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Major Activities Board announces fall show lineup Marta Bakula & Maggie Loughran News Editors Cloud Nothings and How To Dress Well will perform at the Major Activities Board (MAB)’s Fall Show, according to a MAB statement released Monday night at 9 p.m. The show will be held on November 21 at 8 p.m.

For the first time, MAB will sell tickets both online and in person. Students have consis-

Hari Kondabolu hosts evening of tasteful comedy, eating the rich Hari Kondabolu, a Brooklyn-based stand-up comic and writer, performs his routine on Nov. 6 at Mandel Hall. Read more on page 8.

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CPD investigating report of offcampus sexual assault Isaac Stein Senior News Reporter The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is currently investigating a reported off-campus criminal sexual assault.

Both the complainant and the alleged perpetrator are current University students.

The incident allegedly occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. on October 11 at the Delta Upsilon (DU) fraternity house, which is located at 5714 South Woodlawn Avenue. No arrests have been made in connection with the case, but Karl Grindel, associate executive director for Delta Upsilon International, confirmed on Monday that the campus chapter has since suspended one of its members, who is the alleged perpetrator.

“Since learning of the accusation, the chapter voted to suspend the accused member pending a final report on the investigation. It would be premature to comment any further on an ongoing investigation by the University, or any other entity, until a final report has been made,” Grindel said in an e-mail on behalf of the Chicago chapter and the international organization.

He added, “Both the fraternity and the chapter take allegations of sexual assault very seriously, and both the chapter and members are fully cooperating with the University’s ongoing investigation.”

University spokesperson Marielle Sainvilus declined to comment on the alleged incident, as well as on whether the administration is conduct-

ing an investigation separately from the CPD. The alleged victim originally filed a complaint with the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) at 9:38 a.m. on October 14; the investigation was later transferred from the UCPD to the CPD. According to the UCPD report archive, the investigation is “of a reported criminal sexual assault by a known suspect.”

Nicole Trainor, news affairs officer for the CPD, said that an 18-year-old female filed the report, and that the alleged assailant is a 19-year-old male.

Trainor added that the reported victim “received treatment at the University of Chicago hospital.”

The CPD and UCPD incident reports are inconsistent

Rob Hayes Maroon Contributor Shawn Whirl claimed that he had been wrongly convicted of murder in 1991 after being tortured by the Chicago police into giving a false confession. In September 2011,

Caitlin Brown gathered her fellow UChicago law students and attorney supervisors in a conference room and convinced them to take on Whirl’s case.

As a student at the Law School, Brown was a member of the Exoneration Project,

Quentin Dupouy Maroon Contributor Ventra will release an app in the coming weeks as part of an ongoing effort to better connect Metra’s services with Chicago’s other two transit agencies, CTA and Pace. A state law has spurred actions to unify Chicago’s transportation system, but some activists question Metra’s compliance.

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The Chicago-area transit system was plagued for decades with constant budget crises, patronage scandals, decaying infrastructure and interagency squabbles. In 2011, the Illinois General Assembly stepped in, passing a law that brought all three Chicago-area transit agencies closer together under increased oversight by the Regional Transit Authority (RTA). The law’s most signifi-

cant requirement was that by 2015, all three agencies have a “universal fare card that may be used interchangeably on all buses, rapid transit, [and] commuter rail.”

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Let them eat pie: fourth annual South Side Pie Challenge raises $3,000 Tamar Honig Associate News Editor

a pro bono legal clinic that helps exonerate people convicted of crimes they did not commit. After reading the case documents that Whirl had mailed to the Project, Brown believed that he had been wrongly convicted.

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Man freed by the Exoneration Project after 25 years in prison

said in an e-mail.

Tickets will be sold through the Logan Center Box Office, which is equipped to handle a high level of traffic to its website the moment tickets go on sale.

The Logan Center Box Office takes a three percent cut of all revenue, which has deterred MAB from using its services in the past.

“In order to adjust for this loss, we have been working

Ventra to release app to better connect Metra and CTA ticketing

“The only thing sweeter than victory is…victory à la mode.”

So read the sign greeting throngs of pie admirers and aficionados as they crowded the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club last Saturday for the fourth annual South Side Pie Challenge.

Pie bakers of all ages manned their creamy and crusted creations behind four long tables, each representing one of the competition’s categories: fruit pies, nut pies, cream pies, and—in the spirit of all things autumnal— pumpkin and sweet potato pies.

Visitors milled about, perusing the diverse array of cleverly named and carefully

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tently pressured MAB to move its ticket sales online to avoid skipping class and waiting in line for hours.

“We hope that online ticket sales will allow more students interested in attending the Fall Show the option of purchasing tickets themselves, limiting the number of extra tickets available for scalping,” MAB’s marketing and public relations chair Emily Espinel and public relations board member Graham Bacher

Pies sit on tables at the South Side Pie Challenge held on Saturday, November 7.

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UCSC announces new peer advising program for community service RSOs Sophia Zaller Maroon Contributor At the start of fall quarter, the University Community Service Center (UCSC) implemented a new peer advising program that allows leaders of Community Service RSOs (CSRSOs) to gain valuable support and advice from UCSC student interns.

“We had wanted to start peer advising for CSRSOs for some time, but had the opportunity to develop it over this past summer and implement it this fall,” Nick Currie, Community Service Advisor at the UCSC, said.

“It is in place to give student leaders more spaces for connection to the support networks we offer and to the larger network of social change happening across campus.”

Second-year Yael Caplan serves as one of two peer advisors available to the executive boards of community service RSOs. “As peer advisors, [second-

year Amy Treber] and I meet with RSO leaders to discuss challenges, questions, new ideas, or whatever else may be on their minds,” she said.

Treber and Caplan also work with RSO leaders to plan events, navigate school regulations for on-campus organizations, and set goals for future projects.

Caplan said that she feels that the program helps to better bridge the gap between the UCSC and the student body by giving student leaders the opportunity to collaborate with peers who are knowledgeable about the UCSC’s resources and policies, as opposed to University staff members who are not.

“As students, Amy and I can draw on a different set of skills and experiences that can be helpful to CSRSOs,” she said.

According to Currie, CSRSO leaders opted-in to be peer advised at the beginning of the quarter. Caplan and Treber each advise six student leaders, in total serving 12 of UChicago’s 54

active CSRSOs. “We are just a few weeks in and I’m already so proud of the two peer advisors and so excited to learn from them about what kinds of resources and support they think we can offer CSRSO leaders in the future,” Currie said.

Though the formal advising program is full through the rest of the quarter, Currie said that the peer advisers are resources that are available to any student or RSO who is interested in delving into community service and social change efforts on campus.

Caplan said that she already sees improvements in the CSRSO community as a result of the peer advising program.

“We have an amazing network of community service RSOs on campus who are doing incredibly important work,” she said. “I hope that the peer advising program will help to strengthen their presence and make sure that they have as much support as possible.”

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adorned confections. The only thing unsavory about the whole affair was the tough choice of which pie to spend tickets on—before entering the room, visitors purchased tickets to exchange for pie— three dollars per slice or $10 for four slices.

Not even the most Herculean of stomachs could have found room to give each of the entries a fair slice of the pie.

Hyde Park residents Julie Vassilatos and Kate Agarwal founded the South Side Pie Challenge in 2012 after Agarwal participated in the Bucktown Apple Pie Contest, an annual event on Chicago’s North Side. The women noticed that the presence of South Siders was severely lacking in Bucktown, so they decided to bring the idea of a pie challenge home to Hyde Park.

“For me, the best thing about it all is to see the community come here and behave as if we’re all long-lost friends,” Agarwal said. “We have kids baking, grandparents baking, U of C professors baking: people from all over and all walks of life coming together to bake pies. It’s pretty cool.”

All of the proceeds raised benefit the Hyde Park and Kenwood Hunger Programs food bank. There are no overhead fees, the prizes come from donations from local restaurants, and other expenses—such as flyers, web service, and paper cups and plates—are paid out of pocket, according to Agarwal. This year’s challenge raised around $3,000, a sum exceeding that of any previous year.

