The DePaulia 9.18.2023

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CAMPUS CRIME REPORT

LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS

Sept. 6, 2023 to Sept. 12, 2023

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LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS

Drug & Alcohol Assault & Theft Other

Lincoln Park Campus Crimes:

Sept. 6

1) A Graffiti report was filed regarding markings found in Parking Lot P.

Sept. 8

2) A Theft report was filed regarding a box of personal items missing from outside of Sanctuary Townhomes during move-in.

Sept. 9

3) Three Robberies were reported, within minutes of each other, all having occurred in outdoor spaces throughout the Lincoln Park Campus. One of the incidents was also classified as a Battery. The offenders are believed to be the same for all incidents. A Safety Alert was issued regarding the incidents, and Chicago Police are investigating.

4) An Illegal Consumption of Alcohol report was filed at Ozanam Hall. Subject was transported by EMS for treatment.

5) An Illegal Consumption of Alcohol report was filed at LeCompte Hall. Subject was transported by EMS for treatment.

Sept. 11

6) A Graffiti report was filed regarding markings found on the roof of the 1050 W Fullerton building.

Sept. 12

7) A Theft report was filed regarding the theft of unattended property in the Arts & Letters Building.

8) A Burglary report was filed regarding a pair of boots taken from a Seton Hall residence.

LOOP CAMPUS

SOURCE | DEPAUL CRIME PREVENTION OFFICE

Loop Campus Crimes:

Sept. 6

1) A Disturbance was reported in the DePaul Center 11th floor cafeteria.

Sept. 7

2) A Disorderly Conduct report was filed regarding inappropriate remarks made by a person in the University Center. The matter is being handled administratively by Student Affairs.

Sept. 9

3) A Graffiti report was filed for markings found on the DePaul Center exterior.

Sept. 11

4) A Battery report was filed regarding an incident in the University Center. Incident involved a resident and an employee.

CORRECTION: The online version of “Designing DePaul promises improved student life, yet prompts student backlash” corrects reference to DePaul’s plan to raise $1 billion, which is an aspirational goal to help fund student scholarships and academics, in addition to interdisciplinary institutes for poverty, the environment and arti cial intelligence.

CORRECTION:

CORRECTION: The previous version of “DePaul’s path to nancial recovery: Reecting on VSIP and future redesign plans” incorrectly addressed Lorne Henne. The article has since been corrected online.

The previous version of “DePaul students identities compromised in cyberattack,” NSC con rmed DePaul data was part of the breach on August 14, and the university sent the noti cation out to students the next week. Not July as previously stated.

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INNOVATING THE FUTURE: DePaul’s approach to artificial intelligence

By Lucia Preziosi News Editor

With artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT emerging for public use less than a year ago, DePaul is considering how to institute AI into their academic policies.

Many professors wrote policies for use of artificial intelligence, also known as AI, in their fall quarter syllabi, outlining rules for using the new technology for classwork.

ChatGPT became available for public use in November of 2023, increasing its presence in the higher education community.

Students use programs such as ChatGPT, Bing AI and Bard to generate answers to essays, quick homework help and as a brainstorming tool.

According to political science professor Dick Farkas, AI is here to stay.

“There’s no uninventing AI,” Farkas said. “It’s like nuclear weapons, you can’t just say let’s just push it aside … It’s a reality.”

But, as indicated by DePaul’s approach to artificial intelligence, the opinions surrounding the use of AI in a university setting have not reached a clear consensus.

“Universities have a special challenge: on the one hand, we need to prepare our students for a world of work in which AI will certainly play a part, but on the other hand, we want our students to understand and practice integrity in the use of any sources, including those generated by Artificial Intelligence,” according to the guidance posted on DePaul’s resource page.

At a meeting Wednesday, Sept. 13, Faculty Council members endorsed changing DePaul’s plagiarism policy to include generative AI.

The change to the policy classifies

the use of generative AI programs, along with material created by anyone other than the author, as plagiarism, which can result in a failing grade for the course, or suspension.

The policy now reads, “submitting a work prepared by someone else (e.g. generative artificial intelligence, research papers purchased from another person, website, paper mill, etc.)”

Robert Karpinski, associate vice president for Academic and Library Affairs, believes that adding this change into syllabi would be a beneficial tactic.

“It would be great in your syllabus to make it clear this is the policy,” Karpinski said.

Bamshad Mobasher, professor of computer science and chair of the Artificial Intelligence program at the School of Computing, is also helping create the DePaul Artificial Intelligence Institute (DAII), revealed in the Designing DePaul 51-page report on Aug. 31.

“The idea is to develop this institute as a sort of a framework where you could do this very broad conversation and large interdisciplinary collaboration,” Mobasher said.

Mobasher’s proposal for DAII also speaks upon promoting interdisciplinary research and encouraging collaboration “centered around the promises and the challenges presented by AI.”

Throughout the first week of the fall quarter, many students noticed that their professors had added a syllabi section on AI – a first for many.

Junior political science student Delaney Kaufman saw an AI policy present in her WRD 395 class.

Kaufman says her syllabus read, “Students are allowed to use generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, in specific ways in this course, namely in the brainstorming stages of drafting.”

The syllabus goes on to ensure that students properly document and cite the use of the AI tool.

“I thought this was a really progressive wway of viewing AI,” Kaufman said. “Allowing it in the classroom but giving students the opportunity to be smart about their usage.”

DePaul’s approach to AI includes the continued use of Turnitin, an app that professors can use to detect plagiarism in student work and now includes detection for AI.

However, concerns about the accuracy of these detectors are apparent, with Turnitin stating in their official AI statement that “the work is not done.”

“I want students to understand that if they use AI and don’t acknowledge it, it’s still the old style of plagiarism,” Farkas said.

Although it’s not brand new, AI’s

newfound accessibility in academia continues to generate conversation about its implications – positive and negative.

Mobasher points out that context is important when debating the integrity of AI.

“You can imagine if you are a freshman taking English 101 and you’re supposed to write essays, it’s not appropriate to ask ChatGPT to write your essay,” Mobasher said.

However, Mobasher believes that utilizing AI programs like ChatGPT for longer research projects is a productive way for students and faculty to explore AI.

“Think about it as a more intelligent version of a web search,” Mobasher said.

Despite the popular belief among students and faculty on the benefits of AI, some professors are worried about students becoming dependent on AI programs to complete their school work.

“The student that I worry about is the student who says they have no time to do an assignment and take the easy way out,” Farkas said.

Both Farkas and Mobasher pose suggestions for interdisciplinary communication to navigate the future of AI.

Farkas says it would be beneficial to create opportunities for students to talk to faculty members and share their ideas of what AI could mean for their education.

“We’re always talking about communication and participation, yet we don’t create mechanisms for that to happen,” Farkas said.

But long-term solutions and guidelines for AI are still being developed

“We need a more complex policy that provides guidance,” Mobasher said. “But it’s going to take time to develop that.”

“There’s no uninventing AI. It’s like nuclear weapons, you can’t just say let’s just push it aside … It’s a reality.”

Dick Farkas Political Science professor

Manuel addresses Design DePaul, budget concerns at Faculty Council meeting

By Samantha Moilanen Online Managing Editor

A year after DePaul President Robert Manuel’s tenure began, the university’s gap between revenue and expenses is now closed and the president’s Design DePaul sessions are completed.

