids in it. the next quarter since the courses are Michael Roberts, assistant dean for sequential. academic services in CSH, gave insight Emily further explained that if one of into the scheduling process for students the core class sequences wasn’t offered in the school. for the upcoming quarter, many students “There are some student groups had to wait another quarter or a whole that have priority registration,” he said, academic year to be able to schedule and “including, but not limited to, students get a seat in the class they needed to take. registered with the Center for Students
with Disabilities, student athletes, Strobel Honors, University Honors and Pathways Honors.” Students have consistently struggled or observed fellow students struggling to get into basic gen-ed classes in the past few quarters when they noticed required courses, such as general chemistry, being capped off at around 50 to 70 people when lecture halls that had a capacity as low as 95 to 100 people could clearly fit more students. In 2009, DePaul built McGowan South — the $40 million, four-story science facility that features more than 30 labs, as well as lecture halls that can fit a range of students as low as 95 to as high as 152. DePaul’s page for room rental rates shows that the university contains large and small auditoriums in Arts and Letters Hall and Schmitt Academic Center that can fit as low as 100 students and as high as 224. The first anonymous source mentioned above shared that amongst fellow students in CSH, freshmen especially complain and worry about cap sizes because they are the first ones required to take core classes before taking advanced classes. She said that freshmen complaints include that after one minute passes once course enrollment opens, classes are already full and capped no matter how fast students try to enroll. She said that departments have been known to reopen cap sizes for students and create more sections, but even so, it causes unnecessary anxiety amongst students as well as discouragement for the science curriculum. Although students in CSH also complain about typical college conflicts such as advising, workload and exam curves, it still seems that there is a common thread of complaints about strict cap-sized core classes and students’ inabilities to schedule into them. Quinetta Shelby, department chair for chemistry and biochemistry, explained how cap sizes are created for both general chemistry lecture and laboratory courses. “The enrollment cap is set by the lab space (a maximum of 24 students can safely occupy the general chemistry labs), the number of instructors available to teach the course sections and the number of classrooms with an over 50 occupant capacity that can be available for each quarter,” she said. Shelby also said that in order to try to accommodate as many students as possible each year, the department opens and offers several sections of general chemistry courses each quarter and offers on-sequence (autumn, winter and spring) and off-sequence (winter, spring and autumn) classes.
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The People’s Republic at 70 MARK SCHIEFELBEIN | AP Participants wave flowers as they march next to a float commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China during a parade in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. By Brian Pearlman Nation & World Editor
China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Tuesday, even as violent clashes broke out in Hong Kong and continued over the weekend. This year’s annual National Day celebration saw 15,000 troops, hundreds of tanks and numerous aircraft travel through Tiananmen Square, where in 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong founded the modern Chinese communist state after leading an uprising against Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist government. The parade was not open to the public, though it was televised on Chinese state television. Ahead of the parade, analysts were keen to anticipate what kinds of military hardware would be on display, including intercontinental, hypersonic and anti-ship ballistic missiles, stealth drones and more. And while new weapons systems did take center stage Tuesday, they were primarily meant as deterrents, according to Tom Lutze, a professor of history at Illinois Wesleyan University, who specializes in Chinese history. “China wanted to show that it would be a formidable foe if conflict were to break out, that the PRC would be dangerous if provoked to action,” he said in an email. He added that China’s show of military strength should also be seen in the context of its world-spanning “Belt and Road Initiative,” a multi-trillion dollar global infrastructure development project launched in 2013, which many analysts see as an attempt by China to expand its soft power abroad; and the ongoing trade war between the Trump administration and Beijing. President Donald Trump, for his part, congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping on Twitter. In his National Day speech, President Xi Jinping gave a message of strength through national unity. “No force can stop the Chinese people and the Chinese nation forging ahead,” he said. Mentioning Hong Kong by name, he reiterated China’s commitment to the “one
country, two systems” policy that has governed the former British colony Hong Kong since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997. “We will maintain long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macau, advance the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, unite the whole country and continue to strive for the complete unification of our country,” he said. The overall message, Lutze said, was that China has the strength to rival the U.S. — a “great power nationalism” that, along with consumerism and the legacy of the Communist Revolution 70 years ago, legitimates the country’s communist leaders. U.S. officials have long been concerned about a great power rivalry with China. The 2018 summary of the National Defense Strategy put out by the Department of Defense, for example, warned that China “will continue to pursue a military modernization program that seeks Indo-Pacific regional hegemony in the near-term and displacement of the United States to achieve global preeminence in the future.” China, it said, is an authoritarian power that, along with Russia, is actively “undermining the international order” through strategic competition. A white paper published by the Chinese government ahead of the 70th anniversary celebrations, meanwhile, said such a “China threat theory” is unfounded, driven mostly by a fear of China’s rapid growth over the last several decades. “The causes of this theory include cognitive misunderstanding, deep-rooted prejudice, a psychological imbalance brought about by the prospect of falling power and deliberate distortions by vested interests,” the report said. In Hong Kong Tuesday, protesters clashed with police and an 18-year-old man was shot, with police announcing the arrests of 180 people. Police used water cannon, tear gas, batons and rubber bullets, while hardline protestors threw rocks, petrol bombs and other projectiles. A mask ban put into effect Friday by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam via an Emergency Ordinance — without the approval of the Legislature, who will formally hear Lam’s arguments for the ban
when it reconvenes Oct. 16 — spurred even more protestors to take to the streets over the weekend. A 14-year-old was also shot and arrested Friday. The protests began four months ago over a proposed extradition agreement with China that would allow some defendants to be sent to the mainland for trial. But protestors are more broadly dissatisfied with Lam’s leadership, concerned that Hong Kong is losing its independence to Beijing. Lam agreed to withdraw the controversial extradition bill, but protestors have other demands including an independent inquiry into police brutality separate from the one being conducted by Hong Kong’s Independent Police Complaints Council. Much has changed in China over the last 70 years, as China has grappled with how to balance the principles of Mao’s socialist revolution with burgeoning capitalist impulses and an evolving relationship with the West. “From the Chinese perspective, since the 1840 Opium War, the Chinese nation has been bullied by the Western imperialist powers, including Japan, for almost 100 years until the birth of the new regime led by the Communist Party of China,” said Xiowen Zhang, an associate professor of political science at Augustana College who teaches in the university’s Asian Studies program. When the Communist revolutionaries took power in 1946, the People’s Republic was a fledgling nation, according to Lutze. Policies of land-reform were enacted, helping displace the long-ruling landlord-gentry class. “Workers won job security, educational opportunities, housing — and respect,” Lutze said. “The distinctions between managers and workers, between mental and manual labor were diminished.” But the Great Leap Forward (GLF) of 1958-60, an attempt to jumpstart industrial growth in China, failed miserably. According to some estimates, tens of millions died from famine. Lutze said in the years following the GLF, the government moved away from socialism toward policies of privatization. The Cultural Revolution of 1966-76 fol-
lowed, in which Mao acted, often ruthlessly, to cement his authority. In 1978, the Reform Era began, with Deng Xiaoping ushering in modernization efforts through the privatization of state-owned enterprises. Angered by the corruption they saw happening in the government, many came out to protest in Tiananmen Square, only to face a brutal crackdown and a suppression of any commemoration of the event. Zhang said China since 1978 has developed a free market-based “state-capitalist” system for its economy. “It’s true that every Chinese family has benefited from the economic growth, but the benefits are allocated very unevenly,” she said. “In the past 40 years, income inequality in China has also increased at one of the fastest rates in the world.” With this critical shift of policy, the economic system in China has grown more and more like a free-market capitalist economic system, or more accurately, a state-capitalist system. It’s true that every Chinese family has benefited from the economic growth, but the benefits are allocated very unevenly. In the past 40 years, income inequality in China has also increased at one of the fastest rates in the world. Lutze said Xi, who has been president since 2013, represents a continuation of Reform Era leadership. “The bottom line is that Mao sought to empower the laboring classes in an ongoing struggle against capitalism, and to make China strong to oppose the imperialist superpowers; Deng and his successors, including Xi, by contrast, have embraced capitalism, and they want to make China strong enough to stand, some would argue, as a superpower in its own right,” he said. As China faces the next decade of rising power rivalries and the growing pains of rapid economic growth, the 80th anniversary of the People’s Republic may find China facing similar challenges. “Increasing income inequality clearly is a challenge,” said Zhang. “How China can sustain its rapid economic growth as the labor cost increases is another one.”
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Flu season here, but outlook uncertain By Ebony Ellis & Brian Pearlman Contributing Writer & Nation & World Editor
Fall is here, and that means another flu season is, too. With the 2018-19 flu season being the longest in a decade, bolstered by a second wave of flu that broke out in February, health officials are urging Americans to prepare themselves for the 2019-20 season. College students are among the groups least likely to get vaccinated, with a vaccination rate between eight and 37 percent, according to a 2017 survey by the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases. The flu season typically begins in fall and goes through winter into the early spring months — sometimes until May. Last year’s flu season lasted 21 weeks, officially ending in mid-April. The 2017-18 flu season was among the deadliest on record since the CDC began keeping track in 1976. Tens of thousands of people died, including 186 children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out its annual flu campaign Sept. 26, with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar receiving his own flu shot onstage at a press conference. A CDC spokesperson told The DePaulia there is no way to predict how a flu season will play out, but people can start preparing now by getting vaccinated and taking preventative measures like washing their hands frequently and covering their mouths when they cough and sneeze. The CDC and Illinois Department of Public Health recommend vaccinations for individuals 6 months and older. “The amount of flu circulating and the severity depends on the prevalent strains and the match with the vaccine,” IDPH spokesperson Melaney Arnold said in an email. She reiterated the “three C’s”: cleaning hands, covering coughs and sneezes and containing the flu by staying home to prevent the spread of disease. “Influenza antiviral drugs can be a second line of defense for treatment of some who get sick with the flu,” she added. Last flu season, 45.6 percent of kids between ages six months to 17 years got vaccinated; the percentage for adults aged 18 and older was 44.9 percent nationally. From October 2018 through May 4, 2019 the CDC estimates between 36,400 and 61,200 people died from the flu. The flu is caused by the influenza respiratory virus. Flu typically comes on
In this February 7, 2018 file photo, a nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta.
