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Abstinence on the rise among young adults By KASIA FEJKLOWICZ Contributing Writer
Movies such as “Friends with Benefits” and “No Strings Attached” perpetuate the idea that we live in a hookup culture. It may seem that young adults, especially college students, are having sex, but are they really? Research shows that more young adults are saying “no” to sex. MSNBC reported that a new federal study proposed that more young adults ages 15-24 are remaining virgins longer. Twenty-seven percent of men and 29 percent of women in this study said they’ve never had sex of any kind. In 2002, only 22 percent of both of these groups said they were virgins. During a lecture at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Penn., Lisa Wade, a sociologist, explained what she found in her study. Wade discovered that 25 percent of college students never hookup, while 30 percent hookup with three people or less in four years.
“[Abstinence] is a choice that will require should really think about is who and what a lot of self-control and also a willingness to their partner means to them. be selfless …We live in an extremely self“Now sex has turned into a biological satisfying world. A choice to go against urge. That is not what the act is … it is a that is groundbreaking to say the least – See SEX, page 3 it’s unexpected,” said Diana Zawojska, a sophomore at DePaul. Zawojska has been dating her boyfriend since her senior year of high school, and she is waiting for many reasons. One of them is because she wants to share everything with that one special person – after the ‘I-do’s.’ In her mind, it’s the epitome of love, being selfless, committed, patient and encouraging while abstaining with the person you love. “People give away such an important part of themselves that they don’t even realize,” Zawojska said. “Love I think is something greater and more meaningful, and people most of the time unfortunately are caught up in the moment.” Joseph Ferrari, a Vincent de Paul professor of psychology, said, “Love is not an emotion, but a decision … you decide to give yourself to this other [person].” He believes that when people engage in sexual activity they are making themselves vulnerable. What they
Graduation season has finally rolled around and new packs of college graduates are being thrown from the nest and into the real world. The last few years have been difficult for college graduates who have found themselves facing challenges their parents and grandparents did not have to face, including a deep economic recession and record levels of college debt. While some have found success in life after college, others have struggled to market their degrees in this tough economic environment, posing the question: All are degrees worth the same? Last month, The Daily Beast released a study based on research from Georgetown University ranking the most “useful” and “useless” college majors. The university’s research team drew from two years of census data to determine the prospects for myriad majors, narrowing down their list to over three dozen popular college majors. Stemming off of Georgetown’s research, The Daily Beast used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics equally weighing the following categories to determine current and future employment and earnings potential for their final ranking: recent graduate employment, experienced graduate employment, recent graduate earnings, experienced graduate earnings and projected growth in total number of jobs between 2010 and 2020. It is no secret that a college degree is not a pass to financial stability, but in the past few years, conditions for college graduates have been bleak, if not nonexistent. According to research from Georgetown University, unemployment for students with new Bachelor’s degrees is an unacceptable 8.9 percent, and the combined unemployment rate for both recent college graduates and experienced Bachelor’s degree holders is 5 percent. While the research from Georgetown is alarming, it has brought questions regarding the value of college majors to the forefront, claiming “not every degree is created equal.” Among the most “useless” majors, journalism debuted as the eighth worst major for college See MAJORS, page 4
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Fashion statement
The hooded sweatshirt proves to mean many things to many people
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By ANDREW MENTOCK Contributing Writer A hoodie is one of the most comfortable articles of clothing someone can wear. DePaul students themselves can frequently be seen rushing to class in the morning wearing one. “They’re comfortable and I own at least a few of them,” said Pete McGraw, a junior studying business at DePaul. “I also think they look cool. I have one that is my favorite color, red, and I can wear it in a big range of temperatures.” Yet now there is an assumption that only dangerous people wear hoodies. When Trayvon Martin was shot by George Zimmerman, some members of the media, such as Geraldo Rivera, placed blame on Martin’s hoodie for his death. “He wore an outfit that allowed someone to respond in this irrational, overzealous way,” said Rivera on Fox and Friends. “And if he had been dressed more appropriately – I think unless it is raining out or you are at a track meet, leave the hoodie home." This does not sit well with McGraw, who said that Rivera’s comments are “ridiculous.” But still the stereotype exists. The hood was not always seen as “stylizing yourself as a gansta’,” as Rivera put it. In fact, pulling one’s toga over their head during prayer was a “sign of piety and respect”
“SEX” continued from cover sacred act,” he said. Ferrari understands the struggle for students to wait until marriage. “I was young once, too. I understand the needs, but you got to put it into perspective.” Zawojska agreed that it’s a struggle, but if she can do it so can other people. She also thinks that if you have had sex already then it doesn’t mean it’s too late to stop and “take control of your life.” Shay Green, a junior at DePaul, regrets her decision of engaging in premarital sex with her high school boyfriend and wants to practice abstinence again. “I think having sex with people is emotionally damaging,” Green said. “When you have sex it ties you to them and it’s hard to get rid of that tie. This is why it’s meant for marriage.” Green dated her boyfriend for two and a half years before they decided to have sex. “I guess I gave in,” she said. “I
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Trayvon Martin (above) was considered suspicious -looking because he was wearing a hoodie. Mark Zuckerberg (left) wears a hoodie as a part of his signature 'look.'
during ancient Roman times, said Julie Hillery, who teaches a clothing and society class at Columbia College. Years later, the hood was adopted by people in the Middle Ages, only these head covering instruments were not originally called “hoodies.” The dictionary definition of a cowl is a hooded cloak often worn by monks. However, during the Middle Ages more than just religious people wore them. “If you are a rich person or king living in a nicely warm palace you’re going to have a different
type of headwear. But the cowls, they are not specifically religious,” said Father James Halstead, the religious studies chair at DePaul. “They’re a working class kind of clothing that simply keeps you warm in the winter.” However, Father Halstead says those who have continued to wear them today tend to wear “religious habits.” According to Halstead, the reason does not have anything to do with religion, but people wear
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intimate with someone then you lose their respect. Green does admit that sometimes it is hard not to go out and hook up with someone. While some students are waiting until their wedding night, others are not. A study, published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, found that 60 percent of college students have been in a “friends with benefits” relationship. A senior, Lauren Wilson, spoke out on this controversial subject. “Honestly, I don’t think there is anything wrong with having sex before marriage,” she said. “We’re human; everybody has sex. And even though I respect people who choose to wait until they are married to have sex, I think that sex is a part of growing up and learning about who you are as a person.” Charlie Harmata, who attends Illinois Institute of Technology, agreed that humans have an inside drive towards sex. But he said that “people pursue sex without commitments because they aren’t sure about the future.”
-Between one and two million people are infected with HIV. A national study of college students showed that 1-2 per 1,000 students is HIV positive. HIV may take up to 10 years to show up clinically. During this symptom-free period, the people infected with this can still transmit it to their partners. -Brown University’s data shows that 2/3 sexually transmitted infections occur in people 25 years or younger. And by the age of 24, one in three sexually active people will have contracted an STI. wanted to prove a point that I did care about him, but when this happened our relationship went downhill and we ended up breaking up.” Since the breakup, Green has been very careful with her relationships. She believes that when you are
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As another quarter comes to a close, students are beginning to receive those persistent email reminders to fill out course evaluations. For those students who choose to ignore the incessant emails, they may soon find an incentive to fill them out. New SGA President Caroline Winsett and Vice President Casey Clemmons are following in former President Anthony Alfano’s footsteps in making course evaluations public information for DePaul students. According to Winsett, this would be “a more secure and accurate methodology” for rating courses than Rate My Professor or word of mouth. SGA is working with Academic Affairs, information services and the faculty in every college to try to make this happen. To support their request, they’ve compiled data from 39 different colleges and universities across the country about public course evaluations. More than half of the schools in the SGA report have already made their evaluations public to students or have plans to do it. Winsett feels that public course evaluations allow students’ voices to be heard. If the plan goes through, students will be able to log onto Campus Connect, click on a “View Recent Course Evaluations” tab and see bar graphs with an average of ratings. The data will not include individual students’ comments about the course or feedback about the particular professor who taught the course. Nonetheless, some faculty members are opposed to the idea. Winsett said most of the faculty she talked to felt comfortable with the idea, but others remain worried. Jacqueline Taylor, the dean of the College of Communication, said the majority of the faculty in her college is opposed to public course evaluations. “They feel like it’s their personal information,” Taylor said. SGA gave a presentation to the college last week about public course evaluations. Some professors argued that it would be better to make syllabi and course descriptions available instead. They don’t feel the course evaluations are necessary for students to make decisions about which courses they want to take. It’s no surprise that more students than professors would advocate for public course evaluations. But it may be surprising to some students which teachers are opposed and which are not. “A number of the faculty who are arguing this and opposing it are stunning teachers,” Taylor said. “They get amazing evaluations.” This could be because professors are afraid students will make decisive judgments too quickly. “People need a chance to teach a class for the first time, get better at it, teach it for a year, get better at it,” Taylor said. Ultimately, the president and provost of the university will make the decision about whether or not course evaluations will be made public and how this rule will be implemented. Right now, it seems it will be up to each college to decide. The College of Computing and Digital Media and the law school have already made course evaluations public for their students, but the rest of the colleges are still trying to make a decision. Some students fill out course evaluations quickly without much thought or don’t fill them out at all, a problem for the university. But making course evaluations public to students might enhance the importance of the evaluations in their eyes. “It would influence my decision,” Emily Rachel, a graduate women’s and gender studies student, said. “It creates a different accountability for professors and students.” Whether or not the course evaluations will be made public for students in all colleges at DePaul, there’s one thing this debate brought to light for both students and faculty. “In this college, and I think across the university,” Taylor said, “we take course evaluations very seriously.”
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“MAJORS” continued from cover students to pursue out of a list of 13 popular majors considered to have the least value according to job opportunity and earnings statistics. Bruce Evensen, a professor in DePaul’s College of Communication, said he believes the field of journalism is evolving to meet the growing needs of the Information Age. “So the playing field is changing. Historians call this the Information Age for a reason. Digital technology has made it so. It has led to the democratization of information. It is creating careers in social media that were unexpected and unheard of even a few years ago,” Evensen said. Evensen feels passionately about the importance of journalism and the opportunity to have it as a major in college. “Step by step, day by day, [the current college generation] will be re-casting and re-modeling journalism to adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the new and emerging marketplace,” Evensen said. Evensen feels that journalism students have a lot of options and opportunities after college. “At the center of that information exchange will be trained journalists. They’ll be called journalists, but they’ll also be called content providers, they’ll be called producers, they’ll be called writers. They may work in news organizations, they may work in niche publications, they make work for profits, they may work for non-profits, they may work in media relations, and they may work for the government,” Evensen said. Shamil C. Clay, who will walk across the stage this June to receive her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, said although journalism has been considered a dying field and among the worst college majors to pursue, she wouldn’t change her major because it has always been a part of her. “My major gave me a range of options provided that communications is a broad field,” Clay said. “I’ve always been a communications person in my professional life, therefore, my choice in what major I pursued in college was easy.” Clay said she plans to move to Los Angeles after her graduation to work for an advertisement company. She said her hard work has made all the difference. “Degrees are only worth what you put into it,” Clay said. “You can have a technology or commerce degree and not do anything with it. In other words, degrees do not have a life of its own and cannot perform on its own — it’s the person, the drive, the passion and opportunities; they all work together.” Computer Science ranked in fifth place among the 13 most useful college majors, which makes perfect sense in a world where computers and technology dictate our lives. “Computers are ubiquitous. They are in every place and in every profession,” said Martin Kalin, professor and associate dean of the College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University. “Phones are becoming glorified computers.” Most computer science graduates predominantly enter the field of software development or programming, according to Kalin. “Computer Science has a very strong professional orientation. It is designed to allow students to find jobs and very good jobs at graduation,” Kalin said. Computer Science is popular major at DePaul — there are over 400 undergraduate students alone in the program. “The numbers have been going up and if the trend continues next fall we will have
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MOST useful college majors:
LEAST useful college majors:
1. Nursing
1. Fine Arts
2. Mechanical Engineering
2. Drama and Theatre Arts
3. Electrical Engineering
3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts
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4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Computer Science
5. Architecture
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7. Marketing and Marketing Research 7. English Literature and Language 8. Mathematics
8. Journalism
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9. Anthropology and Archeology
10. French, German, Latin, and other 10. Hospitality Management Common Foreign Languages the highest numbers ever. This is following the national trend. There has been renewed interest across the country,” Kalin said. Despite the poor ranking as a major, DePaul’s application pool for incoming journalism students continues to grow, according to Evensen. “DePaul has never had more applications for the journalism program, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and the quality of our applicants have never been better, and the number of students we admit has never been higher. Some of the other top programs in the country would say the same,” Evensen said. Evensen said he believes journalism has a future, but it is up to the journalists to capture it. “It has and will provide lots of opportunities for employment for graduates. Those graduates will need to be intentional. They’ll need to entrepreneurial. They’ll have to have a plan,” Evensen said. Megan Fox, a Media Associate at Celeb TV who graduated from DePaul University with a Master of Arts in journalism, said she pursued journalism because it was something she always wanted to do. Despite what research says, Fox said she
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believes journalism is a “useful” major. “Writing is one of the most important tools a person needs,” Fox said. “Having great ideas is one thing but being able to express them either verbally or on paper is a great skill to possess.” Fox was offered a job immediately after interning for one month with Celeb TV. “If you are skilled at what you do and passionate about a career path, you will find the right position and be successful,” Fox said. Fox and Clay are not the only ones finding success and employment after receiving degrees in the most “useless” majors. Dave Wagenaar, who graduated from DePaul University with a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Cinema in 2011, currently works as a freelance key grip. Although his major is listed as one of the most “useless” college majors, Wagenaar has been busy working all over the country. “I have only been in Chicago for two months this year,” says Wagenaar. “It’s all about who you know. It is a large community of people interested in the field but is a small community of people actually doing the job.” Wagenaar credits DePaul for giving
him the access to the tools he needed to learn his job. The networking at DePaul helped him make his first contact, which led to his first paid job. “I don’t look for the jobs, the jobs find me,” Wagenaar said. When asked if he would do anything differently or change his major after finding out it was among the list of the most “useless” college majors, Wagenaar said, “I would do it all over again.” “It is all about persistence and networking,” said Wagenaar, who spent his time at DePaul learning the tools of his trade as well as establishing contacts. “You need to look for jobs years before you graduate so you can graduate into a job.” Jenn Schiffer, a web developer based in Montclair, N. J. and the department administrator of Montclair State University’s computer science department, read The Daily Beast’s report and said although she could understand why students considered some majors to be more important, she did not agree with the claim that some college majors are more valuable than others. “I do not think there is such a thing as a useless major. I can see why some folks see science as more “useful,” but the arts are necessary; they enrich our lives in ways that disciplines like math and technology do not,” Schiffer said. “If anything, it’s the behavior of the student that can be considered counterproductive to the major/program a college offers.” Schiffer said she believes it is more about the student than the degree that makes the difference between succeeding or not. “We’re no longer in a time, if there ever was one, that just showing up to class and doing the homework is sustainable. There’s an extra oomph that you need to put into your degree,” Schiffer said. “Your classes are an outline, your faculty are a network of mentors, and you need to use those tools to set your own path. Students I know that have done that have met great success from a variety of these ‘useless’ majors.”
