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Law students take second look at 1994 murder case Joy Crane Grey City Editor
The women’s volleyball team won their first UAA Championship in a 3–1 game against Emory on Saturday. Above, the girls celebrate as the referee awards them the final point.
Seventeen years after his sentencing, death row inmate Stanley Jalowiec may clear his name, thanks to the efforts of the Law School’s Exoneration Project. On April 11, 1996, Jalowiec, 41, was found guilty of the aggravated murder of Ronald Lally, an informant for the Elyria, Ohio police department. Jalowiec was sentenced to death. But new evidence uncovered by an investigation led by the Exoneration Project is challenging this original ruling. In early 1994, Lally was last seen alive in a car with three other people. His body was found in a Cleveland cemetery January 29, the night before he was scheduled to testify against
two Elyria drug kingpins, Raymond Smith and Smith’s son Danny. In the original trial, Smith and his other son Michael confessed that they were both in the car and aided in the murder of Lally. The third person convicted of occupying the car and participating in the murder was Jalowiec, another Elyria police informant. Last Wednesday, in Jalowiec’s first evidentiary hearing since his conviction, Exoneration Project staff attorney Tara Thompson (J.D. ’03) presented exculpatory evidence to the county court in Elyria. The evidence, Thompson claims, not only proves Jalowiec’s innocence, but also points to a complicated frame-up on the part of a detective from the county police department. EXONERATION continued on page 2
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Champs! Volleyball takes UAA title East moves west: Shuttles Jenna Harris Maroon Contributor For the first time ever, the Maroons are UAA champions. Chicago (26–10, 9–1 UAA) took Waltham, MA by storm this past weekend at the UAA Championship at Brandeis University. The No. 1–seeded squad began the tournament on Friday
with a 3–1 victory over No. 8–seeded University of Rochester (9–27, 1–9 UAA). The South Siders dominated the first two sets 25–19 and 25–14, but the Yellowjackets fought to win the third set 25–23. The Maroons, however, came back with a vengeance and finished the match in the fourth 25–13. Later in the day, Chicago faced its one
blemish on its 2013 conference record, Carnegie Mellon. With a 3–0 sweep, the South Siders cleared their name and won with scores of 25–22, 25–11, and 25–20, shutting out the Tartans. “I had confidence in everyone,” said second-year outside hitter Jasmine Mobley. “Everyone on this team is really good and we have the potential to win VOLLEYBALL continued on page 7
A sitting mayor to join IOP winter fellows Christine Schmidt Maroon Contributor
Due to noise complaints from Max Palevsky residents, the East route of the NightRide shuttles will undergo its second change this year. Beginning Thursday, its terminus will move from its current stop at East 56th Street and South Greenwood Avenue to Ellis Garage, located across from the Ratner Athletics Center. At the beginning of this year, the East shuttle switched its terminus from the front entrance of the Regenstein
Restoration Foundation, after a presentation on the site by the Hyde Park Historical Society on Sunday. The camp, which opened in 1861 and closed in 1865, was located on the 60 acres between CIVIL WAR continued on page 2
Woodlawn
Just three miles north of campus, on what is now a Bronzeville development project, a stretch of land once housed Camp Douglas, one of the few training facilities
for black soldiers in the Civil War and the Union prison with the most prisoner deaths. “[Camp Douglas] was the single most significant physical facility from the Civil War in Chicago,” said David Keller, managing director for the Camp Douglas
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Society highlights nearby Civil War site Carina Baker Maroon Contributor
Library on East 57th Street to East 56th Street near Max Central, in response to congestion and pedestrian safety concerns. In order to satisfy the noise concerns, the shuttle will avoid East 56th Street entirely. Instead of turning east onto East 56th Street, the shuttle will continue north on South Ellis Avenue to Ellis Garage, where it will idle until the next scheduled departure. It will then turn right onto East 55th Street before turning left onto South Woodlawn Avenue, from which point the route remains unchanged.
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According to Cyntje, each fellow will spend a week during the quarter at the IOP, hosting one or two seminars. They will also take part in other IOP and University activities during their stay. Myers has already been involved with the Institute as a member of the Board of Advisors, participating in panel discussions last year, including one reflecting on lessons learned from the 2012 presidential campaign. According to Cyntje, Davis and Kelly will be in residence at the IOP during the same week and participate in the programs together.
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The Institute of Politics (IOP) will be hosting visiting fellows ranging from a British political adviser to a former spokesman for the National Security Council this winter quarter. Each fellow will only be staying for one week of the quarter, a change from recent quarters, in which fellows have been on campus for the entire quarter. The IOP released the names of five of its six fellows for next quarter in an e-mail last Thursday, describing the sixth only as “a sitting mayor of a major
metropolitan city.” Students can look forward to seminars by former Representative Lincoln Davis (D-TN), U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s former senior strategist Steve Hilton, former Representative Sue Kelly (R-NY), Mitt Romney’s former senior adviser Beth Myers, and Tommy Vietor, a former spokesman for the National Security Council, in addition to the unidentified mayor. Amin Cyntje, the IOP’s senior associate director of the fellow program, was unable to provide more information about the mayor at press time.
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Camp saw thousands of UChicago law students claim death row inmate Jalowiec framed by police Judge Virgil Sinclair put the case under deaths, escaped prisoners EXONERATION continued from front The motion for a new trial last week focused CIVIL WAR continued from front
East 31st and 33rd Streets and South Cottage Grove Avenue and South King Drive, interrupted only by the property of the Graves family. Graves refused to leave home despite the army camp surrounding the property on three sides, according to Keller. “There are two people from the Civil War I want to meet: Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. Graves. I want to ask Mrs. Graves—there were 40,000 Union soldiers training there, roughly 25,000 Confederate prisoners held there, God knows how many horses, and one very small sewer running down 33rd Street—I want to ask her if she was really happy she stayed.” Between 5,000 and 6,000 prisoners died in Camp Douglas, 4,000 of those of disease. The camp was not designed for long-term incarceration, especially considering that South Cottage Grove Avenue was a major thoroughfare between downtown Chicago and Hyde Park, Keller said. “It actually had a horse-drawn trolley during the time of the Civil War. This caused all kinds of problems because the prisoners weren’t very secured, and the trolley would pick them up and [take them downtown].” Escaped prisoners were often recaptured in one of the many bars downtown Chicago had to offer, Keller said. Keller also presented on Camp Douglas’s significance to African American history and the Restoration Foundation’s goal of constructing two prisoner barracks and a portion of the stockade fence on the site of the original camp. Currently, the site is home to about 2,000 apartments of the Lake Meadows development project. The project’s developer, Draper and Kramer, has not been cooperative with the Foundation. Beyond working toward a museum site, the Foundation also circulates a quarterly newsletter and leads archeological digs, and it is working with the Illinois Institute of Technology to create a virtual, 3-D version of the camp. These efforts seek to memorialize Camp Douglas as an important site in Civil War and American history. “There’s a lot that went on here. We shouldn’t forget it,” Keller said.
