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APRIL 30, 2010

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VOLUME 121 ISSUE 41

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Rothschild illuminates life of Bengali slave girl

Ad hoc group forms in response to arrest By Brittany Birberick News Staff An ad hoc group of nine students and one faculty member will advise protocol changes in response to the February 24 arrest of a student in the Reg’s A-level, Vice President for Campus Life Kim Goff-Crews announced at an open forum in the Reynolds Club Wednesday. The Alliance for Community and Student Rights (ACSR) sponsored the forum and presented the 12 demands it has made regarding the administration’s response to the incident. Vice President for Campus Life Kim Goff-Crews, UCPD Chief Marlon Lynch, Associate Director of the Library

Jim Vaughan, and Dean of Students Susan Art, spoke in response to the demands and many questions that were raised by the audience of about 50 students. Despite the administration’s plans, many students were not satisfied with the responses. Students mentioned incidents where they felt racially profiled, and others voiced the need for more open dialogue about the issue of race on campus, rather than closed door ad hoc groups. The visibility of the student’s arrest was also criticized. Students brought up past incidents as evidence of long-standing race issues on campus, like the “Straight Thuggin’” party that took place nearly four years ago.

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MEDICAL CENTER At a lecture in Classics Hall Tuesday, Harvard Professor and British historian Emma Rothschild shares the story of a Bengali slave girl in Scotland. DARREN LEOW/MAROON

By Crystal Tsoi News Staff Harvard professor and British economic historian Emma Rothschild traced the path of a slave girl from Bengal and her master’s ties to the Scottish Enlightenment at a talk Tuesday in Classics Hall. Her talk comes just a week after her husband, economist Amartya Sen, spoke on poverty. Rothschild’s research into the correspondence and legal documents regarding the life of the young woman, who went by the name both Bell and Belinda, has given her insight into the political discourse of her master, John Johnston.

The girl was tried for murder after she disposed of her stillborn s o n i n t h e r i v e r. S h e w a s s e n t t o t h e N e w Wo r l d a s punishment. ”Bell or Belinda, with her terrible traverse from Calcutta to Williamsburg, is an extraordinary illustration of... the consecutive and contiguous jurisdiction through which she passed. Jurisdictions, which are in turn, a remarkable source, I think, of the transnational history of 18th century life,” Rothschild said. Rothschild spoke of her efforts in tracing the relative obscurity o f t h e S c o t t i s h f a m i l y. “ Th e Johnstons were not the sort of people to compose intimate

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diaries or who commemorated their own sentiments, [but] brothers and sisters did write to each other from time to time with anguish, vexations, and anxieties,” she said. This made it especially hard for Rothschild to trace the ideas and important political discourse relevant to the debate over the slave trade, but she said the unique perspective made her research more meaningful. This method of research might prove useful in understanding other contemporary figures. Both Rothschild and Sen’s talks were presented by the Nicholson Center for British Studies.

UCMC says it still qualifies for nonprofit tax exemption under new ruling By Amy Myers News Staff State hospitals are reconsidering their charity practices following a significant Illinois Supreme Court ruling against the Provena Covenant Medical Center. Though it is unlikely, the case could affect the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC)’s application for property tax exemption after it recently broke ground on a $700-million hospital pavilion slated for 2012. Hospitals across Illinois could lose property tax exemptions typically awarded to nonprofit medical care centers in light of the March ruling,

which said Provena did not provide sufficient charity in 2002 and could not now be considered a nonprofit hospital. The new pavilion at the UCMC would require the hospital to renew its property tax exemption; any major change in facilities, including construction, requires a new application to, and assessment by, the State. UCMC spokesman John Easton said the medical center, which currently qualifies as a nonprofit, does not plan to change operations or procedures in light of the court decision. “This ruling, because of its narrow focus, should not have any direct impact,” Easton said.

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Fourth-years with business jobs thank CAPS By Barbra Kim News Contributor Many graduating fourth-years going into the business sector credit a relative abundance of jobs to help from the University’s Career Advising and Planning Services (CAPS). Though CAPS has yet to release job data, many fourth-years going into business who spoke to the Maroon said they had jobs in their planned career path lined up. Frances L ow credited CAP S with helping her find positions through on-campus recruiting. “It was definitely convenient because everything is in one place. Having interviews on campus makes it a lot easier. When looking for jobs outside of CAPS, you’re just one of thousands,” said Low, who will be working as an associate consultant at Bain & Company. According to last year’s CAPS

exit surveys, in which graduating seniors are polled on their job situation, 70 percent were employed full-time, 2 4 percent attended graduate or professional schools, and the remaining 6 percent took time off. CAPS Director Meredith Daw was optimistic for this year’s exit surveys—due to be distributed in mid-May—showing higher employment rates this year. “We have been aggressively working with our alumni base and employers to provide more opportunities. There are more opportunities this year than last year,” Daw said. Recent data compiled by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a national nonprofit focusing on recruiting and college careers, indicates that employers plan to hire 5.3 percent more college graduates this year than last year, and the unemployment rate

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isitors to the 63rd Street Beach will now have to pay parking fees, to the consternation of Alderman Leslie Hairston of the Fifth Ward and some of her constituents. Hairston said she would subsidize the meters this summer for beach visitors. See story on page 2. ERIC GUO/MAROON

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University surveys students Scav shenanigans already underway before making more as high-stakes hunt approaches plans for Harper By Adam Janofsky Associate News Editor By Nathalie Gorman Senior News Staff A late-night café, cozy chairs, and accessible outlets are the kind of details that make Harper Commons a new favorite study spot for hundreds of students each day. The library, which was renovated over the summer and made into a 24-hour study space, is conducting a two-week student survey in the hopes of making the space better suit the needs students better. According to Harper Commons Director Michael Baltasi, the information from the survey that asks “what attracts [people]? How long do they stay? Is it the same people, or a lot of different people?” will help drive future plans for the space, including “to what extent [it needs] to be renovated.” Changes were made to the space over the summer, including the addition of task lighting and reading chairs, but these changes, according to a press release, are just the first step in a planned $20 million renovation. The specifics of this renovation will be dependent upon careful analysis of current usage patterns. Currently, the Harper Reading Room is attracting an average of between 70 to 170 students per hour between the peak times of 10:30 a.m. and midnight on weekdays, according to the University. An average of 140 students occupy the Commons as a whole (Reading Room, Stewart Reading Room, USITE, West Tower, and the Café) during those hours. The numbers were determined based on hourly headcounts taken by the Commons’ student employees. “I don’t know what expectations were [when the space was reconfigured], but I would imagine that this does definitely exceed them,” Baltasi said. Harper Café has also increased in popularity over the course of the year. “We see everybody, even professors and advisers,” said Faisal Mukarram, a second-year in the College and an employee of the Café. He explained that the Café has lengthened its hours every quarter in order to accommodate growing student interest; fall quarter, it opened at 2:00 in the afternoon, winter quarter at 11:00 a.m., and this quarter it opens at 9:00 a.m. “The café has gotten busier as we’ve offered more coffee,” Baltasi joked. On a more serious note, he added, “As they’ve extended their hours into the morning, it’s gotten much more popular. Now you start to see people eating there, gathering there, a lot of great discussions that you might have seen in the back room of Classics Café.” When asked who was frequenting the Café, he said it was a mixed crowd, from students to “people coming over from the medical school in their scrubs.”

