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Suspect in custody for gunpoint mugging on quad Rebecca Guterman Associate News Editor On Monday evening the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) arrested the man suspected of robbing a U of C student at gunpoint on the main quad two weeks ago. Police charged 18-year-old Edward Davis, a resident of the 5400 block of South Dorchester Avenue, with the armed robbery of a student’s iPhone and backpack at 12:06 a.m. on October 10, with two other male accomplices. He was found with the student’s iPhone, according to the Chicago Police Department (CPD). UCPD spokesperson Robert Mason said Davis did not have a handgun on him at the time of the arrest. Davis was identified with the help of video cameras in the quad’s emergency phones and the cooperation of the victim. Because he was caught on camera, patrolling UCPD officers knew what Davis looks like, and identified him when they recognized him, Lynch said. According to UCPD spokeperson Marlon Lynch, Davis may be implicated in other armed robberies, which the CPD is investigating. “He is a suspect in other pending investigations for armed robbery in the Hyde Park–South

Kenwood community,” Lynch said. Davis was put in a police lineup before being charged. He appeared in Central Bond Court on Wednesday, a CPD spokesperson in an e-mail. Davis will be put in a lineup for other cases in which he could be a suspect, according to Perez. “He’ll most likely be held in other lineups, and if he’s identified he’ll be charged in those cases,” Perez said. CPD said they could not release a mug shot because it might compromise the investigation of detectives in the Chicago Police Area where the crime happened, which covers precincts 2, 7, 8, 9, and 21. Students say that the arrest does not change how safe they feel on campus. “It was kind of shocking that it happened on the quad. That and the other crime that night, [on] 57th and Dorchester, are places I wouldn’t have minded walking late at night,” second-year Kavya Minama Reddy said. “The arrest doesn’t necessarily make me feel safer.” First-year graduate student Chris Corrillie said that he had not heard of the arrest, but that his bicycle was stolen the same night as the armed robbery and that he had hoped CPD would SECURITY continued on page 4

Trick or treat The son of a University employee paints a pumpkin in McCormick Tribune Lounge for Family Fun Night, organized by the Reynolds Club Halloween Program. SYDNEY COMBS | THE CHICAGO MAROON

University to take on $200 million in debt Harunobu Coryne News Editor The University is looking to take in up to $200 million in new debt to finance a number of construction projects and renovations around the city. Among the funded projects are the construction of the upcom-

ing 265,000-square-foot William Eckhardt Research Center, renovations to the Booth School of Business’s Gleacher Center, and the Lab School campuses on 59th Street and Stony Island Avenue, and purchasing new property near Lake Calumet. Steve Kloehn, a University spokesperson, said that universi-

ties routinely issue debt to finance both major projects and normal operating costs. “The issuance of debt is not necessarily connected to a single project. I don’t want to create a false linkage there in the timing [of the proposal],” Kloehn said. “The issuance of debt is a fairly routine DEBT continued on page 4

Charter schools in mind if UCPD expands coverage Booth: Americans mad as hell

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing to close the 21st District police station at 29th Street and Prairie Avenue. Most of the Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood is within the 21st District. NICHOLAS SHATAN | THE CHICAGO MAROON

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The UCPD is preparing a proposal to expand its coverage to include all four University of Chicago Charter Schools. If the new coverage area were to be approved by the City Council, UCPD would add three new sections to its jurisdiction, expanding the area where it can intervene in crimes. Each of the new zones is no bigger than a two-block radius around three of the charter schools. The expansion, which was included in a Memo of Understanding signed between the University and the City of Chicago over the summer, is not designed to expand the University’s reach in surrounding neighborhoods, according to UCPD spokesperson Bob Mason. “It’s not intended to really expand University patrol coverage, as has been done in the past in Woodlawn,” Mason said. “The reason for the expanded coverage of these schools is safe passage.” Mason added that the expanded patrol

It may be almost three years since the financial crisis of 2008, but public anger and mistrust of government financial institutions are at their highest levels in years, according to a leading survey copublished by the Booth School of Business. Just 23 percent of respondents say they trust the country’s financial systems, down from 25 percent last fiscal quarter, according to the most recent Financial Trust Index, a quarterly survey conducted jointly by the Booth School and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Americans are particularly distrustful of banks, which only 33 percent of respondents trust, down from 39 percent last quarter. This drop was greater than the decreases in trust of the stock market, mutual funds, and large

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corporations. The Index, which began in December 2008, surveys 1,000 Americans at the end of each quarter. “Banks got favors from the government but were not held accountable for laws they broke or actions not taken,” said Luigi Zingales, co-author of the Index, and Robert R. McCormack, professor of entrepreneurship and finance at Booth. Public trust is lowest for banks that received stimulus money. Second-year Paul Kim, a member of the activist group Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation, said these banks have not allocated the resources they received appropriately. “We need to be looking at the political power financial institutions have and fight back for ordinary people’s interests so they are not put aside for the short-term BANKS continued on page 3

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so UCPD is expected to remain unaffected. “As far as our operation goes, it will not change one bit if the 21st District station moves, and the beats and the number of people from CPD remained in the area. It’s not going to affect us,� Mason said. “We’ve had a great relationship with CPD, and we expect that to continue. It won’t change our beats.� Burns will hold a community meeting to discuss the proposed closure at 7 p.m. on November 2 at the Congregation Rodfei Zedek at 5200 South Hyde Park Boulevard.

that the CPD’s 21st District—which covers the Hyde Park and South Kenwood area east of Cottage Grove Avenue from 25th Street south to 61st Street— may be folded into neighboring districts and its precinct closed. Fourth ward alderman Will Burns (A.B. ’95, A.M. ’98) wrote in a public statement that the police superintendent and the Mayor’s office formally notified him on October 11 of the planned closure. The proposed closing of the 21st District police station is not expected to affect CPD beats or the number of CPD officers patrolling the area, Mason said,

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ing from the College. “Whatever it is I end up teaching, however, I want to make sure I impact another disadvantaged student’s life the way my life has been. Without teachers who cared, I would not be doing any of what I am doing today,� Minaya said. She added that she hopes to teach mathematics and science, two fields that brought her to the U of C. HSF selected the 12 Obama Scholars based on academic achievement, community service involvement, several essays, and their commitment to teaching after graduating. The remainder of Obama’s $1.9 million prize was divided among other non-profits in similar portions, according to an HSF press release.

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area would allow UCPD to respond to emergencies at the charter schools. Coverage would expand to cover Donoghue Elementary, on East 37th Street near South Cottage Grove Avenue, Woodlawn High School on South University Avenue near East 64th Street, and Carter G. Woodson Middle School at South Evans Avenue between East 44th and 45th Streets. A fourth of the University’s charter schools, North Kenwood/Oakland Elementary, are located in the existing coverage area in its location at East 46th Street near Woodlawn Avenue. UCPD and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) will have the same dual jurisdiction over the three new coverage areas as with the existing coverage zone, but UCPD will only patrol the area during peak hours, Mason said. “We’re going to be there in the morning when kids are going to school, in the afternoon when they’re getting back, to make sure they’re going to and from okay. We’re not going to be patrolling that area at night,� he said. Currently, CPD handles any incidents that occur near the three charter schools outside UCPD jurisdiction. However, Mason said he could not recall any incidents at the charter schools where UCPD was called but was prevented by jurisdiction issues from responding. “It’s just [UCPD] being proactive,� he said, “But it’s legally good to have [jurisdiction]. It gives us the legal right to make arrests there, to patrol there.� Regardless of whether the City Council approves the UCPD’s proposal, residents of the South Side are still preparing for a potential shift in police coverage. For weeks, rumors have abounded

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Even though President Barack Obama has not taught at the U of C for seven years, the former senior lecturer in the Law School has a unique connection with third-year Katherine Minaya. Last week, Minaya was named one of 12 of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s (HSF) “Obama Scholars,� providing her with $2,500 scholarship money per year through her fourth year. The two-year program, which received $125,000 of Obama’s 2009 Nobel Prize money, supports Latino students through college in order to increase the diversity of teachers in science, technology, engineering, and math, known collectively as STEM fields. The fund hopes to send at least one student in every Latino home through college. “If we get more Hispanics through college and we get them to come back to the community, emphasize the values they have been taught, and show young Hispanics how successful they actually could be, then these young Hispanics go on to obtain their own college degrees and to come back to their communities,� Minaya said in an e-mail. The scholarship supports Latino students who plan to teach in STEM fields after they graduate from college. Minaya, a biological sciences major from New York City, said that she hopes to join Teach for America after graduat-

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Sex on his mind, author argues for the noncommittal Donna Guo News Contributor Stressing over your sexual partner? Get another one. That, and other critiques of modern society’s well-entrenched sexual mores, were among the many ideas that author Christopher Ryan flirted with in his lecture on the fallacy of sexual monogamy Monday night at Rockefeller Chapel. For roughly an hour, Ryan and Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s weekly quiz show Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me, exchanged anecdotes about the freer sexual cultures of the world and discussed humanity’s mental preoccupation with sex. “No animal spends more of its allotted time on Earth fussing over sex than Homo sapiens,” Ryan said. The conventional view on human sexuality is inherently flawed, Ryan said, arguing that sexual monogamy is often portrayed as a “contract” between men and women in which a man would provide food, shelter, and protection in exchange for a woman’s fertility and fidelity. Almost all monogamous species have comparatively low levels of sexual activity, since they do not have to compete for reproduction, but humans engage in sexual activity more than any other animal, according to Ryan.

