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FRIDAY • NOVEMBER 8, 2013

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With lines around the block, Chipotle serves up long-awaited burritos Joy Cho Maroon Contributor

Fourth-year Yadav Gowda and second-year Nora Dolliver eat at the new Chipotle on 53rd Street. The line for the highly-anticipated Mexican grill extended onto the sidewalk Wednesday evening.

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It’s a wrap. After two years of anticipation, Chipotle Mexican Grill opened its doors Wednesday on East 53rd Street between South Lake Park and South Harper Avenues.

Opening day was packed: Lines snaked around the back, as local high school students, Hyde Park residents, and UChicago students braved the wind and rain to enjoy a trademark burrito or bowl. According to Chipotle’s general manager, Antonio Benitez, 114 people were served in the first hour alone, and there were at least 80 customers every hour after that, bringing the total number of customers that day to almost a thousand.

In April 2012, developers announced that the popular Mexican fast food chain would join Five Guys, Akira, Ulta Beauty, and others at Harper Court. This new Chipotle is the second location on

the South Side, more than 40 blocks north of the location on West 95th Street.

The restaurant was requested by name in University surveys, and students expressed largely positive feelings about the new opening.

“I’ve been waiting five years for Chipotle,” first-year medical student Michael Kang (A.B. ’12) said. “I’m very excited.”

Customer service also received generally positive feedback, despite the waits and frenzied nature of opening day. “I think that they could improve from an efficiency standpoint, but I think it was a good first day,” fourth-year Michael Ember said.

Although a little far from the heart of campus, Chipotle and other Harper Court businesses are accessible by the new 53rd Street express shuttle or the 172 bus, which drops off within a few blocks of Harper Court. Chipotle is open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Marriage equality to be law SG representatives cast major Joy Crane Grey City Editor Fresh off the train back from the state senate in Springfield, the significance of this week finally dawned on fourth-year Mary Ella Simmons.

“It’s one of those amazing moments.

State senators, they wear ordinary clothes,

they live in normal, modest homes. But they fundamentally changed lives this week with the same-sex marriage bill,” she said.

Simmons was one of nine students who attended an Institute of Politics (IOP) trek to the state capital yesterday, the capstone day of a landmark legislative session.

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Pro-life students charge on despite vandalism Hamid Bendaas News Staff The abortion debate in America can become hostile and nasty, a fact that a new pro-life advocacy and service RSO learned firsthand.

On Monday night, many of UChicago Students for Life’s flyers, advertising their Thursday night meeting, were destroyed or vandalized.

One of several advertisements read, “What’s

votes on UCSC and IRC Isaac Stein Maroon Contributor Student Government (SG) approved separate resolutions to create an advisory board to the University Community Service Center (UCSC) and to analyze the charter of the Independent Review Committee (IRC) at its General Assembly meeting last night.

The UCSC resolution

was passed due to student complaints over UCSC’s recent restructuring. Earlier this year, UCSC administrators made several changes to the organization’s operating structure that some students believed did not adequately take student opinion into account.

The resolution describes the board’s objective as “advis[ing] the UCSC staff and directors on matters relating to its overall

mission.” To this end, the board will convene on a regular basis to discuss UCSC’s current and future programs, as well as its hiring processes. While the board holds no veto power over any administrative decision, such as which candidates for jobs within the UCSC are hired, it will issue recommendations to the UCSC. UCSC Director Amy SG continued on page 2

the difference between a baby and a fetus? Let’s talk about it.” Another said “Pro-life ≠ antiwomen. More women consider themselves pro-life than pro-choice.”

According to second-year Jack Schmerold, the flyers’ creator and Students for Life board member, he rushed to take down this second flyer as soon as he became aware that it was incorrectly cited, but found that many had been torn down, ripped apart, or written on.

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New dean meets and greets Sarah Manhardt Maroon Contributor The second-highest ranking administrator in the Office of Campus and Student Life emphasized the importance of partnering with student leaders to address concerns over Hallowed Grounds and the University Community Service Center (UCSC).

Newly appointed Dean of Students in the University Michele Rasmussen introduced herself and her position at a Student Government–sponsored Fireside Chat in Hallowed Grounds on Wednesday. She also answered student questions over coffee and croissants.

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Ninth-year history Ph.D student Toussaint Losier questions if impartiality should be a goal of the Independent Review Committee (IRC) during Thursday night’s Student Government (SG) meeting. SG responded by creating a committee to review the IRC charter.

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Weekly Crime Report

By Marina Fang

This is a series the Maroon publishes summarizing instances of campus crime. Each week details a few notable crimes, in addition to keeping a running count from September 23. The focus is on crimes within the UCPD patrol area, which runs from East 37th to 65th Streets and South Cottage Grove to Lake Shore Drive.

Here are this week’s notables: » October 31, East 55th Street between South Lake Park & Cornell Avenues, 7 p.m.—An unknown male entered a restaurant, snatched a woman’s purse from a chair, and fled to a vehicle waiting in the alley. The case has been turned over to the CPD for investigation. » November 1, 5700 South Maryland Avenue (Hyde Park Market Place), 7:15 p.m.—An unknown person shattered an exterior window in the store.

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» November 4, East 57th Street & South Blackstone Avenue, 2:40 p.m.—A motorist struck a bicyclist at the intersection.

The bicyclist complained of injury to his foot and was transported to the ER. The case is pending CPD investigation.

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“I haven’t experienced too much confrontation or hatefulness with people [on campus],” Schmerold said the night before the signs were torn down.

After Thursday night’s meeting, the board tried to make sense of the backlash.

“There are some ideas that people are more comfortable talking about and are tolerant of and some that aren’t. Ours seems like one of the ones that aren’t,” said second-year board member Cait Duggan.

Initiating a more open and prevalent conversation about abortion is one of the main goals of UChicago Students for Life, according to Bower. Before the flyers were torn down, she said that the biggest frustration of holding a pro-life view on campus is the perceived taboo against speaking openly about the controversial topic. “We [the student body] don’t talk about it; we don’t discuss it. And when it is discussed, it’s always hateful, either which way, attacking the other person.”

First-year and member Dakota Bowman had the same impression when he came to campus. “It’s definitely not spoken about; it never comes up. I feel people don’t talk about it because everyone generally assumes everyone else has the pro-choice view.”

UChicago Students for Life is strictly nonpartisan and non-religious, which its board believes allows it to engage with more of the student body. Its dozen or so members come from across the country and across the political

and religious spectrum, though there are slightly more women than men active in the group.

Officially, the group gained RSO status in the fall of 2012, but it traces its origins to a pro-life student organization that was active and impactful in the early 2000s. That organization, composed mostly of graduate students and involved with a variety of issues including euthanasia and the death penalty, lost its momentum after its leadership graduated.

Last year, the baton was passed to third-years Lucia Bower and Jack Nuelle, when a graduate student approached them about restarting the group, according to Nuelle. He and Bower decided to limit the group’s focus to abortion, due to its relevance to college students.

“The vast majority of abortions are being performed for college-aged women,” Nuelle said.

In addition to initiating a conversation about the issue, Students for Life is also committed to local service work and finding ways to support pregnant women on campus.

Most of Thursday night’s meeting was spent brainstorming logistics for volunteering at and fundraising for South Side pregnancy centers and helping young mothers stay in school.

“One of our long-term goals is to see what the University’s policies are towards women who are pregnant and want to keep their children; if there are any financial or housing accommodations, we want to find out if they do exist or how we can help create them.”

Chan, who was in attendance, argued against the SG advisory board before the vote, noting that UCSC plans to recruit individuals for its own advisory board, which will be operational by spring quarter. She said the board will include a variety of interest groups, with students among them. Given this, she felt that the creation of an SG board “would be a diversion of effort, and might be counterproductive.”

Some SG representatives, including secondyear Holly Rapp, agreed with Chan’s line of logic.

“It doesn’t make sense to make two committees for the same purpose… Perhaps our political capital could be best used elsewhere,” Rapp said.

Second-year representative Mark Sands helped draft the resolution and spoke in favor of it.

“The whole point of us making an advisory board is to make sure that UCSC receives input that is student-driven and free from outside influences. In making its own advisory board, UCSC is making a body of unknown composition,” Sands said.

The resolution passed, 17 to 5 with one abstention. The resulting advisory board will be composed of one SG representative, three Community Service Recognized Service Organization (CSRSO) leaders, three student association members, and four faculty members.

The other major agenda item was the creation of an internal SG working group to evaluate the validity of administrative assertions that impartiality is a necessary condition for one to become a member of the IRC. Ninth-year history Ph.D. student Toussaint Losier was recently

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Students for Life gained RSO status last fall

rejected for the IRC because the administration questioned his impartiality. The resolution to create the group was passed via voice vote, with second-year Mike Viola being the only SG member to vote against the proposal.

SG nominated Losier for a position on the IRC, which reviews complaints against UCPD policing practices, in early October. Last year, UCPD officers arrested Losier during a protest calling for the creation of an on-campus adult level-1 trauma center.

On Thursday, Losier received an e-mail from Eleanor Daugherty (A.B. ’97), associate dean of the College, which cited his arrest as a reason why he would be less than impartial toward the UCPD, a characteristic which she considered to be a principle embedded in the charter of the IRC. The newly created group will not review the specific rejection of Losier from IRC, but rather attempt to evaluate whether impartiality is a logical criterion for IRC membership.

During the meeting, Losier questioned whether impartiality is the best criteria for IRC members to be held to, and what relationship between the interests of students and police impartiality implies.

“Attempting to be impartial makes a lot of sense for an organization that is attempting to maintain good relations with the police. But if there is a question of [UCPD] accountability, it stands to reason that partiality, in respect to the views of IRC members, could produce a body that is truly independent from the police department,” Losier said.

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for same-sex couples at the University.

Last autumn, Carl Streed (A.B. ’07) was considering returning to Illinois to complete his medical residency. But, in what seemed like a choice between being able to marry his fiancé, who is also an alumnus of the College and of the Law School, and returning to Illinois, he chose the former.

Streed is now in residency training at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, where same-sex marriage passed in 2012.

But he said that Tuesday’s ruling “puts Illinois back on the map.”

For Darren Reisberg, IOP executive director, the bill means that he and his partner will be able to upgrade their civil union certificate.

“As of June 1 next year, we fully intend to trade in our certificate for a marriage license. By virtue of that, we will have the same federal benefits that married couples have,” he said. “I moved to Illinois in 1999 and have loved living in Chicago and loved living in Illinois. It makes me very proud to see Illinois taking this step.”