Still, while many look toward DePaul’s future, some faculty members question how academics play into Manuel’s plans to redesign DePaul.

At Wednesday’s Faculty Council meeting, attendees voiced concerns about unequal pay, plans to become a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and the university’s plan to bolster DePaul athletics.

These were just a few of the larger concerns voiced during a Q&A session with Manuel in the last hour of the meeting.

According to Manuel, the budgetary decisions made last year put the university in a position to focus on reinvestment in DePaul’s future.

He said university leadership now has the opportunity to use the endowment return to heighten DePaul’s prominence in higher education and invest in its mission.

Manuel said this could mean an annual investment of up to $17 million.

In an interview with The DePaulia, Manuel said some faculty members were concerned these funds would be returned to principal like in the past, however, he said the budget decisions made last year ensured this would no longer be the case.

This year, Manuel said they have the opportunity to put the principal into an investment fund they can pitch the Board of Trustees to get access to.

“The goal with Designing DePaul was … to have DePaul ready for the environment that was coming our way this year,” Manuel said at faculty council. “We put ourselves in a position to essentially break even over the next three years, but that’s not a good place to be. It does not allow any investment, or growth.”

Criminology professor Megan Alderden brought up the topic of faculty pay inequity compared with other higher education institutions.

According to Alderden, given much of the faculty’s experience and expertise at DePaul, they are being vastly underpaid for the work they do.

“We need to address the issue that we don’t take care of our faculty,” Alderden said.

According to Manuel’s press release from Aug. 30, the university will launch two targeted campaigns for philanthropic expansion over the next year.

One of these campaigns is aimed directly at funding academics Manuel said.

In response to Alderden, Manuel said the philanthropic efforts will pave the way for more academic funding.

“We can prioritize salary increases if we want to do that,” Manuel said. “The

stuff that we’re going after now, is a way to generate revenue … to be able to afford the things we identify as important.”

Another topic heavily discussed during the Q&A portion of the meeting was becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution or an institution with at least 25% Hispanic, including Latino student enrollment.

This also included discussions on differentiated tuition, or an amount charged on top of base tuition to support additional services and programming in certain colleges.

Marie Donovan, an associate professor and program director in the College of Education, proposed offering classes entirely in Spanish to attract more Hispanic students at DePaul.

“Let me offer courses in Spanish,” Donovan said. ‘They’re here, they want to come to DePaul, but even with a significant scholarship, I know they’re not going to come [here] anymore.”

According to Manuel, while funding these types of investments is possible, it would be a two- or three-year conversation among multiple departments and university leadership.

Manuel also spoke about the decision to seek donations for a new athletic facility.

While athletics are funded from a separate budget than academics, he said a strong athletic program would ultimately benefit academics.

Manuel said potential donors for the athletic facility only want to give to athletics.

“I hope to change that lack of interest,” he added.

John Keeley III, an instructor in the business school, said he is still unsure where students fit into Manuel’s comprehensive fundraising campaign.

“There’s not a whole lot in here of value to students,” Keeley said. “What are we going to do differently to set us apart from everybody else?”

Keeley proposed, for instance, adding a non-credit course requirement that educates students on how to manage their finances properly.

“I like that idea a lot,” Manuel said in response. “The question is how we put it into work.”

Overall, many faculty members remained concerned about just how university leadership plans to prioritize academics and raise DePaul’s profile in higher education.

“I don’t understand how the university thinks it’s going to grow … if it doesn’t do some self-reflection on how it practices today,” Alderden said.

Rose O’Keeffe contributed to the reporting in this story.

On-Campus & Virtual Interviews

FILE- DePaul President Robert Manuel sits down with student media in his Lincoln Park office Friday, April 14, 2023.

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“We need to address the issue that we don’t take care of our faculty.”

Megan Alderden Criminology Professor

SGA approves new public safety committee

By Claire Tweedie & Huda Salahuddin Arts & Life Editor & Contributing Writer

Student Government Association approved a new Public Safety Ad Hoc committee during their general body meeting Sept. 14. SGA leaders hope the committee will help push campus safety initiatives they have previously championed, such as a closed campus policy, faster and more detailed public safety alerts and expanding Vinnie Van boundaries.

“We’re hopeful this committee will give the rest of the university a channel they can go to, to actually student feedback that I don’t feel like is being heard,” said Parveen Mundi, a junior and SGA president.

Public Safety said three DePaul students were robbed on the Lincoln Park campus on Sept. 9 which furthered discussion about public safety. These concerns were addressed at the Campus Safety Summit. Victoria Tuvaan, SGA executive vice president (EVP) for Academic Affairs and Adora Alava, SGA EVP for diversity and equity, proposed the committee in response to these continued student concerns about public safety.

Mundi said the committee will give students and the SGA more of a voice on “a really pressing issue.”

Ad hoc committees, like the public safety one proposed by Tuvaan and Alava, are specifically designed to address a single issue. Previous ad hoc committees focused on university issues like mental health and undocumented students. Any student, even those outside the SGA, can join the committee. Tuvaan and Alava hope the committee puts further responsibility on DePaul administration’s safety initiatives.

Avery Schoenhals, a junior and SGA vice president, said the DePaul community needs to change the way it thinks about public safety.

“The conversation needs to shift away from policing because [that] isn’t really the issue,” Schoenhals said. “We should be pushing for more infrastructure so that we don’t need people asking for IDs or coming up to students in their classrooms.”

Tuvaan and Alava will not be chairing the ad hoc committee. Alava hopes this decision will mean new

conversation

to shift away from policing because

isn’t really the issue. We should be pushing for more infrastructure so that we don’t need people asking for IDs or coming up to students in their classrooms.”

Campus Safety Summit addresses student concerns, safety improvements

By Rose O’Keeffe Asst. News Editor

DePaul University hosted a campus safety summit Thursday, Sept. 14, to further Designing DePaul’s vision for enhanced public safety amid mounting student concern.

The university began planning the summit in Spring 2023, well in advance of last weekend’s robberies on the Lincoln Park campus, according to Bob Wachowski, director of DePaul’s Public Safety.

The summit came at the insistence of the Student Government Association (SGA) after a registered sex offender attacked two students on campus last year. 200 people registered for the event, and about 150 people attended, Wachowski said.

President Robert Manuel, Wachowski, and local Chicago law enforcement addressed the crowd before facilitators led break-out discussions about the prospect of making DePaul a closed campus–meaning swipe access is required for all buildings–and general suggestions about making the universi -

ty safer.

Wachowski told The DePaulia that public safety implemented several changes since last year.

“We’ve put new lighting on campus. We’ve upgraded the call boxes in the two parking garages,” Wachowski told The DePaulia. “We’ve established the expansion of the shuttle service and the Vinnie Vans and that actually was a result of some open forums that we had over the past year and a half and input from SGA.”

After public safety and university administration review the results from the safety summit in the coming weeks, it will be easier to determine long-term versus short-term solutions. Wachowski said a long-term solution like making DePaul a closed campus would require more research and discussion.

