The DePaulia 10.2.2023

SAFETY ALERT

DePaul students concerned by crime, swi safety changes

By Jake Cox Design Editor

First-year student Ella “Ell” Gutin was sitting on the Quad with a friend on Sept. 23. Because it was still early, Gutin was not concerned for her safety.

at was until about 10 p.m., when she and the other students were approached by two men. ey demanded all of Gutin and her friends’ belongings and ed in a vehicle on Seminary Avenue.

“Now I’m scared to go to class,” Gutin said.

“[My friends were] surprised that it was on campus… ey were all like, ‘I hope this doesn’t happen to me.’”

Policies regarding public safety around campus will start as early as Oct.2. A er a spike in armed robberies and batteries across Lincoln Park, DePaul is implementing ID checks in certain buildings, more patrols and additional training for public safety o cers.

When rst-year students come to DePaul, they all go through orientation, including a conversation with a Public Safety o cer. e orientation includes a summary of DePaul’s safety o erings and who students should contact in case of an emergency.

Gutin believes that if Public Safety had a post on the Quad, they could have prevented the robbery.

Every weekend since DePaul reconvened for the academic year, there has been a robbery or assault reported on campus.

At the time of publishing, there were a total of ve battery alerts and ve robberies since Aug. 31. is is part of a larger trend. Robberies throughout the city rose dramatically in the rst month of fall quarter, compared with the 2022 school year.

Last September, there were four reported robberies in Lincoln Park. is year, there were 32 reported robberies this past month. at is a 700% increase, according to Chicago’s Violence Reduction Dashboard.

In the Loop — home to DePaul’s downtown campus — robberies have risen 97.4%, with 37 reported this September, compared with 19 last year, according to the dashboard. e dashboard also shows Ithere has been a 51.3% increase in robberies this past year in the city. People aged 20-29 are most at risk of being victimized.

A er the string of robberies and battery last weekend, DePaul President Robert Manuel decided it was essential to take swi action.

“I announced these things quicker than I might have, which is why you’re going to see di erent rollouts of them,” Manuel said in an interview with e DePaulia on Friday. “We probably would’ve thought through all the answers and then announced it, but I wanted to push it forward quicker.”

Attacks on students in the spring led to a Student Government Association (SGA) summit on public safety, in responsee

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Lincoln Park Campus Crimes: Sept. 20

1) An Attempted Bike Theft was reported at the rack at Seton Hall. The offender was arrested by Chicago Police.

2) A Disturbance was reported regarding an incident involving skateboarders at the steps to Sanctuary Hall. A staff member was the victim of a Simple Battery, and a Public Safety Officer was the victim of an Aggravated Battery. A Safety Alert was issued regarding the incident. Sept. 21

3) Public Safety received information about a general bomb threat to Chicago Public Libraries. A search was conducted of the library in 1150 W Fullerton and nothing suspicious was found. Chicago Police reported to the scene.

4) A Criminal Damage to Vehicle report was filed regarding the broken window of a vehicle parked behind the Sullivan Athletic Center. It is believed that nothing was taken from the vehicle.

5) A Criminal Damage to Vehicle report was filed regarding damage reported to a vehicle parked in the Clifton Garage.

6) A Theft was reported at the Sanctuary Townhomes bike rack. Complainant stated the seat of their bicycle was missing, and it appeared that two other bikes were missing seats as well.

7) An Aggravated Battery was observed at the intersection of Fullerton & Kenmore.

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8) A Liquor Law Violation was reported involving an intoxicated person near the Student Center parking lot. Subject was transported to Illinois Masonic for treatment.

9) A Harassment report was filed regarding a person harassing a student near the Fullerton El station.

Sept. 23

10) A Disturbance was reported involving unknown individuals skateboarding outside of Sanctuary Hall

11) An Attempted Theft was reported on the 2200 block of Clifton. Complainant stated the offender approached from behind and took his property from the complainant’s pocket before throwing it on the ground and fleeing the scene. Not listed above.

12) A Robbery report was filed regarding two complainants who were robbed of their cell phones in the Quad. A Safety Alert was issued regarding the incident.

Sept. 24

13) An Armed Robbery and Battery report was filed regarding an incident that occurred at the corner of Belden & Racine. Offenders took the complainants’ wallets and cellphones, and one victim was struck in the face with a firearm. A Safety Alert was issued regarding the incident.

14) A Bike Theft was reported from the Seton Hall bike rack.

15) A Harassment report was filed at Wish Field, and the offender was issued a Criminal Trespass Warning.

Sept. 25

16) A Harassment by Phone report was filed regarding an inappropriate phone call received at the Sullivan Athletic Center.

Sept. 26

17) A Liquor Law Violation was reported in Sanc-

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tuary Hall. Subject was transported to Illinois Masonic for treatment.

18) Graffiti was reported in a restroom in the 1150 W Fullerton building.

19) Drug Paraphernalia was confiscated from a room in Ozanam Hall.

Loop Campus Crimes:

Sept. 21

20) A Harassment report was filed regarding an individual who was harassing a person on public property adjacent to the Loop campus. Offender then proceeded to the fifth floor of DePaul Center. The offender was escorted out of the building and was issued a Criminal Trespass Warning.

19) A Theft report was filed regarding a complainant who reported being pickpocketed on State St. Not pictured above.

Sept. 22

21) A Criminal Trespass Warning was issued to a person in the Daley Building.

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Proposed Red Line Extension to end transit inequity on Chicago’s far South Side

By Lucia Preziosi

Editor

A promise that was introduced by former Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley in 1969 to extend the Red Line is coming to fruition. The federal government recently awarded the Chicago Transit Authority $2 billion to extend Red Line access to 130th street through the Red Line Extension.The Red Line Extension will ensure greater access to public transit to heal a long disparity of L availability on Chicago’s far South Side.

The proposed 5.6-mile extension would create four new stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue and 130th Street, and is one aspect of the larger Red Ahead Program to enhance the entirety of the Red Line, including station reconstruction and modernization.

The $2 billion federal grant is the largest in the transit authority’s history, according to the CTA, and will cover half the cost needed to begin the engineering phase.

CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. told The Sun Times this is the final step before construction can officially begin. President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill made the allocation of these funds possible and seeks to improve access to public transportation nationally.

The Red Line Extension aims to better connect South Side residents to the rest of the city, giving them access to employment and recreational opportunities. The Red Line is the only train line that runs from the South Side of the city, through downtown and to the North Side. These new stations will relieve the Far South Side of the current lack of public transportation, according to Joe Schwieterman, a DePaul professor in the School of Public Service and transportation expert.

“Our rapid transit system has many geographic limitations, and the absence of service on the Far South Side sticks out like a sore thumb,” Schwieterman said.

With the absence of public transportation on the Far South Side, many label the region a transportation desert, according to Euan Hague, the director of the School of Public Service.

“For the city that area was kind of ‘out of sight, out of mind,’ probably because it was past the end of the Red Line,” Hague said. “There’s a lot of Chicago south of 95th Street, but for city officials it didn’t seem to be a priority to invest in that part of the city.”

For Hauge, despite the proposed plans for four new stations, a significant disparity is still seen between the dense concentration of public transportation on the city’s North Side, compared to the transportation desert on the Far South Side.

“We’re going to enhance equity by providing the service, but the service is still not as

equitable as on the North Side, where the stations are much closer together,” Hauge said.

The Fullerton L stop in Lincoln Park, which provides Red, Brown and Purple Line services, is 0.6 miles south from additional Brown Line access at Diversey.

The Red Line’s current terminal at 95th Street/Dan Ryan is 1.1 miles south of the next available point for Red Line access at the 87th Street station.

The distance between stations also raises the problem of what Hauge calls the “last mile,” the commute that remains once riders leave the station.

“For a long time, particularly in the Far South Side where you have a lot of vacant land, you need regular bus service to fill those gaps,” he said.

Easier access to employment is also a perceived benefit of the Red Line Extension, according to Nicholas Zettel, DePaul instructor and Chief of Staff at the First Ward Office.

“The most immediate benefit is that it’s going to give residents the chance to get downtown faster and get to employment centers,” Zettel said.

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning finds that essential workers live in higher concentrations on the South and West Sides of the city, furthering the need for reliable public transportation.

“The Far South Side, and neighborhoods of marginalized populations have a large number of workers in essential jobs,” Schwierterman said. “They rely on transit to get to those kinds of jobs.”

The U.S. Census Bureau shows that residents of the Roseland neighborhood, where two of the proposed new stations will be, have 31.6% of the population working in educational, health and social services.

Only 19.9% of those residing in Roseland utilize public transportation to commute to their essential jobs and rely on driving.

With four new stations, Zetter is predicting a regional spike in development.

“It could potentially spur development in an area that has historically been a place where people haven’t invested for reasons that are racist or rooted in segregation,” Zetter said.

Even though development and the introduction of big organizations, such as grocery stores, have the potential to help anchor the Far South Side, the risk of gentrification runs high, according to Zetter.