Although Scav Hunt won’t begin until next Thursday, teams have already started to push preparations into high gear. While Scav may be the only almost socially acceptable time to drive a golf cart on the Midway dressed in a beaver costume (175 points, 19 9 9) or down “as many shots of salad dressing as you can do in 30 seconds” (1 point per shot, 2007), the preparation leading up to the hunt is just as full with unpredictable behavior. Teams are planning on upping the ante this year, as Snell-Hitchcock fights for four consecutive wins against primary competitors Max Palevsky and Burton-Judson. No team has ever held first place more than three years running. Snell-Hitchcock began doing dry runs of Scav weeks ago. Scavvies created practice pages for their team members to practice, including items like building the biggest kite possible. Two Sundays ago, garbage bags, sticks of wood, and string were sprawled around the study lounge of Snell-Hitchcock as scavvies attempted to construct a six-foot kite. Building materials had already begun to multiply, thanks to a text messaging network that allows Scavvies to alert team members to dumpster finds. “We have a lot of people who will text others even if they’re downtown and just see something interesting to collect,” like piles of wood or dumpsters filled with discarded electronics, said Ben Brubaker, third-year and captain of the Snell-Hitchcock team. Although wood is the “ideal pre-Scav material,” team members keep an eye out for anything that could give them an edge. “The weirdest thing that has come to use in the past is a toilet,” Brubaker said, adding that it was used in 2008 to forge a sword (65 points) and roast a lamb to improvise a Bedouin wedding feast (75 points, bonus if there is a real marriage). “Every item could potentially be put to use.” Some of the best items are found in dumpsters, and Scavvies brave the dangers of dumpster diving to pilfer the most useful objects. “On the first dumpster dive, [a friend and I] show up and there are sharp pieces of metal and sticks popping up [out of the dumpster],” fourth-year SnellHitchcock captain Jory Harris said. “I’m not really prepared for it; I’m wearing shorts and sandals, but there were good materials in there that we couldn’t pass up.” Along with materials preparation, captains spend weeks organizing and training team members. In Snell-Hitchcock, page captain trainees reviewed a time schedule which detailed everything happening

Scavvies in Snell-Hitchock use texting to alert fellow team members to treasure troves of trash. MATT BOGEN/MAROON

from midnight on Wednesday to noon on Sunday. “[During training] we talked for a long time about how Scav worked, and now I feel like I understand everything we’re doing,” first-year Cullen Seaton said. “But still I don’t feel like anything can truly prepare us for Scav.” For Max Palevsky captain Sara ElShafie, her experience as a page captain last year let her be “more in the know. I always knew what was going on and had just enough authority to boss people around,” she said, adding that it contributed to her running for team captain this year. While being able to construct a breeder reactor (500 points, 1999) might not get you hired, some of the skills developed by team captains during Scav might even look good on a résumé. “In the past month… we’ve

been communicating with the staff of Max P to make sure there will be headquarters and storage space,” ElShafie said. “We’ve gone to all of the house meetings in Max to recruit people; it’s a lot of networking and logistical work.” Some Scavvies may even be qualified to work in the Development Office by the time they graduate—fundraising is essential to Scav preparation, and efforts range from soliciting alumni to selling T-shirts and hosting fundraising barbecues. But to Harris, Scav preparation is about getting to know your fellow teammates more than anything else. “Its not just about dumpster diving, but about seeing people do things you would never expect them to do,” he said. “I always feel like I know people better after Scav.”

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Hairston's budget will pay fare on controversial meters By Crystal Tsoi News Staff Funds from Fifth Ward Alderman Leslie Hairston’s menu budget will be used to pay the fare on newly-installed meters at parking spots at the East 63rd Street beach this summer. Hairston told her constituents at a meeting at Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church on South Blackstone Avenue and East 66th Place Tuesday, where residents voiced concerns about the newly installed parking meters, which have been installed along the lakeshore in the Fifth Ward. “I don’t like the fact that the meters are there, period. I hate the idea that we’ll have

to pay for the meters in the parks,” Fifth Ward resident Myra Garrett said. No Chicago Park District employees attended the meeting, although Hairston said one was supposed to come to the meeting to answer questions. The park district is responsible for installing the meters; Standard Parking is under a three-year lease with the Chicago Park District, and about 4,000 meters will be installed in Chicago, a representative of the company said at the meeting. Although Hairston was told by the park district of the plans to install parking meters in certain areas, she didn’t expect meters on the lakeshore. “[The park district] said that [they were] going to put parking meters at

the South Shore Cultural Center and at the 63rd Street Beach,” Hairston said, adding that she had been reassured that these were the only two areas that would have meters installed. “They didn’t have authority for additional locations.” Park district spokesperson Jessica MaxeyFaulkner said in The Hyde Park Herald on April 14 that the lakeshore parking meter plans were announced in 2008, but Hairston said information about the changes was not properly disseminated to residents. David Hoyt, a contributor to the blog Hyde Park Progress, disagreed that the parking meters were a problem in an April 14 post. “Parking spots in all parks are subsidized by city taxpayers even if

they themselves don’t use those spots,” he wrote. “Making parking free amounts to a first-come first-serve policy that does not equitably distribute the resource.” Hairston said she will keep fighting against the meters. “This is one of the things that the City has consistently done and one of the things that not only am I consistently frustrated with, but try to fight against.” Hairston said the beach should be as accessible as possible to all Chicagoans, regardless of their means. ”I think that in this economy, with it being as horrible as it is, it’s terrible that you’re going to start making families pay when they. . . go to the beach,” she said.

