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University community rallies to defend undocumented students By Danielle Harris News Editor
President-elect Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign was starkly anti-immigrant from its inception. He infamously referred to Mexican immigrants as “rapists” and criminals in his campaign announcement and promised to build a wall across the Mexican-American border to prevent undocumented immigrants from entering the country. While these statements are common knowledge among the American public, Trump’s promise to repeal Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) upon taking office is not. According to Educators for Fair Consideration, President Barack Obama announced DACA, a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy allowing “young people in the U.S. without legal status to reach their education and career potential,” in June 2012. According to the Migration Policy Institute, more than qualifying 728,000 undocumented immigrants have been granted a “two-year reprieve from deportation and temporary eligibility to
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Undocumented student deals with hardships, father’s deportation By Jessica Villagomez Editor-in-Chief
As DePaul’s class of 2020 prepared to embark on their college careers, undocumented student and freshman Brenda Gonzalez learned that her father had been deported back to Mexico after spending a year at an Alabama detention center. “All I know is that he got deported and was sent to Mexico,” she said, “I’m still trying to process that. It makes me sad, when I went to visit my step siblings in North Carolina and saw them you can tell they’ve been changed by what
happened. “The most hurtful part is hugging them and trying to be there for them but being in Chicago and (this happened as) I had been accepted to college and about to start a new life.” Before DePaul, Gonzalez remembers a history of trauma, moving between her mother and father’s households in North Carolina and Chicago after immigrating from Guerrero, Mexico when she was 7. “It’s like selling your soul to the devil,” she said. “It’s like selling one of your values to suffer in this country. The more I grow up the more I realize the
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Former DePaul student goes viral, starts career as a comedian By Pat Mullane Arts & Life Editor
There are certain moments in an aspiring comedian’s career where they realize that the mic, stage, and crowd are all the tools needed to make their job worthwhile. It’s almost like an instrument or a dance, the way the simplest stories can produce a burst of booming laughter. And it’s in those laughs and chuckles, the clapping and the cheering, that the word “aspiring” gets dropped from their job title and they become simply a comedian.
The first time Jaboukie Young-White realized that he was at least slightly humorous was during his senior year in high school when his 8-minute comedy piece won the IHSA state champion in Original Comedy. As the crowd jumped to their feet in a roaring applause, the high school senior was not only reasserted in his comedic skill but reminded of aspiration he’s had since he was little. “I always wanted to do stand-up when I was little. I did speech in high school and my senior year I won both the comedic events so even when I’d bomb on stage, I’d be like I’m funny,” Young-White said.
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Former DePaul student turned viral sensation Young-White now works in New York as a comedian. Young-White has over 25,000 followers on Instagram.
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ONE LAST TIME
DePaul students brave freezing temperatures for tickets to president’s farewell address
By Danielle Harris & Emma Krupp News Editors
Despite a White House announcement that the line for free tickets to President Barack Obama’s farewell speech would not be allowed to form until 6 a.m., those hoping to witness the historic event began gathering outside McCormick Place around 4:30 a.m. These enthusiastic supporters braved the three-degrees Fahrenheit temperature, bundled up in coats, gloves, blankets and scarves to shield themselves from the freezing cold air. At 6 a.m., McCormick Place staffers opened the doors and the lucky attendees that lined up early enough were able to spend the rest of their wait indoors and in comfort. However, they had hours of wait time ahead as even the indoor line was massive. According to the Chicago Tribune, the line began in the “grand ballroom of the (McCormick Place) South building that snaked through the West Building and finally outside, winding around the Hyatt Regency Hotel.” Those who arrived after 6:30 a.m. were informed that the line in front of them was at capacity and all available tickets would
already be accounted for. According to NBC Chicago, more than 7,000 hopefuls arrived at McCormick place in hopes of snagging a ticket to the farewell address. Among those hopefuls was DePaul graduate Brandon Haskey. Haskey arrived at McCormick Place at 5:30 a.m. and waited about three hours before receiving his ticket. Haskey braved the bitter cold and waited in line as he felt “it was a really unique opportunity to see a historic, transformative figure in American politics speak.” “I wanted to go as an expression of my gratitude for all I feel he has done for our country and community and to be a part of that legacy,” Haskey said. “But on another note, I also wanted to go because I wanted to drink up the last bit of Obama that I could before we experience the Trump transition. Knowing that we have a potentially very troubling four years ahead, I wanted to get this little bit of Obama in person.” DePaul sophomore Eric Deasy arrived at McCormick Place at around 5:30 a.m. and “had to wait outside for about a half an hour, then at 6 o’clock they opened the doors and everybody rushed in. I was (part of the) first wave of people that actually got to wait inside. Deasy said he waited in the line as
Obama supporters wait in line for free tickets to his Jan. 10 farewell address.
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Obama’s 2008 election was what first got him interested in American politics. “My dad always told me — he grew up in the Reagan Era — and that’s wen he first started paying attention to politics,” Deasy said. “So Reagan has kind of always been his favorite president and I think that carries over for me (with Obama’s presidency.” DePaul sophomore Elle Nowogrocki arrived at McCormick Place around at around 5:50 a.m. She too mentioned that growing up during Obama’s presidency was a motivating factor in getting tickets for his farewell speech. “I kind of grew up with Obama as my president and I was really happy with his presidency,” Nowogrocki said. “I thought that having his farewell address in the city that he started his political career in and the city I also live in was too good of an opportunity to miss.” In an interview with Chicago’s WBBM television, Obama explained why he’s
returning to Chicago to deliver his farewell address. “Everything that I have done subsequently — all the way through my presidency — was a direct outgrowth of what I learned in Chicago,” Obama said “I always say Chicago’s got challenges, but it really is really a microcosm of the country. There is no city that in some ways that is more representative of both the difficulties, but more importantly, the promise of America.” Nowogrocki said she hopes Obama’s speech will prepare those distressed by the outcome of the 2016 presidential election for the next four years. “I think one thing (Obama) is really good at is inspiring us to have hope and to always believe in what we want to see happen,” she said. “I just hope it’s really inspirational and maybe gives us some guidance in how we approach the Trump presidency.”
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Yiannopoulos seals book deal with Threshold Editions By Darrah Perryman Contributing Writer
News broke Dec. 30 that conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos signed a book deal with Threshold Editions, an imprint of publishing company Simon and Schuster, entitled “Dangerous” to be released in March of this year. The book comes after Yiannopoulos was permanently banned from Twitter after “Ghostbuster” actress and “Saturday Night Live” star Leslie Jones was harassed on social media by Yiannopoulos and his followers, causing Jones to take a hiatus from the platform. Yiannopoulos rose to fame as a writer for Brietbart News, the alt-right website founded by President-Elect Trump’s pick for chief strategist, Steve Bannon. No stranger to controversy, Yiannopoulos was on DePaul’s campus last May for an event on free speech hosted by DePaul College Republicans. The event was shut down after protestors arrived in opposition to Yiannopoulos and his political viewpoints. A university representative said that this was the first time the Student Center was shut down due to an event. “My purpose was to listen and to hear what he had to say and understand the point of view that he presented,” Edward Ward, a law student at DePaul and well-known activist in the community, said. But after hearing Yiannopoulos and his viewpoints about the African-American community,
Ward said he felt compelled to intervene. Over 100 protestors interrupted the event, causing Yiannopoulos and his followers to march outside of the Student Center. “Even if you don’t agree, those are Yiannopoulos’ views,” DePaul sophomore Jeramie Bizzle said. “There’s only so much protesting you can do. For people who don’t agree with him, just don’t go to his events or read his book.” Many criticized the University for allowing the event to be shutdown and for denying Yiannopoulos the opportunity to come back to DePaul, igniting a national discussion on free speech on college campuses across the nation. “You cannot come into our house and bully our people and then expect to have a comfortable seat in our house,” Ward said. For Ward, Yiannopoulos’s upcoming book deal is another opportunity for the Breitbart editor to spread negativity on a larger scale. “The book speaks to a larger issue, this is a proven bully and now he is given a bigger platform to spur his bullying,” Ward said. “You have a bully that gets to a presidency and a bully that gets his own book deal.” Yiannopoulos reportedly took a $250,000 advance from the publishing company, and 24 hours after the announcement, “Dangerous” surged to the No. 1 spot on Amazon’s best seller list. Simon and Schuster released a statement on Twitter shortly after the book announcement.
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Milo Yiannopoulos has been a polarizing figure at DePaul since his visit to Lincoln Park last spring. The publishing house, which has published books by Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Laura Ingraham and Glenn Beck, said they do not condone discrimination or hate speech, and opinions expressed in authors’ books do not reflect their corporate viewpoint or viewpoints of their employees. Still, some fault the publishing company more than Yiannopoulos. “Yiannopoulos’ reach to the ‘alt right’ and other conservative groups has dumbfounded me and left me feeling hollow and
threatened simply for existing,” DePaul sophomore Gabriella Quiñones said. “However, I believe that any person living in this country should be protected by constitutional freedoms. I fault the publishing company for accepting his offer and perpetuating his hatred more than him for exploiting capitalism to earn a living. The publishing company has tarnished their reputation and is not one I will continue to support in the future.” Although Bizzle believes the book deal was likely a business
decision made to get their publication on the map, he said that Yiannopoulos shouldn’t be denied his right to freedom of speech. “People come to universities for political diversity where they can voice their own opinion and not get judged for it,” Bizzle said. “If it’s not him, it’s going to be someone else. There’s always going to be something that’s going to create some type of friction or societal problem. You cannot please everyone.”
Back to the grind: Winter Quarter begins despite federal holiday By Rachel Hinton Managing Editor
A day after New Years, lugging suitcases of freshly cleaned clothes or holiday presents, school resumed. Jan. 2 was a federal holiday for the rest of the country, but not for DePaul. The reasoning behind the early start date goes back to accreditation requirements. The academic calendar, which was published more than a year ago, listed Jan. 2 as the first day of school. “The calendar, which goes through a review process, must comply with accreditation requirements for the number of contact hours in a course in order to earn course credits,” a statement from the university said. “Given the prevalence of Monday holidays, we needed to ensure enough Monday instructional days in the Academic Calendar to meet accreditation obligations.” DePaul is accredited in part by the Higher Learning Commission, which sets various criteria core components for a university to be accredited. That didn’t completely justify the decision for some students. One of Khaela Correa’s classes was cancelled the first day of the
quarter. To make matters worse, she wasn’t notified until she reached the building and saw a note by the elevator. Her classes later in the day were not cancelled, but she said there were at least five people missing from each. “I was angry because I thought it was ridiculous that we had to come into school anyway today and (it was) super inconvenient for out of town students who may have rushed back to school to make it to this morning’s class,” Correa, DePaul junior, said. “ I did not hear of any other college who had to come in today and it’s just as unfair to students as it is to faculty.” North of DePaul, Northwestern University didn’t start school until Jan. 3. University of Chicago, in Hyde Park, also didn’t start its winter quarter until Jan. 3. For DePaul, the academic calendar is set up in advance and then generally left alone unless there are errors that need to be corrected. Rev. James Halstead, C. M., who teaches Religion 103 and an Honors class, considered the start date “awful,” but understands why the decision was made. “It was a federal holiday for God’s sake. I suppose to get the most of the quarter it made sense. I don’t want to lose two classes or teach
on the Monday of exam week, so I guess this is the best of the bad options,” Halstead said. “I was shocked (that my students still came), they were all there. They were less than cheery because the day before was New Years, but they were all there.” The early start date also posed problems for commuters. Metra was still operating on its holiday schedule. There was also no service on the Metra Southwest line, which covers areas in Southwest Chicago, the Heritage Corridor, which serves Joliet and neighboring areas, and the North Central line, which serves Lake Villa and Prospect Heights among other stops. This meant students and faculty who take the commuter train service may not have been able to make it back to school Jan. 2. “I understand the issues with the calendar and the fact that we also have a Monday off this quarter but I would hope that the administration would be lenient on those who had genuine troubles attending school today because of traveling,” Correa said. “It was a slight annoyance or inconvenience to me, but I feel bad for those who genuinely couldn’t make it today and tried.”
