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PHOTO COURTESY OF BAYLEE RITTER DePaul junior Baylee Ritter spoke at the United Nations on Wednesday as a representative of the World Oceans Day Youth Advisory Council.
Making waves One student has big ideas for ocean conservation STORY BY BENJAMIN CONBOY News Editor
One day after President Donald Trump took to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to threaten “Rocket Man” Kim Jong-un, one of DePaul’s students, junior Baylee Ritter took over the microphone on Wednesday, Sept. 20 to share a plea with world leaders to cooperate in keeping the oceans clean. Ritter was invited by Erna Solber, the Prime Minister of Norway to talk about her work with the presidents of Palau, Chile, Republic of Ghana and the Vice President of Indonesia. This wasn’t Ritter’s first experience with the U.N. She has previously traveled on behalf of the United States to Canada, Turkey, Sweden and Kenya to speak about the daunting challenge of water conservation in the U.S. She also sits on the U.N.’s planning committee for World Oceans Day, a global celebration of the world’s oceans that is similar to Earth Day. “We must begin building every single inch of where we come from with our words and actions,” Ritter said in the beginning of her speech to the General Assembly. “We must be cognizant of the issues beyond our own backyard and aim our attention to things we have sometimes never
touched.” Her first experience with the U.N. was as a freshman in high school when Ritter and some of her friends started a non-profit organization that was eventually recognized by the U.N. “We started a very successful non-profit that eventually spread to 32 states,” Ritter said. “The U.N. named it the best environmental program in the U.S. It was called the Prescription Pill and Drug Disposal program, and it allowed people to recycle their old prescription medications at police stations and pharmacies. When I was 13 years old, the U.N. invited us to Sweden to present with all of the other top programs from around the world. We were named the third best non-profit in the world.” Juggling a full course load and work is difficult for most students, but Ritter is a globetrotting activist who is constantly on the move. She is often given very little notice when an appearance is requested of her. She left Chicago at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday after her public relations class so she could arrive at the U.N. headquarters in New York City for her speech at 8 a.m. See OCEAN, page 5
Professor says artificial intelligence could replace human interaction Anthropomorphic devices such as Siri, Alexa or even a Roomba robotic vacuum can diminish feelings of loneliness and cause people to be less likely to engage in compensatory behaviors, according to a study done by James Mourey, an assistant professor of marketing at DePaul. Mourey’s study shows how when people feel socially excluded, they may demonstrate behaviors such as exaggerating how many friends one has, expecting to speak with close friends or family more often in the future and an increased willingness to engage in prosocial behavior in order to compensate for their feelings of loneliness. Mourey said he became interested in discovering the potential social effects of humanlike products when he began to notice the increasing number of these products on the market. “There are so many different products and services
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out today that have very humanized qualities,” Mourey said. “As marketers, we saw this trend of more humanized products and became curious about what possible consequences these types of products could have on humans and human social interaction.” In order to study the impact of these devices on people, Mourey set up a series of experiments to test the products on feelings of social assurance. Mourey and his fellow researchers made participants write essays to prime participants towards feelings of loneliness and exclusion, both vital to the coming experiments. Mourey says he then divided the participants into two groups: one group was shown an image of a Roomba with a smile on it so the Roomba resembled a face while the other group was shown the same image, but
rotated 90 degrees so it no longer appeared as a face. “Then we would ask them questions like ‘Do you think you will spend more or less time talking to family and friends this month?’ or ‘How likely are you to donate to a charity this month?’” Mourey said. “What we found was that the group who was made to remember a time when they were socially excluded, but did not engage with the humanlike device, were significantly more likely to compensate for the feelings of exclusion by saying they would talk to friends and family more.” “Also, more participants in this group stated that they thought they would be willing to donate to a charity than the group who did engage with the human-like Roomba,” Mourey continued. “We found for the group who did engage with the more human-like Roomba, the effects of social exclusion were diminished and they did not compensate for social assurance.”
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DePaul celebrates St. Vincent’s Feast Day By Amber ColÓn Editor-in-Chief
Friday marked the third annual Vinny Fest, a yearly celebration on the Quad that is held by the Office of Mission and Values to commemorate St. Vincent de Paul’s feast day. The event featured over 33 different student organizations and departments at DePaul who agreed to host booths with activities for students, faculty and staff to participate in. Refreshments like snow cones and light snacks were also scattered around the booths to provide sustenance for those who made it out on one of the fall’s hottest days so far. Matt Merkt, a liturgy coordinator of Catholic Campus Ministry, said his longtime idea of connecting more of the DePaul community to the university’s Vincentian mission was first brought to life in 2015. Vinny Fest is different from your average involvement fair. Instead of organizations setting up camp on the Quad to tell students why they should join their clubs, booths at Vinny Fest encouraged students to become engaged right away by being able to connect with and learn about the Vincentian mission.
“It’s a different way for people to engage in the mission around St. Vincent’s feast day,” said Katie Sullivan, coordinator of service days in the Vincentian Community Service Office. “The whole point is to offer some kind of activity that connects to the Vincentian mission. The Theatre School was in attendance at the fest, donning the attire and accessories that rich men and women would wear back in 1600s Paris. Students were invited to try on corsets and other extravagant pieces of clothing despite the 90 degree weather. “We thought about St. Vincent and we thought about the times — the 17th century — and we thought about how we have a costume closet full of things that are comparable to the garments the people wore,” said Dexter Zollicoffer, diversity advisor at The Theatre School. “This is how the people looked as St. Vincent walked around the city.” Zollicoffer said that The Theatre School carries out the Vincentian mission by putting an empahsis on telling the stories that no one else thought to highlight, including those of people on the margins. In addition to storytelling, the
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Students, staff and faculty enjoyed snacks, beverages and interactive activities at Friday’s Vinny Fest in celebration of St. Vincent’s Feast Day, held each year on Sept. 27. university’s patron saint has inspired the school’s overall mission when it comes to themes of service and hospitality, according to Gracie Covarrubias, vice president of Student Government Association. “We believe within the Vincentian mission that we form each other, first and foremost,” Covarrubias said. “The people that we engage with at school or at home are so fundamental to who you are.” The women’s lacrosse team was also at Vinny Fest with a one-of-a-kind Twister mat. Instead of the classic red, yellow, green and blue dots spread across the ground, the mat
featured four faces of the Vincentian family: St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Frederic Ozanam. “It’s beautiful because so many of these student (organizations) are already living the mission in so many of the things that they do,” Covarrubias said. “We’re encouraging them to name that and share that with other students.” Other organizations or departments that were in attendance included the DePaul Activities Board, DePaul Community Service Association, DemonThon, Sankofa, and Residential Education.
Challenged books celebrated for 35th Banned Book Week By Evelyn Baker Nation & World Editor
Words have power. The DePaul University Library and University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL) wants to remind the DePaul community of this week as it rings in the 35th year of the nationally recognized Banned Books Week. An attention-getting name for the week, Banned Books Week celebrates peoples’ freedoms to read and conveys the dangers of censorship academic and public libraries continue to face. One person in charge of coordinating the week, University Library Coordinator Heather Jagman, said the week is designed to “prompt readers to think” and “remind people that attempts to remove or ban materials from libraries and school curriculums still happens.” While DePaul sophomore Nora Lewis wasn’t aware of the upcoming Banned Books Week or the events to be hosted on Depaul’s campus, she and her friends were familiar with the concept of banned and challenged books. They referenced one high school classic known for being particularly controversial among popularly challenged books: Harper Lee’s 1960 classic “To Kill A Mockingbird.” When Lewis’ teacher had them read the novel in high school, he didn’t leave the use of the n-word or references to slavery out. “He said he wasn’t condoning them,” Lewis said, “but it was part of the literature.” Lewis’ friend Maria Kalantzis from North Central College agreed and said it’s
important to not censor books like “To Kill A Mockingbird,” even in younger grades because “books are a way to start a conversation in a controlled space.” “Those were different times,” Jagman said. “That’s how racist people talked. We want to make people aware of that. I think most students can understand why the language is there.” While older classics like Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” are often in line with Lee’s novel and thought to be among popularly controversial books, more recent lists for challenged books, or those titles which people file a complaint for existing in an academic or public library, contain a different theme. Sex, religion and a non-conforming identity – if a young adult book’s content included one of these, there’s a good chance it was among the 598 challenged books recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom between 2015 and 2016. Titles with LGBT characters comprised six of the 20 most challenged books in the two years. Two of them, “I Am Jazz” by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings and “Two Boys Kissing” by David Levithan, made the top ten both years. Among the rest, reasons for challenges include: “sexually explicit,” “profanity,” “drug usage,” “unsuitable for age group,” and “religious viewpoint,” among others. Jagman understands some parents might not want to expose their children to specific content, but as a librarian herself, expects parents to be able to control what their children are reading. “There’s a concern on behalf of people
who write these challenges that these books will have undue influence on the readers and give them ideas,” Jagman said. “But you know, it’s being aware of people who exist. These people exist in the world and censoring a book isn’t necessarily going to prevent your child from being aware of this.” On Sept. 25, information tables on the 11th floor of the DePaul Cener in the Loop, and Sept. 26 at the Lincoln Park Student Center will provide information on different banned books as well as material to make buttons. Students are also encouraged to share which book gives them power. That’s what Jagman and the Outreach Coordinator from the UCWbL Jennifer Finstrom wants to ask students this year. “We are celebrating our right to read, our right to freedom of information and our right to ideas… it’s very important that people have access to ideas,” Finstrom said. As the outreach coordinator from UCWbL, which includes the Writing Center, Finstrom feels passionately about both writing and reading. “We feel very strongly in advocating for writers and at the same time we want to advocate for readers. We don’t really feel you can be a writer without being a reader,” she said. The two women in charge of coordinating Banned Books Week shared which previously banned or challenged books have given them power. For Jagman, it was “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle, which she read a number of times growing up. “It helped me see there are many different ways to be a girl in the world,” Jagman said. For Finstrom, Kate Chopin’s “The
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Awakening” came to mind. “It deals with important questions of being an independent woman and making choices,” Finstrom said. On Thursday, Sept. 28, Banned Books Week will continue on the 2nd floor of the John T. Richardson Library with a “read in.” Students can bring their own banned book or explore from the library’s collection. To finish off the Banned Books Week celebration, City Lit Theater will present: Books on the Chopping Block where the theater group will perform readings from the ten most challenged books in 2016. The event will take place in room 115 of the John T. Richardson Library.
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Inside-Out Program brings DePaul to Department of Corrections By Benjamin Conboy News Editor
Friday morning classes can sometimes feel like prison – especially when the class is inside of a maximum-security penitentiary. Students who chose to participate in DePaul’s Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program take classes alongside inmates at the Cook County Jail, the largest jail in the U.S., and the Stateville Correctional Center, a maximum-security men’s prison near Joliet, Illinois. Stateville is famous for holding serial killer Richard Speck and being the execution site of John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of raping and murdering 33 young men. DePaul started teaching at Stateville in 2011 and at Cook County Jail in 2014. The program began with just one class but has now expanded to three classes. DePaul currently offers classes on Restorative Justice, Law, Politics and Mass Incarceration and a Theater Studies class. Christina Rivers, one of the teachers at the prison and a coordinator of the program, said the Inside-Out program is important to DePaul’s culture because it perfectly echoes the Vincentian mission. “Our patron saint, St. Vincent DePaul fought for the benefit of those who would have been otherwise ignored, excluded or reviled,” Rivers said. “Prisoners are all three. I can’t think of any program we have (at DePaul) – and we have a lot – that fits the Vincentian mission better than the InsideOut Program.” But the program does more than just echo the Vincentian Mission – it is an exact continuation of St. Vincent DePaul’s service from 500 years ago. “I actually found out from (former DePaul president) Rev. Holtschneider that St. DePaul used to minister to prisoners who were forced to work on the trading ships,” Rivers said. The check-in process is not a run-ofthe-mill roll call. Students and teachers are all required to wear baggy sweatpants and matching baggy t-shirts. Alex Boutros, a teacher’s assistant for the Restorative Justice class at Stateville, said they are checked thoroughly several times over by correctional officers before proceeding through six layers of security to the prison schoolrooms. “All the women have to shake out their bras in front of the correctional officers to show we’re not bringing anything in that we’re not supposed to,” Boutros said. “Everybody is required to wear underwear, and sometimes the guards check to make sure we are.” Professor Laura Biagi, the driving force
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Professor Laura Biagi with her theater class at Stateville Correctional Center, where inmates study alongside DePaul students. behind the implementation of a theater course for the Inside-Out Program, agreed with the sentiment that the program is necessary at DePaul because of the university’s tradition of upholding the Vincentian mission. “At the core of the mission is applying your education to improving the world,” Biagi said. “The education students receive at DePaul is a tool for social change, it’s not something you acquire. It’s transformative and a beautiful expansion of your mind.” Biagi stated the importance of having DePaul’s theater students participate in the Inside-Out Program because it diversifies their skill sets in a competitive field while simultaneously being a force for good. “Theater is a very challenging field. It’s very competitive, it’s based on image and beauty,” Biagi said. “To know that theater can be brought into jails is healthy for students because it’s a safety net (if they don’t make it in the theater industry). Then they are already well-equipped to bring these skills to marginalized communities.” Students in Biagi’s class sit in a circle, one inmate next to one DePaul student. The classes are not just about teaching the material, but about teaching the students about the inmates and the inmates about the students. “What we’re doing is fostering the creation of a community,” Biagi said. “We have icebreaking exercises that are aimed to
teach everybody not about their differences, but about the similarities they have to one another.” Boutros said the opportunity to do good for these people, some of whom are serving life sentences for violent crimes, is a blessing. “All of these guys have grown up their whole lives constantly being told that they’re worthless,” Boutros said. “A lot of them are broken. When they hear any kind of verbal abuse, they break down. (The Inside-Out Program) gives so many of them so much more to think about. Doing this program is like telling them for the first time that they are worth something. They have never heard that before.”