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Goff-Crews asks for student input on improving protocol FORUM continued from front page Goff-Crews described fourth-year Mauriece Dawson's arrest as “tremendously painful for the institution, students, faculty, and staff,” and she was open to recommendations and discussions that can possibly remedy this issue. In the next week and a half, an ad hoc group, to be co-chaired by a faculty member and student with eight other students involved, is expected to form to advise protocol changes, including on the library noise policy, what information students receive during orientation, police authority on campus, and the role of the dean on call in regard to student arrests. Some of ACSR’s demands, including a public apology and a commitment to improving the climate on campus, have already been met, while others, such as the University providing Dawson full legal support, will not be fully met, although the administration does plan to provide some legal aid and information to all students in the future. Delays on many of ACSR’s demands, including its request that steps to meet its demands be instituted by May 15, are due to the time it will take the ad hoc group to meet and agree upon updates to University policy. The administrators expect most of the changes to go into effect by the end of the 2011 school year. ACSR formed after the March 2 forum on the student’s arrest, and has lobbied for changes since. Specific details of the arrest and the actions taken afterward were given at the forum. The officer who made the arrest was reprimanded for his use of using excessive force with a one-week suspension with no pay, mandatory trainings, and a mark of the offense in his file. The library staff member who made the police call was removed from the entry and exit position and is working in another section of the library. Dawson’s criminal trespassing charge has been dropped, and his charge for resisting arrest is dismissible through community service or by paying a fine.

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Definition of charity care is "ongoing source of confusion" for Illinois hospitals NONPROFIT continued from front page Local hospitals now must carefully consider charity operations in order to maintain a nonprofit status. “Are hospitals nervous? Absolutely,” said Elizabeth Mills, a health care attorney specializing in tax exemptions, in a Monday article in Crain’s Chicago Business. As of the 2009 fiscal year, Northwestern Memorial’s charity care equals 2.5 percent of the hospital’s revenue, Easton said, while charity provisions are equal to almost 20 percent of the UCMC’s operating revenue. The court ruled on a specific year in which Provena Hospital’s charity care equaled less than one percent of the entire operating budget. Crain’s estimates placed the UCMC among the top five most charitable hospitals. “The University of Chicago Medical Center is one of the largest providers of unreimbursed care for patients with limited or no health insurance in the entire State of Illinois,” Easton said. “At the Medical Center, charitable provision

of medical services to the poor—including ‘pure’ charity care, losses due to unpaid hospital bills, and underpayment by Medicaid and Medicare— adds up to about $200 million each year,” Easton said. He noted that those numbers do not include an annual $70 million spent for medical education and research and more devoted to the UCMC’s Urban Health Initiative, a network of South Side health clinics administered by the UCMC. “We sink a lot of effort into helping patients who come to us with no insurance whatsoever get coverage by the state; which is good for them, because they have insurance from then on,” said Easton, who explained that for a patient that obtains coverage from the state, a hospital might be paid $8,000 by state insurance for a $10,000 procedure, leaving $2,000 for the hospital to cover instead of the full bill. “It’s good for us because we can then take care of them and four or five other patients,” Easton added. Easton said the Supreme Court ruling signaled “that tax-exempt, not-for-profit organizations

should take a careful look at their contributions to the community, make certain they have reason to feel confident about the benefits they provide, and are prepared to justify their tax exemption.” He also said that the ruling comes at a time when many of the state government may be searching for new sources of revenue. According to Easton, there are a number of significant differences between the Provena Covenant Medical Center and the UCMC that ruled out court action against the South Side hospital. The court failed to define specifically how much charity care would be necessary for state hospitals to continue to receive tax exemptions. No standard or percentage has been offered as a benchmark for an acceptable level of charity care. It’s also not clear what constitutes charity care. ”The state did not rule on how charity care should be defined or how much should be provided,” Easton said, describing the definition of charity care as an “ongoing source of confusion.”

Students not interested in business report looking outside CAPS' offerings CAPS continued from front page for bachelor’s degree holders between 20 to 24 was 7.2 percent in March, The Wall Street Journal reported April 3. Daniel Park, who will be working as a technology consultant for eLoyalty, found his job through CAPS as well. “Sure, the university helped me in letting me know what is out there. I would have never known about the tech consulting world had I not gone through CAPS.” Nathan Chan, a fourth year with a job at consulting company Cornerstone Research that he found on Chicago Career Connection, said CAPS told him how to improve his interviews. “Most of my friends with jobs started thinking of jobs early during recruit-

ing,” he said. Other graduating fourth-years are looking to graduate school and teaching programs in the hopes of staving off post-college recessionary unemployment, and many did so without CAPS’ help. Abimbola Oladokun, who will be stationed in Miami with Teach for America, said, “I know there are lots of people that religiously go to CAPS, but I try to do things on my own.” For fourth-year Cinema and Media Studies major Sarah Marikar, internships, not CAPS interviews, are the ticket. Marikar plans to be a freelance lighting technician after interning on a film set for the past two years. Marikar said her future employment depends on her

personal networking skills. ”My employment will vary job by job. I know people who have said they would put me in contact with others in movies, TV and commercials,” she said. For those fourth-years without job opportunities, Daw said CAPS reaches out to them personally. Special walk-in days for seniors are set aside near graduation, and phone advising is available over the summer. The statistics of the graduating class will be available in June. Follow-up surveys are sent in August and in the spring as well. But finding a job is just one worry of the adult world. ”There aren’t a lot of entry level positions that will pay for my student loans. The nonprofit jobs pay so little,” said Fundamentals major Aaron Goggan.

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Despite its drawbacks, the plan to expand the Lab Schools to the Doctors Hospital is a good one Earlier this month, the University announced that it would construct the new Early Childhood Center (ECC) for the Lab Schools on the site where the old Doctors Hospital now stands. While parts of this plan have ruffled the feathers of some residents who are concerned about dividing the Lab Schools’ campus or leveling a historic building, the plan is still a step forward for Lab and for the community as a whole. Besides addressing the Lab Schools’ need for more space, the expansion to the Doctors Hospital site provides two significant b enefits to the wider Hyde Park community. Currently,

vehicles dropping off or picking up students from Lab delay traffic on 59th Street and present a nuisance to anyone using the road for any other reason. During busy times of the day, traffic issues around Lab are compounded by cars going to and from the Booth School. And if Lab remains on a single site as the Schools expand to accommodate a larger student body, these congestion problems will only worsen. Besides redirecting some of that traffic to a separate area, the ECC’s new location will include a drop-off and pick-up lane to keep children—and their parents’ stopped cars—well away from traffic on Stony Island Avenue.

