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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011 • VOLUME 122, ISSUE 41 • CHICAGOMAROON.COM

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

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LIVEChicago wins SG election

U of C ranks third highest in national survey of prof salaries

Kalad to be president, Singh voted undergrad liaison, SRIC referendum passes By Giovanni Wrobel Senior News Staff

Members of LIVEChicago–first-year Forrest Scofield, third-year Youssef Kalad, and second-year Meher Kairon (left to right)–cut the celebratory cake after the announcement of their victory at the SG slate elections Thursday evening at the C-Shop. DARREN LEOW/MAROON

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LIVEChicago took the cake last night, beating out nearest competitor UNITED Students Alliance by 291 votes, to become the 20112012 SG executive slate. ORCSA also announced thirdyear Nakul Singh and first-year A n g e l a Wa n g t o b e t h e n e x t undergraduate liaison to the Board of Trustees and Community and Government Liaison respectively. They also announced the twelve winners of the College Council race, as well as the overwhelmingly high number of votes in favor of the Socially Responsible Investment Committee (SRIC) referendum at C-Shop last night. The elections maintained last year’s level of involvement, with 2354 total votes–2096 undergraduates and 258 graduates–despite an unopposed slate in 2010 and fewer undergraduate students at

Despite the recession, U of C professors need not worry about their compensation. The American Association of University Professors (A AU P) reported that the University’s 2010–2011 professorial salaries were the third highest in the country. Although the ranking has not changed since last year, full-time U of C professors saw the highest salary increase by an average of about $6,000. These numbers come from an annual report published in March by the AAUP titled “It’s Not Over.” U of C full-time professors received an average s alary of $190,400 last year. Harvard and Columbia Universities were the only schools that reported higher salary payments for professors, at $193,800 and $191,400, respectively.

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DISCOURSE

Alum journalist captured PETA picks a bone with U of C debaters in Libya calls home By Jonathan Lai Associate News Editor More than two weeks after Clare Morgana Gillis (A.B. ’9 8) was captured in Libya while reporting for The Atlantic and USA Today, she was able to call her parents yesterday and tell them she’s alive and well. Gillis, a freelance reporter who had been reporting on the situation in Libya, was detained April 5 with two other journalists outside of Brega, in eastern Libya, according to eyewitness reports. For 16 days, there was no official word on Gillis’s condition. According to news reports, Gillis, American citizen James Foley of GlobalPost, and Spanish citizen Manuel Bravo of the European Pressphoto Agency, were last seen on April 7 at a government detention center in Tripoli. Libyan officials continually declined to confirm their detention. Tanya Powell, a spokesperson for the State Department, would not comment on Gillis’s case due to privacy and diplomacy concerns. Powell acknowledged that multiple U.S. citizens, including two journalists, are believed to be detained in Libya. “Senior State Department officials have reached out to Libyan officials about the citizens who are believed to be detained, including two journalists,” Powell said. “Although we

do not currently have a diplomatic presence in Libya…Turkey has agreed to be our protecting power to obtain information and provide assistance.” Gillis’s phone call to her parents, which lasted approximately 15 minutes, was the first direct contact Gillis made since her capture. According to a spokesperson for The Atlantic, the call was a promising development, but more action is needed from the Libyan government. “Today's phone call is a positive step; however, we continue to urge the Libyan government to let the journalists go as soon as possible and, in the meantime, to let foreign diplomats or humanitarian workers visit them,” the spokesperson wrote in an email. A fourth journalist, photographer Anton Lazarus Hammerl, was reportedly traveling with the group, according to the April 21 TheAtlantic.com article “Detained Reporter Clare Gillis Says She is Alive and Well.” However, according to the article, Gillis told her parents that Hammerl, a dual South African and Austrian citizen, had not been with them when they were detained. Hammerl’s current status and location are unknown. After graduating from the U of C with a degree in English Language and Literature, Gillis spent three years in Iceland, one year of

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Bruce Friedrich, PETA's Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs, argues for the concern for all animals during the Chicago Debate Society's tournament, "Is Eating Meat Ethical?" Wednesday night at Kent. MONIKA LAGAARD/MAROON

By Linda Qiu News Staff Can you have your steak and eat it too ? People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Vice President Bruce Friedrich and the U of C Debate Society disputed the ethics of eating meat Wednesday night in Kent. Third-years Paul Wyatt and Ryan O’Holleran represented U of C Debate. The debate is a part of a campaign by PETA2–the youth oriented branch of PETA–to raise awareness about meat production across university campuses. Friedrich, a veteran debater who has sparred on CNN and MSNBC over issues like the use of animals in circuses and biomedical testing, has visited Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and most

recently NYU to persuade students–and campus policy-makers–to question their meat-eating habits. Friedrich and the U of C debaters agreed upon the flaws and lamentable conditions of meat production, disagreeing rather on the morality of consumption in general. “Most people haven’t thought about the fact that they’re supporting cruelty that would warrant felony cruelty were these dogs or cats being similarly abused,” Friedrich said. “Most people haven’t thought about the mass inefficiency and the pollution that we’re supporting when we eat meat.” Fredrich considers the ecological and animal welfare benefits of meatless consumption to constitute “categorical and ethical imperatives to side with the

