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Classes test new course portal as improvement to Chalk Victoria Cattalona Maroon Contributor The University of Chicago is currently piloting a new online academic management system called Canvas that will ultimately replace Chalk.
According to the University of Chicago’s IT Services’s website, Canvas “offers new opportunities for online collaboration, enhanced use of media, and a strong mobile interface to support the needs of active faculty and students on- and
off-campus.” Canvas, first introduced last fall, is the most viable replacement for Chalk according to Christopher Higgins, the executive director for academic and scholarly technology CANVAS continued on page 3
Health Leads ends partnership with clinic, loses funding Wendy Lee Senior News Reporter
Revival Comedy Club is currently under construction and will open by the end of 2015. COURTESY OF DNA INFO
New comedy club on East 55th Street and South Woodlawn Avenue Hannah Hu Maroon Contributor Revival, a new comedy club featuring improvisational comedy, stand-up routines, musical performances, and comedy films, will open by the end of 2015 at 1160 East
55th Street. John Stoops, a co-founder of the new venue, believes there is an imbalance in the arts that needs to be corrected. “Performing arts in Chicago have been overwhelmingly slanted to the North Side, and the South Side has been vastly
underrepresented,” he said. He also cited Revival as part of the current reinvigoration of Hyde Park, which includes new restaurants, boutiques, and the Obama presidential library. Stoops is a seasoned
Starting this year, Health Leads will no longer have an active Chicago branch due to its recent end in partnership with the Chicago Friend Family Health Center. Health Leads is a national nonprofit dedicated to connecting people with basic resources, such as food, housing, and child support. Acquiring RSO status in 2006, the organization combines medical care with social work by mobilizing college students to engage with clients in healthcare settings. During their time
on campus, volunteers largely worked in South Chicago and in Chicago Lawn. Though student volunteers carry out a majority of the organization’s operations, the national nonprofit organization still provides program managers and advocate coordinators at each clinic. Both the national organization and the clinics, which are supported by the state government and through grants, fund these staff members. The national organization also provides students with a database of resources, tech support,
and training. Starting this year, however, the Chicago Friend Family Health Center decided to remove Health Leads from its budget and disestablish its partnership with the national organization. The move was financially motivated, and the Health Leads workers were effectively replaced by the clinic’s own coordinated care employees. According to Nick Antos, the third-year Campus Coordinator for Health Leads, the Chicago branch has operated in the Chicago Friend Family Health Center since 2010. Antos HEALTH continued on page 2
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University takes part in celebration Peace Corps to Paleo: A snapshot of of Chicago architecture five new RSOs on campus Grace Lu Maroon Contributor During the previous school year, the Committee on Recognized Student Organizations (CORSO) reviewed applications for new Registered Student Organizations (RSOs), ranging from paleontology clubs to law societies. Through the process, multiple new RSOs were added to a list of over 400 organizations with which students can get involved. Here are five new RSOs starting out the school year.
Be The Match On Campus Be The Match On Campus (BTM) was started in the middle of winter quarter last year by third-year biology majors George Tsourdinis and Jon Sussman with the goal of raising awareness for the needs of hematological cancer patients. “[BTM] was initiated because of a lack of healthcare synchrony in delivery to minority populations concerning bone marrow and peripheral stem cell donation,” Sussman said. BTM, in addition to raising awareness, aims to grow the
donor pool for people in need of bone marrow and peripheral stem cell transplants. The RSO holds bi-weekly drives to educate individuals on the prevalence of blood cancer and the need for better healthcare for the cancer patients. The club also discusses the general lack of donations for patients. BTM held a spring cancer week and plans to do so again next year alongside Colleges Against Cancer (CAC). BTM also has plans on inviting speakers every quarter. Sussman and Tsourdinis have high hopes for BTM. With 35 members and hundreds signed up for RSO continued on page 3
Olivia Rosenzweig Maroon Contributor
The University is running tours and showcasing exhibitions across campus as part of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial this fall. This year’s festival is titled “The State of the Architecture” and will run from October 3 to January 3, with plans to re-occur every other year. “The Biennial is an exploration and celebration of the state of the art and architecture, the effort to gather not only architects who already have demonstrated their talents in their works but also the next generation of people who care about
the built environment,” said Steve Wiesenthal, Senior Associate Vice President for Facilities Services and University Architect. The festival will take place all over the city, with focal points of interests like the Chicago Cultural Center downtown and Theaster Gates’ Stony Island Bank at 68th and S. Stony Island. Wiesenthal explained that Rahm Emanuel announced his plans to create the Biennial in June of 2014. Following the announcement, the University’s administration began to discuss how to best participate in the event, despite the lack of an
architectural school. The University will provide a “Campus Edges” shuttle tour that will visit many locations, including the proposed sites for the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park and Washington Park, the Logan Center, and the construction site for the new North campus residence hall. Led by Chicago Architecture Foundation docents, a Historical Architecture walking tour of campus will also be hosted weekly in honor of the University’s 125th anniversary. In addition to the numerous tours, there BIENNIAL continued on page 2
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University geneticist wins MacArthur Genius Grant Peyton Alie Maroon Contributor John Novembre, associate professor of human genetics, was named a MacArthur Fellow last month. Awarded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, MacArthur Fellowships, commonly known as “genius grants,” consist of $625,000 paid out over five years. They are awarded annually to between 20 and 40 individuals from a wide range of disciplines. There are virtually no restrictions on how the grant money may be used, giving fellows a great deal of creative and intellectual freedom. Because one cannot apply for the fellowship, fellows often only learn that they were nominated when they win the grant. “I was completely blown away. I was very surprised, staggered, and stunned. Just amazed. It was really a treat,” said Novembre. Novembre is a computational biologist who researches human evolutionary history. His work has demonstrated the crucial role
of location in determining DNA patterns by connecting common ancestral geography to human genetic similarity. One of his most important contributions is his discovery that genes are almost perfectly linked to the geography in Europe. As a result, the ancestral origins of individuals of European descent can often be located within a couple hundred miles through the use of genetic information. Novembre has also researched the causes of genetic diseases, the ways in which genetic variants are shaped by natural selection, and the roots of genetic diversity. As an academic, Novembre was initially interested in molecular evolution, but he was soon drawn to the interdisciplinary nature of evolutionary history. “Because molecular evolution can be studied in humans and related to our geography, history, and anthropolog y, I began to realize that I could work in this research field that integrated all these areas of study,” said Novembre. Currently, Novembre is
working on a variety of projects, including conducting research on developing new methods for analyzing the genetic data of a population, estimating the age of particular genetic mutations, and determining the implications of recent rapid human population growth. As a computational biologist, Novembre focuses on developing and applying methods of data analysis and works closely with collaborators who gather the data. He hopes to use the fellowship’s funding to become more directly involved with people in the field when starting new projects. “We’re interested in doing more work in the field of ancient DNA, which is risky research, because you never know if you’ll get DNA out of the bones or not, and there isn’t as clear of a stable source of funding for that yet,” said Novembre. Novembre is the 34th current or former UChicago faculty member to be awarded the MacArthur Fellowship. He joined the faculty in 2013.