Ryan said that humans do not naturally conform to the structure of sexual monogamy, citing examples from cultures around the world. For instance, he said that the concept of marriage does not exist in the culture of the Mosuo people, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains. Instead, men and women freely engage in sexual relations with as many partners as they wish. Among the Mosuo, Ryan said, fathers have little responsibility for their own children, but care for their nieces and nephews. Many Mosuo maintain long-term relationships with their partners, but men and women in relationships never live together. Ryan pointed to the way Mosuo sexual practices have influenced their language. “The Mosuo have no word for rape in their language,” Ryan said. Ryan was promoting his book, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality, which won the Theory Award in Sexology (2011) from the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. The event was sponsored by Out in Public Policy, the Office of LGBTQ Student Life, Queers & Associates, the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and Vita Excolatur.

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goals of financial institutions,” Kim said. The public’s anger at these financial institutions, at 58 percent, is the highest it has been since March 2009, which Zingales attributed to high employment.

This anger can be seen in the “Occupy” protests across the country, Kim said. Kim is one of several U of C students who have participated in the Occupy Chicago demonstrations, of whom at least 13 were arrested at a protest earlier this month.

“We don’t have the lobbyists or buckets of money the banks have,” Kim said, stressing that this type of public pressure on banks and the government is necessary for change. “But we do have people in the streets putting political pressure for things to change.”

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To improve care, cut costs, UCMC shifts to automatic James DelVesco News Contributor The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) has invested millions of dollars in new technolog y that promises to deliver medication faster and reduce inventory costs. At an approximate cost of $5.6 million, an automated system for distributing medication will reduce maintenance costs and improve storage capacity, replacing decades-old technolog y. The new dispensers are estimated to save $60,000 a year in inventory management, according to an October article in Pharmacy Practice News. The transition will begin in January 2012 and will be completed by 2013, according to Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer of Pharmaceutical Services David Hicks. Under the current hospital system, doctors prescribe medications digitally using the Epic medical records system, which are then reviewed by pharmacists, Hicks said. Once the pharmacist approves the medication, the container for the medicine is sealed by robot and placed in a tub, which is delivered to specific wards within

the hospital by pneumatic tube or hourly technician visits. When the medications arrive, the nurses must sort through the bins to find the medicine, occasionally resulting in lost doses, Hicks said. Under the new system provided by Omnicell, “medical ATMs” will be located throughout the hospital, so that once a new prescription is approved, the machine will dispense the exact required dose. The new Omnicell dispensers will only have to be refilled once or twice daily, and make 90 percent of all medicine in stock immediately available to nurses, Hicks said. The dispensers, which can be unlocked only by the technicians, will also save nurses about 80 minutes a day that could be spent on inventory. The dispensers will save patients time as well, reducing the time to fill prescriptions from around 50 minutes to around 20 minutes on average, according to Hicks. Ambulatory clinics and other outpatient buildings will transition to the same systems by 2013, though they currently operate slightly differently from the UCMC, Hicks said.

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matter, at fairly routine intervals.” The debt will be issued in tax-exempt municipal bonds as part of a package of new and refunded financing that may total as much as $480 million according to a financing summary compiled by the Illinois Finance Authority (IFA), a self-funded state agency that assists businesses and nonprofit corporations to secure financing. Bank of America and its financial management subsidiary, Merrill Lynch, are underwriting the University’s proposal to the state, which was submitted October 11 and received a positive recommendation from the IFA review committee. The bonds are expected to be issued in the first quarter of the upcoming fiscal year. University Chief Financial Officer Nim Chinniah was unable to be reached in time to comment. The bonds would mature in 40 years, with interest rates “based on evaluation of market conditions by the University and its financing team,” the IFA documents indicated.

The University has a Moody’s short-term debt rating of P-1, defined as a “superior ability to repay short-term debt obligation,” the highest on the P-scale. To repay the bonds, the University would bring to bear a combination of long-term loans, philanthropy, and operating funds. The University received an 18.9 percent return on its investments in fiscal year 2010, earning $500 million and putting its endowment just over $1 billion short of its all-time high in 2008. The University’s total debt also jumped 12.5 percent in fiscal year 2010 to $2.7 billion from $2.4 billion in fiscal year 2009, according to an October 11 Crain’s Business Chicago article. This past April, the IFA recommended for final approval the University of Chicago Medical Center’s proposal for up to $200 million in debt to finance the acquisition and construction of a 10-story “New Hospital Pavilion” and a number of other expenditures.

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catch the perpetrator. “Just because they got these guys off the street doesn’t mean there aren’t others trying to do the same thing,” he said. Second-year Patrick Dexter also said that one arrest does not make him feel more secure. “It’s just one person. He’s not the one committing every single crime,” Dexter said. However, others said they already felt

safer, or were unfazed by the original crime. “I feel perfectly safe on campus,” fourth-year Cecilia Donnelly said. “The arrest doesn’t really change that.” Still, third-year Elisa Cariño said the issue of the arrest is irrelevant, arguing that students should always be aware while out after dark. “We’ve been told by our administrators, RHs, everyone, not to do things like that at night,” she said.

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Fundamental problems With almost twice as much money, the Uncommon Fund board should take steps to ensure neutrality The student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892 ADAM JANOFSKY Editor-in-Chief CAMILLE VAN HORNE Managing Editor JACK DIMASSIMO Senior Editor AMY MYERS Senior Editor JONATHAN LAI News Editor HARUNOBU CORYNE News Editor SAM LEVINE News Editor PETER IANAKIEV Viewpoints Editor SHARAN SHETTY Viewpoints Editor JORDAN LARSON Arts Editor HANNAH GOLD Arts Editor MAHMOUD BAHRANI Sports Editor JESSICA SHEFT-ASON Sports Editor DOUGLAS EVERSON, JR Head Designer KEVIN WANG Web Editor ALICE BLACKWOOD Head Copy Editor GABE VALLEY Head Copy Editor LILY YE Head Copy Editor DARREN LEOW Photo Editor JAMIE MANLEY Photo Editor

With great power comes great responsibility—$75,000 worth of responsibility, to be exact. The recent $35,000 increase to the Uncommon Fund is a testament to the program’s popularity and success. The implications entailed in the Fund’s inflated checkbook have also generated a new wave of criticism—most recently in a Letter to the Editor written by Amanda Steele, the former chair of the Uncommon Fund board from 2007–2009, over concerns about the board’s current priorities. The Uncommon Fund board members must take these concerns to heart and uphold the neutrality and inclusiveness of the selection process. Last year, the Uncommon Fund board faced controversy regarding neutrality when it was revealed that two members were involved in projects under review for funding, despite the fact that members were explicitly directed against such involvement.

Although former board chair David Chen defended the impartiality of the process, some issues were still apparent. Members who had a personal investment in a project couldn’t vote on that particular project, but if there wasn’t initially a unanimous decision, all board members were permitted to participate in the discussion prior to the second vote, which could lead to a conflict of interest. The board needs to strictly limit the participation of members who have considerable interest in any of the competing projects. This includes not only forbidding members to vote on their own projects, but also forbidding them to participate in any of the discussion. This should be clear enough from last year’s controversies. Yet the board should be aware that even these measures cannot fully guarantee impartiality; by voting against competing projects, members are still, in effect, able to unfairly sup-

port their own. This situation should be avoided unless it threatens the board’s ability to function through lack of membership. Although the board has struggled to find members in years past, the increased attention the Fund has received can guarantee a more robust pool of board applicants. Furthermore, the board needs to find creative ways to promote democratic principles of openness and transparency. It should make serious efforts to engage in direct consultation with the student body, whether binding or unbinding. This can take several forms, ranging from a direct poll of students on a list of finalist projects to an open forum allowing students to weigh in through a formal process. The board can screen initial applications for practicality and adherence to the Fund’s goals. It can then release its preliminary decisions to the student body, who will then be

asked to comment on and possibly vote on the remaining options. Ultimately, the final decision should rest with the Uncommon Fund board, not with the student body. Yet student involvement in the process will help to correct the inevitable biases inherent in a small board decision, especially when members of that board are likely to participate in the very projects on which they are deciding. It is the board, however, that has to ask the serious questions, and thoroughly dig through the great breadth of project submissions. It should be the board, then, that has the ultimate say. This way, the Uncommon Fund will be put to work for everyone— not just the board.

