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Speaker warns against affirmative action ban Andrew Ahn Maroon Contributor In light of the upcoming Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas, Loyola University Professor Mark Engberg stressed the social and educational vitality of affirmative action and warned about the consequences of a potential overturning of the policy at an Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA) event on Wednesday night.

In 2003, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Grutter v. Bollinger that the University of Michigan Law School’s admission policy supporting affirmative action was constitutional. While this

case set a precedent for admission policies across the nation, this race issue resurfaced in 2008 when two white women, Abigail Fisher and Rachel Michalewicz, claimed that the University of Texas at Austin denied them admission on the basis of race. In February 2012, the Supreme Court decided to consider the case.

Affirmative action, said Engberg, “allows colleges to intentionally bring diversity to their campuses in order to prepare students for the reality of our society. We are an increasingly diverse democracy. Students need this exposure... in order to be good citizens ACTION continued on page 2

And so it begins Members of the I-House Scav team cheer in anticipation of the release of this year’s Scav list.

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ORCSA to try new RSO advising model Hamid Bendaas News Staff This fall, the Office of Reynolds Club and Student Activities (ORCSA) will adopt a new model for classifying registered student organizations (RSOs) based on the range and scale of the RSO rather than its subject focus. The new model was outlined in a presentation given to a group of RSO leaders in Bartlett Trophy Lounge by ORCSA staffers Jen Kennedy and Arthur Lundberg yesterday evening.

The color-coded system ranges in order from emerging and new RSOs (red), those which run small, low-maintenance meetings (orange), RSOs which organize several large programs a year (green), RSOs with complex organizations and frequent largescale programs like University Theater (blue), and RSOs which

have a high impact on the wider community and which deal with significant financial and risk management considerations like Scav (purple).

RSOs will also be assigned to advisers based on their color code. Orange RSOs, which comprise the majority, will be assigned peer advisers who can sign off on expense reports.

This, Kennedy believes, will allow advisers to “spend less time signing transaction documents… and spend [more] time advising, which is what they’re here to do.”

Kennedy said she hopes the new model will also be less strenuous on student leaders, who will now be able to go through more tailored trainings that fit their RSO’s needs. In the past, all RSOs were required to attend annual, three-hour trainings. Beginning next year, orange RSOs will have to complete online

trainings, while only the more complex RSOs will still participate in in-person trainings.

Though both Kennedy and Lundberg stressed the increased ease of the new model for student leaders and advisers, a subtext throughout was the issue of funding and the need for increased collaboration and partnership.

RSOs would now be allowed to identify as multipurpose, as both “political” and “academic,” and thus be allowed to explore new and innovative partnerships. Before, groups could only officially identify as one type of RSO. ORCSA is hoping that the new model encourages RSOs to partner with similar-subject RSOs, departments, and institutions on campus, with Kennedy offering the example of fine arts partnerships with the Logan Center, or religious groups partnering with the Institute of Politics.

Under ACA, Dr. supply won’t meet demand Sindhu Gnanasambandan News Staff A study published in the journal Health Affairs by University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) Associate Professor Elbert Huang forecasts that 29 million people will be insured for the first time in 2014 as a result of the Affordable Care Act

(ACA), requiring 7,200 more primary care providers at a time when prospective doctors are being driven into more lucrative specialty areas.

The likely influx of insured patients has medical researchers, practitioners, and leaders in the industry worried that the South Side of Chicago, particularly the neighborhoods of Lawndale and

Englewood, will be hit especially hard because of the number of currently uninsured people.

Englewood, for example, is predicted to see a 10 percent increase in demand for primary care, requiring the addition of four doctors to the existing group of 40 practitioners in the neighborhood.

ACA continued on page 3

Broadview residents table complaints on dining move Stephanie Xiao Associate News Editor Following a flurry of student complaints over the decision to relocate Broadview Hall’s house tables to Cathey Dining Commons next year, administrators have announced a series of transportation and dining accommodations, including extended shuttle routes and the relocation of Fourth Meal to Cathey.

The table relocation, first announced last quarter, is part of a series of housing and dining changes to be implemented next autumn after the demolition of Pierce Tower and Dining Hall, where the Palmer, Talbot, and Wick House tables are currently situated.

Over the course of the last two quarters, Broadview residents have voiced their dissatisfaction about the new location to their Resident Heads and at Dining and Inter-House Council (IHC) meetings, second-year Palmer House President Molly Blondell said. A letter-writing campaign to housing and dining administrators was also proposed at one point, but never materialized.

Despite the official relocation, Blondell said many Broadview residents intend to go to Bartlett Dining Hall, which is roughly 11 blocks away from Broadview in

contrast to Cathey’s 16.

“A lot of people are worried about not even having a house culture in South next year because people are going to eat in Bartlett anyway because that’s closer and more convenient,” she said.

Ideally, said Blondell, Broadview tables would be moved to Bartlett, which will expand this summer to accommodate the relocation of the Maclean house tables. Other solutions proposed by residents earlier this quarter and last quarter included implementing a direct shuttle route from Broadview to Cathey, as well as giving Broadview residents the option to choose the Apartment Meal Plan.

“Everyone in Broadview is just discouraged by the fact that whenever we bring up any issues, we don’t feel like we’ve been heard. Many of the issues that we faced last year or in years past, we’ve gotten no response,” Blondell said, referring to an incident last year in which fire alarms went off in Broadview almost every night for two weeks. In recompense, she said, Broadview residents only received an apolog y.

“The University is very accommodating for students in large dorms. Last year they gave Pierce residents $500 gift certificates to the bookstore for the toilet situBROADVIEW continued on page 2

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SHE reminds Rosenbaum of promise Two members of Students for Health Equity (SHE) delivered 200 appointment cards from students and faculty asking to meet with Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs Kenneth Polonsky to Provost Thomas Rosenbaum’s office on Wednesday afternoon.

The students, second-year Joe Kaplan and third-year Patrick Dexter, delivered the cards to indicate that there is “still a lot of student interest in the meeting with hospital administrators [that] Provost Rosenbaum had committed to convene [in a statement last quarter],” Dexter said in an e-mail. The two were met by Rosenbaum’s secretary and were unable to deliver the appointment cards directly.

This reminder comes five days before the first open meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Dissent and Protest, the formation of which was one of Rosenbaum’s initial responses to the January 27 trauma center protest that resulted in the arrest of four people, including Ph.D. candidate Toussaint Losier. The meeting will focus on “general issues of protest on campus” according to the University News Of-

fice. The meeting, which is open to the public, is scheduled to take place Monday, May 13 at 5 p.m. in Swift Hall Common Room.

—Mahdu Srikantha

CTA campus buses here to stay The University signed an agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Wednesday evening to extend its contract by five years until August 31, 2018. The four campus bus routes will continue to run normally with no changes. Students will still be able to use the 170 U. of Chicago/Midway, 171 U. of Chicago/Hyde Park, and 172 U. of Chicago/Kenwood buses free of charge with their UCID, as well as the 192 U. of Chicago Hospitals Express bus for the regular CTA fare.

In 2012, the four University of Chicago routes had a combined 1.2 million rides, according to an article from RedEye. After the CTA raised the price of its contract by 30 percent last August, the University began searching for possible alternatives. However, according to fourth-year Douglas Everson, Jr., SG’s VP for Administration, after much negotiating since fall quarter, it was decided that the partnership with the CTA was a better fit than the other options.

—Thomas Choi

Central shuttle extended south for Broadview diners BROADVIEW continued from front

ation. They were willing to give anybody who had their house table in South Dining Hall 150 extra Flex Dollars for the inconvenience of walking an extra bit, but when it comes to issues with Broadview, we don’t receive any treatment at all,” she said.

In response to these complaints, Interim Director of Undergraduate Student Housing Ana Campos sent an e-mail to Broadview residents this Tuesday announcing accommodations and additions to current housing, dining, and transportation services.

According to Campos, the Central Route NightRide shuttle will be extended further south, and a stop will be created near Cathey Dining Commons at 60th Street and Ellis Avenue to “assist Broadview residents in getting to Cathey Dining Commons from the Broadview for dinner and returning to the Broadview when done.”

In addition to the extended shuttle route, Campos announced that Fourth Meal will take place at Cathey during autumn quarter. “[This] will be more easily acces-

Engberg: “Worst case scenario would be essentially a complete ban of affirmative action” ACTION continued from front

and in order to work in an increasingly diverse and global society.”

Engberg also described three potential options for affirmative action that could result from Fisher v. University of Texas.

“Obviously the worst case scenario would be essentially a complete ban of affirmative action,” he said. “The second option is that they wouldn’t necessarily do away with affirmative action, but they would make the restrictions so difficult for colleges and universities that it would be a de facto ban on affirmative action.

And, the third would be the status quo.”

