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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2011 • VOLUME 122, ISSUE 47 • CHICAGOMAROON.COM

ARCHITECTURE

DISCOURSE

Zimmer pushed for Mansueto set for Monday debut SRIC answers at forum

By Crystal Tsoi Senior News Staff Students pressed University President Robert Zimmer for a direct response to last month’s referendum calling for a Socially Responsible Investment Committee (S RIC) in an open forum on Tuesday.

Conversation also touched on the recent decision to merge housekeeping and facilities services, the opening of the Mansueto Library, and improvement of services offered to students at the Student Care Center.

Zimmer told a contentious audience that he would be meeting with student representatives in upcoming weeks to discuss the SRIC. Zimmer, who did not say whether or not an SRIC would be created, said the Kalven Report and the University’s historical emphasis on academic freedom would shape the dialogue around the SRIC. The forum was better attended than the previous quarterly meetings, with about 40 students in the audience. Many of them were part

of the group that had pushed for the referendum calling for the SRIC, and spoke out on their stance.

“It’s not a simple question,” Zimmer said, when asked about the possibility of an SRIC. “There are certainly arguments on both sides.

An interesting feature of it is how it fits into the nature of the culture of the institution and the nature of the way that institution operates.”

Asked to draw on his experience as provost at Brown University, where a committee for socially responsible investment was recently formed, Zimmer referenced the Kalven Report and the unique culture revolving around the University’s emphasis on free academic discourse. Zimmer said the University would not create an SRIC if it had the potential to “create a chilling effect on discourse.”

“Most will find that at Chicago, assumptions can always be challenged,” Zimmer said.

In March, student activists at Brown successfully convinced their administration to divest from HEI Hotels & Resorts, out of concern

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he Grand Reading Room of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, which seats 180, will open on Monday.

Students of the Class of 2011 filled all spots for a tour of the building, heralded for its state-of-the-art design and automatic book retrieval system, within an hour.

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DINING

DISCOURSE

Fourth Meal marked by huge turn-out

Gang expert alum talks local underground economics

By Rebecca Guterman News Staff Over 1,000 students poured into South Campus Dining Hall for the first week of the late-night dining pilot, far exceeding early predictions of the program’s popularity.

The Fourth Meal program began in South Campus this week with high attendance and student satisfaction, despite a few minor complaints.

In addition to long lines at several stations on Monday night, there were some additional technical difficulties, including a fire alarm and flickering lights.

Director of Operations and Communications for Housing and

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By William Wilcox News Staff

Students wait for omelets made by Chef Cuco at South Campus Dining Hall's new Late Night Dining service on Wednesday night.

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CRIME

Stolen FOTA installation recovered from fraternity house

By Harunobu Coryne Associate News Editor A work of installation art that was reported stolen Tuesday morning was found inside Delta Upsilon (DU) house later that day, according to the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) and the artists involved.

The piece, a mock-up of the ubiquitous blue-light Emergency Phones that dot University blocks was stolen late Monday night from its location on the main quads outside Swift

Hall. The thieves, two white men of standard build, were captured on University security cameras carrying it away minutes before 1 a.m. Tuesday morning.

“I went for a run on Tuesday morning through the quads, and I noticed that it was completely gone,” fourth-year Katy Rossing, the artist, said. “All that was left was the sign.”

After filing a police report at 9:57 a.m., Rossing and co-creator Isa Haviland checked local dumpsters and put up fliers around campus asking for informa-

tion on the stolen work. Over the next couple hours, they received word from the UCPD that the perpetrators had been seen on camera taking the piece toward University Avenue.

Acting on that information, as well as on the physical description of the people involved, Rossing and Haviland went door to door asking for information from three frat houses, Alpha Delta Phi, Psi Upsilon, and Phi Gamma Delta, all of whose brothers said they had not seen anything.

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Critics say the U of C exists in an ivory tower, but it got a dose of the underground Wednesday afternoon when author Sudhir Venkatesh (M.A. ’92, Ph.D. ’97) returned to give a talk on campus.

The lecture hall at the Harris School of Public Policy was packed as Venkatesh addressed the crowd, discussing the regulation and resolution of problems in businesses outside of the normal legal framework.

“I’m trying to look at the underground economy just as a regular economy,” said Venkatesh, now a sociology professor at Columbia University.

He examined two examples of conflict: One involving an alleyway mechanic in nearby Washington Park and one between a female sex worker and a New York City nightclub.

Venkatesh first offered the example of James, an alleyway mechanic. The dispute arose when another man tried to encroach on James’s local business.

After James called on the help of a block captain and a pastor, he brought the dispute to community court. But a favorable ruling by the community body didn’t deter the man.

“They couldn’t find the means to enforce their decision,” Venkatesh said. “They don’t want to hire mercenaries to deal with their problem, so they were stuck.”

Venkatesh explained that unconventional solutions such as the community court have larger long-term repercussions for the community, like estrangement from the local law-enforcement from operating outside the traditional legal system.

In his other main example, Venkatesh examined the story of Corinna, a sex worker who was beaten for trying to solicit a client without the permission of the nightclub. Margot, the manager of an agency for sex workers, stepped in and resolved the argument.

He explained that these dealings have moved from the neighborhood on street corners, to indoor spaces, like hotel bars and nightclubs. That fundamental change in the sex industry around 1999 has changed the nature of these disputes, Venkatesh said.

“Now you have sex workers and johns meeting without going through this phalanx of ‘eyes on the street,’” Venkatesh said. The police are now no longer a protective force for these sex workers.

Previously, the thick circle of the neighborhood protected sex workers, because they worked in the open and the police were able to protect them from violence. With a change in their place of business and changed policing strategies sex workers can no longer count on the police to mediate their disputes.

From each example, Venkatesh

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DISCOURSE

NATO Secretary General calls for U.S. cooperation abroad

By Janet De La Torre News Staff Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Anders Fogh Rasmussen fielded questions and concerns about nuclear proliferation, Western imperialism, and post-Cold War Europe in a talk Wednesday afternoon at the International House.

Rasmussen talked up the developing partnership between NATO and Russia, stating the need for the two former adversaries to settle their differences and move forward on issues like counter-terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and human rights. “[The creation of NATO] was clearly a work against the threat of Soviet communism and the Eastern allies of the Soviet Union. Then things happened in Europe that suggested that this model was no longer as obvious as it had been before,” Dean of the Harris School of Public Policy Colm O’Muircheartaigh said while introducing the talk.

Rasmussen praised the passage of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), calling it “a real milestone.” New START succeeded the original START I agreement, which was passed in 1991 and expired in 2009.

“Russia and the United States hold more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear arsenal. This means that both countries have a responsibility to work together on nuclear issues, and NATO has a

stake in that too,” Rasmussen said to the roughly 100 people who attended the lecture.

Rasmussen also discussed NATO’s recent military actions in Libya, describing them as a sign of improving relations with Russia. Russia originally opposed the United Nations Security Council resolution mandating NATO air strikes, but rather than voting against the resolution and preventing its passage, Russia exercised restraint, he said.

NATO’s involvement in Libya remained a theme in the question-and-answer session.

Responding to allegations that NATO’s involvement was tantamount to imperialism, Rasmussen maintained that the operations were a response to the Libyan people’s demands for freedom and democracy.

One audience member said President Barack Obama should not have attacked Libya due to his African heritage.

Rasmussen rebutted by saying that the blame should lie with Libyan President Muammar al Qaddafi. “I think that, instead of blaming NATO for taking responsibility to implement a UN mandate, you should blame the Qaddafi regime for systematic and absolutely outrageous attacks against its own people,” he said.

However, Rasmussen was asked by an audience member how he could reconcile NATO’s intervention in Libya with its decision to remain uninvolved in Syria, where government forces have cracked down violently on demonstrators.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke on the importance of maintaining strong ties with Russia at the International House Assembly Hall on Wednesday.

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Though the Syrian government’s actions are opposed to NATO’s values, he said, the alliance has “no intention whatsoever” to intervene.

The mandate’s three military objectives in Libya are an end to attacks on civilians, the withdrawal of Qaddafi’s military forces, and the provision of quick humanitarian aid.

Rasmussen believes that the United States’s cooperation is crucial to NATO operations, adding that Europe cannot tackle certain security issues without the United States and its unique

military capabilities.

Part of NATO’s long-term objective is to close the gap between American and European militaries through increased defense investment, he said, adding that NATO expects its member nations to make their own security contributions.

Rasmussen also spoke at the U of C last year about counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan. He was the leader of Denmark’s Liberal Party and the Danish prime minister from 2001 to 2009.

UCMC

Officials defend lack of trauma center, tout UCMC's offerings

By Sherry Cao News Contributor Health professionals from the University of Chicago Hospitals convened on Tuesday at the BSLC to discuss the state of emergency rooms at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) during the Urban Health Initiative and the hotly debated absence of a trauma center.