But not all members of UChicago’s LGBTQ community are celebrating the bill. Second-year Kris Rosentel, an LGBTQ advisory board member, said he does not support same-sex marriage.

“Mainly, I think marriage is a historically misog ynistic institution that queer communities should not strive to be a part,” he said in an e-mail. “When I heard marriage equality passed in Illinois...I wondered what could’ve been done if the effort, money, and momentum that went into advocating for the marriage equality bill had instead gone to a more pressing LGBTQ issue like homelessness or healthcare.”

But biolog y Ph.D. student Daniel Rabe (A.B. ’07) did not hesitate; for him, this ruling was a clear victory for the movement.

“I, along with many friends from the University of Chicago, had dreamed of getting married in Bond Chapel,” he said in an e-mail. “Until this week, that would not have been possible for the many LGBTQ students and alumni. With the passage of marriage equality in the state of Illinois, this dream can now become a reality.”

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The Illinois House of Representatives and State Senate passed a bill on Tuesday legalizing same-sex marriage, making Illinois the 15th state to do so. Governor Pat Quinn will sign the bill into law at a ceremony on November 20, and it will go into effect next June, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Supporters of the bill are heralding it as a milestone victory for same-sex couples across the state, and the bill will have a wide-ranging impact right here at the University.

First-year Alex DiLalla, who is gay, has seen both sides of this issue. After his home state of North Carolina passed an amendment last year restricting rights for same-sex couples, DiLalla redoubled his advocacy efforts for marriage equality upon entering the College.

“Having your state codify a denial of a part of your identity into the state constitution really fires you up...to make sure that never happens again in another state,” he said.

As the marriage equality leader of UChicago’s chapter of Organizing for Action, DiLalla organized phone banks for students to target state representatives that were opposed to or ambivalent toward marriage equality. Prepared for a drawnout campaign, he was elated to learn the news on Tuesday.

“I was walking out of Bartlett, checking my phone. I saw this news update. I stopped and let out a ‘what the expletive.’ But that surprise quickly turned to happiness,” he said.

The bill will grant new rights to samesex couples both intending to get married and already in civil unions, and will recognize marriages authorized in other states.

The University’s human resources department has provided equal benefits coverage to same-sex couples since 1992, following Weddstock, a campaign where queer activists staged weddings in protest of the University’s refusal to recognize domestic partnerships.

Despite these measures, being located in a state that previously did not allow samesex marriage has resulted in enduring costs

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Panel identifies nuanced ways to combat human trafficking Andrew Fry Maroon Contributor On Wednesday, the SSA hosted a panel clarifying misunderstandings from the public and approaches to combating the shadowy world of human trafficking around the world and in the Chicago area.

The panel, moderated by Fox 32 news anchor Robin Robinson, included law enforcement officers, members of NGOs such as the Salvation Army, and a member of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.

The panelists characterized human trafficking as a problem hampered by misconceptions, including the beliefs that most victims are not from the United States or that they have made the conscious choice to be prostitutes.

According to the panelists, many of the victims are in fact young Americans, often children, from disadvantaged backgrounds who have been manipulated by older individuals. Runaways and those in foster care are especially vulnerable.

“Oftentimes, these pimps will approach children as a boyfriend, will get them to trust them, to love them, and then they bring them into the business,” said Laurie Nathan, an employee of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

“It’s a situation that’s pretty horrific. We’re talking about children who can be as young as 12.”

A common theme that several panelists echoed was the difficulty of getting victims to trust those trying to help them.

“We’ve realized that a lot of these victims don’t trust law enforcement—they don’t

really know what law enforcement’s end goal is,” said FBI Special Agent Ashley Kizler.

In dealing with this difficulty, the panelists emphasized the importance of having law enforcement and government agencies coordinate their efforts not only with each other, but also with outside organizations, known as the Chicago Approach, according to Brigid Brown, a representative from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.

“What we’ve found is by having service providers and NGOs and other people present and all working together to not only educate but to help get resources and money to provide services for victims…that we’re having some success in getting victims to come forward and trust us,” Brown said.

Rachel Ostergaard, from the Salvation Army’s STOP-IT program, said that NGOs could provide support and services to the victims that law enforcement cannot and also act as an intermediary between the victims and government officials.

“There’s a very broad range of things that are needed. The big things are standard: looking for housing, safety planning stuff like that. Everyone that we work with works with us willingly,” she said. “A lot of it is emotional support.”

All of these efforts reflected the panelists’ focus on protecting and helping the victims of human trafficking.

“It’s really a victim-centered approach.”

Special Agent Ben Bowman of the Department of Homeland Security said.

“We’d rather have a case totally lost and keep the victim safe than to put somebody at risk.”

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NEWS IN BRIEF Sands replaces Viola as Class of 2016 College Council representative

Northwestern bests UChicago in executive MBA program rankings

Mark Sands was chosen to replace Mike Viola as a representative for the Class of 2016 by a SG vote last week. Viola vacated the position to serve as the chair of College Council (CC).

CC voted for Sands out of a pool of 13 secondyears who expressed interest in the position after a class-wide e-mail announced the need for a new representative.

Prior to last week, Viola was officially designated “Interim Chair” and could thus retain his representative seat. However, after officially becoming the permanent CC chair, he was required to vacate his representative seat in accordance with the rules and regulations of SG. Sands, in his new role, hopes to increase the larger student body’s awareness of SG initiatives. “I’m hoping to explore how SG can serve as a way for administrators to get input from and disseminate information to the student body,” he said in an e-mail.

Sands further noted that he was drawn to the position by the recent Hallowed Grounds and UCSC incidents. He said that after these events, he became interested in the problem of “how student input is obtained (or not obtained) when administrators are making decisions that affect student life.”

Sands introduced a resolution for the creation of a UCSC advisory board at the latest SG General Assembly meeting last night, which passed 17 to 5.

The Booth School of Business ceded its former top ranking to its rival to the north, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, in Bloomberg Businessweek’s biannual rankings of the best executive MBA (EMBA) programs, unveiled yesterday.

After topping the list two years ago, Booth ranked second this year, followed by Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.

The magazine’s rankings encompass surveys completed by recent graduates—assessing areas such as teaching quality, career services, and curriculum—and a “Director’s Poll,” which solicits input from EMBA program directors. When determining the rankings, the recent graduates’ feedback is given 65 percent of the weight, while the “Director’s Poll” makes up the other 35 percent.

Booth’s full-time MBA program ranked first in The Economist’s annual rankings of the best business programs worldwide, released last month.

It has held the top spot in three of the last four years. In awarding Booth the number one spot, The Economist noted its high career-placement statistics and students’ “stellar marks for the education they receive, the quality of their classmates and the school’s careers service.”

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community in July, reports to Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Karen Warren Coleman and serves as a liaison between the deans of students of each academic division. She also oversees 12 different programs and services, including the Office of the Reynolds Club and Student Activities and Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS).

“This is truly the most decentralized institution I’ve ever set foot on,” she said. “That poses some distinct and unique challenges, because as a new person who never went to school here, who had no previous experience with the place, it’s meant that I’ve had to spend a lot of time just building relationships and getting to know people who can give me information that will be crucial for me to do my job.”

Students questioned Rasmussen about several recent controversies on campus during the question and answer period. Subjects broached included last spring’s bias issues, the perceived lack of student input in recent staffing and mission changes at the University Community Service Center (UCSC), and the intended repurposing of Hallowed Grounds.

Students also questioned the administration’s level of engagement with students.

In response, Rasmussen argued that administration and student leaders should work in tandem to inform students of “the different ways they can participate and have an active voice in things happening in the University.”

“I think we need to do a better job, and I’m using the royal ‘we’. I think this is a shared responsibility between us and Student Government, because they are your representatives, they are your conduit in most cases, not all, to the administration. Certainly they have some stature on campus, they’ve been elected to their positions,” she said.

Rasmussen also stressed SHCS’s importance to students’ lives. “[SHCS’s] ability to access student health and counseling, their ability to get that kind of medical and emotional support when they need it, is so important to student success here,” she said.

Between 30 and 40 College and graduate students came to meet Rasmussen, including fourth-year and Students for Health Equity activist Patrick Dexter. Dexter said Rasmussen made a positive impression on him.

“I thought she seemed more honest and willing to engage than an average administrator,” he said.

CORRECTIONS The November 4 article “Fall Formal Sells Out Before First Classes,” misstated the number of tickets sold. 450 tickers were sold, not 424. In addition, the article mischaracterized COUP’s operating budget. $100,000 is set aside for the whole year.

The October 22 article “Burns Talks Health Care, Housing at Meeting” misstated who Angela Gibson was representing at the meeting. She was representing the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace. It also misspelled the last name of Robert Koerner.

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Editorial & Op-Ed NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Take me out to the ball game Student body could benefit from a stronger athletics culture on campus

The student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892 REBECCA GUTERMAN Editor-in-Chief SAM LEVINE Editor-in-Chief EMILY WANG Managing Editor

CELIA BEVER Senior Editor VICENTE FERNANDEZ Senior Editor MATTHEW SCHAEFER Senior Editor MADHU SRIKANTHA Senior Editor MARINA FANG News Editor ANKIT JAIN News Editor LINDA QIU News Editor KRISTIN LIN Viewpoints Editor EMMA BRODER Arts Editor WILL DART Arts Editor LAUREN GURLEY Arts Editor SARAH LANGS Sports Editor JAKE WALERIUS Sports Editor SONIA DHAWAN Head Designer KEVIN WANG Online Editor MARA MCCOLLOM Social Media Editor CONNOR CUNNINGHAM Head Copy Editor SHERRY HE Head Copy Editor JEN XIA Head Copy Editor BEN ZIGTERMAN Head Copy Editor JAMIE MANLEY Photo Editor TIFFANY TAN Photo Editor COLIN BRADLEY Grey City Editor JOY CRANE Grey City Editor THOMAS CHOI Assoc. News Editor ALEX HAYS Assoc. News Editor HARINI JAGANATHAN Assoc. News Editor STEPHANIE XIAO Assoc. News Editor

Somewhat perversely, the University of Chicago’s relative lack of emphasis on athletics has become a part of campus identity and a facet of University culture.