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Chicago’s 2016 homicide rate highest in two decades By Yazmin Dominguez Opinions Editor
At the end of 2016, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) reported 762 homicides and 4,331 shooting victims. This has been the highest homicide rate since the mid-1990s. The reported number of 762 deaths does not include deaths by police-involved shootings, expressway accidents, self-defense or death investigations. In a Jan. 1 press conference, Chicago police Supt. Eddie Johnson correlated the high homicide rate to anti-police sentiments and gun violence. Although the 762 deaths in 2016 marked the unnerving violence that riddles Chicago, he expressed high hopes for the city in 2017 due to the additional 500 police officers CPD is hiring and new innovations. Johnson also stressed the importance of community engagement in order to reduce violence. Located in Lincoln Park and downtown Chicago, districts recognized for their low rates of violence, DePaul University is playing an active role in response to Chicago’s violence by keeping both campuses safe for its students. Director of Public Safety Robert Wachowski said Public Safety is not taking extra measures as a response to the city’s record homicide rate. Yet, he urges members of DePaul’s community to stay safe when traveling outside of DePaul’s campus. “We are fortunate to have our campus
fall within the safer districts of the city (…) Now that being said, we are still in the city of Chicago,” Wachowski said. “Whenever you’re in the environment (of Chicag) there is potential for anything to happen, from robberies to murders to burglaries. So are we doing anything majorly different? No, we are not.But on the other hand, what we try to do is prepare our students to have a good future and be safe on campus. We have been doing this for years.” Students and members of DePaul’s community are offered extensive resources by Public Safety and encouraged to use programs such as ClearMap, a program that allows users to insert an address to check for different types of crime in the area. Wachowski encourages DePaul students to take extra precaution when they are off campus. DePaul junior Milton Olivares, who is from Chicago’s Little Village, reflected on how Chicago’s violence has affected him. “Growing up I was always aware and conscious of violence and death because of it. Gangs were always around, even in Catholic schools,” Olivares said. “I remember a couple times in grammar school when gun violence erupted while students were leaving class. Parents of students were in opposing gangs and gun fire went off. Now I can’t help but feel a certain paranoia, no matter where I am. I feel like violence is all around me even though it is not. It’s a paranoia that sits in my subconscious, though I do not really let it affect me, I know it’s there.”
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Information courtesy of CNN. As well as addressing the issue of violence in Chicago, the Steans Center at DePaul is well aware of the violence throughout the city and the impact it has had on Chicago residents. Through service learning courses offered by the Steans Center, DePaul exposes its students to the reality of violence in Chicago and the positive impact of community engagement. “With community partners that are on the ground and in the mix we are helping the resources that exist in that neighborhood become more prevalent,” said Miranda Wallace-Standberry, academic
and community service learning program coordinator at DePaul’s Steans Center. “We’re helping to advance their mission and by helping to advance their mission, we’re helping to create that change in that climate in that community. So through these course partnerships and connecting with people who are already in the community doing their great work, I think DePaul is helping to create that change of climate in the community.”
Few students contribute to search for Holtschneider’s replacement By Emma Krupp News Editor
“How can we provide an education in a safe and healthy environment?” “How does the next president plan to revitalize the mission at DePaul so everyone feels supported and safe?” “How accessible would the new president be to students and faculty?” “What would he or she change about DePaul, and why?” These were just a handful of questions asked by students and committee members in a student
listening session, which was held by the student vetting committee of DePaul’s presidential search last Tuesday. The forum, which assured anonymity to its attendees, allowed students to present topics they felt would be important to ask potential presidents before the committee meets with each candidate. Off-limit subjects included those that could potentially be related to discrimination, such as race, gender and religion. Instead, questions largely focused on the future president’s responsibilities and relation to the university mission, such as the school’s commitment to diversity and ensuring the safety of its students.
Students also discussed increasing access to resources for first-generation students and students of color, lowering the price of food at the Student Center and ways in which professors could better incorporate city outings into their curriculum. In addition to the forum, 65 students responded to an online survey sent out by the student vetting committee for those who couldn’t attend the meeting. The student vetting committee is comprised of 10 members. Three are members of the Student Government Association (SGA), and seven were selected by SGA from a pool of student volunteers.
As per presidential search committee rules, the identities of the finalists will be kept anonymous. “We have committed ourselves to confidentiality and really making sure that we’re protecting the identities of these finalists, and committing ourselves to representing the diverse opinions that appear within the DePaul population,” student vetting committee chair Gracie Covarrubias said at the meeting. Members on the student vetting committee will deliberate for two hours in a Jan. 10 meeting in order to narrow down student feedback into five core questions. From there, the questions will be submitted to
the 14-member search committee for approval. The student vetting committee will present the finalized questions in a two-hour meeting with each candidate. Follow-up questions will also be allowed during the meetings. Current President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., announced his resignation in June of last year. He will return to a tenured faculty position following a year away from the university. The name of the new president will officially be announced in late February to early March.
6| News. The DePaulia. Jan. 9, 2017 PETITION, continued from front page work legally” in the United States under the DACA program as of August 2016. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) official website lists qualifications for DACA applicants, such as that they entered the United States before the age of 16, they have never been convicted of a felony, and that the applicant has lived continuously in the United States since June 15, 2007. The American Immigration Council describes “DREAMers” as “unauthorized immigrants who qualify for the deferred action initiative.” If Trump makes true on his pledge to terminate the DACA program, DREAMers formerly protected under DACA at DePaul and other colleges and universities across the country will lose their temporary protection and, in turn, could potentially be detained on campus by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and deported. To counter this, colleges across the country started the “sanctuary campus” movement. In an email to faculty and staff in early December , DePaul president Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M., pledged that the university would uphold protections over undocumented students. Sanctuary campuses stem from the term “sanctuary city,” places where local governments refuse to report undocumented immigrants to or cooperate with ICE solely because a person is undocumented. In response to Trump’s election, Mayor Rahm Emanuel held a press conference Nov. 14 where he pledged Chicago would remain a sanctuary city for its undocumented residents. “You are safe in Chicago,” Emanuel said. “You are secure in Chicago and you are supported in Chicago.” In Holtschneider’s email, DePaul’s president said the university backed Emanuel’s “commitment to maintain Chicago as a sanctuary city.” “The solution (to protecting immigrants) — the real solution — is found in creating law and regulations, rather than symbolic acts,” Holtschneider said. “That’s why DePaul is working for comprehensive immigration reform that creates controls over current flows of immigrants and deals honestly with those who have been here since they were infants and cannot return (to the country where they were born.” Holtschneider listed DePaul resources for undocumented students in need of legal advice or counseling. He also signed his name to two statements requesting the DACA program continue and pledging support for undocumented students: one was signed by presidents from Catholic universities across the country and the other statement was open to presidents from any college or university. There are others around DePaul rushing to protect undocumented students and maintain a welcoming campus environment. After seeing Emanuel’s press conference, three DePaul faculty members rushed to put out a petition for Holtschneider to declare the university a sanctuary campus. DePaul’s Director of Critical Ethnic Studies Laura Kina met with two colleagues, Assistant Professor Maria Ferrera and Professor and Chair of English Francesca Royster, to draft the petition on Nov. 15. “We knew that it might logistically take some time before the university was able to make a public statement,” Kina
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said. “During the week the petition was live, we were in correspondence via email with Fr. Holtschneider so we knew they were working on something but we felt it was important to get this message out immediately.” DePaul students protected under the DACA would be vulnerable to such treatment if the program were repealed, although DePaul professor Kathleen Arnold believes it is unlikely ICE would be targeting individual students. “I don’t think (Trump is) going to get ICE after them (. . .) because he said he’s not going to enforce it,” Arnold said. “So those DREAMers will become stateless and they’ll just have to live in fear. And I don’t think ICE can go after everyone. They couldn’t even keep up with what they were supposed to do in the law few years.” Although Arnold doubts the likelihood of ICE targeting undocumented students with the possible repeal of DACA, she started a second petition calling for DePaul to declare the university a sanctuary campus. “But (this petition is) more radical,” she said. “We want the church to offer sanctuary. So it’s different because normal sanctuary (cities and campuses maintain) a separation of powers between the police who uphold the constitution and ICE who are extra-constitutional. One is local and the other is federal. That separation of powers is really important so it’s great that Emanuel wants (Chicago to continue being a sanctuary city). One thing people should know is that ICE violates that separation of powers constantly.
I’ve heard so many (faculty and staff members) say, ‘Oh, we’re cool. We’re a sanctuary city,’ but ICE has violated that several times in the past two years.” This second petition calls for DePaul to do three main things: declare itself a sanctuary campus, pledge to shelter undocumented students in the St. Vincent de Paul Church from ICE if necessary and prohibit DePaul Public Safety from cooperating with ICE. “If DePaul doesn’t declare anything about how (Public Safety) are going to cooperate or not with ICE — and we’ve had no sort of statements on that — then the students are going to be vulnerable,” Arnold said. Even if DePaul agrees to the requests in this second, more radical petition, DREAMers are particularly susceptible to detention and potential deportation as, according to the Washington Post, more than 800,000 undocumented immigrants applied for the DACA program and handed over all their important personal information to the United States government including their passport, birth certificate, school records, bank records, fingerprints and a detailed history the places where they have lived and more. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a database where every DREAMer applicant’s information is stored. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), information garnered through DACA applications is currently “protected from disclosure to ICE and (U.S. Customers and Border Protection) for the purpose of
immigration enforcement proceedings.” However, the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress could potentially change this. Trump has seemingly softened his stance on DACA since being elected, saying in an interview with TIME that his administration will “work something out that’s going to make people happy and proud.” His official website says otherwise, still promising mass deportation, an end to sanctuary cities and the termination of the “illegal and unconstitutional” DACA program. Arnold said that there are two very different viewpoints in explaining the immigration problem: one is “blaming people for their so-called illegal status, hardening the border and making laws where you no longer have gray (areas of legal existence), you just have black and white and make a number of people illegal. (The other viewpoint is that) the law is the problem. The law became stricter and less accessible.” DACA only provides temporary legal existence for undocumented immigrants. In order for them to gain permanent legal status in the United States immigration law would have to change dramatically. With a vocally anti-immigrant president-elect, a Republican-controlled Congress and zero Constitutional oversight by the Supreme Court, the likelihood that the DACA program will continue or a more accessible path to citizenship will be created in the coming years is highly unlikely.
