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Students deliver petition asking for Fourth Meal to greater transparency from UCPD return to Cathey Natalie Friedberg News Staff
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The Coalition for Equitable Policing delivered a petition for increased transparency to UCPD headquarters on Friday. ALICE XIAO | MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
Alice Xiao Maroon Contributor Carrying signs and chanting phrases like “UCPD you can’t hide, we can see your racist side” and “No quiet, no peace; no racist police,” students in
the Coalition for Equitable Policing (CEP) delivered a petition to UCPD headquarters on Friday, addressed to Chief of Police Marlon Lynch. The petition contained three explicit demands in the hopes of mitigating negative
University to sell Harper Court Marina Fang News Editor The University has put Harper Court on the market, seeking a permanent owner for the property, only months after purchasing it in November. Announced Friday by the Office of Civic Engagement, the decision to sell the property had already been made at the time of purchase. The University bought the property temporarily in order to facilitate the process of finding a permanent owner. Prior to that, the building was owned by its developer, Vermilion Development. “This project is the result of many years of plan-
ning and input from members of the community about the kinds of retail they wanted to see in the neighborhood, and we are looking for a new owner that will be committed to Harper Court for the long-term,” Associate Vice President for Commercial Real Estate Operations James Hennessy said in a press release. According to the press release, 93.6 percent of the office and retail space has already been leased to tenants. A portion of the office space is occupied by University employees, including staff from the Office of Civic Engagement, Alumni Relations & Development, and IT COURT continued on page 2
experiences with the police: more transparency for complaints filed through an established information releasing process, a release of current policing policies, and a more accessible complaint process. The petition gathered more
than 750 signatures, and around 50 students marched from campus to UCPD headquarters in protest. Upon arrival, the petitioners were met by Officer Michael Kwiatkowski in the lobUCPD continued on page 2
Fourth Meal will return to Cathey Dining Commons next quarter, following lower attendance this quarter at Bartlett Dining Commons. The Campus Dining Advisory Board (CDAB) voted unanimously in favor on February 28, and the decision to move Fourth Meal back to Cathey was finalized by UChicago Dining on March 3. “We discussed turnout to Fourth Meal, compared fall and winter quarter this year, and we compared them to last year.… There was really no argument. Everyone agreed that Cathey was the legitimate choice,” said Mike Viola, a second-year student representative on CDAB. Although he was not permitted to release the actual Fourth Meal attendance data, Viola did say that attendance at Cathey during fall quarter was almost twice as great as it was at Pierce the year before, and that Bartlett’s turnout is higher than it was at Pierce,
but not nearly as high as that of Cathey. Low attendance at Bartlett has been blamed on a particularly frigid winter and some changes in the Fourth Meal menu in the beginning of the quarter, which have since been rescinded due to negative feedback. “At the time of our first meeting [fourth week], the feedback was rather negative, [because we] seemed to be missing a lot of fourth meal staples, [like] greasy mozzarella sticks…and that’s the prized gem of Fourth Meal,” Viola said. The options for Fourth Meal at Cathey will mostly return to the offerings from fall quarter, including pasta, pizza, and other dining hall staples. But there have also been proposals to use Fourth Meal next quarter as a way to test out different dishes and concepts for the eventual renovation of Bart Mart. While the plans for this renovation are still in the very early stages, CDAB has plans to add a cook-toorder grill station inside in addition to the pre-existing convenience store.
New thrift store opens on 53rd Street Carissa Eclarin Maroon Contributor Bargain hunters will no longer have to venture all the way out to Wicker Park and Logan Square, as another thrift store has come to Hyde Park. The Silver Umbrella opened last Wednesday in the Del Prado building, located at East 53rd Street and South Hyde Park Boulevard. The store sells an eclectic variety of gently used clothing, accessories, and shoes for men, women, and children. It also carries furniture, books, housewares, and art. The store’s name, said co-owner Zakiyyah Muhammad, can be attributed to Muhammad’s daughter. “She’s nine years old, so she’s really creative. She said it, and I liked it, so I rolled with it,” she said.
Having worked in the fashion industry for more than ten years as a sales representative and manager of a designer boutique, Muhammad believes style is
not costly. In fact, her desire to offer style on a budget served as the main inspiration for opening The Silver Umbrella with her sister. “[With] regular stores,
you have to mark up the cost. With thrift stores, you can keep the price the same,” Muhammad said. “I feel like Hyde Park needs a thrift STORE continued on page 2
The Silver Umbrella, a vintage clothing store, opened last Wednesday on the corner of 53rd Street and South Hyde Park Boulevard. PETER TANG | THE CHICAGO MAROON
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Univ. to lease Harper Court spaces during transition Accounts of racial profiling a cause for action UCPD continued from front
by. He did not give a definite answer as to when a response would be given, but promised to transfer the written petition to Lynch. Unsatisfied, the marchers left with defiant chants of “We’ll be back.” In November, CEP members, as well as Student Government (SG), voiced concerns about UCPD policy during a leadership conversation with Lynch. SG voted to endorse the petition this past Thursday. CEP has led two speak-out events, most recently in February, during which students and community members shared experiences and voiced complaints about the UCPD. Fourth-year Aerik Francis, one of the co-organizers of the petition, shared his personal
encounter with UCPD. It was his first week on campus, and his parents were helping him move in. “My dad told me that he could not enter a University building, specifically Ratner. He only wanted to go and use the bathroom, and he was stopped by the UCPD,” he said. “They required identification from him. He’s an African American male, rather tall, six foot six, and because he couldn’t produce identification, they wouldn’t let him into the building.” Lynch said that the department does not engage in racial profiling at the leadership conference in the fall. Second-year Ben Chametzky, another co-organizer of the event, said that CEP intends to address the reasons behind the instances of racial profil-
ing. “Racial profiling is sort of the impetus for putting [the petition] together…. We found that there were lots of procedural and structural things that allow racial profiling. There’s not necessarily a mandate for the UCPD to stop people of color, but the structure of their current policies allow them to do so,” he said. If no response is given by March 12, the coalition intends to lead a second march to UCPD headquarters to demand an answer. “We’ve had meetings and meetings with officials and UCPD representatives; we asked politely, and they have not listened. Now, we’re going to take action and march in there and demand it from them,” third-year co-organizer Octavia Shaw said.
The Silver Umbrella targets experienced thrifters STORE continued from front After buying Harper Court for just under $100 million and actively developing the retail complex, the University of Chicago is now planning to sell it. JAMIE MANLEY | THE CHICAGO MAROON COURT continued from front
Services. The University has overseen the entire process of choosing a developer for the building and
identif ying organizations and businesses to fill the office and retail space. The University will keep leasing the office and retail space upon securing a
permanent owner. The 12-story building officially opened on November 3, just a few weeks before the University purchased the site.