non-meat eaters.” Wyatt and O’Holleran argued for legislative reform of current industrial standards, but defended people’s ability to consume meat with a clean conscience. The carnivores likened going meatless because of animal cruelty to going naked because of sweatshop conditions. They said eating animals can be done in an ethically sound manner and is morally acceptable if the animals are treated well in life. “We challenge the assumption that death is inherently bad. Existence is better than nonexistence,” Wyatt said. Friedrich countered that “the best of the best” of humane farms, like Virginiabased organic producer Polyface, are still inadequate, where he said that conditions are drastically better than in industrial farms, but where slaughtering remains painful and cruel. “The question is, would you want to spend an afternoon slicing animal’s throats open?” he said. “If you found that hard to watch, then you ask yourself, where is the integrity in paying someone to do that sort of thing on your behalf?” His PowerPoint included videos of factory farm and slaughtering conditions that depicted de-beaking and castration, as well as statistics, quotes from Socrates and Paul McCartney, and pictures of his own pets. Deeming these tactics as “pathosladen,” O’Holleran instead focused on the “principle of whether or not it is ethical to eat meat,” rather than the process that goes into it, considering Friederich’s speeches “observations, not arguments.” “Just because [humane conditions] don’t exist today, just because the

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the University. “I think the level of participation is great. It is a pretty good percentage,� O RC SA director Sharlene Holly s aid. “Whenever there are two really strong slates with SG connections, the elections are more contentious.� With the elections completed, the LIVEChicago slate has their minds focused on getting key projects underway, and working with the current slate as the academic year ends. “With the airport shuttles and the UCrawl, and all these other things that are happening right now with this current slate, we’re going to partner with them, so that the basic stuff is simple, made even better next year,� said President-Elect Youssef Kalad. Second-year and Vice President for Student Affairs–Elect Meher Kairon hopes to gain commitments from council members so that planning can begin on specific initiatives early in the fall quarter. “One of the big things that they [Next Generation] are about to accomplish are the SG vans,� Kalad said. “We want to figure out how they are going to pay for it, how they are going to rent it.� SG continues to struggle in gaining the support of graduate students, who have traditionally been drawn away from participating in SG due to the student-run governing bodies specific to their divisions. “I think one of the challenges of student government is to engage the graduate students,� Holly said. “Central student government does impact the amount of funding used for graduate programs and if more understood this, I think there would be more participation.�

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PETA VP criticizes campus dining

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which was on a Fulbright scholarship. She earned her master’s degree from Harvard in Germanic Languages and Literatures in 2003, and her Ph.D. in Medieval History this spring, according to the Harvard Crimson. “I’ve had lots of conversations with young academics who don’t know what to do with their Ph. D in the current job market. [Gillis] is the only one who thought it made perfect sense to go report from a war zone,� David Etlin (A.B. ’98), who became friends with Gillis in Cambridge, Massachusetts, wrote in an e-mail. “After writing so much on what had happened centuries ago, she wanted a big change, to write in a way that made the most difference to people’s lives now.� Friends of Gillis describe her as adventurous and charismatic. “ Th e a m a z i n g t h i n g a b o u t C l a r e i s she’s always ready for an adventure,� said Carolyn Rasmussen (A.B. ’98), who met Gillis at the U of C. “She’s a very inquisitive, adventurous person.� Raissa Trend (A.B. ’98) met Gillis on a year-long study abroad program in Germany their third year at the U of C. “She has an incredible curiosity; she’s very adventurous and fearless, I would say. It didn’t surprise me at all that she undertook this trip to try to be a journalist,� Trend said, adding that she believed Gillis was “well aware of the risks.�

bureaucrats haven’t done that yet, doesn’t mean that it’s impossible,� said O’Holleran. In addition, the pro-meat side insisted that eating meat is natural and necessary. Species preservation, according to Wyatt, is an overlooked benefit to meat consumption. “If you accept vegetarianism instead of eating meat, we have no more reason to keep these animals alive,� Wyatt said. “Cows will die regardless, either under human care or in the classic wilderness eaten by predators.� Friedrich criticized the U of C’s dining standards, considering ARAMARK’s suppliers “the worst of the worst.� He cited how U of C’s eggs still are produced in battery cages, a practice that places chickens in individual wire cages and that Friedrich considers the least humane conditions for any animal in the meat industry. “If the students agree that we should be working toward more humane treatment, then the University of Chicago should drop their current dining services provider and switch over to Bon Appetit,� Fredrich said. “Many other campuses have gone completely cage-free for eggs, which would be the barest of bare minimums. The University of Chicago is way behind the curve.� O’Hollaren and Wyatt agree that alternatives to factory farmed meats would be preferable, similarly agreeing that benefiting the environment and minimizing cruelty are ethically good. What an individual eats, both sides concur, should be more than palate preference. As for who won, that’s hardly the meat of the issue.

CORRECTIONS Âť The April 19 article “Housekeeping Staffers May Be Laid Offâ€? incorrectly stated the location of Tuesday's rally. It took place outside President Zimmer's office in the administration building. Âť In the April 19 article “Obama Chooses Zimmer For Science Board,â€? Dr. Walter Massey’s position at Morehouse College was misstated. He is the president emeritus.