NEWS IN BRIEF Homeland star to matriculate Actress Claire Danes may have gone Ivy League, but her Homeland costar Morgan Saylor will join the class of 2018 next fall. The 19-year-old actress plays Dana Brody, the moody teenage daughter of Marine sergeantturned-al-Qaeda-operative Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) on the critically acclaimed Showtime thriller. Saylor told New York magazine yesterday that she deferred enrollment for a year to focus on acting. “But I really would like to go. The urge is, like, eating me more so, especially being in L.A. with all these actor people,” she said. Saylor plans to “take it slowly” and isn’t committed to completing the full four years, she told BULLETT Media. Danes, who stars on Homeland as bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison, also took time off before studying at Yale University for two years. —Linda Qiu
CORRECTION The November 8 article “More Pressing Issues: Leaf It to Me” incorrectly stated the ideal amount of time to press each side of a leaf. It is two to five minutes.
“The goal is to be able to prove the constitutional claim that we are trying to show, which entitles our client to a new trial,” she said. Thompson hopes to show that because the prosecution purposefully withheld evidence during the original trial, the state must grant Jalowiec a new trial. The Exoneration Project, now in its fifth year, comprises a team of UChicago Law students and outside attorneys who work to overturn wrongful convictions. To date, the not-for-profit organization has exonerated six individuals. Jalowiec contacted the Exoneration Project litigation team directly, and his case was accepted by Law School students in 2011. The project selects around four new cases annually and only accepts candidates it strongly believes to be innocent and then will investigate on their behalf. “Post-conviction work can be kind of a murky process, and it helps to have attorneys that do nothing but work with those conviction clients,” said Charlotte Castillo, a third-year law student. Castillo has worked with the Exoneration Project for over two years. “It’s a good experience for everyone involved; you get to see a very different side of law,” she said.
on witnesses’ testimonies that claimed that county detective Alan Leiby had been previously informed that the third occupant of the car was not Jalowiec, but Danny Smith. The defense alleges that it possesses new evidence that suggests that the Elyria police recorded Danny Smith’s confession to the murder in secret, according to the Exoneration Project’s website. But Leiby testified that he was confident that Raymond Smith, Michael Smith, and Jalowiec were responsible for Lally’s murder. Leiby also denied intentionally destroying witness interview tapes during the hearing, according to The Morning Journal.
advisement and requested oral argument briefs from both sides by December 30, after which the struggle for a new trial will resume. Despite the delay, Thompson welcomed the opportunity to keep the case open. “The one thing about these cases is that they take a long time to resolve. With the Jalowiec case, we are obviously far from being finished,” she said. “We believe that there is evidence that will show his innocence that we weren’t able to show on Tuesday, and that there is evidence that we would like to present in the future before this court or another court. Let’s hear the truth; let’s hear what really happened in Stan’s case.”
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Ensuring safe and fair protest Committee on Dissent and Protest must urge explicit UCPD policies that align with University philosophy The student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892 REBECCA GUTERMAN Editor-in-Chief SAM LEVINE Editor-in-Chief EMILY WANG Managing Editor
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Responding to controversy over police conduct during protests in early 2013 at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC), Provost Thomas Rosenbaum assembled an Ad Hoc Committee on Dissent and Protest, which is currently reevaluating campus protest policies. The Committee has been soliciting input from the University community and is approaching its December deadline. Questions that the Committee is charged with reviewing include whether guidelines for protest are the same for University affiliates and community members, whether or not protests in hospitals or other healthcare facilities should be treated differently than those in administrative or instructional buildings, and what the expectations are for communication between protestors, University staff, and police. In response to these questions and others, the Editorial Board offers the following framework for a new dissent and protest policy. First and foremost, both University affiliates and unaffiliated community members should be treated equally concerning what kinds of protest are grounds for arrest. This means that the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD)
should not have to discern whether a protester is University-affiliated or not to determine whether her action warrants punishment. The protection of all perspectives is the only way the University can properly uphold its “absolute commitment” to open inquiry. The University’s actions—especially with regards to issues such as operating an adult level-1 trauma center, which the protests at the UCMC addressed— have consequences beyond campus. Discouraging outside perspectives by treating community members differently than students creates a disturbing atmosphere where the speech of University affiliates is more protected than that of non-University affiliates. Corresponding with such a commitment to protect open inquiry for all perspectives, communication among protesters, the administration, and UCPD should be unequivocally clear. In a May 2013 open letter to University President Robert Zimmer and Rosenbaum, top administrators requested that the UCPD draft and implement orders that define the “appropriate use of plainclothes officers.” Since then, the UCPD has not issued a public statement clarifying its policies, which demonstrates a
lack of communication between the UCPD, the administration, and the constituents it protects. The UCPD needs to act upon such requests immediately in order to hold itself accountable for actions that the administration has deemed “antithetical” to University values. For example, the UCPD’s guidelines for arrest of University and community members should be articulated to protesters consistently in both the University’s dissent and protest rules and the UCPD’s general orders. The actions that each party takes surrounding a protest or demonstration should not be unexpected or disturbing to the other parties. Assigning explicit guidelines and policies that are aligned with both University and UCPD philosophies is a step in the right direction that the administration should facilitate immediately. Two such policies stand out for the Committee on Dissent and Protest to address. For one, any reforms to the disciplinary code should contain specific guidance for when the UCPD can arrest a demonstrator. Some necessary—and perhaps even sufficient—guidelines are that the protestor must (1) know that there is a potential for arrest,
(2) have had a chance to express her idea, and (3) be jeopardizing the safety or hindering the work of other students or community members. The administration and UCPD must make arrest guidelines clear to protesters when communicating logistics with them. Additionally, there is no demonstration that warrants the use of plainclothes officers, and the policy that the UCPD drafts should express that absolutely. The possibility that a UCPD official is undercover creates an unsettling backdrop for protest and is unacceptable and inconsistent with University ideals of free speech. The University should be commended for the steps it has taken toward protecting open discourse on campus. However, any policies that the Committee drafts should include some sort of follow-through mechanism to ensure that the UCPD is clear about when and how it should act during peaceful protest. The ability to both protect principles and act upon them is the key to fostering an environment that is conducive to the rigorous open discourse on which the University prides itself.
