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Justice Kagan shares her view from the bench

Uncommon Fund ready for far-fetched ideas Maggie Loughran News Staff A meat roast on the quad, a calendar featuring sexy men of UChicago, and a celebration of edible insects.

If these endeavors seem uncommon, they are. They were three of the 24 projects, ranging from onetime events to capital improvements, sponsored by the University’s Uncommon Fund in 2014.

The Student Government website defines the fund as “a pool of money

Former UChicago law professor and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan sat down with David Axelrod at the Institute of Politics on Monday to discuss the inner workings of the Supreme Court.

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Tamar Honig News Staff U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan discussed topics ranging from her legal life to the inner workings of the Supreme Court in a conversation moderated by Institute of Politics Executive Director David Axelrod on Monday. Kagan was the first female solicitor general of the United States and is the fourth woman in history to serve on the Supreme Court, nominated for the position by President Barack Obama in 2010.

Despite an early interest in public service, Kagan was not always sure she wanted to be a lawyer. “I went to law school not particularly thinking I was going to end up loving law…but in fact I did,” she said. “I walked into law school and thought, ‘Gosh, I’m glad I’m here.’”

Following her clerkships, Kagan briefly practiced law at a firm in Washington, D.C. and then went on to teach law at the University of Chicago Law School and Har-

vard Law School. She highlighted the impact that her stints as a professor had upon her subsequent career.

Kagan said that as a professor she tried to find a method of communication that helped her students understand the complicated material in a memorable way. She continued to compare her work in the classroom to her work as a judge.

“When I write an opinion, or even when I think about what I’m going to say in conference with my colleagues, that’s often exactly what I try to do,” she said. “I try to put myself back in that mindset and say…‘How am I really going to persuade them that this is the right decision in this case?’ I think a lot about that preparation for teaching when I do that.”

Axelrod asked Kagan whether the lack of diversity in educational backgrounds on the Supreme Court was in any way troubling, in reference to the fact that all the judges have studied at Yale and Harvard.

“I don’t think it’s an issue for some of the reasons people think,” Kagan responded. “It doesn’t affect decision-making in very many cases…For the most part, having a diverse court on any of those metrics [referring to gender, racial, and other forms of diversity] is not all that important for actual decision making. What it is important for, I just think it’s a good thing to have our governmental institutions be ones that people feel…as though the government institutions are connected with them in some real way.”

Describing relations between the nine Supreme Court justices, Kagan emphasized their efforts to avoid caucuses, and to listen and learn from one another.

“We are divided on some important issues, but remarkably two-thirds of the time last year we agreed 9-0,” she noted. “Now, you know, that’s unbelievable because all of these cases that we’re doing are hard cases.”

When asked her thoughts on the KAGAN continued on page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF Officially off the campaign trail, Mitt Romney to speak at IOP in April Former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who recently announced he will not mount a third presidential campaign in 2016, will come to the Institute of Politics (IOP) in April, according to IOP Executive Director David Axelrod.

Just one day after Romney announced that he would not pursue the Republican nomination in 2016, Axelrod tweeted on Saturday that Romney

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will come to the IOP on April 9. “Looking forward to welcoming @MittRomney to @UChiPolitics on 4/9. Tons of interest. Thrilled he’s coming!” he wrote.

In early January, speculation began over whether or not Romney would run again, but the negative response, along with the fundraising and poll strength of potential competitor Jeb Bush, allegedly discouraged Romney

from making another attempt. Though Axelrod and Romney are former political adversaries, Axelrod spoke at a retreat hosted by Romney in June 2013 about the epilepsy research foundation, CURE (Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy), founded by Axelrod and his wife.

The IOP declined to release more details about the event at this time.

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allocated by Student Government aimed at supporting creative and interesting student projects and initiatives on campus.”

The amount of money in the fund—nearly $70,000 for 2014— varies each year and is based on several factors, such as rollover from the previous year, the Student Life Fee, and contributions from the Dean’s Fund.

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New whale studies program is an immersive bio experience Anne Nazzaro News Staff The University will be offering a new off-campus whale studies program for undergraduate nonscience majors.

The program, entitled “The Whale: Biology, Culture, and Evolution on Nantucket Sound,” will consist of three to four classes focused on the ecosystem of the Nantucket Sound, the history of the whaling industry, and the whale’s relation to Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution. It fulfills the general biology requirement of the Core for non-science majors.

“We’re sort of using this figure of the whale as a way of spanning those centuries and disciplines,”

said Professor Michael Rossi, who will be teaching one of the courses.

Participating students will stay and study at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, from September 25 to December 12.

The three main courses of the program will take place sequentially, with about three weeks per class. A number of excursions are also planned throughout the nine weeks in conjunction with the course, including whale-watching off the coast of Provincetown, MA. The program is based on the model of a study abroad program but will not be as regimented in terms of schedule. The classes are WHALE continued on page 2

Cornel West gives rousing talk on race in Rockefeller Isaac Easton News Staff This past Sunday, students and community members alike braved the snow to hear Cornel West discuss his new book The Radical King at Rockefeller Chapel. Notwithstanding the talk’s title, West spoke on issues ranging from to Hollywood to Wu-Tang Clan to President Barack Obama.

Cornel West is a writer and professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He has published books on Marxism and the fight for equality for blacks in America, and also acted in the 2003 films Matrix Reloaded and

Matrix Revolutions.

When discussing Martin Luther King, West enthusiastically described him as a “blues man” who “ha[d] a militant tenderness” and contended that this should be the way forward for Americans.

He then went on to lament American society’s modern market culture: “Hollywood is more like the NHL than any other institution,” citing budget figures for movies like Selma ($20 million) versus American Sniper ($58.8 million) as evidence.

