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Chance the Rapper to headline fall show Marina Fang News Editor Chance the Rapper will headline the Major Activities Board (MAB)’s fall show on November 9 at 7 p.m. in Mandel Hall, according to MAB chair and fourth-year Jack Friedman.

Friedman said that in selecting the headlining act, the Board hoped to bring in someone relatively unknown to students but who could excite a wide audience.

“We wanted to highlight something new and emerging. He’s someone who’s a fresh face on the scene,” he said.

Another tipping point in the Board’s selection was the rapper’s affiliation with the city of Chicago.

Chance, 20, launched his career while a student at Jones College Prep High School in the South Loop.

In addition, as he told Interview magazine, he was inspired by the work of fellow Chicagoan Kanye West, whom he first heard on the radio at Edwardo’s

Pizza on East 57th Street.

Chance started working on his first mixtape, 10 Day, after being suspended during his senior year in 2011. The release of the mixtape in the spring of 2012 received positive feedback and led to a mention in Complex magazine’s “Top 10 New Chicago Rappers to Watch Out For.” As a result of his newfound fame, Chance was invited to make guest appearances in songs

by Childish Gambino, Hoodie Allen, Lil Wayne, and Joey Badass.

“We wanted to show someone innovative and honor someone from our city, so those were the two biggest factors,” Friedman said.

Chance the Rapper is currently promoting his second mixtape, Acid Rap, which was released in April. In addition to his own headlining tour, he has appeared with Eminem and Kendrick Lamar on their recent world tour. Rolling Stone magazine recently named him its 2013 “Hot MAB continued on page 2

A happy homecoming Second-year Cole Thoms scores the first touchdown in the Homecoming game against Macalester College on Saturday. See back page for story.

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East to west, alum bikes for better housing Stephanie Xiao Associate News Editor For Max Rubinstein (A.B. ’10), what started out as a fun way of de-stressing after work quickly spun into a cross-country bicycle journey spanning 10 weeks and

more than 4,000 miles.

This past summer, Rubinstein biked across America as a participant in Bike & Build, a nonprofit organization centered on raising money and awareness for affordable housing. As part of the southern U.S. regional

team, Rubinstein and 30 other riders pedaled 4,058 miles from Jacksonville, FL, to Monterey, CA, traveling through and volunteering in cities like New Orleans, Dallas, and Santa Fe along the way.

“I thought it was a really cool

way to do something that was both fun personally but also meaningful more broadly, in terms of the affordable housing cause,” Rubinstein said.

During the course of the 10 weeks, riders fundraised and BIKES continued on page 2

University mourns Austin Hudson-LaPore Burns talks health care, housing at meeting Alex Hays Associate News Editor

Family, cherished friends, and colleagues congregated to remember and celebrate the life of Austin Hudson-LaPore

(1992-2013) in a memorial service held yesterday evening in Rockefeller Chapel.

Hudson-LaPore, 20, went missing on June 12 after he ventured out without his wallet or cell phone to

watch the aftermath of a large thunderstorm that had rolled through the area earlier that evening.

His body was found a week later in Lake Michigan, and soon after, his death was declared an accidental

Laurie Hudson, Austin Hudson-LaPore’s mother, recounts Austin’s adventurous spirit and curiosity during a memorial held in his memory on Monday evening.

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drowning by the Cook County Medical Examiner.

He was planning to work at a lab on campus over the summer and preparing for his fourth year at the University.

A dedicated biochemistry student, Hudson-LaPore was described as a kind and intelligent friend.

Fellow students shared their memories of HudsonLaPore’s tenacity in the face of grueling problem sets and his willingness to help his friends succeed in whatever they were doing.

In opening remarks, Reverend Elizabeth Davenport, dean of Rockefeller Chapel, told those in attendance to take the opportunity Monday evening to grieve and to remember their loved ones.

She invited anyone to share their memories of Hudson-

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Isaac Stein Maroon Contributor Fourth Ward Alderman Will Burns (A.B. ’95, A.M. ’98) played host to a lively community discussion on Monday evening, fielding questions ranging in subject from local enrollment in the Affordable Care Act to a new housing development in Bronzeville.

Angela Gibson, a member of Burns’s staff, gave a presentation on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and encouraged attendants of the meeting to buy health insurance through the new online exchanges set up by the government to provide a marketplace for citizens to purchase health care. She reminded interested residents that they must sign up by December 15.

Additionally, Gibson said that if anyoneattemptingtobuyinsurance online could not access the federal government’s enrollment forms on healthcare.gov, he or she could sign up via the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Web site instead.

After Gibson finished, Robert Turner, director of the soon-tobe-completed Sullivan Station apartment complex on East 41st Street in Bronzeville, presented an outline of the project at the meeting. Turner said the project, owned by real estate firm Draper and Kramer, represents a residential revitalization of an area previously occupied by public housing. The land had been left vacant for more than a decade after the housing was destroyed.

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Polsky-aided companies see success Carolyn Kang Maroon Contributor Budding entrepreneurs are seeing their efforts on campus pay off in the real world.

Eleven student businesses that began and developed with support and resources from the Polsky Center at the Booth School of Business have been acquired or merged this past year, including GrubHub, which merged with Seamless on August 9, and Braintree, which was acquired by eBay for $800 million on September 26.

With an endowment of $7 million, Michael Polsky (M.B.A. ’87) founded the Michael P. Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in 2002, with the goal of advancing the University as an entrepreneurial hub through academics, research, and global outreach.

The resources and exposure provided by the Polsky Center have been vital in developing and growing business start-ups, according to Jason Brown (M.B.A. ’09), the founder of Gen110, a company that provides homeowners a cost-effective, alternative way to purchase residential electricity.

“We started Gen110 with a lot of help from the Polsky Center and support from the Booth community,” he said. “In fact, Travis Bradford, the professor of our Renewable Energy class, was our company’s first investor. Other prominent Booth alumni quickly followed his lead and enabled us to raise the capital to launch the company one week

after we graduated from Booth.”

Gen110 is now one of the largest residential solar companies in California and was recently acquired

by Choose Energy on September 26.

An additional endowment from Polsky in 2012 further supported several programs in the Center, such as the Edward L. Kaplan ’71 New Venture Challenge, the University’s premier startup program, from which many of the recently acquired businesses were first conceived as ideas.

This competition gives students from across the University the opportunity to work in teams to come up with ideas and build business plans while receiving guidance from faculty, experienced investors, and established entrepreneurs.

The recent string of success for Polsky-supported businesses is indicative of a larger trend at the Center, according to Associate Director of Marketing, Communications, and External Relations Tracey Elder.

“We’ve been on a growth trajectory these couple of years,” she said. “We opened up our programs to the rest of the University, thanks to Michael Polsky’s endowment.”

The New Venture Challenge, for example, has expanded from its original Booth-focused iteration and now includes three additional tracks: Social, Global, and College. Now, even undergraduates have the opportunity to begin their career as entrepreneurs and perhaps launch the next GrubHub or Braintree.

Housing project director: new complex to revitalize neighborhood BURNS continued from front

public housing complex was destroyed at this very location. I don’t want to go into the details—there were a lot of lawsuits with that demolition—but this project works with the Chicago Housing Authority, as they still own some land on the property,” Turner said.

According to Turner, Sullivan Station apartments consist of 132 one-two-and three-bedroom apartments, in mid-rise construction. Of these apartments, some are rented at market rate, and others are offered at discount for working people who earn 60 percent or

NEWS IN BRIEF Chipotle likely to open by end of month Your prayers have finally been answered, Chipotle lovers.

Students will be able to get as many burritos and as much guacamole as their hearts (and wallets) desire tentatively by the end of October, a spokesperson from Vermilion Development, one of the major partners in the Harper Court project, confirmed. However, the spokesperson was unable to provide an exact date for Chipotle’s grand opening.

less of the median income in Chicago.

Additionally, the Chicago Housing Authority operates 47 apartments in the complex, which are not owned by Draper and Kramer.

Sullivan Station apartments are scheduled to be fully completed within two weeks.

Burns represents the Fourth Ward, which extends roughly from East 26th Street in Bronzeville to East 55th Street in Hyde Park. The monthly community meeting was open to the public and took place at the West Point Baptist Church in Bronzeville.

Almost a year and a half has passed since the announcement last April that Chipotle Mexican Grill would sign on as a lead tenant in Harper Court, located on East 53rd Street between South Harper Avenue and South Lake Park Avenue.

The restaurant’s interior has been finished, as has the store’s famed logo outside the storefront. In addition, the store is currently in the process of hiring employees.

The popular restaurant will be in the 53rd Street Frontage section of Harper Court, according to the Harper Court Web site, where Starbucks, Five Guys, and AKIRA are currently located.

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CORRECTIONS » The October 18 article “Student Experiences Spark Pune Reevaluation” misattributed the request for an on-site therapist, due to an editing error.

Michaela Cross asked for that resource.

» The photo accompanying the October 18 article “La Bayadère Puts Joffrey In First Position” incorrectly stated Marius Petipa’s craft. He is a choreographer.

» The October 18 article “With Move to Crerar, New Computer Lab Encourages Interactive Environment “ misstated the hours of operation for the lab. The lab is open at 9 a.m. during the week, 10 a.m. on Saturday, and at 12 p.m. on Sunday.

Service highlights Hudson-LaPore’s enthusiasm AUSTIN continued from front

LaPore at the end of the service.

Fourth-year Marie Wu, a close friend of Hudson-LaPore, read from an open letter she posted online in June, shortly after hearing the news of his passing while in Taiwan.

“To the boy I laughed with, learned with, grew with, and who quickly became one of the dearest of friends,” she read.

“You’ve shaped me and changed me, and I am much of who I am today because of your influence.”

