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Hyde Park restaurants increase prices due to minimum wage hike Sonia Schlesinger Senior News Reporter

Dean John W. Boyer speaks about his new book at the Seminary Co-Op. ZOE KAISER | THE CHICAGO MAROON

Chicago’s recent minimum wage increase has caused multiple long-established and relatively cheap Hyde Park restaurants to raise their prices.

Rajun Cajun and Cedars on 53rd Street and the Nile on 55th Street all raised prices following the July 1 minimum wage increase from $8.25 an hour to $10 an hour. Snail Thai on 55th has not yet raised prices but may do so as the minimum wage

continues to rise, according to the owner, Marisa, who declined to give her last name. The minimum wage will increase 50 cents each year until 2019 when it hits $13.

Trushar Patel, manager of Rajun Cajun, explained that the restaurant’s 30 percent price increase has not affected the business so far. “We were so underpriced in Hyde Park anyway, and still are,” Patel said. “So far nobody is complaining.” He says that following this change and the “big jump” in minimum

wage from $8.25 to $10, prices will remain stable even with the 50 cent wage increases, at least until minimum wage hits $13.

Rajun Cajun also closed for two and a half months this summer to undergo renovations. Patel says that the renovation itself had no effect on the price increases. However, he explained that the price increase was partly due to the fact that the restaurant had not raised prices in 12 years.

Cedars also has not experiRAJUN continued on page 3

Dean Boyer speaks on his new UChicago history book

Moroccan ambassador speaks at the Institute of Politics

Ben Andrew Maroon Contributor

Alessandra Leong Maroon Contributor

Dean of the College, John Boyer, gave two presentations on Friday at the Seminary CoOp Bookstore. The presentations focused on his recently released book, The University of Chicago: A History. Boyer took time after each presentation to sign books and speak with audience members.

Boyer said that the book is based on his series of shorter books, or monographs, on the history of the University. Dean Boyer has completed one of these monographs every summer since 1996.

These monographs focus on topics ranging from study

abroad programs, to campus housing, to philanthropy at the University. They often relate to contemporary decisions faced by the University administration. For example, Boyer wrote a monograph in 2007 on the influence of foreign scholars at UChicago in order to convince the University community of the value of a more robust study abroad program.

“I did what I suppose came naturally to a historian and to a scholar of history, and I decided to begin to look into some of these policy issues from an historical perspective, it was my sense that surely this can’t be the first time that we were facing x—and you can fill in what x is— and perhaps I can have a

better understanding of what we should be doing in the present and the future if I had any understanding of where we had been in the past,” Boyer said.

Boyer then shared what he thought was an interesting finding from his research: a historical explanation for the “seriousness” of the student body at the College. This seriousness, according to Boyer, is partially due to the fact that the first student body, compared to that of East Coast universities, was unusually old and economically diverse.

The student body was further distinguished by the university’s support of coeducation.

After the presentation, Boyer answered questions from audiBOYER continued on page 3

Professor Thomas J. Miles appointed new dean of the Law School Laila Abdelmonem Maroon Contributor Professor Thomas J. Miles has been appointed as the new Dean of the Law School, and will assume the position on November 1.

He succeeds professor Michael H. Schill, who took a position as the President at the University of Oregon in July. Miles has been the Walter Mander Research Scholar since 2012 and the Clifton R. Musser Professor

of Law and Economics since 2013.

Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service professor Geoffrey Stone is serving as the interim Dean.

As a professor at the University, Miles’ work focuses on judicial behavior and criminal justice. He wrote the article “Introduction: Rational Choice Approach to Judicial Behavior,” published in the Journal of Legal Studies, and he edited the book Economics of

Criminal Law. Despite being new to the position as the dean of the Law School at the University, Miles has a history of incorporating his economics education in his study of the law. Miles was a student at Tufts studying political science when he first became interested in economics.

“When I went to undergraduate school, I thought I was going to be a lawyer,” DEAN continued on page 3

On Wednesday, October 21, the Institute of Politics (IOP) hosted Rachad Bouhlal, Ambassador of Morocco to the United States, who spoke about the strategies Morocco has pioneered to de-radicalize Jihadists in the region.

Ambassador Bouhlal, appointed on December 6, 2011, previously served as the senior advisor to the prime minister of Morocco and am-

bassador to Germany, the European Union, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Bouhlal began by introducing the Moroccan government’s approach. “This is what we have been doing in Morocco: collecting data, studying and understanding what is happening, how to protect our youth, our population, [and] our citizens against this, how to prevent it, and at the end how to reintegrate these people in the society…you have to bring them back to

normal behaviors. This is what we call de-radicalization,” Bouhlal said.

The government recently created the Higher Scholastic Council, which, according to Bouhlal, works to prevent mosques from becoming political centers. Additionally, the Council has established 15 research centers around Morocco to keep track of religious issues and work on improving educational programs.

Another major initiative is MOROCCO continued on page 2

Urban Labs grant $2.15 million to Innovation Challenge winners Tamar Honig Associate News Editor On October 12, UChicago Urban Labs announced the winners of $2.15 million in Innovation Challenge grants from the Health, Poverty, and Energy & Environment Labs.

The largest grant of $1 million will go to Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, in partnership with the Heartland Alliance and the Cook County Sheriff ’s Office. It will establish a “Supportive Release Center,” the aim of which is to help former inmates with mental illnesses

transit back into society following their release from the Cook County Jail.

The other Innovation Challenge grant recipients are the Chicago Jobs Council and Elevate Energy, in partnership with ComEd. These entities proposed innovative solutions to other areas of urban policy problems.

UChicago Urban Labs consists of five labs, each focused on identifying and testing the most effective policies and programs within an area of urban policy: crime, education, energy & environment, health, and poverty. The 2015 Urban

Labs Innovation Challenge, announced in March, called on civic organizations and agencies to propose strategies for addressing one of these focus areas.

