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Petition circulates to force SG referendum on appointee pay Katerina Hoskova & Ankit Jain Maroon Contributor & News Editor The decision of Student Government (SG) to pay its new appointees faced backlash from students, generating an online petition to hold a referendum to reverse the decision.

Several days after a Maroon article described the new Executive Committee positions and the issuing of executive orders by SG President Tyler Kissinger to establish these positions, third-year Kevin Hasenfang created a

petition to bring about a referendum on the stipends. Kissinger, however, defended the action, saying that it is simply a continuation of policies that have been practiced for years prior.

As of 4:45 p.m. on October 20, Hasenfang said the petition had received over 525 of the necessary 717 signatures to force the referendum. He predicted that the petition would be delivered to the Elections and Rules Committee in the next few days, at which point the referendum must take place within a month.

Kissinger said any resulting referendum would be nonbinding.

“Ultimately this makes no amendment to our governing document and so therefore just has no enforcement power,” he said. Kissinger went on to say that his slate would certainly consider the results when making their decision, though he is unsure whether the petition itself was legal as it was done online, whereas the SG Constitution says all petitions must be in print form. The copy available on its website does not SG continued on page 2

Endowment reaches $7.5 billion Marta Bakula News Staff The University of Chicago endowment reached a new peak in the past year, marking its fifth year of continuous growth.

As of June 30, 2014, the endowment attained a market value of $7.47 billion, an increase of approximately 12 percent from its market value at the end of the 2013 fiscal year, when it was valued at $6.67 billion. This increase is dramatic compared to the 1.5- percent increase between

fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

The endowment is the compilation of all contributions provided by donors and returns from investments, minus the amount of spending in the past year. The size of the endowment impacts the amount of investment the University can make.

“The endowment is extraordinarily important because we use it to finance everything from scholarships, to buildings, to activity funds, to speakers, and to salaries,” Hugo Sonnenschein, former University president and eco-

nomics professor, said. “In the long run, a large and continuously growing endowment is extremely important to the success of the University.”

Over the past two decades, the University’s endowment has increased in value from $1.1 billion to $7.47 billion, a 579-percent increase. The University of Chicago also ranked 13th in the nation for the largest university endowment at the end of fiscal year 2013. The value of the University endowment includes $782 million of Medical CenROR continued on page 2

New library director to turn new page Katherine Vega Maroon Contributor Brenda Johnson, current dean of university libraries at Indiana University Bloomington, will begin a new chapter as the University’s new library director beginning January 1, 2015.

Johnson replaces Judith Nadler, who retired in June and worked at the University for five decades, and Alice Schreyer, who has been the interim director since Nadler’s retirement.

“Chicago is just one of the nation’s finest and most dynamic intellectual destinations,” Johnson said. “It became very clear to me when I interviewed that the University understands and values the

role of the library in the lives of students and faculty. That’s very, very important to me.”

Johnson, who knows Nadler well, says that the library system at the University is so recognized because of Nadler’s leadership, but she admits that libraries as we know them are at a crossroads.

“Libraries in general are at a transformative stage,” she said. “For years, libraries have served as a storehouse of information… Today that’s still true, but the whole way that knowledge is imparted has changed a lot, and of course a lot of that has to do with technology.”

During her term, she plans to integrate the library with a number of different departments and institutes across

campus and beyond, in addition to listening to the needs of faculty and students.

“I think what’s enabled me to be successful in all my positions is that I’ve worked very hard to build strong, collaborative partnerships,” she said. “Because [libraries are] such a changing environment, I think it’s even more important that we’re closely, closely tied to the faculty and students to understand the way they are doing their work.”

Johnson has decades of experience in library work. She received her undergraduate degree from Muskingum University and attended two years of law school before deciding to get her master’s in library sciences at Rutgers University.

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Dear White People events held at Doc Films and OMSA Myles Durkee, a comparative human development postdoc, speaks about the mental health impact of accusations toward minority students of “acting white” at an event on Monday at the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.

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Bucking nation wide trend, tenuretrack positions increase Cairo Lewis News Staff The University has seen a 7-percent increase in tenuretrack positions over the last five years as tenure-track positions decline in universities nationwide.

Professors who have tenure have the right to permanently maintain their positions, unless they are terminated with a just cause. Professors who are on tenure track will receive tenure once they have completed a probationary period, in which University officials closely examine their overall performances.

As of spring 2014, 40.7 percent of the University of Chicago’s professorial staff are tenured and on tenure track, while 71 percent are tenured at Princeton, 63.2 percent at Stanford, and 25.5 percent at Yale. According to the latest records from the National Center for Education from 2009, 33.5 percent of professors nationwide are on tenure and tenure track.

In a statement, President Robert Zimmer attributed this growing number to the University’s objective of expanding educational pro-

grams.

“Nothing is more essential to the University, to the evolution of our research and education programs at all levels, and to fostering our distinctive academic culture than the renewal of our faculty,” he wrote.

According to data from the American Association of University Professors from October 2014, since 1975 tenure and tenure-track professors have gone from approximately 45 percent of all teaching staff to less than 25 percent. Comparatively, non-tenure-track professors account for 76 percent of all instructional staff in American universities. Part-time faculty comprise more than 40 percent of college instructors. Due to the United States’s economic state, more professors are being hired as adjuncts, or professors who do not hold permanent positions at a university.

According to spokesperson Steve Kloehn, varied student interests have driven the University toward opening new positions.

“Some new positions were established in response to competitively evaluated pro-

posals for new faculty within departments, or spanning two or more departments,” Kloehn wrote in a statement.

“Some of the expansion allowed for recruitment into disciplines new to the University, such as the creation of the Institute for Molecular Engineering.”

Booth School professor Nicholas Epley said building tenure strengthens University bonds among professors and students.

“I think it’s excellent that the University is maintaining its commitment to building our University by investing in the best faculty available.

You do this by maintaining, or even expanding, tenuretrack lines. In the long run, this is how you maintain an educational environment that is most attractive to the best students in the world,” Epley wrote in a statement.

At the University tenure emphasizes professors who have made various, specific achievements in their fields.

According to the University’s policy, which is governed first

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Controversy erupted after SG Rate of return on endowment was 12 percent last fiscal year year it was 6.6 percent. These results 21.5-percent loss on investments in announced it would pay new appointees ROR continued from front SG continued from front

specify that petitions must be in print.

College Council (CC) voted in favor of the appointment of the new Executive Committee positions at Assembly last Thursday, and the Graduate Council voted in favor yesterday, finalizing the appointment of the positions.

Kissinger cited historical precedent, saying that the only thing that the executive orders change is that they make public for the student body actions by the Executive Slate that have always been made in the past.

“Honestly I just imagined them as a tool of transparency, rather than the opposite of that—a tool of despotism, which unfortunately seems to be how they were interpreted,” he said.

In the release Kissinger says the purpose of the stipends is so the positions are accessible to all students regardless of financial situation.

Some CC representatives have disagreed with the idea of stipends.

“There should not be any stipends through Student Government, especially not for undefined positions created through executive order,” third-year CC representative Mike Viola wrote in an e-mail. Though he said SG pays its secretaries, that is to ensure meeting minutes are complete and are impartial, whereas these positions serve “at the pleasure of the President.”

Both Viola and Michael Meng, a first-year CC representative, plan to force a vote on the stipends in the next Assembly meeting if the petition does not get enough signatures. Viola says

he does not expect the stipends to be installed without a vote, but that CC could easily reverse the stipends if that were the case.