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Last week, New Jersey voters reelected Chris Christie to his second term by an impressive 21-point margin—60 percent to Democrat Barbara Buono’s 39. Part of that had to do with the $11.5 million Christie’s camp spent on radio and TV ads through Election Day, part with the amounts that his challenger did not spend; with the bulk of the Democrats’ resources last week directed at the McAuliffeCuccinelli gubernatorial race in Virginia, Buono managed to scrape together a comparatively low $2.1 million. Part of it may even have had to do with Christie’s shrewd scheduling. Last month’s special U.S. Senate election could have been held last week to correspond with the general election, but Christie purposefully scheduled the race for an odd Wednesday in the middle of October—which cost his state an additional $12–24 million to implement—so that he wouldn’t have to run on the same day as Democrat Cory Booker, perhaps the only New Jersey politician whose popularity may outshine
Christie’s own. But a lot—heck, probably most—of the New Jersey governor’s reelection really had to do with his popularity and his patently “moderate” image. He’s not like other Republicans, voters and the media seem to think: He knows how to compromise, and how to work with leaders on both sides of the aisle to get things done—and that, apparently, makes him a moderate. Except… kind of, maybe, sometimes. But not really. Not in any meaningful way, and not where it matters most. Let’s start with the good: It’s true that, as governor of New Jersey, Christie has learned to work with left- and right-leaning lawmakers alike to pass measures such as pension reform (never mind that, as the chief executive of a solidly blue state, he has to). It’s also refreshing to see someone say things like “compromise isn’t a dirty word” and praise the importance of “bipartisan accomplishment.” But both of those are more focus group–approved sound bites than reflections of the man’s true actions. The reality is that Chris Christie is anything but a moderate. He’s vetoed a number of arguably moderate measures supported by the majority of New Jersey voters. His idea of compromise boils down to presenting his Democratic colleagues with concessions that would go into effect anyway. His CHRISTIE continued on page 4
Eliora Katz’s article in the November 8 issue of the Maroon gives an excellent defense of virtue’s place in an all-too–licentious environment. Nevertheless, she makes a misstep by citing Kate Taylor’s atrocious New York Times article about “hookup culture” at Penn. The article, which flagrantly cherry-picked and misrepresented the attitudes of Penn students, was based on the incredible premise that the sex lives of college-age women are both newsworthy and deserving of censure.
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There is a necessary place for those, like Katz, who would champion temperance and modesty, but such arguments must be made without demeaning and punishing women who make other choices about their own bodies. Too often, as in the Taylor piece, discussion of modesty turns into slut-shaming, which portrays women who choose sex as not just different, but disgusting and wicked. Taylor’s article was the worst kind of journalism: appealing to readers’ prurient impulses, and intending to inspire outrage and shock that women admit acting in ways that men always have. Throughout history, women’s
sexuality has rightly been seen by men as a threat to hegemonic, patriarchal power structures, and by taking control of their own sexuality, women have freed their bodies from male control. In response, both laws and social mores have condemned those women brave enough to admit the fact of their sexuality. Those pressures were clear impulses even in the development of some parts of the halachic codes that govern Katz’s own life. Katz rightly explains how the strictures of halacha can be deeply empowering to her and to all Jews seeking refuge from the chaos of modernity. Nevertheless, her rhetoric worryingly mirrors Taylor’s when she condemns sexually active women as “heartless overachievers at UPenn with boy toys.” Such language plays into deep-seated cultural fears of sexually aggressive women as “vamps” or “femmes fatales” who seek to dominate and destroy men. Ideas of this sort have always been incredibly damaging and oppressive to women, and should not be thrown about so carelessly as in Katz’s article. Katz is entirely sensible in her contention that the sweaty, anythinggoes atmosphere of a frat party is more conducive to vice than to virtue, and the dialogue she begins is an important one to have. In this, as in any other dialogue, we must be vigilant that we are guided by respect and understanding, not by the sensationalism and sexism which filled Kate Taylor’s article. —Benjamin Gammage Class of 2014
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Getting house cultured Students in housing lose a valuable resource when upperclassmen move off campus Ellen Wiese Viewpoints Staff For the dissonance within the residential system to be resolved, both a physical and cultural shift is necessary. When O-Week ended and the upperclassmen returned to South Campus, I was surprised how little changed. I started seeing the handful of second years who appeared intermittently in the lounge, the third-years walking up to the apartment, the fourth-year planning her B.A. in the corner—and it did add a new fullness to the house. But it seemed to me that there simply weren’t enough older students in proportion to the first-years to make that big of a difference. Moving out after a few years, I learned, is expected, encouraged, and even necessary; at the same time, it strips college housing of a vital potential resource. Upperclassmen possess greater perspective and can therefore provide valuable mentorship, and increased investment prevents the turnover that destabilizes house culture in the long term. Entrenched physical and cultural complications make true residential housing culture difficult to realize, but a more inclusive system is possible through long-term shifts at every level. Compared to other top-ranked private colleges, the University of Chicago lags far behind in housing. According to Dean Boyer’s 2008 volume of Occasional Papers on Higher Educa-
tion, Yale and Brown house 88 and 85 percent of students, while Columbia, Princeton, and Harvard’s rates are in the 90s. UChicago, on the other hand, comes up at only 56 percent. Of course, there is something to be said about a campus that is not purely residential, but only when that difference is consistent with the school’s identity. Despite school marketing that emphasizes a vibrant house culture, 56 percent is neither competitive nor attractive. While housing is undoubtedly a critical part of any student’s first year, the sheer number of students who move off-campus undermines any claim that this is truly a residential college. That’s not to say that the University abandons any attempt at a four-year residential system—the current housing situation is the result of a long and contentious administration discussion that has only recently come around in favor of full residential housing. In 2008, Dean Boyer proposed a plan to house 70 percent of undergraduates by 2013, and while this obviously hasn’t come to fruition, his remarks remain a powerful testament to the goals of the administration. As he writes in the Occasional Papers, “High-quality collegiate housing [‌] is an enormous asset in supporting the educational goals of the faculty, in developing active and stimulating learning communities among our students, and in encouraging patterns of lifelong friendships among our alumni.â€? Beyond creating happier, more dedicated students, a