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JAN. 3 2) A theft report was filed for an iPhone taken from the 11th floor of the DePaul Center.
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News. Jan. 9, 2017. The DePaulia | 9 UNDOCUMENTED, continued from front page American Dream is not a reality and is just told to attract people to come over and then you realize there’s just a bunch of people that are being exploited.” She first found stability on DePaul’s campus. The theater arts major found solace as a performer on stage, working in community theater in her neighborhood of Albany Park and now at DePaul. “Theater was my healing space, my safe space,” Gonzalez said. “I get to make theater about social justice issues like labels, Second Amendment issues and mental health.” Gonzalez was able to receive enough scholarships to attend The Theatre School, the program she had dreamed of attending. Gonzalez said her life has been filled with roadblocks. These roadblocks have continued to affect Gonzalez since learning of her status as a high school student. Her Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) application — an initiative designed in 2012 to temporarily suspend the deportation of young people who were brought into the United States illegally as children, giving them a Social Security number — has been on
hold since 2015, It being on hold prevents her from getting a job, license and, most importantly, temporary safety from deportation. “When you’re little you don’t think of the world as a bunch of nations, you just think of the world being this big place for everybody,” she said. “But there are divided places that have stops signs that tell you you can’t enter and tell you that you can’t be here, you can’t dream here, you aren’t welcome here.” DePaul has a history of supporting undocumented students. DePaul, for instance, doesn’t require social security numbers during the the application process. In an interview with The DePaulia, DePaul president Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. said that undocumented students will continue to be supported at DePaul, especially with threats of DACA being repealed. “I would first remind all students that DePaul has always welcomed students regardless of their citizenship status, and that we do not keep lists of undocumented students,” he said. “All of us at some part of our lives need help from others and I encourage students to
take advantage of the extensive resources we have to assist with their questions.” In an effort to aid undocumented DePaul students and stand in solidarity, the university announced in November 2016 that the Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic, housed within the College of Law, would coordinate oneon-one consultations for DePaul students and pro bono immigration attorneys. The immigration attorneys are all DePaul College of Law alumni. “We have a number of dedicated DePaul alums practicing in the field of immigration who have expressed interest in providing consultations for students,” Clinical Instructor and Director of the Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic Sioban Albiol said. “We are so grateful to these amazing alumni and hope that DePaul students who may be concerned about the risk of deportation, or about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, will take advantage of this opportunity for a consultation.” Currently, the program involves about a dozen DePaul alum lawyers. Albiol said students
To schedule a consultation with the Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic contact Jenny Freundt at jfreundt@depaul.edu.
may request a consultation by contacting the clinic’s departmental assistant and that student information will be kept confidential. In spite of these resources, DePaul freshman Kelly Garcia fears that President-elect Donald Trump has normalized discrimination against Latinx populations and worries that hate crimes will increase. “We’re scared of walking to the store and getting harassed,” Garcia said. Though she hasn’t personally been targeted, many of her friends and family have been. “It’s happened to my parents. My dad was getting gas and someone looked at him and told him to go back where he came from.” Garcia said that though she was angry, she soon after realized that she would have to speak up against future hate speech and rally in defense
of her undocumented family and peers. Her father is not undocumented, but the experience showed her what others might have to go through. Gonzalez’s father, though, was deported. Prior to be being detained, to her knowledge her father worked at a furniture store. She said her family was never given a reason for his detention and later deportation, only that he allegedly committed a crime. For Gonzalez, her voice and continued determination to overcome roadblocks inspires her to advocate for herself and her undocumented peers. “If you don’t ask for help, you don’t see who cares,” she said. “I would tell undocumented students to ask questions. What is it that you need? What is in your control? Who can listen to you? I feel fearless because it’s powerful to be visible.”
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From Russia with Love Trump rejects intel report as 'witch hunt,' reaffirms coziness with Putin By Brenden Moore Political Editor
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an “influence campaign” to impact the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, a declassified intelligence report revealed. The 25-page document disclosed the intelligence community’s assessment that the Russian hacks were not only meant to undermine public faith in the democratic process and harm former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid, but to help President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral prospects. This influence campaign, according to the report, included covert intelligence activities, such as the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails, as well as “overt efforts by Russian government agencies, statefunded media, third party intermediaries and paid social media users or ‘trolls.'" The conclusions come towards the end of a presidential transition period that exposed some difference of opinion on Russia between the incoming and outgoing administrations. President Barack Obama in late December announced sanctions against the Kremlin for electionrelated hacks, including the expulsion of 35 diplomats from the United States.
Trump has tried to play down Russian influence in his election win, calling for the country “to move on.” Most recently in an interview with the New York Times, Trump called the focus on Russia a “political witch hunt.” The president-elect has been more open to a closer relationship with Russia than the Obama Administration and even many elected officials within his party. This coziness has created some unease by those wary of Russian intentions. According to DePaul professor Dick Farkas, an expert on Russia, a closer relationship with the Kremlin is not necessarily a bad thing, but an apparent absence of nuance in Trump’s worldview could present a problem. “What's dangerous about Trump is not who he chooses to be friends with and who he chooses to be enemies with, and it could easily be that in the end he'll decide that Russia's the enemy just as quickly as he decided that they're okay and a friend,” Farkas said. “The real danger in Trump's approach is the simplicity of it. It's never altogether collaborative, warm and fuzzy and it's never altogether hostile.” Farkas points to several areas American and Russian interests align, such as space travel, where collaboration is and has been possible. “I don't think Trump's
inclination to remain open about the opportunities in RussianAmerican relations is necessarily a bad thing,” Farkas said. “I think if he refuses intelligence briefings, if he refuses to listen to people with experience, then it gets dangerous.” The report further assessed that the hacks were just the latest “expression of Moscow’s longstanding desire to undermine the US-led liberal democratic order.” Some have pointed to Trump’s apparent disregard for institutions and established norms as destabilizing factors in a democracy. “The biggest danger to liberal democracy in the U.S. and elsewhere comes from the breakdown of elite consensus about respecting the ‘rules of the game’,” said DePaul professor Erik Tillman. “The danger comes when elected leaders behave as if it is more important to get their way than to respect the institutions, rules and norms that govern our political system. This leads to a situation that is democratic but not liberal.” The hacks may have been a way to expose certain elements of the American system that are not particularly democratic and for the Russians to say that democracy has many different forms, Farkas said. “If you looked at it from their perspective singularly, they've got a pretty strong argument that our
system is not very democractic,” Farkas said. “It isn't.” Farkas points to the Electoral College, the campaign finance system and other examples of undemocratic institutions and norms within the American system. The Russians call their form of government a “sovereign democracy.” From a foreign policy perspective, some have speculated that Trump’s isolationist, "America first" overtures could benefit Russia. “I gather that Putin envisions a return to a multipolar world in which Russia is one of the major actors, and a world order in which there is less emphasis on universal liberal values (like democracy and human rights) and more deference to national sovereignty,” Tillman said. Much of this depends on the actions of the Trump Administration, however. Farkas said Trump could choose to take the ‘informed position’, listening to experts and his advisors, or the less-informed position, make a decision not as much in the American interest. This is why, despite business and personal ties to Putin, some are not as worried about Trump Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson. In fact, Farkas believes Tillerson to be one of Trump’s better cabinet selections. “Tillerson is a very bright guy and understands that the
Trump on Twitter:
world's a complicated place. He's negotiated in 50 different countries about major corporate kinds of things, albeit with oil,” Farkas said. “Now, (he) doesn't worry me because I know he's bright enough to know what he doesn't know.” But, it still remains to be seen how the Russian subplot to the 2016 election will play out.
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ANTONIO PEREZ | AP PHELAN M. EBENHACK | AP Orca whale Tilikum watches as SeaWorld Orlando trainers take a break during a training session at the theme park's Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Florida.
Chicago Police Commander Kevin Duffin speaks during a news conference Jan. 5 on the hate crime and other charges filed against four individuals for an attack on a man that was captured on a Facebook video.
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A grave for an inmate killed in a prison riot at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil. Forensic experts said half the slain inmates were beheaded and several others were dismembered.
SeaWorld orca that killed trainer dies 33 dead in Brazil prison
Orlando, Florida Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld, the park has died. SeaWorld officials said Friday that Tilikum died but did not give a cause of death. In a statement, the officials said Tilikum had faced serious health issues, including a persistent and complicated bacterial lung infection. He was estimated to be around 35 years old. A necropsy will be performed, according to the statement. The 2010 death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau during a performance with Tilikum after a "Dine with Shamu" show shocked the public and changed the future of orcas at SeaWorld parks. Brancheau was interacting with Tilikum before a live audience at SeaWorld Orlando when he pulled her from a platform by her arm and held her underwater. An autopsy report said Brancheau drowned but also suffered severe trauma, including multiple fractures. SeaWorld Entertainment officials announced in March 2016 that the tourist attraction would end its orca breeding program and theatrical shows involving killer whales. While the breeding program continued, Tilikum was SeaWorld's most prolific male orca, siring 14 calves during his time at SeaWorld Orlando. He arrived at the park about 25 years ago. He was noticeable for his size at more than 22 feet long and 11,800 pounds. "Tilikum had, and will continue to have, a special place in the hearts of the SeaWorld family, as well as the millions of people all over the world that he inspired," SeaWorld President and CEO Joel Manby said. "My heart goes out to our team who cared for him like family." Tilikum was born off the waters of Iceland and moved to Sealand of the Pacific in Canada after being captured. While at Sealand in 1992, Tilikum and two female orcas were responsible for the death of a part-time trainer who slipped and fell into their pool and was submerged by them. Tilikum was moved to SeaWorld Orlando a short time later, and Sealand later closed.
