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Midway trees ambushed by ash borer beetles Shelby Lohr Maroon Contributor

A statue of Charles Darwin donated by James D. Watson (Ph.B. ’46, S.B. ’47) on Thursday stands in the lobby of the BSLC. FRANK WANG | THE CHICAGO MAROON

Dr. Watson welcomes Darwin statue Isaac Easton Maroon Contributor Just before 10 a.m. on Thursday, students began filling the common area of the Biological Sciences Learning Center between the spiral stairs and the front wall to see a new statue of Charles Darwin that was being donated to the University. The main reason why people came, however, was for the donor: James D. Watson, a Nobel laureate who contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953 along with Francis Crick.

Funding for the statue was originally given to Watson’s laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

in New York to construct a statue of Watson. However, Watson decided to instead use the funding to build a statue of evolution expert Darwin, explaining, “I thought it wasn’t time yet” for his own statue.

During the dedication, Watson discussed how his education at the University and former President Robert M. Hutchins shaped his approach to learning. “I am not politically correct because the function of intellectual inquiry should be rewarding the truth,” he said. Watson came to the University as a 15-year-old and made his monumental discovery 10 years later.

Watson also commented that at peer institutions the role of genetics

institutions involves a social theory element that detracts from pure science. He commended the University for ensuring that its research remains pure.

Robert J. Richards, the Morris Fishbein Distinguished Service Professor in the History of Science and Medicine at the University, spoke about the significance of the statue and Darwin’s work. He noted that the Galápagos canaries, like the one in the statue perched atop Darwin’s staff, are fearless; they will go out of their way to interact with humans while other animals will not. He compared the canaries to his ideal of a successful scientific researcher: daring and courageous.

Gluten-free station now at Cathey Adam Thorp Maroon Contributor At the beginning of the school year, the University rolled out its first gluten-free dining station at the University of Chicago—the retrofitted Mongolian grill in Cathey Dining Hall.

For most of the week, the Mongolian grill will continue to feature its standard stir-fry fare, but with three new options of gluten-free sauces and gluten-free noodles. On Tuesday and Thursday, the station serves entirely gluten-free dinners.

Gluten harms the health of people with celiac disease, and cutting gluten out of certain dining hall foods is beneficial to the health of

others who have a less well-defined condition called non-celiac gluten sensitivity. According to the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, about one in every 133 Americans has celiac disease. “[For] people who have celiac disease, on Tuesdays and Thursdays we try to make sure they have a full dinner… so they can have a whole, hot meal,” Marketta Reed, who works at the station, said.

“We’re excited by the opportunity to create unique, authentic, and interesting food that our students with food allergies and sensitivities can enjoy,” Richard Mason, the executive director of UChicago Dining, said in an e-mail.

To prevent

cross-contamination of gluten into food marked as gluten-free, utensils and serving equipment will be exclusive to the gluten-free station, and customers are discouraged from bringing food from other stations to the Mongolian grill.

Even croutons picked off a salad might leave behind too much gluten, according to Carol Shilson, the executive director of the Celiac Disease Center. “[Cross contamination] is a big deal, especially when you are out to eat—or in a dining hall,” Shilson said.

The people working at the station received training to be certified as “gluten-free specialists” by GLUTEN continued on page 3

The Midway Plaisance retains a quiet air of significance—as the longest stretch of green space within the University, it serves as a community space for students. While the grass on the Midway is here to stay, the emerald ash borer beetle is ravaging the Plaisance perimeter and killing off the ash trees lining the lawn.

The beetle has damaged half a mile of trees, and according to Jessica Maxey-Faulkner, director of communications for the Chicago Park District, all of the dead trees will be felled in mid-November to be replaced by a new type of tree in the spring of 2015.

Faulkner said that the Park District decided it made more sense to remove the trees than to protract their decline. “While [other] entities have chosen to inoculate trees [to slow the infestation], this will only prolong the life of the tree, but will not cure the problem. The diseased trees will die eventually.”

According to Jerry Levy, a volunteer steward of the Chicago Park District and certified TreeKeeper—a position gained through coursework and a test—approximately 50 trees are slated for removal. This means

that the space will be largely devoid of trees at least until this spring. Even when the new trees are planted, they will take a long time to grow to the level of the current trees.

Despite the Midway’s location in the middle of campus, University Facilities Services said that upkeep for the Midway falls under the purview of the Chicago Park District. This could pose a financial problem, since Levy contends that the University tends to have a greater storehouse of funds than city government does for landscape upkeep. Still, the Park District intends to make the requisite changes to the Midway and the trees surrounding it.

University spokesperson Jeremy Manier suggested that the University plans to take on more of a consulting role and “will support and offer input as needed.” Ultimately, “decisions about management of the Plaisance landscape belong to the city,” Mary Abowd, spokesperson for the Office of Campus and Student Life, said.

The Midway ash tree infestation is part of a larger problem for ash trees in Hyde Park, and its effects can be detected throughout the area.

Because of the outbreak, “there is going to be a significant loss,” Levy lamented.

Student Counseling Services relocates to Alumni House Maggie Loughran Maroon Contributor With the new season comes new space for Student Counseling Services (SCS), previously located in a non-handicap-accessible space on the quad. Over the summer, the University relocated SCS to a more open and accessible space in the Alumni House on South Woodlawn Avenue.

Michele Rasmussen, dean of students in the University, suggested SCS move from its location on University Avenue after the Alumni Affairs staff relocated to Harper Court.

Rasmussen cited both wheelchair accessibility and more space as reasons behind the move. “Woodlawn has several advantages over SCS’s former space on University Avenue.

