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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010 • VOLUME 122, ISSUE 15 • CHICAGOMAROON.COM
MEDICAL CENTER
ADMISSIONS
Die-in on quad protests UCMC
Early apps keep soaring 6,960 high schoolers apply early, a 280-percent increase from six years ago By Gabe Valley MAROON Staff
Applied: 2,773 Admitted: 1,137
2010
Applied: 2,461 Admitted: 985
2009
DISCOURSE
Applied: 3,053 Admitted: 1,385
2011
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Applied: 4,424 Admitted: 1,062
2012
More than 50 young people wearing t-shirts splattered with red paint, among them a handful of University students, dropped to the ground on the main quad on Friday as gunshots echoed out from a loudspeaker. The protesters were staging a “ diein” to dramatize a need for trauma care on the South Side, part of a campaign to pressure the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) to reopen its level one adult trauma center.
The UCMC closed its trauma center in 1988 because overwhelming need made the center too expensive to maintain, the University said. Trauma centers are staffed 24 hours a day by doctors and surgeons who specialize in trauma medicine. “Stand up if you are alive,” said a protester over the loudspeaker as others lay on the ground and University students looked on. “How you can you ignore, we’re dying at your door? How can you ignore, we’re bleeding on the floor? How can you ignore, we’re shot next
Applied: 3,774 Admitted: 1,128
2013
By Ella Christoph News Staff
Applied: 5,873 Admitted: 1,676
2014
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U of C students and members of Fearless Leading by the Youth (FLY) dropped to the ground on the quad Friday to protest the lack of a level one trauma care center on the South Side of Chicago. DARREN LEOW/MAROON
Applied: 6,960
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door?” the protesters chanted from the ground. At a press conference held outside the Medical Center, on East 58th Street and South Maryland Avenue after the die-in, the protesters demanded a meeting with UCMC administrators. UCMC spokesperson John Easton said the UCMC agreed to set it up. In a November 12 press release, the UCMC said it recognizes the increased strain on remaining South Side hospitals as others have shut down, but also stressed that the UCMC’s ability to
A record number of early action applications flooded into the College this year, marking an 18.5 percent increase—one of the largest increases among peer institutions. 6 , 9 6 0 h i g h s ch o o l s t u d e n t s applied through Chicago’s nonbinding early action program; 5,873 applied last year. Administrators see the growth as part of a pattern of yearly gains in application numbers for the College. “The increase continues a longterm trend of growth in the number of students of high ability who aspire to attend the University,” University spokesperson Jeremy Manier said. Over the past six years, early applications have increased by 280 percent. Only once in those six years has there been a fall in the amount of early applications received. The trend is also mirrored in overall applications, which saw a 42 percent rise last year—a greater increase in applications than at any other college in the nation. “Never has the University of Chicago been more popular,” said a November 5 New York Times article
Early applications by class
CRIME
Latino journalists keep Attacks prompt new Midway security reporting despite deaths Two students assaulted by groups of men Friday night By Janet de la Torre News Staff Journalists Alejandro Paez Varela and Claudia Mendez shared their experiences reporting on the drug trade crises in Mexico and Guatemala under lifethreatening circumstances Thursday in the Social Sciences building. Varela, deputy managing editor of the popular Mexican newspaper El Universal, said he doesn’t think twice about publishing risky stories, even though the Committee to Protect Journalists reported 38 journalists have been killed so far in 2010 worldwide, 10 of them in Mexico. “You have the right to know that a [political] candidate is being supported by drug money…someone is going to have to say it, and in the end that’s my job,” Varela said. The drug crisis is an ever-growing problem in Latin America, where drug cartels compete for drug transportation
routes to their most demanding consumers—Americans. Mendez said in her home country of Guatemala, the drug trade, along with organized crime and kidnapping, is one of the “problems we inherit from war.” Mendez works in Guatemala for the newspaper El Periodico, in a country where more than 70 journalists have been victims of drug lords. Mendez attributed many of her country’s internal problems to the establishment of American military bases on Guatemalan land 40 years ago to check the influence of Cuban communism. Mendez reported instances where she sent colleagues on assignments but “didn’t want to admit [she] was afraid” for their safety. In response to a question from the audience about the legalization of drugs, Mendez said that it was a quick solution that didn’t address underlying issues. “The job of the academia [is] to come up with solutions instead of legalization.”
By Sam Levine News Contributor Two University students were attacked and robbed by groups of men in separate incidents near the Midway between 9:20 and 9:30 P.M. Thursday night. The attacks triggered two campus security alerts, which were sent to members of the campus community in the hours that followed. The second victim was knocked unconscious and transported to the University Medical Center for treatment. University of Chicago Police Department (U C P D) spokesman Bob Mason did not know if the victim had been released from the hospital. Another group attack took place at 1:10 a.m. Saturday morning on East 53rd Street between Greenwood and University avenues, according to the UCPD
Daily Incident Report. The victim was pushed into an alley by five to six men, struck in the face, and had his cell phone, iPod, and wallet taken, the report said. Police suspect the same men may be responsible for the Thursday night attacks, according to Mason. One took place on East University Avenue between South 60th and 61st Streets, while the other happened by the Linne statute on the Midway between South University and Greenwood Avenues. “Due to the close proximity and times of the incidents, it is possible that the same people could be responsible for both attacks,” Mason said, adding that police did not think gang activity played a role in the attacks. In both cases, students were approached by more than three men, and were hit in the head. No
arrests have been made. Mason said that while the Saturday morning’s incident was similar, it was not necessarily linked to those on Thursday. He noted that the style of attack is common. In a campus-wide e-mail sent out on Friday night, UCPD Chief Marlon Lynch and Vice President for Student Life Kimberly GoffCrews wrote that UC P D had added daily security guards and foot patrols to escort students across the Midway between South Dorchester and Ellis Avenues from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. UC P D patrols have also increased patrols in the main quad and along 57 th Street. “These patrols are not meant to be a quick-fix response to these incidents,” Mason said. “We’re going to keep the patrols out
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CHICAGO MAROON | NEWS | November 16, 2010
Sixty years later, the Lipstick Killer on the U of C A Grey City Preview: U of C second-year-turned-Chicago's most wanted By Christina Pillsbury Senior News Staff William Heirens turned 82 yesterday, but he couldn’t celebrate in his cell at Dixon Correctional Center. Heirens has been imprisoned for 63 years— longer than anyone else in the United States. Hereins was 17 in January 1946, when a panicstricken Chicago searched for the person who killed and dismembered six-year-old Suzanne Degnan, a crime linked to two other, equally brutal homicides. Written in lipstick on the wall next to one of the slain women: “For heavens sake catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself.” Heirens was beginning his second year at the University of Chicago. A burglar since his early teens, Heirens was caught in the middle of a Northside robbery that June. Police soon searched his Snell-Hitchcock room, uncovering valuables stolen from the murder victims’ homes. Now the police’s chief suspect, Heirens was interrogated under the influence of sodium pentothal, thought at the time to be a “truth serum.” Heirens pled guilty to all three murders on September 4, 1946, but maintains he was coerced. The first Illinois prisoner to earn a degree, he has spent years trying to clear his name.