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Hate-crime charges filed in attack on disabled man Chicago, Illinois. The two teens had been schoolmates, police said. After meeting in suburban Chicago, they spent two days together, driving around visiting friends. Then a pretend fight between them escalated into a real beating, and the attack on a mentally disabled teenager stirred racial tensions after being broadcast on Facebook Live. Authorities say four black people assaulted the white suburban teenager, threatening him with a knife and taunting him with profanities against white people and President-elect Donald Trump. The suspects were charged Thursday with hate crimes, kidnapping and battery. They made their first court appearance Friday. The beating was captured on cellphone video by one of the assailants and has since been viewed millions of times on social media. "This should never have happened," David Boyd, the victim's brother-inlaw, said at a brief news conference in suburban Chicago. He said the victim was traumatized but doing as well as could be expected. Neal Strom, a family spokesman, told the Associated Press the victim has had "profound emotional and physical disabilities throughout his life." He did not elaborate. Police said drug use may have been involved in the incident. The video shows the two female suspects smoking what authorities "presume to be blunts," a term often used for a marijuana-filled cigar. While the victim was tied up, his attackers used racial slurs and made references "to his mental capacity," Chicago Police Commander Kevin Duffin said. The uproar over the beating intensified the glare on Chicago after a bloody year of violent crime and protests against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a police department
that has been accused of using excessive force and hushing-up wrongdoing. The department has also been the subject of a long civil-rights investigation by the Justice Department, which is expected to report its findings soon. The incident also stirred emotions still raw after a presidential election campaign that split the nation. The case heightened political tensions on social media, with some conservatives suggesting it was linked to the Black Lives Matter movement. Police said there was no indication of any connection. The cruelty of the attack and the intense social media exposure prompted President Barack Obama to respond, calling it "despicable." "I take these things very seriously," he told Chicago's WBBM-TV on Thursday. But he said the assault does not mean that race relations have gotten worse. "We see visuals of racial tensions, violence and so forth because of smartphones and the internet and media (...) a lot of the problems that have been there a long time," he said. Chicago police initially said the youth was singled out because he has "special needs," not because he was white. But authorities later said the charges resulted from both the suspects' use of racial slurs and their references to the victim's disability. Cook County prosecutors identified the suspects as Brittany Covington and Tesfaye Cooper, both of Chicago, and Jordan Hill, of suburban Carpentersville. All are 18. A fourth suspect was identified as Covington's 24-year-old sister, Tanishia Covington, also of Chicago. Two of the suspects were arrested as juveniles on armed robbery and other serious charges.
Thirty-three inmates were slain Friday, some with their hearts and intestines ripped out, during a prison killing spree led by Brazil's largest gang, authorities said. The bloodshed comes just days after 60 inmates were killed during rioting at two prisons in a neighboring state and it increases fears that violence could spread, including to the streets of major cities, as gangs vie for influence and territory both inside prisons and in slums where trafficking operations are often based. It's also becoming a flashpoint for the government of President Michel Temer, whose administration is already struggling with an economic crisis and mounting corruption allegations. "This is a national crisis," Uziel Castro said, security secretary of the state of Roraima, where the latest massacre happened. Castro said the slaying spree began around 2:30 a.m. Friday at the Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo in the town of Boa Vista. He said it was led by members of Sao Paulo-based First Command, Brazil's biggest criminal organization. He said First Command members did not attack members of a rival gang, but rather other prisoners, for motives that were not yet clear. "There was no confrontation, this was a killing spree," said Castro. "It was barbaric. Some were beheaded, others had their hearts or intestines ripped out." Castro said firearms were not involved, and none of the 1,500 inmates in the prison had escaped. It wasn't immediately clear whether there was a connection to the gruesome rioting earlier this week in the neighboring state of Amazonas, which officials blamed on a gang war between the First Command and Family of the North, which fight over control of prisons and drug routes in northern Brazil along the borders of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and the Guianas. A police statement said officers, including a heavily armed military-like riot squad, had been deployed to the prison.
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Opinions False news presents a threat to Democracy, deciphering truth from lies is critical By Yazmin Dominguez Opinions Editor An unexpected president-elect was not the only result of the presidential election. 2016 ended with the field of journalism coming under scrutiny due to reports of false news being spread via social media in the midst of the election. Created with the intention to gain revenue from ads and click-baits these false news reports have increased the already strong distrust of journalism and the mass media in America. It has brought to light an emerging confrontation between the phenomenon of social media’s quick accessibility and the growing pains of digital news. With an incoming Trump administration that keeps pushing back their first press conference and whose Twitter activity has caused even more skepticism, reading unbiased, factual reporting not only on politics, but all social issues from non-partisan, established news sources is even more crucial. "People should care about fake news because it changes the way people perceive certain issues, such as the election. Fake news can really disguise itself as real news to some and it becomes a way to instill these beliefs, opinions, even falsities and pass them off as real," Madeline Happold, DePaul junior and journalism major, said. "It can shape someone's opinions and just continue this almost box-like thinking, like being stuck in a bubble not knowing what is true and what isn't." 'False news' has created distrust in the public arena, but the broad term needs to be deciphered. Amy Merrick, journalism professor and advisor of DePaul’s student-run magazine 14East and the Society of Professional Journalists, defines the broad term. "There are stories that are just wrong either in their facts or their tongues, but not deliberately wrong where people misinterpret information or a source is trying to steer them in a different direction. Those stories are misleading but not necessarily by intention. Then, there has always been propaganda where people are deliberately misleading for political purposes," Merrick said. "I think what we’re talking about today as fake news is a more recent development based on the revenue model these tech companies have established. People can make money by getting someone to click on a headline and they don’t necessarily care if it’s true or not." The American public, which relies heavily on correct information, is now facing the question of how can they decipher what is accurate information from what is deceitful on social media. And, newsrooms across America are facing the question of how do they set themselves apart from the vast generalizations associated with 'fake news.' "Social media is like a double-edged sword for news sources. It is a great way to share stories and increase readership, but they are also a platform for fake news or biased news to mix with credible sources," Happold said. Fingers have been pointed at the reign
of social media sites such as Facebook for its role in allowing false news to be hastily spread. During the midst of the election, Mark Zuckerberg, in a statement, made clear he disqualified the accusation of false news throughout Facebook as a platform. "Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes. The hoaxes that do exist are not limited to one partisan view, or even to politics (…)This is an area where I believe we must proceed very carefully though. Identifying the 'truth' is complicated," Zuckerberg said. According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, 82 percent of U.S. adults ranging from the ages of 18 to 29 access social media as their main source of news. Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults outside of the 18 to 29 age range, depend on social media as well. This is compared to the only 12 percent of U.S. adults who received their news through social media 20 years ago. With such a high percentage of young adults depending on social media to access their news and publishers using social media as a tool to enhance their audience, it is necessary to view the end goals and professional mission of both tech companies and news organizations. While Zuckerberg’s mission for his communication-based company is to connect people, journalism is to accurately inform the public. "My impression is that he doesn’t want Facebook to have to make the professional or ethical judgements of a publisher because it is first and foremost a tech company," Merrick said. "To be a news publisher is really different. You have goals that are not necessarily all about making money. It is part of it, but there is also a public mission. Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t necessarily want to take on that public mission." Bruce Newman, marketing professor in the Driehaus College of Business and author of "The Marketing Revolution in Politics Today: What Recent U.S. Presidential Campaigns Can Teach Us About Effective Marketing," said false news was easily spread due to social media and the fast-paced nature of journalism. "The bottom line of this problem is it takes much more time on both parties to report the truth,” Newman said. “If anything the creation of false news sites was a harsh lesson on the discrepancies of social media." Facebook and Twitter are hot zones for false news sites and articles to thrive. The most logical and responsible method to combat the current false news epidemic is to not use social media as a main news source. Rather subscribe to independent, unbiased news sources in order to access fact based news reports. And, this is being noted. Both spokeswomen for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have stated subscriptions have dramatically increased since election day. Merrick suggests that professional news organizations are currently seeking to answer the question of how they can build credibility with their audiences.
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“One of those things is being transparent about how you get your information and where you are linking your documents, people who show how they did their reporting and are inviting people to collaborate and contribute those are the ones that are building trust.” Not only is more responsibility put on the backs of journalists and tech companies, but on the backs of American citizens
as well. "It puts more responsibility on the citizen voter for them to decipher between truth and fiction. They make decisions based on perceptions, truth and emotion,” Newman said. “Without one being able to determine what is real and fake, information does turn into propaganda. It becomes emotional and democracy becomes challenged."
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Don't forget about #NoDAPL
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On Dec. 31 protestors dropped a banner in order to bring attention back to #NoDAPL.
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The incoming Trump administration has the potential to decide the fate of DAPL.
Protestors gathered in Chicago on Nov. 12 to stand in solidarity with NoDAPL.
#NoDAPL is out of limelight but the battle is far from over By cody corall Contributing Writer
On Dec. 4, 2016, the water protectors at Standing Rock rejoiced when the Department of the Army announced that the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) would not continue in its original path towards the Mississippi River. The Dakota Access pipeline was formed in hopes of helping the U.S. achieve energy independence, and to transport oil underground instead of by rail. Once completed, the pipeline would transport 470,000 barrels of crude oil each day. The company said that the construction of the pipeline would create 40 permanent jobs and up to 12,000 temporary jobs. The $3.7 billion pipeline was announced June 25, 2014, but didn’t come into the public eye until 2016. At that time, the pipeline was 87 percent complete and construction was about to start near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. This was considered to be a major threat to the Sioux tribe since the pipeline was infringing on their right to the land. "I didn’t know until really late in the (construction) that it was happening," Bri Schwartz, a dramaturgy student at DePaul, said. “I feel awful about it as someone who wants to do social justice work. But that’s the media, and that’s how much of a play it really has." Protests took place not only on the Standing Rock reservation, but all across the country for the environment and the right to have clean drinking water. Not only would the construction of the pipeline force many Native Americans to relocate, it would break the Treaty of Fort Laramie of April 29, 1868, which gave them the land in the first place after being forced out on the Trail of Tears. This is still a possibility, which has been going significantly unnoticed, since there has been no final decision on the matter, the construction is only on halt. Currently, construction on the pipeline has been halted while an alternate route is found, but this is a short term victory since president-elect Donald Trump and his administration have the power to decide the fate of the pipeline's future. For this reason the disappearance of
NoDAPL from mass media does not mean the battle is over. "Native Americans are still treated so poorly today, and to treat them even worse by trying to build a pipeline on their sacred ground is sick," Francesca Pedersen, a directing student and environmental activist at DePaul, said. "We would not build a pipeline through a church. How is this any different?" When the halt was announced, Jo-Ellen Darcy, the assistant secretary for Civil Works said, “The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing.” This is a victory for the Sioux tribe, but the battle is far from over. With the state of the pipeline not set in stone, there is too much at stake to not speak up. Not only will the Sioux tribe be catastrophically impacted, so will the future of our environment. Most media outlets have stopped their coverage on the pipeline since the victory. With nothing set in stone, the water protectors of Standing Rock are worried and protests are continuing to surface to get media attention. On Jan. 1, 2017, two Dakota Access pipeline protesters hung a banner from the roof of the U.S. Bank Stadium during the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears football game. U.S. Bank has extended a $175 million credit line to Energy Transfer Partners, the Fortune 500 gas and propane company in charge of Dakota Access, LLC. The protesters climbed the rafters of the stadium and hung a banner from the ceiling that read “Divest” and "#NoDAPL" to urge the many financial backers of the pipeline to drop out and to bring the pipeline back into the mainstream media. "I’m not gonna find anything about Standing Rock in the newspaper," Pedersen said. "I go (to) sources from people who are actually there and people who are reporting live from there." The two protesters, along with a third possible protester, were arrested and then released from jail with charges of trespassing and burglary pending. Many people are mixed about the stunt, including Evan Moore, an adjunct professor at DePaul and journalist.