“Our basic mission is to help cities make smarter bets to improve human lives...The Innovation Challenge is our effort to crowdsource the most promising ideas for addressing core urban challenges, rigorously evaluate them and help community leaders scale up the policies and programs that matter most,” said Timothy Knowles, director of the Urban Labs.

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IN ARTS

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KUMBHAT: Posers in the yoga studio » Page 4

Uncommon Interview: Famous violinist Joshua Bell prepares to take the podium » Page 5

SWIM & DIVE: Slew of rookies lead Chicago in first meet of the season » Page 7

Hinds’s show at Lincoln Hall a punk, drunk slam dunk » Page 5

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Bubble Soccer kicks off fall season Annie Nazzaro Deputy News Editor UChicago Bubble Soccer kicked off its season last Sunday, October 18 at South Athletic Field.

The club started after current third-year Kevin Zen and his friend, fellow third-year Kwambata Ngatia, saw some bubble soccer videos online.

“First, we thought it was really cool, and then we heard of the Uncommon Fund, and then [we thought] it would be a cool place to apply for this,” Zen said. “We [thought] this would be really cool to bring to campus.”

Bubble soccer follows the usual rules of soccer, except its players wear clear inflatable bubbles, which resemble beach balls, as they run around the field. The bubbles cover the players from the waist up. This adds a fun unpredictability to the game; a collision between two players could send send both of them bouncing down the field.

During their first year, Zen and Ngatia applied to get Bubble Soccer started through the Uncommon Fund.

Although they didn’t receive funding, they didn’t give up— they applied again and were awarded $8,710 during their second year.

However, Zen and Ngatia faced a few logistical issues in starting Bubble Soccer.

It couldn’t be a club sport because varsity soccer already exists, and because the Uncommon Fund funds it, it couldn’t be an RSO. As a consequence, Bubble Soccer lacks some of the privileges afforded to RSOs and club sports, like priority in booking athletic fields.

The founders also had trouble obtaining equipment.

Due to liability concerns and a lack of available storage space, the University agreed to let them rent, not buy, bubbles.

UChicago Bubble Soccer has a contract with an outside vendor (Bubble Soccer USA) that enables it to rent the bubbles for 20 games over two years.

Zen says that there are currently no plans for Bubble Soccer to continue after 2017, but he would like to see it live on after he graduates. “We… would like to see someone take the mantle once we leave and

have it on our list to recruit more core managers,” he said.

Last spring quarter, Bubble Soccer held two test games.

Though support had been strong online, turnout was not as high as expected. “There’s a lot of growing pains, especially with spring quarter being a quarter where people aren’t as active with RSOs,” said Zen. “But we got good games in, we got good feedback.”

The club has applied what they’ve learned from those games to their current setup.

This year, for instance, players can sign up online individually or in teams.

The sport looked fun in the videos, and, according to Zen, it’s even better in person.

“Everyone’s laughing most of the time,” he said. “People swinging full force at each other and knocking each other five or six yards back is lots of fun.”

Though their game on October 25 was canceled due to midterms and lack of signups, they plan to host games on Sundays throughout the quarter until it gets too cold to play. Bubble Soccer will resume in the spring.

Society for Neuroscience runs 45th annual symposium Zeke Gillman Senior News Reporter Scientists from the world’s premier academic institutions gathered at McCormick Place to discuss the newest findings regarding the brain at the Society for Neuroscience’s 45th annual symposium, known informally as Neuroscience 2015.

The conference, held from October 17 to 21, featured rows of poster displays. Each one detailed new discoveries made by neuroscience researchers.

Corporations and small businesses showcased new techniques and lab equipment, including multiphoton microscopes and neural imaging cameras. The scientists in attendance were invited to use the equipment.

Throughout the day, there were special lectures by esteemed scientists, including Dr. Francis Collins, current director of the National Institutes of Health and former leader of the Human Genome Project.

Some researchers traveled to the conference from as far as Europe and Asia, while others came from as near as Hyde Park.

Professor S. Murray Sherman, who currently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Neurobiolog y at the University of Chicago, was among the crowd of neu-

roscientists. He described his research as focusing on the brain’s circuits and their functions. He is primarily concerned with the interactions between the brain’s thalamus and cortex.

Sherman, one of the longtime members of the conference, has been coming to the annual meeting since 1972.

“It started off [in 1971] with 500 members and now has close to 40,000,” said professor Sherman. “It is by far the most important neuroscience society in the world.”

Sherman also commented on the recent recognition of neuroscience as an established field. He applauded the Society for Neuroscience’s annual symposium for contributing to neuroscience’s acclaim.

“In the early ’70s, when it got started, neuroscience was something people were getting really excited about...but there was no home for it and there were no neuroscience departments. As departments got created and societies started, people who used to identify themselves as anatomists or physiologists... started to recognize this as a better home for them. So they started coming to this meeting.”

Other UChicago professors were also present, including professor Jason Maclean, an assistant professor in the Department

of Neurobiology. Maclean, who has been attending the conference since 1998, focuses on using mathematics to develop general laws that describe how the brain works.

“My lab is interested in how the brain computes.

And what we’ve done is broken down that problem into a few discrete components.

One is how do neurons communicate with one another,” Maclean said. “The second thing is time... activity in the brain evolves through time and we want to know what’s the appropriate scale of time to consider when you think about computation in the brain. Finally, we are very interested in how information is stored in the brain.”

The complexity of the problems Maclean seeks to answer requires an interdisciplinary approach that is characteristic of the field of neuroscience. The Maclean laboratory alone draws on topics from fields like mathematics, computer science, and physiology.

“It’s an amazing time to be a neuroscientist,” Maclean said. “I have my point of view and other people have different points of view, which is good. So you have tension and you have a dialogue. And the expectation and the hope is that you take all this stuff and throw it at the problem because we don’t know what the best way is.”

Players suit up before the first game (top). A bubble soccer player bounces back up after getting knocked over by an opponent (bottom).