“It’s been really rewarding

handing the food pantries the check every year,” Agarwal said. “When they saw the check that first year, they were floored. They can do so much with that money, around Thanksgiving time, especially.

Every dollar counts and we know exactly where it’s going.”

Many of the contestants cited the worthy cause as a motivating factor behind their participation.

“I’m not a baker. I’m not,” said Sue Luppert, a first-time participant who regularly volunteers to cook for the homeless. “I consider myself a cook. But this is a wonderful, worthwhile cause.”

“This event is a fun activity to participate in, but moreover it supports an amazing cause—food pantries—especially at a time when so many families are without Thanksgiving meals,” Maya-Camille Broussard said.

Broussard is the founder of Justice of the Pies, a company specializing in pies and quiches established in honor of her late father, a defense attorney with a passion for baking. On Saturday, she earned several new honors: first place in the pumpkin and sweet potato category for her Pumpkin Praline sprinkled with pecans, and second place in the fruit category for Black and Blue, a zestful rendezvous of blackberries and blueberries.

Other noteworthy contestants gracing the tables at the event included the Pearfect Custard Pie, Yes Pe Can, Cheers to Chai Town, Darth Pumpkin, and—not to be forgotten—Deez Nuts Pecan Oatmeal Pie. Some names were less descriptive and more intriguing. The Tempest, for

instance, lived up to its gusty title with a whirlwind of rich flavors—chocolate, caramel, and pecans—tossed together.

Other names presented the opportunity for historical enlightenment: the Velvet Elvis gave its lucky consumers a taste of the King’s favorite snack—peanut butter and bananas—in pie form.

Vying for the prize ribbons, contestants brought their best to the table in woven lattice tops, elaborate cutouts, and crusts of optimal consistency.

Between the experimentation with unorthodox flavor combinations and creative methods of adhering to the rules, visitors did not leave hungry for missing varieties of pie.

“The rules prohibit us from doing a meringue because of the raw egg whites, which is what I had in mind,” said Peggy Sanders, the second-place winner in the cream category.

“So I replaced it with whipping cream and blended in some lemon curd, and I think that added a little something.”

But above all, the event was flavored by a sense of community.

Agarwal emphasized the event’s goal of fostering inclusivity and togetherness, as well as her desire for a stronger student presence at future Pie Challenges.

“We want to make sure U of C students feel welcome here,” she said. “Yes, it’s about the baking and the competing for sure, but it’s also about getting a slice of pie and a cup of coffee and meeting the people in the community you live in.

We would definitely like to encourage U of C students to join us and to see more of you guys next year.”

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Metra refused to participate.

Given Metra’s open-access system in which riders board trains without proof of payment, installing turnstiles for Ventra would be challenging.

Officials estimate that adding turnstiles, or even equipping conductors with technology to scan cards, could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Metra says that it is fulfilling its requirement and participating with Ventra primarily through the development of an app. Officials have also argued that Ventra cards have always been a viable payment option for Metra, since they can be activated as debit cards that can then be used to buy tickets.

According to Michael Gillis, spokesperson for Metra, app users will have access to mobile ticketing for Metra, transit tracking for all three agencies, and Ventra account management.

Though the Ventra app is six months behind schedule, Tammy Chase, spokesperson for CTA, suggested that it will be released in the next few weeks.

The app was developed by all three agencies, but the original plan for universal mobile ticketing has been dropped for now. CTA and Pace riders will not be able to tap-on with their smartphone apps. Only Metra

users will be able to use their phone itself to validate rides by showing the app to the conductor.

Linda Thisted, co-vice president of the Coalition for Equitable Community Development, worked to get the 2011 law passed. She is now part of a network of South Side organizations that argue Metra has not conformed to the spirit of the law. Thisted critiqued the law for its age and class-based restrictions. “[The app] excludes disproportionately people who don’t have smartphones and those are seniors and low-income people,” Thisted said. “We think that’s discriminatory.”

Thisted, like many of her fellow activists, hoped that the unified system would connect the South Side better to the rest of Chicago. For many South Siders, including most residents of Hyde Park, the Metra Electric stations are closer than any other transportation option.

The Electric is the only Metra line contained entirely within city limits. According to Amalia NietoGomez, Executive Director of the Coalition for a Lakeside Collective Bargaining Agreement, people use it more like a CTA train than a regional commuter line.

Since Metra functions as a component of the urban trans-

portation system, some Chicagoans believe it should be integrated more fully. Proponents of the law, Thisted included, had hoped and envisioned that by updating and unifying the payment system, riders would be able to switch with ease and cost-effectiveness between the three systems. Transfers were impossible with Metra’s paper tickets, but a single card like Ventra could make them a real possibility.

The law mandated that RTA oversee the development of a transfer agreement among the three transit agencies. The agencies did sign on to RTA’s transfer agreement, but its terms were relatively minor.

It did not include discounted transfers, which for many had motivated their call for a universal card.

The soon-to-be-released app will not provide for discounted transfers, nor will it offer a universal option for non-smartphone users. Some South Side residents like Thisted are not satisfied with it.

“It’s a nice bell and whistle, but it’s not the solution,” Thisted said.

Gillis, however, expressed cautious approval of the Ventra app.

“It’s not necessarily the only step, but it’s the logical first step for us to be taking,” Gillis said.

UCMC files lawsuit against arbitration award to reinstate a former employee Anjali Dhillon Maroon Contributor The University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) filed a lawsuit last month against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 743, which represents clerical and maintenance employees at UCMC. The complaint requests the reversal of an arbitration award that orders UCMC to reinstate a former employee after his termination in March 2013.

In 2013, the UCMC dismissed Lester Land, a custodial assistant for the Environmental Services Department, after a three-month investigation by UCMC found he had used intimidating and violent language about his supervisor to his colleague. The colleague reported that Land had threatened to cause his supervisor bodily harm. In the termination letter, UCMC said that Land had violated Medical Center policies by threatening a co-worker’s life and providing false information in the course of the investigation.

The Teamsters responded to Land’s termination by filing a grievance on his behalf.

It argued that Land was not

terminated for a just cause because the sole evidence was what he had allegedly said to a co-worker. The burden of proof of policy violation was on UCMC, and the medical center had not adequately bore it, according to the Teamsters.

When discussions addressing this grievance did not reach a settlement, both parties decided to move the case to arbitration, or talks overseen by the court, for a legally binding resolution determined by an arbitrator. The arbitration would determine whether Land’s termination was fair, and if not, what the correct solution would be.

Arbitration was prolonged when the initial Arbitrator Raymond E. McAlpin retired in the middle of the case, and Arbitrator Steven Briggs was brought on to the case. In addition, the co-worker who reported Land did not honor a subpoena to testify.

Briggs concluded that Land was not discharged for just cause, and decided on an arbitration award that ordered the UCMC to reinstate Land to his former position. Briggs reasoned that while Land’s comments in private were serious, they

were not grounds for discharge. He came to this conclusion because Land had never directly threatened his supervisor, other employees, or the coworker who had reported him. Briggs also notes that at the time of his termination, Land had worked for 24 years at the UCMC. However, in response to this conduct, Land is to return to his job without back pay or benefits.

In response, the UCMC filed last month’s complaint to vacate the arbitration award. It argues that the arbitration award does not accurately represent parties’ collective bargaining efforts.

UCMC also believes the arbitrator’s decision violates public policy because Briggs reinstated the employee even though Land had made vulgar and violent threats repeatedly.

“The medical center filed the complaint to overturn the arbitrator’s reinstatement award because we believed it was in the best interests of our patients and employees,” Lorna Wong, a representative of UCMC, wrote in an email.

The Teamster litigation counsel declined to comment, as this is an ongoing case.

