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Executive Slate Candidates Launch Campaigns

BY EMILY FEIGENBAUM SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

Candidates for this spring’s Student Government (SG) elections were announced this past Friday.

Voting, which will be conducted electronically via Blueprint, begins on May 2 at 10:00 a.m. and closes May 4 at 4:30 p.m.

The four Slates in the running this year are: United Progress for UChicago (UP), Our Campus, Unite and Support for UChicago (U&S), and the traditionally satirical Delta Upsilon-backed Moose Party.

The Executive Slate consists of three positions: president, vice president for administration, and

vice president for student affairs.

“They represent graduate and undergraduate concerns to the University administration, oversee organizational projects and initiatives, and are responsible for the management of the SG budget,” reads the SG website.

This year’s UP Slate is led by second-year Eric Holmberg, firstyear Salma Elkhaoudi, and firstyear Ph.D. student Cody Jones.

Holmberg, current College Council (CC) Chair and prospective SG president, stated that UP’s platform seeks to maximize SG support of undergraduate and graduate student life by making RSO events, Continued on page 4

Mathematics Professor Explains Time Travel to Writers and Illustrators

BY GREG ROSS MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Last Thursday evening, Professor of Mathematics Danny Calegari explained the basics of space and time travel to a packed room of children’s book writers at 57th Street Books. Calegari is an author of several short stories himself.

Calegari, sporting a coat and tie nearly as bright as a star, focused on the “science” in science fiction. He tailored his talk to help the audience—populated by members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators— accurately portray outer space in their books.

The subject was particularly relevant in an age of climate concerns and space exploration. From The Martian to Interstellar, there has been a recent proliferation of extraterrestrial themes in popular culture. Some members of the audience had written space and time travel stories in the past, while others attended the event to gather information for future book projects.

Citing Hubble, Gödel, and Einstein, Calegari laid down the basics of spacetime, relativity, and black holes to explain that time travel is indeed possible, within certain constraints.

When Calegari delved into the

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BY EMILY FEIGENBAUM SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

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P r o fe s s o r C r a i g Fu t t e r m a n e l a b o r a t e s o n t h e d i s t r u s t C h i cago South Side youths feel towards the police in a Harper Lecture at the University Club of Chicago on April 14.

Law Professor Discusses Report on Police-Youth Interactions

BY ISAAC EASTON NEWS STAFF

On Thursday evening, Craig Futterman, clinical professor of law at the Law School, delivered a lecture at the University Club downtown about his research investigating the relationship between young black people and the police on the South Side of Chicago.

The research project, co-au-

theoretical properties of wormholes—which could act as a tunnel between distant points in space— some audience members uttered murmurs of disbelief. After Calegari’s talk, an attendee hoping to write a children’s book admitted that she was intimidated by the prospect of navigating the nebulous sphere of outer space with pen and paper.

Calegari concurred with this puzzled sentiment. With respect to the time-bending effects of space travel, he said, “It’s kind of strange, but that’s just how the universe works.”

BY PETE GRIEVE Yet the often-baffling concept of DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR relativity doesn’t mean time travel is off-limits in the world of chilLast week, President Zimmer dren’s books. After the event, one met with editors of THE MAROON for attendee remarked, “The uncer- a quarterly hour-long meeting. He tainty of outer space gives writers answered questions on issues from room to build whatever world we College Council’s (CC) divestment want. It allows for some creativity.” vote to construction-related finanIn a Q&A session following cial borrowing to development in the talk, when asked if unreal- Washington Park. istic sci-fi literature or movies Vice President for Campus Life bother his academic sensibilities, Karen Coleman and Vice President Calegari—who said his favor- for Communications John Longite TV show is the British sci-fi brake also attended. classic Doctor Who—responded, We learned Zimmer has a “pet” “Mathematicians care about con- theater project, Dean Boyer wasn’t sistency. From my point of view offended by THE M AROON calling as a consumer, as long as the his presentation to CC last week story’s [scientific] rules are inter- “anticlimactic,” and Longbrake frenally consistent, I’m satisfied.” quents Yik Yak.

thored by Chaclyn Hunt and Jamie Kalven of the Invisible Institute, is entitled “They Have All the Power”: Youth/Police Encounters on Chicago’s South Side. The paper, after which the talk was named, was presented at the Chicago Public Law and Legal Theory workshop at the University’s Law School this March.

Futterman prefaced his talk by clarifying that his goal was not Continued on page 4

Zimmer Talks Student Life, New Initiatives, Obama Library in Quarterly Meeting Divestment Zimmer reacted briefly to College Council’s call for the University to partially divest from ten major corporations active in Israel, which U of C Divest says are complicit in human rights abuses against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

“I think we have to just be clear, clear about that, that this has absolutely nothing to do with the University’s position, which has been quite clear over time,” Zimmer said.

“I don’t think it’s a mystery as to what it is,” he added.

Prior to the divestment debate and vote at the CC meeting, Dean of the College John Boyer and Dean of Students in the University Michele Rasmussen gave updates on Continued on page 3

GATSBY: The Musical a Roaring Good Time

Warm Weather Spurs Encouraging Results

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The set-up was simple, with a piano in the corner and seven music stands for the characters.

The Men’s and Women’s track teams performed in the Wheaton Twilight meet. The men finished fifth and the women finished second.

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Oral histories connect us to our cultures and identities.

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Dos Urban Cantina takes the spotlight in an otherwise sparsely populated block on Armitage.

On March 15, Student Government (SG) announced that it was discontinuing the end-of-quarter airport shuttle program. On April 18, SG’s Executive Slate announced that the program will be reinstated for students travelling to O’Hare Airport.

The shuttle service was cancelled during finals week and without advance notice. A College Council (CC) resolution passed on March 29 objected to the lack of notice and consultation prior to the decision and called for its reinstatement. “[T]he Student Government Slate abruptly cancelled this service without input from the Executive Committee or Assembly and announced the cancellation on Tuesday, March 15, only three days before the end of winter quarter 2016 and two days before shuttle service usually begins,” the resolution read.

In the resolution, CC called upon Slate to reinstate the shuttle program for Spring Quarter. Citing the popularity of the shuttle program and students’ reliance on the service, the resolution stated that providing this service is a “reasonable task” for Slate, as it has sufficient funding.

“After discussion with the College Council and members of the student body, Executive Slate plans to reinstate the end-of-quarter airport shuttle program to O’Hare Airport for Spring 2016,” the statement began.

“While still noting the cost of the program, we recognize the important role it plays in reducing transportation costs for students, particularly those traveling to O’Hare Airport.”

The statement also touched upon the role of U-Pass in the future of the shuttle service program.

“The future of the program, given the College’s future participation in the U-Pass program, will be subject to the approval of the College and Graduate Councils as a part of SG’s budgeting process for the 20162017 academic year,” it read.

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Insurance Firm Reconciles with University of Chicago Medical Center

BY RENA SLAVIN NEWS STAFF

Land of Lincoln Health, a local health insurance company, and the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) reached an agreement to keep UCMC physicians in its network of providers.

Land of Lincoln Health told its clients in January that it would no longer be covering treatment at UCMC, effective March 1, 2016. Individuals who wa nt ed t o rema i n w ith thei r UCMC physicians would have to seek alternate insurance plans, or incur

Community Members Continue Advocacy Around Local High School

BY SONIA SCHLESINGER DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR

Last Thursday, approximately 40 people met to consider plans for Bronzeville’s Dyett High School’s 2016–17 reopening after being closed for two years closed.

Attendees, including Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers, parents, students, and members of surrounding communities discussed implementation of a green curriculum, a weekly internship program for students, and community initiatives at the school to engage Bronzeville residents.

Dyett closed in 2013–14 due to low attendance. In August 2015, a group of activists went on a hunger strike for 34 days to protest the closing of the last open-enrollment school in Bronzeville (the others are selective enrollment, and require that students apply) and in September, CPS announced that the school would reopen in 2016 as an arts high school. Dyett parents present at the meeting explained that students within the attendance boundary for the school can register with proof of address, but that out-of-boundary students specifically interested in the arts program will have to apply.

Activists and some Bronzeville residents were not satisfied with the plan to reopen Dyett as an arts school, as it did not match their proposals to create a green technology high school instead.

“They say it should be an arts school, but the biggest unemployed industry is arts, while one of the fastest growing industries is green technology,” explained Jitu Brown, an education activist for the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization who led Thursday’s meeting. “This is a human rights issue, making our children able to compete in the twenty-fi rst century.”

Brown also raised the possibility of colloquium Wednesdays in which students intern with local, national, or even international organizations each week.

According to Brown, local groups, such as the Hyde Park Herald, have already agreed to work with Dyett students. Additionally, attendees discussed potential community initiatives through the school, such as sewing or martial arts classes for local residents.

Frustration surrounding the city’s involvement in Dyett remains. “What is missing is the political will to love black children on the South Side of Chicago like those in other parts of the city,” Brown said. “I feel like right now we’re an afterthought.”

higher out-of-pocket costs.

Two Hyde Park residents, Daniel Blumenthal and Michael Hartzmark, fi led a lawsuit against Land of Lincoln Health in early February. They claimed that the insurer was aware of the upcoming split from UCMC, but did not tell them before they purchased their plans.

When asked how the resolution would affect him, Daniel Blumenthal declined to comment.

In late March, however, Land of Lincoln Health informed brokers that UCMC will not be dropped from its network after all. According to the Chicago Tribune, Land of Lincoln Health fi led

court papers in an attempt to dismiss the lawsuit in early April.

Included was an affidavit from Frank Mancuso, the vice president of network development for Land of Lincoln Health.

In it, he says that the letter sent out to customers notifying them of the split with UCMC was in fact sent out in error. According to the Chicago Tribune, “Land of Lincoln’s member services ‘did not know about or understand the termination provisions’ in the U. of C. contracts.”

“It has always been Land of Lincoln Health’s full intention to continue offering coverage for the University of Chi-

cago,” Dennis O’Sullivan, a spokesman for Land of Lincoln, told the Becker’s Hospital Review.

Land of Lincoln Health was founded under President Obama’s A ffordable Care Act as one of 23 Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (co-ops). The goal of these plans was to provide more competition, more choice for consumers, and better overall coverage.