The roots of this identity can be traced back to University President Robert Maynard Hutchins’s disbanding of the football team in 1939. More recently, however, the University has sustained an athletics program without compromising its academic rigor, ensuring that the role of sports remains within the scope of the life of the mind. Now, new athletic director Erin McDermott has proposed increasing attendance at varsity athletics events and incorporating sports and wellness further into student life.

Strengthening the University’s athletics programs would confer many benefits to students, athletic and non-athletic alike, and should be done with an eye toward the integration of sporting events into

student culture at large.

Athletes make up a significant part of UChicago’s student population, and the quality of their experience should be of concern to the University. They deserve support from the University and their peers to justify the hours and work they commit to their sport. One way that the University can do this is by building on the momentum generated by events such as Neon Night and Homecoming, which included a block party and Midnight Madness this year. Hosting more of these events encourages students to attend as a social outing. In turn, students should realize that home games, regardless of whether the athletics department is holding a promotional component, are options for socializing during weekends, just as going out into Hyde Park or staying in and watching a movie are.

Higher attendance at sporting

events could have remarkable effects on student spirit, creating a forum for students to interact as a community outside of the Reg—incidentally the library for which the University’s old Stagg Field, which seated 55,000, was demolished. A larger emphasis on athletic life at the University could also apply to the IM and club levels, which are additional opportunities to expand student life and house culture. Doing so would not, as some would say, detract from the University’s identity, but instead add to it.

A stronger sports culture on campus would have effects that extend beyond Hyde Park and could better student life by forging stronger connections with alumni.

An alum who remains connected to the University by attending these events might be inspired to donate to support financial aid, or provide a broader network of connections for students in the

form of programs such as Metcalf Internships and Alumni Board of Governors Externships.

Perhaps, as an institution undeniably fixated on the classical canon, we’ve become a little caught up in the narrative of the Peloponnesian war: the physical Spartans versus the intellectual Athenians. Certainly, the University must be wary of the potential conflicts between academic and athletic life which are present in other colleges, but there is a way to have academics and athletics interact in a mutually beneficial manner. With 13 years of experience at Princeton’s athletics department, McDermott is in a good position to know how. Perhaps we might do better to appeal to a different classical concept: that of Plato’s fit body and mind.

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Just over four years ago, at the start of Obama’s first term, the President made a bold promise to provide millions of uninsured Americans with affordable healthcare. In response to opposition fear tactics by the Republicans, Obama emphatically issued the most specific commitment of his presidency when he said, “Let me be exactly clear about what health care reform means to you. If you’ve got health insurance, you like your doctors, you like your plan, you can keep your doctor, you can keep your plan. Nobody is talking about taking that away from you.”

After four years of dismissing Republicans who argued that Obamacare would be a failure, I am now stuck in a state of cognitive dissonance as I reconcile the liberal hopes I had for health care reform and the level of counterproductiveness with which it has been implemented. Like most, I’m concerned about the muchpublicized $394 million we spent to have a website that still doesn’t work and was insufficiently tested.

I’m concerned that it was built by a massive team of government contractors, the leader of which was the same Canadian company whose $46.2 million contract to create Ontario’s health care medical registry was canceled after three years of missed deadlines. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The greater issue with Obamacare is the very real possibility that it might end up causing the unthinkable: a net loss of health insurance.

Obamacare fines people who don’t have health care. To

prevent people from skirting this regulation by buying mini– health care, it requires stringent standards for what is considered a sufficient plan, including maternity and newborn care, mental health services, and outpatient accommodations. In fact, these requirements are so high that 16 of the 19 million people currently in the individual health insurance market are at risk of losing their health care because their plans have insufficient coverage to grandfather them past the implementation of the health care requirements.

Generally, individuals buy the type of health care they potentially need instead of the more comprehensive, one-coveragefits-all plans that employer-based insurance companies provide.

For example, senior women paying for their own insurance plan don’t generally pay extra for maternity care coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, this means insurance companies need to either drop these 16 million insured or roll them over into significantly more expensive plans.

As a result, since August, hundreds of thousands of Americans have found out that they’re losing their insurance. Florida Blue sent out 300,000 cancelation notices, or 80 percent of its individual coverage policies, and Kaiser Permanente of my home state California has canceled 160,000, or half, of its policies. Because the Affordable Care Act legally voids these contracts, insurance companies are effectively given a renegotiation freebie.

In total, three times more people (2 million so far) have lost their health care insurance than have signed up for Obamacare.

What’s even worse is that given the delays in the website, it’s a very real possibility that those who are losing their health care will remain uninsured for weeks or months before they can actually enroll in Obamacare. That means that those who couldn’t afford health care in the first place will be stuck paying penalties for not obtaining it through exchanges that were not functionally available to them. Not good.

What’s worse is that the business model of Obamacare simply doesn’t work because other parts of Obamacare have made it impossible to enroll a large enough amount of healthy people.

A CBS analysis of 15 states shows that most people enrolling in Obamacare are doing so through the expansion of Medicaid rather than through the private markets.

By the numbers, of the 35,000 in Washington who enrolled in Obamacare, 87 percent did so through Medicaid. In Kentucky and New York those numbers are similar at 82 percent of 26,000 and 64 percent of 37,000. The study concluded that if that trend continues there might not be enough healthy people buying health insurance for the system to work.

More fundamental to the success of Obamacare is the enrollment of not just healthy people, but specifically young people who are less likely to get sick and infrequently need regular checkup services like prostate exams. So far, the massive campaign to enroll young people into the health care exchanges has done better than expected, with some states reporting enrollment proportions just below the administration’s goal for 2.7 million of the 7

million estimated new enrollees to be between 18 and 35.

However, in the long term these projections are unsustainable for two reasons. First, due to the same campaign for health care exchange awareness efforts that got so many young potential enrollees to apply so soon, early statistics are almost certainly biased. Second, children up to the age of 26 have the option to be covered by their parents’ plan—even if they’re married, not living at home, attending college, or are financially independent.

This will remove the healthiest eight percent or so—the superhealthy 18–26-year-old portion of the desired semi-healthy 18–35 demographic—from the patient risk-sharing pool. This could shock premium prices into a freerise that could create a positive feedback loop: The higher prices rise, the more people find the noinsurance tax a cheaper alternative to paying for rising health care costs. This would then cause the next healthiest group, who now derive the least value from their health care, to drop out, and so forth.

There’s no easy way to fix the healthcare system in the U.S., but frankly the Affordable Care Act was a pretty dumb way to go about it. Then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) famously told Congress during the health care debate in 2010 that it had “to pass the bill [to] find out what’s in it.” Well, we passed it, we’re implementing it, and it appears we’ve gotten around to finding out what’s in it—and if I were a betting man, I’d say Pelosi is just as unpleasantly surprised as everyone else.

David Grossman is a first-year in the College.

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My lips are sealed Reconciling Orthodox Judaism with hookup culture can lead to some awkward situations Eliora Katz Viewpoints Staff Before I came to UChicago, I didn’t believe in magic. But now, after five weeks and one Halloween in our enchanted ivory tower and Hogwartsian halls, Wingardium Leviosa seems just as useful as Cogito ergo sum.

It all started when I recognized that something magical transpired each time I had a man in my room. With the click of the closing door, bippity boppity boo, he would try to kiss me, whether evening, afternoon, or morning too! I was astounded by the persistence of this seemingly supernatural phenomenon. Take me and a college boy and mix us into the dormitorial cauldron and you’ve got a bundle of awkward turtles.

It didn’t matter who the boy was, or what we were doing (studying, schmoozing, fixing my window, or “chilling”), eventually his eyes would slip into an ogling trance, and his lips would head toward mine only to be met by a heavy torrent of unease from my ensuing snub.

The fact that being in my room equated to “let’s hook up” didn’t make much

sense—I assumed some magical force must be at hand.

I then explained a few things to these men. First, that I’m haunted by my biggest fear which is neither spiders, heights, darkness, nor econ midterms, but rather something far more menacing : the hump and dump. After reading that New York Times article on heartless overachievers at UPenn with boy toys and plenty of other features on hookup culture—while also witnessing H&Ds first hand—sensual touching sans a long-term emotional tie, sans an appreciation of more than your partner’s body, sans sobriety, became the bête noire of my college career.

One victim quipped, “Hump and dump is a bit superfluous; hookup says it all for you.” I could feel my Kuko omelet making its way up my digestive system.

He made me realize that the phrase “hookup,” which once meant “kissing and stuff,” now encompasses the “dump,” embracing the definition of a one night stand–like encounter.

Sometimes I would even expound that as a modern Orthodox Jew, I identify with a community in which touching the opposite

gender is forbidden in many circles, where modesty reigns supreme, where women are supposed to cover their knees, elbows, and collar bones, where sensual contact is something holy between you, your spouse, and God. On top of that, I had spent the previous year in an Orthodox West Bank seminary, trying to find my place in the religious labyrinth nestled between tradition and modernity, through studying the texts constituting the fabric of Jewish life.

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The fact that being in my room equated to “let’s hook up” didn’t make much sense...

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Among my peers in Israel, I was seen as the most licentious for talking to boys and about them, for going into Jerusalem on Thursday nights, and for wearing pants. Here, I feel like a nun. I wasn’t modest enough for my ex who wanted to be a rabbi, but here, I offend by commenting on the

revealing reality of a crop top.

Judaism is a system meant to structure one’s every waking (and even sleeping ) moment: a faith based in myriad precepts. There are commandments prescribing how to tie shoes, how to speak, how to drink, how to have intercourse, how to make a business transaction, and even how to gain salvation by waving a chicken around your head.

Yet of all precepts, one always left me somewhere between flummoxed and vexed: Yichud, the biblical prohibition of seclusion with the opposite sex in a private area.

Even if one’s sure of her restraint, the prohibition remains on the Talmudic principle: “There’s no guarantee when it comes to arayos (forbidden sexual relations).” The rabbis reasoned that in a yichud, a person’s “evil inclination” (or what Socrates would call the “appetitive” part of the soul) swells, and under these circumstances, no one can guarantee reason’s triumph.

Only after my first month of college did I understand the commandment I had flouted my entire life. The rabbis must have been onto the boy-girl dorm spell,

and enacted yichud to prevent it.

O-Week: Bodies layered on bodies, on booze, on weed, on juice, on sweat, on “Wrecking Ball” swarm around me in a sardinepacked frat. Hills of flesh covered by revealing spandex beg me to notice them. I came here with my house, figuring this was an important bonding activity and that frat parties are an important part of the American college experience. In this makeshift sauna, where the air is both visible and palpable, I feel my soul raped while my body remains untouched.