Kissinger said that the Student Assembly does not have authority on whether or not the new positions should be funded.

“I would argue that Assembly as a whole doesn’t have the authority to change how the administrative budget is allocated because it is managed by the Executive Committee, and that is the precedent that has been set up for years,” he said. “Just like how we’ve never voted, the Assembly has never approved funding for, like, food at leadership conversations or for airport shuttles. It doesn’t make sense for them to approve this funding.”

These stipends are based in a series of executive orders that Kissinger released over the summer. So far, only the executive orders for the directors of technology, finance and communication have been posted on the SG website.

Kissinger puts the total cost for these stipends at $4,200 per year, which is less than 0.2-percent of the annual budget. The chief of staff will receive $500 and the directors of communications, finance and new ventures will receive $300 each per quarter. The stipend for the director of technology has yet to be decided, Kissinger said, but it will not amount to more than $300 as well and will be released as soon as it is decided on.

Kissinger said there is no timeline on when the stipends would go into effect.

ter endowment, and the amount generated from return on investments in the past fiscal year, totaling $447 million.

“The endowment has increased for two reasons... [First], investment returns, particularly in equities, have been very strong in the past five years.

[Secondly], the University has done well in fundraising,” Steven Kaplan, a professor of entrepreneurship and finance at the Booth School of Business, said in an e-mail.

From June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2013, contributions and gifts to endowment totaled $799 million.

In the past fiscal year, the University has seen a 12.7-percent return on investments, and in the previous

surpassed the benchmarks set for past years.

These returns come from the Total Return Investment Pool (TRIP), a fund established by the University, in which around 96 percent of the University endowment is invested annually. TRIP’s objective is to obtain a high return on investments, while still attempting to maintain a risk level that is appropriate for the University. The endowment also continues to be invested in a wide range of asset classes and strategies along with the TRIP. The increase also marks the University’s fifth year of positive investment returns after the 2008–2009 financial crisis, which caused a

the 2009 fiscal year. Since this decrease in value, $3.6 billion has been added to the University’s endowment.

In the past five years, the accumulated interest result averaged a 12.6-percent increase, and in the past ten years, the average result has increased by approximately 9.6 percent.

Investment returns have also stemmed from bonds recently issued to the University. The Illinois Finance Authority issued $573,645,000 in bonds on August 1 with three separate purposes. These include working on facilities, paying off $455,675,000 in bonds that the University previously withdrew, and paying costs related to issuing the bonds.

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years for a total of no more than seven before they are considered for tenure, which also considers any academic achievements they have made during that period. All professors have received tenure, which means that they are guaranteed their position at the University for an indefinite period of time. Assistant professors, who are professors ranked right below associate professors, also have received tenure.

These decisions are ultimately made through the University Senate, which is composed of professors, associate professors, assistant professors, the president, the provost, and the vice presidents of the Univer-

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sity. This council meets once a year to discuss changes in the Senate or among the faculty. The Council of the University Senate, a subset of 51 members of the Senate, consists of the president and provost, along with 49 elected members of the Senate. The council meets at least once a quarter to discuss smaller issues.

One professor said the University could possibly raise its standards for tenure.

“I actually think in certain areas we should raise our standard to make the University as a whole a better place,” Chuan He, chemistry professor and director of the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, said in a statement. “It is also possible to

consider restructuring certain disciplines that may not be as appealing intellectually as, say, 20–30 years ago, of course without sacrificing teaching.”

Sociology professor Linda Waite said that though tenure can allow professors to work less, she does not believe that will affect University of Chicago professors.

“I think that if tenure frees one independent thinker in 100 scholars to fly in the face of received wisdom or the politically correct, then it is a bargain,” she said. “And social pressure from colleagues, especially at the University of Chicago, keeps all but the most socially insensitive working very hard.”

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Booth offers LGBTQA fellowship Alice Xiao News Staff Booth School of Business has partnered with a national nonprofit to award a fellowship to an LGBTQ student or an ally.

Booth, along with seven other top business schools, will offer the fellowship through Reaching Out M.B.A., beginning with the Class of 2017. The fellow at Booth will get numerous benefits, according to Kurt Ahlm, associate dean of student recruitment and admissions for the full-time M.B.A. program at Booth.

“Fellows will receive a minimum funding award of $10,000 per academic year from Chicago Booth, as well as access to programming, mentorship, and leadership opportunities from Reaching Out M.B.A.,” he said.

The scholarship is meant to encourage LGBTQ M.B.A. students to feel more comfortable in their communities and be proud

of their identification beyond campus and into the workplace. In addition to the benefits of the fellowship, recipients also commit to planning at least one initiative through Reaching Out during their time at business school.

The application occurs as students apply to the business schools themselves. Students apply to the schools and receive the fellowship along with their offer of admission. When the student accepts the offer, the business school notifies Reaching Out M.B.A. Students can identify as an LGBTQ M.B.A. fellowship candidate by self-identifying, showing LGBTQ leadership roles on the resume, expressing interest in the business schools’ LGBTQ clubs, or discussing LGBTQ leadership in application essays.

Nationally, the University of Chicago is ranked as LGBTQ-friendly. The Campus Pride Index, a nonprofit organization that an-

nually ranks universities, included the University in its top 25 most LGBTQ schools in 2014, based on LGBTQ policies, student activity, and academic practices.

According to Carrie Lydon, senior associate director of admissions at Booth, the school strives to achieve a welcoming and inclusive environment for all students. Resources include the Office of Diversity Affairs and various student-led groups, most notably OUTreach, Chicago Booth’s most prominent LGBTQ and ally student group.

Booth is currently also rallying school-wide support for the LGBTQA community through competing in the M.B.A. Ally Challenge, a national competition among business schools to build welcoming environments. The Challenge judges participation, activities, and inclusiveness.

In last year’s competition Booth won seventh place.

Pulitzer Prize winner gives lecture Stephanie Williams Maroon Contributor Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Clarence Page discussed his perspectives on the politics of race and social issues with University professor Michael Dawson at a UChicago Engages event at International House yesterday.

Page’s recently published book, Culture Warrior: Reflections on Race, Politics, and Social Change, a collection of his columns from the Chicago Tribune from 1984 through 2014, was the focus of the discussion with Dawson. After the discussion, the event transitioned into an open question-andanswer session and ended with a book signing and reception.

Touching on topics ranging from his first encounter with segregation, to the history of black support for the Republican Party, to his unlikely friendship with Patrick Joseph “Pat” Buchanan, Page discussed material from

both his old and recent columns. The discussion, full of historical analysis and personal anecdotes, often became humorous as Page frequently ended his comments by poking fun at the faults of both old and new generations.

Page, who grew up in Ohio, said that his first encounter with segregation was at the colored fountain in a 10-cent and nickel shop in Birmingham, Alabama.

His family had traveled to the South when he was just old enough to read the segregation signs, and his father found him in front of a “Colored” sign, turning the water on in hopes of seeing red or blue liquid flowing from the spout.

After a loud laugh from the audience, Page added, “I’ll explain to you young people later what a nickel is.”

Talking about race relations in America, Page replaced the traditional “melting pot” description of diversity with his “Mulligan’s stew” idea—that

American society is a diverse society to which everyone contributes some individual flavor, and gets some back.

