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DYSFUNCTIONAL DISCIPLINE
DePaul’s disciplinary process leaves students with more questions than answers | Pages 4-5
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Law professor draws ire of students after using ‘N-word’ in lecture By Shane René Sports Editor
DePaul College of Law professor Donald Harmann is under fire from students for using the N-word multiple times in a lecture to his criminal law class on Feb. 22 and refusing to apologize in following classes. During that class, Harmann says he was posing a hypothetical situation — a standard teaching method in law school, commonly referred to as a “hypo” — in which a man shouts the N-word toward a group of people attending a funeral for a civil rights leader, prompting the crowd to come after the agitator. The agitator, having reason to believe that the crowd may harm or kill him, pulls out a gun and shoots them. “The question is: Can he use the claim of self defense?” Harmann said. “Under these facts, the answer is no because he is the provoker.” In order to make the argument that the man shouting the N-word is the provoker, Harmann says you first have to decide what words are sufficient grounds for provocation. “Generally when someone uses words — challenging words, insulting words — that will not be enough for that person to lose the right of self defense,” Harmann said. “(...) Probably the only case (in which words provide sufficient grounds) is one where the word in question is used.” Even after multiple students confronted Harmann, asking him to refrain from using the word in class again, he stood by his decision to use the N-word, saying it was important to use the word in the present educational context in order to convey the unique nature of the word in a legal setting. “The discussion, in a sense, was sympathetic to African-Americans,” Harmann said. “I was explaining that they have a stronger claim or protection (because of the significance of the N-word).” After the class, students were quick to take action.
“On Feb. 22, the dean of DePaul’s College of Law heard from students who alleged that a law professor used a racial slur during a class discussion about criminal law and speech,” University spokesperson Carol Hughes said in an official statement. “DePaul’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity (OIDE), which oversees discrimination and harassment complaints, was notified immediately and set up meetings to interview the students and professor. The OIDE staff will complete their inquiries in accordance with established university procedures. “Additionally, OIDE has prioritized this investigation and students in the class may contact OIDE to file a complaint, offer witness testimony or ask questions about the process, which is outlined (on the OIDE’s website).” Hughes told The DePaulia that the university does not condone discrimination or harassment in any way, and while there is no policy in place governing the language professors can or cannot use in the classroom, the university’s Guiding Principles for Speech and Expression explains how DePaul “aspires to be a community marked by mutual respect and a community in which we never lose sight of the potential effects, both beneficial and harmful, of our words and of our expressive conduct.” Tiffany Harper, a co-founder of the Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program for women of color in law school, wrote a letter to Harmann after two of her mentees, along with other students, tipped her off to the situation. “Many students in the class, beyond the two that are actually in my pipeline program reached out to me, distraught and upset, wanting to know what they should do and how to move forward,” Harper said. In the letter she told Harmann that it is never okay for a non-black person to use the N-word. Students from the class say Harmann read the letter allowed, saying the N-word in full 13 more times. Terry Smith, an African American professor at DePaul’s College of Law, told the
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Donald Harmann continues to stand by his use of the word in the face of student outcry.
Sun-Times he supports the way Harmann used the word in his class. “Increasingly, we are dumbing down legal education for students. And increasingly they are ill-prepared to go out and represent clients. They will encounter this terminology and worse in practice. What will they do then?” Smith told the Sun-Times. One of Harmann’s criminal law students and Harper’s mentees, Carli Wright, said Harmann was completely unmoved by
the students’ complaints and continued to double down. She says he grew angry and “screamed” at students as the class continued to challenge him. Harmann says he never screamed at anyone. “It was completely unnecessary for him to use the word in that context,” Wright said. “We are all law students, we are all smart people, we all have college degrees — it’s not hard for us to understand the impact of the word without him saying it.”
DePaul releases first draft of 6-year plan By Benjamin Conboy News Editor
DePaul has released the first draft of its six-year plan, outlining the steps the university hopes to take to correct some of its problems, create new opportunities and ensure its longevity as an institution. The plan was created with input from students, faculty and staff at town halls over the last few months. More public discussions will be held in the coming months and a final plan is expected to be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval by May. The plan is broken down into five “strategic priorities,” which range from laying the groundwork for DePaul’s continued fiscal health, to “(ensuring) and inclusive, welcoming environment for all.” One of the more ambitious goals is to grow the university’s endowment to $1 billion by 2024 from its current amount of roughly $550 million. Student Government Association (SGA) president Michael Lynch said the endowment goal might be tough to accomplish. “Our endowment goal is audacious, but so is our mission to educate students,” Lynch said. “We take on tough tasks all the time and this is just one of those moments.”
Bamshad Mobasher, the president of the Faculty Council, said that our endowment needs to be a size that is more typical of a university of DePaul’s size. “The university is looking at accomplishing this (growth) through fundraising and developments,” Mobasher said. “There is going to be a major fundraising campaign.” He also said that any budget surpluses at the end of the year will then be funnelled into the endowment. Mobasher indicated the $1 billion number is subject to change. DePaul athletics is only mentioned once, in a section about creating “an inclusive and engaging experience for all students.” “Leverage athletics to strengthen community and enhance campus life,” reads the brief mention. Lynch isn’t concerned about the lack of focus on DePaul sports. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing because athletics already has so much great work going on,” Lynch said before expressing his support for embattled athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto. At a strategic planning town hall event on Nov. 16, SGA vice president Gracie Covarrubias said she wanted to decrease the university’s reliance on athletics as a means of community engagement. “We shouldn’t just be inviting people back for the next basketball game,” she said. “We should be inviting them back for the next art exhibit and community event or service day.
The Vincentian mission provides more opportunity to foster community (than athletics can).” Another ambitious goal for the university is to expand academic programs for students interested in going into the medical field. Mobasher said that increasing the availability of healthrelated courses might be a way for the university to increase its waning enrollment. While the plan doesn’t say anything specific about creating a medical school, President A. Gabriel Esteban told Crain’s in December that he can’t imagine a future for DePaul without a bigger presence in the healthcare field. DePaul would face stiff competition from established and renowned medical programs at University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Lynch said SGA advocated for a range of topics they felt were important to be included in the plan after hearing from students. Increasing access to experiential learning, preparing graduates for the job market and supporting “affordability strategies” were all initiatives they pushed for. “We recognize and heard from our community that college is expensive and we’re exploring every opportunity to decrease costs to students while still being able to provide the resources that they ask for,” Lynch said.
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Dysfunctional Discipline
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By DePaulia Investigation
Editor’s note: The names of the subjects of this investigation have been changed to protect their privacy. It started as an average October evening last fall for seven fraternity members at DePaul. They decided that they were going to get together and hang out at the apartment of Matthew, one of their frat brothers. Like any night together, the men were laughing, goofing around and having a good time. As the evening wore on, the men voluntarily agreed to participate in an act that would be more at home in a Guantanamo Bay interrogation room than at a fraternity apartments. Several social media accounts later described the incident as an amateurish attempt at “waterboarding,” a controversial interrogation method where water is poured on a cloth covering the mouth of a subject to simulate the experience of drowning. According to Matthew, there was no malicious intent, and nobody was forced to do anything they didn’t want to do. “Yeah, (…) we did something wrong, but we didn’t do anything that was against anyone’s will,” he said. An anonymous tip brought the events to the attention of the Dean of Students, sparking what would become a murky discipline process that would take over three months and would leave the students largely in the dark. One of the brothers, Liam, became aware that the Dean of Students’ office was looking into the events of that October evening. Liam was concerned, and he made an appointment with an assistant dean of students, Bernard Little, to discuss the state of the disciplinary process. When Liam showed up for the meeting, Little was nowhere to be found. He missed the meeting. University spokesperson Carol Hughes said that Little’s office is “unaware of (this) situation.” “They blamed it on the fact that (the deans of students) bounces back from Lincoln Park to the Loop, so it can get confusing for them,” Liam said. Another assistant dean of students, Andrea Bangura, interviewed one of the brothers early in November. Then, months later, she circled back and interviewed another one of the men after winter break. The men said they were concerned that, since Bangura wasn’t involved in every step of the process, the information she was being caught up on was biased. They say they feared her information was coming from at least three separate interviewers, and not from the men themselves. They said they never knew who would contact them next, or how dean of students personnel were communicating about their case behind the scenes. The seven fraternity brothers learned two weeks after the night of the incident that a video of the event had been somehow leaked to DePaul’s administration. On Oct. 31, 2017, they received an email declaring that an investigation into the matter had begun. The investigation was into the possibility of a hazing event, despite their repeated protestations that no new members were present. They say they felt like the questions they were being asked were off-topic, as if the interviewers were trying to get them to admit to something that didn’t happen. “They asked us questions that, if you (messed) up and didn’t think about what you were saying before you answered, you basically incriminated yourself,” Matthew said. As the fall quarter came to an end, the
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men were about to engage in a 12-week-long disciplinary process, one that to this day remains muddied and unfamiliar to them and others. As winter break approached, none of the men knew what their fate would be when classes resumed for winter quarter 2018. It wasn’t until the end of January that the men received their punishment: they would have to write an essay in response to an article given to them by the university. The goal of the essay, they were told, was for them to reflect on what they had learned. According to DePaul’s policy website, students should expect to hear a decision about the alleged violation within 60 calendar days from when the investigation began. In the fraternity brothers’ case, it took 93 days. The men say little information was shared with them about the details of the investigation. They were asked to participate in separate interviews about the night. Seven other individuals who were not present during the incident in question were also interviewed, including one of their friends, student named Jason. While Jason didn’t attend the incident, he was in a group chat in which it was being discussed. Because he responded about the incident in the chat, he was called in as a witness. Jason says an email from Little said, he was told his fraternity was under investigation for “violent and disorderly conduct.” The questions, Jason felt, were barbed, as if guilt had already been assumed. “I felt like it was kind of a witch hunt,” he said. “I was like, ‘What is going on?’ All the questions I felt were very loaded (…).” After the interviews, the seven still awaited their fate. Initially, the students involved thought they weren’t going to be punished by the university because it was their understanding that the fraternity was the sole entity being investigated. But then the seven received emails stating each of them were under individual investigation. According to one of the brothers, a faculty member “implied that one of the punishments could be suspension from the university.” The unusually long disciplinary process is not customary at other Chicago universities. Loyola’s policy requires the process to be completed within eight business days and the University of Chicago makes a decision within seven days of the hearing, according to its student manual. One of the students present at the night in question, Carter, remembered specifically
asking how long the process was going to take. He says he was told that it would all be over within five business days. Matthew had his second interview after winter break with Andrea Bangura. When they met in January, Bangura began their meeting by mentioning that her colleagues had brought her up to speed on the case, Matthew said. This raised his concerns of bias and misinformation that was passed onto her about their initial interviews. When the seven men recalled the interview timeline, they recalled that Bangura was a part of the case in the fall when she interviewed one of the other brothers in the first week of November. After that realization, the men felt disappointment and mistrust towards the staff for putting everyone out of sync that far along in the process. Bangura said in a phone call with The DePaulia that her office cannot discuss specific student cases. When she was asked about the protocol for being brought up to speed on these cases, she said she had a meeting and hung up the phone. When Meagan Anderson was sexually assaulted in 2015, she went to DePaul looking for help. She filled out the paperwork and provided the DePaul administration with evidence of her claims in the hope that they would appropriately punish her assaulter. In the end, Anderson’s assaulter was found guilty. However, Anderson said the punishment was unsatisfactory: Her assaulter was given only a two-week academic probation. In a handbook from the Division of Student Affairs that outlines how university board hearings should be conducted, there are written instructions for board members to “always think in terms of Win-Win (or Satisfy-Satisfy)” when handing down a punishment. In the U.S. criminal justice system, it is hard to imagine that a judge would seek the approval of a convicted rapist when sentencing them. “This involves ensuring that everyone involved in the process feels reasonably good about what happens,” the document states. “If the student is treated with respect and fairness, given an educational sanction that he/she derives benefit from and given the opportunity to regain what has been lost; a win-win situation has been accomplished.” Uncomfortable with the verdict, Anderson tried to appeal the case. She provided more evidence, but the university said it was not sufficient. They referenced
similar cases in the past and argued that the punishment her assaulter received was fair. Anderson felt compelled to move away despite being in a graduate program at the time. She said she still has anxiety because of her experiences. “I live 300 miles away now and I still get scared that maybe he’ll be in town for some reason or just come (to town),” Anderson said. Leaving Chicago seemed to be the only option. In the end, the seven men remained at DePaul, but they say their faith in the institution has been fractured. DePaul and their fraternity’s national board put them on probation, which has since been lifted. When it was all said and done, the majority of the fraternity’s members were removed or chose to leave on their own. This story was a collaborative effort that features reporting by Benjamin Conboy, Mariam Mackar, Cody Corrall, Marissa Nelson, Emily Cosgrove, Ariana Kraft, Daniele Laguckaite, Kelly Garcia and Jocelyn Martinez.