The incident with UCMC comes at a time when Land of Lincoln Health, along with many other co-ops, is struggling financially. It has frozen enrollment for 2016 and raised premiums, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Obama Speechwriter Talks National Security

BY RYAN FLEISHMAN MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

A speechwriter and national security official for the Obama administration held a discussion on Friday at Rockefeller Chapel highlighting his thoughts on both his career and the Obama administration’s foreign policies.

Ben Rhodes, current deputy national security advisor for strategic communications and speechwriting and a New York resident at the time of 9/11, cited the terrorist attack as a flashpoint in his career’s turn towards foreign policy. When asked if he considered himself a “post-9/11 person,” he responded “I actually think of myself less of a post-9/11 person, and more of a post-Iraq War person.”

Namely, he thinks the Iraq War prompted his “realization that the United States cannot simply rely on power to achieve their desired outcome in the world.” This realization proved to be a theme in the rest of the talk.

He continued to give an account of the process leading to Osama Bin Laden’s death, when Rhodes had to prepare speeches for a good or bad outcome. Rhodes also discussed his emotional connection to the event. “You can usually separate your emotions, but I couldn’t in that regard.”

He continued, “You don’t realize what happened, I honestly can’t describe all the emotions. Being a New Yorker, it was overwhelming.”

Rhodes later insisted that “foreign policy has to be about more than the Middle East,” and advanced this claim through his discussions of North Korea and Cuba.

Rhodes specifically cited North Korea as “the most dangerous threat” towards world safety. While the Iranians are weak to American pressure through economic sanctions, North Korea does not have a strong

enough economy to threaten and therefore is much less controllable through U.S. foreign policy, he said.

Rhodes focused particular attention on recent openings in Cuban-American relations. Starting secretly in spring of 2013, the initial negotiations with Cuba started largely because of Obama’s second term, which allowed the campaign to “step back and look for opportunities.”

Rhodes expressed his appreciation for the complex history between the U.S. and Cuba and its culmination in these negotiations. “Everything hits you at the time of the call,” he added.

When asked about the lift of the em-

bargo with Cuba, Rhodes dismissed its critics as “stuck in the past.” While Rhodes compared the lift of the embargo to the Iran deal with respect to the administration’s overpowering of critics, he differentiated the two situations in that the Cubans desire peace with America, while the Iran deal was much more “transactional.”

In his words, “The Iranians wouldn’t let us open up an embassy. Cuba would, and we have to appreciate that.”

Olivia Shaw, a high school senior who attended the talk, found it to be “a very effective talk at conveying a lot of foreign policy issues abroad, but also bringing them back home.”

Zoe Kaiser

Ben Rhodes, a foreign policy speechwriter for President Obama, speaks at Rockefeller Chapel on April 15 about his experiences and perspectives on foreign policy issues.

University Gains Access to Black Oral Histories

BY BEN ANDREW NEWS STAFF

The History Makers, a Chicago-based nonprofit which collects oral histories of black Americans, announced on Friday that it is opening access to its digital archive to 10 universities throughout the country, including the University of Chicago. Students and staff will have access to the digital archive through the University Library.

According to the History Makers website, the online archive is the largest collection of its kind in the world. It currently includes 656 video interviews totaling 2,000 hours of footage. The archive also features biographies of the interviewees, and transcripts of all the videos.

In total the project has collected more

than 2,700 interviews since 1999, most of which have not been digitized. According to its website, the History Makers eventually plans to collect 5,000 interviews.

Conversations with interviewees as old as 105 and as young as 29 can be found in the archive. Notable interviewees include Harold Washington, Barack Obama, Maya Angelou, and Quincy Jones.

The interviews concern the interviewees’ life histories, including their family backgrounds, early memories, educations, and careers.

According to the History Makers website, institutional subscriptions to their archive start at $10,000 per year.

Subscription terms can run between one and seven years. The University News Office did not respond to requests for information about the length or cost of its subscription.

The University is one of the fi rst to gain access to the archive, and joins Northwestern University, Boston University, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Howard University, Emory University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Cornell University in subscribing to it.

“This resource, which was designed to support scholarly research, expands and enhances our online library offerings and gives UChicago scholars access to thousands of hours of video oral history from African Americans, covering experiences across a wide range of fields and professions,” Calmetta Coleman, a University spokesperson, said in a written statement.

The archive is available now to the UChicago community and can be accessed at uchicago.thehistorymakers.com.

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“We learned that Zimmer has a ‘pet’ theater project, Dean Boyer wasn’t offended by THE MAROON calling his presentation to CC last week ‘anticlimactic,’ and Longbrake frequents Yik Yak.” sor Jason Lieb resigned in late January after an interview with website Common Edge that engaging in sexual activity with a graduate the proposed Washington Park site is in the College Housing, sexual violence prevention, study abroad, and the Core Curriculum. THE student on a retreat who was “incapacitated lead.

We asked Zimmer whether he has a prefMAROON called the presentation prior to the due to alcohol and therefore could not consent.”

In the wake of the article, the University erence for either Washington Park or Jackvote “anticlimactic” relative to the subsequent responded with a statement saying that it was son Park: “No, I had a very distinct prefproceedings in an article last week.

“Both Michelle and John saw THE MAROON working to increase training on “related is- erence that it be done on the South Side of article that called their portion of the presen- sues” to faculty members, graduate students, Chicago. That was my big preference. Once that got done I said ‘OK, great.’ They’re tation ‘anticlimactic,’ and neither of them took undergraduates, and staff members.

“It was clear what action we took in that gonna decide, we don’t even have to think it personally,” Coleman said.

“I saw Dean Boyer this afternoon, you particular case. I think the University acted about it, because they’re gonna decide. And know, because he presented before the reso- decisively but with all good due process,” Zim- after that we’ll be able to think about what lution, and he said ‘I showed up and I thought, mer said on Wednesday. “I think the whole to do. I am curious though.”

‘Wow, these kids.’ You know he was like, ‘I matter is a serious matter and needs to conGarfield Arts Corridor went to college in the ‘60s, this was pretty tinually be addressed. Ultimately I think The University plans to invest in an impressive.’ And he said ‘it was even better there’s a kind of cultural awareness and attenthat they weren’t protesting my presentation,’” tion to what’s acceptable behavior and what “arts and culture corridor” on East Garshe said. isn’t acceptable behavior. There are certain field Boulevard in Washington Park bethings that have to be clear is unacceptable tween South Martin Luther King Drive Greek Life behavior. I think getting all that articulated, and South Prairie Avenue, according to Fraternities at UChicago have gone clarified, in the air, the question of open dis- the University’s most recent Memoranthrough a tumultuous several months: an course about that is an important part of what dum of Understanding (MOU) with the City, which was released in January. The alleged sexual assault was reported at Delta it is we’re trying to do.”

Upsilon in October, the Chicago Police DePrior to coming to UChicago, Lieb worked University currently backs the Washingpartment (CPD) said in March that it was in- at the University of North Carolina at Chapel ton Park Arts Incubator on Garfield.

Zimmer expressed enthusiasm for the vestigating two allegations of sexual assault Hill, where he was accused of sexual harassincubator, which is directed by Theaster against members of Psi Upsilon, Buzzfeed ment. publicized racist emails between members Asked whether there are gaps in faculty Gates, the director of arts program deof AEPi in February, and Phi Delta Theta’s hiring background checks, Zimmer only velopment at the University. Zimmer said national governing board voted to suspend wished to speak in general terms. that he would like to see more philanits UChicago chapter after “risk management “A bit of transparency in these things is thropy in order to further develop the policy violations.” useful and important,” he said. “On the other corridor.

The Center for Leadership and Involve- hand, I would say that I think that generally “The goal is ultimately to go through ment (CLI) recently launched a new fund to our processes are actually pretty good, and the whole block, and take everything support non-RSO student initiatives and or- that doesn’t mean they are going to work well there, redo it,” he said. “I think ultiganizations, including fraternities and sorori- 100 percent of the time, but it’s not as if they mately the plan is to be able to raise ties. The Student Engagement Fund is meant are not attentive to such matters.” money to be able to do some more things to level the playing field between Greek Life Coleman said the University is focusing along the block and build as vibrant an and non-Greek student groups that are not on training and education, the handling of in- arts block there as we can … I think the Recognized Student Organizations (RSOs). dividual cases when they are reported, trans- fact that we’ve actually done something The University will allow funded groups to parency, staffing, and resources. and [Gates] has done it and demonstrated book University spaces 10 times per quarter the value makes it easier to raise money for meetings and three times per quarter for Accessibility for it.” events.

Zimmer said that the University is workHe added that he would like to see “Our relationship with Greeks is not un- ing to increase financial aid in order to expand community theater companies find a like any relationship with students in general. educational opportunities to more students, permanent home in the Garfield Arts Every student has access to resources that especially those who historically have not had corridor. are available through the [CLI] and that’s access to higher education. In his words, it’s “I’ll tell you my own pet project which the basis of our relationship with students all about helping “talent express itself.”

I’ve been wanting to see for a long, long who affiliate with Greek chapters. So while “If you look at the change in the amount time is that there are a lot of theater comthe University itself doesn’t have any formal of financial aid that we are providing com- panies, a lot of African American based affiliation with Greek chapters at large and pared to what it was a decade ago, it’s simply theater companies — but others as well with their nationals, we support students and massive. It has been a very deep part of our — that cannot afford permanent space.… their programs and initiatives as they come priorities and will continue to be for exactly So the question of how we can create a to us and come to meet with advisors at the the reason I said before which is that there’s space that provides an opportunity for [CLI] like we would with any student,” Cole- a lot of talent that needs opportunity for ex- multiple places who don’t have their own man said. pression, and it should not be dependent on space…has been something I’ve been With respect to discipline, Coleman said the fact that your parents have more money very eager to see us do for a long time. that Greek affiliations are “irrelevant” be- than or less money than this person’s parents,” So that’s one of the kinds of things we’re cause the University can engage in discipline he said. “What kind of criteria if you are an thinking about.” with any student regardless of whether they institution like we are should that be for who’s are with a Greek chapter. here with an opportunity to develop and exConstruction The University does not officially recog- press their talent?”