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Loop busineses take on NATO protest customers By KASIA FEJKLOWICZ Contributing Writer
While the Loop campus closed altogether, most businesses downtown remained open during the NATO summit two weekends ago. Jimmy John’s employee Adil Jawaid said they stayed open but lost a lot of business. On Friday and Saturday the protesters didn’t bother the restaurant, located at the Loop campus, but Sunday is when the unexpected happened. “Those damn hipsters wanted to eat sandwiches,” said Jawaid. He thought it was funny that the protesters were on their way to Boeing headquarters and they stopped in to eat and basically support a franchise that is led by a Republican. In the Loop, some stores were filled with customers during peak protest hours. A Corner Bakery near Millennium Park ran out of
bottled water. “It was the most packed I have ever seen it,” said Genna Tardi, a student journalist from DePaul. Right before the rally on Sunday protesters were buying food for an afternoon snack. Another DePaul student journalist, Paul Taladan, ate free food during the conference. Seeds of Peace is a food movement that was at all the events. They also travel around the country. During the summit, Seeds of Peace set up a kitchen line. They provided people with free burritos, beans and other vegetarian and meat options. Not only were demonstrators eating, but Tardi noticed people dining outdoors in the Loop even though major protests were going on. “Everyone was dressed up, while lower-class citizens were voicing their opinions. Instead of feeling what the protesters were saying, they busted out cameras and gawked at the protesters,”
said Tardi. “1, 2, 3, f*** the bourgeoisie” was a chant that broke out. The summit didn’t stop people from shopping because major shopping centers, such as the Water Tower and Shops at Northbridge, were open. “Those people got hit on hard by the protesters,” said Tardi. Campaigners would yell, “While you’re shopping, bombs are dropping.” Away from the large demonstrations, downtown restaurants didn’t have any issues. “It ended up great,” said the manager of Quartino, an Italian restaurant located on the corner of State and Ontario Streets. Initially, they were going to close the patio, but they opened it up. “Police did an amazing job,” he said.
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The NATO summit brought thousands of protesters and police to the Loop campus.
Clementi case still lingers on college campuses By DYLAN MCHUGH News Editor The results of a 2005 survey on DePaul University’s campus climate for LGBTQ students showed that almost 60 percent of LGBTQ students have hidden their sexual identity on campus “for fear of personal safety, discrimination or rejection.” Furthermore, 71 percent of LGBTQ respondents said they witnessed homophobia or hate crimes on campus, and over half of all students surveyed said LGBTQ students were likely to be harassed on campus. These statistics take on a new light in the aftermath of New Jersey vs. Dharun Ravi, a court case that determined the fate of the former Rutgers University student. On Sept. 19, 2010, Ravi performed the 21st century equivalent of peeking through a keyhole. He remotely turned on his dorm room webcam to view his roommate, fellow freshman Tyler Clementi, kissing another man. Clementi jumped off a New Jersey bridge the day after Ravi “dare[d]” his Twitter followers to watch Clementi on a second occasion. On May 21, Ravi was found guilty of 14 counts, including invasion of privacy and evidence tampering. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a counseling program on cyberbullying and alternative lifestyles, along with fines, community service, and probation. DePaul junior Jose Juarez said this case reveals a larger picture of discrimination and homophobia. “Cases like these
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Dharun Ravi looks on as his mother, Sabitha Ravi cries as she reads a statement during a sentencing hearing for Ravi Monday, May 21. definitely allow people to think, ‘Hmm, maybe there is something socially and judicially wrong,” Juarez said. “I am not too sure if it will create harsher sentences, but I think it will gain momentum to create change.” DePaul professor Gary Cestaro, director of DePaul’s LGBTQ Studies program, said he was willing to accept the sentence as reasonable but was concerned that Ravi has offered no public apology and that his attorneys
are already planning an appeal. “I hope it makes college students think more about the personal challenges faced by some of their LGBTQ classmates,” Cestaro said. “College campuses should offer a non-threatening, supportive environment for students grappling with issues of sexual and gender identity.” Prior to the webcam spying, Clementi struggled with his sexuality. According to messages on his computer, his mother re-
acted negatively to his orientation. Investigators also found a file titled “Why does it have to be so painful” and a photo of the bridge he would later jump off of. If a similar case happened at DePaul, Cestaro said he would expect the administration and the community to approach it “very seriously.” However, DePaul law professor and former American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois president Jeffrey Shaman said
the case was more about invasion of privacy, rather than bullying. “While the sentence in the case was relatively light, nevertheless the case sends a strong message that invasion of privacy, as well as bullying, is pernicious behavior that violates the law,” Shaman said. “Gay and lesbian individuals are entitled to be treated with the same respect and dignity as any other person.” Juarez agreed that the sentence was lenient and that Ravi’s use of the webcam constituted a hate crime. “The expansion in technology has made it easier to ‘bully’ others, and while we have laws for hate crimes [and] violence, we have nothing close to the harassment that happens over the World Wide Web, and it hinders all of these cases and allows people like Ravi to only spend 30 days in jail for a malicious act of homophobia.” Five minutes after Clementi posted a Facebook status saying he was going to jump, Ravi sent Clementi a message that concluded with “I’m sorry if you heard something distorted and disturbing but I assure you all my actions were good natured.” But for Juarez, Ravi’s words didn’t match his actions. “It would be one thing if it was a freshman antic where he pulled a prank, but it’s completely another issue when there is intention to display publicly the private acts of two men,” Juarez said. “His intentions definitely make it more than just a prank.”
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Digitally connected Teachers call to action Online presence, the latest tool for job hunters
increasingly appreciated. “I know a lot of employers are still very impressed with that because it’s unexpected,” said Kenig. “It’s a real added bonus that separates you from the rest.” Online presence extends beyond a professional website. As with anything you post on the web, be cautious of your By ANGELIKA LABNO Facebook or Twitter habits. If public, Contributing Writer the employer has the freedom to browse through your information, and use any incriminating or distasteful information against your potential hiring. Not posting We tend to largely view Facebook such ammo in the first place will relieve and Twitter as a recreational medium future headaches, but if you live to expose of ourselves, but the reality is that our your party life online, keep it as private online activity is spilling over into our as possible. Facebook keeps this a tricky professional sphere of work. Virtually task to maintain, as it constantly changes everything we do online can or will affect its privacy settings. our careers. Whether it is making a blog, “You have to remember that it's very participating in Twitter conversations, or hard for anything to ever really disappear having an online portfolio, creating virtual on the internet,” said Merrick. “You have selves in our respective industries is the to think of everything that goes up as future. something that can be seen by a potential “People always ask, ‘Oh, where’s your employer.” photography, do you have a website?’” “A good number of employers will said Aileen Keating, Google you,” added photography student at Kenig. “You don’t Columbia College. “For want anything on visual arts, it’s highly You have to there with your image recommended.” remember that it's very looking unprofessional. Having an online hard for anything to Nowadays, it’s very presence is vital for ever really disappear hard to separate nearly every line of work. on the internet. the personal from Everyone can create a the professional; LinkedIn account, which sometimes you would is basically a social media want two different AMY MERRICK Adjunct journalism professor at site that showcases your accounts.” DePaul professional side. Artists That’s not to say and writers set up blogs you should make and websites as an easy yourself reclusive in way to exhibit their work. Employees the online world. Employers want to see from all arenas buy personal domains to that you are savvy with social media, so establish credibility and professionalism. if you don’t have an active account, you Conversations are carried through are losing value in the workplace. Like company blogs and Twitter accounts, so Kenig suggested, it would be wise to have that every so that prospective and current your personal Twitter account for rantings, professionals from all industries can and a separate squeaky-clean professional connect through them. account to show employers you are current “News is bubbling up on Twitter and in with the times. online discussions that people are having Merrick also points out an integral before the mainstream news,” said Amy part of our online identity that we tend to Merrick, a journalism adjunct professor at overlook: DePaul. “Employers want to know that “Students with e-mail addresses that you not only know these conversations, but are not appropriate when applying for a that you’re participating in them. Being job-that’s one of the more important things fluent in that language is really proactive.” to look at that students tend to miss.” In today’s internet craze, a one-page Merrick said that several of her paper resume is barely a reflection of one’s students’ e-mails end up in her Spam talents and accomplishments. For creative box because of inappropriate addresses. careers, a resume lacks the visibility of When applying for jobs, send the e-mail your work, yet you don’t want to send from an account that has a simple and over a bulky package of papers. A sensible clean address, like your first initial and solution is to make an online portfolio. last name. If an employer can’t even With a click of a mouse, a prospective receive your resume, how can you even be employer can browse through your best considered for the job? handpicked work. It’s a professional way DePaul has been very progressive in to organize and show your work, and can teaching students the importance of having be easily and constantly updated. Unlike an “online self” and provides ways to a resume, you can personalize the online develop and refine your online presence. portfolio through layout and design to let There are several courses offered that employers get a sense of your personality. teach students how to create a webpage, You can then add the link to the bottom of and how to develop new media skills your resume. using interactive tools. Free workshops Director of Internships, Graciela Kenig, that delve into similar topics are available stresses the importance of having a web to students year-round, as they are listed portfolio, stating, “It is a living document at the Career Center. Students can take of not only what you do at the internship, advantage of being on the brink of this but who you are as a professional and as cutting-edge form of communication. a person.” Regardless of profession, from engineer Students who take the Communications to journalist, everyone can benefit from internship class are required to create an having an online presence and interacting online portfolio by the end of the course. with others. The medium allows you to post things “I think for everyone, monitoring the like articles, or work you’ve done on conversation that’s going on within their radio or TV. You can easily upload and industry is really important,” said Merrick. update as you acquire better work and delete the irrelevant. A web portfolio is not mainstream yet, but its value is
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Above: Members of the Chicago Teachers Union raise their hands during a rally downtown on Wednesday, May 23, to oppose an increase in the length of the school day and larger class sizes. Right: A sign is displayed from a school bus during the CTU rally and march.
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Topics brings fresh conversation to Lincoln Park
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In a world filled with bustling, cozy, Starbucks-inspired coffee shops with tons of personality and little functionality, Lou Vidaillet saw a need. Something a little more right side than left side of the brain. Something a little more professional, but with flair. The plain white walls and clearly light movable furniture doesn’t make it difficult to imagine the room full of the artsy type dressed in swanky black clothes sipping red wine and meandering through the space; lingering in front of modern artwork. It makes sense as to why Chisum Pierce pitches to artists Topics Gallery instead of Topics coffee shop. But at its core Pierce is in charge of art at a coffee shop, but he isn’t going to fall in to the cookie cutter “low end” feel he thinks plagues the coffee shop world. Pierce got to talking to Vaillet about the idea for Topics after Vaillet needed some pointers on how to run a successful fundraiser. Vaillet set up offices for large companies across the U.S. and had recently come up with an idea for a mobile work environment for those not tied to an office. Pierce was more interested in making it a place for conversation and community and thought a good way to do that would be the artwork. Pierce already had a grip on the art world and started off the walls of the coffee shop/community space with a high level of artistic credibility. He planned to keep it that way. “[I] started it with a very high level of integrity. Who I would show was very important in the beginning,” he said. He was able to reach out to his personal network for the beginning showings and so far he admits it has been pretty easy to get people to submit their work. Now his job is to keep it at a level so that artists are proud to show their work at Topics. Pierce, a 30-something with a history in the art world, is in charge of keeping Topics aesthetically pleasing and conversation-starting. Perhaps his affinity for his own artistic medium is why for the month of May large prints of sleeping babies swaddled in colorful blankets set in thick black and white frames line the wall. The prints are the work of Lisa Green of Baby G photography, a definite contrast to the streaky Chicago flag that adorned the space just weeks ago. That’s also his job. To keep it interesting, new and fresh. Topics is quietly bustling. With patrons bent over laptops, typing away at work reports or homework from time to time interrupted by the release of steam from the espresso machine. There is not a shortage of people with work to do. Especially since Topics is located at 2122 N. Halsted St., in the middle of an upper-middle class neighborhood full of not only young business people but also students at DePaul University. “What are you going to do with the decoration? What’s the feel of the place going to be? I don’t know if Lou really even thought about what
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Topics, 2122 N. Halsted St., is owned by Lou Vidaillet who wanted to "not just another coffee shop" where neighbors can create a mobile and flexible work environment. the direction of that was going to be,” Pirce said. Vaillet agreed he hadn’t, but now sees the benefit clearly when people who have never met each other stop, look at a piece of art and start a conversation over it. It’s the addition of Pierce that just might save Topics from falling in to the “just another coffee shop” category in a neighborhood overrun with Starbucks and the locally quaint spot. Topics doesn’t speak to someone who wants to curl up with a book and a large chai and park themselves for hours and hours of content coziness. But you might just end up in the Topics zone—getting work done. It’s for the guy who sauntered in with his laptop for his morning cup of coffee, fell in to the zone, lost track of time and ended up ordering a Topics roast beef sandwich for lunch. It’s for those who are busy, but may need a little inspiration. It’s for those who need to concentrate and for those who need a flexible work environment with just the right amount of flair. For the girl at the table next to me who exclaimed, “I can’t spend a vacation just sitting on the beach” and then gets back to furiously typing on her Apple laptop. And Lincoln Park has plenty of those. There is the practical side of Topics that has private workspace that people can reserve on an hourly, daily or even monthly basis. They also have large meeting rooms and phones as well as printers, faxes and other document services, but to anyone who doesn’t need those or doesn’t already know
about them it just looks like a quiet professional coffee shop. “The goal being you can create this convenient affordable and flexible mobile work environment where creatives and professionals can come together and open dialogue,” said Vidaillet. For Pierce, the art is not just a way to start conversations inside of Topics -- it’s a way to start a community around the new Lincoln Park spot; featuring poetry jams, study sessions, hack-a-thons, live sets of musicians and last but certainly not least art shows. He’s going to be reaching out to DePaul students for art. “One of my goals with this art space is to keep it local and regional artists…. I really wanted to focus on the area,” he said. “We want their [the artist’s] circles of friends and their networks to come and see the spaces as well. The whole place is about collaboration and starting conversations.” And before I had even halfway finished with my oatmeal cookie latte two men at a bench across from me struck up a conversation. One had stickers adorning his map for events like South by Southwest, the website the Laughing Squid and of course a new Topics sticker while the other was talking about his new start-up developing an app for doctors. By the time I had finished my oatmeal cookie latte they had exchanged business cards. And voila—community.