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A liberal (arts) policy There is no reason to cut state funding for the humanities and social sciences

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Every once in a while, when math majors are hanging out together in Eckhart Hall and talking, someone will make a joke at the expense of humanities disciplines like English or philosophy; the joke is always something fairly predictable about these fields’ perceived lack of rigor or, if our mathematician is feeling particularly asshole-ish, about how “useless” they are. Of course, everyone understands that it’s all a joke and

not meant to be taken seriously. Sadly, these jokes stopped being funny two weeks ago after Florida Republicans began arguing in favor of cutting funding for non-science and math departments in the state university system. Now the old debate about the usefulness of a liberal arts education has resurfaced, and professors find themselves in the unfortunate situation of having to explain to their (most likely) ignorant state representatives why exactly anyone would want to study anthropolog y or philosophy. I can’t even imagine what Florida governor Rick Scott would have to say about something like Fundamentals. It’s heartening that Scott’s comments generated an outcry. Almost immediately, various websites denounced his incredibly narrow viewpoint, which cen-

tered on the marketability of degrees in engineering versus those in anthropology. The same types of arguments always used in defense of the humanities and social sciences were once again trotted out with vigorous gusto. Roughly speaking, these arguments tended to stress the idea that disciplines like comparative literature and political science help students develop critical thinking skills that they can’t get anywhere else. As a society, we should fund things like the humanities and social sciences because they have an intrinsic worth—an intrinsic worth that does not come from a) the marketability of the individual degrees, or b) the critical thinking skills inculcated by these fields in students who then go out and change society for the better. Is it really so controversial to get EDUCATION continued on page 6

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By David Kaner Viewpoints Columnist For almost every great city, there is a great river. London has the Thames. Paris has the Seine. New York, the Hudson. Chicago has an open sewer. Literally. Chicago is the only major city in the nation that continues to

dump raw sewage into its waterways without disinfecting it first. It may look picturesque as it winds its way through the towers of the Loop, but anyone who has ever taken the time to stroll along the Riverwalk can see (and smell) that something is terribly wrong. This is not a new problem. In 1900, in one of the most impressive feats of engineering in American history, the flow of the river was completely reversed. This drastic move saved the city. But don’t let the accomplishment overshadow the necessity from which it was born. Before that time, the river discharged its poisonous contents into Lake Michigan, fouling our drinking water. Cholera and typhoid fever ran rampant. After the

reversal, the water was safe to drink but the river still festered, polluting the Des Plaines River and eventually the Mississippi. The Clean Water Act, passed in 1972, set the noble goal of making all waterways in the United States safe for recreation within a decade by limiting the discharge of pollutants nationwide. Astoundingly, Chicago’s lovingly nicknamed “Stinking River” was declared exempt from the Act. Despite some laudable garbage removal done in the 1990s that improved the look of the waterway, the full force of federal law has never gotten behind a large-scale cleanup. The absurd justification for this long-standing exception is that RIVER continued on page 6

Infrequently do I have the chance to take a glance at the Maroon nowadays. However, I was drawn to Ajay Batra’s op-ed “Where the Fund goes to die” (October 24, 2011), and was subsequently determined to look into the October 18 article announcing the large increase to the Uncommon Fund, as well as the possibility of significant changes to the purpose of the grant. I served as chair of the Uncommon Fund for the 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 school years. My first year of tenure was also the first the grant was referred to as the “Uncommon Fund,” after previously being called the “New Initiatives Fund.” My time spent pulling my hair out whilst evaluating projects stands out as one of my fondest memories from college. To say the least, it was exhilarating to read proposals for eccentric, quirky projects, as well as proposals for less out-of-thebox ideas that would still have an impact on students. I am so pleased to see that the University’s commitment to the grant has increased. Many UChicago students take for granted the openness of the RSO system and the University’s commitment to making opportunities available for every student. And for that reason among others, the Uncommon Fund should continue to allocate money to passionate projects, ones that make us think, reconsider, and reimagine student life at the University. I am disheartened to read Mr. Scofield’s comments from the October 18 article and ask him to look back to the origins of the grant—and how in its first year as the “New Initiatives Fund,” many students were disappointed with the committee’s allocation choicLETTER continued on page 6

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World’s wealthiest society Current state of Chicago River is outrageous affront to public health in the city Clean Water Act. can afford to fund RIVER continued from page 5 a month for the next 20 years. The real cost In an outrageous breach of its responsibil- will likely be much lower, because that numthe Chicago River and its tributaries were knowledge for its own sake so fetid and inaccessible that no one would ity to protect public health, the MWRD has ber assumes a total lack of federal funding, EDUCATION continued from page 5 up and say that knowledge, in and of itself, is a beautiful, noble thing, and because we live in the wealthiest society in the world, we can afford to take an incredibly tiny share of our yearly income to fund it? I’m tired of defending these subjects by pointing to external criteria for their usefulness. Yes, I am sure that studying the humanities helps one develop writing and communication skills, which, according to the postings I see on CAPS, every single job in the world demands. I don’t doubt that studying philosophy makes you more analytical, which again, every job description that I’ve read in the last six months says is a major plus. And finally, I don’t doubt that having more anthropology and sociology majors around to question social injustices and structural problems does make the world a far better place than it would otherwise be. But even if none of this were true, even if those degrees had not one iota of practical significance, then they would still be worth pursuing. They would be worth pursuing because knowledge is a beautiful thing and because that is a good enough reason to fund something when you live in the richest country in the world. In other words, if we somehow had to choose between allocating resources to feed ourselves or to fund art history departments, then we would have a real problem on our hands. But that’s obviously not the case here. The burden should be on Rick Scott and company to show precisely how and why the number of non-science majors graduating every year threatens Florida’s economy. Of course, he has not yet done so, and frankly, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for him to do it. One final point: mathematicians and scientists should take this issue very seriously. Right now, they are fortunate not to have to deal with the amount of cuts that so many humanities and social science departments are threatened with. But if things continue going in their present direction, who’s to say that years from now, those areas of mathematics and physics that are not as conducive to job creation as engineering and medicine won’t be facing the same kind of pressures? Let’s try to nip this thing in the bud while we can, because I have a feeling that it’ll be much easier to explain to Rick Scott why people study anthropology than it will be to do the same for category theory and algebraic geometry. Peter Ianakiev is a fourth-year in the College majoring in mathematics.

Leadership shouldn’t forget Fund’s original purpose LETTER continued from page 5 es. While serving on this committee, I felt connected and committed to the proposals we read—and found that no allocations were done “...on a whim to things that just sound sort of quirky.” Instead, we as a committee spent hours discussing the merits of each proposal, and even more time debating allocations. If this is how the Fund has evolved, then committee members need to reassess their purpose as evaluators of these projects. I hope that Mr. Scofield and the current Slate recognize the importance of the Uncommon Fund as a means to expand on the University’s commitment to its students— quirks and all. Amanda Steele, A.B. ’09

ever dare swim, canoe, or kayak in them. When Illinois last overhauled its water quality standards (ludicrously, all the way back in 1985), this was objectively true; almost none of the land along the river was publically owned, so recreation in the river wasn’t even an option. Since then, however, various branches of the local government have acquired long stretches of riverbank. The river is now lined with marinas, docks, boat launches, and sloping areas that meet the water’s edge. Despite the abysmal quality of the water and the expectations of past legislators, being near and even boating on the river has become a part of recreational life in Chicago. Taking into account the health risks posed by the water to the increasing number of Chicagoans and tourists making use of the river, the federal government felt compelled, finally, to act. In May, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), which runs Chicago’s water and sewer systems, to comply with the