ANNIE NAZZARO | THE CHICAGO MAROON

NEWS IN BRIEF Special Collections Research Center hosts second Wikipedia edit-a-thon UChicago’s Special Collections Research Center hosted its second Wikipedia edit-a-thon in the Regenstein Library on October 23.

Julia Gardner, head of reader services, organized the event, which focused on documenting campus housing through the years.

“Today’s edit-a-thon aims to enhance or add to existing Wikipedia articles so that we can have a more accessible record of housing on campus,” Gardner said. The students in attendance consulted archived architectural documents, campus publications, and primary source material in order to expand upon the current campus housing

Wikipedia page.

“Some of the halls don’t have as much material as others, but we have so many resources here that we were hoping students would be interested in helping build on what we do have,” said Gardner.

Second-year Brian Choo helped Gardner organize the event.

“An event like this is super cool because I don’t think that people realize how much agency they have in being able to change Wikipedia,” he said. Choo is an established Wikipedia editor with elected administrator privileges, which he uses to add original research to the campus hous-

ing Wikipedia entry.

“It’s very timely to be editing the campus housing Wikipedia page now because the satellite dorms will be moving to Campus North next year,” he said. “We thought that harnessing the interests of people and also using Wikipedia would be a good way to get students involved in something that they’re connected to.”

The Special Collections Research Center’s first edita-thon took place in April 2015 and focused on notable women in the University’s history.

—Sophia Zaller, Maroon Contributor

Ambassador speaks on Morocco’s strategies to deradicalize jihadists in region MOROCCO continued from front

a mandatory training program for imams, established to ensure that the country’s spiritual leaders are qualified and politically moderate. There are currently 45,000 imams being trained in Morocco and after completing the program they will become part of the government’s Ministry of Religious Affairs. There is a similar training program in Morocco for women who wish to become spiritual leaders, and although women cannot lead prayers in mosques, Bouhlal said they share in the other responsibilities imams have.

Bouhlal pointed to an early mistake in Morocco’s poli-

cies as an example of progress over the last 10 years. Initially, extremists who were caught and imprisoned by the government were sent to prisons and rehabilitation programs that were separate from the “normal” prisoners. This, according to Bouhlal, was a mistake, because prisoners would become more radical in that confined environment. When they integrated the radical political prisoners into the regular prisons, they had much greater success in de-radicalizing them.

Bouhlal then took several questions from the audience.

One man remarked that he was surprised to see the rise of

radical Islam and thought the Muslim world was surprised too. Bouhlal replied that, while surprising, radicalism is a worldwide phenomenon, referencing the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina this past summer.

“They became violent, they [started] using the media, we didn’t see that coming… but there is another form of radicalism when you have a young man in South Carolina…go into a church and kill nine people,” Bouhlal said.

Bouhlal concluded by calling for continued cooperation with the West, saying he is “sure we will overcome this big challenge.”

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“The University of Chicago: A History” traces past University administrative decisions BOYER continued from front

ence members, who probed him about the history of many issues the administration currently faces.

One audience member asked about the history of donors making requests of the University along with their donations.

Boyer replied that this practice became more common in the 1970s.

“I don’t think there is a problem with taking money with strings attached. It depends on what the strings are and who’s holding those strings. You can’t let donors drive faculty

research, nor should you let donors set the ideological agenda of the University,” Boyer said.

The book is available at University bookstore and the Seminary Co-Op. The historical monographs that inspired the book are available for free on the College website.

Rajun Cajun, Cedars, and the Nile have raised prices; Snail Thai may follow RAJUN continued from front

enced much change in business, after raising prices about 10 percent. “People like our food,” Chef ’s Manager Illias Seddol said.

The Nile has experienced minimal changes in business, having raised prices for the first time in four or five years by 20 percent, according to manager Chyna Shahandeh. “A lot of our customer base is university students and we see the reactions a little in their business. For example, sandwiches which were once five dollars are now seven, but it’s no great loss.”

Snail Thai increased prices

two years ago, and may raise them again soon. Owner Marisa believes this is necessary to survive as a business, “to survive for repairs, wear and tear, and everything.” She explains that although she does not want to increase prices, it will probably be the best option for her business.

“People who work with me have been with me for more than 10 years, so they deserve to get paid and get vacation, and this is what I can offer them while still being competitive,” Marisa said.

She thinks a price increase at her restaurant would be reasonable, especially when compared

to other local restaurants. “We give big portions and I don’t think we make it hard for the customers,” she said.

Not all Hyde Park restaurants have raised prices. For example, Valois, Harold’s Chicken, and Yusho have remained the same.

In spite of having to raise prices, each of the managers believes the minimum wage increase is fair.

“I’m trying to do the best I can,” Marisa said. “I put in 16 hours a day to ensure that we have a good restaurant and give good food to the customer, but the people who work with me aren’t supposed to be poor.”

$1 million grant will help former inmates transition back into society PRISONER continued from front

Ruth Coffman, executive director of the Health Lab, elaborated on the proposed mission of the Supportive Release Center, which will principally seek to serve those with mental and behavioral health problems who cycle in and out of jail.

“The Supportive Release Center will consist of a safe space for someone to sleep after being released from the jail late at night. Hot

showers and food will be available. In the morning, caseworkers will work with individuals to link them up to supportive services, such as social workers, medication, and doctor’s appointments… We are hoping that, if the SRC can connect detainees to the right services, they will be able to get the kind of specific help that they need,” Coffman said.

The Chicago Jobs Council will use its $500,000

grant from the Poverty Lab to implement a workforce development program called “Transforming Impossible into Possible,” which will help the longterm unemployed overcome psychological barriers to return to work. Elevate Energy will use its $650,000 grant from the Energy & Environment Lab to help low-income households save money while increasing energy efficiency.

New dean will take up role on November 1 DEAN continued from front

Miles said. “While studying political science, I had so many questions, and I ended up double majoring.”

Miles’ studies in economics propelled him to work at the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston after graduation.