Carolyn Wilson, chief operating officer of the University of Chicago Hospitals, and Dr. Linda Druelinger, co-chief of the Section of Emergency Medicine, spoke about UC MC emergency room policies during the discussion, which the American Medical Students Association (AMSA) and the Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) partnered to present.

The discussion was a response to recent protests and debates within the local community over the lack of a level-one trauma centers on the South Side. Activist groups like Fearless Leading by the Youth (FLY) have staged die-ins and mock funerals on campus.

UC MC spokesperson John Easton defended the hospital’s 1988 decision to close its level-one adult trauma center in an e-mail. As an academic medical center, Easton wrote, the UC MC has to focus not only on providing clinical care for the community, but also on educating medical students and conducting research.

“Trauma care is only one of many urgent needs, and it cannot be addressed in isolation, at the expense of other life-saving services; it is also a regional issue, and cannot

be solved by one institution in an area that has watched many of its key hospitals close in recent decades,” Easton wrote.

First-year medical student Emily Lu, one of the event’s organizers, began plans for the discussion after she attended a required class on health policy.

Lu, who is the community health chair of the U of C chapter of the AMSA, described the event as a town hall–style discussion, with audience members and guest speakers participating.

“It was really nice to hear about the issue from the leaders of the hospitals themselves,” Lu said. “None of us really went into the meeting with a negative attitude [despite recent protests], we just wanted to learn the whole story, and have the information to develop our own opinions.”

Fi r s t - y e a r M e d i c a l s t u d e n t H a n n a h Snyder felt the talk allowed students to understand the UC MC administration’s stance. “I hate ‘The Man’ a little less now,” she said.

As part of the talk, the speakers claimed that there is no legal need for a trauma center. A Trauma Center Facts Sheet, provided by Easton, reads: “Illinois has the best access to trauma care of any Midwestern state and Chicago has more level-one trauma centers than any other region of Illinois—four for adults and four for children.”

Lu said that “it’s pretty important to realize all that’s going on with the balancing act of a hospital—there are trade-offs and different goals; it’s not just about the trauma center.”

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next year.

Students also asked Zimmer and GoffCrews about retaining housekeepers after the University’s decision to merge housing and facilities services, but both administrators declined to comment because negotiations with housekeepers are ongoing. Both administrators also declined to comment when asked about the possibility of a level-one trauma center at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Zimmer also spoke about the soon-to-becompleted construction of Mansueto Library, which will open on Monday.

“It has been a very important project for the University,” Zimmer said. “To build a library is a statement of the University’s value in research,” he added. Zimmer added that the new 265,000–sq. ft. William Eckhardt Research Center, which will be across from Mansueto Library, would be a “nice juxtaposition,” and reflected the breadth of the University’s disciplines.

Goff-Crews also used the forum as an opportunity to solicit student input on how the University could improve services offered at the Student Care Center.

Goff-Crews urges students to discuss SRIC directly with trustees

President Zimmer and Kimberly Goff-Crews answered questions on the creation of a Socially Responsible Investment Comittee and on housekeeper layoffs Tuesday in Harper.

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that the company engaged in anti-union practices. U of C students, inspired by the success at Brown, campaigned for the Board of Trustees to divest the University’s nearly $50 million in assets from the company.

But Zimmer defended the role of the Kalven Report in shaping University investment policy.

“I think it’s a mistake to say that the Kalven Report means that we don’t have any policy,” Zimmer said in response to a student who criticized the University’s investment decisions. He said academic discourse, not neutrality, is the main policy of the University.

Vice President for Student Life Kim GoffCrews highlighted services provided by Student Government to foster a dialogue between students and members of the Board of Trustees. Goff-Crews pointed to student lunches with individual trustees as an opportunity for trustees to hear student concerns.

Goff-Crews added that the idea of an SRIC had come up in several of these lunches.

Both Zimmer and Goff-Crews reassured students that dialogue regarding socially responsible investments would continue

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Washington Park locals illustrate workings of underground businesses UNDERGROUND continued from front page focused on the resolution of disputes, showing the difficulties in solving problems when no formal system exists.

Attendees praised Venkatesh’s in-depth explanations, with stories from South Siders underscoring his messages about underground economies.

“I liked the sort of thick description, detail, and examples the he gave,” Northwestern University Professor of economics Sandeep Baliga said. “I’m interested in the rise of institutions out of anarchy and I found his example of the mechanics very interesting.”

Others enjoyed how open and personable Venkatesh was in answering questions, both during the question-and-answer session at the end of the

lecture and afterwards during the reception.

“I thought it was fantastic, especially how interactive it was,” said third-year Shruthi Venkatesh, who shares a last name—but no relation—with the speaker. “I thought that was very unique.”

Sudhir Venkatesh published Gangleader for A Day in 2008, following his exposure to the local South side gang activity of the Black Kings as a U of C graduate student. He later published Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor after studying the business dealings of the surrounding neighborhoods.

The Harris School Urban Policy Initiative, in association with the Population Research Center, sponsored the lecture.

Following report, UCPD recovers and returns piece from DU house

The FOTA submission, "Out of Joint Emergency Phone," by fourth-years Isa Haviland and Katy Rossing, was stolen Monday night by DU fraternity brothers.

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First days of Fourth Meal see more students than other meals during day DINING continued from front page Dining Services Richard Mason said 1,040 students came to the grand opening of the pilot Monday night. He added that 45 gallons of ice cream were consumed Monday night alone.

“It’s really been quite social,” Mason said. “It’s a community activity, not just eating and leaving.”

Tuesday night saw 875 attendees and Wednesday had only slightly less, with 845 attendees, according to Mason. An average dinner at South Campus serves about 800 students.

Though attendance has dropped since the first night of the program, dining administrators still view the attendance as relatively high, according to Assistant Location Manager Bill Duros.

“Even half these numbers are still significant,” Mason said. “Five hundred [students] is still a typical breakfast, which we serve every day,” he added.

Attendance through the first three nights of the program already exceeded the 2,400 students that were expected to attend the program throughout the week.

Initially, only the front and main dining areas were open to accommodate students, but the dining hall had to open additional space to adjust for the unexpected influx of students, Duros said.

He also said that the late night staff were almost at regular dining hours numbers, with both back kitchen workers and front serving staff on duty.

When a kitchen hood in the grill area was not kept off for Fourth Meal, unreleased smoke in the grill area caused a fire alarm to go off around 9:30 p.m., according to Aramark Director of Operations Leonard Tham. The dining hall was immediately evacuated, leaving students waiting outside for approximately 10 minutes.

“I guess we’re learning from our mistakes here,” Tham said.

Second-year and head of the Campus Dining Advisory Board Gabe Panek said that despite the

“little hiccup,” the pilot seems to be a huge success.

According to Duros, electrical fluctuation caused the lights to flicker on and off occasionally during the Fourth Meal period. However, Duros said South Campus Dining Hall had an electrical engineer in the building to fix problems as they occurred.

Students have been flocking to the pilot, not only because of the need for late night snacks, but also because they want to see the program put in place next year.

First-year Ayodele Jolibois, a Pierce resident, attended Fourth Meal on Monday and said she definitely would in the future. “I want this to be continued, so I want to do my part,” she said.

Jolibois also attended late night dining at Hutch occasionally, but she favored the South Campus atmosphere and the option of grabbing food quickly or sitting and conversing with others.

As he waited in line to get an omelet, Gabriel Kalsheim, a third-year in Breckinridge, said he liked the food at Fourth Meal better than the late night dining previously offered in Hutch, but thought more stations should be opened. “I like the idea of it more [than Hutch], but this is the longest omelet line I’ve ever seen,” he said.

Some students, however, wished there were more healthy options in addition to the few fruit offerings. “It seems like it’s the most unhealthy food they offer,” first-year Joseph Walsh said. “I don’t think there’s anything on this plate that isn’t fried.”.

Mason plans to evaluate and consider other factors in addition to attendance numbers. He plans to examine the sense of atmosphere and the social aspect of the program when determining the future of the program.

Fourth Meal will be located at South Campus through tonight, and will be held at Pierce Dining Hall next week. Late night dining will be discontinued for the remainder of the year.

FOTA continued from front page They arrived at DU last because of its location on Woodlawn Avenue. Upon approaching the house, Rossing said, they were able to see the piece through the back window.

“It was sitting in their living room,” she said.

At that point, Rossing said, they called the UCPD again, who contacted Dean of Students Susan Art. After a period of waiting, UCPD officers were let into the building by a DU brother and returned the piece to its original location at around 3:30 p.m.

DU President William Zapata declined to confirm or deny any of the above facts, though he released a statement on behalf of the fraternity.

“Delta Upsilon sincerely regrets that there was a misappropriated item from FOTA found on its premise. This incident in no way reflects the integrity of its brotherhood nor its official policies. Delta Upsilon wishes to continue having an active role in campus life and a vibrant presence in community affairs,” Zapata wrote in an e-mail.