tried to fight back, launching a smear campaign more than a year ago when it became clear that the government was considering ordering a cleanup. Its officials have been quoted as saying that a clean river is more dangerous than one rife with bacteria because children will drown swimming in it. Obviously the city will have to make prudent decisions about what activities are allowed on the river. However, using the relatively slight dangers of the public enjoyment of public resources we are all legally entitled to as an argument against pollution control is nothing short of an insult to our collective intelligence. The other claim the Reclamation District makes is that cleaning up the river will be too expensive. It has tried to scare Chicagoans by attaching a billion-dollar price tag to upgrades for sewer treatment plants and other needed improvements. Yet the EPA’s own study found the cost will be just a quarter of that, quoting the cost to area residents— who already pay some of the lowest taxes for sewage treatment in the nation—at most $7

which will almost certainly not be the case. Both here in Hyde Park and across Chicago, we gladly enjoy the pristine lakefront that helps make this one of the most uniquely beautiful cities in the country. The miles of river cutting through its heart could be a “second lakefront,” granting a new window onto the water to landlocked neighborhoods. Imagine waterfowl nesting on the Cal-Sag Channel, currently a blight on the South Side, and North Side neighborhoods bustling with new riverside cafes and parks along the North Branch. Imagine kayaking in the downtown of a major city without fearing that falling in the water could land you in the hospital. It sounds like an idealized vision, but other places have seen similar economic, environmental, and social benefits by cleaning up their waterways. A great city deserves a great river. It’s long past time we reclaimed ours. David Kaner is a second-year in the College majoring in Law, Letters, and Society.

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Modern-day mad scientist, hellbent on creating ultra-thick skin, Doctor Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) and Vera (Elena Anaya), the object of his obsession. COURTESY OF SONY PICTURE CLASSICS

Daniel Rivera Arts Contributor This has not been a good year for horror movies. Hollywood has opted to suffocate its American audience with hordes upon hordes of pre-Avenger superhero movies and increasingly awful adaptations of romance novels. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that this Halloween’s bounty of theater thrills is pretty limited. However, should you decide to pay 11 bucks and deal with entitled prepubescents to get your scares this season, you have three options that about sum up the entirety of the modern cinematic horror spectrum. I started off my pre-Halloween horror movie marathon with Dutch director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.’s prequel to the John Carpenter ’80s movie classic, The Thing. Considering the

promise of alien gore, doe-eyed Mary Elizabeth Winstead as lead, and a solid R rating, all of which have independently made awesome camp horror classics in the past, I was mildly (albeit, naïvely) excited. Winstead plays an archaeologist who’s contracted to lead a private research team composed of burly Norwegian men. Said research team has just unearthed a space craft and “specimen” buried beneath the Antarctic ice. You see where this is going. Heijningen wisely takes some time here and there in his gore fest to build some whodunit tension, and more than once his film shows a self-awareness that could have been rich if given more focus. Yet at a brisk 1.5-hour runtime, there isn’t too much time to spare for the trivial things, like character development, when clearly there are so many burly Norwegians to be spliced open. If laughs and gore are what

you want this Halloween, then The Thing is for you. Just remember to leave your brain at the theater door. Feeling less traditional? Hop on the Red Line to Lincoln Park’s Century Landmark Theater and catch internationally acclaimed director Pedro Almodóvar’s first shot at psychological horror with The Skin I Live In. This is essentially what happens when David Slade’s Hard Candy meets Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange and has a screenplay written by Chuck Palahniuk. Seriously, though— you thought Black Swan was visceral? Well, Almodóvar outdoes Aronofsky’s cinematically gorgeous what-the-fuckery in every way. Antonio Banderas plays a modern-day mad scientist, a widowed plastic surgeon who’s been obsessed with crafting an indestructible brand of synthetic skin ever since his wife offed herself after being mutilated in a fiery car crash. The Skin I Live In indulges in total melodrama as we watch fucked-up characters with no inhibitions and no redeemable qualities wreak

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

THE SKIN I LIVE IN Pedro Almodóvar

THE THING Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

havoc on each other’s lives. The story plays out in Almodóvar’s signature vibrant and sexualized style, tightly framed and fast-paced so that the movie moves along even when your brain doesn’t. Interestingly enough, Almodóvar’s film has a quarter of the bloody gore of Heijningen’s, but I’d venture to say that you’re five times more likely to feel queasy upon this

movie’s conclusion. And last (and, perhaps, least) comes Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman’s monolithic Paranormal Activity 3. The latest installment in the franchise broke records as the highest-grossing opening weekend for a horror movie ever; however this indicates very little save for the sad drop in American standards, which shows no sign of leveling any time soon. Yet, considering that Paranormal Activity 3 contains much that is similar to its predecessors, this movie does a solid job of creating the tension that The Thing could have used more of. A camera mounted on an oscillating fan is arguably the film’s best idea, as the reel lingers just long enough to leave you in suspense about what’s on the other side of the living room. With the movie on track to break $100 million by the end of its theatrical run, fans everywhere are all but guaranteed that, just as with the Saw franchise, there will be a new Paranormal Activity out for many a Halloween to come. With Halloween landing on a Monday this year, staying in or going out to watch a scary movie for the night is a solid celebratory option. As to whether or not this year’s current batch of theatrical horror offerings is worth the price of admission, I’d have to say no. Grab a blanket, order what we Americans like to pretend is Chinese food, and tuck in for the night with a DVD or Netflix instant flick of your choice. Save your movie money for the new Twilight; in the tradition of great movie-centric drinking games, you can sneak in a handle and take a shot every time Kristen Stewart bites her lip in lieu of actually emoting. Now that’s worth the price of admission.

Steppenwolf spotlight on U of C alum Joy Crane Arts Contributor Chicago native and U of C alum Mick Weber has performed at the Court, Goodman, and Victory Garden theaters, among many others. His film and TV credits include Private Practice, Nurse

FIRST LOOK REPERTORY OF WORK: WANT Steppenwolf Theatre Through November 20

Jackie, and Salt. The Chicago Maroon sat down with Weber to discuss his new play Want and to dole out a bit of advice to aspiring U of C actors. Chicago Maroon: How did your experience at the U of C prepare you for acting? Mick Weber: The U of C sort of taught me how to treat acting like detective work…. You have the dialogue, so you could sort of work backwards to figure out who these people are, what they want, what they’re feeling, and what the social dynamic really is. So there’s a lot of parsing, you know, how people use words. Like in Want, the way

it’s written, there’s just a lot of very short sentences. You know he keeps interrupting himself quite a bit; the writers put a lot of periods in the middle of what would otherwise be sentences. For instance, “I think. I might. Do something. Tonight.” which is a clue as to how the character is continuing editing himself as he talks and doesn’t necessarily think in full-flowing thoughts. The thoughts don’t really flow out of him; they actually come out very statically. There are other parts of acting, like voice and speech movement and all that, but I think that that sort of reading texts carefully was something that the good ol’ U of C taught me. CM: Since you studied at the U of C and NYU, you’ve worked all over the States. What brought you back to Chicago? MW: A lot of things sort of happened at the same time. I’m not sure this is as true now as it was 10 to 15 years ago, but the company that I worked with then, the Circle Rep group, who I started my career with, they did almost exclusively plays. And so I became very well-versed in doing modern script and in doing new script, and in New York it’s very much about people making money, and if you get known for doing some-

thing well they tend to want to see you do that well over and over again. So there was sort of, basically when I was there, there were people who did the modern stuff; people who did the classical stuff; people who did the soaps, the commercials; people who did the musicals; people who did the avant-garde stuff. And those circles of people, they overlapped a little bit, but not that much. You did what you did and that’s what you did. So sort of one the reasons I left New York, while I’d been on New York, I hadn’t auditioned for anything that’s [set] before like 1900. So in coming here I was looking to expand that a little bit. And that’s one of the great things about coming here; I did a play called Vayestes in the Court Theatre, which is a Roman play. Lots of Shakespeare since I’ve been here, I’ve done some musicals since I’ve been here, and I wouldn’t have had a chance to do that had I stayed in New York. CM: How does your performance in Want compare to previous performances? MW: One of the interesting things about Want is that it’s a brand new play. The playwright’s been coming to rehearsal at least a few times each week, and we’ve been

Mick Weber, appearing in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s First Look Repertory of New Work, flaunts his top-notch smirk. COURTESY OF STEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY

getting revisions of the script. So watching the evolution of the playwright’s thought about what he wants the play to be about, and how he wants the characters to contribute to what he wants the play to be about was really interesting. I think my personal conception of my character has changed dramatically as a result of some of the rewrites. That’s been an interesting process, because when

the play is already written, there’s like a specific target: “I’m trying to make these things fit together into a cohesive whole.” But this was sort of like a moving target: “Oh, it’s not that because now that’s been written in this scene anymore, oh, this guy doesn’t lead to the kind of guy that I thought he was.” CM: Steppenwolf Theatre’s misWEBER continued on page 8

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The Rum Diary needs a stiff drink Tomi Obaro Arts Staff Poor Johnny Depp can never get it quite right when it comes to Hunter S. Thompson material. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was a critical flop (albeit a cult favorite) and Depp’s latest attempt to bring the work of the gonzo journalist to the big screen, The Rum Diary, isn’t much to look at either. The movie is a mess, and what’s ultimately supposed to be a 60’s version of The Hangover collapses under the weight of its own self-importance.

