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Coaches react to Big East departure By JEREMY MIKULA Senior Writer With all the talk of the so-called “Catholic Seven” leaving the Big East, the focus has largely been on the newly forming conference as a basketball one. But what effect, if any, will there be on some of DePaul’s other team sports? Each of DePaul’s softball, volleyball, and men’s and women’s soccer programs have had varying degrees of success in the Big East since transitioning from Conference USA for the 2005-2006 seasons. But for the coaches of each respective program, leaving the Big East – and the prospective issues with it – are seen as a positive step despite the Big East’s standing as one of the NCAA’s top conferences.
Leaving the Big East For some of DePaul’s nonrevenue team sports, the burden of leaving one of the biggest and most competitive conferences in the country – based on Rating Percentage Index (RPI) and NCAA tournament appearances by its members – is eased by the presence of Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John’s and Villanova in forming the new conference. The initial move into the Big East brought significant change to a few of DePaul’s programs. See COACHES, page 27
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BUDGET BLUES
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Cuts to combat falling graduate school enrollment By MICHAEL CORIO Managing Editor As students begin classes and hunker down for winter quarter, a potential fight is brewing over cuts outlined in DePaul’s annual 2013-14 budget proposal. Citing a reduction in federal subsidies for graduate loans, falling graduate school enrollment, cuts in state and federal sources for student funds, rising costs of doing business and “challenging market dynamics”, DePaul President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., highlighted several areas for potential
change in an email to faculty last week. Some of the possible initiatives proposed for staff include delaying eligible salary raises six months from July 2013 to January 2014, limiting paid vacation carryover starting in 2013 from one week to two weeks, offering voluntary unpaid leave (up to 15 days) for those interested and a general slowdown in hiring. “At this point, the Driehaus College of Business is deferring the hiring of two faculty members,” said Ray Whittington, dean of the Driehaus College of Business. In addition to proposed cuts, the university’s plan includes raising undergraduate tuition 2.5 percent, the
same as last year’s adjustment, “in keeping, we believe, with inflation and rising costs,” according to Fr. Holtschneider’s email. Other projected increases include graduate tuition, which is predicted to rise between 1.7 percent and 4.8 percent, depending on market and financial conditions. Cynthia Lawson, vice president of DePaul’s Office of Public Relations and Communications, commented on the proposed cost-saving measures. “The most significant reductions are occurring at the departmental level. Each administrative area or college has been See BUDGET, page 4
Students still dissatisfied with Sage Medical By MEAGAN DEPPEN Contributing Writer
In a Chicago winter, coughing, sneezing, a runny nose and a sore throat is expected. But when home is far away and it’s time to consult a doctor, students must find a new solution. For DePaul students, SAGE Medical is the obvious, but not always best, choice. In the case of minor illness, students who pay $60 a quarter for
the DePaul Health Services Plan are referred to SAGE Medical Group, located in a shared-use building in the Lincoln Park Campus. Additional fees to the plan apply to physical exams and HIV testing, and services requiring referral to a specialist and “care of ongoing illness beyond the covered conditions described” are not offered, as outlined in the DePaul Health Services brochure. DePaul senior Katie Hutches visited SAGE during her freshman year because she had a
bumps in the back of my throat, making it hard for her to swallow. Despite the coverage from her parents’ private insurance, Hutches went to nearby SAGE Medical because she felt too ill to travel any further. “(My doctor said) nothing was wrong with me and sent me on my way,” Hutches said. “Then I went to (my normal doctor) … and finally ended up on antibiotics that were almost impossible to swallow because See SAGE, page 6
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Driehaus College of Business Celebrates Centennial
DePaul student Jermaine Garcia receives cake during the centennial event. By TAYLOR HOLT Contributing Writer One hundred years after DePaul became the first business college in the Loop, the Driehaus College of Business cut the cake on its centennial on Jan. 14. Alumni, professors, students and Dean Ray Whittington of the Driehaus College of Business reminisced and celebrated DePaul’s status as the first university to locate its business college in the Loop. Pam Netzky, DePaul alumna and president/co-founder of SkinnyPop Popcorn, wrote that “DePaul helped me learn how to get it done … by giving me the tool to get it done,” in a recent article on the DePaul
Advancement News website. The business school prides itself on its resources, the teaching ability of its professors and the curriculum. According to the Bloomberg Business week’s 2012 undergraduate business program rankings, DePaul’s business program ranked 67th nationally, and its part-time MBA program was ranked 43rd, earning an A+ for teaching ability and an A for curriculum. Whittington also highlighted the business students’ access to alumni. He spoke briefly at the celebration about these benefits. “One of the programs aimed to help the students is ASK (Alumni Sharing Knowledge),” said Whittington. Through this program, students can reach out to and connect with real
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professionals. “I definitely think DePaul has provided us with a lot of opportunities to talk to professors and alumni through programs like NABA (National Association of Black Accountants),” said Phil Banks, a third-year accounting student. Lingjun Ji, a DePaul marketing student, chose her major after an experience with a good internship. “It seems like a very creative job, and I worked with very vibrant people,” Ji said. “It is something I think I would enjoy.” Enrollment into the business school has been consistent and is expected to grow in the coming years. The college of business has always held DePaul’s biggest group of incoming students.
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Ray Whittington, Dean of the Driehaus College of Business, cuts the cake at the college's 100th birthday celebration. DePaul's law and music colleges will also celebrate their centennials during this academic year. The college enrolled 4,251 undergraduate students and 2,107 graduate students in 2012-13, a slight increase from last year’s enrollment. The 100th anniversary celebration not only showed how far the college has come, but it
also hinted at the future success of its students. “I plan to be an accountant for ‘The Big Four’ and earn my CPA license or maybe become a professor,” said Banks.
Gay marriage bill stalls in Springfield By NATHAN WEISMAN Contributing Writer
The campaign for gay rights has been reignited after a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois failed to gain enough support in Springfield last month. Dozens of business leaders came together Sunday to cosign an open letter endorsing same-sex marriage. “To be competitive, a state must create an equitable, fair and respectful environment for all of its citizens,” the letter said. It continued to argue that legalizing gay marriage is vital to remaining competitive with other states, such as New York, that have already legalized same-sex marriage. The letter was signed by Google, Orbitz Worldwide and Groupon. Several notable individuals signed it as well, including Desiree Rogers, CEO Johnson Publishing Co.; Lance Chody, CEO of Garrett Popcorn Shops; Fred Eychaner,
to not extend marriage rights to same-sex couples. They argue that changing the state’s definition of marriage threatens the ideal environment in which to raise children. Chicago Cardinal Frances George reinforced his position against same-sex marriage last Sunday through a letter that was posted on church bulletins. “It is physically impossible for two men or two women to consummate a marriage, even when they share a deep friendship ASSOCIATED PRESS | The DePaulia or love,” George wrote in the letter. “When the ways of nature A gay marriage supporter wears a sticker on her jacket during and nature's God conflict with a Senate Executive meeting on Jan. 3. in Springfield, IL. civil law, society is in danger.” chairman of the Newsweb Corp.; marriage was legalized in Maine, The letter concluded with an and Laura Ricketts, co-owner of Maryland and Washington. appeal for parishioners to contact the Chicago Cubs. Meanwhile, voters in Minnesota state legislators. The letter comes just a week rejected adding anti-gay marriage While the debate over sameafter the Washington National law into their constitution. sex marriage continues to heat up Cathedral announced it would Opponents to same-sex in Chicago and the state, DePaul start performing same-sex marriage have also taken steps University has decided not to take marriages. This symbolic victory to urge Illinois lawmakers in a position on same-sex marriage for gay rights advocates comes the other direction. Bishops legislation. after the victories won in the and ministers from about 1,700 “DePaul, as a university, last election when same-sex congregations urged lawmakers doesn’t have an ‘opinion’ on gay
marriage,” said Cynthia Lawson, vice president of public relations for DePaul. “Although DePaul does not have an opinion about gay marriage nor is it taking a position on the legislation, that should not be construed as DePaul having lost sight, in any way, of Catholic social teaching that guides its followers to embrace diversity, to respect human dignity and to create a welcoming community.” DePaul’s commitment to providing a welcoming environment is evident in the wide array of services that DePaul provides for its LGBTQ community. Additionally, it is the only Catholic university to have a LGBTQ Studies program. “DePaul has had LGBTQA student organizations since the 1970s – a time when most other institutions had none – and DePaul was one of the first, and one of only a few, Catholic universities that provided benefits for partners,” said Lawson.
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A Volkswagon Golf Zipcar parked at the 936 W. Fullerton lot underneath the Fullerton 'L' stop. Students 18 and older can rent the vehicles.
DePaul and Zipcar team up to offer car sharing to students By ANNE MALINA Contributing Writer Students can now set aside that CTA UPass and enjoy the luxury of driving a car to class, thanks to DePaul’s new partnership with Zipcar. The carsharing program is now available in both Lincoln Park and Loop campuses for all DePaul faculty, staff and students who are 18 or older. Normally, Zipcar only accepts members who are over the age of 21. But with its affiliations to universities across the country, the minimum age to rent a car has been changed to 18 to allow most college students to partake in the service. For penny-pinching college students, Zipcar is an opportunity to save money and be on time. Students who are struggling to make it to job interviews and commute from their
apartments to campus now have a viable alternative to public transportation. Student can join Zipcar for $15 in the first year, and rent Zipcars for $8 an hour or $73 a day, according to a DePaul Newsline article. After the first year, the membership fee will increase to $25. Zipcar’s rates cover gasoline, car insurance, and 180 miles driven. DePaul student Tori Meschino said Zipcar fits into DePaul’s image as a “green” campus. “It seems like a good option, especially for students who aren’t enrolled in enough classes to get a UPass,” said Meschino. Zipcar Chicago general manager Charles Stevens believes the partnership between Zipcar and DePaul has been a long time coming. “There wasn’t a specific trigger that generated the idea,” said Stevens. “Rather, we had had success for several years
preceding the partnership with on campus marketing events, DePaul area member growth and other business performance metrics which gave us reason to believe that an on-campus, 18+ relationship would enable a whole new level of options we could bring students, faculty and staff at DePaul.” Zipcar’s “Students with Drive” program grants certain students free Zipcar memberships and driving credit in order to support on-campus student organizations. This gives DePaul’s student-run organizations the opportunity to receive free, efficient transportation. Zipcar has given five vehicles to the Lincoln Park campus. These vehicles can be found in the campus parking lot, 936 W. Fullerton Ave., underneath the Fullerton CTA stop. Zipcars available for rent include Ford Focus, Honda Civic and Mazda 3 vehicles. More Zipcars are also
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Students can sign up for Zipcars at www.zipcar.com/depaul. available in the Loop campus. For the smartphone-carrying student, Zipcar also offers a mobile app that allows members to reserve cars, lock or unlock vehicles and honk the horn to find a car. DePaul student Dan Weise said he “would definitely use”
the Zipcar program. “It’s a good way to save money and it’s convenient,” said Weise. “It’s not always easy for a college student to get around and this is a practical way.”
and Digital Media partnership, as well as one with Rosalind Franklin focused on increasing enrollment in nursing and health fields. Also included was a commitment to investing in “first-rate facilities for our various The declines we are seeing academic programs,” in graduate enrollments is including an extensive largely because the governrenovation of the John ment has stopped subsidizing T. Richardson Library in graduate loans to the degree Lincoln Park. it has in the past, and higher Jay Braatz, vice education nationwide is president for planning feeling the effect." and presidential administration at DePaul, JAY BRAATZ, VP for planning and acts as chief-of-staff presidential administration for Fr. Holtschneider. Braatz cites the decline in graduate enrollment as a 2 percent base compensation a major factor in the proposed increase pool for all eligible staff. cost-cutting measures. DePaul reaffirmed funding “The declines we are seeing for its College of Computing in graduate enrollments is largely
because the government has stopped subsidizing graduate loans to the degree it has in the past, and higher education nationwide is feeling the effect," said Braatz Braatz denied that DePaul’s recent real estate acquisitions have impacted the upcoming budget, saying that funding for the projects has already been secured. She did, however, mention that the university is “considering a new venue” for DePaul’s basketball programs, and said that the university is “in full study mode … for how we would be able to pay for any of the options on the table.” In light of the current budget situation, Fr. Holtschneider and his cabinet have pledged to forgo next-year salary increases for the next academic year.