suddenly, with symptoms including fever, head and body aches, coughing, sore throat and runny nose. While it shares some symptoms with the common cold, flu is much more aggressive and can even result in hospitalization and even death. The most vulnerable populations are infants, pregnant women, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. The World Health Organization estimates that 290,000-650,000 people die from influenza-related respiratory deaths every year. Every year, the updated flu vaccines on offer are designed to combat the most prevalent strains of flu that are in circulation. Strains that this year’s vaccines protect against are A (H1N1), A (H3N2) and B. Notable outbreaks include the 19181919 Spanish flu pandemic, which is estimated to have infected one-third of the world’s population and resulted in 50 million deaths worldwide, and the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, which killed hundreds of thousands and cost the U.S. between $45 and 55 billion. Last month, an independent group convened by the World Health
Organization and the World Bank warned that world governments were not prepared for the next global pandemic. The Global Preparedness Monitoring Group’s report warned that “the world is not prepared for a fast-moving, virulent respiratory pathogen pandemic” and specifically cited the H1N1 pandemic. In September, President Donald Trump issued an executive order establishing a “National Influenza Vaccine Task Force,” in the hopes of spurring development of a long-sought universal flu vaccine. Such a vaccine could be administered only once, giving long-lasting protection from new and future strains of the flu virus. Health officials Wednesday confirmed five flu cases in New Mexico, making them the first cases of the 2019-20 season. Flu vaccinations in Illinois increased from 35.6 percent to 41.3 percent between the 2017-18 and 2018-19 flu seasons. Illinois is one of 45 states that allows for religious exemptions to vaccines; 19,000 kids used the religious exemption in the 2018-19 school year. At DePaul, some students were deciding whether to get vaccinated. “I might consider taking it, I might not, because I heard you can get sick,”
said Ricardo Calderon, a senior studying information technology. “Depending on how I feel that day.” While soreness and mild fever are sometimes reported by individuals after getting a vaccine, one cannot contract the flu from the flu vaccine. In extremely rare cases, some people have allergic reactions to the vaccine, which can be treated by a doctor. Karla Marroquin is a senior studying organizational communication. She said she has never caught the flu and does not usually prepare for it. “The most I do is take Emergen-C and drink tea,” she said. At the St. Vincent Health Fair on Oct. 21-24, DePaul is offering free flu shots to faculty and staff in partnership with Schaumberg-based Interactive Health. On Wednesday, DePaul’s Center for Health and Wellness in Lincoln Park had flyers listing flu symptoms and telling students to prevent flu by staying hydrated, washing their hands and getting at least 7 hours of sleep. “It’s not too late,” the flyer says. “A flu shot could lessen your chances of getting the flu.”
in America,” if Trump is impeached which lead to criticism from Illinois Republican Adam Kinzinger calling the comments “beyond repugnant”; White House officials speaking on condition of anonymity said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the phone call between Trump and Zelenskiy; Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who was also named in the whistleblower complaint, was subpoenaed along with three of his associates by three different House committees. TUESDAY, Oct. 1 — The Justice Department said it sought help from Australia to investigate the origins of the Russia probe; in a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Pompeo wrote that Democrats are trying to “intimidate and bully” State Department employees; Zelenskiy said he never met Giuliani and no one ever explained to him why millions of dollars in U.S. military aid were delayed. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2 — Trump tweeted that he is the subject of a coup
attempt; Pompeo confirmed that he was on the call between Trump and Zelenskiy and said that it was fully consistent with U.S. policy; Joe Biden directly addresses Trump’s accusations against him at a gun safety forum in Nevada, saying, “I’m not going anywhere.” THURSDAY, Oct. 3 — Trump told reporters that Beijing should look at investments made by Joe Biden’s son Hunter; three House committees released text messages between former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Kurt Volker and other diplomats discussing setting up a meeting between Trump and Zelenskiy and investigating the Biden family on behalf of the president FRIDAY, Oct. 4 — Democrats subpoenaed White House officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, for documents related to the president’s contact with Ukraine; the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson spoke in closed-door testimony to the House Intelligence Committee; Trump
reportedly told House Republicans that Energy Secretary Rick Perry set up the July phone call with Zelenskiy. SATURDAY, Oct. Oct. 5 — Utah Republican Mitt Romney called Trump’s appeal to China and Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden “wrong and appalling”; Trump called Romney a “pompous ‘ass’” and tweeted the hashtag “#ImpeachMittRomney.” SUNDAY, Oct. 6 — A second whistleblower with “first-hand knowledge of key events” came forward and said they could corroborate details of the first whistleblower complaint, according to the attorney who represents both whistleblowers. THE WEEK AHEAD — Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union and Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to the Ukraine, are expected to testify before House lawmakers. Sondland was among the diplomats whose text messages were released Thursday.
Impeachment Inquiry week in review By Brian Pearlman Nation & World Editor
The Democratically-controlled House of Representatives continued the impeachment inquiry this week into a whistleblower’s allegation that President Donald Trump asked the President of Ukraine to investigate Trump’s political rivals. Here’s a quick rundown of what happened. SUNDAY, Sept. 29 — Trump tweeted that he wanted to meet the whistleblower. MONDAY, Sept. 30 — Trump called out House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff for paraphrasing him at a House Intelligence Committee hearing, saying Schiff “made up” his words; Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, a staunch ally of the president, said he would have no choice under Senate rules but to take up Articles of Impeachment if they pass in the House; Trump tweeted remarks from a Texas Baptist minister who warned of “a Civil War-like fracture
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Doing the hustle
If unchecked, hustle culture can lead to anxiety and dissatisfaction in one’s work. By Emma Oxnevad Opinions Editor
I pride myself on my work ethic. Like many college students, I balance multiple jobs, a full course load, bills and professional aspirations . On paper, it appears that all of my responsibilities are neatly managed. But I am exhausted. Not only that, but I am also riddled with anxiety. As an aspiring journalist, I’ve heard all of the jokes about the lack of available jobs in my chosen field. While I tend to laugh them off and tell myself that I can be an exception to the rule, I often find myself paranoid that I am not doing enough to ensure my success. If I’m not worrying about writing enough impactful stories, I’m worried about not taking enough freelance opportunities or improving my photography skills in order to be more well-rounded, among other concerns. At only 20 years old, I feel the weight of the professional world on my shoulders, having barely even entered. Perhaps this is due to my own anxiety issues, which plague other facets of my life. Perhaps it is because my generation’s upbringing was in part defined by the Great Recession, which put the frustration and panic of joblessness in clear focus. I very well may be getting in my own way, but the “more is more” attitude of so-called “hustle culture” is certainly not doing me any favors. The New York Times refers to hustle culture as “obsessed with striving, relentlessly positive, devoid of humor and — once you notice it — impossible to escape.” It is a culture that is always demanding more and expecting it with a smile. “There’s a big push for people — especially young people and especially young people in a city— to work hard in school, make money, climb the job ladder and find success in whatever you’re striving toward,” said Evan Dye, a senior journalism major. “It seems like the new norm is hustling.” I don’t think that people should be handed opportunities and success simply because they want them; I believe in the maxim that hard work is necessary for achieving one’s goals. However, the growing fixation on overworking oneself to the point of breaking in the hopes of achievement is a deeply unhealthy one. “I’m always comparing myself to others, because many students in my school are doing a lot more than me,” Dye said. “It makes me feel like the hard work I’m doing isn’t really hard work at all. I find it hard to appreciate myself for what I’m doing, and I feel guilty for taking it easy, even though I know I have the rest of my life to work hard.” Hustle culture is deeply ingrained in capitalism, which is, in turn, an inescapable factor of American society. While some may posit that “money isn’t everything,” it is. Money bolsters security and comfort, and is a result of continued success. “Technology contributes to the ‘always on, always working’ culture,” said Jeffery
Lanfear, director of University Counesling Services. “There are no longer clear boundaries between work and play. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed with too much information coming at us and non-stop demands on the self.” So what can we do? The best method of surviving in a culture that is always demanding more and prides success above mental wellness is to set realistic expectations for oneself and be satisfied with the progress one is making each day. “If the system doesn’t change, I think the best way to avoid the anxiety of hustle culture is to accept that you are in it,” said Eric Henry, a graduate journalism stu-
dent. “From there, you can readjust your expectations to play the game properly, or you can try to leave the game entirely.” I may not have all of the skills necessary to make it as a professional journalist yet. I may not get straight As every quarter. But it’s ok. I am trying and will continue to try and keep my drive alive. “I think the best we can do is remind ourselves that just because we’re not doing everything that someone else is, it doesn’t mean that we’re not doing enough,” Dye said. “Everyone deserves to take life at their own pace without feeling worthless.” In between my responsibilities, however, I will take time to recognize the progress I am making and allow myself room to breathe. The path to success is a long and bumpy one and if I try to run the entire way there, I’ll be exhausted before I reach the finish line.
Hustle culture is the future, teaching determination and discipline. By Ella Lee Arts & Life Editor
Growing up, dinner was steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, or it was peanut butter & jelly, every night for a month. Vacations were East Coast road trips or backyard camping staycations. A steady source of income was never on the table; we either had money or we didn’t. That’s because my parents freelance for a living. My mom and dad are both classical musi-
cians, and their primary source of income has always been gigging, be it teaching middle schoolers or performing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. For some, this kind of stable instability can prove to be unnerving, but to me, it was always inspiring. Yes, I learned the benefits of piecing together an income — how it could allow you to make a career of your passions and build your own schedule. But above all, I learned to value the hustle. Hustling, in its modern, unsexist slang form, is defined as having the confidence and self-determination to work hard and put yourself out there in order
to achieve your personal goals. Gigging is generally seen as one way to maintain the hustle, piecing together small, single jobs to create one big, independent job. For example, if my mom dropped a student she taught, then my dad could pick up a wedding, and the income would even out. Or, if my dad decided he never wanted to play another wedding for the rest of his life, my mom could pick up a few extra students to pay the bills. The gig economy is booming. In fact, if it continues to grow at the rate it is now, then by 2027, over 50 percent of the US workforce will participate in it. “Gigging will be increasing, and it is increasing,” said Samantha Close, an assistant professor of communication and media studies whose research focuses primarily on the gig economy. “It depends on how you define it. It could be only tech work, or it could be picking up a babysitting job or doing something else like waitressing.” “If you have a ‘traditional job,’ that requires extreme flexibility,” she continued. “You might need to move, or it might not be a good choice with health care, et cetera. I think gigging is almost as much a release valve as it is a viable new system.” Part of its inherent success may be its ability to outlast recessions, due to its eggs-in-many-baskets approach. “[Gigging] is a hallmark of a depression,” Close said. “People cope and can keep themselves afloat when customary employment becomes unstable, and they benefit in the sense that money is still coming from somewhere.” When the 2008 recession hit, my family was affected, but not nearly as much as those whose stable jobs suddenly became less stable or those who lost their jobs all together. Despite the country’s financial despair, people still got married, kids still took trumpet lessons and, yes, people somehow still made it to the symphony. Maintaining a living in a gig economy is not easy. It requires both discipline and dedication. But if you put in the work and do it right, hustling for a living can be more fulfilling than any 9 to 5 could ever be — and my family is all the proof I need. A study by Upwork found that 84 percent of freelancers are living their preferred lifestyle, compared to just 54 percent of those working in traditional jobs. To have a life which would allow me to embrace my passions as a career — despite the extra time, work and stress that might ensue — I’d take peanut butter and jelly over steak any day.