Moderates should not be defined solely by their willingness to cooperate with the opposite side Romney won, Christie wouldn’t be able to CHRISTIE continued from page 3 one-time willingness to cooperate with the run for president until 2020. But still, sure, President should not invalidate who he truly it was pretty awesome. Here’s what wasn’t, and what most is: just another conservative Republican news outlets conveniently forgot to report governor. Last year, Christie vetoed a marriage about: Prior to Superstorm Sandy, Christie equality bill that passed the New Jersey had pulled New Jersey out of the United State Legislature, arguing that an issue like States’ first-ever cap-and-trade program, the marriage equality “requires a constitutional Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, calling amendment [and] should be left to the it “a failure� (it wasn’t then, and it isn’t now). people of New Jersey to decide,� leaving out More than that, despite the storm’s expansive that 61 percent of voters already supported and expensive devastation in his own state, same-sex marriage, as well as the millions Christie has yet to take a position on of dollars that a protracted voting process whether or not climate change—which has often been discussed in conjunction with the would inevitably cost. He even attempted to block the measure increase in extreme weather events—is real. in the courts. But spoiler: same-sex couples However, I don’t think all of this began getting married in New Jersey last “moderate� labeling is actually Christie’s month anyway. own doing. Though he’s certainly fed the Though Christie’s rationale seems to imply image with ads touting “bipartisanship� a moderate view, he adamantly rejected the and “compromise,� “moderate� is an entirely exact same approach to enacting an increase different word. of the minimum wage—that is, putting a Rather, I think Christie’s “moderate� constitutional amendment before voters—as labeling is characteristic of a broader trend “stupid� and “truly ridiculous.� Interestingly in our nation’s politics—a trend towards enough, New Jersey voters in fact approved accommodating increasingly extreme, rightthe amendment last week and did so by a wing views. margin similar to the wide one of Christie’s Last week, in response to a question from reelection. a CNN anchor about whether he thought Three years in a row, Christie has vetoed of himself as a moderate, Christie even bills to increase state taxes on millionaires. said, “I’m a conservative. I’ve governed as a He firmly opposes a woman’s right to conservative.� choose to the point of overturning Roe v. But setting the bar for being a “moderate� Wade, has cut $7.4 million from the state’s this far to the right can and already has had family planning services, and rescinded New dangerous implications for our country, and Jersey’s application for a federal program it is indicative of our nation’s broader political that would have covered 90 percent of the trend towards accommodating increasing costs of those exact same family services. levels of right-wing extremism. However He refused to sign three pieces of gun radical these extremists’ views may be, it makes control legislation, one of which he himself actions such as the Republicans’ criticism of had originally called for. Despite his support Democrats’ “refusal to compromise� on the of states’ rights, he even blocked New Jersey shutdown or the Affordable Care Act appear from setting up its own health insurance increasingly reasonable. exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. Moderate should mean more than an Now, of course, there was that one time understanding of the bare minimal political when he admitted that federal assistance necessity of cooperating with the opposition; may actually be a good thing, for some it should mean having moderate policies, things—that is, when his state was in and compromising in a way truly worthy of shambles and his constituents needed aid. the word. He even went on Fox News and said some nice things about the President. It certainly Anastasia Golovashkina is a third-year in the made political sense for him to do so—had College majoring in economics.
stronger housing system means a stronger alumni network and a more positive image of the school in the long term. As far as practicality goes, this means more hype and more donations, which feed into a university hopefully more equipped to educate its students. Unfortunately for the current students and university, inclusive residential housing is not a viable option within the system as it now stands. For one, moving off-campus has become commonplace, so much so that a fourthyear in housing is a novelty. Moving off-campus is also often more economically feasible than paying the University’s rates for room and board. However, the most powerful impetus for the housing emigration is that the University simply doesn’t have space to fit everyone. With only 56 percent of students in housing, residence halls are already overfull—even expanding to 70 percent would require a truly comprehensive construction effort. Dean Boyer and the administration have begun to realize and address this possibility, notably with the new dorm planned for the north end of campus. With apartment-style rooms designed to cater to third- and fourth-years as well as younger students, it represents an important step forward towards a residential campus. Assuming this project concludes by its projected date of 2016, and assuming older students take advantage of it, it may shift the residential culture of campus.
But while more space would create the opportunity for a residential shift, a more subtle cultural adjustment is also necessary for that change to actually take place. Decades of tradition support the practice of moving off, and expanded facilities will not be enough to change this. The effectiveness of the current most visible effort towards campus inclusion, the House Associate program, is already limited by participants’ busy schedules, geographic dispersion, and alternate priorities. While this is a worthwhile element of housing, focusing on the role of individuals already within the system is ultimately more feasible. Students can’t build a new residence hall or transport the 44 percent of off-campus students into it, but they can build from the everyday things—the conversations in the hallway, the jokes in the elevator, the grim camaraderie of studying until three in the morning when you don’t even have a midterm tomorrow. Beyond extra space or cheaper facilities, a true residential culture requires students to invest in their peers by making the most of these ordinary encounters. Extending the housing experience into students’ upper years requires a common sense of house inclusion, and by capitalizing on these shared experiences, students can lay the foundation of a true residential system even within its current limits. Ellen Wiese is a first-year in the College.
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High on luck, Chance lands in sold-out Mandel
As the screen behind him suggests, the Chicago native ignited the stage Saturday for a sold-out crowd, performing tracks from his mixtape and Coldplay’s “Fix You.” FRANK YANG
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Zane Burton Arts Staff Chance the Rapper packed Mandel Hall Saturday night in the latest in a long string of sold-out shows in the Chicago native’s Social Experiment Tour. The buzz was significantly bigger for this show than for any other that the Major Activities Board (MAB) has put on since I’ve been on campus—the line was out the door of the Reynolds Club 30 minutes before the venue was even open. When tickets went on sale on October 23, they sold out after two hours.