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FBI Director James Comey on the “Ferguson effect” at the Law School Zeke Gillman News Staff FBI Director James Comey ( J.D.’85) caused a stir in national media and the White House when he proposed the possible validity of the so-called “Ferguson effect” in an address at the University of Chicago Law School on October 23. The controversial theory suggests that crime rates have risen recently because highly publicized police shootings, like that of Michael Brown in Ferguson, have resulted in lax policing.

Viral video footage that vilifies the police, as the theory presumes, has made law enforcement officials reluctant to crack down on crime.

“Nobody says it on the record, nobody says it in public, but police and elected officials are quietly saying it to themselves. And they’re saying it to me, and I’m going to say it to you...

In today’s YouTube world, are officers reluctant to get out of their cars and do the work that controls violent crime? Are officers answering 911 calls but avoiding the informal contact that keeps bad guys from standing around, especially with guns?” Comey said.

“So the suggestion, the question that has been asked of me, is whether these kinds of things are changing police behavior all over the country. And the answer is, I don’t know. I don’t know whether this explains it entirely, but I do have a strong sense that some part of the explanation is a chill wind blowing through American law enforcement over the last year. And that wind is surely changing behavior,” Comey asserted.

Comey cited an interaction with law-enforcement officials in which they expressed concern over the public’s heightened suspicions.

“I spoke to officers privately in one big city precinct who described being surrounded by young people with mobile phone cameras held high, taunting them the moment they get out of their cars. They told me, ‘We feel like we’re under siege and we don’t feel much like getting out of our cars.’”

These remarks have attracted attention elsewhere in the country, though the media remains largely suspicious of such comments.

David Graham, a writer for The Atlantic, expressed skepticism about the “Ferguson effect.” “[The Ferguson effect is] the Bigfoot of American criminal justice: fervently believed to be real by some, doubted by many others, reportedly glimpsed here and there, but never yet attested to by any hard evidence.”

However, there has also been support for the “Ferguson effect.” Heather Mac Donald, Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal, supported the theory in a panel hosted by NPR’s Diane Rehm Show on October 28.

“I’ve spoken to so many officers who say that they are reluctant to engage in proactive policing because that—exactly that type of policing has come under such strenuous attack over the last year, and they are reluctant to engage and possibly end up on a YouTube video that could go viral, even if it doesn’t necessarily capture the entire en-

gagement with a civilian. So I think also the crime drop is just so significant, and as I say, it’s accompanied by a drop in enforcement.”

The approval of the “Ferguson effect” by the heads of the DEA and the FBI provoked a response from the White House. They indicated that such positions were in opposition to the Obama administration’s official stance against the legitimacy of the “Ferguson effect.”

“The fact is the evidence does not support the claim that somehow our law enforcement officers across the country are shirking their duties and failing to fulfill their responsibility to serve and protect the communities to which they are assigned,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said last week.

Though Comey may have suggested the “Ferguson effect” as one possible explanation for the rise in shootings, he also expressed the need for more data in his address at the law school.

“One of the ways to get a better handle on what’s happening in our communities is through more and better information,” Comey said. “Data related to violent crime and homicides.

Data related to officerinvolved shootings. Data related to altercations with the citizens we serve, and attacks against law enforcement officers.”

“We have to get up close if we are to bend these lines.

We must start seeing one another more clearly. We have to resist stereotypes,” Comey concluded. “We have to look for information beyond anecdotes.

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Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood gives talk at IOP

Ray LaHood, former Secretary of Transportation, discusses his new book Seeking Bipartisanship: My Life in Politics on Thursday, November 5.

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Lucas Cusimano Maroon Contributor Last Thursday, Ray LaHood, one of the three Republican appointees to the Obama cabinet, gave a talk at Ida Noyes Hall as part of the Institute of Politics (IOP) “Road to 2016” speaker series. He covered issues ranging from Donald Trump’s presidential bid to the 1994 Congressional election, with a unifying theme of bipartisanship.

LaHood reflected on his time in office as a congressional staffer, Congressman, and Secretary of Transportation, and how, as a Republican, he observed and sought bipartisanship in the federal government.

He lamented the current state

of American politics.

“The way that politics works today is this idea of, ‘What’s the worst thing you can say about somebody and get away with it?’ Just about anything.”

He rested some responsibility for ultra-partisanship on the shoulders of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. According to LaHood, Gingrich turned local congressional races into national affairs in 1994 with the Contract with America, a legislative plan for prospective Republican Congressmen that LaHood and only two other Republicans elected that year refused to sign. LaHood saw this as the start of divisive national politics.

In response to an audience question, LaHood encouraged

students to take part in politics and civil service.

“If [students] don’t get involved in politics, then they’re missing an opportunity to serve their community...[and] move the country forward.”

This message resonated with some students. Third-year Michael Vasiliou said he respects LaHood.

“He demonstrates a certain amount of kindness and friendliness in politics that really no one else has, so it was nice to [have] a refreshing break from the constant name-calling and cat fighting in Congress.”

Trenton Crawford, a firstyear who lived in LaHood’s Congressional district, took particular note of some of LaHood’s comments.

“What I found really surprising was that he really does not like the impact that money has in politics and also how the Tea Party has split the Republican Party.”

During his talk, LaHood also decried the Tea Party’s role in politics.

“This is the crowd that shut down the government and bragged about it…They want to tip the place upside-down…

Their purpose is not to make progress, not to make change, but just to be obstructionists.”

LaHood also gave his thoughts on the upcoming presidential election. He commented on Donald Trump’s role in the election, arguing that Trump’s appeal as an outsider is misplaced and pointing out Trump’s limited support. “[Trump] is not going to be President. He’s offended everybody in America…He’s reached his high-level mark,” LaHood said. “The American people almost always get it right.”

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closely with our industry partners to find ways to decrease spending and increase revenue, such as negotiating lower tech and lighting costs and bolstering support from sponsors.

Through this collaboration we intend to recover any loss in ticket revenue, and we foresee no effect on the quality of acts we bring to our shows,” Espinel and Bacher said.

Formed in 2009, Cloud Nothings is an indie-rock band from Cleveland, Ohio. It has

received positive critical acclaim in many music publications, including Rolling Stone, SPIN, and Pitchfork, for their 2014 album Here and Nowhere Else.

How To Dress Well is the stage name of singer-songwriter Tom Krell, a Chicago native whose music combines R&B, indie pop, and electronica. Krell, a Ph.D. student in philosophy at DePaul University, has released three studio albums, the most recent of which is entitled What Is This Heart?

According to Espinel and

Bacher, “These two acts embody the highest degree of artistic maturity and creativity. We believe these two groups cater to the musical tastes of listeners on campus and enrich the musical diversity of our recent performers.”

Tickets will be available online at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu beginning Wednesday morning at 8 a.m., and in person at the Logan Center Box Office at noon on the same day. The price is five dollars for students and $10 for staff.

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No arrests have been made yet in the ongoing investigation munity,” which is a criterion for “timely security alerts” listed on the University’s Safety & Security website.

He added that in conjunction with the ongoing CPD investigation, the reported assault will be included in the University’s next Crime Information and Statistics report as a forcible sex offense.

The report, which is available on the University’s “Common Sense” website, contains data on reports of criminal activity on and near campus for each of the past three years,

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on the time of when the alleged incident occurred. The CPD report states the time of the alleged assault as between 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on October 11, while the UCPD archive states 12:20 a.m. on October 12.

The UCPD did not issue a security alert in conjunction with the incident report. Bob Mason, crime analyst with the UCPD, said that this is because the department decided that there was “no continuing threat to the [campus] com-

in compliance with the Clery Act, a federal law. According to Mason, the University will send crime data for incidents that occurred in 2015 to the federal government in October 2016.

Editor’s Note: Due to the ongoing investigation, The Chicago Maroon is withholding the name of the alleged assailant and the alleged victim.

Managing Editor Stephen Moreland is a member of Delta Upsilon and was not involved in the production of this article.

Rex Sinquefield donates $1.5 million to the Friedman Institute for Economics Isabelle Charo Maroon Contributor

contribute to the wider University community by giving seminars and workshops to students.