“St. Vincent DePaul fought for the benefit of those would have otherwise been ignored, exlcuded or reviled. Prisoners are all three.” Christina Rivers Inside-Out teacher
Despite being in close quarters with men convicted of violent crimes, Boutros said she has never once been put in a situation where the inmates made her fear for her safety. Rather, it is those who are tasked with protecting them that have created the most problems for the group. “They hear our laughter and our joy and they see that as something they need to keep an eye on,” Boutros said. “They clearly see the inmates as prisoners first and people second. They are incredibly institutionalized, I would argue that they are more behind bars than the guys inside are.” The program is not merely a philanthropic endeavor solely for the benefit of the inmates. Those involved say it is a two-way street. Both the inmates and the students learn not only from the class, but from each other. “The program forces us to break down barriers and misconceptions that we have about people who are incarcerated,” Rivers said. “But it also forces them to break down those same barriers and misconceptions that the inmates have about us.” “Every single student that goes in (to the prison) gains a new perspective that they couldn’t get anywhere else,” Boutros said. “Every day we work with people that they would pass on the street and be afraid of.”
OCEAN continued from front page “I only found out I had been invited to speak at the U.N. a week before,” Ritter said. “The week before I had been invited to speak at the Association of Zoos and Aquariums conference in Indianapolis. A friend at the conference told me that the Prime Minister of Norway was looking for someone of my caliber to speak at the conference so I took it.” She left Chicago at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday after her PRAD 291 class so she could arrive at the U.N. headquarters in New York City for her speech at 8 a.m. Sitting across from world leaders and beside foreign diplomats, she lamented about the pollution of the oceans and how governments all of the planet seem to disregard the well being of the oceans.
“Despite the fact that I live nowhere near the ocean, the waste and debris that my community is throwing into our local river is bleeding directly into the Gulf of Mexico, and no one notices that,” Ritter said. “Although removing single-use plastics from our life and using sustainably sourced materials and food products may seem like a small step toward making a difference, an ounce of prevention is truly worth a pound of cure.” In a testament to just how busy Ritter is, when she finished her speech, the U.N. discussion moderator and head of environmental journalism at the New York Times Andrew Revkin thanked her “for fitting this speech into (her) busy schedule.”
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Baylee Ritter in front of the U.N. headquarters in New York City as she arrived for her speech.
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Interest in study abroad unchanged in light of attacks By Sabrina Miresse Contributing Writer
On Sept. 17, four Boston College students studying abroad in Paris had hydrochloric acid thrown at their faces by a woman with a history of psychiatric issues. In light of such terrorist attacks that have been occurring overseas, DePaul’s study abroad programs have taken safety measures to ensure student protection and comfort. According to study abroad director Martha McGivern, few students have been discouraged from studying abroad due to safety concerns. “Students have had more questions about safety and security since recent terror attacks,” McGivern said. “They want to know what they can do themselves and what DePaul can do to keep them as safe as possible.” McGivern said DePaul’s study abroad program goes through all the proper channels when determining study abroad locations and safety procedures. All program destinations are constantly going through various resources, such as the U.S State Department and international media. Students are also prepared for emergency situations through pre-departure orientations as a requirement to register for the State Department’s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program. “The safety and well being of our students is our highest priority and is considered in every decision about a given study abroad program,” McGivern said. DePaul also contracts with Cultural Insurance Services International, an
international travel health and accident insurance agency that provides security, monitoring and assistance, including student evacuation if necessary. “The company provides security overviews for our students,” associate director for Advising and Marketing Katie Saur said. “If there’s an incident we will get an alert right away. If students needed to be evacuated, it’s covered through that as well.” Senior Jordan Anderson has not studied abroad because she wants to stay close to home. However, the study abroad system seems safe from her perspective. “I have other friends who are studying in London,” Anderson said. “I see a lot of posts on Facebook from their moms letting people know they are okay.” Hannah Lindenberg, a sophomore at DePaul, has not studied abroad but has had the opportunity to travel abroad on her own. During her trips, she has experienced a wide spectrum of international incidents. “I was in Spain during the government shut down and riots, in London last spring the week before the bridge bombings, and two years ago I was in Turkey where there were a few bombings,” Lindenberg said. Terror incidents such as these have made Lindenberg take more precaution about where she would visit abroad in the future but they will not stop her from continuing to travel. “I will continue to travel abroad, no doubt about it,” Lindenberg said. Lindenberg recommends for students to research the country they will be visiting. She also suggests to be well prepared and plan when and how you will get places.
“I thought DePaul did a really nice job of keeping everybody informed, which was comforting.” Taryn Rydbom DePaul study abroad participant Senior Taryn Rydbom shares her experience during her trip two years ago. She was studying abroad in Paris when the terrorist attack in Brussels happened. “Before we left for the trip, there was very open conversation about safety and what DePaul’s plan would be if anything were to happen,” Rydbom said. “I thought DePaul did a really nice job on keeping everybody informed, which was comforting.” Studying abroad doesn’t always mean there will be a tragic event. Senior Madeline Ehlinger studied in a small town of Italy. She enjoyed her time abroad and mentions feeling lucky her destination was not a site where previous terror attacks had occurred. With regards to overall safety, Ehlinger took stringent precautions of her own. “I made sure to always stay with a large group of fellow students,” Ehlinger said. “I would constantly tell everyone to make sure to stay aware of our surroundings.” Sophomore Grant Patrick has not had
the opportunity to study abroad, but hopes to do so soon. “The attacks haven’t really deterred me from traveling abroad,” Patrick said. “The university is not in control from attacks that may occur. But I do feel DePaul would do their best to keep students safe. Violence is unfortunately everywhere.” Junior Sarah Holloway says she has never felt unsafe during her travels. When she traveled to Jordan in the past, many described the country to her as “a doughnut of peace in a very high-tension region of the world.” From her experiences, she can attest that statement to be true. “While I was there, everyone was so friendly and welcoming,” Holloway said. “I never felt unsafe.” She is currently abroad in Ireland and feels even safer there since that country is overall less controversial. Holloway advises students who are looking to study abroad to stay open-minded. “Give yourself the opportunity and take advantage of the financial resources available to you,” Holloway said. For students with interest in studying abroad or general questions about the different programs, there will be a study abroad fair on Tuesday, Sept. 26. It will be held in the Student Center at the Lincoln Park campus.
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A project manager overseeing the repairs walks around the location. Before they were evicted, homeless people, with their tents and belongings, crowded the sidewalk.
Gone with the wind Photos by Vincent Prochoroff Text by Benjamin Conboy
The homeless people who called the viaduct underneath Lake Shore Dr. and Wilson Dr. home were evicted by the city on Monday, Sept. 18. The eviction was temporarily halted when Uptown Tent City Organizers – a group that advocates for the right of the homeless to live under the viaduct – filed an injunction as a part of a federal lawsuit against the city. However, a federal judge allowed the eviction to continue, ruling the individuals who live there
have no constitutional right to live there and impede the city’s quest to perform maintenance on the crumbling viaduct. The area is in a state of disrepair and the city is adamant that the residents of the so-called “tent city” were not asked to leave because of their unsightliness, but because repairs were necessary to ensure the safety of motorists on Lake Shore Dr. and of pedestrians crossing beneath the viaduct. They briefly protested by setting their tents up along Wilson Dr., but were then removed under the threat of force by the Chicago Police Department.
The eviction notice posted at the location ordering the homeless people to leave the site.
Remnants of the fight to allow the homeless to stay in the viaduct are still visible.
Straps that once secured a rain fly to someone’s tent have been left behind.
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DePaul renews Neighborhood Parking Program By Benjamin Conboy News Editor
DePaul Parking Services have revived the program that allows residents of Lincoln Park to park at the university’s parking lots. The Neighborhood Parking Program, which began on Sept. 1, allows residents living within the boundaries of Altgeld Street to the north, Wayne Avenue to the west, Armitage Avenue to the south and Halsted Street to the east to park at university lots. The parking program will allow locals to use student lot P, located on Fullerton Ave. just east of the CTA station, and lot L, at Sheffield Ave. and Montana Ave. They will only be permitted to use the lots on weekdays from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. and all day on weekends. Parking in these lots is available at no cost to residents. Residents who would like 24-hour parking access can pay $300 for a permit for the parking deck on Clifton Avenue across
from University Hall. However, parking for both students and residents is only available on a first-come first-serve basis, and no one will be guaranteed a spot in any location. Residents hoping to get a spot through the 24-hour program will be limited to the Clifton parking garage. Parking Services said only 25 permits for 24-hour use will be allocated for use by residents, compared to the 100 for student use. Chris Travis, a commuter student who uses the parking decks daily, said that he doesn’t have a problem with the university opening up the lot to residents. “As long as they aren’t taking up spots that should be for students, I don’t think it will be a problem,” Travis said. Area resident Randy Jacobson applauded the university for renewing the program, saying “it’s a great policy and nice way for a university that pays no property taxes to give back to the community.”
STUDY continued from front page Mourey can see both positive and negative consequences of these findings. “(Anthropomorphic digital devices) can be good and bad,” Mourey said. “For instance, with elderly people who might be lonely or with people who are just alone, these kinds of devices could be great because these products can make them feel less lonely.” According to Mourey, the problems lie in whether marketers will be able to keep in mind the effects these devices have on the need for social interaction. Mourey says the effects the anthropomorphic devices have on peoples’ desire to interact with friends or engage in prosocial behavior is mitigated once they are reminded that the objects are not human beings. Mourey also does not believe these devices will take over the world or completely replace the need for human friends. “The biggest misconception is that these humanlike
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The empty upper deck of the Clifton parking garage which is now open to residents.
products are taking over our lives socially. Humans are able to understand that what they are interacting with is not a full replacement for actual human interaction,” Mourey said. “There is also the caveat that once you remind someone that they are interacting with a device and not a human, any diminished effect of social exclusion is negated.” Dr. Steven Lytinen, a professor at the College of Digital Media and an expert on artificial intelligence (AI), understands why people might be scared of AI. “It’s only natural for people to be concerned because the threat of (AI) taking their work or taking over as their friends is a scary thing,” Lytinen said. Lytinen also believes the fear surrounding AI is overblown, stating technology has repeatedly scared humans throughout history, but humanity has been generally better off after accepting it. “Humans should understand that computers won’t replace them but will instead enhance them. AI is nothing
to be scared of,” Lytinen said. “Over time it has happened repeatedly like with the industrial revolution and with computers. Revolutions such as these require people to become more aware of the new technology and how to use it. I think these fears are overblown because over time a population who uses technology will be better off than before the technology was accepted.” Senior Seamus O’Connor believes human-like products replacing the human need for socialization could pose many problems for people who use these products as a social clutch, especially if those people are especially lonely already. “I think it will cause people to become more isolated than they already are,” O’Connor said. “If everyone can have perfect interactions in virtual reality, why would they go outside?” O’Connor paints a picture of a far-off reality, but the possibility of a time when socialization only requires a device with simulated consciousness still exists.