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Dat Donut wins nationwide grant, may open third location Brandon Lee Maroon Contributor Dat Donut, a popular doughnut store in the Chatham neighborhood, located at 83nd Street and S. Cottage Grove Avenue, received a $150,000 grant last Friday from Chase Bank’s nationwide Mission Main Street Grants Program.

Dat Donut was one of 20 winners chosen from over 30,000 applicants, all of whom were competing for a portion of the $3 million grant mon-

ey. The winners also receive a Chromebook laptop, a trip to Google headquarters for a marketing workshop, and a $2,000 credit for Google Consumer Surveys. Due to local support garnered through social media, Dat Donut was able to gather the 250 signatures needed to submit its application.

The Mission Main Street Grants Program is designed to help small businesses, choosing the top applicants to be judged by its panel through a public vote. The panel includes judges from Google, the Women

Business Enterprise National Council, the National Urban League and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Other winners include Bill Lewis Outdoors, a fish and tackle manufacturer in Los Angeles, La Casa Azul Bookstore, a bookstore and educational center that promotes Latino traditions in New York, and Qubits Toys Inc., a company that makes educational geometric toys in Florida.

Darryl Townson, co-owner of Dat Donut with his wife, Andrea Townson, told the

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meant to overlap with each other, according to professor Karl Matlin, the lead faculty director and one of the professors for the program.

“What we want [is] to provide a somewhat integrated experience for the students rather than ‘Oh, I’m taking this class, and then I’m taking that class, then that class,’” he said. “There are certain themes exemplified by this whole idea of the whale that extend throughout the whole experience.”

The first course is “The Whale,” taught by Rossi, and it will focus on the history of the whaling industry. “You can really tell this sweeping story about U.S. history through whales,” Rossi said, noting that the profits of the whaling industry led to the development of bridges, buildings, and other technological developments in New England. As part of the class, students will read In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick. Students will meet with Philbrick to discuss the book.

The second course is “Experimental Biology by the Sea,” taught by Matlin. It will focus on three modules: the first involving sequencing the DNA of marine microbiomes, the second studying early embryonic development of marine creatures, and the third analyzing whale songs. To record the whale song, students will take a trip to the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT. Students will also go out on the lab’s collection boat to gather specimens, possibly including sea urchins, to keep and observe in the lab throughout the course.

The third course will focus on Darwin, and will be taught by Professor Robert Richards. Students will read On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man. There is a fourth course tentatively planned as well.

Named “Biological Representation” for now, it would be arts-focused and last throughout the nine weeks of the course. “What we’re imagining it as now is a stu-

dio art or non-text-based course really focused on getting kids out into Woods Hole, and interacting with the environment,” Rossi said. This would involve making a visual or photography journal, or possibly even sculpting, to record what they see. This course will be taught by a program assistant who has yet to be recruited.

“The College probably doesn’t want us to say this, but this fourth course is designed to be fun,” Matlin said with a laugh.

This is the first University program to be offered at the Woods Hole-based lab. However, more courses are in development for the future, possibly including a neurobiology-focused sequence.

To take part in the program, students must submit an application, which includes a resume, statement of interest in the program, and two recommendation letters, by March 31. Eight to 12 students will be accepted.

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Constitution being a living document, Kagan responded that the intent of the framers is a factor to consider, but not the only one.

She provided the example of Brown v. Board of Education to support this position.

“Brown v. Board would not have been decided by the

court in the way that Brown v. Board was decided if all the court had asked was, ‘Well, back in 1868 did the framers of the 14th Amendment envision segregated schools?’” she said. “And the answer was, ‘Yes, of course they envisioned segregated schools and of course they thought the 14th Amend-

ment actually had nothing to do with that.’”

“It’s no mystery that I’m not one of the people who people label as an ‘originalist’ on the court,” she said.

“If you just look at what the framers thought, you get a set of results that I think that our society would not be willing to live with.”

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great black musicians of the past 20th century. He said the moniker coined When citing examples of musicians that young people should look towards, West pointed to another King, the musician B.B. King : “[Modern day African Americans] need to be on intimate terms with catastrophe, but like B.B. King’s face when he sings… [they]

got to smile.”

West then turned to discuss President Obama, saying, “I couldn’t tell [the South Side] was his neighborhood based on his priorities.”

Sam Saka, a real estate broker from Hyde Park, contended that West was “courageous” and that “he was channeling some of the energy that he got from researching the book [about

King ].” But as for the President, “you can’t take the position as leader of the free world and take a racially based position,” Saka said.

Aside from West’s sentiments regarding the President, Jim Lofton, a resident of South Shore, said that West was “definitely inspirational… if you can take some positivity away from these events, then that is a good thing.”

Chicago Citizen they intend to use the money on various store improvements, including updating the facade, additional employee training, purchasing new equipment, adding to their staff of 36 employees, and potentially opening a third location.

Michael McDonald, general manager of Dat Donut, said other planned improvements included remodeling the store’s lobby, roof, HVAC system, and lights, as well as making investments into employees by paying for their culinary classes.

McDonald also indicated that they were planning on completing the remodel within one to two years.

“Once the weather is better, we’ll have contractors come in and give us some estimates on the roof...We can open up the counter space and make it more accessible, so it can feel like it’s a more welcoming environment…with the improvements, I think people will see it right away,” McDonald said.

Laura Helmuth, Market Manager for Business Banking at Chase Bank Chicago, told

the Chicago Citizen that the story of Dat Donut’s growth and success in the community earned them the grant.

“There were two really great stories here that captured our attention,” Helmuth told the Chicago Citizen. “For one, there is a great story about growth and adding jobs into the community and we’ve got a business that’s a local institution, and [second], the story of Darryl and Andrea and how they’ve grown this business with the people who voted for them.”