It’s not at all surprising that students were so excited: Chance has had one hell of a year. He released his second mixtape, Acid Rap, for free on his website this April. Reception was overwhelmingly positive, and the release is bound to find itself on several “Best of 2013” lists next month. Since then, he’s been on tour nearly constantly, opening for Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, and Macklemore. He made a stop back in Chicago in August for Lollapalooza, and it was so packed that fans were climbing trees and lampposts just to see the stage. He’s definitely a bit of a
hometown hero—he grew up a few miles south of Hyde Park in Chatham, and much of the success of his first mixtape, 10 Day, came from his visits to local high schools. U.K. electronic duo Bondax got things started a few minutes ahead of schedule, but the crowd didn’t seem to mind—Mandel was nearly at capacity from the beginning. Musically, the duo was impressive. Tracks “Giving it All” and “Renegade Master” (a Fatboy Slim remix) were highlights from the night, moving the whole room. Despite this, the stage presence of Adam Kaye and George Townsend left something to be
desired. Rather than working next to each other, Kaye and Townsend took turns on the turntables, one of them always standing awkwardly behind the other as he waited for his next turn. Though I longed for a more comprehensive stage setup, the success of Bondax’s set despite these issues is a testament to the duo’s staying power. Chance started the show out solo with “Good Ass Intro,” a track that plays off fellow Chicagoan Kanye West’s “Intro” from the 2006 mixtape Freshmen Adjustment Vol. 2. After quickly working through “Brain Cells,” and a verse each on “NaNa” and “Pusha Man,” Chance brought out a live band dubbed The Social Experiment. The Social Experiment consists of drummer Greg Landfair Jr., keyboardist Peter Cottontale, and former Kids These Days trumpet player Nico Segal. The live band helped Chance to rework some of his tracks into the live space in surprising and compelling ways. “You Song,” a track from Lil Wayne’s Dedication 5 mixtape on which Chance is featured, was a standout in this regard. While the original features a slow funk beat, it was even more stripped down live, beginning with little more than a vocal loop and piano before Segal brought in a triumphant trumpet section to close the song. The next song was a cover of Coldplay’s “Fix You,” which had Chance doing his best Chris Martin impression. As a whole, the show demonstrated the diverse set of roles that Chance has taken on during his short career: He’s a singer, rapper, energetic performer, hometown hero, and down-to-earth good guy, often all at the same time. Along with his instrumentation,
Neo-Futurists reign in new piece Arielle Gerber Maroon Contributor What is a nation? Is it a collective identity, a physical boundary, a set of rules? Or is it a narrative? The Sovereign Statement, the latest from the ever-inventive Neo-Futurists, attempts to explore and deconstruct the concept of a nation by establishing the theater itself as its own sovereign entity, with alternately hilarious and deeply unnerving results. From the onset, the play is nothing if not selfaware. After musing on the nature of nations and defining a nation as a “narrative,” playwright Bilal Dardai sets the performance in motion by informing Phil Ridarelli of his new status as protagonist of the play. Ridarelli is to assume the
Fiction talks during weekend Lauren Gurley Arts Editor
THE SOVEREIGN STATEMENT The Neo-Futurarium Through November 23
role of leader in the theater company’s attempt to establish the Neo-Futurarium as a micro-nation. Aided by Jen Ellison as his sternly competent adviser, Gwynn V. Fulcher as Ellison’s devoted underling, and Mike Manship and Clifton Frei as interchangeable lackeys, the disoriented Ridarelli is guided (or rather, goaded) through the process of nation-building. The audience members, established as citizens of this new nation, are given the chance to vote on the name of this new state, the first in a string of apparent choices that seem to influence the direction of the nation.
Chance’s stage setup was also much more elaborate than in the past; he brought an impressive light show along with him, as well as a set of artfully directed pornographic videos shot in black and white. The videos caused a bit of confusion in the audience, especially during “Lost” as Chance rapped, “Her pussy like me, her heart like fuck it,” in front of an extreme close-up of a vagina. Crowd favorites “Juice” and “Cocoa Butter Kisses” featured energetic jumping and dancing (both on stage and in the audience), and the crowd was shouting every word, even more loudly than they had been earlier in the night. When Chance left the stage for an encore, a projection read, “Do you want to hear one more song?” Before long, the crowd was chanting his name, and Chance was describing a dream he had about Jay-Z being on stage at his concert as he himself made his way to the stage. When Chance finally reappeared, he played a diverse encore, getting started with “That’s Love (Interlude)” and “Cocoa Butter Kisses” before moving to “Everything’s Good (Good Ass Outro).” The triumphant “Chain Smoker” closed the night, serving as a kind of celebration of the insane trajectory that Chance has mounted in the past year. Since I entered the College, the headliners at Summer Breeze have left me underwhelmed. It goes without saying: Chance was the most exciting artist MAB has booked in some time. Hopefully, MAB can build from this show, featuring artists that are just as captivating in the coming quarters. If this year’s fall show is any indication, we all have something to look forward to.
Gwynn V. Fulcher, Phil Ridarelli, and Jen Ellison, pictured here, all have funny names to match their comedic personalities. COURTESY OF MAGGIE FULLILOVE-NUGENT
The play cannot be said to break the fourth wall because it never goes through the trouble of creating one. Dardai reappears periodically to offer cryptic guidance to the play’s participants, acting at different points as a narrator, a director, and a notary. “Citizens” are included in the action of the play, even physically moving as factions emerge and having lines given to them
in shows of solidarity. Yet the actual influence of the populace on the outcome of the performance is limited at best. When in doubt, the actors/ advisers refer back to the script for justification and guidance, creating some amusing moments of sudden perspective. This lends a sense of inevitability to the action even as it is portrayed NEO-FUTURARIUM continued on page 6
Certain things never go out of vogue. For English scholars, these things include James Joyce’s Ulysses, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Henry James’s The Golden Bowl, and George Eliot’s Middlemarch. These four novels, among the most consistently popular in the English canon, were the focus of the three-day “Forms of Fiction: The Novel in English” conference at the Logan Center, which began on Thursday. The series of lectures attempted to both deconstruct the history of the novel and “engage with questions about the role of narrative in contemporary life.” Led by English scholars and writers from around the country and world, novelists Tom McCarthy and A.S. Byatt were among those to deliver speeches on the novels at hand. On Saturday, to end the conference, Fredric Jameson, a leading American literary critic and Marxist political theorist from Duke University, gave the final lecture, appropriately titled “The Persistence of Narrative.” Jameson began his lecture by saying, “It’s pleasant to be back here. But what’s not so pleasant is to follow so many wonderful and intelligent papers.” However, it was no surprise to the audience of enthusiastic English professors, scholars, and students that Jameson’s lecture was thoughtful and deeply nuanced. As noted by University of Chicago English profesFICTION continued on page 6
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Chicago Manual of Style: Trendy, friendly shopping Zahra Jooma Maroon Contributor Chicago is a city known for its various neighborhoods, each with its distinct characteristics and unique atmosphere. This diversity is brilliant for students because it quite literally means that you can find anything that you are looking for, whether it’s a chunky knit sweater from the ’80s, the perfect pair of leather pants, or the most durable winter boots. The abundance of neighborhoods also makes Chicago a treasure trove for students living on a budget because it means that you have a million options to shop from—and some of those choices are bound to be affordable. First off, the most traditionally well-known shopping area in Chicago can be found downtown
along North Michigan Avenue and in the Gold Coast. While some students may assume that these places are generally too pricey, there are a number of more budget-friendly options that range from European powerhouses Zara and H&M to more familiar brands like Forever 21. Venture a little farther north on Michigan and you’ll find Topshop, the British phenomenon that’s already taken New York City by storm. A great sidenote about Topshop is that it has a year-round 10-percent discount on all items whenever you present a valid student ID, so you can be sure you’ll leave with something beautiful without breaking your personal bank. Across the street, the Water Tower Place houses Free People, a brand known for its bohemian, flowy, almost dream-like style. And if you’re looking to score some designer items at killer prices in the Gold
Coast, Nordstrom Rack is a sure bet. If you would rather avoid the big avenues and multitude of department stores, Wicker Park is a small piece of heaven located 15 minutes northwest of the chaos. Its narrower, quainter streets can make you feel like you’re in a movie from the 1960s, and the shopping there is no joke. You can hit up classics like American Apparel, Urban Outfitters, or the more upmarket Intermix. However, what sets Wicker Park apart is its abundance of thrift stores. From Ragstock to Kokorokoko and Store B, it is guaranteed that you won’t leave Wicker Park empty-handed. The ever-happening Lincoln Park is home to the Urban Outfitters outlet store, where you can snag some serious statement pieces and basics for prices so amazing that you’ll think you were actually dreaming. Armitage Avenue, which
hovers between Lincoln Park and Old Town, has an upscale feel to it with stores like Cynthia Rowley and Art Effect (the perfect gift store for anybody over the age of 35) sitting front and center. However, it’s also got some hidden treasures in terms of thrift stores, such as Fox’s and The Second Child. As a side topic, when making your way to Lincoln Park, make sure to stop by Molly’s Cupcakes, as there is no better company to all the shopping bags that you’ve accumulated than a baked-from-scratch center-filled cupcake. So whether you like the high-rise buildings that comprise the Gold Coast, the charming recordplaying shops of Wicker Park, or the more trendy Lincoln Park area, Chicago has something for every student, no matter how much or how little he or she is willing to spend. For college kids, the Windy City is the ultimate shopping paradise.