Rex Sinquefield made his living by helping to create some of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services’ first index funds. With David Booth, he cofounded Dimensional Fund Advisors, which now oversees over $350 billion in assets. Jeanne Sinquefield was executive vice president and head of trading at the fund.

Rex Sinquefield is cofounder and president of the Show-Me Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Missouri that advocates the elimination of the state income tax, among other free-market causes. Sinquefield also authored

Hedge fund pioneer Rex A. Sinquefield (M.B.A. ’72), and his wife, Dr. Jeanne C. Sinquefield (Ph.D. ’72, M.B.A ’79), recently gave a gift of $1.5 million to the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics.

According to a press release from the Becker Friedman Institute, the gift is intended to bring more young researchers, economists, scholars, and professors to the Institute to encourage the development of their work in a fresh environment. The Rex A. and Dr. Jeanne C. Sinquefield Visiting Researchers would also

a book on taxpayer reform, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of States: How Taxes, Energy, and Worker Freedom Change Everything, which argues that getting rid of tax burdens on the state level ultimately bolsters the economy. The Sinquefields are well-known philanthropists, specifically supporting education reform in their home state of Missouri through donations to the Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation and the Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri. The couple is very active politically, having donated over $28 million in support of conservative causes in Missouri between 2008 and 2013. ok, so my subs really aren't gourmet and we're not french either. my subs just taste a little better, that's all! I wanted to call it jimmy john's tasty sandwiches, but my mom told me to stick with gourmet.

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“A number of statements that were in his confession, which was ultimately ruled to be a product of police torture, didn’t line up with statements made in the police record about the scene of the crime,” she said in an interview.

At the Exoneration Project, student members vote on which cases the Project will accept. In the end, they decided that pursuing Whirl’s case would fit the Project’s mission.

That decision paid off less than a month ago. After 24 years in prison, Whirl walked out of the Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg, IL, as a free man. An appellate court had ordered him a new trial, but prosecutors dropped the case and another judge threw out all charges against him. It was a victory for both Whirl and the Exoneration Project; he became the Project’s 13th success since its founding in 2007.

Whirl’s life changed forever on April 18, 1990, when a 40-year-old taxi driver named Billy Williams was found dead in his cab. Whirl’s fingerprints were found in the back of the car, and the police brought him in for questioning, according to appellate court documents.

Detective James Pienta proceeded to torture Whirl during his interrogation. Pienta was a protégé of the notorious Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge, who, as

was later discovered, promoted violent interrogation techniques during the 1980s and early 1990s. After Whirl denied committing the murder, Detective Pienta slapped him multiple times, used racial slurs, and repeatedly scraped a car key against a wound on his leg. Eventually he agreed to repeat a confession of guilt that Pienta dictated to him.

Tara Thompson, an attorney with the Exoneration Project and a partner at the civil rights firm Loevy and Loevy, served as one of Mr. Whirl’s legal counsels during his post-conviction litigation process. She described Whirl’s consistent assertions of innocence, such as his attempt to have his coerced confession suppressed during his 1991 trial. However, his claims of torture were not seen as credible at a time when no one was aware of the police tactics occurring under Burge’s leadership.

“At the time there was really no evidence that anything he was saying ought to be believed. It sounded a little ridiculous when people came to court and claimed that they were tortured,” Thompson said.

But that changed as more information on the Burge torture era surfaced.

“The detective that he made his allegations against, it later came out, had a history and a pattern of torturing suspects into false confessions,” Brown said.

Whirl’s case also got a boost from a city agency, the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, responsible for investigating the Jon Burge torture era. The agency reviewed Whirl’s case and made a recommendation that he deserved a new trial.

Theodore Michael, a spokesman for the Commission, stressed the historic significance of Whirl’s case.

“The Shawn Whirl case was actually the first referral that left the Commission to go to court, and now it’s the first one that has actually had a guilty plea overturned because of evidence of a coerced confession,” he said.

Thompson described the legal team’s reaction to Whirl’s release.

“Everybody’s just elated.

To know that somebody’s going to get out and going to get a second chance to rebuild their lives, there’s no way you can really explain that feeling.”

A little over four years after she proposed Whirl’s case to her peers, Brown was able to return to Chicago for his release. Now a practicing attorney in New York, she reflected on a conversation she had with her sister, who is currently doing her medical residency at the University of Chicago Hospital.

“Along with the rest of the team that worked on this case, this is probably the closest I’ll ever feel in my life that I’ve saved someone’s life.”

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Not so “Flawless” feminism Female popstars are increasingly expected to conform to a certain type of feminism

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Kanisha Williams

Kulture with Kanisha Sometimes, I watch a Beyoncé music video strictly for her outfits.

When the “Feeling Myself ” music video dropped, I watched it at least 10 times within an hour. My

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a thoughtful place of reflection on who these women are as celebrities, role models, and businesswomen— and it does in part—but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love these women so much because of the way that they look.

It’s not just that they’re black. It does help that they’re known for being bodacious, but I honestly just love how much fun they seem to have being beautiful and cultivating their own distinctive styles in ways that I can’t afford. Honestly, if I could buy a 30-inch kinky straight sew-in every four weeks, I’d be in the salon chair the first of every month. Circumstance has unfortunately worked against me there. Instead, I can only meditate on what my appreciation for these stars says about me, the image they’re selling, how I consume it, and how media outlets present it to me.

The sexy outfits Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj wear represent their ownership over not only their own bodies, but also over their sexualities. This reality is inherently a feminist statement. Both women own these looks; they sensually move about the stage with utmost poise and confidence. Who could forget Beyoncé’s 2014 VMA performance, in which she stood in front of a sign flashing the word “Feminist” as she rocked a tight body suit?

But for many people, these artists don’t represent a complete picture of what feminism is. Perhaps not all of their songs carry an explicitly “feminist” message—from old school Destiny’s Child’s “Cater 2 U” to modern-day “Hey Mama,” Beyoncé and Nicki have both sung

about waiting on their men. These ideas don’t always line up with feminist rhetoric that a woman shouldn’t be submissive to men.

Besides lyrics, people also take issue with these women’s images. They argue that in sexualizing themselves—talking about their bodies and dressing scantily—these women are playing into the male gaze.

Ultimately, these ideas represent little more than counter-productive gender-policing. And this type of thinking, quantifying the actions and statements of women by how “feminist” or “non-feminist” they are, is prevalent well beyond the world of pop music. It is a constant in our everyday lives.

The fact that the feminist movement is so mainstream and present in our current culture is heartening.

Yet, I am displeased that the media, at times, only praises works created by female artists depending on if they promote a stereotypical feminist narrative.

A recent Noisey article entitled “Why Do Songs by Female Pop Stars Always Need to Have a Feminist Message” anchors this argument in the public’s reaction to Rihanna’s single “BBHMM.” The song was praised when the audio file was released as a powerful, assertive, feminist song. But, when the music video was released, many questioned its depiction of girl-ongirl violence, and if such violence was consistent with mainstream feminist ideals.

At the end of the day, these arguments feel restrictive—is critiquing Rihanna’s creative work the best way to discuss its feminist impact?

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Can we equate “goodness” or “badness” with the extent to which a song or video has a feminist message? Can I appreciate Rihanna as an artist without her being some kind of bastion for feminist ideals in every work? Apparently not.

I can feel peers or my friends evaluating me based on my level of engagement with these ideas, which is normal. What is not normal is when my friends and I judge other girls on campus for, essentially, not seeming “feminist enough.”

I can feel other people doing the same to me, this cartoonish form of deduction about what kind of person I am based simply on whether or not I see myself as a certain type of feminist.

Feminism is not a thoroughly defined movement. There aren’t particular rules that dictate that you have to be an independent, empowered, or completely asexual woman to be a feminist. We shouldn’t discount Beyoncé because she wears revealing clothing, or Rihanna because her video is violent; they are feminist role models, but also artists, and also complex and creative human beings. We need to realize that feminism is many different things to many different people and its manifestation in other people’s actions depends on its interactions with other facets of their identities.