He realized that “economists can use tools and concepts of economics to think about social behavior.”

Miles came to the University to earn his Ph. D. in economics in 2000 and

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continued on to get his J.D. at Harvard Law School in 2003. After Harvard, he clerked for Hon. Judge Bybee in the Ninth Circuit Court, but returned to the University to teach at the Law School.

Miles stands by his decision to continue with his work in academia instead of pursuing a career as a lawyer.

“I’m enormously happy.

What you do when you teach is to remain in legal

practice,” he said.

Miles considers the University of Chicago his home.

“The law school and the university are very unique in several ways, the most important being the intense commitment to intellectual inquiry and exchange,” Miles said.

As the new dean, Miles is very busy, but hopes to continue his academic research in areas such as judicial behavior and criminal justice.

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Editorial & Op-Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Posers in the yoga studio Western yoga appropriates Indian culture to turn a profit

ANNE WANG| THE CHICAGO MAROON

Urvi Kumbhat

Mixed Veggie Soup Coming from India, I don’t understand a lot of things about the Western world, including the Kardashian obsession, the fact that there’s a drink

called “chai tea” (which in Hindi literally translates to “tea tea”), the way things are spelled, and especially, the unabashed commercialization of

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yoga.

Yoga and its relationship with the West have been constant sources of bemusement to me and Indians all over the world. Back home, yoga isn’t a fitness regimen or a fashion trend; it’s a way of life that’s seamlessly integrated into our daily routines. I’ve practiced yoga since I was a child, as have my parents, siblings, and friends.

Growing up, we never saw it as a remarkable, life-changing activity. We were fully aware that doing yoga doesn’t guarantee washboard abs and bulging biceps; the myth of the yoga body never existed for us. The Instagram-perfect pictures of beautiful women twisted into pretzel-like contortions constitute a glamorous, glitzy version of yoga that is far from reality.

Let’s start with a few basics. What is yoga, really? Patanjali, an Indian sage, is believed to have written the Yoga Sutra 2000 years ago. The Yoga Sutra mapped out the processes that ultimately lead to spiritual liberation or enlightenment. It’s a mental, spiritual, and physical discipline that transcends the asanas (the physical aspect of yoga) that the Western world is so enamored with. Yoga in its purest form also involves breath work, restraint, meditation, and concentration. It is a practice deeply rooted in religion, particularly Hinduism, and for many it is an expression of faith.

Yoga’s essence lies in immersing the body in a state of peace and well-being.

Clearly, yoga isn’t just a form of exercise; it’s a philosophy. It’s a way of being. Conveniently selecting spe-

cific physical postures, saying a few Sanskrit words for added authenticity, and wearing fitted (transparent?) exercise pants isn’t yoga—it’s cultural appropriation.

But yoga isn’t just exercise for the Western world, either. It’s also a billion-dollar industry. Advertisements of scantily clad women posing in those omnipresent yoga pants, glowing with divine light, have infiltrated print and social media. Yoga classes have never been more popular, and workout gear is flying off shelves. A video of Briohny Smyth doing some mind blowing yoga in her underwear went viral, and yes, her skills are impressive, but why is she in her underwear in the first place? Is it because yoga has to be sexier to appeal to the masses?

As I watched the video, I thought of my yoga instructor back home: a short, squat, mustachioed man who doesn’t earn half of what Smyth does.

I think of Indian gurus, usually acutely religious men, practicing in loose loin cloths—they’d never buy yoga pants.

So why does the Western world so devoutly worship yoga and its practitioners? Is it just shrewd commercialization? Or is it a way to connect to something “exotic”? Many people believe they are preserving a time-honored tradition, imbibing India’s rich and varied culture, but they are blissfully unaware of what that culture actually constitutes. Western yoga turns an ancient Indian tradition into a business—and this is a classic example of imperialism in the modern world (déjà vu, anyone?).

This confluence of the East and

West has me wondering, is this some sort of fusion yoga? Is it okay to repackage yoga and sell it out? Is it okay to let people wrongly believe they’re genuinely participating in Indian culture? For better or worse, the East still factors in Western judgments on what’s “in” and what’s not. It is true that yoga’s popularity surge has gotten more Indians to take an active interest in the discipline. Perhaps yoga is India’s gift to the rest of the world, but it’s a gift that deserves to be respected.

To me, yoga is only a minuscule piece of a larger picture: the romanticizing of India, its culture, and its people. Home, to me, is violent, heady, noisy, and boisterous. Its familiar chaos is order to me, as are its pungent smells and vicious traffic.

I don’t think of India as a spiritual getaway to uncover the meaning of life. India is a simmering, bubbling, smelly pot. It’s changing and evolving, and new problems float to the surface everyday. Socially, economically, and politically, it has a long way to go. Just like yoga, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. India is not a shortcut to the West’s yearning for spirituality and connection.

I’m all for practicing yoga universally—as long as people respect its historical and cultural significance and don’t turn it into an unrecognizable and insignificant fitness fad.

Urvi Kumbhat is a first-year in the College double majoring in English and computer science.

ARTS

What is art?

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Hinds’s show at Lincoln Hall was a punk, drunk slam dunk Miriam Benjamin Associate Arts Editor Most bands that want to show support for their touring partners quietly clap at the back of the crowd. Those bands aren’t Hinds. Toward the end of Public Access T.V.’s (PATV) opening set, Carlotta Cosials (guitar/ vocals) and Amber Grimbergen (drums) pushed their way toward the stage, beers in hands, and started shouting spurts of lyrics. After PATV finished,

the two squeezed their way out of the now-sizeable crowd and made for backstage, presumably to get another beer in with cofrontwoman Ana Garcia Perrote and bass player Ade Martin before show time.

This first encounter with Hinds makes two things immediately clear: one, the first letter of their Myers-Briggs personality type is most definitely E, and two, these girls can drink. A lot.

I mention this not because either of those two characteris-

tics is particularly unique in the World of Rock, but because they’re inextricably entwined with Hinds’s performance.