THE RUM DIARY Bruce Robinson Opens October 28

Depp plays Paul Kemp, a writer, but only in the movie sense of the word, meaning he spends a lot of time doing things other than writing. (But he’s read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and hunts and pecks at a typewriter from time to time, so you know he’s legit.) Kemp is a new hire at a fledgling newspaper in 1960s San José, Puerto Rico. He likes to drink— rum, naturally—and doesn’t especially like his work. The frazzled editor-in-chief (Richard Jenkins) assigns Kemp to fluff beats like bowling alleys and airports. A rich hotel developer, played by Aaron Eckhart with consummate ass-hattery, takes an inexplicable liking to Kemp and offers him an illegal deal writing copy to make

the planned development of a remote island go down easier on the natives. Moral unease ensues. This film runs for two hours, but it feels a lot longer. There are numerous, lengthy hijinks that take place between Kemp and his paunchy staff photographer friend, Bob Salas (Michael Rispoli). Oh, and there’s a girl, blonde eye candy in the form of Amber Heard, most recently seen in the ill-fated TV series “The Playboy Club.” Heard is sorely underused here; this movie tends to like her silent, in the water with an arched back and parted red lips. The Rum Diary fails because it values style over substance, but acts as if it doesn’t. From the opening shot—a red airplane flying over a sparkling blue sea—to its ending—a boat floating in an ocean with a sunset backdrop— the film feels more like an homage to the panache of the 60’s than anything else. The newspaper room is studiously grimy, the grease stains on Bob Salas’s shirt too purposefully unkempt. Depp speaks in an affected 60’s accent throughout the film, his eyes often hidden by vintage sunglasses. Eckhart glowers dutifully in loose, white clothes. Everybody is tan. And yet, in between the cockfights, the experimental drugs, and the wild car chases, Kemp decides that Americans are too greedy. He sees a kid sitting in a garbage heap and gets a conscience. But that lone scene is not enough to redeem a movie devoted to the glories of drunken stupor. Director and screenwriter Bruce Robinson seems to realize this and injects some lofty voi-

Johnny Depp, starring as Paul Kemp in The Rum Diary, gives us his best loaded stare, but ends up looking substantially hungover. COURTESY OF FILMDISTRICT AND GK FILMS

ceover, but it’s not particularly effective. “So many hotels, you can’t see the sea,” says Kemp at one point. (Get it? Hotels are bad.) Worse, the film follows the tired tropes that dog all Americans-ina-developing-country movies. Puerto Ricans are ethnic scenery. Sometimes they’re objects of pity,

(Happy Halloween!)

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Friday | October 28 Can’t get enough camp? Then get your hot-patootie on over to the especially frightful midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Music Box Theatre (also playing on Saturday night). If you’re an RHPS virgin, don’t fret; you’ll be supplied with balloons, rubber gloves, noisemakers, and everything else you could possibly need for your first go-around with a Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania. (3733 North Southport Avenue, midnight, $10) All of your favorite Halloween monsters are just kidding around at Chemically Imbalanced Comedy’s “Monster Mash”—a night of side-splitting improvised comedy. Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein’s monster will be there (among others), and they all take suggestions from the audience. (1422 West Irving Park Road, 8 p.m., $10)

Saturday | October 29 University Symphony Orchestra plays its no-fear Annual Halloween Concert,

“1001 Arabian Nights,” at Mandel Hall. There’s nothing like an evening of enchanting music, special effects, and dance to send you harmoniously off into your night of Halloween party debauchery. (1131 East 57 Street, 9 p.m., suggested donation of $4) Some would shy away from poking around the depths of the human mind or looking into the future, but not psychic Ross Johnson. He is very brave and engaging in mind reading, fortunetelling, and all sorts of other high-risk behavior at a special performance of “Halloween: Enigmas and Perplexities with Psychic Ross Johnson.” Better than bobbing for apples? Perhaps. (1328 West Morse Avenue, 8 p.m., 18+, $20)

Sunday | October 30 Free food, live music, RSO altar exhibits, and a special performance by a folkloric group will all be up for grabs at Día De Los Muertos in Hutch Commons. Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (M.E.Ch.A.) is organizing the event,

which will surely be to die for (you had me at “free food”). (5706 South University Avenue, 6:30 p.m., free)

Monday | October 31 This Halloween, think outside the bun. Lula’s Café, diner darling of Logan Square, is dressing up as Taco Bell this year, serving Slagel Farm beef and Pastoral Cheese (one can only assume deliciously nestled within a Cheesy Gordita Crunch). No tricks, just treats. (2537 North Kedzie Boulevard, 9 a.m.–10 p.m.) If you’re dressing up as a great pumpkin or an over-the-hill witch this year, then mark your calendar yet again. Starting at midnight, Doc begins screening two quality Halloween cult classics: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and Hocus Pocus. This is a great way to start your Tuesday off right, continue the fright night festivities a little longer, and regress ever so slightly back into childhood. (1212 East 59 Street, 11:59 p.m., free)

like the kid in the garbage heap. Or the object of lust; Kemp locks eyes with a pretty Latina during Carnivale. But most of the time, they’re comedic fodder. A prolonged restaurant scene, for instance, had the audience I watched the film with in stitches, but it was all at the gesticulating, wide-

eyed Puerto Ricans’ expense. What The Rum Diary wanted to be was a fun romp, the giddy tale of a good-looking, rum-drinking reporter on vacation. But it aims higher, and so it fails. You leave the theater with a headache and a vague sense of disappointment... kind of like a hangover.

The road to acting accolades is a rocky one, according to Weber WEBER continued from page 7 sion is to be a place “where great acting makes big ideas.” What big ideas will the audience grapple with in Want? MW: [chuckles] There are a lot of big ideas in Want. Some of the more prominent ones are questions about how to be an emotionally healthy person and [if there’s] a way that you can confront the things in yourself that are destructive towards yourself and to other people without obsessing about them, and how you can actually be responsible towards yourself and towards other people given everybody’s shortcomings as individuals. Also, there is a big debate in the play, especially between two of the characters, [on] the nature of desire and how you live with desires. One is kind of silly; you have to deny yourself of desire. And one is very much, “the only way to beat temptation is to actually yield to it,” [which boils down to] the only way to actually con-

front your desire is to let yourself have your desire and by having the things you desire come to grips with it as you’re desiring them. CM: So what’s next for you? MW: In the spring I’m doing a play in Evanston at the Next Theatre. The play’s called After the Revolution and was done in New York, I guess last season. I’m also going to be doing The Taming of the Shrew, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s project this year. CM: Any parting advice to aspiring actors at the U of C? MW: [Laughs]. It’s a tough road. I wouldn’t even think about it unless it’s something that you really love and on some level can’t do without. I mean, it’s fun to dabble, but if you really want to do it, it’s a very serious, sort of consuming profession. It taxes and challenges all of you—your intellect and your emotional side, your body. It’s a totally encompassing sort of pro-

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | October 28, 2011

10 FOOTBALL UAA Standings Rank 1 2 3 4

School Case Western Chicago Carnegie Washington (Mo.)