"BUDGET" continued from front page asked to reduce their budget by a specific amount,” said Lawson. “Although those amounts differ for each area, it is up to each VP to determine how best to implement those reductions so as to minimize the impact of those reductions.” Donald Casey, dean of the School of Music, says the cuts “should not be felt or even visible” to students in his school. “The School of Music has been asked to reduce our expenditures for the next fiscal year by only about $25,000, and we have determined that we can accomplish that by reducing discretionary spending in the Office of the Dean,” said Casey. Proposed cost-saving measures sought actively by the university also include consolidating DePaul’s Rolling Meadows campus with the O’Hare
campus, saving $1 million a year; renegotiating vendor contracts to save $4 million over two years; completing energy projects that would total $1 million a year and ending leasefinanced purchasing along with introducing stricter contracting rules. Despite the talks of budget cuts, the university admitted its largest freshman class ever last fall, at 2,593 students, for a record institutional enrollment of 16,498 undergraduates. Graduate enrollment, however, decreased over the past year, a possible factor in the university’s drive for cost-cutting measures. The university highlighted several areas of improvement in the new budget, including a
projected increase in full-time undergraduate enrollment, a 6 percent increase in institutional financial aid for students and
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Founding Communication Dean leaves legacy of progress By KELSEY KENNEDY Contributing Writer March 15 is a date that will go down in DePaul history, as the DePaul’s founding Dean of the College of Communications will be leaving the university. Dean Jacqueline Taylor will be stepping down from her historic position at DePaul and moving to the Garden State as the new provost and vice president of academic affairs at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). Taylor’s list of professional accomplishments at DePaul is immense. In addition to founding the entire College of Communications, she has also taught English and communications courses in her 32 years as a professor at DePaul. She has been the dean of her college for the last 10 years. “I joined the communication program when it was in the English department with only about 60 or 70 majors,” said Taylor, who decided to make the College of Communications separate from the English department. And many professors were glad to see the change occur. “The skills required to succeed in communications would typically take place in
English classes, but specific to reading, not to the (advertising) industries,” said Susan Reilly, a DePaul public relations and advertising professor. The College of Communications is now home to 2,000 students. In addition to structuring the entire program, Taylor launched four new programs under the college, including journalism, media and cinema studies, health and communication, and relational communication. “Being founding dean of this college has been the professional highlight of my life,” said Taylor. “I practically tear up now that I’m leaving.” Aside from the outstanding academic achievements Taylor has accomplished at DePaul, she is just as proud of the work she has done for the LGBT community. In the 1980s, Taylor was the advisor to a Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), which was the first gay and lesbian student organization on campus. During the first few years, GLAAD had to deal with acts of discrimination from fellow students who tore their posters torn down around campus. Despite these acts of hate, Taylor proudly helped GLAAD
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College of Communication Dean Jacqueline Taylor will become provost of The College of New Jersey in March. Taylor has worked for DePaul for over 30 years. become the first gay and lesbian student organization to receive official recognition form any Roman Catholic University in the country. During her time at DePaul,
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Taylor also worked to help gay and lesbian faculty members gain domestic partnership benefits. “I’m really proud to have contributed to DePaul becoming a more hospitable environment
to gay and lesbian faculty and students,” said Taylor. The decision to leave DePaul for TCNJ did not come easy for Taylor, but she is looking forward to working on a traditional undergraduate campus. The process for finding her successor has already begun. DePaul is electing a new provost March 2, who will then select an interim dean to serve the College of Communications for the remainder of this year and next year. During this time the university will be conducting a nationwide search for Taylor’s replacement. Kaela Lovegren, a junior in DePaul’s College of Communications, believes that the next dean will have some pretty big shoes to fill. “The new dean will be responsible for thousands of students, and they have to make sure we are all successful and taken care of by our professors and our advisors,” said Lovegren. While Taylor’s innovation and leadership will be missed, she will leave DePaul as a historic figure. “It’s not going to be easy to leave a place that I love so much,” she said, “but it’s also really exhilarating to have a new adventure.”
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"SAGE" continued from front page the bumps only got larger after my experience at SAGE.” According to the brochure, students with private insurance are treated as new patients. “During busy times (SAGE Medical is) not able to accommodate new patients,” it says. A popular complaint among students and residents is the long wait to see a doctor, with or without an appointment. Hutches visited again to avoid steep hospital prices and ran into this issue. “The nurse practitioner was an hour late to my appointment, and I was her first appointment for the day,” she said. Betsy Montgomery, a DePaul senior and SAGE patient, recalls
that she once waited for an hour to see her doctor after scheduling an appointment. But despite the waiting time, Montgomery complimented SAGE. “They (were) receptive to my questions and did thorough examinations,” she said. Montgomery has been treated for bronchitis and upper respiratory infections at SAGE. In October of 2012, DePaul sex education was under scrutiny from DePaulia writer Margaret Thompson, who highlighted the university’s poor response to sex education needs and emphasized the absence of free HIV testing at SAGE Medical.
When questioned about “reproductive counseling,” a service covered by the DePaul Plan, a secretary at SAGE Medical
she tried to get several STD tests performed. Kaspar said her doctor wouldn’t let her run more than two STD tests. “She called me paranoid,” said Kaspar. “It made me feel like a The nurse practitioner was an terrible person for even hour late to my appointment, being in there in the first and I was her first appointplace. I was just trying to be safe and go according ment for the day.” to women’s health like I KATIE HUTCHES, senior should be, I think.” Kaspar did not have emphasized that SAGE treated health insurance, so she paid for students, as well as residents, DePaul Health coverage. and that advice given by doctors “I was broke and didn’t have would remain unbiased. any money to go anywhere,” she DePaul senior Ali Kaspar, said. however, said her doctor had a In another instance, SAGE “condescending attitude” when assured Kaspar that her tonsils
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were not infected with bronchitis, but two days later they were so swollen that Kaspar had difficulty eating and breathing. She was forced to drive herself to the ER, uninsured, and is still paying off the fees from the hospital. “I slightly hold DePaul responsible because they should be taking better care of their students,” Kaspar said. Faizan Khan, a front desk assistant that spoke on behalf of the Dean of Students’ office, said the only complaints they received from students relate to being automatically charged for the SAGE services after they drop it. Khan had not heard anything about wrong diagnoses or long wait times.
Loop parking a problem for students, faculty By JB BLANCHARD Contributing Writer As of New Year’s Day, hourly parking rates in Chicago increased from $5.75 to $6.50: the most expensive rate in the country. The rate applies to all meters, which must be replenished every two hours. This is not only a problem to everyone parking in the city, but especially DePaul students. Those who are at the Loop campus for more than two hours must decide if they would rather rush back to their meter before their time expires or use one of the many surrounding parking
lots. For students who would rather use the parking lots, often times it will cost over $30.00 to park for more than two hours. Thomas Long — a CDM professor at DePaul — has been a commuter since he started teaching at the university in 2000. Even though he prefers using the CTA services, he has faced the parking debacle numerous times. “I almost always use the CTA, but there have been times where I wasn’t able to use the CTA for different reasons,” said Long. “I never have trouble finding a parking place, but the parking rates were expensive if I was in the Loop for an extended period of time.” According to the university’s
Campus Resources web page, nearly 90 percent of DePaul students commute everyday. While the Lincoln Park campus has two parking garages on campus, the Loop does not have any DePaul-affiliated parking. DePaul senior Todd Shamlin would like to see the university offer parking options in the Loop. “At DePaul, there is a large commuter population and since our business school is in the Loop and is one of the top schools in the nation, it would be very convenient for students to have a DePaul lot to park in.” Said Shamlin. “I also think that building this lot could help create a strong sense of community in the Loop campus. Without having
to worry about moving their car, students will stay on campus longer.” The addition of universityaffiliated parking would undoubtedly help both students and faculty and the school itself. Unfortunately, space is extremely limited in the Loop, however, such a service is clearly something that members of the DePaul community want. Unfortunately, no such parking garage will be available any time soon. DePaul Vice President of Facility Operations, Bob Janis expressed that the university doesn’t plan on investing in such a structure. “A partnership with a parking owner/operator in the Loop is not
an option either also due to what would be a pretty significant cost to university that winds up being paid for by all students… including those who do not own and drive cars,” said Janis, While we won’t have a parking garage of our own at DePaul, Janis shared information about the garages with student discounts. They include: the self-park deck on the corner of Wabash and Adams, the lot south of the Lewis Center as well as the self-park deck on the corner of Van Buren and Federal. All you need to do is present your DePaul ID and fill out some paperwork and you will receive a parking card.
Protected bike lanes provide safe riding for DePaul students By ADINA GARNEATA Contributing Writer Every morning, when DePaul senior James Weir goes outside and embraces the cold, he puts on his face mask, hat and gloves. Then, with only his eyes showing, he gets on his black winter cyclocross bike and begins to ride from Logan Square to Lincoln Park. As the icy, winter wind blows in his face, he knows that the fastest way to get to DePaul is to bike down Fullerton Avenue. Yet because there is no bike route west on Ashland Avenue, Weir goes out of his way to take a street that has a bike route. But if Weir were going to the DePaul Loop campus, he would not only have the option to ride on almost any street, but he could also choose a street that has bike traffic signals. Mayor Rahm Emanuel officially opened Chicago’s first two-way bike route with bicycle traffic signals Dec. 14. The protected bike route runs on Dearborn Street through the Loop and, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation, is the first of hundreds of new bike routes that the city plans to create as part of the Chicago Streets for
Cycling Plan 2020. Students and professors at DePaul are excited about the Dearborn bike route and the changes to come. “I think the new bike route is awesome,” said Weir. “It is one step forward in biking for our city. Chicago is trying to get to the place where it won’t be uncommon to see whole families riding on bikes together.” Weir and DePaul senior Robb Hawkinson, 22, founded Cycle Collective two years ago. Hawkinson, who is the president of the group, said the point of the group is to show people the social aspect of biking by creating a community of bikers that go on rides together. In addition, he said that the group advocates an education of biking by showing people the benefits of biking when it comes to health and the environment. “The Dearborn bike route is exactly what Chicago needs,” said Hawkinson. “People feel unsafe when biking in the city. There’s a tiny of amount of bikers in the city who will bike anywhere, and they only make up a small fraction of the Chicago’s biking population. Protected bike routes are going to bring more
spring. Harry Wray, a recently retired professor from DePaul who used to teach a class on biking and politics, also supports the new bike routes. “I think the increase in bike routes is great and will have a big impact on the city,” said Wray. “When I would tell students that we were going to go on a bike ride in the South Side or through COURTESY OF CHICAGO MAYOR'S OFFICE | The DePaulia a neighborhood that they weren’t New bike traffic signals on Dearborn Street through the Loop familiar with, they would get nervous. But then they would end were installed Dec. 14. up enjoying themselves.” bikers into the city and in contact for where cars and bicyclists Wray said that bike riding with one another.” should stay and this causes is a solution to life’s everyday Hawkinson said that some ruckus,” said Weir. “A bike lane problems, such as transportation, bikers enjoy the thrill of weaving is so innovative because it’s just staying in good health and living in and out of cars when riding in two lines that establish order and in an environment-friendly way. the city, but he is not one of them. create a sense of unison between Over the years he has developed “When I’m biking on a bikers and drivers.” bike routes throughout the protected bike route it’s a Hawkinson and Weir said city, and he continues to take more laidback experience than that they plan on incorporating neighborhood groups and faculty constantly having to be hyper the Dearborn route in the next at DePaul with him. aware of speeding cars, opening monthly ride they have with Cycle “Advanced European cities doors and constant movement Collective. The idea of new bike like Amsterdam, Copenhagen around me,” said Hawkinson. routes that can connect bikers and Paris know how significant Weir also prefers biking on from multiple neighborhoods is the bicycle is for creating a sense protected bike routes. He said something that the group strongly of the city,” said Wray. “The city that seven out of 10 of his friends supports. Hawkinson said they feels different on a bicycle. Cities have been hit, clipped or doored are trying to do the same thing, that are bike friendly are more while biking. but on a smaller scale through a civil.” “When there is no bike lane bike swap that they will have at on a street, there is no guideline DePaul during earth week in the
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Construction on DePaul's new Theatre School, on the corner of Fullerton and Racine Avenues, is still underway. The building is scheduled to open in the fall.
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was filed on a room at Seton Hall. No drugs were found.
JANUARY 9
• A Possession of Marijuana report was filed for a room at Belden-Racine Hall. An arrest was made by the Chicago Police.
• A Burglary report was filed for a ring missing out of an office at 990 W. Fullerton.
JANUARY 10 • A Suspicion of Cannabis report was filed on a room at McCabe Hall. No drugs were found.
COURTESY OF CASEY CLEMMONS| The DePaulia
SGA vice president Casey Clemmons speaks at a Dec. 12 press conference which urged Gov. Pat Quinn to secure MAP grants.
SGA vice president brings Obama campaign experience to campus By DYLAN FAHOOME Contributing Writer DePaul boasts on its website, on its promotional material and in its classrooms that a DePaul education is not limited to a desk. The city of Chicago is DePaul’s campus. For some, the idea of a big city being a learning environment is a momentary thought. For Student Government Association Vice President Casey Clemmons, however, it’s something more. “DePaul preaches that the city is your classroom, so why not use it?” Clemmons stated. Clemmons has been involved in the city since his freshman year, when he interned in an alderman’s office. He then landed an internship in the mayor’s office last February. Most recently, in June of last year, he worked for the Obama campaign first as a media intern, and in August, he became a paid, full-time staff member up until the election. “I just went for it,” said Clemmons. “It was a once in a lifetime experience,” he said about working on what he calls a “transformative” campaign. “The Obama campaign has
completely changed the game of campaigning for President of the United States,” said Clemmons. “Everything that they did is going to be really important in the future.” Clemmons was working around major figures in the race, including Campaign Strategist David Axelrod, Campaign Manger Jim Messina and Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter. While working downtown at the campaign headquarters, Clemmons was greeted by the vice president once, the first lady twice, and the president several times. “I shook the president’s hand the first time, and I gave him a hug the second time,” Clemmons said. “It was pretty cool.” Though working as a staff member for the president kept Clemmons busy with over 60 hours of work a week, he is grateful for the experience, and he credits DePaul providing him with the opportunities and resources to achieve what he has. “I kind of attribute all those experiences back to the fact that I’m at DePaul and in the city,” said Clemmons. “If I weren’t at DePaul, I probably wouldn’t have
done any of these things.” This year, Clemmons is also acting as the vice president of the Student Government Association (SGA). Clemmons has been ensuring that the committees are working properly, the members are doing everything they need to be doing and the organization is running smoothly. Through the SGA, Clemmons has helped develop new initiatives, like one making course evaluation data public for all colleges, and has helped preserve the Illinois State Monetary Award Program (MAP). MAP, an Illinois state funded grant program that used to pay for a student’s entire tuition, is now losing funding. “Now the amount of funding has been decreasing as tuition at all schools has been increasing,” said Clemmons. He believes that MAP plays a “vital role” for everyone at DePaul, where one in five students receive assistance. Clemmons said Illinois resident students going to school in the state who apply for financial aid sooner are more likely to get MAP. “It’s the same amount for everyone, but once it’s depleted,
Faculty Handbook revisions advance to next stage By DYLAN MCHUGH News Editor Faculty Council voted 25-1 on changes to the faculty tenure and appeals process, advancing Chapter 3 of the Facuty Handbook to a ful faculty vote on a date to be determined.