College bridge team wins national championship Feng Ye Maroon Contributor The Bridge Club made University history by winning its first national collegiate championship last month at the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL)’s Summer Nationals in Chicago. The prize was a $20,000 scholarship to be distributed among six team members. The team members were fourthyear Julian Manasse-Boetani AB '16, third-year Kelly Mao AB '16, fourth-year Ruth Ng AB '15, second-year Alexander Okamoto AB '18, second-year Aaron Song AB '18, and captain, third-year Oren Kriegel AB ’16, taking down University of California-Berkeley in the semifinals and defeating Stanford in the finals. Bridge is a card game played by two competing teams using a standard 52-card deck. A high level of coordination between partners is essential to winning, according
to Oren Kriegel, former president and Bridge Club’s sole professional player. ACBL, the largest contract bridge organization in North America, hosts the national collegiate game annually. Last year, Bob Chen AB ’15, ManasseBoetani, Kelly Mao, and Ruth Ng won third place in Las Vegas, and took second at Washington D.C. in 2009, losing to Stanford in the championship round. This year, though, the UChicago team was better prepared. “…Our partnerships functioned much more smoothly than Stanford's. Stanford had some costly miscommunications, while we had no major disasters,” Kriegel said. “We didn't have the best player at the tournament, but it didn't matter because our entire lineup was solid,” Mao said. He believes that this year’s team was much stronger than last year’s. “I know that I personally have improved quite a bit between last year and this year, and I suspect that my
teammates have as well,” he said. The Bridge Club, founded in 2008, holds weekly games on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Club. Players of all levels are welcome; less experienced players are mentored by Eldad Ginossar, a professional bridge player living in Hyde Park. Some members also attend local tournaments during weekends. “I hope to bring more beginners into the club as currently we focus more on training older players than recruiting new ones,” new president of the club Alexander Okamoto said. Next year’s Collegiate Bridge Bowl team will includes Jihong Song AB ’18, Manasse-Boetani, Mao, and captain Alexander Okamoto. With online qualifying games already underway, the new squad has improved UChicago’s record once again, shutting out Davidson College 113 to 0 last Friday. The Bridge Club will face off against MIT later this month.
NEWS IN BRIEF State senators propose law to reduce textbook prices Senators Dick Durbin (DIL) and Al Franken (D-MN) introduced the Affordable College Textbook Act to the Senate last Thursday. The bill would provide grants for universities to create textbooks that can be freely accessed and modified online. The hope of the act’s proponents is that these open-source textbooks would drive down textbook prices in general. “One thing is clear,” Durbin
said in a press conference last Thursday. “The traditional publishing market is not providing students the materials they need at a cost they can afford.” Durbin cited a pilot project at the University of Illinois which produced an open-source textbook called “Sustainability: a Comprehensive Foundation.” Since its introduction, the free textbook has been used across the University of Illinois system and around the country.
A corresponding piece of legislation has been introduced in the House. Durbin said he expected opposition from the textbook industry, and encouraged college students to advocate for the proposal. A similar bill was introduced by Durbin in 2013 but never left committee. – Adam Thorp
Tours on University campus to show off rich architectural history
The Stony Island Bank is a featured art exhibit in the Chicago Architectural Biennial. COURTESY OF THE REBUILD FOUNDATION
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are various shows and exhibitions on and off campus. These include Jessica Stockholder’s “Rose’s Inclination” at the Smart Museum, and Katarina Burin’s “Petra Andrejoba-Molnar— Contribution and Collaboration” at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. Bill Brown, the Deputy Provost for the Arts at the University,
hopes that the festival will have a lasting effect on the institution. “The first Biennial comes at a particularly auspicious moment, given that the College has approved a minor in Architectural Studies, to be followed, I hope and trust, by a major in Architecture and Urban Design,” Brown said. “By the time of the next Biennial, I hope we’ll be in an exciting new phase of that development. ”
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handled member recruitment, weekly meetings, and events. For him, Health Leads was about more than medical care; it was about addressing the needs of the community. “We would do a basic needs assessment for clients to figure out what their non-medical needs were, [because] Health Leads’ mission was to build a healthcare system that addresses patient resource needs; things that doctors couldn’t access. We would refer resources to clients and, within the next week, follow up and see whether or not they connected with those resources. That was what was so unique about our model: we would do follow-ups like case managers,” said Antos. “Each of us would hold about six to eight clients... and work in the health center for four hours a week.” Because it is difficult to establish a new partnership with a different clinic, it is unlikely that the Chicago branch will continue to operate with the support of the national organization. However, since the RSO submitted its budget before the announcement was made, it maintains its status and University funding despite being inactive. “This [end in partnership] was very surprising—we found out in mid-July,” said Antos.