Representatives from SGA attended the summit and are pushing for the uni -

members of SGA have opportunities to pursue fundamental change in the DePaul community.

More Ad hoc committees will be established as the year goes on and issues come up within the university.

“We wanted to make sure that new senators had a voice in this committee,” Alava said. “I’ve been in SGA since my freshman year [and] I’ve seen the power that committees hold. I already see a lot of faces in SGA that seem very passionate about this.”

Mundi hopes this committee will fast-track improvements in public safety measures that the university says it will complete by March 2024.

Schoenhals hopes this safety committee will be a dedicated way to unify students and university employees on an issue that is of concern to many.

“We hope to have a representative from the Public Safety office on [the committee] so that there’s actually an employee from the office hearing from the students on the committee directly,” Schoenhals said.

versity to implement faster digital public safety alerts and required swipe access to more campus buildings, among other suggestions, before the end of this academic year.

Wachowski said Public Safety and SGA have a positive working relationship that has and will continue to produce concrete change.

“The summit is not the end. This is just the start of listening, gathering all these facts and then coming up with a plan of what we need to do and listen to the community,” said Wachowski.

Following Thursday’s summit, a report will be sent out to DePaul students, faculty and staff that incorporates feedback from the safety summit and a forthcoming survey for those who could not attend.

The DePaulia publishes a campus crime report weekly.

FILE- Paria Ghaderi, a victim of one of the assaults on the Lincoln Park Campus April 13, speaks at a Student Government Association (SGA) meeting May 11. Ghaderi told her story at the Public Safety Town Hall in May.

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Opinions

Column: Why the pandemic never ended for me

By Lilly Keller Print Managing Editor

When the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, the prospect of life returning to its former state seemed utterly impossible. Three and a half years later that sentiment remains unchanged for me

For immunocompromised individuals like me, the prospect of Covid-19 still poses the same threat, even with the vaccine.

I’m not blaming the rest of the world for abandoning pandemic-era protocol. I can understand the difficulty in finding a threat in something the government declared officially. Many are exhausted with social isolation. However, I can’t understand how society treats those of us who continue to take precautions for our safety and those around us.

I’ve never been one to take others’ opinions personally, but if yet another stranger approaches me, demanding to know why I’m wearing a mask, I might just reach my breaking point. Must my reasons for wearing

a mask, whether to protect myself or the elderly residents at the part-time retirement home job, be your concern?

Since the first signs of Covid-19 emerged in late 2019, I’ve been on constant alert. Being mindful of my health and the risks posed by even mild to moderate illnesses is nothing new to me. With a medical file full of chronic lung issues and one too many near-comatose encounters with illness, adulthood has meant constantly advocating for my physical well-being.

Therefore, when the pandemic struck, I naturally assumed that the well-being of everyone in our country would be the top priority.

Was I so naive to believe that the masses would don masks out of respect for themselves and their neighbors? Apparently so.

I acknowledge that our current circumstances may seem significantly different from those of 2020 and 2021 and in many ways, they are. The Covid-19 vaccine offers crucial protection against the virus when individuals stay current with booster shots.

Likewise, many doctors say the prescription drug Paxlovid can keep people out of the hospital — especially those of us who are high risk.

Still, the pandemic and its potentially life-threatening consequences are far from over, not just for me but also for the 7 million other immunocompromised adults in the United States.

It’s difficult to predict how Covid-19 will impact the body or the symptoms individuals will experience until the virus runs its course, according to the Centers for Disease Control. However, for the sake of my future, I cannot afford to take that risk. While the idea of ending up in the hospital is terrifying, the specter of long-term Covid-19 compels me to maintain my precautionary measures.

Affecting anywhere from 7.7 to 23 million Americans, “long Covid” encompasses a broad spectrum of health problems such as chronic fatigue, persistent respiratory symptoms and challenges with cognitive focus. While the risk factors for developing long Covid-19 remain unclear, receiving a

diagnosis is something I can’t contemplate if I wish to maintain a happy and fulfilling life.

As Covid-19’s presence fluctuates throughout the year, I cannot return to the pre-2020 way of life. I don’t seek sympathy and am perfectly willing to wear a mask indefinitely if it means avoiding hospitalization or the debilitating long Covid-19 symptoms.

Nevertheless, I request that those fortunate enough to choose when the pandemic impacts them to consider doing the bare minimum.

If you feel unwell and can’t stay home, please take a Covid-19 test and wear a mask. It doesn’t matter if it’s just a cold or the flu. I don’t want to catch your illness. I’m not suggesting a return to the strict measures of the early days of 2020. Instead, I’m asking you to consider the broader impact of your actions on others.

If your doctor recommends it, stay current with your vaccines and take precautions when unwell. What may appear as a minor inconvenience to you could save someone’s life.

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Why I didn’t love ‘Barbie’

By Ruchi Nawathe Community Engagement Editor

This summer was a Barbie summer. Pink filled the streets and everyone’s closet as acclaimed director Greta Gerwig’s live-action “Barbie,” starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, broke records, being the first film directed solely by a woman to make over $1 billion in the box office.

The first time I saw “Barbie” was a day before release. Me and my friend coordinated pink dresses and heels and drove seven hours south from Cupertino to Malibu, blasting Barbie music the whole way.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved it when I saw it the first time. The sets and the soundtrack were incredible, the jokes landed well and Robbie and Gosling were incredible in their roles, as was most of the star-studded cast. I have to wonder how much of that excitement was hype from endless marketing, and how much was actually justified.

I watched “Barbie” again in Chicago recently, with a different group of friends, both of whom had seen the movie before as well. By the end, one of my friends had fallen asleep halfway through the movie, and the other one was talking to me about how it really wasn’t all that good the second time, and I have to agree.

“Barbie ‘’ followed our main character, stereotypical Barbie, as she and Ken go to the real world from Barbieland and learn about the patriarchy. Ken then goes back to Barbieland and introduces the patriarchy, leaving Barbie and two human companions (America Ferrera and Ariana Greenblatt) to

un-brainwash the other Barbies from Ken’s patriarchal thinking.

There were many technical problems I had with the film, such as the relationship between Gloria and Sasha, and how it is magically repaired with no actual plot showing Sasha or Gloria’s growth, or the completely unnecessary addition of Will Ferrell’s character, but most importantly, I had problems about the underlying message it was giving to its audience.

Firstly, the way that all the Barbies immediately fell into the confines of the patriarchy because they were never exposed to the cognitive dissonance required to be a woman in patriarchy is lazy writing at best, and downright demeaning at worst. I refuse to believe that a group of Nobel Prize winners, doctors, politicians and the literal president accepted the patriarchy with open arms.

My biggest critique of the movie is how quickly Barbie was able to forgive Ken. The Barbies didn’t treat the Kens in the best way when they ruled Barbieland, but they never forced Kens into submission the way the Kens did to the Barbies.

I understand that the goal of the film was to make feminist ideals palatable for a wide audience, but the ending felt like a mockery of the feminist movement, especially the part where Ken’s behavior is excused because he does not understand who he is as a person, and deep down, he is harmless.