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store. It’s long overdue, and you don’t see many thrift stores in Hyde Park.” The public is free to sell its gently used items to The Silver Umbrella, though Muhammad suggests sending an e-mail to the store to set up an appointment first. The Silver Umbrella also plans to open an online store on eBay. “Right now, we want
NEWS IN BRIEF Graduate Council grant to fund student travels
www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/crerar-prize Submission deadline: April 22, 2014
Student Government (SG)’s Graduate Council has launched the Graduate Council Travel Fund, a program through which graduate students may apply for up to $500 per student for transportation and other travel-related subsidies, set to go into effect next school year. According to a press release authored by secondyear M.B.A. candidate Josh Johnston (A.B. ‘04), the chair of Graduate Council, the fund is intended to assist graduate students in meeting expenses related to attending conferences in which they present their own research. Possible lineitem subsidies include airfare, hotel stays, and conference registration fees. Johnston characterizes the program as a product of stu-
people to come and experience the store. Larger items, things that we have that can’t fit in the store, like speakers, will be on eBay. Or, we’ll have a picture of it at the store and stuff like that will be on eBay,” Muhammad said. Muhammad believes that The Silver Umbrella’s target customer is an experienced thrifter. “Thrifting applies to a
wide range of ages and ethnicities, but it’s that thrift shopper that can appreciate a good bargain. We’ll have stuff that is close to good condition, but not always. What we sell are bargains, not perfection,” she said. “It’s the customer that understands that you may find a super stylish piece. It might not be in perfect condition, but it’s the deal that we’re selling.”
dents’ desire to administer their own funding initiatives. “The Travel Fund was the work of both SG and Graduate Student Affairs [GSA] over the last couple of years. GSA runs their own travel fund, but SG last year determined there was significant student interest in having a travel fund that was run by students, not just administrators,” Johnston said. According to Johnston, the $20,000 used to fund the program was allotted to the Graduate Council budget through an act of the whole Student Assembly. While it is uncertain how many students will apply to the Travel Fund during the 2014– 15 academic year, Johnston suggests that between 40 and 50 students will receive funding.
bus service, will announce plans to phase out old farepayment systems and move to Ventra-only payment systems by the end of March, according to the Chicago Tribune. Currently, four out of five CTA riders use Ventra, and officials say that the move toward the new payment system and phasing out of the old system will occur in three stages. Passengers will no longer be able to add value to old fare cards, and magnetic stripe cards will later cease to be sold. Finally, buses and trains will stop accepting old fare cards. The old payment system was planned to have been phased out by the end of last year, but Ventra had a rocky launch last summer. As reported by Crain’s Chicago Business, one man received 270 Ventra cards in September, and according to DNAinfo Chicago, the CTA gave out $1.2 million in fare for over 930,000 free rides between early October and mid-December of last year.
—Isaac Stein
Ventra-only CTA fare payment to come After many delays, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Pace, suburban
—Harini Jaganathan
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On the record UCPD needs to provide a stronger explanation for not releasing records The student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892 REBECCA GUTERMAN Editor-in-Chief SAM LEVINE Editor-in-Chief EMILY WANG Managing Editor EMMA BRODER Editor-in-Chief-Elect JOY CRANE Editor-in-Chief-Elect JONAH RABB Managing Editor-Elect AJAY BATRA Senior Editor DANIEL LEWIS Senior Editor MATTHEW SCHAEFER Senior Editor EMMA THURBER STONE Senior Editor THOMAS CHOI News Editor MARINA FANG News Editor HARINI JAGANATHAN News Editor ELEANOR HYUN Viewpoints Editor LIAM LEDDY Viewpoints Editor KRISTIN LIN Viewpoints Editor ALICE BUCKNELL Arts Editor WILL DART Arts Editor LAUREN GURLEY Arts Editor DANIEL RIVERA Arts Editor SARAH LANGS Sports Editor SONIA DHAWAN Head Designer NICHOLAS ROUSE Head Designer KEVIN WANG Online Editor MARA MCCOLLOM Social Media Editor ALAN HASSLER Head Copy Editor SHERRY HE Head Copy Editor KATARINAMENTZELOPOULOSHeadCopyEditor
On Friday, March 7, the Coalition for Equitable Policing (CEP) delivered a petition to the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD). The petition—which received more than 750 signatures—demands that the UCPD become more transparent by publicly releasing current police practices, simplifying the mechanism for filing a complaint, and establishing a process for the public to obtain police records identical to that which is set out in the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). At a Leadership Conversation in the fall, UCPD chief Marlon Lynch addressed similar calls for transparency by saying that the police force is a branch of the University, and that “the University’s policy is to not release records because it is not required to do so.” We are not convinced by that argument. Because the UCPD’s actions have a public impact outside of the scope of the University, we urge the University and the UCPD to
either offer a more compelling defense of the policy, or to release the records. The UCPD, though a private police force, serves and affects a large swath of the South Side that spans from 37th to 65th Street and Lake Shore Drive to Cottage Grove. At present, the UCPD does not have to meet the same disclosure standards as a public, taxpayer-funded police force. But the community it serves extends beyond campus and includes South Side residents who are not affiliated with the University. Despite the fact that the UCPD shares jurisdiction in these areas with the Chicago Police Department (CPD), these residents deserve the same level of accountability from all police in their neighborhood. There is no clear reason for a resident of this area not to be able to view a full report of a crime if the UCPD happens to respond to a call instead of the CPD. The success of a similar cam-
paign at Yale University can serve as an example of a private police force which functions under the same accountability rules as a public force. In 2008, the state of Connecticut began to require the Yale University Police Department to hold the same records release policies as public police departments. In the case of Yale, the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission found that the private police officers had the same police powers as the municipal officers for the city of New Haven, and thus essentially perform a government function that extends beyond the boundaries of campus. Just as the Yale Police Department has powers equivalent to its municipal counterpart, the UCPD has powers in a non-University jurisdiction like those of the CPD. The UCPD recently achieved full-service status and now has the ability to write up police reports and detain and process arrested individuals without
the involvement of the CPD. As its power and status increase, so does the UCPD’s obligation to operate under the same standards of transparency as that of a public force. The UCPD is already at the forefront of private policing, and now has an opportunity to be at the forefront of accountability. A government commission mandated Yale’s police force, but the UCPD now has the opportunity to voluntarily engage with the public in this discussion and thus show that it is a police force of the community, not just of the University. Justifying its actions because they meet the bare minimum is not good enough—the UCPD would do well to use the CEP’s petition as a starting point for cultivating mutual trust and, by extension, a stronger community.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you’ve most likely seen dozens of “articles” that tell you all the secrets of the introverted people of the world—10 things you should never say to them, 38 ways you can make them LOL, 284.5 secrets about the way they tie their shoes. Published on popular sites like BuzzFeed and Thought Catalog, these blurbs of information have led to a significant increase in screen time for the introvert. Though it’d be pushing it to say that these articles have opened the door to serious extrovert-to-introvert conversations, at the very least they have made introverts feel a little bit less alone. But ultimately, how much does that actually matter? I know how nice it feels to finally get something (delta-epsilon), but the feeling of solidarity I get when I read a list on BuzzFeed about introversion isn’t going to change the way that I’m perceived in this extroverted world. It’s also questionable whether the tradeoff between feeling less lonely is worth being caught reading BuzzFeed. The problem with the information on introversion is that it’s altogether one-sided. As obvious as that statement may seem (only introverts can really write about what introverts are like, duh), when trying to improve general understanding of introverts, only being