Additionally, he said that if there are severe restrictions to affirmative action, “we are going to see a very different picture that does not make sense...Maybe this will galvanize people to stand up and shout to

change things.”

After the talk, students broke up into sections to discuss the issues raised in the talk. Third-year Ifedayo Ajiboye and Organization of Black Students President Clarence Okoh, also a third-year, both stressed the necessity of affirmative action.

“Affirmative action has more of a function than replicating the diversity of America. It helps people get on their feet.

No one is born and simply makes it,” Ajiboye said.

“People have different circumstances and we should evaluate students based on that,” Okoh added. “Diversity is a self-perpetuating process. If we stop our efforts to help diverse interests be heard, they will stop being heard.”

The event was organized by OMSA and the Black Law Students Association.

Broadview’s house table will move from Pierce to Cathey Dining Commons in the fall.

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sible to Broadview residents given this extended Central Route,” Campos wrote.

Other changes include instituting a continental breakfast program in the Broadview community kitchen so that residents can eat in Broadview before class each morning, as well as increasing the number of study breaks and meal subs.

Blondell, positive about the changes, was hopeful that they will strengthen the Broadview

community.

“I, along with many other students in Broadview, am pleased about these accommodations, especially since we didn’t think we would get any response from the dining [or] housing office,” Blondell said. “ While many people in Broadview are still unhappy about the move to South…I am confident that these accommodations will create a closer community within Broadview.”

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 January 1. 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: » May 2, 5700 South Maryland Avenue (Hyde Park Market), 8:48 a.m.—A woman took merchandise without paying.

She was arrested by UCPD. » May 2 to May 3, 5840 South Maryland Avenue (Parking Structure), unknown time—Between 7 p.m. on May 2 and 9 a.m. on May 3, an unknown person smashed the window of a vehicle parked on the third level and took a transponder.

Since Jan. 1

Since May 2

1

0

Robbery

1

0

Attempted robbery

8

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Battery

5

0

Burglary

2

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Criminal trespass to vehicle

12

1

Damage to property

177

14

Other report

3

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Simple assault

155

11

Theft

3

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Trespass to property

1

Arrest

9

Traffic Violation

Ellis

» May 4, South Ellis Avenue, be20 tween East 63rd & 64th Streets, 122 1:20 a.m.—An unknown male, armed with a handgun, took property from a man walking off campus. The case is 47th under CPD investigation.

Type of Crime

» May 5, 5333 South University Avenue, 3:38 a.m.—UCPD officers detained three males who were checking the doors of cars parked on the street.

UCPD also recovered two Garmin GPS devices, two cell phones, and a Sony tablet. The case has been turned over the CPD.

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University

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NEWS IN BRIEF

S. Hyde Park

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Cornell

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Stony Island

In light of the upcoming Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, students congregate at OMSA on Wednesday evening to engage in a discussion about affirmative action, lead by Loyola professor Mark Engberg.

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Cottage Grove

57th » May 8, Reynolds Club, 10:30 p.m.—A fire was reported in a dumpster outside the building.

The Chicago Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire. Aside from damage to a plastic dumpster lid, no other damage was reported.

*Locations of reports approximate Source: UCPD Incident Reports

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Government and health care providers incentivize primary care NEWS IN BRIEF ACA continued from front

“In absolute numbers it doesn’t seem that bad, but this doesn’t account for the fact that the baseline 40 people already represents a shortage. Also, who’s going to do it? Four doctors who open a clinic? A provider who expands?” Huang said.

Attempting to meet the increasing demand of primary care physicians, the federal government has prepared incentives to accompany the implementation of the ACA, offering a 10 percent hike in salary to primary care doctors choosing to work in medically underserved areas.

But Huang is skeptical of how effective these incentives will be.

“Such incentives are never designed on any empirical data. They are entirely designed on what can be affordable,” Huang said.

“Also, we don’t know if these incentives have been noticed by people. I’m quite concerned that it’s not enough. The [salary] gap between specialists and primary care practitioners is much more than 10 percent.”

Non-governmental institutions are taking matters into their own hands.

For instance, the Pritzker School of Medicine, the UCMC, and the Urban Health Initiative are encouraging current medical students to choose a career

in primary care.

Pritzker Associate Dean of Students James Woodruff, M.D., has noted a trend of student interest in practicing in underserved areas and as primary physicians in the last five years.

According to Woodruff, this correlates with the school’s concrete steps to grow and develop mentorship programs, classes, volunteer opportunities, and scholarships emphasizing service learning and working in underserved communities.

For example, a relatively new course introduced less than a decade ago, called Health Care Disparities, focuses on the numerous areas in our country where people have poor access to health care and are given low-quality care.

Similarly, Community Health is one of the possible tracks for the Scholarship and Discovery component of the Pritzker curriculum, requiring every student to complete a project involving communitybased research or service learning.

Outside of the classroom, many students volunteer at five free clinics affiliated with Pritzker that provide care to uninsured patients in neighborhoods primarily in the West and South Sides of Chicago.

Service, Education, Reflection, Volunteerism

Elective (SERVE) is a fourth-year service learning elective for medical students in which they volunteer at a clinic and then, after clinical training, bring their new skills and help teach newer students.

It provides training and support for service-minded students to meaningfully connect with the community.

Repayment for Education to Alumni in Community Health (REACH), a partnership between Pritzker and UChicago’s Urban Health Initiative (UHI), offers a $40,000 yearly stipend to students choosing to work in federally qualified underserved neighborhood hospitals, in addition to their salary, for up to four years.

But Doriane Miller, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at the UCMC and Director of the Center for Community Health and Vitality, says limited funding prevents the program from serving more students.

“Since our start in 2009, we have had four scholars to date who are working in primary care settings.

I wish we had more funding to encourage more students,” Miller said.

“There is a market opportunity to be a primary care service provider; it’s just that we need people to realize that and take advantage of it,” Jones said, according

to the online publication, Medical Express.

Some question whether it is the responsibility of Pritzker and the UCMC to meet the community’s medical needs, and whether they are sufficiently equipped to in the first place.

According to Woodruff, training students for community-level medical positions is not the ultimate goal of Pritzker.

“Our medical school is focused more on development of physicians that will be leaders in education or clinical care, meaning national leaders or international leaders,” Woodruff said.

Over the past 30 years, five other hospitals in the city have closed, putting additional strain on UCMC in providing for the entire South Side.

“I believe the hospital does have an obligation to serve the community and I do believe it fulfills this obligation on a regular basis, but it will never be a large enough institution to address the needs that presently exist, and once the ACA comes into play, it may further increase this strain,” Woodruff said.

“I think this is a societal problem that we can’t really solve on our own.”

Last night, SG convened a meeting to allocate funding for the areas and committees covered by the Student Activities Fee for the 2013–2014 academic year. According to the SG Web site, overall funding will increase by $153,000 due to expanded enrollment and an increase in cost per student to match inflation.

Areas receiving more funding include the Student Government Finance Committee, the Coalition of Academic Teams—which funds groups like Quiz Bowl and Mock Trial—and the Community Service Fund.

Funding for the Program Coordinating Council (PCC) will decrease by $9,850, or about two percent

from this year. This year, a funding increase for PCC paid for a new Doc Films projector; SG reasoned that since the groups funded by the PCC are not requesting any new materials or equipment for the next year, it will be able to allocate more of its funds toward programming.

The SG van, which SG voted to eliminate earlier this year, and temporary sport club support, which is now part of the Sports Fund, are areas which will not receive any funding next year.

Funding for the Uncommon Fund ($50,000) and student organization support ($120,000) will remain the same.

—Marina Fang

CORRECTIONS » The May 3 article “Students React to Dining Inspection Failures” and editorial “Half Baked” misstated the date when the search for an external reviewer began. The search began in the last two weeks. » The May 3 article “With Latest Mixtape, Chicago-Born Rapper’s Stars Are Out,” misstated the name of Chance the Rapper’s second mixtape. The mixtape is called Acid Rap.

—Additional reporting by Maira Khwaja

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Editorial & Op-Ed MAY 10, 2013

From homework to network UChicago’s plans for online open courses expand upon its commitment to making education accessible The student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892 REBECCA GUTERMAN Editor-in-Chief SAM LEVINE Editor-in-Chief EMILY WANG Managing Editor DOUGLAS EVERSON, JR Senior Editor JAMIE MANLEY Senior Editor MATTHEW SCHAEFER Senior Editor CELIA BEVER News Editor MARINA FANG News Editor MADHU SRIKANTHA News Editor JENNIFER STANDISH News Editor AJAY BATRA Viewpoints Editor EMMA THURBER STONE Viewpoints Editor EMMA BRODER Arts Editor ALICE BUCKNELL Arts Editor DANIEL RIVERA Arts Editor VICENTE FERNANDEZ Sports Editor SARAH LANGS Sports Editor JAKE WALERIUS Sports Editor HYEONG-SUN CHO Head Designer SONIA DHAWAN Head Designer KEVIN WANG Online Editor ALICE BLACKWOOD Head Copy Editor ALAN HASSLER Head Copy Editor JEN XIA Head Copy Editor BEN ZIGTERMAN Head Copy Editor SYDNEY COMBS Photo Editor TIFFANY TAN Photo Editor

Last Wednesday, the University announced that it would begin experimenting with massive online open courses (MOOCs) in the near future.