Hudson-LaPore’s family and friends described him as a student with diverse interests, including an affinity for nature and fascination with numbers. His mother, Laurie Hudson, added that he also enjoyed baseball, especially rooting for the underdogs “because he was open to the possibility of a surprise.”

As interludes throughout the memorial service, The Decani, a semi-chorus of the Rockefeller Chapel Choir; Russell Rolen on the cello; and Thomas Weisflog on the piano performed various works by Bach, Gabriel Fauré, and John Tavener in tribute to Hudson-LaPore’s love of classical music.

Professor Richard Jordan, chair of the department of chemistry, spoke about

Hudson-LaPore’s accomplishments in his department. Jordan said that even though Hudson-LaPore was a newer addition to the department, he was already making a great impression as a high achieving student.

“With his creativity and enthusiasm and the positive way in which he interacted with his colleagues and everybody…I’m sure he would have excelled in research, accomplished something, and put his own stamp on it,” he said.

Hudson-LaPore’s father, Gregg LaPore, also introduced and thanked three men who helped his family find their son in the weeklong search in June: Andrew Holmes, a community organizer; Eddie Hudson, a fisherman who found Hudson-LaPore’s body by Lake Michigan; and Rob Larson with his K-9 Captain Dexter, who led searchers early on to the lake shore.

After learning of their son’s death, Hudson and LaPore “asked everyone to commit more fully to what matters most in their lives. To live a little bit larger, in order to take up some of the space that he left behind,” they recalled at the memorial.

Hudson-LaPore, a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is survived by his father, his mother, and his sister, Aidan Hudson-LaPore.

Chance the Rapper to be joined by British duo Bondax MAB continued from front

MC.” Also making an appearance at the fall show as a special guest will be British duo Bondax.

Members George Townsend, 20, and Adam Kaye, 19, specialize in electronic music that combines elements of dance music, garage, R&B, and pop. The young duo

first came to fame after its music was played on BBC Radio One. The process of obtaining both artists was done through what is known as a “middle agent,” according to Friedman. The middle agent negotiates between MAB and the artists’ agents.

“This is a professional who works with colleges to help to navigate the

legal and contractual obligations of placing a quote on an act. So we don’t really interact with the artist, but we’re really excited to have him and hope he’s excited,” Friedman said.

Tickets for the show will go on sale Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Mandel Hall box office. They are $5 for students and $10 for faculty with a UCID.

Bikers averaged 71 miles per day during trip BIKES continued from front

participated in volunteer building projects with national and local housing organizations, including Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Together, to construct affordable homes for families in need, according to an October Bike & Build press release.

Biking, Rubinstein said, was an especially effective way of raising awareness for affordable housing.

The riders traveled mostly on county highways and back roads. There, they were more visible to civilians and pedestrians, many of whom would donate money to the organization.

“You’re a group of bikers, so a lot of people stop and ask you about what you’re doing and about the cause, and you just talk to them. People donate stuff along the way,” Rubinstein said.

To minimize expenses, program participants slept in churches and community centers. The program, founded in 2002, has accumulated a large enough alumni network that many past participants also hosted and fed the riders, according to Rubinstein.

“There were times when something fell through at the last minute, and we had to change our plans, but it all worked out, which was lucky,” he said.

The group averaged 71 miles per day, which was physically trying for a nonprofessional cyclist like Rubinstein.

However, the pain was worth it, he said.

“Initially, we would stop every 10 miles and stretch, because you’re just not used to it and your muscles have to adjust,” Rubinstein said. “But once you’ve been doing it every day, your

Max Rubinstein (A.B. ‘10) is biking across the country for Bike & Build, a volunteer organization that promotes affordable housing.

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body gets used to it.”

There was also a pre-program fundraising component. Before the trip, which took place from May to early August, each participant was required to fundraise $4,500 to be granted to the program’s affordable housing partners—most of them youth-oriented organizations—at the end of the trip.

Each individual rider, Rubinstein said, was also allowed to give $500 in additional fundraised money to an affordable housing organization of his or her choice.

Rubinstein chose to donate his $500 to the Washington, D.C., chapter of Habitat for Humanity, where he volunteered a few times over the course of the year before his trip, mainly as a way to reduce stress after work.

“I always had a really good time. I would just take off work and go volunteer at Habitat. It was a nice way to de-stress,”

Rubinstein said.

For Rubinstein, who studied history at UChicago, Bike & Build served as a distinctive way of supporting a cause he cared about in the three-month interim between ending a full-time job at the U.S. Department of Justice and starting graduate school in public policy at Georgetown University.

“I think it’s not often that you have three months you can spend biking across the country,” he said.

Because of its mission and timing, Rubinstein said that the Bike & Build experience is not one that can be easily replicated.

“You guys at UChicago should do this if you can, because it’s really awesome and a really fun experience,” Rubinstein said. “By the end, you’re definitely tired of biking, but it’s a lot of fun. You really can’t beat it.”

THE CHICAGO MAROON | NEWS | October 22, 2013

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On Saturday, the Division of the Humanities hosted its 35th Humanities Day, an annual series of talks and tours showcasing the work of University professors. Find coverage of selected talks below, with expanded coverage online at chicagomaroon.com.

Meltzer keys in on symbolism of ruins to Romanticism Jon Catlin Maroon Contributor Comparative literature professor Françoise Meltzer delivered the keynote address at the University’s 35th annual Humanities Day on Saturday, entitled “In Search of Nostalgia: Ruins.”

“All men have a secret attraction to ruins,” Meltzer began, quoting the French Romantic author Chateaubriand. “This feeling stems from the fragility of our nature, from a secret conformity between these destroyed monuments and the rapidity of our existence.”

Meltzer traced Western

civilization’s uncanny fascination with ruins in art and literature across millennia, from the worries of Thucydides that future historians would misjudge the relative powers of Sparta and Athens by their ruins, to Freud’s shock upon visiting the Acropolis in Athens that “all of this really exists” because it held so much symbolic power for him, to Nazi architect Albert Speer’s insistence that Reich buildings be made of stone so that their ruins would be as awe-inspiring as those of the ancient world.

Viewing the ruins of past civilizations “inspire[s] contemplation and engender[s] what

we might call suspension, or at least the feeling of self-diminishment,” Meltzer said, describing the paradox of ruins. “Ruins...give you the sense that much more is going on than meets your eye.”

Meltzer ultimately used ruins to help explain “the Romantic obsession with sentiment,” and characterized the Romantic encounter with ruins as “nostalgia,” a state which implies longing for a past grander than one’s own.

“But,” she asked, “what about ruins produced unnaturally, not by time?”

Turning to the topic of her book in progress, Ruins: Berlin in 1945, she contrasted the Romantic “enjoyment of ruins, with its self-titillating

contemplation of mortality” with bleak photographs of a leveled postwar Berlin.

She also suggested that there are markedly different stakes in reflecting on German ruins in the wake of the moral catastrophe of the Holocaust.

“In a place, Germany, 1945, where culpability and responsibility are incontestable, is thinking about [German] victims…restricted? Is it even permissible? And by whom?

And by what law? The ruins of Berlin or Dresden, 1945, engage the problem of an ethical response to human suffering,” she said.

True to what Dean of the Humanities Martha Roth called

Chicago’s hallmark “cross-disciplinary approaches to the humanities” in her introduction, Meltzer is on the faculty of the Divinity School, the College, and the comparative literature department, and also specializes in French and German literature.

“I could make several compelling arguments about the value of studying and thinking about what makes us human. Ultimately, however, I just need to look out over this crowd,” Roth said. “Your commitment to humanistic inquiry, your hunger for knowledge that informs and enriches your life makes the best possible case for exploring what it means to be human.”

Bourdaghs: Japan had West unstrings Pinocchio parable large role in Cold War Robert Sorrell Arts Staff

Molly Becker Maroon Contributor “I’ve increasingly come to think that you can’t really understand the Cold War without thinking about Japan’s role in it.”

This argument formed the foundation of East Asian languages and civilizations chair Michael Bourdaghs’s lecture, in which he illustrated the Cold War’s impact on Japan by tracing the life of Jiuji “George” Kasai (A.B. 1913).

Bourdaghs first began rethinking postwar Japanese culture in terms of the Cold War when he changed the name of the syllabus of a course he was teaching from “Postwar Japanese Culture” to “Cold War Japanese Culture” without changing anything else.

“I wanted to force myself to take the same writers whom I had always thought of as postwar writers and think of them as Cold War writers,” he said. “I’m finding that postwar Japa nese culture looks very different when you think of it as being Cold War culture, and that the Cold War too starts to look like a very

different entity when you start thinking about Japan being at the center of it.”

Bourdaghs followed Kasai’s life backward from his death to show that, when Kasai argued that the United States and Japan should be working together to fight communism, he had been using the Cold War language of “containment,” the idea of separating the world into the spheres of capitalism and communism, and “integration,” which emphasized respecting cultural differences and overcoming these through bonds of sentiment and affection, as early as 1913. He used this to demonstrate his point that in some sense, the Cold War had actually started well before the 1940s.

Bourdaghs concluded the talk with a special announcement: In honor of Kasai, the University will this year begin awarding the Jiuji “George” Kasai Class of 1913 Fellowship for Undergraduate Research in Japan, which will support summer research in Japan by advanced UChicago undergraduates.

In the hundred years since Carlo Lorenzini published a series of stories about the puppet Pinocchio, his creation has turned into something more than a piece of wood. Contemporary Italian writers have pinned Pinocchio’s longevity to the connection between the puppet’s personality and a stereotypical “modern liberal Italian” that people cling to in the face of widespread globalization. But there are many reasons we take this “real boy” seriously. Last Saturday, professor Rebecca West sought to distill years of work, multiple articles, and even a quarter-long class on

Pinocchio’s film adaptations into a 60-minute lecture.