able to connect with introverted readers is a real problem. Until a more holistic explanation of people like us can be offered to people unlike ourselves, these lists will never be more than just feelgood GIFs for a portion of the population. Luckily, I’ve been given this cool little space to give what I hope is a more helpful look into what it’s like to be an introverted unicorn like me—specifically, one facing the pressures that come with being in college. To start, the world expects me to be able to make friends at every turn and to thoroughly enjoy living among 5,000 other (louder) people. While extroverts gain their energy from others and can ease into new situations with new people, I tend to gravitate towards corners/pets at parties—not because I’m a loner or because I hate people (at least not all the time), but because socializing is draining and often terrifying. Small talk feels like pulling teeth (I don’t care about how hard your classes are), but revealing deeper parts of myself to strangers seems absurd. I don’t understand people who wear their hearts on their sleeves. For me, opening up is something that only happens with time and trust. Therefore, I have the lovely choice between being dreadfully boring and being socially inept. Even during the SHY continued on page 6
Let me start by saying that I’m a believer in preventing serious harm to our environment. I agree that the University can—and should—take proactive steps in that field. There are a lot of ideas about how it can go about doing this floating around, but not every idea is a good one. The divestment movement lacks clear goals and misses the point. Let me say this gently, as a friend: Divestment is a terrible idea. The divestment movement is founded on the belief that owning stock in the Exxons of the world somehow magically affects them. This belief is wrong. Let’s start with the basics. Suppose you go on Scottrade and buy a stock, BP, for $40. When you buy a stock, you’re paying the entity that last owned it. Oil companies tend to be large, public companies. They sold their shares to the public long ago; the person you’re buying the stock from now is someone who wants to cash in on her retirement fund or a trader at an investment bank. Thus, BP does not benefit from this trade in any way. It doesn’t get a dime. The nuances of investment and myriad of trade options open up questions about what divestment at this University would or would not include—none of which the divestment movement has clearly answered. For example, the University can technically be “invested
in” oil companies without directly owning the stock; some investment companies like Vanguard allow you to pay them to pick stocks for you (called an ETF) that may, in part, involve energy companies. Should purchases of ETFs be forbidden? The divestment movement is silent. What about trading non-stock assets, like bonds? The divestment movement is silent. What about trading in oil futures, or profiting directly from oil? The divestment movement is silent. What about shorting oil stocks, that is, actually making money from oil companies failing? The divestment movement is silent. What is divestment’s end goal, and how will we judge whether we have reached it? The divestment movement is silent. This isn’t the only evidence that the divestment movement simply hasn’t been thought out enough. But let’s say that we decide that we want to focus on a carbon footprint. Then it would make sense to divest from all carbon-intensive companies, whether they supply oil or burn it; after all, it takes two to pollute. So, to be environmentally friendly, the University should not be allowed to purchase shares in Google. You see, the Internet’s architecture actually has a very large carbon footprint, 300 million tons of carbon a year, and Google is responsible for anywhere between six to 30 percent of it. It seems Google, which has invested millions in solar DIVESTMENT continued on page 7
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Letter: Photo unfit for print On Wednesday, March 5, ArtShould held a PostSecret Gallery Night in the McCormick Lounge, featuring anonymouslycrafted and secret-divulging postcards made by UChicago students. The Maroon covered this event (“Students Postsecrets in Public” (3/7/14)), and placed the article on the front page of last Friday’s issue. Accompanying the article was a colorful example of a PostSecret card, a large photograph reading, “I hate vegetarians.” I understand that the purpose of PostSecret is to provide an outlet for individuals to artistically express their opinions or secrets that they only feel comfortable articulating namelessly. The Maroon’s featured photograph is a wonderful example of such a project. However, choosing to feature this specific photograph is completely inappropriate in a piece of journalism. The student newspaper chose to inflate on their front page a picture directing hate towards members of a specific belief who are represented here on campus. Vegetarianism is a voluntary
ideology and practice often grounded in morality that, in this respect, is no different than religion or political party affiliation. The featured photograph is the same in nature to one that proclaims, “I hate Christians” or “I hate Republicans.” Vibrantly displaying the message of hate towards vegetarians in journalism serves no purpose other than to be shocking and controversial, with the consequence of hurting fellow students. It adds nothing to the article but animosity. Additionally, the Maroon article correctly states that the ArtShould Gallery was composed of secrets collected during this winter quarter, but the “I hate vegetarians” postcard was not one of the dozens on display because it’s over two years old. ArtShould first posted the secret on their tumblr account, artshouldpostsecret.tumblr.com, in November 2011, and again uploaded it to Facebook this year in an album promoting their gallery event. It was never on exhibit, and thus is not an accurate representation of the story that
the Maroon covered. This fact makes the selection of the hateful postcard as the sole pictorial PostSecret example particularly egregious. In the spirit of ethical journalism, the editors should have authentically represented the ArtShould Gallery Night by using a picture of a postcard actually featured at the event. Furthermore, the editors should never have chosen to portray— of all the dozens of PostSecret cards displayed—one that is intentionally spiteful towards a sect of their audience. It was entirely tangential to the focus of the article, which was otherwise a lovely piece highlighting the trend of campus-wide anonymous confessions and the broader goals of ArtShould. Loudly proclaiming hate on the front page of the Maroon provides a shock factor to draw in readers, but it’s not right. That’s a move for yellow journalism, not respectable journalism.
same recited answers. There are enjoy the benefits of what Marx significant differences between would call an unfree life (I hope how extroverts and introverts my Sosc teacher is reading this). perceive and deal with such situThere is no likelihood of a ations. Neither group is more complete overhaul of societal exright than the other in their per- pectations visible in the near fuception and actions, but one’s ture, and I’m too shy to lead one natural tendencies are favored (duh, introvert). Regardless, it’s by society. Because of this, I’m disappointing and disheartening often left feeling as though my to believe that, for now, my only prospects are limited and my val- visions of introverted clarity reues—to be myself, to be genuine side in two of the most obnoxious clickbait-heavy websites the towards others—are irrelevant. The question is: Where does world has ever seen. But perhaps, that leave those who cannot or with time, we will find different, do not want to put themselves and more productive ways to through the motions? For me talk about introverts, and ways specifically, I ask whether it’s bet- that we can better incorporate ter to feel alone in social settings them into an extroverted-preferand unwanted in employment ring world. prospects—yet remain true to my values—or to force myself Jenny Lee is a second-year to be somebody I’m not, and in the College.