This development follows through on plans initiated in September 2012

by Provost Thomas Rosenbaum, who established two committees to look into the prospects of online education technology for both University students and off-campus audiences.

University faculty has, by and large, responded positively to plans to unveil three not-for-credit courses in the next few years. The proposal builds on Open Climate 101, an online version of David Archer’s Global Warming class, which is currently the only course that the University offers to the public via the Internet. Considering its leadership and prestige in the academic community, the University is long overdue in providing a diverse array of online materials to the public.

It should prioritize the development of MOOCs not only in light of the extensive online efforts of peer institutions, but also because it aligns with

the University’s commitment to providing quality education to people of all backgrounds.

Online education has gained momentum in the past few years. In 2012, Harvard and MIT launched edX as a response to growing demand. The courses offered on the site are open to the general public and especially benefit those who are interested in higher-level coursework, but who are unable to afford a traditional college education. Since the inception of edX, 10 more universities have begun contributing not-for-credit courses to the platform, and “over two hundred institutions around the world” have expressed interest in adding content as well, according to the edX Web site. UChicago is currently considering edX as a platform for its MOOCs, along with Coursera, a site that follows a similar model. When it begins to contribute content, the University will join many world-class institutions in opening higher education to anyone with access to a computer and the desire to learn.

Such an accomplishment will further the University’s mission to broaden the opportunity for education, a vision that is already reflected in UChicago Promise, its commitment to providing substantial aid even during times of economic hardship, and in the construction of University centers in Beijing and New Delhi. As some faculty and the Maroon have expressed, online courses are no substitute for the rigor and engagement that the UChicago classroom experience fosters. Even so, the offerings that are currently being proposed work toward a goal that is entirely unrelated to the standards according to which the University confers credit. In a Maroon op-ed published today, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jim Nondorf speaks to this goal, encouraging the University to “continue to provide access to students from a wide range of backgrounds whose varying perspectives enrich the University’s intellectual culture and underscore our core values.” While Nondorf ’s statement was geared toward support-

ing UChicago students, the vision of opening the University to a greater audience—whether that be on campus or online—still holds.

The University has the means and intellectual clout to push the development and adoption of MOOCs in academia further and faster, and should take advantage of both as it proceeds. Even within our own campus, there are promising signs for a future of widespread online offerings that could go far beyond these initial efforts. Deputy Provost for Research Roy Weiss told the Maroon that there “may very well be more faculty than three” interested in designing online courses. Enthusiasm among faculty members suggests that there is real belief that retooling and redefining classroom boundaries presents a powerful opportunity to bridge the gap between academia and the intellectual community that exists beyond it.

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The art of upstanding comedy

How financial aid reinforces our values

High-quality jokes reflect an amount of empathy for those they discuss—the rest just aren’t nice

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By Kamil Ahsan Viewpoints Columnist Confession: When it comes to comedy, I like mine to be nice. And I don’t just mean the treacly, slapstick shtick of Alvin and the Chipmunks or the British buffoonery of Blackadder. I mean nice like Stephen Fry with his clever little wordplay, or even, arguably, like Stephen Colbert, whose putdowns are often tinged with sympathy for the underdog, even when insulting Fox & Friends.

But, you remark, Colbert (and probably Jon Stewart as well) is, in some ways, a classic insult comedian; the veritable Sarah Silverman of politics. There is nothing necessarily nice about Colbert—just a lot to agree with if you’re the progressive, liberal, young demographic he seems to be geared towards. And I agree. But what I mostly mean is not that he’s nice, but rather that he’s just smart, surprisingly perceptive, and inclusive. The kind of nice that doesn’t rely on regular comedy targets, like women or old people. Not comedy’s version of Rush Limbaugh, but instead he is a genuinely brazen sort of comedian whose insults, while plentiful, are unexpected, and appeal to people used to being fodder for mean men. Today, the sort of anti-Republican liberal spiel Colbert trades in may seem stock, but once it

was bold, the comedic voice of cloistered liberals everywhere. Once, it spoke to people who didn’t have a lot of comedians in their corner.

When I say nice, I also mean nice like Louis C.K., who, for instance, went on this spectacular tirade in his recent HBO special: “A woman saying yes to a date with a man is literally insane and ill-advised, and the whole species’ existence counts on them doing it. How do women still go out with guys when you consider the fact that there is no greater threat to women than men? We’re the number-one threat to women! Globally and historically, we’re the numberone cause of injury and mayhem to women. We’re the worst thing that ever happens to them. That’s true.

You know what our number one threat is? Heart disease.”

If you laughed, think about the fact that you just laughed at what’s likely the first genuinely feminist joke you’ve heard from a mainstream comedian. And that’s why I like Louis C.K.. His comedy—not across the board, but often—has surprised me. This is the same comedian, incidentally, who was accused of being a rape apologist for Twitter-supporting Daniel Tosh, a Comedy Central host who drew a great deal of heat for saying about a female audience member, “Wouldn’t it be funny if that girl got raped by, like, five guys right now?”

Needless to say, Tosh is the classic example of the sort of insult comedy I don’t find funny—not just because it’s symptomatic of a douchey, sexist attitude among men that makes light of things very serious to women COMEDY continued on page 5

James G. Nondorf Viewpoints Contributor This is the time of year when we calculate statistics that tell us something about next fall’s incoming College first-years. By almost any measure, the Class of 2017 is a great class — high achieving, with wide and interesting experiences, geographically and ethnically diverse.

But here is one of the less-heralded numbers and, I think, one of the most telling : Approximately 60 percent of the Class of 2017 has been offered scholarship or need-based grant awards, and we estimate the average need-based financial aid award totals roughly $39,631.

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In a community devoted to free inquiry in which ideas are heard and tested on their merit, we cannot let finances be a bar to entry.

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That is a powerful statement of the University’s values. In a community devoted to free inquiry in which ideas are heard and tested on their merit, we cannot let finances be a bar to entry. On the contrary, the University needs the talent, breadth of experience, and viewpoints of all of our best applicants. So in the College, we do not consider a family’s ability to pay in deciding whether to admit a student, and we commit to

meeting that student’s financial need.

In fact, we go beyond that. Recognizing that heavy debt loads would limit the options of our graduates, we continue to push down the amount of debt we ask students to incur as a part of their contribution to paying for a University of Chicago education.

Most notably, our Odyssey Scholarships replace loans with grants, eliminating an average of $18,000 in debt each for more than 1,100 recipients. This year, we extended our no-loan pledge to all students from the city of Chicago who qualify for financial aid through UChicago Promise.

That progress is one of the reasons our average student debt is less than 80 percent of the national average for private colleges, and two-thirds of our College students graduate debt-free.

This level of commitment to financial aid has a huge impact— especially in this economic climate when other sources of University funding are under pressure and families’ needs are greater than ever. Many colleges and universities have scaled back on their financial aid commitments since the economic downturn. Some have abandoned no-loan pledges, or even reconsidered need-blind admission policies.

By contrast, over the last decade, the University of Chicago has increased annual financial aid from federal, state, and institutional sources for undergraduate students from under $35 million to more AID continued on page 5

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Criminal neglect The University’s policy on reporting violent crimes is too selective to sufficiently inform those it aims to protect

By Maya Fraser Viewpoints Columnist Last week a man was shot and killed in Hyde Park. I found out about the shooting when a friend of mine posted a link to a Huffington Post story. The shooting occurred in the very early morning of April 30 in an apartment building at 52nd Street and Harper Avenue.

The witness who was wounded in the attack was a close friend of the man who died. He said that neither he nor the deceased knew the shooter. The story was covered in the Tribune and other Chicago news outlets. Despite the relatively high-profile nature of this crime, the University has made no mention of the incident.

Though the University has been silent on this issue, officials have communicated about other security news. In the early evening of April 30th, the day following the shooting, Marlon Lynch sent out a “Spring Safety Update,” which reported that violent crime was down 33 percent from last year. He then stated that “in light of recent events” security would be increased on campus. It was unclear whether the “recent events” that Lynch referred to were the muggings earlier in the month or the shooting that had occurred that very morning, but it seems unlikely that Lynch would not have known about the attack.