Fu r t h e r m o r e , t h e a r e a s u r rounding the abandoned Doctors Hospital is an underdeveloped, underutilized eyesore. It is inefficient and unwise for the University, which already owns the Doctors Hospital, to allow the property to languish. Although the hospital is a historic structure and some will balk at the idea of demolishing it, its design is limiting and difficult to reappropriate for new uses. And while people may have reservations about this particular building project, at least it is something. The Maroon is happy to see the beginning of some positive change in a neighborhood that has time and again resisted development, often with

only the barest justifications. To keep the Doctors Hospital an empty, shuttered shell because neighbors like to admire its architecture, or because Lab Schools parents fear some nebulous changes that may be wrought by dividing the Schools’ campus, just isn’t a sensible course of action. Developing the ECC on the Doctors Hospital site may not be ideal, but on balance it is beneficial for Lab and for Hyde Park, and it’s encouraging to see the University moving decisively forward with the plan.

against the races getting along, and so all good folk are “anti-racist.” No one wants to be the recalcitrant white guy, unwilling to duly atone for his privilege. Therefore it’s easy to maintain a broad consensus among all well-meaning students that racism is wrong and ought to be destroyed. And the way you destroy racism is by upending people’s racist assumptions. The less people hold such assumptions, the weaker racism’s hold. Nostalgia for the 1960s gives this view the patina of legitimacy, reminiscent of Freedom Schools and sit-ins, suggesting that one is participating in an ageold struggle against oppression that’s as just as it is timeless. This temptation is strong but misleading. In the Civil Rights movement, blacks organized to fight an entrenched political establishment from which they were violently excluded. “Racism” wasn’t understood as mere bad atti-

tudes or symbols—it named definite social, political, and economic structures; in other words, state power. White supremacy referred explicitly to the situation following Congressional Reconstruction (1867-1877) in which the defeat of integrated Reconstruction governments was followed by segregation and racial disfranchisement. The Civil Rights movement was strategic in ways that “anti-racism” today is not: It aimed at a specific political objective, the universal fulfillment of civil and political rights, which was ultimately achieved. African Americans were ultimately granted full voting rights, guaranteed by the federal government by 1965. The possibility for blacks to struggle over state power opened up for the first time. But what would they struggle for? After ending de jure segregation, leaders

of us know that women, on average, get paid less than male counterparts, in addition to being less likely to get promoted—and when they are promoted, many times unfair expectations are placed upon them. Sexual harassment, though usually not reported, is very common in the work place. One-third of women in the military have admitted to being sexually harassed, and many more cases go unreported out of fear of retribution. Few of us know that

every year about 50,000 women are brought against their will to the United States for sexual exploitation. When these facts are mentioned, most people are shocked. These problems, however, are hardly new. They have persisted for decades, which indicates that t h e p r o b l e m i s m u ch d e e p e r. Anthropologist David Graeber gives us a telling example. He points to a popular trick among

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De jure segregation ended some forty years ago and American social norms mostly bar the public expression of racist sentiment or stereotype.. Yet by any measure—access to quality healthcare and education, rate of incarceration, etc.—black Americans remain proportionally worse off than their white peers. There remains a color line, but why? This question has bred a whole genus of specious answers. Take the Bell Curve genetic inheritance theory: poor genes make for poor IQ, poor IQ makes for poor minds, and poor minds make for poor people. For slightly less controversial variations, substitute “wel-

fare queen” or “culture of poverty.” Rightly uncomfortable with transferring blame for a social pathology onto its victims, “anti-racism” activists offer another explanation. Racism, they claim, persists—invisible, yes, but it is inherent in oppressive social structures caused by the instincts of white society. For instance, when faced with two equally qualified candidates, employers will hire the one with the white sounding name. Such unconscious discrimination stalks black Americans, dooming them to social death. The persistence of the color line, this “anti-racist” explanation suggests, is a problem of race relations. Change the race relations—through multicultural education, affirmative action, and supporting black-owned businesses—and the color line will vanish. Now, no reasonable person could be

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The hidden patriarchy Examining ordinary language use and social expectations reveals patterns of sexism By Suman Som Viewpoints Contributor With the striking down of the current sexual assault policy, the student body has sent a clear message against institutionalized sexism. We should go further, however. It is easy to criticize the policies of others, but it takes real courage to take responsibility for our own actions. If the majority of the students were offended by the current sexual assault policy,

then they should fight hypocrisy by putting an end to the forms of patriarchy at this campus that they themselves create. When we think about gender inequality, most people immediately think about concrete socioeconomic facts. The educated majority at this University understands that there is systematic inequality for gay citizens who are unfairly discriminated against because they defy conventional, yet arbitrary, gender roles. Most

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Full emancipation can’t be achieved by anti-racism efforts ANTI-RACISM continued from page 5 of the Civil Rights movement, like Martin Luther King Jr., attempted to address and resolve the social position of American blacks. Bayard Rustin urged cooperation with the labor movement. But the means of attack proved inadequate, and the attempt failed. Sensing an opportunity, militant activists turned to slogans such as “community self-determination,” and exhorted their colleagues to promote racially segregated cooperatives, movements, and institutions. Their demands weren’t more radical than the despised liberals, Rustin and King: “Black Power” was merely the politics of representation, appeals to home rule that amounted to replacing one set of elites with another. Today’s proponents of “good race relations” take a less militant tone, but they, too, look inward. First, you cultivate the sense of group identity or consciousness: create your own organizations, politics, theories. Next, you engage strategically with other groups: town hall meetings, coalitions, ad hoc committees. Finally, you introduce “intersectionality”: everyone has his or her own oppression—race, gender, sexuality, class—but some people are affected by more than one; by crosscutting one and the other and mixing things up we can generate respect and a healthy appreciation for difference. The possibilities for progress, it seems, are endless. So endless, in fact, that nothing is ever really achieved. Since the ascendance of militant identity politics, capital has continued to accumulate among a wealthy few, and social disparities between the rich and the poor continue to increase. Race pimps and queer pushers offer up easy remedies to a difficult problem: Don’t think about changing an entire social structure; think about racism and homophobia—or both at once. But when activists substitute “good race relations” for social politics, the working poor—white and