In the wake of the recession of 2008, nize Greek organizations, however, so while The administration is also looking for many universities postponed or cancelled it has the ability to discipline individual stu- ways to create more summer internship op- large-scale construction projects. UChidents, only “nationals” can discipline entire portunities. cago took the opposite approach. As interchapters. Asked whether the University has “Look not only to [financial aid], but to est rates on loans dropped, the University considered recognizing Greek organizations, the type of internship opportunities and so capitalized on the historically cheap cost Coleman answered: “It hasn’t.” on, which are important for everybody but of capital to build at a lower cost, Zimmer “The question for us has been can we re- become more important for people whose fam- said. spond to student behavior whether it takes ilies do not have a large network where people Over the past several years, UChicago place within the context of a Greek chapter are able to somehow plug into a network to has demolished, built and renovated at or anywhere else. And I think we feel that we have a summer position that advances their a rapid rate: Campus North Residential can. Likewise, can we be engaged with stu- opportunities for the future. So we want to Commons, the William Eckhardt Research dents when it comes to programs and initia- be able to do that for students independent of Center, the Logan Arts Center, Campus tives and outreach and training in the same income also.”

South Athletic Field and the renovation of way with Greeks? … Do we feel like we’ve got Saieh Hall. To pay for all of it, the Univerthe ability to do that? And I think we feel that Obama Presidential Library sity has had to borrow hundreds of millions we do. If we felt otherwise, I think perhaps the In September 2014, the Barack Obama of dollars, and its credit rating has fallen. conversation might be different. … The vast foundation named UChicago as one of four fiIn February, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) majority of Greek organizations, we’ve got nalists to potentially house the Obama presi- downgraded the University’s rating to AAvery strong relationships. But I think if we dential library. In January 2015, the Univer- citing higher debt and operating deficits. were to find that we didn’t have those inroads, sity proposed Washington Park and Jackson Moody’s and Fitch, which are also financial we’d be in more of a tough spot,” Coleman said. Park as possible sites for the library. In May rating services, affirmed the University’s 2015, the Obama Foundation announced that Aa2 and AA+ bond ratings, respectively.

Sexual Misconduct the library will be built on the South Side of All three ratings, however, are classified In early February, The New York Times Chicago. In February 2016, adviser to the as “stable.” reported that former molecular biology profes- Obama Foundation Paul Goldberger said in The University of Chicago Medical CenContinued from front

ter (UCMC) is also working on its share of construction—the Level-I Adult Trauma Center, a new cancer center, a new emergency room —and it, too, has had to take out loans. Moody’s raised the outlook of UCMC’s credit rating from negative to stable, although it flagged long-term debt as an area of possible concern.

“The cost of capital in recent years has been extremely low, and [Board of Trustees’s] view was that if we have to build buildings over the next 10 years, build ’em now. Because you’ll never be able to borrow money as inexpensively as you can now.

The actual cost of getting a credit downgrade is right now really quite de minimis. And if you look at just the buildings we’ve done over the last period, since the financial crisis—if you look at the nominal savings on the interest rate for borrowed money against historic averages, it’s about $750 million saved,” he said.

Zimmer added that recent construction has helped the University attract strong candidates for faculty positions.

Housing The new 15-floor residence building, Campus North, which is expected to house 800 students, will open in the fall. The University will also open a third dining hall at the East 55th Street and South University Avenue location.

During his CC presentation last Tuesday, Dean Boyer said that he would like to see 70 percent of undergraduate students in College Housing. On Wednesday, we asked Zimmer for his thoughts.

“The formal goal that we’ve had, which frankly was a bit arbitrary…was to get to 70 percent. I don’t know that there’s anything magic about it, or you know that at 70 percent something happens that doesn’t happen at 69, and nothing new happens at 73. But it was kind of a target and you know we certainly want to get there,” he said.

We asked whether getting to 70 percent would require a change to the college housing plan—perhaps new requirements mandating that students live in college housing for a set number of years.

“I don’t think we know enough yet, because at this point we’re opening North in the fall. We’ll have 800 more beds, and as you know we are closing some of our oldest buildings, so we still come out ahead. But we’ll need to revisit that.” Coleman said.

“Right now as we’ve done focus groups with students, what we have learned is that... if we provide housing that is attractive and appealing and wasn’t like, you know, a double with a roommate and a shared bathroom that they would actually stay on campus longer.”

“I think we’ve heard from enough students who’ve said ‘I’d prefer to move on campus and not be dealing with a private landlord, but in order to do that I need, you know, an apartment where I can opt in a lottery to actually live with my friends, and we can have, you know, a bathroom and, you know, three apartments, so that’s how we’re responding.’ And actually Campus North has a percentage of the rooms that are designed for first-years, sort of more double rooms. And it’s designed so that a student could stay there all four years if they wanted to, because by the time they are a fourth-year they would have the ability to move into a very attractive sort of apartment with unbelievably fabulous views once you get in that building.… I mean it’s crazy — I think you want to just sit in that reading room on the 15th floor and just look at the entire view,” she said.

“Hopefully, you look at your book too,” Zimmer joked.

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Initial Statements Touch on Divestment and Unionization, Promise a More Open SG Continued from front

end-of-quarter airport shuttle service and CC office hours more accessible. Holmberg also wants to pressure the University to partially divest from Israel by creating a “socially responsible investment committee.”

“Our platform pushes the University to serve us and our community more equitably by creating a socially responsible investment committee and using its massive endowment to support Chicago State University (CSU), which has lost state funding. These are the values our platform is shaped around, and we look forward to sharing it with you in its entirety very soon,” he said.

Holmberg explained to THE MAROON that UP’s objective in supporting CSU is to address higher education issues both in Chicago and throughout the state. Holmberg said that due to budgetary restrictions, some employees at Illinois universities are losing their jobs.

He added that higher education funding will decrease by 30 percent if Governor Rauner’s proposed budget is approved.

Holmberg plans to use his position to work with #SaveCSU, reach out to student leaders throughout Illinois to address student needs and grant funding, and call on Rauner to pass a budget that gives more funding to higher education.

Elkhaoudi, current Class of 2019 representative and candidate for vice president for administration, stated that UP has a history of being at the forefront of progressive ideals and impactful decision making, ranging from neighborhood activism to University of Chicago Police Department accountability.

“One of the main reasons I am running for the position of vice president for administration on executive Slate is that over the past year, through my service on College Council and [the Student Government Finance Committee], I have noticed that funding decisions for student life are made on the basis of University reputation, rather than the enrichment of student life. To me, this is unjust and

wrong,” Elkhaoudi said.

“While our campus community continues to grow in culture and diversity and ideas, the budget to finance this growth continues to be slashed and divided: we are fighting over scraps,” she added.

Jones said that there is a need for a more effective conduit for graduate student concerns. Noting that there is a sense of division between the undergraduate and graduate communities, Jones cited his collaborative efforts with Holmberg and Elkhaoudi as proof that school unity is possible. UP is the only Slate with a graduate candidate. Jones described his membership on this slate as a “natural choice,” as both Holmberg and Elkhaoudi are supporters of graduate unionization.

Our Campus is led by third-years Chase Woods, Paul Drexler, and Victoria Monteiro.

Though lacking SG experience, the Slate collectively stated that every student is a part of University politics and the objective of Our Campus is to “give a voice to those who feel like they’ve been left out of University politics.”

Woods, Our Campus’ prospective president, said that “This year has been a tumultuous one for our campus, but, in many ways, it doesn’t seem new. It feels like the issues the Class of 2019 is facing are the same issues my class faced in our first and second years. I don’t want these issues to be cyclical, I want them to be addressed in meaningful and substantive ways.”

“Students should vote for our slate, because their issues are our issues. I believe we’re the slate that’s most attuned to what’s going on, what students care about, and what they’d like to see this University become. We’re not self-serving; we’re here to serve,” he added.

Monteiro, who is running for vice president for student affairs, said that students should vote for her slate because each member is involved in “almost every aspect of campus” and understands the concerns of student-run organizations. Citing a need for greater SG

transparency, Monteiro stated that Our Campus will increase SG office hours and use social media to better communicate with students.

“As we’ve been working to improve our own communities on campus, we realized that Student Government has the tools and resources to address many of the issues facing student life; however, this potential has been largely untapped. We’ve been working hard to research and develop feasible solutions with a timeline that students can hold us accountable to. We have the experience, we have the drive and we’re really excited to get to work,” Monteiro said.

Second-years Michael Meng, Kennedy Green, and Sara Zubi are the candidates for the U&S Slate. The candidates are in the process of discussing tenets of the U&S platform in statements released in succession on the Slate’s Facebook page: Zubi’s statement on April 15, Meng’s on the April 17, and Green’s on the April 19.

U&S emphasized that it will create an agenda that it can practically execute.

U&S cited Meng’s two-year long experience as a class representative for the Class of 2018 as a navigational tool for the logistics of SG. However, the Slate said that new perspectives will be beneficial as they will foster a sense of inclusion on campus.

In last week’s CC meeting in which a resolution was passed to ask the University to divest funds from some companies active in Israel, Meng gave his speaking time to running mate Zubi. Zubi, an active supporter of the UofC Divest and prospective vice president for student affairs, wrote on the Slate’s Facebook page that she was the only non-CC representative who spoke at the meeting.

“As VP of Student Affairs in conjunction with Kennedy and Michael, I plan on working towards the socially responsible investment committee. This was passed with 80 percent support from a student referendum, which will insure that our university will

neither be invested nor complicit in human rights abuses. As a slate, we will be in a position to be able to sit down with administration and urge them to form this committee that has been supported by the student body and ask for transparency in investments,” Zubi wrote online.

“We have Michael guiding us through the ins and outs of the student government bureaucracy; but, all three of our voices are prominent in the decisions made by this slate, and we’d like to include whatever students want to be heard in more of these decisions,” U&S wrote in a statement to The Maroon.

“We think that our role here is to build upon progress that has been made by the previous administration. So we will divert our energy to just including more people in the process of campus governance, and to make more people feel like the University cares about their existence here,” the statement read.

In his personal statement, Meng said that his experience as a class representative and his membership in Greek life are assets to the Slate. Citing a need for an Interfraternity Council and a structure of accountability for its members, Meng said that the current policy governing Greek Life “creates rifts,” rather than support in the Greek community.