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DePaul fails at discipline transparency By DePaulia Investigation The disciplinary process at DePaul is conducted in secrecy. Students who have gone through it say they are kept in the dark, and the information that the university does release is negligible. The university won’t reveal how many students are suspended, expelled or otherwise sanctioned. The DePaul Department of Public Safety does release annual numbers on how many students are referred for student discipline, but no public record exists of what happens after the referral. When asked for basic numbers on student discipline, without naming individual students, DePaul refused, with university spokesperson Carol Hughes claiming that it is a matter of privacy and school policy. Hughes said that “(the university’s) practice is not to discuss specific actions that may or may not be taken by the university regarding the student conduct process, including outcomes, in order to protect student privacy.” Releasing general statistics about DePaul’s disciplinary actions, which is what was asked of Hughes, would not be a violation of student privacy, according to a national expert on university privacy policy.
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“Statistics, by definition, are not private,” said Frank LoMonte, a senior legal fellow at the Student Press Law Center. “Numbers do not give out any information about an individual.” Because DePaul is a private university, it is not required to disclose information that other public schools are. It is, however, legally required to disclose alcohol, drug and weapon offenses as required by the Department of Education, LoMonte said. LoMonte pointed to the University of Chicago as a private school that shares more information than is required by
federal law. LoMonte says this is because the university has a “well-organized and vocal student body,” and the administration has listened. Compared even to other private universities in Illinois, DePaul falls far behind on the information provided to the public about its internal judicial system. Loyola University, Columbia College, Northwestern University and the University of Chicago all provide extensive information on their judicial processes that is readily available to the public on their websites. DePaul does release its student
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conduct processes, but you need a university username and password to access them, leaving them out of reach for parents and non-students. Loyola, however, describes its disciplinary system with a video that lists the exact steps taken in the judicial process, as well as an FAQ. After a report is filed at Loyola, the accused student will receive a notification letter from the university. A meeting will take place within five business days of receiving the notification. After the meeting occurs, the accused will get a verdict, and if necessary, a punishment within three business days.
Columbia also reveals its judicial process in numerous documents available to the public. Similarly, Northwestern University describes disciplinary actions extensively on their student conduct website. Although there is no step-bystep process illustrated publically, there are several sections of the website dedicated to sanctions for individuals, organizations and housing. Of all the private institutions in Chicago, the University of Chicago releases the most indepth information on their student disciplinary cases. Each year the school outlines and publically releases the number of hearings convened and provides a brief description of what caused the hearing in the first place, all broken down by college. Everything from cheating on tests to vandalism to physical abuse is reported, and each individual account is described in a couple sentences, along with what punishment they received. This story was a collaborative effort that features reporting by Benjamin Conboy, Mariam Mackar, Cody Corrall, Marissa Nelson, Emily Cosgrove, Ariana Kraft, Daniele Laguckaite, Kelly Garcia and Jocelyn Martinez.
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Candidates for Governor still slinging mud
Billionaire and front-runner candidate for governor JB Pritzker (left), is closely followed by Chris Kennedy (middle) and State Senator Daniel Biss (right). Personal attacks have been a big part of the race.
With primary elections nearing, candidates ratchet up the attacks By jonathan ballew Asst. News Editor
As the clock winds down on the gubernatorial primary, the candidates came out swinging on Thursday at the University of Chicago. The democratic gubernatorial forum was sponsored by WBEZ, Politico and the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. Although six candidates were on stage, three have emerged as the front-runners in a hotly contested and very expensive primary election. J.B. Pritzker, state Sen. Daniel Biss and businessman Chris Kennedy have begun to dig their heels with attack ads and negative rhetoric on Twitter and at multiple debates and forums. Pritzker, a billionaire venture capitalist and philanthropist with longstanding Chicago connections, is leading in almost all of the most recent polls. To date, Pritzker has spent $63 million of his own money. To put things in perspective, Donald Trump spent $66 million of his own money for his entire presidential race. Pritzker has presented himself as the only candidate who can compete with Gov. Bruce Rauner’s massive war chest. Biss, meanwhile, has championed himself as the middle-class candidate and made it a cornerstone of his platform. While he does
not have the campaign dollars that Pritzker or Kennedy enjoy, he has nonetheless managed to raise more individual campaign donations of $100 or less than any other candidate. Biss has continued to hammer home the fact that he is the only candidate with real legislative experience. Kennedy, son of the late Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, is likely counting on name recognition come election day. The Kennedy family has a long history of social activism, particularly with the African-American community. Kennedy has made gun violence the foundation of his platform and has chosen Ra Joy as his running mate, who is a vocal activist for curbing gun violence in Chicago. It took less than five minutes on Thursday before candidates began to attack one another. Asked about job creation, Pritzker said, “I’m the only candidate that has actually created jobs,” to which Kennedy immediately said that if there was an award for job creation it should go to himself. “What jobs did you create?” he asked Pritzker. The question of the night came when the moderators asked the candidates how much things cost to determine if they were relatable to the average voter. Pritzker was asked how much a week of childcare costs, to which he replied, “$150 on the low end and $400 on the high end.”
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Biss was asked for the price of a monthly CTA pass and he said $35. A monthly CTA pass costs $105 dollars. Both candidates took a bit of heat on social media and at the press conference for their answers. Biss posted on Twitter a picture of him holding up his Metra card saying, “...boy did I miss that one!” Pritzker defended his answer saying that there is a full spectrum when it comes to child care. Asked for the price of a haircut, Kennedy received perhaps the easiest question. “For a haircut this good? I pay $40,” he said with a smile. Extending a small olive branch, Kennedy defended his fellow candidates after the forum, calling the line of questioning a “bit of a gotcha moment.” Each of the candidates were asked stylized questions specific to concerns that voters may have about them. Pritzker was asked about the nowinfamous wiretap recordings. Gov. Rauner has run two campaign ads in particular featuring the recordings; one shows Pritzker discussing the possible sale of Barack Obama’s vacant senate seat with then-governor Rod Blagojevich. The other more recent recording has Pritzker saying unflattering remarks about African-Americans, calling Secretary of State, Jesse White, the “least offensive” option for a political appointment. “I believe my actions speak for themselves,” Pritzker said. Chris Kennedy was asked if he had the temperament to be governor. Kennedy has snapped at a reporter who chased him down in an elevator. He also walked off stage at an earlier forum when asked a question that, he felt, was insensitive. “I think I have developed as a candidate,” he said. “I’m a peacemaker.” Biss was asked about a 2013 piece of pension legislation that ended up being ruled
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unconstitutional. The topic has been a sore spot and a thorn in Biss’ side for much of the race. “I’ve acknowledged that was a false choice,” he said. “Nobody on this stage will be a perfect governor in 2019.” Although Pritzker, Kennedy and Biss have garnered the most attention due to polling numbers and campaign dollars, Bob Daiber and Tio Hardiman insist they are serious contenders to win the primary election. Daiber is an educator and politician from downstate Illinois and believes that he will secure the voters outside of Chicago. Hardiman is a community activist and former director of CeaseFire Illinois, a Chicago based anti-violence program. “Those three men are not the only candidates running for governor,” Hardiman said, while interrupting the moderators on Thursday. At the press conference following the forum, Hardiman reminded the press that the last time he ran for election he was polling at only 5 percent, but he managed to secure 28.1 percent of the vote in the 2014 primary election. Robert Marshall is a physician from Burr Ridge who was late to enter the race. Marshall has a radical idea to divide Illinois into three separate states. Although all the candidates favor legalizing cannabis, Marshal has additionally called for the legalization of cocaine and morphine in order to help “take the money out of the drug trade.” With only two weeks until the March 20 primary election, don’t expect the candidates to let up on personal attacks or negative ads. The general consensus among political experts is that while Pritzker may have a decent-sized lead, Kennedy and Biss are well within striking distance. In other words, it’s still anybody’s race.
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DePaul recognized as a top military-friendly college Veteran and Commuter Student Affairs and helps non-traditional students at DePaul. “Veterans bring discipline, worldliness and professionalism to DePaul,” he said. “They are a positive influence on the students around them.” Stewart said that veterans garner a high level of respect, both from their peers and from faculty. He said that veterans are right at home in the DePaul community because of their service. “In my mind, our veteran students have already lived the Vincentian mission,” he said. “This makes a congruence to DePaul and understanding of sacrifice and service to others so natural.” Fatai Soyebo is a veteran student studying business management. He said that DePaul has made him feel right at home. “DePaul is right next to my house, so it was definitely where I wanted to go,” he said. Soyebo said that he is a “really old freshman,” at over 30 years old. Although his needs are different from the average 18-yearold freshman, he said DePaul has met those needs head on. “DePaul caters to my needs with the veterans center,” he said. “They are always looking out for me.” One of the ways Veterans Affairs bridges the gap between university and veteran students is by having veteran liaisons. Bridget Keane is one of the veteran liaisons at DePaul. She served for over five years in the Marine Corps and is now studying public relations. She said that the Student Veterans Union is an excellent resource for veterans on campus and that her office is always looking for ways to make things better for veterans. “We try to make the transition as easy as possible” she said.
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The SR Education Group has ranked DePaul as one of 2018’s “Top MilitaryFriendly Online Colleges.” The ranking puts DePaul among 60 other colleges to earn the distinction. The SR Education Group, a leading educational ranking publication, said colleges that made the list “provide strong military communities and support networks for their online students as well as exceptional financial assistance and flexibility.” DePaul has the largest veteran student population of any university in Chicago. Last year, DePaul had 612 veteran students using benefits who made up roughly 3 percent of the entire student body. For many veterans, life after the military brings a whole new set of challenges. Leaving a world of rigid structure that often includes long periods of boredom peppered with short bursts of extreme danger can be difficult, and veterans students often deal with issues that are different than their peers. Choosing a college is often the first step in navigating life on the outside. One of the things that makes DePaul so desirable for veterans is that DePaul is a Yellow Ribbon school. Yellow Ribbon schools pledge to supplement the additional cost of tuition for veteran students. While some universities give out a limited number of Yellow Ribbon scholarships, DePaul has no cap on the amount of scholarships it gives out. At DePaul, every veteran receiving 100 percent of their G.I. Bill is eligible for a Yellow Ribbon scholarship. James Stewart is the director of Adult,
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Keane said that the veteran’s office has a “Quarterly Connect” event where veterans can come and learn about upcoming events at DePaul, degree programs that may interest them, and possible job and internship opportunities. “When you get out, you don’t always have the support that you used to have,” she said. “Sometimes it can be a little lonely.” This is not the first time DePaul has earned recognition for its treatment of veterans. In 2014, Victory Media ranked DePaul in the top 20 percent of all universities for being military friendly. On Thursday, there was a veteran career event in the DePaul Center hosted by the Office of Veterans Affairs. These events are commonplace at DePaul, and veterans get weekly email notifications alerting them to hiring events. Companies like Bosh, Accenture and Brooksource were in attendance, looking for veterans to employ. Rachel Gitlevich is a senior recruiter for Brooksource, an IT staffing firm that has implemented a “Patriot Project” to hire more veterans. Gitlevich is also a DePaul graduate. She said the DePaul Veterans Affairs Office is easily accessible. “DePaul has probably been our best relationship so far,” she said. “Their Veterans Affairs Office has been the easiest to contact and work with.” Gitlevich said that one of the biggest challenges for veterans is learning how to apply the skills they learned in the military. “Our veterans are talented, but sometimes they don’t realize that the skills they have do transfer over to civilian life.”
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FEBRUARY 22 FEBRUARY 25 7) A criminal trespass report was filed for a FEBRUARY 21 1) A theft report was filed for a bag taken from 4) An illegal consumption of alchol by a minor person on DePaul property that was told not to 9) A criminal trespass report was filed at DePaul the John T. Richardson Library.
