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CAMPUS LIFE

Fall back

On U of C network, accounts vulnerable A Firefox plug-in allows users to access and modify Facebook, Twitter

By Jessica Sheft-Ason MAROON Staff User accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and some other websites are vulnerable to hacking on the University network with a Firefox plug-in called Firesheep.

Firesheep allows a user to access and modify the accounts of other users on their WiFi network. It works through long-standing vulnerabilities in the websites themselves; sites that use a secure encryption, like Gmail, Bank of America, Cmail, Cmore, and Chalk, cannot be viewed by Firesheep.

Under the Illinois Computer Crime Prevention Law, which forbids unauthorized tampering with another person’s computer, editing another person’s

account through Firesheep is illegal.

This reporter tested the two-week old plug-in to see how it worked on the University of Chicago’s wireless network. In a large lecture class in Kent, three Facebook and two Twitter accounts were accessible almost instantly through the application.

Other tests, performed in Hutch at lunchtime, at the Regenstein in the afternoon, in Stuart during the evening, and on the A-Level late at night, revealed more accounts. This reporter viewed 60 accounts over the testing period.

The University’s wireless network is divided among multiple routers around campus, and one can only access computers connected to the same router. For

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ADMINISTRATION

HYDE PARK

Work remains, but arrest committee hasn't met New committee lets

By Amy Myers Senior News Staff The Ad Hoc Committee of Campus and Student Life—the group charged with advising policy changes following the February arrest of Mauriece Dawson (A.B. ‘10) in the Regenstein Library—has not yet met this academic year, nor has it set a schedule for future meetings, despite a number of remaining agenda items, according to its co-chairs.

The committee has yet to review the Independent Review Committee’s (IRC) report, address the dean-on-call protocol, or advise University depart-

ments that deal with student relations, according to graduate student Toussaint Losier, co-chair of the committee and former graduate liaison.

The group convened in a summer conference call, as well as at several informal meetings during spring quarter and one formal one. “There hasn’t been a real strong push from the administration for the Ad Hoc Committee to reconvene,” Losier said.

Completed agenda items include reviews of new orientation materials and identification protocol.

The committee was convened in May to address policy issues that

arose from the February arrest, including a new library code of conduct and a retraining program for library staff. It was intended to meet regularly this year and complete its work by May 2011, according to Associate Vice President for Campus Life and committee co-chair Karen Warren Coleman.

“When it was formed it was determined that it would meet weekly for the Spring quarter 2010 and regularly throughout the 2010-2011 academic year, as needed,” Coleman said in an e-mail. “Unless determined otherwise, the committee is to complete its work and disband by May 2011.”

No determination has been made as to how often the group will meet this academic year, Coleman said, despite an indication last month from Vice President for Campus Life Kim GoffCrews that the Ad Hoc Committee’s work will continue.

“The Ad Hoc Committee will reconvene and continue its work to monitor the process moving forward and to advise on institutional changes related to the student arrest,” GoffCrews wrote in an open letter to the campus community this October.

One item yet to be completed on the Ad Hoc committee’s agenda

University has a lot of experience, so we’re working on meeting the needs of the community,” said Rasul, who previously acted as the managing director of the Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project.

While working with the University’s Astronomy and Astrophysics department, Rasul developed methods for classroom technology integration with astrophysicist Ron York.

In the wake of local public schools' loss of arts funding, Rasul also hopes to bring the University’s new focus on the arts to those schools.

“The new [Logan Center for the Arts] will bring new opportunities to our schools,” Rasul said. “We want to work to support [schools that] have lost funding in the arts and sciences.”

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New director to bring arts, technology focus to NSP

Director of the University’s Neighborhood Schools Program Shahzad Rasul (A.B. ’97, S.M. ’08) plans to partner the Logan Center for the Arts with local public schools that have watched their arts funding disappear.

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In an effort to intertwine technology and education, Shahzad Rasul (A.B. ’97, S.M. ’08), an IT consultant, began his tenure as director of the University’s Neighborhood Schools Program (NSP) last Monday.

NSP, one of the largest work-study employers on campus, employs over 300 student assistants from the University and works with faculty and students to provide support to neighborhood schools in Hyde Park and Woodlawn.

Rasul sees the ability to expand the role of technology in the program by using resources the University provides. “Technology is an area where our schools have a lot of need and the

By Jonathan Lai News Staff After two recent building projects drew criticism from neighbors, the University has formed a Heritage Resources Committee (HRC) composed of experts in architecture, urban planning, and preservation to guide future decisions on building renovations, construction, and campus expansion.

The HRC will serve as an advisory group, connecting the University with the larger Hyde Park community, according to Cal Audrain, a member of the Committee and former director of the Office of Physical Planning and Construction at the University.

The HRC is “a mixture of people from the community, architects and planners from the city, and faculty,” Audrain said. “The Facilities Office is trying to get different views as they plan for the future of the campus.”

Concerns continue to swirl over what the administration calls an “adaptive reuse” of the home of the future Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics (MFIRE) at 5757 South University Avenue, which some Hyde Parkers see as the desecration of a church building. Built to house the Chicago Theological Seminary, the building contains religious iconography and intricate stained glass windows.

The HRC was announced to the public at an October meeting on the future of 5757 South University Avenue.

Jack Spicer, Hyde Park resident and president of the Preservation Chicago organization, said the iconography is an

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By Giovanni Wrobel News Staff

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DISCOURSE

University IT offers service to prevent Firesheep exploit

Econ experts diverge on crisis cause

By Jingwen Hu News Contributor President Harry Truman once asked for a onehanded economist. Why? “All my economists say, ‘on the one hand...on the other,” Truman said.

At a panel discussion entitled “The Future of Financial Regulation,” three economists—that’s a total of six hands—evaluated the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill and debated the best methods to reform the financial system in Swift Hall this Saturday.

The economists agreed the financial industry is not nearly competitive enough, using the high salaries of bankers as evidence. They also agreed that financial engineering is not the main cause of the financial crisis, because recessions have taken place long before the invention of credit default swaps.

Beyond that, there was little resolution.

MIT economics professor Bengt Holmstrom urged students to try to understand the crisis themselves, claiming that the experts are not better informed than undergraduates. Full of skepticism regarding how much experts understand the causes of the financial crisis, he encouraged them to ask “stupid questions.”

He said it was hard to make a claim for improving financial regulation when he himself is unsure of the exact causes of the crisis.

“Almost everything I say is conjectural,” he said.

Doug Diamond from the Booth School of Business argued that experts do have some ideas about the causes of the financial crisis, and their

opinions can help refigure the financial foundation.

He said short term debt is the fundamental concept in all financial crises and the main question of regulation is, “What’s the right amount of shorter debt that countries should produce?”

But Allen argued that international cooperation was crucial in making financial regulation effective.

He stressed the need to incorporate Asian perspectives in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, noting that not a single senior member of the IMF and the World Bank is from economically significant countries like Japan, South Korea, and China.