“If the ending feels predestined, it’s because it must be, by the nature of both drama and politics” NEO-FUTURARIUM continued from page 5 as allegedly spontaneous. As Ridarelli becomes more comfortable in his role as protagonist, his actions become increasingly erratic, and the idealism of the new state quickly falls through. Paranoia and dissension become driving forces, leading to a climax that is as unexpected as it is retrospectively obvious. While the unconventional structure of the play, which cannot be
Novels, like TV, are “endless systems” FICTION continued from page 5 sor Bill Brown, who introduced him, Jameson has spoken at the University a number of times in the past but “each time in a different context and a different conversation, which…speaks to the power of [Jameson’s] imagination and his analytic capacities.” In his lecture, Jameson spoke about the notion that the commonly accepted narrative form disintegrated in modernist novels like Joyce’s Ulysses, resulting in books that were “plotless in comparison with what preceded them in the 19th century.” But, as the argument goes, the narrative has reemerged in the postmodern age. The two related issues on which Jameson centered his talk were “the survival or not of the narrative in modernism and its novels” and “narrative interpretation,” or, as Jameson calls it, “degenerate allegory.” The thing about narrative, Jameson argued before delving into the dense body of his paper, is that “one grows tired of it.” “It seems by the very nature of things to wear itself out, to fail by succeeding, to call more and more consistently for its replacement,” Jameson said. Jameson charted the evolution of the modernist narrative with a focus on three quintessential modernist novels: Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, Joyce’s Ulysses, and Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities, which he argued function in the past, present, and future, respectively. Directing his argument toward the future of the novel and the narrative form, Jameson argued that “the short story is an archaic form,” in a way akin to the film, both of which are “closed systems.” Conversely, the novel functions in a similar way to the modern TV series, both of which are “endless systems” about everything and nothing. At 79, Jameson, who has written over 20 books, was the sixth recipient of the Modern Language Association Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement. Best known for his books Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism and The Political Unconscious, Jameson has expertise ranging over a vast number of subjects. On Saturday, Jameson’s talk succeeded both in proving an uninterrupted need for the narrative form and in drawing a large and attentive audience that had gathered precisely to discuss why there will always be a need for stories and fictions.
described for fear of spoiling the fun, helps to push the political thriller forward, standout performances make the action ultimately believable even through constant references to script and time limits. Ridarelli becomes uninhibited as only someone with unchecked power can, while Ellison embodies the trope of the take-no-prisoners adviser with terrifying and truly convincing zeal. Fulcher’s character is less of a caricature and more relatable as a
downtrodden idealist, and her simultaneous passion and vulnerability create emotional impact that might otherwise have been lacking. Although Manship and Frei are given less to work with in terms of action and dialogue, they succeed in becoming entirely distinct and convincing characters who push the story along nonetheless. Though well-written overall, the play at times works too hard to stay meta. By the end,
the point has made itself abundantly clear, and though the ending monologue by Dardai pulls back the curtain and offers explanation and context, it hammers in the message a bit too redundantly. However, it succeeds in deconstructing concepts often taken for granted and, for the most part, does so humorously and naturally. If the ending feels predestined, it’s because it must be, by the nature of both drama and politics. After all, a nation is a funny thing.
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THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | November 12, 2013
Squad convincing in victory over conference rival Bears Swimming
Fourth-year Eric Hallman competes in a meet against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee last season. COURTESY OF JOHN BOOZ
Russell Mendelson Sports Staff The Maroons began their stretch of home meets with wins on both the women’s and men’s sides against Wash U. The meet, which
consisted of 32 events, was the longest so far for Chicago this season. The Chicago men dominated early and placed first in all but one of their events, outscoring the Bears by almost 100 points
with a final score of 190.5– 93.5. The women’s squad also had a strong showing, coming in first in 10 out of its 16 events and beating its opponents 157–139. “Starting from the first event, both the men’s and
Madero: “It is just incredibly disappointing the referee played the deciding role” M SOC continued from page 8
to give his team the final word in what had been an up-and-down game for Chicago. “In the second half, Wash U stayed composed, had the benefit of the wind, and played some great soccer themselves,” Madero said. “It is just incredibly disappointing that the referee played the deciding role in awarding two penalty kicks in the last few minutes to end the game. The first one was very dubious. The second was simply wrong— it felt like a dagger.” The game concluded what has also been an up-and-down season for the Maroons, who displayed their quality when beating the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the UAA but failed to maintain that standard against lesser teams. “There were times this year that we played great soccer and demonstrated that we could beat just about anybody. Unfortunately, there were a few games that we let our standards slip and, in a very competitive league, it is enough to not get into postseason play,” Madero said.
“We are massively disappointed but hold our heads high knowing that we ended the season with one of our best performances.” Yesterday afternoon, 64 teams were selected to play in the 2013 NCAA Division III men’s soccer tournament. With a sixth-place finish in the UAA, the Maroons missed the cut, bringing their season, and the careers of the four fourth-years on the squad, to a close. “Each senior set a great example for all the younger members of the team, and they will be especially missed. It is extremely disappointing Sunday’s game ended the way it did, but I want to thank the seniors for the leadership and effort they provided every day,” said third-year forward and captain Kyle Kurfirst. Rochester (13–2–2, 5–1–1) gained an automatic bid to the tournament as UAA champions, and Carnegie (11-2-3, 4-1-2) and Brandeis (14–4–1, 3–3–1) will also represent the conference after receiving at-large bids on Monday.