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An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor report was filed for a person in the Student Center. Individual was transported to Illinois Masonic by Chicago EMS.
FEBRUARY 23 3) A deceptive
practices report was filed for counterfeit money found in the Brownstone Café.
report was filed for a person in McCabe Hall. Individual was transported to Illinois Masonic by Chiago EMS.
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A smell of marijuana report was filed for a room at Belden-Racine Hall. Marijuana was confiscated and citation was issued by CPD.
FEBRUARY 26 6) A harassment by electronic means report was filed for a person receiving unwanted text messages.
come back to the university.
FEBRUARY 27 8) A harassment
by electronic means report was filed for a person with unwanted postings on Snap Chat.
Center for a person who was not supposed to be on DePaul campus.
10) A retail theft report was filed for items taken from the Dunkin Donuts at the DePaul Center.
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Loot boxes spark controversy among gamers, legislators By brian pearlman Staff Writer
There was a time when, if you bought a video game, all of its content was available to you right out of the box. It’s not quite that simple anymore. Nowadays, the video game industry generates a great deal of its revenue from what are called microtransactions: in-game purchases that yield a variety of virtual rewards. And government regulators are starting to pay attention. In states like Washington, Indiana and Hawaii, legislators are starting to link some forms of randomized microtransactions to gambling, with the argument that if the gaming industry will not act to clean its own house, then the government will have to step in to protect consumers. At the center of these debates are “loot boxes.” These are randomized caches that yield different items depending on the game, and they range from the innocuous to the suspiciously advantageous. One example of the former is Activision Blizzard’s popular shooter “Overwatch,” which has found success with loot boxes priced anywhere from $1.99 for two boxes to $39.99 for 50 boxes. “The way microtransactions are now, I personally don’t
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have any issues with them,” said Chris Jackson, the Industry Ambassador for DeFRAG, a student-run organization that focuses on social gaming events and promoting DePaul’s Game Programming curriculum. “The game gives you the option to purchase the in-game keys to buy the loot crates … it’s my own personal choice to spend that money in order try and get something that I like.” But Sam Elsbernd, the president of DeFRAG, says loot boxes can sometimes “interfere with (a) game’s integrity.” “The biggest of these (issues) I feel is obviously weaponry/ stat boosts which give unfair advantages to those who use such items,” Elsbernd said. “I believe the pay-to-win platform has no place in any game whatsoever and especially in games deemed ‘competitive.’” While Jackson agrees that pay-to-win microtransactions cross a line, as seen with the recent outrage over EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II, he argues that most games don’t set up their payment systems that way. And he does not favor government legislation over the practice, which is something that has been floated in states like Hawaii, Washington and Indiana. Already China requires video games to disclose loot box odds, just as casinos are required to do for slot machines. And legislators like Rep. Chris Lee, a Democrat from Hawaii, are drawing inspiration from laws like these for their own bills in the U.S. “The concern rests with the impacts on everybody,” he told the DePaulia. “We have had mental health professionals and others particularly raise flags about impacts on children, as they’re still vulnerable to a number of these kinds of influences.” Lee says he has been talking with psychologists, mental health professionals and teachers who have been working with individuals affected by the addictive nature of loot boxes and microtransactions. Based on their input, he has come to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter if loot boxes are only providing cosmetic rewards. Rather, “it’s the way people perceive there to be value in the mechanism.” “If people who tend to be vulnerable to these kinds of mechanisms find value in the cosmetic side of the equation, then they will be equally impacted or potentially harmed as
a result,” he said. Lee has introduced two House Bills focusing on consumer protection from what he says are the game industry’s predatory practices and aggressive marketing towards children. House Bill 2686 proposes restricting the sale of games that include “randomized rewards” and “virtual items that can be redeemed for randomized rewards” to those aged 21 and over. House Bill 2727, meanwhile, proposes that video game companies must inform consumers what the probability rates of their randomized purchases are. It would also give the Hawaii state government access to the underlying code behind the microtransaction systems. Elsbernd is skeptical of these kinds of proposed regulations because he says lawmakers risk interfering with the rights of consumers who want to lawfully purchase loot boxes. Similarly, Jackson disagrees on an ethical basis, though he concedes randomized rewards and secondary markets that sell them are approximations of gambling. “It’s a very hard medium to apply regulations over because it’s an art form … I don’t think (the regulations) will stick, but I can definitely see their one reason for trying to apply it,” he said. For Lee’s part, he remains undaunted. A video posted to his YouTube channel on December 19, 2017 shows testimonials from fellow Democrats who are drafting or who plan to draft similar legislation in other states, including Sen. Kevin Ranker of Washington, Sen. Nan Orrock of Georgia and Rep. Pricey Harrison of North Carolina. While he doesn’t expect microtransactions and lootboxes to disappear and be replaced with the “out-of-the-box” experience of days gone by, Lee nonetheless believes that the way the video game industry currently does business needs to change. “I think there’s a medium somewhere in between, where the kinds of predatory and exploitative practices in the industry today will be reigned in, and where there’s still going to be avenues to have an evolution of the gaming model to have additional content which is downloadable but which is done in an appropriate and safe manner,” he said.
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International women's day
What really needs to be talked about on March 8 By Carina Smith Nation and World Editor
International Women’s Day is a time for the world to celebrate the different women’s rights movements that are taking place around the world. It’s when Oprah quotes and pictures of Malala Yousafzai will be posted on social media with this year’s theme, #PressforProgress. In 2018, we are bound to see a lot of talk about the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements that started last year. The entire theme is meant to ask for a change in the way societies and governments deal with sexual assault. While these movements deserve attention and need to be talked about, many other
women’s issues are being largely ignored by Western media. These too deserve their time in the spotlight that IWD could offer. "I would argue that it is very privileged, as well as hypocritical, to turn a 'blind' eye to international women’s issues because feminism cannot operate without exercising the practices of intersectionality or inclusion," said Bridget Cybulski, a junior majoring in women and gender studies. "By believing that women’s issues do not occur outside of the U.S., we are not building coalition and not moving forward as feminists." Women are discriminated against, ignored, belittled and dehumanized in certain parts of the world. The problems that plague women in other countries are unique and demand to be talked about. As we #PressforProgress this March 8, don’t forget the other women who need their stories to be heard.
The justice system in Venezuela has largely ignored and underplayed genderbased violence. Many women who have been victims of rape and assault have slipped through the cracks in the judicial system, with women facing greater human rights issues throughout the country. The government’s lack of transparency during domestic violence and rape proceedings has outraged many advocacy groups. Healthcare is seen as a luxury throughout Venezuela, leaving many women to get sterilized in order to not face a pregnancy where they don’t have access to a doctor. A lot of women, desperate for an income, will even start doing sex work. This can put them in danger, making them vulnerable to the sex trafficking industry, according to the United Nations. The women are lured away with the promise of making more money, only to be forced to work as sex slaves with little to no pay. Many activists have called on the government to better respond to women’s issues. Whether that be through prevention education or providing harsher legal ramifications to abusers, many want Venezuela to respond in a timely and accurate manner to the issues at hand – starting with the government responding to the thousands of violence complaints that have been reported to authorities but never made it to court.
The idea that big-is-beautiful is echoed throughout the country of Mauritania – with serious implications. Young girls are sent away to special camps to practice leblouh, or intensive force-eating. The girls have to maintain a 14,000 to 16,000 calorie-a-day diet in order to gain weight quickly before they get married, which can be between the ages of 12 to 14. Forced to eat about four meals a day, the girls are beaten, tortured and humiliated so that they will keep eating until they are sick. If they throw up, they are forced to eat their own vomit. The leblouh camps exist around the country, and parents pay hundreds of dollars to have specialists force feed their daughters for months on end. In Mauritania, the bigger the girl is the more mature and beautiful she is said to look, making her ready for marriage. Though a lot of young girls are not interested in gaining weight, their parents force them into leblouh so that they can enter them into arranged marriages. The long-term implications of force feeding can be harmful and, at times, deadly. Eating such a high-calorie diet and taking medication to help gain weight can cause heartburn, stomach problems, kidney failure, diabetes, depression and asthma. While the government has officially condemned leblouh, it is still seen as a normal practice in Mauritania.
MOSA'AB ELSHAMY | AP A woman walks to home after collecting wood and tree leaves in Tighanmin, a central Morocco village on Feb. 14.
In Morocco, abortion is completely illegal unless the woman is married, and there is often a physical threat to the mother and the husband even if they approve the abortion together. A pregnancy outside of a marriage is considered a huge scandal in the country, leading many women to seek out back alley abortions. Many illegal abortions are carried out each day, according to a professor and gynecologist at Les Orangers hospital in Morocco who spoke with Al Jazeera. Whether it is through unqualified doctors or by themselves, women seek to terminate their pregnancies and end up with serious complications from the procedures. Groups are now pushing for change in Morocco, asking for comprehensive sex education to be taught in schools and for laws to be changed to allow for more flexibility when it comes to abortion procedures. For now, nonprofits and organizations have popped up around the country to help single mothers find shelter and provide for their children while gaining job skills so they can work while unmarried.
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Virginity tests take place directly after a wedding in India. The bride and groom are ushered into a hotel room, given a white sheet and forced to consummate their marriage as the family waits outside. When they are done, the family inspects the white sheet. If the woman bled during intercourse, she is seen as a virgin. If she doesn’t, then they believe she had sex before marriage and she is shamed by her family and community, and her husband can choose to annul the marriage. The practice has been demeaned as humiliating for the women involved. They are seen as “impure,” their husbands can shun them, and some women are even beaten because of the “shame” that they caused to their families. The idea that a woman must bleed during her first penetrative intercourse has been widely discredited by doctors as nothing more than a myth. Many young couples have opposed the test and refuse to participate, though it still affects many women across the country. Women are harassed and berated at their weddings, and entire communities will have nothing to do with a bride who did not pass the virginity test. Many are hoping that through education and persistence, the virginity tests will no longer be a part of marriage in India during the future.
AJIT SOLANKI | AP A woman sorts red chillies near Gandhinagar, India in this Feb. 25 photo.
Despite the original effort in 2001 by the Afghan government to educate girls in the country, an estimated two-thirds of all Afghan girls do not attend school. According to a 2017 Human Rights Watch study, the government provides more schools to boys than they do for girls at all levels, and in half of the country’s provinces females make up only 20 percent or less of teachers. This creates issues for girls whose parents will not let them be taught by male teachers. Despite the law that states education is required until class nine, many in Afghanistan haven’t received any form of education. Schools for women can be spread out across the country, making it nearly impossible for some to be able to access the school if they live in a different village. Girls are also kept at home because of cultural values that do not place emphasis on their education, and roughly a third of all Afghan girls are married before they turn 18. There are families who have taken action to be able to educate their daughters, however. Donors have started community-based schools that take place in homes to allow for young children, mostly girls, to receive an education even when a government school isn’t accessible. Other groups are advocating for the government to increase the national education budget to allow for more schools to be built throughout the country.
In 2014, the world rallied around Nigeria after Boko Haram kidnapped over 275 girls from a boarding school. Now, there are 110 girls who are missing in a near -identical attack on the Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi in the Yobe state. The first reports by the Nigerian government said that dozens of girls were rescued after the attack on the school, but later it was announced that no one had been rescued by the Nigerian army. The government said on Feb. 25 that there are 110 students who remain unaccounted for after the Boko Haram raid on the girls school. Authorities claim the insurgents raided the school looking for food and abducted the girls while there. While 76 girls were rescued and two were found dead on Feb. 21, many fear that the still-missing girls will be taken into captivity, beaten, tortured and possibly forced to marry their captors, similar to what happened to the kidnapped girls in 2014. Not much has been said by the Nigerian government about where the missing girls could be, but parents are joining the “Bring Back Our Girls” movement in order to bring attention to the kidnappings.
SUNDAY ALAMBA | AP Children displaced by Boko Haram after attacks on their village sit in a lecture in Nigeria on Dec. 7, 2015.