Allen gave the example of South Korea’s relationship with the IMF after its financial crisis of 1997. Because the IMF did not understand the South Korean economy, its loan policy exacerbated the country’s financial distress, leading the South Koreans to distrust dealings with the IMF and rely instead on accruing a massive reserve. This huge pool of reserves, he said, is unstable and one of the causes of the global financial crisis.

“The biggest problem with Dodd-Frank is the lack of framework for international cooperation,” Allen said.

But Allen also said that having branches of banks like Citibank and Bank of America in dozens of countries worldwide poses a serious risk to global financial health because it’s almost impossible to regulate these branches when each country has different requirements about the bank’s assets and liabilities. Allen suggested eliminating cross border branching and only permitting subsidiaries.

Rasul to work with Woodlawn Children's Promise Community NSP continued from front page Rasul plans to work more with the Woodlawn Children’s Promise Community, which includes many schools that have recently lost funding. The project is based on a similar program, the Harlem Children’s Zone, which has received attention from the Obama administration as a model for improving urban education.

Rasul, who has been involved with similar educational programs as an undergraduate and grad student at the University, said he is excited about the increase in community interest and activism from students and administrators in education.

He will also be directing the Gear-Up Program in Chicago, a collaboration between Chicago universities to help students reach higher education after high school. The program works with students for six years, beginning in sixth grade.

The University of Chicago works with Dunbar Vocational Career Academy and Kenwood Academy High School, providing student assistants in class, outside class enrichment, college visits, and parent outreach.

Rasul, who worked with NSP as an undergraduate, said he likes how the program allows for con-

nections between participants and teachers based on long-lasting partnerships.

Third-year Justin Garbacz, an NSP tutor, said he’s watched the students he tutors improve academically after years of working with them.

“I’ve been working with a lot of high school kids from when they were sophomores, and I’ve seen them get acceptance letters from colleges they would have never gotten into before,” he said. “I’m going to be taking a class on urban education next quarter, and I’m a public policy major, so it’s nice having real world insight into what you’re studying.”

Rasul is taking over the position from Duel Richardson, who started the program over thirty years ago as one of the founding members of the Office of Civic Engagement, which now directs NSP. Rasul credited Richardson with improving the University’s engagement with the community.

“There was an era when Duel was one of the few people interested in these [community issues],” said Rasul, who considers Richardson a mentor and friend. President Zimmer awarded Richardson the Diversity Leadership Staff Award in January, before his June retirement.

Ad Hoc Committee has yet to review IRC report AD HOC continued from front page is to review and make recommendations on the accessibility of the IRC report, which was released in August. Much of the IRC’s report raised concerns about UCPD protocol.

Losier criticized the lack of transparency regarding what changes in policy have been made by the UCPD following the release of the IRC report. “In response to the IRC report, the head of the UCPD said they’ve taken [the report] into account,” he said. “There wasn’t any clear annunciation in terms of what changes in policy have arisen.”

Also among the uncompleted tasks of the Ad Hoc committee is the review of a new training regimen for library employees that has already been implemented, without the Ad Hoc Committee’s involvement, according to Coleman.

She said neither the content nor the details of this new training program were discussed by the committee during spring quarter meetings.

Library staff interacting with the public now

undergo “Respectful Interaction Training,” according to Library Director Judith Nadler.

Library staff members were trained this summer, and all students who work in the library will receive training by the end of the quarter in a course that covers topics such as civility and the values of the University libraries.

Losier called the Ad Hoc Committee’s lack of involvement in the Reg employees’ training unfortunate.

The committee can only act to review the training that has already been put in place. “The proposed training content will be brought before the ad hoc committee during their first meetings of this quarter in order for the committee to be able to provide feedback and commentary,” Coleman wrote in an e-mail.

No date has been determined for the first committee meeting of this year. Losier said he hopes a meeting will occur by the end of the quarter, on such topics as the IRC report and the new library training curriculum.

FIRESHEEP continued from front page example, using Firesheep in Hutch showed only the account information of users in and around Hutch.

University’s IT Services (formerly NSIT) has no immediate plans to secure the wireless network, though the application attacks vulnerabilities in websites. It is aware of Firesheep and will be updating the “Safe Computing” page on the IT Services site, according to Tom Bardon, senior director for Architecture, Integration & CISO. “You have to be smart and know where you are in your surrounding, just like the way you are used to behaving in the physical world,” Barton said.

IT Services will update its encryption standards in February, which will block Firesheep. “We’re going to be ready for deployment of a 802.1x IEEE, which will encrypt everything you do while connected to that,” Barton said.

He also recommended using some of the University’s tools to protect personal computers.

“In the immediate term I would tell someone who is especially concerned that you can use our VPN service, called CVPN. It sets up an encryption tunnel so basically all of your traffic goes through [that] tunnel. It’s basically another way of encrypting the wireless network,” he said.

Always turning on wireless encryption when given the option is highly recommended.

Furthermore, an application called Blacksheep, which helps block Firesheep unless the user modifies Firesheep’s code, was released yesterday.

After Firesheep debuted two weeks ago, the plug-in was downloaded over 560,000 times, according to a November 3 Forbes blog post. But the encryption vulnerabilities it exploits have been talked about for around three years.

The attempts of Firesheep’s creators to bring attention to the vulnerability has apparently worked—Microsoft’s Bing recently announced it would look into using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), a way to block the unauthorized access of plug-ins like Firesheep.

A Faceboook spokesperson told Forbes on November 3 that the company was working on encrypting its site. “We have been making progress testing SSL access across Facebook and hope to provide it as an option in the coming months. As always, we advise people to use caution when sending or receiving information over unsecured Wi-Fi networks.”

Using the Firesheep plug-in on campus allowed access to dozens of student Facebook accounts on the University network.

Heritage Resources Committee includes locals, urban planning experts HRC continued from front page essential part of the building. “As soon as you start removing them, it’s like removing the nose from the Mona Lisa or something. It’s all meant to go together, to be together as one,” he said.

The University also attracted complaints over a plan to build an extension of the Lab Schools called the Early Childhood Center. Community members argued, and administrators eventually conceded, that the planning process was not transparent enough to the Lab Schools and the Hyde Park community. The plan was later presented in a series of meetings at the Lab Schools, and the Early Childhood Center will be built on East 58th Street and South Stony Island Avenue.

According to Audrain, the committee is the product of an earlier, informal group which he was a part of, from which the University solicited advice on the Early Childhood Center project. “They talked about formalizing this as a group that they could bounce ideas off of. They did call a group of us together to discuss with them the plans for the Lab Schools at the same time that they scheduled some open meetings with the community. Then they created this other entity, which is a more specific set of people.”

Steve Wiesenthal, University architect, said the HRC did not come out of the ECC group, and that he and Arnold Randall, director of the Office of Civic Engagement, had informally considered the idea for the group over a year ago.

Over the summer, members of the committee were contacted, and the first meeting was held on September 13, according to Wiesenthal.

The group will not have the power to make final decisions. “The discussion group is completely advisory,” Weisenthal said, adding that it

will report to a steering committee that includes Wiesenthal, Randall, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives David Greene, Vice President for Civic Engagement Ann Marie Lipinski, Vice President for Communications Julie Peterson, and Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer Nim Chinniah.