Pinocchio is a character whom the highly political Lorenzini (writing under the pen name Carlo Collodi) wished to portray as “torn between social bonds, ‘strings,’ and personal autonomy,” a predicament that resonates widely in our current age. West drew a fascinating comparison between Pinocchio’s individualism and the regional identities that are resurging around the globe through movements such as locavore cuisine. She explained how local cultures and dialects are gaining prominence after being suppressed in favor of the “monolithic nation.”

West prefaced her presentation Saturday by announcing that after 40 years of teaching Italian literature and film classes at the University, she would be retiring in December. Her work over the years has earned her the position of William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor of Italian Literature.

Though, as West mentioned, Pinocchio has inspired many other writers, including Italo Calvino, the silver screen has seen the most varied and intriguing interpretations of the tale. The most notable is Walt Disney’s 1940 animated version. It not only reinterpreted the story, but also marked a huge leap forward for animation and cinema in

general, since it introduced a multi-plane camera that could depict scenes in three dimensions.

And while Disney’s version more resembles the Bavarian Alps than Collodi’s Tuscany, as West noted, it has become the most famous and best loved.

West offered her own reason for Pinocchio’s enduring popularity across media.

“Wanting to be real, for example, is another way of saying ‘I want to be grown up; I want to be independent,” she said. “That’s part of the appeal, I think, for little children, is that he wants so much to be his own boy rather than to be a puppet.”

—Additional reporting by Sara Cao

Faculty discuss texts that shaped them Sindhu Gnanasambandan News Staff The red chairs extending far into the bookshelves of the Seminary Co-Op were too few to house the dozens of interested listeners there for the Humanities Day lecture “How Writers Read.” The talk featured three creative writing faculty members, each speaking about a single text that has transformed his or her life.

First up was poet Peter O’Leary (A.B. ’89, A.M. ’94, Ph.D. ’99), who shared advice that his teacher had

given him when he analyzed Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself ” in a University fundamentals class.

“My professor used to say, if you are going to read Whitman, lock the doors to your apartment, close the shades, unplug the telephone, and just read it for three hours, don’t do anything else. Just give yourself over to this poem,” O’Leary said.

Short story writer Vu Tran spoke about how his feelings for the short story “Lady with a Little Dog” by Anton Chekhov evolved through the years.

“At first,” Tran said, “I found it rather melodramatic, a hackneyed story about an adulterous affair between an annoyingly cattish 40-year-old man and an annoying innocent woman who was half his age. Something about their passion was clawing to me. It was too theatrical.”

As he grew older, however, what he had first interpreted as melodrama revealed itself to have a level of honesty and sincerity he had not realized.

Jennifer Scappettone, a translator and poet, discussed translating the poems of Amelia Rosselli

and, more broadly, the art of translating.

“Every act of reading is an act of translation,” she said.

While the answer to the question of how writers read varied, the question of why was quite consistent.

“What stuck with me is the value of the experience of reading, O’Leary said, “not just what you can draw forth from its meaning but that we have these rich experiences in our lives, and, among them, are reading texts of importance to us that imprint themselves on us, that create some sort of lasting contact point.”

Ebeling re-envisions “world literature” as truly global Lauren Gurley Arts Editor In an age of globalization, is the search for the next Great American Novel narrow-minded and archaic? At his Humanities Day lecture “What is World Literature?” Sascha Ebeling, professor of South Asian languages and civilizations, made his case

for the end of “nationalist literature” and called for a new era of “world literature.”

Ebeling , who teaches the first-year humanities sequence Readings in World Literature, traced out a genealog y of the concept of world literature beginning in the early 19th century, when the German poet and thinker Johann

Wolfgang von Goethe first popularized the term weltliteratur.

Ebeling argued that in order to fully understand what it means to be human, literature departments must teach books from all of the languages of the world. According to a study Ebeling cited, 90 percent of comparative literature graduate

education and research today is directed to three percent of the literatures of the world.

For Ebeling , a canon that restricts itself to one’s own national literature, language, or even the Western hemisphere defeats what he sees as literature’s purpose of increasing empathy in readers. “The future of

the humanities must be broader,” said Ebeling , who made reference to the fact that although he grew up in a small German hamlet, he now teaches an eclectic array of texts, including the Mahabharata and Beowulf, to students from all over the world. While Goethe valued Greek literature above others and viewed Chinese, Eg yptian,

and Persian literatures as “mere curiosities,” Ebeling argued that every literature is equally valuable and that in a digital age, universities are now capable of giving underrepresented literatures their due attention, a vision for the study of world literature that is idealistic and yet appealing.

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Editorial & Op-Ed OCTOBER 22, 2013

Coping mechanisms Study Abroad Office’s changes to the Pune program can benefit all study abroad programs

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On August 18, fourth-year Michaela Cross published an article on CNN iReport detailing the experiences with sexual harassment she had while studying abroad with a University program in Pune, India last fall. Those experiences included being the victim of stalking and attempted rape, and resulted in a PTSD diagnosis in the spring.

Her article has since received over a million views, and University administrators are faced with responding to the concerns raised by the story. The University has taken steps in the right direction in its reevaluation of the Pune study abroad program, but many of these reactionary measures should exist as the norm, not only in Pune, but also across all University study abroad programs.

“When I went to India, nearly a year ago, I thought I was prepared.

I had been to India before; I was a South Asian Studies major; I spoke

some Hindi,” Cross wrote in her article. “I was prepared to follow the University of Chicago’s advice to women, to dress conservatively, to not smile in the streets…but I wasn’t prepared.” The Study Abroad Office has made efforts to address Cross’s concerns with this year’s Pune program participants.

In response, administrators have established more intensive cultural sessions: Students are taught not only what kind of attention they will attract and how to dress appropriately, but also how to react to unwanted touching and assault, and what actions to take after such incidents. The information from these expanded training sessions can give students in India a place to turn should harassment occur.

This year, the Study Abroad Office also implemented changes in the Pune program to increase communication about the students’ day-to-day experiences during the program. In an

interview with The Wall Street Journal, Cross said that “there was no forum to discuss these issues that the women were facing on a daily basis.” This year’s Pune program includes weekly informal meetings where students can talk about culture shock and which can serve as the forum Cross felt her experience lacked.

However, these structures should be in place in other study abroad programs. Many comments and articles responding to Cross’s iReport have noted that tourists can face sexual harassment anywhere.

And while we do not disregard the problem of sexual harassment that occurs on this campus, the issue here is the particular challenges associated with being a foreigner in a new environment. All students in all countries could benefit from a forum where they can share their experiences and work through the challenges that come with studying abroad. Furthermore, the

Study Abroad Office is missing an invaluable opportunity to improve all study abroad programs by soliciting feedback from students while they are actively participating, rather than only after their experiences are over. Immediate feedback would allow for opportunities to improve the program while students are still invested in it.

The Study Abroad Office must not see Cross’s experience in India as simply an isolated incident which can be left behind with some quick fixes. The specific reactionary measures the Office has already taken can be expanded to better the study abroad experiences of all students, and implementing more extensive preparation and feedback structures can benefit all of UChicago’s study abroad programs.

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By Clair Fuller Viewpoints Columnist It is Friday of Family Weekend and, at the request of my RH, I am attending a dorm-wide reception. I am glad-handing parents, I am taking advantage of the free food, and I am sending everyone to the same tapas bar on the North Side when they ask for dinner recommendations. The families of several first-years in my house with whom I am varying levels of acquainted tell me about how impressive they find the University, how happy their son/daughter is here, and how concerned they are about what kind of coat to buy their child for the winter. My job today is to provide them with the solution to all their thinly veiled anxieties: I become very impressive, very happy, and very prepared for cold weather.

My own family is at home in California. They sent their apologies

for not working out travel logistics in time to make it this weekend, and told me they would see me for Thanksgiving. I told them it was fine—attempting to play hostess for my own parents during their visit last year was too stressful a role reversal anyway. It’s difficult to navigate the changes that my moving out has brought to our relationship: How are they supposed to parent someone who is (at the very least) a semi-adult?

At home over the summer, we were unsure of the logistics: My mother was amused whenever I asked for permission to go out somewhere; I was taken aback at the idea of sharing a beer with my father. It is easier, in many ways, to renegotiate these boundaries from afar, when I’m not sharing a roof with them. I don’t have to answer their questions about dating, but they at least get to ask. I will still discuss the Project Runway season finale with my mom; my dad will still forward me bizarre chain e-mails from his office.

We’ve had a year to get used to this new kind of “opt-in” parenting relationship, and even though it feels strange, we’re getting the hang of it.

My father calls me after visiting his brothers for a family memorial service I couldn’t attend, where he saw my

cousins and family friends. Everyone was asking about me, he says. Out of a sick desire to feel like I am successful enough to be bragged about, I want to ask him what he told them in response. I refrain because I am afraid his answer will include words like “difficult time” and “stress crying.”

On the one hand, I want to at least pretend to my parents that I have my life together; on the other, I still want to be able to do the aforementioned stress crying over the phone with my mother. I know that my parents will take care of me if I ask them to, but for some reason I feel guilty every time I do. Maybe someday I’ll be able to handle tax forms and basic kitchen skills without needing a loving adult to intercede and tell me exactly how to do things, but that day does not seem to be in the foreseeable future.

In the meantime I am torn between the ideas that growing up is about asking for help and that it is about no longer needing that help at all.