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Opinions
Letter to the editor: "An appeal to logic and reason"
Editor's note: This piece is written by a member of the College Republicans in response to The DePaulia's representation of his comments at a debate between the College Republicans and DePaul Socialists. The article he is referring to was our front page story "The Great Debate" by the Editor-In-Chief Amber Colón. This response remains unedited by The DePaulia to accurately represent his argument. By Brendan Newell College Republicans Member
The past couple weeks there has been some controversy surrounding a comment I made at the Capitalism vs Socialism debate between the College Republicans and DePaul Socialists. I said verbatim: “I would’ve rather had a person (in office) who mildly sexually assaulted a woman than another woman who defended her husband after he raped innocent women.” This was a quick 30-second exchange between myself and the socialists, including a short explanation for the statement. Following the event, the soundbyte became the focus rather than the merits of the actual contention. Neither The DePaulia, Radio DePaul nor any of the other media outlets covering the event attempted any deeper thought on the issue, or show my explanation of the statement. I was promptly labeled a rape apologist and that was that. I decided not to comment in previous articles because of the DePaulia’s longstanding history of misquoting me. In the spirit of actual intellectual discussion of what is admittedly a morally perplexing situation, allow me to explain my thinking a bit more. I would also like to thank the DePaulia for publishing this, partially rectifying their bias. To preface this, I have no regrets for what I said and stand behind the comment in totality. For clarity’s sake, I will first address my use of the word “mildly” in reference to sexual assault, as this has been a common frame of inquiry. The problem lies in the nature of what sexual assault actually is. Frankly, in our hyper accusatory
culture it has become fairly ambiguous. Anything from awkward hug all the way up to rape can be considered as such. For our purposes, I would define sexual assault as a non-consensual interaction between two people with varying levels of sexual undertone. Now that we have established what sexual assault is (there are other definitions, but even if we disagree a little, we can still move forward), we can examine its varying levels of morality (or lack thereof). I may be out of the main stream of campus political thought, but morally speaking an uncalled for kiss is considerably less heinous than fondling of genitalia, or the worst form, rape. The former deserves a forceful slap, the latter a lifetime in jail. If we assume that all of these are not morally equivalent, which most of us would, we can move forward. If we have two morally different types of sexual assault, then all different situations between the two form a moral grayscale. All sexual assault is bad, but some sexual assault is worse than others. This is where the term mild comes from, mild making a moral distinction between two immoral acts. To come back to the actual situation at hand, the only legitimate evidence of Donald Trump committing sexual assault at this point, which he has said on tape, is that he has grabbed a woman’s crotch. He claims it was consensual, but for sake of argument in the sexual marketplace there is often miscommunication, and given Trump’s significant public stature, situations involving that level of celebrity are especially ripe for confusion. So at worst, he grabbed a crotch without consent.
I have never been a rape or sexual assault apologist. They are morally contemptible, including what Trump said or has done. But this election was a binary choice between two candidates. No other candidate had any chance whatsoever to win. When comparing the actions side-by-side, I stuck with Trump. His mishandling of sexual assault is less morally reprehensible (still reprehensible, just less so) and mild in comparison to what Hillary Clinton has defended and inadvertently has aided because of her defense. Many people our age do not remember, but her husband Bill Clinton has had numerous allegations of sexual assault, all the way up to rape as Juanita Broaddrick has alleged. This includes the Monica Lewinsky scandal where he used his power of the office to get sexual favors from a woman 27 years younger than he is. Indeed, Hillary Clinton then stood by his side and used her powerful position to defend Bill’s rampant sexual crimes. She defended him and orchestrated a media campaign to denigrate the reputation of Bill’s victims. She even created a war room in the White House for expressly these purposes. One can make the case that what Trump did is worse. That is fine. But there certainly lies a perfectly legitimate, indeed I think superior, case the other way. This is a gut call about a sensitive and sticky topic. The choice we had to make was an unfortunate one, but those were our options. I picked Trump. I have many thoughts on the issue of sexuality in modern culture and would like to follow up this article with the conservative perspective if The DePaulia wishes to do so.
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
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Workforce woes
The workforce in your teens and 20s can be a time of discovery and unique experiences. It can mean working for less than your worth and exploitation of your talents. By Mackenzie Murtaugh Opinions Editor
Internships and jobs as a college student can be exciting experiences that set you up for an ideal job. At DePaul, most students can’t even graduate without an internship, and most students have to enter the workforce to keep themselves financially afloat. But what about those internships and jobs that aren’t as provoking and engaging as the application explained? The internships and jobs that are so unconventional and bewildering aren’t the most beneficial because their efforts aren’t to train you for the future, but more so to use your naivety to their advantage. My job at a movie theater, for example, has been a whirlwind of boredom, amusement, overwhelming demand and exploitation. I work primarily as a server for over-privileged, upper-middle class people who expect my full attention without regard to the other guests. They’ve forced me to close by myself in the middle of the storm that is the first weekend of huge blockbuster movies. They have promised me a raise only to take it back weeks later, claiming it isn’t fair to the other employees. I’ve been forced to come into work on my days off and stay later than scheduled because of understaffing, while the management team hides away in their office. While my job at the theater isn’t worth the minimum wage pay, the friends I’ve made and the number of free movies I’ve seen almost justify the four years of torment I have spent with the company. But some young workers haven’t been as lucky in finding some entertainment in their workplace environment. In Illinois’ western suburbs, one restaurant created controversy and annoyance for the students of the local high school. The café and catering restaurant is known locally for its allegedly hot-headed owner and its
potential as a front for drugs. “My friend worked there and said they needed people,” said Meghan Magats, who used to work at this restaurant. “But the second I got hired, he quit because he couldn’t quit until they got new people.” At this restaurant, Magats spent one month working as a cashier. After two days of training, the owners
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expected her to close the store by herself, even though she had not been properly trained to do so. When she wasn’t able to perform the duties, she was yelled at by the owner. It wasn’t the last time. On another occasion Magats said she itched her nose in front of guests, and he yelled at her profusely. Nose itching was unacceptable, but the selling of drugs was almost encouraged. “My coworkers would sell weed there and just smoke it in the kitchen,” Magats said. “Their friends would just
come too.” Magats felt obligated to stay in the same way her friend who got her the job did; since the business had barely enough workers to get by as is, her guilt got the best of her. Though she was taken for granted and given much more responsibility than a freshly trained 16-yearold cashier should have, the toxic environment her boss created because of his anger management issues caused her to fear and despise the establishment. Employers need to do better than this for young workers. Being put under pressure to succeed in the workplace is expected for low wage jobs, but feeling threatened by your superior in a high volume and fastpaced environment can be too much for many young workers. Instead of a providing a learning experience that sets you up for future employment or helps you save money for the future, many prove to be a waste of time. The old rumor of the intern getting coffee for the boss and only being used for busy work seems a delight in comparison to some horror stories of internships and jobs. There are instances of the intern being held accountable for much more than the internship is worth, doing the same work as a staff member and without the pay. Businesses can use interns as a way to get free labor, since students and recent graduates are desperate for experience and might be willing to get it even if they are exploited by a large company. Minimum and low-wage jobs have a similar system that forces young adults to put in more work than it’s worth. Internships have a regrettable track record for their exploitative system. Low-income students have no chance, putting them at a disadvantage before they have even had a chance to get their career going. Big businesses and companies have no reason to not pay an intern who has experience and talent, especially if they’re expected to stay with the company for an extended period of time.
Poor password habits leave people vulnerable to hacks By Rachel Fernandez Managing Editor
The hacks started on her Facebook account. Eilish Boyd, a senior majoring in media and cinema studies, got a message from a girl she went to high school with whom she hadn’t spoken to in years. The girl told her she had been receiving strange, nonsensical messages from Boyd’s personal profile promoting Ray-Ban glasses. “I never went on my Facebook,” Boyd said. “Then I went on my Facebook and there were all of these posts that I clearly was not posting.” Then it happened to her Twitter account. Promotional tweets for Ray-Bans from an outside source started appearing on her personal account as if she was typing them up herself. “My friends were like ‘why are you tweeting this sh*t?’ and then I saw in my follows that I had followed random accounts like bot accounts and porn star accounts and accounts that were not even people,” Boyd said. Then it happened to her text messages on her iPhone. “I opened my phone one morning and I had literally over 150 outgoing messages to a really long number,” Boyd said. “It didn’t look like it was a U.S. number. (The messages were) all in Chinese and they used all of these red emojis, and they used the Chinese flag emoji, too.” The Internet gives us the ability
to save information online so that we can access it anywhere. Many of these accounts, however, are only protected by passwords that the users produce. We use passwords to protect some of our most valuable and personal information, but poor password habits make us more susceptible to hacking or getting our information stolen. Before being hacked, Boyd thought she was being diligent about keeping her accounts secure. She had a habit of going onto movie torrenting websites, but she tried to create complicated passwords. Boyd used various combinations of letters, numbers and characters in her passwords, and the websites she used would usually classify them as “strong.” But internet privacy experts say that even complicated passwords are susceptible to hacks. “If a guide suggests to, for example, use your birthdate as your password shifted over by a character on the keyboard, hackers are also likely to have come across this guide and use that as a way to figure out passwords,” said Matthew Verive. Verive currently works as an informational security intern in the Risk Management, Governance and Compliance department at United Airlines, “which is fancy talk for trying to monitor and relegate vulnerabilities,” Verive said. “One major vulnerability is often weak passwords, so our department is big in promoting healthy password creation and use.”
Keeping track of several accounts and having to remember multiple passwords can be draining, so many people default to using the same password for several sites or opting for a word or phrase that’s easy to remember. According to data compiled by Splashdata, “123456” and “password” have been the two most commonly used passwords for the past four years. Even those who are aware of the importance of password security have trouble when it comes to making their own accounts ironclad. “To be honest, yes, I reuse passwords,” Verive said. “I don’t use the same password for all accounts, but there are several passwords or variations of the same password that I use across different sites. Generally, I reuse passwords out of pure laziness but use unique passwords for particularly sensitive things.” “There is a phenomenon called ‘security fatigue’ that refers to the state of reluctance to change a password or maintain a good security practice,” said Filipo Sharevski, an assistant professor in the College of Computing and Digital Media who focuses on computer security, telecommunication and networking. “We have to remember, on average, more than 20 different passwords, which is quite a lot, Sharevski said. “Put on top of that that we also have to change some of those once every 30 days. Not to get security fatigued but still secure, (people should change their passwords) probably 3-6 times a year.” Companies are starting to look for
alternatives to passwords on certain devices by using touch and face recognition. Apple added fingerprint recognition to their devices starting with the iPhone 5s, and now the iPhone X uses face recognition that they refer to as Face ID. Microsoft is using a similar face recognition system called Windows Hello on the Surface Pro 4. These techniques make those devices more secure, but “passwords are old as an identification technique and probably the hardest to get rid off,” Sharevski said. He suggests setting up a two-factor verification process when logging into accounts. This is when you enter your password and the website you are logging into sends a follow-up code through text, call or email that the user must enter before being taken to their account. Since her hack, Boyd uses this technique on her accounts. “If there’s an option to do a two-factor verification, I’ll always choose it just to be safe.” Boyd said. “I feel like that whole situation I had and that fear was sort of just a warning in a way that it possibly could get worse.” She said she notices that when students in her classes have to give presentations, several of her classmates use the two-factor verification process when they log into their email or Google Drive. “It makes me wonder if the same thing happened to them too, or if they’re doing it as a precaution,” Boyd said.
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Focus
ShortSpringBreak? Where to go if you only have a six-day spring break. By Brenden welper Contributing Writer
If you’ve already purchased a “Spring Break 2018” shirt, now would be the time to return it. DePaul University’s annual break following winter quarter will feel more like a pause this year. The current term will end on Monday, March 19. That’s the last possible day that final exams may be scheduled. Spring break begins the following day, and ends on that Friday. Saturday classes (yes, those exist) will begin on March 24. All other courses will resume on Monday, March 26. “I didn’t realize they had shortened the break until the fourth or fifth week of the term,” sophomore Abbas Dahodwala said, “It didn’t end up affecting me too much because most of my finals are papers.” Other students, such as senior Josh Sklare, weren’t as lucky.