Gendered language, unfair standards create arbitrary identity for women

black, gay and straight—suffer. The degradation of the inner cities, the break-up of the union movement, and the defeat of substantive political reforms all follow in the wake of the Left’s failure to mount a serious political opposition. Standing in the way of such politics is anti-racism’s vehement anti-Marxism. Reacting to putative economic determinism, anti-racists write off anything associated with Marx as fundamentally misguided. They demand we take stock of race first, blithely suggesting that only when we get rid of our racism can the real politics begin. But activists have become complacent in believing that awareness of injustice is enough to change it. Such thinking derives from the logic of civil rights, in which the Federal Government enforces fair play. And there is no end of analysis in the non-profit world of the disproportionate impact of x on y people. Foundations love this stuff. Practically, it’s just hang-tight, don’t-rock-the-boat middle-class reform. Anti-racist activism is demography, not politics. To solve problems, we need to understand them; and to solve social problems, we need to understand society: that is, capitalism. None of this is to deny that racial injustice exists, or that blacks and other marginalized groups need redress. Yet we can’t achieve social justice by trying to dole out and enforce minority rights. Under capitalism, there is no right to dignified employment; there is no right to not be in poverty, because capitalism requires the poor to serve as a labor reserve. And as long as such a structure is in place, marginalization will be incessantly reproduced. Anti-racism won’t fix this any more than a boxer can strike her own shadow. One could almost say it’s become part of the problem. —Greg Gabrellas is pursuing a Master of Arts degree in the social sciences.

high school teachers who assign students to write an essay imagining that they were to switch genders and describe what it would be like to live for one day as a member of the opposite sex. The results are almost always exactly the same: all the girls in class write long and detailed essays demonstrating that they have spent a great deal of time thinking about such questions, while roughly half the boys refuse to write the essay entirely. Almost invariably, they express profound resentment about having to imagine what it might be like to be a woman. This phenomenon is caused by, and contributes to, the silence of women. Forms of this structural ignorance are developed in our toys, advertisements, and other forms of media (movies, music, television, pornography). These are in turn tied to the economic and political inequality of the genders. We can see many examples of this ignorance here at the University of Chicago. Why must women waste their time by shaving their legs? While there may be a slight stigma attached to growing a beard, men still have the option of growing one. Women do not have such an option. There is a common notion that as we get older, the majority of women lose their beauty while men become more distinguished. This perception is socially structured by our patriarchy. It is clear that there are higher standards of beauty for women than for men. If common UChicago bedroom practices are similar to that of the rest of the country, we would see that even in the bedroom there is inequality. The most annoying example of ignorance is with gendered language. Both men and women commonly use phrases like “grow a pair of balls” or “don’t be a pussy.” These phrases indicate a sense of weakness. All of them are associated with the female body. The fact that women do not have a similar insult is an indication that patriarchy has infected our very language. By using these words and phrases, we rob women of the ability to define themselves. The common response is that the people who use such language do not mean such harm, but instead they use these words in a jovial sense. However, in any form of dialogue, you cannot control the interpretation of your controversial words. Someone could get the impression that women are weak (and most studies show that many actually do). It is easy to see that the racist imagery of the early 20th

century helped create an environment that allowed the Jim Crow laws to exist. Another response in favor of gendered language is the argument that all language will offend someone, so why bother being politically correct? This is a misinterpretation of my point. Such gendered language is morally wrong because it creates a negative identity for a group of people who never got to choose their identity. Many people choose certain identities based on an ideology. Ideologies have to be subject to reason. Calling neo-Nazism dumb, which will offend neo-Nazis, is justified. Such an ideology relies on incorrect beliefs that create inhumane results. We may be offending certain conservatives when we occasionally take the Lord’s name in vain, but conservatives still have to prove to us (using reason) the moral virtue of not doing such an action. The issue is about taking responsibility for our words and expanding our vocabulary beyond an extremely limited scope. Women should also consider creating male equivalents of female -only insults, or attempt to reappropriate patriarchical language in their own terms (in the manner the gay community refashioned the word “queer”). While these words are currently patriarchical, meaning in language is inherently unfixed. This should be seen as a sign of hope. Such language changes will not completely change our modern patriarchy, but it is a free and obvious step in the right direction. Men are not solely to blame, nor is the solution solely in their hands. Many, if not most, women fall to, and sometimes preach, these unfair norms. This argument should not be construed as urging women to not shave their legs. The point of feminism, despite the propaganda and slander surrounding it, is to give women the real choice of being who they want to be. Th e p r o b l e m l i e s , u l t i m a t e l y , w i t h modernity, which constructs an artificial division between the public and private spheres. However, as the famous quotation goes, the personal is the political. Seeing that the two are connected problematizes, and ultimately destroys, any simple distinctions between a public and private sphere. Thus, there should be no problem in asking future voters, parents, and leaders to overcome their moral laziness in order to pursue justice in a world that my daughters will one day live in. —Suman Som is a second-year in the College majoring in Anthropology.

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Before they were all stood up by their prom dates, Passion Pit enjoyed doing their girlfriends’ laundry in the backyard. COURTESY OF PASSION PIT

By Ben Samuels-Kalow Voices Keyboard Cat You know it’s going to be good when the opening beat of the drum machine brings everyone in the Congress Theater to their feet. Passion Pit, the five-man electropop outfit from Cambridge, MA, played its second sold-out concert at the Congress Theater April 22. After an upbeat opening

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with “I’ve Got Your Number,” frontman Michael Angelakos revealed that he was suffering from a severe sinus infection, which he apparently intended to cure by drinking water and singing in his signature yowling falsetto. As a result, their set was understandably short, but Angelakos was buoyed by the

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audience’s energy and only showed signs of fatigue between songs. The band then moved into “Make Light,” whose insistent beat and accompanying light show had the entire floor of the ballroom bouncing in unison. It’s not really possible to be still during a Passion Pit song, and though the acoustics of the Congress rendered most of the lyrics unintelligible, the sound was well mixed to show off this diverse and talented group of musicians. This is a fantastically energetic band, and even the most sedate members of the audience were pulled to their feet. The ground-floor crowd seemed to be mostly teens and tweens dancing and crowd surfing throughout the set, but there were hippies of all ages—including one puckish fan who managed to skirt past the bouncer at the front and dance around the bemused band members. Energy can only take you so far, as the poorly mixed and jangly opening band The Smith Westerns showed, but luckily Passion