These advantages include wheelchair access to the building, an elevator, more spaces for therapy groups, and offices and meeting rooms in a much better state of repair. 5555 South

Woodlawn is also large enough to accommodate the entire SCS staff,” Rasmussen wrote in an e-mail.

The old space, occupied by SCS for 20 years, had a sidewalk buzzer in lieu of a handicap-accessible entrance. This obstacle forced wheelchair-bound students to wait outside for assistance to get inside, or to schedule an off-site meeting with a counselor.

The University has pushed for increased handicapped accessibility since 2004, when the Department of Justice found multiple campus violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Rasmussen cited changes such as the Student Disability Services’s new location and a wheelchair ramp in the Reynolds Club accessing the Center for Leadership and Involvement’s Advising and Activities Center.

“The University is committed to ensuring accessibility and meeting SCS continued on page 3

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Campus South Athletics Field ready for game day, but not game night Eileen Li Maroon Contributor UChicago athletes will be able to kick off the new year with a brand new sports field on the south side of campus. The new Campus South Athletic Field, located at 61st and Woodlawn, will replace the former North Field that was removed to begin construction of Campus North. Development of the synthetic turf field, bleacher seating for up to 50 spectators, a 1,250-square-foot service building, and a smaller field for warm-ups and intramurals was completed in June.

The field is designed to accommodate club and intramural sport competitions, including flag foot-

ball, soccer, and Ultimate Frisbee. Likely to be busiest in the autumn and spring seasons due to varsity sports practices, it will be open from 6 a.m. to midnight on Mondays–Thursdays, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays, and 8 a.m. to midnight on Sundays.

However, the construction of the service building adjacent to the field has encountered delays. Because the lights of the field are powered through this service building, nighttime events are not yet possible.

John Barlow, the Facilities Services Assistant Project Manager, indicated that the building, and the lights with it, will become operational sometime next month.

The reservation pro-

cess for using the Campus South Field is also still in development. Brian Bock, the Assistant Director of Athletics in charge of Intramural, Recreational, and Club Sports, wrote in an email, “As a controlledaccess facility, the new field is currently only available to those recognized programs within the Department of Physical Education & Athletics (such as varsity sports, intramural teams and sport clubs). With that being said, however, we plan on making it available to recreational groups in the very near future (via a scheduling process and subsequent key check-out). Reservation details/procedures should be finalized in the upcoming days.”

Replacing the now-demolished North Field, Campus South Athletic Field opens on the corner of 61st and Woodlawn and caters mostly to University sports clubs.

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Panelist says Ebola will spread in U.S., but government is ready Haojia Li Maroon Contributor At a panel on Tuesday, epidemiologist Dr. Emily Landon, and Clinical Director of Global Health Initiative Dr. Sola Olopade discussed what they saw as the inevitable spread of the virus to America, but also the ability of governments to control the virus effectively.

The panel discussion, entitled “Ebola: What Can We Learn from

the Current Epidemic?”, took place at the Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC) and mainly focused on the biological facet of the Ebola virus and the panelists’ perceptions of the pandemic.

“This is a zoonotic infection.

That means it lives in animals, and humans are the accidental hosts.

We are not meant to carry Ebola; it kills us way too quickly,” Dr. Landon said Dr. Olopade, a global health and policy specialist, discussed

the beginning of the epidemic.

“It pretty much started in Guinea during the religious art of touching the dead,” he said. “Because the borders of African countries are very porous,” “the virus spread very quickly.”

Dr. Olopade emphasized the impact of government reaction in controlling the virus. As soon as a Liberian man who entered a Nigerian private hospital was suspected of carrying the Ebola virus, the Nigerian government acted on it

without hesitation, investing $10 million in public health. Peoples’ temperatures were checked everywhere and quarantines began immediately. Within three months Nigeria was declared Ebola-free.

“The subsequent reaction to the introduction of Ebola into Nigeria is emblematical of how you can control it quite readily,” Olopade said.

“The spread of Ebola to the United States is inevitable,” Dr. Olopade said. “Whether we like

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it or not, it is going to come here, like [it did] in Dallas.”

However, Olapade was confident in America’s ability to handle the virus. He believed that the uncontrollable situation in Liberia was “all about poverty, lack of access, [and] lack of infrastructure.

In America,” he said, “an Ebola patient would have much less to worry about.”

“The University of Chicago is ready for a patient!” Dr. Landon even added at the end.

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Executives from the Fortune 250 company Ryder Systems and the humanitarian organization American Red Cross detailed the history behind their partnership, how to exemplify corporate social responsibility, and their roles in giving back to society in an event hosted by Alpha Kappa Psi, a co-ed business-interest fraternity.

“In a world of rising social inequality and decreasing social mobility, it’s very natural to wonder, ‘should companies do something for people other than shareholders when their shareholders are doing very well?’” third-year Evan Zimmerman, an AKPsi brother and one of the organizers, said at the beginning of the event.

Ryder, a business-to-business provider that specializes in fleet management and supply-chain solutions, is “a company that’s behind the scenes, doing a lot of things with other organizations to make them more successful,” David Bruce, Vice President of Corporation Communication & Public Affairs of Ryder Systems, said.

Bruce pushed back against the argument that corporations had no responsibility to

give back to the community.

“There are many companies in the line of work like Ryder that probably don’t feel much need or desire to get involved with charitable activities,” Bruce said. He said, though, that he believes giving back is an obligation for corporations, in addition to just being smart business practice.

Despite Ryder’s contributions, their corporate giving is rarely publicized, Bruce said.

