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Guest speaker process extended

By Ben Conboy and Daniel Reyes Asst. News Editor & Contributing Writer

DePaul administrators have extended an approval process for guest speakers to the 2017-18 academic year that began earlier this year. The announcement comes on the heels of DePaul rescinding right wing provocateur Gavin McInnes’ invitation to speak on campus due to his encouragement of violence.

Any student organization that wishes to invite a guest speaker must submit their name to the review board (composed of students, staff and faculty) with a minimum of one month prior to the desired speaking date so as to allow ample time to assess any speaker’s potential for violence.

The approval process only applies to outside guest speakers wishing to speak publicly on campus, and does not apply to guests from within the DePaul community and for speakers invited by faculty and university units.

Speakers invited by student organizations that are holding an event off campus or only for their registered members are not subject to the review process either. Speaker request submissions for the next academic year will be open June 15.

The review process was first implemented in the Fall 2016 quarter during the wake of violence at the aborted Milo Yiannopoulos event, which sparked the idea of free versus hate speech on DePaul’s campus.

But it’s not just DePaul.

The past few years have been a struggle for universities such as University of California at Berkeley and University of Wisconsin who are trying to figure out what kinds of speech should be permitted on school grounds. DePaul has seen firsthand the conflict that arises when speech is considered hateful. In partnership with other campuses, DePaul students have come together to create a petition that protects

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Gavin McInnes has invitation rescinded by DePaul

By Amber ColÓn Copy Editor

President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. sent an email to DePaul students on Tuesday afternoon announcing the administration’s decision to backpedal an invitation to entertainer and provocateur Gavin McInnes.

The statement explained how DePaul granted permission to a the DePaul College Republicans (DCR) to host McInnes. Since then, the president’s office said they have been observing “with alarm” McInnes’ statements, which have encouraged violence against protesters who disagree with his political stance.

DCR issued a statement on their Facebook of disapproval on their page hours after Holtschneider’s email was sent.

“In arguing that he supposedly endorsed violence, DePaul fails to acknowledge the threats surrounding that situation; indeed, rather than

a call for violence, they were Students for Justice in Palescalls for self-defense,” the tine invited to the university statement said in reference in February 2015. “But when to McInnes’ newly formed a conservative standing up news organization, the for free speech and self-deProud Boys. fense does, apparently there’s “It is incumbent upon a problem.” the general populace, espeHoltschneider’s email cially institutions like uni- included a reminder DePaul versities, to administraThis is not about stand up tion supports to thugs. student orthe content of (McInnes) ganizations McInnes’ speech, was doing in hosting just that.” but about his public speakers and T h e events of endorsement Proud Boys their choosincludes ing. of violence a military “The en-Rev. Dennis H. division couragement Holtschneider, C.M. called the of violence, Fraterhowever, has nal Order of Alt-Knights no place here,” Holtschnei(FOAK) which was formed der wrote. “This is not about in response to many of his the content of McInnes’ speaking events being met speech, but about his pubwith protesters. lic endorsement of violence “In summation, when a and the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist convict- military division of his own ed of murdering two people group, the Proud Boys.” came to campus, DePaul was Some DePaul students nowhere to be found,” the believe McInnes’ calls for statement continued, refer- violence might be taken too ring to Rasmea Odeh, a guest literally.

“I guess it depends on the speaker’s’ opinions,” freshman Nicole Gulino said.

“Gavin McInnes’ words are just inciting violence. I don’t know if they were taken out of context in the email, but I don’t really see the point of having him here. He’s not doing anything productive.”

On Twitter, McInnes publically endorsed FOAK, whose members pledge to meet protesters with violence. Upon announcement, the group said it was “seeking able bodies and strong-minded men who can keep a cool head under pressure (and are) comfortable in fisticuffs.”

“We’re the only ones fighting these guys and I want you to fight them, too,” McInnes said at a speaking engagement at New York University in February.

“When they go low, go lower. Mace them back, throw bricks at their head. Let’s destroy them.”

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New music school named after outgoing president Fr. Holtschneider

By Rachel Hinton and Benjamin Conboy Managing Editor and Assistant News Editor

It has been a week of prestigious honors for outgoing president Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M. In a statement released Friday, Bill Bennett, outgoing chair of the DePaul Board of Trustees, said the decision to rename the school to the Holtschneider Center for Music and Performance was to recognize Holtschneider’s “appreciation for all things musical.”

“DePaul University has benefited tremendously from Fr. Holtschneider’s leadership and vision. Among the many initiatives he undertook, DePaul is on the verge of completing a building campaign that transformed our Lincoln Park and Loop campuses,” Bennett said in a statement.

Construction on the new music building started in late 2015. Naming the new school after a president is not unusual.

Peter V. Byrne Hall, which houses the departments of physics and psychology among other things, was named after DePaul’s first president. Centered between the two, the Holtschneider Center for Music and Performance will join a long list of DePaul buildings named in honor of past presidents, including the John T. Richardson Library and John R. Cortelyou Commons.

“Our students will soon learn in a state-of-the-art facility designed to meet and inspire their musical gifts and match the extraordinary talents and abilities of our faculty,” said Ronald Caltabiano, dean of the School of Music, in a statement.

“We will always be grateful to Fr. Holtschneider for his broad and effective commitment to music and all the arts. Naming the building for him is the perfect way to honor his legacy.”

For James Wilder, a student of the School of Music, the decision makes sense and is a welcome one.

“It’s a good move,” Wilder, a sophomore who plays the saxophone, said. “Over the past 13 years he’s been really generous to our School of Music community and his name definitely deserves to be on our building.”

Though administrators may have welcomed the decision, other students of the music school had mixed feelings. Barbara Dubravec, a junior at the School of Music, is

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An artist rendering of DePaul’s new music school building, the Holtschneider Center for Music and Performance. The building will be named after outgoing president Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. one student who isn’t as excited about the naming announcement.

“I think it’s a little early to be naming something after him, but at the same time he is the one who made it happen,” she said about the news. “I’m not against it, but I’m not overjoyed about it either.”

Aurora Lawrie, a sophomore, also questioned the motivation behind renaming the building after him.

“I guess it makes sense, but he’s not a musician so why is his name being used for the school?” Lawrie asked. “I don’t think the School of Music building needs a person’s name attached to it.”

The new music school, which sits on the outskirts of the Lincoln Park campus not far from Cortelyou Commons, will include a 505-seat concert hall, a 140-seat recital hall and a 76-seat jazz hall that was created to give a “jazz club ambiance,” according to a statement about the new facilities.

The university also announced Friday that Holtschneider would be named him the university’s next chancellor, a decision guided by the DePaul board of trustees. A newly created endowment for what has dubbed the “Holtschneider Chair in Vincentian Studies” has been established and the new School of Music has been named in his honor.

Though Holtschneider is

leaving his position as president of DePaul in June, he will remain connected to the university through his appointment as lifetime chancellor. DePaul’s ninth president, John T. Richardson has served in this position since 1993, and will become chancellor emeritus for life.

The Holtschneider Chair in Vincentian Studies was established in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences to help further develop DePaul’s Vincentian curriculum. The board of trustees, who personally donated $2.5 million towards the establishment of the chair, hopes to attract a premiere Vincentian scholar to fill the chair.

According to a statement from the university, Gerald Beeson, chief operating officer of Citadel and member of DePaul’s board, oversaw the capital campaign to create the Holtschneider Chair in Vincentian Studies. DePaul board members personally contributed the $2.5 million needed to establish the position, as well as $500,000 for the related Vincentian Studies endowment in the Office of Mission and Values.

“Through the generosity of DePaul’s board members, our university will gain one of the world’s preeminent scholars in Vincentian Studies,” said Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco,

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“This esteemed faculty member will have the opportunity to shape a new generation of students, further enhancing our university’s

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SPEAKER continued from front page any type of speech, hate speech or not.

The petition is called “Statement of Principles: Free Expression on Campuses.” With over 900 signatures already, 40 of them from DePaul students, the number only continues to grow.

Matthew Foldi, a junior from University of Chicago, created the idea. With the help from DePaul and other universities, the campuses created this petition to outline what guidelines universities and colleges should follow when free speech is deemed hate speech.

The Google document reads: “The only way to achieve free speech is by cultivating a culture where all are free to communicate without fear of censorship or intimidation. While some speech may be objectionable and even deeply offensive, constitutionally protected speech ought to be held and enforced as the standard and must not be infringed upon.”

John Minster, chair of the College Republicans and a partner in creating this petition, is pushing

for this to be brought to the DePaul administration.

“The goal of this was to craft a statement of principles that should be the governing principles and ideas on campuses. Free speech should be looked at as important and should be respected,” Minster said. “The principles need as many people to sign up as possible. Then, it’ll be taken to the administrations and student government. People care about this. People hold this dearly. We need actual policy.”

The issues that arise with this petition often consist of pushback from those who do not believe hate speech should be protected.

Yiannopoulos and Ann Coulter are two speakers who hold ideas and beliefs that have put student bodies at odds with each other when it comes to what is allowed and what is not.

Last year, an event created by the College of Republicans, hosted Yiannopoulos and caused the student body to become split when it came to speech. Although the event ended abruptly because of protesters, the impact had already taken place.

“The Statement absolutely, unequivocally protects Milo, Coulter and their rights just as

much as it does the rights of extreme left-wing speakers,” Minster said. “The only exception is what the Supreme Court has outlined: a direct incitement of violence. Speaking out against Black Lives Matter, immigration or feminism simply is not that.

Literally calling for violence against those groups because of their views would be.”

DePaul’s own procedure when it comes to speakers being allowed on campus tends to be ambiguous.

After the Milo Yiannopoulos event took place, speech has been restricted. In August of 2016, conservative speaker Ben Shapiro was forced off campus by the DePaul administration and made to give his speech at the local Greenhouse Theater Center on Lincoln Avenue.

“Speakers provide an opportunity for students to hear and discuss opposing viewpoints on a wide range of topics,” DePaul’s Student Organization Handbook reads.” As such, DePaul encourages student organizations to plan, promote and engage in thoughtful, respectful and challenging dialogue, including through guest speakers. It should be understood that providing a

forum in no way implies university approval or endorsement of the views expressed by the sponsored speaker.”

Jack Piazzo, a DePaul Student Government Association member, was one of the first signees, along with Minster. Piazzo sees the petition as a way of discourse allowing freedom of ideas and expression to be spoken of freely.

“The goal of this document was to encourage universities across the country to encourage an open environment of ideas and expression. I can tell you that the writers of this document absolutely condone hate speech in all its forms,” Piazzo said.

“The goal focuses on a better exchange of ideas within a university. An administration that chooses to disallow expression, or even individual speakers because they are ‘too liberal’ or ‘too conservative’ should never be allowed on a campus. Now, in some cases, we have DePaul, for example, who chose to disinvite Ben Shapiro to campus because of a fear that his viewpoints would cause a disruption that the university could not handle.”

In fear of the petition taking a right leaning, Piazzo also made

sure it did not come off as such. He went on to clarify all are in favor, left and right, of protecting free speech on campus. Still, it would protect what others consider hate speech.