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From the outside looking in Chicago is often labeled as a crime-ridden war zone in the media. However, that fails to see the whole picture of the city.
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By Charlie Bevins Contributing Writer
There is a weird angst about Chicago, and it comes almost entirely from people outside Chicago. Two weeks ago, a group of five avid Trump-supporters traveled all the way from Fresno, California to Chicago so they could harass Pastor Emma Lozano from Lincoln United Methodist Church and expose the “evil underbelly of the radical left” (According to a Block Club Chicago, they went to the wrong place, thinking Lozano worked for a transnational migrant-assistance group. Thanks for supporting the city through the hotel tax, though!) Back in September, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) got in a Twitter feud with Mayor Lori Lightfoot over gun control. After Cruz was told by Lightfoot to “Keep our name out of your mouth,” he went on a five-tweet rant about gun legislation, citing only murder rates as reason gun control does not work. President Donald Trump loves to talk about Chicago, through the lens of gun-control, sanctuary cities, or the Jussie Smollett case. He’s threatened to “send in the Feds” to curb gun violence. This is all a long-winded way to say that the outside perception of Chicago has gotten a little out of hand. The most-often used strike against Chicago is gun violence. No one is here to deny that gun violence is a major issue, as the city experienced almost 1,900 homicides between 2015 and 2017; the next closest city was Baltimore, which the Pew Research Center cites as having around 1,000. The title of America’s “Murder Capital” becomes a strong misnomer, though, when taking Chicago’s large population into consideration. Chicago, as it turns out, had the 14th most murders per 100,000 people
“The last 20 years, and especially so the last three years with the president that we have, I think at first the perception of this city had to do with associating with characters like Al Capone and the 1920s and 30s type of gangsters.”
Phil Meyers
Political science professor in 2017, with 24.1. 2018 saw murders and gun violence numbers drop for the second year in a row since 2016, and overall crime has dropped by 10 percent since then. 2018 saw shootings fall by 14 percent compared to 2017, while robberies fell by 19 percent. For a city that has deeply-engrained issues that can be attributed to systemic racism in their school systems, housing and at the hands of police, these are steps in the right direction. But they won’t fully be solved until the root issues are addressed. Gun violence is a problem Chicago continues to address, but the idea that it is a war-torn city with nowhere to run is a perception that is unequivocally false. Chicago’s status a sanctuary city is a sticking point in the minds of many detractors. Under this status, Chicago police cannot assist ICE agents in their raids of migrants. Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, says being a sanctuary city puts Chicagoans at risk because it prevents ICE from deporting undocumented immigrants. Despite the idea that undocumented
immigrants pose an existential threat to Chicagoans, there is simply no data to back that up: There is no national database to compare crimes committed to immigration status. Based on actual numbers, however, crime rates are higher amongst native-born Americans than immigrant groups. This is all to say that if Mr. Cuccinelli’s fear that people living in Chicago are under constant threat by undocumented immigrants is based on racism and fear. His argument that they need to be kicked out because of how much of a threat they pose is simply without statistical backing. I can’t pretend to be a “true Chicagoan,” as I have only lived here for two years. But Professor Phil Meyers from DePaul University has spent his life in and around Chicago and has seen the national image of it change. “The last 20 years, and especially so the last three years with the president that we have, I think at first the perception of this city had to do with associating with characters like Al Capone and the 1920s and 30s type of gangsters,” Meyers said. “Then that perception switched in the late 1980s, 1990s, early 2000s with the Bulls. You think of Chicago you think of
Michael Jordan.” Thomas Barnes, a student at DePaul University after transferring from Alabama, said that such a way of looking at Chicago does exist beyond the scope of locals. “A lot of my friends thought that Tuscaloosa was a big city, and when I asked them if they knew about Chicago, they said it would be too big to even imagine,” Barnes said. “Other than that, they thought people from Chicago were nice, unlike the people from New York, and always wondered why there were so many of [people from Chicago] down there [at Alabama].” Furthermore, outside critics of the city are selective in their judgment, choosing to ignore the positives the city has to offer. “I think we’re a world-class, multicultural city that excels in arts, food, entertainment,” Meyers said. “The accessibility to athletics in our professional and collegiate sports, whether or not our teams are winning or losing. By in large I think the small-town mentality for a big town creates for more intimacy.” The fears people have over Chicago are likely cemented in their minds. It is a flawed city with deeply-rooted infrastructural and economic disparities that deserve attention. Sadly, that’s not the type of attention people want to give it, because that requires actually putting effort into a solution and doing more than just pointing fingers. My experience of Chicago has been different than the majority of city residents’ but that’s part of what makes Chicago, and any big city, special. If people can talk about the same city from different points of view and experiences, that makes it unique. Painting an image of it with broad brushstrokes as so many people like to do from the outside is irresponsible and misguided.
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By Cailey Gleeson Focus Editor ‘‘Tis the season to be spooky. What better way to usher in Halloween than visiting one of the many “haunted” places in Chicago. Why pay for a cliché haunted attraction when the city has locations with actual haunted history behind them that you can visit? Even if you don’t believe in the paranormal, each spot has a rich history behind it that’s sure to make for a worthwhile visit. 1. The Congress Plaza Hotel Nestled on Michigan Avenue, The Congress Plaza Hotel is so haunted that it inspired Stephen King to pen “1408”—a short story turned John Cuscack movie. Anthony Szabelski, paranormal investigator and tour guide with Chicago Hauntings, said the The Congress Plaza Hotel has established itself as a “suicide hotel” with the amount of self-inflicted deaths that have occurred since it opened its doors in 1893. He said that he could “go on for hours” about all of the experiences he has had while inside. “I always like to tell people when I give tours there that the lobby looks like you’re in 2019, but the further you go up to the 12th floor, it’s almost like you’re going back in time, closer to 1893 when the hotel was built,” Szabelski said. “It’s just very creepy up there.” Szabelski said the most prominent spirit on the 12th floor is a young boy—who has even turned a security guard who has worked in the hotel for 35 years from a skeptic into a believer. 2. SMC Cartage Company’s Garage The ghosts of mechanics aren’t roaming around this Lincoln Park location—it’s mobsters. This garage has an especially bloody history behind it, as it was the site of the infamous 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The feud between George Moran and Al Capone
escalated with the murder of seven members of Moran’s gang by two of Capone’s affiliates dressed as police officers Bob Jensen, founder and senior investigator/historian at GhostLand Society Paranormal, said the most common reports of paranormal activity at this site include “moaning of agony” and there have even been “reports of machine guns being heard on the anniversary.” He also said that dogs are sensitive to the area, but claims lack “substantial documentation.” “When people walk their dogs past the open area where the building used to be, their dogs will sometimes stop and look at something,” Jensen said. “Sometimes hair will stand up on their backs and even bark and or howl for no reason.” 3. Red Lion Pub Just blocks from the Lincoln Park campus, Red Lion Pub is home to some mischievous spirits—including someone Jensen refers to as “Sharon.” Jensen said reports of activity include “toppling books from shelves,” “sound system interferences,” and “even opening latched windows.” “We investigated here back in the mid 1990s with a cable network and only had a few personal experiences, primarily hair on arms standing up on end,” he said. 4. Jane Addams Hull House The alleged haunting at the Hull House juxtaposes the social work that was done. Szabelski said a “severely deformed baby” was allegedly dropped off at the location in 1913 and sent the city into “mass hysteria” that the Devil’s spawn was in the Hull House. “Nobody knows for sure if this actually ever happened because Jane Addams [who ran the Hull House] never actually says whether it was actually true or not,” Szabelski said. Jensen said “no one is really allowed” to investigate the property, however, some other possible spirits at
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never experienced anything in there,” Jensen said. “We were granted full access years later to investigate and found no real viable data nor any personal experiences to warrant calling this place haunted.” 7. Graceland Cemetery Ursula Bielski, historian and founder of Chicago Hauntings, Inc., said the main spirit that haunts the grounds of Graceland Cemetery is Inez Clarke, a young child whose final resting place lies beneath a glass-encased statue on the grounds. “Many children have claimed to play with Inez while visiting Graceland, ‘a little girl with old fashioned clothes,’” Bielski said. “Security guards have claimed that, during storms, Inez’s statue disappears from under the glass case, supporting a rumor that Inez died from a lightning strike and runs away to hide when storms break out.” Both Bielski and Szabelski said the lightning strike rumor is false and the child—whose real name is Inez Briggs—actually died from diphtheria. Bielski said some visitors have had more sinister experiences involving “visions of your own death if you stare into its shrouded eyes long enough” centered around Lorado Taft’s 1909 sculpture “The Eternal Silence”—dubbed “The Statue of Death” by paranormal enthusiasts. 8. Resurrection Cemetery Resurrection Cemetery is home to one of Chicago’s most famous ghosts— “Resurrection Mary”—a spirit that Bielski describes as a “vanishing hitchhiker who has been getting into cars and vanishing along Archer Avenue for almost 100 years.” Szabelski said one of the most famous accounts of Resurrection Mary occurred in 1976 after Pat Homa, a Justice police officer, responded to a report of a “woman in a white dress inside the cemetery roaming around.”
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“He does not see anyone inside the cemetery,” “but what he notices is the bars on the gates are bent and pulled apart. Not only are they bent and pulled apart, but they have like char marks on them and what looks like fingerprints in the bending of the bars.” 9. Museum of Science and Industry Originally used at the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 World Fair, Bielski said the building that now houses the Museum of Science and Industry is “one of the most haunted places in the city,” as staff members and guests have claimed to have had countless experiences. “Staff members claim to have had many encounters with the ghost of Clarence Darrow, the great defense attorney whose ashes were scattered across the Jackson Park Lagoon at the back of the museum after his death,” Bielski said. “They also claim that the U-505 submarine, housed in the museum, is haunted by the ghost of the captain.” Jensen said he had a “wonderful” experience on Richard T. Crowe’s paranormal tour with 68 others on Halloween in 1995, in which witnesses saw a man standing on the museum’s patio. “They [others on the tour] ran the east side of the lagoon, got to the U-505, which was still sitting outdoors, and got within 50 feet or so of this person,” Jensen said. “The person did not acknowledge them, turned, walked a few paces and disappeared completely.”