I know I am lucky to feel difficulty and strangeness in this gradual separation. Friends of mine dread having to occasionally return to their parents’ houses and their strained relationships; some don’t even have two parents to return to. I sit solidly

at the other end of the spectrum, struggling to maintain close bonds while also attempting to create an independent life for myself. The latter is a slow and hard process, full of false starts, which is the impression I am starting to get of adulthood in general. But it is happening, and in the meantime I am unsure of how appropriate it is for my parents to be caring for me while I try to learn how to take care of myself. I also suspect that my parents have felt this way ever since I learned to make myself lunch.

When another mother at the reception asks about parka shopping, I can sense her searching for something to latch on to. Ensuring that your son doesn’t freeze is a solid, tangible way to be a caregiver. I tell her to buy something warmer than her son thinks is necessary, even though I know that’s exactly what she’d do regardless of my advice. I don’t tell her that she should also let him know that she’ll take care of him for longer than he thinks is necessary. In a lot of ways, I think the coat will be her way of doing just that.

Clair Fuller is a second-year in the College majoring in gender and sexuality studies.

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The other side of the coin

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We all suck at something.

Thankfully, if that flaw is ever brought to light in the professional world, we can always turn it around and distract potential employers, or whomever we’re trying to impress, with another skill. Yes, I may not have much

work experience, but I do have the sharp skill set of a recent college graduate. Ah, you saw the D that I got in physics? Oh, but look here at this shiny A in Democracy in India!

Our “flaws” are usually not direct faults of our own, but simply consequences of our different characteristics. These differences in personality are neither purely

positive nor purely negative traits; each is like a coin, and has two potential sides to display. For example, the “seeking practicality” coin could be viewed as either “high-strung” or “efficient.”

To market ourselves as desirable candidates, we learn to capitalize on these differences and develop them from mere characteristics into talents. We pour time and

energy into polishing every ridge and indent of whichever side of the coin we choose to present.

But imagine walking into an interview with a potential employer that doesn’t care about any of that. As much as one side of your coin shines and gleams, nothing matters to her but the other side. All the effort you may COIN continued on page 5

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MAB: Give us a Chance Major Activities Board aims to bring high-quality music to campus while navigating limited process and budget Jack Friedman & Katie Kirkland Viewpoints Contributors The Major Activities Board (MAB) has had a prominent role on campus for over 30 years, and our large budget gives us the responsibility to put on not only quality, but popular and accessible events.

Summer Breeze, our signature event, is attended by about half of UChicago’s undergraduate population each spring , and our fall and winter shows are their own campus institutions. We recognize that many students are eager to see a contemporary, relevant roster of talent. In addition to announcing a fall show that we believe meets this standard, we want to explain why and how MAB makes its bookings. This is less a justification of our decisions than a clarification of our process; we’re committed to being more accessible and visible to the students who care about our presence on campus.

MAB’s primary duty is to put on good shows, but it’s worth noting that “good” can mean anything to anyone. What the 14 of us on the board look for

are not only musicians and comedians who are proven live performers, but who represent strains of interest within popular music that can appeal to the most people on campus. That requires serious judgment on our part: We have to approve of not only the performer’s quality, but also appeal. Our goal is to sell out every show.

This is only the first phase of our work. We have to consider artist costs, negotiate dates, and then organize backstage requirements with booking agents. Our group works tirelessly on and takes great pride in these arrangements, but they rarely proceed as either party imagines or hopes.

We would love to be able to send Frank Ocean a personal e-mail with a date and an offer on our terms, but there are a considerable number of obstacles that prevent us from maneuvering the nuances of the music industry and its booking process that effortlessly.

What we do end up with is an extremely limited and conditional list of artists— narrowed down from an original list of hundreds— who fit both our interests and

our price range, timing , and musical standards. While the board tries to maintain a keen awareness of the music world’s shifts and trends, it’s always a challenge to reconcile these with what students want, and any booking will likely make a significant section of campus

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Our fall show, which features Chance the Rapper and Bondax, highlights emerging talent

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unhappy. We want ever y show to be tailored to our audience’s interests, but as an independent group we also have to take responsibility for introducing the campus to what we think is the best and most for wardthinking new music. We’ve failed to do this in some of our bookings, and because of the nature of the system, we might fall short of our own expectations in the future. But we’re working harder than ever

this year to meet our standards.

In addition to this process, MAB needs to clarify the preferences that shape our choices. There are two genres that we feel compelled to defend as the central focus of our booking process: hip-hop and electronic music. Every board member has distinct music tastes, and many don’t listen to rap or electronic music regularly. But all of us recognize the place of these genres in modern pop music and in the interests of students: They’re no longer niche-oriented subcategories of the mainstream—they are the new mainstream. Artists like Drake and Kendrick Lamar are as essential to radio now as Lady Gaga was just a few years ago.

Because of the Internet’s ability to give voice to so many new artists and genres in so many different ways, the term “popular music” can no longer be restricted to older record label–driven notions of what that signifies.

Electronic music is the fabric of these newer and more accessible hip-hop sounds, and its energ y is the perfect partner to hip-hop’s new party-oriented tones. This new center of gravity within popular music is

the organizing principle of this show. What MAB looks to do with these genres now is not just highlight them, but use them to create a new dynamic for our shows—a consistent and exciting environment that sustains itself through the entire concert.

Our fall show this year, which features Chance the Rapper and Bondax, is exactly that kind of concert. It highlights emerging talent from hip-hop and electronic music, and an assortment of sounds indicative of what we feel is quality, popular, and accessible in music today. Most importantly, Chance and Bondax are terrific live performers. The Major Activities Board is just the 14 of us, and we are always looking to hear from music fans whose interests diverge from our own.

We hope that with a better understanding of our challenges that our bookings will make more sense, and that MAB will be able to successfully expose students to this new era in popular music.

Fourth-year Jack Friedman is the chair of the Major Activities Board.

Third-year Katie Kirkland is MAB’s public relations chair.

Disabilities are not always disadvantages COIN continued from page 4 have put into the good side of the coin is useless. In fact, to her, you’re not someone with coins. You just have one big, ugly, and fundamentally messed up rock. Your “flaw” is not a multifaceted characteristic that can be used in many ways, but rather an inherently negative feature of who you are. No matter how much you try to prove to her otherwise, she’s already classified you as incompetent based on an unfounded assumption, and it’s a lost cause.

Forget her, then. She’s just one person, one opportunity, in a sea of others. But what if it’s not just one person, and just one interview. What if it’s the entire world, and every conversation you ever have?

That’s life for someone with a disability.

Let’s be honest. As much as we’d like to think that federal regulations on equal employment opportunities are changing America’s workforce, employers and managers today would probably prefer a new hire for whom they don’t have to rearrange their office space or order new software to comply with cumbersome regulations.

Historically, the disability rights movement has fought for many different unrecognized rights for people with disabilities. Its efforts have established regulations to guarantee equal treatment in federally funded programs, removed physical barriers of inclusion—such as requiring ramps and wheelchair lifts for buses—and overcome numerous other constructs that limit disabled people from participating as equal citizens of society. The eradication of negative social perceptions and stereotypes, however, has yet to make progress, at least in comparison to the progress made by race and gender movements. In a world where first impressions play a crucial role in the hiring process, this creates distinct employment disadvantages for people with disabilities.

Preferential hiring for people with disabilities has had positive results, but it still seems like a temporary patch to ensure everyone the benefits of equality, instead

of ensuring equality itself. It’s difficult to imagine a world in which disability doesn’t connote inferiority, much less beneficial qualities. Disability, and every negative assumption associated with it, seems inextricably tied to identity. Could a stranger passing a disabled person on the street ever just think, “That man has brown hair,” or “He has a weird hat on,” without first thinking “He has no arms”?

Hopefully, yes. The world has proven itself to be capable of seemingly impossible change before. A hundred years ago, who would’ve thought that a college professor would be able look at one of his African-American students and not have his first thought be “This black man can read?” but instead “He has the wrong edition of Arabian Nights”?

Equality does not eliminate trait-based classification, but rather acknowledges that no trait is inherently lesser than another.

I personally have characteristics—I’m a girl, I’m Asian-American, I’m a political science major—that make me a unique individual. Maybe because of those traits, I have a slight accent when I talk and I can’t do multivariable calculus, but also because of those traits, I’m bilingual and am well versed in Montesquieu and Marx (well, at least someday). Those traits differentiate me from, but do not subordinate me to, others.

I don’t see why a disability has to be understood as any different.

Maybe some need their documents to be read out loud to them, or they need to be facing their boss to know they’re being spoken to. As a direct consequence of those same “disadvantages,” though, maybe they are also able to organize large amounts of abstract information in their head, or have extensive communication and mediation skills, sharpened from years of having to accommodate to a world that is reluctant to accommodate to them.

Maybe they have the ability to recognize what everyone else sees as a rock for what it actually is: just another coin.

Grace Koh is a second-year in the College.

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Pacifying Politics, Part 2 The same objective beliefs can give rise to dissimilar political views Matthew Morgado Viewpoints Staff If you’ve stuck around for part two, get ready for something much heavier. The last part was Cinnamon Toast Crunch; this part is oatmeal.

My goal in this article is to develop two opposing belief systems which are both, for the most part, justifiable. They are held each by Connor Servative and Libby Rawl.

Here we go.

I will develop two types of justifiable beliefs: personally justifiable beliefs, which describe subjective ideas, and rationally justified beliefs, which pertain to objective beliefs. I define “subjective” as “dependent on personal perspective” and “objective” as “independent of personal perspective.”

I think that a belief is personally justifiable for an agent only if it is strictly subjective or at least greatly subjective, and if the agent holds the belief to be true.

By “strictly subjective,” I mean that the belief holds a truth entirely dependent on an agent’s mental states. Beliefs pertaining to favorite colors, food, and music fall under this category. Furthermore, personally justifiable beliefs do not require warrant.