Pit is made up of some remarkably skilled musicians. Angelakos (lead vocals and keyboards) is joined by Ian Hultquist (keyboards/guitar), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth/ samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass), and Nate Donmoyer (drums). Their first EP, Chunk of Change, began as a Valentine’s Day gift for Angelakos’ then-girlfriend, composed in his dorm room at Emerson College. The band played several of these earlier songs, including “Better Things.” “You’re gonna drive me crazy,” Angelakos sang, “You’re gonna drive me mad.” Interesting lyrical choices for a romantic gift. The joyous major chords and interwoven beats of “The Reeling” and “Moth’s Wings” showcased the layered complexity of the band’s multifaceted sounds. “To Kingdom Come,” with its delightfully nonsensical lyrics—/I felt a hush fall quietly from my spark/ so now I hide in piles of princely orange peels/—reaffirmed its place as my favorite of their songs for its varied sounds, its irresistibly upbeat melodies, and the fact that it

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finds a rhyme for “potpourri.” It is a credit to Angelakos’s talent as a singer that he was able to maintain his range, particularly his falsetto and shouts, throughout the entire set, despite his illness. The other members of the band played out as well, dancing around their instruments (particularly impressive given that 80 percent of the band is playing keyboards). Their closing song was “Little Secrets,” a n e n d e a r i n g l y c a t ch y s o n g t h a t h a d the whole ballroom singing along under Angelakos’s direction. And that was it. Forty five minutes after they came onstage, Passion Pit was done. The setlist was short and sweet, well under an hour with an encore of “Sleepyhead,” one of their best-known songs. Better to be left wanting more, I suppose, than to be constantly checking your watch. Hearing the kinds of things Angelakos can do alone in his room, with his band, or even with a sinus infection, I’m certain Passion Pit will deliver more interesting and irresistible pop in the future.

By Iliya Gutin

The revolution with be televised...shamelessly Were we to gaze upon the pantheon of revolutionary heroes, I can’t help but wonder whose noble busts we would see so boldly carved into marble for all the world to admire. Perhaps we should observe Bolivar, or Lenin, or Malcolm X, or even that b eret-wearing guy who everyone likes to wear on their T-shirts. And as we stand there, awestruck as our hearts swell with revolutionary fervor, will we ask ourselves…where is Jamie Oliver? To answer that, there are probably a few things you should know: (a) who is Jamie Oliver? and (b) what the hell is his Food Revolution? First off, Jamie Oliver is a chef, and a pretty damn good one at that. Before he became the face of every other British food company and the star of enough cooking shows to start his own equivalent to the Oprah TV network, Oliver was actually a well-respected chef at fine restaurants across England. I’ve watched his syndicated

show, The Naked Chef (thankfully, he keeps all of his clothes on), and I have to admit that his reliance on fresh and organic ingredients was actually very innovative at the time and is even more relevant today. But Jamie Oliver clearly found his role as a chef far too limiting. Instead of expanding his culinary empire to include signature knives, pans, and Crocs as any normal chef would, he had to go out and become a social activist. And as much as I ridicule his decision to become socially conscious, I do think his message has some merit: Improve your life by improving your diet, with a focus on starting at an early age by improving school lunches. Hey, that’s actually a good idea! Good for you, Jamie Oliver! His plan worked pretty well in the UK, where he managed to have significant legislation put into place with the goal of making school dining healthier. Presumably, millions of schoolchildren will be saved

by his actions, the effect of which has the potential of improving the lives of successive generations of Brits. But alas, Oliver’s triumph is also his undoing. For what does a successful chef/social activist do after making progress in the UK? He decides to come to the U.S. and make a TV show called Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. The premise is simple: Jamie Oliver comes to Huntington, West Virginia— supposedly the unhealthiest city in the US—with the intent of showing them the error of their ways and ultimately saving their lives. The promotional poster depicts Oliver staring off into the distance as he triumphantly raises some carrots in the air, and the Rising Sun background pounding the revolutionary message into your head like a railroad spike. Although reason and logic would have served as perfectly adequate means to Oliver’s end, they are replaced by cheap scare tactics for all to behold. Over-sized coffins for

the morbidly obese! Gasp! Chicken bone and intestine slush, a.k.a. the contents of a chicken nugget! Double Gasp! Buckets and tubs of pure saturated fat! Tripl–please, let me catch my breath…Yes, death and disease are scary, but a “scared straight” approach is better left for boot camps, not dining rooms. Perhaps the scariest element of the show, poorly disguised as comic relief, is Jamie Oliver himself. The guy is just so annoying. I know this isn’t a good reason to hate on his vision of food reform, but his accent sounds like Eliza Doolittle fighting a parrot. All of his childish antics—dressing as a pea pod, staging a High School Musical-esque flash mob on the virtues of cooking, and recounting a story of burning his genitals while cooking naked for a loved one—especially in contrast with the endless array of straightfaced humorless Americans, make him seem like the lone fool who has no idea the joke

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British chef's nutrition fix is tough to swallow HUNGER STRIKE continued from page 7 is on him. The man even disses Lunchables. C’mon man, low blow. But my main problem with the show is that improving Americans’ health isn’t anywhere near as simple as coming to the U.S., dramatizing the improvement of a community through better food, airing a show about it, and then entrusting the Americans to “make the right call.” Even within the confines of six episodes, we see kids returning to their old ways of eating chips and snacks out of brown paper bags as soon as Jamie leaves. I know it’s a show, and it is supposed to be entertaining (hell, it’s produced by Ryan Seacrest), but the little progress that Jamie makes seems so forced and scripted that any and all of its believability is completely lost. It seems that most of the people just want Jamie to take his faux-Asian noodle dishes and get on the first flight back to London. Thank God that volcanic ash finally cleared. Don’t get me wrong, I think the issue of nutrition or, rather, the lack thereof in the U.S. is pressing. If there is any time to make

a move, it is certainly now. Michelle Obama is growing gardens at the White House, Michael Pollan is pumping out bestsellers on the virtues of simple and fresh food, and the organic movement has never been stronger. But American people need more than just a gentle push to improve their lifestyles. We are a stubborn folk. We need constant prodding and pulling until we can learn to put down our Double Downs and pick up better eating habits. I’m no expert on the matter, and I know these ideas are nothing new, but I affirm the belief that it takes significant policy changes and involved educational programs to move us away from manufactured food. And Jamie Oliver knows this, because he has done it. What we need is an intelligent approach, not a guy dressed as a vegetable. So returning to our original concern, where do we place Jamie Oliver in the hall of revolutionaries? I say we put him outside to ward off intruders. He’s certainly got the bark to attract enough noise and attention, even if he lacks the bite to inflict any lasting effects.