NEWS IN BRIEF Robie House nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List The Robie House, a National Historic Landmark designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, was nominated last Friday to be on the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List.

The nomination, submitted by the Interior Department to the United Nations, will likely be considered in the summer of 2016. Nine other buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright from

throughout the United States will also be part of the nomination, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. If the nomination is approved, the buildings would be the first examples of American modern architecture on the World Heritage List.

Designed by Wright between 1908 and 1910 for Chicago businessman Frederick C. Robie, Robie House is considered to be representative of the Prairie house

style. Inspired by the American Midwest, Prairie-style houses often contain strong exterior horizontal lines, natural materials, and art glass windows.

The World Heritage List, created by UNESCO, recognizes many of the world’s famous wonders. It currently contains over one thousand sites, including national parks, ancient monuments, and much more from around the world.

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pass the bureaucratic channels normally involved in pitching extracurricular activities. Each winning project is assigned an Uncommon Fund board member and a Center for Leadership and Involvement staff member for guidance.

However, the support is not meant to be overbearing.

“We’re not doing the projects for people but we’re definitely a resource for them to figure out how to navigate making the projects happen,” said third-year Evan Rocher, the 2015 Uncommon Fund Chair.

The fund mostly sponsors one-time events. However, some winners use their money as a grant for longer-term projects. Such was the case with Booth Hacks, a program aimed at teaching Booth students the basics of coding.

An initiative to bring the Chicago Tribune to UChicago used its funds as a pilot system. Free copies of the paper were available across campus for one quarter. According to Rocher, the project was successful and will likely continue with funding from another source such as Student Government.

Other funded events included Chicago Grand Slam, a poetry festival co-hosted by Catcher in the Rhyme and the Logan Center. Another was Identity Week, which devoted 7th week of spring quarter to defining UChicago through art, personal narra-

tives, and campus dialogue.

The fund also helped support the UChicago Women’s Gala and this past weekend’s South Asian A Cappella Showcase, featuring the groups ChaiTown and Loyola Raag.

Other successful ventures included placing hammocks on the quad in the spring and repairing pool tables in Hallowed Grounds. Funding also launched Uncommon Fireside Chats, a program inviting the homeless and formerly homeless into House lounges to speak with students about their experiences.

Projects that received funding but have not yet come to fruition are Suit Up! and Open Stall. The first aims to provide Career Services with interview attire for students who cannot afford it. Open Stall is an art project inviting passersby to write or draw freely in a temporary, nonfunctional bathroom stall in the Logan Café.

Money allocated to abandoned projects is recycled back into the Uncommon Fund. Between $20,000 and $30,000 were recycled into the 2015 budget from last year.

The creation of the world’s largest muffin was abandoned, as was an attempt to bring an art project titled Before I Die Chi to UChicago. This would have set up an interactive wall somewhere on campus where anyone could use sidewalk chalk to complete the phrase “Before I die...”

The board decides the win-

ners based on votes from the student body. There were a number of projects that received a high number of votes but were not funded due to lack of feasibility or administrative support. Liability issues blocked funding to a climbing wall in Crown as well as to bubble soccer. Bubble soccer would have been an intramural or club sport involving students covered in large inflatable bubbles playing soccer.

Applications for 2015 opened during second week and will stay open until midnight on February 6. The original deadline, January 30, was pushed back due to technical issues with the Blueprint application host site.

As of this weekend, about 20 project proposals had officially been submitted, which a much smaller number than previous years. Rocher suspects there were many more applications that did not get through due to a technical problem with Blueprint.

The committee is contacting people whose applications did get through and trying to let everyone know that if they applied and did not receive an e-mail, they should re-submit their proposals.

Despite the technical difficulties, Rocher expressed enthusiasm about this year’s pool of applicants. “I’m very excited about a lot of them,” he said. “[So far out of the proposals] I’ve seen, I’m very, very happy and frankly I think they’re better than last year’s.”

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Editorial & Op-Ed FEBRUARY 3, 2015

If you like it then you should put a ring on it When considering marriage, what’s wrong with thinking of settling down sooner rather than later?

Eliora Katz Katzenjammer I live in two worlds. The first is the University of Chicago, a liberal, secular multicultural institution where anything goes—well, in theory it does— where students are “finding themselves” through exploration and are asking serious questions for the first time.

In Chicago, I am reminded of my other world each time I log onto Facebook and am bombarded by engagement, wedding, and baby shower photos. This second world is one of the modern Orthodox Jew, where modesty, charity, learning Torah, family, and religious practice are sacred, while tradition is king.

Marked by myriad declarations of “mazel tov!” my newsfeed has constructively become a marriage announcement page. The phenomenon began when I returned to America after spending a gap year in an Israeli seminary at the age of 19; it has increased exponentially since. Tagging friends on Facebook has become confusing with all the new last names, and I barely recognize many of them in their new pictures with the various hair coverings orthodox women take up upon marriage. It used to just be my contemporaries who were getting hitched, but the trend has recently expanded to those even younger than myself.

Proposal rates surge so high during the holiday season that one orthodox friend of mine asked me if I knew of an engagement filter for

Facebook. And I’m not just seeing my friends’ announcements,” each one of them is posting about her own friends’ engagements as well.

Even those who don’t expect to get married early often do. For example, this past summer, back in my second world, I went to seven of my friends’ weddings in Israel.

One of these was my British roommate from seminary. She was the girl we all predicted would get married after us; she herself expected she’d tie the knot around the age of 35. She wasn’t the sort of person who seemed likely to settle down early— she had an eye piercing (which got “infected” when she was engaged), was a strong feminist, and wore bikinis.

But all that changed when she met a French- Moroccan in Israel and knew he was the one four weeks after they met.