“While Health Leads as a national organization is still doing great, it’s not easy to become integrated into a new healthcare system. [As an RSO], we have been advised to change our focus rather than to disband completely. There might be someone else in Health Leads who wants to do something else. It’s unclear what will happen to the RSO.” Both Antos and Valerie Gutmann, a second-year who worked with Health Leads last year, note that joining the RSO changed the way they view healthcare. “Healthcare should be more than about diseases,” said Gutmann. “There are a lot of things that affect people’s health that can’t be ‘prescribed’ in terms of medication… A lot of our [current] healthcare system is really focused on addressing problems once they have already affected your quality of life, like helping people after they have already hit the edge of the cliff rather than putting up a fence so they never get to the edge of the cliff in the first place.” Antos reflected positively on his experience with Health Leads. “You realize that patients have so many things going on in their lives...so many things impact their health [and] their capability of being healthy— and doctors only touch a small portion of it.”
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Stuart fire relocates philosophy department, core tutoring program Lorentz Hansen Associate News Editor Two programs in Stuart Hall are still displaced after a fire broke out on the second floor during the first day of Orientation Week, damaging portions of the philosophy department and displacing the College Core Tutors Program (CCTP). The UCPD incident report filed at 9:28 a.m. on Sunday, September 20 noted that fire and smoke were seen on the second floor of Stuart. The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) extinguished the fire and report-
ed no injuries. Commander Curtis Hudson told the Chicago Tribune that the fire officially went out at around 10:30 a.m. According to philosophy department chair Gabriel Lear, the fire originated from a paper shredder in a faculty common room. She said that the paper shredder was not in use at the time of the fire. “The paper shredder has been plugged in for, I don’t know, months, years, just sort of at stand-by,” she said. “But for some reason the motor overheated.” Despite the CFD’s quick response, the fire severely
damaged certain areas of the philosophy department. “The shredder was in a little vestibule...so it’s totally destroyed, and the hallway is totally destroyed,” Lear said. Most of the damage, she added, came from smoke, soot, and water from the firefighters’ efforts, as well as the windows and doors they had to break down to extinguish the fire. Despite the damage, most of the professors’ books and papers are salvageable, as is the data from their computers. As a result of the damage, the philosophy department and the CCTP have
been forced to temporarily relocate. Although some of the philosophy faculty have offices in Rosenwald that were unaffected by the fire, the majority of the department has relocated to McGiffert House, located above the Seminary Co-Op and Plein Air Café. Lear estimates the department will be able to move back into Stuart Hall before the end of the quarter. The CCTP has temporarily relocated its tutoring services from the North Reading Room in Arley D. Cathey Learning Center to Cobb Hall. On October 2, Dean of
Students in the College John “Jay” Ellison notified students of the CCTP’s location change in an e-mail, saying that the tutoring services will be held in Cobb for the rest of October. Lear described the damages to the North Reading Room as less severe than those suffered by the philosophy department. Since the fire occurred just before the start of Orientation Week, professors in the philosophy department were left with little time to reorganize before the start of the school year. Given limited access to their offices and materials because
the CFD was required to clean them of soot, professors were only allowed to take a few books. “It’s a little disorienting,” Lear said. “I had been hand-writing all these notes and laying out our syllabus and just left it on the desk that Friday afternoon and I couldn’t get to any of it.” Lear commended the University for its swift action in handling the situation, particularly the Office of Risk Management. “We’re still working out some kinks, but we’re definitely moving in the right direction,” she said.
“There’s been a momentum across higher education Despite being rejected for RSO-status last year, to develop technology for the benefit of students” Kitchen Sink provides an artistic outlet for students CANVAS continued from front
services. Higgins indicated that the university hopes to implement the Canvas learning management system (LMS) for all students by the 2016–2017 academic year. About 100 courses have used the Canvas LMS so far, and roughly 30 are using it this quarter. Departments using Canvas include biological sciences, chemistry, East Asian languages and civilization, history, romance languages and literatures, public policy studies, sociology, and statistics. “There’s been a momentum across higher education to develop technology for the benefit of students,” said Higgins.
“We’re still using 20thcentury technology. We want the faculty to be more involved and restructuring their material, not recreating it.” During the evaluation period, Academic and Scholarly Technology Services will continue to work with students and faculty to determine the best course of action for implementation. “There is a faculty committee that will review all the data from the evaluation process and make a recommendation to the Board of Computing Activities and Services, a faculty board appointed by the Provost,” said Higgins. Student feedback will be considered heavily during
this process. Eunice Larbi, a firstyear student in the College using Canvas for her general chemistry class, prefers Canvas to Chalk. “I like the Canvas interface better,” said Larbi. “[Accessing] messages from our professor is easier. It’s really structured nicely.” Larbi uses Chalk for two other courses. Although a fan of Canvas, she finds shifting between the two systems inconvenient. The faculty committee performing evaluations, comprised of professors and lecturers, will be meeting in December 2015 or in January 2016 to determine an implementation date and to review the feedback of all students and faculty using the Canvas system.
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comedian who honed his skills with The Second City, the renowned Chicago improvisational comedy group formed by alumni of the Compass Players. Being a resident of Hyde Park who has a son attending the University’s Laboratory School, Stoops feels personally invested in this community. “The most exciting thing about Revival is giving a voice to the South Side—and U-ofC-based talent—in a place that didn’t previously exist,” he said. “That’s the reason that we’re here.” With no age minimum for entrance, Revival will hopefully become a staple in the Hyde Park community
for everyone, including University students. Stoops has already reached out to several comedy and musical groups on campus, including Off-Off Campus, which will be a mainstay at the club. There have also been two rounds of auditions at the Logan Center for the Arts to form an ensemble of comedians directly from the South Side. Stoops plans to create another ensemble composed largely of University students but has yet to hold corresponding auditions. Stoops says the name of the club is a reminder of Hyde Park’s unique comedic past. The new location is mere feet away from the former location of The Compass, the bar where The Compass Players
invented modern American improvisational comedy in the 1950s. “It speaks to the larger revitalization that is happening on the South Side, while also connecting to our history,” he said. “In many respects, we are reviving The Compass Players and the art form that originated in Hyde Park.” Revival has been a longtime goal for Stoops. He first came up with the idea while performing in a comedy club in Amsterdam. “I remember, in October 1998, thinking about how we could make this happen in Chicago. Fast forward to 17 years later, and I’m on the cusp of doing it,” he said. “I couldn’t be more excited that the time is now.”