“HOODIE” continued from cover them “because they are practical and they keep you warm.” When Father Halstead was studying in Europe, he wore a hood, saying that it is “damn cold in the middle of Europe.” Father Halstead continues to wear a hood as part of his ceremonial outfit, which he wears during academic events such as graduation ceremonies and opening convocation. According to Hillery, the hoodie has also been associated with “illicit activity” hundreds of years ago. “During the 12th century young apprentice boys who became rebels in London wore hoods to hide their faces,” said Hillery. The same can be said about women in the 17th century who were trying to remain anonymous when visiting their lovers. Fast forward to the 1930s and Champion Sportswear reintroduces the hood as a utilitarian outfit. This time the hood is attached to a sweatshirt used to keep outside laborers working in cold temperatures warm. Then by the 1970s the hood took an old form again. People realized that a hood was a good way to conceal one’s identity. According to Dennis Wilson’s 2006 New York Times article “A Look Under the Hoodie,” graffiti writers, muggers and gang members began to commit crimes while wearing hoodies. Eventually the hoodie would hit the mainstream around the 1990s when fashion companies, such as Ralph Lauren, started making hoodies because of the success of rappers like the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, who made styles that were traditionally considered popular among criminals. Since then everyone has been wearing the hoodie, from fashion models to business owners. Recently, the billionaire 20-year-old Mark Zuckerberg even unveiled Facebook’s IPO while wearing a hoodie. A DePaul student said Zuckerberg was being “a little bit disrespectful” because people should dress professionally while in a business setting. Michele Lasky, 22, a senior accounting student, said she does not wear hoodies often because they “look sloppy” and she likes “to look nice when she goes out in public.” Others agree that the hoodie looks disrespectful. Michael Pachter, a research analyst from Wedbush securities, said Zuckerberg’s casual attire is a cause for Facebook’s stock doing poorly. Now a mini fashion revolution has been sparked. Betabrand is selling a “Navy Executive Pinstripe Hoodie,” which has the typical hoodie feature but looks as if it could be worn by a high-end New York City lawyer. Even heroes in some of the most popular movies have worn hoodies. Imagine a Jedi Knight without a hood over his head or Rocky Balboa running through the streets of Philadelphia in a sweat drenched t-shirt rather than his patented towel and gray hoodie. Then there is the effect that the shooting of Martin has had on the hoodie, from the entire Miami Heat team taking a photo of themselves with their hoods up to the “Million Hoodie March,” where people in Manhattan called for justice in Martin’s case. The meaning of the hoodie has certainly changed over the years. “The hoodie currently is being used as a symbol against social injustice associated with the shooting of Trayvon,” said Hillery. “I do believe that it will continue to represent something different now. It represents what people view as social injustice and has played a big role in symbolizing that. It has definitely secured a place in history as a symbol of injustice.”
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“What a drag” packs student center for third year in a row
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University president to donate portion of salary to fight poverty By COURTNEY JACQUIN Contributing Writer
Above: Students packed two floors of the Lincoln Park Student Center on Wednesday, May 23 to watch performers from all over Chicago. Left: Britney Shears dances on stage as an audience member records her performance on their iPhone.
DePaul University President Rev. Dennis Holtschneider recently joined “The Presidents’ Pledge Against Global Poverty” along with 27 other current and former college presidents, promising to donate 5 percent of his salary to fighting poverty. “There are so many people that go to bed hungry,” Father Holtschneider said. “Just a few dollars and they could have clean water. It’s amazing what simple philanthropy can do.” The pledge, founded by former Texas Lutheran University president Ann M. Svennungsen, aims to bring public awareness to the poverty problem, and that ending poverty in is within reach. According to presidentspledge. org, “The Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations
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CAMPUS CRIME REPORT MAY 16-22
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taken from an unsecured room in Seton Hall.
MAY 16
•A Criminal Damage to Property report was filed for damage on the third floor in BeldenRacine Hall.
•A Disturbance report was reported for a student who was inebriated and combative with the Chicago Fire Department.
• A Theft report was filed for a student who had their wallet taken at 243 S. Wabash.
LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS MAY 16 •A Criminal Damage to Property report was filed for damage on the fourth floor in Belden-Racine Hall.
MAY 17
•A Theft report was filed for a DePaul University computer
MAY 18 •An Aggravated Assault report was filed for a student that was a victim at an off-campus party. • A Liquor Law Violation report was filed for underage drinking in Belden-Racine Hall.
MAY 19 •A Liquor Law Violation report was filed on underage drinking in Corcoran Hall. •A Burglary report was filed for a student who had items
MAY 21
•A Theft report was filed for a victim who had her unattended cell phone taken at the School of Music. •A Damage to Property report was filed for damage done on the fifth floor Belden-Racine. •A Theft report was filed for a student who had a shirt missing from the laundry room at Clifton-Fullerton Hall.
determine that, with collective resolve and investment, we can cut severe poverty in half by 2015.” As Board Chair of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities from January 2010 to January 2012, Father Holtschneider was approached by Svennungsen to help get her movement started. “She asked me, and I said yes” Father Holtschneider said. “It was really that simple.” The mission, according to Father Holtschneider, is to expand the movement to as many university presidents as possible. By making the pledge publicly, hope is that others will be inspired to give more as well. “They want to raise the level of the country’s giving” Father Holtschneider said of the founders of the Pledge. “Each president who participates in The Presidents' Pledge makes this commitment as a tangible way to serve the public good, to inspire greater giving and resolve, and to spark action that alleviates global poverty” presidentspledge.org says. Those who make the pledge have chosen the charities they wish to make their donations to, but they must be fighting poverty in some way. Though he has taken this
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DePaul president Rev. Dennis pledge, Father Holtschneider’s contribution won’t compare to many others. “Truth is I’m a Vincentian priest, I took a vow of poverty,” Father Holtschneider said. “My university salary is already donated. This is 5% of what I have.” As a Vincentian priest, Father Holtschneider’s university salary is already donated to charity. Father Holtschneider’s role as a university president positions him as the ultimate role model for students, but that’s not why he made this commitment. DePaul students, he said, do a great job of giving back. “The volunteering here blows other universities away,” Father Holtschneider said. Even if Father Holtschneider did not intend on inspiring students, his pledge has. Kelly Lynch, 19, is a psychology major and a community service studies and Spanish minor, and she is proud Father Holtschneider has taken this pledge. “From what I understand, the goal of The Presidents’ Pledge Against Global Poverty is not only to raise money for organizations that fight poverty, but to bring awareness to the fact that we have the capability to end extreme poverty. This seems like an amazing opportunity for presidents and universities to get involved in” Lynch said. Lynch is also working to fight poverty as a Student Advocate/ co-Volunteer Manager of LIFT, an organization whose mission is to combat poverty in the United States. “I think it’s a good first step,” Alison Victor, 31, receiving her master’s in PRAD said. “You have to lead by example, and I think that’s what he’s doing. During a time like now, there’s a lot of corporate greed, and to see that there are still people that are willing to personally make it their mission to make a difference, I think it’s good,” Victor said.
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NATION & WORLD
Nation & World Editor Michael Corio depaulianation@gmail.com
Pew Center: Growing support for gay marriage By MICHAEL CORIO Nation & World Editor President Obama made headlines recently after revealing in an ABC interview that he supports same-sex marriage, making him the first sitting president to publicaly endorse gay nuptials. His statements reflect the recent changes in public support for gay marriage over the past ten years. A recent Pew Research Center poll reveals that public support for same-sex marriage is at 47 percent, while 43 percent of Americans are opposed. This is a 12 percent increase from 2001, in which 57 percent of said they were against gay nuptials and only 35 percent of those surveyed were in favor. “I do support gay marriage,” said Sam Jensen, a sophomore communications major. “I was personally raised to not see gay people any differently than heterosexuals. I feel that they have the same ability to love and care for their partner as anyone else.” Erin Dugan, a junior Commerce major, says she supports gay marriage, but for different reasons. “I believed in limited government control, and social issues should be non-issues in politics. Private institutions like the church can be opposed, but the government should not be able to deny any right like marriage to any U.S. citizen,” said Dugan. Despite individual perceptions, the results of the Pew survey reveal that public support for gay marriage is at a tipping point, and the trend shows no signs of reversing. Jensen does, however, have doubts about the scope of change in the public’s perceptions of gay marriage.
BRAD LOPER|The Associated Press/The Dallas Morning News
Participants gather and listen to speakers at a rally of the Dallas LGBT Community in the Oaklawn neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, May 9 to applaud President Obama's stance on gay marriage and to criticize the recent ruling in North Carolina making gay marriage illegal. “I think tolerance depends totally on culture,” Jensen said, “and I have noticed that the people who were mildly tolerant have grown more tolerant, but those groups that had zero tolerance, have either not changed or have become more intolerant.” Dugan, a self-identified libertarian, says that despite her support for gay marriage, Obama does not deserve credit for his stance. “I think he is doing this to gain votes,” she said, “and he is using
social issues to avoid the bigger and more important issues like fiscal and foreign policy.” Obama’s statement followed Vice President Biden’s May 6 comment on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ in which he said he was “extremely comfortable” with samesex partners getting married and being entitled to all the rights that heterosexual couples enjoy. The president’s remarks may have been forced by Biden’s public endorsement
of same-sex marriage, after which the White House moved swiftly to deny that his comments were the official position of the administration. Three days later, Obama stated his support for same-sex marriage, making certain that it will be a central issue at the ballot box in November. “Though I am glad he used his political sway and celebrity to aid the cause,” said Jensen, “I am not very impressed because it seems like it was much overdue.”
Film shows China’s rising influence in South America By NATALIA HERNANDEZ Contributing Writer A cow falls from the sky in the opening shot of “Un cuento chino,” or “Chinese Take-out,” in this year’s Chicago Latino Film Festival, and it’s raising some unexpected questions, like what does China have to do with Buenos Aires? When you envision countries like Brazil, Argentina and Chile, the Chinese are not the first people you think of. Yet Sebastián Borensztein, the director of the comedy, is making light of today’s reality, a reality that is becoming more prevalent in places such as Buenos Aires, the location for ‘Un cuento chino.’ The film is about Roberto and Jun. Roberto is an unpleasant hardware store owner who witnesses Jun, a Chinese man, being thrown out of a cab. Reluctantly, Roberto allows Jun to live in his house until he can figure out who he is and what he should do with him. Like Roberto, perhaps many of us are confused as to why China is making such a huge impact on South Americans. Unbeknownst to many, China has been building an economic stronghold in South America. With cheap labor, U.S. debt and outsourcing initiatives and a strong communist underpinning for the last couple of decades, China is steadily establishing an economic presence in a majority of South American affairs. “China is hungry. It is hungry for trade and for all of the opportunities the U.S. has been unable to act on,” said
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Marlene Ariza, 21, a DePaul finance student, who attended the festival’s closing night showing of the film. China has provided Argentina with more than $10 billion in Chinese currency and is about to double a development fund in Venezuela from $6 to $12 billion. China has also invested $1 billion in Ecuador to build a hydroelectric plant and loaned Brazil’s national oil company $10 billion as the U.S. market share in Brazil has declined in the past five years. “Other countries are benefiting from the lack of U.S.
presence and China is taking over,” said Ignacio Vargas, 37, who also attended the filming. China’s trade with South America has grown quickly this decade, making it the second largest trading partner after the U.S. After waging a ten-year war in the Middle East, contributing to worldwide economic turmoil and now undergoing a presidential election in which our biggest concern is whether or not President Obama has at one point eaten dog meat, it seems like the concerns of the U.S. are elsewhere. “It’s weird to think about it, but it makes sense. If America isn’t there, why shouldn’t they look (for investments) elsewhere?” said interactive media student Jackie Herrera, 20. Although it seems like an unlikely combination, the new ensemble also creates a future without all of the baggage the U.S. and South America have carried for centuries. In one famous incident, Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, called former President Bush “the devil” and has openly blamed the U.S. for giving him cancer. He even blamed the U.S. for the 2010 Haitian earthquake, stating its weapons test as the cause of about 230,000 lives lost. Although the film is a lighthearted take on an unlikely relationship, it is evidence of a larger movement that is taking place. Although it is not necessarily Chinese world domination, it is still something we are used to. Perhaps it foretells a shift in power, or perhaps a coincidental fluke like cows falling from the sky. Whatever will happen, it will be fascinating nonetheless.
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CHINA, ISRAEL BUILD CLOSER MILITARY TIES
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After a prolonged chill, security ties between Israel and China are warming up. With Israel offering much-needed technical expertise and China representing a huge new market and influential voice in the international debate over Iran's nuclear program, the two nations have stepped up military cooperation as they patch up a rift caused by a pair of failed arms deals scuttled by the U.S. The improved ties have been highlighted by this week's visit to Beijing by Israel's military chief and a training mission to Israel by the Chinese paramilitary force that, among other things, polices the restive Tibetan and Muslim Uighur regions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to China in the coming weeks. After their meeting Monday, both China's chief of staff, Gen. Chen Bingde, and his Israeli counterpart, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, hailed the growing ties and held out the possibility of even closer military cooperation. Chen told the official China Daily that China "attaches importance to the ties with the Israeli military and is willing to make concerted efforts with the Israeli side to deepen pragmatic cooperation."