My belief that teddy bears are cool needs no further explanation other than that I believe it.

Political ideologies, on the other hand, rely on objective beliefs, which take the form of core assumptions about human behaviors. The claim that everyone enjoys teddy bears holds value outside of the mind.

The pressing question here is what rationally justifies objective beliefs.

Indeed, the truth of an objective belief is independent of our thoughts; however, the belief ’s apparent truth depends on some evaluation by reliable cognitive processes, which would here involve studying human behaviors.

It is possible for Connor and Libby to agree on basic assumptions of human behavior, and still quarrel over what makes a consequence beneficial or “good.” Connor and Libby may both subscribe to these general points like 1) power can corrupt, 2) most people can be greedy, and 3) many may care only for their self-interest.

They are rationally justified in holding these beliefs, which can follow from historical evaluation, background experiences with others, and some intuition of human nature. It is critical to note here that the pair affirms only logical possibilities of instances (e.g. power can corrupt). We may simplify by assuming that they hold firm to the idea that it is better to be safe than sorry, and to err on the side of caution.

The preceding is rooted in subjective preferences for safety, and is thus personally justified. They may claim that power does corrupt, and that most people are greedy.

There are plenty of exceptions to these beliefs, but many will assert that they seem to be the rule. I will construct their belief systems with this minimalist approach, so as to avoid objections that most people are in fact not greedy or susceptible to corruption.

Descending from these assumptions is the final piece: the political values held by Connor and Libby, which are (surprise!) respectively conservative and liberal.

This subjective value weighting forms a collection of personally justified beliefs, which justify themselves. It is safest to say that the students’ preference rankings are at least partly subjective. However, these views do feel attached to concepts of objective social morality and have an element of objectivity to them. They are arguably formed by some moral intuition, which I regard as a reliable cognitive process.

Libby might argue that wealth redistribution feels intuitively just, while

Connor stresses the inequity of coercing others to surrender their money. Still others claim that social morality does not even exist. As it stands, social morality seems indecisive enough that we ought to grant equal merit to Connor and Libby on this point.

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It is remarkable that two opposing viewpoints can follow from the same assumptions of human behavior.

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Differing views on government can be justified similarly. Libby views active government with its safety net as fairer for society, while Connor sees limited government with less coercion as more just. They both hold reasonable social morals here.

Beliefs about cultural tradition are more

obviously subjective and can be described as being personally justified.

It is remarkable that two opposing viewpoints can follow from the same assumptions of human behavior; the differentiating factor is their subjective preference rankings. This fact underscores the importance of defining political beliefs, as done in the first part, and understanding how background influences can mold our views. For example, race, gender, and socioeconomic status can shape our subjective preference rankings.

A hapless worker may appreciate economic equality more than economic freedom, while a self-made business owner might value freedom over equality.

By showing that the very basic conservative and liberal positions in America can be justifiably held, I hope to encourage consideration among political opponents. Or at least to make you hungry for some oatmeal.

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Matthew Morgado is a first-year in the College.

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Big laughs as CSO stages nightmare on South Michigan MJ Chen Maroon Contributor Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo aren’t your ordinary classical musicians. For one thing, they take requests: Mozart or James Bond? Turns out Mozart is the audience favorite, but it’s never just Mozart. There’s always a twist, something that sneaks up on you—like 007 music creeping in under Mozart’s 40th symphony. Or the Rachmaninoff piano concerto that turns out to be Eric Carmen’s “All

by Myself.” Or Joo’s tips on success in the classical music industry…delivered alongside Strauss’s “Blue Danube” waltz.

(Tip two: only play music that everyone loves.)

This was Friday’s BIG Nightmare Music at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO): a spirited mix of pop culture, classical music, and dad-worthy jokes. Violinist Igudesman and pianist Joo, the duo behind the viral video “Rachmaninov had big hands,” are clearly brilliant musicians and performers.

They make comedy with a series of musical arrangements that couple simplicity with genius delivery. Their sketch “From Mozart with Love” begins with an onstage spat over repertoire. Mozart beats out Bond for the slot (the violinist calls the shots) but Joo goes ahead and plays 007’s theme music anyway. What the audience hears is a subtle

change in the accompaniment—the symphony’s opening tune above, the iconic doodoo-doo-doo underneath. It’s so subtle and so obvious that you can’t believe your ears at first. But it’s happening, and pretty soon the orchestra is swinging both tunes at full forte, one after the other, then both at once. It’s so witty and brilliant, you can’t help but laugh.

BIG Nightmare Music abounds with such clever moments. In “New Work,” Igudesman and Joo rehearse a country ballad (Joo, it turns out, has quite the baritone).

At one point, Igudesman is asked to moo like a cow—and does so on the violin. “A Very Blue Danube” pokes fun at the classical music industry. Want to be a successful musician?

“Show off,” Joo says, breaking into a florid piano cadenza— complete with swoons worthy of Lang Lang (yes, this was part of the joke). There’s “Alla Molto Turca,” in which Joo finds a problem with Mozart’s famous “Turkish March.”

“It doesn’t sound Oriental enough,” he says, and substitutes B-flat for B, with mindblowing results. Then the CSO joins in full-out janissary mode, Igudesman bops seductively, and you’re left wondering how Mozart’s piece sounded remotely Turkish in the first place.

BIG Nightmare Music builds on the pair’s original show, A Little Nightmare

“[Aleksey] Igudesman’s and [Hyung-ki] Joo’s solo sketches seem simpler and more intimate, and help pace the show.”

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Music, a pun on Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The new show brings in an orchestra, which expands the scope of its arrangements. More elaborate effects are possible— “A Very Blue Danube,” for example, plays several recognizable waltz melodies in counterpoint, and the fun lies in identifying each one. The bigger soundscape also makes for more complex timbres, like the sketches “Fistful of Dollars” and “Tambourin chinois,” which parody Westerns

and kung fu movies. In contrast, Igudesman and Joo’s solo sketches seem simpler and more intimate, and help pace the show. The orchestra is BIG Nightmare Music’s greatest weakness, as its role is to act as pure accompaniment. I would have liked to see a sketch built around the orchestra; Igudesman and Joo missed a great opportunity there.

BIG Nightmare Music also suffers from a lack of unity.

Each sketch on the program

is pretty standalone, so the whole thing feels more like cocktail sausages than steak.

Two sketches, “Tango Loco” and “Uruguay,” make this chaos more obvious. They are random, sort of tacked on: definitely the weaker sketches. But for all its rowdiness, BIG Nightmare Music is extremely engaging. There’s so much happening that you are bound to like something— and there’s a lot to like about Igudesman and Joo. Part concert and part circus

show, BIG Nightmare Music is brilliant, funny, and even insightful. As part of the duo’s articulated “dream…to make classical music accessible to a wider and younger audience,” it’s exceptionally good at making people laugh at music generally seen as serious and stuffy. It’s a refreshing and candid way to package classical music away from its rusty reputation. Appropriately enough, the final number on the program is Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

Honesty might not make the best Poliça Pressing issues in print Tori Borengasser Arts Staff

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After the vocalist Channy Leaneagh’s first band, Roma di Luna, broke up, and after her collaboration with the indie soft rock collective Gayngs, the group Poliça formed in 2011 with considerable hype in the Minneapolis and Midwest music scenes. Even before it had put out a record, Poliça’s reputation preceded it because of Leaneagh’s prolific work. The band even received recognition from Jay-Z and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon; the latter told Rolling Stone last year that Poliça was “the best band I’ve ever heard.”

The band’s debut album, Give You The Ghost, which was released in Februar y 2012 to favorable reception, combined synth-pop, the funk of R&B beats and bass lines, and layered and distorted vocals. The tragic lyrics reflected the struggles of Leaneagh’s recent divorce and added a beautifully haunting quality to the band’s songs.

Their new album, Shulamith, officially released today, lingers on these same themes, but looks at them with a new frame of

Tell me what you read, and I will tell you what you are. Or, better yet: Tell me how you read. We are scholars in the era of the e-book and The Pirate Bay, and if we can’t always choose which books we’re going to pore over at least now we have the power to choose how we do it. Are we old-world academics, or students of the mighty pixel? Do we still barricade ourselves in the library, or are we a breed of more liberated intellectuals? And what’s the deal with that kid who’s always sitting in the poplar tree on the quads?

Of course all inquiries into the habits of the UChicago undergrad must begin in the creature’s natural habitat, the Regenstein Library. Here students congregate to drink coffee, play Minecraft, and occasionally read.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that—by its own admission, the Reg is first and foremost a safe and welcoming environment where students meet to pursue knowledge, whatever that might entail (e.g., Seminar on Applied Sexuality, 12–1 a.m. daily, fifth floor bookstacks). Still, all those dusty books must get lonely back there in the stacks, waiting for some hapless grad student to stumble upon

“Tiff,” the lead single on the album, features Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.

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mind. Leaneagh’s lyrics are empowered, strengthened, and maybe even a little embittered by what she’s experienced. This is first evidenced by the album’s title and the album art itself, which features the back and shoulders of a nude woman,

her hair and neck soaked with blood. As such, the image had to be censored in at least one news outlet that reviewed the album. The title, Shulamith, is related to the Hebrew name Solomon, which is related to POLIÇA continued on page 8

them by chance and take them home.

But why bother with library rentals when you can easily own that book forever? On Marketplace or Amazon you can get a fucked-todeath copy of any book in existence for back-alley prices, and sometimes for free if you’re savvy and confident in your foot speed. Most of the students I spoke with tended to prefer this option to the library checkout system, which is often inconvenient: If the book is there at all, you could spend weeks in the stacks just trying to find it.