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the bone marrow registry, the organization is growing. Kitchen Sink Despite being rejected for RSO-status in winter quarter last year, third-years Angela Lin, Carrie Volpert, and Amanda Lee founded Kitchen Sink to provide an artistic outlet for UChicago students. Kitchen Sink hopes to fill an artistic void in a school where Core art classes are few and difficult to get. Before Kitchen Sink, there was only one visual arts RSO, Outside the Lines (OTL). “[OTL and Kitchen Sink are] both trying to fill in the lack of art spaces on campus,” said Lin. “A lot of people who come to our sessions haven’t picked up a paintbrush since, like, elementary school…. I think that so many people are very interested in making art and just don’t know where to do it.” Kitchen Sink holds sessions every Wednesday evening at Logan Center, providing a wide range of art materials, from acrylic paints to watercolors and more, in addition to chairs, easels, and sometimes food. The sessions are open to all students for experimenting with the materials, creating their own works, and simply hanging out with friends. Kitchen Sink has also hosted events such as a sketch session at the Art Institute of Chicago and community paintings at ArtShould Expose and the O-Party. Immigration Law Society Two years ago, third-year law student Hannah Lazar and some other law students started the Immigration Law Society (ILS) as a law stu-
dent organization. The club became an RSO earlier in the spring of this year. “The founding students felt that the Law School community would benefit from a student group dedicated to promoting discussion of important immigration law and policy issues,” said current president and second-year law student Christian Meyers. The club aims to facilitate the discussion and education of important immigration topics in the Law School community and to promote the immigration pro bono efforts of its members. ILS organizes lunch talks, featuring professionals speaking about their work or immigration topics. PaleoClub The Paleontology Club (PaleoClub), minted as an RSO a few months ago in the spring, is a community for future paleontologists and those who are just interested in the field. The club was founded by fourth-years Mark Juhn, Daniel Hughes, and Maria Viteri, and Hadley Eichengreen (A.B. ’14), Spiro Sullivan (A.B. ’14), and Stephanie Baumgart (A.B. ’13). “We noticed that despite the presence of world-class paleontology professors and labs here on campus, as an undergraduate, it was difficult to figure out how to pursue an education in paleontology,” Viteri said. “We hope to give underclassmen a place to meet experienced members of the community who can direct them to the opportunities that UChicago provides.” Chicago Peace Corps Last year, the Institute of Politics’ Sargent Shriver Program for Leadership in
Public Service tasked a group of 14 undergraduates to address the problems with the zero-tolerance policies in Chicago neighborhood schools by using the theory of change by Sargent Shriver, the founder of the Peace Corps. After multiple weekly meetings starting in January, the Chicago Peace Corps was created this summer. “We saw how destructive the school-to-prison pipeline is in countless Chicago neighborhoods. In looking for ways to confront this issue we discovered restorative justice, which is a model to foster community and therefore avoid harsh disciplinary procedures,” said fourth-year Ivan Parfenoff, the executive director of the organization. The Chicago Peace Corps seeks to use restorative practices in schools in Back of the Yards by holding a weekly circle in the schools. The program also plans to hold regular circles within the UChicago community and tours of its partners in Back of the Yards. The Peace Corps does volunteer work as well, from tutoring to coaching sports teams. The program is currently aiding one of its partners in starting a People’s School and is recruiting for volunteers. Fifty people attended its film screening and panel-recruiting event, and the club is excited to continue its mission. “Our hope is to provide talented, highly motivated UChicago volunteers to Back of the Yards and create our vision of a restorative community,” Parfenoff said. “This also means bridging the gap between our neighborhoods; we hope to continue to bring Back of the Yards to Hyde Park and vice versa.”
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A shout in the dark How do you accurately represent your race when you’re the only minority voice in the room?
Kanisha Williams
Kulture with Kanisha I, like any good Daily Show fan, was glued in equal portions to both my phone and the television screen in late July, knowing the screen time I had with host Jon Stewart was steadily ticking away. Leading up to the finale, I had been obsessed with watching every episode that aired, then subsequently going online and reading review after review, listicle after listicle, and eyeing GIF sets after GIF sets—all things Daily Show. So it was inevitable that I would come across former Daily Show correspondent and writer Wyatt Cenac speaking on comedian Marc Maron’s podcast, WTF. Something that Cenac said really stood out to me: “I was the one black writer there...It was this thing where, when you’re the one, whether you want to or not, you wind up speaking for everybody. You speak for all the black people but you also—at least for me—I just speak for all the minorities because no one’s speaking for them when something seems questionable.” Even though my throat clenched and stomach dropped knowing that such a great host had done such a not-so-great thing, I felt relief and found a kind of peace in Wyatt’s insight. I realized that I too act—or don’t act—based on this line of thought every day, and I have been doing so for as long as I can remember. There’s this notion at this school that there exists some “They—”, some faceless party
that represents the powers that be; this could be the University, the admissions office, Dean Boyer, etc. And “They” are the ones who decided to admit you here. There are reasons why “They” decided on you and not someone else, and things like race or income become obvious factors to explain why an individual might have been chosen—to promote diversity. That’s fine. I get that. But somehow, this doesn’t seem to be true. Yes, a large part of this campus’s diversity might serve to fill some silly quota or exist for marketing purposes. These probably are a couple of the incentives for increasing diversity, but it seems that there’s a true interest in cultivating and generating discussion (all of that “Life of the Mind” jazz) and, more importantly, in engaging with people who have worldviews that differ from yours. For that to happen, the University actually has to bring people from a wide range of backgrounds. The problem isn’t that minorities aren’t represented, but is that the people representing those minorities actually have to speak for diversity to exist. At times that part gets tricky. I read a lot of Facebook statuses, for example, about the current environment on campus, and many students are very critical of the University and its initiatives to provide support for students from marginalized or disadvantaged backgrounds (i.e. students of minority races, lower income students, and first generation
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college students). These people often have valid points, and I certainly don’t mean to devalue them in any way, but they don’t always speak from firsthand experience. It’s hard for someone like me—an actual minority—to even chime in. My desire to participate in these conversations is often outweighed by my lack of comfort. I don’t know how to enter this conversation that I should be a critical part of. Because when I do participate, it’s just like Cenac said. When I do participate, different problems arise. Like what Cenac experienced on The Daily Show, I have suddenly become the spokesperson for minority races in general (not just mine) too often because I have quite obviously been the only minority present. In these situations, I always feel overwhelmed and hesitant to speak just for the sake of the discussion. I feel a need to be completely informed about all aspects of race and to account for the many series of half-steps, missteps, and potential digressions from the path that we may end up going down. When you’re reading Fanon and happen to be the only black person in the room, suddenly