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Sunday | May 2 The Seductiveness of the Interval, the Renaissance Society’s newest exhibit, showcases the work of three Romanian artists in a twostory architectural structure. The artists collectively explore themes of exile and hope through a distinctly Romanian narrative. The opening

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Monday | May 3 Inventor, entrepreneur, and policymaker Sam Pitroda will be at the Harris School to discuss his work as chair of the National Knowledge Commission in India. Pitroda has spent the past four decades working to bridge the global digital divide. (Harris School Quiet Study Area, 2 p.m., free)

Tuesday | May 4 Multimedia artist and current Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture Artist-inResidence Kimberly Mayhorn will be giving an intimate lunchtime performance titled “The Tea Party: An Intimate Conversation.” Mayhorn’s work explores issues of race, environment, and identity in the U.S. (5710 South Woodlawn Avenue, 12 p.m., free)

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Thursday | May 6 In the documentary Forget Baghdad , Iraqi-born filmmaker Samir focuses on the lives of four expatriate Iraqi-Jews and members of the Iraqi Communist Party who were forced to leave Iraq after the founding of the state of Israel. The film reflects on the stereotypes of “the Jew” and “the Arab” and the ways each protagonist had to reconcile the two identities. (Max Palevsky Cinema, 7 p.m., $5)

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Maroons split against North Central, but optimistic for regionals bid

Chicago trounces Wheaton, still has hopes of 20 wins

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stolen base. In game two, Collins and first-year Jacqueline Ryan combined on a four-hitter in a 6–1 victory for the Maroons. Collins allowed only three hits and one walk while striking out eight over five scoreless frames. Ryan pitched the final two innings to record her second save of the season. The Maroons led 3–0 after six innings before a two-run double from secondyear shortstop and second baseman Julia Schneider highlighted a three-run Chicago seventh. Schneider finished the game 3-for-4 with three RBIs. On Thursday, Chicago faced the 16thranked North Central at home and split the doubleheader. The Maroons took the first game 8–1. “ We c a m e o u t s t r o n g , � S c h n e i d e r e x p l a i n e d . “ We p l a y e d r e a l l y w e l l o n defense and were hitting really well.� The Maroons fell 5–3 to North Central in the second game at the completion of nine innings. “We were 0–1 for most of the game,� Schneider said, “but then they hit a home run. Then when it came down to the 6th inning, they came back and it was 3–1. Then they scored two runs and it was tied at 3.� “We played two extra innings; they scored two in the last one, and we weren’t able to come back,� she continued. Although winning both games would have been exciting–especially because it was the last home game for the team’s four

seniors, Kathleen Duffy, Alison Feibel, Jill Lenson, and Lauren White–the Maroons were happy with their first game win. “The seniors had a good time,� Schneider explained. The younger team members decorated the locker room and hallways, as well as the fence by Stagg Field. At the break, they presented the seniors with flowers and pictures. “The whole team was so pumped and ready to play,� Cygan concurred, “not only to make it a memorable Senior Day but to compete with a top team and prove how good we really are and that we can compete with anyone.� “It was awesome being able to honor the seniors,� she continued. “It’s been so much fun playing with them, and I have learned so much from each of them, and I really look up to them.� “We really did [our best Thursday] for our seniors, for our team, for the chance to make regionals,� Schneider added. With their record at 23–10–1, Chicago is hoping this week’s wins, combined with their next few results, will push them into regional standing. They have two double-headers this weekend, and will find out May 9 if they qualify for the regional competition on May 13. “Unfortunately, we came up a little short in getting two wins [at Thursday’s game], but I am still really proud of the way the team is playing, and I can’t wait to see how we do this weekend,� Cygan said. The Maroons head to Illinois Wesleyan tomorrow.

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home during an error in the fourth inning. However, entering the sixth inning the Maroons found their groove. Both Oium and first-year Tony Logli were walked. Fazzari was then hit by a ball, leaving the bases loaded for Cinoman to hit a three-RBI double. Later that inning Cinoman, himself was walked home to score a total four runs in one inning. The Maroons never looked back. After the top of the ninth, the score stood at 7–3 for Chicago. “We fought long and hard,� Osman said. “And we were able to finish on top.� It has been a common theme in their home winning streak. Over the past four games, Chicago has more than doubled their opponents score every time. In the past three games, there were definite struggles until the end of the fifth inning. But each time the team has turned an inchoate concept of victory into a concrete reality. This has been in large part due to the phenomenal batting by the first-year triumvirate

consisting of Logli, Lopez, and Cinoman. Three weeks ago, Cinoman was elected UAA athlete of the week. Lopez was on a 19-game hitting streak through the Elmhurst game. With the 19th game, he surpassed a feat not performed since 2005. Unfortunately, the record came to an end when he failed to make contact on Wednesday. In spite of these successes, the Maroons are still frustrated by not being able to play last weekend in St. Louis. “Even with the four games against Wash U rained out, it’s still a goal of ours to get to 20 wins this year,� Fazzari said. “We’ve got a few big games against DePauw and are looking to come out on top over Northwestern after tying them last year. If we play solid defense and hit like we have the last few games, we should be able to get to 20.� To do this, the Maroons, who are 16–13, will need to win all of their next four games. The baseball team will play against DePauw tomorrow.

Rugby players are small, but rely on conditioning, discipline M. RUGBY continued from back page constantly faces due to a lack of experience and the need to constantly blood new players. “We play all undergraduates in the fall and often are left with a lack of depth, so we must start new guys immediately,� Ladowski explained. “This leads to a long fall season in which we are competitive against teams like DePaul, UIC, and Lewis but stand little chance against the bigger schools.� But all that has begun to change this season. Andy Yeaman has taken on a position as the team’s coach, something they have never had before, the team has quickly begun to turn their results around. Last year, the team suffered a 5–0 loss at the hands of Lewis University but this year returned the favor with a comprehensive 4–0 win. In their only other league game, Chicago also defeated the Chicago Dragons, a men’s team, by a result of 74–0. In tournament play, results have been more varied, with wins against Marquette and Ball State during the Whiskey Tens, while they have also been defeated by Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois twice, bringing their overall record to 3–2 when full game tournaments are accounted for. “A smaller, conditioned, disciplined team will beat a larger team any day. A lot of students don’t understand that size in rugby is not all that essential,� Ladowski said “Any athlete knows that a player with better form has a very, very good chance of succeeding. Several of our guys barely break 170 pounds.� Ladowski attributes much of the team’s