Hinds is a garage-rock band from Madrid, and garage-rock (as the name implies) has always been associated with amateurism.

True to tradition, Hinds’s members aren’t particularly great musicians. But as it turned out, this wasn’t an issue—they get by with swingin’ melodies and enough personality to make

Lady Gaga look like Gwyneth Paltrow.

Most of Hinds’s songs are about boys, sung coquettishly in heavily-accented English. Every once in a while they come out with a stunner of a line (Like this one from “Chili Town”: “I am flirting, with this guy/Just to pretend I’m fine”). For the most part, though, the songs are just fun ’n’ flirty sing-alongs, propelled forward with rickety drumming and filled in by “oooohs” and “whoaas.”

If Hinds had a fault, it’s that they don’t have enough songs yet. They’ve released one EP (The Very Best of Hinds So Far), and the rest of their set was filled out with numbers from their upcoming album (Leave Me Alone, due out in January) and a Dead Ghosts cover. That left plenty of time for Cosials to break a string and yell for “Jawn” from PATV to restring her guitar and lend her his, and for excellent between-song banter, mostly to do with alcohol. From

Garcia Perrote: “Amber’s only drinking water because she’s drunk!” (And she was, swaying woozily from behind her drum kit.) Garcia again: “Guys, I did the last Chicago show without beer and I almost fainted!”

For the encore, Cosials invited everyone up onstage to sing Hinds’s cover of Thee Headcoats’ “Davey Crockett (Gabba Hey!)”. The “Gabba Hey!” sing-along parts were, of course, stolen from the Ramones’ “PinHINDS continued on page 6

Uncommon Interview: Famous violinist Joshua Bell prepares to take the podium Hannah Edgar Associate Arts Editor With an illustrious career spanning more than 40 recordings and countless solo, recital, and chamber engagements all over the world, Joshua Bell has taken his place in a selective pantheon of classical musicians that have become household names. In the years since his sensational solo debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at only 14 (under current Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti), Bell’s star has only risen, marked by a willingness to tread outside of strictly “classical” territory and explore other genres.

He has contributed to movie soundtracks (The Red Violin, Angels & Demons, among others) and collaborated with jazz musicians, pop musicians, and everyone in between.

In 2011, Bell ventured into new territory yet again when he was appointed music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Leading the ensemble from the concertmaster’s seat, Bell’s directorship hearkens back to Academy founder and legendary conductor Sir Neville Marriner’s original, conductorless vision of the Academy. (Marriner, also a violinist, also initially led the group from the orchestra, only transitioning to the podium later.)

Bell will perform in Chicago twice this concert season: first in recital at Symphony Center later this month, and again in March with the Academy at Harris Theater. In a phone interview, Bell spoke with The Maroon about what it’s like wearing these different hats.

Chicago Maroon: You’ve described this U.S. recital tour as being framed around pieces from your youth. And, as far as the lives of young virtuosos go, your childhood was refreshingly normal.

In fact, your teacher—the great pedagogue Josef Gingold— wouldn’t take you on as a student until he was convinced your parents weren’t pressuring you into a solo career! Does that mean you were goal-oriented from an early age?

Joshua Bell will be featured in two performances this year, once in concert and another as director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

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Joshua Bell: I wouldn’t say I was a workaholic, but what I had—and still have—is a slightly obsessive nature for solving problems. Like, when I was 12, I was really into the Rubik’s Cube, and would try to figure out faster and faster ways to do it. So when I would get down to working, I wouldn’t stop until I figured something out. I think playing the violin is a lot like a puzzle, and I think my obsessive nature is what helped with my getting things done.

CM: Something I’m intrigued by is how performers like you play some pieces hundreds of times—the big D-major violin concertos, for example, or the Sibelius or

Mendelssohn—but still make them sound fresh, never stale nor studied. How do you do it?

JB: Well, I love the feeling of going on stage and feeling like something new is going to happen. I’ve also had some great experiences playing improv: I’ve played bluegrass, I’ve played with some jazz musicians…Even in classical music, you can capture a bit of that.

Though you’re not playing new notes, that spontaneity is important. That can only be done when you’ve prepared really, really well, and then you can throw all of that away and just immerse yourself in the moment [onstage].

So the hard part is actually going back to something like

the Mendelssohn concerto— which I’ve done a thousand times—and working to maintain the technical level. That’s hard to do because you don’t always feel like doing that in a practice room.

CM: When you do finally step onstage, are you the kind of performer who gets nervous but uses that adrenaline to your advantage? Or do you not even have the anxiety to begin with?

JB: No, there’s definitely always anxiety—I think I thrive off of anxiety. There are different kinds of anxiety, though: I think there’s the excitement of getting on a roller coaster, and then there’s pure fear, which is not the kind of anxiety I want!

So again, it’s about being

prepared. If I feel prepared, then there’s nervousness and excitement, but it’s much more positive. In fact, if anything, it’s getting worse as I get older; I somehow feel there’s more at stake. But I do seem to enjoy that, as well as the release of stress after you’ve gotten through a performance. There’s a very nice feeling of relief!

CM: This October recital won’t be your only Chicago appearance this concert season: You’re coming back in March, this time performing at Harris Theatre alongside the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which you’ve led as music director since 2011. What factored into your decision to accept that position on top of

your busy solo career?

JB: Well, that was a nobrainer for me. I’d been working with the group for many, many years as a guest, and [those performances] were always a highlight of my year. It’s been sort of a dream playing with them, so when they asked me to be the music director, that was a very easy decision.

Now I get to do several tours every year and play with such a great group of musicians. Their standard is so high, and they’re really striving for great performances every time. There’s never a sense that they’re just doing their job; they really keep that artistic spirit, which I love.

CM: It helps, too, that your JOSHUA continued on page 6

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“Viva Hinds, viva amateurism, and fuck virtuosity.”

HINDS continued from page 5

head.” And with that, the whole scene crystallized.