JOHN RAOUX|The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., early May 22. This launch marked the first time, a private company sent its own rocket to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.
U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances made last year in the decades-long effort to control carbon emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet. As so often in the slow-moving negotiations, the session in Bonn bogged down with disputes over technicalities. But at the heart of the discord was the larger issue of how to divide the burden of emissions cuts between developed and developing nations. Developing nations say the industrialized world - responsible for most of the emissions historically - should bear the brunt of the emissions cuts while developed nations want to make sure that fast-growing economies like China and India don't get off too easy. China is now the world's top polluter. The negotiations in Bonn were meant to build on a deal struck in December in Durban, South Africa, to create a new global climate pact by 2015 that would make both rich and poor nations rein in emissions caused by the burning of oil and other fossil fuels. But on the next-to-last day of two weeks of talks there was little sign of progress, as different interpretations emerged on what, exactly, was agreed upon last year.
AFRICAN UNION TROOPS BATTLE AL-SHABAB
N.J. MAN CONFESSES TO 1979 KILLING OF ETAN PATZ
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
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Thousands of people in speeding trucks or pulling carts piled high with clothes and furniture fled a region north of Mogadishu last Thursday amid the sounds of gunfire and explosions as government troops and their allies tried to take more ground from Islamist insurgents. The Afgoye corridor has been a shelter for hundreds of thousands of people seeking relief from violence that has plagued Mogadishu the last several years. African Union and Somali forces pushed al-Shabab militants out of Mogadishu last August and are now trying to seize areas outside of Mogadishu. This week, they moved into the Afgoye corridor to pursue al-Shabab. "It was a scary situation. Fighting has been going on since yesterday, so this is a chance to escape," said Hakimo Ahmed, who fled from Afgoye town, 30 kilometers (20 miles) outside Mogadishu, with her five children. "Everyone has fled. Only animals and armed men are on the streets."
AMR NABIL|The Associated Press
EGYPTIANS HEAD TO THE POLLS CAIRO, EGYPT
Egyptian women line up outside a polling station in Cairo on May 24. In a wide-open race that will define the nation's future political course, Egyptians voted Thursday on the second day of a landmark presidential election that will produce a successor to longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak. COMPILED BY MICHAEL CORIO | NEWS COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A New Jersey man who confessed to choking a 6-year-old New York City boy to death in 1979 was arrested on a murder charge last Thursday, police said, the first arrest in a case that helped give rise to the nation's missing-children movement. Pedro Hernandez, 51, of Maple Shade, N.J., was charged with the slaying of Etan Patz, who vanished on his way to school in his lower Manhattan neighborhood, police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. Hernandez, who had worked at a convenience store near Etan's home, confessed after hours of police questioning, Kelly said. Kelly said Hernandez told police he lured the boy to the convenience store with the promise of a soda, then took him into the basement and choked him. "He was remorseful, and I think the detectives thought that it was a feeling of relief on his part," Kelly said. "We believe that this is the individual responsible for the crime."
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OPINIONS
Opinions Editor Jenn Schanz depauliaopinions@gmail.com
MEL EVANS|The Associated Press Dharun Ravi, center, sits with his attorneys Philip Nettl, left, and Steve Altman as they listen during his sentencing in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday, May 21. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate kiss another man days before the roommate killed himself was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Clementi case a tragedy, but not a hate crime By JENN SCHANZ Opinions Editor The tragic suicide of 18-yearold Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi gave the world a much needed wake-up call about the real-life implications of homophobia and cyber bullying. It even prompted Dan Savage and his husband Terry Miller to start the “It Gets Better” campaign, an online initiative aimed at providing support and encouragement for LGBT youth who face bullying. While a family suffered an unimaginable and unexpected loss, America, it seemed, had finally been jolted awake. And people began to pay real attention to promoting tolerance and addressing ignorance within schools, universities and the workplace. Eight months later, Clementi’s roommate, Dharun Ravi, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail, three years of probation, 300 hours of community service, $10,000 in fines and counseling on cyberbullying for his involvement in Clementi’s death. Ravi, along with fellow Rutgers student Molly Wei, captured intimate interactions between Clementi and another man via Ravi’s webcam. The footage then went viral, causing many to believe Ravi was a key player in Clementi’s suicide. Judge Glenn Berman has been criticized for sentencing Ravi to such a brief jail sentence, but he made a point to state that
the Clementi-Ravi case was not a hate crime. There was no evidence that Ravi hated Clementi, and while that is hardly a consolation for the Clementi family, it does matter in a court of law. Ravi is an immature, unaware, socially awkward young man, who made a terribly inappropriate and inconsiderate judgment call. And while he did engage in cyberbullying, neither Ravi nor his behavior fits the mold of a hate crime. In fact, the ClementiRavi case isn’t really even about cyberbullying or harassment. It’s about the unfortunate reality of our generation’s serious communication problem and the devastating implications it can sometimes have. Both Clementi and Ravi demonstrated clear communication issues upon moving into their college dorm. Text messages found from both Clementi’s and Ravi’s phones illustrate stereotyping on both ends, from the very beginning. Both Clementi and Ravi shared text messages to their friends describing their new roommates. “F*** my life, my roommate’s gay,” read Ravi’s. “I got an azn…defs own a dunkin (donuts)” was what Clementi texted. The texts never appeared in court, but rather in a New Yorker article about the case. What was discussed in court was the boys’ first time meeting one another. Mothers of the two young men described the lack of welcome both of their sons felt. “We entered the room, we said
hello and the only response was from his mother, then his father came over to say hello,” Jane Clementi read. “The roommate ignored Tyler, continuing to work on his computer. He didn’t even look up ... he never even paused to acknowledge Tyler was in the room ... no greeting, no smile, no recognition, no anything ... he just continued in silence to work on his computer.” Ravi’s mother experienced the day rather differently, stating that “... Dharun’s roommate entered the room with his parents, and he sat at his desk and started doing something on his computer. ... After awhile his parents left and I stayed there for an hour more to help Dharun fix his things as his roommate was sitting at his computer the whole time. What I thought was, ‘Once I leave, he will start to talk to Dharun.’ ” But neither Clementi nor Ravi ever did start talking. They kept to texting, tweeting and facebooking their feelings about one another. Clementi discovered tweets about himself from Ravi’s Twitter and confronted him about it. Ravi apologized, but then chose to set up a webcam in the dorm because he wanted to keep an eye on his things. This is what led to the eventual viral footage that most blame for Clementi’s suicide. Perhaps the tormenting of Clementi over his sexuality did contribute to his suicide, perhaps not. But making the argument that Ravi’s actions were the sole cause of Clementi’s suicide is
MEL EVANS|The Associated Press Several hundred supporters rally in front of the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Monday, May 14 on behalf of Dharun Ravi. naive. Suicide is a spur of the moment choice someone makes after one devastating experience. By no means do I attempt to downplay the obviously painful and unwarranted experience Clementi went through, but it is vital to contemplate other emotional and psychological factors that had to have been present to lead the teen to suicide. It is also vital to recognize that Clementi’s suicide is also on Ravi’s lists of charges, as the guilt and clearly exhibited emotional toll of knowing his behavior potentially led to the death of his roommate is going to haunt him forever. Demanding harsh sentences for cyberbullying and harassment is a necessary and appropriate
way to communicate to America’s bigots that their behavior will not be tolerated. It is also proof that the justice system is on our side and is working toward the type of acceptance that should have existed in the first place. But Dharun Ravi is not a cyberbully. He is very clearly a socially unaware, awkward and perhaps paranoid young man, whose lack of confidence, awareness, communication skills and better judgment led to a terrible tragedy. This tragedy has already thrown into light the importance of providing support for LGBT youth. What needs to be considered now is the importance of showing our generation how to talk, face to face.
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NATO protests bring back memories of ’68 By MATT HARDER Photo Editor
It’s come up in many recent discussions that there are stark similarities and differences between the 1968 Democratic convention and the NATO Summit of 2012. The most glaring likenesses are the location and mass numbers of protesters and police. The differences, in short, are the political agendas of the protesters, the police, and the reasons for their presence in the downtown streets of Chicago – the government. My soon to be 66 year old father, Kent Harder, was 22 when he took a train from Michigan State University to Chicago, where he and his left-wing friend planned to protest the war in Vietnam. The protesters, he says, did not start the violence at the ‘68 Convention. Last weekend, he watched the major networks’ coverage of NATO endlessly, hoping I was not getting beat up or arrested (I covered both the conference and the protests first-hand). His reaction to the protesters purpose in ’68 goes the same way for NATO. The difference is, at NATO, “there was a diversity of concerns.” In 1968, not just the youth stood by a unified call for ‘NO WAR,’ but rather, all Americans. The whole world was watching… watching the U.S. send people all over the world for wars,
protecting and fighting for its own self-interest. Many others like my dad decided they wanted that unified call to be on the Democrats’ political agenda, immediately. What they didn’t expect was the violence that ensued the rallying speeches in Grant Park, Although the NO NATO protesters were extremely diverse in their reasons for marching last weekend, the ‘no war’ voices were heard loud and clear. Many protesters were there to actually oppose the so-called global military arm, NATO, whom my dad says, “just spreads the U.S. agenda by giving us an excuse to ship out troops for the implementation of Western influence.” “They came from the south and started beating people for no reason…I just wanted to get out of there.” My dad tells the stories of being beaten 3 separate times, and eventually being carried off the streets by mercenary-style triage. They brought wounded protesters to the backs of Marshall Field’s trucks in the Loop alleyways and tended to their wounds. Despite a few instances of gashes resulting from Billyclubbing, the NATO Summit brought significantly less violence on the police’s part. The protesters last weekend, diverse as they were, have been reported to have started the violence, or provoked it in some way. That is still largely in debate. The people, however, unanimously held the police in ‘68, accountable.
The media had no choice on how to cover the events of the Chicago Democratic Convention of ’68 – relay the chaos, raw. Today, the mass media has a choice on how to cover such events because of the fragmentation of the NO NATO Protest, the Occupy Movement, and the Anarchist group/tactic, The Black Bloc. A choice, opposed to the ’68 version of coverage: relay the chaos, raw. For the ones old enough for ’68, the reasons for protest are the same nowadays, but were just more focused then. Advances in technology have added an interesting dynamic to the coverage of such events, and that is the citizen journalist. Now, with smart phones live-streaming video and taking professional quality photos (amongst those with actual professional grade film equipment), anyone can document true and raw occurrences and hold anybody accountable. “In ’68, Cops attacked protesters, not the other way around. And from what I’ve seen, it was the same [at NATO]. Then, there wasn’t as much preemptive scrutiny from the people, the press, or the government…it became an earmark for CPD though. NATO had much more supervision, and control. Not to mention the presence of multiple law enforcement agencies. The lack of organization and commitment to a wholly peaceful protest on the ‘NO NATO’ protesters’ part doesn’t help their image
MATT HARDER|THE DEPAULIA At Sunday's NO NATO rally many different perspectives were represented. in the presence of an outburst in the controlled, military-like atmosphere we saw last weekend. “All I know is that it doesn’t stop...[it] didn’t stop in the '60s, got lost in the '70s with
consumerism and technology, but now it’s back: ‘Why are you sending people to kill other people?’”
Studying abroad a must-do college experience By COLLEEN CONNOLLY Copy Editor This Mother’s Day, Gretchen Seibel honored two mothers – both of them her own. She called her mother in Michigan, and she sent a card to her Italian mama, Marina. A year ago Seibel didn’t even know who Marina was. But now, she considers her family. Marina was Seibel’s host mom when she studied abroad in Rome. She was the first Italian Seibel met. And Marina took good care of her, taking her out for late-night gelato and driving her and her friends to the airport at four in the morning to catch weekend flights to Venice and Sicily. She was a mother to Seibel in every way. And now Seibel feels so lucky to DePaul student Gretchen Seibel enjoys have not one, but two mothers to love. Study Abraod trip to Italy. Seibel, a sophomore at DePaul, names about themselves and another culture,” Marina as one of the best parts about she said. studying abroad. In just 12 weeks, she felt This is almost a cliché realization for the like she had created another family. But average study abroad student, yet it really she didn’t leave with just a new family – rings true for most. In an International she left with greater confidence, maturity Education of Students survey of 3,400 and friendships. She is every reason a U.S. students who studied abroad between 1950 college student should study abroad. and 1999, 95 percent of respondents said Seibel studied abroad last fall, so she their study abroad experience had a lasting hasn’t had all that much time to think impact on their worldview. And when about how her experience in Rome could it comes to learning about oneself, the shape her future. But already she knows impact is just as strong. About 98 percent it’s impacted her life in some great way. of respondents also said their experience “I encourage everyone to study abroad helped them to better understand their own because it allows them to realize things cultural values and biases.
“It is worth every penny that you spend there,” Seibel said, “even if you have to work it all off when you get back.” Seibel held a few different babysitting jobs before she left for Rome and works a few more now. Slowly, but surely, she’s earning back some of that money she spent on cannoli, leather boots and Italian wine. Everything she lost to Italy she can gain back. She’s taking summer classes to make up for the lost classes. But everything she gained was locally grown. Seibel made friends with the people she traveled with, friends whom she admitted she probably wouldn’t befriend in the U.S. There’s just something about the kind of bonding that happens when you get lost in the streets of Rome with a group of Americans and must GRETCHEN SEIBEL|The DePaulia speak Italian to the locals to find your way back. a gelato in front of the Pantheon on her The life of a college student nowadays seems hectic, stressful and busy at times, It’s not just laziness or narrow- but most students are only tied down to mindedness that anchors students to the their classes and career beginnings. Their U.S. Studying abroad is expensive. It grades are at stake, but not much else. For interferes with class schedules and those concerned about delaying the start of sometimes forces people to stay in school their potential career by just a semester or a fifth year. Some students dream of eating two, what’s the point? The economy is still gelato by moonlight in Italy, like Seibel, struggling, and there might be more jobs a but it’s only a dream for them. semester or two later anyway. But it doesn’t have to be that way. And post-study abroad students like There’s a way around most of that, Seibel Seibel continue to remember their trips said. There are hundreds, even thousands, fondly, despite the summer school and of scholarships for study abroad. Many extra part-time jobs. schools transfer financial aid to study “A part of me is still there,” Seibel abroad programs. And there’s always the said, “and a part of the trip is still in me, part-time job. even if I’m not there.”