“There is always a fine line … because to end disinvestment, you have to invest in places, and the question always is ‘how do you invest in places without displacing people?’” Zetter said.

Listening to the community is an import-

ant step in infrastructure projects, according to Hague.

“Not every community wants to look like Lincoln Park,” Hague said.

Instead of displacing communities due to development, Zetter said the city must provide pre-existing communities with empowerment and resources to allow residents to “stay in place, and thrive in place.”

The construction of these stations is not in the near future. According to Schwieterman, the city must aid Far South Side communities before the stations are available for public use.

“I am troubled by how long it is going to take until the first trains run, and to make sure we don’t fall asleep and not provide the Far South Side better options before the first trains start running,” Schwieterman said.

This means ensuring more regular bus service on the Far South Side and express bus service from the 95th Street terminal, according to Schwieterman.

Zetter said the emphasis and priority remain on aiding a long underserved community.

“The biggest thing is how preexisting community networks can be strengthened and what resources the city can provide,” said Zetter.

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A man sits while waiting for his train as the Red Line races past on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at the Fullerton CTA stop.

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New recommended Covid-19 booster stirs mixed feelings

By Rose O’Keeffe Asst. News Editor

It’s officially fall in the Windy City, but leaves aren’t the only thing in the air. Respiratory viruses like Covid-19 are rising, with Chicago reporting an average of 137 confirmed cases daily.

This month, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released recommendations for a new Covid-19 vaccine. Even so, Craig Klugman, DePaul professor of bioethics and health humanities, said convincing people to roll up their sleeves is a challenge.

“We call it Covid exhaustion,” Klugman said. “People are tired of dealing with it. We’re tired of thinking about it.”

He said only 15% of eligible Americans received the Covid-19 vaccine offered last fall which could be contributing to the recent rise in infections.

Dr. Susan Buchanan, clinical associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago, is recovering from a bout of Covid-19 and encourages all Chicagoans to get the new vaccine.

Public Health agencies don’t consider this newest vaccine a booster shot, Buchanan said.

“Because it’s going to likely function like the annual flu shot, which we don’t call a flu booster,” Buchanan said.

Though Covid-19 is biologically different from the flu, Buchanan said the yearly vaccine rollout for each will be similar.

Despite attempts to get the word out about the importance of the vaccine, some people aren’t rushing to get one.

DePaul senior Krysta Leland said she was unaware that another Covid-19 vaccine was approved. Her mother is immunocompromised and when the pandemic

began in 2020, Leland took the utmost precautions to stay virus-free.

She said when the government first distributed the vaccine in 2021, she drove for miles to get long-awaited protection.

However, Leland no longer sees the urgency of getting the updated vaccine.

“I wouldn’t say I’m anti-vaccine, but I’m not going to pursue it like it did the first time around,” Leland said.

Nevertheless, public health officials recommend everyone six months and older get one dose of the new Pfizer or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.

Klugman said updated vaccines are crucial because the Covid-19 virus frequently mutates, limiting the effectiveness of older vaccines. Plus, the more people who get infected, the more likely the disease will further mutate.

“With Covid, we have what’s called

waning immunity, meaning that the protection that is afforded by the vaccine lasts for a short time of a few months and so we have to re-trigger the immune system to keep our protection,” Klugman said.

Yearly vaccines renew needed antibodies and reflect the changes scientists frequently observe in the virus.

Klugman said getting the vaccine protects those with higher risk, such as older adults and diabetics, and prevents hospitals and clinics from getting overwhelmed.

He said every time people are exposed to Covid-19, there is an increased chance of coming down with a long Covid, a chronic condition affecting nearly one in five adults, according to the CDC.

He said any potential short-term discomfort from the shot is better than contracting the virus and risking the unknown and potentially prolonged effects of long Covid.

“You may get a fever and some chills and some aches and fatigue for a few days,” Buchanan said. “That’s your immune system reacting to the shot and cranking out antibodies that will kill the virus next time.”

Scientists and doctors have conducted numerous studies that have found the vaccine to be safe and effective, according to the World Health Organization and other institutions.

Some students trust those findings. DePaul sophomore Lucas Haviland plans on getting the updated vaccine after contracting the virus earlier this month.

“Covid is something that isn’t going away, and there are still people at a high risk,” Haviland said. “So not only is it about protecting yourself, it is also about protecting other people.”

Covid-19 is still a deadly disease with a 2.7% death rate, according to the CDC. Due to a national spike in cases this month, the U.S. government is sending up to four free Covid-19 tests to those who request them.

Buchanan said everyone has the right to put themselves at risk of dying but admitted frustration because people who do not get vaccinated, “are putting me and particularly my frail elderly parents at risk of dying if they expose me.”

DePaul no longer requires the Covid-19 vaccine but encourages students to stay up to date on the latest shots.

Klugman, who still wears a mask in public, urges those who do not plan to get vaccinated to reconsider.

“DePaul is a community. We live together. We work together. We study together, play together,” he said. Therefore, he added, we have a responsibility to keep each other safe.

Student health clinic reopens, becomes Covid-19 resource

By Elizabeth Gregerson Contributing Writer

With so much happening on campus, young and healthy DePaul students may decide to push through illnesses instead of staying home. But, as the once familiar cold and flu season has transformed into Covid and flu season, public health officials say it’s important for students to commit to prioritizing their health.

Beginning June 12, DePaul policy no longer requires students to receive the Covid-19 vaccine or wear masks indoors. The university recommends that students monitor themselves for symptoms and stay home when sick.

“If you’re sick you’re sick. I don’t know how else to put it,” said Tyler Wurst, director of DePaul’s Office of Health Promotion and Wellness “We don’t want that person going to class and coughing on desks and breathing on other people.”

The DePaul Community Health Team emailed students, faculty and staff with reminders on how to stay healthy this fall. The Sept. 22 email offered gen eral health and wellness information and encouraged community members to talk to their health care provider for more in dividualized advice.

For students who find themselves without a designated health care provid er, the DePaul Student Health Clinic is an option.

The DePaul Student Health Clin ic is at 1150 W. Fullerton Ave., in the same building as the Lincoln Park Li brary. Though DePaul does not run the clinic,the university facilitates a relation

ship with the clinic through the Office of Health Promotion and Wellness.

Previously open to the public as Sage Medical Group, Ascension Health now runs the clinic and only serves students who have paid the DePaul Student Health Service fee.

The fee is not related to the student health insurance plan becoming available fall 2024.

The $60 DePaul Student Health fee is included in the housing costs of students living on-campus. Students who live in University Center in the Loop and commuters can opt in to the DePaul Student Health Service by paying the fee on their Campus Connect account.

The DePaul Division of Student Affairs website explains that the DePaul Student Health Service fee is meant to “cover acute illnesses and injuries” and does not cover “long-term monitoring and treatment.”

The fee is paid quarterly and

aware that DePaul had a clinic for students on the Lincoln Park campus; instead she usually goes to a Walgreens community clinic when feeling sick.

As a commuter student, Mauldinwould have to travel to Lincoln Park and pay the quarterly $60 fee to access the clinic. Despite those barriers, Mauldinwas still open to attending the clinic.

“Yeah, that is something I’d do,” Mauldin said.

Julia Lippert, an assistant professor in DePaul’s Health Science Department, said she hopes students understand the importance of their choices.

“We learned firsthand during the pandemic that our actions impact others and if we all sacrifice some comfort and personal freedoms, we can ensure the safety of those around us,” Lippert said. “The DePaul community is the ‘public’ in Public Health and we owe each other respect and consideration.”

To reduce the spread of illness, the Sept. 22 community health email

Lippert encourages her students and others to speak to their professors when they know they can’t attend class.

“Faculty are usually willing to work with you if you are unwell,” Lippert said. “Typically that means physically and mentally. We can’t help you if you don’t reach out.”

Wurst emphasized the importance of students communicating any illness-related absences to instructors as early as possible.

“I know sometimes students will miss the class and then the next day be like, ‘hi, I missed because I was sick,’” Wurst said. “Unfortunately, professors don’t always respond as favorably to that.”

The DePaul Student Health Clinic doesn’t currently provide Covid-19 vaccinations, meaning students will need to make vaccination appointments at a pharmacy. Students can text their ZIP code to 438829 for information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on how to get a Covid-19 vac -

Similarly, the clinic is not a walk-in Covid-19 testing site. Students can order free at-home Covid-19 tests from the federal government.

If a student wants to seek care at the DePaul Student Health Clinic and has paid the DePaul Student Health Service fee, they can call the clinic at (224) 2737805 to schedule an appointment. The clinic is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Students will reach a 24-hour nursing line when calling after 5:30 p.m.

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End of cash bail poses challenges for rural Illinois counties

By Samantha Moilanen Online Managing Editor

Illinois has become the first state to abolish cash bail, a move that some legal experts say will have very different ramifications in rural areas than in Chicago.

The Pretrial Fairness Act became law on Monday Sept. 18, after nearly three years of political battles in the Illinois state legislature.