“I think we’d be better off if we’re not shutting down speakers like Ann Coulter or Ben Shapiro (...) But I think there is a difference,” DePaul College Democrats chair Jack McNeill said. “There is a difference in the ideology that leads to someone to promote or try very hard to bring someone like Milo Yiannopoulos to the campus under the guise that he’s a political thought leader. There are people who will say he’s a comedian or an entertainer. And there is a group of people that will say he is where ‘I get my news or political lineage.’”

“Why do we want them so badly on campus? What modern day political party does Milo affiliate himself with? We are trying so hard to protect that. That is our voice. We should never, never, forgive giving that guy a platform he had.”

Spokesperson for the DePaul administration did not respond to a request of comment.

DeVos further rolls back Obama-era student loan policies

By Nicole Ross Contributing Writer

This June, thousands of DePaul University students will cross the stage at Allstate Arena, adorned in blue graduation gowns. They’ll smile as they’re handed their diplomas—each a tangible sign of achievement, hard work and knowledge.

However, most also allude to a less fortunate reality: student debt.

Congratulations, Class of 2017. If trends continue, you’ll be the most indebted yet.

DePaul University’s Department of Institutional Research and Marketing reports that 67 percent of DePaul students who graduated in 2016 took out student loans, owing an average of $29,829 per student.

This sits just under the national average of $37,000, an increase in six percent from 2015. In total, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports $1.41 trillion in student debt nationwide. “[Student debt] isn’t something you’re really conscious of until you start thinking about getting a job to pay it all back,” said Aquita James, a senior at DePaul University.

“I don’t really know how it all works.”

In a study by The Brookings Institute, students at a public institution were surveyed to see how knowledgeable they were about the price they’re paying for college. Only 52 percent of students were able to estimate within $5,000 what they paid for their first year of school. Among students in their first year with federal loans, 28 percent reported that they didn’t have federal student debt, and 14 percent said they didn’t have student debt at all.

“There’s a lot of [student loan-related] information out there that we’re required under federal law to provide,” said Karen LeVeque, director at DePaul Central and Financial Aid. “It’s just a matter of whether

or not students take the time to read it and understand it.”

The Department of Education in the charge of Betsy DeVos isn’t making life any easier for student debtors either. On April 11, DeVos withdrew a number of Obamaera policy memos that were intended to force the agencies that collect federal student loan payments to provide affordable payment plans and prevent students from defaulting on their loans. Also included in the revoked policy memos were stipulations that increased transparency for the nongovernmental collection agencies.

On May 19, DeVos announced that the Department of Education will select just one company to collect student loan payments over the nine companies that currently handle it. The new contract for the repayment company reveals that the department plans to strip the requirement that specialists be on hand to aid delinquent payers, and a mandate for the agency to remind borrowers to reenroll in repayment programs, setting people up to fail to make payments in time.

While the conversation surrounding student debt is multi-faceted, a lot of students don’t even know where to begin.

The Cost of College The amount of national student debt has risen with the increasing cost of college tuition. According to Michael Miller, an economics professor at DePaul, the rising cost of college is due to a combination of things.

One factor is the competitive market.

“Universities desire to provide amenities such as climbing walls, the finest in food, etc., thus increasing the cost of room and board,” said Miller. Additionally, the administration bloat – or “the creation of more administrators per student” – allows universities to charge more for their education.

According to Miller, government regulated systems are also responsible for

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President Donald Trump looks at Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as he speaks during a Feb. 14 meeting with parents and teachers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. rising college tuition. Labor costs comprise a great portion of a university’s overhead.

Therefore, as the cost of health care increases, a university’s expenses increase as well.

“Government subsidies are making it possible to raise tuition,” said Miller. “Any rise in tuition is met by a rise in government aid, so rising costs can actually bring in more money.”

So, how are students paying the price?

Taken literally, a lot of them aren’t.

Student Loan Default Loan default occurs when a loan is delinquent for 90 or more days, meaning that no payment has been made during that time period. According to the Federal Reserve Bank, student loan default rates reached 11.2 percent in 2016. This accounts for the $137 billion that the Consumer Federation of America reports was not paid, a 14 percent

increase from the previous year.

The consequences of student loan default are extensive. The government can offset the borrowers income tax and social security benefits until their loan is paid in full. It can also garnish 15 percent of disposable pay wages per period without a court order. Additionally, defaults are listed on the borrower’s credit report, affecting his/ her ability to take out other loans. Unlike other credit, bankruptcy cannot extinguish student loans.

“It scares me to think about paying back my loans,” said Daniel Rodriguez, a senior at DePaul. “I feel like it’s something that’s going to haunt me my entire life.”

Lukewarm response to FEST 2017 acts

By Benjamin Conboy Assistant News Editor

The DePaul Activity Board’s (DAB) 32nd annual FEST music festival has left students divided on whether or not they are going to attend. The event is going to be headlined

by Logic and pop singer Jesse McCartney will be opening the show. FEST takes place Friday May 27 from 1-5 p.m. in the Lincoln Park Quad.

Although some students are torn on the musical acts for FEST, ticket sales are on par with FESTs past. With one week left before the event, they have already sold 1,000 tickets, compared to last year’s sold out FEST, where DAB sold 1,800 tickets.

Logic is a rapper best known for his free styling abilities and lyrics about his difficult upbringing. Attendees are generally lukewarm on Logic’s scheduled performance.

Student Lauren Taylor has listened to him before, but doesn’t like him enough to justify a $10 ticket.

“Sure I think Logic is a decent rapper, but I’m definitely not going to see him at FEST.” Peyton Roberts put his feelings on the rapper rather tersely, saying he thinks “Logic just sucks.”

McCartney, on the other hand, has not

been as active in the music industry. He has only released one album in the last five years, and has kept busy by appearing in many small television roles, as well as being a voice actor for films and video games.

DePaul students would likely know McCartney from his platinum studio album “Beautiful Soul” released in 2004 which featured the breakout hit song of the same name, as well as providing the soundtracks to numerous Disney Channel shows and television movies. His next release, “Right Where You Want Me”, reached gold status but was not received as well by critics, with Rolling Stone giving it two out of five stars.

His last critical and commercial success, platinum single “Leavin’”, was released in 2008.

Some students like Roberts think it’s about time McCartney called it quits.

“His one good song, ‘Beautiful Soul’ is pretty outdated at this point. I think he was booked more as a nostalgia trip for people than anything else.”

For others, like Samantha Gal, a walk down memory lane is exactly the reason why they bought tickets to FEST in the first place.

“He’s just a childhood crush of mine, it’s always been a dream to see him. My roommate is going for Jesse McCartney, she’s crazy about him. She’s in a sorority and they’re all excited about it, and they have

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Rapper Logic is scheduled to headline this year’s FEST. their friends that are going for him. On Twitter, all the DePaul students are tweeting about Jesse McCartney, so I definitely think there is going to be a good turn out.”

In January, students had the opportunity to vote on which musicians they wanted DAB to book for the opening and headlining acts. For the opener, possibilities included McCartney, Andrew McMahon and The Struts. Possible headliners were mainly rappers, like Mac Miller, A$AP Ferg, Juicy J and Rae Sremmurd.

“When we put the lineup together, we focus most on who students voted for, as

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well as crafting a lineup that will appeal to a variety of tastes, Roberts said. “McCartney got almost 50 percent of the total votes for the opening act, so he was the natural choice.

The numbers were a little more spread out for the headliners, but Logic was still among the top choices.”

FESTs in the past have featured popular artists such as T-Pain, rapper Big Sean and Diplo.

DAB will be selling tickets until May 26 at the Office of Student Involvement at the Lincoln Park campus and on the 11th floor of the DePaul Center in the Loop.

Center for African-American students seeks to improve student life

By Diamaris Martino Contributing Writer

After over a year of advocating for a student center dedicated to African-Americanstudents, DePaul’s Black Student Union’s (BSU) work has paid off.

In January 2016, BSU met with Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, CM, DePaul’s president, to discuss race on campus. Through this conversation they requested the creation of a center dedicated to serving African-American students on campus.

On May 11, Holtschneider and Gene Zdziarski, Vice President of Student Affairs, announced BSU’s request has come to fruition and DePaul will move forward with plans to build the center.

BSU president Mario Morrow says their efforts to establish the center were increased after last year’s Milo Yiannopoulos event.

“After Milo, we had recaps and meetings and thought how we could improve student life on campus, which pushed us to want this even more,” he said.

In the aftermath of the Yiannopoulos event, BSU worked to make DePaul’s black students feel comfortable but struggled with the resources available to them at the time. “It was hard for our (black students) to find resources on campus to talk with and help them deal with the situation, so we opened BSU’s office up to be a safe space, but could only fit so many people,” Morrow said The new center will bring necessary resources needed to benefit black students. The center will have a full-time

staff, consisting of graduate and undergraduate student workers to facilitate a safe space for students.

The center will be a place to learn, but will also provide a place where black students can feel safe and comfortable.

Morrow believes this will help not only the black student body, but the university as a whole.

“Only one demographic is failing in retention rate, graduation rates and grades,” Morrow said.

But with this center we could offer resources that will allow us to help those students, which will then benefit DePaul.”

According to a 2015 report published by DePaul’s Institutional Research & Marketing Analytics, first year African-American students had the lowest retention rate among all demographics.

The African-American student retention rate averaged 75 percent.

However, when broken down into race and gender, AfricanAmerican females had the second lowest retention rate at 77 percent, followed by African-American males at 73 percent.

Based on a November 2016 university study, AfricanAmerican students also have the lowest graduation rate at DePaul, who have a four-year graduation rate of 47 percent, and a six-year graduation rate of 59 percent.

“Culture centers such as the one requested by the BSU provide an opportunity for students to find respite among others who share a common culture and provide programming that serves them and the larger university community,” Lynn Safranek, Assistant Vice President of Strategic Communications at DePaul said.

DePaul stated in an email to students that in order to accomplish the establishment of the centers, “we must repurpose existing space and reorganize current efforts to support our diverse students.”

Much has yet to be determined before the opening of the center.

Morrow says BSU will continue to communicate and work with the university’s administration. “It’s a waiting game, there is a lot to be discussed,” he said. The university hopes to have the center open as soon as possible, and is looking at different spaces within the Lincoln Park campus, although the exact location has yet to be determined.

The decision to move forward on the plans comes after months of research of how the center would impact the university. DePaul said it evaluated the outcome of centers built at different universities and saw the benefit it had for their student bodies.

S i m i l a r centers have been built in other colleges such as University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Purdue Un i v e r s it y.

UIC’s AfricanA m e r i c a n Cultural Center states their mission is to create a space that

is open to educating, studying, reflection and relaxation. Purdue University has a Black Culture Center as a department within the Division of Diversity and Inclusion.

It is designed to be a place on campus where people can come and learn about African-American culture and art, while being a safe space. These universities have reported a positive outcome after the introduction of the centers.

In an effort to move forward with the DePaul’s Action Plan on Race and Speech, the university also stated their intention to create similar spaces for the Latinx and LGBTQ students. The university

wants students to have a clear point of contact so undocumented students can turn to it when in need of assistance since they have such limited resources on campus. Although no request has been made by the Asian student population, the university says it will do research into seeing if a similar center for the Asian student body would be viable.

Holtschneider believes these centers will help enhance the care the university provides to the black, Latinx and LGBTQ communities.