So I got on stage and yelled “GABBA GABBA HEEEEEY!” with Hinds and about 30 similarly excited people. This very much pissed off the venue and prompted a panicked Cosials to tell everyone to “run” as soon as the song had finished.

The takeaway? Viva Hinds, viva amateurism, and fuck virtuosity. Music is more than notes: It’s also Cosials’s three beers and a shot, Martin’s dancing, and Cosials’s flirting with “Jawn.”

For my part, it’s also stage-invasion and desperately trying to avoid falling backward on the kick drum while singing nonsense words.

UT's Krapp's Last Tape explores one man and his past recordings Caitlin Hubbard Maroon Contributor We are used to seeing “Grumpy Old Man” presented as a TV trope: an enemy to youth, bitter, and occasionally profane. Just last Friday, followers of the Facebook group Overheard at UChicago enjoyed a post about a one-armed old man who flipped off an impatient driver as he got out of a cab.

This is the side of the story we are used to seeing, and we react with a combination of pity and amusement. Then, to comfort ourselves, we imagine him like Mr. Fredricksen from Up, a man whose life has simply lost its source of happiness.

However, Krapp, from Samuel Beckett’s play Krapp’s Last Tape, performed last weekend by the University Theater, is not Mr. Fredricksen. Krapp, perhaps like the one-armed man in the cab, is not to be romanticized.

The play begins conventionally enough, eliciting pity and amusement through Krapp’s antics.

Krapp, played by third-year At-

ticus Ballesteros, spends the first 10 minutes of the play making faces, banging his toes on drawers, tripping dramatically, and entertaining himself with bananas. He acts the fool, amusing us with his pain, paining us with the silliness of his amusements.

Director Jonathan Sorce found Beckett’s slapstick-heavy stage directions daunting to bring to life: “He slips on a banana peel!

How can I make that funny?”

After bringing on Alex Hearn as an official clown coach to teach Ballesteros to pull off physical comedy with very little aid from dialogue, Ballesteros managed to make the crowd laugh alongside him.

Sorce realized that Beckett added this clownery “to make Krapp likeable;” to make the audience empathize with and relate to this old man who makes dick jokes with bananas, gives the finger to his neighbors, and laughs with us at the ridiculousness of him slipping on a banana peel.

Then the tape recorder begins, and the clownish façade starts

to fade. We see a man, all alone, listening to a voice recording he made 30 years before. We are not given a story of a long happy life coming to a close too soon. Rather, we watch a sad 69-year-old man listen to his 39-year-old self give up on life. We see his ragged clothes and bloodshot eyes, and we know he has been suffering in static joylessness ever since.

Sorce explains that the play’s emotion comes from seeing “someone at the end of his life who’s struggling with his own mortality and his own purpose… [someone] beat to shreds by life.”

With this in mind, rather than try to make the 21-year-old Ballesteros look old, Sorce and costume designer Emma Heras decided to “make him look grotesque, beatup, and worn-down.” It was the dusty filth that covered his wrinkled skin and grey hair and the skeletal appearance of his hands and sunken eyes that transformed audience sympathy into morbid curiosity.

Appearances aside, any 21-yearold actor would find it chal-

lenging to capture the nuanced emotion of a 69-year-old man.

However, Ballesteros gave a moving performance. Alone on stage, with no other actor to build off, he kept the audience entranced, intently watching his reactions to the voice on the tape.

But the audience was not allowed to stay in the comfort of this trance. In a moment of frustration and weakness, Krapp sets the tape to rewind and disappears behind the curtain, leaving the stage empty. The audience listens as a man gulps down whiskey backstage and a tape recorder spins faster and faster and faster, confronting the audience with the fleeting fragility of life.

The play ends with the tape recording of Krapp’s former self stubbornly proclaiming that even though his best days are over, he wouldn’t want them back. The old Krapp moans in pain at the foolishness of this statement. He collapses on the desk, pining for his wasted life and his lost opportunities for happiness, letting the blank tape play on.

Third-year Atticus Ballesteros plays Samuel Beckett's Krapp in UT's recent production.

COURTESY OF MATTHEW GREGORY HOLLIS

“I’ve played with some jazz musicians…. Even in classical music, you can capture a bit of that.”

JOSHUA continued from page 5

relationship with this particular ensemble runs deep: Your first professional recording was with the Academy.

JB: It was, although that was many, many years ago. But I’ve been a regular guest with the orchestra for more than a decade, so they definitely know now how to respond to every cue I give them, even if I’m just raising my eyebrows.

[When I perform], one might accuse me of moving around too much.

But with the Academy, those faults have come to my advantage, because they know how to read my movements. And now, when I work with conductors, I have to hold myself back from directing while they’re there!

[Laughs] CM: Coming from that soloist’s perspective, what’s it like playing as a section musician? I mean, you are playing the concertmaster’s part and leading the orchestra, but you’re still embedded in the ensemble nonetheless.

JB: Well, I’ve always done a lot of chamber music. It’s the same kind of thing as leading a string quartet, although when I lead the orchestra, there are times where it’s important that I don’t play at all and just direct from my seat. So I alternate between those roles.

And 90 percent of what a conductor does, I believe, happens in rehearsal, and that’s all about having a concept of the piece and deciding on all of the

little details. It’s like being the director of a film: The director has to have an overall concept, but at a certain point, they let the actors do what they do. In that way, what I do is the same as what all conductors do, whether they’re using a stick or holding a violin.

What we’re doing [in the Academy] is an extreme in another way.

The winds have to breathe together, since that’s the only way they can be together. It forces a lot of good habits.

Also, as a smaller group, the musicians have to sit on the edge of their seats; no one can really “blend in.” You might think a 40-piece group playing Beethoven might not be as powerful as an 80-piece group, but that’s not necessarily true. When you have a smaller group that’s very live and articulated,

the listener’s ear adjusts to the volume very quickly and responds much more to the articulation and energy. Actually, that can often end up creating a more powerful sensation than a huge but sluggish orchestra.