DISCOURSE
United Nations director: Humanitarian action can drive two-state solution By Giovanni Wrobel News Staff Educating the people of the Gaza strip, stronger humanitarian efforts, and open borders between Gaza and Israel will be essential for peace in the Middle East Gazan educational activist John Ging said in a Thursday talk at the Harris School. Ging, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA,) stressed that people on both sides of the border desire a peaceful resolution. Opening communications across the border would meet the needs of both Gaza and Israel, Ging said. “The conflict will not be resolved while the people are in a physical state of destitution and despair. The first step is to open the connections,” said Ging, an Irish national who directs 11,000 United Nations aid workers in Gaza. Ging said he aims to educate three-quarters of a million young people. “Seventy-three percent of Gazans are pro-peace, and pro-twostate solutions, because they know where their best future lies.” According to Ging, Israeli and Egyptian blockades lead to increased illegal activity and black markets. “The blockade is counterproductive, because it is feeding extremism. It doesn’t justify it, but it is an inevitable consequence,” he said. Humanitarian efforts addressing the deficient Gazan infrastructure and the lack of educational institutions are also essential, according to Ging. Half of his funding, roughly a half billion dollars, goes toward education in Gaza. Ging has taught in Gaza and Lebanon, and his curriculum, which includes a history of the Holocaust, has instigated action from Israelis. Approximately 30 people attended the lecture, including first-year Janelle Johnson, who said she was inspired to learn more about Gazan schools. “The statistics were very helpful, along with the comments about the curriculum in the schools, and I want to learn more about that,” said Johnson, a public policy student. The lecture was hosted in conjunction with J Street U, a pro-Israel nationwide student organization which advocates for a peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict.
The Maroon sat down with Heirens at Dixon Correctional Center, in Dixon IL, last month to talk about his education and what he remembers about the controversy surrounding his life. A full profile of Heirens will appear in Grey City, the Maroon's magazine supplement, November 30. CHICAGO MAROON: What attracted you to the University of Chicago over six decades ago? William Heirens: A friend of mine got into the U of C and we were pretty close and I figured, “If he could do it, I could do it too.” So I applied for it and I was accepted... I was young at the time, only 17. I didn’t have any money and I had no prospects either. But the main thing I knew was that education is very important and I had the chance to go to the University of Chicago, and I took it. And it just turned out bad, that’s all. CM: What do you remember of your interrogation? WM: “[The police] ran out of [suspects] and they had me, so they started grillin’ me. They kept on at it.... They said “They’re going to kill you if they convict you,” because that was a horrible murder back in those days. Well, once you’re convicted in those days you went to the electric chair real quick. There were quite a few youngsters being
put in the electric chair in Chicago. That was thrown in my face all the time. In fact when I went to see my attorneys, the warden took us past where the electric chair was.” CM: You initially refused to confess. What changed your mind? WM: When they made the plea bargain, they put me on the witness stand, they got all the high officials from the police force in the same room as us... They wanted a confession, they wanted all these police officials to hear what it is. And they asked me about the Degnan murder, and I said “I don’t know anything about it but what you people told me.’ When they got me back to my room... [My attorneys] said “you’re doomed for the execution now,” and I was—if the state’s attorney would’ve tried me, with everything going on the way it was, I would’ve been convicted just like that, and there’d be no appeals, so I changed my mind, I went along with them. CM: You were a minor when you were arrested. Did this impact your legal process? WM: [The U of C] had a youngster coming into the hands of the police and being grilled all the time, I don’t know why the U of C didn’t send some of their lawyers in to see what was going
on. Nobody seemed to care, and I couldn’t hire a lawyer, I didn’t have any money. CM: You were the first Illinois convict to graduate college from prison, after taking correspondence courses with universities across the country. What have been your academic interests? WM: I took a logic course because I figured logic would help me get out of prison. It didn’t do me a darn bit of good. Well I never learned anything from it except that it’s just putting things together. The U of C wouldn’t let me take any courses from them—they barred me. After I got arrested and convicted they just wouldn’t have nothing to do with me anymore. I wanted to go into philosophy with them, but they wouldn’t let me take it. They just didn’t want me. CM: There are several alternative theories about who committed the Lipstick murders. How much have you or your lawyers looked into them? WM: I looked into it all I could; just guess like anybody else was guessin’ back in those days. How could I look into them? I can’t be a detective run up and down and question everybody, put a gun to their head, say, “You either confess or I’ll blow your head off!” I can’t do that, and I didn’t do that, so there was no way I could hunt for them. It wasn’t my job.