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organization and the administration met as recently as Thursday, May 11 to discuss details of the event.

Minster even said DCRs were set to receive a total of $11,000 from SAF-B for their event. McInnes’ honorarium would have been $10,000 with the rest mostly going to security. Minster said the university agreed to cap the amount paid on security, while taking care of any other costs they deemed necessary.

“We actually asked DePaul about this back in October, and they agreed with some constraints, such as limiting attendance to only those with DePaul ID cards” Minster wrote in an email. He added that DCRs was not expecting their event to be rejected.

While DCRs are not happy with the administration’s decision to allow McInnes on campus, other students feel differently.

“I thought it was a step in the right direction,” Reynald Satamaria, Social Justice Advocate said of the university’s decision. “Gavin McInnes isn’t bringing anything new. He’s not a philosopher, he hasn’t done any research. He isn’t bringing any new thought besides hate — that’s not new.”

The decision comes nearly a year after DePaul College Republicans hosted Milo Yiannopoulos at an event last May, who was also met with protesters. Since then, the campus has been torn in discussions about free speech and what that means.

“I don’t get why students got so upset about Milo because he’s a known troll. He wants that reaction. That’s what he wants to prove a point,” Gulino said. “It’s not even all genuine, it’s just a facade to irritate the left

and show theme how ridiculous they are sometimes.”

Minster said McInnes is a role model for students at universities like DePaul.

“He’s smart, intuitive, funny and has taken an especially prominent role both in the fight for free speech on college campuses as well as the evolving Republican Party,” Minster said. “We’re greatly disappointed in DePaul’s decision and believe they are doing a disservice to the student body in making this choice.”

In a second Facebook post expressing distaste for the university’s decision to not host McInnes, the DCRs addressed Holtschneider directly.

“You’d like us to believe that the cause of your fear of hosting Gavin McInnes as a guest speaker is that he was advocating for violence,” DCRs said in a statement on Facebook. “That, in a sense, he is threatening some kind of ideological attack that you — and by extension me and the rest of the student body — would be unable to endure. I would appreciate it if you were more honest with the community and acknowledged that Gavin McInnes is not the attacker in this situation. The attackers are groups like (anti-fascists) who have pledged to commit acts of violence on campuses like ours to silence views they disagree with.”

Other conservative speakers who have attempted to speak on campus have been cancelled by the administration have been moved to a venue not on DePaul’s campus, which was done with Ben Shapiro in August of 2016. Minster said the DCR currently do not have plans to host McInnes at an off-

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Gavin McInnes’ invitation to speak at DePaul was rescinded last week. campus location. However, Minster added that they would not rule out this option for the future.

Minster also said the group acknowledges that not much can be done in the meantime, since DePaul is a private institution. The university can choose how it follows the First Amendment.

As of May 15, DePaul University is still revising and updating their Guiding Principles of Speech and Expression. The policy is a part of the university’s Speech and Race Action Plan, which was put in place after Yiannopoulos’ visit last May. “Unfortunately, since DePaul is a private university, there is not much we can do at this time,” Minster said. “While

DePaul does promise free speech rights to their students, the legal precedent on that issue is still evolving. (...) That said, we will continue to plan events and hope DePaul makes better choices in the future.”

Other students have their own thoughts on what free speech on a campus like DePaul’s has looked like for DCRs. “It’s not being able to say (things) on Twitter without getting a response. It’s them not being able to be hurtful without a response,” Santamaria said. “You (already) have free speech, it’s just the consequence that you’re afraid of.”

CAMPUS CRIME REPORT: May 10- May 16, 2017 LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS

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MAY 13 MAY 16 MAY 11 1) An illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor 3) A theft report was filed from the ETC store in 5) A theft report was filed for a wallet taken from report was filed for a person in Munroe Hall.

They were transported to Illinois Masonic by Chicago EMT.

MAY 15 2) A smell of marijuana report was filed for a

restroom in the Student Center. No drugs were found.

the Student Center.

a bag in the Daley Building.

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MAY 12 6) A disturbance report was filed for two people

A harassment report was filed for a student receiving unwanted posts on Facebook.

yelling in the Barnes & Noble at DePaul Center.

Chicago Police were called and they left the scene.

MAY 15 7) A deceptive practices report was filed for two people trying to pass of counterfeit money in the Dunkin Donuts in DePaul Center.

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University rejects Gay Lives Matter poster promoting guest speaker

By Danielle harris News Editor

DePaul Turning Point USA (DTPUSA) hosted author and journalist Jamie Kirchick for a speech entitled “Dicatorships and Radical Islam: Enemies of LGBTQ Rights” May 10. Kirchick, who has been published in the Atlantic, Wall Street Journal and more works to highlight how the LGBTQ community is marginalized and persecuted in foreign nations abiding by Sharia law principles.

To promote the event, DTPUSA proposed a Gay Lives Matter poster using the iconic Black Lives Matter (BLM) logo.

The poster was denied approval by the DePaul administration.

Matt Lamb, a spokesperson for Turning Point USA and advisor of the group’s DePaul chapter, believed refusing the BLM poster was an infringement of free speech rights and an overstep by the university.

“The administration just decided for Black Lives Matter that they don’t like the (use of) the logo but its pretty common to use similar imagery, to play off common themes to get a message across,” Lamb said.

Lamb also said that the use of BLM imagery makes sense considering the issue Kirchick speech was highlighting. “(The speech was) basically (about) the way Islam is distorted by countries to justify execution and imprisonment,” Lamb said.

“That’s why it said Gay Lives Matter. The same way Black Lives Matter wants to call attention to what they feel is unfair treatment, police brutality against African Americans, we wanted to say, ‘Hey, there’s also this oppression of people that are gay under radical Islam and other (authoritarian regimes like in) Russia.”

DePaul officials denying the Gay Lives Matter poster echoes a similar situation in which the DePaul College Republicans had a All Lives Matter poster promoting their organization and its pro-life

values refused in October 2016.

The proposed banner was, at best The university did not deceptive, and the words, font, respond to a request for comment colors and design were clearly on the Gay Lives Matter poster, intended to do a disservice to the but released a statement following Black Lives Matter and pro-life the All Lives movements.

M a t t e r The students p o s t e r ’s submitted an “The administratino just a l t e r n a t i v e denial last October. decided for Black Lives banner that “ I n was approved.” matter that they don’t like making this J o h n decision, M i n s t e r the (use of) the logo but we looked expressed it’s pretty common to use surprise to no further than the the poster’s simliar im” university’s rejection Guiding similar to Pr i nc ipl e s Lamb’s when Matt Lamb for Speech inter viewed a n d the DePaul Turning Point USA about Expression in Advisor matter w h i c h October 2016. note a “We were ‘distinction upset and between being provocative and surprised,” Minster said. “We being hurtful,’” the statement said. were surprised because while “The principles also state that we understand where (the ‘speech whose primary purpose is administration is) coming from, to wound is inconsistent with our given the issue (and) given the Vincentian and Catholic Values.’ problems we’ve already had with

speech at the school, we assumed that given it’s just a poster this wouldn’t be an issue. (We thought) this is something that they would say, ‘OK, fine.’ They might not agree with it, they might not like it, but given the sort of pro-life values behind it we thought it would be fine. And obviously we thought wrong.”

According to Lamb, this incident is a first for DTPUSA but common in other chapters of the organization.

“Our Turning Point Chapter at DePaul has not faced similar controversy but certainly our chapters elsewhere have had trouble getting approved for the club and free speech (issues),” Lamb said. “But the DePaul chapter hasn’t faced any trouble with the administration (before this poster issue) as far as I know.”

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YONHAP | AP Employees watch electronic boards to monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea.

ASSOCIATED PRESS | AP A screenshot of the warning screen from a purported ransomware attack, as captured by a computer user in Taiwan, is seen on laptop in Beijing.

Global cyber attack touches Cook County

By Evelyn Baker Nation & World Editor

More than 200,000 computers worldwide were found to have been encrypted on May 12 with a cyber attack called WannaCry, including some in Cook County.

WannaCry is a form of ransomware. It took hostage of the files on systems using outof-date Microsoft software and prodded users to send a ransom over bitcoin, a secure digital currency.

Each ransom amounted to at least $300. Quartz Media set up a bot to monitor the ransom payments. As of May 19, the three bitcoin wallets associated with the WannaCry attacks have received 293 payments, totaling 48.25751965 Bitcoin or $93,955.34.

However, not every victim chose to pay the ransom.

According to StateScoop, Cook County was the first local government in the U.S. to discover the cyber attack.

“Cook County did have some involvement with the virus last week,” Cook County spokesperson Frank Shuftan told the DePaulia.

“It was relatively minor. It was discovered rather quickly. It was dealt with. It did not impact any critical county operations. We have restored all but a very few applications to this point, and are also focused on increasing security of our system,” Shuftan said.

In restoring the applications, Shuftan said Cook County used an IT security team and did not

pay the ransom.

While computers related to businesses and local government were hit in the U.S., they by no means received the brunt of the attack. European and Asian countries reported the most attacks in the 150 countries targeted.

College of Computing and Digital Media Professor Jacob Furst says the location of attacks has more to do with other countries not having as much updated software rather than specific targeting by the attacker.

Furst, an expert in computer security, is also the director of the DePaul Information Assurance Center. He joined a panel of experts for Chicago Tonight to discuss the WannaCry cyber attack on May 15.

“This malware was set out and programmed to spread as much as possible,” Furst said. “It was designed to go as far as it could.

If any area got less affected it was because there were less targets to affect. Either the patching wasn’t in place or the targets didn’t exist.”

The patching Furst refers to is how WannaCry can be beat.

While successful short-term attempts have been made to “kill” the malware, the only sure fire way to not be affected by a similar future ransomware attack is to “patch” or update software.

“One of the exploits the ransomer used was an exploit called Eternal Blue that took advantage of a particular flaw in the Microsoft operating system,” Furst said.

While Microsoft issued an update shortly after in March, some users didn’t utilize it in time.

“Those who either could not get the patch or weren’t able to deploy it in time were targets for infection,” Furst said.

Because Microsoft’s default setting on individual computers is to install patches automatically, many individuals’ computers were safe from the attack.

Another cause of the vastness of the cyber attack is the continual use of unsupported Microsoft software.

Unsupported and pirated Microsoft software did not receive the protective patches in March. In addition to targeting unpatched software, WannaCry sought out three versions of the Microsoft Operating System, which the system no longer supports, including Windows XP.

However, in an effort to preempt future attacks and protect all systems, Microsoft issued a patch to its unsupported software as well.

DePaul University did not report any threats of the cyber attack. One explanation for this could be DePaul runs primarily on Macintosh versus Microsoft.

Furst said no similar flaw in the Mac software has been found yet to allow for encryption like WannaCry. As for future attacks, Furst said it’s almost certain. While the original attacker may have received more attention and finances than anticipated, potentially scaring him or her off, copycat attackers should be

expected.

Ransomware attacks have been around since 2010, and have made a noticeable jump in activity in 2013. Brian Fung at the Wall Street Journal reported some analysts expect an even bigger upswing of ransom-based cyber attacks to occur in 2017.

For those who operate Microsoft software, the solution is to patch it up.