But there are other, more dignified ways to purchase your tomes. I asked a frequent patron of the Seminary Co-Op about this. Although he’s new to campus, first-year Gadiel Williams has already purchased five weighty course books from the shop this quarter. He treasures the Co-Op both for its extensive collection and for its place as a beloved and historic repository of knowledge—Hyde Park’s own Library of Alexandria. “I use Amazon pretty often actually, but if I need a book immediately, I come here,” Williams said. “I don’t have a sort of fixed love for this place, no. It’s just pretty handy.”

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Press director to feature in lecture series Shulamith “picks itself up when it falls”

University of Chicago Press Director Garrett Kiely.

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PRESS continued from page 7 unlike those scoundrels who download all their readings, thus saving time and money whilst helping to conserve the environment.

Rank charlatans, the lot of ’em. Granted, textbooks are becoming even more outrageously expensive every year, but you can’t put a price on the feel of a solid book in your hands, right?

Not quite, says Garrett Kiely, director of the University of Chicago Press and self-professed Kindle user. Kiely will be speaking on this very subject—that is, the fate of books and publishing in the post-digital world—on Tuesday at the Harris School. Despite heading the largest university press in the country, Kiely has no special proclivities for the printed word, nor any ill feelings toward e-books. “It’s a new format, not unlike the paperback was,” he said. “We now

publish hardcover, paperback, and electronic copies. There are new challenges, of course, but there are some real benefits as well. We’re constantly evolving with the needs of our authors and our vendors.” Under his direction, the Press is capitalizing on the opportunities the new medium allows: Nearly all their publications are available in electronic copy, and they now offer some content exclusively online, such as their Chicago Shorts series. And, strange though it may seem, Kiely isn’t even entirely convinced that digital piracy is the devil.

“It’s a real hot-button item in the industry, whether piracy is really a detriment or not.

Many feel that it amounts more to advertising than anything, although at the same time we have a duty to protect our authors’ copyright.

So a whole new industry has arisen in the publishing world of protecting our products from piracy, while at the same time we’re not sure that that’s really a good thing to be doing.” Which is handy, because he is also fairly confident that textbook prices aren’t coming down anytime soon. (Anybody know a good torrent for Core Biology?)

So maybe it doesn’t matter too much if you’re holding a book, a laptop, a Kindle, or a Nook (LOL). Basically, it’s where you read that really counts. “I like to migrate when I read,” said third-year Teddy Niemiec. “Sometimes I’ll do it on my bed, sometimes I’ll do it on a couch. It really just depends on how my back is feeling.” And the quad remains a popular book-perusal location, weather permitting. On a sunny day in October it’s hard to walk more than a few feet without trampling on a copy of The Histories of the Kings of Britain, 4th edition paperback. We here at UChicago retain a strong and lively reading culture, however we might choose to express it. I personally tend to concentrate better while studying at a height, even if I do have trouble getting down from the tree afterward.

POLIÇA continued from page 7 shalom, the word for peace. This, viewed in context with the cover art, seems to present a paradox.

Then again, maybe Leaneagh’s critical way of dealing with themes of matrimony and relationships through Shulamith’s lyrics are her way of making peace with the past. In collaboration with Justin Vernon, the album’s lead single, “Tiff,” expresses frustration with Tiffany & Co. and the vanity of marriage: “I don’t want a diamond ring/ Found a man, and he’s found me/ It’s a pact like a lion’s den/ You come out, but you can’t come in.”

Again in “I Need $,” Leaneagh proudly declares, “I don’t need a man,” as though she is one of the independent women of Destiny’s Child. In “So Leave,” she scoffs at the thought of being objectified: “I don’t like when you tell the boys/ that I’m your girl/ Wear me ’round like a lucky charm/ with plastic pearls.”

Overpowering synths, layers of sound, and vocal distortion obscure a lot of the lyrics, but the band experiments throughout the album with stripping back these layers and then piling them back on later. “ Vegas” is one of the more stripped-back tracks, and when Leaneagh’s vocals start in without the expected distortion and Auto-Tune of previous work, it’s somewhat surprising.

The synthetic g litz of “ Vegas” is definitely reflected in the sound of the song , as well as, unfortunately, some flavor of cheapness. At points Leaneagh’s voice sounds like it’s emanating from a seedy club. Not that her voice isn’t good—but in this particular instance it’s simultaneously alluring and awkward, like watching Dorothy Vallens perform in the nightclub in Blue Velvet. “Torre”

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and “Trippin” are also a bit tedious both vocally and melodically.

A track that better shows off her abilities is “ Ver y Cruel,” which is somewhat of a throwback , both vocally and sonically, to what the band Portishead was doing in 2008 with its album Third. The song opens with a menacing , deeply distorted beat and synthesizers that are reminiscent of early Nine Inch Nails, or even some of the tracks on Kanye West’s newest release Yeezus. “Spilling Lines” also seems to be influenced by its contemporaries, opening with a womping beat that conjures EDM and house music influences. The captivating , dark melody and wispy, distant vocals on “Smug ” are really compelling , and “ Warrior Lord” is very much like the Auto-Tuned, looped vocals, and spacey atmosphere created on most of the tracks from Give You The Ghost. “Chain My Name” is led by a sickeningly sugar y melody, with an almost 8-bit sounding track and equally computerized bass. The vocals again get lost in the complexity of this track, but that seems to be the nature of Poliça.

The lyrics matter, but Leaneagh’s voice certainly is not the lead instrument.

Rather, it is a way of adding to the ambience and the space in which these songs exist.

Shulamith is not a disappointment.

It certainly has its weak and boring moments, but is essentially able to pick itself back up when it falls down. In experimenting with the synthetic vocals and sounds that gave the band its wistful signature, Poliça retains the qualities that make its work distinct, but only narrowly avoids falling into a dreaded sophomore slump.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | October 22, 2013

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

3–1 weekend highlighted by defeat of No. 4 Emory Russell Mendelson Sports Staff

of 23 and third-year Eirene Kim had a combined 33 digs, exceeding her performance in that category from the day before by one.

“They were on a mission this weekend to try to finish at the top of our conference,” said head coach Vanessa Walby. “For the most part, we played pretty steady and confident.”

After the weekend, the Maroons ranked second in the UAA behind only Washington University (22–5, 6–1 UAA) with a winning percentage of 70.4 percent compared to the Bears’ leading 81.5 percent in the conference.

Despite a solid performance over the weekend, the Maroons fell in the rankings to 19th overall in Division III play where they had previously rounded out the top 15 in the nation.

Next up for the Maroons is the Morgan Buerkett Memorial Invite, during which Chicago will also be celebrating Senior Night.

Those matches, against Alma and Elmhurst, will be the South Siders’ final home competition of the season, and are scheduled to take place at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

CATHERINE YOUNG, CROSS COUNTRY Catherine Young is a second-year runner for the Maroons cross country team. At Saturday’s Lucian Rosa Invite, Young ran the 5K in a time of 17:51.1 to place third in a field of 294 finishers. She was named UAA Athlete of the Week for the fourth time on Monday.

Head coach Chris Hall: “We were the only NCAA Division III school in the field, which was primarily composed of Division I and II with some NAIA schools. This was the fastest 5K recorded by a UChicago runner since two-time NCAA champion Liz Lawton ran 17:46 in 2010. In the process of placing third in the meet, she finished right in front of the runner from Ferris State who won the NCAA Division II title last winter in the 5K indoor. Going into this meet, Catt had not been beaten this season, but we knew this was going to be a much more elite field. It was good to see how well she responded to being tested by the other athletes, and she appears to be one of the best runners in our region right now.”

DANIEL POVITSKY, CROSS COUNTRY

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The Maroons put on a strong showing at the UAA Round Robin II, taking three of four in St. Louis this past weekend.

The South Siders (19–8, 6–1 UAA) swept through their Saturday matches, defeating third-ranked Emory (24–3, 5–2 UAA) 3–1 and fourth-ranked NYU (20–4, 4–3 UAA) 3–0.

Chicago suffered a brief hiccup on its second day of play, losing its first match to fifth-ranked Carnegie Mellon (19–7, 4–3 UAA) 3–1, but came back to win its final match of the Round Robin against sixth-ranked Case Western Reserve (13–14, 2–5 UAA) 3–0.

The Maroons started the tournament with a hardfought win over Emory.

Although it was outscored in team points 64–61, Chicago pulled through, winning very close third and fourth sets after splitting the first two.

The South Siders became more comfortable as the afternoon progressed, beating NYU 3–0 while allowing no more than 20

points in any set. Chicago had a final team point tally of 53 to NYU’s 41.

Second-year Maren Loe had a combined 20 kills on the day as well as 21 digs.

Fourth-year Maggie Vaughn accumulated 19 kills and recorded Chicago’s only blocked shot of the day.

After the first set on day two of the tournament, it appeared as if Chicago’s early victories on the previous day would portend continued dominance, as the team took on Carnegie and Case. The Maroons pulled ahead in their first set against Carnegie to win it 25–13.

However, the Tartans responded well, sweeping the following three sets with Chicago only able to muster an average of 17 points per set.

Chicago found redemption in the following match, albeit facing a significantly weaker opponent.

The Spartans put up a fight the first two sets, only losing by two in each set, but Chicago asserted its dominance in the final set with a resounding 25–16 victory.

Loe outdid her kill total from day one with a total

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Volleyball

Daniel Povitsky is a fourth-year runner for the UChicago cross country team. On Saturday, he placed 11th out of 255 runners at the Lucian Rosa Invite. Povitsky has been UChicago’s top runner for four consecutive meets and earned UAA Athlete of the Week for the fourth time on Monday.