The summer was shaken up when my very good friend’s brother just some years older than us passed away. “Eliora, you can’t fool around,” my friend told me. “You don’t want to tarnish your reputation. It’s very important for you to get married— and soon— for your parents. That’s the best thing you can do for them, make them happy.” The words of Song of Solomon that “love is as strong as death” rang through my head as I acknowledged that, though speaking from intense grief, she may have a point—for a Jewish mother, seeing her child walk down the

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aisle is probably more important than seeing her child become a doctor or a lawyer.

“Oh, you must be feeling the pressure?” is a typical response I receive when I tell people what I did this summer. Yes, I was, in fact, feeling the pressure and it was only magnified by the fact that Chicago seemed to provide no marriage prospects: The pool of observant Jewish men I could date is barely a puddle, not to mention the fact that even uttering the expression “find a husband” sounds like a regression to a bygone era.

I was looking for Mr. Right in the wrong place. There have been times I have explored outside this observant Jewish pool here in college, but there has always been a large part of me missing. There’s no other place I’d rather be, no vertiginous soiree that can compete with the discrete intensity of our traditions.

Marriage prospects?

The thought must sound crazy for a college student.

Many have Shiduch (match making ) resumes— basically a

match.com profile turned resume— before professional ones.

But dating seriously at a “young” age doesn’t need to stump professional development. I know plenty of people pursuing graduate and college degrees who do just fine with a diamond on their fingers. It actually may be easier to focus on your studies when you don’t have to worry about whether or not you’ll find someone to spend the rest of your life with.

Regardless of religion, in many cultural contexts, admitting you want a husband seems like a betrayal of feminism. Let me make it clear that I’m not a husband hunter on the prowl; rather, I am part of the Orthodox Jewish world, in which you date for marriage.

This means that what you look for in a night out is what you look for in a lifetime partner. You date somebody you want to invest in, someone you know you can have a future with. You wouldn’t want to put your money in a risky stock you know will plummet— is dating much different?

There’s the idea that college is

a time to explore. But I’ve done that, and those relationships usually left me unsatisfied or hurt.

I don’t want to live a life in nonchalant mode, to play the game where the winner is the one who cares less. I don’t want to turn off my sensitivity and my emotions; I want to feel life in all its intensity, not turn things down to prevent the heartbreak that comes with being unequally invested in a relationship. I’m looking for that logical madness. The type of love that stays with you through seven lives, as Hindus promise. Love as united as “water flowing in one direction,” in the words of the Hawaiians, where we “stand by each other in sickness and in health,” as Catholics vow to do. And maybe someday that will be through marriage, but for now, I am enjoying the long nights at the library, the opportunities only a place like this can offer, and the life of the mind over that of the heart- even if that heart is split between two worlds.

Eliora Katz is a secondyear in the College.

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New Björk album is cure for bloodless, predictable electronic music Andrew McVea Associate Arts Editor Listening to Björk’s new album Vulnicura is an immersive experience. As her astral voice and dreamy string accompaniment come in, everything else fades to the background. Nothing matters other than Björk and her raw emotional power.

Vulnicura, which means “cure for wounds” in Greek, tracks the Icelandic singer’s life after the end of her relationship with her longtime partner, artist Matthew Barney. Björk is brutally honest about her feelings throughout the experience, both in her lyrics and in the intense emotion invested in her voice. “Don't remove my pain/It is my chance to heal,”

she practically screams on “Notget,” one of the standout tracks from the album.

The song is frighteningly intense at times; her vocals soar over ominous strings and pulsating bass. For the last half of the song she repeats the phrase, “Love will keep us safe from death,” over and over again as the instrumental builds to a climax before eventually coming back down, seemingly defeated and devastated.

While on previous albums— such as Biophilia, released in 2011— Björk’s music has been primarily concerned with grand, universal concepts, Vulnicura finds her singing primarily about her own personal journey.

While her individual experiences are her own, it’s easy to

somehow identify with what she is going through. Björk manages to convey great emotional depth through her voice throughout her album, especially in the album highlight “Black Lake.”

For the first part of the song, she sings over minimal string accompaniment before a pounding yet inconsistent beat comes in. As the song progresses the beat becomes more constant and increases in volume as well as power.

However, Björk never allows the instrumental to overtake her mesmerizing vocals. At every point in the album she is in complete control of everything, and even during the most extreme moments of Vulnicura it is always Björk who is at the center of the BJÖRK continued on page 5

Björk poses for her new album Vulnacura; not to be confused with the legendary Pokémon Volcarona.

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Parson reimagines Beckett's classic tragicomedy Katy Perry plays the “Dark Horse” at Superbowl XLIX Darren Wan Arts Contributor

The power of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot lies, unsurprisingly, in the banal yet universal act of waiting. Main characters Vladimir and Estragon persistently await the arrival of Godot, an unknowable yet somehow palpable figure who never appears. They encounter no one on this nondescript country road, save Pozzo, the tyrannical owner of the land, and Lucky, his silent servant.

To recreate the magic of this absurdist tragicomedy is a Herculean task, since most audiences are already aware that the titular Godot never arrives. Some scenes in the second act of this production, directed by Court Theatre resident artist Ron OJ Parson, are found wanting. However, this is still a production that inspires the sense of universal distress that Beckett envisioned— especially as Vladimir (Allen Gilmore) poignantly cries, “But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not.”

The moment one steps into the theatre, one is struck

by Parson’s bold take on this 20th-century classic, apparent from the set that refreshingly re-interprets Beckett’s middle-of-nowhere setting as a drab sidewalk. Situating the play through the visual idiom of an urban environment—alongside having a cast comprised solely of actors of color—locates it in the context of recent events in Ferguson and elsewhere around the country, as Parson himself pointed out in a recent interview. The uni-

versality of the experience of the futility of waiting extends to all peoples at all moments in history, and this interpretation is undoubtedly a timely and thoughtprovoking one.