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
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Summer Music Fest SURVIVAL GUIDE By: Mackenzie Maus and Genna Tardi
The warm weather and sunshine are bringing out the summer vibes in everyone. However, the warm weather and sunshine don’t just mark the beginning of the summer. They also mark the start of the music festival season. With Bonnaroo, Electric Forest and Spring Awakening only a few short weeks away, there are some important things to consider before heading out. Whether you’re festival hopping locally in Chicago or making rounds to various cities around the country, there are certain tips and things you should know before you attend.
OVERNIGHT FESTIVALS:
Bonnaroo
AllGood
This year, the All Good music festival is a four-day musical adventure through Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio. Last year, the festival was held at Marvin’s Mountaintop, in Masontown, W. Va. with appearances by Furthur, Primus, Pretty Lights and Moe. This new Ohio site has hosted performances by the Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers. With this is mind, the festival headliners include Phil Lesh and Friends/Bob Weir along with an appropriate revival of The Allman Brothers. Camping is provided throughout sectors of Legend Valley, but because the venue has only hosted events catered to mainly residential festivalgoers, fans are still uncertain as to which spots they are going to be most partial to. But in a letter posted on their website, it is mentioned that there is going to be shaded campground in the nearby woods. Since the ticketing process began in early March, tickets were sold at the early bird price, but the last chance for early bird tickets was around March 9. Last week, tickets were a total of $209. As of 5 p.m. Monday, May 14, the fourday ticket price rose by $10, which, compared to most festivals ticketing brackets, is a relief. If you are interested in purchasing a ticket now, you will be paying a total of $220. However, unlike Summercamp Music Festival, these already paid tickets include your late night tickets to see scheduled artists preform after hours. Photo courtesy of ALL GOOD
Bonnaroo Music Festival started in 2002 with artists such as Widespread Panic, Old Crow Medicine Show and Umphrey’s McGee. The festival holds true to its mission to provide people with musical entertainment as well as cinematic, comedic, artistic and alternative forms of entertainment to explore throughout the four-day experience. The festival holds two main stages along with several different tents for performers and audiences alike. This year, performing on these stages are Radiohead, Phish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, along with a very large group of well-known artists. To most, this festival is known for its large size. Woodstock music festival was a one-time event known for its largesize, but surprisingly, Bonnaroo is only 70 acres smaller and in 2011. The Bonnaroo general admission ticket includes morning and wellness opportunities like yoga, demonstrations on how to grow your own garden, the “big ass waterslide” and access to the Bonnaroo salon hosted by Garnier Fructis along with so much more. Like most festivals there are several different ticketing options to choose from. Bonnaroo takes that concept to a whole other level. Yes, there are general admission tickets and payment plans, but there are also hotel packages, VIP packages, “roll like a rockstar” packages, travel packages and group camping. The festival does a great deal to accommodate its diverse audience. But if you are interested in purchasing a g.a. ticket at this point, get ready to part with $300. Photo courtesy of BONNAROO
Electric Forest
Electric Forest, once known as Rothbury, is a festival highly concentrated with artists heavily involved in the electronic music scene. The festival first started in 2008 during Fourth of July weekend. The festival lasted for four days and included performances by Trey Anastasio of Phish, Greensky Bluegrass, Lotus, The Wailers, Widespread Panic, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Yonder, Bob Dylan, The Dead, Willie Nelson, The Black Crowes, Frank Zappa, String Cheese and melodic old-school Bassnectar. But as times changed, so did some of the music and festival going experiences. Many critics claim that the festival went from Shakedown Street to Fakedown Street. A letter was posted on the website announcing the 2010 hiatus, “Despite the 2010 postponement, we intend to move toward continuing ROTHBURY in 2011. This event is something very special, and we are unwilling to potentially tarnish what ROTHBURY is, and can become, by working under conditions that will produce anything less than a magical experience.” The mission failed because of political and financial obstacles and Electric Forest was born out of it and celebrates its second year in existence this June. Nowadays, the festival headliners feature String Cheese, Bassnectar, STS9, Girl Talk, Steve Aoki and Major Lazer. If you make the choice to purchase a ticket today you’re looking at a weekend pass for $265. Photo courtesy of ELECTRIC FOREST
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Focus Editor Grant Myatt depauliafocus@gmail.com
LOCAL FESTIVALS:
Pitchfork
North Coast
North Coast, also known as “Summer’s Last Stand” is a music festival with something for everybody. It has beame a super popular end of the summer fest. North Coast is perfect to attend if you’re looking for one last bang before the summer ends and the school year begins. Along with Pitchfork, this festival is held in Union Park this year Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. Well-known artists including Pretty Lights, Atmosphere and Big Boi from Outkast all were announced in the first wave of artists. Additionally, smaller projects such as Felix Da Housecat, Rebirth Brass Band and Com Truise will all also be attending.
Pitchfork Music Festival is a perfect jamboree for people with diverse music tastes. The annual Chicago summer music festival July 13, 14 and 15 at Union Park brings in artists of alternative rock, hip-hop, rap, electronica and dance music, with the occasional experimental/avant-garde rock, hardcore punk and jazz. Although Pitchfork 3-day passes are sold out, there is still time to buy single days. This year’s lineup consists of a wide variety of artists, including Hot Chip, Schoolboy Q, Vampire Weekend and Kendrick Lamar. Pitchfork is ideal for underground music fans. With its decently small crowds compared to other fests, there is a happy medium between the intimacy and togetherness between the fan and artist. Single-day tickets are available for $45 each. This is the essential festival for independent music and beyond.
Photo courtesy of AUSTIN HAPPEL
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Spring Awakening CALLING ALL DUB/ELECTRO HEADS: This is certainly the festival that is right up your alley and one that is around the corner. Spring Awakening consists of two days of all DJ’s, house, electro and dubstep included. Brand new to the Chicago day fest market, Spring Awakening is for the wild ones who enjoy getting down. This recently developed fest will be held June 16 and 17 at Soldier Field including electro prodigies like Afrojack, Diplo, Morgan Page, Skrillex and many more. There are two-day and single-day passes available for $119.99 or $65 a piece for Saturday and Sunday. Plus, there is a wide array of SAMF after parties at various venue locations around the city including House of Blues and Congress Theater. Just remember, to get into the Spring Awakening Afters you must have a festival ticket.
Photo courtesy of COREY CROWLEY
OVERNIGHT/CAMPING FESTIVAL CHECKLIST: Pre-made meals
Head lamp/lantern
Paper towels
First aid kit
Baby wipes
Water jug
Can opener
Duct tape
Large ziplock bags
Cooler
Folding table
Scissors
Ground tarp
Garbage bags
Laundry bag
LOCAL/DAY FESTIVAL ADVICE: 1. Check the weather report before you head off on your travels, always good to bring a raincoat. 2. Eat before you go. Food can be exceedingly pricey. 3. Bring water. Most day fests allow this, it’s a good idea since the days are usually scorchers. 4. Wear good walking shoes, avoid open-toe sandals/flip-flops. 5. Apply sunscreen religiously. It’s very easy to end up looking like a tomato by the end of a long day. 6. Stretch it out. No really, being on your feet all day and dancing your buns off can cause some serious aches.
ARTS & LIFE SUMMER SHINDIGS Arts & Life Editor Tricia Cathcart depauliamagazine@gmail.com
Your U-Pass may be expired, but that's no excuse to stay home
By TRICIA CATHCART Arts & Life Editor There are only a few weeks of classes left for DePaul students, and many are preparing for a relaxing summer in the Windy City. Chicago summers offer endless activities—hit up North Avenue Beach or catch a Cubs game at Wrigley Field, splash around in Millennium Park’s fountains or explore one of the city’s many neighborhood festivals. It’s hard to find yourself bored in such an adventure filled area. If you’ll be spending the hot summer days within city limits, we’ve put together a guide filled with info on Chicago’s coolest events that you won’t want to miss. Grab your friends or head out alone to make some new ones; your U-Pass may be expired but that doesn’t mean you need to stay in one place!
MAYFEST CHICAGO
May 31- June 3 LOCATED AT Lincoln & Leland Avenue Mayfest 2012 (or Maifest, as the Germans would say) is brought to you by the May Fest Committee, President Joe Matuschka, Vice-President Matt Lodge, the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce and 47th Ward Alderman Ameya Pawar. This traditional German celebration of the arrival of spring is still celebrated throughout Germany with the maypole (maibaum) decorated to show off the history and crafts of a specific local village or town. Mayfest, like Octoberfest, has now become a popular celebration throughout the world. Chicago’s German community welcomes all to their Mayfest in Lincoln Square, the heart of Chicago’s German community. The 13th annual German festival features German foods, live music, maypole dancing and other traditional German presentations. www.mayfestchicago.com
RANDOLPH ST. MARKET FESTIVAL
May 26- Sept. 30 AT 1340 W. Washington (Plumbers Hall) 10a.m.-6p.m. Sat., 10a.m.-5p.m. Sun. This European-style, indooroutdoor urban antique market in the historic West Loop neighborhood features 200 select purveyors of high quality, amazingly priced finds, offering unlimited creative inspiration and hours of fun. Here, shoppers can find furnishings, vintage clothing, jewelry, collectibles, etc. The Randolph St. Market
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One of the biggest summer happenings in Chicago, Lollapalooza draws thousands of young people each year. Crowds flow out of the Bud Light Stage and Playstation Stage areas after Noah & The Whale performed at 2011's Lollapalooza music festival. Festival is home to the worldrenowned Chicago Antique Market, Indie Designer Market, Modern Vintage Chicago and The Holiday Market. One you can’t miss, this festival has been called “a mecca of cool,” “the best hot spot for antiquing,” “the best Chicago venue for people watching” and “the Barney’s of Vintage.” Head over for the Vinyl Swap Meet, the Fancy Food Market or the Global Foods Bazaar, and bring your canine friends! The event is pet-friendly, but only in the outdoor section—and they specifically request that pit bulls and dobermans be left at home. $8 general admission, $3 for students, and children 12 and under are free. www.randolphstreetmarket. com
WRIGLEYVILLE SUMMERFEST Sat. and Sun., Aug. 4-5 LOCATED AT 3300 N. Seminary
The ninth annual Wrigleyville SummerFest is a “grand slam” of a festival featuring local bands, food and fun. Kicking off on Saturday, Aug. 13 at noon, the event will have plenty of food and beverages to be enjoyed and many local vendors showcasing their products and services. “Food that Chicagoans have come to know and love will be on hand for this out of the park festival,”
says the event’s Facebook page. Only $5 for admission, all of the proceeds will be going to worthy causes including The Night Ministry, Lakeview Pantry, Evangelical Lutheran Church America, the Ressurection Lutheran Church After School Program and the Ressurection Lutheran Church Preschool Tuition Assistance Fund. Saturday’s performers will be Mike & Joe, Mr. Blotto and Mad Science. Sunday brings us the Bethel Lutheran Church Gospel Choir at noon followed by the RLC worship and brunch, courtesy of Lakeview’s Resurrection Lutheran Church. Wrigleyville SummerFest’s Kids’ Zone features a wide range of interactive activities for children aged toddler to twelve. Bring the kids for face painting and enjoy the inflatable obstacle course, giant slide, mini coaster, and a variety of other fun crafts and games. w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / wrigleyvillesummerfest
WAVEFRONT MUSIC FESTIVAL June 30- July 1 LOCATED AT Montrose Beach
Wavefront Music Festival is a two-day early summer beachfront music event that follows in the tradition of the great summer fests in Chicago, taking advantage of the warm weather and the city as a destination for thrill seekers
nationwide, says the event’s Facebook page. Featured here is electronic dance music and Montrose Beach as its location. Performers include Boys Noize, Eirck Morillo, Duck Sauce, Sasha, Chris Lake, Art Department, Nadia Ali, Serge Devant, Matthew Dear, Nic Fanciulli, Guy Gerber, Visionquest, Steve Lawler, John Dahlback, Lee Foss, Murk, Danny Daze, James Murphy & Pat Mahoney of LCD Sound System and Shit Robot. The festival is for all ages, although the VIP areas are 21+. Admission is $49 for a one-day pass and $89 for two days. VIP tables are also available. wavefrontmusicfestival.com
TASTE OF RANDOLPH STREET
June 15- 17 LOCATED AT Randolph Street Corridor Located in the city’s most famous restaurant row, the 15th annual Taste of Randolph Street takes place on Chicago’s Randolph Street corridor. The Taste of Randolph Street is a food-centric festival in the West Loop, a neighborhood that boasts some of the best cuisine in the city. Home to Stephanie Izard’s Girl & the Goat, Veerasway Indian food with a twist, and Italian-focused Vivó, Randolph Street is the ideal location for a culinary celebration, says the
website. Attracting city dwellers and suburbanites in numbers in excess of 100,000, including, in 2010, Vince Vaughn and his wife, Taste of Randolph Street promises to excite and entertain your senses. Top-rated West Loop neighborhood restaurants come together with talented artisans and eclectic vendors for this threeday cross-cultural celebration. Artisan and restaurant booths are intermixed along two the aligning rows that adorn six blocks of Randolph Street during the threeday festival. On the six-block stretch of Randolph Street from Peoria Street and Racine Avenue, you can explore handcrafted and merchant goods. Along with two unique stages of incredible live entertainment, this year newly offers a hidden DJ dance stage. Among the many items offered by artisans are handcrafted jewelry pieces, clothing, artwork and a multitude of other fun accessories. “Taste of Randolph Street is kid-friendly, pet-friendly and hungry-person friendly, so bring your appetite and the fest will provide the rest,” says the website. This festival benefits the West Loop Gate Community See SUMMER EVENTS, page 18
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Robin Gibb ‘Stayin’ alive’ within our hearts Bee Gees vocalist dies at 62, leaves behind a legacy of disco hits By SUMMER CONCEPCION
Contributing Writer
Disco will never be the same again. From the mid- to late '70s, the Australian pop group the Bee Gees became leaders in the disco era, drawing crowds across countries to witness thier soulful dilevery of high-energy hits. Robin Gibb, vocalist of The Bee Gees, along with his brothers Barry and Maurice, died May 20 at the age of 62 from complications of cancer and intestinal surgery. Originally from the Isle of Man, in 1949, the Gibb family moved to Australia in 1958 where they initially began performing as The Brothers Gibb. With the eventual name change to the Bee Gees, the trio moved back to England in 1966 scoring an international hit single with “New York Mining Disaster 1941” (1967). In the earlier era of the band, Gibb was featured as a lead vocalist. Later on when the disco explosion of the '70s hit, he took on a supporting vocal role to his brother Barry who came to be known as a powerhouse falsetto vocalist and lead songwriter. Although Gibb became an underrated member of the Bee Gees, his high tenor voice was instrumental in the band’s songs. Gibb also showcased his talents further by taking on the role of solo artist as a side project. While Gibb’s role as a
THE BEE GEES|Associated Press
In this January 1979 photo, the British pop group the Bee Gees, from left, Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb and Maurice Gibb. A representative said Sunday, May 20, 2012, that Robin Gibb died. He was 62-years-old. musician was often overlooked in light of the attention his brother Barry commanded, he is recognized as “one of the best white soul voices ever.” Despite most of the Bee Gees’ success having occurred when Barry took on a more prominent role within the group, one should not ignore Gibb’s role of singing many of the emotionally raw ballads in the band’s discography.