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Introverts face challenges of extroverted world SHY continued from page 5 rare moments I do feel like chatting away, I’m often left exhausted after an hour or two, wanting nothing more than to lie in bed motionless and alone (a.k.a. my favorite thing to do). My social tendencies also have a tendency to spill over and sabotage my professional life. While extroverts can happily capitalize on their ability to make connections, I don’t feel genuine when I think about those kinds of benefits in a friendship or relationship. Maybe it’s because while extroverts may sincerely enjoy talking to prospective employers, I don’t. As a result, I feel like I have to become a connectionmaking machine and fake interest in everyone’s work. I ask the same questions, and give out the
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18. Wormer in “Animal House”, e.g. 23. People who see spirits everywhere? 25. How many college students vote 27. Reason for an eyepatch 29. Pastor’s place 30. Hammer and anvil site 31. Popular board game 32. Steinbeck’s “East of ___” 33. Shape inside a lava lamp 34. Prom conveyance 35. February birthstones 39. Changed color 40. Always, in verse 42. Race souvenir, often 45. They have concentrations 48. Ogled, with “at” 49. Mattress part 50. Russian coin 54. Not concealed 55. Feature of foreign hotel rooms 56. Impertinent 57. Sudden twinge 58. Home of the 2018 and 2020 Olympics 59. Hygiene tool abhorred by doctors 60. Trumpeter by a lake 64. “Entourage” agent 65. Tokyo, formerly
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Divestment as a symbolic act is not enough DIVESTMENT continued from page 5 power, is less clean than we imagine. The divestment movement, if it succeeds, will be a huge waste of political capital. Even if, despite all the issues I’ve outlined above, by some miracle the divestment movement manages to affect share prices of these multi-
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hundred-billion companies, what are shareholders going to do? Demand that an oil company stop producing oil? This is not the same thing as moving business out of apartheid South Africa. Climate change is a serious issue that demands a serious response. Want to do something that directly impacts Shell’s bot-
tom line? Reduce your use of its services. Institutions can directly control their energy usage and environmental impact even though they can’t put a dent in the share price of the world’s biggest companies. Addressing these kinds of issues will actually reduce these institutions’ environmental impact and provide cost savings in the long run. The latter may not be true of divestment, seeing as endowments are longrun-oriented and provide lots of important services to students. I’ve explained why the divestment movement will have no actual impact on the world; all that’s left is a symbolic gesture. Energy stocks are understandably part of the endowment’s investment strategy for a lot of reasons—if it had to sell these investments, it’d probably end up in a riskier place. Sit down and ask yourself this: Is putting endowment-funded programs like student aid at risk worth nothing more than your warm glow from following a fad? Instead of wasting time and effort on a worthless symbol, spend time on actual policy changes.
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UChicago Greeks compete in Crown for dodgeball glory Will Dart Arts Editor Editor’s note: Sam Zacher is a Maroon Editor. It was a joyous day of dodging, ducking, dipping, diving, and dodging at Henry Crown Field House this past Saturday, as hundreds of Greeks turned out in force to compete in Phi Delta Theta’s (Phi Delt) Annual Dodgeball Tournament to benefit the ALS Association in its fight against Lou Gehrig’s Disease. And there was no better way to do so than with America’s favorite middle-school pastime: dodgeball. This time, no one got picked last. Competition proved intense as teams of all letters strove to capture the coveted golden chalice trophy, “strove” here meaning whipping rubber balls at each other’s faces. The young men of Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) were particularly fierce competitors and the odds-on favorites to win it all. They all but assured me of their victory. “Have you seen the movie Dodgeball? We’re Team Cobra,” said one of the FIJIs (among the cacophony of dodgeballs hitting flesh and pained screams, it was impossible to tell exactly who). For the Dodgeball-illiterate: Team Cobra contains the movie’s bad guys, and the FIJIs seemed to relish this reputation as they dismantled one squad after another with their vicious volleys. Delta Gamma (DG) seemed to
be the frontrunner in the women’s bracket, although not by its own admission. “I’d say the DGs and the AOIIs (Alpha Omicron Pi) are the favorites today,” said thirdyear Jennifer Hill, whose squad of first-year swimmers had just been eliminated after a hard-fought match against the unstoppable Delta offensive. She assured me that the swimmers were the more athletic team, but that their aquatic skills didn’t transfer well onto the hard surface of the dodgeball court, a textbook case of the Platypus effect. The season-ending loss proved devastating for the firstyears, who clearly spent themselves in preparation for the tournament. “We’ve been playing the sport for approximately 30 minutes,” Hill said. Victory and heartbreak aside, Phi Delt Community Service Chairman Sam Zacher was keen to emphasize that the occasion was, at heart, about students getting together to have a good time, fostering Greek brotherhood and sisterhood, and doing good work for the ALS Association. Phi Delt had not, by Zacher’s own admission, raised a huge amount of money with the tournament, but every little bit helps, and the event was quite clearly a success in most other regards. “I mean, take a look around,” Zacher said, gesturing to the cavalcade of cheering, smiling students in gym shorts and sports bras. Zacher estimated the event’s participants were about 75 Greek-
The victorious DGs, from left: third-year Noelle Vandendriessche, second-year Caroline Bye, third-year Sofia Gross, fourth-year Julia Harper, and fourth-year Nikki DelZenero. SAM ZACHER
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affiliated, but all participants were welcome and their contributions much appreciated. “They play for fun, they play for the trophy, but most importantly, they play to
fight Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” Zacher said. They also came to eat complimentary snacks and drink Red Bull, courtesy of Phi Delt and the
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Divergent author and cast converge in Loop Kristin Zodrow Arts Staff Of course, most of us know Divergent as that movie that features the most beloved subjects of our communal 10th week affection, the Reg and Mansueto. Beyond this “That’s my school!” excitement, Divergent has been related to the Hunger Games trilogy much in the same way that Vampire Diaries is compared to True Blood, and Carrie Diaries to Sex and the City. I’ve not yet finished reading the first book nor have I seen the movie, but after spending a morning in a room with Divergent’s author and the film’s cast, their offscreen story, at least, seems to have more substance than you may think. On March 5, actors Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, and Divergent writer Veronica Roth attended a press conference at the Peninsula Hotel in downtown Chicago for the first film installment of the Divergent trilogy. After shooting and premiering in Chicago, the movie will open on March 21. Screenings have already begun. Most of the event’s attendees were, to put it frankly, fans. I’ll be the first to admit, I had no idea what some of the other reporters