Page also asserted the only issue Americans avoid more than race is class. Page agreed with Dawson’s statement that many Americans don’t like to talk about certain issues, especially when their privilege is liable to be stepped on. Page added that Americans have a tendency to divide by race so they don’t have to divide by class, and used a historical example to illustrate the resistance racial figures encounter when they try to approach class divisions; when Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to address the class divisions within the black community, his coalition began to break apart.

One thing that Page emphasized throughout his commentary is that he believes there is still a need for change.

“We tolerate too much inequality in this country,” he said.

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Professor receives Intel grant Jeffrey Montgomery Maroon Contributor Matthew Stephens, a professor of human genetics and statistics at the University, recently received a major award to develop a method to ensure data scientists’ data is preserved, accessible, and open to further research. He is one of 14 investigators who received a five-year, $1.5 million Data Driven Discovery grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Stephens’s project focuses on dynamic, statistical comparisons. Increasingly, complicated statistical methods are used to reveal relationships within larger data sets.

One application in genetics is the relationship between different gene variants and blood cholesterol, which could lead to new diagnostics or better treatment options. Applicable in numerous fields, these comparisons can lead to groundbreaking discoveries and speed up the rate of discovery.

“The idea is to make statistical comparisons easily extensible, easy to update,” Stephens said.

However, these relationships are often published and never seen again. Sometimes the data isn’t available or reproducible, or the statistical software applied to the data isn’t distributed. This poses hurdles to future scientific discovery, as it makes it more difficult to compare data through multiple studies.

“A lot of work is done making these comparisons, but all that work gets forgotten and reinvented again and again,” Stephens said. “If a student in

my lab is running a comparison [on the same data] that someone’s run before, unless the first person documented it really carefully, they’re going to have to reinvent the infrastructure.”

His long-term goal is to implement a generalized method for structuring and distributing all manners of statistical comparisons, which would require sharing all code and data. This would make reproducibility immediately transparent and give advancements a higher turnover, eliminating the hurdles to further discovery.

“I hope to utilize existing platforms, like GitHub [an online repository geared toward programming]. The infrastructure, in terms of these platforms, is just about ready,” Stephens said.

Stephens’s framework could easily ensure that reproducibility is possible and hasten the development of quality science.

“My primary interest in reproducibility is to make research more efficient by making it easier to build on what other people are doing,” he said.

Among other biological data, Stephens works with genetic association studies that aim to untangle relationships between genetic variants and observable phenotypes, like traits or diseases. In biomedicine, better understandings of relationships between genetics and other biomarkers can provide actionable healthrelated information. Several “big data” biotech startups are earnestly accumulating the largest ever troves of genomic,

metabolomic, and microbiomic data, banking on their analysis creating revolutions in health care.

Unlike these proprietary databases, Stephens supports open access and publishing in open journals, though he believes publishing in highimpact journals is also important. Stephens envisions a future without off-campus paywalls, where everybody has access and the ability to contribute to the continually updating archives of human knowledge.

“It’s tricky because when you have a student or postdoc . . . their next career step may depend on what journals they publish in. . . . .[It] is a far from ideal situation,” he said.

Stephens is designing a new course for the upcoming winter quarter. He previously taught two statistics classes, and a data analysis class several years ago.

“The goal of the class is to look at some of these issues and maybe make some progress on the problem of developing dynamic statistical comparisons,” he said. While intended for second-year statistics graduate students, Stephens wants to “attract a wider array of people...particularly people who can use GitHub and R [a programming language] and would like to contribute.”

He plans to outline these plans on his new blog, randomdeviation.blogspot.com.

In his first post he says he created the blog to both share information about his new project and have a lighter way to express thoughts than peerreviewed papers.

Jagoda talks alternate reality game Anne Nazzaro Maroon Contributor Patrick Jagoda spoke about the effects of new forms of networking through the lens of alternate reality games (ARGs) at a talk entitled “What are Artworks for in a Networked Time?” yesterday.

Jagoda, an assistant professor of English at the University, co-founded the Game Changer Chicago Design

Lab, which creates games and projects to study social issues.

ARGs, one type of game that the Lab designs, use the real world as their settings but involve narrative elements and outside methods of communication, like Humans vs.

Zombies. The lecture was part of a project through the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society called Art and Public Life.

“When I talk about net-

works, I’m not just talking about the Internet or other communications technologies,” Jagoda said. “I want to suggest that network form has numerous meanings and contradictory functions.”

Some of the forms of art in networking that Jagoda addressed are webisodes, vlogs, and crowdsourced video games, but he focused on ARGs and how new forms of JAGODA continued on page 4

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Brenda Johnson to be library director Lecture was part of a three-part series starting January 1 on “Art and Public Life” JOHNSON continued from front

Following a brief stint at the University of California–Santa Barbara, she left for Indiana University, which has one of the 25 largest library systems in the United States.

Schreyer cited Johnson’s experience as one of her selling points.

“Her previous experience …at two academic research libraries gives her the benefits of experience and fresh perspective,” Schreyer wrote in an e-mail. “Her collaborative and consultative style [is] ideal for this community and we are very fortunate she has accepted the appointment.”

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networking can influence their play.

Jagoda observed this networking firsthand with an experimental ARG called The Project which ran from April 1–25 last year on campus.

Created by Jagoda, Sha Xin Wei, the Topological Media Lab, and a group of UChicago students, The Project involved sorting participants into three groups and leading them to clues, or “rabbit holes,” that helped them complete the story in the game.

The Project involved a variety of types of art and communication methods. One student dressed up as a “live marionette” and handed out

postcards for the initial clue, the villain of the game had his own Facebook page, and students with the role of “documentarians” ran a Twitter account to keep track of what was happening in the game.

The designers wanted to change the game to be able to respond to players’ actions. Through the game they tried to determine if the new forms of networking would be helpful or harmful to the players’ interactions.

“At every step of the process of making this game we asked ourselves whether the form of the collaborative project was compromised by

information capitalism, or whether it made possible forms of alternative thought and coming together,” Jagoda said.

Jagoda and the rest of the team also faced the prospect of the failure of their experiment, which he said was not necessarily bad. “My goal is to make failure more interesting for players. Make it as interesting for them as it has been for me,” he said.

Ultimately, The Project was meant to be an artwork that explored the role of networking.

“Artworks serve as processes rather than statements,” Jagoda said.

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Editorial & Op-Ed OCTOBER 21, 2014

Show me the money SG President Tyler Kissinger’s stipend suggestions come at no cost to students On October 17, College Council voted in favor of establishing five new positions that will aid Student Government (SG) in performing their roles: a chief of staff, along with directors of finance, communications, new ventures, and technology. Although these appointments are not controversial in themselves, the revelation that the executive slate intends to pay each of these students a quarterly stipend has led to some student concern. Responding to this dialogue, a petition for a referendum on the issue has garnered more than 500 signatures as of Monday evening. The referendum would ask students whether they believe that “members or appointees of the Student Government (SG) should receive stipends, funded in any part by the University, based on their membership, affiliation, or otherwise-defined involvement in SG.” As the momentum behind this petition builds and a referen-

dum seems increasingly likely, The Maroon Editorial Board would like to express its support for President Tyler Kissinger’s initiative to pay stipends to the five incoming executive members.

The recent attention given to these five appointments seems to overlook the fact that SG currently pays—and has been paying—certain members of its staff.

In a statement posted on the SG website, Kissinger points out that the executive slate has regularly paid an hourly wage to one or more secretaries, as well as a web designer, webmaster, and photographer.