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Honoring DePaul with art The new murals make 17 of what will eventually be 25 installations that explore different time periods and important figures related to DePaul.
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New murals under the Fullerton ‘L’ stop examine DePaul’s history By Ella Lee Arts & Life Editor
As Red, Brown and Purple Line trains rattled past the Fullerton ‘L’ stop on Oct 4, four new murals intended to celebrate the university’s history were unveiled under the tracks. The new pillars make 17 completed murals on the pillars under the track of what will eventually be 25 murals created by Brother Mark Elder, an adjunct faculty member in the art, media and design department. The first mural honors former university presidents John Cortelyou and John Richardson for their contributions to the university, particularly pertaining to its green space. Father Hugh O’Donnell dedicated the pillar, giving background into each of the presidents’ careers and dedication to DePaul. The pillar features Cortelyou holding a frog, which Elder explained was in honor of Cortelyou’s love for the sciences. When he taught at the university before becoming president, Cortelyou was known to invite students to his lab to encourage them to pursue science; there, he always gave them a toy frog. To dedicate the second pillar, Elder invited Ron Caltabiano, dean of the music school, to speak— but first, he played the university’s fight song for the group. The adults in the room sang along, and the students in the room looked at each other, confused, perhaps not realizing that the university even has a fight song. Elder said this is precisely why the second mural features some lyrics from the song, along with its composer, Arthur C. Becker, who many describe as the founding dean of the university.
Caltabiano explained to the group that Becker expanded the university’s music department immensely throughout his time as dean, gaining the school accreditation, expanding its curriculum and changing its name from a “school” to a “college.” The third pillar honors the CTA’s relationship with the university. Maria-Teresa Roman, a liaison with the CTA government community relations department, was invited to speak to their commitment. “[The CTA’s] mission isn’t just to move people from one place to another, but also to create opportunities to inspire, educate and explore Chicago,” she said. “Our relationship with DePaul is one we are proud of. It’s an honor to be a part of this collection, and we at CTA take it very seriously.” To induct the fourth pillar, which is a tribute to the university’s 1979 basketball team, Elder said he “was promised” by the athletic department that Jean Lenti Ponsetto, the athletics director, would give the introduction, but because no representatives from the department showed up, Elder gave the presentation himself. The fourth pillar, Elder explained, is intended to honor how the 1979 team changed the university’s culture and got the students involved with the school like never before. He cited Loyola’s recent underdog Final Four appearance in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball season, and said that the 1979 team created a similar environment. The pillar itself depicts an abstracted baseball net, which looks like a flower to symbolize that DePaul “blossomed for the nation to see” in that year. ‘Story of the Little School Under the L,’ was conceived by Elder when strolling under the L stop with a colleague in 2010. Five years later, he said the project began in earnest. To produce the murals, Elder uses the
students in ART 291, “Creating Murals.” The class usually reaches 20 students, and no art experience is required to take the class, he said. “[The project] is a blessing in a way, because in my mural class, we used to go to various parts of the city to do compositions for various non-profits around the city— we do a lot of public art work,” Elder said. “But more and more, it’s challenging for students to travel week-to-week to a particular spot to do actual artwork.” In the class, students learn how to prepare their materials ahead of time and to make a budget — the two things Elder said are “all the skills a muralist needs.” To actually create the murals, Elder and the students use a material called PolyTab, which allows them to put the murals up “like wallpaper.” Elder and a team of some of the class’ available students installed the work during the last week of July, and by the end of the first week of August, the murals were completed with varnish and graffiti guard to ensure their protection. Though the murals are a bit hidden under the tracks, their location offers a unique opportunity to decorate a part of DePaul’s campus. “I don’t know if a lot of people know about them if they’re not specifically involved with the arts community, but I think it’s a great idea,” said Sophie Bell, a fourthyear student and employee of DPAM. “I’m all for utilizing public spaces and making them more beautiful, and also expressing the history of DePaul through that.” Elder said he hopes that students from all majors will pass his murals and think about just that. “I hope that possibly they get a sense of what their school is about, more so that the
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Students and faculty discussed the murals. fact that somebody like Father McCabe was always into social justice even 100 years ago,” Elder said, referring to when McCabe gave the first honorary doctorate to Éamon de Valera as the first president of the Irish Republic and lost his job for it. “So that’s what I hope people will come away with [and think about as they] go through that corridor on their way to Fullerton.” At the dedication and forum, social justice was among the topics discussed as a group of nearly 40 faculty, staff and students discussed possible themes for six of the eight remaining pillars. Each time Elder embarks on new pillars for the project, he said he holds an open discussion with the community to honor the ‘public’ part of public art. Possible themes the group discussed included a tribute to community engagement and Vincentian Service Day, women athletes, diversity, free speech and the university’s commitment to LGBTQ studies. By January or February, Elder said he will have an idea of what next year’s murals will feature.
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Arthur C. Becker, the music school’s first dean.
“The university would be much smaller if it were not for the CTA,” Elder said.
DePaul’s 1979 men’s basketball team made the Final Four.
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Cortelyou’s frog is a symbol of his love of science.
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Work,work, work
Members at the Ray participate in a Body Pump class which teaches weight lifting while giving a full-body workout.
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A free workout is an empowering one By Keira Wingate Asst. Arts & Life Editor
Zumba, muscle work, HIIT and yoga are all classes that make you break a sweat while also breaking your budget. The Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center offers the same classes for free every day of the week for all undergraduate DePaul students and those with memberships. The Ray has fitness classes Monday-Sunday in studios A, B, C and D. There is a wide range of times – some starting as early as 6:45 a.m. and as late as 7:00 p.m. Classes like Zumba can cost you up to $59 a month for unlimited classes or $12 per class, depending on where you go; prices can vary. Nonetheless, students can get the same experience at DePaul without having to pay, and let me tell you, they whip you into shape. I decided to go to “muscle work,” a fitness class that is a mix of everything. We did cardio, strength and core all in one class. It was a 45-minute class that absolutely kicked my butt. I completely underestimated the workout I was going to get. It’s been four months since I last worked out and trying to keep up with the instructor and others in the class was challenging. The instructor, Melinda Mendoza – who’s been teaching workouts for over a year – made sure that we all felt comfortable and kept being encouraging the entire workout. When I couldn’t keep up with the lunges or planks, I didn’t feel embarrassed or ashamed. Mendoza said we were able to rest if needed or do another exercise, making me feel better about being a bit out of shape. It also makes you feel better when even the instructor is winded.
Shailar Webber, a junior at DePaul, started taking Zumba classes her freshman year and now teaches classes herself every Wednesday and Sunday. She thought the energy in class was excellent and decided to get her license to teach. Webber said her classes get a decent turnout, but not many students have given it a chance. “I love instructing Zumba at DePaul,” she said. “I think the environment is really great. With the motto, “You belong here!” the Ray is a gym for everyone, no matter the amount of experience a person may have with fitness. This was especially important for me when I first started going because I didn’t have a lot of experience in the gym, but now I go four times a week and always feel comfortable.” Going to the gym can be uncomfortable for those who are not used to it – making it even more challenging to attend a group fitness class. After going to one myself, I would recommend giving a fitness class a try. With 10-plus classes offered a day, there are plenty to pick from that each brings a different type of workout. “People are scared to try group classes and so attendance is lower than I think it should be,” Mendoza said. “My classes specifically are super welcoming because you can make the class whatever you want. You can choose your own intensity based on your fitness level. You can do a burpee, push up, tuck jump or you can just squat and plank.” There were only six people in the class I attended – granted, that may have had to do with the weather. Mendoza said her 9:15 “muscle work”
A student partakes in a boxing class. class usually has about 15 people. Zumba and BODYPUMP seem to have the highest attendance because of the fast-paced workouts and dancing you’re able to do to the music. Anne Marquardt, a senior at DePaul, is one of the few who have gone to a class at the Ray. “I have done the spin classes at the Ray before,” she said. “They give just as good of a workout as some spin studios, as well as the same wide time range as real studios give.” These classes offer an alternative workout experience. Instead of walking into a gym and not knowing what to do,
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classes like “muscle work” teach you exercises you may not have known before. We did deadlifts, leveled squats, bent over barbell row and plenty of other challenging things that left my sweat towel drenched afterward. I started my day with a fitness class, and it improved my mood immensely. Besides not being able to feel my legs at the end, I felt clear-minded and empowered. “Seeing people challenge themselves and empower them to do things they had no idea they could [is amazing],” Mendoza said. “It’s amazing to watch my regulars get stronger and fitter with each class they come to. It’s been great to see people fall in love with fitness and exercise in a healthy way.”
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Commuting fall sickness By Keira Wingate Asst. Arts & Life Editor
Summer is finally over and the cold weather that comes with fall is a sign to break out winter coats and prepare for the nasty common cold. In a big city like Chicago, finding ways to protect yourself from getting one can be challenging. Even though colds are minor infections of the nose and throat, they are caused by more than 200 different viruses, according to the American Lung Association. The organization also said that cases of common colds are highest between the months of September and May. Colds are highly contagious and can be easily given to another person by a simple touch. Commuting during this time of year leaves others more vulnerable to getting a cold due to the number of people that are on public transit. The CTA operates 24 hours each day, with the Red Line running all the time. On an average weekday, the CTA provides 1.7 million rides on buses and trains, according to Chicago Transit
Authority. “I carry hand sanitizer everywhere,” said Riley Reed, a sophomore at DePaul University. “It’s so easy to carry a tiny thing that you can pick up at a drugstore. It’s important to not just use that but wash your hands as soon as you can. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.” Common colds are the main reason that children miss school and adults miss work. Adults have an average of two to three colds per year and children more, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some common symptoms include a runny nose, congestion, sneezing, scratchy throat and coughing. Correlation does not always imply causation, and cold weather does not cause the common cold. It is a common belief that a cold is caused by the cold weather itself. Think back to when your parents would always say not to go outside with wet hair. Freezing in cold weather doesn’t affect the duration or severity of a cold, according to Yale Scientific, an online college science publication.
“I’m proactive when it comes to staying healthy,” said Libby Wickham, a junior at DePaul. “I get the flu shot and wash my hands often. Whenever I feel something coming on, I drink a lot of tea and take vitamin C. It’s all about taking preventative measures versus reactive measures.” The reason the cold season is seen as the main reason people get sick is that during this time of year, most people are inside. When a larger amount of people are inside, more often than not they infect each other because they’re in a concentrated area. Being inside traps the viruses that cause common colds. “I try not to come into bare skin contact with handles, doors, etc.,” said Walker Schulz, a sophomore at DePaul. “I use my elbow to open the doors or cover my hand with my long sleeve. If it’s chilly out, I’ll wear gloves and those work great too.” There are many things that can be done to help prevent a cold from wrecking a week of your life and they may seem simple, but if people did them the rates of colds wouldn’t be as high.