Gibb was no doubt gifted, and people evidently recognized this when he spawned the charttopping single “Saved by the Bell” during his solo career in which he parted ways briefly from his brothers. When they reunited in the '70s, the Bee Gees’ career flourished with their hit single “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” (1971) and even after a slow period, they suddenly
reached pop culture success with their work in the soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever." Songs such as “Stayin’ Alive,” “How Deep is Your Love” and “Night Fever” came to the forefront of the disco era causing the Bee Gees’ work to become solidified as a group whose music would be deemed timeless pop music classics. Although their popularity declined in the 1980s,
the Gibb brothers found success in writing songs for Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and Diana Ross. With a career spanning six decades, Gibb was part of a force that soundtracked an era that celebrated youth. What set the Bee Gees apart from most other disco acts of the era was their ability to soundtrack not only the fun times but the bad as well. The type of pop music they produced was genuinely from the heart and their own creation. Even if record sales of over 200 million units, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and six Grammy awards in the course of their career does not impress you, the legacy of the Bee Gees continues to live on. Though the contributions of Robin Gibb may not nearly get as much credit as they should, the band the Bee Gees came to be would not have as strong of an impact if it was not for them. While our generation will never be able to experience life in the 1970s, the Bee Gees’ music remains a means for us to get a feel of how times were. It is not every day that we come across bands with the ability to capture a time so effortlessly - the Bee Gees is one of those few bands. Ultimately, it would be nearly impossible to envision the disco era without them. Even with two-thirds of the Bee Gees deceased (Maurice died in 2003,) the Bee Gees’ (especially Robin Gibbs’) legacy will never fade away.
ALBUM REVIEW: Regina Spektor, 'What we saw from the Cheap Seats' By EMMA RUBENSTEIN Contributing Writer NPR is streaming an exclusive first listen of Regina Spektor’s newest album “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats.” There is something delightfully attainable about the artist’s newest work. She loses none of the intricacy she is known for, but each and every one of the songs on her newest album can be enjoyed on the very first listen. Regina has crafted something that will satiate long-time fans completely, while drawing in a whole new body of listeners, too. She provides a beautiful blend of songs that fit together like puzzle pieces, while each still provides a unique story and experience. Spektor is the queen of quirky and will never compromise that special nature that colors her unique music. Her naïve voice that tackles complex melodies, and the heavy subject matter makes her music both startling and enjoyable. For Regina, no sound is off limits and her experimental nature will always keep her fans enthralled. The first track of the album, MICHAEL TERCHA|MCT Campus
“Small Town Moon,” serves as a dynamic introduction. Its melody is infectious and bold as Regina proclaims, “Today we younger than we ever gonna be.” “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats” offers a set of tracks that are each beautiful in their own way. The first released single from the album, “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Quitte Pas),” captures completely that elated side of the record that provides joy, while songs like “How” introduce despondent heartache. Spektor’s latest album celebrates sound, strangeness and what it means to be alive. Her sincerity manages to make every bit of oddness lovely and completely necessary. The kindness in her voice is showcased on a whole new level. Spektor’s albums are always a treat, but there is something distinctly beautiful about her newest contribution to the music world. She has crafted a set of songs that will finally appease thirsted fans that have been anticipating a new album for years. It is unapologetic, strange and absolutely striking. “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats” will be officially released May 29.
Regina Spektor was born in Moscow, ex-USSR, and moved to the United States when she was nine. Originally solely a fan of classical music Spektor was influenced by rock and roll groups such as The Beatles, The Moody Blues and Queen. "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats" will be her sixth studio album.
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By ERIN YARNALL Contributing Writer
2011 FESTIVAL|Taste of Randolph
Vendors pour drinks for several attendees of the annual Taste of Randolph Street Festival 2011 in the West Loop. Organization, where residents, visitors and businesses have an active voice in decisions affecting the neighborhood – parks, development, schools, traffic, safety and more. The organization is constantly working to ensure positive growth for the neighborhood, while offering social events and promoting beneficial developments to improve the quality of life in the West Loop. The taste is located at 9001200 W. Randolph St., on Randolph Street from Peoria to Racine. Event hours are Friday June 15, 5p.m. – 10p.m., Saturday 12p.m. – 10p.m., and Sunday 12p.m. – 10p.m. Admission to the festival is only $10. www.tasterandolph.com
LOLLAPALOOZA
Aug. 3-5 LOCATED AT Grant Park What started as a touring music festival in 1991 by Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, Lollapalooza has become a unique music experience. Today, Lollapalooza takes place every summer in the historic Grant Park, between the iconic Chicago skyline and the shores of Lake Michigan, says the event’s Facebook page. Thousands of music fans from all over the world take over Grant Park every summer and Lolla continues to be a destination for music lovers of all ages. This year’s headliners include The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, Jack White, Florence + The Machine, Bassnectar, At the Drive-In, The Shins, Justice, Passion Pit and many, many more. www.lollapalooza.com
CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL
June 8-10 LOCATED AT Grant Park The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free blues festival in the world and remains the largest of Chicago's Music Festivals. During three days on five stages, more than 500,000 blues fans prove that Chicago is the "Blues Capital of the World." Past performers include Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, B.B. King, the late Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy and the late Koko Taylor. The festival, which is held at Grant Park, offers music, food, and other live entertainment for festival-goers to enjoy. An acceptable event for all
ages to attend, the festival is free and offers accommodations for senior citizens and young children. This year the performers include Joe Louis Walker, Eddie C. Campbell, Texas Johnny Brown, Floyd Taylor, Mavis Staples, Billy Branch and the Sons and Blues, Rev. K M Williams, Paul Kaye and Steady Rollin Bob Margolin, among many others. www.facebook.com/chicagoblues-festival
RIBFEST CHICAGO
June 8- 10 LOCATED AT the intersection of Lincoln/Damen/Irving Park Starting in the summer of 1999 as a community block party, Ribfest has exploded into one of Chicago’s most anticipated street festivals—averaging 50,000 pounds of pork and 50,000+ attendees who love to kick off summer at this three-day event, says the website. RibMania, a sanctioned ribeating contest, returns for a third round in 2012. Ribfest is also a nationally recognized Indie music festival, hosting two stages that feature top local and national acts. This is a festival to bring the whole family to. “Kids Square” provides hours of family fun allowing children to slide, climb, jump, ride, dance and enjoy live entertainment all weekend long. Proceeds of the festival are utilized to fund community activities, area greening efforts and local outreach programs such as the innovative School Grant Program and the Northcenter Chamber’s Philanthropy Committee. Ribfest provides a memorable weekend of lively music, family fun and satisfied appetites as it celebrates 14 years of unforgettable barbecue. So whether you're into music or food, daytime shopping events or nighttime dance-offs, there's something going on in the city of Chicago for each and every one of you. Many of these events are free or very low-cost, so even if you're on a budget you can enjoy some of the summer fun that Chicago has to offer. Check out our website throughout the summer for updates and more events. www.depauliaonline.com
Being a little too into pop culture has always made my life kind of rough. It was devastating last year when the final “Harry Potter” film was released. I also don’t know how I ever recovered from saying goodbye to David Tennant on “Doctor Who.” But somehow I made it out of those two incidents alive and emotionally stable. This past week seven-year cast member Kristen Wiig said farewell to “Saturday Night Live,” and it felt like my heart was about to burst out of my chest and break into pieces in front of me. In our sad reality, women are just recently considered funny by the mainstream media, although to anyone with a decent sense of humor they have been funny for as long as comedy has been around. In this new age where women are recognizably hilarious, Wiig shines. She is arguably one of the biggest stars on the show. She also co-wrote and starred in the hit movie “Bridesmaids,” which made more than $288 million worldwide and has been featured in numerous other film roles throughout her career. Wiig is more than a successful actress, though. She is a representative of all of the people in the world who have an inner weirdo. After watching Wiig’s impressions and insane characters on SNL, I would do weird voices and strange dances all around my house. Wiig brought out my incredibly strange side, and I loved every second of it. She will continue to be an inspiration to me and tons of others across the world through her strange and hilarious view on comedy. In what the creator of SNL, Lorne Michaels, described as “difficult,” Wiig and the rest of the cast mates donned graduation caps and gowns for her final sketch in a mock high school graduation. Host Mick Jagger
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Kristin Wiig arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit this month. proceeded to call Wiig up and then dance with her to “She’s a Rainbow.” After Jagger had his turn, every cast member came up for one final dance with Wiig. She was twirled by Keenan Thompson, got lifted up and spun by Andy Samberg and then tearily slow danced with cast mates Bill Hader and Jason Sudeikis, as well as Michaels. If seeing Wiig cry was not enough to break my heart, the entire cast sang “Ruby Tuesday” by the Rolling Stones, which accurately summed up how everyone is going to feel about Wiig with the line “Still I’m gonna miss you.” Although she has six films
in the works and will continue to act in hilarious movies, the pain of her not being on my television every week will always be here. I think the pain may only go away when she hosts the show while I am a cast member and we become best friends and roommates. Until that happens, though, all I can say is thank you. Thank you, Kristen Wiig. Thank you for Penelope, Triangle Sally, Target Lady, Katt, Rebecca Larue: Flirting Expert and Judy Grimes. Thank you for all the laughs and for the laughs to come, but mostly thank you for being an inspiration to weirdos like me.
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Wiig is most recently famed for her starring role in 2011's hit comedy, "Bridesmaids," which she co-wrote with her best friend Annie Mumolo that also got them an Oscar nomination.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, 'Here' By SHANNON SHREIBAK Senior Writer Following up on their 2009 debut album "Up From Below," Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes are continuing their reign in the hippie folk sphere that they created for themselves. With sophomore album "Here," the 10-piece shows that they were no one-hit wonder. Sailing under the indie radar for months, the 10-piece finally achieved fame with their catchy ballad “Home.” While staying true to their '70s folk roots, the album sounds fresh and innovative. So how does a band break out of a genre that they created for themselves? Redefine it. The album, barely 40 minutes in length, kicks off with “Man on Fire.” The song is a huge departure from the band’s previous singles. The song begins melancholy vocals, reminiscent of a thoughtful Johnny Cash. Haunting harmonies between lead singers Jade and Alexander loom over the listener, creating an almost eerie ambience. The lengthy song remains fresh by alternating between sparse orchestration and intricate arrangement. The song channels the call-and-response featured in “Home” between Jade and Alexander. The singers’ voices
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"Here" will be the second full-length album for the hippie group, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. They performed in Chicago last week. eventually build into a cheery groove with singer Jade, signaling
the return of the Magnetic Zeroes that we all know and love. The
song builds into a foot stomping hippie groove.
“I Don’t Wanna Pray” is a hokey track with heavy Americana overtones. From the sit-around-the-campfire melody to its insightful lyrics, the Zeroes show their musical versatility. Lyrics like “I don’t wanna pray to my maker/ I just wanna be what I see” lend seriousness to the otherwise satirical song. The album develops with full-bodied Beatles-esque tracks. Soaring harmonies and heavy use of brass instruments harken back to arrangements of the early 70s. Here marks a transition into a more industrial sound, heavy in electric guitar and modern influences while still maintaining the airy qualities that make the band so unique. “Child” is the most grounded and mellow track of the album and is sure to be a fan favorite. Bob Dylan-esque acoustic finger picking combined with classic folk music techniques keep the song grounded. Bass drum resonates in the background. Simple composition showcases the mass of talent present in the monstrously large hippie folk machine. Emotionally tender vocals are soft yet still demand attention. The hippie ten-piece’s debut album title "Up From Below" was indicative of their rise to fame. And it is the same case with "Here." Edward Sharpe and his nine hippie comrades have indeed arrived, they are here.
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Lakeview
bike racks double as sidewalk art
By MATTHEW SCHWERHA
Contributing Writer
With the weather warming and not only the hardcore bicyclists on the road, it is the time of year that bikes begin to be locked up in the most unique places – most of the time on a fence or a post, and not on one of the designated racks provided by the city of Chicago. That’s something the Central Lakeview Merchants Association is trying to change, while at the same time adding a little sidewalk art to the Lakeview neighborhood. Over the past few months, CLMA has purchased 20 colorful bike racks, manufactured by Dero Bike Rack Co., that are an array of different colors and are in the shape of, you guessed it, a bike. “I purchased 10 racks to give to the neighborhood,” said Gus Isacson, Executive Director of the CLMA. “We got so many nice comments that I purchased 10 more. Two are in Uptown and the other 18 of the racks are throughout Lakeview.” The racks, which are made of metal, are the size of a standard bike, only missing the pedals and a driver mounted on the top. Dero is based in Minnesota and manufactures an assortment of innovative products within the biking industry, including bike racks, shelters and lockers. “We try to design [the bike racks] so that the bikes locked to them are supported in two spots,
the frame and the front wheel,” said Mark Skoine, marketing manager at Dero. “This helps avoid bikes just strewn about everywhere. When supported in two spots, they are much more orderly and are harder to steal. If used properly, [the racks] are meant to hold four bikes, but typically only hold two.” A rack shaped like a bike is obviously going to cost more to produce than your run-of-themill u-shaped black racks that are commonly seen on Chicago streets. “The Dero bikes cost $500 each,” said Isacson. “The initial ones were purchased with our SSA funds (Special Service Area – a tax levy on the business district) and the others were purchased with chamber funds.” Two of the 20 bike racks sit in front Aldermen Tom Tunney (1057 W. Belmont) and James Cappleman’s (4544 N. Broadway) offices. Having a decorative piece outside the workplace is something that is welcomed. “It’s a nice addition to the neighborhood,” said Max Bever, director of communications and community outreach for Tunney. “The Department of Transportation tries to get as many [racks] up as they can, and there is always a demand for more. This helps with the backlog.” Because of the positive reception, Isacson says there may be plans in the books to bring even more bikes to the city. “There have been numerous
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The Central Lakeview Merchant's Association is attempting to offer city bikers a more colorful and artistic alternative to lock thier bikes to. calls from both aldermen that other businesses would like other types of bike racks in front of their stores,” said Isacson. “We are thinking of doing a 50/50 program where business pays $250 + we pay the other half to have racks in front of their stores.” Creating unique bike racks is something Dero specializes in.