The equity-based legislation, also known as the SAFE-T Act, was pushed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus aiming to reform the criminal justice system in Illinois in the wake of nationwide protests in 2020 over injustices faced by Black Americans and systemic inequality.

Criminal justice reform advocates fought for the legislation on the premise that a citizen’s ability to post bail is not conducive to the danger they pose to society. While some offenders can buy their way out, even if awaiting trial for high-level crimes, others are left in jail for weeks because they cannot afford to post bail, even though they are not yet charged with a crime.

“It’s better for people who are low-income offenders who commit non-dangerous crimes and were in jail, only because they couldn’t afford bail,” said Dylan Sharkey, an assistant editor at the Illinois Policy Institute. “[If] in there long enough, they can lose their job, lose their house, which would make them more likely to commit a crime and recidivism.”

About two weeks after the elimination of cash bail, some Illinois counties are grappling with meeting the demands of the new legislation due to a lack of resources in rural areas.

David Olson, a criminology professor at Loyola University Chicago, said while Cook County quickly embraced the new law, more rural jurisdictions are struggling to staff courtrooms on a daily basis or can’t find a public defender to represent those arrested.

The degree to which it’s implemented as intended will likely vary from com -

munity to community,” Olson said, who currently serves on the Illinois Supreme Court Pretrial Implementation Task Force.

Cook County is just one of 102 counties in Illinois and according to Olson, the availability of resources differs significantly from one county to another. He said many jurisdictions don’t hold criminal court every day. Some counties only have one public defender’s office, and most lack electronic monitoring capabilities, making it challenging to meet the expectations of the law.

According to the Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting equity in Chicago courts, Cook County employs over 500 public defenders and 171 additional support staff to assist attorneys with trial preparation. In rural areas, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) has found that counties with a population of less than 35,000 are not required to have a public defender’s office and may provide counsel any way they choose.

Illinois demographic data shows 61 of the 102 counties have a population of less than 35,000. Fifty of those counties have less than 25,000 residents.

Olson said that in some cases, the judge subs in for the defense attorney if one cannot be present for the hearing to protect the defendant’s rights.

“The law says that we have to have a detention hearing in person with a public defender appointed within a certain number of hours of the person being arrested,” Olson said. “And that’s not something they’ve normally done.”

Olson said pretrial practices started changing in Cook County years ago because of efforts to reduce the increasing jail population in the county.

Additionally, Cook County previously modified bail policies so that it could not keep more than $100 of the funds the defendant posted for their bond. In more rural counties, courts can keep 10% of the deposited bond amount plus any

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to the incidents. Manuel said the “impetus for the conversation about safety and security” has risen.

DePaul hosted another safety summit Sept. 14. At that meeting, students discussed safety concerns and brainstormed potential solutions— including becoming a closed campus.

Robert Davis Jr., director of community affairs and activism and director of advocacy for the Black Student Union (BSU), said the summit was held at an inaccessible time for many students.

“Not enough students of color were able to go,” Davis said. “Therefore, they couldn’t get our opinions, our concerns, our thoughts.”

Manuel said that while DePaul is implementing precautionary safety measures, the university is still not a closed campus.

DePaul’s SGA also responded to the rising crime, creating an ad hoc committee for public safety.

While DePaul’s administration hoped to have more time to analyze potential solutions and consequences— the weekend of Sept. 23 was ultimately a precipice for the university. In a late-night email sent out Sept. 25, the Office of the President an-

additional fines or fees deducted from the bond total. Olson said in these counties, there is a heavy reliance on income provided by cash bonds and losing this funding will have a substantial financial impact.

In rural counties, the pretrial detention rate is high, causing many to oppose the legislation. Between 1970 and 2013, pretrial detention in rural counties increased 436% across the U.S., according to the ICJIA.

Olson said many view the law as a way to address Chicago’s problems.

“We don’t have the same problems as Chicago,” Olson said.

Still, despite the challenges to rural counties, efforts are underway to assist low-population communities in carrying out the new law.

A communications representative for the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services (OSPS), Christopher Bonjean, said the Illinois Supreme Court created the OSPS to assist counties that lack pretrial agencies. The OSPS currently operates in 71 of the 102 Illinois counties.

nounced new safety measures they plan to implement in the coming weeks.

The original email, co-authored by Manuel, Vice President Eugene Zdziarski and Public Safety Director Bob Wachowski, stated that ID checks for the upper levels of the DePaul Center would begin Oct. 2. Manuel told The DePaulia this is no longer the case.

ID checks to access the upper levels of the DePaul Center won’t begin until Oct. 4 at the earliest, Russel Dorn, a university spokesperson said.

In addition to the updated ID policy, Manuel also announced some shorter-term changes already being implemented. They include improved lighting in parking garages and increased CPD and Public Safety patrols.

Manuel said due to the quick rollout of these safety measures, there will be room for them to be fine-tuned as the university gets more information.

Aside from the bureaucracy of making a change like implementing ID checks, the prospect of the heightened security measures leading to racial or ethnic profiling is on some students’ minds. To combat these concerns, DePaul is requiring all safety officers to go through diversity, equity and inclusion training.

To help alleviate the challenges rural jurisdictions face when implementing the new law, the Illinois Supreme Court is preparing to allocate $10 million from the Public Defender Fund to 101 Illinois counties — Cook County excluded — for public defenders and public defender services, Bonjean said.

Because of the new law, state lawmakers also worked to amend or repeal many Supreme Court rules, including a change to allow video hearings in initial court appearances to assist rural counties.

Sharkey said many are eager to see how the elimination of cash bail unfolds and whether the landmark criminal justice reform law will influence change in the justice system.

“Anytime a state is the first to do something, there’s always going to be learning curves and things that you didn’t predict,” Sharkey said. “Nobody knows with absolute certainty what’s going to happen right now. It’s a waiting game.”

Citing a past incident, Manuel said, “The truth is we have to be cognizant of the potential race-based incidents everywhere and so everybody needs this kind of sensitivity training.”

Wachowski clarified what this training will look like in practice.

“[DEI] training will include recognizing and reflecting on cultural biases, examining intersectionality to see how your own cultural identity influences your perspective and biases, and contributing to an inclusive environment where all perspectives are considered,” Wachowski said in a statement.

He said the training also will incorporate an in-person component led by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity. It aims to examine the inclusion and application of DEI concepts in the daily duties of Public Safety personnel.

Davis said no level of sensitivity training will be enough to stop profiling and believes profiling is already an issue at DePaul.

“As Black students, we’re scared we’re going to get targeted on campus just for being students … because we fit Public Safety’s profile of what a criminal is,” Davis said. “It’s not the Vincentian way.”

The Metropolitan Correctional Center stands tall in Chicago’s Loop on Sept. xx, 2023.The SAFE-T Act, which ends cash bail in Illinois, is aimed at decreasing the jail population in this and other facilities.

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A photo, taken Sept. 27, 2023, shows one of several emergency call boxes placed throughout the Lincoln Park Campus in Chicago. Students can press a button to get in touch with Public Safety.

Opinions

Fans Furious with Fila

By Sarina Singh

Sportswear brand Fila has recently named Hailey Bieber their global ambassador and announced that she will design a clothing line to drop in 2024. e company said the campaign gives “the model and entrepreneur a canvas to express her unique sense of style while utilizing some of the brand’s iconic designs.”

However, fans disagree.

Shortly a er the campaign was released, fans took to social media to express their dissatisfaction with the campaign, and rightfully so. e campaign felt like a desperate attempt by Fila to stay relevant. Hailey Bieber is one of the most talked about names, but not in the most attering way. us, fans and myself were speci cally upset with Bieber’s role. “I guess I have to throw away all my Fila shoes now,” one fan said on Bieber’s Instagram post.

Bieber draws much of her fame from her ties to her famous husband and in uence on social media, especially with skincare and fashion. Bieber used this in her

favor when creating her skincare line called “Rhode.” Now, she will be designing a line for Fila, a major sportswear brand that has been around for years before her fame.

Although Hailey Bieber has a pattern of ending up in the public glare no matter what, it is understandable that fans are upset with this campaign. DePaul junior Reine St. Amour had a personal experience with Fila growing up as a tennis player.

“As a former tennis player, I feel as if I could never bring myself to buy tennis wear from a producer with no background or experience in the sport or fashion designing,” St. Amour said. “I wore/wear Fila only for the sport and never for the fashion, so I truly doubt this will do well.”

is campaign with Bieber is a blatant attempt for Fila to regain relevancy. Since when does dressing well qualify you to design an entire collection for a sportswear brand? It is incredibly disappointing, considering Bieber shares the campaign with tennis star Reilly Opelka, who has a background in at least one aspect of the brand. is situation has caused me to wonder whether celebrity fashion and makeup

lines, such as Fenty Beauty, Loops and r.e.m. beauty, are fair for the rest of that industry or if they are just ooding it and stopping customers from buying quality products from experts who earned their spot in the world of luxury makeup or clothing.