"The Bears and Vikings at this stage in the season aren’t very good teams, and it was the last game of the season. I thought those protesters would’ve picked a better time," Moore said. "However, the stunt got people talking. A lot of the beat writers at the game tweeted about what they saw. It worked." Since the halt on the pipeline was announced in the last weeks of the Obama administration, the fate of Standing Rock is in Donald Trump’s hands. Considering Trump and his cabinet have openly disregarded the harsh realities of climate change, the first 100 days has the ability to completely destroy the Sioux tribe and the environment at large. Trump has invested between $500,000 to $1 million in Energy Transfer Partners, and his cabinet pick for the Department of Energy, Rick Perry, has previously served as the director of Energy Transfer Partners. With his plans to undo many of President Obama’s environmental and climate change policies — protesters are demanding that people pay attention to the state of the pipeline. But Trump has gone back on many of his policies since becoming the president-elect, and people are not sure which side of this issue he will be on come Jan. 20. "Yes, during the election cycle Trump said he wanted to undo many of the things President Obama put in place," said Moore. "However, he has backed off on some of those things he said while stumping for votes. He said he wanted to ‘Drain the Swamp,’ but many of the people he has appointed to cabinet positions are career politicians." As the inauguration moves closer be prepared to see more from protesters. With the media taking a focus on the president-elect, there is all the more reason for activists to make their voices heard and shift the conversation. "Civil disobedience needs an audience to disrupt the status quo," said Moore. "What better way to do that by going to what Americans seem to love the most (...) football."
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
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Students give advice By Rachel Mann Contributing Writer
For DePaul students, returning to school during the winter means the sun sets around 4:30 p.m. Without its heat to help make the sub-zero temperatures somewhat bareable, students and faculty are left to fend for themselves. They must combat the blustery winds and frigid air despite keeping up with neverending schedules. It makes commuting to and from class a challenge -- staying warm isn't easy. The best way to stay warm is by creating 'Chiberia'-proof fashion choices. One of these includes layering. Chunky-knit sweaters over t-shirts or fleece tights under jeans are just a few ways to stay warm while walking around in Lincoln Park or the Loop. Assistant professor of biological and health sciences Margaret Bell explains how layers help to keep everyone warm. “The more space you put between your skin surface and the cold air, the better,” Bell said. “So, if you remove drafts, (by) tucking your shirt in or pulling your socks over your pant legs, that will reduce the chance that the cold air has to come in contact with your skin.” Her favorite clothing to keep warm is boots and long underwear. She wears fabrics
such as down feather or wool to prevent cold air from reaching her skin. For Bell, dressing to impress is the least of her concern. It's all about surviving Chicago's brutal winter months. However, junior graphic design major Daniella Ballarino has some tips for staying fashionable. She will be working as an intern at Fashion Bar in June because of her love for the art. To keep warm in the Chicago winters, she enjoys wearing leggings, a sweater, a scarf and Guess combat boots. Despite her boot choice, Ballarino has noticed that occasionally wearing Guess combat boots rather than more traditional snow boots does cause her to slip on the ice. Ballarino stays fashionable during the winter, but doesn't always stay warm. Ballarino commutes and takes the train, so staying warm is a priority for her. However, she doesn't wear a jacket that protects her very well from the bitter cold because of the heat she faces on the 'L'. “Sometimes I find myself getting cold in the winter because I don’t like wearing a heavy jacket, but I suck it up anyways,” Ballarino said. “It’s just uncomfortable for me (to wear a heavy jacket) when I’m sitting in the train, sometimes it gets too hot.” While attempting to maintain a positive attitude in the freezing conditions works for Ballarino and others, Bell reiterates why layers are so beneficial.
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Besides using the heat lamps to her advantage, Neely-Streit has observed how other people try to stay fashionable but also manage to avoid getting frostbite in "The Windy City". “Everybody has the fur hoods, navy-green bomber jackets and Timberland (boots) are coming back in style, and Uggs will probably never die,” Neely-Streit said. “Guys are wearing scarves more.” William Kanter, a freshman theater arts and English major, does not use a scarf. Instead, he stays comfortable by wrapping himself in his comforter and warm pajamas. “(Doing that) makes it easy to go to sleep,” Kanter said. When wrapping up in blankets, Mental Floss recommends “layering your covers with the thinnest, densest ones on top.” Kanter is satisfied with his decision to live in Chicago, rather than a toastier location. “I sometimes think about living somewhere warm,” Kanter said. “Whenever I go on vacation somewhere warm, I think ‘this is nice.’ But I don’t know if I want to live that way year-round.” His hometown of Champaign, Ill. isn't too different than the city's when it comes to the weather. “The weather in Champaign is actually quite similar to the weather in Chicago,” Kanter said. “One of the reasons I like Chicago so much (...) is there is still something
reassuringly Illinois about it and I think the weather helps. (...) You can always just put on more layers.” Kanter recommends for others to layer, too by wearing a hat, scarf and heavy gloves to stay warm this winter. “My mom is a knitter, and she knits me a bunch of hats,” Kanter said. “Those are really nice.” Bell is also considering adding insulation for her office window in the building of Biological and Health Sciences. Mental Floss also recommends using heavier curtains during the winter months. “If you’re not wearing a tank top or going sleeveless, your windows shouldn’t, either,” Mental Floss said. “Replace thin curtains with heavier wool or fleece drapes in the winter. But be sure to open them on sunny days for free heat.” Similar to window insulation, blocking cold wind drafts with a pool noodle might also help students’ dorms stay warm. “Keep heat in and cold out by cutting a pool noodle in half lengthwise, wrapping it in fabric, and sliding it under your door,” Mental Floss writes. “It’ll stay put all winter, and you can re-use it at the pool come summer.” Unfortunately it is not pool season yet, so hopefully these tips can help DePaul students remain warm until then.
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Yearly Rewind
Our picks for the top 10 films of 2016 By Pat Mullane, Jesus Montero & Matt Koske Arts & Life Editor & Staff Writers
As we find ourselves in the new year, it’s good to rewind a little and look back at some of the best films from 2016. With the Golden Globe winners announced and Academy Award nominations due for release later this month, there are a handful of films and performances from last year that are worthy of
AMERICAN HONEY Director Andrea Arnold and her group of millennialaged misfits - who roam the Midwestern plains selling magazine subscriptions - create a time and place so accurately that the viewer drifts into a state of enlightening freedom. That is to say, the near two hour and 45 minute runtime,
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA utilizing that crisp 4:3 ratio, electrifies the main character Star (Sasha Lane, casted in a Wal-Mart parking lot on her Spring Break weeks before production) as we meander through her experiences with potential subscription customers. — Matt Koske
decades. Carried by the powerful performance of Michael Shannon, the movies shows a father protecting his son from the rest of world after realizing the boy possesses mysterious powers. — Pat Mullane
DEADPOOL When the “Merch with the Mouth” finally got his major picture release, fans rejoiced for its long overdue film. What many weren’t expecting was such a well-crafted story with such memorable characters. With the many failed attempts at superhero movies from characters such as Batman,
Superman, Spiderman, Hulk and the Fantastic Four, the film “Deadpool” got it right the first time. “Deadpool” is a tricky comic character to have onscreen and it could have easily been a disaster but what we have is a film that will take the title as one of the best comic book adaptions. — Jesus Montero
SING STREET Boy falls in love with girl. Boy does something to win girl. Boy wins girl. Sound familiar? This overdone film formula has been seen countless times. What we see in “Sing Street” is this dull formula transformed into a beautiful story with a number of heartwarming melodies. A young ensemble of unknown actors and musicians make “Sing Street” one
of this year’s best films. Set in the 1980s, a boy Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) has trouble at home and starts a band to impress a mysterious girl Raphina (Lucy Boynton). We follow Peelo as he recruits other students who feel like outcasts to create some of the best original music of 2016. — Jesus Montero
hits the viewer hard. Director Kenneth Longergan and his eye for the narrative structure secured a spot in my top five while I was even still watching it. — Matt Koske
In “Green Room” a young punk rock band is forced to fight to serve when trapped and held against their will in a Neo-Nazi bar. This band of misfits struggle to survive in this cut throat thrill ride. “Green Room” has many different fluid elements. It’s a thriller, horror, crime, at times love story blends all these
elements into a sitting on the edge of your seat story. Set in the backwoods venue in Oregon, “Green Room” plays on the claustrophobic fears against every unknown corner in the venue. This creates a hard to watch thriller with anticipation for what’s next. — Jesus Montero
MOONLIGHT “Moonlight” is the biggest breakthrough of an indie film in the history of independent filmmaking. I can’t express the importance of this film – which needs to be seen by literally everyone, disregarding race or sexual identity and the creative minds behind the project whom
envisioned something so clear from day one. “Moonlight” moved the craft of storytelling in a direction that is bold and filled with reason. — Matt Koske
HELL OR HIGH WATER Starring a divorced father (Chris Pine) and his ex-con brother (Ben Foster) as they drastically try to raise money to pay off the reverse mortgage that will forfeit their dead mother’s ranch. With a brilliant and elaborate brother-duo script penned by Taylor Sheridan (daringly similar to his past work
“Sicario”) the two strategically rob an abundance of Texas Midland banks. What ensues is a solid Coen Brother’s type of cat and mouse concept as Texas Ranger Marcus (the standout Jeff Bridges, securing immense Oscar buzz for the role) tries to out wit the fleeing bank robbers. — Matt Koske
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JUNGLE BOOK No film this year encapsulates the feeling of wonder and adventure than Jon Favreau’s revision of “The Jungle Book.” In a time where every film and every novel is being remade or adapted to a bigger screen, Favreau’s thrilling and remarkably beautiful
“Manchester By the Sea” was quite the surprise. I went in expecting a decent drama and walked out with a sunken heart and a new found favorite. For what it’s worth, it is the execution of the script and the utilization of the ambigious storyline that
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MIDNIGHT SPECIAL “Midnight Special’ just sounds like a sweet flick. Unlike the Netflix hit, “Stranger Things” and J.J. Abrams sci-fi adventure “Super 8,” “Midnight Special” captures the essence of true ’80s Spielberg sci-fi nostalgia without having to rewind over three
a watch. From dark dramas to children’s animation, action to horror, 2016’s film releases were among some of the most diverse and original stories for every respected genre. It’d be no surprise if a handful of these films end up as some of this decade’s best. So let’s look back at some of the best films of 2016.