“Finally, as a member of the Greek community, I know that there are problems with our Greek organizations. But to disproportionately harm the members that contribute the least towards its problems is wrong. To say that all Greek organizations are the same, just because they stand by Greek letters, is wrong,” Meng wrote.

Complete platforms, limited to 400 words, are due on April 19 and will be posted on the SG website. The slates are scheduled to debate on April 25 for a graduate audience and April 26 for an undergraduate audience.

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simply to state that problems between young black people and the police exist.

“I’ll be talking a lot about race, police, and youth. And thankfully this won’t simply be an opportunity to identify these issues, but one that tries to identify things [we can do about them],” Futterman said.

The research involved interviewing black students from Hyde Park Academy, a public high school located on East 62nd Street and South Stony Island Avenue, about their common encounters with officers within the Chicago Police Department (CPD).

“We heard from kids stories of terrible abuse, but that’s not what we focused on.

What we focused on were the everyday encounters,” he said.

From these interviews, Futterman and his co-authors identified four main issues regarding the interactions between young black people on the South Side and the police. The first issue they identified was that the police treat black people differently than white people.

“First thing to jump out at us was that there was a different constitution that governed these kids than the constitution we teach our students in the classroom at the University.… Everything about these encounters from the officers’ gait or their swagger as they approached, to their tone of voice appears from the kid’s perspectives to be meant to convey messages of authority, to inspire fear.

Young black folks expect to be treated with suspicion of being a criminal by the police.”

Futterman contrasted the experiences of these students with those who go to high

school at the University of Chicago’s Laboratory Schools and noticed a stark difference in the way in which they viewed the police. “[W]e interviewed over a hundred students at the Lab School…it’s situated just five blocks from [Hyde Park Academy]. In a room of a hundred students, each of whom were the same age as the ones you spoke with, not a single kid…reported ever having been stopped by the police,” Futterman said.

The second issue his team identified was that there seemed to be “unchecked power” regarding the way the police interacted with the students.

One of the issues with this unchecked power was that CPD officers have been rarely held accountable for their acts of abuse, Futterman said. He noted that although the students described many positive interactions between themselves and CPD officers, the fact that abusive officers are protected by their departments makes them distrustful of the force as a whole.

“When a kid sees those officers abuse their friends and neighbors without any fear of punishment; that says a lot more to them about what the department is than the neighborhood officer who greets them with a smile.

Indeed it actually makes that smile feel like a lie.… It didn’t matter that the data says if 90 percent or more of the officers in their neighborhood aren’t contributing to this mess.

If everyone protects the abusive officers, they become the face of the department, indeed the face of civic authority to our kids,” he said.

The last issue Futterman identified regarding the interactions between the students and the police was the way in which the stop-

and-frisk policy employed by police officers caused the students to view themselves. An officer is only allowed to randomly stop and search someone if they have reasonable suspicion that the individual in question has been, is, or is about to engage in criminal activity.

And once someone has been stopped, only if the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that the individual in question is dangerous or has a weapon, can the officer frisk.

“So even when we stop a child, we’re telling that child that we think he or she looks like a dangerous criminal. And our work taught me how deeply our kids are affected by that. There’s damage to our self-esteem, their beautiful place in the world. As [one student interviewed] told us, ‘they make you feel like less than a person, less than a human being,’” Futterman said.

The last issue Futterman identified was a fundamental distrust between the students he interviewed and CPD officers. This distrust culminates in the refusal to call the police for help, even when it is needed.

“We start to observe that the neighborhoods of Chicago that had the very most complaints of police abuse were the same areas that had the lowest clearance rates for violent crime. This is just what the kids taught us: The police were least successful solving crime, solving violent crime, in the areas where they had the least trust,” he said.

After detailing four main issues that govern the interactions between the young black students he interviewed and the police, Futterman moved on to discuss potential solutions all centered on notions of “honesty” and transparency

between the police and the public.

This comes in the wake of the tape that he and Jamie Kalven worked towards getting released last November which shows 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being fatally shot by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. The tape was released by the City of Chicago only after Futterman and Kalven, alerted by a tip, submitted 16 requests for its release.

To ensure a sustained effort towards honesty and transparency, Futterman, Fifth Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston, and Northwestern University Clinical Associate Professor of Law Sheila Bedi have advocated for the dissolution of the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA), to be replaced by community oversight boards. According to Futterman, an ordinance was proposed to the Chicago legislature on Wednesday, April 13 that if passed, would do just that.

Futterman ended his talk by reflecting on a line from the 1991 fi lm Boyz n the Hood. “[Actor and rapper Ice Cube’s character] Dough Boy said, ‘Either they don’t know or they don’t show what’s going on in the hood.’ Meaning either we don’t know or we don’t care about what’s going on in the hood. Something happened after the release of the video of the killing of a 17-yearold black child. It occurred to me, we know, we know. And we also know what we need to do. Young black folks like the kids [from Hyde Park Academy], they’ve led us to this moment and they’ve challenged us to care.

It’s up to us to act on this,” Futterman said.

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University Professor Releases Report on Infant Behavior

BY EMILY KRAMER DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR

Students and faculty in the University of Chicago Department of Psychology have found the first evidence of a link between neural responses from the motor systems of infants and their overt social behavior. Their research revealed that infants’ brains are able to process and understand the reasons behind the actions of other individuals.

These findings were published on April 12 in Psychological Science, the Association for Psychological Science’s peer-reviewed journal. Courtney Fillipi, a fifth-year doctoral student in development psychology at the University of Chicago, is the lead author of the paper and worked with coauthor and UChicago William S. Gray Professor of Psychology Amanda Woodward.

In the study, 36 seven-month-old infants were tested while wearing caps that measured brain activity using electroencephalography (EEG), a test that detects electrical activity in the brain with flat metal discs attached to the scalp. Each infant observed an actor reach for one of two different toys and was then allowed to choose one of the same toys. This process was repeated 12 times for each infant.

The infants’ brain activity predicted their responses to the actor’s behavior.

When the infants used their motor system in the brain while observing the actor take one of the toys, the child imitated the actor and took the same toy.

When there was no noticeable use of this motor system while observing the actor, the infants did not imitate the actor.

According to Filippi, this indicates that infants use their motor systems before

they imitate other people’s actions. “A lot of research has looked at how infants’ brains respond when they observe other people’s actions and consistently find that when they watch other people’s actions, they show this motor system response,� Filippi said. “But what we’ve done, and what makes our work so exciting, is shown that it is not just when they watch any kind of action, but when they watch the action and think really hard about it, when they encode what the action was about.�

In an interview with UChicago News, Woodward said that although their research may not directly translate into new therapies or treatments, it may add to medical advances in the future by shedding light on how the human brain works and develops.

According to Woodward, their research proved her initial hypothesis correct. How-

ever, in the course of collecting, analyzing, and writing about the data, the research team came to realize that there are many deeper questions that must be answered that they were not aware of before the study. “When babies are behaving, a lot of systems in the brain are active,� Woodward said. “We want to know more about how different systems of the brain are interacting and working when infants are trying to understand other people’s actions.� “One reason to engage in basic science is to better understand the development of the brain and mind,� Woodward said in the interview. “Here we looked at the development of social cognition, social behavior and the motor system, all of which are critical for human development and are often disrupted in developmental disabilities, including autism.�

Drug May Help Fight Urethral Cancer, Researchers Find

BY ANJALI DHILLON ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) recently found that a pre-existing drug may be useful in treating urothelial cancer.

They found that five of six patients diagnosed with advanced metastatic urothelial cell cancer and at least one of two particular genetic mutations, responded to treatment with the drug afatinib. These findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Urothelial cell carcinoma is cancer that

affects the urinary tract: the bladder, kidney, and attached organs. It is the eighth leading cause of cancer in the US at 16,000 deaths per year. It is the fourth most common cancer affecting males.

The objective of the trial was to determine whether daily 40 milligram afatinib doses prevent the growth of a tumor for a minimum of three months in primary treatment resistant patients. Afatinib is a drug approved by FDA in 2013 for treating lung cancer.

Patients who demonstrated advanced urothelial cancer were enrolled in a phase 2 clinical trial. They were required to take

CT and MRI scans every six weeks and were closely observed for afatinib-related complications.

With the afatinib treatment, patients with at least one of the two genetic abnormalities reached 6.6 months without the progression of cancer, while those without mutation averaged 1.4 months. The sample size was 23 patients, with a median age of 67 years old.

While there was a demonstrated effect on advanced metastatic cancer patients, afatinib seemed to produce an overall varied response in the rest of the sample size.

Fourteen patients had a progression of can-

cer, seven had stabilized cancer, and two experienced shrinkage of tumor. Side effects included diarrhea, rash and fatigue. The daily 40-milligram dose was reduced for three patients. Authors of the study noted the small sample size as a limitation.

In a press release by UCMC, study director Peter O’ Donnell, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine said, “The connections linking afatinib with a better response to treatment for this group of patients are encouraging. Our next step is to organize a follow-up trial focused entirely on patients with at least one of these mutations.�

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From Mentor to Manager Grad Student Unionization Would Compromise Professor-Student Relationships

BY DEREK NEAL MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Our graduate students may soon be asked to vote in a union certification election. For our graduate students, the bestcase scenario under unionization would involve two outcomes. First, the union would negotiate increases in salary and benefits that would be greater in value than the union dues that all graduate students would be forced to pay. Second, the work rules that result from negotiations between the union and the University would not diminish the training, mentoring, and professional development opportunities that graduate students now enjoy.

The first element of this scenario is a plausible outcome.

The second is quite unlikely. In fact, I argue below that work rules and grievance procedures feature prominently in the worst-case scenario.

If forced to negotiate with a graduate student union, the University would likely raise compensation marginally for teaching assistants and graduate lecturers. The terms of the current contract between New York University and its unionized graduate students suggest that the union would claim most of this small pay increase in the form of union dues. Ex post, the University would likely transfer roughly $120 per graduate lecturer each quarter to the union, and each graduate lecturer would receive about $30 or less per quarter in additional net com-

pensation. For teaching assistants, the corresponding increase in net compensation would be even smaller.