With or without a DU comment, however, the artists had words for the thieves.

“I think it’s pretty telling that a fraternity would just appropriate something they liked and take it back to their house rather than leave it in a public place,” Haviland said. Still, she added that she eventually found the theft to be a form of flattery: “It’s kind of a compliment, in a way.”

Rossing echoed the sentiment.

“My first reaction was that they’re total Philistines,” she said, before adding, “I’m flattered that they wanted to have it in their living room.”

According to Rossing, neither artist intends to pursue any kind of official action or reprisal against the fraternity, though she said that she expects to be compensated for parts of the piece that broke off during the heist and which had to be bought and replaced. She said that this would likely be settled as a personal matter.

The piece, titled “Out of Joint Emergency Phone,” was inspired by a project by famed street artist Banksy that involved sawing a London telephone booth in half and then piecing it back together.

“We thought the emergency phones made a nice analogy to the phone that Banksy chose,” Rossing said. “It’s also kind of an effort to make people notice the urban fabric they’re part of.”

Returned to its original site on the quads, the piece is now chained to a grate in the ground. However, that won’t stop Rossing and Haviland from presenting their art around campus — they filmed their search for the stolen work and are planning to screen a documentary of it at some point.

FOTA has been an annual staple of the University art community since the 1960s. The theme of this year’s show was “Wired,” and it featured, aside from “Out of Joint,” a mix of digitally inspired works and live music showcases.

WANTED: A NEW PHOENIX

Fourth Meal Late Night Dining Attendance 1040 Student Participants

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Breakfast: 500 Lunch: 1000 Dinner: 800

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Contact csain@uchicago.edu Applications due Friday May 20, 2011

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EDITORIAL & OP-ED MAY 13, 2011

EDITORIAL

Low-speed rail CHICAGO MAROON

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The University should start addressing the lack of an effective downtown travel option Many students come to the University of Chicago in search of a fast-paced life in a world-class city. Expertly-framed photographs gracing the front University brochures give the impression that downtown Chicago is right in the University’s backyard, merely walking distance away. Seductive sells like these give many incoming students the impression that they can easily immerse themselves in all of Chicago’s neighborhoods— until they actually get here.

There are many ways out of Hyde Park: The CTA 6, 2, and X28 buses, the Metra, and the Red and Green lines—to name a few. Yet despite the myriad set of options students have when deciding how to get to River North for a Saturday night dinner, it always feels like one is choosing between a rock and a hard place. The inconvenience of transportation out of Hyde Park has long been an issue for U of C students and

has played a prominent part in last month’s Student Government (SG) elections. Here are a few suggestions, some taken from this year’s candidates for executive slate, for improving transportation options to and from Hyde Park.

First, the University should consider providing a shuttle to and from the Garfield Red and Green Line Stations. The current Roosevelt shuttle is certainly a positive step, but its use is limited by a near-total lack of publicity and the fact that it runs only once every 30 minutes. Buses intended solely for the Garfield stations could run much more frequently than does the Roosevelt shuttle, and would allow students more flexibility in their travel plans.

They would also keep students from having to stand over the Dan Ryan for up to 30 minutes while waiting to catch the 55 bus back to campus.

Th e U n i v e r s i t y s h o u l d a l s o

consider installing CTA Card vending machines on campus. As it stands, the closest machines are located in the basement of the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). A student wishing to take a bus who has no money on his or her card must either make the trek to the M S I or awkwardly search for $2.25 at the front of the bus. A CTA Card machine in the Reynolds Club, for example, would save many students from unnecessary hassle.

It is also time to reconsider the U-Pass. Administration explored the question in 2007 after an SG referendum endorsed the initiative, but ultimately concluded the costs would be too high and that the average student does not travel enough to justify the price-tag. This decision is questionable, however, given that approximately 40 other Chicago area schools have chosen to adopt the U-Pass. Administration should

not only re-calculate the costs of having the U-Pass but also ask the student body, once again, whether or not it is willing to accept them.

This is an issue that must b e examined comprehensively and settled definitively in one way or the other.

One of the U of C’s most appealing qualities is its setting: An ideal blend of urban and suburban in the nation’s third largest city. Yet ,ineffective travel options often impede the transition between the two poles of campus and city life. In resolving this issue, the U of C would not only improve the experience of current students, but would also attract a larger number of future applicants and deliver on its promises of immersion in Chicago life.

The Editorial Board consists of the Editor-in-Chief, Viewpoints Editors, and an additional editorial board member.

SLAPDASH

Incident report Recent UCPD profiling complaints expose larger problem in campus community

By Adam Janofsky MAROON Staff Most students who were on campus last year have heard the story of Maurice Dawson, who was arrested at the Regenstein Library last February and set off a Universitywide discourse on racial profiling on campus. Regardless of whether

Dawson’s particular situation called for police action, one issue that was raised by the incident was that many African-American students felt like the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) treated them differently because of their skin color. Yesterday’s report released by the Independent Review Committee (IRC) for the UCPD reveals something even more striking: Last year’s Regenstein arrest wasn’t an isolated incident.

The eight-member IRC, which consists of professors, students, community members, and administrators, wrote last year that “AfricanAmerican students are more likely to be asked by UCPD officers to show

their U of C identification than their white peers,” and that an unusually large number of complaints against the UCPD are filed by AfricanAmericans. This is consistent with the recent report, which examines thirteen complaints filed in the 2009–’10 academic year. Although many of the complaints, which range from an UCPD officer allegedly stalking a student to cops cursing at people in emergency rooms, were found by the IRC to have no legitimate backing, a couple stand out—particularly, one saying that the “accused officer’s approach was wrong and that [the complainant] was discriminated against” suggests a serious allegation. In that incident,

an African-American staff member at the University was running to the bus station when a plainclothes UCPD officer stopped her and asked her for identification with no reason given. The fact that some students and faculty are found to be treated differently by the campus police— who are hired to protect them—is a troubling reality, though the IRC’s recognition of it is a big step in the right direction.

In another complaint of racial profiling detailed in the review, a man who was in a closed area of a University library was asked to show his ID. When he was unable to find it, he started to pack his bags

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OP-ED

Engaging in Iran U.S. government should be more active in supporting the complex revolutions of the Middle East

By Chase Mechanick Viewpoints Contributor Th e f r o n t l i n e s i n t h e Wa r on Terror do not run through Abbottabad; they run through the streets of Cairo and Algiers, the hollowed-out buildings of Misurata, and the besieged Syrian cities of Deraa and Homs. These unprecedented uprisings against what can only be described as state terrorism have, in the course of only a few months, smashed the old presuppositions that have governed discourse on the region for the past decade. The intel-

lectual charlatans who assured us that democracy was “not fit” for the Muslim world, that despotic and illegitimate regimes could be “accepted” as an equally valid form of government, now find their entire worldview collapsing right on their television and computer screens, where waves of demonstrators are seen brandishing placards in front of the cameras: “Down with the dictator!” Students of Samuel Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” thesis are at a loss to explain not only why the demonstrators have asked the world to confront their own governments,

but why, in the case of Libya, they have even pled to NATO for direct military intervention.

But as old myths are shattered, new ones take their place. While it is now common to refer to these events as an “Arab Revolution,” this designation sidelines and silences the struggling protest movement in Iran, a movement no less persecuted and repressed than its Arab counterparts.

On February 14th, three days after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the opposition in Iran organized a large demonstration in solidarity with the Egyptian and Tunisian

revolutions. Ironically, before the rally, the Iranian government had been making rhetorical gestures in support of the revolutions—for purely cynical, political reasons, of course. In a logically seamless transition, that demonstration against autocracy in Egypt and Tunisia quickly turned into a protest against the regime at home, and in its aftermath some 15,000 demonstrators were arrested. Thus the Iranian chapter of the Jasmine Revolution, the country’s largest set of protests since the summer of 2009, was inaugurated.

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Fourth Meal philanthropy Late-night dining could expand past student body and involve the less fortunate

By Nick Foretek Viewpoints Contributor The recent announcements that Clarke’s Diner will open at Harper Court and that a new “Fourth Meal” program will be set up in the South Campus dining hall mean that in short time students should be surfeited by late-night dining options. These additional offerings, as the Maroon Editorial Board succinctly put it, “tackle one of the largest shortcomings of campus life.”

The shortcoming is not, of course, a lack of food, but a lack of food when students want it.

If the demand for late-night dining services exists, and, in the abstract, it certainly seems to, then the University should, as it has, accommodate students as much as possible. And while the current late-night program at Hutch has experienced abysmal attendance, attracting, according to the Maroon, only one-fourth the number of students it needs to remain economically viable, the switch in location from Hutch to South Campus and the entrance of a legitimate diner with a larger variety of offerings may augur an explosion of, if not gourmets, then gourmands around campus.