“We’re not a high visibility consumer brand. We’re not a TOMS where social responsibility is part of the whole purchase appeal.”

Bruce explained the history of Ryder’s social philanthropy, starting from its foundation 80 years ago when founder James Ryder provided free services to local communities up to the more recent partnership with the American Red Cross. “We selected American Red Cross as our only, primary national partner, contributing more than $1.5 million in cash donations. We also provide in-kind donations of trucks, sponsor local community awareness events and disaster relief efforts with volunteers,” he said.

Tim Downey, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Development for the Ameri-

can Red Cross, said that the partnership with the Red Cross leveraged Ryder’s core strengths. During a disaster, trucks are needed to get relief items to those who lost everything. “It was a natural partnership that we started working together,” he said.

The event was concluded by a Q&A session in which audience members asked if there had been any political pressure on the American Red Cross, how the shareholders responded to the charitable aspects of Ryder, and the challenges they faced in corporate giving.

In response to a question on what the American Red Cross could have done better in carryout out social responsibility, Downey said, “A challenge we have right now is that gay men like me are not allowed to donate blood. That’s an FDA rule, not an American Red Cross rule. It goes back to 1985.”

Downey has been advocating for the FDA to consider the new tests and screening, he said. “It’s been tested that [gays] should not be discriminated against and that it should be okay, but we’re not there yet. We can do better on that and we’ll get there eventually.”

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Harper renovations to University offers Civic Leadership continue through winter Katherine Vega Maroon Contributor

Ashley Soong Maroon Contributor The renovation currently occurring in Harper Memorial Library will continue for the next few months, to be completed by early 2015, according to Facilities Services. The construction began last month. Classrooms, the lecture theater, and restrooms located on the first floor of the library will all be renovated.

“The classrooms and theater will be modernized to enhance student engagement through the use of state-of-the-art technolog y and flexible, comfortable furnishings,” Kate Simmons, the associate university registrar, wrote in an e-mail. Simmons expects the renovated learning space to cre-

ate additional opportunities for students to study and interact.

According to Simmons, upgrades to the mechanical, plumbing, electrical, flooring, and lighting systems will be in compliance with all Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. A new single-user bathroom will also be installed.

The corridor that connects both wings of Harper will be inaccessible during the renovation.

Access to West Harper and East Harper through the Wieboldt and Social Sciences buildings, respectively, will remain open for students and faculty members. Evening classes and student activities will still be held in the east wing of Harper.

Last week, the University announced the launch of the Civic Leadership Academy, a training institute for budding leaders of nonprofits and governmental organizations in Chicago and beyond. Through its programming, it hopes to provide nonprofits with stronger leaders by helping people who otherwise may not have been able to develop their skills due to limited resources.

“The Civic Leadership Academy was created as part of a growing effort to strengthen leadership and impact of organizations throughout the city of Chicago,” Joanie Friedman, director of civic partnerships in the Office of Civic Engagement, wrote in an e-mail. “We saw an opportunity to bring together several of the University’s academic strengths to create a learning opportunity.”

Renovated Mongolian grill to serve gluten-free options GLUTEN continued from front

the Gluten Intolerance Group, a nonprofit organization that supports people with gluten sensitivity. Reed said that at the training she was taught what gluten-free meant and how to avoid cross-contamination.

Second-year Viivi Jarvi has celiac disease and has been eating at the new station since the year began.

She sometimes had trouble finding food in the dining hall last year.

“It was kind of a mess…. I’d go

somewhere and be able to eat maybe the rice and the fruit or the salad station. That wasn’t the case every day. But I’m really happy about [the gluten-free station]. This made my life a lot easier, for sure,” Jarvi said.

Jarvi also encountered situations where food containing gluten seemed to be mislabeled as glutenfree, a situation that the new station has clarified.

“I know that no matter what else is going on at the dining hall I can always trust this and, like, spinach

from the salad bar. So I’m happy about it,” Jarvi said.

The Celiac Disease Center, an advocacy and research organization based in the University of Chicago Medical Center, has worked with both the University and the Medical Center to improve their accommodations for people with celiac disease. Part of that process is an audit the Gluten Intolerance Group performed in dining areas at the University and the Medical Center earlier this month.

CORRECTIONS • October 7, 2014: In the article “Financial Aid Lags Behind Other Schools” (10/7/14), it was originally stated that Tyler Kissinger is a low-income student. He is a middle-income student.

• October 7, 2014: The caption for the photo in the article “4 Dorms May Close with Campus North” (10/7/14) originally stated that they may close next academic year. It should have stated that they may close in 2016.

• October 7, 2014: The headline for “ORCSA Renamed Center for Leadership and Involvement”

(10/7/14) originally misstated the name of the former organization.

• October 9, 2014: The caption for the photo in the article “Uncommon Interview: Professor Steven Salaita” (10/7/14) originally stated that the black pinwheel project was done by students of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).

While it was AFSC’s idea, the group Students for Justice in Palestine did it in collaboratio n with the AFSC.

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This training will be in the form of a six-month course from January to June 2015, with applications due in November. The course will be broken up into six “modules,” according to the Academy’s website. The modules focus on strategic planning, budgeting, team building, communication, data analytics, and policy development. The goal is to provide an interdisciplinary approach to leadership training. Applicants must be full-time employees of nonprofits or government agencies with demonstrated leadership skills and relevant work experience, according to the application website.

Students will also be required to develop and implement an idea of their own for an aspect of the course called the Capstone Project. Each project will be specific to the organization of the participant and will aim to address some issue that the organization is facing.