Since we face enormous excess demand for the existing slots in our undergraduate program, the University could and likely would pass on these new costs to our undergraduates by raising tuition and fees.

Given that we currently reject thousands of stellar applicants each year, these modest tuition hikes would not create discernible changes in the quality of our undergraduates, and this approach would protect funding for research.

Even if our graduate students are eager to pay union representatives to extract additional money from our undergraduates, they should realize that their 20 to 30 dollars in extra compensation per quarter would come with important strings attached. Union work rules always homogenize employment relationships, and the cost of this homogenization can be great in workplaces where workers are nominally similar but differ in important ways.

Graduate students are not operatives on an assembly line. Teaching assistants in graduate math classes are not doing the same job as teaching assistants in undergraduate English classes, and it is hard to imagine how one set of work rules could serve all graduate students from all departments well. Furthermore, I doubt that one set of work rules could truly work well for all students in one department.

Graduates students differ in their interests and talents, and the courses we offer cover material that ranges from truly basic to quite advanced. So, even within one department, the current requirements for a given teaching assistant position could represent a great opportunity for one student but a terrible burden for another.

Over the years, many of our best economics graduate students have served as teaching assistants for Econ 301. Most would report that serving as a teaching assistant for this graduate class was a valuable and exciting experience that contributed to their future professional success, and most would also report that it was a grueling experience that required tremendous effort.

Many of our departments also take great pride in the honors sequences that they have developed for our best undergraduates, and I am willing to conjecture that the teaching assistants for these courses also value their opportunities to take on the challenges that these courses present.

However, with one set of work rules tailored to the demands of an average course, no graduate student would have the opportunity to take teaching assistant positions where both the workload and the professional benefits are exceptional, and both our graduate and undergraduate students would suffer because the faculty would be forced to change the way they teach some of our most important classes.

Unionization would not only harm the quality of the learning opportunities we offer; it would also harm relationships between faculty and graduate students. We faculty tend to ask a great deal from our teaching assistants, but we are also relentless advocates for them. We help them fi nd funding, we get them invited to conferences and workshops, and we do whatever we can to help them fi nd jobs. We do not make these efforts because our departments reward them directly—these efforts are simply part of the trust relationships we have with our students. We trust them to maintain high standards, and they trust us to help them launch their careers.

Organizations only function well when people who work together trust each other. Trust permits effective cooperation in complex settings where it is not possible to spell out rules that cover every contingency. But people can only build trust over time through relationships, and the grievance procedures that accompany union work rules prevent the informal give-and-take that builds trust in healthy relationships.

A minority of our faculty does not treat graduate students well, but these faculty are not going to become valuable mentors and advocates just because they know a union business representative is monitoring their actions. Furthermore, if work rules and grievance procedures come to define relationships between our

graduate students and faculty, many faculty who now mentor, promote, and encourage their teaching assistants would find that their safest course of action would be to keep more distance from our graduate students.

Collective bargaining over work rules and compensation may serve some workers well.

A plumber who plans to be a plumber for the rest of his career seeks only compensation and agreeable working conditions from his employer. He does not ask his employer to be a mentor, and he does not plan to work as his employer’s future peer and colleague.

Graduate students have different relationships with their supervisors. They often want their faculty supervisors to become their mentors and advocates, and they hope to achieve the same professional standing that their supervisors have already achieved.

The worst-case scenario is that, given union work rules and grievance procedures, faculty would no longer see their teaching assistants as mentees and future peers but simply as the people who do their grading and run recitations. No conceivable increase in stipends for graduate teaching positions would ever cover the losses associated with this outcome, and an extra 20 to 30 dollars per quarter would not even come close.

Derek Neal is a professor of economics and a member of the Committee on Education.

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Intriguing Doorman As University of Chicago students, we seek to satisfy our intellectual curiosity by turning to books and philosophical ponderings. Recently, however, I’ve come to discover a different, unconventional kind of learning.

I’ve come to discover the value of knowledge not gained through textbooks or classroom lectures, but through hearing a story about my family history in the comfort of my home.

Recently, my sister sent me a recording of our great-aunt talking about her journey fleeing from North Korea to South Korea during the 1950s. Based on

our knowledge of modern Korean history, my sister and I knew our grandparents grew up in Korea during politically tumultuous times, alongside colonialism, World War II, and national division. However, we had never known the specifics of their journeys, and during spring break, my sister sat my great-aunt down and interviewed her.

Over a plate of sliced mangoes on a cozy kitchen table, my greataunt recounted her memories of war, political oppression, and survival against steep odds. As property owners and believers of the Protestant Christian faith, my

great-aunt’s family faced brutal political persecution in the 1950s.

They were driven out of their home to live in a shack, and her oldest brother was frequently beat up by their neighbors. Fleeing the country was punishable by death under the North Korean communist regime, but as the political threats intensified, my family made the difficult decision to flee their home and journey to South Korea. Under the guise of moving to a neighboring city, they haphazardly piled belongings onto a large cart (before eventually discarding them upon leaving their hometown) and relocated to Haejoo, a town near the 38th parallel.

By then, the Korea Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) had been instituted, and the family waited a month in Haejoo until the tides were low enough for them to ford Continued on page 7

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Breaking Even Recognizing Economic Inequality Is the First Step to Reversing It

“Critics wary of oral history can frame it as biased and uncivilized...”

Andrew Nicotra Reilly

The Identity Files The distribution of wealth in our country has become a big talking point for many of the candidates on the presidential campaign trail. Those on the right contend that the inequalities are not as bad as they appear, and that having such large class disparities is ultimately good for economic progress—the wealthy create jobs, the less fortunate take those jobs, and everyone is better off. Those on the left say that class inequality is hindering progress, growth, and opportunity, and that the top earners should pay more in taxes to ensure that the bottom socioeconomic classes have the potential to make their way to the top.

Left-leaning political figures, then, are aiming for a more equal society. What both sides agree on is that there is a fundamental divide in American society. The differences come in how they view the solution, or rather, if this divide even represents a problem.

Issues of socioeconomic class bring about some of the most challenging forms of discrimination in American society, and, when combined with issues of race, gender, and other biographical forms of discrimination, can be absolutely paralyzing to a person’s ability to improve their economic and social standing.

But there is a fundamental issue that makes tackling socioeconomic discrimination difficult: socioeconomic class is not an immediately obvious part of a person’s identity. Race, gender, and even sexual orientation can be apparent, or at the very least, can be vocalized by an individual. It is far easier to identify with a racial group or gender than it is to identify as impoverished, middle class, or even rich. The distinctions between these groups aren’t always clear, and people often miscategorize themselves. Besides that, there is a commonly held belief that people who are wealthy deserve to be, and those who are not simply haven’t worked hard enough.

This is why class-based movements have been unable to make real and lasting change in the American political landscape.

The markers of socioeconomic class are difficult to recognize in other people, let alone in oneself. Even with serious self-reflection, understanding one’s place on the socioeconomic ladder can be next to impossible. A person may have luxurious or expensive consumer goods—e.g. cars, televisions, appliances, and clothing—but still not be among the upper socioeconomic classes. These goods have become cheaper and cheaper as time has gone on, while

the prices of necessary goods like food and housing have continued to increase in relation to income. Someone who is in the bottom socioeconomic classes may now be able to afford a nicer television or car, but be less able to feed their family. Outward displays of wealth and affluence, therefore, are less meaningful than they were in the past. A person may, as a result, assume that they are in a higher socioeconomic class than they are, and also believe that those around them are doing well.

This makes organizing a political movement even more difficult—when nobody is really sure of their position, how can they feel empowered to change it?

A more insidious and upsetting problem, though, is the belief that those who have money simply (and admirably) did everything in their power to achieve that wealth. They are viewed as uniquely able and inherently deserving of their higher status. This view presupposes that American society is a pure meritocracy, and that this meritocracy is fair. However, American society is anything but fair. It is the illusion of the American Dream—in which everybody has a fair chance, and with enough hard work, their success is guaranteed—that has deluded many people into believing that they are simply unsuccessful people. They don’t take into account the many ways that American society had disadvantaged them, or the ways “successful” people were given a head start.

As diverse as issues of race, gender, and other discriminatory biographical details may be—something unites these groups. Members of each of these groups face socioeconomic discrimination. By providing metrics to better assess one’s own socioeconomic status in relation to others, a new awareness of class-based identity could unite people across a multitude of demographic groups and identities. By uniting around issues of socioeconomic discrimination, these groups will be able to strengthen their political voice to effect real change. So long as America remains a money-based society, the need for economic fairness will remain a politically and socially important issue, and as such, it will remain important for these groups to understand and organize themselves to overcome the forms of economic injustice that they face.

Andrew Nicotra Reilly is a second-year in the College majoring in economics and political science.

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a river illegally at night. The river was vast and at parts, the water level formidably high; my great-grandmother almost drowned. However, the waves swept my great-grandmother to her feet, which my great-aunt ascribes to the grace of God. From there, my family walked 200 miles to Busan and started their lives again with nothing but the clothes on their backs. They did not know if they would ever return to North Korea or that it would become the self-reliant dictatorship it is today.

Although the story aligned with the facts I learned from classes, I took on Korean history, listening to the story as told by the familiar kindly voice of my great-aunt with the rumble of TV in the background, I felt a certain intimacy and historical relevancy that I did not gain from learning through textbooks and lectures. The knowledge seemed somehow more intrinsically related to my identity, and the stories caused me to deeply reflect upon and examine myself.

It made me realize that I was defi ned by more than my immediate physical characteristics and personality traits.

My existence has context, and I originate from somewhere.

Throughout history, aboriginal North American civilizations used the oral trans-

mission of stories, histories, and lessons to record their past and sustain their cultures and identities. According to scholars Renée Hulan and Renate Eigenbrod, oral traditions are “the means by which knowledge is reproduced, preserved and conveyed from generation to generation. Oral traditions form the foundation of aboriginal societies, connecting the speaker and listener in communal experience and uniting past and present in memory.”

Critics wary of oral history can frame it as a biased and uncivilized form of recordkeeping, as opposed to writing’s supposed objectivity. Indeed, formally asking my great-aunt to recount her past, and recording the epic historical narrative she gave was an unconventional exercise. But perhaps this type of knowledge, transmitted from one mouth to another, preserves a certain kind of magic that ought not be lost, offering a real and intimate form of learning intricately tied to culture and identity.