Ultimately, by imposing on young women certain ideas of what feminism should look like, we do more harm than good.

Kanisha Williams is a secondyear in the College majoring in political science.

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Fighting with a broken sword When it comes to changing the world, following the book isn’t as easy as it seems

Sophia Chen

PhiloSophia It was a weeknight when I clicked on yet another YouTube video that was getting precedence over my class reading. An ad came on, a clip promoting the new video game, Star Wars: Battlefront. The game, like a lot of other Star Wars products these days, was advertised using nostalgia, showing a jaded office worker reliving his childhood by playing a Jedi poised to save the world.

Despite the glut of Buzzfeed videos filled with cats and cheese and inanity that I had consumed that night, I was feeling extra contemplative—maybe a side effect of drinking a little too much tea. It struck me as strange that nostalgia about childhood could be induced by a war game that simulated the threat of death—something that isn’t so appealing in real life. But then, I realized that that’s actually true about many of the narratives we read as kids that follow young heroes who defy the odds to save the world.

I love childhood. I love the fact that wonderfully noble stories like Star Wars are made with care by tired adults who want children to stay happy for a little longer. However, I wonder if the way these narratives portray saving the world actually perpetuates inaction in the real world after we’ve become adults.

Although we, too, want to save the world, the threats are too great and the payoff is too little. When we look at the real world compared to the fictional universes we grew up in, they are so starkly different that we can’t imagine ourselves as the heroes in this one.

Stories always come with the guarantee that, like rollercoasters, there will be thrills without risks.

Because the protagonists are the protagonists, we can usually assume that they won’t be casualties of the wars they’re fighting. J.K. Rowling, in a speech at the premiere of the final Harry Potter film, told all of us millenials that Hogwarts would always be there to welcome us home. I still

get emotional when I rewatch that, but it’s also funny to think that a home can be full of so many dangers.

Hogwarts feels like a home to us in part because story universes often reward the main protagonists with survival in spite of these dangers, and we know that we would never actually lose them.

As we grow up, though, we realize that this universe does not function the same way. All noble ventures here come with very tangible risks and dangers—just ask our soldiers.

When comparing reality to the sympathetic and rewarding story verses we all know and love, it becomes too clear that true failure is a possibility in the real world. I know that at least for me, this results in my lack of action when it comes to taking risks to help better the things around me. I don’t want to be a casualty.

Not only that, but the young adult novels I devoured as a preteen promised glamour in addition to survival. One of the funniest Twitter accounts I’ve seen is Dystopian YA Novel, which parodies classic tropes in the genre: “You’d think a first love would distract me from taking down the Corrupt System, but you’d be wrong.” The problem with YA series like Divergent that use societal collapse as a proxy for a romance story is that they—pardon my pun—romanticize war. As a pigtailed preschooler, TV series like Sailor Moon offered me not only the protagonist’s fraught romance, but also a sparkly uniform that she could wear while fighting crime. But I know now that this deal is too good to be true.

In the real world, not everyone trying to make a difference is going to get to wear glamorous clothes or have a hot guy (or two, in the case of Hunger Games) pursuing her. We know that the universe isn’t necessarily going to reward us—whether that’s with attention, financial reward, good grades, or happiness— when we stand up for what’s right, and that often stops us before we

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And maybe we’re not expected to stand up—after all, we’ve never received a sign or a prophecy telling us our destiny like the characters of these stories do. Harry Potter, the Pevensies, and Percy Jackson all got prophecies pronouncing them the chosen ones. This perpetuates the notion that if it is your destiny to bring about positive change, the universe will somehow let you know, rather than distributing the responsibility among all of us. I know that as a Christian, I often ask God what he wants me to do with my life; I wait for signs to act. But I think He would say to me that the real world requires that we all act in our own ways to help alleviate poverty, for-

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ward racial reconciliation, or stand up for sexual assault victims. There is no unique sign, because we are all being signed.

Another thing about these stories is that a single hero or a few heroes seem to do a majority of the work in the fight against evil. On the other hand, change happens in the real world much more slowly, with many people collaborating over time to make things happen. But that seems so daunting after the years I’ve spent as a kid reading about how a single act by a few teenagers can save the universe.

I’m not saying to stop consuming classics like Harry Potter or Star Wars. They’re important to many of us for good reasons. But some of

the things that make these stories so appealing—the call to one’s destiny that ensures survival, the characters’ ability to singularly change the world despite their youth and inexperience, the recognition they get from everyone in that world—might also be inhibiting when we realize they aren’t always found in our reality. It’s important to overcome our aversion to non-ideal heroic situations and embrace the nitty-grittiness of what it means to make a difference in this world. At least for me, it’s time to open my eyes and shed my pigtails.

tract a specific breed of idiosyncratic students, it now caters to a wider slew of applicants. That doesn’t mean that the archetypal UChicago students can’t be found—otherwise, we wouldn’t see zombies hunting down humans outside of Bartlett— but rather, they’re only a fraction of an increasingly more balanced student body. The University, with its offbeat essays and rich intellectual lineage, will still attract its stereotypical students, but it’s worth noting that our school’s increasing prestige attracts another type of student, too.

The presence of these more “normal” students is contributing, whether we like it or not, to our school’s evolving stereotypes.

It’s important to realize that an overarching UChicago stereotype has never been completely fixed— the Core and our sports programs are, after all, completely different from the respective Hutchinson and

Big 10 eras of the school’s history— but our contemporary equivalents still retain the integrity of the past.

The same principle will apply to the College’s student body years down the road. Perhaps the future incoming classes will look very little like the classes from the heyday of House slogan T-shirts. Perhaps one day, all of the campus’ picturesque Gothic towers will be demolished in favor of more ostentatious, Ricardo Legorreta-inspired dorms. But for now, UChicago’s quirkiness is still in loud display, from Kuvia to the Opening Convocation parade. After all, it’s going to take more than the Common App and dorm closures to completely eradicate the still-catchy, still-relevant, “Where Fun Goes to Die” mantra.

Sophia Chen is a second-year in the College double majoring in economics and English.

For the uncommon good Amid a changing student body, weirdness will always prevail

Felipe Bomeny

Where Fun Comes to Write Move-in Day felt bizarre. Not because the students in my dorm were obnoxiously weird or pretentious, but because they weren’t. Perhaps that’s a result of living in Max, the stereotypically most athletic and aggressively “normal” dormitory on campus. Perhaps that’s also a symptom of assuming that the most active posters on the Class of 2019 Facebook page were representative of the entire student body. But it’s most likely due to the power of five infamous words, first conjured in the ’90s: “Where Fun Goes to Die.” In the ’90s, the Common App did not exist, and future college students were required to submit unique applications to each university they were considering. Now, however,

high-achieving high school students can simply apply to UChicago alongside similar competitive schools with one master application. As a result of this, the UChicago Class of 2019 is not statistically dissimilar from any top private school’s incoming class in terms of demographics and application profiles. UChicago’s acceptance rate has plummeted from around 34 percent in the early 2000s to single digits in the past few years, which has contributed to its number four spot on the U.S. News and World Report’s seemingly definitive college rankings list. Every overachieving, College Confidential-browsing high school student now holds UChicago in the esteem of other top universities.

But therein lies the problem of elite applications: The admissions process becomes a tug-of-war between prestige and the school’s self-promoted identity. The University’s new competitive status drives quantitative metrics such as standardized test ranges up and up.

These numbers stand in stark opposition to the infamous quirky essay prompts, a longstanding tradition in the UChicago admissions process.

For a school which once boasted an “Uncommon App,” the admissions office’s attempts to widen its application pool have resulted in a far more normalized admissions process. Likewise, the normalization of both the application process and student body coincides with the upcoming closure of Broadview and Blackstone, two traditional outposts of distinctly eccentric House culture.

This isn’t entirely a bad thing.

Whereas the University used to at-

Felipe Bomeny is a first-year in the College.