Head coach Chris Hall: “Dan has been having a tremendous senior season. He’s not only running out in front in our meets; he’s also been outstanding daily in practice. I feel he has a complete knowledge of when to push himself and when to ease up. What I mean by this is Dan seems to fully understand his body and how to get the most out of himself right now. He did a great job this weekend of putting himself in a position to compete against some of the best runners in the country and looked very confident in what he was doing.”

Offense sparks to life in back-to-back conference wins Women’s Soccer

Fourth-year Claire Mackevicius takes a corner in a game against Illinois Wesleyan University.

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Tatiana Fields Associate Sports Editor In their home doubleheader this weekend, the Maroons earned two conference victories against Rochester and Case Western. On Friday, the South Siders (9–3–2) fell behind to the Yellowjackets (5–4–3, 0–2–2 UAA) 1–0, only to quickly recover, scoring two goals of their

own to take a 2–1 win. Chicago then went on to shut out the Spartans (7–7–1, 0–3–1) 1–0 on Sunday, improving its UAA record to 2–1– 1.

In a crucial stretch of conference play, the Maroons’ offense finally broke out of its slump and scored as many goals this weekend as it had in its last four games combined.

The Maroons’ first game against

Rochester started off slowly; both teams created plenty of scoring opportunities, but neither was able to get on the scoreboard. Chicago took control from the start and held it throughout the first half, leading in shots (10–8) and corner kicks (6–0). The score was tied 0–0 at half, leaving the door open for either team to step it up in the second half.

The Yellowjackets broke through

first and scored just five minutes into the second half after a free kick awarded for a hand ball, putting the visitors up 1–0.

Rochester’s goal proved to be the spark the Maroons needed to push their offense even further, and the hosts evened the score five minutes later. Third-year forward Meghan Derken scored her second goal of the season off of a pass from fourth-year forward Natalia Jovanovic.

The South Siders rallied to take the lead in the 76th minute, bringing the score to 2–1. Thirdyear midfielder Sara Kwan stole the ball, ran it up the center, and passed to second-year forward Julia Ozello on the left wing who scored the game-winner, her fourth goal of the season.

Third-year goalkeeper Jacinda Reid held onto the lead for the Maroons with four saves and one goal allowed with 80 minutes in goal. The South Siders outshot Rochester 23–11.

“Rochester was a must-win game,” said third-year midfielder Katharine Hedlund. “When we went down 1–0, it was a chance for us to regroup. Our team was able to remain positive and get two goals back and the win, which is a great thing to know we can do moving forward into the remainder of our season.”

Against Case on Sunday, the South Siders started off strong offensively, creating many opportunities and

getting on the scoreboard quickly.

Eleven minutes into the game, fourth-year midfielder Micaela Harms headed the ball into the goal for her sixth goal of the season off a corner kick from Jovanovic. The Maroons held that lead for the rest of the game.

“Our team created a number of great chances against Case,” said Hedlund. “Although we weren’t able to put more than one away, it was one of our best games in terms of creating dangerous scoring opportunities.”

Since the Maroons’ offense couldn’t score any more goals, the pressure fell on the defense to stop the Spartans from scoring. Case came close right off the whistle in the second half, but Reid stopped the shot with one of two saves made throughout the game.

“Our defense had to have a shutout to win the game,” said Hedlund. “We were able to shut them down offensively and keep them scoreless to ensure our win.”

Chicago will now take a break from conference play. The Maroons face off against UW–Oshkosh tomorrow. The Titans (10–5–1), winners of seven straight games, should provide the South Siders with a challenge in their last nonconference game of the season.

The game against UW–Oshkosh is scheduled for 3 p.m. tomorrow on Stagg Field.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | October 22, 2013

Seven inducted into University’s Hall of Fame class of 2013 Adam Freymiller Maroon Contributor Let’s play a word association game. When someone says “college sports,” what comes to mind? Humility, honor, integrity, and gratitude aren’t words often used to describe collegiate athletic programs these days, what with all the scandals swirling around, but the University of Chicago took the time last Friday to remember some of its athletes who, as well as excelling on the field, did embody those words.

Seven former athletes were inducted into the 11th class of the UChicago Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday night. The inductees were Adam Hughes (A.B. ’98), Cinnamon Pace (A.B. ’00), Gary Pearson (S.B. ’60, S.M. ’63), Ted Repass (A.B. ’87), Paul Russell (Ph.B. ’16), Janet Torrey Schultz (A.B. ’81), and Brandon Way (A.B. ’99). Their statistics and accolades are impressive, but none gave any indication that those achievements were more important than the camaraderie they’d had with their teammates, the wisdom gained from the tutelage of their coaches, and the life values they’d learned balancing academic and athletic examinations at UChicago.

The evening began in the McCormick Tribune Lounge where the inductees, their

friends, their family, and other University dignitaries mingled and recounted the memories that they had made during their time at UChicago. Many of the inductees felt strongly about the University’s role in shaping the ethos of college sports.

“I arrived at the University five years after Title IX. In fact, my high school didn’t even have a basketball team,” said Schultz, a volleyball, basketball, and softball star.

Schultz was a recipient of a Dudley Scholarship in 1977, a scholarship initiative started to attract more female student-athletes. “When I first saw an article about the [positive] treatment of female athletes at the UChicago in Parade Magazine, I didn’t know much about the University. The notion of offering women athletic scholarships was unheard of; it was like a Shangri-La for women’s sports,” Schultz said.

One sentiment that was shared by all the inductees was the importance of their teammates.

“I come from a team sport. Individual honors are touching but undeserved,” said Pace, who helped lead women’s soccer to its first Final Four tournament in 1996. “The women I played with during my years here are still my best friends.

These are relationships I

From left: Ted Repass (A.B. ’98), Cinnamon Pace (A.B. ’00), Adam Hughes (A.B. ’98), Janet Torrey Schultz (A.B. ’81), Paul Russell, Jr. on behalf of his father (Ph.B. ’16), and Brandon Way (A.B. ’99) were inducted to the 2013 University of Chicago Athletics Hall of Fame on October 18.

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wouldn’t have otherwise had.”

“I had a great relationship with Coach [Brian] Baldea, he was really cognizant of the importance of our academics and how we managed our time,” said pitching ace Hughes. “But there were a lot of other great guys too. In fact my best friendship was with my catcher. We started out our first year together, and he caught all of my games until

the very end.” The catcher, Jaired Stallard (A.B. ’98), remains one of his closest friends.

“The victories and league championships were great, but what really made the experience special were the little moments celebrating with teammates.

Even accomplishing small things, such as getting a first down, was enhanced by the shared camaraderie,” said Way, a two-

Maroons split weekend doubleheader Men’s Soccer David Gao Maroon Contributor In their first UAA doubleheader of the season, the Maroons (7–4–1, 2–2 UAA) beat Rochester (10–2–1, 3–1), which had been in first place, 2–1, but couldn’t make it two wins out of two on Sunday, when it lost to Case Western (6–4–4, 1–2–1) 4–0.

The South Siders now sit fourth in the U AA standings, trailing Emory (10–3–1, 3–0– 1), Carnegie Mellon (10–2–1, 3–1), and Rochester.

Against the Yellowjackets, the Maroons knew they would have to work hard to contend with a high-pressure offense.

“Friday night was definitely one of our greater efforts,” said head coach Mike Babst.

“I wouldn’t say it’s the best game we played but we fought really hard for 90 minutes and attacked very well with fewer chances than we usually have.”

Chicago started the game on the front foot, but the Yellowjackets were beginning to come back into the contest, putting in several dangerous crosses, when the Maroons took the lead through third-year forward Kyle Kurfirst.

“With the first goal [thirdyear midfielder] Nick Codispoti

hit the ball in on the right side and there was some space outside their center backs,” Babst said.

“We put a really good ball in and Kyle just got inside and was able to finish it.”

The Yellowjackets battled back, ending the first half with an advantage in shots (10–3) and corner kicks (5–2).

In the 67th minute Rochester midfielder Alex Swanger tied the game, scoring on a free kick.

The score remained 1–1 until the last moments of the game.

“With a little over 10 minutes left, [first-year forward] Brenton-Neal Desai made a great play in the offensive corner of the field and played the ball to [first-year midfielder] George Voulgaris. George took a touch and buried a shot in the bottom left corner from over 20 yards out for his first goal of his collegiate career,” Kurfirst said.

After what was an impressive win against a Rochester side that was riding an eight-game unbeaten streak, the Maroons looked to Sunday’s game against Case, which was coming off of a 4–1 loss to Wash U. “I think there’s times when you come off a really big win and you look at a team that got hammered on the scoreboard even though they weren’t outplayed,” Babst said.

“Psychologically guys feel like it’s a lot easier than it actually is, when in reality the challenge on Sunday was as great as the one on Friday.”

Case scored three goals in 12 minutes in the first half to take a commanding lead.

The Maroons came out for the second half with a marked sense of urgency, but were unable to create any clear-cut chances, and the Spartans added a fourth in the 51st minute.

The loss marked a disappointing trend in Chicago’s season. The Maroons have lost every game they have played following a win against a top-25 team this year.

The South Siders will now look to the weekend, when they are hoping to right the ship against UW–Whitewater on Saturday and Rockford on Sunday.

“We’re just focusing on the game on Saturday right now.

When you come off a result like that you have to put everything into performing like the team that we are and we showed on Friday,” Babst said. “You take what happened on Sunday, look at it for a week, and hopefully that brings everything into focus on Saturday because we really want to get back out there and on track to get results.”

time UAA Offensive Player of the Year and running back.

“It’s a great feeling seeing guys I played with 15 years ago put their lives on hold, get the babysitters, and come from all across the country just to share this moment. It’s special.”

During their speeches, the athletes continued to express humility and gratitude to those who had contributed to the success of their athletic

careers.

“I’m grateful, I’m honored, and I’m humbled,” said Repass, a record-holding.