The chemistry of Estragon (Alfred Wilson) and Vladimir (Gilmore) evokes a weary narrative of their complex partnership, heightened by contrasts in the acting styles of both men. Gilmore’s Vladimir is energetic and expressive, delivering some of the most desperate lines of the play with powerful irony. Opposite Gilmore is Wilson’s Estragon, whose dispirited impatience captured the distressing futility of waiting. Unfortunately, this stark juxtaposition tends to be overwrought in several scenes of the second act. Their interaction with the boy (Oscar Vasquez) is particularly stilted and adds very little to their desperation at the fruitlessness of their endeavor. In many ways, the second act feels superfluous, as if Vladimir and Estragon are not waiting, but simply killing time—an action that has less gravity to it.

Lucky (Anthony Lee Irons), however, is consistently stellar. His reaction to Pozzo’s (A. C. Smith) violent maltreatment is appropriately unsettling, with his silent gaze and his intense physicality evoking the inescapable pain of a servant in an oppressive relationship.

His delivery of his one glossolalic speech, in response to Pozzo’s order for him to think, is at once sublime and terrifying. Having broken his silence in favor of a disquieting exposition of his intellect, Irons crowns what

Evangeline Reid Associate Arts Editor

Allen Gilmore and Alfred Wilson bring a new perspective to Waiting for Godot in the Court Theatre's new production.

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is perhaps the most aweinspiring moment of this production. Smith’s Pozzo, however, is a little contrived in his portrayal of an ostentatious aristocrat, and his exaggerated movements are at times unnecessarily distracting.

The light transitions in this production are exceptional in their interaction with the set and the actors on it. The faint orb of light creeping up the blank wall and the subtle use of fog artfully capture the unrelenting passage of time that is fundamental to the play’s premise of the inherent human inability to break free from the shackles of routine.

Despite some minor flaws in this production, Parson’s artistic vision of Waiting for Godot and the energy of the cast inspire both comedy and pathos. Beckett famously complained that his play was subjected to “endless misunderstanding,” yet this production has added a new dimension without significantly compromising Beckett’s original intent.

For those two and a half hours, the audience shares in the relentless pain of the wait, heightened by the keen knowledge that Godot will only disappoint.

Waiting for Godot will be at the Court Theatre through February 15.

This year’s installment of horrifying Chicago weather decided to show its face on Super Bowl Sunday instead of the first day of winter quarter classes. But it’s OK, unlike last year, we had some pretty good entertainment while we were cooped up inside. The Seahawks actually had to put up a fight this year and ultimately lost to the Patriots.

But when halftime rolled around with the score tied and tension in the air, Katy Perry stepped in for a wildly entertaining twelve and a half minute break featuring Missy Elliot and Lenny Kravitz. Super Bowl XLIX had something for everyone.

Following the mandatory Pepsi-sponsored intro, Perry kicked off the halftime show dressed in a flame dress (reminiscent of The Hunger Games) singing “Roar” from the top of a golden, animatronic lion pacing the field. Perry has never been known for fabulous live vocals, but the NFL covered that base at the outset of the game by putting the Tony-winning, “Let It Go”–belting Idina Menzel on the national anthem and nine-time Grammy Award–winning John Legend on “America the Beautiful.” Menzel was perhaps a little nervous but hit her stride in time for a goose bump–raising finale. Perry is known

for glam, fireworks, and what she calls “soft-serve sexiness.” At the end of the first song, the lion actually reared backward and roared. Somehow that lion was what we expected from the lady who’s been topping Billboard’s Hot 100 consistently since 2008 with one radio hit after another.

But what followed wasn’t just that. Her show took up the whole field with boldly animated floor designs and surges of colorfully lit balls bouncing across the floor above crowds of performers. Wildly dressed dancers appeared from nowhere.

There were acrobatics. Lenny Kravitz appeared alongside Perry with his guitar to sing a rock-infused version of “I Kissed a Girl,” complete with fire and head banging. The beach setup—featuring dancing sharks and beach balls—was a slight misfire. A girl from my house smirked, saying, “Wow, The Wiggles got weird,” and it did initially feel out of place. However, it highlighted her attempt to break through with this performance: she was low on sexy, high on talent. Perry ran from song to song in tall but sensibly thick heels, pulling costume changes in the blink of an eye. Yet the most astonishing part of Perry’s performance, amidst the Olympic opening ceremony-style showmanship, were her divaworthy vocals that filled the stadium. Maybe it was PERRY continued on page 5

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pre-recorded, but it didn’t look it. Perry was proving to a nation that she was a contender too.

Flying over the crowd on a star with a rainbow and sparks trailing it was probably over the top, but like a

good cinematic emotional climax, Perry’s conclusion felt just as earned as it felt silly. Perry delivered a thoroughly entertaining and absorbing show of chart-topping hits. She was a powerhouse: the dark horse from her popular

song. With her youthful spirit, most probably don’t realize Perry is already leaving behind her “Teenage Dreams” and edging into her 30s. And by show of Sunday's performance, Perry's stardom seems to be only beginning.

“At every point in the album she is in complete control of everything, and even during the most extreme moments of Vulnicura it is always Björk who is at the center of the track.”

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track. “You have nothing to give./Your heart is hollow,” she sings as she reaches the emotional peak of “Black Lake,” and simultaneously bares everything. It’s a truly epic song, and although it clocks in at minutes long, it never wears 10 out its welcome.