film is not only fun for kids and adults alike, but captures a sense of movie magic that Disney has lacked in its recent years. — Pat Mullane
Disney is back at it again, but this time Disney Animation is possibly giving Disney’s Pixar a run for its money for this year’s Best Animated Feature — though this feels like a win-win situation for Walt. The humor behind “Zootopia” is top level. At its basis, the
film delivers the laughs for the youngest people in the theater, but even beyond the silliness and physical comedic gags, “Zootopia” also has jokes only adults would understand. — Pat Mullane
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VIRAL, continued from front page Now 22 years-old, Young-White, a former DePaul student, needs less and less reassertion that he’s funny with every laugh that bounces back on stage from the audience. And while he currently spends his time pursuing a comedy career and hopping from stage to stage in New York City, Young-White has found a new audience to make laugh, one that reaches far beyond the Big Apple. With over 10,000 followers on Twitter and 25,000 on Instagram, Young-White has certainly made a dent in the comedic world of social media. From memes to Tweets to clever Instagram captions, Young-White has showcased his unique style of comedy to the world and there’s a good chance you’ve already seen it. Comedic and meme based Twitter accounts such as Savage Plug (35,000 followers) World Star Hip Hop (966,000 followers) and the most absurd of them all Common White Girl (6.81 million followers) have routinely taken credit and shared memes that Young-White originally created. “People steal my memes constantly, to the point that I don’t even care anymore,” Young-White said. “I’ll still call them out on Twitter, but you can’t do much when Instagram accounts steal your jokes and memes. But honestly I’m posting new memes all the time so it gets to a point that it’s not even worth it to be mad.” But while he may not receive credit 100 percent of the time, Young-White’s social media presence has surely gained itself a reputation and following not only at DePaul but all around the world. Young-White has found his tweets being favorited by J.K. Rowling and his Instagram becoming so popular that Buzzfeed even wrote an entire article on it last November, neither of which he ever expected. “My younger brother had been internet famous for some time, he used to be Vine famous when that was big. So he had been poppin’, and one day he went to my Instagram and thought ‘I don’t know maybe I’ll screenshot these and post them on Twitter, I think they’re kind of funny.’ And then it ended up going viral,” YoungWhite said. “Someone on Buzzfeed hit me up then and at the same time I was traveling to North Carolina when my MegaBus messed up my travel thing so I was laid over in D.C. for a night and I called customer service and just sturdily went off on them, and then I got a free plane ride. So I made an Instagram post about that and that just blew up too.” “It was like three different things going viral all at the same time, it was really weird but it was dope.” Ever since Young-White has found himself going viral and working in the meme business, he does admit he’s had trouble conveying to his parents just what it means to be known for making memes. “They don’t know what memes are, no. My mom like kind of gets it but my dad is just so confused by the concept of memes so it’s really funny,” said Young-White. “They know the memes are on the internet and social media and whatever so they’re getting there.” The viral success of the former DePaul student has been far from short lived, as with each Instagram post and every tweet, hundreds and thousands have continued to share and like his posts. And with the realization of his social media presence and massive following, Young-White has begun to incorporate his stand-up comedic career into his online one. “It’s strange because I’ve been doing stand-up for a long time before this going viral and everything,” said Young-White. “But now I’m thinking, I can finesse this and get something out of it if this is how
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Young-White’s Instagram and Twitter have gained thousands of followers in the past months due to his memes and comedic posts. people know me. It’s surreal and it’s strange but it works.” While he does say his fears were limited, when Young-White chose to leave DePaul during his senior year in order to pursue comedy in New York City, he had no indication or thought that his life would fast-forward so rapidly. “So I was going out to New York for a stand up festival, Devil’s Cup at the Broadway Comedy Club. I went out there thinking, I’m just going to go do it and have fun or whatever. I’m 21, these people are older than me, we’ll just see how it goes,” said Young-White. “But I ended up making it to the final round and it was like, okay, ‘I guess I could do this. I can do this.’ “So I ended up just staying in New York after that.” And ever since moving to New York since last July, Young-White hasn’t looked back since. “I started my first open mic when I was 19, and I didn’t get booked for my first show until last November, so when I was 21,” Young-White said. “I don’t know where I think I’ll be in five years, if I give you an answer, it’ll change by tomorrow. Even in the last month, my whole career trajectory has changed drastically.” “Right now, I’m doing things in my life that I thought I would be doing way later in my 20s just because I ended up going viral, it swung open so many doors for me.” And as Young-White continues to conquer the comic stages of New York City and Chicago, he does so on Twitter and Instagram as well. While what exactly is next for him remains uncertain, it’s safe to say making people laugh will remain in Young-White’s future. “It’s hard to say where I’ll be because the comedic environment is always changing,” Young-White said. “Growing up I always looked up to Donald Glover, Aziz Ansari, dudes like that. Of course like most comedians, I want to be writing, producing, making my own show but I also love stand up. Really, I just like comedy so whatever capacity it’s happening in, that’s what I want to do. “People look down at those who make online content, but I can reach way more people with a joke through Twitter than I could in a bar basement. And I’m not saying a bar basement isn’t fun, they’re the best, but I just like making people laugh. And it works.”
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Living in New York City, the former DePaul student does stand-up comedy every week.
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August Wilson play “Fences” comes to big screen By Matt Koske Staff Writer
August Wilson had one simple guideline for when his installment of “Fences” was to be produced for the big screen: an African American must direct the film. Who better to direct and star in “Fences” than Denzel Washington? If we have any inclination of American dramatic literature, it’s surely known that Wilson’s Troy Maxson (played quite consciously both on-stage and film by Washington) holds a prized possession of verbal communication. His wife Rose’s (also starring on-stage and in the film by the inimitable Viola Davis) plainspoken mannerisms mesh and fuel as a pinpointing counter attack of the Maxson marriage. Jim Bono (Stephen McKinley Henderson’s meaty role, which adds to his extensive list of Wilson’s stage plays) acts as Troy’s best friend and coworker. The two can be found splitting a bottle of beer in Troy’s backyard daily after work, either going off about Troy’s failed baseball career or his task of building a fence to secure the perimeter of his land. Cory (Jovan Adepo) is Troy’s son whose football career is diminished by his father and due to racial opposition. The two don’t see eye to eye and, like any teenager, Cory fights for what he wants to do. Henderson and Adepo joined “The DePaulia” for an interview about their roles in August Wilson’s “Fences” directed by
Denzel Washington. The screenplay for “Fences” is almost identical to the actual play. August Wilson penned the initial screenplay as part of his “Pittsburgh Cycle,” a series of 10 plays that charts the African American experience through the 20th century. “Fences” was marked as the first play he intended to adapt into a film. He died before seeing the masterpiece come to the screen. After the revival of the play on Broadway in 2010, Denzel and many of the cast members had a fluent transition to the film given that the material was so familiar to them. “Fundamentally, as an actor, we make sure to say August Wilson’s words. It is so important, when you have such a great writer, to say the words,” Henderson said. “You have to know where you stand after you leave a scene as the story is still going on, so you can’t just play your life. You’re playing a whole human soul and that’s much more than just saying line. “When you’re on the stage, you have to be considerate to your audience. The back row needs to hear you. But for film, being in an actual backyard in Pittsburgh, that life level of truth stays. It’s intimate and it’s inspiring because of that.” The film’s Christmas release opened to some high critical acclaim, securing a run for some Golden Globe nominations and generating buzz for other Academy Awards. Generally speaking, the film does in fact feel
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Stephen McKinley Henderson, Denzel Washington and Jovan Adepo star in “Fences.” like a play, but the powerful performances and the wordy script accumulate its own sense of cinematic realism. “The power of forgiveness is the demon of the story. It’s exhausting to hold grudges. They can hold you back from ever succeeding in life. That’s something Cory desperately needed to come to terms with,” Adepo said. “He wasn’t able to do that until he got away from that element and then he was able to see the world and perhaps find
love. If he hadn’t come back, I’m not sure that he would have been as open to hear whom Troy really was.” “It’s important to know that it is possible to have proper communication with a father with open dialogue. One of the most regretful things of Cory’s character is that he never got to make amends with his father. That’s something I would not wish upon any young man.”
DePaul students look back at their favorite albums of 2016 By Taylor Ashmore Staff Writer
At first glance, 2016 may seem like a year of devastation for the music industry. George Michael and Prince were two of the most notable lives lost among many others, including Merle Haggard, David Bowie and Leonard Cohen. However, 2016 was also a year of creation with songs such as D.R.AM.’s “Broccoli” and The Chainsmoker’s “Closer” topping the charts. It’s hard not to talk about 2016’s year in music without mentioning Kanye West’s “The Life of Pablo.” The album initially caused a stir when it was released exclusively on Tidal, until later expanding to other streaming sites. It’s no surprise that many DePaul students take so kindly to West: he was raised in Chicago. Another Chicagoan topped the charts last year, as well. Chance the Rapper who cited Harold Washington Library as the home of one of his very first performances. His mixtape “Coloring Book” was released exclusively online as a streaming-only album, but that didn’t hurt its popularity. DePaul students Lydia Connolly and Joce Carrera listed both “The Life of Pablo” and “Coloring Book” at the top of their lists. “The songs are meaningful and catchy and the albums as a whole are incredibly artistic,” Connolly said. Carrera noted the ease of listening to
both artists. “These albums were easy but also entertaining to listen to,” Carrera said. “I was able to zone out while listening to these albums.” Rounding out the successful year of rap is “Views” by Drake. Most people know “Views” as the album that spawned the viral music video “Hotline Bling” as well as one of the best party songs of the year “One Dance.” “Almost every track on ‘Views’ feels like it could be a single,” DePaul freshman Cam Garret said. “Drake is unique as he can make you feel hyped and excited, as well as making you contemplate your feelings. He can rap, he can sing and he does it all so effortlessly.” Other students chose to tackle the underground route, citing less popular albums and artists as their favorites of 2016. “(Some of my) favorite albums from 2016 were ‘Bonito Generation’ by Kero Kero Bonito, ‘Puberty 2’ by Mitski and ‘A Seat at the Table’ by Solange,” Ty Yanamoto said. Yanamoto considers music one of his biggest passions, as he does the sound mixing for multiple concerts and music festivals in the city. Solange Knowles, younger sister of superstar Beyoncé, released “A Seat at the Table” and though it was her third studio album, it was her first No. 1 album in the U.S. This accomplishment solidified Beyoncé and Solange as the first sisters to both have No. 1 albums in the same year.
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Chance the Rapper performing his mixtape “Coloring Book” last Sept. in Philadelphia. Knowles’ “A Seat at the Table” was ranked ninth on Greg Kot’s top albums of 2016, according to the Chicago Tribune. Kot’s talks about the album’s peek into what it means to be a woman of color in America. “I was especially drawn to the wellwritten and culturally relevant lyrics,” Yanamoto said, agreeing with Kot’s review of the album. “This album reflects many social issues found throughout 2016.” Duncan Buchanan, a member of the band “Blanket Term” formed in Chicago, also loves to “stick (his) ears into weird and new places.” “It’s been a big year for hip-hop,” Buchanan said. “Kanye released a great record, Chance proved himself more than capable with his third mixtape and Kendrick’s demos turned out to be just as strong as his releases.” Among these strong rappers, Buchanan chose “Telefone” by Chicago rapper Noname as one of his favorites. “Noname preaches quiet wisdom
with a calm, stoic voice on her beautifully understated debut, ‘Telefone,’” Buchanan said. “She is certainly my pick for best new hip-hop artist, and this release should be more than enough to prove why.” 2017 offers even more upcoming music, with both new artists to keep an eye out for, and the more than many mainstream stars to look out for new music. Carrera noted the possible upcoming release of a new Ed Sheeran album. Sheeran posted a video hinting at the fact that the new album would be called “÷,” following his previously named albums “+” and “x.” Yanamoto said he’s eager for an alternative artist’s upcoming album release. The Flaming Lips will release “Oczy Mlody” this month, beginning a possible string of successful albums to be released this year. Buchanan, on the other hand, is ready to simply discover more music this year. “I’m going into 2017 the way I went into 2016: blind and full of hope for cool new music.”