The students behind the SRIC referendum, which will institute a group of undergrads, grads, and faculty members to advise the University’s Board of Trustees in making responsible investment decisions celebrated the proposal's passing. “The whole point of this movement is not to get away from any specifi c investment, but to just establish a socially responsible investment committee,� first-year and SRIC supporter David Kaner said. “The referendum did not establish a committee, but that is what we are asking for tomorrow. We did win with 80% of the vote, so that is clearly indicative of where the student body stands on this issue, and we hope that the administration is going to respect that vote,� Kaner said. UNITED Students Alliance, which came in second place with 657 votes, released a statement on their website to thank their supporters, “Let’s celebrate that we tried, that we gave our best, that we created a platform for communication and inspired ideas for this campus next year,� the statement read. “Thanks to everyone who voted, who ran with us and held us through!� U n c o m m o n Fu n , w h i ch g a r n e r e d 268 votes, also released a statement via Facebook. “Thank you all so much for your support and votes! While we did not win this election, I think it’s safe to say that we’ve all had a good time campaigning and bringing to the front really important issues that need to be discussed.� The Moose Party's platform, including a study abroad program to state schools with the intention of creating a U of C “Bro-zone,� will not come to fruition, but that won’t stop them from throwing a victory party.

University spokesman Jeremy Manier said that the U of C values its well known faculty and would not let economic factors like the recession affect that fact. “Through good or challenging economic times, the University of Chicago’s commitment to attracting preeminent faculty in a variety of fields will continue to be strong,� he said. “Our faculty [is] central to the University’s core missions of creating new knowledge and providing life -changing education.� Several department chairs acknowledged the ranking but declined to comment on the average salary figure or the rest of the report. The report discussed the residual effects of the economic crisis on professor salaries and universities from December 2007 to June 2009. The report says that, during the recession, the salary of private university presidents increased three times as much as that of faculty members. The salary of public university presidents increased twice as much as those of faculty members during the same period. The report also said that though the overall number of full-time faculty hires increased, schools hired more members for non-tenure-track positions than for tenuretrack positions. Over the nearly two-a-half-year period covered in the survey, the number of tenuretrack faculty members decreased by over 3% nationally. The number of contingent (not full-time faculty) and graduate student employees also increased to over 75 percent of instructional staff as of 2009, according to the report.

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SG should consider low election participation before creating new positions Last night, LIVEChicago was elected the executive slate for the 2011-2012 school year, beating out UNITED Students Alliance in a close and intensely campaigned race. Especially when compared to last year, when Next Generation was the only serious slate to run against the satirical Moose Party, this year’s race was a unique case in the Student Government (SG) elections. However, out of the other fifteen elected positions on the ballot, nine were one-candidate races. The position for graduate liaison to the Board of Trustees couldn’t even fare that well: “Write-in” was the only available option for voters. The new Community and Government Liaison position, created last spring, had first-year Angela Wang as the only listed option. All second- and third-year class representative seats were unopposed as well, with eight candidates running

for eight vacant spots. In other words, half of College Council was elected by default. Needless to say, empty ballots like the ones in this week’s election aren’t the most effective way to organize good, qualified student representation. Though a candidate’s competence has nothing to do with whether or not they have opposition, having multiple options in an election allows for campus-wide discussion. More importantly, this scarcity of candidates is a self-perpetuating cycle: Weak participation can lead to unaccountable representation, which, in turn, discourages students from getting involved. It reflects badly on SG when positions go unopposed. This problem doesn’t have to be permanent. Firstly, SG should be wary when creating new positions throughout the year; though initiatives like the

Community and Government Liaison are admirable in their intention, it’s unwise to further decentralize a group that already has trouble engaging students. Before creating new positions, SG should ensure that the core ones are being filled by competent, enthusiastic, and genuine representatives. Student participation in running for office can also be increased by betterdefined roles in SG. The liaison roles are far from being well-defined, especially compared to the more set-in-stone duties of class and slate representatives. Their vague nature can turn off a lot of students who see them as placeholders with no real power to enact change. SG can’t afford to be perceived as a disorganized and amorphous body. Students will only run for positions if they believe them to be serious opportunities. Finally, encourage an element of

cohesion to the class representative and liaison elections. The slate elections, which usually draw the most attention, are most compelling because they emphasize the unity and teamwork of three students, cultivating an image of solidarity and promoting a universal message of campus reform. Class representatives and liaisons should be encouraged to run as slates, presenting themselves as a more unified front for the student body to consider during elections. The scarcity of candidates in SG elections does not have to become a U of C tradition; if small but significant efforts are made, future SG election races can pick up the pace. The Editorial Board consists of the Editor-in-Chief, Viewpoints Editors, and an additional editorial board member.