“Because of the break, I had to rearrange when I’m taking my history final,” said Sklare, “I moved it just so I could go on this trip, but I shouldn’t have to. The idea of having finals end on a Monday is just silly.” Sklare hasn’t decided exactly when he’ll take his final. He’s hoping to have it finished three days earlier on Friday, March 16. All students might want to double check their class syllabus. An exam scheduled for that lone Monday, March 19, is set in stone. “Given the way that holidays fell on the calendar, we had to shorten spring break in order to ensure that all classes met for the requisite numbers of contact hours,” Caryn Chaden said. Chaden is the Associate Provost for Student Success and Accreditation at DePaul. She also serves as an associate
Milwaukee staple: While Chicago is known for its pizza, Milwaukee is known for its beer. The Miller Brewing Company’s headquar ters is located a few miles west of downtown. Where to drink: But for those who aren’t fond of domestic beer, there are plenty of craft breweries to choose from. Graduate student Mike Fleischman, a native of Wausau, Wisconsin, recommends two microbreweries: Sprecher and Lakefront. What to do: Tours of the facility are free of charge, and are open to visitors under 21 years old. If you’re not of age, you’ll have to settle for a soft drink at the conclusion of the tour.
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professor of English. “The academic calendar is created by a group from the registrar’s office, faculty council, and academic affairs, and then approved by the faculty council and the provost,” Chaden said. DePaul’s academic calendar is planned years in advance. In fact, another shortened spring break will occur in 2021. Anyone who plans on being enrolling for the 2020-21 school year (sorry freshmen) will only have March 22-26 away from campus.With less than a week off, legendary spring break destinations like Cancun, Mexico or Punta Cana, Dominican Republic are basically out of the question. But there’s just enough time to exchange that tropical vacation for a more Midwestern kind of getaway.If the city is your campus, then it’s time to venture outside of Chicago for a few days. The Midwest has plenty to offer – aside from palm trees.
Milwaukee Of all the Midwestern cities listed here, Milwaukee is the shortest distance away. It’s a straight shot up I-94. On a good day, the commute is only an hour and a half.
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Detroit
What to do: Three casinos (MGM Grand, Greektown and Motor City) are scattered throughout downtown Detroit. Parking is free at each venue – even if you don’t set foot in the casino. High roller or not, it’s a secure way to park your car.
Just three hours southeast of Chicago lies Indianapolis. The city is known for hosting major athletic events such as the Super Bowl and the Final Four. Yet it’s often overlooked when it comes to nightlife.
What to watch: But if you’re looking for something a bit more reserved (and less obnoxious), walk a half-mile north to The Hilbert Circle Theatre. “The Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel” will have three showings at The Hilbert between Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24. Tickets on the main floor start at $10 for college students
Motown is just a five-hour drive away. Don’t let the stereotypes fool you; there’s plenty to do in Michigan’s largest city.
What to watch: The Fox Theatre, Fillmore Detroit and the Detroit Opera House are all located within a block of each other. Concerts, comedy shows and other performances take place each week. Music fans can also visit “Hitsville, USA”, better known as the Motown Museum.
Who to cheer on: The first and second rounds of the 2018 NCAA tournament will be held at the brand new Little Caesars Arena on March 16 and 18, respectively. Tickets on secondary markets like StubHub are going for as little as $60 per session. If you’re a basketball fan, the Chicago Bulls will visit the Detroit Pistons on Saturday, March 24 at 7 p.m. EDT.
Indianapolis Where to drink: 247 Sky Bar and Blu are positioned on opposite sides of the street. Both are relatively inexpensive, and that’s ideal given that their clientele is raucous college students. What to do: Indianapolis’ Wholesale District offers a variety of restaurants, bars and nightclubs located off of Meridian Street. This area is known as the city’s entertainment center. According to Yelp, the Wholesale District is home to two of the top three dance clubs in Indianapolis.
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Arts & Life
Wauconda forever
"Black Panther" connection shines light on Northwest suburb
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Wauconda is a small Northwestern suburb of Chicago and is home to newfound fame after "Black Panther's" release and the immense success that followed.
By Lacey Latch Arts & Life Editor
Epic plunging mountains, lush valleys with picturesque waterfalls and a highly advanced metropolitan kingdom are all featured in one of the earliest scenes in the Marvel superhero film “Black Panther.” The further into the film you get, the more you see of the fictional African country of Wakanda: a bustling afro-futuristic environment wherein the greatest resource in the universe, vibranium, can be found. A little closer than Africa and just a short drive outside of Chicago, people casually walk up and down the main street of a small town bordering Bangs Lake. Here visitors can find quaint shops, antique stores and unique restaurants. The days proceed calmly here. This is the small Northwest suburb of Wauconda. Pronounced exactly the same as it’s cinematic counterpart, this quiet town has received much attention since the film’s release with people from all over the country making the connection between the two locales. The Village Hall says they have been bombarded with calls from fans of “Black Panther” asking about vibranium or simply screaming “Wakanda forever,” a common phrase in the film. Last month, teenagers ventured through Wauconda in costume as the superhero Black Panther and his primary antagonist Killmonger, and employees in the town were photographed with Black Panther masks on.The town, on the whole, seems to have embraced all the newfound attention. No matter where you go, you are put at ease and Wauconda natives greet you happily. The shops are welcoming and warm. A group of friends gathered to catch up and knit together in one of the coffee shops and the staff greeted almost every single person by name. Caitlin Wuebben, 27, works at Honey Hill Coffee Company on Main St. in Wauconda. In her opinion, this recognition is beneficial for the town. “Wauconda is up and coming, so anything to help boost it is great,” said Wuebben. “I love Wauconda, I grew up
here, so it's kind of cool to see everyone get excited over it.” While this boom in attention is surprising to many, this isn’t exactly foreign territory for the town. Wauconda was once used as a filming location for the 1980 musical comedy “Blues Brothers” and is featured in one of the scenes in the final third of the film. While that was big news for the town at the time, they had a much bigger cinematic moment ahead. Bulldogs Grill on Main St. is one of the most popular places in town. One wall is filled with a colorful and creative handwritten menu with a variety of options. The rest of the restaurant is covered in Bulldogs, the school district’s mascot, as well as many pictures of the extravagant burgers offered at the Grill. The staff interact with the customers like they’re old friends and the customers happily reciprocate. Tony Vazquez, 28, is the manager of the burger joint, and he says he has definitely noticed the changes “Black Panther” has brought. “It's not the first time we've been in the movies or mentioned, considering that it was just a weird coincidence that it was the same (name), and then all of the sudden the nation was looking out here,” said Vazquez. With a new home in the spotlight, Wauconda has the opportunity to capitalize on this publicity and promote what the town has to offer. The qualities of the town are exemplified with the influx of tourists. With more people flocking to the suburb, the hospitality and welcoming energy of Wauconda shines through. DePaul sophomore Ben Burkhardt, 20, is from the Northwest suburb. He sees this opportunity as Wauconda’s chance to finally make a name for itself. “It is a small town so any chance they get to be more than a small town in the Northwest suburbs, they'll take,” said Burkhardt. The record-breaking box office pull for “Black Panther” has yet to stop, which implies that Wauconda’s moment of fame isn’t nearly over yet. The longer the spotlight lasts, the more similarities between the two places come to light. In “Black Panther” Wakanda presents
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A local business embraces the "Black Panther" connection with their signage.
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Bulldogs Grill celebrates the film with specific "Black Panther" themed specials. itself to the world as an agricultural community struggling to stay out of poverty. However, a look beneath the surface will reveal the truly spectacular world within. The same can be said for Wauconda. From what seems like a relatively uneventful suburb, a look beneath the surface will reveal some of the greatest aspects of community that small town America has to offer. Where it falls
short in it’s vibranium supply, it makes up for in true hospitality and warmth. “It's free advertising for the whole town,” said Vazquez. “It's a nice, positive light actually being brought to (Wauconda).” Additional reporting by Rachel Fernandez and Carina Smith on behalf of the DePaulia Road Trip Team.
An improvised life
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By Meredith Melland Contributing Writer
The promise of dodgeball and capture the flag during the warm Ohio summer was enough to entice tomboy Christian Borkey to attend theater camp with her three older brothers in the summer after third grade. Borkey learned the motto “it’s better to be loud and be wrong than to be quiet and right,” at camp during musical rehearsals, and it continues to stick with her as she takes on different roles in her college career and performing pursuits. “I do everything loud and sometimes wrong,” Borkey said with a laugh. “Do it wrong, do it strong, man.” Borkey, 20, is midway through her second year studying Chinese and international studies at DePaul. She is now the artistic director of Springboard Theater in addition to being a team coach for DePaul Improv and Sketch Comedy (DISC) and a member of the DISC improv team the 2002 Chicago Bulls. In a coat, sweatshirt, gray joggers, and a beanie that covers most of her cropped hair, Borkey looks ready for any scenario. Folded in an armchair, she continuously winds her headphones around her fingers as she quickly cracks smiles and jokes, mimics voices, and widens her blue eyes. “People usually think I’m a 14-year-old boy,” said Borkey. In the fall of her freshman year, Borkey answered a call for a social media post writer at Springboard Theater, a DePaul organization that produces original and accessible theater outside of The Theatre School. She also acted in and worked on Springboard’s shows throughout the year, including the 24 Hour Play Festival. By December 2017, the company’s artistic director was nearing graduation and had other commitments, Borkey said, so senior members asked her to become the new artistic director. Borkey officially took over the position last month, with her longtime friend Emily Lindsey serving as managing director. “She has a super strong personality and a lot of creative ideas that make her perfect for the position for the position of artistic director,” said Emily Lindsey, a DePaul sophomore and friend of Borkey for seven years and counting. Lindsey first met Borkey in seventh grade at auditions for a production of “Alice in Wonderland” at their community theater in Cleveland. “I thought she was super talented,” said Lindsey. Though neither of them were cast, they went to theater camp the next summer and eventually became inseparable. Later that summer, the community theater director asked Borkey to audition for the community’s improvisational comedy team at age 12. She auditioned in the winter, got in, and began officially improvising. Being six years younger than the team’s most seasoned veterans, Borkey felt she had the opportunity to bomb on stage. “I would not be as far as I am had it not been for that supportive group and such a supportive director, Sandy Kosovich Peck, my queen,” said Borkey. Improv was not explicitly on Borkey’s mind when she arrived at DePaul, she said. Once she saw that DISC was holding auditions, she decided to go for it, and made the cut from the hundred auditions and was thrown together with other DISC newbies that would become the 2002 Chicago Bulls. “I was like ‘What? Validation?’” said
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Christian Borkey is a DePaul sophomore studying Chinese and International studies while consistently performing improv.
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Borkey on stage in one of her many performances. She has excelled in theater despite not being a student at the Theatre School. Borkey, “’I guess I’ll take that. Yum, yum, yum.’” The 2002 Chicago Bulls improvise and perform together typically on a weekly basis. Also in the realm of comedy, Borkey is coaching a new DISC team and is studying improv in the conservatory program at The Second City. “I also find my personal best scenes with her just because she’s so confident and talented on stage,” said Oisín Heneghan, 22, who is a team member of the 2002 Chicago Bulls. The 2002 Chicago Bulls and DISC put on two sold-out performances in January of the Middle School Dance, a variety show dealing with the drama and awkwardness of middle school, which was the brainchild of team member Jerwin Gabriel Santiago. Borkey helped book the Blackout Cabaret at The Second City for the shows because of her conservatory student status. “It felt so good to help uplift someone else’s voice as well as provide an opportunity for other people to just dick around,” Borkey said. After the success of the first run,
Middle School Dance is returning March 8 for a 10-week run at Under The Gun Theater on Thursdays at 10 p.m. The show, produced by Santiago and Borkey, will feature P.O.C., non-binary, LGBT+, and femme comedians. “I really care about uplifting marginalized voices, especially in the comedy community,” Borkey said. Regardless of the type of performance, Borkey is excited to be a part of it. She even created her own drag king persona, “Sick Boy,” who begins a strip tease by unbuttoning a white shirt only to discover another buttoned shirt under it, and performed in Act Out DePaul’s 2017 and 2018 Student Drag Shows. Though her days are usually jampacked with weeknight rehearsals and weekend performances, Borkey makes time for studying her double businessrelated majors and other school obligations. Recently, she performed a rap verse at DePaul’s 10th Annual Chinese New Year Gala. “Literally, I’ve been living a double life,” Borkey said.
She talked in detail about her experiences, occasionally mentioning a potential move to Australia, almost getting expelled from high school at one point, her love of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, and her life philosophy. “The universe is meaningless and stupid; why not just enjoy it?” said Borkey. Borkey describes herself as “very Sylvia Plath” when thinking about a career path, and the people in her life also don’t know what she is going to do next. “I feel like one year she may stumble into a Broadway production only to end up working for the UN the year after,” said Heneghan. Whatever direction she pursues, Borkey will keep laughing. “I love using comedy and using laughter as a means of just getting people to understand what it’s like to be different,” said Borkey, “because laughter is such an effective tool for communication that’s universal.”