Since the group is newly formed, certain details haven’t yet been determined, like who will head the HRC and how often it will meet, according to current committee members.

Audrain said that the committee has only had one meeting as a formal body, and the group has no chairman, according to another member.

The member, who asked not be named for fear of casting a negative light on the group before it had firmly established itself, said he still felt unclear on the goals or outcomes of the group.

Also unknown is whether the group will meet on a regular or an as-needed basis. “Frequently enough that we keep the discussion active, but not that we’re wasting people’s time,” Wiesenthal said.

The HRC is composed of “a handful of architects, the city’s cultural historian, a member of the Chicago Landmarks Commission,” said Wiesenthal. “It’s about a dozen folks who are pretty familiar with, experienced in the world of architecture, urban planning, adaptive reuse, and preservation.”

According to Wiesenthal, the members are all volunteers and are professionals in fields related to the HRC. He said about half of the committee members can be considered Hyde Park community members. Wiesenthal and Randall are the only members of the committee on the University payroll.

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Hide your wi-fi Run and tell the campus community that Firesheep is hacking everybody out there That always-hilarious prank where you change your friend’s Facebook profile to reflect a sudden interest in Ke$ha and the collected works of Danielle Steele just got much, much easier to pull off.

That’s thanks to Firesheep, a recently released plug-in for Firefox and something you ought to know about, if you don’t already. Firesheep, which is freely available online, allows anyone to connect to an open wireless network— like UChicago’s—look for other users connected to websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, and then log in to one of those websites using another person’s profile. Open Firesheep in the Reynolds Club, Cobb, or your Global Warming lecture, and at least a half dozen Facebook profiles will be yours to browse and edit as you see fit.

The tech-savvy will point out that hacks of this sort have been possible for years, and while that’s true, the accessibility of Firesheep has fundamentally altered the nature of the threat. Now anyone who knows about the plug-in can commandeer your personal accounts in a matter of moments and, after the media hubbub that accompanied Firesheep’s release in late October, an awful lot of people know about it.

The danger posed by the plug-in is compounded tenfold by how accustomed our generation has become to storing deeply private information online. Firesheep allows almost unfettered access to your archive of Facebook messages, your private blog posts, private Flickr photos, and much else besides. Someone erasing Kazaam

from your favorite movies on Facebook may be annoying, but if the wrong person goes snooping through your old messages, the results could be socially and emotionally catastrophic.

Hopefully, the websites that are vulnerable to Firesheep will close their security holes in coming years; IT Services is rolling out a new form of wireless that prevents the exploit, but until then, the risks of using websites like Facebook on open wireless networks should be made clearer.

Something as easy as a flier campaign around campus, for example, would alert users to the existence of hacks like Firesheep. A notice posted on the UChicago wireless login page, or a campus-wide e-mail, would also get the word out.

Past that, the responsibility lies with

website users to guard their information. There are now plug-ins available which guard against Firesheep and make surfing in public more secure.

Those are good deterrents, but the larger lesson is that it is unwise to let your private information linger online.

For those of us without the technical know-how to predict the next security breach, there’s no telling when the information we store—even in the safest-seeming corners of cyberspace —could be compromised. When we blindly assume our information is safe and sound behind a username and password, we may as well be playing with fire.

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A local hero

Major concerns

Toni Preckwinkle combines the life of the mind with public service

Some majors lack the structure needed to provide a solid foundation in a field

By Jake Grubman MAROON Staff A fearless progressive on the City Council for the better part of the last two decades, Toni Preckwinkle has emerged as a force for honest and good policy in a city hall that frequently struggles with the definition of those words. The Chicago Reader acknowledged as much in their rundown of the City Council a while back, noting Big T’s “persistence” and “smarts.” Her one weakness? She is “utterly humorless.”

At a step-dance fundraising event back in July, Preckwinkle stayed in the spotlight just long enough to thank her supporters before stepping off the dance floor to discuss policy with nondancing contributors. “I have two left feet,” Preckwinkle said.

U of C enough for you?

Toni Preckwinkle is a bespectacled contradiction. In her methodical philosophy, she’s the ultimate U of C politician. But unlike the vast majority of U of C students, she has actually gotten involved in the community.

After earning her Bachelor’s degree here in 1969 and her Master’s degree in 1977, Preckwinkle has brought a new level of thoughtfulness to the City Council. People have taken a liking to her throughout her political career, even dating back to her first unsuccessful campaigns for City Council back in 1987, because she’s such a profound thinker.

That intellect shone through during her campaign for Cook County

President. In considering how to fix a unit of government seemingly in need of political defibrillation, Preckwinkle put together a group of local leaders to produce a list of policy initiatives for her transition into office. It is precisely this level of methodical consideration for sound policy that seems to be a direct product of her U of C-influenced philosophy.

Now, when I first enrolled at the U of C, I saw Preckwinkle the same way I see every politician with the prefix of “Alderman,” “Committeeman,” “Chicago Democrat,” and so on. It’s hard to view politicians any other way here, with mayors as...hmm...“colorful” as Richard M. Daley and governors as...hmm...“outrageously corrupt and incompetent” as Rod Blagojevich.

But in the three years I’ve lived in her ward—and especially during the Cook County presidential race, which has gave us a side-by-side comparison of Preckwinkle and current president Todd Stroger—I’ve come to view her as a different kind of policymaker.

A look at her résumé as Fourth Ward Alderman since 1991 shows that Preckwinkle has continually and unabashedly spoken her mind in the City Council. On October 28, the Chicago News Cooperative cited a UIC study showing that Preckwinkle voted against Mayor Daley’s projects more than any other alderman.

Where you might find blind political loyalty in most aldermen—the kind that has helped many on the City Council keep their jobs over the years—you get only a sense of Preckwinkle’s thoughtfulness and independence. At a time when people just can’t wait to find a reason to be skeptical—myself undoubtedly included—Preckwinkle merits only confidence, a testament to what U of C-style thoughtfulness can do, even in a system as broken as Chicago’s.

That’s why I wish more students

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By Peter Ianakiev Viewpoints Editor With the possible exception of the economics department, UChicago’s Core curriculum is the most famous part of the undergraduate education offered here. Yet, despite (or even because of) this emphasis on an educational foundation for all undergraduates, some of the most popular programs at the U of C lack coherent, required introductory sequences and courses for concentrators. This in turn has negative consequences for the overall experience one has in such a major.

Consider the undergraduate political science major. It is undoubtedly true that one of the benefits of this major is the flexibility it offers students; if you like international relations, you can fill your schedule with classes taught by Professors Mearsheimer, Pape, and Lipson. If you like political philosophy, Professors Tarcov and McCormick receive rave evaluations. However, the flexibility which allows one to focus mostly on IR classes and requires a student to take only one obligatory course in American politics is problematic when it comes to making sure that students have a well-rounded understanding of their own academic discipline.

One can argue that programs like political science or history have requirements sufficient to produce a well-rounded graduate of the program.