Furst called this attack a wake-up call.

“If you’re not installing the patches, I’m sorry but there are bad people out there and you have to protect yourself,” he said. “The patch is out there, it’s free. You just need to make sure it gets done.”

Ransomware cyberattacks span globe

Below are the top 20 countries affected in the first few hours of WannaCry's ransomware cyberattack.

More than 70,000 attacks

More than 4,000 attacks

Less than 4,000 attacks

Ukraine Latvia Romania Luxembourg Spain Italy Egypt

Brazil

Russia Kazakhstan Iran

China

Taiwan Azerbaijan India Hong Kong Uzbekistan Vietnam Tanzania Tajikistan

SOURCES: KasperSky Lab

AP

ASSOCIATED PRESS | AP Map locates top 20 countries affected in the first hours of WannaCry’s ransomware cyberattack

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Content written by the ASSOCIATED PRESS Compiled by Evelyn Baker| THE DEPAULIA

ASSOCIATED PRESS | AP POOL THE DAILY NEWS | AP ASSOCIATED PRESS | AP President Donald Trump arrives to news conference with Richard Rojas, of the Bronx, N.Y., accused of mowing Journalists demonstrate against the murder of Mexican down a crowd of Times Square pedestrians, killing a journalist Javier Valdez as they march to the Foreign Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in the East Room teenage tourist, appears for his arraignment in Manhattan of the White House Thursday, May 18, 2017.

Ministry in Santiago, Chile, Friday, May 19, 2017.

Criminal Court on May 19, 2017.

Prosecutors: Times Square driver wanted to "kill them all"

Noted journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico's Sinaloa

New York, NY A man charged with slamming his speeding car into pedestrians in Times Square, killing a teenager and injuring nearly two dozen people, said he wanted to "kill them all" and police should have shot him to stop him, a prosecutor revealed Friday.

Richard Rojas, 26, also said he had smoked marijuana laced with PCP sometime before making a U-turn onto the sidewalks of the bustling Crossroads of the World and plowing straight ahead into frightened tourists, according to a criminal complaint.

Officials are awaiting toxicology results, though Rojas "had glassy eyes, slurred speech, and was unsteady," during his arrest, the complaint said.

"He murdered in cold blood," Assistant District Attorney Harrison Schweiloch said. Eighteen-year-old Alyssa Elsman, of Portage, Michigan, was killed in the crash. Her 13-year-old sister was among the 22 injured.

Three people are in critical condition with serious head injuries, and a fourth is being treated for a collapsed lung and broken pelvis, according to the complaint.

Rojas, wearing the same red T-shirt and jeans he was photographed in the day earlier, appeared subdued Friday during a brief court appearance where prosecutors detailed murder and attempted murder charges.

He didn't enter a plea and was held without bail. Rojas' lawyer, Enrico Demarco, had no comment. His family and friends who attended the hearing cried outside court and didn't speak to reporters. His next court appearance is May 24.

Rojas, who lived with his mother in the Bronx, drove his car Thursday from his home to Times Square, waited for traffic to start moving and then made a U-turn, authorities said. He barreled straight up the sidewalk, knocking down some pedestrians as others ran in terror, before he crashed his car into protective barriers.

"That goes to his state of mind," said William Aubry, assistant chief of the New York Police Department.

mexico city, mexico

Trump claims witch hunt, says he's most hounded leader ever Washington D.C. Brimming with resentment, President Donald Trump fervently denied on Thursday that his campaign had collaborated with Russia or that he'd tried to kill an FBI probe of the issue, contending that "even my enemies" recognize his innocence and declaring himself the most unfairly hounded president in history.

Asked point-blank if he'd done anything that might merit prosecution or even impeachment, he said no and then added concerning the allegations and questions that have mounted as he nears the four-month mark of his presidency: "I think it's totally ridiculous. Everybody thinks so."

Not quite everybody. While Trump tweeted and voiced his indignation at the White House, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed an independent special counsel to lead a heightened federal Trump-Russia investigation the day before, briefed the entire Senate behind closed doors at the Capitol. By several senators' accounts, he contradicted Trump's statements that Rosenstein's written criticism of FBI Director James Comey had been a factor in Comey's recent firing by the president.

Trump left Friday for his first foreign trip, to the Mideast and beyond, and aides had hoped the disarray at home would have been calmed if not resolved, allowing the White House to refocus and move ahead.

Republicans on Capitol Hill hoped the same, reasoning that the appointment of a special counsel could free them to work on a major tax overhaul and other matters without constant distractions.

Trump said he was about to name a replacement for Comey, another move to settle the waters. Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman was seen as the frontrunner.

But calmness seemed far off.

Trump clearly knew what he wanted to say as he took a few questions at a news briefing with visiting Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.

Did he urge Comey at a February meeting to drop his probe of the Russia connections of Trump's national security adviser, Michael Flynn?

"No. No. Next question."

Did he in fact collude with Russia in his campaign to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton?

"Everybody, even my enemies, have said there is no collusion," he maintained.

However another answer on that subject seemed both more specific and perhaps ambiguous.

"There is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign -- but I can only speak for myself -- and the Russians. Zero."

"The entire thing has been a witch hunt," he declared, echoing one of the tweets he'd sent out just after dawn: "This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!"

He said he respected the special counsel appointment but also said it "hurts our country terribly."

At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, Rosenstein was briefing the Senate about his decision to appoint former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the independent Trump-Russia probe.

Javier Valdez, an award-winning reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain Monday in the northern state of Sinaloa, the latest in a wave of journalist killings in Mexico.

Valdez is at least the sixth journalist to be murdered in Mexico since early March, an unusually high number even for one of the world's deadliest countries for media professionals.

Valdez was shot to death in the early afternoon in the state capital of Culiacan, near the offices of the publication he co-founded, Riodoce. State Prosecutor Juan Jose Rios visited the scene and said authorities were investigating all possible motives, including that the killing could have been due to Valdez's work, though he gave no details.

The national newspaper Milenio initially reported late Monday that another journalist and her son were shot dead by gunmen in the city of Autlan in Jalisco, another state known for cartel activity. But it later said only the son was killed and the journalist was wounded.

Riodoce reported that Valdez was driving about a block from its offices when he was intercepted by gunmen.

Valdez was also a correspondent for the national newspaper La Jornada, which reported that he was pulled from his car and shot multiple times.

Images in Mexican media showed a body lying in a street covered by a blue blanket and surrounded by 12 yellow markers of the kind typically used to flag evidence such as bullet casings.

President Enrique Pena Nieto condemned what he called an "outrageous crime."

"I reiterate our commitment to freedom of expression and the press, fundamental for our democracy," he tweeted.

Valdez was a nationally and internationally recognized journalist who authored several books on the drug trade, including "Narcoperiodismo" and "Los Morros del Narco."

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A political tug of war in the South Removal of confederate statues depicts a changing America By yazmin dominguez Opinions Editor Throughout the southern United States, confederate statues are being ripped from the ground and removed piece-by-piece. Statues of confederate war generals such as Robert E. Lee in Virginia and P.G.T Beauregard in New Orleans are among the ones to no longer be openly glorified in the South.

It is a battle between southern heritage and progressive politics. The argument for removing these statues is reflective of the current political climate in the United States.

A protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, led by alt-right nationalist leader Richard Spencer sparked a national controversy this past weekend when those against the removal of the historical monuments carried torches and chanted racist slurs at the rally. It was criticized to be reminiscent of a KuKluxKlan (KKK) rally. It didn’t help that KKK leader David Duke tweeted support to Spencer. In its own way this controversial rally is symbolic of the tone the monuments carry.

“As someone who grew up in the south, but is removed culturally as a first generation black woman I find this discussion on the removal of statues of Civil War heroes slightly redundant given it is a question that seems to have no answer and has been argued over through my entire lifetime,” senior Kemi Oritsejafor said. “Ultimately it's a very necessary discussion, due to the times that we live in where Americans are no longer ignoring the systemic and literal violence that is being inflicted on black bodies. Without black individuals being subjugated to slavery the United States would not exist.”

The debate to remove these controversial figures has been taking place for decades. The controversy being these statues commemorating confederate war heroes neglect the injustice and oppression of African-American people in the United States. Those against their removal, like Richard Spencer, claim removing these monuments is erasing southern heritage and pride. But, the ongoing debate is these statues representing southern culture are also symbolic of the exploitation of a group of people and their history.

The statues were put on display in the 1920s and 30s by the children and grandchildren of Civil War veterans as a way to commemorate the perishing veterans and the confederate army.

“They were built during the Jim Crow era, shortly after Plessy vs. Ferguson,” geography professor Euan Hague who studies the confederate commemoration and white racial identities said. “They were moved from cemeteries to public places. At first they were original soldiers and were then turned into specific leaders.

They were built around the idea of reestablishing white supremacy.”

It can be said a number of these statues are being removed due to a changing

political realization. It is immoral to glorify a dark part of American history where separating citizens based on racial identity was the norm, when being anti-black was a way of life. We are currently in a tug-ofwar where the right are pulling for their white-nationalist views to persist and the left is pulling for a progressive agenda.

"American mentality is always progressive, but there is always a push back, it was about race and slavery, whitewashing history, improvements on certain social issues," James Wolfinger, associate dean and professor with an emphasis on race and politics, said. "Right now, we are at a moment where people are angry. There is a lot of heat and tension."

This political controversy brings to mind the removal of the confederate flag in 2015 after it flew over South Carolina’s capitol grounds for 54 years. The legacy of the confederate flag was taken down because of the murder of nine AfricanAmerican churchgoers by then 21-yearold Dylan Roof. Roof was deeply invested in white supremacy ideals through an online platform which encouraged him to commit the 2015 murders in Charleston, South Carolina.

The length in time it took to remove these statues is controversial in itself, but their removal makes clear the direction America is trying to go in.

One can argue the election of former President Obama is a push to bring down these confederate memorials. Even the election of Donald Trump as president, who relied heavily on the vote of white nationalists, displays how toxic this mentality can be. Even statues of confederate heroes are symbols of this toxic pride.

"New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, one of his policies is to bring integration into the city," Hague said. "Confederate monuments in his city is not good for business. It really puts the issue on the agenda."

But one thing in moving the monuments is where to put them next. There has been a debate between demolishing the statues completely, others say selling them to private buyers or, perhaps the most reasonable decision, placing them in a museum.

“I believe putting them in museums is permissible. It's all about how they are showcased and not heroized,” Oritsejafor said. “These statutes do represent history, and history cannot be erased, but when history is based on the exploitation of bodies and lives, then these momentums of the times need to be handled with a high level of emotional intelligence.”

Although, this is a dark part of U.S. history, demolishing these statues would erase a crucial part of history. There is a present struggle in the U.S. between creating a progressive, diverse society and the white reaction. Now, deciding on how to salvage these statues will dictate how Americans want to remember the past.

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Construction workers prepare to take down the statue of General Robert E. Lee on May, 19.

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People gather at Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., to protest the plans to remove the monument.

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Monument supporters collect their flags a day before the removal of General P.G.T Beauregard.

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Making way for new beginnings

VICTORIA WILLIAMSON | THE DEPAULIA

New DePaul centers will be inclusive for students of color

By Jocelyn Martinez Contributing Writer On May 11, DePaul’s President’s Office sent the student body an email announcing the creation of a new center for African-American students. They also stated that centers catered to the LatinX and LGBTQ student communities will shortly follow.