However, if the late -night dining service at South Campus fails to produce the

However, during the crucial months of February and March, the media focused intently on only a select few countries, such as Yemen and Libya, to the exclusion of simultaneous revolts in Iran, as well as in Algeria, Sudan, Djibouti, Iraq, and elsewhere.

As a result, the world gradually began to lose interest in the Iranian security service’s lethal crackdown on dissidents during this period. If parallel events in the Arab world are any guide, the attention of global media— particularly the Al Jazeera network, as well as English-language outlets—is the lifeline of these uprisings. It was not the use of violence, internal or external, that forced the Ben Ali and Mubarak regimes to resign, but rather a unanimous chorus of pressure from the 21st-century conscience of the world.

In Libya, where the world’s longest-ruling dictator made it perfectly clear that he would defend his throne by any means necessary, media pressure forced major governments to form policy decisions within the space of a mere few weeks. The same success won’t be realized in Iran so long as there are no cameras and no audience.

To be sure, there have been other obstacles to the success of the Iranian protests, owing to Iran’s unique internal dynamics.

Unlike virtually all of the Arab despots facing removal, the Iranian regime actually has a large minority base of support, owing significantly to the strategic use of state subsidies to buy off the rural population. While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad almost certainly did not win the 2009 election, even opposition members concede that he likely got somewhere in the vicinity of 30 to 40 percent, an unlikely feat for a Ben Ali or Mubarak.

It is also significant to note that the foundation of the Iranian regime, the system of Islamic “guardianship” erected by Khomeini

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popularity many hope for, the University might consider distributing its gastronomic resources to struggling local families. As a way both to proactively engage the greater community south of campus, as well as to simply offer assistance to those most in need, the University could open its dining hall doors to underprivileged families.

Because the current proposals for South Campus allow students to use meal swipes, overhead food and labor expenses would be accounted for at the beginning of each quarter. If the late-night dining program proves unpopular, students will in all likelihood not recoup their costs, but the University wouldn't lose money.

Offering unconsumed meals that are already paid for to individuals in need of them could potentially facilitate stronger community ties by marking the University as a place of accommodation and aid for local residents, and not simply as a place of indifference.

Too often, the areas south of Hyde Park are seen only abstractly, our perceptions informed by security emails, roving police cars, and racial distinctions. Instead, local families might be invited to sit amongst students and enjoy a simple chat while dining. If this proves unfeasible, offering free food during hours in which the halls are

normally closed might quell concerns that the dining hall is not a safe space exclusively for students. In addition, students could be encouraged to donate unused meal swipes as late-night dining hours are shifted to other times when local residents might be accommodated.

According to the US Census Data from 2000 (data by zip code from 2010 is not yet available online), 19.2 percent of households in the 60637 zip code are comprised of a single mother with a child under eighteen. In addition, 33.6 percent of families in 2000, a period of relatively profound economic stability, earned less than $15,000 a year. There are individuals undoubtedly in need of assistance, and a place as rich and resourceful as the University should actively help its less fortunate neighbors.

This may seem a utopian idea but it doesn’t have to be. Obviously, this proposition would need to be worked out by administrators with the expertise and drive to promote and actuate a reasonable plan.

Yet, either way, if students end up spurning their fourth meal of the day, we could do worse than offer it to someone who has enjoyed far less.

Nick Foretek is a fourth-year in the College majoring in English.

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after the 1979 revolution, is a sophisticated institution whose importance goes beyond any one individual (except perhaps Khomeini himself ). As a result, the Iranian opposition is not entirely united on who, or what, it is fighting against: Is the trouble with Ahmadinejad, with Supreme Leader Khamenei, or with the whole system itself?

Again, this is in stark contrast to the revolts in the Arab world, all of which were sparked by grievances that could be nicely embodied in a man and a face.

Given these circumstances, what should be the U.S. policy toward Iran?

First, the United States should make human rights in Iran a larger priority, relative to other issues such as nuclear proliferation and terrorism. While these last two threats certainly merit our attention, it is quite clear that U.S. engagement with the Iranian regime on both tracks have failed. While acceptance and diplomacy with the Iranian regime was worth a try, it is now painfully clear that its leaders—who must actively promote a climate of paranoia and anti-Americanism in order to coerce support—are not interested in amicable relations with the West, even on the basis of so-called “security guarantees” or other multilateral concessions. Reform or peaceful regime change must now underscore our Iran strategy.

Second, the US must actively promote unity among the Iranian opposition. Broad sanctions on civilian economic activity may or may not be a justifiable tactic in exerting pressure on the regime, but they are sure to divide and weaken the Iranian democracy movement, and therefore should not be pursued. This also applies to military strikes against Iranian targets.

Thirdly, broader and more public avenues of communication between the United States and the Iranian opposition must be opened.

Both sides need to consolidate their voices and make their positions clear to one another in order to foster a productive relationship in the coming years. The U.S. remains relatively quiet about the suppression of prodemocracy activities in Iran, compared to its frequent denunciations of the Arab regimes, many of which are ex-allies. The conjecture that a public display of support from the U.S. is toxic and would compromise any dissident movement has been thoroughly discredited by events in Libya, where the rebels were emboldened, not weakened, by U.S. support.

Fi n a l l y , t h e U . S . s h o u l d h o n o r t h e demands and requests of the opposition, instead of simply using them as convenient geopolitical bargaining chips. One of the main factors that contributed to the success of the intervention in Libya was that it received the stamp of approval from the National Transition Council, the interim government of the rebel forces; without this certificate of popular consent, the wisdom of such an intervention would have been questionable. In other words, our attitude should not be to ask ourselves, “What should we do?” but rather to ask the Iranian opposition, “How can we help?”

In the end, the circumstances suggest that Iran will not succumb to a quick Tahrir-style revolution, but this is not necessarily a cause for dismay. Iran’s pro-democracy movement, much like the anti-Communist opposition in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, will be a chronic thorn in the regime’s side for many years to come, and will only emerge victorious with the passage of time. When it does, it will remember who its friends were. The international community sits on the sidelines at its own expense.

Chase Mechanick is a third-year in the College majoring in political science.

and leave, but the officer called for backup, presumably thinking the man was a burglar.

After the officer “spoke in a harsh manner, yelling at the complainant, calling him stupid,” the man took out his cellphone and called a faculty member who explained that the man had permission to be in the building. Although the investigation of the incident did not have enough evidence to link the misconduct to the alleged racial profiling, incidents like these point to the need for better training of UCPD officers in assessing these inevitable situations.

Students who don’t have their University ID cards on them should not be considered trespassers, especially when it’s seen that certain students are asked to show ID more than others (we’ve all left our wallets home at one point or another, never with the assumption that we could be arrested for it). Students and staff should feel at home on campus, and UCPD officers–people hired to protect us–need to be better at judging to separate a criminal from an innocent student.

The forums following Dawson’s arrest last year did much to address racial profiling on campus, and the issue finally got the rigorous examination it deserves. The police department and library staff have diligently modified policies to ensure the scene doesn’t repeat itself, but recent events show that there still might be a long road ahead. Last month, an African-American student, who asked to remain anonymous to protect his privacy, was arrested outside of the Regenstein after he refused to show identification. Unlike Dawson, the student wasn’t pressed with charges and didn’t spend a night in jail, but the scene was definitely excessive for such a minor situation—a dozen policemen and several UCPD cars arrived for the arrest. The student, who said he was filing a complaint with the UCPD, wrote that he felt he was first approached because of his race. “The racial prejudice by UCPD cops has gone too far, how many white, Asian or Indian kids do you know that have been asked to produce ID to prove they go to school here,” he said in an e-mail. Although I agree with the police’s decision to arrest the student—and would even say, after reviewing the facts, that they didn’t go far enough and should have pressed charges—I think it’s demonstrative that racial profiling has become a fact of life at the U of C for some students, and the police department should do everything it can to dismiss such notions.

Reports of these complaints often point out that the accused UCPD officers are also sometimes African-Americans, as if suggesting that they would not profile against someone of their own race. But psychology experiments on racial profiling—some of the most groundbreaking of which are taking place right here at the U of C in Joshua Correll’s lab— show repeatedly that being African-American doesn’t make one immune to unconscious discrimination. Police officers need extensive training before they patrol their community, and the University’s steps taken in the past year show a nascent commitment to this. But there are still deep feelings, illuminated by the volume of racial profiling complaints against the UCPD, that will require considerable and continuous attention if the University wants to see itself as a secure, non-discriminating, and welcoming campus.

Adam Janofsky is a second-year in the College majoring in Law, Letters, and Society.

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Summer Breeze’s Walkmen talk about origins

WHPK reaches out to campus with Summer Breeze

The Walkmen meditate on their new sound in an ambient location.

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By Bradford Rogers Voices Rat Pack

in bands for a while we sort of joined forces.