But this is questionable—after all, one can fulfill a distribution requirement with an incredibly specialized course.

This spring, for example, the poli sci

department will offer “New Media and Politics,” which can be used to fulfill the requirement for American Politics.

Though this is an important topic, it should not be the case that students can graduate from the political s cience department with this as the one course they take on American politics. And with the way the program is currently structured, this is a real possibility.

In the case of the history major, the requirements are once again distributional: Six courses in one’s area of specialty, four courses outside that area, and two BA seminars. There’s nothing inherently wrong with this structure, but the possibility exists, as in poli sci, that someone will have a great understanding of really specific topics (for example “Renaissance Demonology,” offered in the spring) at the expense of a strong general foundation and overview.

Having deep knowledge on specialized topics is commendable, and clearly both the history and political science departments do very well when it comes to providing students with the opportunity to attain that knowledge. Still, the possibility exists that one can concentrate in American history at the U of C without even taking a course on 20th century American history.

The solution to this problem is fairly simple. The University can keep the current structure of the political science and history majors and thus give students a wide range of options regarding electives and courses, but also require a core sequence that gives concentrators a coherent foundation in the sub-disciplines and facets of their fields.

Most students are probably not going to be thrilled to take these classes—I doubt I will be either—but the rationale for their existence is too compelling. The possibility that a political science major can leave UChicago lacking a real foundation in classical political philosophy or American politics is too great not to

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Students should follow Preckwinkle’s example of community involvement PRECKWINKLE continued from page 4 would get involved. Preckwinkle is not originally from Chicago (she’s a native of St. Paul, Minnesota), but she has been fully engaged with a community from which the U of C typically feels totally detached.

Instead of taking any kind of action, students here just laugh at the headlines. But our leaders are a reflection of us; if some of the most intelligent and capable members of the Chicago community just sit by and laugh at bad government, we’ll keep putting bad people in government.

As much as some of us might hate to acknowledge it, we’re not just students here.

The fact that we go to school here doesn’t excuse us from civic involvement. That the University is detached from the community is nothing new, and change on the institutional level is intimidating to say the least, especially

for students who will only stay in the Hyde Park area for four years of college. But I’m not talking about community activism, per se. I’m not saying everyone should be as committed to Chicago as Toni Preckwinkle has been since coming to Hyde Park as an undergraduate. I’m talking about voting. I’m talking about having a basic understanding of what’s happening in Chicago, beyond what Rahm Emanuel is up to or when Barack is back in town for the weekend. Easy stuff, and especially beneficial if U of C minds are getting involved.

So is civic involvement sexy? In general, no.

But Toni Preckwinkle has shown that it’s at least U of C-cool.

Jake Grubman is a fourth-year in the College majoring in Law, Letters, and Society.

More requirements would avoid significant gaps in knowledge MAJORS continued from page 4 be taken seriously. It’s a dramatic example, but I don’t think it’s that different from a physics major not understanding electricity and magnetism, or a chemistry major never taking o-chem. Even if a physics major doesn’t like her introductory sequence very much, it’s hard to imagine her arguing for it not being necessary. And I think this reasoning applies to political science and history, too.

One can object that, ultimately, it is the Core curriculum’s job to provide students with the foundation the programs described above lack. But if that is the case, then I certainly wasn’t made aware of this when I was picking my Hum, Sosc, and Civ sequences, and I don’t think most undergrads were either. If you happened to feel adventurous and thus chose Mind for your Sosc, even if you were sure you wanted to be a poli sci major, does that mean that you are just not going to be required to read Hobbes, Aristotle, and Rousseau? Then,

there’s the basic fact that the Common Core is intended for students of all backgrounds seeking a degree in any number of fields. Sequences like Hum and Sosc simply do not, by themselves, give political science or history majors the kind of foundation required for a well-rounded concentrator in those fields; they provide students with important general knowledge and skills, but can hardly be said to do the job of introductory sequences in political science or history. The same goes for Civilization requirements.

Nobody questions the quality of the undergraduate options here for political science or for history majors. But, as long as the potential exists for concentrators to come out of UChicago lacking essential knowledge in those fields, a real problem will exist with the way the majors are structured.

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Art Institute brings tapestry into the 21st century

By Rob Underwood Voices Dreamweaver

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ourth-year Shiv Subramaniam (left) and graduate student Rehanna Kheshgi perform a traditional song to open the celebration of Diwali in Rockefeller Chapel Friday evening.

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In popular culture, tapestries are thought of as representations of Old World wealth, tucked away in some sort of crumbling castle.

They bring to mind wall-sized battle scenes, coronation ceremonies, and ancient mythology, making the dissonance between the medium and the spirit of contemporary culture seem insurmountable. In her new exhibition Narrative Tapestries: Tidal Waves, DNA and the Cosmos at the Art Institute, Chicago native June Wayne produces just what the title says: a series of eleven rug-sized tapestries which seek to frame man’s relationship to himself and his environment as a narrative, capable of providing form to our chaotic history. If it perhaps falls short of a coherent thematic perspective, Wayne’s expertise in color organization and expression of singularly captivating images imbues

her exhibition with a relaxing beauty which is often difficult to capture.

Although Wayne has centered her artistry around lithography (a printing process using chemical separation methods), this exhibition does not signal a departure from her standard

NARRATIVE TAPESTRIES: TIDAL WAVES, DNA AND THE COSMOS The Art Institute of Chicago Through February 7th

medium so much as an extension of the process. All these works were based on her own lithographic designs (one of which actually accompanies its woven counterpart), which were incorporated into the weaving process to help make the tapestries.

The piece that features both the

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TELEVISION

NBC gets a dose of U of C as alum competes on The Apprentice

By Lynda Lopez Voices, Inc.

city. I remember my time in the city quite fondly. I was actually thinking about living in Chicago after graduation, but I ended up choosing San Francisco. Despite my choice, I think that Chicago is a diverse, exciting city. There are great opportunities and maybe I’ll move back some day.

As far as the U of C and its impact on pop culture is concerned, Tucker Max and Phillip Roth are likely to be its top players. But Brandy Kuentzel (J.D. ’06) is catching up with them as she competes in the 10th season of N BC’s The Apprentice. Kuentzel received her B.A. in political science from UC LA and her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. After finishing school, she worked as a corporate attorney for an international law firm before co-founding a mobile cupcake business in the San Francisco Bay area. It was with this work experience that she auditioned for a spot on The Apprentice and then used to her benefit on the show, eventually winning last episode’s competition. She took a few minutes out of her busy schedule to talk with The Chicago M A ROON about her rise to the top.

Chicago Maroon: Before we start talking about your experience on The Apprentice, can you talk a little bit about your experience at the UChicago Law School and how it led to where you are today?

Brandy Kuentzel: I attended the University of Chicago Law School because it is one of the best law schools in the country, and I really had an amazing time. I loved the university. I loved the law school.

I loved the community. The professors were very accessible and the classes were small. It was definitely the time in my life in which I grew the most, intellectually.