were talking about. Seriously, I would say I was one of a handful of people in the room who had failed to complete the prerequisite of reading the book. Many identified themselves as being members of Divergent fan sites; some had travelled hours from distant suburbs to see these stars. There were a few writers from other student newspapers and a woman who identified herself as being with a Spanish paper, remarking, “As you all know, you have fans all over the world now.” While the other reporter asked which faction the actors would rather be in or which favorite scenes made it to the final product, I did what any good UChicago student would do—I asked about our library. Woodley, apparently, is just as captivated as we are. “That library is like Fort Knox,” she said. “It’s so badass. You have some crazy system. It’s really neat. You go in, you type in a little code apparently, and it goes. I always picture those little Harry Potter goblins in little train cars.” The author, Roth, a Northwestern University graduate, apparently didn’t choose for the University of Chicago to be one of the shoot locations, but nonetheless she DIVERGENT continued on page 9
War of the Harolds’: Woodlawn wins out It might as well be written in the Constitution somewhere that Americans prefer their poultry pulled from the deep fryer. In my Texas hometown, for instance, fried chicken shares the same sacred pedestal as a fair trial. It’s served to city jail inmates as their final meal before they’re hauled off to county. Here in Chicago, we can be equally as fanatical, although in our own unique way. In 2013, the Chicago Eater asked food critics to describe the year’s food scene in one word. Three of the critics who were asked cheated and wrote “friedchicken.” Telling. Of course, for us Hyde Parkers, our allegiance is to one only—Harold’s. No one can truly contest the influence of Harold’s Chicken Shack, Fish & Pizza. It’s an indelible community institution, the gravitational center of a good portion of 53rd Street, Kimbark Plaza, and really that entire corner of Hyde Park. Between Harold’s, Valois, and Medici, you’ve got the Hyde Park Holy Trinity—restaurants so deeply ingrained in the culture that you could probably write the history of the neighborhood with their stories
alone. But for all the history, Harold’s also takes a good bit of flak for its services. There aren’t many students I know who truly dislike the Med or (God forbid) Valois. But Harold’s? Yeah, that’s no surprise and there are certainly a good number of dissenters—vegans and vegetarians notwithstanding. Where some find solace in the greasy bites of skin from a half-regular with s&p (salt and pepper, if you must ask) and mild sauce, others sense arteries gasping for life. Where some see drippings-topped bread bites and fries to soften the chicken’s blow, some taste a backing of cardboard. Supporters of the Kimbark Harold’s often point out that the food is only half the worth of Harold’s. Even die-hard Harold’s lovers have agreed with me that there is better-fried poultry. There’s just something to the heartiness and explosiveness of the chicken, die-hards say, not to mention the cheap and local run of it all. But to say that fried chicken can’t be simultaneously homey, greasy, and good is a fallacy not worth en-
tertaining. Just take Harold’s Chicken Shack No. 2 as proof. To Harold’s aficionados, the Woodlawn location is nothing new. In fact, I’ve heard the arguments for and against the two spots before. One serves better food, the other is cheaper. It’s a personal preference, these diehards would say. But what I experienced near the intersections of East 64th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue was something quite different from the Harold’s I know. From the moment I called in my order at the Woodlawn location, things went better. Whereas the Kimbark Harold’s had almost notoriously grouchy service, this place took a complete one-eighty. The guy on the line asked for my name and my order, and then we held a real conversation. It lasted less than two minutes on the phone but he kept up with it once we got there. He made me and my friend feel included. He poked fun at us; he was thoughtful with the order. We walked home with our food, through the cold, and when we CHICKEN continued on page 9
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seemed pretty excited about it. “I really wanted to go to set that day, but it was for some reason conflicting with my schedule and I was like, ‘Nooo!’” She then added, “Chicago’s cool, woohoo!” only to appease me, I am sure. Responding to a question about how her time at Northwestern inspired her writing, Roth seemed to understand our quarter- system woes. “I think I am someone who is familiar with fairly intense environments and with competitive ones, but, other than that, that’s really the only thing,” she said. “With the caveat that at Barrington High School where I went to school and then Northwestern, no one was trying to punch me or stab me, so it’s not, like, that intense. But feeling that sort of pressurized and contained thing is what translated to the book well.” The cast (Roth did a bit of acting too, she said) talked about its time hanging out in the city like it was a sort of revamped Ferris Bueller experience. They mentioned visits to the Art Institute, a Bulls game, a Blackhawks match, and the aquarium. Roth lives here and seemed proud that her home city was not only the filming location, but also the on-screen setting. An article in the Chicago Tribune last Thursday reported that the filming location for the second movie has already been moved to Atlanta. As a prospective English/creative writing/cinema and media
studies/ “I just want to write” major, I am super jealous of Veronica Roth. At 25 years old (me in seven years?), Roth has completed a trilogy of young adult novels, sold the rights to Summit Entertainment, and is now waiting alongside a worldwide fan base for the release of the first Divergent film. Set in a dystopian Chicago of the near future, the story centers on Tris as she fails to find her place in a world where every citizen is sorted into one of five factions. Suited for three of these factions, she is deemed “divergent.” Roth wrote this story when she was 21 during winter break her senior year at Northwestern. Of course, I am not referring to attending UChicago over Northwestern, but to spending breaks bingeing on Wes Anderson movies, falafel, and four-hour naps instead of writing your first novel. If you can ignore that whole Northwestern thing and avoid decrying the project as a pseudo Hunger Games, Roth’s gig seems pretty great. “I love it here and when I first saw the movie, the first big shot of the Sears Tower, [I thought,] ‘It’s the Sears Tower, yes, OK,’” Roth said. “When they first showed it, I started to get emotional because this is my home. To be on set and see how many jobs were created in this area and just how much pride they are all taking in their work was really wonderful. I am so glad they shot it here. It’s hard to shoot things here, so it might not continue, but it’s really wonderful to see the city as the city.”