Each student who finishes the $5,000 course will be granted a Certificate of Civic Leadership from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.

Friedman said the Academy was under development for two years.

The effort was led by the University’s Office of Civic Engagement, in partnership with two area nonprofits, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation Chicago and the Civic Consulting Alliance. The Institute of Politics and faculty from five professional schools also aided in the Academy’s creation.

Friedman believes that it is the University’s responsibility to engage with the community.

“Part of the University’s approach to civic engagement includes using its role as an educator to develop leaders and ideas that benefit our surrounding community,” Friedman wrote.

Student Counseling Services’s building now ADA accessible SCS continued from front

ADA standards in new buildings and doing everything possible to enhance accessibility to existing spaces when the opportunity presents itself,” Rasmussen wrote.

Dr. David Albert, director of the Student Counseling Service, said that students he talked to were generally positive about the relocation.

“Students have been especially enthusiastic. Those who have seen the

new space tell us that it feels brighter, roomier, and generally more comfortable,” he said. “We have heard from a number of students that our new location feels more private than our previous one. And many community members—faculty, staff, and students—have voiced their appreciation of the increased accessibility for students who, because of mobility needs, may have had difficulty being seen in our previous space.”

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Editorial & Op-Ed OCTOBER 10, 2014

More barriers University’s next step should be to address hurdles hidden beyond those dealt with in new no-loan initiative Last week the University announced changes to its financial aid policies, including the new program No Barriers, which notably replaces need-based student loans with grants. The program, in keeping with its name, emphasizes accessibility. The price low-income students pay to attend private colleges has, on average, dropped over the past 10 years; however, the percentage of students at competitive schools from families who lie in the lower 50 percent of household incomes has remained nearly constant since 1982. The reason for this has less to do with the aid itself than its accessibility—many qualified candidates simply don’t apply to selective colleges. No Barriers simplifies the financial aid application process, waives the application fee for students also applying for financial aid, and includes a nationwide tour of free information sessions to guide students and their families through these processes. These

changes are significant, especially since the University lags behind many of its peer institutions when it comes to accessibility for low-income students. However, accessibility extends beyond the application process: It also requires that the College be perceived as a supportive environment for the social, academic, and professional growth of all qualified students. The changes to the University’s financial aid policies are promising, but in order to truly improve accessibility, the administration must also consider and address how financial limitations play out on our campus.

To give it credit, the University’s updated financial aid policy does contain initiatives that focus on increasing accessibility on campus, most notably through expanding the Odyssey Scholarships. The program, which reduces student loans for low- and moderate-income undergraduates, will now guarantee paid internships or research op-

portunities for the summer after first year, and will no longer require students to participate in work study. These changes reflect the administration’s consciousness of significant financial barriers that can disadvantage low-income students.

However, smaller investments in students’ everyday needs can significantly impact lower-income students’ ability to take advantage of opportunities offered at this institution.

Many of the uncomfortable aspects of the experience of low-income students at this University go unrecognized. For example, housing dues and expensive house trips are an added stress to these students and can prevent them from participating in community-building activities and events, which can potentially make them feel further isolated. This lack of awareness can also extend beyond students to faculty and professors—high prices for course materials and textbooks

are another hurdle for low-income students.

Furthermore, students entering the College may not be aware of how their socioeconomic background may affect them at this University, or of the resources available to them. These kinds of problems are further exacerbated by a lack of any formally designated resource to serve the needs of these students. In an interview with The Maroon, Danielle Wilson of the Socioeconomic Diversity Alliance (SDA) said, “I’ll be interested to know what they plan on doing for lowincome students once they get to campus with No Barriers. Because it’s not an easy place to navigate all the time.” Northwestern University recently added a new office addressing the needs of first-generation and low-income students, and the University would do well to follow suit with at least the appointment of a point person for these issues.

Existing University offices also have

a role to play in ensuring accessibility to all students. College Housing, for example, could provide additional subsidies for house dues, trips, and other activities. Student Government and the Center for Leadership and Involvement could provide additional funding for widely attended campus events like Summer Breeze and Fall Formal.

The first effects of No Barriers will be seen by the incoming class of 2019. In the meantime, the University has a population of students who face a unique set of challenges and would benefit from structural changes. No Barriers follows up on the changes introduced last year by UChicago Promise by expanding its reach beyond the Chicago area.

Similarly, we encourage the University to follow up on the changes they’ve instituted through No Barriers—not only on a national scale, but here on campus as well.

—Maroon Editorial Board

UChicago alum explores her multicultural identity Foreign film Om Obama will screen at Doc Films on 10/25 Nitha Nugabadi Maroon Contributor My passion for bringing foreign films to the U.S. starts in the early 1990s, when I was in College at University of Chicago. I graduated from the College in 1994 with a degree in psychology, and in the process of earning my degree I learned the theories to explain my experience of growing up in two distinct and sometimes opposite cultures. I was born in the

U.K. and came to the U.S. when I was four years old, but my parents were both raised in Southern India. The left India in the 1970s to pursue a better life for their family.

My upbringing was strongly traditional Indian—there was almost a distinct line drawn between the external world and home. When entering home we entered 1970s India. While this definitely had its rewards—with access to rich traditions in both cultures—it was also challenging. Grow-

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ing up in two cultures without the tools to understand my situation was a lonely process.

Employees who work in corporations that require them to travel and work overseas receive extensive crosscultural pre-departure training and, in some cases, further cross-cultural coaching while overseas to understand the cultural differences and how these differences may augment or conflict with their values and worldview daily.

However, children who grow up in more than one culture do not have the benefit of this training, nor do their parents who are coming to a new land as immigrants.