Alum Brandy Kuentzel (J.D. '06) used a variety of past work experience and education to land a spot on The Apprentice. She won last week's competition and has secured her place in the top 7 of 16 original contestants.

COURTESY OF BRANDY KUENTZEL

Before I went to law school, I worked for a U.S. Senator and went to UCLA as an undergrad. The moment I stepped into the U of C Law School was my first time coming to Chicago ... and I just loved it.

My opinion of the school couldn’t be higher. [laughs] I just think it’s amazing! I know it’s seen as a more conservative school and it has an interesting reputation. I think it’s a fun place to go to school. I gained a solid understanding of corporate law and it has helped me get to where I am today.

C M: I am hoping to love this school as much as you do, but I’m still learning the ropes as a first year. You talked a great amount about your experience at UChicago. What about your experience in the post-graduate world?

Was it an easy transition into the so-called “real world?”

BM: Part of me was a little bit sad. I cannot tell a lie. I had grown used to Chicago and it is always hard to say goodbye to your friends. I was also really excited to move on and the University

has an excellent career center and they have wonderful relationships with law firms across the country.

I worked for Kirkland and Ellis and my UChicago degree definitely helped get me that job.

CM: During your time here, what did you think about the city as a whole? Did the city help you realize your career goals?

B M: I lived in Hyde Park my first year and then I moved to the city’s North Side. I really liked b oth experiences in the

CM: Let’s talk about your recent appearance on The Apprentice. It’s an impressive feat to be competing for a job with Donald Trump.

How did you first decide to apply for the show? Was it a calculated decision or more spur-of-the moment?

BM: You know, it was a bit spurof-the-moment. I must say, I saw that the show was basically looking for contestants for the new season. At [that] point in my career, I was no longer working in a big law firm. I was running my own cupcake business and I felt that I had the freedom to pursue a spot on the show. It is a great opportunity.

It was an opportunity of a lifetime.

If anyone ever has the chance to work for Donald Trump, say whatever you want to say about him, he is an amazing individual who has accomplished so much.

My friend and I took a road trip one weekend from San Francisco to Los Angeles to try out for the show. Two weeks later, I found out that I had made it on the show.

Soon after, I flew out to New York and met the 15 other contestants.

The show filmed this summer, and I had a great time. I had a comfortable life and it was exciting for myself to pursue some things that are not exactly conventional. At this point in my life, I am happy to

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MANNY'S 1141 South Jefferson (312) 939-2855

O! Manny’s, who art thou?

From whence did you set your head Upon the Lump Seat of a cow?

For your meats are of the animals dead, And together a tapestry wind A beauteous taste, of which I spake, That defamishes hunger for all time.

These elements together bind,

And a great restaurant it does make.

Listen, you all, as we spin our rhyme.

For Manny’s resides in a land Untrodden by the Feet of Age And for years unnumbered it did sell its brand, To the Young, the Lost, and the Elderly Sage We find its appeal universal.

When you enter Manny’s, it’s as if You’ve sprung from the singular womb And suffered some divine reversal Flung free off the ordinary cliff To plumb culinary secrets in the lunchtime gloom.

When the glow of the street doth fade,

And you arrive, surrounded, in queue, The food before you is laid Endless indeed in purview.

A man is assembling a sandwich With a fervent and practiced air He slaps down a brick of pastrami.

You grab a meatloaf, you grab a kinish, You dutifully pay your fare, And to your window’d table you flee.

And the people! O! The people!

The people who here feed.

They are as a magnificent steeple.

For from gustatory heights Manny’s serves Chicago’s need, And the variety of people is unmatched, With Hispanics, Blacks, and Slovaks All eating the dish of the Jew.

Their clothing—some is elegant, some is patched Some emerge from manors, and still more from shacks They all assemble here with you.

Manny’s is the portal to a life not had Through food indeed, it alters the Soul.

Take your boyfriend. Take your dad.

The price even works for those on the dole.

Mad leftovers you will receive— You will take them home in many a bag.

And to eat again is so sweet But when they are gone you will grieve.

And when your stomach doth sag Return to Manny’s to eat, And now this Ode is complete.

MUSIC

Sounds of the Soviets take the stage at Mandel

Ani Aznavoorian (left) and Lera Auerbach (right) performed compositions by Shostakovich and Auerbach's own works Friday evening at Mandel Hall.

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By Kathy Stewart Voices Laika Works of art created in times of extreme chaos and distress often hold great significance for audiences. The city wide Soviet Arts Experience, one of the largest interdisciplinary events ever held in Chicago, strives to showcase the works of artists struggling with the power of the Soviet Union. One such work came to the University this Friday night with the dual performance of Ani Aznavoorian and Lera Auerbach, who made their Chicago recital debut with the music of Shostakovich. The 11th out of 50 performances for this series was held at Mandel Hall. Featuring pieces from both Shostakovich and Auerbach herself, the two Russian musical geniuses

successfully enlivened the faint-hearted spirit of the striving Soviet arts.

Ani Aznavoorian’s charisma and the energy with which she played the cello created a blissful experience for the audie n c e . H e r b r i l l i a n t t o n e m a t ch e d t h e unmistakable vibrancy of her purple and yellow gown. The flawless techniques applied to the music made her talent and tenor look easy to mimic. Aznavoorian made even ponticello bowing (a musical style in which the musician produces relatively displeasing sounds by awkwardly brushing the strings near the bridge) a delightful, ear-friendly experience. Her playful manner engaged the audience with every one of her slight, giddy bounces or dramatic nods.

Aznavoorian’s faultless glissandos with-

in the second movement of Shostakovich’s sonata were enthralling: Her sliding against the strings looked playful, yet sounded deliberate and melodious. She easily reminded me of the well-loved Jacqueline du Pré, who enticed the world with her vast talent on the cello and her sparkling free spirit. Both performers exhibited sheer charisma that invited all to love them and the music they shared.

Throughout this performance, Auerbach was in no way a mere accompanist on the piano. She made her presence an authoritative necessity that constantly commanded the audience’s attention. Auerbach’s collaboration with Aznavoorian empowered Shostakovich’s and her own enigmatic and distinctive creations. They were considerate of each other in every

aspect; Aznavoorian, despite her role as the vibrant soloist, lowered her sound so that Auerbach’s keys would prevail in certain phrases, and vice versa. They acted as one musician simultaneously embodying the same passionate stylistic techniques.

Despite Shostakovich’s style, which was heavily critiqued in a time when freedom was stifled, Aznavoorian and Auerbach interpreted his Cello Sonata in D minor with an escapee’s delight.

A u e r b a ch ’ s 2 4 c r e a t i o n s h e l d t h e i r ground next to Shostakovich and even grew into something absolutely outstanding. She invited us to truly experience her music and “explore our own kaleidoscopic time with its madness, loneliness, brutality, and aching nostalgia for lost harmony and innocence.”

Th e f i e r y p e r f o r m a n c e r e f l e c t e d Aznavoorian’s description of the music: It was “very in-your-face, humorous even.”