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Freedom to disagree Thinking critically about SRIC referendum is crucial to its long-term success

By Colin Bradley Viewpoints Columnist In a Viewpoints column published in the Maroon’s April 15 edition, Kimberly Goff-Crews, our vice president of campus life and dean of students, challenged the University campus at large to remind itself of the principles of free inquiry and discussion on which it was founded and from which it derives its authority as a premier institution of higher learning. Her point is certainly

a valid one; free discussion is always a praiseworthy ethos that one cannot be too careful in protecting. Yet I believe there is a side to the issue that Ms. GoffCrews did not fully address. For one, I think it is somewhat misleading to refer to this period as one of “relative quiet” in the realm of inquiry and discussion. There are countless student groups trying to raise awareness for a myriad of different issues—from relief efforts in Japan and Pakistan, to Palestinian rights, to the newly precarious situation of many University staff members, to gay and lesbian rights, to University investment policies (I’ll return to this last one). Ms. Goff-Crews is certainly correct that there is no singularly popular and divisive issue that has enthralled the attention of everyone on campus, but to intimate that this is a period of “relative quiet” seems to

imply that students are not trying to open any sort of dialogue. A passing glance at any bulletin board around campus reveals the exact opposite. What is probably the most vocal campaign currently ongoing—and, for the sake of full disclosure, one with which I am personally involved—is the movement for the establishment of a Socially Responsible Investment Committee (SRIC) at the University. Students for a Democratic Society, and the more informal Students for SRIC, have gathered approximately 900 signatures on a petition that placed the issue of SRIC on the Student Government elections ballot this week. Those 900 signatures represent approximately 18% of the undergraduate student body. While, to be fair, a signature on the petition was not an expressed endorsement of SRIC, it was, at least, a call for

dialogue on the subject. The SRIC movement has a somewhat long and involved history, one with which many at the U of C are probably familiar, and which I will not recapitulate here. It is enough to say it is the descendant of some of those “moments of controversy” that Ms. Goff-Crews remembers (particularly the Darfur Divestment campaign). It is an issue that has long been present, and that has yet again risen to the surface of student activism—the force that Ms. Goff-Crews calls “the life of the campus community.” Yet the call here is for dialogue, not monologue. There are at least two necessary participants in such a discussion. The students at this University have for too long been left to soliloquize on their worries, interests, and complaints. In yesterday’s Student Government

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Cutting our losses When considering practical budget solutions, politicians cannot afford to be idealistic By Max Viscio Viewpoints Contributor A previous editorial (“A Deficit of Compassion,” 4/12/11) stated that the Republicans in Congress lack compassion. I would like to examine this idea a bit further. Representative Paul Ryan recently introduced a budget proposal that would cut spending and significantly alter two pillars of the social safety net, Medicare and Medicaid. As stated by Gururangan in his editorial, the plan would turn Medicaid into a block grant program that would leave more control to the states while Medicare would subsidize seniors buying private health insurance. It was contended that the changes to Medicaid, in particular, would endanger the welfare

of those who depend on its services. The approach being taken with Medicaid is similar to the welfare reform of the 1990s. In 1996, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was changed from being funded on a matching formula basis (like today’s Medicaid) to a block grant. Like critics of Ryan’s plan today, Democratic Representative John Lewis of Georgia asked, “Where is the compassion?” and plainly stated that “this bill is mean.” The actual result of this so-called “mean” bill was that both child poverty and the welfare rolls decreased while the income of those formerly in the program increased, all while saving the taxpayers billions. Now this is not to say that Ryan’s plan will be as successful, but it does show how states can address

the needs of their residents better than the federal government can. The fear that those who need Medicaid may lose it is understandable, but block grants have the potential to greatly improve the system for both recipients and taxpayers. Though it is doubtful that this budget will pass in its current form, it has formed a starting point for a national discussion on our fiscal situation. On April 13, President Obama gave a speech in response to Ryan’s budget. Though he outlined some substantive cuts to spending, his plans for tax reform and lowering healthcare costs were much less specific. However, instead of relying on Obama’s speech for an accurate idea of his budget plan, it would be better to use the actual budget he proposed a few months ago.

President Obama’s actual 2012 budget would lead to 9.5 trillion dollars in deficits over the next ten years, and by 2021 would explode the debt to 87% of GDP, according to the CBO. So until the President and the Democrats present a realistic budget that meaningfully tackles the deficit, it will be hard to take them seriously on this matter. To solve the deficit, it has been suggested we continue to spend even more on infrastructure, green energy, healthcare technology, and education. So the solution to too much spending is more spending? While the urge to spend in these areas comes from admirable intentions, the facts just don’t bear out. Education spending has continued to

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Kalven Report dialogue is key to instigating referendum debate REFERENDUM continued from page 3 elections, the student body expressed itself in one of the few channels which at least pretends to promise the possibility of mutual debate with the University administration (excluding the poorly-attended open forums—one case in which the student body consistently doesn’t hold up its end of the bargain). If the student body’s endorsement of the SRIC referendum attracts the University’s attention, we can certainly anticipate the time-tested, knee-jerk response: The Kalven Report. Already too much has been written and said about the Kalven Report for me to contribute anything particularly novel here, but there is one bizarre happenstance I would like to point out. The Kalven Report was drafted with the intention of protecting all those lofty, oft-heralded virtues of freedom of discussion, as well as respect for dissenting opinion—the values praised by Ms. GoffCrews in her column and by the University in all its public statements. Yet, despite the possible merits or demerits of this document, it is used today in a spirit very clearly at odds with its initial conception. Today the Kalven Report serves not to protect open dialogue and the unpopular opinion, but rather to silence any arguments which challenge its princi-

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ples. The Darfur Divestment campaign, and now the SRIC campaign, have challenged the principles of the Kalven Report repeatedly, only to be faced with the daunting challenge of arguing against what has come to be indubitable dogma. The principles of the report may or may not still be applicable: That is not the point here (though it is the topic of a much needed debate). The point is that, as long as the University treats the Kalven Report like the scripture of divine revelation of an inexorable institutional legacy, free discussion will be impossible. Without an open discussion of the Kalven Report itself, free inquiry as a general principle is dead at this University. So now is the moment of truth: Will the University respond in good faith to the SRIC referendum, as prescribed by its mantra of free inquiry and amenable debate? Or will it draw the Iron Curtain of the Kalven Report, in a bizarre attempt to side-step a discussion by citing a document designed to foster an environment suitable for discussion? Or, even worse, will the student body’s call for dialogue be met with interminable silence? Colin Bradley is a first-year in the College.