you’re no longer just another student. Instead, you’re an expert on all aspects of race and the class is looking to you for answers. I’m always asking myself questions like “What will I say?”, “What will it say about other people who identify similarly to me?”, and “Will I be making widespread generalizations since my thoughts are based on my experiences alone?” Answering these questions is incredibly crucial to meaningfully add to the overarching dialogue. But that’s a lot of responsibility for just one 19-year-old college student. While I enjoy talking about race, it does get exhausting to have to explain, from the perspective of the individual, what it’s like to identify with a monolithic collective. It’s important to highlight these fears because I think most people who identify with a minority group approach discussions like this. They are forced to take extra cognitive steps before commenting for everyone in their race in order to make the overall conversation more well-rounded or accurate. Conversations pertaining to identity, especially identities that are typically institutionally disenfranchised, are incredibly important, but these
conversations are missing something when the very people who are directly affected are afraid to speak out of fear of misrepresentation. It’s obviously ideal for classrooms to be more diverse so that we can have a more nuanced discussion about race with multiple people from multiple backgrounds, but for now, there is usually one lone minority voice in a 20-person SOSC class. Although it’s a lot of pressure, and although it can be difficult to navigate, that one minority has to push through their fears and speak out. Their point of view is essential to creating a wellbalanced and diverse discussion. Unfortunately, as Cenac said, they will feel the need to “speak for all the minorities because no one [else is] speaking for them.” That’s hard—maybe even impossible. We should start by speaking for ourselves. Speaking for an entire group of people doesn’t create diversity anyway; it creates an illusion. Recognizing the diversities within diversity might be the real challenge.
Kanisha Williams is a secondyear in the College majoring in political science .
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From Ancient Philosophy to Christian Wisdom
a lecture by Rémi Brague (Sorbonne, University of Munich)
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Rémi Brague is Professor Emeritus of Arabic and Religious Philosophy at the Sorbonne and Romano Guardini Chair Emeritus of Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich. He is author of numerous books on classical and medieval culture, religion, literature, and law, including Eccentric Culture: A Theory of Western Civilization and Law of God: The Philosophical History of an Idea.
If the contrary of civilization is barbarism, we have to take seriously the etymology of the latter word, i.e. the inability to engage in a conversation. Conversation presupposes some continuity. First, with the past that may have something to teach us (which is the meaning of “conservatism”), then with nature that is not a mere quarry or pantry, but has something to tell us as well, and finally with God as creator in the Logos.
Brian Daley, S.J. is the Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is an internationally renowned scholar of the Fathers of the Church. His most recent books are The Hope of the Early Church and On The Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies. In 2012, both speakers were awarded the Ratzinger Prize in Theology.
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What is art? OCTOBER 13, 2015
Brahms-centric program leaves bland aftertaste Hannah Edgar Associate Arts Editor Last week, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) assembled a promising program to celebrate the monumental music of Johannes Brahms. Anchored by two classics and spiced up with the U.S. premiere of a Brahms-inspired contemporary work, the program was poised to be a perfect marriage of the new and the old. To top it off, Semyon Bychkov—a veteran Brahms interpreter—would be conducting. What wasn’t there to like? But something seemed to be in the air at Orchestra Hall on Thursday evening, during which an uninspired CSO only belatedly hit its groove. Even Bychkov, who usually strikes a marvelous pair with this—as evidenced by a two-week residency last season—couldn’t energize the program. German composer Detlev Glanert’s Brahms-Fantasie opened the program. Commissioned in 2012 by the BBC Scottish Symphony as a companion piece to Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, the Brahms-Fantasie isn’t quite what its title suggests. A fantasie implies virtuosic, solo improvisation upon a theme, but Glanert’s piece is something else entirely:
a sparse, angular tip of the hat to a composer whose compositions are anything but. Snippets of Brahmsian motifs materialize from Glanert’s sonic cloud and then retreat, like a few pages from a Brahms symphony jumbled together in a blender and viewed through a glass prism. Glanert’s writing was decisive and razor-sharp, deserving of the attention Bychkov has showered on his compositions by championing them worldwide. Undoubtedly, his Fantasie would have been engaging had it been given a convincing performance. But disappointingly, the CSO sounded fuzzy and detached during Glanert’s 12-minute homage. One would expect the orchestra to perk up for the more familiar fare to follow—in this case Brahms’s epic Violin Concerto in D, performed by soloist Renaud Capuçon. And yet, the pall over the orchestra remained stubbornly cast. The first movement is opened by an extensive, slowly metamorphosing orchestral introduction, which, even without Capuçon to compete with, sounded as if it were held back. Capuçon’s robust, powerful tone added much-needed verve to the performance. His interpretation was very
Even soloist Renaud Capucon (right, with conductor Semyon Bychkov) couldn't energize the CSO's Thursday concert. COURTESY OF TODD ROSENBERG
much in the lineage of virtuosos from days past, favoring a masculine, direct take on Brahms’ monologue for solo violin. However, though the fuoco and brio were present
in spades, Capuçon’s performance rarely probed deeper than its virtuosity. Though a commanding performance on the whole, it seemed to pander more to the musical fireworks of the piece than
its emotional content—a missed opportunity in a concerto like Brahms’. Ending the program was the Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Brahms’ belated first foray into the genre. (He
completed the piece when he was in his 40s, by then an accomplished composer whose catalog included pieces for orchestra, but no symphonies.) Here, BychBRAHMS continued on page 9
Hidden treasure in Chinatown satisfies late-night hankerings for cheap Isaac Stein Senior News Reporter A few weeks ago, I was walking through central London at 2 a.m. It was not a transformative experience. The lyrics to Warren Zevon’s pop ditty "Werewolves of London” were the
only thing on my mind at the time. (“I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand / Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain / He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook’s / Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein / Aaooooooh!”) In the tell-all I’ll Sleep
When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon, the author’s ex-wife claims that he and his buddies wrote it in 15 minutes of a drunken stupor. Genius. It took an in-person visit to confirm that Lee Ho Fook—yes, it existed—
closed two months ago. Instead, I paid respects to Zevon’s other classic— “Excitable Boy”—by bartering for a half gallon of yogurt from a grocer a few blocks away. But for the plain purpose of securing good and inexpensive Chinese eats as described in