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Bright Lights Debuting on HBO over the weekend, the documentary “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds” produces a bittersweet feeling for viewers that the original film was surely not meant to have, or at least not meant to have so much of. The recent deaths of both Fisher and Reynolds was nothing short of tragic, especially as they died within a day of each other. But this documentary — which was originally meant to premiere in March – showcases just why the mother and daughter Hollywood icons were adored by so many. Directed by Alexis Bloom and actor Fisher Stevens, “Bright Lights” encapsulates the larger than life persona of both Fisher and her mother, Reynolds. Filmed exclusively in the multi-house mansion called “the compound,” where the two stars live in adjacent of one another, Bloom and Fisher capture the human aspect of the loud, complex, and hysterical lives of this family. The documentary — which clocks in at just 95 minutes — contains so many incremental moments from the lives of both Reynolds and Fisher, that it becomes more than a celebration of their life’s work but a celebration of the people they were. Whether it’s Reynolds proclaiming to stay on stage and in the spotlight until she ‘drops dead’ or Fisher’s exploration
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Brian Eno Reflection
After a four-year hiatus, the Irish Massachusetts band returns with their ninth album entitled “11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory,” which is unfortunately a not so worthy follow up to the band’s “Signed and Sealed in Blood.” While the classic Dropkick Murphys storytelling musical style is still present throughout the album, it’s lacking the heart and energy that made the band popular to begin with.
It’s hard to describe the musical style behind Brian Eno. With a mixture of electronic and ambient sound, the instrumental music comes off both relaxing and emotional. His newest album “Reflection” — which is just a single 54-minute piece of ambient music — is unusually beautiful. While it may be hard to convince others to try out Eno for the first time, anyone else that is familiar with his work will appreciate this newest piece.
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OPEN MIKE EAGLE Performing as part of the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, Open Mike Eagle returns to his stomping grounds to showcase his unique self-coined style of “art rap,” one that seems to be an on-going process of thought that ultimately produces some funny lyrics. Now based in L.A., the rapper is now part of Project Blowed, an open-mic workshop that works as a platform to discover new artists as they perform their material. With tickets only costing $15 for his performance, along with the performances of Psalm One, DePaul student-rapper FemDot and CRASHprez, the show is one of the best concert deals of this month.
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After their 2012 self-titled debut album took the world by storm and reached number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, The Lumineers returned last year with their worthy follow-up album “Cleopatra.” While their new album is a little more toned down and relaxed compared to their energetic hits “Ho Hey” and “Flowers in Your Hair,” the second album is still filled with catchy sounds and tunes — such as singles “Cleopatra” and “Ophelia.” Alongside the Lumineers, is violinist and singer Andrew Bird and California folk-rocker Margaret Glapsy, who both serve as deserving companions. With tickets currently priced below $100, this talented group of artists — whether you’re a big fan of Lumineers or not — is easily worth the price.
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TWENTY ONE PILOTS Saving the best for last works well for January as Twenty One Pilots wraps up the first month of 2017 with a concert at the United Center on Saturday, Jan. 28. The group’s EMØTIØNAL RØADSHØW tour has received strong reviews in the majority of cities it has rolled through and hopefully Chicago won’t be an exception. Formed in 2009, the American musical duo from Columbus, Ohio have easily become one of the most unusual sounding artists to hit mainstream music, and their latest album “Blurryface” has reinforced that their mixed sounds of piano, synthesizer, ukulele and vocals are here to stay.
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Coachella released its highly anticipated lineup on Jan. 4, one that features an array of icons from Beyoncé to Hans Zimmer to Kendrick Lamar. Although the festival itself takes place over 2,000 miles away in Indio, California, it can certainly hint at possible artists to play at Pitchfork and Lollapalooza. Here are some of the possible artists that may hit Chicago this upcoming summer. 1. “Hold Up” - Beyoncé Easily one of the most anticipated artists to possibly perform at Lollapalooza this summer, Beyoncé took the
world once again by storm with last year’s “Lemonade” — her sixth studio album. Earning nine nominations for this year’s Grammys, Beyoncé has given the world just one more reason for why she is not only the Queen, but one of the most iconic artists working today. To celebrate the possibility of her appearance this summer, take a listen to my favorite song on her album “Lemonade,” “Hold Up.” 2.. “m.A.A.d city” - Kendrick Lamar Alongside Beyoncé and Radiohead as headliners at Coachella is one of hip-hop’s most prominent rappers working today, Kendrick Lamar. The Coachella lineup marks the
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first time Lamar has headlined the event, and although he performed at Lollapalooza in 2013, the headlining history could continue into Chicago’s summer festivals. If either Beyoncé or Lamar ends up as Lollapalooza’s headliners, it’ll easily be one of the festival’s more memorable years. A good place to start with Lamar is in his debut album with the song, “m.A.A.d city,” that chronicles his upbrining in the crimeridden Compton, California. 3. “Holocene” - Bon Iver A little different mood from Lamar and Beyoncé, the American indie folk band Bon Iver has found wide success since their debut album, “For Emma, Forever Ago” in 2007. While
Across 1. “Demo” anagram 5. Portended 10. Legendary Ripken 14. Electric bill listing 15. “Two Mules for Sister ___” (Clint Eastwood film) 16. One place for musicians 19. Make a goof 20. Suggestion box fillers 21. Capitol Hill workers 22. Cork in a bottle, e.g, 24. Justice Dept. employees 25. Provide with sustenance 26. Home on the plains, once 28. Recipe direction 30. Allen Iverson was one, briefly 31. Diamond or ruby 34. Way to reveal
they are no stranger to Coachella, they have been rather hesitant towards Lollapalooza since playing there in 2007, stating in a 2015 interview that the festival was more concerned with popular artists and marketing numbers than actual music. We’ll have to wait till the lineup is announced to find out whether he still feels that way about Lolla, till then check out “Holocene,” one of their most popular songs to date. 4. “I Love You, Honeybear” Father John Misty More on the same wavelength as Bon Iver in terms of sound, Father John Misty has been a frequent visitor to Lollapalooza over the years, performing in both 2013 and 2015. If we take
secrets at night 38. “Dee-lish!” 39. Narrative stories 40. Foot division 41. “But of course!” 42. Like a comfortable pillow 44. Bagel purveyors 46. One of a horse’s limbs 49. “Shroud” city 50. Australian “bear” 52. First family member 53. Saying a lot 56. Iron-pumper’s pride, for short 57. Two-dot mark 58. Summer breeze sources 59. Air France plane, once 60. Carafe relatives 61. Catch ___ (start to get) Down
the two year increments as a rule, then there’s a good chance that we might see the Indie rock singer this 2017 summer. “I love you, Honeybear” is a good place to start with the band. 4. “S.T.A.Y.” - Hans Zimmer Perhaps one of most interesting performers of the festival is world famous film composer Hans Zimmer. The man behind the music of “The Dark Knight,” and “The Thin Red Line,” will come to Coachella to give the crowd a taste of his inspiring, heartwarming, and intense movie scores. One of the most memorable in recent years, would be from 2014’s “Interstellar.”
1. Starts of some pranks 2. Blatant 3. Certain storage method 4. Tokyo, formerly 5. Ready to bloom 6. Purple willow, e.g. 7. Comedian Carvey 8. Faberge collectibles 9. ___ Plaines River 10. Ace of clubs? 11. Taurus preceder 12. Myanmar neighbor 15. Hotel upgrade 17. Perfect for picking 18. Four-baggers 23. Corporate freebie 24. Gorillas, for instance 26. Antler parts 27. Spouses no more 28. Where pigs wallow 29. Cross-shaped Greek character 30. Loafer’s bottom
31. Lady’s escort 32. Common Market initials 33. Dashboard reading, for short 35. “Cogito” 36. Thumbs-down votes 37. Type of insurance 41. It may be assumed 42. Wise lawmakers 43. Kind of hygiene 44. Plays for a fool 45. Having good posture 46. Party handout 47. Word with “main” or “blessed” 48. Artist’s paste 49. Vanilla extract amts. 50. Have memorized 51. Eye impolitely 54. Rocks in the freezer 55. Area 51 craft, supposedly
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transitioned from high school to college ball very easily. She showed off her scoring ability in the exhibition games, and has recently taken over a role player position on the team. Since Big East play, Campbell hasn’t finished a game with less than five rebounds. Much of DePaul’s continued success is due to the other seniors continuing to lead the team after the loss of January. In the second half of the season so far, senior guard Brooke Schulte has taken over as the team’s go-to scorer. Schulte is still just below January in her point-per-game average, but she has scored over 20 points in her last three games against Big East teams. “(Schulte’s) got this scoring ability and we got to get her open, she’s got to shoot the ball,” Bruno said. Senior forward Jacqui Grant has also played tremendous basketball recently. After the early loss of Grays, Grant has had to stand tall as the only starting forward for DePaul. Grant already has five doubledoubles this season, three of which have come the first three games after DePaul lost January to the finger injury. “(Rebounding) allows (Grant) to be a presence,” Bruno said. “(. . .) If you can also understand the importance of offensive rebounding, I thought (Grant) got some important offensive rebounds and those have translated into put-backs and easy buckets for us.” The injuries to the Blue Demon women have forced coach Bruno to pare down the team to a seven player rotation which also includes starting junior guard Amarah
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Freshman guard Kelly Campbell became a starter when Ashton Millender was injured. Coleman, sophomore guard Tanita Allen and freshman forward Chante Stonewall. “One of the tough parts about sports (is) when people get hurt,” Bruno said. “At the same time, I’m just really proud that the players are adopting our attitude of ‘no excuses’. (. . .) We’re just taking the approach that this is our team, this is who we have
and this is what we’re going to get it done with.” The consistent play of the Blue Demon women is a relief and a credit to both the team and the coaches, and maybe the team will have time to practice with a healthy squad as Big East play draws to a close in late February and into March.
Overall
Conference
1.
12-4
(4-0)
2.
12-3
(3-1)
3.
9-5
(3-1)
4.
10-4
(2-1)
5.
10-5
(2-2)
6.
8-6
(1-2)
7.
5-8
(1-2)
8.
9-6
(1-3)
9.
4-11
(1-3)
10.
8-5
(0-3)
Standings through Jan. 7
STANDINGS
1.
Conference
3-0
2.
3-1
3.
3-1
4.
3-1
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DePaul freshman guard Brandon Cyrus (right) chases a ball with Seton Hall forward Desi Rodriguez. DePaul lost 87-56 on Saturday.
5.
2-1
6.
2-2
7.
1-2
8.
1-3
9.
0-3
10.