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BUDGET continued from page 3 increase for decades, yet there has been little to no academic improvement. Having the government pick winners and losers in green energy is an inefficient way to spur innovation and can, as in the case of the Bush administration’s ethanol subsidies, lead to disastrous results. Spending on highways and health information technology will produce economic benefits, but it won’t close trillion-dollar deficits or fix runaway entitlement programs. Given the crisis we face, we cannot dismiss a plan just because it reduces spending on programs that help the poor. Criticizing a plan that cuts spending on Medicare and Medicaid is easy, but actually finding and proposing a real solution to our debt problem is not. The simple fact is that these programs must be reformed or they will not survive. So, going back to

the opening question: Do Republicans lack compassion? The answer, for the most part, is actually 'yes', but this is the case for most politicians over the past few decades. They are the ones who made promises to future generations (i.e. us) that they knew could never be kept. They are the ones who spent recklessly knowing full well that it would not be they who would be stuck with bill, but we. In short, bankrupting the next generation of Americans is about as far from compassion as one can get. Those who truly have compassion are the Republicans and Democrats working on practical, tangible solutions that would allow for these programs to continue for both us and future generations.

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Black Lips aim to entertain with on-stage antics ers like Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend to a whole new level with their infamous live performances. Their wild stage antics have included everything from vomiting and urinating to necking band mates, racing Radio Control (RC) cars, and setting their guitars on fire. Recently, the band has talked about dialing down the craziness of their shows as their career matures, but Black Lips are entertainers first and last. The Maroon talked with Ian St. Pé, lead guitarist of the shocking rock ’n’ roll outfit, about punk hippies, entertainment, and white kids with machine guns.

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By Bradford Rogers Voices Lip Service Black Lips first got their start in Georgia in 1999, the same year half the band’s current lineup got kicked out of high school

for being a “subculture danger.” Guitarists Ian St. Pé and Cole Alexander, bassist Jared Swilley, and drummer Joe Bradley have carved a niche for themselves as raucous and crude garage rockers. With influences ranging from

Peruvian punk band Los Saicos to the Viennese hardcore punk activist G G Allin, Black Lips craft a sound reminiscent of early Hives and ’60’s beach rock. B l a ck L i p s t a k e t h e g u i t a r smashing traditions of rock-

Chicago Maroon: The band is self-described as “flower p u n k .” W h e r e d i d t h a t t e r m come from? I a n S t . P é : Yeah, we were talking about that the other day. Flower punk is being too hippie to be punk and way too punk to be hippie. We’re here, motherfucker, but we’re also pretty good.

CM: Your first album produced by someone outside the band, Arabia Mountain, is set to drop in June. What was it like working with producer Mark Ronson? ISP: Yeah, June 7. Yeah, it was cool. He didn’t really change anything, it was just nice to have a fresh ear from the outside listening in. He just kinda made the drums sound bigger and some other parts more tight. But it’s still a Black Lips record. CM: What sort of new sound is explored on the album? ISP: It just sounds big. You’ll be able to put that shit on in the club. I think people will be quite happy. Mark’s a real good guy and it would be cool to work with someone like him in the future. CM: Band members have recently said you might be dialing back your onstage antics a bit. What can fans expect on this spring’s tour? I S P: Nothing but entertainment. We do like to push the envelope, if you want to call it that. You’re going to get whatever we go with that night. I always say musicians are the ones who will help you pick out

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w h o k i l l brings all the tunes to the yard By Lyndsey McKenna Voices Tuning Fork It’s easy to be skeptical of tUnE-yArDs without hearing even a measure of music—there’s something equally elite and childish about the stylization of Merrill Garbus’s alias. The old adage that warns readers not to judge a book by its cover is certainly relevant here, but only to a certain degree. Don’t judge w h o k i l l, the sophomore album of tUnEyArDs, solely on its alternating capitalization and strange spacing; to neglect such a phenomenally innovative album would be a travesty. However, do consider yourself warned that the next forty minutes of listening will be anything but conventional.