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because this is what we have worked and trained for all season.” All their training came to fruition on Saturday when the Maroons defeated No. 2–seeded Emory (30–4, 5–2 UAA) 3–1 for the UAA title for the first time in school history. The Eagles came on strong, winning the first set 25–21, but the South Siders kept fighting. The second set was a fight to the death; Emory had three set points, but Chicago came back each time. A kill by second-year outside hitter Maren Loe tied the score at 26–26, then Mobley’s kill and an Emory attack error gave the set to Chicago 28–26. Chicago took the third set 25–19 before the final set of conference championships. It was tied 17–17 when the Maroons made their move. Three kills from fourth-year Maggie Vaughn bumped the score to 21–18, and fourth-year Katie Huntington’s final kill won the match
25–21. This win earned the South Siders an automatic bid to the postseason NCAA tournament, the fourth consecutive time the squad has reached the postseason. The Maroons will travel to Grand Rapids, MI on Thursday to take on Buffalo State (25–9). “Winning UAAs is beyond just the 15 players on the court,” Mobley said. “This is bigger; it affects the entire [University of Chicago] community.” This is the first time a team other than Emory or Wash U has won the UAA title since 1988. Alumnae who played volleyball for the Maroons from all years past are reaching out to the women on the squad, congratulating them. The South Siders just made history right before our eyes and the athletic community, past, present, and future, will honor their achievement for years to come. The Maroons kick off their NCAA tournament run this week against Buffalo State on Thursday.
women’s 200-yard medley relays pulled out wins and never fell behind Wash U throughout the rest of the meet,” second-year Jen Law said. “We had to score in every race if we wanted to beat Wash U. And that’s
what we did.” The key to the women’s victory lay in their depth, which allowed them to maintain a lead throughout the meet. “We knew going into this weekend that it was going to be a close meet from the start, especially on the women’s side, so there was that initial pressure to do well in the relays since they are worth more points,” Law said. In the women’s 200yard medley relay, Chicago followed the game plan, placing first, third, and fifth to Wash U’s second, fourth, and sixth finishes. Law also commented on some noteworthy performances by her teammates. “I was really impressed with [second-year] Matt Veldman’s performance, especially in the 100-yard butterfly. Coming off the third turn, he was behind Wash U’s Reed Dalton and finished ahead of him by 0.01 seconds, winning
the event. Also, [thirdyear] diver Tony Restaino broke his own pool record on Saturday, which was awesome to watch,” she said. After a long but fruitful competition and three meets in the past three weekends, the Maroons will have the next weekend off to recover and prepare for the Phoenix Invitational at home the following weekend. This comes at a perfect time for many of the athletes, who noticed some exhaustion among their teammates coming off their previous meet at Wheaton. “We’ve had meets the past few weekends, so this coming weekend will be a nice break. We’ll get a good workout in on Saturday morning and many of us will be starting to taper for the following week’s Phoenix Invitational, which is our ‘drop taper’ meet,” Law said. “So we’re really excited to swim fast that weekend.”
In the Chatter’s Box with Sarah Langs
Griffin Brunk is a fourth-year on the cross country team. We chatted with him to get some insider info on the life of a Maroon athlete.
COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS
Chicago Maroon: What are some of the differences between running in high school and at the college level? Griffin Brunk: High school and college running really differ in two ways for me. First, the friendship level. In high school, my main group of friends was from my classes: I saw the same people every day, in the same place, at the same time. Here, not so much, as the variety of classes and interests seem to make it less likely to have familiar faces in a lot of your classes. As such, the team really became my social circle. UC Running’s motto is “team on three, family on six,” and for me, that is absolutely true. Second difference is the mileage. High school mileage was something like 49 miles a week, probably less since I never ran on Sunday. Here, most of us hit 60 to 70 miles a week. That’s a big jump, both in wear and tear on the legs, as well as just how much time we spend on the roads. CM: What’s the craziest (but still appropriate) thing you can tell me about the men’s cross-country team? GB: I’d say the amount we can eat. We
are talking serious amounts of food every meal. We will each usually down three to five Bartlett plates, a bowl of cereal, [some] fruit and cookies, and a couple glasses of Gatorade for each meal, more if the ice cream bar has pirate’s booty or cookies and cream. This leaves us full for approximately 30 minutes before we end up scrounging around for something to snack on. It is not uncommon for the third floor of the Reg (where the team congregates to do work) to crinkle with the sound of chips and candy wrappers. CM: What’s something that someone not on a cross-country team would never know about running, or specifically about the sport/competition? GB: I don’t think that non-runners really know just how good racing feels. I will be the first to tell you that racing can suck: It hurts, you’re tired, and you constantly ask yourself why you continue to do this stupid sport. But eventually, you just find a rhythm, a pace that you settle into and just cruise through the rest of the race. By the end, you have this intoxicating sense of accomplishment, both for beating the race, as well as that annoying gremlin in your head telling you to slow down and drop out. CM: When did you begin running? How old were you? GB: I started running in sixth grade, by maternal fiat. This one day in the summer before sixth grade, my mom told me to put on some athletic clothes. I apparently needed new shoes, and she wanted to “make sure the shoes worked when I was active.” With hindsight this statement is clearly hogwash, but sixth-grade Griffin was not a bright bulb. Anyway, we hopped in the family van, and away we went. However, rather than a shoe store/mall/mercantile establishment of any sort, she drove to the local middle school and punted me into a throng of similarly clad kids. I was summarily informed that I now ran cross country, and that she would see me at the end of practice. That last bit was simultaneously a promise and a threat.