I wonder what sorts of discoveries we, as students, can also gain from examining our own family histories, and the kinds of thought-provoking and extraordinary stories we can unearth about how we came to be where we are today.

Jane Jun is a third-year in the College majoring in economics.

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ARTS GATSBY: The Musical a Roaring Good Time

BY MAY HUANG ASSOCIATE ARTS EDITOR

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby throws dazzling parties in the hopes that Daisy Buchanan, the woman he loves, will someday show up to his mansion. Jordan Baker, Daisy’s friend, loves the large parties. “They’re so intimate,” she says. “At small parties there isn’t any privacy.” But there was all the fun of a great party in the small, intimate space of Logan 501 last Saturday night, where GATSBY: The Musical was performed as part of UT/TAPS New Work Week.

Those expecting an elaborate musical would have been taken aback at the minimalist decor of the performance space.

The set-up was simple, with a piano in the corner and seven music stands for the characters, but any doubts about the performance’s ability to keep the audience engaged were dispelled once the actors took the stage. For just over an hour, there was song, dialogue and—in a memorable scene where Jordan Baker (Dani Wieder) pulls a bemused Nick Carraway (Jacob Goodman) out from behind the stands—even dancing.

Although the cast only had 10 days to rehearse, the musical itself has been in the works for three years. Fourth-year Laurie Beckoff fi rst had the idea to write a musical based on her favorite American novel as a first-year. She had just seen Baz Luhrmann’s fi lm adaptation and choreographed UT’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone, also set in the Jazz Age. While Beckoff enjoyed aspects of Luhrmann’s adaptation, she was disappointed by his musical choices. “It was the anachronistic music that really motivated me to take advantage of the rich 1920s musical theater tradition,” she said.

It’s no surprise, then, that Beckoff was drawn to the idea of writing a musical.

“I’ve grown up surrounded by musical theater—seeing, listening to, and performing in musicals,” she said, commenting that the setting and plot of Gatsby made it fit the form well. “I worked on the lyrics on and off throughout college and decided I should finish a full script before graduating.”

Third-year Corson Barnard directed the musical and second-year Maggie Strahan composed the music.

“For some of the music, we used jazzy vocals patterns combined with Laurie’s basic song ideas,” Strahan said about the songwriting process. The sound and chord structure of one particular song was based on the song “Mr. Cladwell” from Urinetown, a show that Barnard, Beckoff, and Strahan worked on together in the fall. However, as Strahan said, “We added our own twist to how it’s sung to make it sound jazzier and more ’20s.”

Unsurprisingly, the musical numbers were the highlights of the evening. Classic lines from the novel, such as Gatsby’s thoughts on being able to repeat the past—“of course you can”— and Nick’s view that “reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope,” were woven into the lyrics.

One of the best examples of the collaborative composing was the number “Tell Him,” which featured Gatsby (Quinn Kane), Tom Buchanan (Adam Johnson), and Daisy (Elisabeth Del Toro) singing out the scene in which Gatsby wants Daisy to leave her husband, who in turn challenges Gatsby to “tell her of the kind of life you live.” But it was the last line of the musical that struck home, as all seven characters harmonized to sing the words, “into the past.”

Though poignant, the musical was

Laurie Beckoff

Students perform in GATSBY: The Musical for UT’s New Work Week.

also undeniably funny. “I think Laurie had hoped it would be a bit more serious,” Barnard said, “but since it’s a book that most people are familiar with, I think pieces of the adaptation were funny because they were so true to the book.”

The crowd laughed during many songs, as well as nearly every time Gatsby delivered his famous catchphrase, “old sport.” This humor was achieved effortlessly. The whole musical told the story simply: none of the extravagant parties were acted out, there was no drawn-out car crash scene, and Gatsby and Wilson’s deaths were simply represented by the two actors sitting down after the sound

of two gunshots.

While criticisms are usually directed at performers’ vocal abilities and choreography, it seems unfit to apply such judgments to GATSBY: The Musical, which succeeded in the minimalistic way in which it was performed. Instead of showcasing flashing lights or dancing flappers, the performance demonstrated something more important: the creative efforts and hard work that a team of people put into adapting a novel that clearly means a lot to them. The result was a well-told, humorous, and thoroughly enjoyable rendition of a work that will remain a beloved American classic.

Latino Film Festival Explores Oppression, Tragedy

BY KENNETH TALBOTT LA VEGA ARTS STAFF

The Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF), organized by the International Latino Cultural Center, has returned for its 32nd year, beginning with an opening ceremony on Friday, April 8 and screening its final entries on Thursday, April 21. The films in the CLFF represent genres from virtually every Latin American country as well as from the United States.

Screenings in this festival generally consisted of a short film opener and a feature film. The first pairing I attended, which was screened on Saturday, April 9 at 8 p.m. and Monday, April 11 at 8 p.m., was the short film “Baptism” and the feature-length thriller I Swear I’ll Leave This Town.

“Baptism” (orig. “Bautismo”) USA | 2015 | 11 min. dir. Rigoberto Gómez-Carmona “Baptism” is an unconventional drama about a man who refuses to attend an extended family member’s baptism ceremony with his wife and their two children, thereby driving his wife to insanity. In the short, the alcoholic and possessive husband goes on a rant before locking himself in the bathroom.

With no means to get to the ceremony, the wife cycles through several emotions—frustration, anger, disappointment, sympathy— before desperately seeking validation from her husband. Gómez-Carmona cast one male

actor to play the roles of the wife, husband, and children. This subversive take on a traditional narrative might initially confuse the viewer, but it ultimately prompts the viewer to think critically about dangerous but pervasive gender dynamics that persist in Latin-American culture in the United States.

I Swear I’ll Leave This Town (orig. Prometo Um Dia Deixar Essa Cidade) Brazil | 2014 | 90 min. dir. Daniel Aragão I Swear I’ll Leave This Town is a psychological thriller about the sociopolitical issues plaguing Brazil, ranging from drug abuse and mental health treatment to sexism and political corruption. The story follows Joli (Bianca Joy Porte), a recovering crack addict and the daughter of a mayoral candidate in Recife. Upon returning home from a rehabilitation center, Joli is put in charge of an anti-drug campaign by her overbearing father. Aragão’s narrative, which places particular emphasis on style and symbolism, progressively comes apart at the seams until the lines between metaphor and reality are blurred.

This pairing highlights the theme of powerlessness, integral to Latin-American cinema. Individual oppressors—men who exercise power over the women they “own”— represent oppressive structures rooted in sex, economic status, and substance abuse. * * *

The second pairing I attended, which was screened on Tuesday, April 12 at 6:45 p.m. and Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m., was the short film “White Death” and the feature length documentary The Room of Bones.

“White Death” (orig. “Muerte Blanca”) Chile | 2014 | 17 min. dir. Roberto Collío The experimental documentary short “White Death” is a ghostly walk through the Antuco region of Chile where 45 soldiers were thrown to their deaths by a mountain storm during the Chilean dictatorship.

Collío’s approach juxtaposes grainy, slow shots of snowy mountainsides, desolate memorials, and dilapidated lodges with impressionistic animation. The result is a somber exploration of the suffering experienced by these banished soldiers, who are abandoned but also remembered. As the camera crawls through long-forgotten shelters, the viewer experiences this piece of history with an incomparable poignancy.

The Room of Bones (orig. El Cuarto de los Huesos) El Salvador/Mexico | 2015 | 60 min. dir. Marcela Zamora The Room of Bones is a documentary that follows four mothers from El Salvador as they search for their children’s remains at the Institute for Legal Medicine against the backdrop of three decades of social violence.

Zamora, a veteran documentary director,

was inspired by reading a September 2013 article in the popular Salvadoran newspaper El Faro entitled “El cuarto de los huesos está sobrepoblado,” or “The Room of Bones is Overcrowded.” The “room of bones” refers to the room used to store and catalog unclaimed bones for the Forensic Anthropology Team at the Institute for Legal Medicine. The mothers Zamora interviews rarely turn their faces to the camera as they recount their exhaustive attempts to discover any news about their missing sons and daughters. As anthropologists label and analyze half-recovered skeletons and tattered remains of unearthed clothing, Zamora constructs a powerful and unsettling narrative that transcends politics, capturing the tragedy of death and closure in one of the most violent countries in the world.

The themes of death, disappearance, and lingering memory in this pairing are not exclusive to these two films. Since the emergence of Latin-American film in the international sphere, macabre symbols (think Día de los Muertos imagery) have become more prominent. As the medium of cinema evolves, so have the elements of this iconography.

As evidenced by these four films, this year’s festival offers a diverse array of films that tackle social issues through a variety of different lenses and genres.

The Latino Film Festival runs through April 21 at the International Latino Cultural Center (55 West Van Buren Street, Suite 310).

Tickets $10 for students. More information online at www.chicagolatinofilmfestival.org.

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ACSA Showcases African, Caribbean Culture

BY MAYA RODRIGUEZ MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

This past Saturday, the African and Caribbean Students Association (ACSA) held its 11th annual cultural show at International House (I-House). The theme of this year’s show was The ACSA Network, highlighting how African and Caribbean people use social media platforms to explore their connections to campus and to the world at large. The event included a wide range of media forms, including student dances, guest singers, and a student fashion show.

As guests walked into I-House, the

anticipation was palpable in the checkin lines while people chatted about last year’s show and their high expectations for this year’s event.

Before the show started, guests enjoyed a variety of food options like oxtail, jerk chicken, jollof rice, and plantains as they mingled and listened to Stromae.

For the second year in a row, the show was emceed by Aphrican Ape, a Nigerian comedian based in Miami, who kicked off with jokes about heritage and cultural affi liations.

The fi rst half of the show included a student dance performance choreographed by second-year Priscilla

Daboni, a musical performance by Nigerian-American singer Nola Adé, and a fashion show featuring designs by Akese StyleLines, a designer previously featured in Chicago’s African Fashion Week.