“We can make anything within reason,” said Skoine. “We have certain child endangerment standards. There are some we can’t do. Like when you're building a house you can’t have it so a child’s head could become trapped.” Isacson is open to having other shapes besides bikes lining the street in the future.
“We didn’t want to show favoritism to other businesses,” said Isacson. “But it would be possible to specify the shape of the rack in front of a business with the 50/50 program. “It would be really cool to have a dog bone bike rack in front of a pet store.”
been waiting years for the right opportunity to see them live. And luckily Bonnaroo is presenting me with that opportunity in the form of four magical hours of jam band bliss. The feeling of also seeing Dispatch for the first time is similar. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are sure to put on an incredible rock show. I’ve been listening to them religiously since I inherited “Blood Sugar Sex
of Justin Vernon, of the popular indie band Bon Iver. It will be a mellow but emotionally raw performance to help close out the unbelievable weekend of music Sunday night. There are also many bands that I have already seen live and I am thrilled to see again. I saw Tune-Yards at Pitchfork last summer and was amazed by her stage presence. The upbeat music combined with her sunny personality put a huge smile on my face. The toughest decision I will face at Bonnaroo is whether or not I will miss some of Umphrey’s McGee’s two-hour set to check out Flying Lotus. Though I have seen Umphrey’s live more than 20 times, each performance is always so different, so I don’t want to miss any of it. On the other hand, I’ve only seen talented music-producer Steven Ellison, also known as Flying Lotus, once. He played at
North Coast in 2010, and it was one of my favorite acts of the entire weekend. I know I should probably switch it up, but I would probably have to be dragged away from my favorite band kicking in screaming in order to do so. Bonnaroo has even more than just awesome music to see. The festival grounds will also have a 24-hour cinema, a silent disco and a green trading post, to name a few. Many well-known comedians, like Aziz Ansari and Rhys Darby of Flight of the Conchords, will do stand-up acts throughout the weekend in the Bonnaroo Comedy Theatre. Garfunkel and Oates will also be performing, but unfortunately that doesn’t mean Art and John. It’s a duo of singing female comedians Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci. Whatever you’re in to, Bonnaroo is a guaranteed good time. Just remember to stay hydrated, folks!
Bonnaroo or bust: A guaranteed good time for all By BRIANNA KELLY Senior Writer Bonnaroo has the best lineup out of any other festival this summer, hands down. I am beyond excited to attend it in a few short weeks as the kick-off to my summer, immediately after finals, June 7-10. So much so that I am willing to endure
700-acre farm in Manchester, Tenn. What’s most exciting is that at Bonnaroo I will see a multitude of my favorite musicians for the very first time.
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the blistering southern sun for a weekend of amazing music. The incredibly diverse four-day festival is located on a spacious
It’s possible that I actually die of happiness seeing Phish, especially if play “Prince Caspian.” I
may after they have
Magik” from my sister when I was in middle school. I’m going to literally melt when I hear the soulful voice
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BARBEQUE BONANZA By MARIA CANNATA Contributing Writer Learning how to cook is part of the college experience; we all get sick of the Student Center food and Easy Mac. So with summer approaching why not learn how to grill? Who doesn’t enjoy a barbeque? Friends, food and warm weather? Yes, please. Junior Alyssa Rogers says, “I had all my sisters in my sorority over for a barbeque and swimming. We made cheeseburgers, BOCA burgers and brats. It was really easy and a lot of fun!” Here are some fun and simple grilling recipes by AllRecipes.com:
BEER LIME GRILLED CHICKEN
Ingredients: -1 lime, juiced -1 (12 fluid ounce) can light colored beer -1 teaspoon honey -2 cloves garlic, minced -2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro -Salt and pepper -4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves Directions: 1. In a bowl, mix the lime juice, beer, honey, garlic, cilantro, and salt and pepper until the honey dissolves. Pour the mixture over the chicken, cover and marinate for 30 minutes. 2. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil grate. 3. Remove chicken from marinade and shake off excess; discard remaining marinade. Grill chicken until tender and juices run clear, about 7 minutes per side.
BACON-WRAPPED HAMBURGERS
Ingredients: -1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese -1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese -1 small onion, chopped -1 egg -1 tablespoon ketchup -1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce -1/2 teaspoon salt -1/8 teaspoon pepper -1 pound ground beef -6 slices bacon -6 hamburger buns, split Directions: 1. Preheat a grill for high heat. 2. In a large bowl, mix together the Cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, onion, egg, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Crumble in the
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ground beef, and mix together by hand. Form into 6 patties, and wrap a slice of bacon around each one. Secure bacon with toothpicks. 3. Place patties on the grill, and cook for 5 minutes per side, or until well done. Remove toothpicks before serving on hamburger buns.
GRILLED TOFU SKEWERS
Ingredients: -1 (8 ounce) container extra firm tofu, drained and sliced into large chunks -1 zucchini, cut into large chunks -1 red bell pepper, cut into large chunks -10 large mushrooms -2 tablespoons sriracha chili garlic sauce -1/4 cup soy sauce
-2 tablespoons sesame oil -1/4 cup diced onion -1 jalapeno pepper, diced -ground black pepper to taste Directions: 1. Place tofu, zucchini, red bell pepper, and mushrooms in a bowl. Mix sriracha sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, onion, jalapeno, and pepper in a small bowl, and pour over tofu and vegetables. Toss lightly to coat. Cover, and allow to marinate at least 1 hour in the refrigerator. 2. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat, and lightly oil the grate. 3. Thread tofu and vegetables on to skewers. Grill each skewer 10 minutes, or to desired doneness. Use any remaining marinade as a dipping sauce.
TBS ‘Just For Laughs’ comedy festival approaches
By JASON RHEE Contributing Writer
With the recently introduced lineup for the TBS Just For Laughs Chicago comedy festival now available, excitement is in the air as June 12-17 approaches. The festival is showcasing many of the most well-known names in comedy, such as Patton Oswalt, Aziz Ansari, Mike Birbiglia, Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, Conan O’Brien and much more. Many Chicagobased comedians are also performing, including recent performer at DePaul TJ Miller, former “30 Rock” and “SNL” writer Hannibal Buress, host of the “You Made It Weird” podcast Pete Holmes and storyteller Kyle Kinane. It’s great to see these
stand-up comics ascending to the top of their class after beginning their career in Chicago. There will also be local up-and-coming comedians, who represent much of the city’s burgeoning comedy scene. Some of these performers include Ever Mainard, Junior Stopka, James Fritz, Adam Burke, Mike Lebovitz, Clark Jones, Calvin Evans, Jet Eveleth and Adam Cole. The shows range from standup comedy to improv and will take place all across Chicago in large and small venues, from The Vic Theatre and The Bank of America Theatre to The Lincoln Lodge and The Comedy Bar. More details on the full schedule can be seen on their website listed below. For more info, visit www. justforlaughschicago.com
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Track and field sends three to outdoor championships A breath of fresh air COMMENTARY
At the conclusion of the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Preliminaries in Austin, Texas May 24-26, three Blue Demons qualified for the outdoor finals June 6-8 in Des Moines, Iowa. Seniors Melissa Fraser and Alanna Kovacs both qualified in the women’s javelin, while sophomore Matt Babicz set a new career-best throw for a berth in the men’s shot put final. In the women’s javelin, Fraser threw the top distance of the day, registering 52.94 meters. Her first-place throw earned her a place at the outdoor championships as the lead advancer from the west preliminaries. Kovacs recorded the seventh-best javelin throw of the day, coming in at 49.59 meters. In the women’s discus, Kovacs fell short of qualifying with her 29th place best throw of 48.70 meters. In the men’s shot put, Babicz opened with three throws of over 17 meters, followed by a solid 18.11-meter throw. He then recorded the best throw of his career, an 18-41-meter distance good for 12th place among the top competition that earned him a berth to the outdoor championships. Senior throws standout Tim Nedow was unable to qualify for the men’s shot put finals, his best throw of the day only coming in at 17.94 meters. Nedow's last chance at qualifying for the championships came in the men’s discus. Of his 12 qualifying throws, Nedow's best throw was 52.55 meters, yet was not enough to earn him a berth. This was Nedow’s lowest qualifying distance of the outdoor season. In the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, senior Matthew Graham also fell
Bryce Harper, 19, of the Washington Nationals is reinvigorating baseball
By SEAN BOSWELL Contributing Writer
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He is “a so-called 19-year-old phenom,” according to legendary baseball announcer Vin Scully. This “phenom” in question is Bryce Harper, who was called up to the Major Leagues last weekend by the Washington Nationals and is someone a superstar-barren league desperately needs. As its attendance numbers and popularity continue to drop, America’s pastime has become just that – a thing from the past. The new era has people thinking the game is still in the stone-age due to replay rules and the slow, methodical pace. The steroid era is a thing of the past and the old mantra of “chicks dig the long ball” is becoming more apparent.
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Above (throwing): Alanna Kovacs competing in the women's shot put at the DePaul Invitational April 21. Below: Tim Nedow was unable to qualify for either the men's shot put or discus finals. short of qualifying for the championships, his time of 9:09.37 not enough to earn him a berth for the final. Despite not every Blue Demon qualifying for his or her respective event, Head Coach Dave Dopek took pride in Fraser, Kovacs and Babicz’s efforts this past weekend.
“I’m proud of the three of them,” said Dopek, following the meet. “They really showed how bad they wanted it.” The 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Drake University will take place June 6-8 in Des Moines, Iowa.
”LONDON” Continued from back cover “In a technical aspect of basketball, it’s not that different at all,” he said. “The fact we don’t get to coach our players and train our players because of their commitments to the WNBA and their commitments to their European teams negate making [winning] easier because of the talent level. There’s still very much a challenge.” To get the team to the top, Bruno will be working with Connecticut’s women’s head coach Auriemma to come up with an effective strategy to make up for the lack of practice time. According to Bruno, their coaching philosophies mesh well. “We both extremely put a high value on sharing the basketball, teamwork and chemistry. These are my highest priorities coaching at DePaul and they are his while coaching at UConn,” said Bruno. “We also are similar in valuing a speedy open court tempo, an entertaining open court
tempo that is also an equal opportunity game in the half court. Sharing is our utmost value for the both of us,” he said. Since 1996, the U.S. has achieved gold in women's basketball at every Olympics. Bruno understands there is a pressure there to keep winning and retain the long success the country has had in the sport. “The pressure to win gold is always present in the highest degree,” said Bruno. “Because basketball was invented in the United States and because basketball is America’s game, we go into every international event with the absolute expectation of winning gold and nothing else is considered good enough. “We take an attitude of embracing that pressure and staring it straight in the face to be fearless about understanding that we expect to win to win, do everything in our power to win gold, and we will win gold.”
He has to mature. He has no humility. He needs to study athletes like Derrick Rose and what they do. He has the potential to be a megastar, but the media will try to tear him down.
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The either loved or hated players of the past decade or so have either retired or are nearing the ends of their careers. With Roger Clemens on trial and Barry Bonds no longer a factor on the field, and Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter aging quickly, the league’s best players seem to be lacking of charisma and the “hate factor.” The game is in need of someone young they can gravitate to, and Harper fits that mold. With over 30,000 fans mercilessly booing every at-bat he takes, Bryce Harper seems cool and collected. He flips his helmet off running to second base after hitting a line drive off the Dodger Stadium wall for his first Major League hit, his long-flowing mullet sweeping through the cool night air, and a look of “I’ve done this before” on his face. Harper’s journey to the Major Leagues was a short one, but also a unique one. After earning his General Education Development following his sophomore year of high school in 2009, Harper became eligible for the Major League Draft in 2010. He enrolled at the College of Southern Nevada at the age of 17, where he hit .443 with 31 home runs and 98 runs batted in, all in 66 games. He won the Golden Spikes Award for being the best college baseball player in
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Bryce Harper was selected first overall by the Washington Nationals in 2010. the country, then was drafted first overall by the Nationals in June 2010. The last player to enter the Major Leagues as a teenage was Adrian Beltre in 1998 with the Dodgers. He, however, was from the Dominican Republic. The last players with transcendent superstar charisma to enter the league as teenagers were Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez and Andruw Jones in the 1990s. Griffey and Rodriguez, known as “The Kid” and “A-Rod,” respectively, were among the most talked about and popular/unpopular players in the game. Harper may already be the single biggest star in the sport. With an unprecedented career path and an almost overwhelming cockiness, Harper is being eagerly anticipated as either a huge success or a huge failure by the entire baseball world. Time will tell if Harper can handle the immense pressure exuded upon him. The biggest test for Harper thus far was responding to Philadelphia Phillies' Cole Hamels' fastball to the back, for which the star pitcher was suspended five games after the May 7 game. Harper acted with poise, shrugging the intentional plunking off and continuing to play. He definitely has the talent and gravitas to be a superstar. It takes more than that, however. “He has to mature. He has no humility. He needs to study athletes like Derrick Rose and what they do. He has the potential to be a megastar, but the media will try to tear him down,” according to DePaul marketing professor Ronald Culp. As of now, the chosen one with the blue eyes, mullet and smirk is off to a nice start, getting hits in each of his first two games. He has been spotterd playing pickup softball games with high schoolers. In a game of failure, there may have never been more pressure on a young player to succeed. Mr. Harper, good luck to you.