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opened the bags the smells of the glorious fries exploded outward. I knew this was a different animal from the stuff at the Kimbark Harold’s. The pieces they gave out were larger, as was the bed of fries. There was less sauce, sure. But for some reason the ratios looked more harmonious than its competitor’s up north. And, holy Chicken King, was the taste divine! The meat was juicier and plumper. This wasn’t just fried skin anymore. This was fried chicken! I could still feel a movement in my arteries, but this time it was more of a flutter when matched with the
warmth of the chicken meat settling in my belly. This was the fried chicken I knew and loved, just as good as in Texas, although standing unique. This isn’t to say that everyone should suddenly abandon the Kimbark location and head south to the glories of Woodlawn—although you might want to pay a visit—but it does mean there is still a good bit of learning that can be done. The Harold’s Chicken Shack franchise is notorious for its inconsistency. Each individual restaurant has different chicken suppliers, decides on different menu items (Kimbark is the only location to serve pizza), and even the amount of sauce
thrown on is up to them. So with all that liberty, I gotta ask, what’s so bad about learning from your neighbor? Woodlawn Harold’s and Hyde Park Harold’s are allies in the same struggle, fighting to maintain the deadly delicious flavors that made them community hubs in the first place. As the Harold’s company makes the decision to standardize practices at new locations, it might be more important than ever that these older institutions one-up the competition and defend their neighborhood roots. Because at the end of the day, what better way to bring people together than a tray of wings at the table?
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The future of jazz comes to Logan with Akinmusire
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Taylor McDowell Maroon Contributor Ambrose Akinmusire and the four musicians who with him made up Friday eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quintet at the Logan Center are well known by contemporary jazz enthusiasts. His favorable reception and the glowing reviews of his work (Nate Chinen of The New York Times named Akinmusireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 release his album of the year) tell of the early stardom and genius of this young man in a scene that has tended to favor bright, creative, to-be-legendary youth. Is this the new face of jazz? Like everybody else who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an ear for the avant-garde in jazz music, I know the old trumpetersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; those of a storied, legendary jazz. I listened to Sketches of Spain four or five times during my travels across the Iberian land for a week, with Cervantesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s windmills spinning themselves through the desert sun. Akinmusire is 31, though, and hails from California. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a prophet of the post-bop era whose language tends toward the atmospheric. His 2011 album When the Heart Emerges Glistening was his first on jazz label Blue Note and was released to critical and popular applause. Following the quintetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show at Logan Art Center, I talked with the audience member sitting beside me and we both felt a respect-tinged obligation to listen in greater depth to the young trumpeterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. We agreed that any audience member ought to be desirous of more of this sound, a sound that was familiar and yet distinctly the voice of a new thing being shaped. I tell you this so that you may know the strange affection we felt for this music that was familiar and so comforting, new and so enlightening in the darkened performance hall. During the show, the stage held the five
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Trumpeter and band leader Ambrose Akinmusire played at the Logan Center on Friday. COURTESY OF WWW.EYESHOTJAZZ.COM
musicians enraptured before the face of the audience. It was a beautiful thing to watch each one in their own cool but impassioned aura. The trumpet spoke a slow language of love, loss, and love come again. The saxophonist played with a mellow liveliness that sunk into and emerged out of the thick undertow of piano, drums, and upright bass, falling in and out of a tenuous relationship with its fellow instruments, playing hideand-seek with Ambroseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trumpet. Seven distinct pieces swelled in the air before the encore. The seventh, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bubbles,â&#x20AC;? as well as the bulk of the compositions that night, came from Akinmusireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming album the imagined savior is far easier to paint. Akinmusire in his sparse, spare, cool words told us he wrote the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;for John Bubbles, from Buck and Bubbles, so please
check him out, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great tap dancer.â&#x20AC;? The composition moved as you would imagine John Bubbles would before you, an old time vaudeville circus swelling as everyone played their own parts crazily without jumping ship from the harmony. Most of the compositions, however, placed notes of a drifting longing against the eardrums in the room. Aside from Akinmusire, the quintet featured saxophonist Walter Smith III, pianist Sam Harris, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Justin Brown, all of whom returned for a two-piece encore. The first was a winding, whinnying meander of a trumpet cry atop a steady piano that crashed like a spring thunderstorm, called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marie Christie.â&#x20AC;? The final was a saxophone and trumpet duet with lingering notes that trailed off to a standing ovation.
swim team defense in the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final. The FIJI Islanders had a tougher time against the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s swim team, where the excess mass that allowed the FIJIs to accelerate their balls to near-lethal speeds also made them easier targets for a wave of marine late in the match. Yet the swimmers were ultimately no match for the Greeks, who came back to win after a succession of deft deflections and catches. I caught up with the victorious FIJIS after the match, who proved themselves adequately humble champions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I told you we were gonna win it, and we won it,â&#x20AC;? secondyear Nick Pielech said. Always the canny sportsmen, those FIJIS. Still, they were eager to point out that they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take all the credit for the victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This win is really for Steve McGugan,â&#x20AC;? first-year Steve McGugan said. The squad then chugged Red Bull out of the solid gold trophy cup, proving that there truly is no greater glory that attends a man than that which he wins with racing feet and striving hands. The DGs attributed their victory to a strong squad of returners and a clutch performance by the group in the tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last leg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really came together as a team toward the end; it was motivating to see that kind of teamwork,â&#x20AC;? second-year Caroline Bye said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played an incredible game, and the fact that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all for philanthropy makes it all worthwhile.â&#x20AC;? But the DGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had little respite to enjoy their hardearned winâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Saturday was also the day of their winter formal. And when they donned their sequined dresses and applied their jubilant red lipstick later that night, they did so not merely as women of Delta Gamma, but as victors and as champions, unbowed, unbroken, undefeated. Duck and dodge, noble DGs. Duck and dodge.