These existing wages come out of an administrative budget—funds under the control of the executive slate that are meant to cover SG’s operating costs, and are separate from the money allocated to RSO funding. The newly suggested stipends would come from the same source as the existing wages. In an interview with The Maroon,

Kissinger clarified that this is possible because SG currently runs under its administrative budget.

That the pot of money funding these stipends is allocated by the executive slate may initially appear to be a recipe for political corruption. But this threat is significantly diminished when this power is considered in context. Appointees to these new positions, although nominated by the president, must first be approved by the Assembly before the question of stipends even comes into play. If it is made clear during this initial approval process that these positions will be paid, then the specific powers of the slate over the stipends are not problematic.

Compensation for these positions has not drawn attention in the past, perhaps because they are all positions that require specific skill sets that SG representatives are not necessarily expected to have. The new appointments,

while broader in scope of responsibility, seem to fulfill these criteria as well—for example, building a financial database requires not only time, but also a particular skill set.

Some have criticized the suggested stipends on the basis that students who devote equal or greater time to their RSOs do not receive payment. However, Student Government is not an RSO, but an institution which performs the necessary service of RSO fund allocation for the student body. It is not unusual for institutions on campus, such as the University Community Service Center and the Office of LGBTQ Student Life, to offer stipends or salaried administrative positions to students. The role of student government more closely parallels these offices than that of RSOs. If the student body were to do away with SG’s funding allocation power, there would be no option but to foist these fund allocation duties onto an administrative

office within the University, erasing the student voice from any say in where the $2.1 million in RSO funds would go. The cost of a University office performing this task would be much greater than the costs of Student Government, even with these additional stipends.

Although student engagement with SG is important, the negative response to Kissinger’s recent announcement seems largely to be founded on a misunderstanding of the roles of those staff members and the source of the money that will fund them. It now seems likely the petition will receive enough signatures for a referendum to be held. In that event, we suggest students support Kissinger’s decision to offer stipends to certain members of SG’s administrative staff. Or at the very least, they should learn what they’re voting against.

—The Maroon Editorial Board

Public editor: Rejected article raises questions of racial bias Last week, The Maroon Viewpoints section rejected a student submission entitled, “What Does Ferguson have to do with the South Side?”.

The piece commented on racism, both nationally and in Hyde Park, with specific mention of campus rhetoric, O-Week, and the UCPD. Upon rejection, it was instead published online on the author’s personal blog and publicized via Facebook, which enticed inquiry and debate over why the piece was rejected and if racial discrimination or bias was to blame. I take these questions and allegations very serious-

ly, and as such, would like to comment on them here.

The article passed through traditional editorial channels and was ultimately rejected for a myriad of reasons all related exclusively to the quality of writing and argument per the judgment of two viewpoints editors. It was not rejected due to disregard for race-related issues or racial discrimination of any kind. I will not go into further detail as to why the piece was rejected—this conversation occurred among editors and I do not think publicly sharing it is necessary or beneficial.

Editors reserve the right to reject submissions if they do not meet requirements and such rejections are necessary in order to establish and maintain quality standards. It is true that in the past, certain Viewpoints articles have been subpar. Yet, previous standards for publication are not and should not necessarily be indicative of current or future standards.

That being said, much of the debate and frustration surrounding the article’s rejection alluded to a larger institutional problem—the fact that racism and related topics are not often

enough a part of campus discussion.

As the official student newspaper, The Maroon is responsible for acting as an inclusive platform for student opinion, articles on race being no exception. I urge The Maroon to seek out a greater diversity of opinion to ensure that important topics, such as race, are given fair representation. I urge you—the reader—to continue to submit articles and letters. The quality and content of the Viewpoints section begins with you.

The rejected Viewpoints submission attempted to remedy this media

inattention and invigorate racial discussion on campus, though unfortunately did not meet Viewpoints quality standards. The decision was not based upon race or disregard for racial issues. Any future submissions that tackle race and meet quality standards will be published.

If you have any concerns about racial discrimination, or any types of discrimination, as related to The Maroon, I encourage you to contact me at publiceditor@chicagomaroon.com.

—Ingrid Sydenstricker, Class of 2016

Laundry and the University The student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892 Emma Broder, Editor-in-Chief Joy Crane, Editor-in-Chief Jonah Rabb, Managing Editor The Maroon Editorial Board consists of Eleanor Hyun, Harini Jaganathan, Kristin Lin, Kiran Misra, and Jake Walerius.

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Laundry cash-to-card machines are part of a trend of the University showing disappointingly little support for its students

Liam Leddy

Sprezzatura Studying abroad is a double-edged sword. On one hand I’m undeniably having the best quarter of my life, while on the other I’m longing for a campus that I never thought I’d miss.

I find myself trawling through the UChicago Yik Yak late at night in order to maintain a connection to campus, chuckling and cringing in equal portions; and I also read this very newspaper. That’s how, last week, I heard about this Bolsheviks with the laundry machines.

For those unfamiliar, at the beginning of the school year, the University removed the cash-to-card laundry machines from residence halls and replaced them with machines near Bart Mart and the Midway Market, as reported by Anne Nazzaro (“Dirty laundry hampered by payment relocation” [10/14/14]). This change occurred because the new laundry

contract provides for two machines instead of five. As Executive Director of College Housing Jennifer LuttigKomrosky told the Maroon, “the cash-to-card machines are conveniently located near residential dining commons.”

This may seem like a small trifle, a minute inconvenience that should simply be dealt with. And on a certain level it is—obviously our problems are small, our lives as students are quite easy and nice, and we should be careful to complain. But GodDowny, has Jennifer Luttig-Komrosky ever asked a college student about their laundry-doing process? I’m sure she’s a very nice lady and this decision may well be out of her hands, but something like 85 percent of college students do laundry something like this: “Oh, shit, I’m out of underwear.

Maybe I should do laundry.”

Gathers clothing, walks down to laundry room, skips the machines that will turn your clothes into an imploding pile of bubbles, loads the clothes into the machine.

“Oh, shit, I forgot the detergent.”

Goes back up three floors to get detergent, back down three floors to put it in the machine.

Tries to use ID to pay for laundry “Oh, shit, my card’s empty.”

Goes to lobby, loads card, and, at long last, turns on the machine.

Students do not plan their laundry processes hours in advance, and while that’s not a huge problem now, come January I pity the poor freshman soul from California who somehow got placed into Broadview and has to traverse the snowy barren wasteland in their pajamas to get to Bart Mart and back.

Obviously this isn’t really a huge problem, as students are sometimes capable of planning ahead, and I’m sure quarter-dealing rings will pop up to fill demand, but it is extremely LAUNDRY continued on page 6

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | VIEWPOINTS | October 21, 2014

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“We all came here to learn, but we mostly came here to grow and do-or-die is no way to do that” LAUNDRY continued from page 5

annoying. As an off-campus student, I don’t really have a dog in the laundry fight. Actually, scratch that, dogfighting is bad. As an off-campus student, I shouldn’t really be invested in this. It affects me in no tangible way. But this is yet another instance of the student body feeling like the University’s unloved middle child, following printer/copier prices inflating last year and the constant failed dining hall inspections.

UChicago is a research institution. Discovery and high-level inquiry are its calling cards. But it just seems just kind of shitty how students are treated. There is an overwhelming sense that once you get here, you’re on your own, that the school is here to instruct you, not support you.

Perhaps it’s a continuation of our school’s mind-over-all philosophy, but many stu-

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fade if we didn’t have to do so much alone.