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The rich history of social move By Emma Oxnevad Contributing Writer
Awards season: a time of year synonymous with statement fashion, celebrity tears and intense media coverage capturing every minute detail. However, in recent years, award shows seem to have adopted a new staple: political commentary. In the wake of the Trump presidency, stars have taken to the stage to criticize the President and the overall political climate, both directly and indirectly. Additionally, political movements such as Time’s Up and Black Lives Matter have left their mark on the awards circuit, often featuring high-profile celebrities publicly endorsing the movements. While many see this as a positive stride towards change, just as many have complained that award shows have become “too political.” Like it or not, this phenomenon isn’t entirely new; award shows bear a long history of political commentary.
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While politics at awards shows are perceived as a new occurrence in the wake of Trump, celebrities have used the stage as a means of protest decades before Trump taking office was more than a joke. With the Academy Awards, viewers could expect social commentary, especially relating to sexual misconduct and gun control; but, before you roll your eyes and complain about how “award shows are way too political now,” remember the protests of years past and consider what the people were saying. The stage hasn’t become a soapbox, but a vehicle for change.
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Style for spring and summer By Ross Greer Staff Writer
As the weather begins its slow turn to warmth there may finally be a chance to rock that new outfit you've been planning out since it started snowing. Now that both New York City and London’s spring and summer fashion weeks have passed, it’s time to figure out how you can work the new styles and trends into your own wardrobe. Although you can never be quite sure what to expect from Chicago weather, the upcoming trends for spring and summer provide plenty of versatility, allowing an outfit to pop—rain or shine. Nostalgia for the 1980s and ‘90s is as strong as ever in fashion, with more designers experimenting with big shoulders and box-like cuts or nipped waists in womens wear. Sequins, ruffles, fringing and heritage checks were all thoroughly represented throughout the fashion house’s collections, reminiscent of a revamp of “Clueless,”—in a good way of course. Though the leg warmers have been left in the past, the colors of the last two decades made strong appearances in many of the prominent runway shows. Bold, monochromatic primary colors like red, blue and especially yellow adorned many of the best outfits from fashion week. The full-colored outfits were often paired
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with materials like shiny plastic or sheer sparkling tops, giving the impression that the more basic colors were used to corral the eccentric materials. “Yellow is going to be big—Gen Z Yellow, specifically, was very popular throughout fashion week,” said Celia Ver Ploog, an Associate Buyer with Neiman Marcus. She describes the color as being bright but not oversaturated or overtly golden. Think of fresh pineapple or bananas rather than the typical lemon or gold, she said. If you’re looking for something a little less ostentatious then the popping primary colors, then don't worry because pastels have once again proven to be a reliable spring or summer staple. Colors reminiscent of gelato or sherbert were unavoidable, and lilac, periwinkle, lemon and duck egg blue suits, dresses and coats were a common sight on catwalks that featured lighter hues mixed into some outfits with unexpectedly decorous results. Be careful when experimenting with pastel colors, which can be classified under the “less is more” category. Try to stick to one pastel color or a monochromatic pastel outfit rather than mixing hues to avoid looking like a forgotten Easter Egg. Trench coats were another common sight at many different shows, falling in line with box-like strong shouldered looks. And
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Common trends this season:
Multiple bags Cinderella shoes Ruffles Sheer/transparent Bold color Fringing Plastic
yet, each had their own flairs—Balenciaga’s trench coat, for example, which from behind is actually a denim overcoat with the trench laying flat on the front. Trench coat-centric outfits can be sleek but early adopters may want to tread lightly to avoid accidentally looking like an Inspector Gadget cosplayer. Pencil skirts and pants suits also made quite an appearance on runways, further emphasizing the nostalgia factor in design at the moment. This could be a possible reaction to the popularity of athleisure in prior years, with a shift back towards more classic well-designed features rather than the relaxed casual looks that have become so prevalent, coinciding with the growing streetwear trend of the last decade. Transparent fabrics and even clear plastic materials were also showcased in both cities, with clear pieces being included in the shows of Burberry, Calvin Klein and Chanel, the latter of whom debuted an eye catching pair of knee-high boots made from a clear plastic. The transparent outwear is great for showing off an outfit while staying dry. Even though the clear material trend is one of the more difficult to imitate, with rain never too far off during spring in Chicago it may be time to invest in some clear plastic apparel. Menswear followed suit, continuing the dad core-like style that has steadily grown
Heritage checks Pastels Sequins Trench coats Dad shoes ‘80s
over the last five years. After Balenciaga released their Triple S Speed Trainer earlier this year, a chunky thick soled shoe deemed a “dad shoe” in the vein of the Nike Monarch, it became a staple in the closets of suburban fathers everywhere. The style blew up and now other fashion houses such as Prada are imitating the trend. Printed button ups, nylon pullovers, and androgynous style reigned supreme as designers seemed to take inspiration straight from the family photo album where your Dad looks like a suburban Steve Jobs-Tom Selleck hybrid. For the most part menswear followed a similar vein as women's trends, emphasizing pastels, clear plastic, and ‘80s nostalgia. But what did stand out was the inclusion of black garments, much more so than the newly previewed womens collections. “You can never go wrong with black. All black everything,” Alonso Wright, local designer for the brand GUTTER, explained. “Brights and pastels may be blowing up but you can always fall back on black.” Spring and Summer are fast approaching, hopefully bringing warmth and sun. This fleet of new style ideas and trends should keep you well outfitted for the upcoming months.
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"The Walking Dead" episode 9: "Honor" recap By Cailey Gleeson Contributing Writer
“It wasn’t The Saviors. It just happened. I got bit.” There’s been plenty of heartbreaking deaths throughout the eight-season run of “The Walking Dead,” but the loss in the midseason premiere might’ve just been the most gut-wrenching—especially for Rick (Andrew Lincoln). The revelation that Carl (Chandler Riggs) suffered a fatal bite during a struggle with a walker in the midseason finale might’ve just been the most shocking twist the show has doled out. As viewers waited months to see if the show was planning a faux death for Carl, it became quickly apparent that was not the case—as the episode opened with a tearyeyed Rick digging an apparent grave with Michonne (Danai Gurira). After finally seeing the moment he got bit, a montage ensues of Carl’s final day. At peace with his fate, a montage ensues in which he writes goodbye letters to everyone closest to him, spends time with Judith and prepares to protect Alexandria from the Saviors. Back in the sewer, Carl attempts to reassure a broken Rick and Michonne that everything will be okay as the rest of the survivors tearfully look on. Explosions rack the sewers as they attempt to make Carl comfortable in his last moments, causing Michonne to lash out at Dwight (Austin Amelio) and beg him to get his former companions to cease their attacks. Once the Saviors leave, the rest of the gang decides to converge on the Hilltop, but not before saying their goodbyes to Carl. First up—in what may have been the most tear-jerking scene of the entire
episode—Judith receives Carl’s hat and begins to cry. Daryl (Norman Reedus) takes her away from her dying brother and reminds Carl that he saved lives. The newest member of the group— Siddiq (Avi Nash)—promises him that his death won’t be in vain. Oddly enough, some of the characters in the sewer didn’t say goodbye—like Tara (Alanna Masterson). This lack of emotion for some made the presence of some characters feel inappropriate, since many others—like
captors. As they take refuge in the Kingdom’s auditorium, Morgan and Carol quickly overpower their opponents, with Morgan graphically disemboweling one and shooting Gavin (Jayson Warner Smith). Ezekiel attempts to convinces Morgan not to kill the taunting Savior until Henry (Macsen Lintz) appears and carries out the deed himself—seemingly in honor of his deceased brother, Benjamin (Logan Miller), who was killed under Gavin’s watch last season. Back in a burning Alexandria, Rick
Enid (Katelyn Nacon)—deserved to have been with Carl in his final moments. Meanwhile, Morgan (Lennie James) continues his path of violence as he and Carol (Melissa McBride) work to save Ezekiel (Khary Payton) from his Savior
and Michonne struggle to bring Carl to an ecclesiastical location for his final moments. Once inside the church, Carl reflects on the time he killed a child in the prison they inhabited back in the third season.
To ease his regret Rick assures him that he did what had to be done given the circumstances of the new world, but Carl interjects to tell him that he can’t kill all of the Saviors so there can be “something” after the violence ends. This “something” that Carl dreams of is a world in which all of the rivaling communities exist as one—a world Rick promises he will make a reality for his dying son. The father-son duo tearfully proclaim their love for each other as Carl pulls a gun and prepares to take his own life—to spare his father and best friend the pain of killing him—in his most selfless action yet. Outside, a single shot rings out as the smoke billows around the church—causing Rick and Michonne to break down. Carl’s body—wrapped in a white cloth—lies next to his makeshift grave as the scene cuts to his dream once again. This time, Judith walks through a community garden to greet one of the inhabitants: Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)—toting a flannel instead of his signature leather jacket. Although “Honor” may go down as the show’s most heartbreaking episode and Carl’s death as the most unnecessary, the execution of this homage to Rick’s now-deceased son contained an element seriously lacking this past season: emotion. Not only did Carl’s death leave viewers with tears in their eyes, it also makes you wonder what will happen next—especially considering that his death does not align with events in the comics. “The Walking Dead” airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC. The next episode in the current eighth season is “The Lost and the Plunderers,” which aired on March 4. It will return to the battle on the Hilltop as the characters deal with the devastating loss of Carl.
No one is saying this film needed perfect puritan values, but the film’s content goes above and beyond the call of duty in terms of an R rating, so it is worth pointing out. Most of the nudity comes soon after the rape scene when Egorova is sent to Sparrow school, where she is trained to be a spy who must use her sexual appeal to gain valuable information. The movie does make some interesting points in terms of how she chooses not to submit to the school’s teachings. She chooses to only flaunt her body when she wants to or when she knows it will benefit her. While interesting, it is a shame this idea is not treated with the respect it deserves during the rest of the film. Once Egorova gets out of the school – which the film paints as a terrible experience for her – she does not use anything we see her “learn” except maybe once or twice. That’s not often, given the film’s length 140-minute run time. It feels even longer because it can’t keep any interest in its plot. “Red Sparrow” presents itself as mystery-thriller; the only problem is that the filmmakers seem to have forgotten to include a mystery. A mystery involves asking the audience a question, laying down a trail for the audience to follow and placing clues just out of focus so the audience might go down the wrong path. Instead, “Red Sparrow” poses the audience a question, does not address this question through most of the film,and then answers a different question that no one in the audience was asking. Outside of its “mystery,” the film doesn’t commit to any consistent tone. After Egorova leaves the Sparrow school, it becomes more about a romance between a CIA agent played by Joel Edgerton, who
is trying his best at an American accent. There is never any chemistry built up between the two, making the love story difficult to get invested in. This romance is interspersed between the graphic violence, which creates a jarring contrast. While the love plot might be there to ground the film in reality, it too often has the effect of tearing the viewer away due to how out of place it feels The final nail in the coffin is the characters. The movie is littered with horrible accents, and Jeremy Irons, Lawrence and Edgerton are among the worst offenders. Worse still is the fact that no one is developed at all. Egorova is by far the most interesting character, never revealing where her loyalties truly lie, but
the focus on her becomes a detriment to the others. Irons and her uncle are key players in the plot, but they feel like any other men in suits outside of their recognizable faces. Edgerton gets more time than the others but it’s hard to buy that his mistake-prone character is a hardened CIA agent.. “Red Sparrow” has some interesting scenes and interesting themes, but it fails to bring any of them together into a single interesting mystery or drama. It doesn’t build intrigue in its characters, it jumps around tonally, and it ultimately delivers a ho-hum story. The author of the book, Jason Matthews, has said the CIA is mostly paperwork, not action. But doing paperwork is what sitting through this felt like.
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Chandler Riggs as longtime favorite Carl Grimes in "The Walking Dead."