This is seen with Will Ferrell’s character,

the CEO of Mattel, as well. He is painted as harmless because he’s just a stupid man, but really he is a capitalist, who is directly profiting off of all the feminist ideals that Barbie holds. His entire board is made of men, and he is repeatedly shown to only care about what will make him the most money, even when Ken took over Mattel

It is very tempting for feminists to paint men out as stupid, unable to understand their role in society and how their actions

affect women. Many men are emotionally unintelligent, but even more men are smart, and fully aware of the ways in which they take advantage of women, who use women’s thinking they are stupid as a way to manipulate.

When we start to reduce men down to stupid, innocent Kens who don’t know any better, we open the gates for men to use that to their advantage.

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AN EVOLVING The Newberry

By Sam Mroz Asst. Arts & Life Editor

Much like Jennifer Fastwolf’s favorite novels, the Newberry is like a good read: She just can’t seem to put it down.

“Never mind that our buildings are legendary. This huge, incredible effort of bringing Newberry into the modern world is a never-ending thing for us -- and it’s exciting to be here at this moment,” said Fastwolf, the library’s bookshop manager.

Poised at the north end of Washington Square Park, the library sits ready for all who step into this scholarly palace. Welcoming visitors with marbled floors and a rustic oak interior, its refined architecture somehow follows second to its communal foundations.

“We’re open to the public, and that’s a really easy part of who we are as an institution,” said Rebecca Haynes, manager of volunteers at the Newberry. “Something I really love about working here is when somebody comes in and says, ‘Can I get tickets to go in an exhibit?’ or ‘What will it cost to look at my genealogy here?’ I can say ‘Nothing. It’s free.’”

The Newberry serves Chicago and world history through its vast catalog of stories spanning centuries at a time, making it just one sample of the many offerings available to library patrons.

Readers can explore research rooms, rotating exhibitions, scholarly seminars and tours galore as the Newberry grows its framework of creativity. Yet, scholars from within are still finding ways to improve on this evolving story.

For Bob Dolgan, director of communications at the Newberry, his history is only a book away.

“People can come in and research their family histories and they can look for reference right from our collections,” Dolgan said. “I asked questions about my own personal history and right away was directed to our own sources.”

Pulling on the thread of history, a collection of historic texts invites guests to sleuth for their own backgrounds. With centuries of material flooding the library’s halls, this collection only continues to expand.

Housed under an academic umbrella, “1.6 million books, 600,000 maps and 1,300 distinct archival collections,” lie amongst the library’s many shelves, according to Newberry’s website.

However, with changing times, the need to adapt became evident for the survival of the building and the knowledge it wielded. Amid a national shortage in library attendance, as the American Enterprise Institute reported, stifled patronage has turned the tide on how content is channeled.

A 2021 national survey from the American Library Association noted that more than 90% of U.S. public libraries have made the switch to virtual. Following the crowd, the Newberry has taken note of this demand for digital content.

After years spent translating its dense collection to the web, the library now has tens of thousands of digital offerings.

However, converting all that content has been a lot of work. For those part of the Newberry, it is an act that has served the space’s mission in more ways than one.

“Cultivating a community where (readers) feel welcomed, engaged, and excited to be here and that their contribution is meaningful, that’s important to me,” Haynes said.

With a push made outward to influence the work done inside, outreach for support has been a necessity. From teens to older adults, many have joined in on forging the institution’s

A patron walks up the steps of the Newberry Library in Chicago on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. The library is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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EVOLVING HISTORY

Library welcomes patrons to community built on service

Founded in 1887, the Newberry Library is an institution that services free access to all. There are several reading rooms inside the Newberry. Visitors must check bags into a locker room as food and drink is permitted. The library also provides maps that date back to the 1800s. Subjects of exhibitions, books and maps span from American culture, religion and Chicago history. Remnants of a pre-technology library fill its walls with an old printing press and account books. The library is currently exhibiting a collection titled “Seeing Race Before Race,” which explores the roots of race from the Middle Ages to 1800s.

ideal experience.

Bookshop clerks, desk duty at the welcome center, or even tour guides can be composed of volunteers, all choosing to put their time toward the Newberry and its growing brand. The benefit is a place of knowledge continues to stand, valuing the flow of history and the truth it contains.

On an academic front, the library sees value in the old and the new, with ideas of tomorrow sourced by the minds of today.

“The most exciting thing is to see the shift of a greater diversity within our scholarship,” Fastwolf said. “Unquestionably, seeing the institute work so hard to bring younger and less hidebound scholars in is incredibly exciting from my perspective.”

Fresh ideas and a new structure propose a complete remodel for the Newberry. This involves the 2018 renovation that modernized the library’s first floor and the selection of a revitalized staff, both aiming to bring a sense of newness.

However, as young scholars work with historical ideas, addressing present challenges becomes crucial for paving the way to the future. Haynes believes the initial responsibility lies with those who enter the Newberry. To engage with its ever-evolving collection and space, participants should be open to continuous learning, fostering a diverse and dynamic community.

“We’ve made ourselves more accessible, made it easier to talk to our staff, made our exhibits more engaging, but what can you

do in terms of outreach,” Haynes said. “With people less willing to go out to the library, embracing an audience culturally, racially, alongside sexual and gender identities, makes sure this building is reflective of Chicago.”

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La Carrera “El Grito” celebra La Villita y la identidad mexicana

By Jacqueline Cardenas

Cientos de corredores dieron lo mejor de sí el sábado por la mañana mientras competían a lo largo de la calle 26, antes del desfile anual del Día de la Independencia de México en La Villita.

El evento de Carrera y Caminata Familiar de 5K “El Grito” comenzó alrededor de las 10 de la mañana en la Plaza Memorial Manuél Pérez Jr., ubicada en el 4345 de la calle 26 en el vecindario mexicano de La Villita.

Más de mil corredores se inscribieron en la carrera, un aumento significativo de los los 987 corredores que se inscribieron el año pasado, según Jeremy Lamour, director de participación de socios en New Life Centers of Chicagoland, la organización religiosa que organiza la carrera.

La carrera rinde homenaje al Día de la Independencia de México y su ceremonia, “El Grito”, que se refiere al grito de batalla que impulsó una rebelión contra España en 1810. El 16 de septiembre marca el día en que México se independizó de España después de una guerra de 11 años que concluyó en 1821.

Esta fue la primera vez que la carrera se llevó a cabo en el día festivo, dijo Lamour.

Los espectadores se alinearon a lo largo de las vallas metálicas para animar a sus seres queridos mientras corrían hacia el icónico Arco de La Villita mientras muchos ondeaban sus banderas mexicanas.

Pero la forma en que Paco Amador animaba a los corredores era diferente; lo hacía sobre ruedas.

Con una bandera mexicana atada a su bicicleta y una bocina con música sonando alto, Amador seguía a los corredores y los animaba casi cada vez que alguien pasaba cerca.

Amador ha vivido en La Villita durante más de 30 años y dijo que disfruta apoyar a los corredores porque “desarrolla unidad, y también orgullo orgullo y la identidad propia”.

Este fue su sexto año asistiendo a la carrera, sin incluir la pausa durante la pandemia de 2020, aunque cada año “hay mucho ánimo”, dijo Amador.

La carrera es una forma de promover “ejercicio, salud y la comunidad en todas las edades”, agregó Amador.