DePaul sophomore and former stylist Aleina Capel said she would support and trust a celebrity makeup brand if it came from a core passion or interest of theirs.

“For example, I understand why Hailey Bieber started a skincare line because she always talks about her skincare routine and secrets, but it still takes away the support that could be going to smaller names with better results,” Capel said.

Bieber created “Rhode” in June 2022 due to her viral skincare videos on TikTok and Instagram. e brand sold out within minutes a er its rst drop and continues to do well with customers. However, according to an article by Vanity Fair, Bieber was sued for trademark infringement by a smaller clothing brand with the same name, but Bieber beat the charges and kept the name. at is further proof that celebrities

have an advantage over others who work much harder to join this industry.

However, former DePaul Fashion Society President Nayely Barcenas thinks it is ne if celebrities harness their fame for nancial gain, especially if a product is a passion.

“If they have the capability to get ahead, why not take it?” Barcenas said. “I think they actually have to work harder to make sure their product does well because of the increased pressure they face.”

Some celebrity brands, such as Rare Beauty and Savage X Fenty, have dominated the industry and even changed it for the better. For example, Fenty Beauty created a new expectation in the makeup industry when Rihanna and her team released more inclusive shades in their products.

It is hard not to get roped up in cancel culture and the impactful world of social media, but to form your own opinion on a product or collection, you must do your own research. Only then is having a big name an advantage.

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As UFOs make headlines, public reaction has been muted

By Dylan Hackworth Contributing Writer

As UFOs make headlines, public reaction has been muted

Chances are, if you open a newspaper or turn on the TV, you’ll be met with headlines about the UFO phenomenon. Never before has the subject been handled so ardently, and by institutions that once dismissed the issue as irrelevant and absurd.

Apathy soon went out the window in December 2017 when e New York Times published videos of strange cra s captured on camera and radar by U.S. Naval pilots. One of these witnesses was Commander David Fravor, a pilot assigned to the USS Nimitz. e encounter occurred during a routine training mission while Fravor was ying o the coast of Southern California.

A second witness that day, among others, was Lieutenant Commander Chad Underwood, whose jet was equipped with a highly advanced infrared camera. e footage obtained stunned both civilians and political o cials worldwide. e cra they caught on camera became known as the “Tic Tac,” and it would mark the beginning of a new era in the public discourse surrounding UFOs.

e fountain of revelations hasn’t stopped. In July, United States Air Force o cer and former intelligence o cial David Grusch sat under oath for a congressional hearing in which he claimed that the U.S. government is not only aware of Unidenti ed Aerial Phenomenon (UAPs), but that they are in possession of non-Earthly cra s, and even non-human biological remains.

Possibly even more shocking is that Grusch also stated that these visitors may be here to stay. He suggests it is equally possible that the phenomenon many are witnessing is interdimensional. If true, that would mean guests from another reality could be co-existing alongside our own, harnessing the ability to peel back the quantum curtain that divides us. Even 10 years ago, such claims would have seemed too outlandish to believe.

But why, only now, is the subject being taken seriously?

“We know so much more than we did 20 years ago, and 20 years before that,” said Tricia Hermes, DePaul professor who teaches composition and rhetoric with a primary focus on ghost stories. “I think there’s a lot more out there that we will learn to accept, and maybe our brains need to catch up with it.”

To say the truth about UFOs has long been deliberately hidden away by

clandestine government agencies and shadowy multinational organizations was once thought an opinion relegated only to eccentrics and fringe believers. However, those days are gone.

A global surveillance state and a shadow campaign of torture were only a few of the hard truths revealed by Edward Snowden and Julian Assange in the Aughts and early 2010’s, leaving many unable to belive that our elected o cials are always acting in our collective best interest.

Hermes teaches on the human tendency to engage in conspiratorial thinking, nding o en within misinformation is a grain of truth. She points to a more terrestrial example, the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

“ is was the big story with JFK,” Hermes said. “ ere is more to this story, but they don’t want to tell us, because it will freak people out.”

Why then, even with highly credible sources backing these claims, does the public seem largely disinterested in the UFO phenomenon?

A popular theory is that our institutions of power have slowly and subtly been revealing the truth to us for decades. at they do so subliminally in the content and information we consume.

Rather than risk untold chaos by hastily revealing that we are not alone, the reaction can be mitigated by decades of subtle hints and suggestions. en, when the truth is realized, it is greeted with acceptance or even indi erence.

Of course, this is only a theory.

“ e UFO phenomenon has reached an unparalleled level of popularity and credibility among the public,” said author Mark O’Connell. O’Connell is known for

his biography of famed UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, “ e Close Encounters Man,” as well as his work as a writer on “Star Trek: Deep Space 9.” “But at the same time, I think there are so many other things crowding into our consciousness, that it makes it hard for a lot of people to get excited about it.”

Not long ago it seemed impossible that there would ever be congressional hearings where immensely credible witnesses would openly discuss the possible reality of non-Earthly lifeforms and interdimensional travelers. Yet, where is the chaos and social upheaval?

A er decades of perpetual war, a pandemic, intense political polarization and the widening gulf of economic inequality, it is no surprise that the possibility of extraterrestrial life is being met with a certain level of disinterest.

However, when considering this, one must ask: wouldn’t a time of unrest and countless distractions, such as now, be the perfect time to begin extraterrestrial disclosure?

“Before you form any de nite conclusions,” O’Connell said. “Read up about some of the famous cases of the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, and some of the people who were involved in the research and investigation of those studies… Read some of the books and look up some of the articles before you make up your mind.”

Maybe, deep down, we have already accepted the possibility that there is life beyond our planet and plane of reality. It may also be true that the eternal question, “Are we alone,” has already been answered and replaced by another: - “Who is here with us?”

“I think there’s a lot more out there that we will learn to accept, and maybe our brains need to catch up with it”

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Battle for Choice

Students protest ‘secret anti-abortion’

Map, calls these types of organizations “fake women’s health centers.”

As cars zoom up North Cicero Avenue, they encounter signs from protesters: “Honk for Abortion Access” and “Honk for Abortion Rights.”

Red and blue pigtails bounce back and forth as junior Kenna Bartlett swings the bat of DC comics Harley Quinn in front of one of the three facilities for The Women’s Center. Other protesters are dressed as classic fairy-tale villains. They’re there to declare this type of clinic a “secret anti-abortion hideout.”

The Women’s Center is one network included in the 97 crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) across Illinois that offer free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and what they call “supportive counseling.”

The Women’s Center was founded by

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), a professional organization for OB–GYN doctors, also claims that crisis pregnancy centers “represent themselves as legitimate reproductive health care clinics providing care for pregnant people but actually aim to dissuade people from accessing certain types of reproductive care, including abortion care and even contraceptive options.”

Often, these centers are unregulated and non-medical facilities, ACOG says.

“They’re rooted in the goal of convincing you not to seek out abortion care, even if abortion is medically a sound decision for you,” said Bartlett, who has been helping organize protests for abortion access and to shine a light on crisis

“They tell people they’re a health clinic and they’re not.”

The Women’s Center declined an interview with The DePaulia regarding allegations of being a “fake” clinic.

However, activist Lydia Taylor, social media content coordinator for Students for Life of America and founder of Pro-Life Force, was willing to share her thoughts. She said protests of the crisis pregnancy centers are “ironic” because the people fighting for abortion access “claim they support women and then go and bash pregnancy centers trying to help

She said crisis pregnancy centers work with their clients to meet their individual

“That is not something that is fake,” Taylor said. Tensions ran high as abortion access activists, including several DePaul students, protested again on Thursday, International

Safe Abortion Day. This time, they were outside the entrances of a crisis pregnancy center fundraiser at the Union League Club of Chicago.

Bartlett, who served as Abortion Access Front’s intern and president of Planned Parenthood Generation Action at DePaul, also has amplified the message on social media.

She has worked with the Abortion Access Front to organize and participate in protests. They’re a team of comedians and writers who use art and performances as a form of “direct action” activism.

This summer, protesters dressed as cosplay villains as an “attention grabber.” Bartlett said she kept the protest small in numbers with “hopes to hit the digital space on social media” and allow a small group of people to reach a larger audience.

“It’s a really awesome way to bring the movement to the people,” Bartlett said. “Rather than attempting to persuade people to join the movement, we are bringing the movement to them.”

Digital spaces have made activism more accessible, she said.

Advocacy organizations have used social media to influence activism because of multiple advantages: reduced communication costs, expanded audiences, enhanced participation, emotional affect and increased speed and dissemination of information and images, according to a study by Social Media + Society.

As Bartlett sees it, social media “lends itself to social justice movements because so many movements are rooted in information dissemination and community-building.” As people create online communities, she said, it is only natural that social justice movements have followed.

Taylor, the anti-abortion activist, also has used social media to get people interested by “advertising events or ways to get involved.”

“A lot of people do not understand what abortion is,” Taylor said, adding that the public might get more involved “after seeing that abortion hurts and kills women and babies” because “it empowers people to choose life.”