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Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after being on a train or bus all day. Millions go on them every weekend, and that is a million hands, feet and mouths going in and out of the trains. Washing your hands every time you get off or at least keep hand sanitizer on you will increase your chances of staying healthy. If your hands are not clean, avoid touching any part of your face, eyes, nose and mouth. These are places that a virus can attach onto and then the week of coughing your lungs out occurs. There is no cure for a cold, but getting lots of rest and drinking plenty of fluids will help the process. Water is crucial when a cold hits. “Setting a good sleep schedule and taking time to rest is super important,” Reed said. “I think especially after getting sick in my first year of college due to overworking myself, I realize much more the importance of self-care and rest.” It is finally cold season; time to go to Bath and Body Works and get five hand sanitizers for $7.
Comics icon Alan Moore shares all in rare post-retirement BBC interview By Brian Pearlman Nation & World Editor
The new “Watchmen” series on HBO is coming out in two weeks, but you won’t hear about it in notoriously reclusive author Alan Moore’s new interview with musician Richard Norris. Moore swore off giving any more interviews a few years ago, but in a new twohour special on BBC Radio 6 Music, the famed comic book writer presents 20 of his favorite songs and tells stories of his life, philosophy and creative future as part of a new series of comic book-focused episodes on the radio station’s “Paperback Writers” series. Recorded earlier this year in Moore’s hometown of Northampton, England, it’s a surprisingly joyful program that’s well worth a listen. Moore is perhaps known as the writer and co-creator of the acclaimed 1987 graphic novel “Watchmen,” about former superheroes investigating the murder of one of their own. To Moore’s chagrin, the book was adapted into an unspectacular slow-motion-fest by director Zach Snyder in 2009. For a time in the ‘90s, Terry Gilliam was in talks to direct, and in this radio special Moore reveals, as he plays “Drive-In Saturday” by David Bowie, that the British rockstar phoned Gilliam asking to play the hard-bitten trenchcoat-wearing vigilante Rorschach, though Gilliam’s version never got off the ground.
Throughout the special, Moore’s taste in music ranges from the avant-garde and experimental to the more traditional; his second pick after Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” is, interestingly enough, “Walk Away Renee” by the Four Tops. Moore’s own music is here too, with the show featuring three tracks written by him. The best of the bunch is the “The Decline of The English Murder, which closes out the show: It’s an elegiac song about austerity measures in Britain and the suffering of the working class, with some great power ballad-like electric guitar riffs in the background. Past interviews with Moore have seen him denigrating the comics industry for a lack of originality, an over-reliance on derivative spinoffs of his own works and the way companies like DC Comics treat the writers and artists who work for them. In this program, however, outside of a few references to corporate comics, Moore largely celebrates what he likes rather than what he doesn’t like. It makes for a wonderfully pleasant listen. Moore comes across as a supremely genial grandfather figure, warmly poking fun at his own eccentricities. He jokes at one point about subjecting listeners to art collective The Residents’ discordant fever-dream of a song “Constantinople,” saying there are much stranger songs he could’ve chosen. “If I wanted to sort of torment the population of this country with sonic nightmares that will invade their dreams for
years,” he laughs, before conceding that the song he just played “is sort of a good one for doing that.” Another wonderful anecdote comes immediately after when Moore talks about a song he wrote for musician Pat Fish called “Trampling Tokyo,” about Japanese giant monster icon Godzilla’s yearning for retirement. “You can kind of see in his eyes that he’s not enjoying this anymore,” Moore says, adding that destroying buildings and other giant creatures have “long since lost its allure for him.” When Norris asks if Moore sees any parallels with his own retirement from comics, Moore calls himself a “shuffling, partially-deaf pensioner” and quips, “My heart goes out to Godzilla — I know exactly what he’s talking about.” Other songs chosen by Moore and played during the program include Brian Eno’s airy “Spinning Away,” Joni Mitchell’s tribute to the paintings of Henri Rousseau “The Jungle Line” and Captain Beefheart’s raw and surreal “Big Eyed Beans from Venus.” One of the most poignant moments of the show comes toward the end when Moore talks about working-class voices in art in the lead up to the song “McFlurry” by punk group Sleaford Mods. “If the working-class are ever discussed, generally by a middle-class person, then there seem to be only two registers that people can adopt,” Moore opines. “‘Oh, these poor people, isn’t it terrible what’s
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Moore poses for a picture. been done to them and how they’re treated — of course, we can’t do anything about it, but let’s sympathize with them.’ That casts them as victims. “The other way of perceiving them is as scum that we’d be better off without — people who are unsightly, who are inconvenient, who are just dragging down the rest of us.” Moore concludes that while you might not want to listen to working-class voices, “You should — you really should.” Whatever comes next for him, whether it be opera or film projects as he alludes to here, it’s likely his work will continue to examine such concerns. Paperback Writers — Alan Moore (Graphic Content) is available to listen free on the BBC Radio 6 website and BBC iPlayer app for the remainder of this month.
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What If Evan Hansen Was A Billionaire? Ben Platt reimagines his title role in Netflix’s ‘The Politician’
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Platt, who plays Payton Hobart in Neflix’s ‘The Politician,’ gives viewers a performance akin to his Evan Hansen performance, but if he’d grown up in a different economic class.
By Michael Brzezinski Chief Film Critic
Broadway saw above-average success in 2017. Just as fans of the stage had begun to recover from the previous year’s “Hamilton fever,” “Dear Evan Hansen” took over the scene and utterly swept the Tony Awards, collecting an impressive six wins, including “Best Musical.” In as short of a synopsis as I can give, ”Dear Evan Hansen” follows the title character, portrayed by actor Ben Platt, as a high school senior through the aftermath of a classmate’s suicide as Evan becomes entangled in progressively larger lies about his part in what transpired. “The Politician,” released on Sept. 27 on Netflix, follows Payton Hobart, portrayed by actor Ben Platt, as a high school senior through the aftermath of a classmate’s suicide as Payton becomes entangled in progressively larger lies throughout the season. Payton and Evan are portrayed almost identically with anxiousness, fear of social invisibility, and palpable mommy issues being the most obvious. Both Ben Plattled productions cast Laura Dreyfuss as a supporting actress and see the main
character break into impassioned musical numbers. The only real difference between the characters is their respective economic classes. While Payton Hobart prepares for admission to the Ivey League and attempts to keep his name on his father’s billion-dollar will, Evan Hansen fills out scholarship forms to hopefully attend community college. It is undeniable that ”The Politician” draws heavily from Platt’s previous success, but only after the show (more or less) sheds ”Dear Evan Hansen”’s main plotline of a classmate’s suicide after the second episode. Audiences are left with the adventures of the high-achieving Payton Hobart as he attempts to win the election for president of his high school’s student government, receive a letter of acceptance from Harvard, marry his high school sweetheart and eventually become the POTUS. This season’s comedy mainly stems from the cast of colorful characters must, zany assassination attempts and the teens’ habits of taking themselves too seriously. But where there is Com, there must be Dram. Granted, ”The Politician” is first and foremost a comedy, but a comedy with heart and a comedy with gen-
uine messages. The show borrows from most new teen dramas’ and comedies’ angst and feelings of emptiness, loneliness, inadequacy, distance from society as seen in ”13 Reasons Why,” ”Sex Education,” ”Big Mouth,” “End of the F***ing World” and, of course, ”Dear Evan Hansen.” Georgina Hobart and Payton’s adoptive mother, portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow as an all-encompassing and all-loving earth goddess surrounded by her mystical spirit aligning charka crystals, serves as the means of catharsis. With Mother’s reassurance and a short cry, Ben Platt reinvigorates the passion and drive within himself to conquer most obstacles the other billionaire high schoolers and less wealthy – but certainly more deranged – neighborhood sociopaths can throw his way. All in all, the show is pleasant to watch and will always keep the audience's attention with the help of Ben Platt’s three extensive musical numbers, well-developed story arcs, the constant (more often than not) illegal shenanigans, a genuinely intriguing and often unpredictable school election premise, and well-directed filmography. Scenes involving Payton’s home life, led by his adoptive parents Bob Balaban and the
aforementioned Paltrow, look as if they were ripped from the mind of Wes Anderson in their color pallet, eclectic but pristine background decoration, painfully symmetrical shots and quirky dialogue and movement. What captures the overall essence of the show though, is the first scene of episode eight, where a refreshed, less high-strung and mildly alcoholic Payton Hobart delivers his rendition of Billy Joel’s classic ”Vienna” at a local bar. With its humor, complex characters and well-intentioned heart, ”The Politician” is a show whose second season I am eagerly but patiently waiting for. Slow down, you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you're so smart, then tell me Why are you still so afraid? You've got your passion, you've got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true When will you realize, Vienna waits for you? -Billy Joel (Vienna)
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Fast food can’t compare to these homemade, budget-friendly recipes By Bianca Cseke Online Managing Editor
Midterms are almost upon us, and it’s getting harder and harder to come up with ideas for meal prepping as the weeks pass by. It gets more tempting every day
to stop by your favorite fast-casual restaurant and blow both your food budget and your diet. Luckily, The DePaulia has a couple ideas that’ll keep you as satisfied as those restaurant meals for far less cash or calories. These recipes were inspired by meals I’ve gotten at chain restaurants
back home on the West Coast and that I recreated through trial-and-error while teaching myself how to cook. They’re designed so you can add or leave out ingredients as your tastes and budget allow, and require minimal cooking skills or any special kitchen supplies.
Maintaining healthy habits in the season of sugar and spice By Tariqah Shakir Contributing Writer
Greek Turkey Bowl With tzatziki and feta cheese 3-4 servings BIANCA CSEKE | THE DEPAULIA
Ingredients:
-1 pound of ground turkey -1 bag of baby spinach -2 tablespoons of crumbled feta cheese -½ cup sliced olives -2 tablespoons of pre-made tzatziki sauce -1 cup brown rice -Seasoning salt -Garlic powder -Black pepper
Directions:
1. Bring 2 ½ cups of water and 1 cup of brown rice to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes. 2. Remove the ground turkey from the package, break apart with spatula and season with seasoning salt, garlic powder and black pepper. 3. Add the baby spinach to a pan with your choice of oil or butter. 4. Once the spinach starts to cook, add the ground turkey to the pan and mix with the spinach. 5. Allow the spinach and ground turkey
mix to simmer for about 10 minutes, turning over the turkey pieces to allow them all to cook evenly. 6. Add two tablespoons – or more or less, depending on how much you want – of feta cheese to the mix. 7. Add your favorite olives to the mix. 8. Switch the mix from the pan to a mixing bowl. Add two tablespoons of tzatziki sauce and mix all ingredients together. 9. Serve on its own, as part of a wrap, in a pita or with tortilla chips.