Among the approved changes is an amendment which “eliminates the student presence at [promotion and tenure] review committees and standardizes the collection of data at the college level, in response to complaints from the (University Board of Promotion and Tenure) about the unevenness of data collection,”
according to an Oct. 24 special handbook meeting’s notes. Student Government Association president Caroline Winsett said the change makes the process "more consistent from department to department," and that many of the revisions were proposed under the previous SGA adminstration.
JANUARY 14
• A Theft report was filed for a student whose DePaul I.D. was missing.
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JANUARY 11
JANUARY 9
• A Disorderly Conduct report was filed on offenders removing a man hole cover from the street by Byrne Hall. Chicago Police were called to the scene.
• A Criminal Trespass report was filed on a person in the DePaul Center.
• A Theft report was filed for a student who had wallet taken on the Red Line train. • A Suspicion of Marijuana report was filed on a room at Belden-Racine Hall. No drugs were found.
JANUARY 13 • A Suspicion of Marijuana report
it’s done. So it’s basically first come, first serve for those that are eligible,” he said. Clemmons added SGA is having a MAP awareness day in February where students can meet with representatives from the office of financial aid to learn more about resources. “There we will have a bunch of postcards that we designed with the logo for MAP, ‘Protect MAP… MAP impacts all of us.’ That’s what we’re framing it around because it really does affect all students at DePaul whether or not you receive MAP,” Clemmons said. While Clemmons is proud of what SGA has done in regards to MAP, their helping instate an extension of library hours and the adding of double-sided printing to printers around campus, he would really like to see more of a community at DePaul. “Certainly more student affinity (has) been one of our initiatives the past year. It’s pretty broad in general, but building the DePaul community, making people feel like they’re at home, considering we’re such large commuter campus,” said Clemmons. “Building school spirit … is always a big thing on
• A Criminal Trespass report was filed for a person at Lewis Center. • A Theft report was filed for a person who had their Macbook Air laptop missing from a room at DePaul Center.
JANUARY 9 • A Criminal Trespass report was filed on a person at the DePaul Center.
our list.” Last year, Clemmons believe that his vision grew and evolved when he went on the Vincentian Heritage Tour last year in Paris and learned more about Saint Vincent and the Vincentian Mission. “One of the biggest things I learned from (the trip) is: what must be done?” he said. “I definitely attribute the general mission of the university, back to how I have gone for things and tried to do things to get myself out there in the city.” Clemmons’ year is already starting off full of events: He is attending the homecoming dance to represent SGA and then leaving to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration and a few balls for staff members of the campaign. Above all, Clemmons is thankful to his school for his experiences. “DePaul’s done a lot for me and I want to make it a better place,” he said. “It sounds cliché, (but) I just want to make it a better place for all students.
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS In the Jan. 14 issue, The DePaulia printed that provost candidate Kevin Stevens had only a Master's of Science in Taxation from DePaul. Stevens received a DBA in Accountancy from University of Kentucky in 1989. The DePaulia regrest the error.
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NATION & WORLD
Nation & World Editor Lynsey Hart @The_Hartbeat DepauliaNation@Gmail.com @DePauliaNation
Battle over budget continues on Capitol Hill Photo Courtesy of MCT CAMPUS
By CALLIE BRETTHAUER Staff Writer Less than a month ago, the country feared that disagreement in Congress would lead to a fiscal crisis. A bill was approved by Congress at the last minute that prevented the high increase in taxes that most Americans were worried about. However it merely delayed mandated cuts to government spending in defense and domestic programs for two months. With Democrats and Republicans extremely divided, the fiscal war wages on within Congress and the outcome will have a great effect on the economy. “It would be a lot easier if they could compromise, put aside party differences and come to a conclusion that would benefit everybody,” said Adam Ramos, a senior history major at DePaul. Reports from Capitol Hill say that House Republicans will pass a bill this week to temporarily extend the debt limit. According to the Treasury Department the $16.4 trillion borrowing limit was
breached three weeks ago. According to “The Hill,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner stated in a letter to Congress that, in the meantime, the government has had to resort to “extraordinary measures” to prevent default. The measures are ultimately costing additional money and are referred to as the debt limit breach. According to the website USDebtClock.org, these actions include “suspending the sales of state and local government treasury bonds, borrowing from federal employee pension funds, and postponing the sale and purchase of foreign currency.” The site also reveals that this cost, increasing every day, is reaching $37.5 billion. Earlier, Republicans had refused to lift the debt ceiling without passing spending cuts. “The American people do not support raising the debt ceiling without reducing government spending at the same time,” said Republican House Speaker John Boehner, according to BBC News. Now, however, they are threatening to withhold the salaries of lawmakers if a budget is not
passed. The Democrat controlled Senate has not passed a budget in four years. “I personally believe that both sides should offer sensible spending cuts while keeping intact and promoting programs that keep useful jobs,” said Ricky Gandhi, a junior political science and biology major at DePaul. “It all boils down to efficiency. Cut or reform inefficient programs, and spend money on items that can create jobs.” In a press conference last Monday, President Barack Obama told the public that a rise in the debt ceiling does not authorize the government to spend more money; rather, it is needed to payback for the spending Congress already committed to. “These are bills that have already been racked up and we need to pay them," said Obama. "So while I'm willing to compromise and find common ground over how to reduce our deficits, America cannot afford another debate with this Congress about whether or not they should pay the bills they've already racked up.” Full details of the bill that is to be voted on this week have not been released,
however it would give the government about three more months of borrowing authority beyond the mid-Feburary deadline that was previously set. Other deadlines will remain, however, such as spending cuts across the board on March 1 and the possibility of partial government shutdown on March 27, if a budget is not passed by then. Those consequences would be less severe than defaulting on payments to bondholders, Social Security recepients, and others that would have come with the Government defaulting. The Republican Study Committee said in a statement that "this is a necessary first step as as we work to halt the decline of America and puts the focus where it belongs: on the Senate who has failed to do their jobs to pass a budget for more than three years." Gandhi said that if Republicans and Democrats don't meet in the middle, "the debt will keep piling on to the point where we will have to either make arbitrary cuts or raise taxes to an extraordinary rate to pay the bills. Both are bad domestic policy.”
Greenlights without a Green Card By JEREMEY MIKULA Senior Writer Illinois is set to become the third state to allow illegal immigrants to obtain temporary driver’s licenses with the passing of SB 0957 by the Illinois House on Jan. 8. The law will come into effect 10 months after Gov. Pat Quinn signs the bill into law, and Illinois will join New Mexico and Washington as the only states granting such licenses. Utah allows driving permits for illegal immigrants. Quinn said in a statement released earlier this month he “looks forward to signing this legislation” and said the law will save drivers in the state “$46 million a year in insurance premiums” by ensuring motorists are ensured. The bill, passed back in December, will enable illegal immigrants to obtain a temporary visitor’s driver’s licenses (TVDL) that is valid for three years. Gov. Quinn is expected to sign the bill into law and the program will began 10 months following the governer's approval. The program is estimated to cost about $800,000 in the first year
and then $250,000 after that, according to the Associated Press. According to Sioban Albiol, from the DePaul Legal Clinic and a “DePaul Expert” in asylum law and immigration issues, the bill is
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noteworthy for illegal immigrants in Illinois. “This is a significant change because under current Illinois [law], applicants for a standard Illinois driver’s license have to provide a Social Security Number,” she said. “Undocumented immigrants usually do not have valid Social Security Numbers.” Albiol also said the TVDL bill does not infringe with federal immigration law because it complies with the REAL ID Act of 2005, which regards identification documents for citizens and noncitizens, she said. “Because the temporary driver’s license is different than the standard driver’s license, and because it cannot be used as an identity document, it complies with federal law regarding
requirements for identity documents,” Albiol said. The Highway Safety Coalition – a group that lobbied in favor of the bill – said the TVDLs are “visually distinct” from regular Illinois driver’s licenses. For instance, TVDLs will use a purple color scheme in addition to being marked “NOT VALID FOR IDENTIFICATION.” This contrasts with regular driver’s licenses that feature a red color scheme and are valid identification. The Highway Safety Coalition argued the benefit of TVDL is both a financial and safety issue. According to the group’s website, there are an estimated 250,000 immigrant motorists without insurance in Illinois, while statewide “$64 million in damage claims” are filed each year as a result of uninsured drivers. However, critics of the bill, such as the Illinois Safer Families Coalition, cite the potential for fraud in obtaining TVDLs. “The Illinois Secretary of State’s office has had a big problem with taking bribes-forlicenses for decades,” William Kelly, the group’s chairman, wrote in the Springfield StateJournal Register. “It didn’t start with George Ryan and the
SETH PERLMAN | The Associated Press
llinois Rep. Edward J. Acevedo, D-Chicago, celebrates as the House passes legislation allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, Jan. 8 in Springfield, Ill. Operation Safe Roads probe and it didn’t end there either.” Other critics of the bill, such as syndicated columnist Esther J. Cepeda, are upset that getting fingerprinted by the Illinois State Police is not required as part of the application process. In terms of federal immigration law, potential battles with the federal government are unlikely to happen, Albiol said. “There has been much debate and litigation over states stepping into the territory of the federal government by passing laws that have the potential to legislate immigration,” she said. “This law doesn’t do that. It doesn’t create or amend immigration law. It doesn’t provide immigration status.”
Although not giving illegal immigrants a legal status, Kathleen Arnold, a political science professor at DePaul, thinks the law will give a sort of unofficial status. “[Immigrants] are a group of people that are not easy to naturalize because of the barriers to do that,” she said. “This is one small measure that makes them slightly less invisible.” Arnold also thinks the law could be seen as a trial for other states: Illinois is the most populist state to pass such a measure. “I think it’s important and a positive step,” Arnold said. “Illinois could become a test state [for others] to see if it works here.”
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CHOLERA OUTBREAK STRIKES CUBA
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HAVANA
Cuba's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday acknowledged 51 new cases of cholera in the capital amid growing concerns about the illness' spread and disappointment in the diplomatic community over the government's lack of transparency. The ministry said nobody had died from the latest outbreak, which began Jan. 6, and stressed that preventive measures already taken had put the disease "on the way to extinction." It said cholera was first detected in the capital's Cerro neighborhood, and then spread elsewhere. No other areas of the capital were mentioned, but there have been reports of cases in the leafy Playa neighborhood that is home to many foreign embassies. The government has not responded to repeated requests for comment in recent months, nor has it made any experts available to talk about the cholera situation. The family of one man, 46-yearold Ubaldo Pino Rodriguez, told The Associated Press last week that he died of cholera in Cerro on Jan. 2, about two weeks after going to the hospital with severe vomiting. Rodriguez's sister, Yanise Pino, said her brother had a drinking problem and lived in squalid and unhygienic conditions in a tiny makeshift wooden dwelling. "When he began to feel bad he thought it was from drinking and nothing else," she said, adding that he left the hospital of his own accord last month. She said that following his death authorities sealed off Ubaldo's room and told her to burn all his belongings.
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NAIROBI, KENYA
A demonstrator wears a mask in the colors of the Kenyan flag as he stands next to mock coffins, on which are written "State Burial, Ballot Revolution" before demonstrators carried the coffins to the Parliament and burned them, in Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 16. Hundreds of demonstrators angered at outgoing Kenyan legislators, who earn about $175,000 a year in a country where the average annual income is $1,700, doused 221 mock coffins with gasoline, one for each legislator, to protest against last week's attempt to award themselves a $110,000 bonus, which was vetoed by the president.
Police said Sunday they have arrested six suspects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on a student on a moving bus in the capital outraged Indians and led to calls for tougher rape laws. Police officer Raj Jeet Singh said a 29-year-old woman was the only passenger on a bus as she was traveling to her village in northern Punjab state on Friday night. The driver refused to stop at her village despite her repeated pleas and drove her to a desolate location, he said. There, the driver and the conductor took her to a building where they were joined by five friends and took turns raping her throughout the night, Singh said. The driver dropped the woman off at her village early Saturday, he said. Singh said police arrested six suspects on Saturday and were searching for another. Gurmej Singh, deputy superintendent of police, said all six admitted involvement in the rape. He said the victim was recovering at home.
JOURNALIST ARRESTED IN SOMALIA
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RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS FOUND IN JAMAICA KINGSTON, JAMAICA
Jamaica may be able to benefit from newly found deposits of rare-earth elements that are key ingredients for smartphones, computers and numerous other high-tech goods, the Caribbean island's top mining official said Tuesday. Science, Technology, Energy & Mining Minister Philip Paulwell said Japanese researchers believe they have found "high concentrations of rare-earth elements" in the country's red mud, or bauxite residue. The rare minerals play a critical role in making products from basic communication devices to high-tech military weaponry. Japan's Nippon Light Metal Company has agreed to invest $3 million in buildings and equipment for the pilot project while also being responsible for operating costs.