success to the efforts of the previous team president, fourth-year Brad Trotter. Trotter was behind the efforts to bring the team a coach, increase recruitment and player commitment, and work with CARFU to improve the team’s scheduling. “I’ve had help along the way with other captains lightening the load for the last couple years,� Trotter said. “I started playing here fall of my freshman year and am now a graduating senior, so I’ve been with the team through a lot of ups and downs and different groups and outlooks.� Trotter and the rest of his teammates are certainly reaping the benefits of their hard work and dedication. “These results are remarkable, as a small club team from a school like ours to go out and compete in an incredibly athletic sport with schools whose [student populations] easily double our own,� Trotter added. “On top of that, very few of our members have played rugby before school, and it’s a team effort to continually teach everyone the game.� The team is hoping that their current run of positive results will continue as they host DePaul this Saturday at Washington Park in their first home game of the season. But the team is also looking to extend its success in the long run, and hopes this year’s success will continue next season. “The experience we gain now will carry over to the fall season, and we hope to be very competitive against the bigger schools this year with a chance at entering the Midwest Collegiate Playoffs,� Ladowski said.

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BASEBALL

MEN’S RUGBY

Maroons sweep Elmhurst, Wheaton

Chicago ramps it up for home game this weekend

By Will Fallon Sports Editor Last weekend, Chicago’s muchanticipated back-to-back doubleheaders against rival Wash U were cancelled due to the inclement weather. But with every storm there is a silver lining, and in this case, it came from the tenacity the Maroons displayed at home this week, as Chicago won their home games on Tuesday and Wednesday against Elmhurst and Wheaton, respectively. In Tuesday’s game, the Maroons got off to a quick start. A double by fourth-year shortstop Rob Serpico in the bottom of the second inning brought home second-year first baseman Trace Capps and thirdyear center fielder Marshall Oium as Chicago drew first blood to go up 2–0. The Maroons expanded their lead in the fourth, when first-year thirdbaseman J.R. Lopez scored off of a single by third-year left fielder Zach Osman. Far from rolling over and dying, the Bluejays flew their way to gain the lead in the top of the fifth with four runs off of four hits before Chicago responded in kind with three runs by Capps, second-year Stephen Williams, and first-year right fielder Jack Cinoman in the bottom of the inning. From that point on, the game took off. Elmhurst momentarily tied the game in the sixth with a tworun homer by center fielder Dan Matkovic before the Maroons once

A. G. Goodman Sports Editor

Second-year Trace Capps hits during a game against Wheaton on Wednesday. The Maroons went on to win the game 7–3. JULIA SILVERMAN

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again roared back in the bottom of the inning. Osman scored off an errant pitch before fellow third-year second baseman Nick Fazzari followed him home thanks to an RBI by Cinoman. Capps and Williams scored another run each before Oium brought in the fifth run of the inning off of another hit by Serpico. In the seventh inning, a strong double play from Serpico to Fazzari and Capps quelled what might have been an Elmhurst resurgence. In the

bottom of the seventh, Cinoman scored again off of a double by Williams, who then scored his third run of the game after a pop-up by Lopez. What turned out to be the highlight of the game occurred in the eighth and final inning. Lopez hit a grand slam to plate himself along with Capps, Williams, and Fazzari. All told, the score was 19–8. “We have been playing well at home because our pitching, hitting,

and defense have all stepped it up,” said Osman. I n We d n e s d a y ’ s g a m e w i t h Wheaton, the first few innings crawled by. In the first five innings both Wheaton and Chicago struggled with the scoreboard almost as much as with each other. Neither defense was allowing much. By the end of the fifth inning, the score was a 2–1 lead for Wheaton. Chicago’s sole run came when Oium stole

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SOFTBALL

Seniors win three of four to bid farewell to Stagg By Audrey Henkels Sports Editor

Third-year Sara Whaley bats in an earlier-season doubleheader against Hope. During Chicago’s second game against North Central, Waley hit a sacrifice fly to plate three players. DARREN LEOW/MAROON

Softball claimed three out of four games this week, sweeping at Beloit Tuesday before splitting a double-header at their last home game of the season Thursday afternoon against North Central. The success came despite the fact that the Maroons had to switch up their lineup slightly on Tuesday due to a number of absences. First-year pitchers Kim Cygan and Melissa Collins combined to throw 12 scoreless innings in the first doubleheader. Cygan (4–1) tossed a complete-game two hitter en route to her first career shutout as the Maroons claimed the first game 8–0. “I was very excited to get a collegiate shut out,” Cygan said. “It felt really good to pitch a whole game.” During the game, she didn’t allow a single Buccaneer past second base. Meanwhile, fourth-year Lauren White went 2-for-4 with a pair of RB Is, while first-year shortstop Vicky Tomaka went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, an RBI, and a

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There is an old saying in rugby: “My drinking team has a rugby problem.” The Chicago rugby team, however, doesn’t appear to have many problems at the moment, be they drinking or otherwise. In fact, when talking to members of the team, they could not be more excited about the way things are going this season. Up until a few years ago, the rugby team operated mainly as a Graduate School of Business Club. During this time, most of the team members were graduate students, with the inclusion of only a handful of undergraduates. However, three years ago, the team’s focus shifted to undergraduates. The presence of Booth School students began to drop off as undergraduates picked up the slack, sending the team into a transition period during which results were somewhat less than favorable. “During this time, winning matches was a struggle, and the team’s victories slowly dropped,” second-year and current team president Joe Ladowski said. “In fact, when I joined the team a year and a half ago, I don’t think we won more than 3 matches outside of tournament play.” Poor scheduling has been partially to blame for the poor results over the years. In the fall, the team plays in the collegiate division of the Chicago Area Rugby Football Union (CARFU). If they are successful there, they continue on to the regional, and then national, playoffs of the USA Rugby’s collegiate division. However, this success has been hard to come by, as the team hasn’t been fully prepared for the start of the season. “CAR F U starts their season about a month before we start school,” L adowski said. “This means that during the fall we must play after a week back at school. Essentially, we have two practices to prepare for teams who have been training for about a month and a half.” This poor scheduling only compounds the problems the team

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CA LEN DA R Friday

4/30

• Men’s and Women’s Track and Field @ Benedictine Twilight, 3 p.m.

Saturday

5/1

• Baseball @ DePauw (DH), 1 p.m. • Softball @ Illinois Wesleyan (DH), 1 p.m.

Sunday • Softball @ Cathage (DH), noon

5/2

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