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On BiRd-BrAiNs, tUnE-yArDs’s first album, the sonic quality is considerably more lo-fi, a result of Garbus recording solely using a voice recorder, without any studio time. This departure has led to a more refined, richer texture on the album, and the added instrumentation is certainly a welcome

addition to w h o k i l l. One standout track, “Gangsta,” is punctuated by lush and brassy instrumentation. The saxophones are jarring and unexpected, but the dissonance isn’t frustrating. Rather, “Gangsta” is a track with ridiculous yet powerful vocals that pulses with rhythm. “Powa,” which immediately follows the playful instrumentation of “Gangsta,” features a slower tempo and guitars that are less frantic and more sprawling; it’s playful, yet not as in-your-face, and Garbus’s vocals are certainly the most prominent feature on the track. She is able to hit the high notes and sustain them with a flourish that sets her apart from other female singer-songwriters dominant in the current independent music scene. “Bizness,” the first single from w h o k i l l, is a looping tune with playful and whimsical vocalizing that manages to swell with its chorus and never lose traction. Despite the extreme stylization and complexity of instrumentation, no lyrical depth is lost, and the album is rife with political themes. Garbus writes and sings from her own liberal arts background, a result of her Smith College education, and her remarks are varied and provoking without being preachy.

“Doorstep” was inspired in part by the 2009 shooting of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Joannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, where Garbus herself currently lives. The track isn’t necessarily dependent on that event, however, as the song is able to unite joyous vocalizations with grim lyrical content. The song is propelled by strong percussive elements; there’s an incess ant tapping, along with snare drums, kick drums, and the clash of a tambourine as Garbus’s rousing vocals channel girl groups of bygone eras. It certainly leaves an impression on the listener. “Riotriot” sonically drifts until Garbus proclaims, “There is a freedom in violence that I don’t understand,” and the song bursts: Horns blast and, suddenly, the track is a dissonant explosion. Another politically-minded track is “My Country,” a song that contains the famed lyrics of “My Country ’Tis of Thee” but concludes with the statement, “The worst thing about living a lie is just wondering when they’ll find out.” The political sentiments on w h o k i l l aren’t the focal point of the album, but they still strike a chord with listeners. On “Killa,” the album closer, Garbus proclaims herself a “new kind of woman,” and she makes

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it very clear that she’s not going to put up with anything from a n y b o d y. Th e s o n g i s j a u n t y , upbeat, and downright catchy. “I cannot take it, I’m so hip/ I’m hip like a yuppie is hip,” she sings, and then follows it up by proclaiming, “I’m so hip!”; the lyrics are dripping in satire. Although Garbus is being ironic, she’s no less forceful and witty. w h o k i l l is experimental and

exploratory, and it manages to be enjoyable even while discussing some dreary realities of today’s world. The album’s inspiration is drawn from a myriad of styles and locations—there are moments reminiscent of jazz, pop, R&B, dub, and African tunes, and, because no two songs are alike, the album is an enthralling listen from start to finish, despite the obnoxious spelling and spacing.

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CHICAGO MAROON | VOICES | April 22, 2011

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RSOs show talents, raise funds By Tomi Obaro Voices Fame Monster

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It's the show that made Susan Boyle famous and now its winning format is being brought to Mandel Hall. UChicago's Got Talent, in the vein of the popular show America's Got Talent, promises to please with seven of the university's top performing RSOs, Rhythmic Bodies in Motion, PhiNix Dance Crew, Raas Team, Balle Bhangra, Men in Drag, Voices in Your Head, and Off-Off Campus. “It’s going to be exactly like America’s Got Talent. The audience votes for their favorite act by texting,” said fourth-year Prakiti Mishra, one of the event organizers. The winning RSO will receive a $100 prize. “We want it to be really big. We invited as many different RSOs as we could,” added fourth-year Nadia Ismail.

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Across 1. Cubs first baseman Carlos 5. "Yo ___, I heard you like..." 9. Grannies 14. Terrible Tsar 15. "Workplace inspectors, for short" 16. ___ a dream 17. Hog-tie 18. HS science subj. 19. Essay 20. Plagued Chicago shopping center 23. Spoil 24. Narcissist's obsession 25. First film to gross $2 billion 29. Pitcher/catcher slang term in Japan 30. Weep 33. Honda SUV 34. "New, to Nero" 35. Actress Gershon 36. Frozen Sara Gruen novel 39. "Weaken, as in MMORPGs" 40. Micro subj. at the U of C 41. Tokyo brew 42. Big Ben's setting; Abbr. 43. Tattoos 44. Debaser band 45. Member of the first family? 46. Animated image fmt. 47. Miraculous site for extreme sports 55. Player's nemesis 56. ___ chance! 57. Straight ___ the rocks? 58. Illinois' Stevenson 59. Part of QED 60. It means nothing to Nadal 61. Director Brian De___ 62. Internet destination 63. Snack machine bills

Down 1. Proper name of pop? 2. Beyond bad 3. iPod 4. Hiro's sidekick on Heroes 5. ___ Who 6. It might be taken in the dark 7. What a relief! 8. High stakes match 9. Paparazzo's snapshot focus 10. Time and ___ (extra pay) 11. California wine region 12. Opposite of sans 13. "Dried up, poetically" 21. Malfoy of fiction 22. Swab again 25. Getting an A+ on 26. "Smoking and drinking, e.g." 27. "Redirect, as one's eyes" 28. Petty argument 29. Recital highlights 30. Ten Commandments locale 31. Words before rocks or ropes 32. Foundation 34. Some are plunging 35. Relief name 37. Check out again 38. Israeli port 43. Spanish airline 44. "Dock Ellis, e.g." 45. "With ""The,"" Mr. T series" 46. What are you trying to ___? 47. Hitting sound 48. Mary ___ little lamb 49. ___ cost you! 50. Sasuke's seaweed 51. Frat top 52. Wrinkle remover 53. Hawk's opposite 54. Mega Man X console