ANOTHER WOMAN RAPED ON THE BUS IN INDIA
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THREE KURD ACTIVISTS KILLED IN PARIS LAID TO REST DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY
People carry the coffins, covered with PKK flags, of three Kurdish activists as tens of thousands of people gather for their funeral in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, Jan. 17. The three women activists, including a founding member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, were found shot dead in Paris last week at a time when Turkey is holding peace talks with the rebels' jailed leader. Many believe the killings may be an effort to derail the talks. COMPILED BY LYNSEY HART | NEWS COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Police in Somalia have arrested a journalist who wrote a story about a woman who said she was raped by government security forces, prompting an outcry from human and media rights groups. Human Rights Watch is demanding the immediate release of Somali journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, who was arrested by police on Thursday after interviewing the woman. She was also briefly arrested and questioned by police before being released. "The Somali police are detaining a journalist and harassing a woman who says she was raped, while letting those accused of rape run free," said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "The new Somali government needs to ensure that the police are part of the solution to rampant abuses by the security forces, not part of the problem." Tom Rhodes of the Committee to Protect Journalists said it is not a crime to interview someone, whether the rape allegations are true or false. "The Somali government must act quickly to rectify this situation and release him immediately and start looking for those who committed this alleged crime. Arresting the messenger is not the answer," he said.
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OPINIONS
Opinions Editor Kasia Fejklowicz depauliaopinion@gmail.com
Assault weapons not necessary for the average citizen
BY ALEXANDER ADAM Contributing Writer
The firearm murder rate in the U.S. for 2011 was 2.8 per 100,000, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. Does not sound like a lot? Just wait. The U.S. ranked at least a full two points higher than Norway (0.1 in 100,000), Canada (0.5 in 100,000), England and Wales (0.1 in 100,000) and Japan (0 in 100,000). Clearly the U.S. numbers are high. But is 2.8 of 100,000 murders significant enough to warrant legislation? It is not unreasonable to infer that because the U.S. has fairly liberal gun laws – and Norway, Canada, England and Wales and Japan have relatively strict gun laws – that gun-related murders are indeed a function of the conservative or liberal gun laws in their respective countries. The data seems to indicate that stricter gun laws are correlated with lower gun-related murders. These stricter laws presumably include background checks, psychological evaluations and possibly a ban on assault weapons like the AR-15. For the most part, background checks and psychological evaluations seem straightforward, but the question becomes whether or not banning assault weapons would reduce gun-related deaths. The arguments against the ban are varied, but the two most prominent can be summarized as follows: assault weapons account for a very small percentage of gun-related homicides in the U.S., therefore banning them will not significantly reduce the murder rate. Secondly, it is our inalienable constitutional right to bear arms – be it a musket or an M16 – to defend our liberty from tyranny and despotism. The first argument against the ban is easy enough to investigate. According to the FBI, 72 percent of firearm-related homicides in the United States in 2011 involved handguns. The other 28 percent is broken up between “rifles, knives, hands and feet, unknown weapons and shotguns.” In the same year in Texas, 699 firearms were used in murders. Of those firearms, 497 were handguns and only 47 involved rifles; rifles accounted for less than 10 percent of the firearms. It is not difficult to see why some advocates of gun rights might see President Obama’s push to ban weapons like the AR-15, for example, as more reactionary than judicious or even relevant. The AR-15 was one of the several weapons used in the Sandy Hook shootings. Banning the assault rifle could be a step in the right direction, second to banning handguns.
But gun rights advocates would disagree. Take the case of Switzerland, they say. Switzerland’s gun-related murder rate for 2011 (0.8 per 100,000) is a mere 0.3 points higher than Canada (0.5), and a solid two points below the United States. If Switzerland can allow assault weapons, why can’t we? What the gun rights groups are not addressing, however, is the significant political and cultural difference between our two nations. Switzerland requires citizens between 21 and 32 years old to keep and maintain an M57 assault rifle in their homes. So yes, citizens have assault weapons in Switzerland, but citizens in Switzerland are given military training. And they are also part of the state militia. This leads us to the second argument. They say it is our sovereign right, according to the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, to “keep and bear arms.” But the context of the amendment is of critical importance. Directly preceding this clause is a caveat, which states “a wellregulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state.” This seems to say that citizens have the right to own guns, so long as they are a part of a wellregulated state militia. In many ways the Second Amendment – which is
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CREDO and other concerned citizens attempted to deliver petitions signed by more than 235,000 Americans Dec. 21, 2012, calling on the NRA to stop blocking Congress and President Obama from passing sensible gun legislation.
The Second Amendment – which is anachronistically extended to include assault weapon ownership rights – actually makes more sense when applied in Switzerland, where private citizens are required to be part of the military.”
anachronistically extended to include assault weapon ownership rights – actually makes more sense when applied in Switzerland, where private citizens are required to be part of the military. However, unlike Switzerland, U.S. citizens are not required to join the military, and we have the privilege of being served by the most elite professional voluntary military in the world. The need for assault weapons in citizens’ homes should at least in principle be mitigated by this. Proponents of gun rights like Alex Jones, talk radio host from Austin, Texas, will say it is precisely because we have a strong federal military that citizens need arms. Jones recently made headlines for going crazy on the Piers Morgan show. He seemed to be equating President Obama with Mao Zedong, Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin. This paranoia is very disturbing. Of course, no one
wants a Big Brother situation like in George Orwell’s “1984,” but in considering all the opportunities the federal government has had to impose its will on individuals by force, there are very few examples of anything like that ever occurring in the past. President Eisenhower did once flex his executive bicep by sending the “federales” into Arkansas, but that was to force schools to desegregate. Think: “Little Rock Nine.” But this kind of fearmongering severely underestimates the system of checks and balances in our government. So while the first argument is at least statistically relevant, the second argument against the ban seems to be motivated almost exclusively by the combination of gross misinterpretation and borderline schizophrenia. The likes of Alexander the Great, Sulla, Caesar, Hitler or Stalin are in no way even remotely the antecessor of Obama. The federal government does not
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This Dec. 28, 2012 file photo shows Roy Shanks with a Smith and Wesson-made variation of the AR-15 rifle that he purchased at the RK Gun Show in Knoxville, Tenn. operate as the shadow puppet of some grand conspiracy to disarm the public and presumably enslave it and enforce its nefarious will. If individuals are so compelled to own or shoot an assault weapon,
they should do their country a favor and enlist in the military. As for the rest of the citizenry, keeping assault weapons out of people's hands should seem both a necessary and prudent first step.
More women needed in government BY JACKIE TORTORELLO Contributing Writer President Obama has so far failed to recognize 55 percent of his voters in his new term. Women made up over half of his supporters, but the president has neglected to acknowledge their capacity for leadership. As Hillary Clinton exits the State Department and Lisa Jackson steps down as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, cabinet positions will lack a female presence. “It’s kind of upsetting to see that there is a lack of women leaders out there,” said Mariela Nevarez, a junior at DePaul. “I think more women need to step up and not be scared of such masculine fields.” Despite what some may think, it is not that women are not trying – Obama has consistently nominated males for political positions. William Baer became the assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division Jan. 3. Obama’s expected pick for Treasury secretary is Jack Lew, and for Secretary of State it is John Kerry. Furthermore, John Brennan is expected to become the next CIA chief. The hegemonic practices displayed in Obama’s white male cabinet is also apparent in other job fields across the country. According to the American Society of News Editors, only 40.5 percent of newspaper employees were women in 2011. “I hope it’s something that can change,” said Nevarez. “More women have taken initiative to step into leadership roles, – just not enough. It can change. It better change.” According to the Women’s Media Center, women characters in movies and TV shows do not usually take the leadership roles and are often less likely than their male character counterparts to achieve their goals. The way women are portrayed on TV dictates real life. This on-screen inequality not only affects the standards of equality, but also establishes or abolishes stereotypes. Despite the unequal representation of women on Obama’s staff, there are still open positions for the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Appointing a female to any of these positions, specifically the FCC, would provide the opportunity for the media to associate an image of power and achievement with the image of the female.
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Landing the dream job
Internships a crucial role in securing work postgraduation
Photo courtesy of WGN STAFF.
While some experiences may not all be pleasant, most internships offer students exciting opportunities to work at reputable companies. In this photo, DePaul senior, William Schau (center) watches the news during election night at WGN.
BY SYEDA ALI Contributing Writer In today’s fast paced, yet somewhat suffering economy, employers are striving for individuals who do not need a lot of training. This is because employers do not want to spend time and money on someone who does not have the skills when they could spend it on someone with the skills to advance and learn much faster. The solution that will impress employers and lead you to your next job is finding internships before graduation. “A lot of employers seek applicants who have practical experience,” said Michael Elias, a career advisor at DePaul. Elias argues that a student should complete two or three internships before they receive their diploma because one is not enough for some employers. They are searching for wellrounded applicants who have plenty to offer. Through internships, students can learn how to answer the phone efficiently and work with professionals. These types of “soft interpersonal skills,” as Elias puts it, cannot be learned through simply attending class and writing research papers. People often hear horror stories of interns getting coffee or organizing closets. Or even worse, spending their days slaving over spreadsheets – all for little or no pay. Money is a major concern for students, but it does not really matter whether an internship is paid or unpaid; the experience is priceless. Not only is it learning experience, but also something that strengthens résumés. If you do not enjoy working at your internship, you might also realize you need to try something else in the future.
While negative personal experiences can be discouraging, you never know what endeavors await until you are an intern. For all you know, your next internship boss might introduce you to that morning anchor you have been dying to meet or allow you to write a short piece for your favorite magazine. Daniel Young, 22, is a recent DePaul graduate who is now at CouponTrade. Young started as an unpaid intern at the same company. His dedication and performance as an intern landed him his current job. “As a graduating senior at DePaul, I can without a doubt say an internship is something that not only got me my current job as a public relations coordinator, but also something that gave me personal satisfaction,” said Young. “The best thing I was able to do was to balance work, studies, and social life together on a daily basis. It may not seem as hard when you come to think of it, but once you are an intern, and a student together, you have a good amount of responsibilities to fulfill. I also acquired the skills of communicating with individuals at different levels, and especially from various academic and professional backgrounds.” The benefits are infinite, but sometimes students do not know where to start – that is where the DePaul Career Center comes into play. There you can find internship and career advisors that can help you find an internship, create a resume and even prep you for interviews. The DePaul Experience website is also a great tool for students because job and internship opportunities are posted regularly. In addition, the Winter Internship Fair will be held Feb. 8. where employers will
DEPAUL EXPERIENCE 101: • Upload resumes, cover letters, writing samples, and other documents • Search for jobs, internships and your favorite employers • Look at calendar for upcoming events at DePaul • Talk with a mentor from the DePaul Alumni Sharing Knowledge Program • Register for DePaul Career Fairs (Next up, Feb. 8)
depaul.experience.com be looking for students to fill their open internship positions. This could be your ticket to an internship opportunity like Young’s. “My internship experience was exhilarating,” said Young. “I learned various things at the firm, such as online marketing, social media, emails and persuasion, etc. and didn’t even realize the significance of those skills until I was able to get a job. I have gained confidence in myself as a future professional.”
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
FOCUS
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“That’s too main By KIERSTEN SINKO Focus Editor Conforming to the social norm is a goal for some, but for others it’s just too mainstream. These people, otherwise known as “hipsters,” are usually found in thrift stores and hidden coffee shops or on the streets of Wicker Park. However, some people question if this is truly the definition of a hipster. If more people are concentrating on originality rather than fitting in, is originality the new social norm? What exactly does it look like to be a hipster? Instead of researching the true definition, I decided to ask the students at DePaul University what exactly is a hipster. Surprisingly, students have very different opinions on the true definition of a hipster. “I feel like the term ‘hipster’ has lost its meaning,” said freshman digital cinema student Tom Hoscheidt. “I think it used to mean people who try too hard to not conform to society norms, but now I think it’s changed.” Kevin Klein, a freshman, has the same opinion. Although many people feel Chicago is full of hipsters, Klein feels that every urban area is full of hipsters. “I feel that the idea of hipsters has grown into a category rather than a type of person,” said Klein. “I feel like it’s become useless calling someone a hipster because they are pretty much found in every city. Especially in Chicago.” Some students also feel that hipsters
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s or Vans.” re found in thrift stores, udent Chelsea Robinson. ir outfits are cheap and hey can blend in with the t. e hipsters? The unanimous Wicker Park, but some und on DePaul’s campus, finance student, shared pically found smoking a
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said Siefring. Danny Kuruvillo, freshman accounting student, said the honors college is also full of hipsters. “I was surprised when I came here how many hipsters there are,” said Siefring. When talking with a hipster, phrases such as “you’ve probably never heard of it,” “that’s too mainstream” or “that flick was deep, man” are popular in conversation. Etsie Arruda, a freshman digital cinema student, finds that conversation with a hipster always turns into a debate about a point that either makes no sense or doesn’t even matter. “I have a secret theory that hipsters will sometimes buy a thesaurus and read it before they go to bed so the next day they can just use all these long words to make you feel stupid because you don’t know what they mean,” said Arruda. Along with memorizing long words, Arruda also feels hipsters spend their time taking pictures with their vintage cameras or using Instagram. Most of their pictures consist of their coffee cup either from Starbucks or Caribou, or perhaps some other shop that isn’t “mainstream.” “They usually order something long and obnoxious when ordering their drink,” said Siefring. “Typically they order something that isn’t on the menu,” said Robinson. Nevertheless, if hipsters are popular throughout DePaul and the city of Chicago, is being a hipster actually mainstream? “Everyone’s a hipster now, pretty much the heart of the youth,” said Hoscheidt.