My research since this time has largely been focusd on understanding my own experiences and to inform my decisions on the social and cultural contradictions I have and still confront; for example, whether to go along with the traditional and expected Indian route of arranged marriage, or to introduce something new to my family and find a partner on my own. This is one personal example, but, other differences exist that shape the individual, such as the power distance—or the way in which power is distributed—in the different cultures, and the focus on group versus individual decision making. These manifest subtly in day-today experiences, but there are few role models and little in media to reflect this hybrid, multicultural experience.

This makes the experience more challenging both for those experiencing it and for those involved with them. At its worst, anything that a child goes through normally, such as adolescent adjustment, is exaggerated when they are in a multicultural upbringing because there is little understanding of this process among their community, teachers, and counselors.

Growing up, our school counselors and teachers did not understnd how we were being raised and why we were

unable to participate in activities such as going to school dances or dating.

It was uncomfortable to discuss with our peers who also did not understand why we could not do everything that they were allowed.

The most striking difference I noticed while travelling abroad in Europe and India was that in these places there is more internattional news and media coverage, which provide a global perspective of the world. This provides more organic and regular exposure to foreign cultures, whereas in the U.S. the media and TV programming is more limited to a focus on the U.S. only. To correct this problem there would need to be a demand from the public for a change in what is provided in the media, a change that could occur if the advantage of being exposed to foreign cultures was presented to the public.

I decided to return to a doctoral psychology program to focus on and contribute research to this area.

Through my dissertation, I found that there is a resulting increase in creativity levels based on exposure to foreign cultures, measured in variables of fluency, originality, elaboration, and flexibility. This exposure could be in various forms such as upbringing, socializing with people from different cultures, visiting neighborhoods that are a different culture than one’s own, traveling to other countries, and exposure to foreign culture through

media.

Hence my focus is on a cost-effective way to make foreign culture exposure easily accessible to individuals through media, namely films, and I am focusing on India as that is what I know most about so far. However, the stories I want to show are varied and more reflective of the vast content that reflects varied life experiences in India, rather than only focusing on traditional Bollywood films. I understand that introducing something new and foreign requires some processing, the extent to which is dependent on various factors such as their readiness to change and their prior exposure. So I am facilitating a discussion after the film screenings. At the University of Chicago, I’m starting with a special premiere screening at Doc films of the film Om Obama on October 25th, a comedy movie following a the story of a village in India praying for the victory of President Obama and preparing for his subsequent arrival.

I am doing this film distribution process in spirit with my late brother Vinod, who passed away at the age of 28 in 2005. He was brilliant, loved travelling and exploring other cultures, and had many good suggestions on how we could work on bridging the cultural gap.

—Nitha Fiona Nugabadi, Psy.D. (A.B. ’94, S.M. ’03)

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Fincher can't silence critics, but his style speaks for itself

Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) pleads his innocence in the disappearance of his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike).

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Rob Sperry-Fromm Maroon Contributor Judging by the cascade of critiques for David Fincher’s new film Gone Girl—on everything from the film’s “trashiness” to its “misogyny,”—the movie is but the latest example in Fincher’s filmography that has ended up under fire for a perceived issue with its subject matter. Fight Club is sexist and misanthropic, Se7en is sadistic, Zodiac doesn’t have an ending, and on, and on, and on. Yet none of the critiques have anything to do with the craftsmanship on

display, as if technical skill is mere window-dressing in service of The Story. The criticisms of Gone Girl, his shiny, slippery, new psychothriller, ring false as ever.

This is not to say that Fincher is somehow beyond reproach (I still have never spoken to a Benjamin Button fan), but rather to observe that every time Fincher deals with material of a potentially controversial nature (which is nearly every time he makes a movie) there are people who cannot reconcile his controlling, clinical directorial presence with the human content of his

films. With Gone Girl, as with classics like Fight Club and The Social Network, Fincher’s mastery creates a work whose formal, dramatic, and thematic concerns are barely distinguishable from one another.

Gone Girl centers on Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) and his absent wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike). Amy is the trust-funded, New York-raised subject of a popular series of children’s books, while Nick is an unpretentious midwestern dude who writes for a men’s magazine. The recession and Nick’s mother’s illness force the couple to move from Manhattan to

the ultra-prestigious Palme d’or at this year’s Cannes film festival. That alone makes it worth a look, unless you really don’t care what French people think about film ($20).

Natural Born Killers, Sunday, 4:00 PM Oliver Stone’s controversial satire on the American glorification of killer and criminals is back for a 20th anniversary screening. Stone himself will be there to commemorate the occasion ($14).

The Festival is on for two weeks until October 23. Stay tuned for more coverage as it continues.

(Screenings at AMC River East 21 Theater. Purchase tickets at chicagofilmfestival.com) —James Mackenzie

— Evangeline Reid

Nick’s suburban hometown in Missouri. One day, Nick comes home from the bar that he owns to find a coffee table smashed up and no sign of Amy. The hunt is on, but Nick seems aloof and unconcerned with the investigation unfolding around him. Worse, the story of their marriage, unfolded in flashbacks narrated by Amy through her diary, paints the picture. of a once-beautiful partnership that dissipated into a domestic situation predicated on emotional distance, repression and fear.