Other album highlights include the opening track, “Stonemilker,” which features atmospheric symphonic music ambling at its own pace before descending into its heavier second part, and “Atom Dance,” whose spunky pizzicato notes and slightly sunnier soundscape make for a nice break in the

action. “Atom Dance” feels like a turning point in the album, and while her lyrics are still about pain and healing, she seems much more hopeful about making a recovery and moving on than in previous songs.

Vulnicura, despite prominently featuring synthesizers and other electronic instruments, feels closer to a symphony of nine movements than anything else.

Her slow, clinging vocals and the intense string sections fit beautifully together into a seamless musical experience.

The album was co-produced

by Arca, who also helped produce recent albums such as Kanye West’s Yeezus and

FKA twigs’ LP1. The similarities between the ethereal R&B of LP1 and Vulnicura are noticeable, but never distracting. While there are some shared elements between the production of the two albums, Björk’s sharp delivery and use of the beats to build emotional intensity is entirely her own.

The final track of the album, “Quicksand,” ends midchord. After an hour of engrossing material that flowed flawlessly together, suddenly the listener is thrust back out into the real world. Vulnicura leaves a lot to process. However, the lasting impression it leaves is that of devastation, but born from that, great art.

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Fierce competition derails Chicago’s recent momentum Track and Field Zachary Themer Associate Sports Editor Having run circles around the competition the entire indoor track and field season thus far, the Maroons made the trek to the University of WisconsinWhitewater for the Warhawk Classic Invitational to add some more hardware to their ever-growing trophy case.

Up to this point, the men had taken home two victories while the No. 23 women had secured three.

Unfortunately, the South

Siders were not able to replicate their early season success as the men finished a distant eighth in their meet with a total of 24.5 points, far short of the 145 points the No. 3 UW–LaCrosse squad put up to win the men’s side of the invite.

Meanwhile, the women took home fifth place with a total of 79 points, outpaced by the victors, No. 2 UW–Oshkosh, who won with a total of 162 points.

While Friday’s meet did not end in the glory of victory for the men, there were still individual competitors

who were able to put up stellar performances in their respective competitions.

In total, the Maroons had three top performers on the day. Standouts for Chicago included first-year Patrick LeFevre, who finished second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.34, fourthyear Semi Ajibola, who finished third in the high jump with a height of 1.96, and second-year Timofey Karginov, who finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:24.57.

While this was the Maroons’ fourth meet in just a

In the Chatter’s Box with Sarah Langs

Emily Hunt is a first-year swimmer from Oakville, Ontario.

We chatted with her to get some insider info on the life of a Maroon athlete. much about middle school. But high school, I know in Illinois, it’s very focused on the high school season. But in Canada, if you’re going to be swimming competitively, it’s all about swimming with a club. So, it’s definitely a different dynamic.

Chicago Maroon: How old were you when you started swimming?

Emily Hunt: I’ve been swimming since I was really, really small. But competitively, I started when I was eight or nine.

CM: Have you always specialized in the two strokes you do now, or were you competing in everything when you were younger?

EH: When you’re really young, you compete in everything. But from 12 onward, I’ve been doing butterfly and backstroke.

CM: You’re from Canada. Do you think that the middle school and high school level swimming community is different there, compared to here?

EH: For sure. I don’t know

CM: What has the difference been, coming to college and being involved with the team here, in the U.S.?

EH: There hasn’t been that much of a difference because when we’re swimming on the team, it’s very similar to swimming with a club team. But you also get to see your teammates sometimes in class and that sort of thing.

CM: What has been your favorite experience or moment with the team so far?

EH: I really enjoyed when we went away on training trip. Just having everyone together, working really hard, and getting to go somewhere warm in the middle of winter is really awesome.

CM: Have you had any icicles in your hair kind of issues this or last winter?

EH: Actually, I mean, you know, with a hat and a hood you’re usually fine. But freezing used to happen a lot, especially with our equipment bags. But

we get to keep them at the pool now, so it’s not much of a problem.

CM: I can’t imagine taking out a frozen swimsuit later.

EH: Yeah, it’s pretty funny.

CM: What do you think you’ve gained by being a varsity athlete, specifically at this school?

EH: I think the structure of a schedule and being on the team is helpful for managing my time and commitments and everything. Getting that much exercise all the time is great for stress relief, and also the community that I have on the team has been a big support network. Without it, I’m not really sure what I would do, to be honest.

CM: What about professional and Olympic swimming? Do you follow them?

EH: I think you naturally pay attention to it. Definitely during Olympic years, it’s so exciting to cheer for your team. I had a teammate actually, in 2012, who went to the Olympics. So, it was just so cool to send her off and cheer for her. So you definitely keep an eye on those pro swimmers. But at this level, we’re so busy all the time, it’s a little hard to keep up sometimes.

Get in the game.

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few weeks, members of the team were quick to dismiss any notion of exhaustion playing a role in the team’s lagging finish. With the high quality of the teams at the meet this past weekend, many of which were Division I, the South Siders were facing significant challenges in all directions.

“At this point of the season [exhaustion] isn’t much of an issue yet,” said thirdyear runner Henry Blood.

“I expect some people, especially first-years, will find the number of meets in the indoor season to be

exhausting later down the line.”

As for the women’s side, the foes were equally competitive and daunting.

However, a number of Maroons were able to put up impressive performances on the day. Standouts for the South Siders included firstyear Megan Verner-Crist, who won the one mile with a time of 5:07.13, third-year Mikaela Hammel, who took second in the 200 meter with a time of 26.53s, and first-year Claire Costelloe, who finished third in the 5,000-meter with a time of

18:42.92.

Having come off a string of four meets in the month of January alone, the Maroons would surely appreciate a break from competition. However, they will have no such reprieve in their sights as they have four meets in February to look forward to.

The first meet the Maroons have this month will be this Saturday at the Windy City Invitational here in Chicago. Competition will begin at 11 a.m. with individual event times being posted later.