“I’m leaving. If I meet a guy here, he’s probably not going to be a quality one,” I say to my housemate.

“What if he just likes to have fun?” she responds.

“Well, this is not my type of fun,” I say, grabbing my sweater and heading toward the door.

On my way out, I notice a girl packed into her tight trousers like two generous scoops of ice cream. All dressed in black, she stands before me with dark skin, leggings, and an even darker accessory—a hijab. There she is in her religious head garb, and there I am in my knee-length skirt and long

Flowers, Putting our money where our mail is soup, and racism

sleeves. I can easily visualize her praying silently before she eats, like me, hardly moving her lips in order to remain unnoticed. I ponder whether she also claims to be professionally driven and yet sometimes wishes to be at home, singing tenderly to a child. If at times she also feels like her body is no longer hers, but a political arena, and yet, at other moments, loves the flow of fabric, the swinging long skirts, the enigma of stealthy skin.

Did she not feel as out of place as I do, or even more so? To an untrained eye I’m not wearing a visible symbol shouting, “Shalom! I’m an Orthodox Jew!”, but she is wearing one proclaiming her religious affiliation and the rules of modesty that usually follow. Would that man in the corner approach her from behind like he just did to two other girls? The scene before me was harder to grasp then any problem set here thus far.

I glance at my watch and remember it’s Friday and I have yet to read this week’s Torah portion. A little part of me wishes to invite the darkly clad stranger to join me in reading Genesis, back in my room.

Eliora Katz is a first-year in the College.

College mail can be put to much better use than lowering acceptance rates

Patrick Reilly Viewpoints Staff

Another’s experience does not invalidate your own Anna Moss Viewpoints Contributor I’m here to talk about flowers, soup, and racism.

Imagine that you and a friend are walking outside, and you see a big flower.

“Look at that big blue flower,” you say. Your friend replies, “It’s not blue; it’s purple.” You don’t think it looks purple at all; rather, you experience it as blue. The flower has some inherent hue that you and your friend are experiencing in different ways, and neither of you knows who is right.

By experiencing the flower as blue, you are not changing the intrinsic properties of the flower, and by experiencing it as purple, your friend is not changing the properties of the flower, either. If someone comes up to you and asks you what color the flower is, you can state your experience while appreciating your friend’s experience by saying, SOUP continued on page 6

I saw a lot of filing folders as a legal intern last summer, but none quite like my college mail folder.

Its contents range from bland postcards to a 69page full-color paperback, all screaming one common sentiment best captured by a letter dated April 17, 2010: “An impressive student like you will have many options for college.

All you need now is some inside information from the University of Scranton to help you get started!”

Scranton is interested in me!? thought my 15-yearold self, I’m flattered! My excitement was shortlived. As the trickle of mail became a flood sophomore year, I gradually realized that I had no interest in Scrantons of the world. I first tossed their mail into the folder unopened, then straight into the recycling bin.

I spared the Columbias and Cornells—schools that I already knew and to which I already wanted to apply—that could still ignite a spark of flattery.

Their brochures cover the

folder’s older mailings like a distinct, more recent geological stratum.

Ultimately, one of those elite schools won me over.

My college search focused strictly on the Northeast until Chicago sent me a postcard with my name printed in 72-point Gothic font: the opening salvo in a months-long barrage of UChicago mailings. Each letter and booklet piqued my interest a little bit more and convinced me to first look it up in The Princeton Review, then fly out to the Windy City to see for myself. It was love at first sight.

I suppose my experience proves that college mail serves a legitimate purpose, winning over students who otherwise wouldn’t consider a particular school. Yet why do schools on the level of UChicago even need to sell themselves so aggressively?

Shouldn’t reputation alone ensure a healthy crop of applicants? Yes, but College Confidential and other online forums show a consensus that these mailings serve another, more dubious purpose: leverage in the

annual jockeying atop the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Each year, Prestigious U buys millions of SAT–taker addresses from the College Board.

It promptly sends off flattering mailings to those students, knowing that the more who apply, the more it can reject, and the more “selective” it can appear for the number-crunchers at U.S. News. Putting that idea into practice, Stanford probably hoped that its

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shrink-wrapped “Wind of Freedom” pamphlet would produce another rejection (me), and another nudge toward beating out UChicago in the rankings.

Like so many shameless ploys these days, it’s tempting to dismiss this maneuver with a resigned shrug. However, as the

students in America’s high school class of 2015 prepare to begin their own college searches, we might instead suggest that UChicago’s marketing department pursue goals more in keeping with our stated values. On April 10, The New York Times published an intriguing little editorial entitled “From Poverty to a TopTier College,” which noted, “Because educational opportunity has much to do with upward mobility, it is distressing that low-income students who qualify for toptier colleges rarely end up there. Flummoxed by the admissions process and scared off by what they think will be unmanageable costs, many of these students settle for lesser colleges with lower graduation rates, less financial aid…and less marketable degrees.”

The article found hope in a University of Virginia study that mailed low-income, high-talent students personalized packets addressing these concerns and providing step-by-step guidance for the admissions process.

Students sent such a packet “were significantly more likely to apply to colleges matching their abilities than those who did not.”

The cost? About $6 per student.

Every college I applied to assured me that it dearly values community service and concern for others when evaluating applications. If colleges can recruit disadvantaged students so inexpensively, they need to put their money where their mail is and value them when soliciting applications.

Informational packets sent to underprivileged students might not always produce Horatio Alger stories of higher education.

Yet considering President Zimmer’s assertion that “each day, we work with students and parents of all backgrounds…to make sure that every family can afford a University of Chicago education,” they would certainly be a better use of marketing dollars than mass-mailed postcards destined to be tossed into a filing folder and forgotten.

Patrick Reilly is a first-year in the College.

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Diverging opinions over “racistness” should be treated with equal respect and consideration SOUP continued from page 5 “It looks blue to me, but my friend thinks it’s purple.”

Now imagine you’re at a restaurant, eating some soup. Your friend asks you how it is. You say, “It’s pretty good.” Your friend tastes it and cries, “This is disgusting!” How “good” or “bad” something tastes is relative: The soup doesn’t necessarily have an intrinsic quality of goodness or badness. By experiencing the soup as moderately good, you didn’t make it inherently good, and by experiencing it as very bad, your friend didn’t make it inherently bad. However, you can accept your friend’s experience and use that to make decisions.

You’re having a dinner party in a few weeks, and you were thinking about getting a big vat of this soup for the party, but now you’re reconsidering. Even though the soup isn’t inherently bad, and your experience is that the soup is actually pretty good, your friend’s experience was so much more extreme than yours that you decide it isn’t worth the risk: You don’t want half the people at your party to think the soup is pretty good, and the other half to be vomiting. Note, however, that the fact that your friend had a more extreme experience does not change the soup’s inherent goodness or badness—it just alters the choices that you make.

I argue that racism is just the same. Just as my experiencing that the soup is good doesn’t delegitimize your experience that the soup

is bad, my experience that something seems racist doesn’t delegitimize your experience that it doesn’t seem racist—and vice versa.

Whether “racistness” is something inherent in an action or object—like the color of a flower—or whether it is completely relative— like the goodness/badness of soup—is a matter for another essay. In both cases, the act of perceiving that an object has a certain quality does not imbue it with that quality.

Racistness, however, is often treated differently, as though it is different from any other property of things.

There was recently an argument amongst my housemates about a potential house T-shirt design. An artist friend of mine had drawn a typical old Western–style movie poster, and it included a Hispanic-looking cowboy in the desert. One of my housemates posted on Facebook (that most excellent forum for political discourse) that this shirt was patently racist. Many soon jumped on board, while others countered, arguing that the shirt was not racist, and that the artist certainly did not intend it to be racist. A firefight broke out. At one point, I was told, as I often have been, that it is morally wrong to tell someone that what they think is racist is not racist; if a single person declares that a thing is racist, then it becomes racist, and any opinion to the contrary is itself racist and delegitimizes the experience of those who experience it as racist.

More than a game Political science students should focus on policy, not politics Mattea Greene Viewpoints Contributor The professor is lecturing about nuclear deterrence—how it has developed, key insights and problems, and whether it contributes to a stable international system. Though this course, like many at the University of Chicago, is steeped in theory, the real-world implications are easy to see: The professor is offering his students a framework through which to understand the problems of the world they may one day be confronting.

Or at least, he would be, if anyone were listening. A few students are diligently taking notes, but many in the lecture are otherwise occupied. One student is reading a New York Times article about how the government shutdown is encouraging more Democrats to run for the House of Representatives. One student is refreshing Real Clear Politics, seemingly concerned about whether their aggregate polling data is changing minute to minute. Another is doing the same with The Cook Political Report, furiously searching for news on the special election in Florida’s thirteenth district.

Some might commend these students for paying attention to public affairs, when so many young people abstain from any form of civic engagement. Yet these students appear concerned with only one aspect of politics: who is winning. In a world where Nate Silver (A.B. ’00) is king of political nerds and complex debates must be condensed into 140-character tweets, this focus on winning rather than governing has become pervasive. On every news channel, conversations about the government shutdown centered on which party would receive the blame, rather than the shutdown’s impact or systemic causes. Conversations about technical issues with the healthcare.gov website revolve around how politically damaging this is for the President, rather than how to fix it or how to help the uninsured in the meantime. People treat government like fantasy football, keeping track of stats, wins, losses, and how to improve their team. Governance has gotten lost in

the mix.

This twisted view of politics as a game to be won, rather than a method of improving people’s lives, has spread to the University of Chicago. Political science students spend their time refreshing the latest poll data and waiting for political leaders to tweet. The Institute of Politics, though commendable in its efforts to bring the real world to students, has not helped prevent this; the mere fact that it is led by a political strategist, rather than a practitioner of policy or governance, shows where its focus lies. Events, such as the exhaustive, quarter-long review of the 2012 election that took place last winter quarter, give students an excellent understanding of how politics works. They do not, however, emphasize that the end goal of the political process is good policy.

They do not tell students interested in public service that the key word in that profession is “service.” They reinforce the dangerous notion that government is simply an arena for battles of pithy sound bites, rather than an institution for furthering the public interest.