Egg Salad With dill weed, paprika and avocado 3 servings
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Ingredients:
-6 eggs -1 medium red bell pepper -1 red onion -1 avocado -2 tablespoons mayo -Black pepper -Onion powder -Garlic powder -Dill weed -Paprika (optional)
Directions:
1. Boil the eggs for about 15 minutes. 2. Chop the red bell pepper and 1/5th of the red onion, dicing them into the smallest pieces possible. 3. Open and cut the inside of the avocado into small pieces. 4. Peel and slice the hard-boiled eggs.
5. Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl. 6. Add two tablespoons of mayo to the mix, and a pinch of black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and dill weed. 7. Mix all ingredients together until the consistency is even. 8. Garnish with paprika if desired. 9. Serve on its own or as part of a sandwich.
When you think of fall, “warm” and “comforting” usually come to mind; pumpkin pies, cinnamon cakes, Starbucks’ secret menu and new seasons of your favorite shows on Netflix. And let’s not forget the notorious pumpkin spice. But with the new season and cooler temperatures comes the danger of letting go of healthy habits started earlier in the year. That gym schedule you stuck to since the summer may be subject to neglect; or you may find your willpower dwindling at the thought of Netflix, hot chocolate and smores popcorn. A DePaul nursing major and junior, Aylana Wells, said this season is the perfect time to push harder on healthy eating and consistent exercise. “They [students] should be healthy for the fall because everybody wants a ‘summer body,’ so if you start early, you eat healthier and you start developing these habits early on in life, when it comes to wintertime [and] when it comes to summertime, it’s going to be easy for you to stay on that diet and keep eating healthy,” she said. “You’ll wake up feeling better, you’ll walk with more confidence, and just eating healthy and working out will literally change you.” Alyana said she stays in shape on a budget by taking advantage of the inexpensive and even free sessions at DePaul’s Ray Fitness Center. “I think it’s important because one, it’s the part of the year where everyone doesn’t want to go outside, you’re not that active [and] you stay inside, you want to stay warm,” said Sharae Corbin, a junior in DePaul’s public relations and advertising program. “But to combat that is exercise and healthy eating. It keeps you less groggy and keeps you energetic for your day, and that will lead you to actually going to the gym.” She suggests students get together to share meals and recipes that are fall-inspired to make it more fun. “Group activities [and] getting your friends together kinda gets everyone together so that they’re not necessarily alone and come out to whatever’s happening,” she said. Chip Mayes, a sophomore in DePaul’s animation program, said the point of starting a healthy regime and maintaining it is for your own benefit. “I think the best way to remain healthy in the fall quarter is just taking your time,” Mayes said. “Don’t rush yourself.” Staying focused and making yourself feel better is what you want, he continued.
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A love letter to Judy Garland Renee Zellweger plays Garland with honest poise By Rebecca Rogers Contributing Writer
A bottle of pills on the bedside table. Bad relationships that end in heartbreak. The star collapsed on the stage and threw temper tantrums at those who wanted nothing more than to help. None of this is new for the many celebrity biopics we’ve seen in the past year or so, but there was something different in director Rupert Goold’s “Judy.” There was empathy, there was heart, there was love, but above all, there was a great respect for the icon that was Judy Garland. While any good biopic should have love and respect for its subject, Goold seems to have created this film as a love letter to the late Garland herself. It conveys her lows with heart wrenching and brutal honesty, but the same goes for the highs. When Judy stands and sings again, the audience triumphs with her because they’ve been rooting for her the whole way there. The film covers the last few months of Garland’s life, including a five-week con-
cert series she performed in London as a last-ditch effort to make enough money to buy a home for her and her children, who she must leave behind with their father. As the original Hollywood trainwreck, Garland serves as a cautionary tale for those to come after her. With a star as big and as bright as Judy Garland, finding someone who could fill her ruby slippers was a challenge that the creative team accepted with gusto. Renee Zellweger was the perfect, if not obvious, choice, stepping into the role and the woman with ease. No, she doesn’t sound exactly like Garland, but who could? What was more important was the gesture — the look in her eyes that comes with every word she utters, every move she makes. She embodies the world of Judy Garland with authenticity, and allows the trauma of her past to take her over physically, emotionally, and mentally. The rest of the cast does a nice job, with special props going to Finn Wittrock (Mickey Deans, Garland’s fifth husband) and Jessie Buckley (Rosalyn Wilder, her
assistant), but admittedly, most of their job was to stand helplessly and watch as Garland falls from grace. This film is more than a tribute to Garland. It’s a look into the war that was constantly waging in and around her. From her own insecurities, to painful memories of life as a child star to her struggle to keep herself afloat in the midst of custody battles, substance abuse battles, and business battles, Garland stands tall. This allows Zellweger to help in resisting the idea that Garland was a victim of her circumstances. She breathes life and energy back into Garland, in both moments of victory and moments of anguish, and it’s a take on her life that Garland herself would have smiled at.
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The Graham family — Charlie (Milly Shapiro), Annie (Toni Collette), Steve (Gabriel Byrne) and Peter (Alex Wolff) — sit around the table in “Hereditary.”
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Frightening films Here are the top horror-flicks showing around Chicago this spooky season By Michael Brzezinski Chief Film Critic
Last Tuesday marked Oct. 1, which means we are on the eve of Spooky Season. For film fans, Chicago’s vast array of movie theaters offer up some of the best, scariest and most fun ways to celebrate spooky season through cinema. Ranging from celebrated classics to fresh deep cuts to freaky cult classics, here are the buzziest highlights from what the Chicago film scene has to offer to gear yourself up fo Halloween. “Halloween Double Feature” Oct. 27 at The Music Box Theatre Of course, there is truly no other film in existence that can get one into the mood for spooky season like John Carpenter’s genre-defining masterpiece. Thanks to the Music Box, you can experience it on the big screen along with David Gordon Green’s sturdy and satisfyingly gruesome reboot. It is guaranteed to be a night full of scares, slashes and synth. “Cat People” Oct. 25 at The Gene Siskel Film Center Paul Schrader’s surreal erotic campy nightmare remake of the 1942 classic is one of the filmmaker’s most underrated films. Mileage definitely varies on this one but it is most definitely worth the brave dive into to see if it’s your thing. Luckily the Siskel Center will be playing a beautiful 35mm film print of it so you can hear David Bowie’s great theme song for it in a theater. “The Music Box of Horrors” Oct. 19/Oct. 20 at Music Box Theatre The Music Box Theatre’s annual tradition of its day- and a night-long marathon of
some of cinema’s best horror offerings. This year’s insane line-up includes a 35mm print of “The Man Who Laughs” with live musical accompaniment, a tribute to Larry Cohen and screenings of cult classics like “Dog Soldiers,” “Event Horizon” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” “Hereditary: The Director’s Cut” Oct 26 at Doc Films UIC The modern horror masterpiece from upand-coming genre master Ari Aster is getting a 3-hour long facelift just in time for spooky season. After the success of “Midsommar” and its equally as long Director’s Cut this summer, it would only make sense for A24 and Aster to lend a similar treatment to his first film. Details have yet to come out in regard to what this cut will include, but it’s easy to assume that it will be just as masterful and traumatizing as everything else about the film. Oct. 26 will be the first time that anyone has seen it. “Little Monsters” Oct. 8 at AMC River East 21 Abe Forsythe’s raunchy and gory zombie musical comedy made waves when it premiered earlier this year at Sundance. The film about an elementary school field trip that dives into the zombie apocalypse garnered wide and ecstatic acclaim for its central performance from Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o. Chicago’s own Brian Tallerico said, “Nyong’o wonderfully captures the spirit of a woman who knows her job is not only to protect her students but to convince them that this is all a game.” Hulu quickly acquired the film right after its world premiere and, courtesy of boutique indie distributor NEON, it will receive a one-night-only play in theaters.
Dick Warlock as Michael Meyers in “Halloween.”
Lupita Nyong’o stars in “Little Monster.”
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St.Vincent’s D e JAMZ “Spinning fresh beats since 1581” By Emma Oxnevad Opinions Editor
With the quarter progressing and responsibilities mounting, I often find myself under pressure to tend to all of my duties (for more on that, check out the Opinions section!). Whenever I feel like I can’t take the heat of the school year, listening to music is a foolproof solution to keep calm. In honor of midterms swiftly approaching, here are some of my favorite songs for beating stress. California - Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” is my favorite album of all-time. I could probably write a whole dissertation on the majesty of this LP, but for this week, I’ll stick to discussing just one of the tracks. “California” is a serene, cheery
song about not letting the bad news get you down. Mitchell’s voice—while not everyone’s cup of tea– is clear and gorgeous on this number, making multiple listens an easy task. Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin Whenever I hear this song’s iconic riff, I can’t help but feel at ease. The groove is infectious and I always end up singing along, pretending that I sound even a little bit like Robert Plant. When the song kicks into its samba shuffle, I tend to forget whatever trivial problem was causing my bad mood. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton This one is a bit harder to explain. I can’t really tell why a song about the hardships and exploitation faced by women in the working world makes me feel at ease, but that chorus sure is an earworm! I often
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find myself listening to this song en route to one of my jobs and it’s almost empowering; maybe one day I can write anthems calling out the powers that be, but for now, I’ll be clocking my hours at The DePaulia. Bust a Move - Young MC This song just barely made the cutoff for my songs of the summer list. It’s gotten to the point where I can almost passably rap one of the verses, which is a testament to my affinity for this one. This song makes me excited for fun times to come and makes me laugh at the thought of breaking into dance when faced with a sticky situation. Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies This song has been a favorite of mine going on three years. Whenever I hear the riff, I’m reminded of fun times
Across 1. Gymnasts’ protectors 5. Tidal flood 10. Jet-setters’ jets, once 14. In a berserk way 15. Having better skills 16. Frigid finish? 17. Indian royal 18. Meccan, e.g. 19. 1997 role for Peter Fonda 20. Small quahog 23. He took two tablets 24. Birds’ lodgings 25. Like a tough teacher 28. Gets free (of) 30. Camera diaphragm 31. “___ and sometimes Y” 33. Tennis ploy 36. Things on an office desk, often 40. “Get it?” 41. Words after “deaf
as” or “dumb as” 42. Hideous 43. Cut with quick strokes 44. Gets on the nerves of 46. Broke off 49. Cold shower? 51. Bad thing to do on an application 57. Got an A+ on it 58. Some batters protect it 59. Honeyed drink 60. Infamous emperor 61. Santa ___ Park race track 62. In desperate need of rain 63. Bit at the bottom of the barrel 64. Works as a stevedore 65. ___ contendere (defendant’s plea) Down 1. Cleo’s wooer 2. Asian female
with my high school friends and the good times to come soon. It’s undeniably catchy, full of energy and a sentimental favorite.
domestic 3. Scrambled note? 4. Minor scrap 5. Where the wealthy live, briefly 6. Degrade 7. Fills to the gills 8. Decorate differently 9. “___ Brockovich” 10. Hollandaise and cranberry 11. Window parts 12. Halloween option 13. “What ___ to be the problem?” 21. Elephantsnatching bird of myth 22. “This ___” (shipping label) 25. Drinks gently 26. Not false 27. Ascend 28. Prison outbreak 29. A positively charged atom 31. On the peak of 32. Aliens, briefly 33. Apple’s apple, e.g.