After dessert and intermission, the second half of the show featured UChicago’s co-ed a cappella choir Make A Joyful Noise, Gingarte Capoeria, Ifficial Reggae Movement, and another clothing showcase. The event also included videos capturing how African and Caribbean people try to connect to their culture despite geographic constraints, highlighting the show’s theme. To quote an

attendee, the overall experience of the show was “unforgettable.” “ Work i ng t o get prac t ic es t o gether was hard, but the end result was so worth it,” Daboni said. “ The energy the audience was giving to us as a group was so amazing.”

After 11 years, the ACSA cultural show continues to engage members of the UChicago community. Attendees still describe how they love the show each year and wouldn’t miss it. The ACSA Network truly showed how people can come together to celebrate culture by spreading the word via word of mouth and social media.

Alex’s Food Journal:

Dos Urban Cantina: Mexican Fusion Worth the Price april 11 / 2829 w armitage avenue

BY ALEX YE MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Westernization and fusion of traditional cultures are pursuits filled with the potential to fail. More often than not, we find that “Asian fusion” establishments will add soy sauce and miso to as many menu items as possible in an ill-conceived mission of cultural exchange. Customers are faced with higher price points, and sometimes neither the trend-chasers nor the traditionalists are satisfied. Many try. Few succeed.

Logan Square is known for its eccentric, hipster food culture, with South American, Mexican, and Japanese flavors scattered throughout the neighborhood. Headed by Frontera Grill alumni and couple Brian and Jennifer Enyart, Dos Urban Cantina takes the spotlight in an otherwise sparsely populated block on Armitage. Together, the couple present Mexican flavors in a modernized shared-plate format.

We were met with two warmly-lit dining areas, the first featuring a lit glass bar, tables for two, and communal setups, and the second lined with booths for larger parties. The brick walls contrasted with sleek wooden furniture, reminiscent of Mexican food’s humble, rustic nature. Come with a party of four or five to best enjoy the variety of dishes designed for sharing. ~ FIRST ROUND ~ Raw Scallops ($13): While photogenic, this dish was unbalanced. Chia seeds, pickled onions, and chopped cilantro added extra texture, but the delicate scallops, furthered by the roasted sweet potato purée, were ultimately overpowered by the bright, stinging aguachile: a dressing of lime, oil, and chile peppers.

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Clockwise from top right: shrimp taquitos, sugar pie, and carnitas at Dos Urban Cantina.

balls but was ultimately disappointed. The albondigas were charred well but dry. Biting into the perfectly chewy masa gnudi (ricotta cheese rolled in corn flour) salvaged this dish—a creative take on a corn-based staple of Mexican cuisine. With pungent notes of cloves, cinnamon, and peppers, the black mole could be overwhelming for some (my dining companions included). ~ SECOND ROUND ~

Shrimp Taquitos ($12): Pronounced, meaty shrimp met sweet pickled vegetables and subtly tart tomato broth, all of which were mellowed out with buttery avocado.

This dish demonstrated control over a combination of delicate flavors. My personal favorite of the first round.

Salmon Belly Tartare ($12): The fatty salmon belly was overwhelmed by the bed of guacamole. Ponzu, a citrus-based sauce, added a nice, acidic contrast, but this dish was ultimately an unadventurous pursuit of Japanese-Mexican fusion. My personal modifications would be to use less guacamole and add hot, crisped salmon skin and fresh salmon roe in order to highlight the centerpiece of the dish.

Goat Albondigas ($13): I really looked forward to these traditional Mexican meat-

Smoked Trout ($17): Made with charred chiles, peanuts, and oil, the salsa macha was evocative of Lao Gan Ma, a Chinese chile sauce always stocked in the pantry during my childhood. Charred cauliflower and broccoli accentuated the smokiness of the falling-apart tender trout, while the butternut squash purée offered a sweet, nutty, creamy neutralizer.

but the grainy black beans only emphasized the lackluster meat.

Carnitas ($17): While not mind-blowing, Dos’s take on carnitas was evocative of the Mexican-American festivities of my early childhood and satisfied my craving for Mexican food. The tender shreds of pork and buttered potato combined with tomato broth and stewed cabbage made for a hearty mouthful that put the beef pibil to shame. The dish was nostalgic and pleasant, but could have used something crunchy.

Grilled Mushrooms ($14): While the deep, smoky umami of the shiitake and shimeji mushrooms had an affinity with the red mole, their pairing with the chestnut cornbread was one-dimensional. Not worth the price. ~ DESSERTS ($7 EACH) ~

Beef Pibil ($19): The cochinita pibil is a traditional Mayan cooking technique that involves taking large cuts of pork and cooking them in an underground oven with banana leaves. The result is a fork-tender, succulent roast that melts in the mouth. Unfortunately for this interpretation, most of the marbling in the beef was rendered out, leaving behind a lean, stringy, salty portion of braised beef.

The collard greens were tasty and tender,

Date Pudding: Melting vanilla ice cream trickled through the crevices of this dark, decadent dessert consisting of a thickened, sticky tamarind paste atop a warm date bread pudding. This dessert will coat your mouth in a dark, viscous syrup, so I recommend washing it down with a hot latte. A unanimous favorite amongst my companions.

Sugar Pie: The dense, daunting appearance of this slice of pie was intimidating, but was actually met with a light but smoky brown sugar filling and buttery, flaky pâte brisée.

Café de Olla Ice Cream: Lightly spiced coffee ice cream met dense, unctuous cookie and roasty coffee crumble in a beautiful elaboration on the traditional café de olla, a thick, sweetened Mexican coffee preparation.

Coconut Tres Leches: This dish paled in comparison to the other desserts simply because the other three were so impressive.

Crispy coconut shards and spongy, moist tres leches cake lacked dimension but certainly did the job in exhibiting the substitutability of coconut milk.

Dos is certainly not the solution to a craving for the economical fare you’ll find at the taquerías or mom-and-pop shops in Pilsen.

Rather, its progress toward executing its mission is worth following—that is, if you have the palette for Mexican flavors, the extra dollar to spend, and friends to share the experience with. Dos has yet to succeed in creating a menu that both unchains it from the rich, vast Mexican tradition and exhibits consistent excellence in quality and creativity. It is trying to fill a tall order, but has a vision that merits another visit.

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Arts Does: It Was Ninety-nine Cents!

Crossroads Trading Co. Not only is Crossroads Trading Co. not unique to Wicker Park, it’s not even the only one in Chicago—Crossroads has outposts all across the United States. Still, if one forgives the fact that Crossroads is technically a national chain rather than just a surprisingly clean Wicker Park boutique, there are plenty of goodies to be found.

Perhaps Crossroads’ most exceptional feature is its shoe selection: while all are gently used, there are plenty of shoes from trendy brands, like a $65 pair of flower-patterned Doc Martens. This reviewer walked out with a faux-silver index-finger ring ($9), as well as a black sweater with mesh

arms from Evil Twin ($20). Both items could easily go for double the purchase price; mid-range retailers like ASOS and Urban Outfitters both sell clothing from the Australia-based Evil Twin label. This writer inadvertently figured out the secret to Crossroads’ low prices while trying to sell back a wool sweater: they pay a pittance for gently-used clothing.

However, that’s a problem easily solved: Don’t sell at Crossroads, just buy.

—Miriam Benjamin

Buffalo Exchange A well-known pillar of the thrifting community, Buffalo Exchange can prove overwhelming to the inexperienced thrifter. Racks and racks of clothes organized by type and then vaguely by size crowd the small store. Much of what is on offer is run-of-the-mill, gently used pieces and shoes from high street brands offered for $5–$20. Those looking for true vintage pieces from a certain era might be disappointed.

But for the patient shopper, there are nearly brand new Kate Spade and Coach handbags, mint-condition Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses, and Diane von Furstenberg wedges.

What got this reviewer’s heart racing was a high-slit black tuxedo-style dress with gold heron embroidery on the shoulders from Altuzarra for $15, which she proudly brought home with her, never mind that she’d never have an occasion to wear it at UChicago.

The fitting rooms are cramped but equipped with full-length mirrors; the staff was attentive,

offering to set up a room when they noticed how loaded down with items this shopper was.

What Buffalo Exchange may lack in amenities, it makes up for in quantity. Buyers beware—it is easy to get sucked in and spend hours perusing the racks for buried treasures.

—Alexia Bacigalupi

Ragstock Okay, so it’s a little bit of a stretch to call Ragstock a “thrift store.” It actually deals in “new and recycled clothing,” all at thrifty prices—think a cross between Forever 21 and a carefully-curated Salvation Army.

The layout is antithetical to most thrift stores: open, organized, and complete with not one, but two levels to explore.

Needless to say, walking into Ragstock was like a breath of fresh air after our visit to crowded, hectic Buffalo Exchange.

Ragstock purveys graphic tees, flannels and vintage clothing galore in neatly organized sections. The ware tends to be bright and whimsical; if you’re looking to channel The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Ragstock’s sizable ’90s jacket rack is the place for you. If you’re specifically looking for modern but used clothing, however, Ragstock may not provide the same stock as other stores on our list. But if you find yourself on Milwaukee Avenue, it’s worth a peek inside, whatever your shopping goals—you’ll find plenty to peruse that’s easy on the eyes and the wallet.

—Hannah Edgar

Kokorokoko Kokorokoko, in addition to having an abundance of syllables, has an abundance of things you didn’t realize you missed from your ’80s or ’90s childhood. From Keith Haring memorabilia and Sony Walkmans to those little rubber Smurfs you used to play with on your dad’s desk, Kokorokoko is a trip down memory lane. This small shop towards the end of Milwaukee tugs at the heartstrings of the millennial crowd. Gone are the days when 20-somethings have to pretend to identify with bell-bottom pants in consignment stores—now you can thrift shop as a college student and actually feel nostalgic. Granted, that nostalgia comes at a pretty penny. An Adidas quarter-zip athletic jacket was marked at $50, and the platform-sneaker-clad cashier was not willing to give in after one Arts staff member made a valiant haggling attempt.

That being said, Kokorokoko’s charm and the sheer fun of shopping here outweigh the hefty prices. It’s impossible to walk in and not smile when you see the wall of cassettes (I guess vinyl records are old news now?) or the ’80s- and ’90s-inspired sweatbands. Oh, and who could forget the Spice Girls poster in the fitting room? The walls are color-blocked in a way that is reminiscent of the sweater your mom wore in college, but hey, when the Backstreet Boys are blasting, there’s no reason to complain.