0-4
Standings through Jan. 7
MEN'S BASKETBALL, continued from back page and he’s shooting more than he has in previous years. We’ll see how the Big East schedule affects those statistics, but he’s also hit double figures in nine of his last ten games. Garrett has been good and consistent. Outside of Garrett, it’s hard to find consistency. Sophomore guard Eli Cain was averaging 20 points per game for a good portion of non-conference play, but has only hit double figures in two of his last five games. Junior forward Tre’Darius McCallum has come on well the past few games, but it’s still too early to say he’s been consistent. He has put in double figures in four of his last five games. As the Blue Demons weaved
their way through the nonconference schedule, the offense has not been consistent, even in singular games. One half can be completely different from another. DePaul has pulled out some nice comeback wins against Missouri State, Drake and Southeast Missouri State, but the latter two opponents should never have had to be comebacks in the first place. The offense has been completely shut down in some games, such as their Northwestern loss, where they were down 54-18 at the half. Kenpom, a college basketball statistical aggregate website, says that DePaul has only beaten one team inside the top 250 college teams (Missouri State), and that their offense has regressed from last year using their main offensive statistic, which shows average points per 100 possessions. It’s called Adjusted Offensive
Efficiency (AdjO) and they’ve regressed from 103.3 AdjO in 2015-16 to 102.2 AdjO in 201617. That’s been a big enough difference to drop them 20 spots in the rankings between this season and last season, and this is with at least 16 more games of Big East defenses to go through. The defense is about where they were last year in terms of Adjusted Defensive Efficiency (the same statistic as AdjO, but in terms of points allowed). Basically, head coach Dave Leitao’s second year has not seen much progress at all. There’s been defensive stagnation and offensive regression and the bench has seen a five percent drop in minutes played between these past few seasons, which means the depth has not been available for Leitao to mix and match his lineups, not to mention injuries to what were supposed to be key role
players in graduate senior Chris Harrison Docks and freshman forward Levi Cook. The first three games of Big East play have seen DePaul play very well for a whole game against then No. 1 Villanova, very well for a half against St. John’s, and not well at all for a whole game against Seton Hall. The rest of the Big East schedule does not look kind for the Blue Demons, which means they’re going to need some offensive consistency. If Hanel and Cyrus are not going to produce much offensively, then Garrett, Cain and McCallum are going to need to step up simultaneously. Harrison Docks is going to need to be a productive bench option and the inexperienced bench is going to adjust to Big East play, otherwise it will be another long conference season for DePaul.
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THE FAREW The biggest DePaul moments in 36 years at Allstate Arena 2004: DePaul wins CUSA DePaul was an independent power for much of their history, so their conference championship count is low compared to other programs that have had a history of success. The Blue Demons tied for one conference title in the Great Midwest Conference but did not contend for other titles until the early 2000s. During Dave Leitao's first tenure with DePaul, the Blue Demons needed to be
flawless as they chased the Conference USA title. With four games to go, they sat at 8-4, but won their next two games and faced rival Cincinnati in their last home game of the season. They defeated the Bearcats to put themselves in position to win the conference and finished the regular season on a four-game win streak to share their first and only Conference USA championship.
1983: Demons take down Hoyas It was an early season blockbuster as the No. 4 Blue Demons welcomed the No. 3 Georgetown Hoyas to the Rosemont Horizon. Despite being the home team in this game, DePaul was the underdog as the Hoyas were led by basketball legend Patrick Ewing. The Hoyas did hold some advantages in this game as they went up by as
much as seven in the second half, but they struggled to hit baskets, which allowed DePaul to come back into the game. It was a tight affair but DePaul ended up pulling off the victory 63-61. It was due to good defense holding the Hoyas on their final possession and DePaul pulled out the win. The Blue Demons finished the season 27-3.
1990: 2OT thriller over Cincinnati DePaul was unranked as they took on the No. 3 Cincinnati Bears in Pat Kennedy's second season with the Blue Demons. It was the largest crowd at the Rosemont Horizon in seven seasons. The two teams were locked into each other as they were tied at the end of regulation and five more minutes of overtime could not seperate the two teams, so they went to double overtime.
DePaul and Cincinatti were still tied with four seconds to go in the second overtime period when Willie Coleman stole the ball and went up for a shot as time expired. His shot missed, but he was fouled and went to the line for two shots with no time on the clock. Coleman missed the first shot, meaning he needed to hit his second to win. It bounced off the rim, then went in for the upset.
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Sammy Mejia played a huge role in the DePaul comeback.
2006: upset over No. 5 Kansas It was a sold-out crowd at Allstate Arena in December of 2006. DePaul was hosting No. 6 Kansas in the first game of a home-and-home series. DePaul was 2-4 and coming off a disappointing season in 2005-06 in Jerry Wainwright's first year as head coach. In Wainwright's second year, DePaul looked like they might suffer a similar fate as their first stretch of games was lackluster.
That all changed with the Kansas game. The Jayhawks were ranked fifth in the nation and were heavily favorited in the game. DePaul, however, kept fighting. Even after being down by as much as 14-points in the second half, Sammy Mejia helped lead the comeback as the Blue Demons stormed to take the lead and to stun the Jayhawks. DePaul finished the season 20-12.
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WELL TOUR 1980: No. 2 DePaul opens the Horizon It was the height of the DePaul Blue Demons' basketball reign. DePaul had outgrown the on-campus Alumni Hall and was to be one of the anchor tenants of the brand new Rosemont Horizon. On Dec. 1, 1980, the Blue Demons opened the new arena with a game against Gonzaga.
DePaul dispatched Gonzaga easily with a 74-56 victory to christen their new home. Then, the next day, the Blue Demons became the top-ranked team in the Associated Press poll, a position they would carry for more than a month. It was the best start to a new home that DePaul could have hoped for.
2016: upset over Providence
1987: NCAA in Rosemont The DePaul Blue Demons went to the NCAA tournament and ended up with a fortunate position: the Rosemont Horizon. For the round of 64, the No. 3 Blue Demons took out No. 14 Louisiana Tech 76-62 and advanced to play No. 6 St. John's. In the battle of future Big East rivals, DePaul prevailed with an 83-75 victory.
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Guard Billy Garrett Jr. was instrumental in DePaul's win.
DePaul was in the first year of the new Dave Leitao era when they welcome No. 11 Providence to Allstate Arena. The Friars were led by Kris Dunn, who would later delcare for the NBA Draft. The Blue Demons were struggling in their 201516 season but had already pulled off a surprising win over No. 20 George Washington, which showed some of the Blue Demon's promise. They showed more of that promise when they took out Providence. DePaul outrebounded the Friars 48-24 and senior
Under the guidance of head coach Joey Meyer, the Blue Demons advanced to the Seeet Sixteen in Cincinnati, where they lost to No. 10 LSU. However, the homecourt advantage in the first two games helped get the Blue Demons to the Sweet Sixteen and was the first and only time DePaul got to play at home during the NCAA tournament.
forward Myke Henry had 27 points. The biggest thing about this game was that DePaul was firmly in control throughout the entire game. They broke the game open with a 13-2 run in the second half and had an answer for every time Providence attempted to come back. It was a Monday night and DePaul had lost their last eight of nine, which meant the crowd was small enough for DePaul players to storm the student section, instead of the trational courtstorming.
2014: women's basketball wins Big East tournament
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Guard Brittany Hrynko drives the ball against Georgetown in 2014.
DePaul women's basketball was a strong program in the 2000s as the school joined the Big East, but always ran into trouble because their conference opponents were juggernauts Connecticut and Notre Dame, who always contended for the top of the conference. So, when DePaul and nine
other schools formed the new Big East, DePaul emerged as the new power in Big East women's basketball and showed why as they rolled to the regular season title and the number one seed as the Big East tournament, which was to take place at Allstate Arena for the first time. DePaul cruised by
Georgetown in the quarterfinals, then beat Marquette by 10 in the semifinals to advance to the championship game. They knocked off St. John's 67-55 to win their first Big East conference tournament and advance to the NCAA tournament, where they went to the Sweet Sixteen for only the second time.
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Beyond the Horizon
A look at the best moments at Allstate Arena. Pages 26-27
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Injuries, wins pile up for women’s basketball By Jack Higgins Asst. Sports Editor
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Sophomore guard Tanita Allen rises up for a shot against Creighton on Wednesday in a home game.
Prior to the start of the 201617 DePaul women’s basketball season injuries had already taken their toll on the team. Coach Doug Bruno’s projected starter, junior forward Mart’e Grays suffered a season-ending torn achilles tendon injury. Now, four games deep into Big East play, DePaul has lost two more starters to injury: junior guard Ashton Millender and senior guard Jessica January. Despite this, the team is 4-0 in the Big East. From now until she had surgery to repair her broken index finger last Tuesday, January was the go-to shooter on the Blue Demons offense. January averaged a team-leading 15.3 points-per-game and played an average of 29 minutes-per-game. Even after missing the past four games, January still has the third most points for the team. Before missing the past eight games with shin splits, Millender has been the team’s primary deep threat and has attempted a teamleading 67 three-pointers and has a .388 average this season.The loss of their most consistent threepoint-shooter is tough for the Blue Demons who must use their outside game to make up the lack of size below the basket. Even with the loss of these starters, DePaul was still 5-0 in conference play and currently is sitting on a seven-game win streak. The Blue Demons are no strangers to injury so far this
season and players like junior guard Lauren Prochaska and freshman guard Kelly Campbell have had to step off the bench to fill the roles of January and Millender as best they can accomplish. “I cannot say enough about Lauren Prochaska,” Bruno said. “She’s been a great role player and she’s really handled well emotionally the ups and downs of playing 20 minutes one game and played two the next.” Prior to the injuries, Prochaska was an early sub off the bench for Bruno, usually giving Schulte or Coleman a chance to rest. She possesses great vision and finds the open woman on the court. Since she was chosen to start in place of January, she has lead the team in assists in all but the Creighton game, however she scored her season-high seven points in that game. “Kelly Campbell is a grit player,” Bruno said. “She’s a freshman that I have no qualms at all about why she’s playing or should she play. Her offense will find itself, but (she) went and grabbed (six) loose balls (against Creighton).” When Millender missed her first game midway through December, Bruno tapped Campbell for the starting spot. Before she started Bruno said Campbell was “first off the bench” and that “she could probably start right now.” Now she must fill that role. Although she’s a freshman,
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Men’s basketball has regressed on offense COMMENTARY By Ben Gartland Sports Editor
DePaul men’s basketball has an offense problem. Even with the eye-test, it’s easy to see that DePaul is struggling on offense. They’ve put out the same starting five in all 16 they’ve played and two starters,
freshman guard Brandon Cyrus and junior forward Joe Hanel, have scored 5.2 and 3.7 points per game respectively. This puts a lot of scoring pressure on the other three starters. Out of those three starters, senior guard Billy Garrett Jr. has been the only consistent scorer as of late. Garrett, by most measures, is having the best season of his career. His points per game average is two points higher than all other years
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Junior forward Joe Hanel collides with Villanova’s Kris Jenkins in a game on Dec. 28.
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