Edgar Salazar, de 32 años, dijo que era la primera vez que participaba en la carrera y se motivó para mantener un estilo de vida saludable.

“Necesito perder algunos kilos”, dijo riendose.

Luis Hernández, originario del estado de Veracruz en México, dijo que ver a su familia participar en la carrera es una forma de preservar su cultura a través de las fronteras.

“Somos mexicanos y ellos siguen la tradición de México. En Mexico es lo que hacen donde somos, desfilan”, dijo Hernández. Hernández ha vivido en La Villita con su familia durante 34 años y dijo que continúan llevando su orgullo a pesar de los años.

Jennifer Ruffin, de 50 años, dijo que aunque no es mexicana, asistió a la carrera “para

comienzan la carrera “El Grito” 5K el 16 de Septiembre.

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Bailadores vestidos de ropa indigena bailan durante el desfile de la Independencia de México el 16 de septiembre.

apoyar a nuestra comunidad, para que todos sepan que estamos aquí como uno solo”.

“No importa de qué nacionalidad seas, puedes participar”, dijo.

Fue la primera vez que Ruffin se unió a la carrera, pero fue una de las que optó por caminar las 3.10 millas en lugar de correr.

Los corredores de todas las edades salieron a las calles, pero para Ruffin, lo más importante es apoyar a los jóvenes.

“Tenemos que hacerles saber a los jóvenes que todavía se necesita una comunidad para hacerlo todo”, dijo Ruffin. “Entonces, si hay alguna forma posible de beneficiar a nuestra comunidad de manera positiva, extiende la mano y participa”.

Una participante sonríe mientras se acerca a la línea de meta de la carrera “El Grito” 5K el 16 de septiembre.

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Los centros culturales de DePaul reciben $100,000 adicionales en fondos

By Cary Robbins La DePaulia News Editor

Los centros culturales de DePaul recibieron un aumento de financiación de $100,000 por parte de Office of Student Involvement (OSI) en julio, que se utilizará para invertir en la programación actual y futura de los estudiantes, según el director asociado del centro cultural.

Cada centro cultural, que incluye el Latinx Cultural Center (LCC), el Black Cultural Center (BCC), el LGQBTQIA+ Resource Center y el Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Cultural Center ), recibirá $25,000 cada uno.

Jane Baron, directora asociada de los cuatro centros culturales de la universidad, dijo que los centros solían estar bajo OMSS. Sin embargo, ahora operarán como una entidad independiente en lugar de seguir la misión de OMSS, que se enfoca en mejorar las tasas de retención de estudiantes de color.

A finales de mayo, Baron se enteró que OMSS recibiría cortes presupuestarios como resultado del déficit presupuestario de $56.5 millones de dólares de la universidad en marzo de 2023. Aún no está claro cuánto dinero se recortó de OMSS.

Cuando se le preguntó si prevé que la universidad reduzca el presupuesto de los centros culturales, Baron dijo: “Es una buena pregunta a la que no tengo respuesta”.

Dadas las reducciones presupuestarias de la universidad, esto generó conversaciones en julio entre los líderes de OMSS y OSI sobre dónde “encajarían” los centros culturales, dijo Baron.

“Este año, los coordinadores tienen mucho en mente sobre cómo podemos usar el presupuesto y eso incluye poder financiar nuevos programas”, dijo Baron.

El año pasado, los centros culturales tuvieron que “negociar prioridades” debido a menos recursos y ahora quieren hacer que los programas actuales sean “más visibles y un poco más grandes”, dijo Barón.

Ashley Jackson-Williams, directora de Academic Continuity and Engagement, dijo que OMSS y los centros culturales no se han “separado”, sino que se han “reajustado” para asegurarse de que

están satisfaciendo las necesidades de los estudiantes.

“Gran parte de la razón por la que nos movieron a OSI es para elevar la visión de los centros culturales y de recursos, para asegurarnos de que la gente sepa dónde están”, dijo Baron.

La oficina de OMSS continuará ofreciendo la misma cantidad de eventos, oportunidades de becas, apoyo a estudiantes indocumentados y más recursos a los estudiantes, dijo Jackson-Williams.

Los centros culturales “se centrarán más en programas y en la creación de un sentido de pertenencia y comunidad con los estudiantes”, dijo Baron.

Pero Baron dijo que tenía “sentimientos encontrados” sobre el hecho de que los centros culturales ya no trabajen bajo de OMSS.

“OMSS fue una comunidad para todos nosotros, especialmente porque somos personal de color. Separarnos de una unidad fue realmente difícil”, dijo Baron.

El hecho de que los centros culturales ya no operan bajo de OMSS ha dificultado la colaboración entre el personal y los estudiantes, dijo.

“Siempre estuvo en el plan [de los centros culturales] separarse de OMSS”, dijo Baron. Sin embargo, los recortes presupuestarios y la partida de personal en los últimos meses aceleraron el proceso, dijo Baron.

“Simplemente llegó mucho más rápido de lo que anticipé”, dijo.

El presidente de DePaul, Robert L. Manuel, anunció a principios de agosto que “para cerrar la brecha fiscal presupuestaria del  2024, un total de 15 de nuestros 1,300 miembros del personal de tiempo completo han dejado la universidad a través de reducciones de la fuerza laboral”.

A lo largo del verano, otros miembros del personal y profesores de la Universidad DePaul se fueron, incluida la coordinadora anterior del LCC, Mariela Aranda. Aranda no pudo ser contactada para comentar si su partida estaba relacionada con los recortes presupuestarios.

Aranda trabajó como Gerente de Programas del LCC durante tres años y antes trabajó a tiempo parcial como

Community Service Scholars Program Coordinator.

“Todos apreciábamos el hecho de que ella abogaba tanto, especialmente por las actividades estudiantiles, por la representación, especialmente porque, ya sabes, estamos en una institución predominantemente blanca”, dijo Jessica Soriano-Villada, estudiante de DePaul.

Cuando Aranda hizo el anuncio final en agosto, Soriano-Villada dijo: “fue la noticia más triste”.

Angelina Alvarez, una estudiante de DePaul que comenzó a trabajar en el LCC este mes, creó el  Native American and Indigenous Student Association este año y utiliza el LCC para sus reuniones del club.

Baron también está en proceso de en-

contrar un nuevo coordinador del LCC, que comenzó el 15 de septiembre. El objetivo es ocupar el puesto antes de mediados de octubre, dijo Baron.

“En una institución predominantemente blanca, los estudiantes necesitan representación”, dijo Soriano-Villada. “Necesitan voces. Los centros culturales y de recursos son como ese espacio seguro para ellos, esa base, por así decirlo, para comenzar a abogar”.

Pueden acceder a los centros culturales en el edificio O’Connell Hall en el campus de Lincoln Park de DePaul.

ERIN HENZE | THE DEPAULIA Jessica Soriano-Villada, estudiante de último año, trabaja en el Latinx Cultural Center.

Adentro del Latinx Cultural Center ubicado en O’Connell Hall.

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Arts & Life

Film union strikes impact student opportunities

By Claire Tweedie Arts & Life Editor

As sophomore Alexander Eberhage wrapped up the production of his short film “Defuction,”— a science fiction drama about the unpredictability of time travel — he could not predict his uncertain future amid film industry strikes.