Hyde Park is on the whole a relatively safe neighborhood, and I am quite thankful for that. But when something of this violent nature occurs, it must be a University priority to inform its students, faculty, and staff as soon as possible. While I understand that not every mugging is Security Alert material, every shooting should be. The University should re-evaluate its Security Alert guidelines to include alerts for all

violent incidents in Hyde Park. We cannot make informed decisions about our safety if crucial information is missing.

A quick jaunt to the University of Chicago Safety and Security page tells us why the incident was not automatically a security alert: The crime did not occur on campus, nor was someone affiliated with the University injured. However, the facts that neither of the victims was affiliated with the University and that the shooting did not occur on campus do not mean that the shooter could not have posed harm to students, staff, or faculty. Many University affiliates live in that area or patronize the businesses along 53rd Street that are near the site of the shooting. It would be naive to think that the University bubble excuses our ignoring what goes on in the rest of Hyde Park.

This incident points to the difficulty of engaging in an informed discussion about crime within Hyde Park. It has been the trend of late to accuse the University of failing to participate in open dialogue about

all sorts of issues, from the trauma center to police practices to its investment policies. In the case of dialogue about crime, the University is only partially to blame. Many students, myself included, don’t have a good sense of how safe or dangerous Hyde Park is; most of us rely on a combination of hearsay and security alerts to judge how safe we are and

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make safety decisions, and that’s far from a comprehensive view of crime.

However, I also do not trust the University to give us a clear picture of crime. It has a vested interest in presenting a certain image of Hyde Park: the image of a safe neighborhood where violent crime is not a problem. From the University’s

perspective, a shooting is, in effect, a large P.R. problem. The cynical part of me wonders whether the University has been so silent about the shooting because it occurred near the new developments on 53rd Street, an area that it cannot afford to be associated with crime. Though I would not go so far as to say that the University intentionally made no mention of the incident, I would not be surprised if P.R. issues were a factor in its decision.

Setting these concerns aside, where they belong, the fact remains that student, faculty, staff, and community safety should be the University’s top priority. If the University had more common-sense guidelines for what crime information it should disseminate, we would all feel safer.

After all, it is the gaps in our knowledge that are frightening: If we knew that the University would alert us to serious violent crimes, we could take no news as good news instead of a failure to communicate.

Maya Fraser is a third-year in the College majoring in sociology.

Comedy’s occassional cathartic power complicates our notion of where good taste ends COMEDY continued from page 4 (much like the “bitch, make me a sandwich” joke of Internet fame), but because of how cliché it is. Tosh is not the first—and will probably not be the last—comedian to rely on comedic crutches in order to garner popularity. Bigger questions should be asked here: Why is behavior like this condoned? And even if comedians have total and unhindered license, why in the world are audiences rewarding them with fame?

Is it possible that because of our TV-watching proclivities, young women everywhere watch comedians like Tosh and are thus socialized to believing that society doesn’t give two hoots about whether they’re raped or not? And is that a culture we want to be culpable for?

I’m pretty clear on where I stand on that.

But I’m a little less clear on where I stand with another situation. In a stand-up routine Joan Rivers once did in Wisconsin, she made an almost-terrible Helen Keller joke and was heckled by an audience member who yelled, “That’s not funny! It’s not funny if you have a deaf son!” To which Rivers replied, “Let me tell you what comedy is about, you stupid son of a bitch! I had a deaf mother. Comedy is a way for us to deal with things!”

So comedy can be cathartic, and perhaps we should make light of things that society finds difficult and/or controversial to deal with in a straightforward manner. I would still argue that there are crucial differences between the

staple rape joke and the deaf joke: Deafness, unlike rape, is not an act society has an imperative to condemn. Nor is it like rape in the sense that there is a pervasive victim-blaming problem. Nor is there moral outrage implied within the structure of the joke, which a lot of racist and homophobic stand-up (e.g. Tracy Morgan) relies on. And it would be hard to argue that men like Tosh intend their jokes to be a form of comforting catharsis for rape victims to better deal with their past. Either way, the situation does show us that the line we feel comedians shouldn’t cross may not be as clear-cut as we’d like to believe.

Which brings me back to C.K.: Despite his obviously misguided support for Tosh (which he retracted), C.K. indulges in a complete avoidance of the staple rape joke in favor of the funnier, more perceptive example above. That’s refreshing. And nice.

The trend has yet to catch on. On a recent episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Fallon performed a homoerotic lip-syncing sketch with John Krasinski – not offensive, much like all SNL skits of late which feature same-sex intimacy for laughs, but definitely hackneyed. So, nice—but perhaps just not nice enough for me.

Kamil Ahsan is a first-year graduate student in the biological sciences division.

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Increased dedication to accommodating students’ financial needs made possible by vibrant culture of giving AID continued from page 4 than $100 million. The University also provides more than $190 million in annual graduate student support campus-wide.

The same willingness to invest in opportunity applies across the University. Since 2007, the University has invested $54 million in additional financial support for graduate students, including the Graduate Aid Initiative, which provides tuition, health insurance, stipends, research support, and other benefits to many doctoral students.

In order to ensure commitment and progress over the long term,

we have made financial aid a fundraising priority. Our most dedicated supporters have responded generously, and many new donors have also been inspired to give. Since President Zimmer’s tenure began in 2006, more than 15,000 alumni and supporters of the University have contributed in excess of $259 million toward student financial aid, including aid for undergraduates and graduate students.

That includes the $100 million anonymous donation that established the Odyssey Scholarships, which benefit one in every five undergraduates. That gift also cre-

ated a challenge that other donors have met with more than $60 million for the program.

That kind of generosity has changed the course of graduate educations. In 2010, University Trustee and alumnus David Rubenstein ( J.D. ’73) gave $10 million to fund 60 full-tuition merit scholarships in the Law School.

The Frank family contributed a gift of $10 million to provide scholarships for students in the University’s joint M.D./Ph.D. program. And a number of generous alumni created the Distinguished Fellows Program in the Booth School of Business to

honor longtime professor, awardwinning teacher, and scholar of business history John E. Jeuck.

President Zimmer recently wrote in The University of Chicago Magazine that “scholarships and fellowships across campus [honor] the generous gifts of alumni who recognize the distinctive education that they received and respond by extending strengthened opportunities to future generations. Each scholarship also represents the great philanthropic tradition that lies at the heart of this university and continues today.” Especially in the face of difficult economic times, we must continue to pro-

vide access to students from a wide range of backgrounds, whose varying perspectives enrich the University’s intellectual culture and underscore our core values. This has been our commitment for over a century and will remain a driving force in our efforts to maintain the University of Chicago as an intellectual destination where multiple perspectives come together to generate knowledge and to make this world a better place.

James G. Nondorf is Vice President for Enrollment and Student Advancement, and Dean of College Admissions and Financial Aid.

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Ladies’ night draws crowd for Midwest Indie Robert Sorrell Maroon Contributor Last Tuesday, the Midwest Independent Film Festival unpacked its wares at the Landmark Century Cinema, as it has on the first Tuesday of every month since 2005.

The Landmark Cinema perches on the top floors of the Century Shopping Centre mall around an open atrium full of typical mall fare. The mall itself is located in Lakeview, a deep pocket of the white-bread belt, but anything that the Landmark Cinema lacks in charm, it makes up for in incredible selection (things to see now include Terrence Malick’s To The Wonder and Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep).

After arriving and navigating the baffling tangle of stairs, escalators, and sloping walkways that constitute the Century Shopping Centre, I found myself in a fairly normal mall movie theater. The seats were squishy, the designs on the wall were amorphous, and everyone seemed to be eating some form of loud snack food. If you find your way to the bar upstairs (hint: you have to go through the theatre itself, and preferably not up the fire stairs, as I did) you will find yourself rubbing elbows, and probably various other parts of your

body due to the small space, with the filmmakers themselves. And, if you don’t mind having a drink so close to a ledge, you can get beer and cocktails served with a Midwestern smile.

Taking place over the span of an entire year, and focusing solely on films from the eight states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, the Midwest Independent Film Festival, or

MIDWEST INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL Landmark Century Centre Cinema First Tuesday of every month

Midwest Indie, is not a normal film festival. Some Tuesdays the festival showcases themed shorts, on others it runs a full-length feature. And, if you’re expecting bohemian rabble-rousing with celebrities and a chance to get laid, you’d better buy a parka and head to Sundance.

That’s not to say that the festival isn’t fun—just maybe a bit less, well, festival-ish than you would expect.

What is the upside of this toneddown, year-long affair? Why not get it all out in one orgy of Midwest love, booze, and film?

At most large film festivals, dozens, possibly even hundreds of full-length features, shorts, animated bits, and documentaries screen in a short time period, and the sheer choice might leave you with a bit of a sour taste in your mouth. For instance, the Toronto International Film Festival, while admittedly one of the largest in the world, takes place over 11 days and normally showcases over 300 films from all over the world on any topic imaginable. Try getting a full experience of that festival and you’ll find yourself, or your retinas, burning out quickly.