Chinatown's Seven Treasures Cantonese Restaurant stands at the intersection of munchie-satisfying fare and quality. COURTESY OF CHITOWN EATS
“Werewolves of London,” a winning choice exists a few stops up on the Red Line: Seven Treasures Cantonese Restaurant in Chinatown. In this category, I like to think that there are two types of food: the perfectly terrible carryout and the genuinely good. “Perfectly terrible” is not an oxymoron; MSG can be tasty, particularly at 4 a.m., but Seven Treasures is “genuinely good,” in the sense that it will not kill you when consumed three times per week. At this place, the modus operandi is Cantonese classics served in five minutes. Green tea is served upon entrance and refills are free. For the New York doppelgänger, think “Mee Noodle House”. The décor is a sign on a pillar in the center of the room advertising their dinner specials in a Web 1.0 font, plus a faded picture of what management told me was a Cantonese dinner scene from the late 17th century. Two thumbs up. I ordered three bowls of BBQ pork soup with egg noodles, Chinese broc-
coli with oyster sauce, and a side of rice. It all clocked in at under $23. More importantly, the soup was in the same vein as one of the noodle bowls at Hutch, but done right: at least ten thick strips of roasted pork in a dark broth with strong notes of duck fat. My objective in ordering the vegetables was to add another food group to the soup, which worked well; the stalks had crunch, and the leaves were correctly wilted. While all were profoundly savory—the broth in particular—I was not thirsty at all. Perhaps a combination of magic and cooking without a lot of MSG? For those who are into novelties, Seven Treasures also offers boba, smoothies, and “ice milk” drinks for a hell of a lot less than those trendy fusion places. And they’ll do it at 2 a.m. Aaooooooh! Seven Treasures Cantonese Restaurant, 2312 S. Wentworth Ave.
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Smart's To See in Black and White offers complement to Expressionism Kaitlyn Akin Maroon Contributor The Smart Museum’s new exhibit, To See in Black and White, which opened October 1, is a diverse collection of black-and-white photography from Central Europe. The exhibit chronicles a half-century of innovations in photography from the World War era, during which the cultural ties between the U.S. and parts of Europe were disrupted by hostility. “Political events occurred that led to us not actually having [...] artistic exchanges and intellectual exchanges with that part of the world,” said Kimberly Mims, the curator of the exhibit. The Smart Museum has been collecting Central European art since 2000 in hopes of exposing an American audience to the artistic innovations missed during wartime. To See in Black and White was made possible largely thanks to a recent bequest from the Lester and Betty Guttman estate. The exhibit is a companion to the Expressionist Impulses show, which features paintings from the same areas and time period. Despite their shared backgrounds, however, the exhibits are quite different. Painters in the Expressionist movement focused on articulating the essence of reality, while the photographers of the era were more interested in capturing its particularities. “At the time, there was this new idea of ‘New Objectivity’, a new way of looking, and some people looked at it to mean restrained and cooler,” Mims said. “It’s not emotive like Expressionism.” The exhibit is split into five main parts, each presenting a different aspect of photography during the
time period. Many celebrated photographers, including Walter Peterhans and John Gutmann, are represented in the gallery alongside many of their lesserknown peers. The first section features six interpretations of portraiture. Each photographer has their own unique approach to capturing the subject: Grete Stern presents an intimate glimpse into a student’s facial features, whereas Walter Peterhans employs a cubist approach, photographing a man’s geometric accessories in Portrait of a Gentleman. The next section on the left-hand wall showcases the increased use of photography in advertising, a field previously dominated by illustration. However, this new application of photography presented new problems, particularly when it came to incorporating the names of products into the art itself, as text could not be directly overlaid on photographs. In some of the photos, like Paris (Wine Bottle and Glass), the artist simply photographed objects with the words already printed on them. Other photographers took the concept even further and would manipulate the images in such a way as to superimpose the words. For Oskar Nerlinger’s World Matchsticks, the photographer developed a unique technique for burning words onto light-sensitive paper—a particularly appropriate method for an advertisement promoting a brand of matches. Meanwhile, the back wall presents a more unique compilation of images centered around a collage by Hannah Höch that conveys themes of colonialism and the female form. This grouping, which the plaque describes as “deliberately
A pint-sized Picasso decorates the streets in The Artist Lives Dangerously, San Francisco by John Gutmann. COURTESY OF MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
quirky,” showcases photography from the first five decades of the 1900s while maintaining a thematic thread. Along the fourth wall sits a collection of street photography and images focusing specifically on the texture of objects. “This is very nice for the connection with Expressionism because they were very interested in the dynamic city,” Mims said. John Gutmann’s piece The Artist Lives Dangerously, San Francisco is one of the strongest ties between
"Brahmsian motifs materialize from Glanert's sonic cloud and then retreat ..." BRAHMS continued from page 8
kov’s interpretive prowess was apparent. Though his interpretation wasn’t novel on a grand scale, he honed in on the symphony’s gestural possibilities, lending some intrigue to Brahms’ warhorse. And yet, the CSO’s performance wasn’t quite consistent. Fortes and fortissimos were played stirringly while the rest of the piece’s dynamic architecture went unheeded; the orchestra’s focus picked up as the program went on but left the inwardly propulsive first movement out to dry. Luckily, good things came
to those who waited: The two latter movements of the symphony were excellently sculpted and heroically played. At last, the CSO sounded its brilliant, golden best—but I don’t understand why I had to wait more than an hour for something that should have happened at downbeat. All in all, Thursday’s performance seemed to be one of those rare “off ” nights. This program had the potential to perfectly embody CSO Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti’s vision for the CSO’s 125th season: a glimpse into the past that,
the Expressionist movement and the New Objectivity movement: Although the style of photography is very precise, Gutmann focuses on the boundless and uncorrupted creativity of the young—a topic that also interested the Expressionists. Finally, the centerpiece of the gallery is a large glass case that houses four photographs lying flat. “I wanted to set this idea of orientation as something of a selection,” Mims said. The four photographs range in style
and subject matter, but they all convey unique messages based on the angle at which the viewer perceives them. One piece, for instance, shows a young girl’s reflection in a puddle, but depending on the viewer’s orientation, the part of the image that appears to be the “reflection” seems to reverse. Although some of the artists featured in this exhibit have become relatively well known since the reestablishment of international relations, others are still
emerging from obscurity. “Having [unknown artists] out there like this is an opportunity for people to explore them further,” Mims said. Now, 70 years after the end of World War II, American audiences have the chance to be introduced to them.