"Red Sparrow" severely dissapoints
By Garret Neal Staff Writer
“Red Sparrow,” how I do dislike thee. Let me count the ways. You take ambitious leaps and for that I cannot fault you, but my gosh do you fall short of whatever you aimed for. The movie (based on a book of the same name by former CIA agent Jason Matthews), directed by Frances Lawrence (“Hunger Games: Catching Fire”), places Jennifer Lawrence in the shoes of Dominika Egorova, a skilled Russian ballet dancer whose leg is broken during a performance. She must find a replacement job to help pay for her mother’s healthcare, who is chronically ill with charactermotivation-itis. She ends up taking an offer from her uncle who works in the Russian government to try and charm information out of a man of interest. Here the ambitious leaps start, and the film wastes little time letting viewers know what they signed up for. Egorova takes her target to his room, aiming to replace his phone with a phony replacement from her uncle. Before she knows it, he is ripping off her underwear and rapes her. Suddenly, someone comes from behind the man and begins strangling him. We then get a shot, collarbone up, of Lawrence having blood splattered over her face and chest. While you would expect this incident to scar someone for life, the film only brings up this scene when it wants to remind the audience why Egorova has to work for the government. Yes, this film is absolutely brutal. It has skin grafting, broken legs, bones poking out of skin, bondage, plenty of torture scenes, and don’t forget about the nudity.
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what’s FRESH in Reality TV
Survivor
The Challenge
"Survivor" has been a staple of the reality TV landscape for almost two decades. Season after season, the show reinvents itself with new gameplay advantages and setbacks as well as dynamic casts featuring veteran and rookie players.
One of MTV's longest-running shows, "The Challenge" has transformed itself from a spin-off of the "Real World" and "Road Rules" reality shows into an empire in and of itself.
The newest season, "Ghost Island," premiered on CBS on Feb. 28. This season's theme relies on the notable mistakes made by past players, some of whom are returning to the game. After 36 seasons, "Survivor" has remained relevant in the crowded television landscape due to an incredibly loyal fan base and a seemingly timeless premise. One of the greatest aspects of the show is that it generates immense audience participation, with many viewers placing bets on who will come out on top after the 39 days on the island.
The show follows a house full of reality stars that compete in rigorous athletic challenges all in the hopes of making it to the elusive "Final," a daunting final challenge that determines the winner. Aside from the physical competition serving as a viewing spectacle, the diverse and entertaining characters that have graced "The Challenge" over the course of the past 31 seasons ensure that the audience will stick around.
The show has garnered critical acclaim throughout its run and currently has 42 award wins out of 112 total nominations.
Recruiting stars from MTV shows "Real World," "Are You the One?" and more, the show's formula almost guarantees recurring audience loyalty. "The Challenge" has also created bonafide stars out of many series favorites throughout the years.
If you're in the mood for an endlessly entertaining show that will keep you coming back week to week, "Survivor" is for you.
Luckily, the show allows you to settle in and choose your favorites while also adamantly rooting against everyone else.
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In theaters and upcoming film releases Feb. 23 "Game Night" A group of friends finds themselves solving a murder mystery on one of their regular game nights. Stars: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler
March 9 "Wrinkle in Time" 3 peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find her father, a scientist who went missing. Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling
Feb. 23 "Annihilation" The laws of nature don't apply in a dangerous secret expedition that a biologist signs up for. Stars: Natalie Portman
March 9 "Thoroughbreds" Childhood friends Amanda and Lily rekindle their friendship and vow to solve their personal problems by all means necessary. Stars: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy
Feb. 23 “Every Day” A teen falls in love with a person who wakes up in a new body every day.
March 9 “The Strangers: Prey at Night” Masked psychopaths visit an innocent family staying in a secluded mobile home park.
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If you are a 90s Latinx baby, chances are you grew up listening to iconic early 2000 Latin hits that still influence you to this day. In the late ‘90s and early 2000s there was what can be called the “Latin explosion.” Artists like pop star Ricky Martin, rock band Maná, superstar Jennifer Lopez, Merengue singer Elvis Crespo and many more were rocking the Latin air waves. Below we have listed a few of those jams. Nostalgia is welcome.
1. “Let's Get Loud” - Jennifer Lopez Featured on her debut 1999 album “On the Run,” “Let’s Get Loud” became J. Lo’s first party anthem. Although it hadn’t yet been released in the United States yet in 1994, it nonetheless charted on Billboard’s “Hottest Dance Club Songs” and received a Grammy nomination. “Let’s Get Loud” became the signature song of J. Lo’s first album and firmly established her on the international music scene. It's still regarded as one of her most iconic hits more than a decade later.
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2. “Livin' La Vida Loca” Ricky Martin This fast paced tune is performed by Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin. Released in 1999 in his first English language, album, “Livin la vida loca” tells the story of the singer meeting an adventurous woman who makes him live in the moment. The song became a typical example of the new, early 2000s sound of mainstream Latin pop. Today it is widely recognized as one of the best singles of all time. The song is also featured in the “Shrek 2” soundtrack .
Across 1. It may be rigged 5. Like some humor 10. Three of a kind 14. “May I get you anything __?” 15. Slow tempo 16. Chicken part 17. Roll the dice 20. Napkin’s place 21. Aces, sometimes 22. Follow on the heels of 23. “Idylls of the King” character 24. Wall Street news items 26. Entangling quagmire 29. Confronts 30. Andy’s radio partner of old 31. Even if, briefly 32. Vientiane citizen 35. What gamblers hope for 39. Before-time link 40. Carry away, in a way 41. Length x width,
3. “Escapar” - Enrique Iglesias Iglesias is one of the most well-known Latin artists that arose from the “Latin explosion” era. Similar to Ricky Martin, Iglesias released his first albums in Spanish. Besides his three hits, “Escape” is his first album predominantly in English. Essentially a love song, Iglesias in “Escapar” proclaims his devotion to his love interest. His swooning lyrics and attractive Spanish accent made “Escapar” reach No. 12 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
for a rectangle 42. Sports figures 43. Inexpensive diner 45. Fingernail polish remover 48. It’s behind the alter 49. Harbor structure 50. Much 51. What a wife is called 54. It could be a lifesaver 58. Employs 59. Blood-loving worm 60. Biblical birthright seller 61. Microscope component 62. Aquarium structures 63. Chinese secret society Down 1. Unload, as stock 2. “Guilty” e.g. 3. “... and make it fast!”
4. “Clavado en un Bar”Mana Maná is a popular Mexican rock band that came onto the scene in the mid 80s and hasn’t left since. “Clavado en un bar” tells the story of a heartbroken drunk who can’t leave the bar because of his one-sided love for a woman. While other Latin hits carry a more pop-infused sound, Maná can be categorized as a hardcore rock band with some reggae and pop influence. They have a reputation as being the most successful Latin American rock band.
4. Clerical nickname 5. Some pancakes 6. Judged, as a film 7. Food scraps 8. In times past 9. Grumpy’s comrade 10. Jew’s-harp sounds 11. Shampoo bottles’ final dictum 12. Acquire, as expenses 13. S-Shaped moldings 18. Millions of years 19. “... upon reciept __” 23. One way to go 24. Photo choice 25. It has the last word 26. Sudanese Republic, now 27. Don’t keep in 28. Decomposes 29. Imitates Tinker Bell 31. Decrease in intensity 32. Finishing bait 33. Slam-bang tennis
server 34. “I’ll go along with that” 36. Acquit 37. Enthusiastic flair 38. When repeated, like some shows 42. Kind of fracture 43. Particular periods of history 44. ___ Spumante 45. More than bad 46. Persue wild geese 47. Consumed 48. Smart ___ (wise guy) 50. Words before “of thieves” 51. Japanese soup 52. Horse color 53. Like a bug in a rug 55. Final (abbr.) 56. Somewhat vast grassy area 57. Collector’s collection
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Sports
Unsung hero reflects on time at DePaul By Andrew Hattersley Asst. Sports Editor
Throughout the year, DePaul head coach Doug Bruno has consistently acknowledged senior guard Lauren Prochaska as the “unsung hero” of this year’s team. Although Prochaska may not lead the team in scoring, her presence is felt by her skill in setting up her teammates. This year she is joint second on the team with 94 assists and is also averaging almost two and a half assists for every turnover, among the best on the team. Prochaska has been a team player throughout her time at DePaul, crediting her coaches for putting her in a position to be successful and her teammates for encouraging her to make a stop on the defensive or knock down a shot if she is open. “I think a lot of it just starts with the confidence in my teammates, confidence in my coaches, putting me in positions where I can succeed and do what I do well, and doing the little things (...),” Prochaska said. “Just having teammates in my corner and having my back, it really helps you when know you have a lot of support behind you, it makes your job a lot easier.” Bruno said Prochaska’s willingness to do whatever the coaches needed has set a great example for her teammates on how to maintain a consistent day-to-day approach. “I really think staying the course and mentally managing the roller coaster of some games playing 30 minutes, some games playing eight,” Bruno said. “I think she’s really been a stable player, an emotionally stable player and a great role model for her teammates by staying the course and not taking her own self to extremes and get too high with her highs, or too low with her lows. I think that’s all part of what makes Lauren who she is.” Her contributions have not gone unnoticed across the rest of the conference. Prochaska was honored with the Big East sportsmanship award, joining Mart’e Grays and Kelly Campbell who were named to the All-Big East First Team. The senior guard knows she doesn’t score a lot of points that would otherwise get her recognition and press conference requests, but said she it’s nice to know the rest of the conference has taken notice of her. “I know I’m not going to score a ton of
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Lauren Prochaska has started four games this season, including senior day against Villanova.
a regular season title in each of her four seasons. “She is just one of those stabilizing players,” Bruno said. “Whereas she’s probably not our most valuable player, she’s in many ways the player we can least afford to lose. One might say ‘well isn’t that your most valuable player?’ Yes and no.” Bruno added Prochaska brings a chemistry and stability element that analytics simply can’t prove. "She can get the ball up the floor against anybody, she gets the ball into play, she creates an offensive synergy that’s impossible to analytically prove," Bruno said. "As much as I am an analytics guy, I love analytics and numbers and creating how the numbers work, but there is just something about our sport that you just JOSH LEFF | THE DEPAULIA can’t put the chemistry of the basketball Lauren Prochaska had a career-high 12 points on Feb. 2 in a win against Creighton. team into a model, if you could we would redo it every year, she brings this chemistry balance to us that doesn’t show up in the points that will get me to press conferences stat sheet." and stuff like that, but it’s nice to be As the season has progressed, Bruno has recognized sometimes and the coaches also seen Prochaska’s offensive game grow around the Big East recognizing it and to compliment what she does defensively. giving me the honor —it was really nice.” “She’s been defending well,” Bruno said. Through her time with the program, “Now most importantly she’s been growing Prochaska has been a model of consistency into her own offensive game. She’s starting and a valuable piece helping DePaul win to score 10,11,12 points per game. She’s
always had a great assist to turnover ratio and that’s continued, so that is the place we are really seeing Lauren grow.” Prochaska’s defense was on display on senior day when she held Villanova guard Alex Louin to just 4-of-15 shooting. Bruno told Prochaska before the game that Louin was going to be her responsibility, and felt she did a great job handling the matchup. Prochaska said defense is a big emphasis in practice, but during games a lot of defense comes down to motivation. “Every game one of the goals is ‘keep them in front of you, keep them in front of you,’” Prochaska said. “So (Bruno) is constantly trying to emphasize it during drills and practice, reinforce it. So much of it is your will or desire to stop someone and what you need to do internally to get yourself motivated to stop the person in front of you.” When Prochaska joined the program, she joined former Trinity High School teammate Megan Podkowa, but she also joined former rival Ashton Millender who she went against many times during when Millender was at Marian Catholic High School. Both Millender and Prochaska joked they had to prepare themselves to be teammates, but since entering school they have become close on and off the court. “Me and Lauren were rivals in high school,” Millender said. “Not going to lie: We didn’t like each other. It was like ‘okay I got to go to school with Lauren,’ but she’s wonderful — you couldn’t ask for a better point guard than Lauren. My achievements are because of Lauren — she gets me the ball and she assisted to me, so I wouldn’t be who I am without Lauren.” As Prochaska gets ready for the stretch run of her time at DePaul, the senior said she's thankful for the support her family, close family friends and teammates have given her to help her reach where she is today. "You remember big games, big events, but just seeing your family in the stands is something you are always going to remember," Prochaska said. “(And then) teammates, if you’re having a bad day or bad practice, or in a case where you can’t practice because of injury, they’re always the first ones there to say ‘hey, you’re, okay you’re going to be fine,’ today is going to be a good day, and that helps more than people would think."