The World Health Organization, says that “abortion is a safe health care intervention,” and when abortion access is restricted, people will turn to unregulated, illegal abortions. According to WHO, “unsafe abortion is a leading- but preventable - cause of maternal deaths and morbidity.”

The number of abortions dropped since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a study conducted by the Society of Family Planning aimed to “capture the shifts in abortion access

by states” following Dobbs decision, #WeCount Report.

The study found that within six months of the decision, there were 43,410 fewer abortions.

Alison Dreith, communication director for the Midwest Access Coalition, a Chicago-based group that aids women seeking abortion, considered those 43,410 fewer abortions to measure “potential abortion seekers” who were “scared, fearful, ashamed, and stigmatized” about receiving abortion care.

Several organizations that support abortion access have called out crisis pregnancy centers for misleading the public with misinformation. A 2023 study from the Center for Countering Hate, Profiting from Deceit found that 71% of CPCs accessed via Google search are misleading.

Dreith has noticed that crisis pregnancy centers often have two websites for the same facility: one that states their religious affiliation and opposition to abortion and another that “serves to dissuade people from abortion” without mentioning religion.

Anti-abortion activist Taylor explained crisis pregnancy centers will have a website to recruit volunteers who are “openly pro-life” and a website “targeting women who are pregnant and considering

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Des Plaines Pro-Life in 1984. The University of Georpregnancy centers.

women.” needs.

Junior Kenna Bartlett poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Sept. Park Campus. Bartlett has been organizing protests in person educate the public about crisis pregnancy centers.

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Sydney Breedlove, a junior at DePaul, protests at an anti-choice fundraiser at the Union League Club, Thursday, Sept 28, 2023.

A protester holds up a sign at Thursday’s demonstration outside an anti-choice fundraiser Sept. 28 in Chicago.

What are “Crisis Pregnancy” Centers, according to the Crisis Pregnancy Center Map?

CPCs are nonpro t organizations with a primary aim of keeping women from having an abortion. Other aims include evangelism and promoting abstinence until marriage, marriage, and parenthood. Most CPCs in the U.S. are a liated with national religious organizations who oppose abortion and have policies against promoting and providing contraception.

clinics

abortion.”

But Bartlett maintains that the tactics are deceptive and “make it really difficult to tell the difference” between abortion clinics and crisis pregnancy centers.

Gov. Pritzker signed bill SB1909 to “bar from using misinformation, deceptive practices, or misrepresentation in order to interfere with access to abortion services or emergency contraception,” according to an Illinois press release. The Thomas More Society, a group of attorneys dedicated to anti-abortion advocacy, sued to halt the bill.

Rachel Johnson, a staff attorney for the ACLU of Illinois, said the First Amendment makes it challenging to regulate crisis pregnancy centers.

“Because of religion, they are actively deceiving people out of abortion care,” Johnson said. “I would argue that that behavior is violent, dangerous and not protected by the first amendment.”

Bells ring and drums sing as people of all ages and various backgrounds practice their First Amendment as the picket line chanted “abortion on demand and without apology” to the beat.

Bartlett said she wished more people were educated about crisis pregnancy centers to “prevent people from stumbling in their door in the first place.”

DePaul’s Lincoln

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El vecindario de Lincoln Park luce muy diferente de lo que era en 1970, cuando Hila Frontany compró su casa en las calles Diversey y Sheffield.

El antiguo vecindario puertorriqueño ha evolucionado para convertirse en uno de los vecindarios más ricos de Chicago.

Ella fue una de las muchas puertorriqueñas obligadas a abandonar Lincoln Park debido al desplazamiento urbano impulsado por el antiguo alcalde Richard J. Daley y su proyecto de renovación urbana, según el Consorcio de Investigación Black Metropolis.

“Los impuestos aumentaron y luego algunos de los negocios y lugares donde los niños podían participar comenzaron a desaparecer”, dijo Frontany.

Estos cambios en el vecindario inspiraron a Frontany a formar parte de los Young Lords, una organización puertorriqueña que comenzó en la década de 1960 después de que un flujo de puertorriqueños llegará a Chicago y comenzará a vivir en los vecindarios de Lincoln Park, Humboldt Park y Wicker Park.

Después de que el proyecto de renovación urbana provocará el desplazamiento de la comunidad puertorriqueña, los Young Lords comenzaron a luchar por programas de desayuno gratuito, asistencia legal y muchos otros programas de supervivencia inspirados en el Partido Pantera Negra.

Miembros originales y nuevos de la organización de los Young Lords se reunieron para celebrar los 55 años de la organización en el edificio Cortelyou Commons de DePaul el lunes 18 de septiembre.

Allí, Frontany y miembros antiguos, incluyendo a José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, fundador de los Young Lords, aplaudieron a los New Era Young Lords y compartieron sus historias con los jóvenes activistas, en un esfuerzo por mantener viva la misión.

En la ceremonia, el grupo honró a Jiménez otorgándole un premio a la trayectoria por su lucha en favor de los derechos civiles y la justicia social entre las comunidades de color.

DePaul reconocerá otros logros de los Young Lords en mayo de que será el primer marcador histórico en la ciudad de Chicago que celebra el impacto que los Young Lords han tenido en la ciudad.

Jacqueline Lazú, quien es miembro del Departamento de Lenguas Modernas y copresidenta del comité del marcador histórico de los Young Lords, comenzó a trabajar en el Centro de Investigación Latino de DePaul hace unos 20 años y fue cuando comenzó su investigación para documentar la historia de los Young Lords y el papel de DePaul en el desplazamiento de la comunidad puertorriqueña del área.

Lazú y otros miembros de la comunidad han ayudado a crear la placa en honor al grupo. Será colocada fuera del edificio de la Escuela de Música de DePaul, que solía ser el Seminario Teológico McCormick, un recurso del vecindario para los puertorriqueños, antes de mudarse a Hyde Park en 1975, según dijo Lazú.

El cofundador del capítulo de los Young Lords en Nueva York, Juan González, también habló sobre cómo comenzó su propio grupo en 1969 y cómo la organización se convirtió en un movimiento nacional.

El exministro de información de la organización de los Young Lords, Omar

López, reflexionó sobre cómo el grupo se convirtió en una “organización de derechos humanos” y pidió a los New Era Young Lords que se pusieran de pie, mientras reconocía sus esfuerzos continuos por seguir la lucha.

“La comunidad puertorriqueña puede que ya no esté en este vecindario, pero ha habido varias generaciones de jóvenes puertorriqueños que se han inspirado en la lucha de los Young Lords”, dijo López.

Paul Mireles, vicepresidente y cofundador del capítulo de Illinois de los New Era Young Lords, se interesó en los Young Lords después de que el expresidente Donald Trump anunciara su candidatura a la presidencia en 2015.

Mireles se inspiró en el arte de la organización que representaba la lucha por la justicia social, de manera similar al arte del Partido Pantera Negra.

Pero no fue hasta que Mireles perdió a su padrastro a causa de la falta de vivienda y el abuso de drogas en 2021 que decidió contactar a los organizadores.

“Solo sentí que había más que hacer”, dijo Mireles.

Ahora hay 29 miembros activos de los New Era Young Lords en Illinois. Aunque es una organización fundada por puertorriqueños, Mireles dijo que también hay

miembros que se identifican como mexicanos, afroamericanos, haitianos y panameños.

“Realmente queremos impulsar la narrativa de la coalición entre nosotros como personas oprimidas, no importa si la opresión es negra o latina, es la misma opresión”, dijo Mireles.

Un error común sobre los Young Lords es que están arraigados únicamente en la actividad violenta de las pandillas. Sin embargo, la historia es “doble”, dijo Mireles.

Si bien el grupo comenzó como una pandilla en la década de 1960 para defenderse, pero después de enfrentar el desplazamiento, cambiaron su enfoque para proporcionar recursos gratuitos a la comunidad, como programas de desayuno.

Hoy en día, uno de sus valores sigue siendo el servicio.

Los New Era Young Lords trabajan con un centro de distribución de alimentos en Humboldt Park llamado Casa Hernández Community Space & Free Store en el 3519 North West Ave.

“55 años después, seguimos luchando contra la brutalidad policial”, dijo Mireles. “Lucharon por la atención médica, y de nuevo, 55 años después, los mismos problemas: atención médica, educación, falta de vivienda, brutalidad policial y gentrifi-

Ivelissa Diaz, fundadora de Las BomPlaneras Unplugged, baila Bomba durante la celebración de los 55 años de los Young Lords el 18 de septiembre en Chicago.

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ficación. Pueden tener nombres diferentes de entonces a ahora, pueden parecer diferentes de alguna manera, pero sus conceptos fundamentales siguen ahí, y desafortunadamente, seguimos luchando contra eso”.

Ivelisse Díaz también subió al escenario con otros siete miembros de La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón para cantar música Bomba. Diaz fundó Las BomPlaneras Unplugged, un grupo compuesto solo por mujeres, en 2010 para dar visibilidad a las mujeres que interpretan Bomba y Plena puertorriqueña. También forma parte de La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón, que imparte clases de danza Afro Bomba puertorriqueña en Humboldt Park.