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Player Ryan Ferguson Jacob Adams Nick Karabin Nick Hillard Danny Polaneczky

Rank 1 2 3 4 5

Player Matt Sargent Danny Polaneczky Nelson Nwumeh Dale English Kevin Nossem

Rank 1 2 3 4 5

Player Dan Calabrese Emmett Carrier Scott O’Brien Kevin Nossem Alex Dzierbicki

Win % .857 .714 .571 .571

Record 6–1 (0–0) 5–2 (0–0) 4–3 (0–0) 4–3 (0–0)

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Clinging to NCAA hopes, Chicago takes on Case Men’s Soccer Vicente Fernandez Senior Sports Staff In any sport, for any team, conference play determines a season. For the men’s soccer team (6–6–2) these next few weeks will be what is remembered for 2011. On Friday, October 28, and Sunday, October 30, the Maroons take on conference rivals Case Western (12–3) and Rochester (8–3–2). The Maroons started conference play 0–3. After bouncing back with wins against Concordia Chicago and Whitewater in non-conference games, however,

they are looking to get back on track. “We have struggled in the UAA so far, and we feel very hard done by it. We have a lot to prove and are motivated to do so. If we win these two, we may give ourselves a chance at the tournament going into our finale against Wash U,” mid-fielder Stanton Coville said. With only three games left in the UAA, and the season, the Maroons are determined to finish on a high note. After beginning the season 7–1–1, the Maroons lost their momentum, at one point enduring a difficult five-game losing streak in which every game was decided by a single goal. Their biggest issue has been the little things.

“We just have to work on simple discipline and making sure we don’t make the mistakes that have plagued our previous UAA games and lost games for us. We’re confident we play good enough soccer to beat Case and Rochester; we just have to eliminate the major mistakes and stay disciplined,” Coville said. For the fourth-years these next games will close their legacy at Chicago, and that legacy is one they want the team to be able to build off of for the future. “As seniors, we just have a lot of pride in how we leave things, and so far we have underachieved. Both are equally important simply because we aren’t willing to leave on a disappointing note,” Coville said.

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Win % .929 .786 .708 .571 .500 .679 .423 .500

Record 13–1–0 (4–0) 11–3–0 (3–1) 8–3–1 (2–1–1) 8–6–0 (2–2) 6–6–1 (2–2) 9–4–1 (1–2–1) 5–7–1 (1–3) 6–6–2 (0–4)

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Record 12–0–2 (3-0-1) 11–2–2 (3–1) 12–4 (2–2) 8–5 (2–2) 8–5 (2–2) 8–4–2 (1–1–2) 10–5 (1–3) 6–8–2 (0–3–1)

Win % .923 .786 .800 .615 .583 .615 .643 .393

The Maroons didn’t face much opposition at last weekend’s away meet at Wheaton College. On the men’s side, Chicago was tops in the two relays and won all the individual swims. The Maroon women also won both relays, and six of the nine individual swims. It was the first meet of the season for the team, which hopes to score in March’s NCAA Championships, according to head coach Jason Weber. The Maroons will stress self-improvement this weekend at home against IIT. “We’re mostly focusing on personal times, and inching closer to personal goals. The difficulty and intensity of practice is high; people are trying their hardest,” Karen Chen, a second-year who swims the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke, as well as the 200-meter IM, said. Because the team has only been training for three weeks, Chen said the team is going to try events outside of their comfort zone and focus on fun-

damentals. Robert Vanneste, a fourth-year captain who swims the 100- and 200-meter backstroke, had similar thoughts: “A lot of this meet is trying to get good in-season times, and continuing our momentum from this weekend. We usually don’t have a problem with this team. We’ll win the meet, but we’ll have some good competition at the top level.” Because the upcoming meet is not a highly competitive one in the context of season, there was talk of how the team would fare over the course of the winter and even in coming years. But Coach Weber was insistent that the team not overlook the competition. “I’ll try to make sure they’re not looking past this meet,” Weber said. “On paper, we’re better this season, so if we train harder, we should be better.” This year’s team is young and brimming with potential, especially on the men’s side, where 13 of the 27 swimmers are first-years (the women’s team only graduated two seniors last year). Under Weber, who has been head coach for six years, the team’s record

for dual meet competition has improved to 28–13 for men and 30–13 for women. “Every year I’ve been here, we’ve gotten more competitive,” Vanneste said. “We’re starting to feel more like a national-level team than we did my first couple of years.” One of those 13 first-years, Matt Scherer, who swims the 50- and 100-yard freestyle, said the younger swimmers have integrated well with their new teammates. “It’s welcoming,” Scherer said. Whatever differences there may be in the teams’ ages and competitive levels, Chicago’s pool is certainly a point of envy for Illinois Tech, whose coach requested to hold the meet here, though it has traditionally taken place at the opponent’s campus. “We were supposed to go there, but he decided our facilities were much nicer,” Weber said. “A lot more people are able to compete in our facilities; we have a lot more lanes. The team likes to stay home— it’s easier on them, since they can sleep in their own beds and do homework.” The dual meet against IIT will begin at 1 p.m. at the Myers-McLoraine Pool.

VOLLEYBALL UAA Standings Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

School Emory Washington (Mo.) Chicago Case Western New York Rochester Carnegie Brandeis

Conference 29–2 (7–0) 25–1 (6–1) 27–4 (5–2) 21–8 (4–3) 16–12 (2–5) 15–14(2–5) 13–12 (2–5) 9–17 (0–7)

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their 4–1–4–1 formation, with their offensive target being third-year Brigette Kragie or second-year Micaela Harms, to blank the Spartans. “We have the same formation and the same starting 11 players for every game,” Dana said. “We don’t typically make adjustments based on the team we face. We try to make them adjust to us.” The South Siders will rely on fourth-year forward Allison Hegel to finish off offensive sequences. Hegel boasts a team-leading seven goals. On the other side of the field, Dana and Chi-

cago’s defensive will have to contend with thirdyear midfielder Kendra Simmons, who has a team-leading six goals and 49 shots this season, 24 more shots than Hegel. If the Maroons pull off the win on Friday, Dana said Chicago’s momentum will be greater going into Sunday’s match against Rochester. “I do think that if we get a solid win in the Friday game, that might propel us for the Sunday game,” she said. The Maroons will need all the momentum they can get against the Yellow Jackets, given that Roches-

ter fourth-year forward Ellen Coleman is the UAA leader in shots with 67, and third in goals with eight. However, because the Maroons have only taken into consideration Friday’s game, Coleman has not been the center of discussion. “[Head] coach [Amy Reifert] has mentioned her, but we haven’t discussed strategy for Rochester,” Dana said. “She’s just said, ‘[Coleman] is going to be there; she was there last year. She scored their goal against us last year.’” The Maroons will begin their crucial stretch of games at 5:30 p.m. today against Case.

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has not allowed more than 21 points in a game all season. “Up to this point, this is the most important game of our season, and so there is definitely an increased sense of urgency at each practice and meeting,” third-year punter Jeff Sauer said. “We know that if we want to win this Saturday we have to take advantage of every opportunity to get better.” As for their chances in the conference, the Maroons feel like they have a great shot to win it all. If they can beat Case, they will be in great position to bring home a second consecutive title. “You can feel the energy flowing throughout the team, and everyone feels good about how we match up with the Case squad,” firstyear linebacker Schuyler Montefalco said.

“There is no room for error this week, and we all know what we have to do to accomplish our goal.” “The UAA is pretty open this year. Every team seems to have a legitimate shot, but I’d say we’re confident that we can make a run for the title,” Shelton said. “We just need to make sure everyone does his job, and as a team we do the little things right and stay focused and ready.” To prepare for the physicality of the UAAs, the Maroons have intensified practices this week. The offense has also been developing new schemes to combat Case’s stout defense. “We have been working on a few new run plays and finding ways to get our receivers the ball on shorter developing routes and let them make a play after the catch,” second-year quarterback Vincent Cortina said. “Our team

feels we have the better players in the league. However, we understand we will need to execute with mistake-free football in order to win conference again.” If the Maroons can pull out a victory, they will face two less intimidating opponents in Carnegie and Wash U to close out the season, with a fantastic chance at winning the UAAs. If not, they will face an uphill battle to defend their championship. Needless to say, this week’s game against Case is the biggest game of the year for Chicago. “I think everyone understands the importance of this game,” Cortina said. “This competition will be good for the team moving forward into UAA play. The coaches and captains have been stressing that this game will define our season and we need treat it as a super bowl.” Chicago takes on Case this weekend in Cleveland at noon (EST).

THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | October 28, 2011

NFL on radar for Demetrios Brizzolara “DEE BRIZZ” Rewriting the Record Books Most points in a game vs. Carnegie Mellon (2010): 30 Most all purpose yards in a season (2009): 1,982 Most receiving yards in a season (2009): 1,028 Most kickoff return yard (pending) (2009—): 1,414 Most kickoff return yards (season) (2009): 919 Longest Return vs. Carnegie Mellon (2010): 86 Most receiving touchdowns (pending) (2011): 32 Total touchdowns (pending) (2011): 37 Total points (pending) (2011): 224

Ankit Jain Sports Contributor Third-year Demetrios Brizzolara has broken three modern era school records this year, adding to his grand total of nine school records. The Maroon caught up with Brizzolara to talk about his records, his pro prospects, and what it is that makes him tick. Chicago Maroon: Do you know who had the old records and how old they were? Demetrios Brizzolara: Clay Wolff just broke them both last year, so they were both from last year actually (laughs). So that was kind of funny to break his. CM: What do you think is your biggest asset? How have you been able to do so well at football? DB: I guess I would have to say speed. As they say, speed kills. It really helps when you can just run by people; you don’t have to put any moves on or anything. Especially my first two years because we just threw the ball deep a lot, so it was just like “Go run past everybody and catch it.” Really simple. CM: So were you recruited coming out of high school? DB: It was actually between here and Case where I was going to go play football. Coach Coughlin recruited me here; he’s not on our staff anymore but he was a great recruiter. He was the only coach to tell me that I could start right away. I had everyone else tell me, “Oh yeah, you can fight for a job,” and he was like, “No you can start here.” So that made it kind of easy. CM: When did you become the primary receiver? DB: I don’t know. That’s hard to say, because my freshman and sophomore year Clay Wolff was still here, and obviously he was great: He broke records, he was a really good receiver for us, and we both got a number of touches. I think every year he had more receptions than me, but I had more yards. So it was split. CM: What is your mindset before games? DB: I don’t really focus on any particular thing. It’s just all how you feel before the game, I guess. You know, some days you feel it and some days you don’t. Some days you’re going to go out and play great;

some days you’re not going to have such a great game. It all just depends on the conditions, like, I hate when it’s raining out. I mean it doesn’t mean I’m not going to play hard or anything, it’s just something to think about right before the game. So I guess it’s just all how you feel. CM: Are you receiving any extra attention or anything as a result of your records? DB: I don’t think so. I mean I’m getting an interview with you (laughs). No, nothing really. People say congratulations. Right after I broke it I had a bunch of congratulations. I got some Emails from players—one of the guys was someone who played here in the ’70s. He emailed me just, “Great game,” and stuff like that. That was kind of cool to see. But other than that, no, nothing really. CM: How much practice and work do you put in to make sure you can be the best you can be? DB: A lot. I think most of the work comes in the off-season. Practices are just to keep your mind sharp. To actually physically get better, I think the best thing to do is to get into the weight room, to get stronger and of course working your legs helps you get faster. I do track, too; I do that purposefully just to get faster for football. I like track, but it’s not a main focus. It’s always just trying to get faster so I can be better at football. CM: How much better have you gotten from your freshman year or from high school to now? DB: Exponentially better. It’s really surreal to see the change that I’ve made, thinking about how I played in high school to how I play now. And one thing that makes it real is the times in track. Like the 55 [meter] from freshman to sophomore year, I dropped a tenth and a half [seconds], which is pretty ridiculous. And that converts pretty well to a 40 [yard sprint] for football, so if you think about how much just faster I’ve gotten. My skill set has grown tremendously from the coaches we’ve had and the players like Clay teaching me, so I think I’ve just grown a lot and become a better player since high school. CM: So what are your chances of making the playoffs? DB: We would have to win out. If we don’t win out, there’s no chance of us making the playoffs. But if we win out,

it’ll be the same situation as last year, and we’ll just have to wait and see. Last year we were the first team out, so that was kind of disappointing, but we’ll see how it shakes out. CM: What are your plans after college? DB: I would love to continue playing football at the highest level I possibly can. I don’t know if I’ll be able to. We’ll see. Obviously all of that will come later on in my career here. But if not, I think I’d like to go into consulting. One of my friends on the track team who graduated a few years ago does it and he says he loves it. He says there’s a lot of travel involved. I never really get a chance to travel, so I think I’d like to do that, just to experience some new things. CM: So are you hoping to play in the NFL? DB: I would love to play in the NFL. I don’t know how real that is right now. Coach Maloney has a lot of ties to the Canadian Football League. He thinks I’d do really well there because it’s really spread out; it’s really fast-paced. I don’t know much about it; I’m more for American football. I don’t know; we’ll see. I’d just like to get my chance. I’d like to get invited to some combines, do workouts, stuff like that. If I just get my chance, I’ll be happy. CM: What do you think are the chances that you’re going to enter the NFL draft or try to enter the league undrafted? DB: Very high. I’d love to do both. Like I said, it all depends on if scouts come to the games, if after my senior season I get talked to by scouts or anything like that: people coming up to me and telling me, “Hey, you might be able to play at the next level.” Like I said, I just want a shot, though. I’m not measuring this by if I make it or not; I’m measuring it by how well I do when I get my chance. CM: Is it your goal to enter in the NFL, or would it just be cool if you were able to do so? DB: Yeah, it’s definitely my goal. I would love to; I think that would be a great career path as opposed to just going and sitting in an office for the rest of my life. But who knows if I’m good enough to make it, if I can make it, if I’ll stay healthy—that’s a big thing. CM: Have there been any other UofC players since they went down to D-III who’ve played in the NFL? DB: I don’t believe there have been. There’ve been some who’ve gotten attention. I remember one of my former coaches, Coach Tammelow, was invited to the Senior Bowl, which is a big deal for Division III. I’m sure he got pro looks. I’m not sure if Derrick Brooms—he was a really good receiver here, he held a bunch of records, still has a few—I’m sure he got some recognition, as great as he was. But I don’t think anyone has actually played in the NFL. CM: Is there any team that you’d want to play for, or do you not care? DB: Maybe back from my hometown, the Cleveland Browns. But we’ll see. I would play for anybody, though, obviously. CM: What’s the outlook for the rest of the season? DB: I’m just hoping we can win the UAA, do the best we possibly can, and see if we can make playoffs.

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should start making moves.” Fourthyear Brian Schlick wants a large crowd for Saturday’s race—Chicago’s only home meet of the season. “Hopefully we will get a lot of people out there supporting us. UAAs are an odd meet since most of the schools fly in to compete so no one besides us will have cheering sections,” Schlick said. “Hopefully we can use that energy to our advantage and have a great day.” Sizek knows her strategy for the race: It’s all about the team. “I am planning on going out aggressively,” Sizek said, “to ensure that I can support my teammates through at least the first two miles of the race.” Povitsky described the team’s prechampionship mindset: “The team is confident heading into this race. We are a rather experienced group of guys with most of us third-years and fourth-years, other than myself, a sophomore, and Renat Zalov, a freshman,” he said. “We have all raced in a championship-caliber meet before so we know what to expect. We are looking to back up our #10 D-III National Ranking and prove we belong in the NCAA meet in three weeks.” The men’s squad, which finished sixth at last year’s meet, and the women’s squad, which finished second, have high hopes for the meet. “Our goal is to finish at or near the top of the UAA. We need to run ‘smart’ during the race, though,” Whitmore said. “This entails moving up at the right times and being

consciously aware of other competing teams in the mix.” It’s been nearly a decade since Chicago has hosted the likes of Wash U, NYU, Brandeis, and Carnegie Mellon for the XC conference championship. The athletic department is excited. “The goal of hosting is always to provide the best possible experience for the competitors. This is true whenever we host an athletic event,” Rosalie Resch, associate athletic director, said. “This venue provides a great view of the city, and we are confident that it will be a very competitive event.” Thomas Weingartner, Chicago athletic director, believes that the event will be successful. “Thanks to Coach Resch,” Weingartner said, “we host these kinds of events—whether they be UAA or NCAA championship competitions—about as well as anyone in D-III.” In the end, Saturday’s event at Montrose Harbor is all about the race itself. It’s about the competition. It’s about the UAA conference. “Everyone is getting really excited for this meet. To put it bluntly, we have performed rather poorly the past few years at UAAs, and hopefully we can end that streak this weekend,” Schlick said. “We have a much stronger team than we have had in the past, so it should be an exciting weekend.” The women’s 6,000-meter kicks off at 10:15 a.m. The men’s 8,000-meter begins at 11 a.m.