Certainly students must be prepared to enter the political world as it is, rather than as it should be. This means that, yes, they should understand that politics is often treated as a game, and they should be able to win that game. However, there are enough poll junkies and ego robots on Capitol Hill already. The University of Chicago is known for focusing on theory and critical thinking. Though this may not seem practical, perhaps the broken institutions in Washington could use a few more critical thinkers. Encouraging students, both in the classroom and in extracurricular activities, to focus on the substance of government, rather than the superficial political competitions that play out on cable news, probably won’t change the world. But the least we can do is avoid being yet another source of mindless political hacks jockeying for a win. We should hold our students and graduates to a higher standard.

Mattea Greene is a fourth-year in the College majoring in political science.

And yet, we do not apply these criteria to any other qualities; rather, we accept that different people have different experiences—and that there may be no “right” perception. Just as soup does not become bad because somebody thinks it’s bad, something does not become racist just because somebody thinks it’s racist. If one were to argue that racistness is not relative, but is inherent in an object, like the color of a flower, the same still holds: the flower does not become purple because someone says that it is purple. It may have been purple all along, and we can test this by examining physical properties of the flower. We can’t do this with racism; there’s no agreed-upon metric to test what is racist. We can’t just assume that something is racist just because some people say that it is. What we can do is make decisions based on what we know; if we know that some people will perceive the soup as disgusting, we can choose not to serve it, and if we know that some people will perceive a shirt as racist, then we can choose not to wear it. The race of the perceiver doesn’t make a difference— everyone is entitled to their own opinions and experiences, regardless of race. To say that the validity of a person’s experience and opinion depends exclusively on her race (instead of on her prior experiences and logic) seems, well, racist. A person’s race does not magically give them the ability to

assign the quality of racistness to an object, and the dialogue on racism should not be open to some races and closed to others. We should be able to make choices that respect others’ experiences without discounting our own, which is something that the current discourse around racism does not allow.

Anna Moss is a fourth-year in the College majoring in linguistics.

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Aqua Tower architect brings North Campus home

Jeanne Gang has designed three new towers to replace Pierce, at heights of five, 11, and 15 stories.

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Justin Manley Maroon Contributor In July, Chicago-based architecture firm Studio Gang Architects unveiled renderings for its latest project, a new dormitory at the University of Chicago to replace Pierce Tower. The design is smart and thoughtful, responsive to

both the needs of the student residents and to the local context of the University and the Hyde Park neighborhood.

Since its founding in 1997 by principal architect Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects has produced significant theoretical and built works. The firm is known for its sensitivity to the cultural and historical context of its projects, as

it demonstrated with Hyderabad 02 in India and the Solar Carve Tower in New York City, currently under construction.

Gang’s keen understanding of the structural and aesthetic potential of materials is evidenced in the Aqua Tower downtown, the Arcus Center at Kalamazoo College, and the Nature Boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

The dormitory design features three tall buildings—five, 11, and 15 stories tall—with public and semi-public spaces on the ground floor and dormitory rooms and student common spaces above. The buildings are situated within a mixture of public and private park spaces that Gang has envisioned as an extension of the green spaces of the existing campus.

Gang’s design translates the social organization of the University’s house system into architectural form by imagining the core of each house as a literal three-story house. The three-story module derived from the suburban house becomes the social nucleus of each residential house. Each individual finished building—a complex of houses—results from a series of spatial operations on this center. First, dormitory rooms are added to both sides of the nucleus, extending the house into a long horizontal block; the buildings then rise up from the ground as an (almost) vertical stack of blocks. In Gang’s design, houses are stacked with a slight horizontal offset, rather than straight up. This offset of each house from its neighbors above and below embodies the differences between houses and their relationship to each other within the house system.

Other contemporary architecture firms, such as Herzog & de Meuron and SANAA, have explored the possibilities of irregularities in stacking floor plates.

Gang’s design distinguishes itself from these projects by the disciplined logic

of her application. Where Herzog & de Meuron and SANAA’s projects tend toward the arbitrary, Gang’s offset creates order.

Horizontal and vertical elements play tag-team, here connecting, there dividing, always reinforcing social organization. Each house is primarily horizontal. To balance this, Gang locates the vertical circulation for each house within a triple-height “house hub” at the center of each house that is meant to serve as the dominant social space.

On the outside, the facades of the two buildings located along University Avenue express elegantly the spatial organization within. Dorm room windows are tall, the glazing reaching continuously up the height of each house. Viewed together, the windows form a regular cartesian grid. Tracing the edges of the masonry framing the windows exposes a field of diagonals stretching the full height of each building. These diagonals proclaim the unity of the dorm as a whole. It is perhaps here, on the facade, that Gang manages to best capture the complex part-to-whole relationships between student, house, and dormitory.

Although it’s clear that Gang has attempted to organize the third and tallest building, situated along 55th Street, according to the same principles, compromises in the arrangement of the houses leave the facade graceless and opaque. Houses are staggered about a central vertical axis rather than along DORM continued on page 8

Holy Macklemore! Rapper gives three encores Ellen Rodnianski Arts Staff This past Monday Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, performed at the UIC Pavilion. All the seats were packed with excited college students as well as older fans who knew all the words to all of Macklemore’s songs. The openers for Macklemore were Big K.R.I.T. and Talib Kweli, who were good at achieving their goal of warming up the audience for Macklemore’s appearance on stage.

The concert reiterated to audience members that Macklemore creates at least some of his music in order to convey political messages.

Macklemore used anecdotes to introduce the first couple of songs; he introduced “Otherside,” which depicts an individual’s struggle with addiction and sobriety, by talking about his own personal struggle with drugs and alcohol. He advocated for sobriety by claiming he could only write music in a sober state. However, that wasn’t the only message Macklemore managed to convey throughout his concert.

His songs are pervaded by various political statements. For instance, Macklemore performed “Same Love”—which calls for LGBTQ rights—with the female vocalist Mary Lambert, whose appearance came as a pleasant surprise to the audience. Another song with a clear political message was “Wing$,” the lyrics of which talk about the

dangers of a materialistic society through a child’s passion for pricey sneakers. This is an ironic song for Macklemore, considering that “Thrift Shop,” which he performed third, is his most widely played song, with almost 450 million views on YouTube.

Most of the songs Macklemore performed were from The Heist, with a few notable exceptions, such as “Irish Celebration,” which entailed Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, and a few of the musicians on stage waving the Irish flag. At this point the stage colors changed into the national colors of Ireland—green, white, and orange. At another point during the concert, Macklemore claimed that although rappers in the past have been famous for being able to freestyle, that trend is now dying away. This seemingly spontaneous reflection prompted him to freestyle and record his own voice on loop.

Another memorable moment during the concert was Macklemore’s prolonged story in which he described his clothes being stolen as he swam in Lake Michigan naked.

The story ended with an old lady taking Macklemore to a thrift store, which functioned as the perfect transition into a performance of the wildly popular tune. Wanz was featured in performance as another surprise for the audience.

The concert was not only rich for those who like to listen; there was a lot to see, too. The stage was decorated to resemble a living

Macklemore performed Monday night wearing a wig and Bulls jersey. “And I can’t change,” said the rapper, age 30.

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room with a sofa in the back for the first couple of songs. And the video screen behind Ryan Lewis occasionally showed lyrics and videos that accompanied Macklemore’s performance.

The show was also, to an extent, interactive; the crowd on the dance floor got to play with giant orange balloons and was showered with confetti.

Throughout most of the concert Macklemore was dressed in a Bulls jersey, although he did have a few costume changes and additions, like when he wore a wig to perform “And We Danced.” The stage was made up of two levels, the top one being the DJ stand at which Ryan Lewis stood. The staircases were occupied by musicians with various instruments, including

violins and trumpets. The lower level was where Macklemore spent most of the concert. To the delight of all the people in the front rows of general admissions, Macklemore did a standing semicrowd-surf. The various aspects of the performance resulted in a concert that spurred the audience to request three encores—a good sign for any musician.

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At Logan, artist presents on mixed-race identity

Kip Fulbeck came to campus as part of OMSA’s Heritage Series to discuss his work. Note that this is not him on the cover of his book.

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Andrew McVea Maroon Contributor The Logan Center Performance Hall was filled with a spread-out yet buzzing crowd.

Small groups sat in the back and front, but there were some individuals with whole rows to themselves. Speaking as part of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs’ Heritage

Old houses, new towers on University DORM continued from page 7 a diagonal. The resulting zig-zag pattern lacks the sense of resolution and integrity of the diagonal of the other two buildings. More seriously, the heavy spandrels marking every floor plate—rather than every third—obscure the organization of the building into houses. The resulting façade is neither appealing nor descriptive.

The void between the three buildings generates another powerful diagonal connecting the proposed plaza at East 55th Street and South University Avenue to the Smart Museum, one block over. Gang has promoted this diagonal pathway as a connective thoroughfare uniting the new complex of buildings north of East 56th Street to the older quads to the south. Yet upon reaching East 56th Street this vector runs straight into a four-story building: the Max Palevsky Residential Commons. In order to continue to the main campus, pedestrians must retrace their steps east to find an aperture between Max Palevsky East and Central that serves as a back entrance to Bartlett quad.

This zig-zag makes the diagonal a poor connection to the central campus. Instead, the strength of this diagonal is its east-west link, uniting the new dormitory complex with the Smart Museum, Court Theatre, and, on the other side of East 56th Street, Ratner Athletics Center. Gang’s pathway will create an integrated quad that will serve as an anchor on the north end of campus.

On the whole, Studio Gang Architects’ designs are a sensitive response to the social organization of the dormitory system and to the location.

Architecture lovers should keep their fingers crossed that, as the building process enters its next phase, the building itself will stay true to the best parts of this design, becoming a structure that is elegant on the outside and mindful of those within.

Justin Manley writes about architecture at outoftheyards.com and tweets at @outoftheyards.

Series, artist Kip Fulbeck took the stage to a smattering of applause. The topic of Fulbeck’s talk dealt with the artist’s identity as hapa, a term that refers to someone of mixed heritage who has one parent of Asian descent. Fulbeck’s mother is Cantonese, while his father is a mix of Welsh, Irish, and English heritage.

Fulbeck is most famous for The Hapa

Project. Since 2001, Fulbeck has been traveling across America, taking photos of people who identify as hapa and then asking them to identify their heritage and respond to the question, “What are you?” From an original group of 1,200 people, Fulbeck chose the portraits and responses of 100 people and compiled them into the book Part Asian, 100% Hapa.

In his book, Fulbeck employs a minimalist style in his photographs. The subjects were photographed from the shoulders up, straight-on at their faces, in front of a plain white background. No clothes, jewelry, or makeup are present in the photos, and the participants were discouraged from smiling.