To See in Black and White runs through January 10th at the Smart Museum. Check the Smart's website for museum hours.
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in turn, informs the music of the future. Somehow, though, we ended up with a bland program all around: a timid offering from today and tired retellings from yesterday. Here’s to hoping the rest of the season will be better.
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This program runs again Tuesday, October 13th at 7:30 p.m., with a pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. in the Grainger Ballroom at Symphony Center. Student tickets are available for $15 at cso. org, or directly at the box office at 220 S. Michigan Ave.
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THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | October 13, 2015
Overtime battle with Rochester ends in a 1–1 tie MEN’S SOCCER
Fourth-year Jorge Bilbao on the attack in a game earlier this season against St. Olaf COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS
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Third-year Brenton Desai making a move on offense earlier this season COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS
The Maroons played their second conference match of the year Saturday at Rochester, going through two overtimes to emerge with a 1–1 draw. First-year Max Lopez buried the lone marker for Chicago while third-year Jeff Greblick tallied the only goal for the Yellowjackets. The Maroons are now ¬7–3–2 for the year, with a 0–1–1 record in the UAA play. The team came out and almost immediately put themselves in a hole, as Rochester scored 13 minutes in and ended up outshooting the South Siders 8–2 in the first half. However, Chicago battled back in the second half tallying eight shots, including Lopez’s header in the 57th minute. “Max has been important for our offense all year,” said third-year forward Brenton Desai. “This was his first game playing as center forward as I moved to attacking center mid, and I thought he played very well. His combination of athleticism and technical ability is always posing threats to the opposing defense.” Fourth-year midfielder Jorge Bilbao also rang one off the post minutes later, but the game soon locked down. Each side only managed three shots each in the two overtimes, as the game eventually came to a close in a draw. After defeating Rochester 1–0 in overtime
last year, the result stings for the Maroons. “We fought hard for the win,” said Desai, who assisted Lopez’s goal. “It always hurts to come back with only a point, but I think we are learning with every game how our team can really maximize our potential.” Desai, whose seven goals led the team, is still confident that his team can do something special this year and in years to come. “We have the talent to beat anyone, but putting all the pieces together with the right strategy and attitude (especially with such a young team) takes time, and I think this weekend we made a big step towards that. We still have plenty of time left, and I think it is still within our power to make this a special season.” The Maroons will travel to face No. 8 Brandeis in Massachusetts in search of their first conference win next weekend. However, they are not expecting anything to be easy. “In my time at this school, Brandeis has always been our toughest opponent,” said Desai. “They’re having another good year this year so I’m expecting another battle. We definitely are capable of coming away with a win, but it will require that we play great soccer for the full 90 minutes. Games like this are what college sports are all about. I think we will be ready come Friday.” The Maroons will kick off against the Judges at 5:30 p.m. this Friday.
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Lucian Rose Invite shines light on young talent CROSS COUNTRY
Michael Cheiken Sports Staff This past weekend the Maroons traveled north to UW–Parkside to participate in the Lucian Rosa Invitational. The teams had varying degrees of success, with each result illuminating different aspects of the squads. The men’s squad placed sixth out of 16 teams in the meet. While this result would seem disappointing given the men’s usual top four placements in meets, sixth place is a great sign of things to come for Chicago. The team traveled to Parkside without its top 11 runners, opting to let the veteran leaders rest for the meet this coming Saturday. Without their top runners, the Maroon squad was an exhibition of youth and exuberance. First-years Owen Melia (27:29.6) and Abe Herzog (27:38.7) both finished in the top 50 of the race, showing promise not only for the rest of the season, but for the rest of their collegiate careers. Melia was ecstatic with the team’s results, noting, “We rested our top runners and [we] still got sixth place!” While their compatriots were recovering from their race, the members who didn’t travel were still hard at work. To give back to the running community, a few members of the team helped a blind man run the Chicago Marathon, running at his preferred pace to guide him throughout the course. Fourth-year Brianna Hickey and second-year Kelsey Dunn run together at an early season meet. COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS
Third-year Timofey Karginov hitting his stride at a meet earlier this season COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS
The women’s team also rested some of their top guns, and the remaining runners arrived in Wisconsin ready to make a statement. The team’s upperclassmen paced the squad, providing Chicago’s top four finishers. Fourthyear Catherine Young (18:54.3) and third-year Minnie Horvath (19:03.1) led the way for the Maroons, placing seventh and 10th respectively. Third-year Michelle Dobbs, fourth-year Maya Lewinsohn, and second-year Megan Verner-Crist rounded out the scoring for the South Siders. The team finished in fourth place with 96 points. Horvath was proud of her team’s performance, remarking, “It was a great day to be a Maroon.” Horvath additionally had nothing but praise for the Parkside Athletic Department, commenting that, “The course [they put together] was great.” Pleased with the course, Horvath was also excited about her own performance. “I knew it would be uphill for the first mile or so, which worked to my advantage since Salt Lake City is really hilly. I got out really well in the beginning and just raced!” The men’s and women’s teams are preparing for the Brooks Invitational at UW–Oshkosh this weekend. The men are looking to perform admirably and crack the top 34, while the women are eager to defend their top 15 ranking at the large meet.