Death of youth activist Damien Turner catalyzed trauma center campaign DIE-IN continued from front page provide unique services on the South Side, such as pediatric and advanced specialty care, would be compromised by trying to expand its efforts. “Achieving geographic balance in trauma care will require a regional solution that does not come at the expense of other lifesaving services,” the press release reads. Many of the protesters were members of Fearless Leading by the Youth (FLY), a youth activist organization founded by 18-year-old Damien Turner. Turner was shot August 14 at 61st and South Cottage Grove Avenue, but was taken to Northwestern, where he eventually died, because the UCMC does not have an adult trauma center. The hospital has a youth trauma center, but Turner was two years too old to receive care there. Cierra Williams, an 18-year-old friend of Turner’s and a member of FLY, said the group thought the die-in would raise awareness among the University community. “ [We felt] it would
Gmail spam filter blocked Midway security alerts for many students MIDWAY continued from front page there as long as we need to keep students safe,” he added. Mason said Saturday’s incident would not result in further increases in patrols or the relocation of any patrols further north of the Midway. “We’re concentrating right now on campus. That’s not taking away from the rest of the neighborhood but we really want to make sure we’re reinforcing the campus area,” he said. Lynch originally notified students of the attacks on Thursday night, but many Gmail e-mail filters sent the security alert to their spam folder, leaving large numbers of students unaware of what had happened. All students were notified of the attack when they received the joint e-mail from Lynch and Goff-Crews on Friday. The attacks happened the same day Lynch sent out a campus-wide e -mail reporting that total crimes in the area are at record low levels. —Additional reporting by Asher Klein
make a big impression, this campaign,” she said. Turner planned to lead a FLY campaign for a trauma center at the UCMC; that he did not receive care from the hospital blocks away from where he was shot, motivated FLY members and local residents to rally around the issue. Many members knew others who had to be transported north for trauma care, as the South Side has no hospitals with level one trauma centers of its own. “We were going to start this before he passed,” FLY member Darrius Lightfoot said. “ We’re in it to win it now.” 20th Ward community activist Wardell Lavender said he joined the protest because he wanted the UCMC to increase its care for South Side residents overall. “ We don’t have a decent hospital around,” he said, referring to South Side hospitals besides the UCMC. “ They are the lowest you can get. They are third world hospitals.” At the press conference after the die-in, members of FLY and Turner’s mother Sheila Rush, demanded that the UCMC open a trauma cen-
ter. “We feel they should specialize in serving the community they live in, as much as we serve them by letting them be in our community,” said Veronica Moore, a member of FLY. “[Turner] was the victim not only of violence in the community but injustices in the society and injustices in the healthcare community,” she said. “The main thing they need they don’t have— that’s a trauma center,” Rush said through tears. Two candidates for 20th ward alderman came to the rally—Reverend Andre Smith and Che “Rhymefest” Smith--and both committed themselves to FLY’s goal. Che Smith said as alderman of the 20th ward he would work to get a trauma center besides improving health care in the ward overall. “ I will make sure to do everything in my power to make sure that... the South Side has access to health care,” he said. Andre Smith said he would demand a trauma center, as well. “ Our children are dying in our community, and I will not allow it,” he said.
Non-binding program may draw more applicants to U of C APPLICATIONS continued from front page that in large part examined the University’s shift to the Common Application and d e s c r i b e d D e a n o f Ad m i s s i o n s J a m e s Nondorf as a “super-marketer.” The increase in applications is part of a nationwide trend as students continue to apply to more colleges than ever, with 33 percent of seniors applying to 6 or more colleges last year, up from 19 percent in 1999, according to the Higher Education Research Institute. Though Nondorf declined to comment for this article, he suggested in a news release that an increase indicates a growing and motivated pool of students who see the College as their first choice school. “Finding students who would benefit from and contribute to the distinctive academic culture here is the goal of all our admissions efforts,” Nondorf said. “We look for students who cherish intellectual adventure, and who reflect a diversity of interests and backgrounds. Finding students with a range of perspectives enriches the University’s traditions of open debate and inquiry.” Though administrators disagree, some stu-
dents think the large increase is in part due to the non-binding nature of the University of Chicago’s early action program, meaning students are not obligated to come if accepted. “I really appreciated that this was the one prospective school that did not require a commitment to going here if accepted [early],” said Jyothi Dhanwada, a senior at Northern University High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa. “Having the ability to look at multiple college options will make me feel more comfortable in making the right decision.” Northwestern University, which has a binding program, saw a 25.9 percent increase in early applications that topped the U of C’s percentage-wise, but it received only 2,127 applications, less than one third the actual number of applications its crosstown rival did. According to statistics released by other universities to the New York Times, the U of C has one of the largest increases in applications among non-binding early action programs. Garnering 6,500 early applications this year, M.I.T.’s early application rate jumped 14.4 percent. Georgetown, with 6,615 applications, saw an 8.6 percent rise.