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Quigley talks Russia
Congressman says investigation "more important than Watergate" By Evelyn Baker Nation & World Editor
Congressman Mike Quigley, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, appeared at DePaul Law on Thursday, Sept. 21 for a half-hour interview. There, he answered questions from former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti before a classroom of 50 to 60 individuals of all ages about the congressional role in the ongoing Russia investigations. “This is so much more important than Watergate,” Quigley said, comparing the ongoing investigations into whether or not President Trump had knowledge of Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. primary elections with the national scandal that led former president Richard Nixon to resign from the Oval Office. “If you had seen what I had seen (…) anything that makes the analysis of this inconsistent in any way reduces how important this is.” “Complicated, nuanced, layered,” Quigley said, “compared to Watergate, this is international.” Quigley has represented Illinois’ 5th District, which comprises much of the North Side and west suburbs, including Lincoln Park, since his election to Congress in April 2009. In 2015 he was appointed to serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence or the House Intelligence Committee. “The issue is about foreign influence in American elections,” associate professor of history and education James Wolfinger said. Wolfinger could potentially agree with Quigley, but it depends on the outcome of the investigations. “What seems to be the larger issue at stake is whether the president has knowledge of it. If it turns out he new and was implicated, it would rival Watergate if not surpass it,” Wolfinger said. The Watergate scandal references the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. where burglars broke into the Democratic Party’s National Committee in June 1972. Following the burglary, secret White House tape recordings were discovered, one of which
PHOTO COURTESY OF BEATRIZ MARQUEZ Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti (left) interviewed Cong. Mike Quigley (right) about his role as a member of the House Intelligence Committee and the congressional investigation into Russia's interference in the U.S. Primary Elections in 2016 on Thursday, Sept. 21 on DePaul University's Loop campus.
J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE | AP Special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election and possible connection to the Trump campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
revealed Nixon had participated in covering up the Watergate burglary. In August 1974, Nixon resigned from office. The congressman also answered Mariotti’s questions on the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes and his replacement, Rep. Mike Conaway.
Quigley said that while he “thought (Nunes) was a great chairman” and that he “ran hearings and previous investigations in a fair manner,” he has been “much more troublesome” since the Russia investigations began. “For instance, he insisted that he still be the one who signs the
subpoenas,” Quigley said. “So who’s the boss? You can’t have two people running the investigation on the House side.” Nunes’ replacement Rep. Conaway is “making every effort to cooperate,” Quigley said. Quigley’s handlers rushed him out of the room at the 30-minute mark, leaving Mariotti
onstage to continue discussing the Russia investigations from a federal prosecutor’s standpoint. Mariotti addressed the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr. that included at least eight people including Russian-American lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin who works for the Russian organization focused on overturning the Magnitsky sanctions that led to Moscow’s ban of U.S. citizens adopting Russian babies. While the meeting was suspect, Mariotti said, it is “not that easy to convict beyond a reasonable doubt.” Quigley didn’t seem to have much hope for a quick and final end to the investigations. “Americans like sudden death, finale,” Quigley said. “They don’t have a lot of patience for something like this (…) Mueller’s investigation could take at least another year, maybe two.” Former FBI director Robert Mueller was appointed in May of this year as the special counsel to oversee the department’s investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. elections. There is “a real threat” the Mueller investigation will be shut down even, Quigley said Referencing Trump’s recent pardon of the controversial Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio last month, Quigley said he’s worried “about a constitutional crisis,” that the U.S. has already “come very close to the edge of.” Mariotti addressed Mueller and his potential to make any charges, especially concerning Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman who's house was raided by the FBI in late July. “I expect Mueller to wait until the end of the investigation to charge who he wants to charge,” Mariotti said. While complex and seemingly no closer to an end, Quigley, before he left the panel, urged the importance of the current investigation and the democratic process. “The American public needs to know everything it possibly can,” Quigley said.
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DARRON CUMMINGS | AP U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos talks with students during a high school football game on Friday, Sept. 15, in Charlottesville, Indiana.
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CARLOS GIUSTI | AP El Negro community resident Irma Torres Rodriguez tries to stay calm after losing a portion of her roof to the fury of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico on Thursday, Sept. 21.
MANU FERNANDEZ | AP On Thursday, Sept. 21, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook will provide the contents of 3,000 ads bought by a Russian agency to congressional investigators.
Facebook to release Russia ads, beef up election 'integrity'
Obama campus assault guidance scrapped under Trump washington D.C. The Trump administration on Friday scrapped Obama-era guidance on investigating campus sexual assault, replacing it with new instructions that allow universities to require higher standards of evidence when handling complaints. DeVos has said that Obama's policy had been unfairly skewed against those accused of assault and had "weaponized" the Education Department to "work against schools and against students." The change is the latest in Trump's broader effort to roll back Obama policies. Women's rights groups slammed Friday's decision, saying it will discourage students from reporting assault. The guidance released in 2011 and then updated in 2014 instructed universities to use a "preponderance of the evidence" standard when assessing and investigating a claim of sexual assault. DeVos' new interim guidelines let colleges choose between that standard and a "clear and convincing evidence" standard, which is harder to meet. Those rules will be in place temporarily while the Education Department gathers comments from interest groups and the public and writes new guidance. "This interim guidance will help schools as they work to combat sexual misconduct and will treat all students fairly," DeVos said in a statement. "Schools must continue to confront these horrific crimes and behaviors head-on. There will be no more sweeping them under the rug. But the process also must be fair and impartial, giving everyone more confidence in its outcomes," she said. The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights said that any agreements have already been reached with schools as part of investigations that have already been completed will stay in place, while continuing investigations may be re-evaluated.
Hurricane pushes long-suffering Puerto Rico to the edge San Juan, Puerto Rico A tired and discouraged Rosa Maria Almonte cleaned steel pots with bleach inside her darkened cafe as her daughter cooked up rice, beans and pork chops on a gas stove to feed people desperate for a hot meal in their storm-ravaged city. She has run El Buen Cafe for 21 years and seen some tough times, but the damage from Hurricane Maria, with no running water, no electricity and the prospect of a grinding recovery that could take weeks or months, had her wondering whether there was any point in staying. "I don't know if I can keep going," the 73-year-old cafe owner said Friday after mopping up water that seeped into her shop, the awning sitting in a heap on her counter. "What am I doing here?" It's a lament echoing across Puerto Rico at the moment. Even before the storm, Puerto Rico was in dire condition, reeling from a decadelong economic slide that was far deeper than the Great Recession on the mainland and that many here feel was largely ignored by Washington. Now, nearly all 3.4 million people on the island are sitting in the dark amid widespread pessimism about the future of this tropical U.S. territory and whether they should expect much help. Along streets strewn with tree limbs, downed power lines and muck, it's easy to find Puerto Ricans trying to decide if they should pick up and leave, joining the 450,000 who have moved to the mainland over the past decade in search of a better life. "This is an absolute crisis," 44-yearold Alana Yendez said as she cradled her
2-month-old grandson and gave him a bottle of scarce baby formula in the Santurce section of San Juan. "This storm crushed us from one end of the island to the other." Maria, the most powerful hurricane to hit the island in nearly a century, unleashed floods and mudslides and knocked out the entire electrical grid and telecommunications, leaving many mainland families anxiously awaiting word on relatives in Puerto Rico. Authorities confirmed at least six deaths but were still assessing the damage and trying to reach communities cut off by the storm. As people searched for a meal or waited in long lines for cash from ATMs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies rushed to supply water, food, generators and temporary shelters. President Donald Trump has declared a federal disaster, making the island eligible for more assistance. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, an Illinois Democrat who often looks out for Puerto Rico, said, "This was no average storm," as he released a letter calling on Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to organize a bipartisan delegation to see the damage. "It was a powerful direct hit that struck Puerto Rico when it was already down because of the economic situation." Congress, as part of an agreement to allow the island to restructure, imposed a fiscal control board that has demanded sharp cuts to pensions and other expenses and the furloughing of public workers.
New York Facebook is slowly acknowledging the outsized — if unintended — role it played in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. The company said it will provide the contents of 3,000 ads bought by a Russian agency to congressional investigators, while also pledging to make political advertising on its platform more "transparent." "I don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook video and wrote in an accompanying post . "That's not what we stand for." The moves Thursday come amid growing pressure on the social network from members of Congress, who pushed Facebook to release the ads after the company disclosed their existence in early September. Facebook has already handed over the ads to the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Facebook's reluctance to be more forthcoming with information that could shed light on possible election interference has prompted the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee to call for the company to testify in its election-meddling probe. In one of the first steps Facebook has ever taken to open up its secretive advertising system to observation, the company will now require political ads to disclose both who is paying for them and all ad campaigns those individuals or groups are running on Facebook. "I'm not going to sit here and tell you we're going to catch all bad content in our system. We don't check what people say before they say it, and frankly, I don't think our society should want us to," Zuckerberg said. But those who break the law or Facebook's policies, he added, "are going to face consequences afterwards." Zuckerberg's move came a day after Twitter confirmed that it will meet next week with staff of the Senate intelligence committee, which has been scrutinizing the spread of false news stories and propaganda on social media during the election.
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Facebook must place tighter restrictions on ads By Natalie Taylor Opinions Editor
On Sept. 6, Facebook admitted to selling advertisement space to secret Russian propaganda groups. This follows news of Russian interference in the 2016 election, which an investigation by the U.S. intelligence community concluded helped sway results in President Donald Trump’s favor. Due to the admission, Facebook now joins the ongoing investigation into Russia’s influence during the 2016 election by selling $100,000 in ad space to Kremlin-affiliated groups. The chief security officer of Facebook, Alex Stamos, noted in a blog posts that advertisements totaled to 3,000 and were linked to 470 fraudulent, Russia-affiliated accounts. While some ads mentioned 2016 presidential candidates directly, many focused on hot-topics such as gun legislation and immigration. In the grand scheme of a presidential campaign, 3,000 advertisements seem minuscule. However, targeted advertising tools on Facebook could allow for a small amount of advertisements to have a large impact. Facebook allows users to target ideal consumers on their platform. Russian affiliated Facebook pages purchased ads and strategically placed them to make a maximum impact. Stamos’ post revealed most advertisements were geographically targeted. Given that the polarizing political beliefs in America are largely based on geography, this tactic is highly effective. The channel through which advertisements were disseminated held a sizable influence over millennials, who account for 69.2 percent of the current voting population. A study by the Pew Research Center noted 61 percent of millennials receive their political news via Facebook. Junior Sarah Whitcomb said, “A lot of my friends on Facebook are politically active, so what’s shared becomes an eco-chamber. When I’m scrolling through looking at pictures it becomes the most accessible way to look at news articles.” The content on social media websites must have safeguards to ensure accuracy, as it is being consumed by individuals of voting age. However, it must also be noted that not all information on social media is accurate. This has spurred much debate surrounding fake news throughout the 2016 election and
into present day. Senior Levi Jacobson said, “It’s important to supplement (news) as well because what you’re receiving on social media may be opinionated or may be one-sided, so being able to go to a news source that is balanced and can see both sides is important.” Social media platforms must be mindful of the large volumes of individuals they influence, and thus their duty to ensure accurate, balanced information on all sites. In response to criticism regarding their role in allowing Kremlin-affiliated advertisements on the site, Facebook outlined new regulations for pages buying ads. New regulations will increase transparency, strengthen review of political advertisements, and broaden partnerships with election oversight committees. Zuckerberg stated that while Facebook will take measures to prevent interference from third parties and nation-states in elections, it will be impossible to prevent all undesirable content on their site’s feeds, and doing so would hinder freedom of speech.