For the first hour, the film operates like a vise, the two narratives tightening on Nick as he looks worse and worse, moving to converge on the question of whether or not he killed Amy. This section of the film, alternating regularly between the time around Amy’s disappearance and the earlier parts of her relationship with Nick, takes the fastidiously composed digital sheen of Fincher’s last few films to a new level. The film’s Manhattan is completely unreal, Fincher’s version of a fairy-tale; all soft focus, rich, deep colors, interiors that look curated from the pages of the GQ that Nick probably has a piece in. A scene of Nick and Amy walking through a cloud of confectioner's sugar is both incredibly beautiful and delicate and completely phantasmagoric, both visually and narratively. Meanwhile Missouri is flat and dim, the smooth, calm blandness of the lighting and camerawork like the embodiment of the anonymous suburbia it depicts.

As the narratives progress, our footing becomes gradually unmoored, again both narratively and cinematically, and the result is ex-

hilarating. Fincher, already a master, continues to grow as a filmmaker as he works with his cadre of collaborators in medium-pushing digital filmmaking. Cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth, editors Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, and composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are all on hand once again and they collaborate to create a fascinating, rather staggering series of formal double-crosses and reversals. The latter sections of the film allow Fincher to flex his Hitchcock/DePalma muscles without feeling overly indulgent or betraying the story. That is the rare kind of film this is.

Gone Girl is also the type of Fincher film, along the lines of the aforementioned Social Network and Fight Club, in which the authorial voice of either its source-material (like Chuck Palahniuk) or its screenwriter (Soooorrrkkkiiinnn) comes through very strongly via the way the characters speak (in this case, Gillian Flynn provides both source material and screenwriter). It’s the type of movie where basically every conversation between the two leads is a carefully constructed series of witty volleys that both sound good and keep circling back to the film’s thematic concerns. In that sense, it's something of a confection, and Fincher runs with the sweet fakery in every stylistic direction, throwing curveball after curveball in a way that would be haphazard under the care of a lesser director. But everything in the film is so meticulous on both a micro and macro level that the effect is like being driven around by a racecar driver.

It helps that the cast is so good.

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Chicago International Film Festival The 50th annual Chicago International Film Festival began yesterday with a screening of the new Reese Witherspoon film, Wild. Other major upcoming films coming the festival’s way include Michael Keaton’s comeback venture Birdman, the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game, and more. While these all look to be fine films, they are not truly indicative of the festival’s true mission: promoting the best and brightest of the foreign films that Americans might otherwise never be exposed to. Here are some of the more promising showings from this weekend’s lineup: Beyond the Lights, Friday, 7:00 PM Part of the festival’s Black Perspectives series, this film features a pop star trying to come to grips with her sudden fame as she starts an affair with her political activist bodyguard. Q&A with director Gina Prince-Blythewood and lead actor Nate Parker ($20).

Winter Sleep, Saturday, 7:15 PM This Turkish character study won

Diasporal Rhythms The Logan Center is partnering with Diasporal Rhythms, a group that collects contemporary art from artists of African descent, to present their annual tour of private art collections in Hyde Park homes this Saturday. Trollies leave from the Logan Center at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. It is free for students with UCID. Register online.

Danish String Quartet Tonight, the Danish String Quartet — a group that has received rave reviews such as “Every nuance, phrase and gesture beautifully wrought,” from the New York Times — will open the University of Chicago Presents’ 71st season in Mandel Hall with pieces by Joseph Haydn, Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen, and Schubert. There is a pre-concert lecture starting at 6:30 p.m. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. $5 student tickets are available through the UChicago Box Office.

—Evangeline Reid

Native Son

The world-famous Danish String Quartet performs on an abandoned road somewhere. They'll also be at Mandel Hall tonight.

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With no knowledge of the storyline of any previous work of the American Blues Theater, who is partnering with the Court Theatre for this production, I went to Native Son with no indication of the landmark production I was about to see.

The intricate story and emotional strength left me absolutely stunned as I left the theater. The show is running at the Court Theatre through

October 19th, so close that there’s no reason not to stop by for a night of thought-provoking intensity.

Tickets are $15 for UChicago students.

—Sammie Spector

Universoul Circus When was the last time your jaw

dropped? Everybody loves the circus, especially one that’s a short walk away, and you can catch the highflying antics of Universoul Circus at nearby Washington Park almost every day through October 19. There are several shows a day; the schedule and tickets ($25) are available online.

—Sammie Spector

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“The movie...basically takes marriage as a jumping-off point” GONE continued from page 5

talking about, and rightly so. It’s the meatiest role of her career, and she grabs it with both hands. She’s got a great old movie–star face, which Fincher uses like Hitchcock used that of Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, or Janet Leigh. But the part allows her a huge range to play, and she’s a good enough actress to cover all of it while remaining mysteriously human. Affleck, freed from the constraints of likability, gets to indulge the befuddled bro not so deep inside of him. He’s hilarious. His character has almost no agency in the narrative, and his haplessness is charming enough to keep us with him, even as his behavior alienates us. The rest of the large supporting cast is completely stellar, with Kim Dickens, Carrie Coon, Tyler Perry, Patrick Fugit, Neil Patrick Harris, and Casey Wilson all perfectly utilized.

Beyond being a purely enjoyable pulp roller coaster, you might have heard that this movie has much to say about men and women and gender relations and marriage and modern society and all that. This is a partially true, but mostly overblown. The movie (as well as the book) basically takes marriage as a jumping-off point for pointed but surface-level observations about modern, upper-crust American social life. It presents a heightened reality meant as a sort of satire. It doesn’t tear the lid off anything, nor should it. But it has the playfully caustic cleverness about modern

life that Fincher’s best films boast.

Its observations about gender sting.