Díaz dijo que la Bomba ha sido una forma de protestar contra las luchas que han enfrentado muchos afroboricuas.

Desde el período colonial español, los afroboricuas esclavizados que trabajaban

en las plantaciones de azúcar a lo largo de la costa de Puerto Rico usaban la Bomba como una forma de hacer oír su voz. Cientos de años después, la música sigue siendo una forma de elevar las voces, dijo Diaz.

“Estas son las historias que nunca llegaron a los libros porque no eran lo suficientemente interesantes”, dijo Díaz. “Es porque estas historias son las mismas historias que nos empoderan y nos hacen saber que hemos llegado porque esta es música de más de 500 años, amigo. No se detendrá. Nunca se detendrá”.

El ambiente se encendió con los sonidos de los tambores y la voz resonante de Díaz, mientras les decía a todos que se unieran a ella. Ella y otros miembros del grupo bailaron al ritmo de los tambores mientras una bufanda roja se balanceaba al compás de los movimientos de su cuerpo.

“Algunos de ustedes nunca han canta-

do al nivel 10 porque les han dicho que se callen, así que hoy vamos a hacer mucho ruido”, dijo Díaz.

Díaz pidió a los estudiantes que subieran al escenario y aprendieran algunos pasos y cánticos con ella. Al final, estudiantes y profesores bailaron juntos en un círculo, observándose y animándonos mutuamente. Ella esperaba que compartir la Bomba ayude a encender la pasión en las generaciones más jóvenes.

“He sido política toda mi vida, y mi arma es la Bomba”, dijo.

Frontany dijo que recuerda que durante las protestas bailaba y escuchaba música, y dijo que la música siempre ha sido una forma de “unir a las personas en espacios”.

“Veo cómo los jóvenes están reviviendo todo lo que los Young Lords solían hacer en ese entonces”, dijo Frontany.

Algunos migrantes venezolanos venden comida tradicional en centro de Chicago para mantenerse

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Una familia de migrantes comenzó a vender comidas tradicionales de su país de origen en las calles del centro de Chicago como una forma de ganar dinero para poder alquilar un apartamento mientras esperan los permisos de trabajo.

Daniela, una madre migrante venezolana -y que no quiso revelar su apellido por temor a represalias, comenzó a vender arepas y otros platillos tradicionales en una concurrida esquina en las calles de Chicago hace unas semanas.

Ella dijo que su platillo más vendido son las arepas, que están hechas de masa de maíz molida, formadas en círculos y rellenas de carne y otros ingredientes. Pero también vende una variedad de otros platillos a lo largo del día.

La mayoría de sus clientes, dijo, son otros migrantes que viven en refugios y no tienen acceso a comida caliente o que anhelan comer los platillos que les recuerda su hogar.

“El pabellón que es lo que le estoy dando en la arepa, pero normalmente el plato de pabellón es arroz, caraota negra, la carne mechada, plátano frito, y lleva huevos, queso, y aguacate,” dijo.

Mientras instalaba su puesto de comida una tarde de un jueves reciente, llenó las calles con un aroma picante y pronto se formaron filas de personas hambrientas a su alrededor para comprar comida de sus contenedores transparentes.

Tres o cuatro veces a la semana, Daniela se levanta temprano para preparar la comida y la empaqueta para venderla en el centro de la ciudad. Su esposo la ayuda a transportar la comida desde su apartamento temporal, donde ella cocina todo.

Un migrante venezolano que dijo llamarse Kebin es un cliente frecuente de los recientes vendedores ambulantes que venden platillos tradicionales venezolanos. Dijo que los puestos de comida lo ayudan a sentirse conectado con su país de origen.

“Es fantástico la verdad. Ya que estamos aquí en los Estados Unidos todo queda retraído y aquí la cultura es diferente, la comida es diferente, y gracias a dios que ellos [los vendedores] estan aca y podemos comprar comida de nuestro país,” dijo Kebin. Al igual que muchos otros solicitantes de asilo, no quiso dar su nombre completo después de varios informes de la policía desmantelando los puestos improvisados.

La historia de Daniela es similar a la de muchos otros migrantes que han comenzado a vender comida en las calles mien-

tras esperan los permisos de trabajo. Recientemente, el presidente Joe Biden otorgó el Estatus de Protección Temporal a los migrantes venezolanos y acordó acelerar el proceso de distribución de permisos de trabajo, pero no está claro cuándo obtendrá Daniela un permiso.

La falta de autorización para trabajar ha dificultado que la familia de Daniela se establezca en un nuevo país, dijo.

“No todos los días trabajo porque a veces los policía nos molestan…todavía no tengo el permiso de trabajo y pues yo tengo dos hijos, tengo una bebe que va cumplir dos años y tengo un niño de ocho años y pues toca trabajar de alguna manera o otra”, dijo la madre.

Cuando vivía en Venezuela, Daniela era estudiante. Estudió ciencias forenses, investigación criminal y criminalística con la esperanza de convertirse en investigadora. Cuando emigró a Estados Unidos y llegó a Chicago, comenzó a vender comida para mantener a su familia.

Sin embargo, la policía ha dificultado la gestión de su negocio, dijo. Como ex estudiante en el campo criminal, notó que a veces la policía se excede.

“Hay algunos que son más tranquilos, ellos ven que mientras no haya ningún desastre o desorden no dicen nada”, dijo Daniela. “Pero hay unos que se abusan del poder.”

Hay oficiales que, sin darle una advertencia verbal, tiran su mercancía a la basura, dijo la vendedora. “Les digo que no, porque no somos perros, no somos animales. No le estoy haciendo daño a nadie y no estoy robando”, agrego Daniela.

Líderes conservadores como el gobernador de Texas, Gregg Abbott, han enviado a más de 15,000 personas en busca de asilo a Chicago y otras ciudades principales que tienen el estatus de ‘Ciudad Santuario’, según funcionarios de la ciudad. La falta de recursos para la gran cantidad de personas en busca de asilo en Chicago ha causado una crisis humanitaria, y la ciudad y algunos de sus residentes continúan buscando formas de adaptarse.

Si bien algunos migrantes han encontrado alojamiento temporal, la mayoría vive en refugios o estaciones de policía, buscando formas de ganar dinero para eventualmente encontrar un lugar permanente donde vivir por sí mismos.

Daniela dijo que planea seguir vendiendo arepas para mantener a sus hijos. Después de todo, dijo que fue por ellos por quienes emprendió el viaje hacia el norte.

Elizeth Arguelles, una organizadora comunitaria que ha trabajado en su comunidad desde 2016, es hija de vendedores

ambulantes que comenzaron vendiendo tamales cuando llegaron por primera vez al país de México, de manera similar a los recién llegados.

Lo primero que hicieron sus padres al llegar a Estados Unidos a principios del año 2000 fue vender tamales en la calle 26. Cuando Arguelles estaba en la escuela secundaria, comenzó a vender tamales con su madre.

“Mi madre se cansó de trabajar para alguien más y no tener libertad, así que decidió que iba a comenzar su propio negocio. Han pasado 15 años desde que empezó a hacer y vender sus propios tamales”, dijo Arguelles.

Según Arguelles, tener la oportunidad de vender su comida le dio a su familia, y a muchas otras como la suya, un sentido necesario de libertad.

“Creo que es lo que la venta de comida crea. Crea una oportunidad para que las personas tomen su propio destino en sus manos en lugar de depender de un trabajo de fábrica o del gobierno”, dijo. “También proporciona una comunidad. Cuando vendes tamales o cualquier otra comida, realmente llegas a conocer a tus clientes, tus clientes se convierten casi en familia. Realmente crea un sentido de tener algo que importa y ser parte de algo”.

Los vendedores ambulantes son una parte vital de la comunidad en Chicago dijo Arguelles. Cuando tenía 17 años, Arguelles fue arrestada por vender tamales para mantener a su familia. En ese momento, recordó, su comunidad se unió

y fue en solidaridad con su madre para lograr su liberación. A menudo, los vendedores ambulantes encuentran su fortaleza y sensación de seguridad a través de la comunidad, dijo.

“Los vendedores ambulantes son como un poste de luz. Una vez que tienes un vendedor ambulante en una esquina, eso crea un sentido de seguridad para la gente... También proporciona una conexión con tu cultura”, dijo. “Crea la sensación de que no estás lejos de casa. Hay un pequeño trozo que puedes saborear en la comida o puedes escuchar cuando hablas con ese vendedor”.

Arguelles expresó la importancia de que los migrantes venezolanos tengan la capacidad de vender su comida y conectarse con su comunidad.

“Para los venezolanos, creo que es importante porque les da autonomía y les brinda un pedazo de libertad que quizás no puedan obtener. Cuando vendes algo, conoces a otras personas, te conectas con recursos... brinda un sentido de poder, como ‘¡Puedo hacer esto! ¡Lo tengo!’”.