"A lot of my friends on Facebook are politically active, so what’s shared becomes an echo chamber." Sarah Whitcomb Junior Zuckerberg’s response comes at the same time when Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, released a statement that Facebook would no longer allow ad targeting based on discriminatory phrases. This statement follows ProPublica’s discovery of hateful ads on the site. Buyers used the targeting tool to search for discriminatory phrases in user’s bios, and disseminate advertisements directly to those users. Facebook will now strengthen human review of advertisements, broaden community standards, and place a tool that allows users to report advertisements. Combined with regulations in response to Kremlinaffiliated ads, Facebook will be overhauling advertising
protocol. In both cases, Facebook showed severe delay in recognizing advertising violations and misconduct on their site. Kremlin-affiliated advertisements occurred back in 2016, and Facebook only recognized discriminatory ads after ProPublica brought the situation to light. As social media advertising becomes an increasingly popular way of spreading messages, the government and social networking sites must stay up-to-date on policies. Facebook gains 95 percent of its revenue from advertisements. This proves that companies are utilizing the social media advertising trend. Facebook failing to thoroughly update advertising policies until recently, when the advertising feature launched in 2004, proves their negligence to understand the new trends and possible abuse of the power advertising on their site could bring. In light of Facebook’s oversights, Democrats are calling for the Federal Election Commission to revise standards for source disclosure in advertisements, so audiences have reliable information to evaluate political ads. Facebook has stated they intend to improve advertisement source transparency. However, the FEC must also take action to increase transparency around the issue of foreign election influence that has plagued America for months. President Donald Trump has continuously neglected to legitimize Russian influence in the 2016 election. This not only is ignorant, but also places America in a dangerous situation. Sophomore Alec Deske said, “Trump doesn’t do enough in any situation that he’s presented with since he’s become President. Facebook has become a large social media platform that millennials and our parents use, it’s a bigger deal to a lot more people, and if he doesn’t do anything it will be another situation where it shows Trump doesn’t care and places America in a vulnerable situation and open for attack.” Trump addressed the Kremlin-linked advertisements in a tweet stating, “The Russia hoax continues, now it’s ads on Facebook.” Trump’s false claim proves the importance of third parties like Facebook and government agencies such as the FEC to regulate advertisements. Countless organizations have solid proof that Russian involvement is a real threat, not a hoax. If the President will not address the threat of foreign influence in the election, others must rise to meet the challenge.
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Health care is a human right By Rachel Zarky Contributing Writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, has presented a replacement to our nation’s fundamentally flawed health care system that would result in a radical change. Sanders has openly expressed healthcare is a moral and economic issue. In his “Medicare-for-All” proposal, all Americans would be covered by a publicly funded, single-payer health care system. Instead of having thousands of health care payers paying different prices for the same treatment at play, the government as a single-payer entity would be responsible for all medical expenditures. Under Sanders' “Medical-For-All” initiative, patients would no longer have to pay rising insurance premiums and would be exempt from being charged co-pays at doctor appointments. Sanders' all-inclusive health care plan would cover doctor visits with your primary care physician, hospital stays, lab work, medical devices, maternity and newborn care. Theoretically, Sanders' proposal would depreciate the uninsured rate from 8.8 percent to just over zero. A single-payer system would dramatically decrease administrative and advertising, which would relatively decrease the cost of health care. While the enactment of Sanders’ “Medicare for All” health care legislation is highly unlikely to even pass in the Senate, due to a 52 to 48 political party divide, Sanders has remained resolute that his proposed health care plan would mend our broken system in time by expanding coverage, providing a beyond satisfactory health benefits package and lowering costs. The United States spends around 18 percent of our total GDP on healthcarethat is about $10,000 per person. As a nation, we spend twice as much of our economic output than any other industrialized country on medical care, and yet we continually yield health outcomes below standard in many metrics including infant mortality, life expectancy and overall efficiency. Our country’s systemic healthcare failures raises the question of how can we continue to invest trillions of dollars into health care and still not provide universal access to premium quality medical treatment? Morally, it would be more efficient to place funds into a single payer healthcare system and ensure all in the U.S. have access to a good quality of life. Kevin Thompson, a philosophy professor at DePaul, said, “I believe that single-payer healthcare is morally obligatory because, unlike market-based or other multi-payer systems, only singlepayer healthcare genuinely meets the moral burden of guaranteeing access to healthcare for all.” Thompson’s ethical perspective upholds the United State’s moral obligation to adopt a universal healthcare plan. Quality healthcare must shift from the current, flawed system to one that supports
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quality healthcare for all. Sanders’ comprehensive universal health care proposal would fulfill the moral obligation we have to providing universal access to medical services and ensuring all our citizens’ needs are met, but at what cost? Sanders has not clearly defined how the Medicare expansion would be financed. Under a publicly funded insurance entity, however, we could expect an increase in taxes as compensation for universal coverage. In 2014, Sanders’ home state of Vermont attempted to implement a singlepayer system. However, the governmentfunded local health care plan collapsed
"Single-payer healthcare is morally obligatory." Kevin Thompson Philosophy professor when they had to increase payroll taxes to a rate of 11.5 percent and income taxes to a rate of 9 percent. For a single-payer system to work, we need to accept the possibility of higher taxation if we want to prioritize universal coverage. “Anything that provides more coverage to more people is a good thing in my book," said political science professor Molly Andolina. "But it is not without its tradeoffs and we need to have an open and
frank discussion about what they are.” Sanders holds a firm belief that adopting a single-payer system is a cost-effective approach to expanding healthcare coverage and eliminating profiting private insurance companies. Countries like Canada and the United Kingdom work under a single-payer system, providing universal healthcare coverage at a minimal cost. Their publicly funded and governmentsponsored insurance are documented successes, despite their inefficiencies. The U.K.’s government-funded insurance covers all of its citizens, however, at the cost of higher taxes to finance their single-payer system. Canada’s health care system is identical to our Medicare program that provides coverage to U.S. citizens over the age 65, but provides health insurance to all of its citizens at the expense of timely health care treatment reflected in significantly longer wait times. When it comes to health care reform, not everyone comes out victorious. Unfortunately, sacrifices must be made in order to provide universal access to quality medical treatment. “At this time, a single-payer system is not a step in the right direction. The vreason I am against single-payer system is that there are not enough resources and capital at this point to take care of 325 million citizens," said professor and co-director of MS program in economics Robert Kallen. "There are only so many hospitals, adequately trained healthcare providers and finite number of resources. Those healthcare facilities are at their max and cannot handle anymore inputs.” As a nation, how do we decide what care 325 million Americans are entitled to? How do we decide who receives the kidney transplant that would save their life? How
do we make life-altering decisions under scarce resources? If the U.S. were to adopt a single-payer health care system offering universal access, Andolina said, “we have to decide that we pay more via taxes or we cover less in terms of what kind of care is covered.” A single-payer system entrusts the government with the power to decide what medical care would be covered and accessible to all citizens. With limited resources available, elected leaders would be forced to cut corners and provide minimal basic coverage. Consequently, citizens who once were covered under employeebased insurance would be forced to shop elsewhere (for-profit private insurers) for complete coverage and peace of mind. On paper, a single-payer system seems like a quick fix to our systemic structure inefficiencies. However, if implemented, we need to fully acknowledge and address access, quality and cost in order to make any progress. To truly fix health care in the U.S., the government must consider all options. “We should take the Affordable Care Act and amend it incrementally. It is far from perfect, but a good platform to start from," Kallen said. "As a nation, we need to divide and conquer incrementally.” GOP senate leaders, Bill Cassidy and Lindsey O. Graham, have introduced their own piece of legislation coined as the Cassidy-Graham Health care Bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. The Senators proposed that funds financially supporting Obamacare expansion be reallocated and distributed across states in the form of “blocked grants” to subsidize the dire healthcare demands of their state population. With the state aid provided by the government, it grants states the freedom and flexibility to adopted market-based or government-centered healthcare structures tailored to their state population. However, their proposal grants states immunity that eliminates government regulations and withdraws from price protection for American’s with pre-existing conditions. While the GOP health care legislation appears as a practical and plausible solution to our health care’s systemic failures, there are obvious tradeoffs that may cause us to reconsider its effectiveness. Health care has forever been a contentious issue among Democrats and Republicans, however there is a sense of urgency to repeal and replace Obamacare in the White House. We are already seeing health care legislation set to replace Obamacare sooner rather than later. Adopting the purest form of socialized medicine, single-payer health care and replacing Obamacare entirely is not a simple solution to our current inefficient and bureaucratic system. As a united front, we need to accept that tradeoffs are an inevitable element of health care reform.
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
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Personality
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Nothing brightens up the Student Center or a small piece of art brings color and life to an oth and creates diversity in design. Whether they pr independent artist or make a funny reference, e about the person behind the screen.
“The Batman and Superman kissing one is my favorite. It’s just really cute and it was the first one I got, too. I like to personalize things and stickers are a good way to do that. Plus, what’s the point of having stickers if you can’t put them on stuff?”
Caroline Rau
“‘Pipis Room’ is from an old Vine and it’s centralized because the guy who made the Vine (Griffin McElroy) is the basis for the super benign, dry, obscure nonoffensive sense of humor that I’m into. If you’re just sitting with your laptop somewhere, it tells people what your personality is like depending on what you have.”
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“My favorite sticker it my ‘cat-tus’ because my little sister gave it to me and it was so cute. I think of her every time I see it. I think my laptop stickers cultivate my personality because it’s a mixture of everything that’s going on in my life.”
Jocelyn Martinez
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classroom much like a laptop layered with stickers. Each herwise dull surface. Each collage is uwnique to the owner romote a local business, show your favorite band, feature an each sticker plastered on the back of a laptop gives insight
“Most of the stickers I have are more about the story as to why I have them than personal branding. The ‘Chronverse’ sticker was one of my firsts, and I got it from a funky bar the first time I went to California.”
Antonio Serna Rosellini
“I sticker the crap out of everything. I have tons of little stickers relating to Pokemon and Mario, because those are the kind of games I’m into playing. My stickers say a little bit about who I am, where I’ve been and what I’m interested in.”
Nikki Roberts
“I used to be obsessed with Hello Kitty as a child, so seeing that art re-done with the gas mask was really cool. I kept getting stickers and I didn’t know where I could put them on in a place where I could appreciate them all the time. ”
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Arts & Life
MoviePass works like a debit card and was recently delivered to new subscribers after a reduced monthly price to $9.95 for a movie per day for the entire month.