D.C. natives the Walkmen are one of several great bands to grace this year’s Summer Breeze bill. The Walkmen have become a staple of the American indie rock scene: Early in their career, after playing in many of the same bands throughout middle and high school, they relocated to Harlem and became an influential part of the vibrant New York City rock scene. In the course of 11 years they have crafted a unique take on the oft-diluted genre of contemporary indie music, exploring a spectrum of sounds ranging from soulful ballads and folk elements to the raucous postpunk energy like that of the band’s break-out track “The Rat” (though they refuse to call it a hit).

The Maroon caught up with The Walkmen’s organ and bass player, Walter Martin, to talk about the evolution of the band, Portugal and Lisbon, and the future of the Walkmen.

CM: What sound did you set out to create after the break-up of Jonathan Fire*Eater and the formation of the Walkmen?

WM: We were trying to sound unlike Jonathan Fire*Eater. We were trying to sound not as garage-rock-y and get away from '60s rock...I think the piano kind of made it more complex, maybe more mellow, which is sort of what we were trying to do.

Chicago Maroon: How did the Walkmen get started? What's your origin story?

Walter Martin: Well, me, Paul, and Matt were in bands together since we were in the seventh grade...and when our band back then broke up and we hadn’t been

THE WALKMEN Summer Breeze Saturday, May 14

CM: Was there a point in your career when you felt you found that sound you had been looking for?

WM: I think [there were] moments on our first two records where we achieved it. But I think more so on the last two albums it was more controlled. I think in the last two records, You and Me and Lisbon, we found the sort of sound we had always been hoping to create.

CM: What sort of ground do

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Warhol exhibit examines the artist’s inspiration

By Will Sims Voices Wonderlust at Work Ac c o r d i n g t o r e n o w n e d a r t critic Thomas E. Crow, there are three distinct public personas of Andy Warhol—the self-created public persona, the one created by his innovative artistic vision, and the one that engaged in cultural experimentation beyond the art world. Elements of all three of these personas are on view in the Smart Museum’s Warhol at Work exhibit, offering insights not only into his creative process, but into the private life that inspired it.

WARHOL AT WORK Smart Museum of Art Through August 21

The exhibit is dominated by a set of 35 small portraits on the back wall of the Bernstein Gallery, arranged in a grid of thin wooden frames. Ranging from shots of male genitalia and buttocks in the top right corner to ones of two young children at the bottom left, the subjects of the portraits are powerfully diverse.

A half-turned woman in an evening gown is sharply juxtaposed

with an adjcent shot of Native American activist Russell Means dressed in his tribe’s traditional clothing. At the same time, their commonalities are striking. The blank backgrounds, desaturated colors, and liberal use of white makeup give them a washed-out aesthetic reminiscent of Warhol’s screen prints. An accompanying pamphlet shows a selection of Polaroids next to the prints they inspired, making explicit the connection between these photos and Warhol’s trademark medium.

The exhibit continually juxtaposes pieces of Warhol’s work with the original portrait it was inspired by. For example, Warhol’s screen print “Witch” is paired with a portrait of Margaret Hamilton wearing the costume for her role as the witch in The Wizard of Oz. The difference in scale is jarring, with the diminutive photograph making the oversized print seem all the more dominant. The contrast in the use of color is similarly striking—the faded photo literally pales next to the garish hues of the screen print. Despite these differences, viewing the two together emphasizes the understanding of line and surface that came to dominate Warhol’s later art.

The left side of the gallery

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This photograph of Mrs. Yves (Debra) Arman, taken in 1986, is one of the many portraits Warhol took of his New York social circle. The Smart Museum's exhibit will focus on Warhol's private life and how it influenced his art.

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By Tomi Obaro Voices Radio Star Sequestered at the top of the staircase next to the first floor ladies’ room in the Reynolds Club, WHPK’s reclusive location belies the enormous amount of volunteer power that goes into keeping the University’s college radio station streaming into thousands of homes on the South Side.

Fo u n d e d i n 1 9 4 6 , W H P K 8 8.5 F M is one of the oldest Registered Student Organizations on campus. “We’re a student and community station with a variety of different formats,” explained fourth-year Program Director Eric Hanss. WHPK boasts an impressive array of volunteer DJs, totalling about 150 in all. The station’s programming hours are divided into several genres including rock, jazz, public affairs, sports, blues, hip hop, and folk.

Central to WHPK’s mission is a desire to promote independent underground music. “The reason we exist is to give people alternative music and shows. There’s no point in existing if we are just another commercial radio station,” said third-year Station Manager Sophia Posnock. This independence has helped foster emerging music genres. “We’ve always been proto-rap, protorock,” Hanss said. WH P K was actually the first Chicago radio station to play hip hop, a fact the rapper Common cited in a recent Time Out Chicago article. He was among a number of South Siders who grew up listening to WHPK as a teenager and even sent his demo tapes to longtime Rap Rormat Chief, J P Chill, to play on air.

Though WHPK’s actual broadcast range is pretty small (extending from the Loop to a few South Side suburbs), WHPK has become an integral part of the larger S o u t h S i d e c o m m u n i t y. “ O u r slogan is 'The Pride of the South Side,'” Posnock said. Show hosts come from a myriad of different backgrounds--community members DJ on the same station as young undergraduates. Arkansas Red, for example, hosts the most popular show on WH P K, “The Blues Excursion,” every Saturday night during the coveted 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. time slot. Red has been hosting this show for a number of years and has become such a fixture of the South Side community that, according to Hanss, old women will often emerge from their homes to sit in their cars and listen to Red talk about the blues.

While Arkansas Red has been on WH P K for decades, fourthyear political science major Allen Linton, in contrast, has only been

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Voices STD With Christine Yang

Friday | May 13 Despite their penchant for human flesh, even zombies deserve to find love through awkward social encounters. C h i c a g o Zombie Prom makes for a night to remember, as revelers dance along to zombie cover band Trash Martini and vote on Zombie Prom King and Queen. Zombie makeup and prom attire are required, although those without any zombie makeup experience can purchase a makeover for $10. (640 North Dearborn Street, 9 p.m., $20, 21+)

Saturday | May 14 Those not into free cotton candy or beer gardens can spend Summer Breeze with Rahm Emanuel at the Inauguration Concert in Grant Park. The mayor-elect will host a citywide Day of Service, fol-

lowed by a concert featuring the South Shore Drill Team, before being inaugurated on Monday. While the concert is free, registration and a ticket from http://www. chicagotogether.org are required. (Butler Field, 1 p.m., free)

Sunday | May 15 Organist Paul Jacobs brings his one-man show to Rockefeller as part of the Brian Gerrish Organ Performance Series. The organist, who won a Grammy for best Instrumental Soloist Performance this year, is known for his technical prowess and his ability to play long and complex pieces of work from memory.

(Rockefeller Chapel, 3 p.m., $5)

Monday | May 16 Catch the Chicago premiere of the criti-

cally- acclaimed animated film Mia and the Migoo at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The film follows Mia, a young heroine in a world becoming increasingly dangerous due to the perils of global warming, as she searches for her father in a world of wonder watched over by the Tree of Life and the forest spirits known as the Migoo. (164 North State Street, 8 p.m., $7)

Tuesday | May 17

Wednesday | May 18 Join Pulitzer Prize nominee and 2011 Kestnbaum Writer-in-Residence Joyce Carol Oates for a reading of her work. Oates is best known for her New York Times bestsellers and her novel We Were the Mulvaneys, which was an Oprah’s Book Club selection in 2001. The writer, editor, playwright, and professor was recently awarded the National Humanities Medal.

(International House, 4:30 p.m., free)

In the second annual International Voices Project, Premiere Theatre and Performance brings together local actors and international writers for a series of eight English-language readings of playwrights from several countries. This week’s performance is Hilda , a one-act play by French-Senegalese writer Marie Ndiaye.

(54 West Chicago Avenue, 7 p.m., free)

Thursday | May 19

bring back folk music in a new way for our generation.” Artists that have recently been featured on Lavery’s show include more mainstream folk groups like Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, and Devendra Banhart.

Despite the number of years that WHPK has been a fixture of the South Side commun ity, th e r ad io station still su f f e rs from a lack of visibility on campus. "We actually had flyers that said, ‘We exist,’” Posnock said with a wry smile. In efforts to increase their visibility on campus, WHPK stages several events throughout the year, including an O-Week concert and several smaller concerts. The organization also hosts, in conjunction with the Film Studies Center, "Pictures and Sounds," an event in which bands improvise a soundtrack to a silent film. Their main event of the year is the Summer Breeze soundstage, a

concert showcasing the talents obscure rock groups students might not usually encounter. Numerous bands, both known and unknown, have played Summer Breeze in the past 15 years, among them the Smith Westerns and the Roots.