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VIEWPOINTS
EDITORIAL & OP-ED NOVEMBER 16, 2010
EDITORIAL
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Beyond the numbers game
More applicants to the College may look good, but the increase can come at a cost This time of the quarter, it’s easy to forget that there are human beings elsewhere who are also overwhelmed by stress, slowly dying at their own desks—specifically, the thousands of high school seniors right now applying to college. Early action programs, the applications for which are usually due in early- to mid- November, offer a compelling option: Students can secure a spot at a top school, and do so without the agony of waiting until April for a decision. Lately, the U of C has been catching up to its peers in the number of early action applications it receives. Last year, the University received 5,855 early action applications, a 32-percent increase from the previous high. This year’s application pool jumped another 18 percent, to 6,960. These increases are
widely seen as successes, and with good reason: Early action applicants usually view the University as a top choice, and a growing applicant pool indicates that a growing number of students are passionate about our College. But there are legitimate doubts about whether these increases in applications and selectivity have a real impact on the quality of a school. A recent New York Times article on the nation-wide obsession with application numbers pointed out that many top colleges try to boost the number of applications received for no purpose beyond appearing more selective. Everyone likes an increase in applications. It invokes a warm, fuzzy feeling of exclusivity that, to be honest, is kind of nice. As the Times article suggests, though, an applicant pool of 30,000
doesn’t necessarily make for a stronger matriculating class than a pool of 15,000. The top applicants in each may be effectively interchangeable. In fact, more applications could just lead to the mass rejection of students with no real chance of getting admitted— but no other meaningful changes. Padding the application numbers does drive down our acceptance rate, but a lower acceptance rate, in and of itself, doesn’t do much for a school. Some would argue it improves our standing in college rankings, but the truth is that acceptance rates account for only 1.5 percent of the scores on U.S. News and World Report’s annual list. In other words, although such increases should be appreciated, they shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Overzealous attempts to augment
application numbers don’t lead to a better university or a better incoming class. We are proud of the University’s burgeoning popularity. We wouldn’t be as proud, however, if that popularity came at the expense of thousands of students who are encouraged to apply without regard for their chances of admission, and who ultimately get rejected wholesale. The focus should not be on attracting as many kids as possible, but on attracting as many of the right kids as possible. Trading the honesty and integrity of our recruiting strategy in order to get more applications is a deal we aren’t willing to make. The M AROON Editorial Board consists of the Editor-in-Chief and Viewpoints Editors.
COLD SNAP
OP-ED
Secure in our fears
Re-defining the life of the mind
Increased campus police presence will not change students’ perceptions of surrounding community
By Emily Wang Viewpoints Columnist On Thursday night, between the hours of 9 and 10 p.m., within a ten minute period, some strange fate precipitated two violent crimes. Two students, two blows to the head, one stolen cell phone, and one trip to the emergency room. Having witnessed firsthand the results of one of these violent attacks, I know how terrifying it is to imagine such misfortune befalling me. The University, always quick to assuage our fears, has once more increased security. We’re told now, that from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., seven days a week, security guards will be providing foot patrols and walking escorts across the Midway at Ellis Avenue and University Avenue, which will be expanded soon to crossings at Woodlawn and Dorchester. It doesn’t stop there: patrols will now be found pacing along Ellis and the Midway, something I experienced for the first time Sunday night as I made my way back home from Harper. So is the big question “Am I more secure?” or is it “Do I feel more secure?” I know the University aims to address both, but I guess it doesn’t matter, because the answer is no either way. As security measures intensify, so does the ingenuity of those seeking to commit these crimes. Exactly how far can campus security be expanded? To what extent does the University take responsibility for the safety of every student? I
can say with confidence that there will inevitably be new offenses, new victims, and new locations, if not on University or Ellis, perhaps on Blackstone and Kimbark. Though that may sound pessimistic, it is a reality that students must confront. Our safety, first and foremost, is our own responsibility. Adding security upon layers of security doesn’t really accomplish much, since it doesn’t try to address fundamental issues that exist in the relationship the campus has with the community. Take, for example, the two security patrols I passed on my way back to the dorms. Did I slow my pace in accordance with my newfound feelings of ease at the sight of these patrols? No, on the contrary, I found my steps shortening and quickening, for their presence struck me as unnatural and intrusive—a further reminder of the bubble we college students operate in, artificially sheltered from the real world. There’s such a deeply ingrained attitude of “we” versus “them” that it’s almost impossible to envision a community that functions differently, in a way that is unified. Much of the surrounding community likely sees University students as privileged, decidedly un-savvy co-residents of a shared, but divided, neighborhood. On the other side of the fence, many students are ambivalent; we feel the pull of responsibility to be more than just passive residents, to contribute and to instigate change, but we’re nevertheless held back by fear of the unknown, the unfamiliar. The school’s community service program, especially in the neighborhood’s schools, is definitely extensive, and has no doubt changed countless young lives and minds, yet we still need an increasingly comprehensive security system to “protect” us, essen-
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Students buried in books often forget discovery and exploration are essential to intellectualism By Chelsey Rice-Davis Viewpoints Columnist We slither back and forth on the floor to the beat of African drums. First we shimmy on our stomachs, then on our backs. We come to our feet with a quick hop, our heads still facing the floor and our arms swaying freely. This is elementary modern dance, and it’s yet another part of the journey to fulfill my Core requirements. To an outsider, a bunch of college students rolling around on the floor is a bizarre image. The truth is, we all look pretty distinguished in a classroom analyzing Nietzsche or doing a calculus proof, but outside of the classroom everyone in my weekly dance class looks downright infantile. When I’m not in dance, I look as adult and studious as the rest of us, absorbing information while hovering over a book or computer screen. While this type of academic study can be enriching, we shouldn’t forget how to crawl, to explore freely and easily in the way that comes so naturally to children. Too often in our attempt to become competent intellectuals, we get so caught up in learning the jargon of our subject area and quoting the likes of Plato that we lose touch with our authentic selves—from our natural exploratory body movements to our sense of voice. We forget that exploration is what true intellectual inquiry is all about. From elementary school onward, we learn that education is about reading, writing, and calculating proficiently. Before I entered kindergarten, I remember hearing the terms “homework” and “seat work” and cringing (It’s the visceral reaction I’ve always had to phrases containing the word “work.”) Back then, I couldn’t