Their pictures were then displayed above the handwritten responses of the participants, which ranged from humorous one-liners to profound statements of personal identity.

Perhaps the most famous response, and the inspiration for the book title, is the statement, “I am 100 percent black and I am 100 percent Japanese.” The Hapa Project is still going on today and continues to grow. People interested in being a part of the project can submit photos at seaweedproductions.com.

Fulbeck also discussed his two other books of photography, Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids and Permanence: Tattoo Portraits. The most moving and surprising moments of the evening came from his discussion of the latter. While it did include tattoos acquired from late-night drinking and the ink of a few famous rock stars, there were also photos of former gang members who are marked for life by their past deeds, and the ID number on the arm of an Auschwitz survivor. Whereas much of the talk up until then had dealt with how race influences personal identity, this section focused more on the experiences of individuals and how events can shape a

person not only physically, as shown by the tattoos, but also mentally, through changing self-perception.

After he finished talking about his photography, Fulbeck showed one of his short films, Lilo & Me. The film is autobiographical and deals with the artist’s realization that every non-white character in a Disney film looks similar to him. The film was light, with Fulbeck’s exuberant personality shining through, especially in scenes in which he joked with his mother about suing Disney and showed pictures of his childhood, comparing them to Lilo from Lilo and Stitch and every single Native American in Pocahontas. However, it felt like the film merely scratched the surface of the issues of place and identity he had explored earlier with The Hapa Project. While his humor could be engaging, it took away from the overall message of the film.

The lecture ended with one of his poems, entitled “My World.” The poem was essentially a five-minute-long list of things that would fit in his ideal world, some keeping to the theme of identity and belonging, and some deviating to other topics, including higher education. While the poem itself was interesting, especially the parts that drew from his own experience of feeling alienated from his cultural heritages, his performance of the poem fell short. He spoke so quickly that it was difficult for any of his ideas to sink in, and he tripped over his own words as he went.

Fulbeck was most successful when he focused on large groups of people as opposed to himself and his personal identity as hapa.

The main strength of his performance was in the photos and the stories of the people he interviewed for his books on photography, which conveyed beautifully both the diversity and the unifying humanity among all the people represented.

More pressing issues: leaf it to me Will Dart Arts Editor The gales of November have come early.

Yes, Jack Frost has long since gone by with his magic paintbrush, and soon it will be time to don knitted caps and light the Yule goat. But before we resign ourselves to another four months of darkness, why not pack a little of the fall season away for a while? Come the long, cold nights of winter, you may well be glad you’ve got some friendly autumn color secreted away to remind you that all winters must end, and that the dream of spring quarter is just around the bend. So, as the incomparable Robin Williams famously advised, let’s gather our rosebuds while we may. Or in this case, let’s gather our leaves.

At this point, the sidewalks around campus are pleasantly slippery with fallen leaves, but the quads are still a great front-loading washing machine of gorgeous fall foliage.

The maples by the administration building are displaying a particularly lovely shade of red. Of course, variety is just as important as hue, so we must be sure to incorporate the full range of aspens, elders, and oaks that currently dot the campus. Don’t neglect pines either; a few choice needles will spruce up your leaf catalog, and they can also be used to brew an invigorating tea—never get caught unprepared when Bear Grylls comes over for a cuppa.

Once you’ve successfully identified your tree (or just picked one that looks nice), it’s time to begin the collection process. Not so fast, eager beaver—those leaves on the ground are no good. You want only the freshest and most pristine specimens for your collection. For that, you’ll need to pick them directly off the branch. Of course, each tree has its own

You can’t be a sitting duck when it comes to leaf collecting.

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temperament, running the gamut from cordial to malevolent, depending on type, age, and season. For beginners, I would recommend starting with a good, friendly maple. Oaks tend to be surlier and should be approached with due caution. Making sure that the tree’s back is turned, pluck the leaf by pinching the stem, then run quickly in the opposite direction.

Now that you’ve got your colorful catch, it’s time to press your leaves. First, place each leaf between two paper towels, being careful not to stack or overlap leaves, and iron each side for about five minutes, or until the leaf is sufficiently dry. Some leaves might not survive this process, but don’t worry, there are literally dozens more outside.

Place your dried leaf between two sheets of wax paper. Covering the sheets with a paper bag, iron each side again for 25 minutes,

just enough to seal the wax together. Once the sheets have cooled, cut around your leaf, making sure to leave enough wax at the edges to create a seal. Voilà—fresh-pressed leaves that will retain their color and sheen for months. Put these in your scrapbook, send them along in Christmas cards, or post them up on a corkboard to admire throughout the season.

Although Frisbee weather has passed, leaf collection remains a great excuse to get outside, breathe crisp air, and generally feel like Henry David Thoreau. Keeping an up-to-date leaf log will not only help you to hone your clearly burgeoning creative sensibilities; it will also help to ward off Cabin Fever, by which I mean the terrible Eli Roth film from 2002 (you’ll be too busy pressing leaves to watch it).

Happy hunting to all!

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | ARTS | November 8, 2013

Friday | November 8 If you didn’t get tickets for Fall Formal or if that’s just not your thing, consider doing something different and head to Pilsen for Second Fridays Gallery Night, hosted by the Chicago Arts District. You’ll be just as classy, browsing through unique and diverse pieces of art, chatting with artists at their open houses, and enjoying some wine and cheese—the epitome of chic. Look forward to a night of exploration, art appreciation, and plenty of memories. If the light refreshments don’t hold you over, feel free to venture into the vibrant Pilsen neighborhood for some stick-toyour-ribs Mexican fare. South Halsted and West 18th Streets, 6–10 p.m., free.

If you haven’t seen theater on campus yet this quarter, today is the day to do it. You won’t want to miss Hedda Gabler, put on by University Theater/ Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS). This play, originally written in 1890 by Henrik Ibsen, is brought to life once again by director (and thirdyear) James Fleming and a dedicated cast and crew.

Full of drama, love, secrets, and tragedy, Hedda Gabler will undoubtedly keep you engaged and entertained, as well as enhance your appreciation for the outstanding theatrical talent of your fellow UChicago students. Logan Center, Theater East 127, 7:30 p.m., $6 in advance, $8 at the door.

Saturday | November 9 No, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you; stores really are already filling their display windows with wreaths, bells, and everything holiday-related. To get into the spirit of the festivities (as early as it may be), come out to the Third Annual Wilder Mansion Holiday Market in the western suburb of Elmhurst. The free event, which will take place at the Wilder Mansion, is your one-stop shop for all your holiday gift needs, from handbags to jewelry to food products. Even if you’re holding off on Christmas shopping, don’t be surprised if you find that perfect keepsake for Aunt Sally.

Over 50 food vendors and local artists will have products on offer. 211 South Prospect Avenue, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., free.

Looking to delve deeper into the classics, such as The Golden Bowl, Pride and Prejudice, Ulysses, and Middlemarch? Don’t miss Forms of Fiction: The Novel in English, a literary event full of readings, panels, and lectures from distinguished writers and academics from across the country and around the world. Although Saturday is the third and final day, there’s still plenty going on, including two panels on The Golden Bowl and Ulysses, centered around topics such as “Ulysses: Epic or Novel?” and “The Golden Bowl: Unintended Empires.” Duke University’s Fredric Jameson will give a lecture on “The Persistence of Narrative,” and a reception will follow the event.

Lunch is provided, but advance registration is requested. Logan Center, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., free.

Get ready to par-tay with a crowd of intelligent, passionate, and just plain fun people at The Point magazine’s Issue 7 Release Party. If you’ve never read the diverse and thoughtful essays of this biannual journal, be sure to pick up the brandspanking-new (not to mention discounted) Issue 7 at the event. Join subscribers, writers, staff, and

fanatics of The Point at the Bridgeport Art Center for an exciting night of meeting and mingling, with DJs dropping beats in the background. Chicago’s “rock ’n’ soul” band, The O’My’s, will also be performing: Don’t miss it. Be sure to RSVP on the Facebook event page, as names will be verified prior to entry. 1200 West 35th Street, 8:30 p.m.–2 a.m., $5 suggested donation, or free with purchase of the $10 magazine.

Sunday | November 10 As part of the Britten Festival series put on by The University of Chicago Presents, Spektral Quartet will be performing at the Logan Center.

One of the UChicago department of music’s ensemble-in-residences, this dynamic foursome includes Aurelien Fort Pederzoli, Austin Wulliman, Doyle Armbrust, and Russell Rolen.

Be prepared to behold the brilliant unity of the stringed instruments and energetic, passionate playing as the quartet performs pieces by Britten, Adès, Ferneyhough, and Bartok. Logan Center, 3 p.m., free with UCID.

Though seasons change, veggies remain Kirsten Gindler Maroon Contributor Autumn is a transitional season in Chicago; the weather bounces constantly between the 60s and the 30s, summertime tans fade into the Reg’s pale shadows, and fresh fruits and vegetables— warm-weather diet staples—suddenly become luxury items. Luckily for Chicagoans, there is a wide variety of fresh produce available throughout fall in the upper Midwest. This list includes apples, brussel sprouts, carrots, garlic, greens, mushrooms, pears, potatoes, and squash, among other items. In celebration of the flavors of the season, here are a few of my favorite fall recipes—great on their own, and even better served together.

Kale Salad with Tahini Lemon Dressing This salad features kale, a leafy vegetable that is available year-round but most tender when harvested during cooler months. When carrots, roasted corn, and roasted pumpkin seeds are added, the dish becomes a seasonal treat.

Ingredients: Salad: 1 bag frozen whole kernel corn, thawed and rinsed

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 head kale, de-stemmed and finely chopped 1/2 cup carrots, shredded or finely chopped Dressing: 1 lemon, juiced 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 3 tablespoons tahini paste 4 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons olive oil sugar, salt, and pepper to taste Topping: 1 cup raw pumpkin seeds 2 teaspoons olive oil pinch of salt Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Toss pumpkin seeds in a bowl with olive oil and salt. Spread on baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Heat medium skillet, then add oil and corn. Cook until kernels are slightly browned.

Remove from heat and let cool.

3. Make dressing by whisking together all ingredients until smooth. Add water if consistency is too thick. Add sugar, salt, and freshly ground pepper to taste.

4. Combine kale, carrots, and corn in serving

Kale Salad with Tahini Lemon Dressing, plus raw pumpkin seeds.