Among this year’s batch of bands are the eclectic San Francisco duo Sic Alps and the recently reunited Bunnybrains, notorious for their avant-garde live performances (including a predilection for playing songs in their underwear). The soundstage is also streamed live online and offers the Hyde Park community all the perks of a free outdoor concert. As for the somewhat esoteric nature of the bands listed, Hanss emphasizes the importance of diversity and independence in the bands the station promotes. “We’re a college radio station,” he said. “We have to be edgy.”

Peek through the Doane Observatory telescope, the largest telescope in the Midwest accessible to the general public, at the monthly Adler After Dark. DJ D-Rek will be spinning beats while guests sip on cocktails and take in views of Chicago’s skyline and Saturn’s rings.

(1300 South Lake Shore Drive, 6 p.m., $7, 21+)

Radio station a collaboration between South side community and students WHPK continued from page 6 hosting his show “The A.L.L. Sports Hour” for the past two years. Together with regular contributors Chika Okafor and Louis Smith, Linton tries to cover as much as he can about the sports world. “I set up the argument if needed and then we go for an hour. Sometimes we have callers,” Linton said. When asked how he conceived the idea for a sports radio show, Linton explained, “After watching playoff football first year, I liked arguing with my friends, I liked hearing my opinions and thought it’d be cool to have a radio show; there had been no sports talk show [on WHPK] to my knowledge.” Linton pitched his idea to the WHPK staff, and after a long wait they responded. The training process was pretty minimal; within a few months, Linton was on the air.

However, the process is not usually that simple for most aspiring student DJs. “We get a lot of applications,” Hanss said.

In order for students to apply they must send in a playlist for the format of their choice. “We take a playlist and look to see that [there’s] this kernel of understanding of what independent music is,” Hanss explained.

Third-year Ryan L avery is one such student DJ whose playlist caught the folk format chief ’s eye. His show, “Freak Street Radio Hour” began as “a jam-based rock show, although it was never devoted too specifically. I saw that as an exploratory phase for me on air, trying a whole bunch of different structures and styles of communicating with listeners. Eventually, I focused more specifically toward folk music, especially artists who have tried to

Walkmen appeal to audiences from Chicago to Lisbon

Smart Museum forges a path through Warhol's public and private lives

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The Walkmen hope to cover in the future?

WM: I don’t know, we never really decide on our direction, it just sort of happens. But, we’re writing a lot right now and I’d say the new stuff sounds a little more poppy. It’s sort of simple and upbeat. It’s solid and definitely a little more pop.

CM: How was your recent trip to Portugal, and how did it affect the band and the production of Lisbon?

WM: It was great. We had some good times and they are just really nice to us there.

Things happened there just they way they were supposed to, the way we had always wanted things to happen. They really like our band and they’re very supportive of us.

It’s also just a beautiful and welcoming place.

Things just sort of fell into place nicely over there. So, that’s why we called the record Lisbon, because we wanted to reference that sort of positive feeling we took away from the experience.

CM: “The Rat” has become the Walkmen’s sort of hit song. In writing the song, could you predict its success?

WM: I mean, it was never really a hit, you know, it was a Walkmen song. It is our biggest song, but definitely not a hit. But, yeah, the first time we played it I remember think-

ing people would react to this song a lot more than they do to a lot of our songs. We could tell people would react differently because it’s a little more extreme sounding.

CM: What are some of your favorite and least favorite parts about touring?

WM: It’s nice to go see different parts of the world, like we’re going to Istanbul next week, and I’ve always wanted to go there. So that’s definitely the upside. We get to see a lot of the world and we’re playing music every night, which is something we definitely like to do. It’s good, but, you know, we have to be away from home a lot which sucks.

CM: How was playing at Lollapalooza last year?

WM: It was fun, it was good. It was a nice day and we played early on the main stage, and the crowd was really good. We ended up sticking around all night and saw Lady Gaga play, so it was pretty great, actually.

CM: The band is returning to Chicago for U of C’s Summer Breeze. Are college shows like this different from other shows you play on tour?

WM: They’re nice; they’re always casual and there’s less pressure. It’s more of just, like, a casual and fun atmosphere. We’re looking forward to it.

displays three tightly grouped sets of blackand-white photos, selected from the thousands in Warhol’s private collection. For much of Warhol’s artistic career, he carried a black-and-white 35mm camera wherever he went, capturing not only inspiration for his work, but also creating a record of his daily life. The photos walk a tenuous line between portraiture and candid photography. Many of the subjects are clearly aware that they are being photographed, but, unlike in the portraits, they appear natural— caught embracing a friend or listening attentively. These photos offer a first-hand view of the world of bustling New York artists and celebrities that served as the incubator for Warhol’s ideas.

Warhol’s studies of setting get further treatment in the center group of photos, which document the streets and apartments of his New York City home. People appear in several of the shots, but it is clear that

they are not the focus, but simply objects meant to give context to their surroundings. A focus on geometric shapes and tilted angles show that even in his casual, everyday shots, Warhol’s eye for the aesthetic was omnipresent.

The most striking photo of all rests by itself: A Polaroid portrait of Warhol himself that went on to serve as a blueprint for his later “Self Portrait.” His shock of white hair shoots off in all directions, but the intensity of his stare captivates the viewer’s eye. The photo is both personal and powerful—a glimpse of the troubled genius who came to define Pop Art. With its focus on Warhol’s personal life and creative process, Warhol at Work offers little for those seeking universallyrecognized screen prints of soup cans. At the same time, it provides a valuable perspective on the man behind some of the most influential and recognizable art of the 20th century.

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by Jessen O’Brien

Fashion is changing with the times.

With the return of ’70s styles has come a renewed interest in environmentalism, and the fashion industy is increasingly concerned with making sustainable, ecofriendly clothing. Luckily, being green does not mean a wardrobe of hemp or bamboo fibers. Instead, both consumers and designers are coming up with new ways to be both fashion forward and environmentally friendly.

Naturally, if you want to be an ecoconscious fashionista you need to consider carefully where to buy your clothing. In addition to looking at all of your favorite designers and stores, check out environmentally-friendly collections.

For instance, Levi-Strauss uses organic cotton, recycled hardware, and natural dyes. As for the other half of your body, American Apparel makes great organic shirts. But if you’re looking for some -

thing beyond the basics, H&M has also been working to make their clothing more sustainable, both by launching the Conscious Collection and by pledging to increase the amount of organic cotton they use by 50 percent every year until 2013. White and flowy, the Conscious Collection consists of the latest Spring/ Summer trends. The clothes are for men, women, and children. Best of all? Unlike, s a y , Yv e s S a i n t L a u r e n t ’s s u s t a i n a b l e looks or HappyHippie.com, these outfits are both affordable and fashionable.

Alternatively, you can always try vintage and thrift shopping. Go to Ragstock or Knee Deep Vintage, or search Etsy for sustainable pieces. Of course, vintage stores can be challenging, especially when it comes to finding the right size. So, look at lines like Urban Outfitters’ Urban Renewal, a collection made of recycled clothing that’s available both online and

in stores, in every size and in all the latest trends. Each piece tends to be slightly different from the next even within one item, so you’re less likely to run into someone wearing the same shirt as you in class.

Even more than what you buy, consider what you have. Weed through your closet for clothing to donate, sell, or swap. Think about ways you can recycle different items, whether it’s by cutting up t-shirts or, if your domestic powers are impressive enough, sewing them into a pillow or crafting a latch hook rug. A quick Google search can teach you all you need to know, or check out books like Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-shirt by Megan Nicolay.

If you really want to test your fashion and creative powers, take inspiration from more radical movements like t h e U n i f o r m P r o j e c t . Tw o y e a r s a g o , Sheen Matheiken decided to support

the Akanksha Foundation—a non-profit organization that provides education for underprivileged children—by wearing one little black dress everyday for a year while simultaneously vowing never to repeat an outfit. Relying on donated and recycled accessories, she raised over $100,000 in donations. Although you might not want to go to such extremes, the point holds— surely there’s a way to stretch the clothing you already own. You don’t have to come up with 365 unique outfits from one piece, but find ways to be creative with what you have, and you might find yourself buying less.

Whatever you decide to do, try to take a moment before you buy and make sure to purchase pieces you know you’ll love and that you’re bound to wear time and time again. Not only is it good for the environment, but your wardrobe and your wallet will thank you too.

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Nguyen: This is something we’re going to remember forever

Chicago heads into the NCAA tournament this weekend ranked fourth in the country and first in the region. Third-year Kendra Higgins will have an opportunity to play for a third straight doubles title with teammate, fourth-year Chrissy Hu, an unprecedented feat in D-III history.

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Higgins had the same problem as Kung and Vaca Guzman. Ranked among the top 100 tennis players in the country for her class, Higgins was being recruited by Columbia, Tulane, and the Air Force Academy, with Chicago being the only D-III program she considered. To make her decision, Higgins looked to her sisters, who were studentathletes at the collegiate level.