In one of the latter movements of her 24 Preludes, Auerbach prolonged a trill, causing many members of the audience to chuckle in response to her exuberance. But despite its lighthearted nature, Auerbach assured the audience that “the music never turns into slapstick.” The power she upheld within the performance displayed the highest authority within the broad, humorous mood. Even coughs and sneezes were suppressed for this performance (a feat not duplicated at many other musical performances).

With much graciousness, both artists took time out of the performance to introduce themselves and their works. Even though a hearing aid and a cell phone disturbed the performance, Auerbach and Aznavoorian expressed much humility in the matter—their smiles at the situations made them seem more genial to the audience.

Of all the Shostakovich performances in this arts series, Aznavoorian and Auerbach definitely created one to be remembered.

The experience of amiable artists playing contorted, dissonant tones formed an unforgettable juxtaposition. And through enthralling performances such as these, the Soviet arts will live on for decades to come.

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Kuentzel uses background and business savvy to top Trump's tests THE APPRENTICE continued from page 6 say that I run a cupcake business and that I was in The Apprentice. I just sort of reached a point in my life in which I can make these choices happily.

CM: When I first read about your cupcake business, I was taken aback. I think that people have this perception that UChicago Law School alumni have to reach a certain level of prestige by working in an important law firm.

BM: Right, right. There is an almost selfimposed stigma. I think that at UChicago and at any other law schools at the level of UChicago, there is a certain level of expectation that you have to go work at a big law firm. This is not to discredit the

people doing other amazing work, such as working for the government or other corporations. It is funny to compare myself to some UChicago law school counterparts that are working for the Supreme Court and I own a mobile cupcake shop. I just realized at this point in my life that it is all okay. The cupcake truck has been amazingly successful. I run it with my best friend from my upbringing in Alaska. Our website is sweetridesf.com. I enjoyed my time as a corporate attorney and I may very well return to that life someday. Will I have a cupcake truck forever? No, but it has been a great learning experience. It is hard to start a business from the ground. There are so many questions you have to consider. How are we going to do this? Who is going to

buy our items? How are we going to manage employees? These are lessons [that] can’t be learned through the classroom.

Even though what I am doing is not exactly seen as prestigious, my friends from law school are extremely supportive. I don’t really worry about the prestige part because I know it has been a successful business. It makes me happy.

realize that success is not the pivotal component of life.

CM: I think that’s a good lesson. People get caught up in chasing success for success’s sake rather than pursuing what makes them happy.

B M: I completely agree. I came out of UChicago with the idea, “Absolutely, I am going to work for an important law firm.”

At the end of the day, you just have to

CM: Seeing that you have years of schooling behind you, what sort of advice can you give UChicago students about career possibilities, classes, etc?

BM: Obviously, everyone at UChicago is working hard. I think the most important thing to remember is to have fun. Just remember to have fun. It’s kind of silly to tell students at the University of Chicago to work hard. They are all working hard. I think it is just important to take stock. At this point in my life, I think it is important to stop taking yourself seriously all the time. Think about your career, but don’t let it define you.

order, in communication with the certainty of the human genome and its instructions, is clearest. I say “in communication” rather than “in contrast” because some pieces actually seem to equate the two: “At Last A Thousand”, though supposedly referencing Wayne’s thousandth piece and prolificacy, depicts the Hiroshima bombing from what one could interpret as the view from the Enola Gay bomber. Wayne not only pairs catastrophe and destruction with human predictability and achievement, but seems to claim that they are actually a result of this human influence.

Though these themes can be extracted from each piece in one way or another, one cannot

go much further in interpretation. However, while this may be a simplistic view of artistic achievement, the range of significant emotion conveyed, the structure and organization of color, and a willingness to revive what many view as an antiquated art form, raise the exhibition as a whole to a considerable aesthetic height of accomplishment. Tucked away just off and below the Indian and Southeast Asian Art section of the Institute, in the quietly intimate textile gallery, Wayne’s tapestry work proves to be a worthwhile extension of her familiar artistic repertoire and an opportunity to consider some formative themes of human experience, if only briefly.

Wayne weaves together beauty and destruction in tapestry exhibit WAYNE continued from page 6 tapestry and model lithograph, “La Journée des Lemmings” (Lemmings’ Day), is a depiction of humans tumbling off a cliff amidst a black-andwhite landscape. One can discern immediately that some detail is necessarily lost in the weaving process. However, the grandiosity which the larger tapestries evoke—not only because of their size, but also because of their historical connotations—more than make up for the sacrifices of detail. These tapestries also place some weight on the strength of connective motifs through the other pieces.

The titles, images, and subject matter throughout the exhibition are somewhat

disparate, but immediate connections can be drawn among them. We are assured of the two clearest motifs from the very title of the exhibition, as tidal waves and DNA figure into almost all of the pieces. The pairing of “Grande Vague Noir” (Large Black Wave) and “Grande Vague Bleue” (Large Blue Wave) presents the destructive/beautiful dichotomy found so often in nature. Others juxtapose clearly delineated images of strings of pearls (meant to signify the double helix) with waves or more abstract figures.

Although their subject and theme is straightforward, it is in these works that the general theme of nature’s penchant for chaos and dis-

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To the Council of the Cool and Hip: Stop making softcore porn. I can see you through the window.

To the people who chose the gifts for the senior barbecue: Plastic bottle openers? I thought my college tuition was worth at least a metal one.

To the girl who loves my sweet ride: I'm glad you like my whip. Next time you see me vibin' around campus, know that I'm thinking of you. And maybe, if you have free time, stop by Stony Island and I'll show you some tricks. Of course, you should drop off a picture in advance.

To Jimmy's: Why don't you take cards.

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The second half was another story. The Bears came out on the offensive, having nothing to lose and needing a win to get into the NCAA tournament. They sent most of their players into the attack, hoping to squeeze one by the staunch Chicago defense, out-shooting the Maroons 11-2 in the second half, as well as having a 6-2 advantage in corner kicks. â&#x20AC;&#x153; I n t h e s e c o n d h a l f Wa s h i n g t o n University dominated the play as they had to find a way to score,â&#x20AC;? said head coach Amy Reifert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They sent extra players forward and did a great job controlling the ball and the momentum. We did not lighten up at all, Washington just went into another gear.â&#x20AC;?

The Bears came close to equalizing the game several times, and two shots caromed off the post for the Bears, one only moments before the final whistle. Reifert commended her team for its resilience when encountering a dangerous attack from the opposing side. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ball hitting the crossbar is a wake up call for the team,â&#x20AC;? said coach Reifert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing is needed from me.â&#x20AC;?

The Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attack was continually countered by one of the stingiest defenses in the NCAA, and the Maroons were able to hold off the attack and shut out the Bears in a dramatic 1-0 regular season finale win.

Reliance on defense has been an important theme for the Maroons this year. Of the eighteen games they have played, ten have been shutouts. The games that the

Maroons have lost have all been decided by one goal. The Maroon defense has given up more than one goal in only one game, a contest in mid-September against Illinois Wesleyan in which the Maroons fell 2-1.

In the month of October, the Maroons gave up only three goals, a statistic which is overwhelming in and of itself, and made even more impressive by the fact that only one of those goals was given up in a losing effort.