The film was a class assignment for Film 101 during the spring quarter, and it seemed to bring him one step closer to his goal as a film major to pursue a career creating movies and sharing his ideas.

Now, he struggles to find where he stands as a student filmmaker looking for opportunities in the halted industry.

“I’m a filmmaker who wants to get my ideas out there, and right now these industry executives are preventing me from doing that,” Eberhage said.

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) are currently striking against industry executives due to issues with streaming residuals, working conditions and the possibility of replacing industry creatives with artificial intelligence (AI).

The WGA began striking May 2, and SAG-AFTRA joined the picket line on July 14 against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

“Executives can already see their own profits, yet they’re literally destroying the lives of screenwriters,” said Christopher Parrish, a film professor and WGA member. “A generation ago, people working in film and television could look at residuals as a way to supplement their retirement, their second job or even their Social Security checks. That’s just no longer the case.”

Screenwriting professor Ilisa Aaron said student media is exempt from the strike rules, which do not allow union members in the WGA or SAG-AFTRA to work on or promote their current film or TV projects.

For Eberhage, this meant “Defunction” could premiere at the 2023 Milwaukee International Short Film Fes-

tival. As a student, he is neither WGA nor SAG-AFTRA affiliated, nor were the student actors he used in the short film.

“I know there’s a lot of work that goes into making these shows and films that are really only successful because of the human writers coming up with these ideas,” Eberhage said.

“I want film production and all of these halted TV shows to be greenlit again so they can continue, but I want them to be content created by humans, not AI.”

Aaron said she hears student concerns about study away opportunities during the strikes but still encourages them to pursue opportunities the university offers.

The College of Computing and Digital Media offers a study away quarter in Los Angeles for students to experience an internship in Hollywood for college credit.

“We’re only in the second week of school, and that concern has already come up quite frequently,” Aaron said. “Getting acclimated in LA is good because ultimately a lot of students do want to wind up there. In terms of looking for production work in Chicago though, there’s really nothing I can tell them.”

Chicago is a growing hub for film production, helping bring in nearly $700 million in expenditures to Illinois.

Parrish said this development means students should not worry about job opportunities in the film industry after graduation, even with the current strikes.

“The good news is that this strike is a temporary thing,” Parrish said. “Once it’s over, there is going to be a mad rush to get projects into production. For the students who are based here, I think they’re going to be very happily surprised by the opportunities that present themselves.”

Eberhage said the atmosphere of his film classes at Cinespace, a feature film and television production studio that shares sound stages with DePaul, became quieter since the strikes started.

Shows like “Chicago PD” and “The Bear,” which film at Cinespace, halted production amid the strikes, meaning students can no longer see the film industry in action as they walk to class.

Rebecca Rhodes, a junior and film

major specializing in creative producing, sees the lack of activity in the Cinespace studios during the strikes.

She said the DePaul sound stages are still active with student work, but she can no longer see or interact with industry professionals on her way to class.

“I can speak for a lot of film students in saying we love working on DePaul sets and on student projects in Cinespace, but there’s also a lot of value from learning in that professional environment,” Rhodes said. “That’s something students are missing right now, especially for those of us who have already experienced that activity.”

There are still no predictions for when the strikes will end.

Neither side appears to be backing

down as streaming platforms rely on backlogs of content to continue releasing and union members continue rallying at picket lines.

According to a Sept. 8 update from the WGA, there is currently a negotiation standstill.

In the meantime, Aaron advises students to continue supporting the strike while producing their media.

“Striking is never something people want to do but in this instance, it’s something we have to do,” Aaron said.

“The industry is changing in ways that if we don’t get our fair share now, we may be marginalized to the point that we can’t do this. We have to wait it out.”

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ʻEl Grito’ 5K Race celebrates Little Village and Mexican identity

By Jacqueline Cardenas

La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief

Runners placed their best foot forward Saturday morning as they raced along 26th Street ahead of the annual Mexican Independence Day parade.

The ‘El Grito’ 5K Family Run and Walk event kicked off around 10 a.m. at the Manuél Perez Jr. Memorial Plaza, 4345 W. 26th St. in the culturally rich Mexican neighborhood of Little Village.

More than a thousand runners signed up for the race, a sizable increase from the 987 runners who signed up last year, said Jeremy Lamour, director of partner engagement at New Life Centers of Chicagoland, the church organization that hosts the race.

The race honors Mexican Independence Day and its ceremony, “El Grito”, which refers to the battle cry that propelled a rebellion against Spain in 1810.

Sept. 16 marks the day Mexico became independent from Spain following an 11-year war that ended in 1821.

This was the first time the race was held on the day of the holiday, Lamour said.

Spectators lined up along metal fencing to cheer on their loved ones as they ran east toward the iconic Little Village Arch and back, many waving around their Mexican flags.

But the way Paco Amador encouraged runners differed from the rest; he chanted on wheels.

With a Mexican flag tied to his bike and loud music playing from his speakers, Amador followed runners and blared his horn nearly every time somebody passed by.

Amador has lived in Little Village for over 30 years and said he enjoys supporting runners because it “develops unity, pride and self-identity.”

This was his sixth year attending the race, not including the 2020 pandemic hiatus, though every year “there’s so much energy,” Amador said in Spanish.

The race is a way to promote “exercise, health and community across ages,” Amador added.

Edgar Salazar, 32, said it was his first time participating in the race and became motivated to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

“I need to lose some kilos,” he said with a laugh.

Luis Hernandez, who is from Mexico’s east-central state of Veracruz, said watching his family participate in the race is a way to preserve their culture across borderlines.

“We are Mexican and they continue our traditions. In Mexico, it’s what we do, we parade,” Hernandez said in Spanish.

Hernandez has lived in Little Village with his family for 34 years and said they continue to all carry their pride despite the years.

Jennifer Ruffin, 50, said although she is not Mexican, she attended the race to “support our community, to let everybody know that we’re here as one.”

“No matter what nationality you are, you can take part and participate,” she said.

It was Ruffin’s first time joining in on the race but she was among those who chose to walk the 3.10 miles rather than run.

Runners of all ages took to the streets, but showing up for young people is most

Luis Hernandez particpant from Mexico’s eastcentral state of Veracruz

important, Ruffin added.

“We got to let the youth know that it still takes a village to do everything,” Ruffin said. “So [if there’s] any way possible to benefit our community in a positive way, reach out, take part.”

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Runners start ‘El Grito’ 5K Race on Sept. 16 in Little Village. The race was part of the city’s Mexican Independence Day celebrations.

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Two people poke their heads our to watch the Mexican Independence Parade.

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A participant stretches out his arms and holds his flags while running the “El Grito” 5K race.

“We are Mexican and they continue our traditions. In Mexico, it’s what we do, we parade.”

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D E JAMZ

“SPINNING FRESH BEATS SINCE 1581”

By Claire Tweedie & Sam Mroz Arts & Life Editor & Asst. Arts & Life Editor

Happy (belated) Riot Fest weekend, music lovers! The Chicago-based punk rock festival celebrated its 18th annual concert in Douglass Park this past weekend with headliners including The Cure, Foo Fighters and The Postal Service. To commemorate Riot Fest’s influence on the Chicago punk scene, this week’s DeJamz looks back on previous headliners and what we deem to be a few of their best hits. Without further ado, here are the headbanging, guitar-slamming, totally punk rock songs to highlight Riot Fest’s best.