The big problems of how the University treats its students, like those of the sexual assault policy and student health, are long journeys. But it’s not hard to fix the little things. It really can’t be difficult to find some rich alumnus who wants his name on something to help us out. I’d use the Arley D. Cathey Memorial Cash-to-Card Machine (sorry, it was just so easy, I had to).

The University needs to step up its game in all regards to how it treats students, especially the serious problems that concerns students’ immediate mental and emotional well-being. But in the meantime, let’s not make laundry more of a pain in the ass than it already is.

dents feel left all alone, forced to find their bearings themselves. Indeed, the epitomization of an academic support system, college advisers, are viewed by many students as useless and misinformed. Case in point: advisers who encourage their advisees to take more difficult classes, something some students don’t need. The University has countless opportunities to make the small things easier for students, but often neglects to do so.

The school treats us as adults in many ways the moment we step on campus. But cold turkey is not the best path to adulthood, and a more gradual path would be beneficial. We all came here to learn, but we mostly came here to grow, and do-or-die is no way to do that. And who knows, perhaps a little more institutional support would help boost student morale. Maybe our infamy for anguish would

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Renaissance Society showcases the newfound art of Josef Strau Karen Yang Arts Contributor The Renaissance Society currently displays artist Josef Strau’s first solo exhibition in the U.S.: an eclectic installation titled The New World, Application for Turtle Island. Through careful manipulation of found objects, lamps, and written reflections, Strau documents his experience as one of a long line of European immigrants entering the Americas. Perhaps more importantly, he offers his work as a thank-you note, expressing his gratitude for the compassion he found in the New World.

When entering the exhibit, the viewer is both intrigued and bewildered by the possibilities. The space is open and unordered, encouraging visitors to choose their own path and to meander along. In a written statement, Strau likens the exhibit to “a visual arts adaptation of an adventure fantasy novel.” That aspect of choose-your-own-quest gives each viewer the opportunity to create a unique experience: inspecting the three-dimensional installations from different angles while walking over the exposed electrical wires.

Strau juxtaposes industrial, manufactured elements with knickknacks that may have once populated a dumpster. Platforms of different heights display these unusual pairings in seemingly accidental compositions: piles of white-painted sticks and chains carelessly tossed, brightly colored floral laces draped at random. He uses a slew of different lamps: Many are gray IKEA wannabes while others are bedazzled in colorful sequins. Some lamps still have their plastic wrapping on the

stems, only half-assembled; others are draped in threadbare afghan scraps. The variety of material Strau employs overwhelms any unifying message at first. But at the same time, the works don’t appear chaotic. Eventually common motifs become clear: Each installation carefully balances its disparate elements.

Even the empty Red Bull can tucked in a corner of “Macaw” carries the solid weight of deliberateness.

Like many artists, Strau wants to champion freedoms of creativity, but for him, specifically “the freedom to incorporate clichés.”

He draws on the history of both violence and generosity between Europeans and the New World, referencing cultural icons such as Black Elk, Moctezuma, and the Virgin of Guadalupe, along with works such as Terrence Malick’s film The New World and Peter Handke’s novel Short Letter, Long Farewell. On the other hand, Strau actively contributes his own creations, through media such as text and textile. In addition to utilizing “found” fabrics, he creates his own prints and sequined lampshades. Many works also include passages of his stream-of-consciousness writings. This exhibit is an intersection of the collective and the personal, championing both the independence of the immigrant entering his own “New World” and his dependence on acceptance from his new home.

This idea of flexible barriers—the inherent foreignness and gradual assimilation of the immigrant—expresses itself in nearly every work.

Strau explores these obstructions in multiple dimensions. Take “Freight,” for example: White metal fencing

Strau's The New World, Application for Turtle Island, which runs through November 9 at the Renaissance Society.

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stands next to a pile of rusted spikes and a sheet of fabric printed with an image of the same fence. He draws from his environment (assuming he didn’t manufacture the iron oxide) and his own experiences by translating physical barricades onto a flimsy fabric surface. Nearby, in “Guadalupe Speaks,” a steel railing draped with metal chains partitions the artwork through the middle.

However, Strau manipulates these symbols of restricted entry to appear unassuming and adaptable.

His ropes and chains lay limp, with

Chromeo, Kygo get groovy Taylor McDowell Arts Staff With flash and frivolity, with lighthearted pomp and garish playfulness, groovy Canadian music duo Chromeo took the stage deep north of uptown at the Riviera Theatre Friday night.

The crowd was a turbulent mass. One guy mentioned— too loudly—that he was having stomach troubles. Ripples of individuals swaying to remove themselves from the vicinity ensued. We were left a neat space of dance floor sufficient for the first moments of “Night by Night,” after the chanting of a muchenthused crowd gave way to a flashy spectacle of an introduction. Naked eyeballs unshielded from rays of piercing light were left throbbing; heat-blind individuals found themselves lacking the proper faculties to address the sudden surge of surrounding fandom. Members of the Chromeo crowd were left fumbling over their own leggy bodies.

Finally, David Macklovitch and Patrick Gemayel, a.k.a.

Chromeo, emerged. The afterimage of hot white light burned into retinas subsided.

Stomach problems were forgotten. The funk of a new disco settled thick atop heads and shoulders, and our oncevacant dance floor space was immediately consumed.

After more than a decade of near-anonymity, electrofunk duo Chromeo’s recent success with 2014 album White Women has solidified the opinion that the musicians’ balancing act between tongue-in-cheek goofiness and musical catchiness is masterful. The duo’s playful, bawdy humor manages not to overshadow the sound itself; the rhythmic pop hypnotism blends excellently with danceworthy deep funk.

A host of synth-laden, groovy tracks spanning the duo’s 12-year career was capped with the recent “Jealous (I Ain’t with It)” and followed by a three-song encore. Favorites “Tenderoni” and “Fancy Footwork” were paired with newer hits “Sexy Socialite,” “Frequent Flyer,” and “Come Alive” to create

a show thick and dense that, unfortunately, coming in at just over one hour, found itself lacking in decent length.

If Chromeo’s Friday evening performance is to be characterized by its classy glam, playful humor, and brevity (finishing just after 11 p.m.), Kygo’s Saturday night show at the Concord in Logan Square was the complete opposite.

Kygo’s popularity skyrocketed after he released a remix of Ed Sheeran’s “I See Fire” in 2013. The Norwegian musician didn’t assume the stage on Saturday until it was Sunday, following Thomas Jack, whose sound bears elements strikingly reminiscent of Kygo’s own stratospheric and uplifting music. Finally coming on at nearly 1 a.m., Kygo played until 2:45.

Perhaps Kygo’s most beloved track is his remix of Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing,” which takes the seductive tones of that legendary vocalist and elegantly, almost fragilely, warms them with a calmly grooving backbeat KYGO continued on page 8

no tension, and the viewer is free to walk around both sides of the fence.

When interacting with the installations, the viewer, like Strau himself, feels a sense of welcome in this “New World.”

Though Strau draws from “clichés,” The New World, Application for Turtle Island is surprisingly fresh and playful. His white sculptures of two cartoon-like bear and wolf characters journey through the exhibit. These smiling fellows are often posed dramatically “rowing a boat”—really just holding sticks and

sitting on a green cart—toward a mystical turtle à la every adventure novel cover. They tell a story about Strau’s own personal encounters with the compassion of the Americas, as well as those of all the immigrants who came before him. Strau summarizes the tale: "it is all a kind of collection resulting from a life without much stability, with the hope of one day getting somewhere and finding a home.”