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Hunger doesn’t end, but dining hall hours still do The University’s Saturday Night Social Club falls short for low-income students Derek Caquelin, Stephanie Diaz Claire Moore & Kyle Wickham Maroon Contributors Since its inception, the Socioeconomic Diversity Alliance (SDA) has advocated for the University to address the lack of dining options on Saturday nights.

The University justifies the dining hall closures on Saturdays with claims that it enables students to explore the city and build community; however, this ignores the voices and hunger of students who cannot afford to buy food for themselves every Saturday. Because of the efforts of SDA and other organizations, the University introduced the “Saturday Night Social Club,” a mediocre solution to a much bigger problem.

Contrary to popular belief, not everybody on this campus can afford to go out to eat on Saturday nights. A portion of students comes from low-income backgrounds and receives very little, if any, money from home. Some

students’ parents don’t have jobs.

Some students have to send refunds from their financial aid packages back home so that their families can survive. When these students need something, it is not always a simple phone call away.

Hence, when the dining halls close at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, some students go hungry. While the University claims that closing the dining hall on Saturday nights is meant to foster community among undergraduates, the administration refuses to recognize the position low-income students are placed in as a result of this action. These students are also often unable to pay for Saturday night house trips that can sometimes cost up to $20, even with the fivedollar subsidies that RMs offer.

Not only does this inadvertently exclude low-income students from taking part in these community-building activities, but it also causes them to face an even more ominous challenge: weekly hunger. While their house goes to

Chinatown, the Loop, etc., lowincome students are often left on campus by themselves without anywhere to turn for a decent and affordable meal.

One solution that the University has offered to resolve this issue is the allowance of Maroon Dollars given on a quarterly basis to pay for dinner on Saturday. However, this is not an adequate solution, and would limit students to $10 a week. Such limitations would prohibit the student from purchasing other necessities such as school supplies and toiletries and would limit their opportunities to socialize. Coffee dates, a vital component of networking and participating in University life, would have to be sacrificed as well. Realistically, people have to spend money on things other than dinner on Saturday, leaving people hungry still. It is simply not fair to force low-income students to miss out on the experiences that fellow students enjoy, like late-night runs to Midway Mart or Bartmart for

snacks or grabbing a coffee after class with a friend. For a community with such a significant focus on unity, this is a blatant inconsistency and is unacceptable.

Recently, the administration devised a compromise that would provide students with a space to socialize and eat on three Saturday nights per quarter. Each dinner offers seats for one hundred students. This does not come close to serving the amount of students who need such a program. Furthermore, this program is poorly advertised, which means that many students who might benefit from it do not know about it. Ultimately, the low-income community is saddled with the same problem: not having adequate dining options on Saturday nights.

While the Saturday Night Social Club is a step in the right direction, there are still seven other Saturdays in the quarter when students are responsible for buying their own dinners. What

low-income students really need is simple: to have the dining halls open on Saturday nights.

The administration currently blames insufficient funds for closing the dining halls. However, the University receives hundreds of thousands in donations that could go towards the cost of providing Saturday night dining for students.

The Socioeconomic Diversity Alliance is not satisfied with the University’s effort and demands that the administration do more to address this issue plaguing low-income students’ experiences on campus. We look forward to working with the university to create a more accessible and inclusive dining experience.

Derek Caquelin is a first-year in the College; Stephanie Diaz is a third-year in the College; Claire Moore is a second-year in the College; and Kyle Wickham is a secondyear in the College.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Hari Kondabolu hosts evening of tasteful comedy, eating the rich

Hari Kondabolu warms up before delighting the Mandel crowd with jokes in his show entitled "A Night of Comedy about Racism, Sexism, Homophobia and Eating the Rich."

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Evangeline Reid Grey City Editor-in-Chief Stand-up comics such as Jerry Seinfeld have begun claiming that they can’t perform for college students anymore. Apparently, we just don’t think anything is funny. But on Friday night, Hari Kondabolu’s performance in Mandel Hall had 500 University of Chicago students in stitches.

Good comedians turn everyday situations or news stories into hilarious anecdotes and knee-slapping one-liners. But the best comedians can take the mundane and reveal its absurdity. The South Asian Students’ Association invited Kondabolu to campus to do just that.

With a Masters in human rights from the London School of Economics and experience working with nonprofits and other groups before becoming a career comedian, Kondabolu is a comedian whose humor is both whip-smart and responsive to issues of racism and sexism.

In July 2014, The New York Times called Kondabolu “one of the most exciting political comics in standup today.” He’s been on Conan, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He’s even had his own Comedy Central Presents episode. The laughter he gets is to be expected.

While a fair number of his bits (including “the first ever feminist dick joke”) could also be found on

his 2014 album Waiting for 2042, Kondabolu also had plenty of new material. On the topic of Halloween, he suggested perhaps brown face paint should be kept behind the counter with the Sudafed, and perhaps those who dress up as Native Americans should be “unjustifiably killed” at the end of the night—just for accuracy’s sake.

He name-dropped—telling stories about the Surgeon General and Vice President Biden’s home—but was always ready to make fun of himself for a laugh. He described singlehandedly starting a war with a Louisiana politician over Twitter—from the couch in his apartment with no pants on. It delighted him that the politician later released a statement

in response to the comments from “the liberal media.” “I am the liberal media!” he announced in disbelief.

This wasn’t a stand-up show that made students uncomfortable, but it was one that made us think.

When it comes to those devil’s advocates, Kondabolu asked why they are interested in doing Satan’s bidding. When it comes to the phrase “boys will be boys,” he pointed out that this is never used for accomplishments. So then why do people persist in saying these things?

In a Q&A after the show, he explained that it’s never the art form— never stand-up itself—that’s the problem. It’s the content people put into the genre. For him, it just makes sense to be funny without encourag-

ing appropriation or objectification.

Before the show SASA offered free samosas and food courtesy of the Bartlett catering fund. Students could also pose with whiteboards reading “Humor is healing because…” or “I fight (blank)-ism by (blank).”

The next day Facebook was inundated by blurry selfies with Kondabolu accompanied with sentimental thoughts. In a world where too many comedians seem to believe college students never laugh, Kondabolu stands out as a comedian who understands that humor is healing and profound, and that even where fun may or may not come to die, we treasure those who can make us laugh.

Interview with Bradley Smoak, up-and-coming singer in Lyric's Wozzeck MJ Chen Associate Arts Editor Bradley Smoak is a second-year member of the Ryan Opera Center, the Lyric Opera’s development program for talented young singers. He is singing the role of the First Apprentice in the current production of Wozzeck, Alban Berg’s thrilling Expressionist opera. the chicago maroon spoke with Smoak about the unique charm of atonality and why champagne at intermission might not be the best idea.

Chicago Maroon (CM): I’ve heard Wozzeck described as a very difficult piece to enjoy because it’s written atonally, without traditional major-minor keys.

Why do you think the public is so averse to this style of music?

Bradley Smoak (): Well, I think when you go to the theatre or the opera or a musical, everyone hopes to leave humming the tunes to themselves. I think very few people these days actually go to the theatre to be moved. That’s why pieces like this are so important, because it draws in the crowd in a very different way than a piece everyone knows because they’ve

heard arias on the radio.

CM: How would you describe the way Wozzeck draws you in?

BS: First you sit down, and there’s no overture to warm you up into the world. You are thrown into this world, which is reminiscent of people dealing with the aftermath of war. Everyone nowadays can relate to these characters in a way that might be harder if you were watching something done in period, [or stylized] like the Figaro we did [earlier this season]—it becomes almost operatic caricature, which is, of course, very entertaining and has relevance.

But [Wozzeck] is so different because it’s so relatable, which creates a more immediate emotional response.

CM: Having both very alien music and very relatable drama seems like a contradiction. How does the piece reconcile the two?

BS: We live our lives in a world where there is not always a soundtrack happening behind us, as much as we’d like to think there is. But these real-word sounds, I think, are reflected in Berg’s writing in a lot of ways. The [opera] is not great music and powerful story and beautiful costumes all separate—it’s [all] one total piece.