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Despite loss to Wash U, Chicago earns tournament berth Women’s Soccer Tatiana Fields Associate Sports Editor
Despite a loss to Washington University in St. Louis on Saturday, the women’s soccer team was selected to play in the NCAA Division III Tournament yesterday. Above, fourth-year defender Katie Dana dribbles the ball in a game against Brandeis last season. COURTESY OF HANS GLICK
It was a good weekend to be a Maroon. Even though they lost their final match of the regular season, the South Siders learned early Monday afternoon that their hard work this season would still be rewarded with an NCAA tournament berth. The Maroons (11–4– 3) fell to No. 1 Wash U (17–1–0) 2–0 at home on Saturday. Despite the strong defensive fight the hosts put up, the visitors scored one goal in each half and finished undefeated in the UAA with a conference record of 7–0–0. Chicago finished third in the conference with a 3–2–2 record. Going into the matchup, the Maroons knew the Bears would be tough opponents, but they were determined to finish their season as strongly as possible. While both teams had a fair number of opportunities with eight shots each in the first half, it was Wash U that found the back of the net with a goal in the 23rd minute, taking a 1–0 lead. Though the first half featured fairly even play, the Bears took control in
the second half with 13 shots to Chicago’s three. The visitors widened the gap with another goal in the 60th minute and held the Maroons scoreless to end the game with a 2–0 victory. “Wash U got through our defense by pulling out our near-side defender and crossing the ball over the far-side defender’s head,” said second-year forward Mary Bittner. “The two goals were scored on defensive breakdowns that were very unlucky.” Third-year goalkeeper Jacinda Reid was crucial to holding the Bears to just two goals. Reid played goal all but 13 minutes of the game and tallied six saves with two goals allowed. Though the team was not happy to end their season with a defeat, they felt they played well against a very strong opponent. “Overall, the team put up a good fight against the No. 1 team in the country,” Bittner said. “Wash U was simply the better team that day. The loss is unfortunate because we are such a talented and skilled team.” Not only did Saturday’s game close out the South Siders’ regular season, but it was also Senior Day for nine fourth-years, the last
home game of their careers. Though Chicago lost the game, it did not lose its third place spot in the UAA. No. 23 Carnegie also lost, missing its opportunity to leapfrog the Maroons, and finished in fourth place. Chicago received a Pool C berth to the NCAA tournament yesterday afternoon. The Maroons will take on Capital (16–4– 1) this Saturday at the first round of the tournament at UW–Whitewater. A few of Chicago’s familiar opponents made the tournament as well, with Emory, Carnegie, and Wash U also receiving bids. “It is exciting to be selected to compete in the NCAA Tournament, especially as a fourth-year. We have worked hard this year, and I think we are playing the best we have played all season. It also feels great to say that I started and ended my collegiate soccer career in the NCAA tournament,” said fourth-year captain Kelsey Peterson. “This season has been good,” Bittner said. “11–4– 3 with one of the toughest schedules in the country is awesome.” The selection committee must have felt the same way.
South Siders edge Carnegie in frantic finish Late PKs send team to final-day defeat Football
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On senior day, it was the sophomores who carried the team. In a contest that came down to the last minute, Chicago (6–3, 1–1 UAA) defeated Carnegie Mellon (3–6, 0–2) by a score of 14–12 on Saturday. Before the game, the Maroons’ 17 seniors were recognized, but after that, second-year defensive back Vincent Beltrano took over for the South Siders, filling up the stat sheet offensively and defensively. Chicago received lots of help from the visiting Tartans on that day. In the first quarter, Beltrano forced a fumble that ended a Carnegie drive, but the Maroons couldn’t capitalize. On a subsequent Tartan drive, second-year defensive back Greg Thome intercepted a Carnegie pass, which set up for a four-play drive that ended with Beltrano entering the game on the offensive, catching a short pass, and running 23 yards for a touchdown—his only offensive
score of his college career. “It felt great to score offensively,” he said. “I haven’t had that feeling since high school. Our coaches put me in a position to be successful, and our offense executed the play to perfection, which really made my job easy.” Carnegie muffed the following kickoff, and the Maroons recovered. Fourthyear quarterback Vincent Cortina capped off the short drive with a five-yard touchdown pass to second-year tight end Colin Macri. Chicago found itself up 14–0 at the end of the first quarter. “I thought our offense was outstanding,” Cortina said. “We executed the game plan very well and did what the coaches asked us to do. I thought, in particular, the offensive line had one of their best games as a collective unit.” Cortina totaled 57 yards passing and two touchdowns on 6–18 throwing in addition to 27 rushing yards. Neither team scored until the third quarter, when Carnegie converted on a drive
for six points. However, the Tartans shot themselves in the foot again by missing the extra point: Chicago still led 14–6. The Tartans held the ball for much of the fourth quarter. They had a couple drives that approached the end zone, but Beltrano stopped one with an interception on the Maroons’ 26-yard line, his second pick and third forced turnover on the day. Carnegie came back and scored a touchdown with 1:39 to play, although, since they missed the first extra point opportunity, the Tartans were forced to go for two this time and couldn’t convert. Chicago still led 14–12. In miraculous fashion, Carnegie desperately recovered the ensuing onside kickoff and proceeded to convert two fourth downs on its final drive, one being an outlandish fourth and 37. However, the Chicago defense stopped the Tartans from scoring, as it turned the ball over on downs, and Chicago held on for the victory. “Our defensive performance was gritty,” Beltrano said. “Coach Wilkerson preaches
‘whatever it takes,’ and we found a way, no matter the situation, to step up to the challenge and find success.” Carnegie totaled five turnovers on Saturday, and that many mistakes make it difficult to win any day. Notable fourth-year contributions included Cortina’s passing touchdowns and punting, linebacker Ben Wade’s 15 tackles, and running back Ian Gaines’ 55 rushing yards on 15 carries. Chicago had to be more aggressive, though, to avoid allowing a 3–6 Carnegie team to come back from a 14-point deficit to make it a close game. The Maroons also have to decrease penalties. “I think in order to beat a good team like Wash U and [win] a UAA Championship, we will need to be the more disciplined team,” Cortina said. Chicago’s final regular season game is this Saturday at Wash U at noon. If the Maroons can win on Saturday, both they and Wash U will finish with identical 2–1 UAA records, and 7–3 overall records.
Men’s Soccer David Gao Maroon Contributor Leading 3–1 with 10 minutes to play, Chicago men’s soccer (9–6–2, 3–4–0 UAA) gave up two goals to send the game to overtime and another shortly after to lose the final game of its season against the No. 19 Wash U Bears (10–4–3, 3–3–3) by a score of 4–3. Chicago dominated the opening exchanges, scoring two goals in the first 15 minutes and recording 10 shots on the visiting team’s goal. “The first 20 minutes of the game we were buzzing and produced two goals and another that was barely disallowed,” assistant coach Mike Madero said. “That start was really an extension of a great week of training. Our energy and focus was phenomenal.” In the second half, Wash U settled into its offensive
rhythm, scoring within four minutes of the restart. After being pegged back at times in the beginning of the half, the Maroons found some respite when they were awarded a penalty for a handball in the 64th minute. Third-year defender Nick Codispoti finished confidently into the bottom left corner to give Chicago a 3–1 lead. With seven minutes remaining, Bears defender Jack Fischer headed in to bring his team within one. Three minutes after that, Chicago was penalized for a handball in the box and midfielder Michael Flowers converted the penalty to tie the game 3–3. Five minutes into overtime Wash U was awarded its second penalty of the game, this time for a foul. The Maroons protested the call, but midfielder Jonathan Lipsey scored from the spot M SOC continued on page 7