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Chicago gets caught in Tigers’ trap in Burr Ridge, IL Women’s Tennis David Gao Sports Staff After defeating the DePauw Tigers (7–2) 5–4 a week ago, Chicago (5–3) dropped their second matchup of the year against one of their most heated rivals over the weekend. In matches last year and this year, Chicago bested the Tigers 5–4, but on Saturday’s Alumni and Parents Night, the Maroons fell to DePauw 6–3. Chicago was without second-year Sruthi Ramaswami, who had played in both the No. 5
singles match and the No. 2 doubles match of their previous two matchups. “We were missing Sruthi at No. 5, who has been a crucial player in our past two victories against DePauw. That’s not to say that the rest of the girls on the team aren’t fighters as well; they most certainly are, but I think when DePauw learned that Sruthi was out of the lineup, they were even more determined to beat us,” third-year Megan Tang said. During the ITA Nationals a week ago Chicago
dropped two of three doubles matches, but won four of the six singles matches to defeat DePauw by a slim margin. Without Ramaswami, Chicago still convincingly won the No. 1 doubles match 8–4 but lost the No. 2 and No. 3 matches, with DePauw getting by in the latter match 9–8. “We need to do a better job of asking ourselves ‘when we are winning points, why are we successful?’ and ‘when we are losing points, why are we losing?’ It’s a matter of figuring that out and then
In the Chatter’s Box with Sarah Langs Maddie McManus is a fourth-year third baseman from Simsbury, CT. We chatted with her to get some insider info on the life of a Maroon athlete. and decided that this could be a good fit. CM: What are the differences between playing softball in high school and in college? MM: I would say that, obviously, college is a lot more commitment-wise, but you’re a lot closer with your team in college. And you’re hanging out with them all the time, and your team, more so in college than high school, kind of becomes like your family away from home. And if you’re having a bad day or anything’s wrong you can always go to one of them. I’d say that’s the main difference.
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CHICAGO MAROON: When did you start playing softball? Maddie McManus: I actually played baseball first, and I started playing baseball when I was in kindergarten. And I switched to softball in high school. CM: Was there organized baseball for girls where you’re from? MM: Oh, no. I played in the boys’ league. There was organized softball, but it wasn’t very competitive at the time. And there’s only one team of it. Versus with baseball there’s at least ten teams. CM: What was it like playing with the boys, then, in middle school? MM: I mean, I had fun. And there were a few other girls that also played and they kind of made the transition to softball with me. So, yeah, I didn’t mind it at all. And they were cool about it. CM: Once you started playing softball, when did you know you’d want to play it in college? MM: I think I decided that I for sure wanted to play in college when I was a junior in high school. CM: So how did you end up here, with that in mind? MM: For the most part, I was looking at schools on the East Coast, a lot of the NESCAC [New England Small College Athletic Conference] schools, places like that. But then, I was looking here because I have family in Chicago. And I came and visited with the team and did an overnight and everything, and I just really liked all of them
CM: Do you follow any professional softball? MM: I wish I could say I did. But no, not really. You know, sometimes I’ll watch games when they’re on ESPN, but I’m not a big follower. They actually don’t even really show it much on TV, or anything like that. There was a semi-pro team near where I’m from in Connecticut called the Brakettes and they were basically a bunch of really good DI players who would play there for the summer. So I went to a few of their games. And my travel team played against them a few times. Yeah, we never did too hot but they were very good. CM: So you’re a Red Sox fan, in baseball. Do you have a favorite player? MM: My favorite player is Nomar Garciaparra. It was a sad day when he got traded [to the Cubs].
either making a change, or continuing to do the right things,” head coach Jay Tee said. In singles, the results were largely similar to those at ITA Nationals. Tang and first-year Tiffany Chen won their matches at No. 1 and No. 3, respectively, while second-year Helen Sdvizhkov lost her matchup at the No. 2 spot. At No. 4, thirdyear Kelsey McGillis, who had won her match a week ago, was pitted against a different DePauw player, taking her opponent to three sets but eventually losing.
Without Ramaswami, Chicago’s lineup at the No. 5 and 6 spots were quite different, and DePauw managed to win the remaining two matches en route to their 6–3 victory. Though the No. 9-ranked Maroons are now 5–3 and dropped a rank, they are looking forward to the future rather than the present. “We’re not concerned with our rankings in March. What matters to us is where we finish. If we take a couple of losses early that make us better in May, we’re ok with that,” Tee said.
Currently the Maroons are preparing for spring break, which will feature a trip to California where they will play No. 4 Claremont M.S. on March 23, No. 1 Williams on March 27, and No. 5 Middlebury on March 28. “I think our spring break trip is going to be challenging, but also a lot of fun. We have nothing to lose against these top schools, so we should go into every match with the mindset of playing offensively and using what we’ve learned in practice,” Tang said.
Yu: “I’m kind of nervous” T & F continued from back lined most of the season by injury, however, her recent jump at practice could be indicative of a big comeback. “I’m kind of nervous about it, but at the same time very excited for it,” Yu said. “I plan to just do my best. Placing doesn’t matter so much to me as just be-
ing able to go out there and have a great jump day.” Hickey can make great strides this week. The top 17 times in the country are all extremely close and a two-second improvement would push Hickey to around the top 10. “I have yet to break five minutes [converted for track size] in the mile, so
that is definitely in the back of my mind as I head off to Nebraska,” she said. The national meet will begin Friday and conclude Saturday. Chicago has a very exciting week ahead, and a promising future beyond that. Of those competing on the National stage, only Porter will not return next year.
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CM: Funny that you ended up in Chicago, then. MM: I know, right? But that’s why I wear the number 5. Because that’s Nomar’s number. CM: What are you thinking about when you’re playing? Either in the field or at bat. MM: I’m always trying to anticipate the next play and try to stay calm out there and not get too nervous or stressed out. Just be relaxed. CM: Do you think you’ll keep playing next year, in some way? MM: I would like to maybe join a slowpitch league or something like that. I know they also now have a lot of U23 softball teams. And I played on one of those not last summer but the summer before. And a lot of girls who were on the team had just graduated from college. So I would consider maybe looking into one of those depending on where I am.