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ARTS & LIFE By JULIAN ZENG Sports Editor The latest military drama “Zero Dark Thirty,” directed by Kathryn Bigelow, is centered on what the film bills as the “greatest manhunt in history.” Osama bin Laden, former leader of jihadist organization al-Qaida, was America’s most wanted man for his perpetration of terrorist attacks against the U.S. and it took a 10-year search to find him. Bigelow’s latest film examines and reflects on the tantalizing search that gripped intelligence officials for a decade, utilizing flashbacks of key intelligence events that jump forward to further the plot. The film’s protagonist is Maya (Jessica Chastain), a CIA intelligence officer who starts her journey partnered with CIA operative Dan (Jason Clarke) to spearhead the bin Laden manhunt. Maya accompanies Dan to “black sites,” used to house and torture prisoners in order to find out more information about al-Qaida and its extensive branches of operatives. In discussing Bigelow’s film, it is impossible to not address these torture scenes, portraying waterboarding and other disturbing methods of inflicting pain. These are no-holds-barred depictions of persecution and, as the film suggests, were critical in eventually leading the U.S. to bin
Laden. But it is these implications that have stirred up the most controversy and criticism of Bigelow and the film. Bigelow is quite familiar with such dissension, getting herself in hot water for her portrayal of American soldiers in “The Hurt Locker,” which eventually won the Academy Award for best picture in 2010. One of the most prominent public figures to step forward and censure the film has been Sen. John McCain, who himself spent five and a half years as a prisoner in the Vietnam War, enduring brutal torture from his North Vietnamese captors. He strongly condemns torture because of his own experiences and claims “enhanced interrogation techniques … actually produced false and misleading information,” never benefiting the CIA’s investigation. Regardless of the film’s alleged inaccuracies, the plot is engaging and propels the viewer on a rollercoaster ride through the CIA’s innumerable dead ends and uncovered leads throughout the decade. Chastain is especially brilliant playing her character’s fiery motivation to track down bin Laden, endlessly prodding her CIA bosses to take more aggressive action. Her portrayal of Maya truly accentuates the intense dedication this woman had to her mission, someone otherwise unable to receive
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'Zero Dark Thirty' Finds the mark
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Jessica Chastain, right, plays a member of the elite team of spies and military operatives, stationed in a covert base overseas, with Christopher Stanley in 'Zero Dark Thirty'. official credit or have her identity revealed because of the operation’s confidentiality. Chastain undoubtedly earns her Golden Globe win for best dramatic actress. Eventually, bin Laden’s stronghold in Pakistan is discovered and the U.S. Navy SEAL team’s raid is ordered on May 2, 2011. In a riveting, night vision-laden sequence, the “SEAL
'The Impossible'
tackles tragedy with success
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By EMMA RUBENSTEIN Staff Writer “The Impossible” is this year’s harrowing exploration of unparalleled love, vitality and relentlessness in the face of one of the world’s most destructive natural disasters; it is a stunning portrayal of survival and the vigor of family bonds. Though the film itself was not nominated for an Academy Award, it is receiving
immense “Oscar-buzz” because of main character Naomi Watts’ Best Actress nomination. The movie, written by Sergio G. Sánchez and directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, is an adaptation of the real life story of the survival and reunion of the Belón family after the Indian Ocean Tsunami that occurred the day after Christmas in 2004. What begins as a beautiful vacation ends in unimaginable struggle and suffering as the family fights
to stay alive and to find one another in the midst of utter turmoil and heartbreak. Naomi Watts takes on the role of vigorous and incandescent mother Maria. She is separated from her husband and two of her sons, though remains with her son Lucas by her side when they manage to find each other after the violent waves subside. Their struggle to survive is intensified by a severe leg wound that she suffers while trying to emerge
Team 6” moves in and carries out its elimination of bin Laden. Chris Pratt and Joel Edgerton play their roles as SEAL Team members competently, highlighting the selflessness and professionalism of these courageous men. Maya’s single exhalation after the mission is carried out speaks volumes to the enormity of the operation. Ten years of her life were spent tracking down a single, evil
man, and in a fitting summation of the entire process, Chastain’s powerful sense of relief and exhaustion emanates off the screen. A cinematic, thrilling film, “Zero Dark Thirty” is a worthy best picture contender. Though it lost to Ben Affleck’s “Argo” at the Golden Globes, look for Bigelow to recapture her second Academy Award for best picture in as many films.
from beneath the tsunami when it first hits. It is apparent where Watts’ Best Actress nomination stems from. Her role necessitates transitions from the proudest mother to the most pained creature reduced to an animalistic level. Many gruesome scenes are hard to watch, though Watts exhibits a grotesque kind of grace. To shy away from the gritty material at hand would be doing a disservice to the magnitude and tragedy of the Dec. 26 storm. Watts handles it with committed dignity that breathes life into the film and drives it forward. Ewan McGregor portrays father Henry who surfaces with his two sons, Thomas and Simon, near the resort in which the family was vacationing. Though he has not received as much praise as Watts for his performance, it evokes an incredible level of both anguish and triumph. While his struggle for survival is ultimately not as physically harrowing as that of his wife, his fatherly love is overwhelming – it binds the movie emotionally and facilitates incredible sentiment throughout it. He provides warmth and light in a film that is saturated with some of the darkest moments. Young actors Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin and Oaklee Pendergast portray Lucas, Thomas and Simon, the children of Maria and Henry. Their youthful strength and sense of hope create a stark contrast when coupled
with the dark background that the tsunami cultivates within the film. Though young, the three boys share an unequivocal bond that drives the family back together. Their spirit was breathtaking and their performances were all a joy to experience. “The Impossible” provides a tumultuous ride, though it never leaves its audience behind. At times it feels as if you may drown in the travesty that overcomes its characters, but this desperation is then balanced with striking instances of the goodness that lies within each and every individual. Its sentiment never comes close to bordering on cheesy; it is touching on the deepest level. The film’s display of human kindness that presents itself in the wake of tragedy is awe-inspiring. While it is difficult and risky to tackle an adaptation of such a large-scale national horror, “The Impossible” does it well. It is, at times, inevitably romanticized in the typical Hollywood way, though it lovingly dissects the human condition and shows its viewer what it means to endure hardship in the face of all odds. The film teaches us that the bonds that exist within a family lie far deeper than we could have ever imagined and the resilience of the human spirit spans farther than we could have ever hoped. LEFT: Tom Holland, left, and Naomi Watts in a scene from "The Impossible."
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The 70th Annual Golden Globes were held on Jan. 13, kicking off the 2013 film awards season. The show was wellhosted by funny ladies Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, but it doesn’t mean much for the rest of the season and, in particular, the Oscars. Ben Affleck-directed “Argo,” which is based on true events, won the Best Picture Drama award along with a Best Director win for Affleck. And though the Golden Globes have sometimes picked the same winners as the
Oscars have, this year that simply won’t happen since “Argo” was not nominated for Director, meaning it has a slim chance of taking home the grand prize of Best Picture. In the acting category, a few things are sure this year – one is that Anne Hathaway will take practically every supporting actress award for her role as Fantine in Tom Hooper’s screen musical “Les Miserables.” Also certain is Daniel Day-Lewis doing the same for Best Leading Actor. Both won in their nominated categories at the Globes, and it is very likely going to happen again at the Oscars. Best Supporting Actor went
standard to Christoph Waltz for his second Quentin Tarantino-directed film “Django Unchained.” Waltz won an Oscar in the same category at the Globes and Oscars a few years ago for his role in “Inglourious Basterds,” his first collaboration with Tarantino, and he could take another Oscar home this year (though this category is much less competitive this year with all the nominees having already won Oscars before). Best Lead Actress Oscar is still unpredictable at this point. Golden Globe categories of Best Actress in a drama and Best Actress in a comedy or musical winners, Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain, are Oscar
nominees this year. It’s very likely Chastain could win for Kathryn Bigelow’s thriller “Zero Dark Thirty,” but French actress Emmanuelle Riva is garnering acclaim for her role as Anne in “Amour,” which is also nominated for Best Foreign Film, Screenplay, Director and Picture. What we can expect this year is a spread of awards. It is unlikely that one film this year will strike gold like “Slumdog Millionaire” did in 2009, though “Lincoln” leads the pack with 12 Oscar nominations. We can expect surprises, much like the ones we got with the nominations. The big surprise nominee this year was the indie
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flick “Beasts of the Southern Wild” nominated for four of the major awards, including the youngest ever Best Actress nominee at nine years old. Who knows if Jessica Chastain will take home the Oscar this year? Perhaps it’ll go to the little Quvenzhané Wallis from “Beasts.” Or maybe the oldest nominee in the same category Emmanuelle Riva for “Amour.” For categories like this, expect the unexpected. For the rest of the films, expect a divided showering of Oscar gold. But keep watching to see how the rest of the season plays out before the big event on Feb. 24.
And the winners were... By JESSENIA MARTINEZ Contributing Writer The Music Box is a great place to see foreign and independent films. When it opened in August 1929, it was seen as a brother theater next to the ones in Chicago that seated 3,000 people. Nowadays, it holds many interesting marathons and special events such as the Oscar Winning Films event. As the Oscars are draw closer, the Music Box has decided to showcase other films from the past. “The films selected were all winners of the top prizes for the Academy Awards – with some films like ‘Gigi’ and ‘On the Waterfront’ winners of nearly everything they were nominated for – but were otherwise films that don't usually pop into your head when you think ‘Oscar winner,’” said Rob Walton, senior account executive of the Silverman Group. “The exception of course is ‘Casablanca,’ but how could you have an Oscar winner matinee series and not show ‘Casablanca?’” Here are a few on the films being shown throughout January and February for a limited time. More specific descriptions can be seen at www.musicboxtheatre.com.
It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934, 105 minutes) Jan. 26-27, 11:30 a.m.
Ellie is a spoiled heiress who decides to run away from her family. Helping her is Peter Warne, a reporter with a good eye for a juicy story. A lot can happen on a cross-country bus trip in this romantic comedy. (Interesting side-note: mannerisms in this film inspired the genesis of Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters.)
Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976, 121 minutes) Feb. 2-3, 11:30 a.m.
A struggling television network gives notice to longtime news anchor Howard Beale – then he decides to announce he will commit suicide on air. Once on, he goes on a rant about how life is a load of manure and regains television ratings. In doing so, Beale becomes effectively rebranded as “the mad prophet of the airwaves.”
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942, 102 minutes) Feb. 10, 11:30 a.m.
Set in French-controlled Morocco during the early days of World War II, an American expatriate meets a former lover in
this romantic drama. Rick Blaine must chose to help the woman he loves save her husband so he can continue to fight the Nazis. In this riveting drama, his lover points a gun at Rick, but confesses that she still loves him.
Gigi (Vincente Minnelli, 1958, 115 minutes) Feb. 16-17, 11:30 a.m.
In this romantic musical comedy, set in fin-de-siècle Paris, Maurice Chevalier, a rich playboy weary of the conventions of Parisian society, strikes up a platonic friendship with courtesan-in-training Gigi. This film takes a twist when Gigi proposes to Maurice to play a game of cards. If she wins, then he must agree to take her along.
Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969, 113 minutes) Feb. 23-24, 11:30 a.m.
Jon Voight moves to New York City with the naïve intention of becoming a gigolo and getting rich. When he tries to get hired by a wealthy woman, all fails and he tries again with another woman. In turn, he gives her $20 and loses another $20 when he meets Ratso Rizzo. Later, the two become business partners in this only X-rated film to win an Oscar.
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Golden Globes kicks off the most fashionable time of year By KRISTEN GOLDSTEIN Contributing Writer Award season is in full swing and to warm us up for the big show on February 24th was this year’s Golden Globes. What the Academy Awards does not offer that the Globes do is the chance to see our favorites being nominated from both the worlds of film and television looking their best on the red carpet. This year, the stars came out and set the glamour bar extra high with these major red carpet moments. The first standout trend of the night was the amount of skin shown whether it be through high slits, sheer details or cutouts. Some celebs who chose to show a little extra leg were Eva Longoria in a black Emilio Pucci gown featuring lace sleeves and an open back. Lea Michele and Heidi Klum had another style similarity
when they both chose white dresses with high slits – Michele wore a beaded Elie Saab, while Klum chose an asymmetrical Alexandre Vauthier complete with gold embellishments. An example of a high slit gone wrong is Halle Berry’s printed Versace number, which found her on many “worst dressed” lists. Two stars who opted to create the illusion of showing more skin with sheer and lace details were former “American Idol” judge Jennifer Lopez in a figurehugging lace Zuhair Murad and “Django Unchained” actress Kerry Washington in Swarovski crystal-embroidered Miu Miu. Cutouts also appeared on the red carpet courtesy of Kate Hudson’s Alexander McQueen gown, and from both Kristin Wiig and Emily Blunt who each donned Michael Kors. In terms of color trends, the biggest story of the night came from the lack of color as many celebrities chose to wear
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black or nude. Katharine McPhee was a favorite for many in Theysken’s Theory, and others like Sofia Vergara, Stacy Kiebler and Rachel Weisz all chose black ensembles. One notable look that belongs in this category is host Amy Poehler who chose to wear a Stella McCartney pants suit. As for the stars who showed up in nude tones, Isla Fisher, Amy Adams and Megan Fox wore flesh-toned frocks. However, one color was behind many standout fashion moments of the evening: red. Dior dressed two A-listers in red, Jennifer Lawrence and Marion Cotillard. Naomi Watts sported a long sleeved, maroon Zac Posen dress and Jennifer Garner also chose red when she went with a sequined, strapless Vivienne Westwood gown. Other ladies in red that night were Zooey Deschanel and Claire Danes. The night was not complete without some definite fashion blunders. Fashion risk-taker Sienna Miller wore a two-piece
Katharine McPhee in Theysken's Theory
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flower appliqué-embellished Erdem outfit that while appropriate for her nominated film “The Girl,” it was generally given a negative critique. Another polarizing look is Lucy Liu’s gown designed by Carolina Herrera. The full skirt already makes the dress memorable, and the rose print that features on the powder blue gown puts it even more over-the-top. It may work for the Met Gala, but not the Golden Globes. “Girls” star Lena Dunham chose a deep purple Zac Posen dress for the night, but the off-the-shoulder number did not do her any favors. Dunham looked uncomfortable in what she was wearing, which is enough reason to make it a fashion miss no matter the design. Finally, showing everyone that it is always important to remember proper tailoring, Jessica Chastain wore what should have been a safe choice to the award ceremony, but her ill-fitting Calvin Klein needed to be taken in before getting in front of the cameras.