MoviePass cards delivered after significant price drop By Matt Koske Arts & Life Editor
MoviePass is simple. You pay a monthly subscription that grants you the option to see up to one move per day, for every day of the month. Fortunately, for us moviegoers, it just got a whole lot simpler. Welcome to the MoviePass, the monthly payment of only $9.95. Yes, under $10 means that if you wanted to see “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” tonight at Regal Webster Place, the adult ticket price rings in at $14.22. This means that if you are a paying member of MoviePass and you see one movie a month, you are saving money. Established in 2011, the company struggled to get their impression recognized by theater owners. No one has known about them as they sit near the bottom, soaking in their failed ambitions to disrupt the industry as they tried to pitch their service to chains. Last year, MoviePass had a tiered system that offered subscribers two, three or unlimited movies per month. Those prices fluctuated throughout the year depending on the region and the highs and lows of the market. The monthly payment ranged between the tiers and calculated to be about $21-$50 per tier. At the end of the year, the MoviePass service had 20,000 members. Mikey Brzezinski, a film reviewer, attends film festivals all across the country but when he’s not at a festival, he’s an avid MoviePass user. “I think the monthly subscription is worth it because I spend well over $10 every month to go see movies, I’m saving a ton of money with it. And I think it can also give people who maybe don’t go to the theater all that often an extra boost to go see some movies,” Brzezinski said. Fast forward to August of 2017 when a significant amount of MoviePass’ stock (an undisclosed amount) was sold to an analytics firm. Helios and Matheson have a similar construct of those of Facebook and Google, whereas their free service (in this case for MoviePass, $9.95, but you get the picture) relies heavily on the subsidization of personal accounts for advertisements. The price reduction occurred, and there you have it, MoviePass’ website crashes like it’s Lollapalooza and those 20,000 members were given the $9.95 deal along with another 380,000 newbies who are
beginning their year of movies. So who the heck can be running this deal? Well, he’s known for taking down the company that everyone thought would never be destroyed – Blockbuster. In July of 2016, the Netflix CEO and the former President and COO of Redbox, Mitch Lowe, helmed MoviePass. As with Netflix, his eye for accessibility and effectiveness is at play once again with his ever-sosurprising price reduction. Once a member, you’ll retrieve a striking new debit card with your name on it. That card must be activated on the nifty MoviePass app, as this will be the only device that enables you to purchase tickets. Now here’s the spin, you must be within 100 yards of the selected movie theater – although 91 percent of theaters are included in the subscription, unfortunately it disregards ArcLight Cinemas – and purchases only work for same-day tickets. The downfall here is, for example, when Stephen King’s “It” opened, there’s no way you could buy a same day ticket for that STATS BY VARIETY MAGAZINE GRAPHICS BY VICTORIA WILLIAMSON | THE DEPAULIA flick because they were sold out for the The subscription service is boosting numbers of moviegoers, especially millenials entire weekend. Patience does come into who can now afford to visit the theater multiple times in a month. play in some particular situations, causing moviegoers to wait until after opening price drop, MoviePass added hundreds of theater, MoviePass still has to pay AMC for weekend to snag a hot ticket. employees. Prior to the news, the company the full price. This is causing a lot of fuss In Chicago, the MoviePass is accepted only had a handful of workers, but with around customers that currently use or at many smaller, independent theaters the excessive activity surrounding the hope to use MoviePass because they don’t around town, too. Music Box Theatre, company there is around a 3-4 week wait see the longevity of Moviepass’ system. the Davis Theater, and the Logan Square time until your card arrives at your door. Bankruptcy is a common concern among Theatre all are along for the ride. One Many customers expressed their concern many in regards to the cheap service, that really hurts moviegoers is Landmark due to their card not arriving in the mail. estimating nationwide that a moviegoer Century Cinema, as this theater includes MoviePass kept up with weekly emails to only needs to commit to two movies a a lot of the Oscar-worthy films around inform their waiting customers that their month to put MoviePass in the negatives. award season and is not involved in the cards will be shipped once the team is “Besides the obvious financial benefit, membership. caught up with the incredible amount of it’s an encouragement to go to the theater This reaffirms Lowe’s initial reasoning new subscribers. more often,” Connor Iseberg, a political behind his plans. After coming off of one Joey Traverso, a junior in the CDM science major, said. of the slowest summer box office seasons Directing program, often visits the theater. Of course, MoviePass fully understands to date, Lowe is gearing towards the “It’s hard for me to say. Although in theory their own situation. Their plans for the millennials who don’t have the cash to visit it sounds like a phenomenal deal, it is also future rely on their subscribers but it also the theater. With MoviePass, the leftover difficult to say what theaters it will work depends on the expansion of their service, funds that would be put forth for a ticket, for or not. And given the recent angry with hopes to bring a new movie going can now be allotted towards concessions response from theater chains like AMC, experience to folks who normally aren’t (which is primarily the only way theater I feel like some of the theater chains will visiting the theater more than one to two chains make money). draw out. So I think it’s a little too early to times a month. MoviePass hopes to build the system, tell. I would like to hear what people think This inexpensive service will definitely especially the app, in creating marketing of it before investing,” Traverso said. fill more butts in seats. When seats are campaigns. They also proposed potential AMC, one of the nation’s leading being filled then the industry, the theater deals - like the option to purchase a film’s theater chains, is not accepting the $9.95 chains, the filmmakers and the audience all soundtrack as audiences walk out of the subscription change with ease. Just a day benefit from it. But who is really benefiting showing or a pre-order of the Blu-Ray – to after the price change, AMC filed a lawsuit from this new deal? Well, the returning change the way movies are marketed, sold against MoviePass. The thing is, for every moviegoers, of course. and perceived. customer to use the MoviePass at an AMC In preparation for the subscription
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The National’s time off shines in new album “Sleep Well Beast“
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The National released “Sleep Well Beast” on Sept. 8. From left to right: Aaron Dessner, Bryan Davendorf, Matt Berninger, Scott Devendorf, and Bryce Dessner.
By Sabrina Miresse Contributing Writer
Indie-rock band The National released their seventh studio album “Sleep Well Beast” on Sept 8. This album is their highest-charting yet. “Sleep Well Beast” was the first of The National’s to reach No. 1 in the UK. The album also hit No. 2 on Billboard Top 200. The band is comprised of Matt Berninger as lyricist and vocals, the Dessner Brothers (Aaron and Bryce) on guitar and the Devendorf brothers (Bryan on drums and Scott on bass). During the band’s four years apart between album “Trouble Will Find Me” and the “Sleep Well Beast,” a lot of individual projects were in the works for the band members. Berninger had been working on his side project EL VY. They released their debut album, “Return to the Moon” in October of 2015. The album showcases a sound of Berninger that The National’s fans have never met. As expected, Berninger’s usual morose lyrics shine through in his EL VY album. But there is an overcast of keyboard-heavy beats that create a quite confusing mood throughout the compilation. This was not surprising since the Dessner brothers are typically the sound powerhouse behind The National’s songs. Without that duo, Berninger brought his lyrics to the table and they were paired with tunes that weren’t so fitting. This was present in pop-sounding tune “Return to the Moon,” where melancholy lyrics hit an inappropriately up-beat background. While Berninger was delving into a more pop-based music world, the Dessner brothers had their own projects going on. Aaron Dessner was the more active of the two, doing a lot of collaborations with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver in the four years The National had been apart. This included co-founding the Eaux Claires Music Festival in 2015, a festival that brings musicians together in Eau Claire, Wisconsin—Vernon’s hometown—with
the goal of collaboration. The festival brought together the members of The National in 2016 to perform during the Day of the Dead tribute to The Grateful Dead. The festival is going into its fourth year this summer and will continue to have heavy influence from Aaron. Together, the Dessner brothers scored the film “Transpecos” together in 2016. The National’s other pair of brothers, Bryan and Scott Devendorf, teamed up in the creation of the band LNZNDRF. The band released their self-titled debut album in 2016 and played the album at Eaux Claires that year. A Pitchfork article stated that the brothers recorded the eighttrack album in only two and a half days. The psychedelic sounds of LNDZNDRF is a quite impressive shift from the brothers typical gig working on The National. With music similar to that of New Order or DIIV, the Devendorf brothers truly impress with this side project. No surprise, heavy drum and bass shine throughout the album and create hypnotic jams. Second track, “Beneath the Black Sea,” is nearly a seven-minute song that has a mesmerizing intro, like most of the songs on the album. What’s different is the lighter feel and fresh element the song brings to the album as a whole. The song is inspiring due to the orchestral character that is comparable to work from band Collections of Colonies of Bees. Having time for the members of The National to explore other musical boundaries brought a slightly different taste of The National to fans with “Sleep Well Beast.” The album is speaking of life and how to persevere through it—similar to albums of the past. However, “Sleep Well Beast” is more experimental, as the album is said to speak to Berninger’s political beliefs and the sleepy state that the U.S. (the beast in this case) has been in, with regards to the recent presidential election
and the environment. First song, “Nobody Else Will Be There,” sounds like Berninger’s usual complaint of being tired and wanting to be alone. This has been a consistent theme throughout The National’s introspective rock albums. Berninger sings of not wanting to be social with others, and how to leave social situations quietly. The line, “Goodbyes always take us a half hour, can’t we just go home?” is similar to that of, “Didn’t anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room?” on the song “Secret Meeting” from 2005 album “Alligator.” These are similar in the sense that Berninger has always struggled with the idea of being around others because all he wants to do is slip away discretely into the abyss of his own sadness and perhaps sleep so that things can resolve themselves. “Nobody Else Will Be There” is speaking more specifically to the problems Berninger feels he faces politically. The tone is that perhaps if he sleeps, all of the nation’s problems will be resolved upon him waking up. “Walk It Back” shows vocal delivery influence from EL VY and melodic influence from LNZNDRF that’s very hypnotic. About halfway through the song, another voice appears slightly behind the music that states, “People like you are still living in what we call the reality-based community. You believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality. That’s not the way the world really works anymore. We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you are studying that reality - judiciously, as you will - we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors, and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.” This quote derives from former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, who said this to journalist Ron
Suskind. In the song’s case, the higher power—government—is speaking directly to you—the citizens. Berninger utilizes this aside to get the listeners thinking about the state of politically instilled fear he believes we are in. Continuing through the album, “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness” or “Turtleneck” show a lot more guitar upset, incomparable to anything the band has done before. Most likely due to Aaron Dessner’s collaboration with various artists through the Eaux Claire scene, where he was heavily involved in the coordination of Day of the Dead. This tribute was likely to evoke more traditional rock influence into Dessner’s typical mellow-indie constructions. The album closes with “Sleep Well Beast,” a song of ultimate hope for the nation as we move forward. Berninger asks the beast (U.S.) to sleep well so that once it wakes up change can hopefully start to occur. It’s overall difficult to see an album as exactly what the artist had intended— especially with the abstract nature of The National’s albums. The listeners can take the music any way they want or need in the moment. This album, is about The National being more experimental. Good or bad, it shows growth. The time apart on individual projects created this growth together and that’s the important aspect of this album. “Sleep Well Beast” is the ultimate product of each band member stepping to the side for a few years and working on what interests themselves, figuring out what sounds they like and what sounds they want to strive to create. All of the side projects done throughout the four years were used to make “Sleep Well Beast,” and that combination creates a truly unique album that The National fans have never heard before. The National will head to Chicago for two nights on Dec. 12 and 13. They’ll be at the Civic Opera House, a spacious, yet intimate venue for the new material.
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Fall Streaming:
What’s to come this season on TV By Lily Stark Contributing Writer
This summer’s TV lineup was packed with some of the sauciest shows the world of reality television has to offer: between the scandal-ridden “Bachelor in Paradise,” the new kid on the block “Boy Band,” the unofficial rivalry between “So You Think You Can Dance” and “World of Dance,” and the seemingly immortal “America’s Got Talent,” we have survived a deluge of guilty pleasure moments. But as fall settles in and we unpack our sweaters (well, maybe), the return of scripted television offers some relief from studio audiences and suffering the loss
of your favorite dancer being eliminated. Luckily, we live in the wonderful world of streaming services, so instead of slogging through a TV Guide or even DVRing old reruns like the losers that came before us, we can now simply steal our parents’ Hulu and Netflix passwords and catch up on all the best TV before their fall premieres. Here’s your ultimate binge-watching guide to the best network shows returning in the coming months.
THE GOOD PLACE Premiere date: Sept. 20 Streaming on: Netflix, Hulu, NBC online With high-concept shows like this one, a period of adjustment will almost definitely be needed when watching several episodes in a row. Don’t let that scare you off. The word “quirky” doesn’t even begin to cover this show’s sense of humor, so sit back, relax and let the undeniable charm of Kristen Bell pull you into this vision of a nondenominational afterlife. Eleanor (Bell) arrives posthumously at the “Good Place,” but there’s been a clerical error: Eleanor was a class-A jerk while alive but has the exact same name as someone who worked tirelessly for charities and humanitarian research. In order to stay out of the off-screen “Bad Place,” Eleanor must learn how to be a good person, worthy of one of the limited spots in the GP. The supporting characters (and their predeath backstories) add great texture to this show, and its season one finale is absolutely worth the wait. There’s only 13 half-hour episodes to get through, making this a breeze to watch.
Key Episode: “Michael’s Gambit” (Season 1, episode 13)
THIS IS US Premiere date: Sept. 26 Streaming on: Hulu and NBC online
Yes, your mom watches this show. Yes, she probably calls your grandma after watching every episode so that they can dish on their favorite parts. Yes, the emotional violin score can swell maybe one-too-many times in an episode. And yes, you will become absolutely obsessed with this show about a fourth of the way through its first season. A big credit goes to Sterling K. Brown, who plays Randall, the adopted son of Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore). You may recognize Brown from other popular shows like “Insecure” and “The People vs. OJ Simpson,” but thanks to credits in the upcoming “Black Panther” movie and the Thurgood Marshall biopic “Marshall,” the next year may very well turn him into a household name. The pros of you watching this show far outweigh the negatives. It’s been confirmed for up to three more seasons already, so it’ll give you something to talk about with your extended family members this Thanksgiving. Fans of “Gilmore Girls” will swoon over Ventimiglia (as a character whom I lovingly refer to as a “manicpixie-dream Dad.”) It’s hilarious to watch Moore in dramatic moments and remember the music video for “Candy” when she was 15 years old. My advice, get past the cheesier aspects of the show and embrace it for what it is: an emotional drama that does not shy away from the messier aspects of living in a nontraditional family structure.