Maroons extend 6-game streak Women’s Basketball Russell Mendelson Senior Sports Staff The Maroons were able to keep their winning streak alive this past weekend, beating both Case Western and Carnegie Mellon on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

Chicago (12–6, 6–1 UAA) closed out January with a 7–1 record that included shutting down the Spartans (7–11, 1–6 UAA) by a score of 74–59, and extended its winning streak to six games on Sunday after defeating the Tartans (11–7, 2–5) 84–77.

First-year Elizabeth Nye led the effort on Friday, scoring 19 points while collecting three boards along the way with four assists. Nye had a dominant performance which included going 7–8 from the line.

“I really didn’t do much different,” Nye said. “I was just making cuts and my teammates were making great passes.”

The Maroons were unable to take the lead for the first eight minutes of play, but that all changed when Case lost possession of the ball up 13– 12. Fourth-year guard Morgan Donovan took advantage of the opportunity and sank a three point shot for Chicago

following an identical score on the previous possession.

The South Siders never looked back from that moment on, continuing a recent theme of establishing a perpetual lead after being behind for the first few minutes of the game.

“We have really started to come together as a team both offensively and defensively,” noted Donovan on the team’s performance. “Our execution on offense and pressure on defense have allowed us to play at our pace and be successful.”

Donovan was a large part of that success this weekend, ending the game on Friday with 17 points, five rebounds, and two assists, and recording 18 points and four assists on Sunday.

“We know that during UAA play every minute of practice matters so we come ready for every practice knowing that whatever our coaches have planned for each game needs to be executed,” explained fourth-year Hannah Ballard, who came off the bench against Carnegie, jolting her team with 12 points, six rebounds, and four assists.

“Right now we are playing as a team and playing confidently and it has really shown in the past few weeks.”

Ballard also stressed the

importance of trusting in the game plan and being ready to execute on both sides of the ball through an all-out effort.

The second half of conference play will present a new set of challenges in what is set to be an intense stretch of the season. Currently the Maroons are in the thick of a three way tie for the best record in the UAA along with No. 6 Wash U (17–1, 6–1) and a No. 8 NYU (17–1, 6–1) team that was handed its first loss of the season the previous weekend by this Chicago squad.

“Playing the same teams back-to-back weekends will be difficult especially on the road,” said Donovan on having to redo these most recent two matchups again next weekend after facing them at home.

“Both Case and Carnegie are talented teams with different styles of play, so getting ready for both in one weekend is always a challenge,” said Ballard, pointing out that this particular challenge is nothing new coming from this conference, and that the team will be ready as they always are.

The Maroons will turn around to play Case and Carnegie again next week. This time they will make the trek to the east coast to play on the road.

SPORTS

IN QUOTES “Marshawn should’ve said, ‘yall know why I’m here right?’”

– SF 49ers full back Bruce Miller referencing Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch’s interview answers in relation to Seattle’s decision to throw the ball on 1st & goal with 40 seconds left in the Superbowl

Chua and co. manhandle No. 36 Kohawks in decisive fashion Men’s Tennis Helen Petersen Associate Sports Editor After earning only one win in their season opener against DePaul, the No. 17 Maroons came away with nine more after their weekend meet in Cedar Rapids, IA against Coe College.

The South Siders went into the weekend knowing they had something to prove.

“We knew we had trained hard so we were all confident about our prospects, but we also knew they were going to fight,” said first-year Nick Chua. “We didn’t want to take anything for granted and I think we did a good job of fighting in tough matches and finishing in the ones that we were ahead.”

Chicago made quick work of the No. 35 Kohawks. The squad won 9–0, and established itself as a force to be reckoned with in the DIII tennis realm. Five Maroons came away from the day with both singles and doubles victories. This win brings the team to 1–1 on the season, while the Kohawks will begin their season at 0–1 after their lopsided loss to the Maroons.

“Our mentality for the Coe match was to go in and get our first win of the year,” fourthyear Deepak Sabada said. “Getting that first win as a team gives us confidence and some-

thing to build off of going into the upcoming weekend against Denison, Case, and Kenyon.”

Chua, who remains atop the national singles rankings, faced off against fourth-year Noah Sprinkle to get his first victory of the winter season. Sprinkle managed to take the match into a third set after dropping the first set 7–5, and winning the second set 4–6.

There was never any doubt, however, as to who would be the ultimate winner, as Chua came away with a decisive 6–3 third set victory.

“Obviously I wasn’t pleased with losing the second set, but I was confident that I could take the third. I knew I needed to stay focused and play more aggressive tennis in the third and I think I did a good job of that,” Chua said.

At No. 3 singles, first-year Peter Leung also went into a third set, in his case against another first-year, Brady Anderson of Coe. Leung started the match off with a strong 6–2 first-set victory, followed by Anderson capturing the second set 4–6. Leung and Anderson battled it out until Leung was finally able to overcome Anderson in the third set by a score of 6–4.

Sabada earned a victory in two sets at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles. Sabada and his partner, first-year David Liu, earned an 8–5

victory over their opponents to lead to Maroons double charge. The No. 2 and No. 3 doubles pairs followed suit, winning 8–5 and 8–2, respectively.

“I felt confident towards the end of that first set and I think losing a close match the previous week against DePaul helped as I knew where I had failed and made sure to avoid those same mistakes this week against Coe,” Sabada said.

At No. 4 singles, Liu defeated third-year Ryan Hickman 6–2, 6–4 while first-year Luke Tsai walked away with a 6–1, 6–2 victory at No. 5 singles, earning both rookies two wins on the day. Tsai is the only undefeated player the Maroons have, as he outlasted his DePaul opponent in the opening match earlier this season.