The email expressed their gratitude to the Center for Identity, Inclusion and Social Change for all of its efforts in embodying and supporting different groups on campus. The email ends by announcing that a formalized point of contact will soon be made for undocumented students through Student Affairs.

The email in its entirety was vague and left us with a lot of questions. What happens to the students that have already found a home within the Center of Identity, Inclusion and Social Change? While the email implies that the Center will remain, it stated that it will be redesigned with the addition of the new structures.

The Center itself will be changed and for

many students this isn’t ideal.

Students who are still finding their identity and who don’t necessarily fit into a niche group have found sanctuary within the Center. With it’s redesign there is worry that it will no longer feel like home.

“The Center has been a space to go for people like me who struggle with holding a connection to any one identity group because identity isn’t simple,” Victoria Agunod, DePaul senior said.

There is also fear of segregation and no longer holding a collective voice. With the creation of separate structures there could be further division between students. Whereas the Center has welcomed students regardless of gender, sexual preference, ethnicity, religion and overall identity, the new structures will only be serving one type of identity.

The Center has been an umbrella for many student groups on campus and with the start of new structures there is room for growth.

In many ways the new structures pave the way for increased programming for marginalized student groups. With multiple people of color (POC) serving

structures, this allows for more resources and a prominent presence on campus. This will relieve the pressure from student organizations that are constantly putting on programming. It will create unity among these individual student groups.

New structures do not necessarily mean that there will be segregation amongst groups. This gives opportunities for collaboration within individual groups now that there will be a more formalized unifier.

While there are students that have found a home at the Center, there are students who don’t feel the same. Creating spaces where those students also feel at home is important. Shouldn’t we also celebrate the expansion of more structures?

I thank the Center for all that they have done but creating more intimate spaces for specific groups is also essential.

"This is a good start but more can still be done," Destiny Dugboe, DePaul junior said. "Not just Black students but all students of color need this."

Departments such as the African and Black Diaspora studies program and Latin American Latino Studies can only do so

much for the student population. A more direct involvement can improve graduation rates. The graduation rate for Black/ African American students within six years was 59.8 percent for the year 2015 versus their counterparts who were all above the graduation rate of 70 percent.

A bigger support system for our Black student population is needed and creating a structure could possibly improve graduation rates.

These structures also come about a year after the Milo Yiannopoulos event one that led to many students of color recieving online threats and harrasment.

This lead students of color to not feel safe on campus.

Structures particular for students of color would help restore the feeling of safety for many students who still don't feel safe on campus.

The new structures will cater more to the student groups they are serving and that could bring about improvements and progress.

Yes, the Center has done a great job of encompassing all identities but we need to expand and grow. Growth will allow for

No passing craze: RompHim here to stay By daniel reyes Contributing Writer A “new” type of clothing has become an internet sensation overnight. Although it is not a newly released YEEZUS brand clothing, or a release of an overly expensive Urban Outfitter attire, “male rompers” have appeared overnight. With females and children having the option to wear this type of clothing, it was only a matter of time until men became filled with want and need to put on the their own version of the romper.

Created by ACED Designs in this month, ACED has managed to shake the world of fashion and the world in general with the creation of the male romper. With social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook taking the idea and running with it, the proposal of a male romper has blown up over a week’s time.

With overnight focus usually comes positive and negative feedback. For the romper, it is now considered a running gag. With the RompHim being the first of its kind for the male gender, it is easy to see why. Being the laughing stock should not deter anyone from purchasing such clothing.

"To be honest, I just thought it was a meme or something," freshman Thomas

Bulvan said. "I definitely have some friends who I know are going to wear it.

And, honestly, they will probably look decent in it."

Like Bulvan, there are plenty of men out there who are dying to get their hands on a RompHim. On the RompHim’s kickstarter page, the viewer is given a glimpse into the future of clothing for the male gender. In the header is six men rocking the romper as if there is no tomorrow.

With the initial goal of $10,000, ACED has managed to 28 times that, with a current total of $283,422 being pledged.

On the page, a collection is showcased from polka dots to solid light blue. The design was also designed with multiple stitched pockets and its very own zip fly.

The page reads: “Is it a romper designed for men? Sure.

But it's also pretty damn comfortable, and it may just be the start of a fashion revolution.”

Yes, a fashion revolution. In terms of the romper being advertised for female buyers, the romper has finally ventured into men's fashion. And, from the amount of pledges made, it is here to stay.

“I don't think it is innovative because it already existed. It is more of just 'breaking down the boundaries' or something like that,” freshman Alberto Rosado said.

“Yeah sure, sometimes I see girl clothes that look like guy clothes, and I'll be like 'shit' when I figure out they're girl clothes.

It has happened a couple of times with sweaters for me. And it definitely does depend on the clothing type, only cause I'm sure I wouldn't fit into girl clothes.”

Despite the initial memes and jokes surronding RompHim, and the awkwardness that comes with wanting one, masculinity has also been considered and questioned.

“Rompers are now, and can be, considered to be unisex, but it really doesn't affect me if it's a man or woman wearing it,” freshman Jacqueline Gomez said. “I personally would walk away if I saw my date wearing a romper. I wouldn't peep a word to them, I'll just stare up and down and move on. I’m just not fond of them.”

Whether or not masculinity can be rid of by wearing a male romper is extremely far left field. The fashion world is destined to change. With the need of new styles and new clothing, borrowing and taking other ideas only evolves into something greater.

That something greater is the RompHim. After the initial blowback calms down, and the donators receive their promised goods of clothing, the RompHim will slowly become part of everyday wear made for men by men.

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The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.

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Focus

BLOG ABOUT IT Student bloggers turn hobbies into professional portfolios

By Madeline Cruz Contributing Writer

Meghan McAllister started her life and style blog, Lincoln Park Minute, in January 2015. At first it was just a place for her to share her love for fashion, but her blog has since evolved with her. She said she has stepped away from just her personal style and now focuses more on adult content such as home décor as well as beauty, hair and skin care.

Although the blogging world is changing and possibly headed to social media platforms instead of traditional websites, student bloggers continue to write and post about their passions and hobbies as a way of sharing who they are to their audience and to potential employers.

McAllister is a DePaul senior majoring in public relations and advertising and minoring in communications and media.

She sees her blog as a portfolio and a great place to show work samples. She said it can be difficult for college students to show their personality through a cover letter and resume.

Matt Ragas is the academic director of the Master of Arts (MA) in Public Relations and Advertising program and an associate professor in the College of Communication.

In some of his classes, Ragas assigns students to create their own blogs that they then present in class.

“I just like assignments that exist beyond the classroom or are not limited to just class, but students can use in their portfolio and just to have a broader conversation with other folks besides students in the class,” Ragas said.

Ragas said blogs are a great way for young professionals to show their interests and that they are passionate about different topics and can develop an expertise in ways that go beyond the classroom. He also said blogging can also help them improve their writing and editing skills.

In addition to her blog, McAllister has social media accounts connected to her blog where she posts content. She said her Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat are also her personal accounts as well because her blog is a part of her identity.

A challenge McAllister said she has faced is trying to get people to click on a website to get views on her blog. “I think the future of blogging is Instagram only,” McAllister said.

According to New York Magazine, Instagram’s “uncomplicated design and tightly curated feed make it more than just a photo app — it’s also one of the more potent blogging spaces around.”

McAllister has her biggest following on Instagram with a little over 23,000 followers.

She predicts people will create appealing Instagram feeds and include content in the captions of photos and not bother to create

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DePaul senior Meghan McAllister started her blog in January 2015.

a whole website.

Ragas said there has been an evolution with the web from longer to shorter form and visual or multimedia content, so blogging is very different from how it was 15, 10 or even five years ago. However, he said the shorter forms do not necessarily show off the same skills.

Although many bloggers are moving their blogs to Instagram, there are still some who want to continue blogging the traditional way. Natalie Reehl started her food blog the-hungry-sloth in 2010 as a way to document her life, the city of Chicago and good places to eat. “My family has always been really adventurous eaters, we really like to eat as an experience and kind of celebrate everything with going out to dinner somewhere,” Reehl said.

She is a DePaul senior majoring in communications and media, and she is in the five-year program on track to receive her master’s degree in advertising. In addition to her blog, Reehl is also the social media coordinator and one of the founders for Spoon University at DePaul.

In 2013, she said she bought her own domain through Tumblr, so now it is a site they can run advertising through.

Reehl said she tried to make an Instagram account for her blog, but she prefers traditional media and having just her website. “This blog has been something I’ve been so close to for so long and the thought

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McAllister's blog focuses on life and style as well as beauty and fashion.

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DePaul sophomore Alicia Stella Maciel takes photographs at music venues around Chicago. Macial posts her photographs on her website as well as on social media. of moving it to Instagram or something that’s so promotional I don’t think I could do that,” Reehl said.

She said she prefers her hobbies not become her work and promotes her blog through her personal Instagram because it is more authentic. “I focus on keeping it an enjoyable aspect of my life,” Reehl said.

“I don’t want it to become doing things for money or sponsorship.”

However, Reehl said she does talk about her blog at interviews because it is a good display of seven years of work. She said she wants employers to see that blogging involves a lot of networking and incorporates technical elements such as writing, editing, photography skills and web design.

One of the biggest mistakes young people make, Ragas said, is that they launch a blog but then do not maintain it because then it seems that they do not have enough commitment or persistence. Ragas said even though the platforms are changing, there’s still a lot of value in maintaining a blog that can be used professionally and for fun.

“If it is a topic you’re passionate about, it’s a hobby, it’s a real interest area, you’re going to maintain it and you’re going to do a good job on it,” Ragas said.

Reehl said she does not make her blog a scheduled job because she wants it to come organically and be about her life as well. She said she does not know for how long she will continue blogging in the future, but the blog is a part of her and will grow with her. “If it turned into a mom blog one day, I wouldn’t be shocked,” Reehl said.

Although Alicia Stella Maciel technically is also a blogger, she said she considers herself more as an innovator, contributor and photographer. Maciel is a DePaul sophomore majoring in marketing with a sales concentration and a minor in music business.

She started taking concert photos this year and is now managing the Chicago Vibe,

a college student media outlet formed by current DePaul students. Maciel said the photography she does focuses on “really capturing the moment and showing how the music is fluid.”

Besides managing the Chicago Vibe’s Instagram, Maciel also posts content and photos on her website, Facebook and Instagram accounts. “I definitely have a certain Instagram just to follow professionals in the music industry or for professionals to follow me,” Maciel said.

From 2012 to 2015, the proportion of online adults who use Instagram doubled, according to Pew Research Center. In 2015, 28 percent of online adults used Instagram, and 59 percent of Instagram users visited the platform daily.

Maciel’s blog and social media accounts help a lot when trying to brand herself and network because she said when they see her photos it is an easy way to start a conversation about music and everything else she does.

She has taken photos for local bands such as Modern Vices and the DePaul based band The Slaps. Maciel said a number of bands have used her photos including Pianos Become The Teeth, Mannequin Pussy, Max and the Mild Ones and even Metro Chicago.