help but picture a bunch of drones in neatly lined up desks copying line by line from the dictionary. It turns out education is nothing like that, but sometimes it really looks like it. As a child, going to school seemed like a rite of passage—I could finally be like my big brother and learn about all the things that adults talk about. I’ve done just that—we’ve all done it. But there’s just one catch—I was learning about the world long before I entered school, and back then I was discovering things in the same manner as the great minds of our time. We read about the theory of evolution in virtually every biology textbook, but we forget that Darwin made his historic discovery on a trip to the Galapagos Islands. And it was Steve Jobs’ college passion for and explorations of calligraphy that led him, in the early days of Apple, to design personal computers with beautiful aesthetics (everyone with bad handwriting owes Jobs a big thank you for the better quality of life). Even here at the University of Chicago, a group of U of C sociologists in the 1930s did some groundbreaking research on sexuality and urban culture just by exploring the city they lived in and the people in it. Intellectual discoveries are usually the result of passionate and very personal struggles. That is why it is so vexing to be told that we don’t do anything practical here, that we are too intellectual to do active good. Intellectualism at its best is active and it does a lot of good. It allows us to see our world more completely and with more precision; it allows us to appreciate things we otherwise would not know existed, even when we are on a Galapagos getaway. In that
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Connecting with the community essential, despite fears of crime SECURITY continued from page 3 tially, from what we do not know. Our parents have a tendency to believe in the notion that an education in the conventional sense is all we’re paying for and all we’re getting, that more money should equate to less risk, both emotionally and physically. But what we’re really discovering here is that a college education is more than dissecting the classics and increasing our mathematical and scientific capacities, as invaluable as these are. It’s simultaneously about living independently and growing socially through new adult relationships and interactions. This sort of maturation, from experiencing the world at large, should be especially fruitful here, precisely because we shouldn’t be living in a bubble. We’re in the middle of a rich community that isn’t some distant, imagined land, some “other� space. Our fears are certainly not irrational in light of the two recent attacks. But they’re also
profoundly limiting, and once we can muster up the will to overcome these fears, at least in part, we’ll find that spontaneous connections then can be forged from smiling, perhaps even striking up a conversation with that stranger on the street—rather than the all-too-common aversion of the eyes. These interactions will have positive effects on the community. Regardless of time and location, race and gender, these connections are important, and it begins with each individual, accompanied, of course, by the proper exercise of common sense. Due to the socioeconomic realities that exist in Chicago, there is going to be a degree of risk in trying to find links not only to our fellow students, but also to our neighbors to the north, east, west, and south. The risk, though, is worth it. Emily Wang is a first-year in the College majoring in English.
sense, our work as intellectuals is never done; our minds, our ideas, and our worldview can and should be developing as we weave through our daily lives, not just when we are in desks facing forward. If we want to perfect our skills and do our best as students, then we have to remind ourselves that inspiration comes in unexpected ways. The hardest part of my dance class is getting a bunch of University of Chicago students to relax. I can’t tell you how much time we’ve spent learning how to fall to the ground, learning that when we don’t think about it, our bodies catch us natural-
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ly as we fall. None of us are going to stop reading or planning for our futures (How could we? Time schedules are up!), but as we file more and more information into our ever-expanding brain circuitry, let us not forget the days when we discovered the world on our hands and knees. If we can combine the expansive resources of college and our ability to extract information from the experts with childlike curiosity and our own personal voice, we are primed to be a generation of great intellectuals and citizens. Chelsey Rice-Davis is a second-year in the College majoring in Sociology.
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While living in Chicago, Herman Poole “Sonny� Blount became Sun Ra - the Leader of the Arkestra and a composer and arranger of some of the most avant-garde jazz of the time. This exhibit explores Sun Ra’s Chicago years.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NOVEMBER 16, 2010
MUSIC
BIG BOI
KID SISTER At fall show, MAB combines MCs and Mandel Hall
During the show, some U of C students were invited on stage to dance while Big Boi performed. Big Boi played hits from his days in Outkast, as well as songs from his solo work. Despite slightly limited turnout, the crowd was energized and lively. MATT BOGEN/MAROON
By Lyndsey McKenna Voices Ms. Jackson On Saturday night, Mandel Hall—a venue that routinely houses distinguished speakers, orchestral symphonies, and choral groups—was the site of something completely different: a bona fide hiphop concert, complete with MCs and an onstage entourage. This year’s fall concert, hosted annually by the
Major Activities Board, featured two artists whose critical acclaim perhaps eclipses their fame. Kid Sister and Big Boi nevertheless demonstrated Friday night that they are both capable of commanding attention. For a musician who has twice performed on the headlining stage of Lollapalooza, Kid Sister remains an artist who is still under the radar of many listeners. She is an Illinois native and has released one full-length album, her 2009 debut Ultraviolet.
This came in the wake of a few successful singles, namely 2007’s “Pro-Nails,” which featured a cameo by another proud Chicagoan, one Kanye West. Her set began around 8 p.m., and for approximately thirty minutes, Kid Sister was able to control the stage and delight the modest crowd that had assembled in Mandel Hall. Her set began with “Right Hand Hi,” a single from Ultraviolet that is standard Kid Sis—a bubblegum-sweet upbeat tempo and coy delivery.