34. “For Your Eyes __” 35. Onetime Turkish governors 37. Alternative to a hotel, briefly 38. AP rival 39. Title character in a 2012 film with Snow White 43. Old salt 44. Dido’s lover 45. Born, in bios 46. Largest living antelope 47. More pleasant 48. John of tractors 49. Sedately dignified 50. Lenya or Lehmann 52. Certain gemstone 53. Bone in the arm 54. Sleek, for short 55. Olympics star Devers 56. Root of the taro plant
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Club hockey earns weekend sweep over Illinois By Ryan Gilroy Staff Writer
Before Friday’s game at Johnny’s Ice House West, head coach Danny Randall felt the energy in the locker room and said, “Smells like a win tonight, boys.” Those same words were replicated during Saturday’s game by defenseman Tyler Hanson, which propelled the Blue Demons over Illinois this past weekend. After a rough start against Indiana and then Wisconsin, DePaul managed to find their groove and sweep the Fighting Illini. “I think we’re really growing as a team,” forward Brock Ash said. Friday’s matchup was fueled by the frustration built up from the past two weekends. In the first period, Illinois opened the scoring halfway through the game; however, the Blue Demons later scored two goals from Ash and Jackson Leptich within the final two minutes of the period. It didn’t take long for the Blue Demons to expand on their 2-1 lead, as Connor McNally scored their third goal three minutes into the second period. Illinois was quick to respond with one of their own, but DePaul bounced back at the 12-minute mark from Ash again to make it 4-2. The Fighting Illini didn’t hold back, as they scored their third goal six minutes into the third. For more than 11 minutes, anxiety built throughout the rink as penalties continued to be called and more chances came from both sides. But the Blue Demons were able to seal the game with a fifth goal from forward Mike Helf to make it 5-3. Helf led the night with a goal and two assists, Ash scored two goals, Brenton Wadsworth helped with two assists and goaltender AJ Grzbek stopped 52 of 55 shots for a .945 save percentage. “We just kind of had fun with it,” forward Ryan Hasty said. “We saw that they were losing their minds and we took a positive outlook at that.” Although Friday featured the team’s
CALIFORNIA, continued from back page “The name, image and likeness discussion allows another avenue for student-athletes to maximize their collegiate experience, which I am in full support of allowing,” she said. However, paying athletes salaries and making them official employees is not an avenue athletic departments want to go down. “A scenario that leads to studentathletes being directly paid for play and becoming employees would severely alter the current model and lead to major changes not only in college athletics, but also across college campuses,” Ponsetto said. Robert Kallen, a DePaul clinical professor of economics and director of the MS program in economics and policy analysis and an expert on the NCAA, believes that if California’s bill was to be held constitutional, it would raise questions on whether the NCAA is exploiting student-athletes’ services to their schools. “There’s still a huge piece of the pie, the NCAA is fearful if the legislation
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DePaul winger Connor McNally (left) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Illinois in the second period on Friday. first win, they didn’t let it get to their heads as Saturday’s game plan was to replicate and build upon what happened the night before. DePaul came soaring out the gate in the first period, scoring threestraight goals from Konrad Wujkowski, Wadsworth and Chris Tran. The second period saw no goals from the Blue Demons and two from the Fighting Illini. Those two goals by Illinois proved to be their only ones of the game as Helf scored a pair of goals in the third
was held constitutional and if it was to become common practice, where does that stop,” Kallen said. “It raises questions and it questions the NCAA, Mrs. Ponsetto and universities don’t want to address, and that is the fact are we or are we not exploiting [athletic students], and I call them athletic students not studentathletes. Student-athletes was created by the NCAA and, [in] my humble opinion, it perpetrated a fraud. “They have to stick to the script and these are talking points,” he continued. “It’s not surprising. Having said that, you would think university presidents would eventually get tired of this and realize that they should take back control of the athletic departments to the point where they can start addressing the issues. When all is set and done, everybody has forgotten we are talking individuals, we are talking about human beings and we kind of lost our mission.” Since the passing of the Fair Pay to Play Act in California, other states around the country have introduced similar bills and members of congress have also supported the bill.
period to officially sweep them, 5-2. “We had good puck movement, we got pucks deep and capitalized on their mistakes,” Helf said. “I think rebounds and moving the puck, especially on the power play – that helped us a lot.” He led the scoring with two goals in the game, along with a goal and an assist from Wadsworth and two assists from Jack Hemmingway. Goaltender Rudy Hodgson stopped 42 of 44 shots for a .954 save percentage. “Earlier in the season, we would have
guys that would get chippy and take penalties – I think we’ve done a really good job of staying disciplined and that helped us with the win,” Ash said. DePaul’s next pair of games will be played at Marquette University next Friday and Saturday, along with St. Norbert College the following week. The Blue Demons’ next pair of home games are on Friday, Oct. 25 at 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 26 at 3:30 p.m. against Northern Michigan at Johnny’s Ice House West.
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Califorina Governor Gavin Newsome (left) appereaed on LeBron James’ show “The Shop” on Tuesday to do a mock signing of the Fair Pay to Play Act.
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The Huskies are coming
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UConn is coming back to the Big East to crash the Blue Demons’ party By Dan McDaid Contributing Writer
If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. That will be the case for DePaul women’s basketball, and the other nine teams in the Big East when the University of Connecticut rejoins the conference in 2020. UConn women’s basketball is known to be one of the most dominant programs in college sports history. They have won 11 national championships. “If it weren’t for two buzzer beaters,” said Doug Bruno, DePaul women’s basketball head coach, “they would have 13 National Championships.” UConn was part of the Big East until the reconfiguration in 2013. After moving to the AAC (The American Athletic Conference), the program cruised to six straight conference championships. During their first stint in the Big East from 1983 to 2012, they won 18 conference championships, with 16 of those coming in a 19-year span. It is no secret how dominant this UConn program is. They put themselves in a position to win every year, and there is no reason to assume that will change any time soon. “From a parochial point of view it’s going to make it very much harder for anybody else to win a Big East championship,” Bruno said. “UConn is arguably the best intercollegiate basketball program in the history of all intercollegiate basketball, men or women.” Starting in 2020, the rest of the Big East contenders will have a tougher challenge ahead of them by getting the chance to play this dominant program at least twice a year. “Just the fact that UConn is coming to our conference,” DePaul junior transfer Deja Church said. “It’s just kind of like a basketball player’s dream because you want
“[Auriemma is] like a brother, you go out on the playground or the backyard and you want to beat each other up, but at the end of the day, you’re still brothers.” Doug Bruno
DePaul women’s basketball head coach to play a competitive game every single night.” UConn is not the only high-level program inside the Big East. DePaul, Marquette and St. John’s have also had their shares of success in this conference. DePaul has been one of the only teams that have had the chance to still play a nonconference game against UConn every year since their departure. Some players have been able to learn and take away some things from playing them in the past. “The main thing is worrying about our game plan, and not what they’re going to do,” sophomore Lexi Held said. “Because when we play our game, we’re better.” The one game at a time motto has been a common theme. Not looking ahead of other conference opponents, focusing on UConn is key. “I think every team in the Big East is competitive and could be just as good as UConn,” Church said. “I wouldn’t take the other teams for granted, we still have to look forward to them and UConn is just icing on the cake. I think it’s just going to make us better players, more competitive, because obviously when we step on the court against UConn we want to win; that’s the main goal.”
This UConn women’s basketball program isn’t just run by some ordinary guy. It’s run by arguably one of the best basketball coaches of all time, Geno Auriemma. Auriemma’s record (1,062-139) at UConn speaks for itself, and puts him in the conversation for best collegiate head coach of any sport in history. “Count my friends on one hand, and he’s one of my five best friends,” Bruno said, about Auriemma. “He’s like a brother, you go out on the playground or the backyard and you want to beat each other up, but at the end of the day, you’re still brothers.” The girls aren’t the only ones who are ready for the challenge against UConn – so is Coach Bruno. UConn coming back gives the rest of the Big East head coaches a good recruiting pitch by getting to play a top team multiple times a year. “Absolutely helps recruiting – no question it helps,” Bruno said. “We already play a monster non-conference schedule for the purpose of helping our recruiting, but them [UConn] being in the league makes it even better.” It must be a great pitch to use because it sure seems to work when it comes to getting elite talent. Most competitors love the
opportunity to play against the great teams. “I think UConn coming back to the Big East just rises everybody’s level of competitiveness,” DePaul senior Chante Stonewall said. “It also could be good for recruits, because they might want to come join the Big East so they can come play at such a high level.” It’s not only good for recruits coming out of high school, but also a good pitch to current college players who aren’t happy where they are and are looking to transfer. “I haven’t had the opportunity to play UConn,” Church said, since she transferred here from the University of Michigan. “But next year it’s going to be pretty exciting; that’s one of the reasons I came here because DePaul always had a competitive schedule.” DePaul has had great success nationally and in the Big East, but no matter which conference you’re in, the main goal is to win the National Championship. That road usually has to go through UConn at some point. “We are proud of what we have achieved,” Bruno said. “It’s not easy to be one of the five schools who have went to 17 straight NCAA tournaments. There have been 12 [Big East] championships since realignment, and DePaul has won nine of them.” “It’s not easy to do what we’ve done, but our goals are higher. There is a food chain in women’s basketball, and we’ve done everything except conquer being one of the top 10 schools to win the national championship.” DePaul will begin their road to the national championship in the WNIT on Nov. 8 against Miami University (Ohio). Their final game against UConn comes Dec. 16, before they are conference opponents and playing each other multiples times a season.
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Men’s basketball junior guard Charlie Moore granted waiver by NCAA
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Charlie Moore brings up the ball for Kansas earlier this season. Moore announced his transfer from Kansas to DePaul on April 22.