And the music may not be beautiful in Classical terms, but what it adds to the rest of the piece is absolutely gorgeous. [Wozzeck] is a complete piece of theater in a way which I think is absolutely unique.

CM: The idea that opera is a complete work of art, or Gesamtkunstwerk, comes from Wagner.

How, as a performer and a singer, do you imbue the viewing experience with that sense of totality?

BS: I think that you have to be willing to make “ugly” sounds onstage. It’s not always about the most beautiful vocal line you can create with this music, it’s so tied into the text as well as the ambient sounds in the orchestration.

It’s a desperate piece. Wozzeck, the Doctor, and the Apprentice I was singing are all written at the extremes of each voice—every character is written at the absolute extremes of its voice. I think it becomes such a complete experience because it is the complete range of every character: vocally, emotionally, and theatrically.

CM: Speaking of the vocal challenges of Wozzeck, there are four expressive modes Berg employs: singing, speaking, half-singing, and Sprechgesang (“spoken sing-

ing”). How would you describe this last one?

BS: When we’re singing Classical lines, it is hitting a note at the center of the pitch and sustaining that note, until the next note comes along or until there’s a rest. In Sprechgesang, it is hitting around about the center of the pitch, and then not sustaining that pitch. So it either falls off, or it lifts up, or it becomes a spoken sound. There are still pitches involved, but it’s very similar to how we speak normally: I’ve never met anybody who speaks completely monotone, all one pitch. It creates a very musical speech, which is the dramatic reason behind Sprechgesang.

CM: And why is Sprechgesang so dramatically necessary to the opera?

BS: I think it gives the individual performers a lot more freedom to tell the story in a way personal to them. Angela Denoke—Marie—has a scene with her child where you see how important her child is [despite the chaos] around her. There are choices she makes vocally on very high notes—she straight-tones the note to the point that it’s piercing, that it almost goes through you. It’s incred-

ibly powerful, and you can feel the emotion coming from her.

CM: Finally, what’s one element of the McVicar production you’d change and why?

BS: I can tell you one element I wouldn’t change. I definitely wouldn’t change the fact that it’s done without intermission. That’s important for any production of this piece in particular, to hold onto that dramatic tension that’s building up.

CM: Imagine if there was a break in the middle and you went for a glass of champagne— BS: Exactly! It’s a piece where you don’t want the audience to have that moment of introspection or relief from the work. Wozzeck is only 100 minutes long, so it’s not unbearable to sit through by any means. But because it draws you in so quickly you want the audience to sit on the edge of their seats the whole time, and then think about it later.

The Lyric Opera’s performance of Wozzeck runs through November 21. Student tickets are available for $20 for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 12, 7:30 p.m. Monday, November 16, and 7:30 p.m. S aturday, November 21.

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Hippo Campus nearly reaches heights of their hard pop inspirations Miriam Benjamin Associate Arts Editor Look, I’ll come clean. I went to see Hippo Campus at Subterranean, a venue in Wicker Park, because they’ve name-dropped the English band Wu Lyf in every interview they’ve ever done.

Wu Lyf broke up in 2012 after releasing a single album, Go Tell Fire to the Mountain.

They were known for three things: making a great fuckin’ album, being mysterious (at certain points, they refused to talk to press), and being culty (Wu Lyf stands for World Unite! Lucifer Youth Foundation).

They called their sound “heavy pop,” and heavy it was: Although their clear, full-bodied guitar tone was the most immediately recognizable element of Wu Lyf ’s music, there was aggression in front man Ellery James Roberts’ craggy howl and in the way drummer Joe Manning beat the shit out of his kit.

I saw potential in Hippo Campus’ repeated Wu Lyf citations. Wu Lyf isn’t a common influence, especially not for bands from Minneapolis. It seemed to me that there were ways a band of Wu Lyf fans could take Wu Lyf ’s sound and run with it, even improve it; Wu Lyf were at their worst when they underutilized Manning, choosing instead to meanderingly indulge in artistic pretensions.

So I went to the show.

Hippo Campus bounded on stage at 11

p.m. I’d never seen four more gorgeous people on stage, and I’d never seen a grin bigger than the one front man Jake Luppen was wearing. That’s when I put the pieces together, or so I thought—no matter how often they’d talked an interviewer’s ear off about Roberts and Wu Lyf, Hippo Campus clearly didn’t want to share Wu Lyf ’s fate.

They didn’t want to be heavy pop. They wanted to be pop.

The problem with their pop was that it was schmaltzy, especially their online hit “Suicide Saturday.” Hippo Campus combined Killers-esque I’m-a-teenager-in-theheartland lyrics with Walk the Moon-esque rimshots and boom-bash drum beats.

I stayed, though. Guitarist Nathan Stocker captured the classic Wu Lyf guitar tone with astonishing accuracy by using six or seven pedals. And all of the members of Hippo Campus were dauntingly good musicians. Every single person on stage could sing. Both Stocker and bass player Zach Sutton were ridiculously nimble—Sutton’s fingers were flying up and down a fivestring bass.

When Hippo Campus finally cut loose from Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Verse Chorus, they became what I’d hoped they’d be. “Souls” tightened Wu Lyf harmonies into a four-minute power-pop song.

The encore, “The Halocline,” was even better: Stocker plucked a haunting riff, and Luppen’s repeated lyrics “This is my home/ This is my only way” were simple enough

Hippo Campus performed at Subterranean in Wicker Park this past Saturday including their most popular song "Saturday Suicide."

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to mean something different to everyone.

About four minutes in, drummer Whistler Allen started pounding on his bass drum, the three guitarists’ arms crashed down in powerful unison, Luppen started wailing, and the energy they’d demonstrated all night long culminated in a sound worthy

of Wu Lyf. Then the sound ceased. Stocker straightened up and gently repeated the opening riff.

For two glorious minutes, Hippo Campus had played their own version of heavy pop. It might have even put Wu Lyf to shame.

SOFA, nation's largest sculpture and design fair, floods Navy Pier Grace Hauck Associate Arts Editor

Peter Mandl's Madam Butterfly was one of the more striking pieces on display at the Sculpture, Object, Functional Art and Design Fair (SOFA) this past weekend.

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This past weekend, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall played host to the largest 3-D art exposition in the nation: the Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design (SOFA) Fair. Chicago’s longest-running annual exposition, SOFA featured over 80 galleries showcasing the best creations in ceramics, wood, textiles, glass, metal, and jewelry, as well as paintings and drawings.

For its 22nd year, SOFA rolled out an impressive collection of works, attracting artists and appreciators from across the globe.

The entire hall was ablaze with light—row after row of booths, each overflowing with vases, mirrors, and display cases. It’s no wonder the show typically racks up $15–20 million in sales. To help the fairgoer navigate this overwhelming density of opulence, Fair Director Donna Davies worked with an elite team of curators, interior designers, and magazine editors to highlight selected works in the expo program.

Calderon Mizimah’s Toots Zynsky, selected by interior designer Julia Buckingham, is a 13 by 17.75 by 14 feet abstract work of ruby-red fused glass. This exquisite, naturalistic form is clam-like, with flowing curves and a sharp, delicate rim. Although the work is ambiguous in meaning and intent, it encourages the viewer to reflect on Mizimah’s sheer skill in manipulating a highly volatile medium, as do many of the glassworks at SOFA. However, the two striking mosaics by Andrea Salvador—selected by architects Cheryl Noel and Ravi Ricker—are overtly narrative.

Salvador juxtaposes colorful, traditional mosaic patterns with photorealistic, black-andwhite depictions of a modern woman. She pits a colorful, tapestry-like backdrop of a medieval battle scene (knights, horses, castles, and all) against the image of a teen mom, her arms and fingers covered in tattoos. This figure gazes fiercely at the viewer, in one mosaic clutching her swollen belly and throwing the middle finger, and, in the other, holding her newborn. While, like Mizimah’s glasswork, Salvador’s mosaics remind the viewer of the artist’s incredible craftsmanship, Salvador’s pieces tell a greater story: the evolution from war in a patriarchal society to a woman’s war

in the modern age.