With a solid win under their belt, the Maroons are feeling confident about their upcoming matches. The Maroons face No. 26 Denison, No. 8 Case Western Reserve, and No. 12 Kenyon this coming weekend, in one of the most challenging sequences the squad will face all year.

“We have a lot to work on from these matches before our next matches and we’re going to need a good week of practice to be adequately prepared for this weekend and the season,” Chua said.

First-year Nick Chua waits to return a ball from the opposing player at a meet this season.

COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS

Strong shooting propels squad to weekend wins Men’s Basketball Mary MacLeod Sports Staff This weekend Chicago (14–5, 6–2 UAA) went 2–0, beating Case Western Reserve (14–4, 5–2) and Carnegie Mellon (10–8, 1–6) at home. This weekend also marked the halfway point in the season for the Maroons, who only have seven regular season games left, all of which are inter-conference.

The South Siders faced Case on Friday, the first game after their opponents snagged a huge win on the road against No. 12 Emory.

“Going into Case we knew that they were very good at setting ball screens and were going to use that to their advantage to open up lanes to drive and kick to their shooters,” said third-year guard Scott Herlihy. “The fact that our perimeter players and posts did well on those screens was vital for our suc-

cess so the other players on the court didn’t have to leave the shooters to help.”

However, the Spartans were able to have some success through driving from the top spots on the perimeter. In fact, after going down 27–11 midway through the first half, this is what the visiting team relied on to get them back into the game.

Nevertheless, the Maroons were able to push back late in the first half, scoring 11 points in just over a minute and a half. Relying on the sharpshooting of third-year guard Jordan Smith and third-year forward Alex Voss, Chicago was able to go back to the locker room with a 44–34 lead.

After the break, the South Siders’ defense forced Case into taking bad shots, resulting in a shooting percentage for the visiting team that was almost 20 percent lower than what they put up in the first half of the game.

That, combined with rebounds and the ability to convert on fouls, secured the home team the win.

However, the Maroons relied on a completely different skill set to pull out their 21 point win on Sunday—three-pointers. In fact, the team was hitting nearly 50 percent from the arc, sinking 14 treys in the game.

“I think shooting well from the three point line was huge for us,” said third-year forward Nate Brooks. “Every time they went on a run, we would just hit another three pointer and it took the life out of their team.”

In fact, Carnegie was never given a chance to take the lead after going down 41–23 in the first half on the heels of three consecutive three-pointers from first-year guard Jake Fenlon. And although the visiting team was able to out-rebound the Maroons, they were not able to convert on the offensive side of

the floor, shooting just 39 percent from the floor and 30 percent from beyond the arc.

So what’s the takeaway from Chicago’s stellar performance this weekend? Execution, said Brooks, because if the Maroons can execute on both sides of the floor like they did against Case and Carnegie, then they can expect a great second half of UAA play.

However, there is also room for improvement.

“One thing we need to get better at is playing as motivated as we were against Wash U and Emory all the time,” said Herlihy. “When we play with the intensity we showed in those games we are a very difficult team to beat.”

The team will have a chance to show off their intensity this Friday at Case. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.

South Siders look ahead following tough Wheaton Invitational Wrestling Sarah McNeilly Sports Staff The Maroon wrestlers traveled to Wheaton this weekend to compete in the annual Wheaton College Pete Wilson Invitational Tournament. The No. 2 UW–Whitewater placed first on the weekend with 173 points and two weight-class titles, while the Maroons scored 20 team points.

Overall, the Maroons finished 21st out of 32 teams, nine of which are currently ranked in the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) top 30. The South Siders sent eight wrestlers to the tournament to add to the total count of

260 wrestlers and competed in day one of the tournament with match ups against No. 12 Alma College, Wheaton College, Case Western Reserve, and Elmhurst College, among others.

Second-year Chicago wrestler Paul Papoutsis reached the second day of the competition after advancing in the consolation bracket on Friday. Papoutsis held a 3–1 record in the 165-pound weight bracket on Friday, winning his first two matches with one pin. Papoutsis was defeated in the quarterfinals by the No. 2 seeded wrestler in the tournament and finished the day with a 10–5 win. Papoutsis then withdrew from the competition to

finish in eighth place overall.

First-years Elliot Henderson (141 pounds) and Nick Ferraro (174 pounds) each picked up two victories on the day, along with second-year Michael Sepke (149 pounds).

Henderson received a bye in the first round, and lost to Adam Yde of UW–Parkside in the second round before defeating Austin Jenkins of Ferrum College. He then lost to Bryant Roby of Mt. Union.

Sepke lost in his first match to Ben Kazimir of Mt. Union College, but defeated Brendan Gaynor of UW–Oshkosh and Chris Williamson of Messiah College before losing in his fourth match.

Ferraro took a loss in the first round to Jamie Jakes of Alma College. He then defeated Matt Tusick ( John Carroll) and Nick Lees (CWRU) in the consolation bracket before losing to Garrett Chase of Baldwin Wallace College.

Ferraro was positive about the team’s performance.

“Paul [Papoutsis] made it to day two and a few of us wrestled close matches to returning All-Americans and qualifiers, and I think the next time we meet those returning qualifiers we will be better prepared for what they do,” Ferraro said.

Despite their overall finish, the Maroons are more confident after coming out of the Pete Wilson In-

vitational. Ferraro noted that this was “a tough tournament [that] will get us ready for regionals,” and that the Maroons now “know what we need to work on to get the edge on some of our tougher opponents after both wrestling and watching them.”

The Maroons look forward to the regional tournament two weeks from now, especially after earning some tough wins over UAA opponent Case Western at this weekend’s tournament. But first, the South Siders will face off in a dual meet against No. 29 Augustana College this weekend and look to defeat a tough team to continue their current two-meet winning streak.