But having said that, there’s nothing better than the Chicago Symphony, for example, under Riccardo Muti!

So don’t for a second think I’m denigrating that idea, because with a great conductor and a great orchestra, that’s incredibly thrilling. I enjoy letting the conductor do his job and being a soloist in a big orchestra like that, if it’s a great conductor and a great orchestra.

But [performing without relying on the conductor]—that’s how orchestra playing should be. I mean, I’ve heard conductors yell at the orchestra,

“Don’t listen, just watch my stick!”

Which is the most anti-musical thing you could possibly say!

So instead of beating the piece to death, a good conductor allows a good orchestra to listen and play—only inserting him or herself at the right moments.

Joshua Bell performs October 30 at 8 p.m. in recital with pianist Sam Haywood at Symphony Center (220 South Michigan Avenue). Tickets are online at cso.org, including student tickets priced at $15/each.

Tickets are also available for Bell’s concert with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on March 12, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket pricing and other details can be found on Harris Theater’s website.

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Slew of rookies lead Chicago in first meet of the season Swim & Dive Max Hawkins Maroon Contributor The Maroons started their season on Saturday by hosting an ultra-competitive meet against Denison, Northwestern, and University of Illinois–Chicago.

Chicago faced an elevated level of competition since Northwestern and UIC are both Division I, while Denison comes in as one of the top-ranked teams in Division III on both the men’s and women’s sides. Even with difficult competition, the Maroons

relished in the opportunity.

Despite going up against powerhouse squads, it was a slew of rookies that led Chicago off the starting blocks in their debut collegiate meet.

“Going into the meet, I was feeling excited and pumped to swim, not only because it was our first meet of the season, but also because we had the opportunity to race some really fast swimmers from other top teams,” third-year Maya Scheidl said.

The Maroons ended the day with seven top-three finishers.

On the men’s side, first-year Alexander Farrell made an impressive collegiate debut, collecting four of the Maroons’ top seven finishes. His first-year classmates, Michael Todd and Stephen Park, also finished in the top three for the 200-yard medley and 200yard butterfly, respectively.

“I’m extremely proud of the first-years for finishing strong in their first college meet, and I think we have set a good starting point for the rest of the season,” Scheidl said.

Second-year Connor Turkatte

echoed similar sentiments.

“We competed against teams that many people consider to be faster, but we all stepped up to the plate and did our best…This was their first real meet in college, and the [first-years] met this challenge head on.”

Farrell finished second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.49, and second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.30, just edging out fourth-year Thomas Meek who finished with a time of 21.61.

Farrell then teamed up with second-year Alex Lin, Turkatte, and Meek to place third in the 200-yard medley. To add onto top-tier finishes, Farrell also joined Meek, third-year Jonathan Simoneau, and Park to finish third in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:56.18. Meek, a veteran swimmer for the South Siders, was a part of last year’s national championship 400-yard freestyle race.

On the women’s side, secondyear Melissa Bischoff finished second in the 100-yard back-

stroke with a time of 58.16.

Scheidl finished third with a time of 52.79.

“Going forward, I think the team is looking to swim strong in our dual meets, especially the one against Wash U, in order to get the momentum for conference champs in a few months,” Scheidl said.

The Maroons look to gain some momentum as they head into their meet next weekend against Wheaton on Saturday.

The meet will begin at 11 a.m. at Wheaton.

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No. 21 Maroons defeat No. 19 UW–Oshkosh 3–1 Volleyball Katrina Williams Sports Staff The Maroons, No. 21 in rank, traveled to Millikin, IL this past Saturday for a double header against No. 19 UW–Oshkosh and the host team Millikin. Coming off of a tough weekend in the second round of UAA play, the squad was eager to get back on the court, prove itself, and make a statement. The Maroons did exactly that by going 3–0 on Saturday.

First-year Sydney Majors commented on the team’s thoughts and aspirations going

into Saturday’s double header: “Going into this weekend, the team was focused on just playing harder and smarter than last weekend. We came in strong and that is exactly what we did! We had lots of energy, and it was so fun to play as a team with them. We needed to play as a team.”

The South Siders went 3–1 against UW–Oshkosh Titans.

As expected, it was a very close, competitive game; the Maroons fought to take a 25–23 victory in the first set. In the second match, however, Chicago fell short; the final score of the set was 25–17.

In the third set, the Maroons battled from a 20–19 deficit by scoring five points in a row, sealing the deal with a 25–21 victory. Chicago managed to put away the Titans with a 25–18 win in the fourth match. Fourth-year Maren Loe and first-year Audrey Scrafford took control in the fourth match with an impressive 16 kills combined.

Chicago dominated Oshkosh in every statistical category, hitting .294 to the Titans’ .233, tallying two more blocks per match, and serving up 64 digs compared to the Titans’ 57.

Scrafford had an impressive game with 25 kills, and thirdyear libero Mary Claire Tuohy played a great all-around game with 18 digs, three aces, and three assists. Fourth-year Ragine Graves rounded out the Maroons’ balanced attack with 39 assists and 11 digs.

Later that day, the South Siders took on the host of the tournament, and the Big Blue took advantage of their home court, coming out confident in the first match. With three attack errors in a row, the Maroons fell to an 18–12 deficit.

Millikin was able to capitalize on one of the mistakes and

won the first set, 25–18.

In the second set, neither team excelled offensively; they hit at a low combined percentage of .148. Although the hitting wasn’t on par, the Maroons were able to come out on top with a 25–18 victory.

This tied the score at one set per team.

The South Siders never looked back, coming out extremely strong in the third match. At one point, the Maroons led the Big Blue 21–6.

Despite a late rally, Chicago clinched the set with a 25–12 victory.

The Big Blue put up a fight

in the fourth set, and the match was tied 20–20, but Chicago was able to come out on top and win 25–23 to finish an impressive showcase.