By Lawrence Kreymer Sports Editor
Junior guard Charlie Moore, who transferred to DePaul from Kansas in May, has been granted a waiver by the NCAA to play this season. “We are thrilled for Charlie and his family that he will be able to play immediately in his hometown,” head coach Dave Leitao said in a statement. “We appreciate the understanding of the NCAA staff for considering this request and the University of Kansas for their assistance through this process.” The Chicago native decided to come back home in May after playing for Kansas from 2017-2019, but only saw limited playing time in his days with the Jayhawks. After transferring from California to Kansas in 2017, Moore was forced to sit out the 2017-2018 season and featured in 35 games last season for the Jayhawks — averaging 2.9 points and 1.3 assists in 13.1 minutes per game. Moore was Mr. Basketball at Chicago’s Morgan Park in his senior year before he committed to playing for California, where he only played for season, averaging 12.2 points per game and led the team with 120 assists. This past summer, DePaul played three games in France and Italy, with Moore playing in all of those matches. He averaged 20.7 points per game while shooting 9-for-16 from the 3-point range and 11-for-13 from the free throw line. Moore also posted team highs of 13 assists and eight steals as the Blue Demons won all three games while in Europe. With Moore being available to play this season, Leitao now has another option in the point guard position to go along with junior Devin Gage and freshman Markese Jacobs. The Blue Demons will begin their season against Alcorn State on Nov. 5 at Wintrust Arena, with Leitao being suspended for the first three games.
Offense sparks victory for DePaul over St. John’s By Nate Burleyson Asst. Sports Editor
DePaul (5-5-2) hosted St. Johns (4-8) on a beautiful weather day at Wish Field. The Blue Demons were coming off a 2-1 win against Butler on Thursday. Both teams were hoping to win their second-straight, as St. John’s beat Seton Hall in New York on Thursday. The game was in favor of the Blue Demons. DePaul’s defense kept St. John’s to only six shots all day, with five shots on goal saved by goalkeeper Mollie Eriksson. Halfway through the first half, a DePaul chance went from an opportunity to a finish as Morgan Turner turned and got it past Reinhardt to open up the scoring. “The ball popped out and Maria [Nordness] played a nice ball to me in the top of the box and I was able to turn and shoot,” Turner said. It was the opening goal in the game as well as Turner’s fifth of the season, the top mark on the team. Turner and DePaul’s offense have been able to take off recently. “I think that we have a lot of players contributing and we’ve been playing really well together as a whole,” Turner said. “Especially in the last few games, our midfield and attacking players have been able to provide a lot.” The Turner goal was one of many good looks in the first half as DePaul poured on 10 shots in the first 45 minutes. Going in, they knew they had the ability to create those looks and sharpen up their offensive attack.
NCAA, continued from back page endorsement deal with a company that already has a deal with the school they are attending. This is the first time that a state has passed a bill that would allow college athletes to profit off their own personal brand. The NCAA came out with a response immediately following this decision, and arguing that this bill is “unconstitutional” and gives California schools an “unfair recruiting advantage.” For an organization that in just 2016 had revenue exceeding $1 billion, net assets exceeding $400 million and a payroll of more than $70 million — $2.4 million of which went to its president, Mark Emmert that – is an incredibly weak argument. For the NCAA to come out and argue that this bill, which would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, would create an “unfair recruiting advantage,” is utterly ridiculous. In college football, even without this bill, not every school has the same recruiting advantages that some of the powerhouse colleges do. For example, having Hall-of-Fame coach like Nick Saban and an uninturupted string of champhionship banners is also, quite simply, an unfair recruiting advantage for Alabama. In both college football and basketball, there are a handful of programs from each sport that dominate recruiting year in, year out, and that ends up showing at the end of each season. For the NCAA, which said they care about keeping the playing field level for everyone, that really doesn’t matter because their ultimate goal is to make money. Having teams like Alabama and Ohio State in college football and the likes of Duke and North Carolina in college basketball constantly get the best players, no matter what recruiting violations they might be committing, suits the NCAA. So for the NCAA, this statement is just to cover themselves from the onslaught of pressure it is starting to receive from the public. With professional athletes like NBA superstar LeBron James coming out and endorsing this bill, the NCAA had no choice but to make this ludicrous statement. The NCAA has also argued in the past that college athletes are students first, and doesn’t consider them to be professional
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DePaul junior midfielder Bina Saipi celebrates with her teamamtes after scoring a goal against St. John’s at Wish Field on Sunday. The Blue Demons won the game 2-0. “I think we were disciplined with our pressure, so I think that was super important and one of our goals for the game,” head coach Erin Chastain said. “And I thought we did a good job of that. There were a lot of good opportunities to score.” Jackie Batliner had the ball and some space to fire a high cross into the box that found the head of Saipi, who put it past the St. John’s defense. The Blue Demons would hold
that 2-0 result. “Serving the ball into the box is always a dangerous opportunity,” Batliner said. “So whenever we can do that we like to. A lot of communication and fight has allowed us to do that.” Despite a slower start at home during nonconference play, Wish Field has been a place for success in Big East play. The Blue Demons are now 2-0 at home in conference action.
athletes. That argument might be even worse than the previous one about recruiting advantages. For starters, the NCAA can just look at one of its most premier college basketball programs, North Carolina, and that becomes a moot point. In 2014, a massive scandal hit the NCAA and North Carolina which detailed an 18-year-long effort by the school to keep their athletes eligible by having them take “paper classes.” In the report, football coaches, as well as advisers in the school, were telling athletes to take specific classes that would boost their GPA. Even with all of that crippling evidence that showed North Carolina bending over backwards to keep their athletes eligible, the NCAA did not sanction the university. Robert Kallen, a DePaul clinical professor of economics and director of the masters program in economics and policy analysis and expert on the NCAA, believes that for major change to occur in the NCAA regarding these types of issues, university presidents need to step up and force change to happen within their own schools. “University presidents are not naiive; they know what’s going on,” Kallen said. “They are either setting up zones of plausible deniability or just turning the other way. When all is set and done, it’s going to take some very strong university presidents to finally say, instead of building buildings and looking at the endowment, maybe I should look at what we are doing, which includes student debt and the exploitation of athletic students. If you want change to occur, it needs to come from the university presidents or from the board of trustees.” While the NCAA keeps saying it cares about athletes receiving an education, their decision on important matters like the North Carolina case smells of the organization trying to protect a massive brand rather than backing up its words on the importance of receiving an education. With the California bill sparking major uproar from the NCAA, it has also provoked athletic directors around the country to make their voices heard, including DePaul Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto. At the Chicago Sports Summit on Wednesday, Lenti Ponsetto expressed her
concerns about paying college athletes. “[Having to negotiate salaries with athletes] would be the demise of intercollegiate athletics as we know it,” she said. For Lenti Ponsetto to make that comment is another example of someone who holds major power in college athletics who does not understand the bill at face value. When The DePaulia requested a comment from her regarding California’s bill, she supported players using their name, image and likeness to enhance their collegiate experience. By DePaul’s own actions regarding amateurism and eligibility shows the university doesn’t have much ground to stand on. This past summer, the NCAA ruled that the men’s basketball program participated in illegal recruiting activities when a former associate head coach arranged for the assistant director of basketball operations to travel out of the state to live with a recruit to ensure that he completed NCAA core courses and became immediately eligible to compete, according to a news release. Situations like this, and much worse, have come up in schools like North Carolina, where athletic departments are treating their players as athletes first and students second. Because, for a lot of these programs, keeping their students eligible to play is more important than helping them complete their four-year degrees. In other words, academic integrity doens’t seem to be a priority to begin with. Emmert and the NCAA-labeled name, image and likeness rights an “existential threat” to the collegiate model. This socalled collegiate model should exude a level of amateurism and lack of distinctness between universities. Blue bloods like Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas, Duke, Alabama and Oregon, to name a few, shouldn’t be these gigantic conglomerates of gross income and flashy lives. Coaches and athletic directors are purchasing milliondollar homes off salaries that rely off of the success of their unpaid workers. And alumni can’t even buy dinner for one of their school’s star athletes. The existential threat talk is nonsense in this regard. The amateurism debate is a way for the people in charge to have full control over the players who help them keep their million-dollar contracts.
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New California law to let college athletes sign endorsement deals By Lawrence Kreymer Sports Editor
For years there has been talk to upend how college athletics works in the U.S., but in each of those instances, the NCAA didn’t budge from their catbird seat. On Sept. 30, however, California’s governor signed a bill that would allow college athletes to make money off their name, image and likeness. The Fair Pay to Play Act, which doesn’t go into effect until 2023, will allow athletes to hire agents to negotiate on their behalf to sign endorsement deals with companies that don’t have a deal with the school they are attending. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and others cast the law as an attempt to bring more fairness to big-money college sports and let athletes share in the wealth they create for their schools. “Other college students with a talent, whether it be literature, music,
or technological innovation, can monetize their skill and hard work,” he said. “Student-athletes, however, are prohibited from being compensated while their respective colleges and universities make millions, often at great risk to athletes’ health, academics and professional careers.” Newsom went on LeBron James’ HBO show “The Shop” last week to discuss and sign the bill. The bill, if it went into effect currently, would fall to the NCAA’s own regulations. The bill has been implemented to help push the NCAA to change their own ways. Colorado, Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina also introduced their own variation of the law. Jeanne Lenti Ponsetto, DePaul’s athletic director, commented on the Fair Pay to Play Act, showing her support for players using their likeness.
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Fair Play Act won’t let the NCAA hide behind old excuses By Lawrence Kreymer & Nate Burleyson Sports Editor & Asst. Sports Editor
COMMENTARY A storm is brewing in college athletics – one that the NCAA can’t contain anymore. It’s time to pay their studentathletes. For 113 years, the NCAA has prevented its student-athletes from getting paid or making money based off their likeness, as well as barring them from accepting any endorsement deals. Throughout those 113 years, there has been a lot of talk about student-athletes getting paid. There have even been lawsuits that went to court to figure out this issue — and in all of these cases, the NCAA won. Every time it might seem like the NCAA would have to give in and allow student-athletes to make money while
in college, either the courts would rule in their favor or they would fall back on their same, lame argument: amateurism. The NCAA’s main point this whole time has been that people who go to college and play sports are students first and athletes second, meaning that since they aren’t considered “professional athletes,” they can’t make any money while they are in college. For the majority of its existence as a “non-profit organization,” that argument has favored the NCAA, until a recent bill signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom last week that would allow college athletes to negotiate their own contracts with third parties over the commercial use of their names, images and likenesses. The Fair Pay to Play Act would not convert college athletes to employees or allow them to unionize. The act also prevents athletes from agreeing to an See NCAA, page 27