Chicago es una gran ciudad de comida y tiene algunos de los mejores vendedores de comida callejera, dijo Arguelles. Pronostica que habrá un aumento en los vendedores de comida callejera venezolana en Chicago y espera escuchar algún día historias de éxito de vendedores que hayan podido construir sus negocios y emplear a otros migrantes de la comunidad.

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Migrantes venezolanos vendiendo comida en el centro de Chicago.

Melissa Jiménez, la hija del fundador del los Young Lords, da un discurso durante la celebración de los 55 años de los Young Lords.

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Remedios Varo’s surreal art captivates Chicago

By Alyssa N. Salcedo Contributing Writer

The work of surrealist artist Remedios Varo is igniting curiosity at the Art Institute of Chicago.

The exhibit, “Remedios Varo: Science Fictions”, curated by Caitlin Haskell and Tere Arcq is helping to share the artist’s work with a broader audience in the city.

The exhibit contains over 60 drawings and paintings made by Varo.

In some displays, you can see the finished paintings as well as a sketch of that same painting, showing her work’s progress from start to finish. As you walk through the exhibit, you feel as though you’re peeling back the curtain of reality and looking into a different world.

“On one hand, Varo’s works are rich with passages of material abstraction, and on the other hand she used storytelling to remarkable ends, showing how the creative imagination could have social and political reach,” curator Caitlin Haskell said in a press release. “This exhibition provides an opportunity not only to share Varo’s works with new audiences but also to underscore her vital place in our conception of mid-20th-century art making.”

The descriptions of the paintings and the history of the artist posted on the walls, are written in both English and Spanish, making the exhibit accessible for both English and Spanish speakers and highlighting the artist’s Hispanic heritage.

The exhibit was made possible by The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) in Mexico City, the Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM) in Mexico City, and the Art Institute of Chicago. The goal of the collaboration was to share parts of Mexico’s cultural heritage, as well as Varo’s work and her connection to Mexico.

Diana Kaplan, who was visiting the exhibit on a recent Thursday said that she appreciated the bilingual text.

“I liked that it’s in Spanish because when I asked [the museum] they told me that there is nothing here in Spanish, and yet I saw that everything in here is in Spanish, I loved it,” Kaplan said.

Remedios Varo was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1908. Varo’s father was an engineer; he taught her how to create technical drawings and ignited her initial interest in science. Varo and her father fled Spain to Paris in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Later, in 1941, during World War II, Varo fled to Mexico City in search of safety and financial stability. While Varo began her training as a painter in Madrid and joined the surrealist movement while living in France, it was in Mexico City where she perfected her craft, according to historians.

Varo joined a community of European and Mexican artists in Mexico City. It was through this community that she met painter Leonora Carrington and photographer Kati Horna. Varo, Carrington, and Horna began exploring magic and performing occult ritual practices together.

The trio became known as the “three witches” of surrealism. Varo believed that using magic symbols and materials in her art would help her to transcend what was visible and reveal to others the unseen truths of the world. She would often perform rituals while painting, thus further intertwining her artistic work with her spiritual work.

Curators Haskell and Arcq wrote a catalog of the exhibit. They say that “Varo’s works are enigmatic, blending ideas and imagery from sources as wide-ranging as chivalric romance, ecology, esotericism (including tarot), geographic explorations, feminist critique, mysticism, and psychology, among others.”

Varo’s paintings leave a lasting impression on those who view them. Museumgoer Carolina Mansano said she felt a personal connection to Varo’s work.

“I thought it was really magical the way she can combine techniques, it seems like a fantasy world. I like to write so I really appreciate it when I can see an artist that opens a different window and can transport you to another place. It’s fascinating seeing this not with words, but with paintings,” she said.

Those who would like to view the exhibit and connect with the artist can visit the Art Institute of Chicago through November 27, 2023.

Photos at the Art Institute of Chicago Sept. 22 2023, show the work of surrealist artist Remedios Varo. On left is On right is “The Escape,” painted in 1960.

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Photos at the Art Institute of Chicago Sept. 22 2023, show the work of surrealist artist Remedios Varo. On left is “Sympathy,” painted in 1955

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“Remedios Varo: Science Fictions” is the first U.S. museum exhibition dedicated to the artist since 2000.

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The exhibit brings together more than 20 paintings Varo created in Mexico from 1955 until her death in 1963.

‘Barbie’ and ‘Bottoms’ success sparks representation debate

By Meghan Lajewski

Contributing Writer

As “Barbie” and “Bottoms” surpassed expectations with financial and critical success, the vastly different films sparked a discussion about women and LGBTQIA+ representation in Hollywood and the classroom.

Once pre-sale tickets were available, Box Office Pro tracked “Barbie” to earn the highest opening weekend box office of the year, officially grossing $162 million domestically. Before “Barbie,” director Greta Gerwig’s biggest opening weekend was “Little Women” at $16 million, according to Box Office Mojo reports.

“Bottoms” had its own success when it grossed $461,052 on ten screens on its opening weekend, earning similar numbers as the independent film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” did in 2022.

According to Deadline, these were two of the biggest post-Covid-19 opening weekends for independent films based on the highest per-screen average on ten or more screens.

While “Barbie” is a blockbuster based on the existing intellectual property of a doll and “Bottoms” is an original independent film about lesbians creating a fight club, both films are defined by women in front of and behind the camera.

“Barbie” continues to shatter cinematic records, with its global and domestic box office being in the top 15 of all time.

Only four films of this pedigree in the worldwide box office have a female protagonist: “Titanic,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” “Frozen II” and now “Barbie.”

According to San Diego State’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, only 33% of the top-grossing films of 2022 featured a female protagonist.

Heather Montes-Ireland, an assistant professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at DePaul and a faculty affiliate of the LGBTQ+ studies program, described the pattern of women pulling away from an androcentric society.

Montres-Ireland said Hollywood’s representation issues reflect a larger societal perception that stories from marginalized groups “won’t sell.”

“There are many narratives around masculinity that encompass this industry,” Montres-Ireland said. “[Hollywood] is one of those places where it is persistently deeply sexist, ageist, racist. Sort of this investment in the patriarchy.”

Audiences proved that was not the case.

According to The New York Times, the opening weekend of “Barbie” had an audience of 65% women and skewed younger, with the largest age demographic being 18-24 years old.

“Bottoms” produced similar numbers in its exit poll during its opening night, according to Deadline. 57% of the audience identified as female, 86% were 18-34 years old and 59% identified as queer.

As “Barbie” continues to succeed with its digital release, sitting at the top spot on iTunes as of Sept. 21, it proves that audience is not an issue for these films.

Montes-Ireland said this is still not a reason to be complacent about the representation within the film industry.

“As film consumers, as film critics, as film lovers, who are we holding up on a pedestal and why?” Montes-Ireland said.

Others agree that one film should not be the definitive representation of an entire population.

Fatou Samba, a professional lecturer and co-creator of a DePaul class on inclusive representation in film and television, pointed out that while creators are responsible for fairly depicting characters that do not represent themselves, people within marginalized communities who need to be seen on screen should be given more opportunities.

“We shouldn’t just be content with scraps,” Samba said. “Movies and televi -

sion shows created by [and] produced by marginalized groups are important so we don’t get stuck in this plastic representation.”

When women of color receive opportunities behind the camera, an added pressure exists, Montes-Ireland said.

She noted that if a film is not an overwhelming success, it is more likely to be viewed as unworthy by film executives, who are mostly straight white men.

DePaul film students are working, in their own way, to break barriers.

In 2017, students founded the DePaul Film Fatales club to provide a safe space for women to create and discuss films outside the classroom, according to Kylie Ramirez, a DePaul alumna and former club president.

The club later expanded to include nonbinary and LGBTQ+ voices to create a more inclusive environment.

“Your experience is different when you identify in a certain way,” said Leen Rihani, vice president of the Film Fatales. “The eyes on you are so different. The stares, the glares, the comments that you’re getting — it affects you.”

Of the top 250 films of 2022, 7% of cinematographers were women, according to San Diego State’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.

It can be intimidating to enter a male-dominated space, but the Film Fatales club supports its club members when going against the expectations created by Hollywood.

But discussions and workshops only go so far.

According to Ramirez, initiative and using the technology at their fingertips to create something meaningful for the self is the biggest goal of any filmmaker.

Montes-Ireland agrees that is the piece that may resonate the most and lead to change.

“You are an activist through your art,” she said. “It lasts beyond our lifetimes, the culture that we make.”

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By Claire Tweedie Arts & Life Editor

I firmly believe that Chicago currently has one of the best music scenes in the country. I am also a hater who believes none of y’all have good, diverse music tastes that actually honor the music you could discover if you ventured outside of DePaul’s campus. Yes, we all know Kanye West (ew), Fall Out Boy and Smashing Pumpkins came from Chicago, but what about the newer artists who deserve some recognition? While I can’t list everything Chicago’s music scene has to offer, here’s a noncomprehensive list of some of my favorites and a way for you to seem cooler when asked about music.