Even though she said it is hard taking five classes, being heavily involved, shooting three or four bands some weeks and editing content, Maciel said she does the outreach because she wants to have fun and shoot her favorite bands. Unlike most other photographers who are assigned and getting paid, she said she has been able to shoot photos for some of her favorite bands such as Joyce Manor and The Menzingers.

But she never does it for the money.

“To me, I’m a fan promoting you,” Maciel said. She said she does it to gain her own experience, build her portfolio as a student and most importantly, she is having fun and shooting her favorite bands.

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DePaul senior Natalie Reehl has a food blog dedicated to finding good places to eat.

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DePaul Theatre students stand in front of a crowd performing at this year’s Wrights of Spring festival, an annual ceremony that celebrates work of young playwrights.

Making a scene

By Rachel Hinton Mananging Editor

Theater is abundant in Chicago. From “My Fair Lady” at the Lyric Opera to “La Havana Madrid” at Steppenwolf Theatre, playwrights craft vivid characters and thematic surveys of the world around them.

The Wrights of Spring festival of new plays at The DePaul Theatre School gives students the opportunity to take part in that cultural tradition, opening the school’s space to students to have their original plays read in front of their peers.

For two weeks, students will get to put on their plays for the DePaul community.

Ranging from traditional, family dramas to alternative, sci-fi realities, to works inspired by last year’s election, this year’s selection of plays provides something for everyone.

Wrights of Spring is open to any student who has taken the playwriting class. Over the course of its 22-year history, the festival has hosted more than 170 playwrights.

Nearly 20 of the works presented have been chosen for the school’s New Playwrights Series, which takes the winners from the Wrights of Spring, gives them a cast, props and puts them on the mainstage.

“The types of plays are totally up to the students,” Elise Belluccia, a marketing coordinator of the festival said. “We have a really wide range of plays from really traditional family dramas to some absurdist stuff, but it’s all up to the playwright.”

This year’s festival has been in the works since January, when Carlos Murillo, associate professor and head of

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Posters of the different play readings for the Wrights of Spring festival this year. playwriting, and the planning team met for the first time. THe goal of the festival, he said, is to give the students “as rigorous a professional experience as possible.” The festival is a key element of that.

“It’s the highlight of the year for our playwrights and the energy we’ve been able

to build around their work for all students at TTS is super exciting,” Murillo said. “In a bigger sense — supporting new plays and playwrights is key to making the theatre a living, ever changing art form — while I love classic and canonical plays, new plays are what really excite me, as they

speak to the current moment in the world and provide audiences with fresh ways of seeing the world they live in.”

Chandler Clamp’s “Apocrypha,” which premiered May 18, is a dark comedy about a man starting his own religion — like Flannery O’Connor’s “Wise Blood” but with a new age spiritual healer and a gutter punk singer-songwriter who helps transmit “the message.” He said, seeing the play he’s been working on since last October come to life is a surreal experience.

“It’s really exciting, but just from my experience doing this in the past, there’s a weird energy around it,” Clamp, a junior whose work is subconsciously based on the 2016 election, said. “It’s a surreal experience to work really really hard on something and then see it actualized with actors who are really good and with an audience. It feels like a rush in a way — it’s terrifying, but that’s what makes it so cool.”

Clamp said the school provides a good support system while also giving students a lot of freedom to explore and figure out what they want. The festival goes beyond just showing student-written plays. It also serves as a way for people to have conversations about big issues going on in the world and for students to see each others works.

“There is something very empowering to witness peers in the arts grapple with and succeed at writing a play — much in the way that it is empowering to see a student athlete excel at their sport,” Murillo said. “It shows us possibility and excitement.”

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Music to Chicago’s ears Pop artists and rock bands make up the can’t-miss concerts hitting the city this summer

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By Pat Mullane Arts & Life Editor

U2

Kendrick Lamar

June 3 & 4 Soldier Field

July 27 United Center

Bono and the rest of the U2 crew return to Chicago this upcoming month to kick off the summer music scene. Playing at Soldier Field, the Irish rock touches down in the city for its tour marking the 30th anniversary of “The Joshua Tree,” where they’ll be playing the entirety of the 1987 album. With United Center and Allstate proving to be too small for the band, this upcoming concert is set to be one of the most packed for U2 in Chicago. If there’s a concert to see this summer, don’t miss out on the iconic rock band making their historic return for “The Joshua Tree.”

Fresh off his latest album “DAMN.,” Kendrick Lamar’s quick presence in Chicago this summer will easily be one of the biggest hip-hop scenes of the year.

Staging two concerts at United Center over the next few months, one on July 27 and the other August 20, Lamar will certainly draw some of the biggest crowds as his latest album once again proved the artist to be one of the best contemporaries in the genre.

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Coldplay

Ed Sheeran

August 17 Soldier Field

Sept 15 & 16 Allstate Arena

No stranger to Chicago, Coldplay marks their annual return to Soldier Field this summer as the British rock band finishes up their year-long “A Head Full of Dreams Tour.” While they haven’t released a new album in almost two years, Coldplay has been gradually releasing singles over time - their most recently being a collaboration track with EDM duo The Chainsmokers called “Something Just Like This.” For those awaiting new music from the band, Coldplay announced a new EP called “Kaleidoscope” set to release in the start of June.

With three albums released, you’d think the English singer and songwriter would be playing at a bigger venue than Allstate, nonetheless Ed Sheeran’s upcoming concert in Chicago this fall will certainly be one of the most anticipated. His latest album “÷” debuted number one in both the United Kingdom and United States, and shows no sign of from leaving the top music charts anytime soon. If there’s one artist that can entertain an entire crowd with just his voice and a guitar, it’s Ed Sheeran, and that alone should be able to get you to this concert.

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(Left to right) Shiro Akiyoshi, Tobias Frere-Jones, Heather Quinn, Nate Matteson and Lee Zelenak pose after DePaul’s Visiting Designer Series.

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DePaul’s Visiting Designer Series hosted “Talk: Text + Type,” established typeface designer, Tobias Frere-Jones Thursday evening.

Frere-Jones is an award-winning typeface designer, Yale professor and founder and design director of Frere-Jones Type Foundry. He has created some of the most widely used typefaces, a few of which include Archer, Gotham, Interstate, Mallory, Poynter Oldstyle, Retina, Tungsten and Whitney.

DePaul graphic design professor Heather Quinn started the evening off with a story from her early design years when she first reached out to Frere-Jones on the

hunt for Martha Stewart’s unique typeface.

Although this font wasn’t available for purchase, Quinn’s respect for Frere-Jones’ “timeless, engaging and thoughtful” work grew and their professional relationship continued.

Frere-Jones began his talk by confessing the questions that used to bug him most as a typeface designer: why make more typefaces? Aren’t there enough already?

His response: “I like problems and type design is full of them.” Instead of taking offense, Frere-Jones began to see it as a way to explain what he does as a typeface designer, something your average fashion designer or architect wouldn’t normally be confronted with.

Solving modern problems in communication is a lot of what occupies

Frere-Jones typographic design skills.

“Talk: Text + Type” elaborated on two modern issues dominating the world of typographic design that many of us experience but may not be aware of.

One of these problems you may be experiencing right now if you’re reading this article on a desktop or mobile. This is the way text is displayed and rendered on our screens. Often times, pixels don’t correctly portray the intended size, spacing or features of lettering making the type significantly harder for our eyes to decipher between letters and efficiently read. His solution? Retina.

A second problem is creating typefaces in different languages that are accessible and just as optical. Hard drive capabilities and storage is no longer a factor in how

many languages a typeface can include on our computers. The challenge here being where to start, what languages are used most and how long it will it take to create ideal typefaces for each.

“I began working on Vietnamese (first) because, as it turns out, more people speak this over Italian,” Frere-Jones said.

The event concluded in an insightful Q&A with DePaul’s faculty, students and aspiring graphic designers.

Frere-Jones ended the conversation with a light suggestion of using say, any typeface other than Gotham, one of his typefaces that has absolutely exploded since its debut in 2000.

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The good, the bad and the ugly of getting a new roommate

By Jocelyn Martinez Contributing Writer

It doesn’t occur right away. Little by little things start to happen, first subtly and then you’re left in desperation not knowing what to do with the terror of your roommate.

Things seemed normal at first. What could go so wrong? Recent DePaul graduate Lissette Aparicio recalls her freshman year roommate like it was yesterday.

“My roommate would leave her dirty panties on the floor, flush cereal down the

toilet, had a taser.” You know the usual. Just roommate things.

Except when I asked my Facebook friends for their roommate terrors, things spiraled out of control, and quickly.

Jackie Valdez started to tell me her roommate terror with calmness and then the next thing you know she says, “she didn’t know any other way to tell me so she blurted out, ‘I’ve been on meth for two weeks’.”

Valdez’ roommate terror starts off with her friend couch surfing at her apartment and persuading her other roommate to do

meth with her. At this point I’m thinking there could possibly not be any roommate terror that tops this one off.

I was wrong.

For Nicole Cash, a resident at the DePaul Sanctuary townhomes, it was a typical night as she headed back to her dorm to get some rest. As she opened the door there they were, three boys and one girl sharing a blunt. She had never seen these people in her life and her roommate was nowhere in sight.

Cash recalls the eventful night. “ To this day I regret not calling campus security

right away,” she said.

The rest of the stories I received detailed roommates having loud sexual intercourse, getting locked out of their rooms because their roommates were having loud sexual intercourse and of course waking up to the sound of loud sexual intercourse. Ahhh College.

But have no fear, it’s close to being that time of the year where the flowers are blossoming and our leases are ending soon.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Stay strong my young DePaulians.

Questions to ask potential roommates What is your financial situation?

This is probably the most important. You want a roommate who will be able to pay their rent and utilities monthly. This is also the time to find out about where they work and if they work from home.

Are you into anything weird like drugs?

You never know these days. It’s better to ask than to be stuck in an awkward position later on. There are certain things people are uncomfortable with and getting this question out of the way will be beneficial in the long run.

What are your political views?

A lot can be told from someone’s political view. Also you don’t want to be stuck with someone who thinks feminism is cancer or that we should build a wall or cries about gay marriage. Or maybe you do, that’s totally cool. Not really, but whatever.

How often do you clean?

This is so important. Being able to split household duties evenly is a must. A dirty apartment is added stress you don’t need. Especially not when you have five finals, two papers and a discussion board post to reply to.

Do you have any pets?

People have allergies towards specific animals. Or maybe you’re just a weirdo and don’t like cats. Also some apartments impose a pet fee and discussing pets, or potential pets, is key.

Are you in a relationship?

This is code for “how often are you planning to have your significant other over.” Sometimes couples are really annoying and sometimes PDA isn’t too cute. Knowing a little about your roommate’s love life will determine how often you’re going to wake up to a one-night stand walking out of the apartment.

What is your sleeping schedule?

Some people are night owls and others are early morning birds. Depending on how heavy of a sleeper you are, finding a person who complements your schedule is ideal.

Do you have friends over often?

Show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are. Sometimes this is true. You also want to know how often they plan on having friends over and if you will tell each other about it in advance.

Are you down to throw parties?

Party people are the best but you don’t want to live with one if you’re not a party person. Also the cleaning after a party is not the best time in the world.