The New World, Application for Turtle Island will be at the Renaissance Society through November 9.

After break-up scare, Foxygen returns to life at Lincoln Hall Maria Alvarez Arts Contributor Two days before playing Chicago, Foxygen released ...and Star Power, an 82-minute-long double LP that proved they are back

and more schizophrenic than ever. With this LP, the band introduced its alter ego, Star Power, with whom the it was set to take the stage that night, as least according to the marquee of the venue.

A year ago today it was doubtful whether or not there would even be a Foxygen, let alone a Star Power.

With the release of its second album came speculations of the breakup of the FOXY continued on page 8

Indie-weirdo darlings Foxygen rocked out at Lincoln Hall last Thursday to a sold-out crowd.

The band's latest album, ...and Star Power, marks its triumphant return to stardom. Kind of.

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Riddle hints at new Potter trilogy

ELEANOR HYUN

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Felicia Woron Arts Contributor In September 2013, Harry Potter fans were thrilled by Warner Bros.’ announcement that there would be a new film series featuring the Harry Potter universe—with a screenplay written by J.K. Rowling herself—based on the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Fantastic Beasts is not only a Hogwarts textbook written by the fictional author Newt Scamander, but also penned by J.K. Rowling and available for Muggle purchase in bookstores.

While fans were probably

delighted that 2011’s Deathly Hallows: Part Two was not the last time they would have an opportunity to line up for midnight premieres donning red-and-gold Gryffindor ties and brandishing wands, there were few updates on the Fantastic Beasts front. That is, until Rowling slipped that she was “tweaking a screenplay” into a tweet earlier this month. After admitting to a fan that she was “tempted to post a riddle or an anagram,” the next day she tweeted the following: “Cry, foe! Run amok! Fa awry! My wand won’t tolerate this nonsense.”

Fans on Twitter began to

furiously attempt to decipher the riddle, the resulting frenzy making headlines on CNBC and Time as everyone began to wonder exactly what kind of nonsense Rowling’s wand wouldn’t tolerate. Guesses touched upon canoes and Hallows, even veering into eccentric grammar usage, while fans were shepherded along by hints and encouragement from Rowling. Fans began to circulate that the solution proclaimed the return of Harry himself as a character before it became clear that the riddle pertained to the fictional Newt Scamander and New York, a somewhat intriguing contrast to the sweeping Scottish highland setting of Hogwarts’ spired castle in the Harry Potter movies.

A mere 24 hours after Rowling posted the anagram, a fan tweeted the correct solution: “Newt Scamander only meant to stay in New York for a few hours…” For her efforts in solving the riddle, Emily Strong, a Ph.D. student at a British university, was christened the “One True Hermione of Twitter” by Rowling—a title surely coveted by many fans—and even earned a Twitter follow from Rowling and a Skype interview with the BBC World Service for her puzzle-solving prowess.

Rowling, who famously

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Especially considering Rowling’s current presence on social media, there is always the possibility of more interactive puzzles (and chances for Twitter fame) in the future.

Rowling also confirmed on her Facebook page that the Fantastic Beasts films, set about seventy years before the Harry Potter series, will be released as a trilogy in 2016, 2018, and 2020. They will be directed by David Yates, who directed the last four Harry Potter films.

Rowling’s most recent tweet, “Newt only meant to stay in New York for a few hours. Circumstances ensured that he remained…for the length of a movie, anyway,” confirms the setting of the first film of the trilogy. Of course, it is unclear whether the next wizarding adventure will take place nestled in the Adirondack wilderness, next to Gatsby’s East Egg mansion, or within the Manhattan metropolis; either way, we can only hope that UChicago’s house system and Gothic architecture will be enough to maintain its reputation as a stateside Hogwarts, and that its Potter affiliation will not be passed on to New York University come 2016.

“ALWAYS, DEFINITELY, BELIEVE THE INTERNET,” says Foxygen band. tour member FOXYFormer continued from page 7 Elizabeth Fey let the world know of Foxygen’s inner turmoil last year through a blog post; the band’s Twitter was not impressed, imploring readers to “ALWAYS, DEFINITELY, BELIEVE THE INTERNET.” It was the release of Jonathan Rado and Sam France’s solo albums that really threw people into a panic. It truly seemed, at the time, that the shirts that read “Foxygen is Dead” would soon be worn unironically. These events made fans even more appreciative of the new album, and of a band that stuck it out.

On October 16, a resurrected Foxygen played a sold-out show at Lincoln Hall. Sam France took the stage clad in metallic pants and an open jacket, and was shirtless by the end of the night. The stage was packed with not only the band but also a trio of backup singers. Of course, any band described as “finding beauty in excess” would need no less than this full complement of extras.

The band started off with “How Can You Really” and played a fair amount of songs from all three of

their albums (Take the Kids Off Broadway, We are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic, and finally ...And Star Power). Not for one instant throughout the night did they slow down as they played their way through their low-fi chaos.

France danced on the stage like he owned the place, and for that night he did.

It’s hard to ignore the fact that most of the audiences that attend these shows look like they are too cool for, well, anything. Most of the time it’s just the band that looks like they are having a good time, while the crowd passively nods their heads to the beat. So it was a true feat that Foxygen was able to fill the venue with an energy that transformed these usually placid hipsters into the optimistic m illennials of a time long gone, when irony was in its nascence, the economy was doing all right, when ISIS and Ebola weren't in the news and Samurai Jack was on TV and dancing at concerts was still encouraged. Foxygen created an aura that made you forget it was a Thursday night, and about the cold reality that was waiting outside the doors of the venue.

Kygo's warm sound leaves crowds smiling KYGO continued from page 7 until the sounds soar on top of a pop-heavy, ultra-positive synth vibe. But the most interesting part of the night was doubtless a remix of Seinabo Sey’s “Younger”, whose lyrics, “You aren’t getting any younger, are you?” encourage the surrender of everything beyond the mere moment. They speak elegantly to the theme of the Norwegian producer’s

buoyant, incredibly positive aesthetic.

It is surely a difficult task to consume Kygo’s sound without discovering a smile stretching warmly over one’s face, which in fact was the case for nearly every person in attendance on Sunday morning. The mellow, mildly tropical music is comfortable, like a warm breeze; easy and incredibly satisfying, it leaves one

feeling clean and refreshed.

It’s the sound of carefree youth wrapped up, pushed through the airwaves and into the ear, and translated into brief, pure, lighthearted movement.

When the show was finished, Kygo thanked the crowd and walked to the edge of the stage to shake hands, grinning widely. Nobody left the venue wanting for much more.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | October 21, 2014

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Squad finishes 1-3 at taxing home tourney

Chicago allows surplus of touchdowns at No. 11 Bethel

Volleyball

Football

Michael Cheiken Maroon Contributor The Maroons went 3–0 at the first UAA Round Robin two weeks ago, so heading into the second Round Robin, the South Siders (20–11) were looking to maintain their unblemished conference record. The schedule comprised two matches on both Saturday and Sunday, beginning with a thriller against Carnegie Mellon (21–5) Saturday morning.

The Maroons came out ready to play, exhibiting a strong service game and fantastic defense. On the other hand, the Tartans appeared lackluster and let the first set slip out of their grasp as Maroon third-year Maren Loe provided two consecutive kills to close out the set 25–16.

However, the Tartans seemed to wake up in the second set, finding their rhythm through first-year outside hitter Heather Holton, who pushed them to an early lead.