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Design on a Dime By KRISTEN GOLDSTEIN Contributing Writer They’re all doing it: Target, H&M, Forever 21 and more fast fashion retailers have been pairing up with some of the biggest and brightest stars of the fashion industry to bring high-end designer names to the masses. The latest collection that has everyone buzzing is Prabal Gurung’s collaboration with Target. The spring collection’s lookbook was just released and has been featured prominently on countless fashion blogs and websites – reviews from The Huffington Post, Refinery29 and Fashionista have all been positive. Come Feb. 10, you can look forward to getting your hands on a piece of Gurung’s love themed collection that features colorful floral prints, minimalistic wedge sandals and plenty of figureflattering dresses. Also, the collection features handbags and jewelry to complete the look. Look out for the crystal teardrop necklace and earrings that at $39.99 and $16.99, respectively, are sure to sell out of stores quickly. Although the excitement over the Prabal Gurung for Target collection is at a high, not all designer collaborations have lived up to the hype. The Maison Martin Margiela for H&M collection had the fashion world holding its breath in anticipation, but not even the press’S buzz could translate to sales for the retailer. Prices for the MMM for H&M collection have been marked down greatly. Racked Chicago reported that pieces such as lucite heels that were originally $299 were discounted to $30, and tops priced at $199 lowered to a mere
$10. However, numerous reasons can be attributed to this, such as the price range originally being too high for a typically lower-price chain, or simply that the design did not translate well to audiences. Whatever the reason may be, this collaboration will surely not deter H&M from working with other famous fashion houses as they have had great success with previous collections from big names like Marni and Versace. Another interesting take on the “designer for retailer” trend that did not meet expectations was when Target paired with luxury department store Neiman Marcus to bring together the most powerful names in fashion for a special holiday collection. Twenty-five designers including Proenza Schouler, Altuzarra, Marc Jacobs, Rodarte, Jason Wu and Oscar de la Renta were involved. Each designer contributed a handful of items including everything from women’s clothing to Christmas ornaments to dog bowls, but again, demand did not prove to be as great as previously thought and the Huffington Post reported that items were discounted after just three weeks. After these fashion flops, could this be proof that consumers are not interested in paying steeper-than-usual prices at discount retailers for big names? It seems that this theory has certainly crossed Target’s mind because one notable change from their past collaboration and Prabal Gurung’s collection is the more reasonable price range that reaches $199.99 and $39.99 for accessories. Of course, only the numbers can prove if this newest designer collaboration will fly off the shelves, or if it will be just another misstep in the mixed worlds of high end, luxury brands and fast fashion.
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ART SMART
Art Institute offers free weekday admission By KELSEY SHAW Contributing Writer The doors to the Art Institute of Chicago unlock a prodigious gallery that holds nearly 300,000 pieces of artwork from around the world. Founded in 1879, the Art Institute stands in the heart of Chicago, serving as one of the greatest attractions in the city. This winter, the Art Institute is kicking off the New Year with several new and captivating exhibitions, as well as free admission every weekday for all students and residents of Chicago from through Feb. 13. The Art Institute of Chicago has been recognized as one of the leading finearts institutions in the United States. Covering nearly one million square feet, this museum overflows with masterpieces crafted from the creative minds of endless artists throughout the centuries. According to its mission statement, “The Art Institute of Chicago collects, preserves and interprets works of art of the highest quality, representing the world’s diverse artistic traditions, for the inspiration and education of the public and in accordance with our profession’s highest ethical standards and practices.” Recently, many new exhibits have been added to the Art Institute of Chicago, catching the interest of many Chicagoans and tourists. On Jan. 17, a new exhibit was introduced to the institute titled “Irving Penn: Underfoot.” Penn discovered his inspiration for this exhibition as he was walking along the city of Manhattan with his camera focused on the pavement beneath him. He recognized the unique beauty within pebbled concrete, cigarette butts, discarded matches and, most powerfully, in masticated gum. These insignificant yet intriguing objects are
featured in the 36 photographs that comprise Penn’s “Underfoot” exhibit. Another recent addition to the Art Institute is the “Spot the Dog: Paw Prints!” exhibit, which was added this past December. The pieces in this exhibit contain concealed images of dogs, specifically in 17th century Northern European art. Over the centuries, dogs have played many roles in different cultures; therefore, they have been incorporated in several pieces of art. For all of you students interested in fashion, there is a new exhibit featuring Japanese fashion titled “Material Translations,” constructed by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This display showcases several garments that capture Japanese culture through different fabrics and designs. Along with viewing the many exhibitions the Institute has to offer, there are also several activities and events that are held weekly ranging from gallery talks, lectures and meditations. Whether you are visiting the Art Institute for the first time, or you are a long-time member, these activities are designed to increase your knowledge on artists and cultures, as well as stimulate your creative mind. The Art Institute of Chicago provides Chicago citizens with endless creativity and entertainment within its galleries. Walking into this museum opens your eyes to stories and emotions captured and expressed by talented artists from around the world. Travel back in time to discover the legends of ancient Greece and the sculptures of the Renaissance era, or come across the contemporary paintings of famous artists today. Next time you find time in your busy schedules, take a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago for free, just steps away from DePaul’s Loop Campus.
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Irving Penn. Underfoot I, New York, 1999. The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of The Irving Penn Foundation in memory of James Wood. © by The Irving Penn Foundation.
Christopher Owens plays Chicago sans Girls By HANNAH HOFFMAN Contributing Writer Before Christopher Owens and his seven-piece psychedelic folk band took the stage at Lincoln Hall Jan. 15, a member of Owens’s crew placed a vase filled with red and white roses on stage. When the lights dimmed at the end of his wrenchingly beautiful and intimate performance, Owens distributed these flowers to the first row of fans pinned against the stage, almost like a reward for coming and supporting his latest musical journey. Earlier this year, Owens surprised many when he announced his abrupt departure from his indie garage rock band Girls. This show marked the beginning of his first tour for his conceptual solo album, Lysandre, which tells the story of Girls’ first world wide tour. The title takes its name from a woman, Lysandre, who Owens met and fell in love with at a French music festival. Musically, Lysandre is expansive, featuring a wide range of instrumentation including
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Christopher Owens performing in Monticello, Ny., 2010. flutes, pianos and female backing vocals as well as a vast range of tones and thematic moods, from Renaissance sounding flutes (Lysandre’s Theme) to punk style rockers (New York) . Owens took the stage following an opening set from fellow San Franciscans and sun soaked reverb poppers Melted
Toys, and was met with rapturous applause. The stage was shrouded in blue light and fog, and Owens wasted no time in launching into the first number from the album, the melodic Lysandre’s Theme/Here We Go. He sat center stage for the majority of the performance, his eyes closed in concentration. While it had the
makings of a dull and predictable performance, since Owens played the 30-minute album in full before launching into five encores, the album came alive on stage, with fans transported on Owens’s musical journey. Very rarely does an album sound better live than on record. Highlights from the set included the rocker “New York,” with Owens exchanging guitar interplay with his electric guitarist, and it was one of the few times Owens emerged from his seated position, as well as “Part of Me” the closing standout song on the album. While he did not say a word the entire performance and rarely acknowledged the audience, his stoic presence was intriguing and showed a high level of self-confidence. Yet this stoic presence at times felt awkward and unnerving, as when audience members demanded Girls songs, he provided no response and instead silently moved on to the next song. After playing the main set, the band returned for five encores, including Cat Stevens’s
“Wild World,” Donovan’s “Lalena,” Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Boxer,” The Everly Brothers’s “Let It Be Me” and Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright.” These songs were perfect companion pieces to Lysandre, and it almost felt like Lysandre’s story continued through the encore, with “Wild World” feeling like the start of the tour described in Lysandre, and “Don’t Think Twice Its Alright” describing its end. Even though these covers offered little to no variations from the original versions, they also did not sound like mere covers, which might have been as a result of their subject matter and the passion and heart evident in Owens’s performance. For Girls fans, as of right now, it looks like Christopher Owens has moved on, and to a certain extent, matured. His performance at Lincoln Hall showed a man, who believes whole-heartedly in his new musical journey and chooses not to dwell on the past. His show at left fans wanting more, and wondering what he will choose to do next.
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Tonight, I'll be a Nasty Gal By KELSEY KENNEDY Contributing Writer While the majority of fashionistas around the world have a love for vintage clothing, it usually ends up breaking their bank accounts. Well, one young woman was able to do the impossible as she found a way to turn her passion for all things vintage into an affordable way of shopping for women everywhere, and making some serious cash for herself along the way. When Sophia Amoruso decided to take her love for all things vintage to eBay, she was in no way prepared for what the
future would hold. Amoruso, 28, was living in San Francisco during 2006 when she started an eBay store entitled “Nasty Gal.” She began selling rare vintage clothing that she had found while sorting through hundreds of bins at local thrift stores. In an interview with Forbes magazine, Amoruso stated that one of the first items she sold was a Chanel jacket that she bought for only $8 and sold it online for over $1,000. (Whoever sold that Chanel jacket for only $8 is another story.) After the success of her eBay store, Amoruso started her own company and launched the independent website that is Nasty
Gal today. While the site origi nally only sold vintage fashions, the company has since expanded and now sells clothes made by current designers. Upon visiting the site, customers can find a wide variety of blouses and sweaters mixed in with the hottest high heels from designers like Jeffery Campbell. Aside from the trendy clothing that NastyGal sells, the company has become what it is today due to its advertising. But here’s the catch: Nasty Gal has never worked with a PR firm to promote the store as they rely solely on social media. Nasty Gal uses Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and
Pinterest as a way to connect with their customers and see what girls want to wear. This modern approach at entrepreneurship is what turned Nasty Gal into the booming business that it is today. “I like that NastyGal sends me promotions and emails on sales,” said Liz Howell, 21, a DePaul student. While Howell has been shopping at Nasty Gal for the past two years, the company is still unfamiliar to the majority of the population. However, that will quickly change as NastyGal currently has a net worth of $130 million, according to Forbes magazine. DePaul student Jessica
Shamshura, admitted to never having heard of Nasty Gal, but now that she has discovered this fashion mecca, she feels a connection with the company. “Now I’m going to spend hours online shopping,” said Shamshura, 20. The want and need for young women to have a unique style at an affordable price is something that everyone can relate to and that’s why Nasty Gal was created. While the company’s prices are comparable to those of Urban Outfitters, the clothes found at Nasty Gal tend to be made for a more specific audience. The clothes sold on the site are more than you could find at the thrift stores in Bucktown because of the unique structure of the garments. Nasty Gal’s clothing gives off the look and feel of vintage pieces, but the company’s modern twists appear in each blouse, dress or skirt that is sold on the website. The variety and unique quality of their clothes has something for all different types of young women – all of whom are not afraid to let a company containing the word “nasty” stop them from buying what they want to wear. Nasty Gal got its head-turning name in 2006 when an album entitled “Nasty Gal” by Betty Davis, an extremely outspoken and stylish singer, inspired Amoruso. While the name has caused some controversy for older generations, young women have embraced the “nasty” way of life. “I’ll admit the name did deter me away from buying at first, but I got over it,” said Nicole Aeschliman, 20, a Columbia College fashion business major. “I just don’t tell my mom where I buy my clothes.” The future for Nasty Gal is on the up and up as Amoruso plans to have the company debut their own clothing line in the near future. But until then, Amoruso told Forbes magazine that she and her fashionable team will continue to “keep it real like (Nasty Gal has) since day one.”
Tea Time: DAVIDsTea comes to Chicago By LILY ROSE Contributing Writer For tea lovers, DAVIDsTea is the place to go and grab some delicious and exceptional loose-leaf tea. With two already popular Chicago locations on Southport Avenue and North Damen Avenue, as well as a cult-like following, their newest Chicago location on Armitage Avenue right off the Armitage Brown Line stop is sure to be a success with the DePaul and Lincoln Park crowd. With a selection of around 150 teas all mixed by master mixologists, this Canadian-based company has a tea for every occasion and palate. Their wide selection offers flavors like “Date Night,” which has real pieces of popcorn in the tea leaves, “Chocolate Rocket,” which is a
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Tea and tea accessories for sale at DAVIDs Tea, 924 W. Armitage Ave. Other Chicago locations in Lakeview, 3530 N. Southport Ave. and Wicker Park, 1645 N. Damen Ave. strong chocolate scented maté tea, “Brazillionaire,” “North African Mint” and “Forever
Nuts,” which is one of their more popular flavors and happens to smell just like cinnamon granola.
For the more traditional tea drinkers, DAVIDsTea serves familiar teas like “Earl Grey,”
“English Rose” and “Cinnamon Rooibos Chai” to name just a few. Upon entering the clean, white and modern tea boutique, the staff immediately provide samples of their “Tea of the Day,” which is any of the numerous and fragrant flavors that line the wall. Then, customers at the enormous counter can request to smell the teas and hear about the benefits they provide. The employees are incredibly knowledgeable and friendly and will let you smell as many teas as you would like before making a selection. Tea is sold by the ounce (one ounce lasts about a week). DAVIDsTea also features a tea bar where they will make you a cup, pitcher or pot of any tea (hot or iced) and a stylish selection of tea accessories like tea pots, infusers, filters, travel mugs, tins and kettles.