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Recorded back in 2009, this T-Pain and Lil Wayne collaborative album has been sitting quietly on a hard drive for some years until surprisingly released this past Friday. After Lil Wayne went to jail in 2010, the album was left in freefall and stood there even after his release due to Wayne’s label problems. While the music is far from groundbreaking and doesn’t seem to have any apparent hits in it, the duo’s collaboration always results in some solid songs – even if they’re almost a decade old.

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Composed of 11 quality tracks, American pop-band MisterWives’ second studio album “Connect the Dots” is a long leap forward from their first album in terms of quality. While they’re still struggling to venture into new territory – as the band sounds like a cover band for Bleachers or Panic! at the Disco – MisterWives still certainly showcases a promising career with their dance-heavy rock sound. If you’re a fan of the rising rock and roll indie bands coming out of Chicago, New York and Atlanta, then MisterWives is your place to start.

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Alien: Covenant In theaters now

In the same vein as J.J. Abrams’ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Alien: Covenant” succeeds firmly by sticking with rehashed plot lines and tropes of the franchise rather than venturing out of the norm and trying something new. While this could be called a fault, it certainly isn’t the worst of possibilities, as the new installment in the “Alien” franchise is overall a solid entertaining, thought-provoking and frightening film.

Ridley Scott returns to the franchise for his fourth time, proving that the 79-year-old director has no plans of for retirement soon. Coupled with Scott’s talents, is Michael Fassbender’s performance as the returning A.I. robot David (and as a new robot named Walter). Ultimately carrying the film, Fassbender makes the two non-human characters of the movie the most interesting and complex, while the rest of the crew is rather bland.

While it’s still early, “Alien: Covenant” might be one of the most entertaining science-fiction films of this year, and that’s being said knowing the new “Star Wars” film comes out this December.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul In theaters now

As the fourth film in the franchise, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul” has almost certainly put an end to the series, as this installment attempts to do everything the original trilogy has already covered but with a whole new cast.

While the three films before “The Long Haul” quickly deteriorated in quality after every sequel, this film hits a new low as the script and cast toss out the witty charm of the books in favor for gross-out humor and cheap jokes.

I don’t expect any college student to go out of their way to see the new “Diary of the Wimpy Kid” film, but I would also hope that if they’re to take their nephew, niece, cousin, what have you, to a children’s film, that they pick the new “Guardians of the Galaxy” or “Beauty and the Beast” over this dreadful movie.

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Upcoming film releases May 26 “Baywatch” Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario

May 26 “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales” Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Javier Bardem

May 26 “War Machine” Stars: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hayes, John Magaro

May 26 “Berlin Syndrome” Stars: Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Lucie Aron

June 2 “Wonder Woman” Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright

June 2 “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” Stars: Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Ed Helms

June 2 “Churchill” Stars: Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery

June 2 “I, Daniel Blake” Stars: Dave Jones, Briana Shann, Hayley Squires

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LONDON GRAMMAR Playing on Sunday at Lollapalooza this year, London Grammar will certainly be one of the most anticipated pop performers of the summer music festival. The British trio comprised of Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dominic ‘Dot’ Major, has rose to fame over the years for their melancholy and ambient sound. The trio just recently released their new singles “Big Picture” and “Rooting For You,” their latest new music since their debut album in 2013.

And while the band’s output of new music is rather slow, their latest singles feel far from rushed and hint a new EP or album dropping soon (probably before Lollapalooza). Whether you see London Grammar this summer or not, there’s no doubt this won’t be their last appearance at Chicago’s largest music festival.

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If you’re a big fan of alternative rock, there’s no doubt you’ve at least heard of Ween – the American alternative rock band formed by childhood friends Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo in 1984. Better known by their stage names Gene Ween and Dean Ween, the two artists have kept a steady career going for 28 years until Freeman departed from the band in 2012 to focus on alcohol addiction issues.

Only a few years down the road did Ween announce a reunion tour to start in February of 2016, a tour that would ultimately become so successful that the band announced future dates and festival appearances late into 2017.

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GOGOL BORDELLO If Gypsy punk isn’t an acquired genre, I don’t know what is. And even if you may not have heard any Gypsy punk bands perform before, American band Gogol Bordello is the place to start. Performing at Riot Fest this year, the band’s accordion and violin sound mixed with punk style tunes makes Gogol Bordello one of the more unique sounding bands at the festival.

From Pitchfork to Lollapalooza and now Riot Fest, Gogol Bordello is far from new with their performances in Chicago, and the band is certainly worth checking out at the rock festival this summer.

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From athletics to academics, music to movies, there’s no doubt that DePaul University is home to a great number of talented students. While DeJamz has covered an array of renowned known and not-so-famous artists over the years, we have yet to take a look at some of the many musically talented students at our school. Whether your goto genre is hip-hop or rock and everything else in between, here is just a little taste of the array of artists DePaul University offers.

1. “Break the Walls” — Brizzy

Brown One of the more known artist of this week’s DeJamz, DePaul senior Will Brown has become something of a hiphop star on campus as the soft spoken, soulful and sometimes instigating rapper Brizzy Brown.

With two albums under his name, Brown has embraced his music prospects as something of a career, even though he has had trouble attaining spots at any Chicago music venue. And while he’s expressed in his music his disdain for Chicago rappers Chance the Rapper and Kanye West, the soon-to-be graduate is hoping to join their ranks in

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the hip-hop genre one day. You can check out the rapper’s newest songs on the YouTube channel “SWELLEN.” 2. “Caught Up!” — Ember Oceans Comprised of three DePaul students, Joe Cox, Parker Simonaitis, Sean Groebe and first year student at Art Institute of Schaumburg, Freddy Purcell, the four men of Ember Oceans have quickly made a name for themselves as they break into Chicago’s indie music scene. If there’s a song to check out from their extensive discography, it’s their latest “Caught Up!” song.

Across 1. Wooden carpentry pin 6. Easy way to draw 11. “Gotcha!”

14. Editorialize verbally 15. Not inner 16. Be light, in a poker game 17. Airplane’s undercarriage 19. April payment 20. “May I get you anything ___?”

21. Desert delight 22. “Buona ___” (Italian greeting) 23. Bother, in a title of the Bard 25. Like a cozy infant 27. “Arabia” man 32. Architect’s detail 33. Chicken-king tie 34. Changes course suddenly 36. One who’s attained nirvana 39. Concealed, informally

To learn more about the band, you can check out the DePaulia’s profile of them back in January.

has found himself venturing outside of Chicago and all over the country to perform.

3. “soul.’” — Femdot Another DePaul rapper that has quickly made a name for himself on campus is Femi Adigun, also known by his stage name Femdot.

The DePaul rapper has quickly become the newest signee of Chicago’s Red Bull Sound Select, traveling across the country to perform on weekends and attending class on weekdays. Opening for Dreezy back in October, FemDot’s opening acts have gradually grown over the year as the artist

4. “I Don’t Care” — Fall Out Boy While no longer a student at DePaul, the bass player of Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz nearly graduated DePaul years ago, though instead of finishing up his academic year he decided to pursue a music career instead.

While it’s safe to say dropping out was the right choice for Wentz, he has still certainly left his mark at DePaul without ever attaining a degree from here.

41. Drysdale or Johnson 42. Instruct 43. Capital of South Korea 44. Fiat 46. Things for savers 47. Basilica area 49. Computer cable 51. Uncooked condition 54. Important time in history 55. Sound bounceback 56. Best-seller list entry 59. Beliefs, for short 63. Expert fighter pilot 64. Advantageous situation 66. “Before,” when before 67. Varsity starters 68. Chill-inducing 69. The Erie mule 70. Director Almovodar 71. Sports

commentator Musburger Down 1. Big name in pineapples 2. Certain birthstone 3. Comes in first 4. Make desirable 5. Hawaiian souvenir 6. Augustan attire 7. Floor coverings 8. Dined wearing pajamas 9. Brings to a stop 10. “To ___ is human ...”

11. Marriott, for one 12. Open-eyed 13. Group of six 18. “There’s ___ here but us ...”

22. Cubic meter 24. Pass on to another 26. Splash, as grease 27. Scottish guys 28. Common lotion ingredient 29. Wild West coach

support 30. Turn over, as land 31. Wear away 35. Peeved mood 37. Piece of farmland 38. Just one of those things?

40. Eco-friendly fertilizer 45. Joyfulness 48. Assets, collectively 50. Poker player who takes risks 51. Gathers, as crops 52. Capital of Ghana 53. Positioned, as artillery 57. Ski lift 58. Classy wheels 60. Arid 61. Important street 62. “Don’t expunge that!”

64. Salary limit 65. Cotillion star, informally

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Nov. 11 will be opening night for DePaul men's basketball and Dec. 8 will be opening night for women's basketball at the new Wintrust Arena.

Notre Dame, Connecticut will be first Wintrust Arena opponents

By Ben Gartland Sports Editor

DePaul Athletics officially announced on Tuesday the long-rumored opening game for Wintrust Arena will be DePaul men’s basketball against Notre Dame.

The game will be on Nov. 11 and will be the first game of the season for the Blue Demons.

“We’re excited to take the next step to opening Wintrust Arena with this announcement,” head men’s basketball coach Dave Leitao said in a press release. “We’ve had some great battles and moments against Notre Dame over the years and getting them back on the schedule for the upcoming season and the following year is a natural for both our programs. This game will be a great event for us to kick off our schedule at Wintrust Arena.”

This will be the 105th meeting between DePaul and Notre Dame.

DePaul has played Notre Dame more than any other opponent in history save for Marquette. Since 1949, Notre Dame leads 53-38.

DePaul women’s basketball also received news of their first opponent at the new arena. Perennial powerhouse and former Big East rival Connecticut will travel to play the Blue Demons on Dec. 8.

“Wintrust Arena is going to provide a golden opportunity to showcase the best of women’s college basketball here in Chicago,” head women’s basketball coach Doug Bruno said in the release.

“Just as Wintrust has grown to become Chicago’s bank, we have scheduled the greatest team in NCAA women’s history to grow the game in Chicago. Our

DePaul women’s basketball program has always believed in playing the absolute best teams in the country, and UConn epitomizes the ultimate challenge in the NCAA women’s game.”

Season tickets are expected to go on sale this summer while single-game tickets will go up in October.

On tap for the rest of the men’s basketball schedule is three games at the Wooden Legacy tournament in California over Thanksgiving and Northwestern, which will be the third of five matchups as part of a five-year series.

Men's confirmed games

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Illinois and DePaul have not met in men's basketball since 1957.

Report: DePaul to play Illinois

By Ben Gartland

Notre Dame Nov. 11

Northwestern TBD

Wooden Legacy Tournament Nov. 23-26

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A report by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports said DePaul men’s basketball will play Illinois for the first time since 1957.

"Illinois will host DePaul in the 2017 Gavitt Games, per a source," he said on Twitter Saturday.

The Gavitt Tipoff Games is a series of games played every year between eight members of the Big East against eight members of the Big 10 in honor of the first commissioner of the Big East conference Dave Gavitt. The series started in 2015 and DePaul has played in both series, losing to Penn State in 2015 and then falling to Rutgers in 2016.