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bowl. Pour dressing on top and use hands to toss salad, massaging dressing into the kale leaves.

Let sit for at least 30 minutes. Top with roasted pumpkin seeds before serving.

Quinoa and Sausage–Stuffed Acorn Squash The nutty flavor of quinoa pairs well with pepper and sausage to make a great filling for sweet winter squash. When baked, the flavors from the filling and glaze are infused into the squash, resulting in a beautiful, and delicious, main dish.

Quinoa and Sausage–Stuffed Acorn Squash, with real sausage but not real acorns.

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Ingredients: 2 medium acorn squash 1/3 cup quinoa 1 pound sweet Italian sausage (casing removed) 1 cup broth (chicken or vegetable) 1 red bell pepper, diced 1 small red onion 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 2 teaspoons honey 2 teaspoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons cold butter, cubed Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice squash in half from top to bottom and de-seed.

Brush inside of squash with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Roast on baking sheet with cut side down until caramelized and tender (approximately 35–40 minutes).

2. Prepare quinoa by bringing the broth to a boil in a medium saucepan with lid. Stir in quinoa, cover, reduce heat to medium, and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir well to absorb extra liquid, turn off heat, and cover.

3. Heat one teaspoon of olive oil in medium skillet. Add sausage and sauté, using a spatula to cut sausage into smaller pieces. After five minutes, add garlic, bell pepper, salt, cinnamon, and thyme. Cook for an additional three minutes. Add quinoa, stirring well; turn off heat.

4. In a small saucepan, heat balsamic vinegar and three tablespoons of water. Simmer until sauce is reduced by half, then remove from heat and add honey, lemon juice, and cold butter cubes. Stir until butter melts.

5. Transfer squash halves to a baking pan and fill each with an even amount of the quinoa and sausage mixture. Glaze the top of each squash half with a drizzle of the balsamic reduction.

Bake in oven at 400 degrees for an additional 15 minutes.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | November 8, 2013

Elmhurst up next after Wheaton loss Wash U and Emory biggest threats in tourney Wrestling Adam Freymiller Maroon Contributor Following last weekend’s losses against Northwestern and Stevens Tech, Chicago fell to Wheaton 27–11 in a dual meet last night.

The South Siders’ record dropped to 0–3.

Though Wheaton’s 16–point win appeared dominant, four of the 10 matches came down to two points or less.

First-year Charlie Banaszak provided the Maroons’ biggest win of the night, taking a 17–2 technical fall victory at 141 pounds. Fourth-year Jeff Tyburski also won his bout with a third-period pin in the heavyweight class.

Banaszak and Tyburski were the only Maroons to record wins.

It’s still early on in the season, but the Maroons were disappointed to lose to a team they have defeated in dual meets during the last few seasons. Even so, head coach Leo Kocher (M.B.A. ’87) was aware of the threat the Thunder posed to his squad.

“Wheaton just completed a tournament where it had three champions and two third placers. We need to knock off a couple of good

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wrestlers to beat them,” he said before the meet.

In the end, Chicago wasn’t able to to get those victories, but it is still optimistic about its prospects this season, and many of the older wrestlers are focussing on the experience the firstyears will gain in these early season meets.

“Our first-years look really tough and are improving really well,” second-year Gabe Martinez said. “Personally, I like to see that. I’m sure we can start things off well in these meets.”

Chicago will face the Elmhurst Bluejays (0–0) next in an away meet on Saturday at noon. Elmhurst is a familiar foe, as the Maroons played the team last year, losing 32–3.

The Bluejays enjoyed a very successful 2012-13 season, and are currently ranked second (per the October 14 NCAA Division III rankings).

After compiling a 12–1 overall record, Elmhurst finished second in both the NCAA Midwest Regionals and NCAA Division III Championships in Iowa.

However, the graduation of many of the Bluejays wrestlers could increase the parity of the competition

on Saturday, according to second-year wrestler Mike Matlaga.

“Elmhurst graduated a lot of guys last year. It’s like it’s a completely different team, whereas we didn’t graduate as many,” he said.

“It’ll still be good, but it’s a more level playing field than last year.”

Matlaga also expounded upon his outlook for the entire season and beyond.

“We’re a pretty young team, with hardly any fourth-years and a lot of first-years. We’ll improve a lot between now and the end of the season, and build upon our youth in seasons to come,” he said.

“Each of our firstyears has someone in their weight class to learn from, so it’s good to have that mentoring process,” second-year Steven Franke said.

Certainly, strong individual and team results in the two upcoming meets will turn these next few days into a point of inflection on the graph of this young team’s season, with significantly positive end behavior.

The Maroons head to Elmhurst, IL this Saturday.

The meet is scheduled to begin at noon.

since it is out of our control.”

It’s difficult not to think about this possibility, especially in one’s last go-round with the team. But DelZenero, along with the rest of the Maroons, knows that they must focus on this weekend first.

“We know that we’re capable of doing some big things this weekend, but we need to stick to our game plan and play as a team, not as individuals,” she said. “I think we’ve all been look-

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teams. We have a really strong desire, and everyone can’t wait until Saturday to show the kind of soccer game that we are capable of playing,” assistant coach Mike Madero said.

As can be expected of two teams with similar records in the same conference, both teams are also close on paper.

“We match up quite evenly in many respects: We both have some very technical players, and we both like to move the ball around. Neither team is especially big, but we are both very competitive and have fought some really hard games this year right down to the last minute,”

Madero said. “There is no one on this current team that has beaten Wash U, so there are more than a few guys that want to put an end to that statement.”

The Bears are quite young, anchored by 19 first-years out of their 38-member squad. Chicago will be careful against particularly dangerous players on the Bears, notably fourth-year forward Jeremy Kirkwood, who was named first-team All-UAA in 2012 and has been named a UAA Offensive Athlete of the Week.

The action kicks off this Saturday, where the Maroons will be hosting the Bears at Stagg Field at 11 a.m.

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Chicago will play its first match in the tournament today against Rochester at noon. After that, its next matchup depends on whether it wins or loses. More play will happen at either 4 or 6 p.m. on Friday evening. If the Maroons win, they take on the winner of a match between NYU and Carnegie. If they lose, it’s the defeated team of that matchup for the South Siders.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | November 8, 2013

Chicago to close regular season against No. 1 Wash U Women’s Soccer 2013 UAA Standings

Fourth-year forward Natalia Jovanovic races to the ball during a game against Carnegie Mellon last season.

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Tatiana Fields Associate Sports Editor As they approach the end of a solid season, the Maroons’ final game will be their toughest yet.

Chicago (11–3–3) will take on No. 1 Wash U (16–1–0) at home today at Senior Night. Though the team will have its work cut out for it as it faces the top DIII team in the country,

the South Siders have high hopes for their last matchup.

Chicago has been playing particularly well through this final stretch of the season, with four wins out of its last five games. The Maroons are coming off a win over NYU and a tie against Brandeis last weekend, bringing the team to third in the UAA. The South Sider defense has remained

sturdy throughout the season, with six shutouts and 13 games in which the opposing team was held to one goal or fewer. Though the team’s offense went through a small slump in the middle of the season, it has remained fairly consistent overall and has particularly found its stride these last couple matches.

“We have had a really strong season this year,”

said first-year midfielder Lily Wolfenzon. “We have had several unfortunate injuries to some of our core players, but we have managed to pull through and win some really important games.”

The Maroons hope to continue this trend and defeat the seemingly infallible Wash U. The Bears are undefeated in the UAA and have only lost one game all

Conf.

Pts

All

Win %

Wash U

6–0–0

18

16–1–0

0.941

Emory

5–1–0

15

13–3–1

0.794

Chicago

3–1–2

11

11–3–3

0.735

Carnegie

3–2–1

10

9–3–2

0.714

Brandeis

1–3–2

5

9–6–2

0.588

Rochester 1–3–2

5

6–6–4

0.500

NYU

0–4–2

2

7–7–3

0.500

Case

0–5–1

1

8–9–1

0.472

season, often defeating opponents by three goals or more. They are also equally strong defensively, shutting out 14 of 17 games.

However, Chicago is looking to finish with the best possible record to help its bid to the NCAA tournament, and a win over Wash U would definitely aid its chances. The South Siders will rely on thirdyear midfielder Sara Kwan, fourth-year midfielder Micaela Harms, and fourthyear forward Natalia Jovanovic to spearhead the team’s offense. With Wash U’s potent offense, thirdyear goalkeeper Jacinda Reid will also be especially important to the team.

“Because Wash U will be playing with a sweeper and a stopper in the defense, we are really looking to exploit the wide space on the field that will be open,” Wolfenzon said. “We are planning

to just go out there and fight as a team and leave it all on the field and get that win.”

In addition to tonight’s game being crucial for conference standing, it is also Senior Night. For a good portion of the team, including team captains Beatrice Hobson, Kelsey Peterson, and Jovanovic, this will be their last game played on Stagg Field.

“We are so sad to see all nine of our seniors ending their final season,” Wolfenzon said. “The team will most definitely not be the same without them next year. They have all impacted this team in numerous ways, and we are so thankful for each of them. We will be playing for them today for our last home game all together.”

The Maroons kick off against the Bears at 1:30 p.m. today at Stagg Field.

UAA hopes on the line against Carnegie Mellon at home

Team to get early look at conference rivals

Football

Swimming

Sam Zacher Associate Sports Editor Now, it’s do-or-die time.

Chicago (5–3, 0–1 UAA) will take on Carnegie Mellon (3–5, 0–1) at home this weekend, and the Maroons must win to remain hopeful of a UAA title.

Last weekend, the South Siders lost to Case (4–3, 1–0) with a score of 16–3.

“We have to improve on responding to adversity,” said second-year defensive back Vincent Beltrano. “When our backs are up against the wall, we must find ways to get ourselves out of trouble [and] find ways to win. No one facet of the team— offense, defense, special teams— is solely the blame. Football is the ultimate team game.”

Beltrano had one of the two interceptions by the Maroons last week, who feature a defense that has played solidly.

On the other hand, the offense hasn’t played as well, but as Beltrano said, it takes a whole team to win or lose a game.

However, the offense will have to come alive in the last two weeks of the season against Carnegie and Wash U. With only a three-game

2013 UAA Standings Conf.

All

Win %

Wash U

1–0

6–2

0.750

Case

1–0

4–3

0.571

Chicago

0–1

5–3

0.625

Carnegie

0–1

3–5

0.375

conference slate, it’s tough to lose a game and still have a shot at winning the UAA. But, Chicago’s chance isn’t gone; it must beat the Tartans and Bears in the final two weeks in addition to hoping for a Case loss.