When Nick complains, “I’m tired of being picked apart by women,” it gets at the tricky satirical balance that Fincher and Flynn are going for here. On the one hand, Nick is pitiable, forced to endure a gauntlet of media criticism and other miseries for the simple fact of being a man in his position (assuming we don’t know what actually happened). On the other hand, his likeness to the normail guy is enough for him to coast through the events of the film while remaining the audience’s main point of identification. The film plays elegantly and subtly with the dynamic between our natural inclination to like Ben Affleck and what that says about how we feel about the handsome men in our lives in contrast to the beautiful women.

This long, complex, and invigorating movie is all bookended by two shots that are composed nearly identically, with Amy’s head framed facing away from us before turning to face us. Sumptuous and cryptic, they might be keys for decoding the film’s multiple layers of blame and meaning. Or they might not; I’m really not sure. I thought of them kind of like the bookends on the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis. The two films are nothing alike in terms of style or theme, but what they have in common is a refusal to talk down to the audience by making their mysteries, existential and otherwise, readily apparent.

TAPS revs up Streetcar at Logan Ellen Rodnianski Associate Arts Editor Every year the Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) department stages a show under professional direction featuring undergraduate actors and production assistants. This September, while most University of Chicago undergraduates were enjoying their last month of summer, a group of students were already furiously rehearsing Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire.

The production took place in Theater West, the black-box theater at the Logan Center, over the past two weekends.

A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most well regarded American plays of the 20th century, and it was clear that the great majority of the audience knew the plotline very well.

As such, the actors were under a lot of pressure to perform well—thankfully, they did not disappoint. Nailing down the character of Blanche, the fragile older sister with a tragic romantic fate, was definitely not a simple task. However, Sophie Kennedy, a fourth-year in the College, did a very convincing job. It was clearly no mean feat to maintain the same energy level for all two hours and 15 minutes, but Kennedy managed with

seemingly no issues at all. The brutish and manly character of Stanley, performed by third-year Cameron Vanderwerf (no Marlon Brando, but a talent, to be sure) was also done very convincingly, especially during the play’s most iconic moments. The scene where Stanley tries to make it up to Stella after drunkenly losing control holds high expectations in any Streetcar Named Desire performance. True to form, Vanderwerf ’s shouts for “Stella!” were very well done, even Brando-esque at times.

Upon entering the theater, the audience’s attention was automatically caught by the two-story set, which took up a large portion of Logan’s black-box theater. The bottom floor stayed true to the set design outlined by Williams: one room, with a kitchen, dining table, and two beds separated only by a very flimsy curtain. The bathroom, which played an essential part in the play, was partitioned from the rest of the set by a thin but stationary white curtain which allowed the audience to see inside Blanche’s numerous baths. The Edison lights hanging from the ceiling were a particularly striking piece of the set; the open bulbs with visible filaments gave the play a subtle and unexpectedly modern twist.

The second floor of the set, which

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represented the home of Eunice and Steve, the constantly fighting neighbors, served as a humorous break to the dramatic plotline. Whenever their fights broke out, the audience would look up and hear something along the lines of, “I only sleep with them because I love you!” thereby loosening some of the tension rising from the floor below. However, the set design of the second floor also served to enhance a more serious musical interlude sung by Eunice, who was played by the very gifted Alexandra Mathews. As Eunice approached the looping staircase, where she performed most of the song, the audience followed her shadow, which moved between the windows of the second floor of the set. This use of the lighting and set was particularly striking, even mesmerizing; the audience could not help but follow her slow steps, and they were consumed by the foreboding feeling of trouble about to come.

TAPS’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire was, without a doubt, very well done. Although the play is by far not a funny one, the interactions between the characters sparked genuine laughs. Theatrical elements such as set design and acting came together in a thoroughly enjoyable theater-going experience. editor@chicagomaroon.com

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Enter the Eagles’ nest: Chicago aims for first UAA win Women’s Soccer Ahmad Allaw Maroon Contributor The Maroons may have begun their season with a hot start, winning nine of their first 10 matches, but now they find themselves in the midst of a tough stretch of opponents.

In a closely contested match, the No. 12 South Siders opened UAA play with a 2–1 loss against the undefeated Tartans of Carnegie Mellon last Saturday.

Despite the outcome, it was a competitive contest; Chicago outshot Carnegie 13 to 12, while each side conceded six corners and put up an equal number of shots on target. The 2–1 loss was a disappointing result for the Maroons, but one that they hope to reverse in the near future.

However, the road doesn’t get any easier. Chicago’s next opponent will be the undefeated No. 4 Eagles of Emory, an opponent that the Maroons have not defeated in their last two meetings. In fact, in their previous match, Chicago managed only four shots on goal to Emory’s eleven, a major contributor

to the Maroons’ bitter 2–0 loss.

Despite the recent misfortune, the Maroons, propelled by a strong year of preparation and results, will head into their October 11th contest with a renewed intensity, focus, and drive.

“We have to start the match a lot more prepared to battle and play physical,” said third-year forward Mary Bittner. “Emory is a tough team, and we need to be ready from the initial whistle.

“The attitude going into Emory is that we can and will compete with one of the top teams in the country. Emory is one of our biggest rivals, so we are ready to compete.”

A tough, physical match is certainly expected. Each team boasts a stubborn defense: Chicago has shut out seven of its 11 opponents, while Emory has shut out its foes in six of their 10 matches of the year. While Chicago hopes this upcoming match will improve its 9–2 record, the Eagles hope to keep their 7–0–3 record clean.

But for the Maroons, the coming weeks have greater

First-year Whitley Cargille surveys the field in a game against Pomona-Pitzer earlier this season.

