Vol. # 97, Issue # 24
| May 13, 2013
Get low with Diplo, Minus the Bear By EMMA KOLANDER Contributing Writer
Chances are, the majority of the students at DePaul are now well aware of which performers will be coming to the FEST and After Hours stages this year thanks to this past Wednesday’s “Big Reveal” and the social media storm that it created. Students expressed mixed reactions following the announcement, revealing that Diplo, Minus the Bear and Yelawolf will headline.
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“I’ve never actually heard of the artists,” said freshman Allison Gehl. “I expected the headline group to be a little more popular, but I think enough people are excited.” Sophomore Ashley Valentin attended FEST last year because she said she is a Lupe Fiasco “fanatic” but doesn’t plan to attend this year. “I feel like I’m out of my generation because I don’t know any of the artists,” Valentin said. “If it was Nas or Common I would have gone. I’m just not into techno.” But while students may
know who the FEST performers are, they could probably stand to learn a bit more about each of them. Members of the FEST committee came to the rescue, compiling bios on each of the artists as well as offering their personal favorite “playlist” for each of the performers. “I think I’ll go check it out and listen to new music,” said freshman David Melia.
For more on the artists, Photo courtesy of DAB
See FEST, page 17
Diplo (above), Minus the Bear and Yelawolf will headline FEST.
DEMONS DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
Second annual dance marathon for Lurie Children’s Hospital
By ANDREW MORRELL Staff Writer It is easy to forget just how expansive and spacious DePaul’s Lincoln Park and Loop campuses are. Combined, they include dozens of buildings, thousands of rooms, perhaps millions of square footage all contained within a few city blocks. While it may not take more than 15 minutes to walk briskly from end to end in either case, some of the best nooks and crannies often get passed up or forgotten. In the hustle to rush from home, to school, to work and back again, these secluded locations are hiding in plain sight. Some make for the perfect study space, while others offer an escape from the urban jungle we call home. Several were discovered simply by wandering around campus aimlessly, while some locations were known only by word of mouth. Within the confines of the Lincoln Park campus, a movie theater and a prayer room sit tucked away in forgotten corners. In the Loop, its buildings already bursting at the seams, basements and rooftops reveal hidden treasures, winding corridors lead to electronic paradise— orchards of iMacs and Super Smash Bros. on a flatscreen. See FOCUS, page 14-15
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Nation & World, page 10
DENNIS GEORGES | The DePaulia
DemonTHON participants celebrate surpassing last year’s total money raised during the final hour of dancing on May 11. By DYLAN MCHUGH News Editor The DemonTHON board didn’t know how much money they’d raised when the fundraising counter appeared on the screen behind them. They just heard the excited screams of happy, tired dancers as the ticking counter breezed by last year’s total of $103,700 and hit $150,313: all money that will be donated to Lurie’s Children’s Hospital. More than 300 DePaul students decked in crazy costumes and t-shirts bearing the
letters “FTK” — for the kids — danced the night (and day) away in McGrath Arena on May 11, and helped DemonTHON become the 18th highest fundraising dance marathon in the nation. Between “morale dances,” students heard the stories of patients at Lurie Children’s Hospitals and met more than 20 affected families. When the counter finally hit $150,313.37, the music had stopped, and many dancers mixed sweat with tears. DePaul senior Tessa Sassolino, DemonTHON’s special events assistant, was not one of the few dry eyes in the crowd after she left the stage
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for the last time, and said the fundraiser was “amazing.” “I’ve made some of my best friends through DemonTHON,” said Sassolino. “I’m sad that I can’t go next year, but I’ll definitely help out.” Part of DemonTHON’s challenge is getting through what Connor Lillis called “dark hours” — periods that push dancers’ endurance and emotions to the breaking point. Lillis, a junior and DemonTHON’s public relations director, hit that hurdle in the early morning hours between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. But by 5 p.m., Lillis could barely contain himself as he tried to
take in the full event. “We broke a record and changed people’s lives in the process,” said Lillis. “That’s all that we could ask for.” Breaking records doesn’t happen overnight. DemonTHON’s external director, Blair Janis, started planning for this year’s event the day after last year’s inaugural event. “We really strive to make DemonTHON a year long fundraising organization that culminates in the 24 hour event,” said Janis, a junior public policy and communications major. See DEMONTHON, page 4