Her set stage presence was playful and simply fun, echoing her musical style. Kid Sister paused between songs to thank the crowd and to hype up the audience, especially those gathered directly under the stage. While she usually didn’t have too much to say, Kid Sister made up in stage presence what she lacked in loquaciousness. She held out the microphone to those in the front row, showed off her dancing abilities, and managed to get the crowd clapping both in time and in sync—quite a feat to orchestrate. Also on her set list were songs like “Beeper” and crowd pleasers like “Control.” Naturally, Kid Sister had to include a few remarks about her hometown of Chicago before launching into “Pro-Nails.” By the conclusion of her set, Mandel Hall was filling, and the crowd was far more engaged than at the beginning of the night. However, the bulk of the audience was waiting for Big Boi’s performance. Big Boi is one-half of Outkast, one of hip-hop’s most successful and critically acclaimed duos of the past decade, with a few Grammys to back that up. Earlier this year, Big Boi released a solo album, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, which debuted at number three on the Billboard charts. It was given glowing reviews from both mainstream and alternative outlets, and earned him a headlining slot at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival. Somehow, despite all of these accolades, it wasn’t enough to sell out Mandel Hall. However, this wasn’t MAB’s loss—It was a loss for all those who skipped out on the show. Big Boi’s set was energetic, and the crowd was definitely enjoying every moment, as evidenced by their clapping, chanting, and dancing. With what can only be assumed to be his entourage accompanying him on stage, and an enormous projector that switched between music videos, montages, photos, and his logo, Big Boi transformed Mandel Hall with his own variety of Atlanta rap. For his set, Big Boi drew heavily on his Outkast discography. Some of the most memorable portions of the night included hits like “Ms. Jackson” and “So Fresh, So Clean.” Fans of Outkast’s older tunes weren’t forgotten either, as Big Boi also included songs like “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik,” “ATLiens,” “Rosa Parks,” and “Player’s Ball.” Big Boi even played his portion of “B.O.B.”—a song Pitchfork claimed was the top song of the last
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THEATER
Romeo and Juliet's stellar cast captures Shakespeare's subtleties By Gabriel Kalcheim Voices Teenage Dream It seems these days that Romeo and Juliet has become too popular for its own good. Whereas we exalt Shakespeare’s late tragedies of perturbed noble statesmen—Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear—we too often write off Romeo and Juliet as one of Shakespeare’s early attempts at tragedy, lacking the depth of his mature genius. We assume instead that the play’s lasting success is a result of its melodrama, its depiction of enduring love in the face of a fractious, prejudiced society that has lived on in everything from West Side Story to two highly lauded ballet adaptations by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. I invite all such critics to come to Chicago Shakespeare Theatre to see a heartfelt and wonderfully executed production of Romeo and Juliet. Here, one is struck most of all by the special power of what is, at least by the dramatic standards of Shakespeare’s day, a story about ordinary people. They are less exalted than kings and queens, yet they possess the uncommon wit and eloquence of every Shakespearean character. For really, this play appears just as beautifully written as the late tragedies. Australian director Gale Edwards, with credits at nearly all of the world’s major Shakespeare
venues, has interpreted Romeo and Juliet just as it should be interpreted. She was also greatly aided by the production’s nearly flawless cohort of actors. Our young lovers—the excellent Jeff Lillico (Romeo) and Joy Farmer-Clary (Juliet)—bring their characters’ introverted dispositions (as found in many of Shakespeare’s heroes and heroines) into full expression not in spite of their youthful vigor and haste, which becomes rashness when left unchecked by temperance and prudence. We must remember that Juliet is only just approaching 14, and must express all the brightness and musings of a girl just blossoming into the passions of her adolescence, which Joy Farmer-Clary expresses well.
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It is refreshing to hear the oft-popularized lines from the balcony scene, “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo…,” said with the exasperation implied in the speech’s remaining lines: “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo,” of the house of Montague, for all would be well “if you simply had some other name.”
We must also remember that Romeo, as a tragic hero possessing the virtues of faithfulness, humanity, and compassion, also possesses the tragic flaws of intemperance and imprudence. Jeff Lillico has grasped both aspects of his character very well. And one cannot help wishing that Romeo and Juliet might have heeded Friar Laurence’s call to “love moderately.” Throughout the production, it feels that, with their new insight gleaned from falling in love with a member of their rival family, the lovers might have slowly weaned their families away from their blind, inveterate hate to allow for a marriage and unite the houses peacefully. Instead, Friar Laurence—perfectly executed by David Lively—is quite often the only voice of reason in this tragedy of well-intentioned youth, felled by too much haste, or, in the friars’ words, “virtue itself turned vice when misapplied.” The shriek of “Do you bite your thumb at us sir,” that opens the shortened first scene of the play, said after half a dozen metal shop-window coverings are slammed to the floor and the Capulets and Montagues begin their first violent skirmishes, is initial cause for concern that Edwards may be over-directing. Certainly not all of Mercutio’s lines have to be interpreted sexually, and in such a physical manner. There is a risk here that Mercutio may appear false and overly styl-
ized. But Ariel Shafir is too good an actor to allow for that, and remains deeply sympathetic, even in absurdity. The spectator also benefits from very sensitive performances by Ora Jones as Juliet’s nurse and Judy Blue as Lady Capulet. The dramatic irony in Act 1, Scene III—our first picture of Juliet—is brought to perfection, as the seemingly harmless tale of the day Juliet was weaned, colorfully told by Ms. Jones, is given deep foreboding by the stern and unmoved Lady Capulet, pacing about the bedstead. Tom McElory (Montague), and John Judd (Capulet) also give fine performances; Zack Appelman is suitably despicable as Tybalt. However, what I perhaps found most satisfying in this production was the presence of such a good collection of young stage actors, such as one too seldom finds in professional theater these days. Most notably, the actors could successfully combine their youthful zeal with great pathos and subtlety of expression. One is tempted to conclude—and really, after two-and-a-half hours of being utterly cast under a spell by Shakespeare’s dialogue, I really must conclude (not to say I’ve never seen a forgettable portrayal of one of Shakespeare’s young heroes)—that it is the ennobling power of the great playwright’s language, and the thoughts therein contained, that often bring out the very best in young stage actors.
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MAB continued from page 5 decade, and hearing it live certainly gave credence to the claim. In contrast to Kid Sister’s bubbly style, Big Boi has a slick, Southern delivery. While Big Boi’s creativity is often overshadowed by his Outkast partner Andre 3000, his set showed that he isn’t lacking in innovation and has hits in his repertoire to prove it. During “The Way You Move,� students danced alongside Big Boi on stage, and the entire crowd was reminded why Outkast’s 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was so popular and well-received in the first place—it’s a rare mix of entertainment and innovation. Big Boi closed his set with his portion of the collaborative Purple Ribbon All-Stars’ hit
“Kryptonite (I’m On It),� which was every bit as entertaining as it was in 2006 when it was first released. The crowd shouted for an encore, and Big Boi obliged. Although MAB was able to curate an incredible show, the old adage, “You can’t please everyone,� still remains true. The student population at the University of Chicago is obviously diverse in their musical tastes, which means that it is extraordinarily difficult to find any performer to bridge the gap between fans of different genres. To anyone familiar with the works of Kid Sister, Outkast, and Big Boi, the night consisted of two solid sets rife with recognizable hits. And to anyone with an open mind, the show was at its core lively and full of danceable tunes.