The Maroons fell into a state of disarray and dropped the set 12–25.

The third set didn’t indicate any sign of change from the Maroons, who had their backs forced against the wall as they faced a 14–20 deficit. In an attempt to take back the set, head coach Sharon Dingman subbed out most of the starting rotation, and with fresh legs on the court, the Maroons came back to 23–24. To their disappointment, though, their final service landed short of the net, and the Tartans escaped with a 23–25 victory and a 2–1 set lead.

Fresh off of their short rest during the concluding points of the third set, the starting rotation took back to the court and rode the momentum of the previous comeback into the fourth set. Behind strong services, the Maroons were able to clinch the fourth set with relative ease by a score of 25–16, forcing the Tartans to play a winner-take-all fifth set.

The 15-point final set began with a couple of Tartan violations, but they quickly overcame the deficit and, as the teams switched sides, Carnegie Mellon held an 8–6 lead.

However, the Maroons quickly turned it around and tied up the score at 10–10. With the match nearing its conclusion, Chicago turned to Loe. However, by the time she had rotated out of the front row, the score was knotted up at 13–13. In the end, the Maroons dropped the next two points, the set, and the match.

However, the Maroons were given no time to wallow in their defeat, as their next match was scheduled to begin just 40 minutes later.

Case Western (15–8) was full of momentum coming off their victory over Brandeis, and

they were eager to prove themselves against tougher competition in the Maroons.

As they came out onto the court to begin the first set, the Maroons were noticeably frustrated with their loss to Carnegie Mellon. The Spartans took advantage and jumped out to a 9–3 lead. Chicago narrowed the gap throughout the rest of the set, but ultimately their comeback bid fell short at 21–25.

The South Siders split the next two sets with Case Western, nursing a 2–1 deficit as they entered the fourth set. The Maroons were clearly tired, and Case Western won the error-riddled set to take the match.

Chicago had a great chance to reverse its fortunes against a weak Rochester (12–17) Sunday morning, and they did just that. Rejuvenated by a good night’s sleep, Chicago demolished the Rochester squad in a threeset sweep, racking up almost twice as many kills as the Yellowjackets in the process.

The victory in the morning propelled Chicago into its final conference game of the season against Emory. However, this rhythm was quickly quashed, and the Eagles defeated the Maroons in the first set 25–19.

Third-year setter Ragine Graves refused to go out quietly. Behind her spectacular setting and defense, the Maroons held a 21–19 lead in the second set. No. 3 Emory (27–3) mounted a comeback and with a 24–23 lead, their setter Sydney Miles missed a serve into the net. The two teams proceeded to swap points until Loe provided two consecutive points to close the set 28–26.

Eager to respond, the Eagles rushed out

In the 3rd set...

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13–1

THIS SEASON

to a 10–5 lead, and maintained it until the conclusion of the set. Down five on Emory’s set point, Graves catalyzed a Maroon comeback, but it fell short as the Eagles clinched the third set 25–22.

Facing what could be their last conference set this season, the Maroons once again relied on Loe. She delivered over half the team’s kills, but it wasn’t enough as the Eagles took the fourth set 25–20, and the match with it.

With the Round Robin concluded, the Maroons (20–11) now find themselves in fifth place in the UAA standings, and in desperate need of a great performance at the UAA Conference Championships in three weeks.

Costelloe: “we strive to run and work together” XC continued from back

highest place in 39th place at 22:15. Costelloe herself pulled in the third quickest time at 22:32, landing her in 67th place.

On the men’s side, third-year Michael Frasco finished with the fastest time for the South Siders at 25:24 , good for 49th place.

Fourth-year Renat Zalov finished in 78th place at 25:41, second-year Gareth Jones finished in 106th at 25:55, and fourth-year Kevin On rounded out the Maroons at 107th place with a time of 25:55.

Even with this strong finish, Chicago had still been hoping for more success.

“We knew we were facing a competitive field this weekend and wanted to challenge

Brianna Hickey OSHKOSH INVITE:

5:58

/MILE

AVG.

among teams like number one–ranked Johns Hopkins, number four MIT, and a handful of other nationally ranked DIII and DII schools,” said Costelloe. “We also had to understand that we were competing in a huge field. In practice and in races, we strive to run and work together, supporting each other and helping each other succeed. With the sheer number of runners, we had to recognize that being separated from our teammates was inevitable. However, just because we couldn’t run with them, we still had to run for them.”

Costelloe intends to continue to use this motivation as the team looks toward the coming UAA Championship, taking practice very seriously.

“It’s looking good so far,” Costelloe said.

The Maroons will take the next weekend off in preparation for the UAA Championship. The tournament will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 1 in St. Louis.

Helen Petersen Associate Sports Editor The Maroons (5–1) traveled to Minnesota this weekend in hopes of keeping the goose egg in their loss column. However, their plan was foiled by No. 15 Bethel University, with the Maroons dropping the game 52–21.

Heading into their nonconference match against the Royals, the Maroons had no reservations about being the underdogs.

“We didn’t buy into the whole underdog or favored opponent, that’s for the outsiders, we saw it as an opportunity to compete against a nationally ranked and consistently great DIII football team,” said third-year cornerback Vinnie Beltrano.

The preview of this game looked to be a defensive showdown between two of the best defenses in the country. However, it was the offense of both teams that showed up to play on Saturday.

Fourth-year quarterback Patrick Ryan led an offense that threw 202 yards and ran 189 yards. Similarly, Bethel’s fourth-year quarterback Erik Peterson threw 320 yards and five touchdowns. Bethel accumulated 455 yards in offense throughout the game.

Chicago’s defense, which had been ranked in the top 10 nationally all season, did not perform as predicted.

“Simply put, we did not do our job,” fourth-year linebacker Schuyler Montefalco said. “We are a far better defense than we showed this past Saturday and we are going to use this as motivation to move forward and become an even better defense than before.”

Compared to the casual and relatively quiet setting of Stagg Field, Bethel’s home stadium was loud, hostile, and completely filled. This increase in both the intensity of the setting and the quality of the opponent provided a drastically different experience from those the Maroons had dealt with pre-

viously this season.

Beltrano described dealing with the increased pressure.

“We certainly could have handled it much better, but it’s a learning process. Rome wasn’t built in one day, and the same goes for building a tradition/culture around this program,” said Beltrano. “It takes time and tangible experience, and this was a beneficial situation for our learning curve.”

For the Maroons, first-year running back Chandler Carroll had a breakout game with 134 rushing yards and a touchdown. In addition, fourth-year defensive end Brandon Bolock carried the Chicago defense with three blocked punts, seven tackles, and an interception.

Maroon Offense AVG:

279.8

YARDS/GAME

Maroon Defense ALLOWING

236.8

YARDS/GAME

Regardless of the outcome, the Maroons are prepared to take the lessons they learned from their tough loss to Bethel and put them to good use to kick off the UAA season.

“This game was nothing more than a nonconference competition. The real season begins now. We set our goals before the season, and all of those goals are still intact,” said Beltrano. “Now, are we upset with the loss?

Yes. Are we going to learn from it? Yes. But we’re not going to let it linger in our minds, as we enter our conference schedule and attempt to attain all of our season goals.”

The Maroons will play their Homecoming game against Wash U this Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

Bonin: “there’s nothing this group can’t do” SOCCER continued from back

scouting. We have a lot of confidence in each other, and we’re very ‘bought in’ to what coach is trying to do with our style of play and game plan for each match. Our goalie, Hill Bonin, has played really well and come up with some truly amazing saves in high pressure.”