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IN QUOTES “When Jiminy Cricket was down, did you count him out? This is the comeback, Doug.” –An Eagles fan reacts to their Sunday win against the Saints.
Undefeated Maroons fall to Berry in overtime FOOTBALL Katrina Williams Sports Contributor The Maroons were riding a four-game winning streak when they faced Berry this past Saturday. It was a close game that went into overtime, and unfortunately the South Siders were not able to come out on top. Chicago’s 11game winning streak was snapped by a 24–17 loss. The Maroons had not lost a game at home since 2011. Third-year Jackson Garrey comments, “It was obviously a tough loss for the team. We came into the game knowing that Berry was going to be a good football team and it was going to take a good game to beat them. We played well, but unfortunately we weren’t able to make some plays when we needed to and it cost us the game.” “I thought we were really confident going into that game, but I do think we were caught off guard by their physicality and toughness. Berry knew we were ranked and they saw that as an opportunity to make a statement with a road win,” third-year Burke Moser said. “The SAA is an extremely tough conference and you can’t just waltz out on the field and expect to win. I felt like we did that and there wasn’t a competitive edge that I’m used to seeing from our team.” Chicago came out strong, leading by seven in the first quarter, but Berry was able to tie the game going into the half. Berry was able to best
Chicago on the ground with 160 rushing yards compared to the Maroons’ 56 yards. The passing yards were very close; the South Siders led with 285. Although the loss is disappointing considering the squad’s high goals, the Maroons are not hanging their heads. Linebacker Garrey said, “Losing in overtime like that is always going to hurt, but we can’t let that hurt linger and affect our preparation for our next opponent [Rhodes]. We’re only halfway through our season, and even though this loss hurts, we still have five games left to improve and to accomplish all of our goals we set as a team for this season.” The Maroons are hopeful for the rest of the season. The South Siders will be traveling to Rhodes this weekend, and will be at home for the next two. Chicago will end with two away games against the UAA, which bodes well for the team; the Maroons won the UAA conference this past season. Moser is optimistic going into the latter half of the season. “This loss is certainly a bit humbling, maybe for the better. Despite this loss, we are still a tight unit. We win and lose games together and this is just going to make us closer going forward.” The South Siders face Rhodes this Saturday at 1 p.m. EST. Last year, the Maroons came out on top against Rhodes with a 17–14 win, and hopefully they will be able to replicate that this year.
Fourth-year makes a sharp cut in an early-season game against Centre. COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS
Chicago struggles on the road as squad drops match against Rochester WOMEN’S SOCCER Jenna Harris Sports Contributor
Second-year Sophia Wagner delivers a kick earlier this season. COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS
Last Saturday night, while most Chicago students were catching up on homework or out enjoying one of our last warm weekend nights, the Maroons were in Rochester, NY playing in their second UAA conference game of the year after last week’s victory over Emory. This game marked an end to a three-game winning streak for Chicago (8–4–0, 1–1–0 UAA) and pushed the Yellowjackets’ record to 5–4–1 overall and 1–1–0 in conference play. So far this season, all of the Maroon’s losses have occurred on the road. However, second-year forward Hayley Thompson argues, “It is not so much that our losses have come on the road, but more that we have been unlucky while on the road. We’ve played our game and created a lot of opportunities, and for the large part seem to have dominated, but unfortunately the score board has not reflected the proper results.” As the squad anticipates this weekend’s return to the east coast for their next game against Brandeis, Thompson says, “I know our team has a lot of heart, and if we stick to our philosophy and play hard, we will turn our misfortune around and become just as good on the road as we are at home. In the first half of the game against Rochester, Chicago held an 8–4 edge in shots, earning four of the best chances to break the scoreless tie. The closest attempt came at the 34th minute when second-year forward Madori Spiker’s breakaway chance missed just wide of the post. Late in the game, the Maroons’ offense pressed hard on the Yellowjackets, and in the 80th minute, Thompson fired a shot
from inside the box on the left wing, but goalkeeper Madilynne Lee made a diving save for Rochester. Second-year forward Mia Calamari says in response to the loss, “I think our team is looking forward to our next opportunity to play. Our season is far from over, and though we have a tough road to the playoffs, we are excited to rise to the challenge.” As the team moves into third week, Thompson says, “Classes at a top-tiered university definitely demand one’s full attention. As student-athletes, we strive to be excellent on and off the field…this has a varied effect on a per-game-per-student basis.” Calamari adds, “I think starting classes adds extra stress to everyone’s schedule. However, soccer becomes a much-needed release from schoolwork, and in many ways brings up morale at practices and games after the monotony of such a long preseason.” Overall the Maroons ended the game leading in both shots (13–7) and corners (12–3). Thompson says, “We have a very competent and skilled coaching staff that always puts us in a position to win. As a player, it is my job to be ready when called upon and to leave everything I have on the field with my teammates.” Looking toward future conference play, Thompson says, “Any time we lose it doesn’t settle well with me, but upon reflection, it gives us an opportunity to prove that we can overcome adversity. It’s not what you do; it’s what you do after that counts… I have full confidence in my team and know we can overcome any and all challenges.” According to Calamari, the team will be focusing on playing as a unit and with intensity this week. It will be interesting to see if the squad can put their words into action this weekend and for the rest of the season.