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Styles change, but "Bruno Ball" remains By Brenden Welper Contributing Writer
Long before the Golden State Warriors dominated the NBA, Doug Bruno and his DePaul Blue Demons experienced success with a unique style of play that they continue to use today. “DePaul Ball,” a term coined by television analyst LaChina Robinson, emphasizes 3-point shooting, floor spacing and an up-tempo offensive attack. But for the most accurate definition, look no further than the man who perfected it. “You do the lunch pail work of rebounding and defending to earn the opportunity to have a party offense,” Bruno said. The Chicago native is in his 32nd season as head coach of the women’s basketball team. In that time, he has compiled a 664333 record, eight regular season conference championships and 22 NCAA Tournament appearances. “I really believe, what’s important, is that a coach (whoever he or she is) decides how they want to play and stick to their style,” Bruno said. “I think we’ve done that.” That’s an understatement, as their PHOTO COURTESY OF DEPAUL ATHLETICS resume speaks for itself. Since the Big East Ashton Millender leads the team with 86 made 3-pointers entering the Big East Conference realignment prior to the 2013- tournament. of executing properly. 14 season, DePaul has won every regular keep the opponent to 40 or 50 points.” That’s why scoring margins are much “Never be anxious about the result. And season title. Two of those,2014 and 2016, more telling. DePaul outscores their if you really, really care about your proper have been outright championships. But what’s just as impressive as the opponents by an average of 10.7 points execution, individually and collectively, the accolades, is how the Blue Demons have per game. That’s second to only Marquette score at the end of the game takes care of itself.” remained a consistent powerhouse despite (11.6) in the Big East conference. The same goes for the Warriors in the For over three decades, it certainly has. various challenges. They’re notorious for NBA, who are in the bottom half of the an overall lack of size. Even though they have faced a wide league when it comes to opponent points range of challenges, such as lack of size per game (107.6). A total of 20 teams rank this season with Mart’e Grays being their ahead of them in that metric. But none of tallest player at 6-feet-2 inches tall, it hasn’t those clubs would be favored in a head-tostopped the Blue Demons from remaining head matchup against Golden State. “If people a consistent take us out of our powerhouse in running game, I terms of play. think we’re still A smaller lineup a very efficient calls for more half court team,” fundamentally said Bruno. “If sound players. we have to throw One-dimensional five, six, seven, pieces don’t fit into eight passes to the puzzle. You have get a shot, we’re to be able shoot, capable of doing rebound, pass and, that. Again, that most importantly, goes back to the defend. That’s assists factor, so how position-less that there’s ball basketball works. movement.” “Coach Bruno Speaking of talks a lot about ball movement, head, heart and few exemplify guts,” said junior guard Ashton DePaul senior guard that trait better than senior Millender. “So guard Lauren strength up the middle. You just got to coach yourself Prochaska. “We have the greenest green light in through defense. It’s having a will that this America, as coach (Bruno) likes to say,” person is not going to score on me.” Millender has proven to be a versatile Prochaska said. “But at the same time, he threat on both ends of the floor. The always says if there’s someone more open starting guard has increased her 3-point than you, give them the ball.” “I think you see that with our assists field goal percentage every year she’s been at DePaul, from 28 percent as a freshman and however many baskets we have a game. to 41 percent as a junior. Pair that with her It’s usually pretty high.” Prochaska, who recently earned the on-ball defense, and she’s a mainstay on the Big East Sportsmanship Award, is tied for wing. Team defense may be the most second on the team with 94 assists this overlooked attribute of the Blue Demons. season — despite playing just 19.5 minutes After all, they do allow the most points per per game. Like Millender, her teammate game in conference play with 71.7. But that and friend, Prochaska has carved out a role in Bruno’s system. statistic is misleading. “I want my players to have this anxiety “Because we shoot so quickly, our opponent’s scores are never going to be over execution – I call it execution anxiety,” low,” Bruno said. “You can’t shoot as much Bruno said. “I want their butterflies before as we do to score as much as we do, and every game to be anxious for the purpose
“We have the greenest green light in America, as coach (Bruno) likes to say, but at the same time, he always says if there's someone more open than you give them the ball." Lauren Prochaska
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21-8 (15-3)
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23-7 (15-3)
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22-7 (12-6)
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17-11 (11-7)
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16-13 (9-9)
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14-14 (9-9)
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16-14 (7-11)
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15-16 (6-12)
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10-21 (3-15)
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Sports. March 5, 2018. The DePaulia | 27 SENIORS, continued from back page team manager to walk-on athlete his senior year. He scored two points against Central Connecticut on Dec. 6. Hanel's college athletic experience was more traditional. He arrived on campus in 2014 and drained his eligibility in four years. Despite the different paths, and the fact that they all played together for only one season, they've forged an indelible bond as a group. "We're really close," said Hanel. "Definitely untraditional (as a senior class). But, I think it’s a testament to our entire team. I think everybody is super close. It doesn't matter if you are a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, fifth year, sixth year – we're a really big family and a brotherhood. The five of us who graduated will have that bond for being the class of 2018 and establishing that culture. All of us together as a unit, everyone on this team, has a really strong bond." All five seniors underwent journeys that started completely differently, but happened to converge on a Big East campus in Chicago. On Saturday, that convergence entered the final paragraph of its DePaul chapter. Although none of these seniors ever saw a winning season during their time in a Blue Demon uniform, losing is the last thing that will define them as a class. "The four years I've been here the seniors have put the work in, and it hasn't really resulted in a lot of wins," Hanel said. "But I think we've really changed this program's culture. A lot of the younger guys, I see them coming up and I think they're going to be the ones who take the mantle from us and really turn this program around. So while it wasn't us that get to share in those wins, it's tough, but I think this program is definitely on the upswing, and this JIM YOUNG | AP NEWS group did a really good job of laying down that foundation Maric trys to finish a contested layup Saturday hosting No. 1 Xavier in his final home game with the Blue Demons. for that culture and rebuilding a strong culture." The Blue Demon senior class of 2018 has unfinished As their journeys diverge away from Wintrust Arena, their business. The game Saturday afternoon wasn't their last, as they are shared experiences will become memories. Good thing there's a lot still guaranteed at least 40 more minutes game time to help DePaul of happy times to reminisce on. navigate its way through the Big East tournament next week.
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The Blue Demons (Pictured: Brandon Cyrus) looked deflated after coming up just shy of an upset in DePaul's final regular season game. before the Big East.
was fouled, and then hit the free throw. That cut the deficit down to 63-60, and on the next defensive possession senior forward Tre’Darius McCallum got smacked in the face on a rebounding attempt. McCallum subsequently went to the line and nailed two free throws to make it 63-62 with just under two minutes to play. But that free throw ended the scoring for the Blue Demons, who dropped another close game. “Ever, ever so close, we’ve experienced that throughout the year (and these close losses) haven’t allowed us to be in a better position than we are now,” Leitao said. Xavier recovered from a 1-for-8 start from behind the 3-point line to create the sense of an impending blowout by stretching the lead out to eight points early. Later, Strus was called for a technical for arguing a charge call as the Musketeers ballooned their lead to 19-8 by the 8:43 mark in the first half. Despite some key players sitting for long stretches with foul trouble, the Blue Demons valiantly battled back. A long Cain 3-point field goal from the left wing coupled
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27-4 (14-4)
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21-10 (10-8)
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21-10 (10-8)
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19-12 (10-8)
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19-12 (9-9)
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18-12 (9-9)
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15-14 (5-13)
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15-16 (4-14)
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with a Cyrus to McCallum alley-oop dunk in transition – then another McCallum reverse layup in transition on the following possession – cut the deficit to just two points with 3:20 left in the first half. It was all part of a stretch where the Blue Demons made six of their seven shots. Cyrus’ hot shooting was a big part of the Blue Demons offense all night. “I don’t really focus on the offensive side a whole lot,” Cyrus said. “My job on the team is to defend the best offensive player, so I put a lot of time into that. The offensive stuff just comes with the game, if my teammates find me they find me. But my focus is on the defensive end.” In the first half, the Blue Demons compensated for ugly half-court offense by running in transition and getting easy baskets, finishing the half with eight fast break points. However, they retreated to the locker room down 32-26, and although they outscored the Musketeers by three in the second half they never led. DePaul's season continues on Wednesday in the first round of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden.
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One Last Dance
DePaul honored seniors Tre’Darius McCallum (10), Marin Maric (34), Joe Hanel, Peter Ryckbosch and Tobias Dwumaah after the game.
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DePaul honors five seniors in final home game By Paul Steeno Staff Writer
All good things must come to an end. On Saturday at Wintrust Arena, the DePaul athletic department bid farewell to five seniors on the men's basketball team in a short ceremony that followed a 65-62 loss to the No. 3/4 Xavier Musketeers. With their families and friends in tow, DePaul recognized each senior by bestowing them with framed Blue Demon jerseys adorned with a picture from their time with the program. It was a moment of reflection and celebration for a Blue Demon senior class that poured everything they had into the
program. "It came real fast," senior forward Tre'Darius McCallum said. "I want to thank Jean (Lenti Ponsetto) and coach Leitao for giving me the opportunity to come here and play for them and come to a great school in DePaul University. It's sad, but I knew it was going to happen one day or another, so I'll just have to see what the future has for me." On Saturday Peter Ryckbosch, Marin Maric, Joe Hanel, Tobias Dwumaah, and McCallum played their last game in a blue, red and white uniform on the Wintrust Arena hardwood in Chicago's South Loop. Ryckbosch has been with the Blue
Demons since World War II (or so it seems; he arrived in Lincoln Park in 2012 and has stuck around for six years after receiving two medical redshirts for major knee injuries). Maric seamlessly transitioned from the cornfields of DeKalb and Northern Illinois University to the big city for one season as a paint enforcer for the Blue Demons. McCallum trucked through two junior college stops in Iowa and Wyoming before arriving in Lincoln Park in 2016. Both made their impact felt in their limited time as Blue Demons. "When you go to a program that is trying to build something but may not
be established, you need to have a belief system," an appreciative head coach Dave Leitao said. "A belief in yourself and a belief in the people who are trying to recruit you. For Marin to risk his last year, and not knowing what would happen, on people that he had to get to know and trust. (…) It goes without saying. It's monumental. For Tre to spend two years here and leave here as a graduate with the type of basketball memories and future (to look forward to) made coming here worthwhile for him. You can't put a tag on how much that means to me." Meanwhile, Dwumaah went from
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Men come up one shot shy of senior-day upset
and we got, obviously, a good rebound, and I’ll take the clean look Max had almost any day.” The climatic ending canceled out the first 16 minutes of the second half where both teams mostly traded buckets, and the Xavier lead wavered between 11 and six points before the late Blue Demon comeback. Cyrus finished with a career-high 20 points on 8-for-14 from the field. Musketeers star Trevon Bluiett notched the all-time Xavier career record in 3-point field goals made (he now has 310 career 3-point field goals) and led all scorers in this game with 22 points. In contrast, Strus was in foul trouble all day as he finished with just seven points after scoring 33 points in the first matchup between the two teams on Dec. 30. “I think we just chased him off ball screens and stagger screens a lot better than the first game,” Xavier guard J.P. Macura said. “(The) first game, he was hitting everything, and I think we locked in a little bit more in this game today.” A late Blue Demon comeback began with just over 2:23 to play after Cain converted a driving right handed layup,
By Paul Steeno Staff Writer
A career night from Blue Demon sophomore guard Brandon Cyrus and a late game comeback that gave DePaul a chance to tie on the last possession weren’t enough, as the No. 3/4 ranked Xavier Musketeers (27-4; 15-3 Big East) escaped Wintrust Arena with a 65-62 win over the DePaul Blue Demons (11-19; 4-14 Big East). With 16.3 seconds remaining in the game, the Blue Demons found themselves down three points. Junior guard Eli Cain missed a clean look from behind the 3-point line after a fake dribble handoff, but Cyrus collected the offensive rebound and passed it out to Max Strus. Strus rushed a 3-point attempt at the very end of regulation that ricocheted harmlessly off the back of the iron. “We’ve ran that play a number of times this year,” Blue Demon head coach Dave Leitao said. “We wanted a good look. I think some guys zero in on a three and end up taking a bad three. I just wanted a basket real quick. I saved a timeout, so that if we scored a two or a three we could set up the defense. We faked the exchange on the dribble handoff so we didn’t have a clear lane to the basket. Eli took a step back
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Forward Tre’Darius McCallum wrestles the ball away from a Xavier defender.
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