The Midwest Indie, on the other hand, benefits from its yearlong operation with a singular ability to create an opportunity for Chicagoans to see every single film they screen.

This particular Tuesday was Female Filmmakers Night, and showcased eight shorts.

They all featured female Midwestern directors, writers, or cinematographers, and in a few cases all three. The films ranged from a stop motion exploration of actresses preparing for a photoshoot in Fawzia Mirza’s Queen of My Dreams to a gritty depiction of a father trying to get a Christmas tree for his daughter on the South FEST continued on page 8

Sheri “Sparkle” Williams, one of the oldest professional dancers in the country, is the star of a new documentary, Sparkle.

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Ongoing discussion series at Incubator engages artist and audience Kimberly Han Arts Staff The Arts Incubator in Washington Park will be bustling with events in the coming months.

The space opened in March on the corner of Garfield Boulevard and Prairie Avenue in a building right across from the Green Line station. The University of Chicago’s Arts and Public Life initiative is affiliated with the venue as a partner to improve, and more

importantly, embrace the arts culture in the community.

According to Theaster Gates, the director of Arts and Public Life, “The University’s Arts and Public Life initiative seeks to build artistic connections between the University of Chicago, local artists, and the surrounding community that amplify the vibrant creativity already occurring in the area.”

On Wednesday, the Arts Incubator held a talk event with a Los Angeles–based artist,

Edgar Arceneaux. The series, The Artist’s Life, is focused on connecting the audience and the artist on a personal level.

The talk began by exploring Arceneaux’s background: where he came from, where he grew up, and how many siblings he has.

Arceneaux told us that he was named after his grandfather, whom he resembled in looks, in the way he talks, and even in his gait. Though he does not remember his grandfather, the stories of their uncanny resemblance inspired

Edgar Arceneaux’s “Number of Intersections, Exercise #51” is part of the body of work he discussed on Wednesday.

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him to explore concepts of spirituality, religion, and metaphysics in his art. How can you be yourself and someone else at the same time?

Such questions of self, other, and shared identity appear often in Arceneaux’s work.

His art revolves around illustrating non-linear narratives, but he places a great importance on the installations of art in physical space as well. How ideas accumulate in the space of a gallery is just as important as the art. “Ideas are amorphous. They can fill any vessel,” he said.

Thus, the shape of the vessel is a crucial way for Arceneaux to conduct his ideas.

The open environment of the talk allowed the audience into the conversation and let them meet Arceneaux as a person first, before they met him as an artist. The talk enabled the audience to discover the paths that he took, people, and instances in his life that inspired his passion for art.

After the talk, I had the opportunity to speak to Kellie Romany, whose work is on display in the Incubator, and who graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011. Her exhibition, Gestate, had just launched on the day of my visit, May 8.

Romany was excited and nervous about her display, which celebrates the beauty and seductiveness of the female body and genitalia.

Like Arceneaux’s work, Romany’s art was also deeply personal. As a black woman, the subject of interracial birth and mixture of racial colors clearly played a dominant role in the conceptualization of her various multimedia pieces. The exhibition Gestate will remain on display until June 9.

All in all, the Incubator is an attractive venue for people in the surrounding community who want to truly connect with artists.

However, as Arceneaux said, it is also a space for the artists to incubate their talents, to take risks, and to learn how to push themselves over the “edge” for their final invention.

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With new album, Deerhunter bucks trend Zane Burton Maroon Contributor Since the band’s beginnings, the music of Atlanta-based Deerhunter has been difficult to approach. Halcyon Digest, their 2010 effort, represented the peak of an effort to create an album that was narrative art. Their live performances have usually been just as inaccessible. Frontman Bradford Cox often dons sundresses on stage, and during a recent performance of his solo project Atlas Sound, he decided to play an hour-long cover of The Knack’s “My Sharona” after an audience member jokingly requested the song. The decision prompted a number of audience members to leave the venue in frustration.

Their latest album, Monomania, represents a striking change in direction for the band. On Monomania, two new band members, bassist Josh McKay and guitarist Frankie Broyles, join Deerhunter after the sudden departure of Josh Fauver, the band’s longtime bassist. The record explores a sonic direction fundamentally different from the albums that came before. First and foremost, the songs rock harder than previous Deerhunter records have. Throughout the album, songs are loud, and they don’t compromise. Bradford Cox claims the record was influenced by the likes of Bo Diddley, Lou Reed, and Joey Ramone, and it shows.

Throughout the album, there is a harkening back to another era, one where the guitars were loud and the tracks had energ y.

The texture of the album is decidedly lo-fi, and it fits perfectly with their new sound. This works in combination with the heavy distortion present on the guitars and the vocals to produce a back-to-basics album that recalls a past Deerhunter was never really a part of, but clearly wishes they could have taken part in. The driving guitars of “Leather Jacket II” unabashedly wash away the introspective shoegaze of Halcyon Digest with something that’s inyour-face and straightforward. It feels like the past, but it’s still right in the present.

While Monomania is Deerhunter’s sixth record, released eight years after the band’s debut album, Turn it Up Faggot, it is the most raw and immediate of any Deerhunter record to date. With its embrace of garage rock fundamentals and heavy distortion filters, the record sounds more like a debut record than the work of a band that’s been playing together for 13 years. Bradford Cox’s vocals are more energized than they have been in years; the guitars are louder; the drums hit hard. All of this imbues the record with a surprising urgency and relatability that Deerhunter has never had before—the record embraces rock-and-roll where previous Deerhunter albums appeared to be desperately trying to avoid it.

These changes come along with a shakeup in the Deerhunter lineup. With the departure of Josh Fauver, architect of one of the greatest moments on Halcyon Digest, “Nothing Ever Happened,” we lose one of the voices that has served to define Deerhunter’s sound for much of its existence. The influence of Lockett Pundt is also significantly reduced on Monomania.

Pundt contributed song writing to only one song on the album, “The Missing ,” apparently having expended his songwriting energies on his recent solo release, Spooky Action at a Distance. This allows the album to take on a nature much more similar to Bradford Cox’s work in Atlas Sound than anything Deerhunter has released recently. This is especially evident on “Nitebike,” where we hear Cox quietly singing alone alongside an acoustic guitar, foregoing the many layers of sound that usually mark Deerhunter albums.

With Cox in control, the album’s song-

writing is effectively unified, accounting for much of the album’s surprising change in sound.

The fact that the album is unexpected makes perfect sense. Since Deerhunter’s formation in 2001, the band (and Bradford Cox, in particular) has always been avantgarde. The confrontational Deerhunter that we know is still here in all its provocative glory. At the end of the day, the defining aspect of the band is largely the same, even if the songs have more distortion and Bradford Cox has taken a larger role than he had on previous records; it’s the world that’s changed in the two and a half years since Halcyon Digest. Deerhunter continues to find success in reacting to the world of music in provocative ways—ways that we don’t expect.

In their sixth studio album, Deerhunter treads new territory while maintaining their trademark good game.

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Incubator hopes to draw more student visitors INCUBATOR continued from page 6 As exciting as the Incubator is, program manager Allison Glenn wishes there were more students who would connect with the facility. Perhaps it is because the venue is so new or because the location is a bus ride away from campus; currently, the Arts Incubator is almost unknown to the general University community. Nevertheless, the administrators at the Arts Incubator are enthusiastic about increasing student traffic. Not only does the Incubator provide a chance to build relationships with skilled artists, but, as Glenn eagerly mentioned, there’s also free food and drinks at every event. Calling all students: free food. Did you hear that? What’s not to like?

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Like French satire? No? Like French food?

Well, bring your UCID to Student Night at Court Theatre for a free showing of Moliere’s The Misanthrope, the classic comedy of errors that Rousseau gave “two thumbs up.” The play pokes fun at the already very funny social conventions of 17th century high society, although this production apparently does not include powdered wigs. A free post-play discussion with the cast and crew will follow, along with free coffee and French pastries.

Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave., 8 p.m., free with UCID. PanAsia’s Spring Festival extravaganza continues with a performance by Asian-American b-boys Poreotics at Hutch Commons. The victors of “Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew” will gyrate you into the next dimension with their high-flying mix of popping, choreography, and robotics (po-reo-tics). Accompanying them will be performances by home-grown talents Phinix Dance Crew, Rhythmic Bodies in Motion, PanAsia, and the AAIIV BBoys. Hutchinson Commons, Reynolds Club, 5706 S. University Ave., 7 p.m., free with UCID.

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You’ve heard of all things pop-up happening in New York at this point—restaurants, boutiques, those ubiquitous silent raves—but Chicago’s been a bit reluctant to embrace this trend so far. If you’d like to do some research into the possible forces at play behind this haunting phenomenon, hop the Brown Line to Irving Park this afternoon. You’ve heard of all things pop-up, but have you heard of a last minute pop-up Mother’s Day art market?