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However, UChicago’s Got Talent isn’t just about entertainment; the event’s two main organizers, JAPAN Relief & Rebuild and UChicago for Pakistan, are raising money to provide relief for the two disaster-stricken countries. UChicago for Pakistan, a student coalition which formed this year to raise money and awareness after the devastating floods in Pakistan this summer, will donate the proceeds from the show to the Human Development Foundation. They hope to raise $8,160, enough to rebuild a school in Pakistan. Ismail, a member of UChicago for Pakistan, originally came up with the idea for a largescale variety show after the success of the Students for Justice in Palestine’s Justice Café in February. The event featured a variety of student poets and musicians. Inspired by its success, Ismail decided to collaborate with

Mishra and third-years Gulrana Syed and Maha Ahmed to spearhead a similar event. “When we were offered Mandel Hall for free, we decided to go big,” Mishra said. JAPAN Relief & Rebuild is also hoping to generate enough money to meet their own target of $10,000. Formed after the March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, JAPAN Relief & Rebuild is a subcommittee of the Japanese Student Association. They plan to send their donations to students at Iwate University in Japan who were directly affected by the tsunami that hit the area. “We’re going to try and cover some of their tuition expenses,” explained second-year Kei Kuwahara. Nearly a quarter of the students at Iwate lost homes and families and now cannot afford tuition. UChicago’s Got Talent is just one of many collaborative events that JAPAN Relief & Rebuild has done to raise money. “We partnered with SASA and held a raffle. We’re collaborating with MODA right now, selling t-shirts,” Kuwahara said. The process has been slow going. “It’s difficult to keep momentum after the initial push,” Kuwara said. “There comes a point when everybody says ‘I’ve already donated.’ Also, it’s difficult for people to give up their time to volunteer because of the rigorous nature of our school.” But regardless of donor fatigue, JAPAN Relief & Rebuild is hoping to get a significant amount of money from the show. The coordinators promise the show will be lively. Fourth-year Joseph Dozier will host, and there will be a number of opportunities to win prizes. The house that brings the most people to the event will win a prize, as will the fraternity and sorority that bring the most people. During intermission, UChicago for Pakistan and JAPAN Relief and Rebuild will give presentations on the disasters in both countries. But the main emphasis is on the entertainment, according to Mishra: “We just really want people to have fun.”

Black Lips's upcoming album expands horizons with new producer BLACK LIPS continued from page 5 strings at a guitar store, entertainers are the ones you go see live. That’s what we are: Entertainers. CM: You’ve toured all over the world. How has touring changed since you first hit the road? ISP: Well, we have a little bit of respect now. We don’t have to sleep on floors. But we’ve always toured lots of places. We always try to travel the world and see lots of things. We’ve always set up wild tours. Like, we’re going on a Middle East tour in September which should be quite exciting. In the past we’ve done Israel, Palestine, Russia, Brazil, Japan. We like to just get up there and get something, but the only

difference is, yeah, we’ve got a little more respect. CM: What’s the weirdest place you’ve ever played? I S P: Russia was pretty wild. Instead of big black bouncers at the front of the stage were young white kids with machine guns. That was pretty wild...What else? Playing in Israel...Brazil was awesome. Everywhere’s cool. Just everywhere, being able to play music. You wake up every morning happy. CM: Any last words? ISP: We like to have fun, so come party with us. We love Chicago, so definitely come say hi.

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CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | April 22, 2011

Cheering and support will boost team morale at Emory

With powerful season behind, Chicago shoots for UAA title

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important ‘team’ meet of the outdoor season,” Hall said. “We need to really come together as a program and support one another better than we have throughout the outdoor season,” Hall said. Scores will be considered differently at this meet, as well. “At UAAs, it’s all about the final team standings. We have our goals as far as those are concerned, and that’s often how we judge the meet,” Andryack said. In order to foster morale, the Maroons encourage cheering for each other. “At conference meets we have a very strict cheering policy in that you must be cheering at the meet, so there is generally a lot of support,” Sizek said. Even though the field events are often in a different area from the track, the Maroons try

to be supportive throughout. “One of our goals every UAA meet is to be the most supportive team out there, and we usually succeed,” Andryack said. The last few weeks have been difficult for Chicago. “It has been really tough getting up for performances in the miserable weather we have had,” Hall said. Conference meets, however, might be different. “Mentally, it’s usually easier to get totally dialed in,” Andryack said. For the fourth-years on the team, this meet is a great chance to leave a final mark. “Our senior class has been a huge part of every conference roster we’ve been on, going back to our championship team indoors 2008, when we brought about 10 freshmen out of 25 men. Hopefully we can make this one a fitting end to our UAA careers,” Andryack said.

the third-ranked team in the country. The Eagles are also the only UAA squad to have defeated Chicago—squeaking o u t a 5 — 4 v i c t o r y i n t h e I TA I n d o o r C h a m p i o n s h i p b a ck i n M a r ch — w h i ch makes them likely to be the only team that can stop the Maroons. The women overpowered Case 9-0 back in February and defeated their probable semifinal opponent, Carnegie (ranked eleventh

despite a record of only 10-6), in last year’s UAA. But after beating a whole slew of ranked opponents in the regular season, including thirtieth-ranked Wheaton, twentieth-ranked Carleton, seventeenth-ranked Depauw, fifteenth-ranked Wash U. (twice), fourteenthranked Chapman, eighth-ranked Washington and Lee, sixth-ranked Denison (twice) and second-ranked Williams, the women will want nothing less than a UAA title.