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Victories over DePauw, DI Mercy demolish losing streak Men’s Tennis Alexander Sotiropoulos Senior Sports Staff
First-year Brian Sun prepares to return the ball during practice this past fall. The team has two weeks off before playing three matches in California. COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS
Sometimes looking back at the past is not all that bad. After initially starting their collegiate careers playing doubles together, fourth-years Krishna Ravella and Zsolt Szabo reunited this past weekend at the No. 3 doubles spot, and they were quite successful. The veterans earned two victories, outscoring their opponents 16–3 in total. “The thing these two do best is attack,” head coach Jay Tee said. “Even when they miss, they’re being aggressive, and that’s going to be key for us in doubles. They’re always moving forward together, and they play off each other’s shots perfectly.” But it was not just the fourth-years that were victorious over the weekend. The Maroons blasted past DI Detroit Mercy on Friday 5–2 before cruising to a 7–2 victory on Saturday against DePauw. “I think we really needed both of the wins but for separate reasons,” Tee said. “We had been playing our best tennis against DI teams since September, so the win against Detroit was great in the sense that we were able to get a win after losing a couple [match-
es]. Against DePauw, we needed to prove that we could not only beat a good DIII team but also to put some separation between us and them.” Chicago surged in doubles on Friday, where, on top of Szabo and Ravella’s 8–0 shutout, the No. 1 tandem of firstyear Sven Kranz and thirdyear Deepak Sabada took an 8–5 win. The lone loss came at No. 2 as third-year Ankur Bhargava and second-year Gordon Zhang were edged 9–7. Still, because the Maroons played with DI scoring rules, they only had the 1–0 advantage going into doubles. “Friday’s match was the most complete doubles performance we’ve had all year,” Tee said. “We went into the match with a better mindset and played without any hesitancy.” Sabada (6–2, 6–2), Szabo (6–3, 6–3), and Zhang (6–1, 6–1) took commanding straight-set victories to clinch the duel for Chicago before Bhargava won a super tiebreaker for the third set 7–6 (7–4), 2–6, 1–0 (10–2). The biggest loss for Chicago on Friday was at No. 1 singles. Kranz sustained an injury that led to his retirement from the match and sidelined him for
Saturday. “While it was disappointing, it wasn’t the end of the world, either,” Tee said. “We have an extremely deep team, and I have confidence that whoever that next guy in is will do his job.” Chicago was not hot to start off its match against DePauw in front of over 175 spectators. With Kranz’s absence, Sabada teamed up with Bhargava but lost 8–5. Zhang and No. 2 partner first-year Max Hawkins were barely edged 8–6, but Szabo and Ravella avoided the team shutout in doubles with an 8–3 win at No. 3. “There was no panic after going down 1–2 after doubles, but there was a sense of, ‘There’s no way we’re going to let this one slip away,’” Tee said. And, the Maroons did not let the match slip away; they actually swept all six singles matches, even without Kranz. “It was a tremendous match to be a part of and gives us some momentum heading into our California trip,” Tee said. The Maroons have a twoweek break before their spring break California trip, where they face Pomona-Pitzer on Monday, March 24.
Maroons to compete in five Hope springs eternal as events at NCAA Championships squad heads to FL to train Track & Field Isaac Stern Sports Staff All that remains for Chicago is the DIII NCAA National Championship in Lincoln, NE. The Maroons have qualified eight people in five events. On the women’s side, they have firstyear Michelle Dobbs in the 800-meter, second-year Brianna Hickey in the mile, the entire 4x400-meter relay team, and third-year Pam Yu in the long jump. For the men, only second-year pole vaulter Michael Bennett will make the trip. This weekend, all but Bennett competed in the last chance meet in order to improve upon their times to get one final tune up before nationals and ensure their qualification to the meet. Bennett will qualify tied for fourth with his jump of 4.90m from the Phoenix Invitational earlier this season. Of the remaining four, only Dobbs was able to improve her time at the Point
Baseball National Qualifier. Her new time of 2:11.48 earned her the fifth seed at the national meet. The 4x400 competed directly against three of the top five teams in the nation, but could not use the additional competition to pull themselves into a faster time. They enter the national championship as the 11th seed with their time of 3:53.46 from Chicagolands. Yu competed in the final qualifier but could not get back to her pre-injury mark of 5.56m from the Private College Invitational. She will compete as the 13th seed. Hickey came close to her best of the season of 5:01.38 but missed by less than a second. She took the NCAA’s final, 17th seed. “I am really excited to be able to participate in such an elite event,” Hickey said. “I am looking forward to competing against the country’s best milers.” While an individual national title is definitely a stretch, it is certainly possible and Bennett and
Dobbs would be Chicago’s best shot. Bennett is a mere 20cm behind the best vaulter in the country and has not lost this season. Dobbs is two seconds behind first, but as a first-year, still has untapped potential that could propel her. The 4x400 will have some big decisions to make as the meet approaches. Dobbs was added this final weekend to the established group of second-years Mikaela Hammel and Alison Pildner, and third-year Francesca Tomasi. However, with Dobbs focusing on the 800, first-year Eleanor Kang or fourth-year Jennie Porter could take a spot. Porter ran with the squad at Chicagolands when they got their best time. “We are really happy to be competing at Nationals,” Hammel said. “No matter what happens, it will be a great experience for us all.” Yu will likely have trouble competing with the nation’s best as she has been sideT & F continued on page 11
Adam Freymiller Sports Staff Opening day is right around the corner. Chicago was supposed to take the field for the first time in 2014 this week against the UIC Flames (4–6), in a rematch of the 2013 season opener, but the game has been cancelled. While the Maroons have lost a few key contributors from last year, such as outfielder and pitcher Jack Cinoman (A.B. ’13), who holds the school records for hits and triples, they have assembled a well-balanced roster filled with a solid mixture of defensive steel, offensive firepower, veteran leadership, and raw youth. Chicago will look to continue the offensive success from last season, when they batted .351 as a team, the secondbest average nationwide, and collectively posted a .480 slugging percentage. While they have a number of intimidating hitters, including third-year infielder Kyle Engel, who led Chicago the previous season with 43 RBIs and five homers, and fourth-year infielder Dylan
Massey, who batted an impressive .382 with 30 runs, the team will focus on defensive improvements to complement its offense. “We have been a high scoring team the past several years, and we’ve put up some lofty offensive numbers. With the graduation of several of the most prolific hitters in school history over the past couple of years, we expect to depend more upon our ability to stop our opponents from having big innings this year,” head coach Brian Baldea said. In last year’s matchup against the Flames, the Maroons lost 15–6. Chicago played extremely competitively against its DI opponent and only trailed 8–6 by the middle of the eighth before surrendering seven runs in the bottom half of the inning. It’s expected that the Maroons will pose a steep challenge against any DI outfit, especially with key players like Engel, Massey, and fourth-year relief pitcher Ray Kim (15 appearances, 2.66 ERA). Although the game against UIC isn’t happening anymore,
this team has the belief that it could win against UIC. “We were right there with them last year up until the last innings and expect to compete again this year [if the game were still played]. We certainly have the talent to win. It is simply a matter of going out on the field and putting it all together,” said fourth-year outfielder Connor Bartelman. While it’s still early in the season, the team is predominantly focused on the big picture. “Our team has worked hard this offseason. Up and down the roster, every man has put forth a great effort to not only improve himself but to improve each other. I think this will pay dividends throughout the season and puts us in a great position to be successful,” said third-year outfielder Eddie Akers. To actually open the season, the Maroons will fly south to Florida, where they will battle Amherst, Union, St. Olaf, Colby, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, and Thomas in a series of doubleheaders throughout spring break.