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and is one of DIII’s powerhouse conferences. The UAA represents an enormous commitment on the part of our athletic department. The men’s and women’s soccer teams have flown to the East Coast twice this season to compete against conference foes. This weekend, the football team is traveling to Cleveland to take on Case Western. Next weekend, volleyball will fly to New York City for the UAA championship meet. Cross country is hosting its conference meet at Montrose Harbor on the north side of the city, but last year, the team flew to New York as well to run at Van Cortland Park, one of the most historic cross-country courses in America. All the schools in the UAA are located in major cities, so visiting these other schools is never dull (well, maybe except for Cleveland). You’re never going to Carnegie, or NYU, or Brandeis. You’re going to Pittsburgh, New York City, and Boston. No other D-III conference is even remotely like this. Being in the UAA also allows D-III athletes to feel like D-I athletes. Getting onto a plane to compete with your Maroon team bag in tow—emblazoned with that historic Chicago C—is an altogether unique feeling. You’re flying halfway across the country just to compete in an athletic event. In the case of cross-country athletes, you travel to compete for less than half an hour. Very few people, save for professional athletes and some D-I athletes, get to have that experience. What makes the UAA so special is that the link between the schools is philosophical rather than geographical. The ACC, the SEC, and all the other big-time conferences are linked by loca-

tion. It’s right there in the name: Atlantic Coast Conference, Southeastern Conference. Without the geography, these teams and schools have little to nothing in common. The UAA is unique in that the schools are philosophically similar. “Members of the UAA share the belief that academic excellence and athletic excellence are not mutually exclusive,” says the UAA Website. “…[the] academic enterprise is the primary element. Student athletes are just that—students first and athletes second.” The University of Chicago prides itself on cultivating multifaceted individuals. “This commitment to the development of the ‘whole’ person emerges from our belief that play, sport, and athletics are a fundamental part of any civilized culture,” writes Chicago Athletic Director Tom Weingartner in a letter to student athletes. “[We] believe that your participation in intercollegiate competition can be a profoundly meaningful experience that can shape you as a person for a lifetime.” Notice that Weingartner writes “person,” and not “athlete,” or “student,” or any other classifying term. We cannot be grouped into some broad category because doing so ignores the other aspects of our lives that are just as important. The University of Chicago understands that, and luckily, we are part of a conference that emphasizes the whole of the term “student athlete” rather than just one or the other. The athletic department should be applauded for having the foresight and commitment to join the UAA. The athletes at the University of Chicago appreciate it. Also, and perhaps most importantly, beat Wash U. We can’t go forgetting about that.

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UAAs come to Montrose Harbor

Chicago takes off at the Elmhurst Invitational. The Maroons are ranked fourth in the Midwest region and 33rd nationally and hope to place well against top-35 teams this Saturday. COURTESY OF DAVE HILBERT

Cross Country Matt Schaefer Sports Contributor It’s postseason time, baby. For the men’s and women’s cross country teams, Saturday’s UAA Championship comes at a critical juncture, two weeks before the NCAA Regional Championship. The University of Chicago hosts this

NCAA bid hangs on final stretch

year’s event, which will take place at Montrose Harbor on Lake Michigan. “I’m very excited to have the UAA meet at home,” third-year Julia Sizek said. “It is really nice to be able to have people cheering for you at a race, and I hope that UChicago students can rally from the midterm blues, and come and support their fellow Maroons this weekend.” It will be a significant meet, as it will determine the team’s attitude go-

ing into later postseason meets. “This is the official start of our championship season, and the UAAs are an extremely important meet to us,” Head Coach Chris Hall said. “We expect to elevate this weekend and for this to be a springboard into the final meets of the season.” Even for the Chicago men, who are ranked 10th in the country, and the Chicago women, who are ranked 33rd, Saturday’s race features serious competition.

The men’s field contains three other top-35 teams: #3 Wash U, #15 NYU, and #27 Rochester. On the women’s side, there are four other top-ranked teams: #2 Wash U, #19 Emory, #26 NYU, and #35 Case Western. “Wash U and NYU should be the toughest competition for our squad in this UAA meet,” second-year Daniel Povitsky said. “However, the UAA is such a strong and deep cross-country conference that teams like Brandeis and Carnegie Mellon could also pose a threat for the 2–3 team spots in the race.” “It is a good opportunity to compete against some really great competition, and that will help as a whole. We also like to do well at conference and would love to do well in Chicago,” Sizek said. One factor that will affect this weekend’s race is the size of the field. “This time, the field of runners will be small,” third-year Billy Whitmore said, “which tends to make a race feel more tactical, in terms of team scoring.” Another factor: the location. “Having the UAA Championship at home provides our team with a slight advantage over the other teams. We have raced this course many times before,” Povitsky said, “so we are familiar with the tricky spots and tight turns as well as the places on the course where we XC continued on page 11

Maroons attempt to solve Case Western

Women’s Soccer Alexander Sotiropolous Senior Sports Staff The Maroons look to continue their two-game winning streak this weekend. On Friday, October 28, and Sunday, October 30, Chicago (8–4–2, 1–1–2) will face off against UAA rivals Case (11–2–2, 3–1) and Rochester (8–5, 2–2), respectively, at Stagg Field. With only three games remaining in the regular season, these two upcoming matches are critical in determining if the Maroons will see action in the NCAA D-III national tournament. “We’re approaching every game just like it’s an NCAA tournament game,” second-year Katie Dana said. “[Getting] into the NCAA tournament will be based on the rest of the season.” With five UAA teams receiving bids to the national tournament in last year’s field of 63, and Chicago’s latest rank of 23rd in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll for D-III, the Maroons are hoping that they’ve demonstrated that they deserve to be in the tournament. Yet with a 1–1–2 conference record, Chicago is currently in sixth place in the UAA standings. The team must win at least two of its final three matches to even have a chance at garnering the top spot in the UAA, given that Chicago is currently five points behind Emory (12–0–2, 3–0–1). Right now, however, Chicago is only focusing on Friday’s game against 18thranked Case. The South Siders will use W. SOCCER continued on page 10

The 1932 Chicago football team. Hall of Fame inductee Keith Parsons is fourth from the right in the front row. Head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg sits at the center of the photo.

D-III conference provides D-I experience

By Mahmoud Bahrani Sports Editor

Fall has always been my favorite season as an athlete. The weather is perfect for playing sports, football season is in full swing, the World Series is on, and the NBA season is just about ready to start (well, most of the time). But fall is also special for another reason altogether—it’s finally time for UAAs. Between the cross country and volleyball teams, which have one meet to determine the UAA champions, and soccer and football, who are playing the last games of the regular season, late October and early November is when conference champions are ultimately decided. Most people on campus know that the University of Chicago used to be in the Big Ten conference, regardless of whether or not they know exactly what the Big Ten actually is. But a surprising few know that we’re in the UAA, and even fewer know the teams that make up this conference. So let me help you out a little bit by providing some background. Chicago pulled out of the Big Ten in 1946, the decision of then-president Robert Maynard Hutchins, a vocal antagonizer of athletes and athletics in general. When sports were reinstated in 1976, we were a part of the Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference until finally in 1987 Chicago became a charter member of a new, unique conference: the University Athletic Association, better known as the UAA. Originally nicknamed “The Nerdy Nine,” the UAA featured schools traditionally thought of as academics-first institutions: Emory, Wash U, NYU, Carnegie, Brandeis, Rochester, Case Western, Johns Hopkins, and, of course, the University of Chicago. Johns Hopkins later left, leaving us with the eight-team conference we have today, although some schools don’t participate in every sport. Now in its 25th year, the UAA has been a tremendous success, UAA continued on page 11

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Football

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Daniel Lewis Associate Sports Editor Friday Fourth-year Francis Adarkwa rushes the ball in a match against Kenyon last weekend. Adarkwa leads the team in net rushing yards and has seven receptions. DARREN LEOW | THE CHICAGO MAROON

Football Daniel Lewis Associate Sports Editor After dominating Kenyon at Homecoming, the Maroons will go back on the road to face Case Western in their first game of UAA play. No games have been played so

Saturday far within the conference, but Case sits at the top of the standings with a 6–1 overall record and is riding a five-game winning streak. Playing such a highly touted conference opponent on the road will not be a cakewalk for the Maroons. “These games essentially make or break our season, so everybody makes sure to put that extra effort in

during the week,” third-year quarterback Kevin Shelton said. Although Chicago has a slight edge on the offensive side of the ball, Case has a large advantage on defense. The Spartans have allowed a conference-low 14.1 points per game, compared to Chicago’s lofty 25.4 points allowed per game. Case FOOTBALL continued on page 10

10/28

- Men’s Soccer vs. Case, 3 p.m. - Women’s Soccer vs. Case, 5:30 p.m.

10/29

- Cross Country hosts UAA Championships at Montrose Harbor - Football at Case, noon - Swimming & Diving, vs. Illinois Tech, 1 p.m.

Sunday

10/30

- Men’s Soccer vs. Rochester, 11 a.m. - Women’s Soccer vs. Rochester, 1:30 p.m.

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