Yeah, got you there, buckaroo. At the Chicago Art Girls Spring Pop-Up Shop, more than 35 women artists will be selling their handmade goods.

These will include paintings, furniture, housewares, clothing, pottery, felted things, jewelry, and, most importantly, chocolate. Ravenswood Event Center, 4011 N. Ravenswood Ave., 11 a.m.–5 p.m., free.

It’s getting to that time of the quarter when you begin yearning to really dig in. You’re not busy enough; you’re downright bored. Why haven’t you pinkslipped into that fifth class, or undertaken the creation of a couple new RSOs? Seriously, though, at this point you might be so sick of campus you find you’re happy here. To celebrate this epiphany, have a night in Hyde Park on Saturday and go

to the UChicago South Asian Vocal Ensemble’s performance, “Holi ~ A Festival of Colors,” which is one of several events it is holding for the Holi Festival. The group says their work will celebrate a wide range of South Asian traditions, “including North and South Indian classical music, Baul music from Bangladesh, Qawwali from Pakistan, and North and South Indian classical dance performances in collaboration with Apsara!” Fulton Hall, 5845 S. Ellis Ave., 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m., free.

Sunday | May 12 This Mother’s Day, catch Frank Perry’s classic Mommie Dearest, starring the legendary Joan Crawford, at the Music Box Theater. Audience interaction is encouraged. Tickets come with an “interactive audience participation guide,” with a running commentary led by Camp Midnight.

There will also be a live preshow hosted by Dick O’Day and the Hell in a Handbag players. See also the mother/daughter matching outfit contest, as well as the commemorative wire hangers given out to the first 100 guests. Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., 2 p.m., $12.

For more traditional (read: alcoholic) family

fare, head out to West Loop favorite Nellcôte for a special brunch menu, where a portion of the proceeds will be going to the American Cancer Society. 833 W. Randolph St., 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

If your mom won’t be in town this weekend, ignore the rising swell of homesickness as compounded by general mid-quarter awfulness and head out to ArtShould Expose. Half outdoor exhibit, half giant art sale, the event is meant to broadcast local talent from both the UChicago and broader Hyde Park communities. Described as an “arts carnival,” there will also be food, music, and, of course, arts and crafts. Logan Center courtyard, 915 E. 60th St., 2 p.m.–5 p.m., free.

There are two interminable truths about UChicago campus culture: First, someone will always be wearing one of those awful self-deprecating T-shirts, and second, Scav. If you haven’t already locked yourself in a bunker until the storm passes, then head out this Sunday for Scav Judgment. If you’re a fan, I hear this gathering is pretty funny, and a high point of the competition. If you’re not a fan, then rejoice still, as this means it’s ending.

Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St., 12 p.m., free.

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At the Midwest Independent Film Festival, “tremendous range was shown” in the selected eight shorts FEST continued from page 6 Side in Angel Kristi William’s The Christmas Tree. Tremendous range was shown in the transition from works such as “Waiting for Godot,” a highly technical music video, to the matter-of-fact documentary Sparkle, which told the tale of Sheri “Sparkle” Williams, one of the oldest professional dancers in the country, to, finally, the comedic animated

short The Other Side.

Last on the bill was Best If Used By, directed and written by Aemilia Scott, who also stars.

A sedate, morose comedy, it tells the story of a grocery store clerk who manages to obtain her boyfriend’s dead body so that she can have a few more hours with him. The film’s cinematography plays with an undeniably Midwestern sort of gray, culminating in a

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wide shot on the shores of Lake Michigan in the winter.

The Festival has had Female Filmmaker’s Night previously, in both 2010 and 2012, and if anything can be told from this year’s turnout, they will continue to do so indefinitely, so long as they keep receiving strong films directed, written, or shot by Midwestern women. And if indie films alone

aren’t enough to make you schlep to the North Side, the festival almost always also includes an after-party (this month at local hangout Avenue Tavern). Check out the Midwest Independent Film Festival online, and make sure to get tickets for first Tuesdays—with summer waiting in the wings, what better way to get through the dog days than with movies and cold drinks?

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Creative Cloisters is the Maroon’s new outlet for student-produced visual and literary art. It will run biweekly.

Fast food restaurants and strip malls whizzed past as Carl left behind the suburbs and headed for the desert.

Spurring the anemic car forward at 60 miles per hour, he chased the horizon for a good 20 minutes before he finally saw it emerge from the distant blue haze.

An enormous whale skeleton, its bleached bones jutting out of the windswept sands like a landlocked Ahab’s wet dream. Its arch-like ribs cast long shadows in the afternoon sun, and at one end of its monorail spine a rounded skull still bore frayed bristles of baleen.

Carl drove his Pinto up alongside the fallen behemoth and got out.

Solemnly opening his trunk, he withdrew a microphone, a car battery power inverter, a subwoofer, a massive tangle of wires, a centrifuge, a crystal radio receiver, and a sweating cooler containing several tubes of slightly congealed lamb’s blood.

After spending several minutes assembling the complex apparatus, Carl completed the circuit by plugging it all into the power inverter clamped onto the car’s battery. He then proceeded to fit the Alpheratz crystal onto the radio receiver and placed the vials of lamb’s blood into the slots of the centrifuge’s rotor. Shutting the lid on this plasma carousel, the blood started to whir around inside it. Meanwhile, Carl scratched the surface of the crystal with a thin wire, eventually tuning the radio to a pulsation that he could feel in the very marrow of his bones.

The crystal shone blindingly and the sound escalated until deafening reverberations were blasting out of the scuffed-up speaker. Just as Carl thought the battered equipment couldn’t take any more, fluid matter began to trickle up out of the pores of the desert sand like a cobra mesmerized by a snake charmer’s flute.

It was a vile, black, rotten stuff that weaved rhythmically in and around the beast’s ribs. Like decay in reverse, it soon lightened to a pinkish hue and

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took on the shape of various organs and intestines. A heaving mass quickly filled the inside of the ribcage, but was then obstructed by muscles whipping and coiling about the skeleton, followed by milky blobs of blubber.

Finally, a layer of blue-grey skin spread across the whole abhorrent structure like liquid mercury.

Now fully formed, the whale breathed laboriously. Turning off the speaker, Carl slowly approached

it. Suddenly, the leviathan’s eyelid snapped open and an immense dilated pupil rolled forward. The resurrected cetacean opened its ancient mouth and emitted an unearthly roar. A wave of rancid breath pushed past the dry air and flowed into Carl’s nostrils.

“Why have you awakened me from my slumber, child?” the beast bellowed.

Alex is a second-year English major.

This is an excerpt from one of his longer pieces of writing. He says, “I’m fascinated with the illogical logic of dreams, and tried to replicate it in this story.”

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Chicago to begin postseason quest on Stagg Field courts Women’s Tennis Alexander Sotiropoulos Senior Sports Staff The NCAAs are upon us: After advancing to four consecutive national semifinal appearances, including a second-place finish last year, it may seem that the No. 8 Maroons are already sizing up a potential quarterfinal matchup against No. 2 Claremont– Mudd–Scripps.

But this is not at all the case.

The story all year long has been that the Maroons lost three top performers—Kendra Higgins, Jennifer Kung, and Carmen VacaGuzman—to graduation, yet the Maroons have been consistently one of the top teams in the country.

“Nobody really expected us to be here,” head coach Jay Tee said of the Maroons’ fifth straight NCAA tournament appearance.

“We’re not playing with any pressure right now. We’re playing just to win and see how far we can get.”

Therefore, Chicago (16 –5) is not overlooking any teams in this weekend’s NCAA Regional at the Stagg Field courts.

“We are probably more focused and determined to play well since it’s NCAA Regionals,” second-year Megan Tang said. “Anything can happen in any match, and we don’t want to overlook any of the schools.”

With a first round bye, the Maroons face the winner

of Friday’s Ohio Northern– Edgewood match on Saturday.

Although Tee did not specifically mention the Edgewood Eagles (18–11), he recognized the Ohio Northern Polar Bears’ (26–4) dominance this season. The Polar Bears are currently riding a 13-match winning streak.

“They know how to win,” Tee said. “Maybe their schedule hasn’t been the toughest, but they can only play who’s on their schedule.”

Still, Ohio Northern was shut out 9–0 by No. 24 Case (12–9), a team the Maroons beat 8–1 in two separate meetings this season.

If Chicago advances to Sunday’s 12 p.m. Regional final, they will play No. 26 UW–Whitewater (20–8), Carleton (15–7), or Grinnell (14–8). The Maroons played and beat UW–Whitewater 9–0 at the ITA Indoor Championships in March and Carleton 6–3 later in the month.