Key Episode: “The Trip” (Season 1, episode 9)
SUPERSTORE Premiere date: Sept. 28 Streaming on: Hulu and NBC online
“Superstore” is another half-hour sitcom to ease your back-to-school woes. A workplace comedy for when you’ve already rewatched “The Office” three times this summer and can recite all the lines in the “Booze Cruise” episode. The attraction of this show is not just the unbelievably lovely America Ferrera (previously starring on the cult classic “Ugly Betty”), but the entire cast’s chemistry together. What’s incredibly appealing about this show is the fact that it showcases a diverse cast without resorting to stereotypes based on race, ethnicity or sexuality. Instead, the unique background of each character informs their characterization, making for a comedy that finds its humor in the day-to-day (mis)adventures of the workplace rather than making jokes at the expense of its own characters. “Superstore” is a sitcom, it has the sans-laugh track(thank goodness), but it’s also a social satire about the homogenizing nature of minimum wage jobs. The beauty in this satire is that the job never succeeds in defining its employees. The ensemble is united by their shared workplace but they find ways to connect with each other that have nothing to do with the mundanity of scanning items and stocking shelves. This is a show for those of us who have struggled to enjoy our hourly jobs and found comfort in the fact that our coworkers and even our bosses are all the same boat.
Key Episode: “Shoplifter” (Season 1, episode 5)
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BLACK-ISH Premiere date: Oct. 3 Streaming on: Hulu, CBS online “Black-ish” is a funnier show than “Modern Family” is a controversial opinion...if you’ve never watched “black-ish.” If you have, you’re probably rolling your eyes and thinking, “well, yeah,” because it’s extremely obvious even after just a couple episodes of this super-charming family sitcom (again, without the dreaded laugh track.) Even in episodes that address topical social issues, the show never feels it’s pandering. If you thought a network family sitcom could never gracefully address a serious issue like police violence and the Black Lives Matter movement, you’ve thought wrong. Don’t get the wrong idea: this show is a comedy, and I laugh out loud multiple times an episode, but it can also make the transition from comedic to serious to seriously-comedic and back again without feeling forced. My key episode pick for this show features the iconic Raven Symone as the sister of the patriarch of the family, Dre (Anthony Anderson), and she is just one of the show’s awesome guest stars. With a new spin-off show “grown-ish” (following the oldest daughter’s first year at college) coming next year to the ABC affiliate Freeform, you better start catching up now.
Key Episode: “Please Don’t Ask, Please Don’t Tell” (Season 1, episode 22)
CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND Premiere date: Oct. 13 Streaming on: Netflix, CW online I know you think the title of this show is problematic. I know you “just don’t like musicals.” I know you don’t recognize anyone in the main cast, except maybe the dude from GREEK on ABC Family. I also know that this is probably the smartest comedy currently airing on television. Not only does it do a fantastic job showcasing issues of mental health, but it also satirizes popular music genres in piercingly accurate ways. If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “wow, that song “Butterfly Kisses” is actually kind of creepy,” or “I think this Ed Sheeran song is just a way for him to seduce women,” or even “You know what would be PERFECT? If my therapist was actually a boy band that could sing my troubles away,” then I have found the show for you. The show deconstructs the idea of the “crazy ex girlfriend” without glorifying unhealthy relationships, which is more than can be said for the majority of Hollywood movies and TV shows. With an anti-hero you won’t soon forget, and a supporting cast who are each given the opportunity to showcase their own comedic and musical abilities, this is one show you won’t be breaking up with any time soon.
Key Episode: “I’m Back at Camp With Josh!” (Season 1, episode 10)
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Retreat from the street
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“Hideaway: Retreat from the Street,” explores the alley as a place to escape the eyes of the street. The last event of the year is on Sept. 28 at 55. S. Wells St for free.
ACTIVATE returns to the iconic alleys on Sept. 28 By Sarah Julien Contributing Writer
One night a month, four months out of the year, Chicagoans gather at different iconic Loop alleyways to engage in a cultural, artistic conversation. ACTIVATE transforms alleyways into pop-up urban exhibitions that bring Chicago artists and the public together to experience and celebrate the arts. ACTIVATE was created by the Chicago Loop Alliance to attract investments to the Loop by holding urban experiences in the often glimpsed-over cement spaces that link the city together. The location of the event is kept a secret until two weeks before the night. This air of secrecy lends itself to the very essence of ACTIVATE Chicago’s identity- building momentum around a conversation of Chicagoan’s urban, artistic minds. ACTIVATE will hold its last event of the year on Thursday, Sept. 28. This month’s theme, “Hideaway: Retreat from the Street,” explores the alley as a place to escape the eyes of the street. The event wants to highlight the beauty of these cinder havens, especially to those whose only relationship with the alleyways are one of indifference. Regina Merrill handles the public relations account for ACTIVATE, and she gave deeper insight into the reason behind some of the additions for this year’s program. “The portal is a new feature this year that changes at every event, and it brings the history of the alleyway into perspective,” Merrill said. The portal invites the attendee to imagine. When you step through the portal, you are entering a designated space with a colorful historynot an ominous, void space. The refreshing idea is rooted in the relationship that the people of Chicago have with its city, and
how bringing artistic minds together can transform any space. ACTIVATE is partnering with Salonathon, a home for underground, emerging, and genre-defying art, for the September alleyway experience. Salonathan’s ideology surrounds the idea of creating an inclusive, creative community. They host a weekly artistic gathering every Monday night at Beauty Bar, 1444 W. Chicago Ave. One of DePaul’s own Theatre School graduates, Will Von Vogt, is the producer, casting director and co-curator of Salonathon. What Salonathon will provide in terms of artistic ambiance and installations at ACTIVATE will be explored through an “evening of performance and spectacle designed to invite attendees to redefine who they are, rediscover who they want to be, and throw propriety aside,” according to the official event statement. Empowering choreography by Erin Kilmurray and the Search Party Dancer will be performed. University of Chicago’s Dirt Red Brass Band will be producing a musical performance, along with opera and R&B artist Alexa Grae, Mykele Deville and DJ Danny LeRoy. The alleyway will be given a makeover with a new mural by CZR PRZ that will allow you to be transformed into a giant, fantastical winged being. Guests can be a part of the art installations with interactive art exhibitions like writing anonymous notes that will be incorporated on the spot into the pop-up by facilitator Natalie Pasquinelli. If your artistic taste buds have been tantalized, you can join the city of Chicago at Arcade Place Alley, 55 S. Wells St., on Sept. 28 from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. Entrance into the event is free for all ages (but just remember to bring cash if you are of the age of 21 and may want to partake in purchasing an alcoholic beverage, but of
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Crowds gather at ACTIVATE in Loop alleyways and engage in cultral conversations course this is at your discretion). Another insider tip is that if you RSVP online before the event you can receive a ticket for a complimentary beer, wine or cocktail. In the words of a current DePaul
student, Megan Spiess, “the event combines some of the coolest and most creative minds I have met in the city, and they all appreciate the importance of art bringing people together.”
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DePaul Theatre prepares for “Augusta and Noble” By Garret Neal Asst. Sports Editor
In the Theatre School, students are bringing back to life the show “Augusta and Noble” about a young girl named Gabi starting life at a new school while her parents grapple with keeping their status as undocumented under wraps. The show was originally written as a Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) piece for Adventure Stage in Noble Square by Carlos Murillo, currently a playwright teacher at DePaul, in 2012. The theater focuses on shows that would be relatable to the residents of the nearby northwestern settlement houses, so Murillo took a dive into the community to find inspiration. “A lot of the families we met and kids we met living in the neighborhood where dealing with the idea of undocumented families and the impact that had on the interpersonal relationships in the family and their sense of acceptance in the wider community and the ongoing fear of family members having to be deported or be sent back,” Murillo said. “So, listening to those stories and meeting some of the families and really wanting to create something that the community of the settlement house could really connect to is what led to the story.” DePaul is bringing the show back and it is directed by Murillo’s wife and teacher of directing at the Theatre school, Lisa Portes. Portes says the Reskin Theatre will give her the freedom to do all the things that might be possible in a Broadway show.
Portes, along with the cast and crew, will be breathing life not just into the world of the family, but the dreams the Gabi has as she begins to discover more of her parents’ past. “There’s two different performance styles. There’s the dream world and the real world of Chicago,” Portes said. “That’s the challenge as the director. It’s figuring out how those worlds are separate and yet not so separate that they are two different plays. And then as the play continues those worlds begin to merge.” The play is coming back while the topic of undocumented immigrants is on peoples’ lips often. In fact, to his dismay, Murrilo believes the play may be more poignant now than when the play was originally written. “I tell people about the play that I kind of wish it was obsolete after it was originally done and sadly we are in a situation where something that is very much in the consciousness of the culture is the idea of how do we navigate the question of immigration in this country,” Murrilo said. “So, I feel very strongly that it is weirdly even more relevant now than it was four years ago when it premiered. And I feel that rather than a lot of the debate being about number and law…that it [the play] really humanizes the issue…and I think that that is a going to be a great way to start a conversation about these issues.” The show broaches heavy topics, but still is part of the Chicago Playworks series for families and young audiences. It is one of three such performances that the
DePaul’s “Augusta and Noble” starts Oct. 5 at the Merle Reskin Theatre in the Loop. Theatre School produces that draw two main audiences: CPS students on Tuesday and Thursday mornings and families on Saturdays. Portes says it will be engaging for even younger students regardless on if they get the relation to current news. “There are many kids in Chicago whose parents are undocumented and so they will come with varying levels of awareness. If they’re eight, maybe not so much, if they’re 10 or 12 maybe more,” Portes said. “But I think the experience of maybe not understanding why your parents are doing this the way they are doing it is an experience that kids can grab on to.
“But beyond all that, this is going to be a beautiful, fun production…it’s a magical, theatrical version of what, if you saw it in a documentary, would be a much heavier story.” The show is in rehearsals right now and will run on the Merle Reskin Theatre from Oct. 5 through Nov. 11. Shows are on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m. with a Friday performance on Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. Tickets are on sale at the DePaul Theatre School website for $10.
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in animated TV
Rick and Morty
Available on Adult Swim
BoJack Horseman
Available on Netflix now
The goofiness continues for the grandfather-grandson pair in “Rick and Morty” that’s now in its third season, airing on Sundays on Adult Swim. The drunk super scientist Rick drags his dumb-witted grandson Morty to inter-dimensional galaxies as they must fight colorful villains and escape in one piece.
A Netflix Original that is quite popular is the animated series “BoJack Horseman.” The antihero main character is Will Arnett as BoJack, a washed up actor and horse. The world of “BoJack Horseman” is a unique one: animals and humans talk and share the planet and hit on all the cliches of Hollywood.
Creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon had some fuss leading up to this third season, but after sorting out the dreadful longevity of the offseason, the pair provided their enormous fan base with content that not only continued the tomfoolery, but added to the much needed character backgrounds and in-depth emotions to our beloved family. Roiland, the voice of Rick and Morty, has pieced together a successful start to the third season with an episode riffing on “Mad Max: Fury Road” as the show often makes comparisons to film, TV, books, and other mediums.
Also starring is Aaron Paul, the “Breaking Bad” druggie, as Todd, BoJack’s homeless roommate and bum. The two are often sharing a delivered pizza and a case of beer. The fourth season was released on Netflix earlier in September and has severely increased the state of depression that BoJack puts on others.