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BOUTIQUE CHIC: Wicker Park's
Eskell boutique gives
chicago unique looks By RAYA SACCO Contributing Writer Bold graphic skirts and tops, vintage dresses and handmade gold engraved jewelry fill Eskell boutique on 1509 N. Milwaukee Ave. Vanilla-scented candles fill the room, and the hardwood floors along with the gold-encrypted ceilings create an antique atmosphere. Eskell opened in 2005 and moved to Wicker Park in 2007 from its original location on Webster Avenue in Lincoln Park. Kelly Whitesell, owner of Eskell, designs and produces two collections a year that are sold at her store as well as other boutiques. Most of her work is produced in New York, India and Chicago. “Eskell was started by myself and my good friend Elizabeth Del Castillo, and the name is a combination of our names,” said Whitesell. Whitesell designs and sells timeless pieces like her black velvet dress with sheer long sleeves, black fringe hanging from the chest and a high collar with
buttons around the neck for only $45. She carries the exclusive line of Spitfire sunglasses, a London label for only $40. The Olcott Jane Coat, perfect for the winter season, is printed with gold, ivory and olive green plaid and has a built-in scarf and tie waist, priced at $285. Lauren Moffat, Sam and Lavi, Shona Joy and Family Affairs are just a few of the name brands Eskell will have for the spring season. “All stores in Wicker Park have character, this store in particular – with its burning candles, cozy sofa and sleeping dog made it especially charming,” said Stefanie Safahi, sophomore at DePaul University. “That’s the kind of place I want to spend my money at – a place that puts so much effort into the customer experience.” Whitesell makes and engraves her own vintage jewelry. Her hand-engraved gold rings were one of the most popular giftgiving items last Christmas. Each ring can be engraved with an initial on the front and a word or saying on the inside of the band. The rings are priced at $60. Eskell also carries jewelry from
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Boutique owner Kelly Whitesell, left, with employees Gina and Emily in the boutique. local designers. “I really love to cherish special pieces of clothing and jewelry,” said Whitesell. “I love vintage for that reason. I want people to come here looking for something they can't find anywhere else.” Eskell’s designs were featured in Lucky, InStyle, TeenVogue and
Venus magazines, just to name a few. “Being in a creative environment means we are always making and designing something, it just kind of depends on what is happening at the time,” said Whitesell. Whitesell said her winter must-haves are high-waisted
jeans, awesome comfy pants, a killer pair of boots, thermal tops, plaid flannel button-downs, a positive attitude and a smile. “Spring is right around the corner,” she said. Eskell apparel and designs can also be found on www.eskell. com and Cerato boutique at 3451 N. Southport Ave.
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1. Foreshadow 5. Yoga class need 8. Tried to get home, maybe 12. Prayer's end 13. "___ we there yet?" 14. Broad 15. Like some gas 17. Soon, to a bard 18. Exasperatingly 20. "The Catcher in the ___" 21. Stockings 22. Balm ingredient 25. Match part 26. Typist's ailment 29. Fortification 33. Blast maker 34. Cabernet, e.g. 35. Gym set 36. Con 38. Bullfight cheer 40. Fainting remedy 46. Sculls 47. Lip blister 48. Depressed 49. Unified 50. Cousin of a bassoon 51. Ireland's ___ Fein 52. Silent assent 53. New Jersey hoopsters
1. Indonesian island 2. Black cat, maybe 3. Falling upon ___ ears 4. Withstands 5. One of the Osmonds 6. Zone 7. Cut first molars 8. Tchaikovsky ballet roles 9. Intimate apparel 10. Matinee hero 11. Declare untrue 16. Cook in oil 19. Tiny amount 22. Play part 23. Chaney of horror films 24. Evading arrest 25. Pitcher Fernandez 27. Soak (up) 28. ___ and outs 30. Kind of hygiene 31. Dictionary 32. Betrayal of country 37. Football Hall-of-Famer Merlin 38. Gaped at 39. Hallucinogen 40. Wails 41. French Sudan, today 42. Faux pas 43. Earring site 44. Gait between walk and canter 45. Views
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BLUE DEMON HARDWOOD REVIEW
Melvin, DePaul tamed by 'Cats
Blue Demons fall to Bearcats 75-70 despite last-minute rally. By MIKE CHAMERNIK Senior Writer
Despite 32 points from Cleveland Melvin, DePaul lost at home to Cincinnati 75-70, Jan. 15. The Blue Demons (10-7, 1-3 Big East) started and ended strong, but the middle of the game, particularly early in the second half, doomed them. DePaul was just a few missed free throws away from a chance at forcing overtime and potentially a chance at stealing a victory. Down 70-59 with a minute left, a furious scoring barrage, led by Melvin, mixed with full-court pressure brought the score to 73-70 with six seconds remaining. Cincinnati’s leading scorer, Sean Kilpatrick, iced the contest by making consecutive free throws. The final push was like the beginning of the contest. The Demons scored the first nine points of the game en route to jumping out to a 13-2 lead. The energy was evident from the opening tip: Charles McKinney hustled the ball down, drove to the hole and converted a tough layup for the first points six seconds in. The lead was short lived, as Cincinnati (15-3, 3-2 Big East) tied the score at 15 just moments later. The teams traded scores for the rest of the first half, but the Bearcats began the second period on fire. They went on a 10-0 run behind three-pointers by Kilpatrick and Cashmere Wright, and two layups by Wright. “Inexplicably, in the second half,” head coach Oliver Purnell said, “we gave two ‘dare’ shots to their two best players at the beginning of the second half, and that really changed the complexion of the game. I thought that kind of got them going a little bit.” Cincinnati essentially led by double digits until the final minute. Cleveland Melvin throwing down two of The loss wasted a season-best game for Melvin. Along with the 32 points on 14-of- finished a few alley-oop jams. “I was just doing what coach was 20 shooting, the forward also grabbed eight rebounds, sank a three-pointer and telling me to do,” Melvin said, “running
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his game high 32 points (14-20 FG). the floor, pressure the ball, defend and getting open and being patient on offense. My teammates were looking for me on the
offensive end.” Brandon Young scored 18 for DePaul, and McKinney scored 10. Both had four assists and three steals. The rest of the lineup struggled. Jamee Crockett, the team’s third-leading scorer at 9.4 points per game, shot 1-of-7 from the field for two points. Moses Morgan went 1-of-5 shooting, and Worrel Clahar shot 0-for-4. Durrell McDonald, a usual starter, played only six minutes due to a poor outing against Connecticut last week (two points in 14 minutes). “I thought our guys were aggressive, and they fought,” Purnell said of the team effort, but added, “we didn’t get enough production from enough guys. We need seven or eight guys to play well in a game like this.” Wright was the star on the Bearcats side, with 20 points and seven assists in just 22 minutes. The guard found ways to get layups, from floaters to baseline drives. When left open, he connected on two long three-pointers. Yet, with 15 minutes left in the game, Wright dropped to the floor in pain, clutching his right knee. He would miss the rest of the game, but returned to the bench minutes later. The Demons did not see Wright’s absence as an opportunity, because Kilpatrick (18 points) and JaQuon Parker (12 points) stepped up. “We still weren’t pressuring the ball on their other guards,” Melvin said. “The other guards were just driving and we weren’t containing drives.” Cincinnati outrebounded DePaul 35-27, shot 59 percent from the field, and blocked 12 shots. Cheikh Mbodj swatted seven shots, and David Nyarsuk sent a Donnavan Kirk shot attempt into the crowd. DePaul missed its share of threes (2-for-14 from deep) and also shot only eight free throws, compared to Cincinnati’s 31 attempts. The Demons’ forced 19 turnovers, though, and scored 48 points in the paint.
"TRESTMAN" continued from back page hoping he can help Cutler and fix whatever is wrong.” If there’s been one constant for the Bears over the last nine seasons, it’s the lack of consistent offensive success. No one doubted Lovie Smith’s ability to coach defense – the Bears forced the most turnovers in the NFL during his tenure and typically finished in the top half of the league in yards allowed per game. But on offense, the Bears were dreadful for pretty much the entire time Smith paced the sidelines. From 2004 to 2012, the Bears’ offense ranked, respectively, 32nd, 29th, 15th, 27th, 26th, 23rd, 30th, 24th, and 28th in the
league. It was an issue that simply never got better over time. That’s why fans should be excited about Trestman. He’s a proven coaching mastermind who could finally solve the riddle of the Bears’ perpetually mediocre offense. In addition, Trestman seems to have taken his role in stride, showing up to his interview with a calendar that laid out the foundation for how the Bears could have a championship parade in 2013. “I read that he had a whole detailed calendar set up, showing how he could take them to the Super Bowl next year,” said DePaul junior Stephanie Arroyo. “I just
hope everything goes as well as planned and he and Cutler can work together to make the team better overall. Hopefully, we can see some results sooner rather than later.” Cruz remains hopeful as well. “I didn’t know who the guy was when they hired him,” said Cruz. “But I hope he can make it all better.” Regardless of what people think about Trestman, the fact is that he’s probably the best man for the job. A fan base starved for success must now wait and see if this rookie head coach can finally bring another championship to the Second City.
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Former Montreal Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman holds up the Grey Cup for fans during the team's victory parade, Dec. 2, 2009.
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Podkowa tallied nine points and six rebounds in Saturday's win. different from being one of the best ones on the team to now having to find my way,” Podkowa said. “I definitely think the leadership that I was able to show [at Trinity] has helped me ease into the role here and that confidence is spilling over to try and get better. “The first (Big East) game it was intimidating, especially playing against the 10th-ranked
team (Louisville),” Podkowa said. “I think I’ve gotten a little more used to [the competition] now. It’s definitely a lot more physical and aggressive. The speed of the game has definitely changed, but I’m adjusting.” Although she is just a freshman, Podkowa said her teammates relieve the pressure off of ‘feeling’ like a freshman. “My teammates are all
supportive of me,” Podkowa said. “They’ve really helped me learn the offense and help me get into the role.” So far this season, Podkowa has seen action in 11 games, averaging 15.4 minutes a game. The first-year forward has averaged 4.5 points per game coming off the bench. As the season continues, Podkowa said she is focusing on the “little things” to improve as a player. She credits head coach Doug Bruno as a major factor for getting better. “There’s been a huge difference in my game from high school to now,” Podkowa said. “Even the speed of the game, I can feel myself getting faster. I definitely feel like Coach Bruno has helped me a lot with upping my game.” On coaching Podkowa, Bruno said that “she's a very versatile player. She can make threes and score around the basket. She can pass the ball very, very well. She still needs to work on her physicality.” “Megan's a really smart, great basketball player,” Bruno said. “Most importantly, in addition to her talents, she is a competitive basketball player. She wants to get this right and I can tell she wants to get this right.” She may just be a first-year player, but Podkowa is thriving in an increased role and assisting a squad banged up from recent injuries. In a young Big East season, Podkowa still has plenty of opportunities to prove her merit on the hardwood.
Led by Hrynko, Demons win 10th straight at home By DAVID WEBBER Assistant Sports Editor Fresh off a heart-wrenching loss to Syracuse Jan. 15, the women’s basketball team knew that a fast start was required to pick up the pieces and sink Providence Saturday evening. Losing leading scorer Anna Martin to injury early in the first half didn’t help matters, but DePaul (14-5, 3-2) went on an impressive 21-4 run after a slow start and outplayed the Friars (5-12, 0-4) for most of the game, winning 79-67. The story of the game was the stellar performance of the team in its entirety, coming together and never losing a step despite losing their biggest threat. Brittany Hrynko paced the Blue Demons with a season high 23 points and Jasmine Penny added 18 on 8-of-13
"MEN'S BASKETBALL" continued from back page and get fouled, because we didn’t get to the line nearly enough.” Crockett’s fine outing went for naught. In addition to two clutch threes in DePaul’s comeback effort, he also threw down a few powerful dunks. In the first half, Donnavan Kirk missed a threepointer that hit back iron, but Crockett read the carom, flew across the lane and stuffed down the miss one-handed. Crockett also recorded four rebounds, four steals and three assists before fouling out with a minute left. “It was good to see Jamee Crockett break out of a little bit of a funk,” Purnell said. “A good effort, he made some shots for us. Got to the rim, attacked the rim. So that was good to see.” Melvin scored 16 points on the afternoon with eight rebounds. Morgan finished with nine points on three three-pointers. Brandon Young scored 10 points and got 10 rebounds, but shot only 2-of11 (including an airballed threepointer down five with 1:10 left) and turned the ball over seven times. The Red Storm defense held DePaul to 34 percent shooting. As for St. John’s, top scorer Harrison (at 19.8 points per game) scored 15 with eight rebounds. Sir’Dominic Pointer had 14 points and 11 boards. Branch was the high scorer with 18 points. Branch was able to get to the rim almost any time he wanted, and his mid-range jumper was
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Hrynko compiled a season high 23 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals against Providence.
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Crockett finished with a season high 19 points Saturday. accurate (9-of-14 shooting). DePaul’s next game is in Pittsburgh a week from Saturday (Jan. 26), and then the team travels to New York to take on St.