“I don’t think we got Whitewater’s best shot at ITAs, and it will definitely be tougher this second time around,” Tee said. “[Against Carleton, the score] was a little deceiving. It’s a couple of sets here and there. “ Even with Tee’s analysis of Chicago’s potential opponents, these past two weeks he has clearly emphasized what the Maroons themselves can do to ensure victories, regardless of their opponent.

Tee stressed the importance of doubles.

“I think [doubles is] the key, especially in DIII when you can get to almost an insurmountable 3–0 lead,” Tee said. “I think we’re improving rapidly.”

Specifically, there has been a focus on coming to the net instead of rallying from the baseline and on being aggressive and smarter with shot selections.

Chicago has a 72.7 winning percentage when it comes to doubles action in tournament play. Still, some of Chicago’s victories could have been losses, given that the Maroons have won many matches 8–6.

“I think some of these matches don’t have to be close,” Tee said. “If we’re doing the right things from the very first ball we hit, then we can distance ourselves a lot sooner than having it come to six all or holding at the very end to win. That’s what we’ve been working on these last two weeks—being consistent with our tactics.”

With their focus in doubles and expertise in singles, Chicago is the clear favorite to take the Regional title.

Matches will be held at the Stagg Field tennis courts. If there is inclement weather, matches will be held at Five Seasons Sports Club in Burr Ridge, IL. The South Siders will hit the courts against either Ohio Northern or Edgewood on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Second-year Megan Tang returns the ball in a match against Wheaton College last month.

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Hedonism Bots, Junk, and Supersnatch: This is Chicago Ultimate Club Sports Spotlight: Ultimate Frisbee Derek Tsang Sports Staff Springtime here looks almost normal, from the pale, sundeprived calves coming out of their long hibernation to firstyears reading Marx on the quads, those ubiquitous salmon-colored shorts, and, of course, the discs soaring through the air wherever there’s grass. Frisbee is uniquely collegiate, and UChicago’s Ultimate team stands out as being particularly ingrained in our culture. Chances are, if you’ve left your dorm-cave, you’ve been served Ex Libris coffee by a team member, romped at the Jericho (the apartment where several players live), or maybe even caught one of their passes in an intramural or pick-up game.

Every year, the men’s team, usually 50 or so students strong, starts fresh with tryouts that span the entire fall quarter, where students new to the sport and veterans alike train together.

After a couple of tune-ups in the fall, the squad splits into the more competitive A-team, which goes

by Junk, and the no-cut B-team,

Hedonism Bots. The women’s team, Supersnatch, usually travels to the same tournaments, but organizes and trains separately from the men’s club.

The core group commits at least a dozen hours a week to the team, between its practices at Washington Park and workouts on campus, and for most of them, their experience on the team is a huge part of their experience at the school.

“Between the Frisbee team and Ex Libris, I don’t need any other extracurriculars to fill my time,” third-year Jason Aerni said. “The team also forms a pretty tightknit group off the field. We say that your teammates should be your best friends, which is kind of a joke and kind of true.”

“Many of my closest friends are people that I’ve played with or met through the UChicago Frisbee team,” said Andrew Malone, the B-team’s coach and a graduate student in geophysical sciences.

“The team is a bunch of fun, loving guys,” said Daniel Shear, a second-year on Junk.

A big part of that bonding is the time the team spends traveling

together. To get away from Chicago weather, the team travels to the Stanford Open every year in February, and this year, most of the players spent their spring breaks at a pair of tournaments in Georgia and Kentucky. The squad competes against schools ranging from traditional rivals like Northwestern, who they played three times this year, to larger schools like Michigan State.

College Ultimate is unique in that it’s primarily tournamentbased; instead of playing a couple of games a week, competition means traveling to a multi-day tournament to play up to seven games. The community also tends to be a bit ridiculous—one annual fall tournament is called No Wisconsequences—and UChicago’s club is no exception.

“We’re silly,” Aerni said. “We come from all different parts of the school, and it’s a release for us; it’s just what we like doing.”

Similarly, Ultimate is perhaps more relaxed than the more established Big Four sports—one of its tropes is the so-called “spirit of the game,” where players call

their own fouls—which is one of the reasons why students who played other team sports in high school often seek out Frisbee as a change of pace that can still satisfy their competitive streaks.

“We work hard on the field, but we’re quick to recognize that it’s just a sport, and a generally laid back one at that; if someone messes up on the field, they’ll likely get heckled, but never chewed out,” said second-year Ziv Dreyfuss, the B-team’s captain.

“It’s a nice balance of seriousness and shenanigans.”

“There’s less pressure than a varsity sport,” Aerni said, “but the guys still compete at a high athletic level. We’re all competitors.”

Another reason is simply the play in general, which combines the endless sprinting of a sport like soccer with the unique trajectory of the flying disc. “Ultimate is great because of the Frisbee,” Dreyfuss said. “Nice throws are beautiful.”

It may be associated mostly with college, but Ultimate is growing in America in general. The American Ultimate Disc League, a professional, salaried league,

started up in 2012, and Chicago has a huge club scene that several players participate in during the summer. Beyond that, the sport is beginning to be offered more seriously in high schools. Before this year, only two players on the team had high school experience, while five first-years that came out for the team in the fall had already played competitively.

That group of first-years is part of the team’s improvement from last year, and one of the reasons why they’re setting high expectations for next year.

After finishing last in 2012’s Regionals, Junk improved to seventh out of 16 teams this year, and went 20–12 over five tournaments in spring season.

Likewise, the B-team bounced back from a one-victory season last year to a second-place finish at Developmental Regionals, and a “Chumpionship” win at a tournament hosted by Earlham.

“The core of the team is pretty young, mostly first-, second-, and third-years,” Aerni said. “We have some guys who are pretty poised to step up. Seventh place is solid, but we’re aiming higher.”

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South Siders prepare for Wash U After UAAs, focus doubleheader in St. Louis on individuals BASEBALL continued from back

Anthony DeRenzo replaced VanWazer to begin the eighth and left the inning unscathed. However, the ninth inning did not go as smoothly.

The Wildcats began the inning with a leadoff walk by first baseman Jack Havey, who advanced to second on a groundout in the next play. DeRenzo then surrendered an RBI single to catcher Scott Heelan and an RBI double to pinch hitter Zach Jones.

With the tying run at the plate and only one out, third-year Ray Kim came in for DeRenzo with the task of shutting down the Wildcat’s offense. Kim drew a ground out from third baseman Nick Linne at

the next at bat, but pinch runner Antonio Freschet was able to score before Kim drew another ground out for the final out of the game, handing the Maroons a hardfought 9–7 victory.

“Our defense also played well today,” Massey said. “Ben Bullock and [fourthyear]Jack Cinoman tracked down some tough balls in the outfield and [secondyear] Kyle Engel made a few tough plays at third to help stop some big innings.”

The South Siders play their last two games of the regular season this Saturday in a doubleheader against Wash U. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 12 p.m in St. Louis, MO.

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throw. Wood advanced to the finals in the hammer throw with a distance of just over 43m.

The Keeler Invite wraps up today, and the South Siders have one meet remaining—the North Central Last Chance, one week from now—before the NCAAs. The Maroons have made Hall proud thus far, but there’s more work to be done.

“I have [felt pleased with the team’s performance this season],” Hall said. “I felt we competed very well at the UAAs but expect better performances now that the weather has gotten better and we are able to narrow the focus to individual goals.”

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BASEBALL

UAA Standings Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6

School Case Western Chicago Wash U Emory Brandeis Rochester

Rank 1 2 3 4 5

Player Engel Cinoman Bullock Lowery Schwabe

Rank 1 2 3 4

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Rank 1 2 2 4 4

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Record 27–12(5–3) 24–12(0–0) 23–15(5–3) 22–17(4–4) 15–21(2–6) 16–24(4–4)

Win % 0.692 0.667 0.605 0.564 0.417 0.400

Batting Average School Chicago Chicago Chicago Wash U Chicago

AVG .413 .403 .395 .394 .388

RBIs School Chicago Case Western Chicago

RBIs 41 38 36 32

Home Runs School Chicago Case Western Case Western Wash U Chicago

HRs 5 4 4 3 3

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ERA 1.95 2.20 2.33 2.50 2.55

Strikeouts School Emory Wash U Case Western Brandeis Brandeis

Ks 68 52 52 48 48

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UAA Standings Rank 1 2 3 4 4 6

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Record 40–3(8–0) 31–12(5–3) 24–13(3–5) 23–19(3–5) 20–17(1–7) 18–16(0–0)

Win % 0.930 0.721 0.649 0.548 0.548 0.529

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AVG .453 .452 .430 .424 .405

RBIs School Wash U Emory Rochester Wash U Case Western

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Home Runs School Rochester Rochester Emory Wash U Wash U

HRs 13 12 12 9 8

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

UAA Standings Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

School Emory Carnegie Chicago Wash U Brandeis Case Western Rochester NYU

Record 13–4(3–0) 12–7(2–1) 16–5(2–1) 14–7(1–2) 10–9(2–1) 12–9(1–2) 12–8(1–2) 5–6(0–3)

Win % 0.765 0.632 0.762 0.667 0.526 0.571 0.600 0.455

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UAA Standings Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

School Wash U Emory Case Western Carnegie Chicago NYU Brandeis Rochester

Record 17–5(3–0) 14–6(2–1) 21–6(2–1) 13–7(1–2) 14–5(2–1) 8–6(1–2) 8–12(1–2) 13–11(0–3)

Win % 0.773 0.700 0.778 0.650 0.737 0.571 0.400 0.542

SPORTS

IN QUOTES “It definitely is a little embarrassing [to lose].”