Chicago once again was able to excel in the battle of statistics, leading Millikin in hitting percentage, blocks, and aces.

Graves churned out another impressive match with 26 assists and 11 digs. Loe tallied 13 kills and five digs.

While the squad is now gathering momentum going into its tournament this weekend, it has several tests ahead in the form of Hiram, Carthage, and DePauw.

Homecoming hopes halted by Hendrix Football Emmett Rosenbaum Sports Staff The Maroons dropped another close game on Saturday, falling to Hendrix 27–21 in front of a packed homecoming crowd. The game was a tense affair, but while they came within three yards of potentially taking the lead, the South Siders were handed their second loss of the season.

Hendrix got off to a fast start, scoring twice in the first quarter, the only points that Chicago has given up in the opening frame this year.

Meanwhile, the Maroons’ offense struggled, as their running game was continually stuffed by the Warriors’ defense. Typically a standout offensive threat, second-year running back Chandler Carroll averaged only 3.2 yards per carry. Throwing into the wind, third-year quarterback Burke Moser failed to create consistent offense in the air, a balance the Chicago offense depends on.

With the running game almost eliminated in the first half, the Maroons were forced to turn to Moser as he led them in an aerial assault.

“It’s hard to pass when we aren’t running well,” Moser said. “All season we have done a great job of being efficient in both the run and the pass, keeping the defense on their toes. Against Hendrix, we struggled to do that.”

However, the results of their passing parade proved to be fruitful initially. Moser connected with fourth-year receiver Sam Coleman for a 43-yard touchdown pass.

With Hendrix missing their second extra point attempt, the touchdown drew the score to 13–7. Yet the Warriors answered back with a drive of their own six minutes later, needing only three plays to move the ball 65 yards downfield and into the end zone.

The teams then traded punts for the rest of the second and most of the third quarter, when Chicago man-

aged to drive the ball down to the 20-yard line before pulling off a remarkable trick play.

Moser hiked the ball, which he then pitched to Carroll in the backfield. The running back, looking right at home in this unfamiliar position, then hurled the ball into the corner of the end zone where fourthyear tight end Nathan Massey corralled it for a touchdown.

“That was something we practiced all week,” Moser said, who finished the day with a career high of 343 passing yards of his own.

“Chandler was able to make a tremendous football play and get us on the board.”

The teams traded touchdowns on the following drives, as Hendrix managed to rip off a 74-yard touchdown pass while the Maroons methodically marched downfield before Carroll pounded the ball in from nine yards out. However, the game’s defining moment came a few minutes later.

The Maroons worked the ball downfield, converting on

First-year Austin Kochheiser hauls in a pass against Berry earlier this season. cOURTESY OF UCHICAGO ATHLETICS

a fourth and two to put them at Hendrix’s four-yard line.

Carroll gained a yard, but two passes then dropped incomplete, setting up a fourth and goal from the three. The team handed the ball to Carroll, who made a valiant push but was stopped inches short

of the goal line.

“We were so close on all four plays to get it in there, it obviously stings,” Moser lamented. “After running the ball efficiently they started putting a ton of guys in the box so we threw it on second and third down, unsuccess-

fully, then went back to the run on fourth because it had worked so well, and Hendrix stepped up and made a play.”

The Maroons’ next game will be on Halloween, when the team will play host to Sewanee on Senior Day. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m.

Chicago thrashes Aurora 5–0 on their Senior Day Men’s Soccer Frances McDonald Sports Staff Chicago played its last nonconference game of the season on Sunday against the Spartans of Aurora. In a dominating fashion they have become accustomed to as of late, the Maroons were able to thrash their opposition by a score of 5–0. It was the second game in a row that the point differential exceeded three, the last being a 3–0 romp over NYU. “Coming into the Aurora game, we were carrying a lot of confidence from the previous

weekend, and we came out and controlled the game from start to finish,” fourth-year Parker Tikson said.

Control the game they did.

Chicago outscored Aurora in shots (18–6) as well as shots on goal (9–4). The only significant category the Maroons did not lead in was corner kicks; both teams had six.

The squad’s impressive victory over the Spartans was the result of impressive efforts from the offense, defense, and goalkeepers.

In short, it was a complete and total team effort. Ironically, the first goal of the game was scored

in the 20th minute by secondyear defender Stacey Reimann.

The goal was also the first of Reimann’s budding collegiate career and displayed his versatility.

Only a minute later, thirdyear forward Brenton Desai scored on a penalty kick, giving him his third goal of the season and doubling the Maroon advantage to two goals. The first-year pair of Max Lopez and Matthew Koh was also able to widen the Maroons’ lead, as Lopez drove a kick to the top of net at the end of the first half, and Koh matched that effort with a goal of his own two minutes into

the second half.

The team’s leader in goals, Desai, scored his second goal of the game in the second half from 25 yards out, giving the South Siders their final goal en route to the 5–0 romp.

“Everything is clicking for us right now. In the past four games we have really figured out how we want to play, and we’ve done a good job executing. Sunday was awesome,” said second-year goalie Hill Bonin. “We played with a lot of confidence, and trusted each other to get the job done. It was a new level of teamwork and efficiency, and

hopefully it will help us go into the rest of conference with a lot of momentum.”

Bonin has not been hesitant to express his excitement concerning the team’s performance this season, as well as his hopes for the rest of the campaign. Bonin has valid reason to be excited too: his defense only allowed two Spartans to get a shot off on Sunday, both of which Bonin deflected to complete another shutout.

“After a great start to the season, we suffered a lot of injuries to key players, which created a rough patch in the middle, but

we’re finally healthy again. In practice, we’ve recently put a lot of emphasis on creating scoring opportunities, and it clearly paid off this week. Now we need to carry that momentum into our final two weeks of UAA play against some tough opponents,” Tikson added.

While the Maroons will certainly try to ride the wave of confidence they have, the squad faces a competitive conference weekend. They take on Case Western at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Carnegie Mellon at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Both games will be at home on Stagg Field.