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come-from-behind wins, including a walk-off base hit, against Dominican and Aurora. A large supporting audience may provide the impetus for Chicago to repeat their previous home performances. “A large student-based crowd will provide our team with great confidence and motivation,” Garcia said.

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Maroons go south for outdoor championship By Kate Marsden Sports Staff Although the Maroons will b e running in hot and humid Atlanta this weekend, the team is looking forward to the exciting competition at the UAA Outdoor Championship. “Unlike high school, where most teams race the same teams every week and at championship meets, we don’t see our rivals that much over the course of the year, but that doesn’t diminish the amount of passion that we feel during the competition,” fourth-year Brian Andreycak said. The increased level of competition at this weekend’s championships is even more of an incentive for runners to give their all. “Even though the competition is in Atlanta—Read: hot weather that’s bad for distance runners—I think that the competition will be good and I may be able to run some fast times,” second-year Julia Sizek said. This weekend’s meet will also be slightly different than other meets of the season. It lasts two days- with preliminary events, and some finals for distance and field events on the

first day, and final heats of the rest of the events on the second day. Because the conference meet is unique, the team trains differently to prepare for it. “When it’s time for the conference meet, we back off our training a lot, though not too much, since we have another month of competition afterward,” Andreycak said. This high level of competition is also a time for runners to set personal records. “The thing I most want to see our team improve upon is overall energy,” head coach Chris Hall said. Unfortunately for the Maroons, a number of deserving runners will not be running this weekend because of travel restrictions. “The guys who made the cut over those who were equally deserving have a responsibility to prove they belong, and I’m confident that they will,” Andreycak said. The UAA Outdoor Championship is a team-driven event, and unity amongst Chicago will play an important role. “This is our most

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Fourth-year Brian Andreycak competes in the 110 meter hurdles finals during the Chicagoland Championship earlier this season. He will be competing with the team at Emory this weekend. DANIEL SELLON/MAROON

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Fourth-ranked Chicago travels to UAA tournament Defeated South Siders take aim at rival Bears By Matthew Luchins Sports Staff

“The UAA is one of the most competitive conferences in the country,” third-year singles player Jennifer Kung said. “The last two

years the top three teams in our conference have made it to at least the Elite Eight [at the NCAA Tournament]. It’ll be really tough to defend our title without Chrissy, especially since we’ll probably have to beat Emory to do it, but I

honestly think that if the rest of us compete hard and play to the best of our ability, we could still win the whole tournament.” Emory (16—4) enters as the Championship’s first seed and

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Fourth-year Chrissy Hu returns the ball in the 2010 ITA Central Region Championship doubles match from an earlier season. Hu is currently injured and her usually strong performance will be missed at this weekend’s matchups. MATT BOGEN/MAROON

By Eugene Chong Sports Staff After being shut out 10—0 on Wednesday night by North Park (22—7), Chicago looks to rebound against UAA rival WashU with consecutive doubleheaders at home this Friday and Saturday. The Maroons were on a three-game winning streak prior to the loss to North Park, and this weekend’s four-game slate presents an excellent opportunity for Chicago (11—7) to return to its winning ways. Chicago’s offense in particular will need to rebound in order for the Maroons to find success against WashU (25—13). Though third-year catcher Stephen Williams and second-year center fielder Ben Bullock both extended their hitting streaks to nine and seven games, respectively, with singles on Wednesday, the team’s inability to hit for power ultimately sunk Chicago against North Park. Williams, second-year first baseman J.R. Lopez, and second-year left fielder Jack Cinoman, among the team leaders in slugging percentage, have accounted for 108 of the 154 runs scored this season, and they will need to find their power strokes in order to do some damage against WashU this weekend. Having had two doubleheaders against Monmouth and North Central postponed due to rain prior to Wednesday’s game, the Maroons

enter this weekend’s contests with a full rotation of fresh arms. “In terms of preparing for the doubleheaders, we have our top four starters lined up to pitch, which is a big confidence boost for our team,” said third-year pitcher Alex Garcia. “We have faced better hitting teams than WashU, so we are not intimidated by their .650 winning percentage. We are confident that our pitching and defense are two of the best they will see all year, and of course our offense speaks for itself.” Chicago’s offense is, in fact, among the best in the nation this year. The team had been batting an NCAA Division III best .370 prior to Wednesday’s game, and the weak, five-single performance against North Park followed a 21-run outburst against Wabash the previous weekend. The Maroons lead WashU in every offensive ratio statistic, holding advantages of over 50 points in batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage. Chicago, having played 20 fewer games this season than WashU, naturally trails in all counting statistics. On the other side of the ball, the Maroons are at a slight statistical disadvantage, with a 5.11 ERA compared to the Bears’ 4.93 ERA. The key to the weekend, however, may be Chicago’s home field advantage. The team is undefeated

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