“I had great role models in my two older sisters who played Division I sports at Princeton and Vanderbilt, so I always knew I wanted to find the best academic opportunity as well as athletic combination,” she said.

Just as with the other four players, Higgins was convinced after she visited the school.

“After my visit in October to Chicago, and seeing what a great program it had to offer, I knew I wanted to be a part of it and make any contribution I could,” she said.

So Perry’s dream of successfully recruit ing five exceptional players became an unlikely reality. The talent of the five women did not go unnoticed.

“We had one of the best recruiting classes in the nation, including Division I schools,” Vaca Guzman said.

“Our class of third-years is very rare, and many are unable to get such a great group of girls to come together like we have,” Higgins added.

As the women were ready to begin the next course in their tennis careers, some, like Kung, were unsure about the caliber of D-III tennis compared to their respective calibers.

“I didn’t know what to expect from Division III tennis because I didn’t know that many people playing it,” Kung said.

It certainly seemed early on that D-III tennis was below the caliber of Kung. In the first tournament of her collegiate career, the ITA Small College Championships, she was crowned singles champion. However, nerves got the best of her after the impressive title, as Kung felt she needed to win

every match, despite being a first-year playing No. 1 singles.

“I felt I shouldn’t lose to anybody,” she said. “Because of that, I put too much pressure on myself, so I didn’t do as well as I probably should have.”

Perry then pursued a lineup change which, in the short-term and long-run, proved to be effective. After going 4—6 throughout the season in No. 1 singles action, Kung moved to No. 2 singles while Higgins moved to No. 1.

Higgins went on to be undefeated in regular season action at No. 1 singles, while Kung posted an 8 —4 record at No. 2. For their efforts, Higgins and Kung were All-UAA selections their first-year on the team—Higgins in first-team singles, and Kung in second-team singles. Higgins also put up a stellar 13—6 record in dual meets at No. 1 doubles with Hu, accounting for another first-team All-UAA selection. On top of that, she was named UAA MVP and UAA Rookie of the Year. Kung, at second doubles with then-fourth-year Vindya Dayananda, posed an impressive 12-5 record.

Higgins and Kung, however, were only part of the team’s breakout season. Vaca Guzman and Nguyen played No. 3 doubles, and they knew they were well-suited for each other early into the season.

“Carmen [Vaca Guzman] and I turned out to be really good,” Nguyen said. “[Vaca Guzman] is a harder hitter, and I’m more steady, so it worked out really well.”

Yet, successful doubles partners do not complement each other only on the court; they complement each other off the court as well. This was exactly the case for Vaca Guzman and Nguyen.

“Tiffany [Nguyen] and I were roommates at Pierce in this tiny room,” Vaca Guzman said. “We were immediately best friends, and she’s still my best friend here at this school now. We’re actually really different in personality types, but we blend really well together.”

Their complementing personalities and strengths rattled opponents off the courts.

Posting an incredible undefeated record in D-III action, the duo was awarded firstteam All-UAA status for doubles. For her impressive record of 15—3 at No. 3 singles,

Vaca Guzman also garnered first-team AllUAA status in singles.

Nyugen and Krishnan shared the No. 6 singles position.

Cumulatively, the five take credit for turning around a subpar 10—9 record in the 2007—2008 season to a prolific 17—6 record in their first year, the 2008—2009 season.

However, critics of the women’s team viewed their third place finish at the UAA Championships in 2009 as a sign of stagnation for the five, seeing as the result mirrored that of the past two years.

Yet, Chicago’s dominance in dual meets throughout the regular season did not go unnoticed by the NCAA Division III selection committee, and the Maroons received an at-large bid to the national tournament.

Their selection to the tournament was only the second occurence of the kind in Maroon history.

But the first-years on the team, for better or for worse, did not understand the scope of playing in the national tournament.

“I don’t think any of us realized what was going on when we made NCAAs, because it was our first year,” Nguyen said.

“It’s really rare that you make the national tournament like that. We worked hard to get there.”

A blowout victory against Grinnell in the regional semifinal was one of the best results ever for the Maroons. However, they weren’t done there. Chicago shut out two more teams until they were only barely bested in the national semifinal by Amherst, losing 5—4. With a 5—1 loss to Emory, the Maroons, led by the first-years, took home an unthinkable fourth-place.

“Even when we received that fourthplace trophy, I don’t think any of us, except our lone senior Vindya [Dayananda], knew what we had accomplished,” Vaca Guzman said. “It was a great feeling and one of my most memorable and enjoyable collegiate tennis experiences.”

But the season did not end after the national team championships. Higgins and Kung played in the national individual championships about one week later. Higgins reached the quarterfinals in singles, but was crowned champion in doubles with Hu. “Kendra [Higgins] and Chrissy [Hu],

I don’t even know where to start,” Vaca Guzman said. “They complement each other so well and are so in sync on court, and it’s truly very enjoyable to watch them, and I’m honored to call them my teammates.”

The accomplishments of Higgins and Kung landed them “All-American” status.

The 2009—2010 and 2010—2011 seasons have brought similar success for the five.

In 2009—2010, Chicago put up a 23—5 record while emphatically winning the UAA Championships for the first time in history.

“That was probably our team’s happiest moment. I remember that final match against Emory being different because we started with singles first. It then came down to doubles play, and Aswini [Krishnan] and Carmen [Vaca Guzman] won the deciding match. We then all ran down and embraced one another. We made history that day,” Kung said.

The good record, combined with the UAA championship, accounted for seven All-UAA selections in singles and doubles for the five, which included one selection for Krishnan and two for Higgins, Vaca Guzman, and Kung, and a repeat UAA MVP in Higgins.

Even more impressive was the repeat of fourth place in the national team tournament and Higgins’s repeat title in doubles for the national individual tournament.

This season, the women have continued their success with a 17—3 record and a second place finish at the UAA Championships.

Kung, Vaca Guzman, Higgins, and Krishnan were All-UAA selections again.

Going into Saturday’s regional semifinal, the third-years are optimistic about repeating as regional champions and ultimately winning the national team title.

“We really hope we can win it this year,” Kung said. “We think we have a really big chance of winning it. We beat Williams earlier in the season, and they are the threetime defending national champions.”

Win or lose, one thing is for certain: The experiences of the third-years, on and off the courts, have made them the best of friends.

Higgins believes that the similarities of the third-years, both in tennis and otherwise, have helped them get along very well throughout the past three years.

“What makes us such a close group is that we all have similar aspirations.

Whether that be winning championships or studying in hopes for our dream job, we all try to be the best version of ourselves. That is why our class clicks so well, because we have the utmost respect for each other, and we always know that will never change even after graduating,” Higgins said.

“We almost know everything about each other now,” Kung added.

Vaca Guzman laments the fact that she only has one more year to spend with her second family.

“It’s been such a great journey, and it’s really sad to think we only have one year left,” she said. “It’s been amazing.”

The third-years believe credit should be given to their loved ones for the success they have had.

“We’re all really thankful for our parents pushing and supporting us throughout tennis and throughout junior competition, traveling everywhere,” Vaca Guzman said.

“Our coaches were great at recruiting us.”

The success, the friendships, and3 the future of the University of Chicago “Fab Five” can all be summarized in the words of Nguyen.

“It’s just special,” she said. “It’s a unique team, the five of us, and I just feel lucky to be a part of it and to be able to be recruited with them is a once in a lifetime thing. This is something we’re going to remember forever.”

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TRACK & FIELD

Summer Breeze not enough to keep Chicago off the track

By Gracie Sonnabend Sports Staff While Summer Breeze takes over the quads this Saturday, members of the track and field team will have their secondto-last opportunity to land national slots at the Chicago Penultimate. The meet follows the Benedictine and Wisconsin Twilight Invitationals in the build-up to the North Central Last Chance meet and the Division III Nationals.

The meet takes place throughout the day, which means that many of the athletes will miss out on the Summer Breeze festivities. However, for many, the prospect of running for the last time on their home track is more than enough of a reason to ditch their final Summer Breeze.

“I’m a little disappointed,” said fourth-year sprinter and hurdler Ashley Eaves. “But you do what you have to do. It’s a chance to go to nationals.”

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interfere with Summer Breeze two years ago. Last year, however, the NCAA Championship was moved a week earlier, shifting the entire schedule up and bumping the Penultimate into the weekend of Summer Breeze. “I’m not really concerned,” said third—year jumper Paige Peltzer. “I went my first year and had a good time. I understand how the first years who have never been would be disappointed.”

Meets in the last few weeks of the s e a s o n , l i k e t h e Pe n u l t i m a t e , t e n d t o encourage athletes to chase after fast times with pace rabbits. Under ordinary circumstances, most runners would prefer not to lead races until the last few laps, as running behind an opponent is easier, both mentally and physically. As a result, paces often lag because no one runner wants to lead the race. Pace rabbits are utilized to make sure this doesn’t happen.