“I Don’t Care” by Fall Out Boy: Claire

Oh, to be a Riot Fest attendee in 2013 when Fall Out Boy headlined. I may have been nine years old, but isn’t that the dream? This song is the epitome of my failed middle school emo phase, and I’m not ashamed to acknowledge it. Even now, I unapologetically scream-sing it when I’m in my apartment alone, likely to the dismay of my neighbors. The angsty lyrics, questionable outfits and incredibly bizarre music video are so 2008-cod-

ed that it’s basically a time capsule, and a great one at that.

“Misery Business (Acoustic Version)” by Paramore: Claire

While Paramore was technically a supporting act during the 2017 Riot Fest for headliner Jawbreaker, I will forever be loyal to the pop-punk queen Hayley Williams. I am aware this is the most popular Paramore song, but the acoustic version is almost superior in out-of-this-world vibes. I am also acutely aware that an acoustic version is not very punk rock, especially with the addition of the tambourine. However, it highlights William’s vocal talent and, to quote the previously chosen song, “I don’t care what you think as long as it’s about me.”

“Don’t Blow It, Kage” by Tenacious D: Sam

Many know of movie star Jack Black, made famous for his physically animated persona and, in my opinion, making professional wrestling cool (Nacho for life). But far fewer know of his bodacious symphonies alongside musician Kyle Gass. Forming their comedy rock duo in 1994, Tenacious D has scoured the world for over three decades with concerts

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and shows alike, being a feature at Riot Fest back in 2015. Only four years later, the pair would release what I would say is the catchiest thing they have ever produced. Short and sweet, “Don’t Blow It, Kage” is two minutes of guitar strings, Kage playing at both his best and worst and most of all, Jack Black being Jack Black. As random of a song as Tenacious D is known to make, a quick listen will jumble your brain in the best of ways. Now, “get that corn outta my face.”

“She” by Elvis Costello: Claire

I am hijacking the Riot Fest DeJamz to introduce listeners to this classic Elvis Costello song featured in one of my all-time favorite rom-coms, “Notting Hill.” Elvis Costello headlined Riot Fest numerous times, but this fact is easily overshadowed by the emotional toll “Notting Hill” has on me every time I watch it. The last scene where Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts stare at each other longingly across a crowded room and “She” plays in the background, that’s cinema. Go watch that scene and tell me you don’t swoon just a little bit.

1) “... wherefore ____ thou Romeo?”

2) Grazing area

3) It goes up in a downpour

4) League fraction

5) “A Streetcar Named Desire” character

6) Red herrings

7) Item in an electric discharge

30) He sincerely flatters

33) Parking lot posting

34) Bring up the rear?

36) Play the piccolo

37) First number in season records

38) Wine bar choice

39) Broadway hit of the ‘60s

on birds

8) Drug that causes tripping

9) What you might bow your head to get

10) Silver fish

11) Soft, thin silk cloth

12) Church platforms

13) Nurse a grudge

18) Genesis brother

19)_____ Central (French plateau)

22) Gp. with 50 members

23) Depth charge targets

25) Dickinson, Plath or Millay

26) Where strangers may come from

28) Break the news

42) Tiger’s smallest wood

43) Liquor in an Italian restaurant

44) Heavy upholstery fabric

45) 1966 James Clavell novel

47) Envelope closer

48) Obsolescent roof topper

50) Dividing membranes, as in noses

52) Tummy upsetters

56) Pound of verse

58) Was a coward

59) Metal in rocks

60) Pen end

61) “Brokeback Mountain” director Lee

62)____ Francisco (Brazilian river)

DePaul extends DeWayne Peevy’s contract through 2027

By Tom Gorski

Basketball Beat Writer

DePaul’s Board of Trustees has approved and agreed to terms with Vice President and Director of Athletics, DeWayne Peevy on a multi-year contract extension that will keep him around until at least June 30, 2027.

“DeWayne was one of the first people I met when I joined the DePaul community last year. It quickly became clear that his vision for athletics and DePaul as a whole will elevate our entire university,” DePaul President Robert L. Manuel said in a statement. “I’m pleased the board agreed with my recommendation to extend DeWayne’s multi-year contract.”

After a 12-year tenure in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with the Kentucky Wildcats, including seven years as the Deputy Director of Athletics, Peevy became DePaul’s ninth Director of Athletics and recently completed his third year in this role, having been appointed in August 2020.

Peevy’s success led to his appointment to the President’s Cabinet and promotion to vice president and director of athletics in July 2021.

“I look forward to continuing working with our students, coaches, faculty and staff to raise the national prominence of DePaul, develop an engaging and rewarding

campus atmosphere, further our mission and continue to enhance our self-generated revenues to benefit all of DePaul,” Peevy said in a statement. “I am incredibly proud to be at DePaul and lead the Blue Demons towards historic growth and success.”

Peevy has taken on the role of leading DePaul’s athletics department, utilizing his experience in fundraising, strategic planning, revenue growth, media relations and basketball operations.

In the summer of 2021, he introduced his vision for the future of DePaul Athletics, which is most known as the DREAM BIG Strategic Plan.

His vision represents a thorough fiveyear strategic plan for the department, with the overarching goals of building a competitive culture at DePaul and raising its status within the Big East Conference. At the same time, the plan also aims to amplify the university’s presence and influence in the greater Chicago area.

Peevy’s influence on the university has not gone unnoticed, and since his initial arrival, the athletics program has made substantial progress in building a completely new culture.

This includes the hiring of former Oregon head coach Tony Stubblefield, the commitment of top 20 recruit Aneesah Morrow (prior to her transfer to LSU), and most recently, the successful recruitment of

DePaul guard Zion Cruz enters transfer portal

former five-star recruit Elijah Fisher from Texas Tech, all of which have garnered significant attention.

DePaul Athletics, under Peevy’s leadership, has successfully acquired the essential resources to fully support scholarships for all 15 sports up to the NCAA’s maximum allowance.

In his first year at DePaul, Peevy achieved the department’s fourth-highest fundraising amount, totaling $3.05 million. In his second year, he surpassed this accomplishment by raising an even larger sum of $4.07 million in the next fiscal year.

In addition to fundraising, Peevy heavily focused on enhancing ticket sales and revenue during his first few years at DePaul. This led to the Blue Demons achieving its first ever sellout at Wintrust Arena on

Saturday, Jan. 28 against Marquette, along with attaining the highest season ticket renewal rate in the history of the facility.

The contract extension for Peevy was expected, as the university has supported his vision and commitment to the future since his arrival.

Peevy’s extension aligns with the school’s recent announcement of a $60 million on-campus basketball practice facility. The expectation for university and athletics is that this facility will be a significant incentive for improving both the men’s and women’s basketball programs.

DePaul Cross Country kicks off season strong with double second-place finish

By Ryan Hinske Sports Editor

DePaul men’s and women’s cross-country opened their season at the Bradley Invitational in Peoria, Illinois on Friday. The teams finished second overall on both sides.