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implications, as the matches garner an increased significance as the playoffs approach. Each contest will be a chance for Chicago to finetune its defensive prowess, to improve its creativity in the midfield, and to measure it-

self against the nation’s most elite squads.

Certainly, there is increased apprehension and anticipation among the Maroons. Something greater looms on the horizon. The next match against Emory is

perhaps the first step Chicago will take in achieving its paramount goal.

“All of our conference matches are very important.

The UAA is the top DIII conference in women’s soccer, and our performance in

these games will determine how prepared we are for the ultimate test, the NCAA tournament,” Bittner said.

The Maroons will head down to Atlanta to take on the Eagles at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow.

Squad rides momentum into Maroons look to stay hot in Lone Star State battle Naperville tourney Volleyball Zachary Themer Associate Sports Editor Coming off a sensational performance at last week’s UAA Round Robin in Atlanta, which included a win over the then No. 4 ranked Wash U, the 18–7 Maroons look to build on their momentum today as they square off against Saint Mary’s (Minn.) and Wartburg at the Tiffany Robinson Memorial Tournament at North Central University in Naperville, IL. The South Siders, who cracked the DIII rankings this week at No. 25, will open up play against Saint Mary’s. The Maroons will have their hands full with the Eagles, especially in the frontcourt, as Saint Mary’s has three women who tower above six feet. In order to hammer their kills past the long frontline of Saint Mary’s, the Maroons will look to the pair of outside hitters, and thirdyears Maren Loe and Jasmine Mobley, both of whom have consistently led the Maroons in kills this year.

“I feel so fortunate to be a part of the University of Chicago women’s volleyball team,” Mobley said. “We have had a

Football good season thus far and have just been improving day by day.

We are getting into a really exciting part of our season, which is conference competition. We had a great start last weekend with three big wins.”

Just as critical to the Maroon attack will be another outside hitter, fourth-year Morgan Barry. Barry, an anchor of the team since her second year, is also part of an impressive threewoman front up front for the Maroons. The trio, over the course of the team’s 24 matches, have combined for a breathtaking 856 kills, with 346, 283, and 227 for Loe, Barry, and Mobley, respectively. With these three up front, the Eagles will surely have their hands full from the opening serve to the final point.

After the Maroons take on Saint Mary’s, they will take a short break before facing Wartburg later on in the evening at 8 p.m. Wartburg, who enters the match with a 17–5 overall record, is making the trek to North Central from all the way in Waverly, IA. The Knights will be looking to knock off the South Siders, but in order to do so, they will have to overcome

the same challenges that Saint Mary’s will face, including the likes of the “big three” up front, as well as newcomers to the team, such as first-year middle blocker Taylor David, who has come on in a big way for the Maroons this year with appearances in 74 of the Maroons 88 sets played.

While the Maroons have practiced for the past week with Saint Mary’s and Wartburg in focus, they have much grander goals in mind.

“As far as the rest of the season is concerned, I am going into practice everyday with the goal of helping the team win another conference championship,” Mobley said. “But my vision for our season goes far beyond that. From day one I’ve wanted to help bring a national championship to our program.”

The Maroons’ pursuit of the ultimate goal continues tonight in Naperville—at 4 p.m. against Saint Mary’s and 8 p.m. against Wartburg—before moving onto the team’s second UAA Round Robin next weekend against Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Rochester, and Emory.

Helen Petersen Sports Staff Eight Maroons will be traveling south to their home state of Texas this weekend to face 1–4 Trinity University in the undefeated Maroons’ fifth game of the season. The Lone Star State will host the first meeting ever between these two teams.

This is the second straight year that Chicago has started with an impressive four straight victories.

Fourth-year tight end Bryan Tisdale will enjoy the whole experience this weekend.

“Definitely the best part of going home is finally being able to include my family in the football experience I’ve had for the past three years.

As far as getting back to the state of Texas, it’s obviously the best place to play a football game. Mexican food is an exciting prospect as well,” Tisdale said.

The Maroons are coming off a huge comeback victory, by a score of 17–14, over Rhodes College. Now, the Maroons hope to carry this

momentum into this weekend. The undefeated South Siders were 4–0 last season as well, but they weren’t able to sustain their success as losses on the road crippled their season. The South Siders will look to counteract this trend and keep themselves in line for a playoff spot this year.

Third-year offensive lineman Brock Appenzeller feels the momentum of last weekend’s clutch victory.

“The win over Rhodes was a great team victory. We stuck together and kept playing the next play. That team mentality will be important in the hostile Trinity environment,” Appenzeller said.

Much like last weekend, where rain and wind played a major factor in the team’s ability to execute plays, weather will be a factor this weekend, as well. San Antonio is expected to be upwards of 90 degrees on Saturday—a stark contrast to the game and practice conditions the Maroons have faced so far in the chilly confines of Hyde Park.

After last week, Chicago received six votes to be included in the NCAA Division III

Top 25 rankings. A more staggering threat to Trinity will be the Chicago defense, currently ranked third in the nation.

Third-year cornerback Vincent Beltrano—a defensive leader—made a key play for Chicago against Rhodes, intercepting a pass that set up the Maroons’ gamewinning field goal, and was consequently selected to the NCAA Division III Team of Week.

Regardless of Chicago’s recent success, it mustn’t get ahead of itself. Trinity’s record does not accurately reflect the quality of the team.

They have faced several top25 teams across the country and have a strong program history.

“They are one of the bigger and more physical teams we have faced and we cannot take them for granted,” Appenzeller said. “If we minimize turnovers and capitalize on our defense’s ability to create turnovers, we should compete well with them.”

The Maroons kick off in the hot, dry climate at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at Trinity.