Illinois went 20-15 last season and will have a new head coach heading

into 2017-18 under the helm of Brad Underwood. In the Gavitt Games they are 0-1 after losing to Providence in 2015.

The Blue Demons and Fighting Illini played nine times in eight straight seasons from 1950-1957 and have not played since then. Illinois leads the series 7-2.

Rothstein also reported the remainder of the Gavitt Games matchups, which includes Northwestern hosting Creighton at Allstate Arena, Providence hosting Minnesota, St. John’s hosting Nebraska, Seton Hall hosting Indiana, Maryland hosting Butler and Wisconsin hosting Xavier.

Neither DePaul nor Illinois have confirmed this report.

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Softball falls in NCAA tournament

By Shane René Asst. Sports Editor

DePaul’s softball team dropped two straight games — one humbling, the other heartbreaking — to the University of Kentucky and Marshall to suffer elimination this weekend at the College Softball World Series regional in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Blue Demons got off to a slow start on Friday as the underdog against home favorite Kentucky, allowing five runs in the first inning on their way to a shut-out loss, 6-0.

Missy Zoch couldn’t find a rhythm in the first inning, which set the Blue Demons back 5-0. She settled down for the final six innings, only allowing one more run.

A six-run deficit is no easy task for DePaul’s offense and Kentucky’s defense and pitching didn’t make it any easier. Kentucky’s Meagan Prince tossed a five-strikeout, two-hitter through six innings, walking only one (Megan Leyva in the fifth). Dylan Christensen and Sabrina Kuchta were the only Blue Demons to log a hit in the game.

The 6-0 loss sent DePaul into the elimination bracket to play Marshall, who suffered a

3-2 12-inning loss to Illinois in their opening round.

DePaul and Marshall found themselves in a pitcher’s duel, keeping the match scoreless through three innings.

DePaul snapped the scoring drought in the fourth; senior center-fielder worked a lead-off walk and was moved to second by freshman Jessica Cothern.

Nicole Pihl popped out for the second out of the inning, but then Megan Leyva raked a double off the left-field wall to drive home Fitzgerald and give the Blue Demons a 1-0 lead.

Zoch continued to pitch to contact, getting outs despite back to back innings with errors. In the sixth inning Marshall turned to small-ball in an attempt to manufacture a run to avoid elimination.

Marshall’s Elicia D’Orazio slapped a bouncing grounder up the middle, which was fielded cleanly by Sabrina Kuchta at second base, but D’Orazio was too fast the throw. Aboard with an infield single, D’Orazio was bunted over to second by Taylor McCord.

D’Orazio has a reputation for being lethal on the base paths. She is the number one ranked base stealer in the country with 56 steals through the

regular season, and she went to work against Blue Demons.

Taking an aggressive lead off second base with the ball in the hands of catcher Jessica Cothern, D’Orazio took off for third as Cothern returned the ball to her pitcher, sliding in safely to put the tying run 60-feet away with one out.

On the next pitch, D’Orazio took off half-way down the baseline, trying to draw a throw from DePaul’s freshman catcher and exploit Cothern’s inexperience. Cothern, presumably trying to manage her adrenaline and find two more outs, gunned down to third, but there was no play to make.

D’Orazio turned for home, stealing home without contest to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth.

Haydn Christensen, Sabrina Kuchta and Kayla Landwehrmier all popped out in the top of the seventh inning, putting Missy Zoch in an uncomfortable position in the bottom of the seventh.

Zoch got two consecutive outs to start the inning, but two base hits put runners on second and third with D’Orazio coming to the plate. Lenti called for an intentional walk to load the bases, trying to avoid another

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DePaul softball fell in two games in the Lexington Regional.

D’Orazio nightmare. A Taylor McCord pop-out ended the inning, sending the elimination game to extra innings.

Once again, the bats fell flat for the Blue Demon’s in the eighth, going three-up-threedown with groundouts from Dylan Christensen, Micha Fitzgerald and Jessica Cothern strikeout.

With two outs and a runner on third in the bottom of the

eighth, DePaul met their fate.

Abigail Estrada singled to left, sending Shaelynn Braxton home for the winning run to eliminate the Blue Demons from regional play and end their season.

DePaul finished their season with a 29-23 overall record and a Big East tournament title.

The Blue Demons will graduate Dylan Christensen, Nicole Pihl, Fitzgerald and two-sport athlete Ana Greik (soccer) this year.

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The men's track and field team celebrates after winning the Big East outdoor chanpionship, their second title of the year.

TRACK AND FIELD, continued from back page place finishes in sprints and second on the relays and was one of just three athletes to do so. This also led to him being named Co-Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Meet. Feyersinger said he was glad to get it, but wants to make sure it is not a one time thing.

“That’s been my goal for all these years that I’ve been here. Last year I was really close to getting it for the indoors. I only

ARENA, continued from back page keep churning out 20-loss seasons like clockwork ­— like the Cleveland Browns of Big East basketball. Now is the time for a rebuild and it needs to happen quickly. DePaul’s first step was to rehire Dave Leitao as head coach, who was the last coach to bring the Blue Demons to the NCAA tournament (2004, second round). Leitao’s first two seasons back in Lincoln Park haven’t gone as Blue Demon nation had hoped, finishing ninth and tenth in the Big East and winning fewer than ten games each season.

The next phase — and the most expensive — of the rebuild will be put to the test this season as the Blue Demons move into Wintrust Arena, an $82.5-million-dollar investment on behalf of the university. To some, that’s a lot of money to spend on a building, which, by itself, doesn’t really help win basketball games.

Wintrust started to look a reckless expenditure on the heels of Crain’s Business report that said three separate DePaul games had fewer than 600 fans in attendance. Building fancy new seats for a basketball team that can’t get people to care enough to go watch them

lost by like, a few points to one kid. I’m just glad that I got it for this year and am looking to get it next year,” Feyersinger said.

Behind every great athlete though, there is a great coaching staff and this squad was no exception. Head coach Dave Dopek, along with assistants Brandon Murer, Derrick Peterson and Stephanie Townsend kept the team going strong the whole year and was named the Big East Coaching Staff of the Year. Bottoms said he has seen them really change the team

seems entirely removed from logic. According to estimates reported by Crain’s, DePaul will need to average 9,500 in attendance to break even on operating costs, which could require a few sellout crowds.

But the allure DePaul’s new home brings to talent and potential fan bases could be greater than expected – and it’s already starting to pay dividends.

Five-star recruit Tyger Campbell stunned the NCAA basketball world by verbally committing to DePaul over a handful of top-25 programs, giving the Blue Demons their biggest recruit in 20 years and analysts something to scratch their head about.

Campbell’s commitment can’t be entirely attributed to Wintrust, but he has sited the new, downtown arena as something that caught his attention in the recruiting process. But even if Campbell is more focused on who he plays with rather than where he plays, Wintrust Arena only helps push along what the University Athletics department hoped for all along: a revival of the brand.

Wintrust is in the heart of Chicago, the city of Michael Jordan and the once-holy Chicago Bulls, now, we hope, the city of DePaul basketball.

“I love Chicago. It’s a great

over his four years at DePaul.

“They truly deserve it (…) Just from my freshman year we are a far different team. We are a far deeper team. We cover a lot more events. We have more hurdlers, jumpers, sprinters and throwers. And so they were able to not just be coaches but really almost general managers and build the team. Every year filling in holes,” Bottoms said “They knew what it would take to win a conference championship, they just knew it would take some time.”

While Bottoms has run his last

sprint for DePaul and will be graduating, Feyersinger still has another year to build on his resume. He is ready to train even harder to stay on top.

“We’re going for (personal records) and maybe training harder than we’re used to,” said Feyersinger. “Me, myself I do side workouts, so every day for six out of seven days a week, I would wake up at 6:30 in the morning and run stairs (…) and on weekends I don’t have meets I usually run four to six miles. So, I need to do that to try and stay on top.”

DePaul hopes Wintrust Arena will continue to bring in high-profile recruits. city,” Campbell told Scout. com. “I want to bring the city a college back to cheer for (…) they got that new arena and that will be amazing.”

Campbell and Wintrust will create some synergy and provide a little “snowball effect” for DePaul. Players want to play somewhere where they will be seen and fans want to watch good basketball. Wintrust

will see more fans simply due to an improved proximity to campus and the City Center, but an influx of talent will push that along even more. And once the talent attracts more attention, the attention will attract even more talent.

Campbell’s commitment to DePaul should pause any concerns over Wintrust Arena.

He won’t arrive in Lincoln

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Park until 2018, so the Blue Demons may have to grind out another year in the basement, but the tables are turning in the right direction and should start to turn faster and faster.

If things don’t start to change dramatically in the next three years or so, the Blue Demons should start looking for a curse to which they can credit their misfortune.

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LOOKING UP Men’s track and field wins second Big East title

By Garret Neal Staff Writer

The men’s Track and Field team went back to back. After seizing the indoor Big East Championship earlier in the year, they now have the outdoor Big East Championship as well. DePaul entered day two of the tournament in a sizable deficit but they powered into the lead behind strong performances from many, including junior sprinter Sebastian Feyersinger. Feyersinger finished with the top time in both the 200m and 400m. He said they felt the pressure going into that day two.

“There was a lot of pressure on us going into day two of the outdoor because we were supposed to be losing by like 50 points, but we closed the gap by 25 on the first day. So, we

managed to close the gap and we managed to come out on top,” said Feyersiger.

Senior sprinter Chaz Bottoms, who helped DePaul to second place finishes in both the 4x100m and 4x400m relay, added that the team had faith that many of their strongest events where yet to come going into the second day.

“We’re a day two team. A lot of our jumps, some of our throws and mainly all of our sprints are on day two so we knew we had a lot of points coming,” Bottoms said. “We were kind of in a similar position in indoor were we were down by a lot. We knew that we could do it, we just had to show up and be ready to go.”

Feyersinger was one of 12 male DePaul athletes to be named to the Outdoor Track and Field All-Big East Teams. He made four All Conference Teams due to his first-

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Senior Trevor Kintyhtt, who won Most Outstanding Performer in the field events, will compete in the NCAA tournament.

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Campbell’s commit shows arena is helping COMMENTARY

By Shane René Asst. Sports Editor

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Wintrust Arena, which will open this fall, has been a selling point for new recruits.

When the Blue Demons dropped into the Big East for the 2005-06 season, they slipped directly into the basement and never emerged.

Jerry Wainwright gave DePaul something to cheer for when he took DePaul to the quarterfinals of the National Invitational Tournament in 2007, but getting excited about an NIT run after decades of NCAA tournament appearances is kind of like celebrating a C+ on an exam you didn’t study for – congrats, you made a brief return to the land of mediocrity.

But the 2007 season is a dim

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and flickering light in an otherwise dark decade of Blue Demons basketball. Two years later DePaul failed to win a single game in conference play (0-18), inspiring a four-year stint on the bottom rung of the Big East standings, winning only five conference games over the same time frame.

For each of the last four seasons, DePaul has found themselves inside the top-10 of the Big East standings, but that’s merely a result of programs like Syracuse, Notre Dame, Louisville, Connecticut and Rutgers fleeing the Big East for greener pastures in the Atlantic Coast Conference, American Athletic Conference and Big 10. The conference is smaller and arguably less competitive, but the Blue Demons

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