“Mr. Whiskey” by City Twigs:

I first saw this Chicago-based country band when they opened for The Crystal Casino Band at Schubas. There aren’t adequate words to describe the joy my little Texan heart felt when they hollered their first “yeehaw” before taking the stage and blowing my mind. “Mr. Whiskey” is the perfect example

of a soft, country ballad that makes you want to slow dance to a honky tonk. Don’t take my word for it; stop being a country music hater and try it. Don’t pretend this song doesn’t make you want to ride a horse or something.

“La Ciruela” by Nico Play:

The only thing my Instagram algorithm has ever done right was introduce me to Nico Play. The bilingual artist perfected love songs in both Spanish and English, the best of which is “La Ciruela.” Though, an honorable mention is necessary for Nico Play’s cover of the “Narcos” theme song “Tuyo.” While I can’t understand the lyrics, I know, based on the simple acoustic guitar and calming vocals, that it’s utterly perfect. There’s a subdued quality about his entire EP, “Desilusión,” that is haunting and soft, perfectly characterizing the concept of a ballad.

“Water” by Finom:

I saw Finom last year at Thalia Hall and proceeded to experience one of the most transcendent live music performances of my life. The rock duo formed in 2014 and has since released some absolute bangers, including

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“Fingerprints,” which seemingly only exists on YouTube. “Water” is a close second favorite song with stunning vocals and aggressive instrumentals. What makes Finom special is its unique lyricism and perfect balance between jarring and melodic sounds to create a listening experience like no other.

“Big Tooth“ by Superdime:

I am aware Superdime is a DePaul student band, but some of y’all didn’t vote for them at Battle of the Bands, and I’m still salty about it. Superdime is by no means an underrated band if you know anything about DePaul’s music scene, but I think they’re overlooked because of their student status. In reality, their 2023 EP “Do You Remember How We Used to Run?” is full of bangers that continually prove their talent and finesse. “Big Tooth” is a solid rock song with cathartic lyrics and a funky guitar solo everyone needs to hear at least once.

“Felt Like Home” by TEEN BLUSH:

I actually discovered TEEN BLUSH before I came to Chicago, meaning I’ve always been ahead of the trend. While I haven’t

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2x Big East Freshman of the Week Meghan Scholz continues to ‘shut everything down’

By Steven Francis Contributing Writer

DePaul volleyball’s freshman middle blocker Meghan Scholz made her presence known in the Big East Conference with an emphatic start to the season. Despite only joining the team in August, Scholz has ascended to the top echelon of middle blockers in the Big East and the entire NCAA.

In just over a month, Scholz ranks 21st in blocks, second among freshmen, and first in the Big East Conference entirely in blocks. Her performances earned her the title of Big East freshman of the Week for two consecutive weeks, highlighting a dominant performance on the road against crosstown rival Loyola of Chicago. In this 3-0 sweep, Scholz recorded six kills on 10 attempts, six blocks, and her collegiate career’s first serving ace.

Scholz said she uses these accolades for motivation and to bolster her confidence as the team’s starting middle blocker.

“It definitely means a lot,” Scholz said. “I was not expecting anything like that coming in and to get it two weeks in a row? I mean I was already shocked the first week, so getting it a second week in a row definitely gives me a lot of confidence.”

Head volleyball coach Marie Zidek is well aware of the problems Scholz can cause for their opponents.

“She brings a lot of length at the net,” Zidek said. “Our opponents really have to run a sophisticated offense to get the ball around her.”

Zidek said that teams have to play DePaul differently because if they put the ball in front of her, “she is shutting

it down.”

Scholz has done a lot to impress her coaches and teammates with her readiness for collegiate-level play. Junior setter Ashley Kudiamat spoke about setting her newest middle blocker.

“She is doing very well,” Kudiamat said. “I have enjoyed setting her since she is very easy to set. She is always working very hard getting up to the net to get kills

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in addition to getting tons of blocks and she has been very helpful to the team.”

Scholz, a native of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, previously expressed how the speed of club play in her home state compared to the collegiate pace of play was a learning curve for her.

“My senior year of club volleyball was really competitive,” Sholz said. “We were top 20 in the nation, and I feel that if I did not go and play for a higher level club my senior year, I would probably be a lot more behind on the speed and nuances of the game.”

After last week’s game against Villanova, Scholz expressed how she is gradually getting more comfortable with the level of play in the Big East.

“[My confidence] is slowly increasing every time I am on the court,” Scholz said. “There is still a lot I can work on in terms of blocking because it is definitely a much faster-paced game. The girls on the team are constantly talking me up and my confidence is pretty good right now.”

When asked about matchups she is looking forward to this season, she men-

tioned DePaul’s Oct. 4 matchup against Marquette is circled on her calendar because of some personal ties to the matchup.

“I grew up watching them [Marquette] since they are in my home state,” Scholz said. “Hattie Bray, their middle blocker is most definitely one that I am looking the most forward to. We got to play against each other then [in high school] so I know that will be a really exciting matchup for me.”

The level of intensity that she expressed for the matchup is nothing out of the ordinary for Scholz. Her excitement and will to win are apparent in every match.

“I know that when I get on the court there is a little fire inside of me that I cannot really control,” Scholz said. “Ever since I was a kid there has been something about this game that really gets me excited, and now that I am at this level it has become even more intense.”

Scholz and DePaul now have their eyes set on their road matchup against Marquette Oct. 4.

Freshman Meghan Scholz cheers on her teammates during DePaul’s Sept. 23, volleyball match in McGrath-Phillips Arena against Big East opponent Villanova.

DePaul pin hitter Audrey Klem goes up for the kill during DePaul’s Sept. 23, match in McGrath-Phillips Arena.

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DePaul, Loyola Chicago rivalry stands strong during fall season

By Ryan Hinske Sports Editor

Three DePaul sports teams faced tough competition against Loyola University Chicago this month.

DePaul women’s soccer lost a close 0-1 match to Loyola at Wish Field on Sept. 10 off of an 85th-minute goal by the Ramblers’ Taylor Harrison.

Wish Field saw another close match when DePaul men’s soccer dropped their match to Loyola 4-2 after a red card was issued to DePaul forward Marek Gonda in the 33rd minute, forcing DePaul to play with 10 players instead of 11 while they had a 2-1 lead.

On Friday, DePaul cross-country competed in the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational at the Sydney R. Marovitz Golf Course. The women’s team finished 16th while Loyola’s women’s team finished 15th in the Tom Cooney Championship 6K.

Despite falling short in this year’s “Battle of Chicago,” the rivalry remains important to DePaul and Loyola students.

The Phoenix, Loyola’s weekly newspaper, covered the rivalry this month. Griffin Krueger, the sports editor, told DePaulia they circle DePaul games on Loyola’s calendar.

“You could tell that the players were more amped up,” Krueger said of the men’s soccer match. “I saw a lot more emotion from the coaching staff in that game than I’ve seen all season.”

Graduate midfielder Michael Anderson, who played his third match against Loyola last week, said the players try not to treat the game differently.

“We come into [Loyola games] with the same mentality we try to every game, but there’s always that little extra added to it,”

Men’s soccer head coach Mark Plotkin, who is a DePaul soccer alumnus, was involved in the rivalry for decades and embraces the challenge.

“There’s a rivalry there for sure,” Plotkin said. “It can always get testy, but those games are fun.”

As the rivalry prepares to enter its winter sports phase, the basketball portion of the rivalry seems to be up for grabs.

According to DePaul athletics’ tracking, DePaul men’s basketball has faced off against Loyola’s team 56 times, winning 38 of the matches. Their first meeting was during the 1922-23 season, their most recent meeting in 2012.

Although history seems to favor DePaul in the rivalry, since their last match, Loyola has 201 total wins to DePaul’s 122. However, Loyola recently slipped from their usual position, going 10-21 last season.

DePaul women’s basketball faced Loyola for the first time in 1976, since winning 43 of their total 54 matchups. Besides a stretch from 1984 to 1986, the women’s team has never lost more than one game in a row to Loyola.

Loyola’s record last season of 6-22 was disappointing for their women’s basketball program, but they look to gain traction in their second year in the Atlantic 10 conference. DePaul women’s basketball hosts Loyola in an anticipated matchup Sunday, Nov. 26.

“Of all the city schools, that’s the one that we want to beat the most,” Krueger said. “We’re two north side, Catholic institutions … the similarities between the two schools really drive the rivalry.”

Anderson said.

Violet Harper, Meaghan Andrews, Alexa Havon and Isabella Orozco prepare to compete at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational Friday, Sept. 29 2023, at Sydney R. Marovitz golf course in Chicago’s north side. This is the team’s second competition of the season.

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DePaul freshman forward Liam Mullins (center) battles with Loyola junior forward John Gates (right) at a soccer match Sept. 19 , 2023, at Wish Field in Chicago.

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Graduate student Nina Amicon races in the Tom Cooney 6k Friday, Sept. 29 2023, at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational held at Sydney R. Marovitz golf course in Chicago’s north side. Amicon finished 80th with a 21:27 time.

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