—Northwestern first baseman Jack Havey comes to terms with his team’s midweek loss to the Maroons.

How’s DI treating you, Wildcats? NCAA berths on the line at North Central

Baseball

Track & Field Sam Zacher Associate Sports Editor

Fourth-year Tony Logli reaches home on a bad relay throw in a game against Dominican earlier this season.

JAMIE MANLEY | THE CHICAGO MAROON

Russell Mendelson Maroon Contributor To clarify a statement made two days ago by the Daily Northwestern, the University of Chicago has long soared above Northwestern in academics, but hasn’t rivaled that school up north in athletics since leaving the Big Ten. The Maroons head into their last weekend of regular season play on a high note after edging out the Wildcats in Evanston on Wednesday.

Chicago (24–12) built an early lead, scoring all of its runs in the first five innings, but the Wildcats (21–21) clawed their way back, scoring two runs in a ninth inning rally before falling by a score of 9–7.

“Today was a great team

day,” third-year shortstop Dylan Massey said. “Our pitchers did a great job of keeping us in the game by throwing strikes and our hitters hit the ball hard and put a lot of pressure on the defense to make plays.”

In what has become typical Chicago fashion of late, the Maroons got on the board at their first opportunity. Fourth-year outfielder Ben Bullock led off the game with a walk, fourth-year second baseman Steven Schwabe reached first after getting hit by a pitch, and with two on and two out, fourth-year J.R . Lopez singled to right, scoring Bullock and moving Schwabe to second. Thirdyear outfielder Brett Huff capped off the Chicago attack with a two-run

triple, putting the South Siders ahead 3–0.

The scoring continued for the Maroons in the second as Massey and fourth-year catcher Tony Logli led off the inning with back-to-back singles to leave runners on the corners with none out.

Bullock reached second on an error in the next at -bat, allowing Massey to score and moving Logli to third. Logli recorded the South Siders’ final run of the inning , reaching home on a fielder’s choice to put the Maroons up 6–2.

Chicago would have one more scoring barrage in the fifth, plating three unearned runs thanks to some sloppy fielding by Wildcat second baseman Zach Morton, to lead 9–2.

Backed by another strong offensive showing ,

Chicago pitching was able to maintain the lead throughout the game as six pitchers worked to keep Northwestern’s bats—just about—at bay.

Fourth-year southpaw Drew Nicholson (3–1) earned the win, pitching the first inning for the South Siders. Fourth-year Tad Komacek hurled a scoreless second inning and second-year Kyle Nitiss followed with two innings of one-run ball.

With the Maroons’ lead at four in the fifth, secondyear Andrew VanWazer came in to pitch and the Wildcats began chipping away at Chicago’s lead, scoring one in the fifth and adding two more in the sixth to close the lead to 9–5.

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Thursday and Friday will be the penultimate chance for hopeful Maroons to boost their stock for the NCAA National Championships.

Coming off a third-place finish (both men’s and women’s) at the UAAs two weeks ago, Chicago began the two-day North Central Dr. Keeler Invite in Naperville, IL yesterday, where the South Siders are focusing on individual performances.

“This meet has representation from all over the country but is primarily teams in the Midwest,” head coach Chris Hall said. “As it is mostly made up of athletes trying to qualify for the NCAAs, it really is not a lot of teams showing up as a whole but elite individuals from many, many teams. We use this to go after great [individual] performances, and having elite competition around us really helps to elevate.”

Some Maroons in particular are in the spotlight, chomping at the bit for a spot in the NCAAs in La Crosse, WI May 23–25.

Fourth-year sprinter Dee Brizzolara destroyed the competition two weeks ago, taking first in the 100-meter (10.78) and 200-meter (21.73) sprints at the conference meet.

“Dee has a sense of urgency right now,” Hall said. “I think he understands the importance to elevate if he wants to extend his season. Dee has never competed in an NCAA event and realizes he has an opportunity and is more focused than I have ever seen him.”

In addition to tearing up the track, Brizzolara is acquainted with the turf, as he is currently training for a shot at the NFL as well. But for now, he’s locked in on the Keeler Invite.

“I’m a little nervous for this weekend,” Brizzolara said on Tuesday. “I need to do well and drop down on the national honor roll and hopefully solidify myself into a national qualifying spot.”

The standout fourth-year has shared the recent limelight with first-year pole-vaulter Michael Bennett, who also grabbed gold at the UAAs a couple of weeks ago. Bennett ascended a height of 4.81m, leaving the previous conference record of 4.65m in the dust.

“Michael came out of high school as a very special athlete and very accomplished,” Hall said. “While he is just a first year, I feel he has a [fourthyear’s] focus. He was very close to advancing to the NCAAs indoor and really wants that opportunity. [I] feel Michael has done everything right to extend his season.”

Bennett deflects the praise as he continues to build upon an already impressive first college season.

“I think the training my coaches have been having myself as well as the rest of the team do has made the difference,” he said.

Female NCAA Championship hopefuls include first-year Nkemdilim Nwaokolo (first in discus and second in hammer throw at the UAAs), second-year Kelly Wood (first in hammer throw), and fourth-year Kayla McDonald (first in 800m).

Fourth-year Billy Whitmore (third in 10,000m) and firstyear Michael Darmiento (first in 110m hurdles) are also gunning for the national tournament.

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Five for Friday: Taking a look at the week’s key story lines SETS SIGHTS 2. MAROONS GEAR UP 1. BASEBALL ON OTHER GREAT FOR ANOTHER POSTRIVALS

Three days after shocking North Side rivals Northwestern, the Maroons head south to St. Louis where they will close their regular season in a doubleheader against UAA rival Wash U. The South Siders do not have high hopes of making the playoffs, but three wins in a row against their biggest rivals wouldn’t be a bad way to end what has been a reasonably successful season. The final games will be a sendoff for the team’s nine fourth-years.

SEASON RUN

Women’s tennis is back W in action in the NCAA tournament this weekend for the first time since losing to Williams in the tournament final last year. Chicago has a bye in the first round of its regional qualifier and will face the winner of this afternoon’s matchup between Edgewood and Ohio Northern. Should the Maroons win that game, they will face Carleton, Grinnell or UW–Whitewater. The Maroons will also have the advantage of competing on their home courts. Another NCAA final might be asking too much of this team, but expect a strong showing at his weekend’s regional.

SABADA SOLE NCAA BRIZZOLARA INTENT ON 3. NCAA 4. REPRESENTATIVE TOURNAMENT

FIVE SOUTH SIDERS 5. MAKE ALL-UAA TEAMS

Unlike his fellow fourth-years Billy Whitmore and Julia Sizek, Dee Brizzolara has never qualified for the NCAA tournament. He blew away the UAA field two weeks ago, but his 100m (10.78) and 200m (21.73) are unlikely to book him a place at the national championship at the end of the month. He’ll be hoping to move up the honor rolls at the North Central Dr. Keeler invite this weekend. Brizzolara currently sits 22nd and 18th in the 100m and 200m, respectively, but will likely have to improve both of those times by around two tenths of a second.

Fourth-years Jack Cinoman, Steven Schwabe, Ben Bullock, and Matt O’Connor and second-year Kyle Engel were named to the 2013 UAA All-Association Teams this Wednesday. Cinoman and Schwabe were named to the first team and Bullock, O’Connor, and Engel were named to the second.

Unsurprisingly, the Maroons’ honorees were predominantly hitters. The South Siders’ offense has been potent all year round and sits fifth in batting average in DIII. O’Connor was the only Maroon pitcher to be honored. The fourth-year boasts a 2.56 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 63.1 innings pitched.

FROM MEN’S TENNIS

The men’s tennis team didn’t qualify for the M NCAA tournament, but No. 1 singles player second-year Deepak Sabada, who finished the season with a 15–5 record, was selected on Wednesday to compete in the DIII singles tournament. Sabada finished the season ranked fourth in the region after the Maroons’ fourthplace finish in the UAA. After a very strong start to the season, including a 10-game winning streak spanning February, March, and April, Sabada’s form dipped in the last few weeks of the season as the quality of the competition declined.