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CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | November 16, 2010
Maroons narrowly miss first-ever bid to postseason tourney FOOTBALL continued from front page out, later in the third quarter. But it seemed that the Bears would even up the score with 7:39 left in the game when Chalifour lined up for a 38-yard kick. Until that point, he had converted more than half his fi eld goal attempts, including a 48-yarder, but his attempt sailed wide right. The Maroons regained possession deep in Wash U territory with a chance to put the game away. But three plays later, Oium was intercepted by. On the ensuing possession, the Bears found themselves with first and goal, just one yard out from a possible gamewinning touchdown. Two straight running plays went backwards and on third down, with all his receivers covered and knowing that the subsequent short field goal would tie the game, Wash U quarterback Steve Sherman threw the ball well out of bounds. Chalifour trotted out for the 22-yard fi eld goal, but, perhaps trying too hard to adjust after his previous miss, dragged his kick wide left. Tied for second of four teams in the UAA Preseason Poll—behind nationally-ranked, t h r e e - t i m e d e f e n d i n g ch a m p i o n C a s e Western—the Maroons’ championship victory was hardly probable. “This year was a dream come true,” said fourth-year receiver Clay Wolff, who ended
his record-breaking career Sunday with seven catches for 56 yards. “We started the year 2-2 and after the second loss [fourth-year halfback] Tommy [Parks] and I got together with the team and told them that we need to step up and win some games people didn’t think we could—we did that, and ended up conference champions.” The Maroons won their final six games of the season. However, they still missed out on their first trip to the 32-team NCAA playoffs. “There are 25 or 26 automatic bids that go to the champions of conferences with more than seven teams,” explained coach Dick Maloney. “Since we don’t fall into that category, we’re placed in a separate pool which gets three bids. The first bid went to Wesley, a really good football team that also got an overall number one seed. The second went to SUNY-Maritime, which went 10-0. The third bid came down to us and Salisbury. We both played two ranked teams, but though they lost both of those games and we beat Case, I heard their strength of schedule was a bit higher than ours, so the selection committee picked them over us. We had the team over to watch the selection ceremony, and when we found out we didn’t get a bid we just shrugged our shoulders and said, ‘What can you do?’ It’s been a great year and that takes nothing away from it.”
Smalls breaks kills record, Tarpey sets assists mark for single season VOLLEYBALL continued from front page one at 23–22, but Hope closed out the set to take a 2–0 lead. In the final set, Chicago took its first lead of the match, getting out to a 5–3 lead. Passing and hitting mistakes once again proved costly, however, as errors helped Hope take control of the game and coast to a 25–15 victory. “[We] did come out strong again in the third game and we just kind of struggled around point 10 or 11,” Walby said. “We just had a couple of bad passes, and once our passes were there, our offense struggled to find the court. We weren’t really able to put them out of their system that much.” Hope outhit Chicago throughout the match (.287 to .064), as the season-long issue of consistency troubled the Maroons Thursday evening. The Flying Dutch, who qualified for the Final Four in each of the previous two seasons, were eliminated in the next round by Wittenberg. It was an abrupt end to the season for the most successful team in Chicago volleyball history, but after Thursday’s contest, Walby said her team was looking to capitalize on the NCAA experience for the future. “We just kind of talked about how this is something that we need to be building off, and if we don’t learn, then we should be content
with this being the best season Chicago ever has,” Walby said. “But [the players] looked like they want to build on this experience and this is not something they want to settle for. They want to have this experience quite often.” The Maroons matched their all-time best for wins in a season this year with 30 victories, and en route to the historic finish several Maroons reached season milestones as well. Third-year Isis Smalls, who was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region Team, broke the school record for kills in a single season, finishing with 490, and she also set a new career mark for kills, with 1,251 in her three seasons at Chicago. She now holds the first-, fourth-, and 11th-best single-season marks for that category. Third-year Lauren Tarpey also broke the school record for assists in a season with 1,523. Defensively, second-year Sam Brown posted the second-best dig total for a single season, with her 711 digs finishing behind only her own performance last season, while second-year Katie Trela’s 155 blocks were good for second all-time. With just two seniors graduating this year, Walby said the Maroons will be looking to achieve several of the same goals as this year— hopefully with a longer postseason.
Holes left by Loh, Denz, Benoit will be hard to fill W. SOCCER continued from front page going to be some big holes to fill.” “It was a blessing to just be able to play with such a wonderful team because we all are extremely hard-working individuals,” noted firstyear Liz Doman. “It is incredible how close we all are and how much we care for one another. Most of that credit, however, goes to our coaches and to our seniors. They paved the way.” It may be too early to speculate about next season, but it seems that the legacy the fourthyears like Loh, Denz, and Benoit established this year will go a long way toward shaping next year’s team into “a force to be respected,” as Doman put it.
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College. No matter what the team has previously done, anything can change at Nationals. “When that gun fires next week, all the cards are laid down. That’s the magic with cross country, every race is different,” explained Lawton. “Unexpected things happen every race and no one is safe from the gruesome, raw competition.” Coach Hall also expects his team to come to Nationals ready to compete. “It’s hard to put a place goal on the NCAAs but we would definitely like to finish in the top ten and we will put ourselves in a position to be top four and trophy.” Lawton echoed Hall’s sentiments: “The best will win on Saturday and if we bring our A game across the board, we are in the hunt for a national trophy.” Coming into next Saturday, the Maroons are one of five teams to represent the University Athletic Association. They join Emory, Wash U, Case Western, and NYU. This is their sixth appearance in the NCAA Championship. The highest they’ve ever placed is sixth in 1998. This year a higher finish is definitely within the team’s grasp.