“I feel a little more confident that the

race will pan out the way I expect it,” said fourth-year steeplechaser Nick Nunez.

“All I have to rely on is my fitness and not my tactics.” Assistant Coach Dan Edwards, formally a member of Colorado’s prestigious distance running program, will rabbit the steeplechase.

The fact that the meet is a home event allows Chicago to have some fun on the side as well. Chicago’s throw squad will be partaking in a 4x100 meter relay, giving them a rare opportunity to shine on the track. “It’s getting towards the end of the year, and I think it’s important to try things like this,” said Peltzer. “It’s fun to see people try new things that we can all laugh at together.”

Trying new events isn’t just for laughs, however. Also trying a new event is second-year sprinter Demetrios Brizzolara.

In high school, Brizzolara’s best event was the 300 meter intermediate hurdles. Last year, however, the team needed Brizzolara

in other events, and he didn’t get the chance to hurdle. This weekend, he’ll finally get to return to his roots by running the 400-meter intermediate hurdles.

Most recently, three Maroons achieved nationally-qualifying performances at the Wisconsin Twilight Invitational. Fourthyear Kristin Constantine, named a UAA Most Outstanding Performer in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, made a 13.27 m throw in the shotput and a 51.43 m toss in the hammer throw, winning the event.

Brian Andreycak and Andrew Wells-Qu, also fourth-years, ran 1:51:02 min in the 800-meter and 14.82 sec over the 110meter hurdles, respectively.

Chicago will host fellow NCAA Division III teams and unattached runners at Ted Haydon Track, 1 p.m. Augustana, DePaul and Millikin are expected to be in attendance, among others. The meet begins with concurrent jumping and throwing events, followed by running events from 4 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

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BASEBALL continued from back page Stevens took off, sliding into what appeared to be the glove of first—year third-baseman Will Katzka, but the umpire swung his arms, “Safe!” This prompted Chicago Head Coach Brian Baldea to rise from his comfortable spot on the bench and argue the call.

His continual objections eventually led to his ejection. A few pitches later that same runner slid into home on a wild pitch for the game’s winning run.

With the score at 4—2 Chicago headed into their season’s final inning with one last breath of air, a slingshot, and a stone.

The Maroons started off the inning hot, putting runners on the corners. Katzka started off the action by hitting a single, one of his two hits on the day. Oium followed Katzka’s single with a single of his own, and a wild pitch advanced Oium to third and moved in Katzka for the score, making the score 4-3.

Down one run in the top of the ninth, Chicago found itself in a position every underdog dreams of, with a man on third and no outs. Slingshot in hand, they took their shot. Unfortunately for the Maroons they did not hit their bull’s-eye, as three straight batters went down swinging and the Wildcats held off the Herculean upset and won the game 4—3.

Baldea was quick to compliment his squad after the game. “The team played very well at Northwestern and competed throughout the game in all ways,” said

Baldea. “The pitching and defense was particularly strong, allowing no extra base hits and committing no errors. We simply fell a little short of getting a key hit to put us ahead in a couple of crucial situations.”

The four pitchers who all had impressive outings were fourth-year Dan McConologue, second-year Matt O’Connor, first-year Alex Terry, and thirdyear Alex Garcia. Of the four, O’Connor took the loss, his first in six decisions.

None of the pitchers allowed more than two runs in their time on the mound, and Garcia closed the game—and the season— with two scoreless innings.

With no post-season and with with 2011 at its end, Baldea shared his feelings about the season: “The 2011 season was a good one and just a couple of close losses away from being an outstanding one. There were many highlights including a win at U.S. Cellular Field against our South Side rivals (Illinois Tech), a tripleheader sweep of Washington University, a ninth-inning win against Aurora University, a lateseason doubleheader sweep of Rockford to keep us in contention for a regional ranking, and the highly competitive game with Northwestern University. Many of the contributions came from first-year and second-year players, so the future looks promising. With another strong recruiting class coming in, we are already looking forward to 2012.”

Second-year Bullock said, “We have a lot to look forward to next year.”

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Readying to ace the NCAAs REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS PIONSHIPS Saturday, May y 14th

Leading the pack Chicago is ranked fourth in the country and first in the region. The ranking is well deserved; the Maroons are 11-1 in regional play.

Men’s Tennis Call it a Wash Chicago split the season series with rivals Wash U, but an April 2nd victory over the perennial power got people to take notice.

Doubles domination Keeping with their strong season, the Maroons have overpowered opponents in doubles play this year, with a .816 winning percentage.

Going streaking!

Third-year Jan Stefanski goes into the NCAA tournament having won thirteen straight matches. Stefanski has only dropped one match all year.

Marching in Lockstep It’s hard to find a weak spot in the Maroons’ armor. Chicago’s winning percentage is .600 or higher at every single and doubles spot.

Looking ahead Should Chicago advance to the national quarterfinal, they will be facing off against powerhouse Amherst, a team which has only lost once all year.

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Maroons nearly upset Northwestern

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Stagg Field will be buzzing this weekend as the women’s tennis team plays host to the NCAA D-III Regional Championships.

The Maroons, who boast an impressive record of 17—3 in the regular season, are one of the favorites to win. Yet the journey to this landmark moment in their tennis careers started over four years ago, when five talented then-first-years were being recruited. Aptly nicknamed the “Fab Five,” the lineup features Kendra Higgins, Carmen Vaca Guzman, Tiffany Nguyen, Jennifer Kung, and Aswini Krishnan. On the court, their feisty, aggressive attitudes have caused them to be revered as some of the top athletes in the nation. Off the court, their cheerful personalities have led to cherished friendships.

Just four years ago, the University of Chicago “Fab Five” was a dream of head coach Marty Perry that was seemingly never going to occur. Recruiting talent at a D-III institution can be difficult, especially at a school known for its academics rather than it’s athletics. In fact, none of the current third-years had been interested in attending the University until the summer prior to their senior seasons in high school, when Perry contacted each of them. When they learned about the school, they were immediately attracted for different reasons.

For Nguyen, attending a university with academic prestige was top priority. Faced with a decision

from Perry, and upon checking Chicago’s academic ranking according to the magazine, her family was ecstatic.

“It was ranked nine or eight,” she said. “We were like, ‘Oh my!’”

“I prospied here twice, visited the team, and I loved it!” Vaca Guzman enthusiastically said. “I wanted to come here ever since.”

The decision was very tough for Kung. Also achieving a rank in the top 100 in the nation of her respective high school class, Kung could have chosen a D-I program as well. Yet, she enjoyed the very close team atmosphere of Chicago.

“I came here on a recruiting

David almost took down Goliath in Evanston, Illinois on Wednesday. As Chicago (18—12—1) faced D-I powerhouse Northwestern (17—27) they had something the Wildcats didn’t, something that all the athletic scholarship and talent in the world couldn’t give them: A nothing-tolose mentality.

That mentality, along with stellar pitching and solid fielding , had the Maroons within reach of one of the biggest upsets in D-III baseball this year. Chicago came so close that only one run and one inning wound up being the difference between the teams. The final score of the game was 4—3.

The scoring kicked off when Northwestern drove in the first run of the day in the bottom of the second. It wasn’t long before Chicago answered with a score of their own, however, as fourthyear right fielder Marshall Oium, who went two for four on the day, drove in a run on an RBI double.

The scoring exchange continued when Northwestern retook the lead with an RBI single in the third. However, the game was tied up again an inning later on a run-scoring base hit by secondyear center fielder Ben Bullock.

The seventh inning is when the game really heated up.

Northwestern got off to a good start scoring a run early. With center fielder Cody Stevens on second, Northwestern signaled for their speedster to steal third.

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The third-year class of the women’s tennis team, one of the most highly touted in D-III history, consists of Jennifer Kung, Tiffany Nguyen, Carmen Vaca Guzman, Kendra Higgins, and Aswini Krishnan (from left to right).

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between Carnegie Mellon and Chicago, she decided to attend the school which gave her the most comfort.

“I liked Chicago better than Pittsburgh, and I felt that I meshed more with the existing team here than I did with Carnegie’s team,” she said.

In spite of being from Canada, Krishnan was excited after her visit to Chicago, and was looking forward to the thrill of living in a new country.

“The University of Chicago was the first school I visited, and I loved it. I really liked the students and coaches I met and the classes I sat in on. Plus, it offered everything I wanted in my university experience—located in a big city,

the chance to play competitive tennis and be pushed academically,” Krishnan said.

Vaca Guzman also planned on attending a university with academic rigor, but seeing as she was ranked one of the top 100 tennis players in the nation for her respective class, she wanted to play D-I tennis. However, her dad had other plans in mind.

“My dad grabbed the U.S. News [and World Report college rankings] and said, ‘You can apply to any top-15 university. You can’t apply to anything below,” Vaca Guzman said.

Unfortunately for Vaca Guzman, her dream institution, Notre Dame, was below the top 15. However, she received emails