According to Gormley, the defense is so good because it is not only the back line that defends. It is an entire team effort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the number of shutouts weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve racked up this season can be attributed in large part to the skill of our defensive line, but also to the defensive pressure that players in the midfield and up front provide. They stop a lot of attacks before they really even get started, which makes our life easier in the backâ&#x20AC;? said Gormley.

Reifert also complimented the tremendous play of her defensive squad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our defensive unit is really tremendous, they are brave, organized and work in pairs to make sure that we cover every angle and possibility [of scoring].â&#x20AC;? With regards to the two shots ricocheting off the post, Gormley conceded that sometimes â&#x20AC;&#x153;The post can be a keeperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best friend.â&#x20AC;?

The Maroons are now set for another NCAA run. Reifert has guided the team to the semi finals three times and the Maroons took second in 2003.

Th e M a r o o n s b e g i n t h e i r p u s h f o r another NCAA finals appearance against Wartburg College on November 12 at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Overtime loss ends Maroons’ season

By Liane Rousseau Sports Staff The men’s soccer team lost their last regular season game this weekend with a 2-1 loss in overtime against UAA rival Washington University. With the loss, the Maroons ended their season 8–8–1 and 2–4–1 in conference play.

Wash U took the lead with a goal from Kenji Kobayashi in the 28th minute. The Maroons answered less than two minutes later when thirdyear Rashad Masri scored off an assist from fourthyear Alex Clifford. The game went into over time until Wash U’s John Duncan scored at 91:41 for the game winner.

The loss in the final minutes of a game was an unfortunate trend the Maroons contended with all season.

“Unfortunately, the problems in this game were similar to problems in other games which we did not win,” said head coach Scott Wiercinski. “We couldn’t convert our best chances into goals and made crucial mistakes in our own box which led to goals against us.”

“We played well enough to win and we got unlucky on a nice goal by Wash U in overtime,” concurred Masri. “It was microcosm of the season in terms of being unlucky and our inability to get positive results out of good play.”

With their .500 record, the Maroons are out of contention for an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament. For both the coaches and the team, this came as a disappointing finish.

“Our expectations far exceed a .500 record,” said Wiercinski. “We fell short in many areas on a daily basis that led to a disappointing year.”

The Maroons came off the previous season as co-champions of the UAA. They had also achieved the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Coming into this season, the Maroons were ranked 5th in the UAA but still expected a big year.

“The team feels pretty disappointed about the season,” said Masri. “But ultimately we shot ourselves in the foot too many times both offensively and defensively.”

Moving into the off-season the Maroons are ready to refocus and use this season’s results as motivation to improve.

“We’ll be hungry to make up for a disappointing year, and we know that we’ll have a talented team next year,” explained Masri. “We have to emphasize total focus because we lost several games solely due to mental lapses for minutes at a time.”

Coach Wiercinski is expecting improvement from all members of the team.

“We need to get better in every way,” he said. “Our level of dedication, fitness, strength, athleticism, technical ability, tactical awareness, mental and physical toughness... all are areas which require significant improvement if we are to continue down a positive path.”

At this point, the Maroons are moving past the loss to Wash U and focusing on the bigger picture— revenge next year.

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Though women won meet, Wash U had more individual winners SWIMMING continued from back page meet score reflected the intensity of the meet,” said Gong. However, he conceded that the men’s team did not “approach the meet at the beginning with a competitive mind set.”

He was quick to point out the team’s ability to adapt and galvanize itself: “Our captains realized [we were falling behind] and held a meeting to motivate us and to bring more intensity to the second half of the meet.”

Levens noted that the women’s team was not irreproachable this Saturday. As she explained: “WashU had 6 individual event winners, and we only had 3.” The Maroons may have won by 27 points, “but in swim-

ming, that can turn around pretty quick.”

The swimming and diving season is only beginning, and as more important meets approach, excitement and expectations increase. According to Wagner, the men “will do some hard training, then rest a bit for our mid-season invitational, where we hope to post some times that will get the attention of the rest of the UAA.” Speaking for the women, Levins said, “Times keep dropping and scores keep rising! We are very excited about our prospects for this season.”

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STUDENT LIFE

Wolff: “Next week is the biggest game of all our lives” FOOTBALL continued from back page offensive line made it tough for them to get pressure on me, which allowed my receivers to get open and I was able to get them the ball and let them make plays. Carnegie is a good team, we are just better at every skill position which put them in a bind when they tried to defend our vertical passing game.”

Indeed, the long pass proved to be the Maroons’ most potent weapon as four of Oium’s six touchdowns came on throws of 30 yards or more. Three of those went to Brizzolara, who had five touchdown receptions in the last two games, as many as he caught in the first six games this season.

“I think Marshall and I have finally started to click,” he said. “Early on we didn’t connect on a few long passes we should’ve, then he was injured, but now it seems like we finally have it down. The game [against Case Western in which] Clay was injured definitely

forced him to look at me as the primary target, which may have helped our chemistry.”

While the previous two victories have at times seemed like scenes from a movie, the do-or-die matchup versus Wash U could be the perfect Hollywood ending.

“Next week is the biggest game of all our lives, whether you are a freshman, sophomore, junior, or a senior,” Wolff said. “For the underclassmen you never know if you will get a shot to play in the UAA Championship again, so they must take advantage of the opportunity right now. For us seniors, this is the culmination of all of our hard work and preparation. We have given our heart and soul to the football program for four years and this is the payoff—that ring. There will be no special pep-talk before the game on Saturday, the words ‘Wash U’ make all the Maroons’ blood boil, and that’s all it takes.

It’ll be a fun game to watch.”

Chicago records its first 30-win season since 1992 VOLLEYBALL continued from back page ing to unranked Case in the second match.

A resilient defense and strong block kept the Maroons’ offense off balance for stretches of that contest, with Chicago playing to form for parts of the match but never making enough of a run to put the Spartans away. The Maroons took the first and fourth matches, but Case locked up the win with a 15–8 win in the final set.

“Case came bringing a game that we did not expect them to bring,” second-year Sam Brown said. “We have a continuing issue with starting games in a hole, and that is exactly what we did against them. They played very scrappy defense and played with a lot more heart than we did.”

The Maroons came out slow Saturday morning against Emory, as the defending UAA champs set the tone early with a 25–8 win in the first set and controlled the match throughout.

Although the Maroons pushed the Eagles to five sets at UAAs a season ago, Emory left no question in Saturday’s contest.

“We knew that was going to be a battle,” Brown said. “The first game was an embarrassment

because we were not prepared for their speed.”

With the UAA title out of the picture and their NCAA fate uncertain, the Maroons played what might have been their final match of the season late Saturday. Having beaten Carnegie 3–2 in the Round Robin earlier this year, Chicago played a strong first set against the Tartans and pulled out a 3–1 win to finish fifth in the conference.

“We wanted to go out on a high note,” Walby said. “Some things didn’t go our way, and we just wanted to do the best we could with what was in front of us.”