Their recent success comes at an especially important stretch of the season; Chicago has four more matches before the start of the NCAA tournament. With each passing match, the Maroons have become more and more confident. Their conference success may be a harbinger of great things

to come.

“It’s conference—this is where our season is made,” said Bonin. “We have bred an atmosphere of belief and competitiveness and it’s showing. We need to continue to trust one another and stay hungry for the rest of the season, staying composed and taking it one game at a time. If we keep this momentum going, there’s nothing this group can’t do.”

The Maroons’ next match will be at UW– Whitewater at 3 p.m. on Saturday, their final nonconference game for the rest of the regular season.

SPORTS

IN QUOTES “If you pause FIFA or Call of Duty to talk to her, she’s the f***ing one.”

–Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson comments on how he knew his wife was “the one”

Hearty supply of defense yields undefeated UAA road trip Women’s Soccer Zachary Themer Associate Sports Editor For the past month, the Maroons have put together an absolutely tantalizing display of skill on the defensive end, as they have managed to give up only three goals in their previous eight matches. They hoped to continue that play this past weekend.

As the No. 13 South Siders traveled to the East Coast to take on Rochester (5–6–3, 1–3–0 UAA) last Friday, there was no reason to expect anything different from the Maroons (11–2–1, 2–1–1), as they looked to improve upon their record against their conference competitors.

The game started out slowly, as both teams remained in a gridlocked 0–0 score until the 37th minute, when third-year forward Julia Ozello drilled a pass from fellow third-year forward Mary Bittner into the back of the net.

While Chicago was able to put another goal into the net in 84th minute, courtesy of third-year midfielder Nicole Mullen, the point wasn’t necessary, as the Maroons were able to ultimately shut out the Yellowjackets by a score of 2–0, the South Siders’ fifth in their last seven matches.

According to Mullen, such an unbreakable wall on the defensive line was no surprise, as she lauded the performance of her defense, including fourth-year goalkeepers Mallory

Morse and Jacinda Reid.

“Our defense and goalkeeping was solid all weekend long. Our defenders consistently won individual battles all over the field,” Mullen said, “Both Mallory [Morse] and Jacinda [Reid] were unbeatable in the net with some great saves and communication.

[First-year midfielder] Whitley Cargile and [third-year defender] Bethany Robinson were both exceptional defenders.”

For the South Siders, there was no time to rest on their laurels, as they didn’t head back to Chicago after their victory in Rochester. Instead, the Maroons headed to Cleveland, OH for another conference battle, this time against Case Western (8–3–3, 1–2–1) on Sunday afternoon.

Maroon Defense ALLOWING

0.57

GOALS/GAME

While the Maroons came out of the gate strong with five shots in the first half, none of them were able to sneak past the fast hands of Case’s goalkeeper, fourth-year Abbey Smith. On the other side of things, the South Siders’ defense played their typical game and were able to stop any advances by the Spartans into Chicago territory. There was certainly some frustration for the Maroons, as they struggled to break

Third-year Julia Ozello prepares to pass the ball to a teammate in a game against the University of Redlands earlier this season.

COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS

the 0–0 score.

“Case packed numbers in, and we didn’t execute our game plan to the best of our ability,” Mullen said. “We were able to still create some chances in front of the net that we were unfortunately not able to capitalize on.”

In the second half of play, the Maroon offense had a hard time getting anything going, managing to fire only one shot on goal in the entire half.

Thus, when regulation came to a close,

Labor shared among ninth, 14th-place finishes Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Bronagh Daly Sports Staff The Maroons had a fairly successful weekend in Oshkosh, WI at the University of Wisconsin– Oshkosh AAE Invitational, as the women’s team finished ninth and the men’s team finished 14th out of 42 teams present at the event.

Coming off of fourth and third place finishes in the Lucian Rosa Invitational, the team had a single phrase in mind going into this past Saturday’s competition: “I feel the need, the need for speed!” said first-year Claire Costelloe.

With this goal in mind, the squad put its best foot forward in the women’s 6k and men’s 8k races.

Although the Maroons did not finish as high as they did the weekend before, all the weekend’s top finishers were still able to fall within the first half of the 229 female and 664 male competitors.

One Maroon was able to stand out in particular: third-year Brianna Hickey.

“Damn, this kid is good!”

Costelloe said.

There were, of course, many other Maroons that also had good showings at the invitational.

On the women’s side, third-year Catherine Young finished in 48th place at 22:23, narrowly behind Hickey, who finished with the XC continued on page 11

the Maroons and Spartans remained locked in a 0–0 tie, which meant that Chicago went into overtime for the third time this year.

While the Maroons won their two overtime matches earlier this year, this trend did not hold Sunday, as the South Siders and Spartans remained scoreless through 20 minutes of overtime, and the game ultimately ended in a 0–0 tie.

“Even though we were disappoint-

ed with our tie with Case, we have set ourselves up to have a great season, and we are ready to take care of business these next few weeks and finish our regular season with some wins,” Mullen said.

After playing four consecutive conference matches, No. 13 Chicago will take on nonconference foe No. 6 Wheaton (12–1–2) on the road on Thursday at 7 p.m., in a battle of nationally ranked squads.

In conference, high price of goals results in win, tie Men’s Soccer Ahmad Allaw Maroon Contributor

Second-year Madison Hetzner competes at the Elmhurst Invitational earlier this season.

COURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS

On Friday, Chicago traveled to New York to take on the Rochester Yellowjackets. After 90 minutes of play, the score stood at 0–0. But after just four minutes of overtime, fourth-year midfielder Nic Lopez scored on a rebounded shot, giving Chicago the 1–0 victory.

Then on Sunday, the Maroons traveled to Cleveland, OH to take on Case Western Reserve University. The match ended in a 0–0 deadlock, as neither team could find the back of the net in 110 minutes of play.

The final line, however, is deceptive.

The match was far from a defensive one.

Each team kept the other’s defense on edge, launching a barrage of shots. The Maroons fired 22, 13 of which were on goal; the Spartans, meanwhile, tried their luck 14 times with seven of those chances on target.

Indeed, it was an incredible display by both keepers. Chicago’s first-year goalkeeper Hill Bonin set the tone early; in the 12th minute, he knocked away a shot that seemed destined for the back of the net. Bonin, who hasn’t let a ball past him in his last 445 minutes of game time, would finish with seven saves. The Spartans’ Calvin Boyle, meanwhile, denied 13 of Chicago’s shots. He, too, hasn’t conceded a goal in his last 311 minutes of play.

The Maroons’ relentless attack al-

most netted success deep into the match, when second-year forward Brenton Desai’s strike smashed into the crossbar in the 99th minute.

Victory, however, wasn’t in the cards for either team. The Maroons’ record now stands at 8–4–2 (2–0–2 UAA), putting them atop the conference standings. The Spartans, meanwhile, are 8–4–3 overall and 2–1–1 in conference play. In the conference standings, they stand two spots below the Maroons, in third place.

Although victory was elusive, the

Maroon Offense AVG:

1.93

GOALS/GAME

Maroon Defense ALLOWING

1.00

GOALS/GAME

South Siders have now won or tied each of their past five matches, shutting out their opponents in each case. Their defensive success comes after a shift in tactics.

“We are going into every conference game with a very specific game plan based off of our knowledge of the way the opponent plays,” said fourth-year Kevin Matheny. “A lot of this is coach’s SOCCER continued on page 11