“Humbled that every day, I got to interact with brilliant people who also had great character in their actions and decisions, and absolutely wonderful depth.”

After a medley from the UChicago Men’s A Capella Choir, the festivities at the Reynolds Club concluded.

In the Chatter’s Box with Sarah Langs Kelly Wood is a third-year thrower on the track team. We chatted with her to get some insider info to kick off what will be an ongoing look into the lives of Maroon athletes.

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CM: So, you’re a thrower on the track team here. How did you get into that? How old were you when you started learning the sport?

KW: I basically became a thrower because I’m not good at other sports. But throwing actually involves a lot of athleticism if you want to be good. I had just quit basketball the fall of my sophomore year of high school because my coach expected great things from everybody on the team and I definitely did not have that potential. I was working out one day in our school’s gym and my

history teacher came in and asked if I wanted to throw. I needed to have three seasons of a sport to graduate, so I said yes. I guess I came rather late to throwing, but people aren’t really taught how to throw when they’re eight, right?

CM: At what point did you know you would continue the sport in college, too? Could you ever imagine yourself not having been on the team?

KW: I actually didn’t want to do track in college; that wasn’t the experience I wanted. But my senior season ended terribly, and during the summer before first year, I realized I didn’t want to remember my experiences as a thrower like that and I also knew I was going to miss throwing, so I emailed Coach Hall, gave him my stats and I joined the team.

Looking back, I can’t imagine not having been on the track team. I’d probably weigh 300 pounds and have less than five friends. I’m only kind of kidding—the team has become this really big family full of passionate and extremely talented individuals who I would never have had the good fortune of meeting otherwise. I have made so many great friends through the team and I can’t imagine not having been at this school without all the experiences I’ve had.

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A happy homecoming: Chicago dominates Macalester 26–7 Football Noah Hellermann Maroon Contributor The football team gave its fans a reason to cheer against Macalester (2–4) this weekend, and the homecoming game was audible from across the street and through the crowd of people tailgating, grilling, and eating, as Chicago (5–1) beat the Scots 26–7 without giving up a point after the first quarter.

The Maroons scored first with a field goal in the seventh minute, but Macalester came back just a minute and a half later with a touchdown. Their team’s quarterback, Samson Bialostok, ran 62 yards to give the Scots a surprise 7–3 lead.

Even though it was facing an early deficit, Chicago didn’t change its style of play.

“The coaches put together a really good game plan and we were able to execute it as a team,” said fourth-year defensive lineman John Marshall. “We knew that if we did what we were supposed to, we would control the game.”

Neither team threatened to score again until five minutes into the second quarter. Chicago advanced up the field with mostly passing yardage.

Then, fourth-year quarterback Vincent Cortina found second-year wide

receiver Cole Thoms diving into the back corner of the end zone for a fiveyard touchdown pass.

Chicago continued to shut out Macalester despite Bialostok rushing for a total of 122 yards. Head coach Chris Wilkerson credited the Maroons’ good play to a balanced effort. “Overall, it was a good team performance. The offense, defense, and special teams complemented each other very well,” he said.

In the third quarter, Chicago secondyear defensive back Christopher Dengler intercepted a Macalester pass from Bialostok, and returned the ball to within 20 yards of the goal line. A few plays later, third-year kicker Karol Kurzydlowski nailed a 22-yard field goal to put the Maroons up 13–7.

Cortina passed for two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but Chicago only converted one of the extra points. “We still have lots of room for technique improvement across the board,” Wilkerson said.

To set up one of those touchdowns, the South Siders forced a fumble on a kickoff that gave them the ball back with excellent field position. Like the interception that ended with a Maroon field goal earlier in the game, Chicago capitalized on this turnover. Defensive coordinator Ernest Moore was very

Fourth-year Ian Gaines evades defenders during Saturday’s homecoming game against Macalester.

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pleased with his team’s ability to take advantage of those opportunities. “[We were] opportunistic in creating turnovers,” Moore said. “Our team plays hard and has been competitive in each of our games this season.”

In addition to aggressive defense,

one of the things that distinguished the Maroons from Macalester was their consistency in third-down conversions.

Chicago managed to convert nine third downs, while the Scots did so only twice.

Coming off of a homecoming victory, the Maroons are looking forward to

their upcoming games. “We are excited about our next opportunity to compete as a team in our last non-conference game against the very good 5–1 Pacific University team,” Wilkerson said.

Chicago will kick off against Pacific University next Saturday at 1 p.m.

South Siders ready for UAAs Leo Kocher, coach for 35 years , honored after strong performance in WI by National Wrestling Hall of Fame Cross Country Isaac Stern Sports Staff The men’s and women’s cross-country teams continued along the path of success this past weekend as they took sixth and second, respectively, at the Brooks Invitational in Oshkosh, WI. In a highly competitive field, the men totaled 230 points and managed to outrun their ranking and finish higher than expected, losing only to better ranked teams such as North Central (33 points), Wash U (64 points), UW–Eau Claire (133 points), and UW–Oshkosh (152 points) on the D-III level. The No. 17 men did defeat Wabash (235 points), who currently ranks 13th in the country.

Fourth-year Dan Povitsky again led the charge for the men, finishing the 8km course in 25:08. First-year phenom Gareth Jones followed just over 30 seconds behind, with the rest of the pack about another 10 seconds behind him.

The No. 6 women’s team totaled 120 points and also raced well, but ran into a couple of obstacles on the course. They were beaten

by Calvin (71 points), who took first at the meet, and escaped defeat by rival Wash U (124 points). However, while the national rankings later this week might reflect the Brooks Invitational results, the final scores are not truly indicative of the Maroons’ strength as a team.

“We needed to close the gap between runners two and five,” said fourth-year Michaela Whitelaw. “However, we had some people cramp up during the race, which hurt us.”

Despite the injuries, the rest of the team continued to perform, which showed in the overall finishes. Second-year Cat Young

Wrestling continued to dominate the field, coming in fourth overall with a time of 21:31. Whitelaw and second-year Karin Gorski finished less than a minute later to steal spots 13 and 18 respectively.

“The team maintained a competitive nature throughout the race,” Whitelaw added. “We ran as a team, and while we didn’t do as well as we would have liked, we know we can accomplish a whole lot more when health is on our side.”

Both squads will now prepare for the upcoming championship season. The Brooks Invitational served as a sort of grand finale to the regular season. It provided a strong lineup for the Maroons to compete against, and let them see the type of runners they will have to face at the conference championship regional qualifiers.

The men know they will have to improve if they want to win a conference title. Wash U looks as strong as ever and the Brooks Invitational threw away any doubt of the Bears’ talent.

The women’s squad looked good, but not great. Even though it defeated Wash U despite injuries, its toughest competition will come in the form of a very strong No. 15 NYU team.

But for now, the Maroons have a full two weeks to rest and prepare for their trip to Pittsburgh.

“We want to use these next couple of weeks to get healthy,” Whitelaw said. “We are going to focus on maintaining our competitive drive and getting better.”

However, do not expect these South Siders to get complacent. They have competed since the middle of August and trained for far longer for these next few weeks.

“I am proud of what we have accomplished so far, and I look forward to the championship season,” Whitelaw said. “We respect the skill of every team we run against, but we expect to win the conference title.”

Derek Tsang Sports Staff Head coach Leo Kocher (M.B.A. ’87) doesn’t like tooting his own horn, but the National Wrestling Hall of Fame is willing to do it for him. Last Sunday, Kocher was awarded the Hall’s Lifetime Service Award at its Illinois Chapter in Countryside, Illinois.

Kocher is entering his 35th year as Chicago’s wrestling coach, a tenure that has seen his squads place in the top 15 at the NCAA D-III Championships four times and win the University Athletic Association 15 times. Kocher has coached 21 of his wrestlers to AllAmerican plaudits, including two D-III championships by Peter Wang (A.B. ’92) at 177 in 1991 and 1992.

Speaking to the Chicago Tribune in 1992, Kocher was quick to diagnose Wang’s weaknesses as a wrestler.

“When Peter arrived here, he had good instincts and physical gifts,” Kocher said.

“But he had no style while he was on his feet. He needed good coaching and good competition.”

Under Kocher, he got both.

Kocher’s current wrestlers can testify to his commitment to giving his wrestlers the coaching they need and then some, from the team’s annual trip to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado to critical individual attention even after the regular season ends.

In 2012, when fourth-year Samuel Pennisi booked a surprise bid to the NCAA D-III Championship at 184 pounds, he had a couple of weeks alone

with Kocher and his staff.

“It is really helpful to have all that focus on what I’m doing,” Pennisi said at the time, “but it makes for harder practices.”

“He is deeply committed to what he does,” said fourth-year Jeff Tyburski, who wrestles at 285 pounds. “I believe that wrestling and his role as coach are on his mind for most of his waking life.”

In his day, Kocher was an excellent wrestler in his own right. At Northwestern, where he studied history as an undergraduate, Kocher was a captain, a two-time runner-up at 158 pounds at the Midlands Tournament, and a first alternate at 163 for the U.S. World University Games Freestyle Team.

After college, Kocher won the Montreal Open in 1974, and finished second at the 1974 U.S. Freestyle National Open, third at the 1973 U.S. Greco-Roman National Open, and fourth at the 1976 AAU Freestyle National Open.

Kocher started his coaching career as an assistant at Northern Illinois University.

He spent two years as an assistant at Northwestern before switching allegiances to coach the Maroons.

Kocher also served as a member of the NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee from 1990-1996. After earning a master’s degree in education at Northwestern, Kocher graduated with an M.B.A. from the University in 1987.

Along with his award, Kocher received a commemorative plaque and jacket from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and will have his name engraved on a bar at the Hall’s museum.