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”ELIGIBILITY” Continued from back cover as Kevin Garnett, began the trend to skip college entirely and enter the draft. Future Hall of Famers, such as Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and LeBron James, all elected to forgo college and go straight to the pros. But there have also been less successful players who skipped college, like Jonathan Bender, Kwame Brown and Eddy Curry. After the influx of high school players entering the NBA draft, the NBA in 2005 made the rule that you must be 19 years old and at least one year removed from high school to play in the league. Fast-forward six years later and the controversy remains. This time thoughts center on pushing the eligibility age to 20 and two years removed from high school. However, with great players such as Kevin Durant and Kevin Love, both of whom entered the draft after their freshman year, it’s hard to find a reason why the NBA should move the age limit up. Especially since international basketball is becoming more popular, players forced to go to two years of college would likely just go to Europe and play as professionals, thus hurting the college game even more than it is now. Players skipping college and going overseas isn’t necessarily a concern to NBA commissioner David Stern. A player gaining more experience seems to drive Stern’s ambition to increase the age limit. "Our rule is that they won't be eligible for the draft until they're 19. They can play in Europe, they can play in the D-League and they can go to college. This is a business rule for us,” said Stern in an April 3 interview with ESPN. The pressure Stern is putting on the league to pass the new age requirement
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Jonathan Bender, NBA veteran for eight seasons, never panned out after making the jump from high school to the pros. stems from business. Players drafted high size of the player’s ability. One could arin the lottery are investments that are worth gue that Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger and a lot of money. Stern, as well as the own- University of North Carolina’s Harrison ers, wants to see a player play more basket- Barnes would’ve been in the top five NBA ball in order for teams to get a fair assess- draft choices last year as freshmen. This ment on that player. Two years out of high year, due to failure to show much improveschool would give teams a larger sample ment from their freshman year, Barnes and
Sullinger are expected to slip down to the top 10 in this year’s draft, which is not the most dramatic of changes. The NBA assesses players eligible for the draft on potential. A player’s size, speed and prospective ability to play well are mainly what professional scouts look for in drafting players. Seeing a basketball prospect play one more year of college basketball, or even international ball, would not affect his future potential negatively, unless that player is injured. Harrison Barnes, North Carolina’s star player, had a disappointing freshman year and a notso-spectacular sophomore year in college. Barnes, who is 6’8’’ and has good shooting mechanics, has NBA star written all over him and is still expected to be in the top 10, and possibly top five. The point is that Barnes has all the potential in the world and that’s what NBA teams look for in the draft, even if they underachieve in college. One of the main draws in entering the NBA draft early is the prospective salary. According to Yahoosports.com, the average NBA salary in 2011 was more than $5 million, almost $2 million more than it is in other U.S. sports. The pot of gold these collegiate athletes see at the end of the rainbow may be too tempting to pass up. Before 1971, a player couldn’t be eligible to play in the NBA unless he graduated college. This rule was compromised when Seattle SuperSonics player Spencer Haywood won a settlement that allowed him to play in the NBA without four years of college. This propelled the NBA to implement another rule, the hardship rule. Under this regulation, underclassmen that can provide evidence of financial hardship would be allowed to enter the draft early. As sportswriter Jackie Lapin would say, “Almost anyone who has been any good at the game in the past decade would qualify.”
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Like son, like father
Bradley Bruno considers following in father's coaching footsteps
By ANDREW MENTOCK Contributing Writer
Before practice, a DePaul University student ties his white and blue shoes while he sits on a gray rolled up mat, tucked against the wall in the gym of McGrath-Phillips Arena. After he is finished, he jogs to the other end. The back of his long brown hair is still molded by the hat he just removed. Once he arrives at the other end, he picks up a little girl—his niece, Nora—and spins her around before placing her safely on the ground. With a smile he takes his first warm-up shot. Throughout the winter, Bradley Bruno gets to be coached by his father almost every day, but it would be hard for anyone watching practice to realize they were related. “They very rarely communicate and when they do, Bradley is almost always joking with his dad,” said Danny Mueller, who practices with Bradley regularly. “Or the reverse is when Doug is yelling at him for playing bad defense.” Bradley is the son of legendary women’s basketball coach Doug Bruno, who just completed his 26th year as DePaul’s head women’s basketball coach and has compiled over 500 wins at the Division 1 level. Bradley hopes to follow in his dad’s footsteps after college and become a coach himself, which would make him the only one out of Doug’s five sons to choose this career path. But for now, he is one of the male players who practices against his dad’s team. There are usually five male practice players that show up to each practice and Bradley is almost always one of them. Typically, Bradley is treated the same as all of the other players, except when one of them makes a mistake. No matter who it is that erred, Bradley said that his father will yell at him. “I see my dad as a teacher for me because he is a good coach,” said Bradley, 22, a junior at DePaul studying sociology, “and you have to learn from the best.” Mueller, who has been friends with him
f o r o v e r a year, said that Bradley will make a good coach. When Mueller watches any type of basketball game with him, he notices that Bradley has a high basketball IQ because he always understands what is going on. After shooting, Bradley walks over to one of the assistant basketball coaches to learn Syracuse University’s plays with the other male practice players. Next, Bradley is on the baseline with a ball learning an inbounds play. Like his father, Bradley wants to coach women’s basketball. “They listen and their egos are not as big [as men’s],” said Bradley. After college, Bradley said he wouldn’t mind taking almost any basketball coaching job in Chicago. Getting a position with his dad, though ideal, is not realistic. “He is a very fair person,” said Bradley. “I know I am his son, but I think he would want me to go out and get experience at a lower level, just like every other job.” His father’s fairness is one of the reasons Bradley didn’t take the class Doug teaches at DePaul in the spring called Theories, Teachings and Philosophies of Coaching. Since they share the same last name, he said that other students would likely realize that they are related during attendance. “What if I get an A and they get a B,” said Bradley with a worried look on his face. “I don’t want to put either of us in an
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awkward position.” Next, it is time for Bradley and the other men to scrimmage. He is given a practice jersey to wear even though his blue shirt matches the other men’s. His shirt was too short to tuck in, a rule Doug makes everyone follow. By the second play of the scrimmage, Bradley easily passes the girl guarding him by crossing over from left to right. He continues to drive forward towards the lane, but before he can get to the basket his dad stops practice to yell at the player Bradley drove past. Despite Bradley’s passion for DePaul and its women’s basketball team, he started his college career playing basketball at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Towards the end of his first year, he quit. Bradley said he was “sick” of early morning practices, going to a small school “in the middle of nowhere.” So Bradley transferred to DePaul, a big school where he can always find something to do. However, this does not include playing basketball at DePaul’s Ray Meyer Fitness Center. Bradley said this is because people at the fitness center often don’t play as a team, and it frustrates him when he gets stuck with people like this because he hates to lose. He lives with his parents in Rogers Park and drives to school, but he hardly sees his
dad outside of practice. Bradley spends most of the time he is home sleeping and doing homework. “There is no reason for me to move out,” said Bradley. “I save money and get home-cooked meals.” Bradley continues to run Syracuse’s offense for a while before switching to their 2-3 zone defense. Soon Doug says “guys, get a drink,” and Bradley and the other men walk out of the gym winded. “Practice takes a lot out of me,” said Bradley, who is normally in bed by 11 p.m.; though he typically has class around 11 a.m. the following day, his father is already at work. Doug works long hours, which was somewhat hard on Bradley as a kid. Doug was gone before Bradley woke up for school each morning and did not return home until after he was in bed. Then, once Bradley was a little older and began playing sports, it was tough for his dad to make it to his games. “He never was at anything,” said Bradley. To spend more time with each other, Bradley was allowed to pick one road trip to go on every year for his birthday. Usually he picked warm schools such as the University of South Florida, University of Houston and Tulane University. Now, because he is in college, the only road trips Bradley gets to go on are NCAA tournament games, since they are usually during his spring break. In addition to the trips, Bradley attended many practices when he was younger. Afterward, his dad would leave him with the women on the team while he worked with the other coaches. Bradley’s favorite player growing up was Sarah Kustok, now a sports reporter for Comcast SportsNet. However, this had nothing to do with that fact that she dated his older brother or because she was fun to hang out with. “I loved it,” said Bradley, “I just ran around and played basketball [with her].” At the end of a long practice, Doug says to the men, “thanks, you guys,” as Bradley walks to the sidelines. Toward the end of Doug’s talk with his players, his granddaughter walks up to him and he picks her up. Once his speech is done he walks with her in his arms over to Bradley and they start to talk. They are father and son again.
”SOFTBALL” Continued from back cover this team fought through the adversity of so many injuries, the worst being Megan Coronado’s knee and Marla Matthews’ back injuries. “Anytime you’re minus key players that can contribute, it’s going to have an effect,” Lenti said. “It’s not like there’s a minor league system here we can call up people to replace them.” Despite the injuries and loss of the seniors (Matthews, Ciezki and Katelyn Braget), the expectations are just as high for next year, maybe even higher. The senior class for next season includes the 2010 Big East Rookie of the Year Bree Brown, outfielder Samantha Dodd and utility player Ali Warren. Verdun, although not a senior, will still load a heavy set of expectations as well because of the success she’s attained her first two seasons. Ciezki let her
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know that, too. “It goes by really fast,” Ciezki told the upcoming senior class that “it [their final year]
goes by really fast.” “I pulled Kirsten to the side and told her, ‘You’re one of the best players I’ve ever played
with, you need to step up and run this team.’ Doddie and AlI and Bree, they’re going to be awesome seniors next year.” Lenti says that he expects each senior class to leave an impact on the program, and it’ll be no different next season. As for Ciezki, who will go
into student teaching in the fall, as well as coaching softball in the spring and hopefully getting her shoulder surgically repaired, what does she want for the team next year? “That they can keep it going,” she said. “And hopefully get out of Missouri.”
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'Get out of Missouri'
Blue Demons softball drops 3-0 decision to Illinois State, eliminated from NCAA Tourney
By DAVID BERRY Staff Writer
Lynsey Ciezki wanted to “get out of Missouri.” That was really her main goal after her fourth consecutive season going to Mizzou for the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately, one bad pitch and a lack of offense played too big of a role in sending the DePaul softball team home from the tournament, ending their season. “It’s bittersweet,” Ciezki said. “Still trying to figure out the reason [for the losses], but it’s tough.” The Blue Demons started out the Columbia regional with a 3-0 win over UMass May 18 that saw DePaul struggle against the Minutewomen ace pitcher Sara Plourde up until the sixth inning. That’s when the Blue Demons accounted for the three runs that won them the game. Pitcher Kirsten Verdun was her usual self on the
Illinois State, DePaul just seemed flat and couldn’t string together much offense. “The Missouri game doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the ISU game does as far as my pitching performance,” Verdun said, having only allowed four runs in the three games DePaul was at the regional. “I think that when your offense doesn’t score it puts pressure on the pitcher, but that’s something you have to be prepared for as a pitcher.” This is especially tough for Ciezki because her college career ended the same way her first three years at DePaul ended: with a loss at Mizzou. Despite that, she still was positive when reflecting back on the season. “Our teamwork,” Ciezki responded when asked what she would remember most about this season. “We had a lot of ups and downs but we always stayed together. Our camaraderie was awesome and I’m going to miss my teammates the MATT HARDER | The DePaulia most. They say ‘You’ll never remember The DePaul softball team finished the season with a 36-22 overall record. the hits, the runs, the scores but you’ll mound in that game, giving up only two between Verdun and Mizzou’s Chelsea never forget your teammates.’ That’s going hits and striking out six. Thomas. The game went into extra innings to be the hardest thing for me. Head Coach Eugene Lenti echoed the The following day proved to be a before the leadoff Tiger batter sent a rougher outing for the Blue Demons. Verdun changeup over the fence for a sentiments of Ciezki and Verdun, saying that he was especially proud of how Against Missouri, it was a pitcher’s duel walk-off home run. Against
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COMMENTARY
Let them play
NBA eligibility rule holding young talent out of the league
Head Coach Doug Bruno headed across pond to Olympics By MATTHEW PARAS Contributing Writer
By CHRIS OFFICER Contributing Writer
With the end of another college basketball season comes another crop of fresh, new faces bursting onto the NBA scene. Despite efforts of combating players to gain early entry into the NBA, the number of “one and done’s” coming into the league this year is at a staggering rate. According to CBSsports.com 2012 NBA mock draft, 21 of the 30 players drafted in the first round are freshmen or sophomores. Most notably, the University of Kentucky Wildcats, this year’s NCAA men’s basketball champions, have an unprecedented five underclassmen entering the NBA draft. And all are projected to be drafted in the first round. The NBA has been under scrutiny about age requirements to enter the league more than the other three professional sports. However, players forfeiting their college career early and pursuing their dream of playing in the NBA is ultimately a
London calling
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LeBron James, shaking hands with NBA Commissioner David Stern, was drafted first overall out of St. VincentSt. Mary's High School in the 2003 NBA Draft. rational decision, regardless of the outcome.
In the 1995 NBA draft, some high school players, such
Basketball is basketball. In his 38 years of coaching experience, DePaul women’s basketball head coach Doug Bruno has found out that the game of basketball can be as simple as that. Ignoring the lights, crowd and atmosphere that come with certain situations is easy when just focusing on the fundamentals, according to Bruno. Starting in August, Bruno will put that philosophy to the test when he and the rest of USA’s best women’s basketball squad travels to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Bruno was selected as an assistant coach to serve under head coach Geno Auriemma as the U.S. looks to gain another gold medal. “With the Olympics, what’s so unbelievably overwhelming is that the fact all the athletes from every sport are present. That’s what makes it so different and so huge,” said Bruno. “When you get to those tournaments, as big as they are, with all the people there, it’s only
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Doug Bruno just basketball.” Coaching on a world level is familiar territory to Bruno. In 2006 and 2007, he led the U-18 and U-19 teams to gold medal victories in the FIBA U-19 World Championship. He also was an assistant coach for the USA National team in the 2010 World Championships, where the team took gold as well. Part of what has made those experiences successful is the talent level that comes with them. For the Olympics, Bruno will be adjusting to experienced WNBA professionals such as Diana Taurasi and Candace Parker compared to the less experienced 18-22 yearolds still learning the game. Even with the increase in talent, Bruno says that there are hurdles to overcome.
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