John’s once more, Jan. 30. “[We’ll] just try to get them at the next one,” Crockett said, upset at the loss. “We’re getting them again in two weeks.”
shooting, and DePaul never trailed after falling in an early 4-0 hole. Six players scored at least eight points and DePaul shot 52 percent for the game. “You just don’t expect Anna Martin to go down in the first five minutes,” head coach Doug Bruno said after the game. “There’s three players on the team with two fouls right away, so we don’t win tonight without what [Hrynko and Penny] did. It was a gutsy performance.” It wasn’t the prettiest game, but the Blue Demons got the job done. While they never ran away from the Friars, DePaul never really allowed Providence to make a run to get back into the game. Part of the reason was the overall play of Hrynko, who had seven rebounds and seven assists to go along with her 23 points. “Coach always tells us to put a body on someone. It doesn’t always happen but sometimes, people don’t put a body on me, so I just go get the rebound,” Hrynko said. Providence defenders looked overmatched all night trying to stay in front of Hrynko, who used a series of fakes and drop steps to fake out the Friars from start to finish. Her shots were highpercentage and her passes were crisp, and she was one of the best players on the floor for the entire game. Penny was similarly superb, finding open space under the basket without much resistance. But she was wary about getting too excited, due to the rash of injuries that seems to be popping up again for this team. “We’re going through injuries this year, too,” Penny said. “We’ve got to stay strong and focus on the players who are here.” Despite the injuries and a somewhat unconvincing second half performance, Bruno admired his team’s ability to buckle down and get the win. “We knew that we had to play a really strong ball game tonight,” Bruno said. “We really worked the adversity quotient here. We strive to take any adversity that comes our way and turn it into a positive.” A trip to Cincinnati will continue to test the Blue Demons and provide even more adversity. DePaul plays the Bearcats Jan. 22 as they look to continue their strong play in the Big East.
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"COACHES" continued from front page The men’s soccer program, for instance, saw growth both on and off the pitch, according to head coach Craig Blazer, who also coached during DePaul’s transition from Conference USA. “The positive is that we’ve improved our staffing, scholarships and facilities with the move to the Big East,” Blazer said. “We showed significant growth on the field in the conference. And those are things that we found a way to improve and we earned and now have that within our program. We’re now looking to take what we developed and start a new season and a new conference.” For Eugene Lenti and the softball program, however, switching conferences issomethingofanoldhat. “This is probably our fourth conference that I can think of that we’ve been a part of,” he said. “To me, it doesn’t really affect things at all. It doesn’t really change things. Everybody who’s coming with us has been a member of the Big East with us.” Softball has qualified for the NCAA tournament 17 times – including 15 berths in the last 16 seasons, which includes DePaul’s time in Conference USA. The transition from Great Midwest to Conference USA to Big East has been smooth for the program, Lenti said. “We’ve had success in the Big East, we’ve had success in the Great Midwest, we had success in Conference USA,” he said. “So whatever the mix [in the new conference] is for us, it doesn’t really change our dynamic at all.” Meanwhile, volleyball has had a tougher go of the move to the Big East, finishing with a losing record every season, but showing signs of improvement under head coach Nadia Edwards. Last year’s 5-10 conference record was the best for the program in the Big East. Previously, in Conference USA, volleyball also had a slow start but progressed to the point where it won the 2001 conference tournament. “The biggest thing is, we have our program goals in terms of getting better, and that’s also getting better within the conference,” Edwards said. “This past season, we had a lot of program bests and we’re turning the corner in our program We’re really looking forward to continuing to compete and being more of a factor in whatever conference we play in.”
Conference strength and RPI One aspect of concern for any
portion of your schedule and then compete in the conference games.” Finding a right balance between a conference schedule, non-conference schedule and a postseason tournament are all important factors to consider, Blazer said. “I think what we learned from the Big East through the years is that playing seven, eight or nine conference games is the way to go,” he said. “Then, you have another eight or nine opportunities out of conference to raise your RPI; you need to win those non-conference games to do that.”
Recruiting
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The coaches of DePaul's non-revenue sports like soccer, volleyball and softball all have varying levels of concern regarding the university's eventual departure from the Big East, but are confident the future transition will be beneficial to their respective programs.
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If everybody puts forth the resources from a scholarship and funding and coaching point of view, then everybody should be reasonably successful.” EUGENE LENTI, softball head coach
new conference is the strength of schedule and makeup of its Rating Percentage Index (RPI) – a mathematical equation based on a team’s winning percentage, opponent’s winning percentage, and the winning percentages of an opponent’s opponent. The strength of the new members in addition to the “Catholic Seven” can have an effect on the new conference’s RPI, Lenti said. “The stronger your conference is the better it is for everybody involved,” he said. “When the upsets happen, you want that team to still have a strong RPI that beat you. If everybody puts forth the resources
from a scholarship and funding and coaching point of view, then everybody should be reasonably successful and the conference [will be] stronger as a whole, so when the upsets happen, they don’t send anyone into a tailspin.” Women’s soccer head coach Erin Chastain, however, doesn’t think the transition to new a conference will see a potential drop in quality based on the other six teams moving from the Big East. “I think as we’ve seen in sports, especially if you look at men’s basketball, some of the mid-majors and a lot of the smaller conferences have seen a lot of success,” she said.
“I don’t think there’s any possibility [the quality] will dwindle. If anything, with college coaching in general becoming more and more competitive, you’re seeing a higher level of coach come in.”
Conference size and scheduling
The size of the new-forming conference is also something receiving consideration. According to Chastain, most of the coaches don’t know what the prospective number will be, but said she’d prefer a smaller conference than Big East’s 15 full-time schools and two associate members. “I like the idea of 10 or 12. I don’t know what they’re going to end up doing, but that’s a good manageable number for me,” Chastain said. “You want to be able to schedule a good non-conference
In leaving the Big East, the coaches all feel their ability to recruit won’t be hampered by moving to what will be a new conference. However, in each sport, recruiting can be dependent on what each program offers. According to Edwards, being successful in conference play is “certainly attractive for recruits,” but noted being able to achieve an NCAA berth is a large factor in recruiting. In soccer, men’s programs such as Creighton and UC Santa Barbara have continued to bring in talented high school players and make NCAA tournament appearances despite playing in smaller conferences. Meanwhile in the women’s game, Chastain said that due to uncertainty over professional soccer opportunities post-graduation, women’s college soccer is “viewed as the top level.” “I still think in terms of women’s college soccer, you won’t see leaving early to go play professionally,” she said. “I don’t think it’s ever going to be that type of environment, so the college game is viewed as a four-year wonderful opportunity for young women.” In Lenti’s experience as the head of DePaul’s softball program, recruiting has come down to national successes more so than conference ones. “Most kids come here because we can compete nationally. In our recruiting, kids don’t really look at that (conference play). They look at how we’re going to do nationally. And when they look at going to Alabama or Tennessee or UCLA, they know those teams can compete for a national championship, not so much that they’re going to win the PAC 12 or SEC. Everybody’s shooting to get to that College World Series.”
DePaul dodgeball has good time at Chicago Open
By JAKE PAYNE Senior Writer
“DePaul dodgeball is undefeated.” This is the motto and the slogan that best showed the DePaul dodgeball’s mindset going into the Chicago Dodgeball Open tournament at the Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center two weeks ago. But they technically aren’t actually undefeated. The tournament featured a variety of different teams as close as the Moody Bible Institute, a few Brown Line stops away from DePaul, or as far as the University of Nebraska. Although DePaul dodgeball only won one game out of three, they are
undefeated in that nobody has forced them to sacrifice their style. “[The Open] was important because it was the one time a tournament took place in Chicago and it also gives us more chances to be goofy,” said Samuel Murphy, a member of DePaul dodgeball. While most club practices are intense, DePaul’s team goofs around and laughs. Peter Gawron, another member of DePaul Dodgeball, gave the impression said the club translates that carefree attitude to their tournament play. “We go to have fun, [rather than] to get a win,” Gawron said. That’s not to say that every other
team had the same mindset. Both Murphy and Gawron mentioned that Grand Valley State, the winner of the entire tourney, and a couple of other teams took the tournaments more seriously and came with clear-cut winning mentality. However, DePaul still played like they normally would. “We won the first match and just did shenanigans,” Gawron said. “One of the matches, we went up to the other team and just dived. They were so confused, it was awesome.” Murphy hinted that their “shenaningans” worked in their favor. “It was a lot easier than it seemed to
play those other teams, but we just wanted to make it fun,” Murphy said. While fun was a major theme of the tournament, there were still high stakes. DePaul was tied with Moody for the Illinois Division going into the matches, which is important for the Nationals bracketing. The team will play Moody at the end of the month, so this was an important tournament to gain some standing ground. In the end, DePaul’s record was 1-2 for the day. They might not have won many matches, but not even the Chicago Dodgeball Open could change DePaul’s happy-go-lucky attitude. So to put it in their words, this team is still undefeated.
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Where did this guy come from? By DAVID WEBBER Assistant Sports Editor
After Marc Trestman was introduced as the new head coach of the Chicago Bears, the question many fans understandably asked was, “Who is this guy?” A football-crazed town like Chicago is accustomed to big names and top-flight experience, and at first glance, Trestman has neither. Trestman isn’t your typical candidate for an NFL head coaching gig. He bounced around the league as a coordinator in the mid-1980s and into the 1990s, but spent the last five years as a head coach for the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League. His recent pedigree as a coach in another country has failed to impress a large portion of the fan base, much of which was expecting a candidate with name value and a battle-tested NFL resume. “I wasn’t necessarily expecting someone well-known, but definitely someone in the NFL or at least from college football,” said DePaul freshman Tony
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New Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman talks to the media at Halas Hall, Jan. 17. Cruz. Undoubtedly, a lot of Bears fans were expecting something
similar, especially after a year in which Chicago became the first
Podkowa readies for bigger role on women's squad By MATTHEW PARAS Senior Writer
With injuries depleting the DePaul women’s basketball team, forward Megan Podkowa is embracing an increased role that freshmen do not normally tend to have. Podkowa, a 6-2 freshman from Glenview, Ill., is the only active freshman on the team not dealing with injuries. On Jan. 3, freshmen Brandi Harvey-Carr (neck) and Brooke Schulte (ACL) suffered season-ending injuries that pushed Podkowa into the spotlight. The team’s other freshman, Alexa Gallagher, has yet to play this season while rehabbing a knee injury. “This is a great opportunity for me to play more,” Podwoka said. “It’s opening up my role on the team. I feel like I can make a bigger impact.” Podkowa, who described her role on the team as doing the “little things” and shooting the ball, came to DePaul after a very successful high school career. At Trinity High School, she earned a spot on Illinois’ First Team AllState in 2012 by outlets such as the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. During her senior year, Podkowa averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds and two assists per game. Despite her success in high school, Podkowa said she is quickly finding out how different the game of basketball is at the GRANT MYATT | The DePaulia college level. “It’s been a big change because it was a lot Megan Podkowa is averaging 4.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in 16.8 minutes per game this season. See PODKOWA, page 26
team since the 1996 Washington Redskins to start a season 7-1 and
fail to make the playoffs. But fans that did their research realize that Trestman might actually be the perfect man for the job. First of all, he wasn’t a pushover in Canada – he led the Alouettes to two consecutive Grey Cup championships and was CFL Coach of the Year in 2009. In addition, Trestman made a name for himself in the NFL early in his coaching career as someone who could get the most out of his quarterback. In his 17 years as a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator, he worked with stars under center like Bernie Kosar, Steve Young, Jake Plummer and Rich Gannon. In Chicago, Jay Cutler is the player under the biggest spotlight, and Trestman might be the cure for what ails the Bears’ talented but wildly inconsistent signal caller. “I know he’s a good offensive-minded coach. I think he’s the right fit, because we need a guy like that,” said DePaul freshman Joey Diaz. “The offense has really stunk for the last couple of years, so I’m See TRESTMAN, page 26
Blue Demons fall to Red Storm for third straight loss By MIKE CHAMERNIK Senior Writer
For the second straight game, DePaul trailed by double digits late but mounted a furious gamechanging comeback. And for the second straight game, they came up just short. The Demons lost 71-62 to St. John’s Saturday afternoon, their third-straight loss and their fifth loss in six games. Jamee Crockett had a season-best 19 points, but St. John’s took the lead early in the second half and did just enough to escape from Allstate Arena with a victory. Though the Red Storm led by only two at the half, a 10-0 push gave them a 47-39 lead. It kickstarted a larger 26-7 run that gave them their largest lead, 63-46, with 7:36 remaining. “We gave up a number of offensive rebounds on free throw block-outs,” head coach Oliver Purnell said. “We turned the ball over at the top in situations that led to easy baskets for St. John’s.” In the 10-0 stretch, St. John’s got four fastbreak layups, and during the course of taking a 17-point lead, the Red Storm fearlessly took the ball to the rim, with driving layups from D’Angelo Harrison, JaKarr
Sampson and Jamal Branch. The Demons turned the ball over 18 times, leading to 24 points off turnovers for St. John’s. “We just were careless with the ball,” Crockett said. “We weren’t executing our offense, and we weren’t guarding them like we were guarding them in the first half.” But DePaul worked their way back. The team got a dunk from Cleveland Melvin, five free throws from Melvin and Crockett and three three-pointers from Crockett and Moses Morgan to make the score 65-62 with 2:24 left. “DePaul continues to fight and scratch and claw,” St. John’s coach Steve Lavin said. “They’re going to go on runs.” The run ended though, and the Demons went scoreless the rest of the game. The Red Storm sank their free throws (six from Harrison) and the Demons went back to bricking shots from deep. DePaul went 0-4 from three-point range with under two minutes left, and shot only 20 percent (5-of-25) for the game. “I thought we took far too many of them, and obviously we didn’t hit enough,” Purnell said. “We needed to go inside more See MEN'S BASKETBALL, page 26
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