—Rebecca Julie

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This past Saturday, the No. 5 UChicago men’s tennis team beat No. 18 Gustavus Adolphus 7–2. Part of the score came from UChicago’s complete sweep of singles matches, their seventh of this season. This game also served as the last regular season match for the Men’s Tennis squad as they get set for postseason play. The UA A Championships are this upcoming weekend in Florida, followed by the NCA A Championships later in May. The Gusties jumped out to an early lead by winning two of the three doubles match-ups. UChicago’s sole win came from the duo of first-year Charlie Pei and second-year Peter Leung.

A lthough the UCh icago t ea m was down early, the squad won in all of its single match-ups, giving it the advantage and an easy victory by a final score of 7-2. Three of the singles matches went into three sets and were won by second-year Nicolas Chua in the first place, second-year David Liu in the second, and third-year Sven Kranz in the fourth.

Chua commented on how the seven-match singles sweep contributed to the wins and on what this means for the Maroons’ upcoming postseason play:

“I think we have the confidence to sweep singles against every team, and it’s just a matter of executing day-today. As the score shows, a lot of the matches were close, but we were able to be just a little tougher than they were across the board, and that’s why we took all the matches. We’re going to need to improve even more if we want to have the same success at UA As and NCA As.�

Chua also backtracked to a loss against then–No. 5 Case Western and win against No. 13 Wash U as contributing to the win against Gustavus Adolphus: “ I def i n itely th i n k some of ou r tough matches against Case and Wash U helped us this weekend. It goes back to the toughness I mentioned before because we rarely play as well as we are capable, but what’s most important is winning when you aren’t playing well. Hopefully, we play better this coming weekend, and we compete a little harder.�

The men’s tennis team will travel to Florida for the UA A Championships pl ay i ng t hei r qu a r t er f i n a l mat ch against Rochester at 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 21. If the team advances, the semifinals are set for Friday afternoon, with the championship game on Saturday morning.

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Warm Weather Spurs Encouraging Results TRACK & FIELD

BY MICHAEL CHEIKEN SPORTS STAFF

This past Saturday, the Maroons made a relatively short trip to Wheaton College to prepare for this coming weekend’s UAA Conference Championship. While neither team won the meet (the men’s team taking fifth place and the women’s team second), the individual and relay results are deserving of optimism heading into next weekend’s event in St. Louis.

The Wheaton Twilight Meet was highlighted by its glorious conditions. Third-year runner Minnie Horvath noted that “the weather was fantastic,” calling it “probably an all-time top 10 day for weather in Chicago in general.”

Fourth-year Ryan Manzuk joked that the weather conditions played a huge role in some of his teammates’ successes. “Jatan Anand and his 115-pound frame really took advantage of some hurricane-force tailwinds to capture a couple of impressive performances,” he said. Third-year Anand took sixth and eight place in the 100 and 200-meter races, respectively.

The men’s squad had a trio of great

performances in the 3-kilometer race, in which second-year Peter Kreuch, third-year Timofey Karginov, and third-year Eyal Hanfling took second, third, and fourth place, respectively. The throwers also more than held their own in contributing to the Maroons’ fifth-place finish as second-year Cristen Bublitz and third-year Joey Gary took second and fourth in the javelin toss, and third-year Andrew Maneval captured third in the shot put. Though the men had a slew of great performances, none were able to reach the top of the podium.

The women had no such problems, as the team had six different first-place finishes. Second-years Megan Verner-Crist and Cassidy McPherson took the top two spots in the 800-meter race, while secondyear Aleksandra Majka and fourth-year Theo Kassebaum took first and fourth in the 100-meter hurdles, respectively. The women’s 4x400 team dominated the meet en route to the third best time in the country this year (3:49.59), and third-year relay runner Michelle Dobbs earned the top position in the individual 400-meter race with a sensational 56.93 second time, which is good for 14th best in the nation. The accolades ex-

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Second-year Ade Ayoola competes in a track meet on February 6.

tended to the distance runners as well, with first place finishes in both the 3k and the 5k from second-years Claire Costelloe and Khia Kurtenbach, and the second and third spots from fourth-year Brianna Hickey and third-year Minnie Horvath, respectively, in the 1500-meter race.

Horvath said of her performance, “My PR in the 1500 is exactly what I needed this past weekend to go into the steeplechase at conference with confidence.” The other runners feel similarly about their results and believe that they will be able to

do some damage at the conference meet, as well.

Both squads will look to make improvements from their finishes at the UAA Championship for this year’s outdoor season. The men finished fifth while the women took second, but this meet provides an opportunity for the South Siders to close the overall track season in a better place from where they started. The two-day conference meet will begin this coming Saturday and conclude on Sunday in St. Louis at Wash U’s track and field complex.

Chicago Drops Two, Wins One in St. Louis

Local Foes Result in Strong Showing for Softball

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BY RHEA BHOJWANI SPORTS STAFF

This past weekend was action-packed for the Maroons as they faced off against UA A rival Wash U in St. Louis in a total of three games. The South Siders powered back into high gear following their heartbreaking doubleheader losses on Saturday to crush the Bears 11–2 on Sunday afternoon. The win on Sunday brought Chicago to a record of 11–10 on the season while dropping the Bears’ record to 22–13.

Chicago fell in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader 6 –5 after a grueling 15 innings. Unfortunately, the South Siders didn’t get their revenge in the second game, losing 11–1.

But glory came on Sunday, as fourthyear Lucas Friss continued to impress on the mound, throwing eight pristine innings while simultaneously obtaining an immense amount of offensive support. The experienced right-handed pitcher struck out nine batters while allowing only two runs, two walks, and six hits over the course of the impressive outing.

First-year Josh Parks ref lected on his captain’s pitching. “Coming off really nothing short of a draining disappointment in the opener, the second game of the series became one-sided relatively quickly. With the leader of our staff on the mound in Lucas Friss, we all knew we were going to be in the game when it got late,” he said.

The Maroons totaled 15 hits and were incredibly efficient in making good use of runners in scoring position. Outfielder Parks posted yet another outstanding three-hit day (3-for-5, three RBI), with five other players adding a

couple of hits apiece. Fourth-year third basemen Tim Sonnefeldt wowed the crowd with two powerful doubles and contributed four RBI, which was a game high.

While both offenses failed to score in the first three innings, the Maroons hit their offensive stride in the fourth inning. Davis hit a single and then got himself into scoring position on a throwing error with one out left in the half. Following Davis, Krob singled to put two men on base. As Parks came up to the plate, he did his job as he came through with an RBI single to bring in Davis. Sonnefeldt followed Parks with a two-run double to left field to give the Maroons a 3–0 lead.

T he M a roons wou ld eventua l ly cruise to victory, as a result of three multi-score innings.

When looking back on the weekend, first-year Josh Parks said, “Fortunately, we picked it up on the offensive end so that we didn’t need to worry about needing a crucial RBI late. Tim Sonnefeldt and Mike Davis really stepped up in some key moments yesterday, and I can’t say enough about the way Ryan K rob came back after having an unlikely start to the series in St. Louis.”

As he assessed the season on the whole, Parks claimed, “Fortunately or unfortunately, the reasons that we drop games are rarely due to a common inadequacy.” Keeping his eye on the future, he said, “While yesterday was a remarkable showing, we all know that we’ve yet to play our best game with everyone clicking, and that’s what we intend to strive for moving forward as we head into the second half of our season”.

The South Siders will play their next game on Tuesday at home against Calvin College at 3:30 p.m.

BY KATIE ANDERSON SPORTS EDITOR

The Maroons played back-to-back doubleheaders at home this weekend, facing North Park on Friday and North Central on Saturday. The South Siders went 4–1 this weekend, dropping only one to North Central and improving their overall record to an impressive 16–5.

On Friday, Chicago dominated in the first game to secure an 8–0 victory after six innings of play against the North Park Vikings. Fourth-year pitcher Jordan Poole impressed on the mound, improving her record to 3–2. In six innings, she got six strikeouts and only allowed two hits and one walk. The victory marked her second shutout of the season and the fourth by Chicago overall.

The South Siders were victorious again in the second game, winning 4–1. It was a career day for fourth-year outfielder Devan Parkinson, who stole two bases to tie the school record for total stolen bases at 60.

Third-year third baseman Maggie O’Hara and fourth-year shortstop Kristin Lopez followed Parkinson’s lead, with one and two steals, respectively.

The pair of wins against North Park extended Chicago’s winning streak at home to five consecutive games. The squad quickly rallied after a long day on Friday to do it again on Saturday against North Central.

Chicago dropped game one to the Vikings 9–5 in a heartbreaking loss. Down by five, the South Siders rallied to tie the game in the sixth inning on a grand slam by first-year Maeve Garvey to bring in four runs.

“As a team we had been hitting North Central’s pitcher pretty hard, so when I came up in the bottom of the sixth with

bases loaded all I was trying to do was get a base hit to keep the momentum of the inning going,” said Garvey. “Being able to come through with not only a hit but a grand slam to tie the game in that situation was an unbelievable feeling. As soon as the ball went out I know I was hit with a second wind of energy and excitement, and based on the reactions from my teammates who met me back at home plate I could tell that they were just as pumped up and ready to go and shut out North Central in the top of the seventh.

Despite the valiant comeback, another grand slam in the top of the eighth, this time by the visiting team, handed the Maroons a disappointing defeat.

“We knew we could not get swept,” Garvey said on the team’s mentality after the loss. “No matter what it took we were going to get a win in game two.”

And that they did, as the Maroons reconvened in the second game of the day to secure a 2–1 victory over the Vikings, capped off by an action-packed final inning.

Second-year Molly Moran, who improved her record to 5–2 on the season, held the visitors scoreless until the seventh, when, with bases loaded, a passed ball brought in a runner from third.

Now down by one in the final inning, the South Siders’ underclassmen maintained their composure to earn the win.

A double to left field by first-year Colleen Bennett followed by an RBI double by firstyear Serena Moss brought in one run for the home team. Then, Parkinson’s single, complimented by Moss’s speed, brought in Moss from second to score the game-winning run.

Chicago’s next pair of games will be against Aurora University at home today at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m, followed by another home doubleheader against Hope on Thursday at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.