It’s great news that the creative team behind “Rick and Morty” pulled together (under immense pressure) and ultimately never let go of the essence and themes that they ever-so-perfectly set up prior. Unfortunately, though, the season is slated for 10 episodes instead of the initial 14 it was supposed to get. MATT KOSKE | THE DEPAULIA
The 12 episode season has exponentially added to the supporting cast, building upon the relationships that both have positive and negative affects on our downward spiraling horsey. The creator, Raphael BobWaksberg, is recently coming off of rewriting “The Lego Movie Sequel,” which is planned for 2019. Waksberg utilized Netflix’s original production to make a name for himself within the business, as he did not have much of a background before the highly successful “BoJack Horseman.” Not only a comedy, the show touches on problematic tendencies, writer’s block and loneliness all within a creative environment. MATT KOSKE | THE DEPAULIA
In theaters and upcoming film releases Sept. 22 “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” When their headquarters is destroyed, Kingsman and an allied spy organization must team up to defeat the common enemy. Stars:Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong
Sept. 22 “Battle of the Sexes” The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world No. 1 Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. Stars: Steve Carell, Emma Stone, Chris Parnell
Sept. 22 “The LEGO Ninjago Movie” Six young high school Lego ninjas must defend their home in the land of Ninjago from villains and monsters. Stars: Jackie Chan, Dave Franco, Kumail Nanjiani
Sept. 29 American Made” A pilot lands work for the CIA as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s. Stars: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright
Sept. 29 “Flatliners” Five medical studnets embark on an experiment that stops their hearts offering a glimpse of what occurs in the afterlife.
Sept. 29 “Super Dark Times” Violence and paranoia begin after an accident leads to a cover-up causing two best friends to travel down a dark path.
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Find this and all our DeJamz playlists on depauliaonline.com and on our spotify account By Matt Koske Arts & Life Editor
In a few weeks, some of Chicago’s best indie-rock bands are performing at Warble Daze. The festival takes place at the Logan Square Auditorium for a two-day event on Oct. 13 and 14. Hosting almost 15 bands, Warble Daze includes DJ sets and, of course, live shows. Last year, the festival opened up with another set of Chicago bands and looks to continue their success with the new festival, spotlighting Chicago’s best.
1. “(Don’t) Hold Me Down” Modern Vices Self-identifying themselves under the genre of dirty doo-wop, the Chicago-based group is led by lead singer Alex Rebek, whose vocal range consists of every low and high expressing the powerful hooks on some favorites off of their self-titled album. The 50s-inspired tunes like “(Don’t) Hold Me Down,” has the echo of Rebek’s voice in-sync with the building guitar riffs and defining plucks of the guitar. The band perfoms at Warble Daze on Saturday, Oct. 14.
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2. “Special Moment” - Post Animal This Chicago psych rock band will take you for a spin. Joe Keery aka Steve Harrington from the beloved Netflix show “Stranger Things” jams out on the guitar in the six-piece band. The hair flows throughout the band as the group finished recording an album at their lake house in Michigan last year. Although the band has a DJ set at Warble Daze, it’s definitely worth checking out their stuff. “Special Moment” is a recent single that was released in May.
Across 1. Tools for duels 6. Louisville Sluggers, e.g. 10. Public relations need 14. Brother of Moses 15. Bone ___ (study) 16. Orchestral “tuning fork” 17. They have supporting parts 20. Arctic plain 21. Wearable wares 21. Kind of node or gland 25. Prefix with “violet” 26. Miss America’s accessory 30. Toward sunrise 32. “To tell the truth..” 35. Wobbly, e.g. 41. Diplomatic official 43. Medium-sized sofa 44. Suppress, in a way 45. Farm storage unit 47. Tramp’s companion 48. Oscar or Tony
3. “Shake Your Heel” - Steelism Guitarist Jeremy Fetzer and pedal steel player Spencer Cullum began writing music together after they discovered their love in classic movie soundtracks. The Nashville-based instrumental band comprises of jazz, blues, R&B and surf guitar all blended in a 21’st century style. Their recent album Ism was released in June and are sure to play much of it at Warble Daze. “Shake Your Heel” is a catchy tune off of that album that has a retro dance feel to it that will be a highlight of their Warble Daze set.
53. Four-door model 56. Common sight in Arizona 58. ___ out at (reproved harshly) 63. Put one in the win column 66. Move like floor mud 67. Performances for one 68. Synthetic fiber 69. ___ the line (behaved) 70. Ball-shaped cheese 71. Clear the chalkboard Down 1. Verifiable statement 2. Diamond Head locale 3. Persia, now 4. “Little ___ Fauntleroy” 5. Doberman’s warning 6. “__ seriously,
4. “Don’t Get Taken” - Acid Dad Gaining acclaim cycling through New York City’s small clubs and venues, the Brooklynbased phych duo Acid Dad knows the balance between dance songs and mosh songs. With lots of energy, their debut EP Let’s Plan A Robbery has very dynamic melodies that will be featured at Warble Daze. The duo plays on Saturday with insipriation from Black Sabbath as they continually tour endlessly and tirelessly. Acid Dad is not to be missed.
folks...” 7. Barbary beast 8. Synagogue scrolls 9. Click the fingers 10. “___ Recall” (Scifi film) 11. Cancel, to NASA 12. Apple gizmo 13. Electric auto brand 18. Cartographic speck 19. “Brain” of a PC 23. Pinochle term 24. Due 26. Some flies or bunts, for short 27. Muscle malady 28. “Immediately!” in the OR 29. Wound 31. Dense clump of trees or bushes 33. Questionnaire datum 34. Harper and Stan 36. ___ King Cole 37. It’s under the window 38. Length times
width, often 39. Long-running conflict 40. TV sports prize 42. It’s sometimes “junk” 46. Certain crustacean 48. English horse race 49. “Yippee!” 50. Like curious onlookers 51. Wore the crown 52. N. or S. state, briefly 54. Kentucky boxing legend 55. Oyster shell interior 57. Ticky play, e.g. 59. Rigel or Vega, e.g. 60. Georgetown athlete 61. Winged god of love 62. Force of physics 64. Chicken ___ king 65. ___ and vigor
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Sports BIG EAST Men's Soccer
BIG EAST Woman's Soccer
BIG EAST Woman's Volleyball
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2-0-0 (6-2-0)
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1-0-0 (8-1-1)
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3-0 (9-5)
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2-0-0 (5-2-1)
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1-0-0 (7-2-1)
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2-0 (9-4)
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1-1-0 (6-1-1)
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1-0-0 (6-4-0)
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1-0 (12-4)
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1-1-0 (5-2-2)
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1-0-0 (5-4-2)
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1-1 (11-3)
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1-1-0 (5-3-0)
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0-0-1 (4-5-1)
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1-1 (6-9)
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1-1-0 (5-4-0)
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0-0-1 (0-6-3)
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1-1 (7-8)
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1-1-0 (1-5-1)
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0-1-0 (7-3-1)
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1-2 (7-8)
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0-1-1 (3-5-1)
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0-1-0 (4-5-1)
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0-1 (6-7)
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0-1-1 (2-5-1)
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0-1-0 (4-6-0)
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0-2 (7-6)
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0-2-0 (3-6-1)
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0-1-0 (2-7-1)
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0-2 (8-9) (x-y) - Overall record
BLUE DEMON RUNDOWN WOMEN'S TENNIS
MEN'S TENNIS
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Women's tennis lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last year.
Men's tennis lost to Marquette in the semifinals Big East tournament last year.
The Blue Demons opened their season at the Bradley Invitational on the 22nd. In singles, freshman Lenka Antonijevic won her match in the Flight A bracket 6-2, 6-4 against Natalia Bravo of Western Illinois, advancing to the semifinals. Her fellow Demons Alina Kuzmenkova, Marija Jovicic and Milica Tesic all lost their opening matches and moved to the consolation bracket. For doubles, both teams would advance to the second round. The tandem of Antonijevic and Jovicic beat Jana Kustkova and Ivon Mihaleva from Illinois State 6-3. Kuzmenkova and Tesic won their match against Hana Posti and Brodie Walker 6-3. On day two, Antonijevic lost her round two match 6-3, 7-6 to Rachel
Tennis opened its season at the 42nd annual Milwaukee Tennis Classic. In doubles, the team of Alex Galoustain and Christopher Casati defeated a pair of athletes from IUPUI 8-6, but fell in their second match to a pair from Virginia Tech 8-4. The other Demon pair, Boris Spanjaard and Luuk Wassenaar fell to Aiz Kijametovic and Javier Maestre of Old Dominoin 8-4. In singles, Galoustain advanced to the second round of qualifiers by defeating Robert Krill of Wisconsin in three sets. Galoustain would later be eliminated after falling to Micah Klousia out of Nebraska. Casati fell in his first match to Michael Dube of Michigan State and Wassenaar lost his collegiate debue to Toby Boyer from Nebraska.
Papavasilopoulus out of EIU. Kuzmenkova played in a consolation match and lost 6-0, 6-3 versus Stella Cliffe from EIU. The doubles team of Antonijevic and Jovicic moved on to the finals after defeating Natalia Barbery and Sandra Maletin of Bradley 6-1. The second doubles duo fell to Claire Martin and rishti Slaria of Eastern Illinois 6-3. On the final day, Antonijevic fell in the Flight A third place game 7-6, 6-4 against Thisuri Molligoda out of Northern Illinois. Her double squad would also be defeated, losing to Veronika Golanova and Jelena Karla Vujucic of Northern Illinois in the final. The duo of Kuzmenkova and Tesic were victorious in their third place matchup against Shelby Anderson and Abby Carpenter from Eastern Illinois.
Spanjaard fared better than his teammates, winning his opening two matches to advance to the main draw. The sophomore opened with a dominating 6-2, 6-2 victory versus Jason Koenen of Michigan state and similarly defeated Alvaro Verdu from Marquette 6-2, 6-2. In the first round, Spanjaard lost to Brett Forman out of Michigan State 6-4,63. He would advance in the back draw by default after his opponent left because of an injury. On day three, Spanjaard had a strong start with a 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 win against Pablo Landa of Illinois. In the next match, his run would end after he fell 6-0, 6-0 against Alex Brown from Illinois. DePaul will next play in the Valparaiso Invitational starting on Oct. 8.
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Adrizzone talks 2017 -18 tennis schedule By Garret Neal Asst. Sports Editor
The women’s tennis team has their schedule set and is ready to defend their Big East championship and third NCAA appearance in four years, but head coach Mark Adrizzone has no interest in resting on the laurels of the past. With three new players coming onto the squad this season, it’s all about the future. “Well it’s interesting because we have three new players, so it’s really, to me, like having a new team", Adrizzone said. “And I’m a coach who absolutely does not look into the past, I really don’t. Last year, I know we made the NCAA [tournament] but I don’t even think about it, so to me it’s all new. And I try to develop these guys to have that hunger, never have that satisfaction.” This new year opened with a slew of tournaments beginning with the Bradley invitational on Sept. 22, and follow that with the Wildcat Invite in Evanston. On Sept. 30, DePaul will send the team’s two seniors, Keisha Clousing and Patricia Lancranjan, to the prequalifiers for the ITA All-American Championships where they will compete with the top players in the country in singles (for Clousing) and doubles (for both). They must make it through several rounds that narrow the playing field before the main draw on Oct. 5. To close it out, they play the ITA Midwest Regional from Oct. 12-17, the Roberta Alison open on Oct. 2728 and the WMU Challenge on Nov. 3-5. Tending to get more difficult as they go on, Adrizzone like to use the tournaments as a chance to gear up for the spring season, which opens Jan 19. Adrizzone said scheduling is the hardest part of his job. Having to figure out who to play when has its challenges, but he is open to playing anyone anywhere. That’s why the team often faces challenging stretches like its seven game road trip from March 30-April 21. The team might have one of eight next year. Another highlight of the spring season will be the two matches against fellow NCAA tournament makers Furman on Feb. 10 and Tusla on Feb. 17. These games will be telling of the progress for the three newcomers. Adrizzone said how they may get confidence playing against other teams, but going against an NCAA qualifier is a great “benchmark game” and will let them know where they and the rest of the team lie. The regular season will conclude on Apr. 22 with a home match against Xavier. It will be a young team this year that has a sophomore and a junior along with the aforementioned three freshmen and two seniors. That’s one of the reasons Adrizzone is so excited about this season. “We have a saying, banners are forever,” Adrizzone said. “When you win those banners they hang up forever and I know the new kids want to put one up.”