“We’re making sure we have the mental side of it down,” Beltrano said. “Going back through the fundamentals and day one things. The effort is there, but effort is nothing without execution.”

UAA conference play is shaping up to be very defensive. Carnegie lost to Wash U last week by a score of 9–7, and Case defeated Chicago 16–3. Those scores wouldn’t be too eye-opening if you didn’t know that prior to UAA play, Carnegie averaged 23 points per game on offense with 25 given up on defense, Wash U averaged 20 per game on offense with 13 given up on defense, and Case was scoring over 21 while giving up 27 per game.

“We are playing two teams that want to line up against you and wear you down. Carnegie and Wash U are two very balanced teams that have played us tough in recent years. If we go out, execute, play our game, have fun and give 100 percent we will have an opportunity to win,” Beltrano said.

Chicago will have to step up the offense this weekend after scoring 6 and 3 points, respectively, in its last two games.

The Maroons must also hope for Case to lose its final two games, because if the Spartans have a 2–1 record, they will hold the tiebreaker against Chicago.

“All the teams in the UAA are very sound teams, so if we can limit our mistakes and play our style of football we will be fine,” said second-year receiver Sam Coleman .

Chicago kicks off against Carnegie at noon on Saturday at Stagg Field.

Russell Mendelson Sports Staff The Maroons face off against Wash U in their only UAA meet of the season. The Bears are arguably Chicago’s biggest ri val within the conference.

“I think overall one of the biggest challenges will be simply competing against our rivals, because there is this added pressure to hold them off,” first-year Maya Scheidl said.

“I know the past two years we have swam well against them, so we have to give it our all and defend our record, especially since they are traveling to our home pool.”

So far this season, rookie Maroons have made significant contributions to the team’s overall success. In its meet against Wheaton last weekend, Chicago had seven different first-years win at least one event out of the 15 unique team members who did.

A few Maroons expressed the importance of the new members to this year’s squad including second-year Karen Chu, who credited the firstyears’ talent thus far. However, Chu was quick to add that any success would be due to the input of the whole team.

Coming into this meet, the Maroons may be suffering from both physical and mental exhaustion. This will be the third weekend in a row in

which Chicago will be competing.

Additionally, like all college athletes, the swimmers must find time for schoolwork.

“Lately we have been doing a lot of high–intensity strength and power work, and so I think in general our biggest challenge will be to overcome the fatigue that has developed over the past few weeks,” first-year Jeremy Estes said.

Estes also mentioned how this fatigue may have already been visible when the Maroons were in Wheaton last Saturday.

“As the season progresses, the most beneficial thing I can do is to stay on top of my academics and thereby prevent myself from stressing out, which has negative consequences in the pool,” Estes said.

From the statistics, specifically their success in relays, and from talking to the swimmers, it is clear that this is a tightknit team.

“Relays are my favorite event to swim, because I always split faster times than my individuals knowing that my teammates are directly dependent on me. We are a very supportive team, and I love being a part of something that seems to make more of an impact than my individual races,” Sheidl said.

The Maroons take on the Bears tomorrow at 1 p.m. at home in the Myers-McLoraine Pool.

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Maroons to face Bears in NCAA decider Men’s Soccer 2013 UAA Standings Conf.

Pts

All

Win %

Rochester 4–1–1

13

12–2–2

0.812

Carnegie

4–1–1

13

11–2–2

0.800

Emory

4–1–1

13

11–5–1

0.676

Chicago

3–3–0

9

9–5–2

0.625

Wash U

2–2–2

8

9–4–3

0.656

Brandeis

2–3–1

7

13–4–1

0.750

Case

1–4–1

4

6–6–4

0.500

NYU

0–5–1

1

6–7–3

0.469

David Gao Maroon Contributor

The women’s volleyball team is competing at the UAA championship this weekend as the first seed. Above, second-year Maren Loe readies herself to receive the ball during a game in late October.

STEPHANIE KOCH | MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Bronagh Daly Maroon Contributor The Maroons (23–10, 6–1 UAA) flew out yesterday to Waltham, MA for the UAA Championships at Brandeis.

The South Siders will play their first match this afternoon against Rochester, a team they beat 3–0 on October 5 at the first UAA Round Robin.

Rochester (8–25, 0–7) is the eighth seed in this weekend’s tournament, which features eight teams. Chicago is the top seed. But even with that difference in ranking, Chicago is not taking this

game lightly.

“We need to start off strong if we want to then see the four or five seed, and then after play in the championships this Saturday,” said fourth-year setter Nikki DelZenero.

This game will be slightly different from the rest played in the Maroon’s regular season, as it is the furthest east that the team has ventured.

“Typically we get to fly out for a couple tournaments due to the UAA universities being spread out across the country, but this year we only fly once.

That’s another reason to be excited—it’s something a little different and it motivates

us to play better,” DelZenero said.

With this added excitement, the team has been preparing for what could be their fourth-years’ final match.

And after a disappointing loss against DePauw this past weekend during the Benedictine Tournament, the Maroons have come together as a team all the more to make this Friday’s match count.

“We had a great practice week the past few days and have been very competitive with one another,” DelZenero said.

This match’s outcome, however, is not all that could be on

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the horizon for the South Siders in the near future.

“We’re [also] really excited for this weekend as it is a huge opportunity to play some great competition and potentially get an automatic bid to NCAAs,” DelZenero said.

And yet, she still understands the enormity of the task ahead.

“Although we would like to ideally get an automatic bid to the tournament, last week we still had a pretty good regional ranking,” she said. “This puts us in a good position for an at-large bid—regardless, we don’t like to count on that, VBALL continued on page 10

The Maroons now rank dead-center in the UAA with a conference record of 3–3 and overall record of 9–5–2. Their hopes of being selected for the NCAA DIII tournament rest on their final regular-season game against the Wash U Bears (9–4–3, 2–2–2 UAA).

The No. 19-ranked Bears sit right behind Chicago in the UAA standings. Both teams are playing to make the tournament, which begins on November 15. Teams with nine and 10 wins are generally on the cusp of being selected for the tournament, with four 9-win and three 10-win teams playing in the 2013 tournament. Historically, Chicago has just barely missed the cutoff, its last tournament appearance being in 2009 on a 12–3–3 record.

Currently at nine wins, Chicago is looking to strengthen its standing to ensure selection into the tournament. After last weekend, when the Maroons went 1–1 in two UAA

conference games, the upcoming match has become vital for both the Maroons and their opponents.

“It was a tough result to swallow at this point in the year, but now we are just focused on Wash U next weekend,” said third-year forward and captain Kyle Kurfirst.

“We will watch film and learn from Sunday, but now Wash U is the priority. We still are in the hunt for a tournament bid, but next weekend is a mustwin for us.”

Both player and coach demonstrated similar mentalities and lines of thinking.

“I don’t think there is any lack of motivation after our disappointing loss to Brandeis.

We do not want this to be our seniors’ last game, and we have been on a mission since we just missed out on a NCAA berth last year. As demonstrated by our [wins] against [No. 8] Wheaton (15–3–1), [No. 12] Rochester (12–2–2), and [No. 13] Carnegie Mellon (11–2– 2) this year, we know we are capable of beating the very best SOCCER continued on page 10

taking a look at the week’s key storylines

Maroons hope to take rivals’ tournament spot

Win, loss, win, loss, win, loss. That’s been men’s soccer’s UAA campaign so far. If the pattern holds, Chicago will enjoy a win against No. 19 Wash U tomorrow in its final game of the regular season. But the inconsistency remains a worry. Which Maroon team is going to show up, the one that toppled No. 12 Rochester and No. 13 Carnegie Mellon or the one that lost 2–0 to Emory and 4–0 to Case Western? A win would take Chicago’s conference record up to 4–3, not overly impressive in its own right, but those four wins will have all come against nationally ranked teams. This isn’t just a conference showdown. It’s an NCAA tournament decider.

Offense ready for explosion

After averaging 23.5 points per game in its first six games this season, football has scored only nine points in its last two. The defense has, for the most part, been very strong, and the first round of UAA play last week saw only 35 total points. Tomorrow’s opponent, Carnegie Mellon, contributed seven of those.

On the face of it, then, this should be another defensive game. But the Tartans’ offensive showing last week was also something of a letdown for a team that has scored over 20 points seven times this season. Clearly, both of these teams have offensive talent. The question is which one will live up to that talent tomorrow afternoon.

women’s

Best team in the country in town again

A month ago tomorrow, women’s soccer held then–No. 1 Wheaton to a 1–1 tie. Tomorrow, the Maroons face the current No. 1 team in the country, Wash U, in their final conference game of the season. A win will give Chicago a huge opportunity to secure an NCAA tournament berth. Even a tie, given several impressive results against ranked teams already this year, could be enough. The key for the Maroons, who sit third in the UAA, will be to finish conference play ahead of No. 23 Carnegie Mellon, who sits at fourth. Chicago will gain some encouragement from the fact that the Tartans face a difficult test as well, against No. 8 Emory, but the Maroons will be eager to earn a spot in the tournament on their own merit, not because of the failure of their rivals.

Chicago out to justify seed

Volleyball enters the UAA Championships this weekend as the No. 1 seed for the first time in the program’s history. Of the eight teams in the UAA, however, the Maroons are not ranked highest nationally. Chicago is ranked 20th, Wash U is eighth, and Emory is sixth. The Maroons hold the No. 1 seed in the conference thanks to victories against Wash U and Emory at the UAA Round Robins earlier in the season, but they will be under no illusions about the size of the task ahead of them if they are to win the conference title. They were underdogs when they beat Emory and Wash U for the first time this year, so any element of surprise they had back then will be gone. Chicago is going to have to adapt quickly to its new favorite tag.

Young South Siders take on conference rivals

The future is very bright for the aquatic Maroons. In last week’s meet at Wheaton, the men’s team won eight races, and all Chicago victors were first- and second-years; the women, also impressive, won five races, all with first- and second-years. Wash U will host the young South Siders at their first two-team meet and first UAA competition of the season. Last season, the Maroons handily defeated Wash U in their head-to-head matchup by a score of 175–119, so even though many of the young South Siders weren’t around last year, they’ll be aiming to re-create that result.

—the Sports Editors