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“It was awesome with a capital A.” —Duke basketball star Kyle Singler, discussing his performance in a trick-shot video.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
FOOTBALL UAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Shootout loss bumps Chicago from NCAAs
CHAMPIONS!
By David Kates Sports Staff
Maroons beat Wash U to win first conference title since 2005
Players break into an emphatic chant of “UAA! UAA!” as the Founders Cup is carried into the locker room after the Maroons’ 13–10 win over Wash U. DARREN LEOW/MAROON
By Matt Luchins Sports Staff Playing like Monsters of the Midway, the Maroons won their conference championship for the first time since 2005, defeating Wash U 13–10 on Saturday. A brilliant fourth-quarter goal-line stand ensured the team’s victory, securing the UAA Championship and the Founder’s Cup. The team did not receive a D-III tournament bid after their victory. The Maroons, who finished
the season 8-2, won their final six games of the season. Fourth-year quarterback Marshall Oium and second-year receiver Dee Brizzolara hooked up on the team’s sole touchdown pass for the sixth time in three games, but the defense and special-teams stole the headlines in a low-scoring match played in wet and windy conditions. Besides the title-clinching goalline stops, Wash U halfback Jack O’Brien, the Bears’ all-time leader in rushing yards, was limited to just 2.9 yards per carry.
The Maroons (8-2, 3-0 in UAA) opened the scoring on second-year Jeff Sauer’s successful 22-yard field goal, his second of the year. Wash U responded with an 85-yard touchdown drive, but late in the first half Oium found Brizzolara from 10 yards out to put the Maroons ahead 10–7. The Bears opened the second half with another long drive, ending with kicker Eric Chalifour’s 35-yard field goal. Sauer kicked his second field goal of the day, this one from 27 yards
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The Maroons’ season ended on Friday in a dramatic 0-0 (4-3) shootout loss to Wartburg College in the opening round of the NCAA D-III Championships. The shootout came after two scoreless overtime periods, in which the Maroons’ stellar defense shined. “Going into Friday’s game against Wartburg, we just knew that we had to play smart, quickly, and be the hardest working team on the field,” said third-year Emma Gormley. By most measures, this was the case. The Maroons outshot Wartburg (18-5), had more corner kicks (10-3), and racked up far fewer fouls (3-8). “We clearly were the better team,” commented head coach Amy Reifert. Giving due credit to the Knights, she added, “They were very solid defensively, but we clearly dominated the game.” “I would not say the loss came from unlucky breaks, but rather our inability on that particular night to find the back of the net,” added Gormley. Unfortunately, despite opportunities to score, the women had difficulty getting it in the net. “We did everything right leading up to the goal, but that final finishing element was what ailed us,” continued Gormley. “We played well. The kids fought consistently the entire game,” said Reifert. ”We made passes. We R switched the point of attack. That’s s the real travesty. We should’ve won t the game. ” t Of the fourth-year captains Emily Benoit, Claire Denz, Sarah Loh, B and Kate Manuelli, she remarked: a “[They are] tremendous leaders who “ brought together a group with 11 b new players and just did an outstandn ing job creating a team dynamic and i leading with their work rate, talent, l and demeanor both in practice and a in every game. ” i “Clearly,” she ended, “there are
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VOLLEYBALL
Lawton wins Regional, Maroons make NCAA meet Hope runs out for Chicago in first-round loss By Liane Rousseau Sports Staff This past weekend was bittersweet for the women’s cross country team. They finished fifth at the 38-team Midwest Regional Championship at Augustana University on Saturday. Even after the disappointing finish, the team earned an at-large bid for the NCAA Championship. “It’s good to be in the NCAAs but this was not our best effort of the season,” said head coach Chris Hall. “In some ways I feel we were looking beyond the regional meet and the teams that finished in front of us looked much
more focused on the regional race.” Those teams were UW-Eau Claire, the UW-Stevens Point, and the UW-Oshkosh, as well as Wash U. The Maroons finished 48 points behind firstplace finisher University of WisconsinEau Claire. On the individual side, fourth-year Liz Lawton took top individual honors with a time of 20:57 in the six-kilometer course. She was five seconds ahead of St. Norbert College’s Jenny Scherer. “It felt great to win,” said Lawton. “I work my heart out every day so I was running that race to win no matter what.” Three more Maroons followed to
finish among the top 30 in a field of 263 runners. Third-year Rachel Ohman finished 18th with a time of 22:10, second-year Julia Sizek placed 25th with a time of 22:21, and fourth-year Molly Peverada finished 28th in 22:25 minutes. “As a team, we had a few problems that caused us to not perform the way we wanted to,” said Lawton. “But we’re in the process of addressing those and figuring out how to become the best team we can at Nationals and still chase after that trophy.” The team has already begun focusing on this Saturday’s Nationals at Wartburg
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By Jake Grubman MAROON Staff The volleyball team fell short in their first-ever trip to the NCAA tournament at Wittenberg last Thursday, losing to Hope in three sets. While the loss marked the end of their 2010 campaign, it was hardly the end for a Chicago team that has shown plenty of potential for the future. “The groundwork has been laid; now we need to build off it,” head coach Vanessa Walby said. Hope came on the attack early in Thursday’s contest, taking a com-
manding 14–2 lead in the first set and eventually winning 25–12, while the Maroons looked to smooth out their serve receive and offensive accuracy. “I think nerves set in,” Walby said. “The other team was a fantastic team. They were very competitive, and they did a good job of keeping the ball in play, and we just had a lot of unforced errors.” Chicago found its form late in the first set and into the second set, which Walby described as the most complete stretch for her team. The Maroons cut a 14–9 lead down to
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