Demons slip below .500 with 3-0 home loss to Seton Hall By David Stein Contributing Writer
Less than 24 hours following a thrilling 3-2 victory against St. John's University in DePaul’s Big East home opener, the Blue Demons played host to the Pirates from Seton Hall (0-1) on Saturday evening at McGrath-Phillips Arena. Unfortunately for the home crowd, the momentum that DePaul rode into the match was firmly muzzled during a hardfought 3-0 defeat. Despite the shutout loss on Saturday, all three sets were close in score, but DePaul found themselves on the wrong side of 25-23, 25-23, and 25-20 outcomes. When the match concluded, Blue Demons head coach Nadia Edwards acknowledged that slow starts are what ultimately cost her team on Saturday. “I think we had some slow starts in each one of the sets. I think the positive thing was the way that we were able to continue to fight in each set,” Edwards said Edwards also admitted that her players competed with more intensity and focus during Friday’s victory against St. John’s. “I think we had a little bit more energy and played with more purpose yesterday than today,” Edwards said. “So I think that’s one of those things, that when it comes down to the little things that make a difference, we have to make sure that we’re staying true to the task at hand.” And although Edwards spoke at length about her players needing to come better prepared in future games, she did make it a point to credit Seton Hall’s hunger level throughout the contest. “I think it would be fair to say that Seton Hall came in pretty hungry,” Edwards said. “But I think in those type of situations, we have to make sure that we stay prepared for that, stay hungry on our side, and really focus on our side.” With conference play now underway in the Big East, Edwards said she’ll be focusing specifically on her team’s service game in practice this week. “I think it’s a little bit of everything, but certainly we respect our service game,
MEN'S SOCCER, continued from back page native helped get his team to a Region II title one season and a runner-up finish the second. It was at St. Mary’s where DePaul first reached out to him, Wilhelms says. “DePaul reached out to me in the academy and they saw me play and liked the way I played,” Wilhelms said. “So, I checked out the school and started talking to them…went on my visit and just enjoyed it here.” Blazer has a history of looking to St. Mary’s for players, rerouting several players from there including Kevin Beyer, who graduated last year. It wasn’t just the pedigree of the school that got Blazer to bring in Wilhelms though. Blazer saw a great deal in the midfielder that might make him a special collegiate player. “He’s just a soccer junkie, technically very good and athletic but in a way that he’s so fast and his motor just never stops,” said Blazer. “It’s been just a lot of fun to have him on the team.” Meanwhile, Iscra lead his Glenbrook North Spartans to a 22-2-1 record as a senior and was named to the 2016 All-State
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Senior middle blocker Rachel Breaulet finished with four blocks in her team's loss to Seton Hall. and we think that we’re one of the stronger serving teams in the conference.” Edwards said. “And I think that was one of the things that wasn’t very successful today, as it traditionally has been in the past. So getting back at it, working on our serving game, and first-ball contact in general, and being able to put balls away when we need to.” Despite Edwards’ critique of DePaul’s failures against Seton Hall on Saturday, she was adamately vocal when summarizing her team’s weekend as a whole.
“I think that over the weekend in general, we did see some really good things. Certainly pulling off a win yesterday, and then being in moments in each and every one of these sets today, so I think the biggest thing for us is to be able to be consistent, and to really stay focused on our side, and create our identity as we go match to match.” The Blue Demons now shift their focus to playing the role of road warriors this week, with upcoming visits to Butler on Wednesday and Marquette on Saturday.
team. The Northbrook native also played for an FC United team that won the Illinois State Cup and the Region II semifinals. Playing for DePaul after his high school days was never a question, being a Blue Demon was in the family business. “My mom went to DePaul so this has been something I’ve had in my sights for a while,” Iscra said. “I’ve known Blazer for a good while in this rerouting process and I really didn’t want to play for any school but DePaul” The longstanding relationship with the coach and legacy status definitely did not hurt his chances of coming here. It also definitely did not hurt that he is 6 foot 3 and uber-athletic. “The starting point with Timmy is that he’s got the athletic component and he’s a big guy,” Blazer said. “Very coachable. The tactics of these things, being in the right place at the right time, being in front of the goal… he really demonstrated that he had a good grasp on these things.” While neither player was expecting to be on the field so much, they are glad to be and have made it count. Wilhelms is second on the team with three goals, while Iscra is tied for third with two on just eight shots. Naturally, they have not been
perfect and both players know they have improvements to make to become truly dominant forces in the future. “Obviously, there are some aspects of the college game I can improve on,” Wilhelms said. “The physicality. It’s increased, but I’m keeping up slightly and improving every day, just working out and making sure I’m training really hard with the guys.” The larger Iscra has had more trouble adjusting to the speed than the physicality. “The biggest thing is you got to be really quick,” Iscra said. “You’ve got to know where you are going with the ball before you get it. You only get like one second on the ball so you’ve got to know what’s going to happen.” For now, it looks like these two could be the building blocks for a strong Blue Demon team in the future. Experience is one of the most valuable things to have and both should have plenty of it going into the future. As they build bonds with the team, it would be nice to see these two lead the group to new heights. “I love the team. We have great chemistry going and were only getting better,” Iscra said. “I’m still learning a lot and I’m excited for what’s to come.”
Sports. Sept. 25, 2017. The DePaulia | 27 SARAH KUSTOK, continued from back page 9-inch forward from Orland Park, who played for the DePaul women’s basketball team from 2000-04. Long before she met anybody from the YES Network, her boss was coach Bruno and her colleagues were her 14 or so teammates. “Sarah was one of the best captains I have ever had,” Bruno said. “She’s always been a great leader. She also just cared about her teammates. She loved her teammates, and she would do anything to make things right for her teammates.” It was through her student athlete experience that she learned the importance of resilience. It has served her well through her humble beginning as a production assistant in college and even better through the long nights and early mornings that are the status quo in her line of work. In a gesture that has forever changed Kustok’s life, DePaul University’s athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto introduced her to an ESPN executive who was visiting the university to debrief student athletes on careers after sports. The connection scored Kustok an internship as a production runner on an ESPN crew covering Big Ten Conference football. She spent her fall weekends driving around the Midwest to Big Ten campuses assisting production teams in a medley of different tasks, some as remedial as going on coffee runs. Fully committed to crafting this experience into a professional career, she found that the DePaul journalism program was a perfect place to cultivate her skills and establish valuable connections in the buzzing Chicago media market.
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Kustok graduated from DePaul's communication program in 2004. “I can’t say enough about the journalism program and the school,” Kustok said. “There were so many professors who cared, and cared about you and making you better. I think it is often overlooked how important writing skills are in television. And I think that is the one thing that my education at DePaul was so critical in teaching writing skills that have helped me so much in my career today.”
DePaul's Alexa Ben named Senior CLASS Award finalist
Kustok’s new job today wouldn’t have been possible without the long list of people who helped her in the past. But insinuating that she got to where she is today only because people helped her is far too simplistic. Through her own ambition and a blue-collar work ethic she has become a role model for those who aspire to follow a similar path. “The number of young people that come
up to me today and say ‘I want to be just like Sarah Kusok’, I say to them you got to understand here, Sarah didn’t start on the top,” Bruno said. “Sarah started at the grassroots level. Sarah had to do the media work in sports communication. She had to run the statistics, she had to run and get coffee for producers. “She didn’t start in front of the camera, she started behind it and worked her butt off.”
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Alexa Ben is three-time member of the Big East All-Academic team.
By Shane Rene Sports Editor
DePaul women’s soccer player Alexa Ben was one of 30 female collegiate soccer players in the nation named a finalist for the 2017 Senior CLASS (Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement in Staying in School) Award. The Senior CLASS Award honors college seniors with notable achievements in the classroom, in competition, in the community and in character. To be eligible for the award, athletes must compete for a Division One program and leverage their platform as athletes to make positive changes in and around their communities. Ben has been an active member of her community since she arrived in Lincoln Park, raising money for misercordia, building community gardens and coaching soccer clinics for local youth.
In the classroom, Ben has proven to be a top-teir student athlete, carrying a 3.711 GPA and earning multiple scholarathlete awards. Ben's prowess on the field shines brighter than anything. After earning Big East Freshman of the Year honors, she continued racking up athletic awards, eventually leading her team to a conference title in 2017. “Alexa is one of the toughest competitors on our team and plays at a different level,” head coach Erin Chastain said. “She is a student of the game and has an incredible toughness and work ethic every time she steps on the field, whether in training or a game. Alexa holds herself to an incredibly high standard and is committed to her development. She has been one of the main reasons DePaul has reached the NCAA Tournament and won conference championships.” Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the College Cup in december.
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FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH DePaul men’s soccer team may be young, but freshmen midfielders Istvan Wilhelms and Timmy Iscra aren’t letting a lack of experience stop them from making an impact.
By Garret Neal Asst. Sports Editor
Dribbling down the right side of the pitch, Istvan Wilhelms uncorked a screaming shot from two steps outside of the goalie’s box towards the top left corner. The ball flew over the outstretched arms of the diving La Salle goalie, only to glance off the cross bar. In flew his teammate, Timmy Iscra, to finish the goal over the prone body of the goalie, scoring his first career collegiate goal. The goal would lead to a 2-1 victory in Iscra’s and Wilhelm’s third collegiate game. The two freshmen have been ready to make an instant impact, playing in all nine games and showing the ability to transfer the skills head coach Craig Blazer and his staff saw in them at the lower level. The
latter is not something that can always be counted on according to Blazer. “You never really know about the guys if they can make that successful transition, academically, athletically, socially. But we prepare,” Blazer said. “They’re always working camps that we try to see and we give them feedback… but they don’t truly know what’s going on until they are here. So, once they are here then a new process of learning starts.” As far as getting to DePaul, each has his own story. Istvan made up his mind that he wanted to be a college player when he went to Shattuck St. Mary, a boarding school with a program made specifically for producing college level soccer players. There for two seasons, the Michigan
See MEN’S SOCCER, page 26
In their first year as Blue Demons, Istvan Wilhelms (bottom left) and Timmy Iscra (top right) have been consistant contributers to DePaul’s men’s soccer team.
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Former Blue Demon Kustok gets promotion with YES Paul Steeno Staff Writer
When the news dropped that former DePaul women’s basketball player Sarah Kustok had received yet another promotion, this time to the position of Brooklyn Nets primary game analyst for the YES Network, one of her biggest fans wasn’t surprised in the slightest. “She was a constant competitor, you got to understand that about Sarah,” longtime DePaul women’s basketball coach Doug Bruno said. “[She] is in the business of sports journalism for the achievement of it, not the celebrity of it.” Inevitably, her illustrious media career, which originated in a college internship and was cultivated through DePaul’s communications program, has turned her into a media celebrity even though that probably wasn’t her intention. Despite this familiarity with success, Kustok said that she was a bit taken aback when she initially heard the news, even though the promotion had been a work in progress for months. “I was blown away by the opportunity and what it meant, what it represented, not just for me but in general,” Kustok said. “The opportunity to do something
where young girls, young boys watch and see some changes being made in the NBA community or broadcasting in general (more universal acceptance of female broadcasters). At first, I was in a little bit of shock but I was thrilled to hear it. I’m just so excited to get the season started.” She replaces longtime YES Network basketball analyst Mike Fratello, who will transition to a studio analyst role this season. She will work alongside Ian Eagle and Ryan Ruocco, who will share playby-play duties. Kustok joins Ann Meyers Drysdale (Phoenix Suns) and Stephanie Ready (Charlotte Hornets) as the only female regional TV analysts in the NBA. It’s another impressive accomplishment for a woman who can already fill a small book with everything she has achieved so far in her 35 year life. Here’s the abridged version: she served as a Brooklyn Nets sideline reporter for the YES Network for five years before accepting the network’s analyst job. Previously, she worked for ESPN, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Fox Sports 1 and the NBC Sports Network. She was also part of the YES Network’s broadcast team that won the 2014 New York Emmy Award for Best Live Sports Series. She’s covered the Chicago Bulls, Cubs,
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Sarah Kustok played basketball at DePaul from 2000-2004.
Sox, Blackhawks, the WNBA and the NBA G-league. Coupled with her work at the YES Network, it all adds up to an imposing resume of accomplishments. Yet, through it all, she remains grounded when she has every right to toot her own horn. ““It came from my upbringing, my family, my parents, my brother of just understanding that no matter what happens in life [it’s important]to be a good person, stay grounded and humble, and just being
good to other people,” Kustok said when asked how she prevents the success from getting to her head. “No matter how much success we experience in our lives, there can also be tough times with failures and challenges. It’s always important to stay grounded, to stay true to who you are and realize all the people who helped you get to the point where you are at.” Before she was Sarah Kustok the NBA analyst, she was Sarah Kustok the 5-foot-