By Tom Gorski

Basketball Beat Writer

Four-star recruit and sophomore guard Zion Cruz is reportedly leaving DePaul and entering the transfer portal, the university confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

“We can confirm that Zion Cruz is not enrolled in fall classes and intends to transfer,” DePaul Athletics said in a statement to the DePaulia. “We wish him all the best in his future.”

Cruz’s freshman season didn’t unfold as expected, marked by his struggles to secure consistent playing time, with an average of just 10.7 minutes per game across 27 appearances. He averaged only 2.4 points per game, while shooting 33.3% from the field and 28% from beyond the arc.

A potential factor behind his limited

playing time was the depth of talent among the Blue Demons’ guards as well as head coach Tony Stubblefield’s tendency to give experienced players more minutes.

Cruz’s decision to transfer right before the start of the basketball season was a shock to many. Now, Cruz has less than two months to find a new school and successfully enroll for the current fall semester.

With Cruz no longer part of the team, the Blue Demons currently have a roster of just 12 scholarship players, which opens up the possibility for them to add another recruit for the upcoming season.

If Stubblefield decides to make further additions to the roster, the primary focus is to be securing another center after the departure of both Eral Penn and Nick Ongenda.

“Overall, I was pretty pleased,” said Geoff Wayton, DePaul’s head coach of men’s and women’s cross-country. “I thought our men responded well, especially without being sharp and prepared for a top-end competition…our top three I was really pleased with.”

In the men’s 8k race, Jacob Holmes, a graduate Florida State transfer, finished first among the men’s team and sixth overall on Friday. It was his first race at DePaul.

Graduate Olivia Borowiak finished second overall in the women’s three mile race.

“Olivia…she took off,” Wayton said. “She took the lead early…Olivia ran only less than a half-second off the previous course record…four seconds faster than she did last year.”

The surprise of the week was senior Lesley Viveros, who ran 1:37 faster than she did last year on the

same course.

“I was really impressed with [Viveros] and I hope that she continues to latch on with Meaghan [Andrews] and Maddie [Volz] in workouts and practice,” Wayton said.

Wayton compared what he saw on Friday to last year’s race in Peoria.

“Last year…they ran really well in this Bradley Intercollegiate and then they were just stale for a week. The workout after was honestly our worst workout of the year,” Wayton said.

Following that workout, they slipped in their next meet against Loyola, with the men finishing third and the women finishing fifth. This year, Wayton is approaching their start as more of a steady crescendo into the season rather than a burnout after a hard early season push.

“All along, the plan was to open up here, not be as sharp, and then have a nice buildup into Loyola,” Wayton said. “I hope this year, this is a buildup.”

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White Sox overhaul front office in response to disastrous 2023 season

By Tom Gorski

White Sox fans are eager to leave behind a detrimental year as the baseball season comes to an end. With a second consecutive playoff miss looming, what was once a hopeful season is now one they would rather forget.

“They had such high expectations two years ago. Last season, people thought it was a fluke, but this season, the same results,” DePaul junior Ethan Baca said.

The unfolding narrative has been defined by a series of attention-grabbing headlines, including a difficult 7-21 start prompted by a 10-game losing streak in April, the exit of two long-tenured executives and an incident involving gunshots at Guaranteed Rate Field.

“I just don’t think it was a well-constructed team,” Scott Merkin, the White Sox beat writer for MLB.com, said. “I’ve covered this team for 21 years and thought last year was pretty much the worst situation I covered, not the worst team, but because there were so many expectations in this competitive window of the rebuild. It was a bad season – and this season was even worse.”

Following yet another season marked by disappointment, owner Jerry Reinsdorf made the decision to revamp the team’s leadership, relieving both general manager Rick Hahn and executive vice president Kenny Williams from their duties in the front office on Aug. 23.

One of the most widely debated decisions was Reinsdorf allowing both Hahn and Williams to collaborate on roster decisions at the trade deadline. The front office traded away starting pitchers Lucas Giolito and Lance Lynn, along with power hitter Jake Burger, only to dismiss both executives a few weeks later and promote assistant general manager Chris Getz.

“The timing was just bizarre,” Fansided Sports News White Sox writer Mitchell Kaminski said of the firings. “If you’re going to let [Hahn] make all the moves,

then why are you firing him right after? It made no sense because those are significant moves that impact the future of the organization.”

The White Sox attempts at rebuilding haven’t gone as planned, yielding just two playoff appearances in the last decade. This could be seen as one of several factors contributing to the departures of Williams and Hahn, amid rumors of differences in their vision for the organization’s best interests.

“The rumors and gossip is that it got really bad,” Josh Nelson, host of the Sox Machine Podcast, said of the relationship between Hahn and Williams. “Jerry [Reinsdorf] was talking to employees and there is some type of impression that it was getting really difficult to work under this type of environment, not knowing what the clear initiative was because they weren’t on the same page.”

Given the extent of the issues in the front office, it wasn’t a major shock to fans that Reinsdorf decided to make

sweeping changes. However, what raised eyebrows among many was the timing and choice not to consider external candidates, while instead sticking with an in-house approach.

“I’m not very optimistic about the hire,” Kaminski said. “I think fans are rightfully upset and it’s another typical White Sox move where he [Reinsdorf] thinks doing this will make it go quicker and get them back into contention when it’s really going to just cause more problems down the road.”

Getz has spent the last seven years overseeing the White Sox’s minor-league operations and player development. He has also held the position of assistant general manager for the past three years. Prior to this, Getz contributed to the Royals’ front office under Dayton Moore during Kansas City’s championship-winning era.

“I’m willing to give him some leeway and a chance,” James Stowell, director of live game operations for Radio DePaul

Sports, said of the hiring of Getz. “I’m still willing to give them a chance, I’m also not gonna write them off just yet, but this is a typical White Sox move.”

Chicago could consider trading Anderson as early as this offseason or even next season if the season goes downhill, especially since he was reportedly shopped around at the trade deadline last month.

In his introductory press conference, Getz confirmed that the current manager, Pedro Grifol, is set to return for the 2024 season. Grifols’ security raised eyebrows among several highly regarded baseball experts, with former White Sox manager and NBC Sports analyst Ozzie Guillen notably expressing his belief that players do not respect the first-year manager.

With Grifol returning for 2024, the same can’t be said for anyone on the roster not named Luis Robert, who has been deemed untouchable. The expectation is that the team will pick up shortstop Tim Anderson’s club option for $14 million but could opt to trade him elsewhere as they enter another potential rebuild.

Under new front office leadership, the team’s future direction is uncertain, but they are likely to lean towards retooling rather than exploring a complete rebuild, especially given their place in one of baseball’s weakest divisions.

With a disappointing 2023 season coming to a close and Getz entering his first offseason as general manager, all eyes are set on 2024. The early indications suggest the team will focus on shedding salary this offseason with the ultimate goal of competing as early as 2025 with more financial flexibility to work with for roster construction.

“I would never suggest a blow up of the team unless you have shown you’re good at rebuilding,” Stowell said. “I would suggest maybe a middle ground approach, like shed some salary and try to improve over the next two or three years because it seems to have worked so far for the Cubs.”

Fans stand outside Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, as the sun reflects on awnings with the White Sox logo.

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