In light of Monday’s announcement, though, the Maroons’ hopes are still alive, as Chicago was one of five UAA teams to qualify for NCAAs. The season is already a historic one for Chicago, as the team has won 30 matches for the first time since 1992 (tying a school record) with an opportunity to build on that in their first-ever tournament appearance.

“I think it’s a good building block,” Walby said. “The girls worked extremely hard to put Chicago on the map, and this is a nice reward to them.”

IN QUOTES

SPORTS

“I don’t know who Anne Frank is. I’m mad right now. I’m not as swift as I usually am.”

—Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder, ranting to reporters after an opponent spit on him in Sunday’s game.

VOLLEYBALL

SWIMMING & DIVING

Going to the ’ship After disappointing UAAs, Chicago collects NCAA berth

By Jake Grubman MAROON Staff

Third-year Alexandria Meyers serves at UAAs this weekend. Chicago finished fifth out of eight teams in the conference tournament.

JAMES HALE

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THE OBSERVER

After a UAA tournament performance that fell short of the volleyball team’s high expectations for the season, history came to them yesterday morning.

Most of the team crowded into head coach Vanessa Walby’s office early Monday for the NCAA tournament decision show, which gave Chicago its first-ever trip to the National Championships.

“There were about 10 girls in my office, and they were pretty excited,” Walby said. “There was a lot of screaming, a lot of jumping up and down.”

The announcement came after a conference tournament weekend that saw Chicago go 2–2 with a tournament bid hanging in the balance.

With the Maroons ranked fifth in the Midwest—a region that sent six teams last season—a strong showing at the conference tournament would have cemented the South Siders’ spot in the championship tournament.

But with a loss to unranked Case on Friday evening and another to eventual conference champion Emory on Saturday, Chicago’s first-ever trip to 1992 (30–12)

Top of the mountain

the NCAA tournament wasn’t a sure thing going into the decision show Monday morning.

“I think the girls were pretty nervous,” Walby said. “It was an excited nervous though.”

Chicago (30–12) heads to Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio on Wednesday morning for their Thursday opener against sixthranked Hope (26–4), which qualified on an automatic bid after winning the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship tournament this weekend.

The Flying Dutch, who reached the Final Four before being eliminated by eventual champion Wash U last season, have won 19 straight matches, a streak that dates back to September 18.

Chicago has played Hope just once before (a 2006 loss), and while Walby said she’ll be collecting scouting information over the next couple of days, the Maroons will already have to make several adjustments from this weekend if a long tournament run is in store.

Consistency was once again a problem for the Maroons, who dominated their UAA opener against Rochester, winning that contest 3–0, before los-

FOOTBALL

Maroons shut out Wash U in conference finale

Brizzolara’s 5 TDs lead Chicago to 61–22 win at Carnegie

By Mahmoud Bahrani Sports Staff Having clinched the UAA conference title and an NCAA playoff berth, the Maroons defeated conference rivals Wash U 1-0, in a regular season game normally associated with deep conference and playoff implications.

Instead, the Maroons’ biggest motivator was simply b eating Washington. “ Th e g a m e a g a i n s t Wa s h U is one of the highlights of our season every year. The rivalry is there no matter what the stakes,” said third year keeper Emma Gormley.

The Maroons got on the board early with a brilliant goal by fourth-year striker Sarah L oh.

Loh powered the ball in from 25 yards out in the 17th minute. It was her seventh goal of the season and her third game winner.

The goal left the only mark on

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Second-year wide receiver Dee Brizzolara evades a Carnegie defender on Saturday. Brizzolara reeled in three receiving touchdowns, as well as taking a kickoff and a punt to the house.

By Matt Luchins Sports Staff Facing Carnegie and their historically strong defense, second-year wideout Dee Brizzolara scored five times as the Maroons put up a record-breaking 61 points, disman-

tling the Tartans 61–22 for their second consecutive conference win.

Chicago improved to 7–2 overall.

The team will play Wash U, also 2–0 in the UAA, this Saturday at Stagg Field for the Founder’s Cup, the conference championship, and

By David Kates Sports Staff

a possible NCAA Tournament bid.

In Pittsburgh last Saturday, fourth-year receiver Clay Wolff caught two touchdown passes to set career records in total touchdowns (35) and points (212), while Brizzolara broke game-records with five total touchdowns—three receiving and two returning—and 432 allpurpose yards. Fourth-year quarterback Marshall Oium also wrote his name into the history books with six touchdown passes and the Maroon’s (7–2, 2–0) 61 points set another school record.

The blowout came as a surprise to some, as the Tartans’ (4–5, 0–2) two previous games had been close overtime losses to Wash U (7–2, 2–0) and 7th-ranked Wittenberg (9–0).

“Coming into the game I knew we were going to have to play well to beat them and when they scored on their opening possession I just told everyone that we were going to need to score to win anyway,” Oium said. “The reason we were successful on offense was that our

The women’s swim team won by a large margin this Saturday, defeating Wash U in St. Louis while the men’s team fell to the Bears 147-87. The women’s team has now won three of its first four meets this season, while the men are 2-2 in their initial competition.

The women took the top three medals in three events. In 1- and 3-meter diving, first, second, and third place went to second-year Rebecca Schmidt, first-year Ashley Grimes, and first-year Maryclare Griffin, respectively. Similarly, first-year Wini Lau, second-year Tatum Stewart, and second-year Julie Pendleton swept the podium in the 200-yard butterfly.

In addition, there were four other first-place finishes for the women. Third-year Tara Levens and first-year Vivian Yuen won the 200-yard freestyle and backstroke, respectively. Secondyear Andrea McPike, along with Levens, Lau, and first-year Karen Chen took the gold in the 40-yard medley relay, and the same team, replacing Chen with second-year Kate Taylor, won the 400-yard freestyle relay.

While the men didn’t emerge from the water victorious, fourthyear Ed Wagner and second-year Wade Gong won the 200-yard breaststroke and backstroke, respectively. First-place in the 4 00-yard freestyle relay went to fourth-year James Schlabach, third-year Nick Santoro, secondyear Kevin Yang, and first-year Eric Hallman.

Despite these individual victories, the men’s team did not perform as well overall as hoped. “A lot of our swimmers couldn’t compete for one reason or another, be it injury or illness, or a simple inability to commit a full 16-hour Saturday to a swim meet,” said Wagner. Nevertheless, he continued, “Everyone who was able to make the trip swam impressively, but it is difficult to compete at the level required to beat a team like Wash U when 25-percent of the team is unable to contribute.”

A shortage of athletes may also explain why the women’s team fared so well. “It was easy to sweep the podium [in the diving events] because Wash U only had one experienced female diver who only competed in one of the events,”said Schmidt. This advantage proved critical to the win, allowing the Maroons to secure over 30 points across the events.

However, the final team scores mask some of the men’s strengths and some of the women’s weaknesses.

“I don’t think the final dual

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With their win over Carnegie Saturday, the Maroons tied the school season record for wins (30), the mark set in 1992. At right, the team’s wins by season.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Women win, men fall in weekend meets