SOFA also showcased student work in an installation competition entitled CONNECT. Groups from six internationally recognized design departments—the Illinois Institute of Technology, the Pratt Institute, San Diego State University, University of Cincinnati, University of Iowa, and University of Massachusetts—each developed 576 ft2 installation environments inspired by the themes of industry and sustainability in Chicago. Complete with seating and lighting, these spaces provided SOFA visitors with an area to sit and “connect.” The Pratt Institute and the University of Iowa tied for the $3,000 prize: The Pratt team explored Chicago’s topographical landscape and the University of Iowa group presented a prototype of a Chicago neighborhood public space.

On Friday, professors from each of these institutions presented lectures on their students’ work. Other artists and professionals hosted lectures and workshops throughout the weekend, hitting on topics like “Community Supported Art” and “Ghetto Craft: A Place Where Poverty and Porcelain Intersect.”

The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY even ran a glassblowing demonstration in the back corner of Festival Hall, where the museum had somehow managed to transport two gigantic kilns.

Amidst all the shimmer and shine, however, I was particularly entranced by the simple and dynamic crystalline form of artist Peter Mandl—a masterful work of glass entitled Madam Butterfly. This single piece of clear glass appears, at first glance, to be a long, wavelike form—a stream of tap water suddenly cut off and frozen mid-air. Upon further inspection, however, the viewer comes to recognize a female form, her hair billowing in an invisible wind as her long dress wraps around her legs.

She is ghostly, yet elegant.

Whether you’re an art aficionado or simply a procrastinator looking to kill a couple hours, SOFA Chicago provides an impressive survey of 3-D art and insight into the minds of upand-coming student designers. If you missed it this year, plan ahead for next November and join the thousands of visitors to the world’s premier sculpture and design fair—just a bus ride away from Hyde Park.

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Carnegie Mellon offense overwhelms Chicago on the road FOOTBALL Emmett Rosenbaum Sports Staff The Chicago football team lined up against Carnegie Mellon on Saturday for its penultimate game of the season. The two teams had faced off a year earlier with Chicago coming away 21 points ahead.

Unfortunately, that was not the case this year, as the Tartans trounced the Maroons 52–7.

The Tartans defense stifled the South Siders; it plugged all the holes in its defensive line. “We struggled to move the ball on the ground,” lamented second-year receiver Jamie Rieger. “Once we got behind we had to rely on the pass, and I think it hurt us to have to play so one-dimensional.”

The team only managed to run for 61 yards, as secondyear running back Chandler Carroll averaged less than three yards per carry.

Plagued by injuries, the Maroons could not seem to gain any momentum on either side of the ball.

At the same time, the Carnegie Mellon offense ran the Chicago defenders ragged.

They tallied up 302 running yards and added another 261 through the air. A 21-point third quarter was the nail in

the coffin for the lifeless Maroons, who failed to capitalize on several long drives. “When we were able to move the ball, we didn’t do a good job of executing at the end of drives to come away with points,” Rieger observed, who was the recipient of the Maroons’ lone touchdown.

Rieger was Chicago’s lone bright spot on what was for the most part a dreary day.

The second-year caught six passes and totaled 84 yards, by far his best showing in what has been an injury riddled season.

“I’ve been injured for the majority of my career so far and am finally starting to hit my stride out there so it felt good to make some plays,” he said. “I’m very confident in my abilities and know if I’m given the chance I can make something happen for the team. I wish the performance could’ve helped result in a win but I’ll definitely use it as momentum going into the Wash U game and into next year.”

The loss drops the Maroons to 6–3 this year, a disappointing showing from last year’s UAA conference champions.

“I definitely think we had higher expectations for ourselves than what we’ve actually achieved so far,” Rieger said.

Fourth-year linebacker Greg Thome takes down a Centre running back earlier this season.

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However, their season isn’t necessarily over just yet. Emphasizing Chicago’s fight, Rieger says, “We still have a chance to beat Wash U for the Founder’s Cup and a share of the UAA title, so there’s still a lot to play for the last week of the season, and hopefully we can gain some momentum going into next year.”

Open House

Chicago heads into its final game all too aware that it will be last time fourteen of them will ever suit up as a Maroon.

The stage has been set as Wash U is their UAA rival and has competed against many of the same teams as Chicago throughout the season. The Bears are 5–4 and defeated Carnegie Mellon in the first

game of the season 45–24.

However, Wash U also dropped a game to No. 23 Case Western, a team the Maroons beat in their first game of the season. While the UAA title does not carry any postseason weight, there certainly will be bragging rights and egos on the line. Namely, for the fourth-years who walked

away with a UAA title last year and have developed Chicago into a winning program coming off a 4–6 record when they were first-years.

The Maroons are set to square off against the Wash U Bears next Saturday in St. Louis as they attempt to salvage their season. Kick-off is scheduled for noon.

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Squad edged by North Central in first match WRESTLING David Kerr Sports Staff The Chicago team opened its season in dramatic fashion on Friday by losing to North Central in a tiebreaker. The Maroons were led by a youthful infusion of talent, as seven of the nine starters in the match were underclassmen.

The squad got off to a slow start against the Cardinals before storming back to tie the match. Unfortunately, the Maroons fell in the subsequent tiebreaker. The Cardinals jumped out quickly by tak-

ing the first three matches to take the lead at 13–0.

The South Siders got back on the winning side of things when first-years Mason Williams and Luke Iida notched their first wins back-to-back at 149 and 157 lbs., respectively. Going into the 174 lb. weight class, UChicago was down 16–6. Third-year veteran Paul Papoutsis righted the ship by dominating his opponent and winning 8–3.

Papoutsis was satisfied with his dominant performance, but as a veteran of the Maroon wrestling team, he was especially

optimistic about the performance of the first-years and underclassmen on the team. “Our freshmen starters performed really well.

Luke Iida, Mason Williams, and John Jayne all had great matches,” he said.

“Even Louis DeMarco, who lost, wrestled tough. He worked hard not to get majored which kept the duel close.”

One of the first-years who notched his first career win was Iida, who was excited to get his first shot at collegiate wrestling and take home the victory.

“Individually, I am really

happy with how my first match went. Being my first official collegiate match, I was a little nervous stepping onto the mat, but I’m happy that I was able to successfully implement some of the techniques that coach Kocher has showed us over this past month.”

The high point of the day came from secondyear heavyweight Graham Grant, who dominated in his match 10–2 to tie up the team score between the Maroons and the Cardinals at 19–19. Unfortunately for the Maroons, North Central held the tiebreaker

between the two schools and was handed the victory.

While Papoutsis was disappointed with the finish, he was satisfied with how the Maroons came out and competed. He is optimistic about the rest of the season for the Maroons. “I think we’re going to have a great season, I’m excited to see the freshmen continue to improve and wrestle more great matches throughout the season.”

Iida echoed Papoutsis’s sentiments about the rest of the season and believes that the ceiling for this sea-

son is very high. “I am really excited about how the season will play out, and am setting my individual goals as high as possible.

Even though we have a lot of freshmen in the starting lineup, I think that the way we push ourselves in the wrestling room combined with the guidance of the upperclassmen will allow us to succeed both individually and as a team.”

The squad will look to build on the positive momentum in its match against North Central this weekend in Angola, IN, in the Trine Invitational.

Underclassmen shine at North Central

Loss to Wash U not enough to keep 12–6 squad out of post-season

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Zachary Pierce Maroon Contributor On Thursday, six South Side racers traveled to Warrenville, IL for the North Central Cardinal Open.

Among the six runners, two were women and four were men. Each one ran St. James Farm’s three-mile course. The competitive meet included 84 runners on the women’s side and 42 on the men’s side.

The meet did not compile team scores, but several Maroons crossed the finish line with impressive times.

Coming in ninth place, first-year Anastasia Bernat led UChicago’s women with an impressive time of 18:40.54. She was followed by third-year Jenny Blazic, who finished 19:32.80. For this time, she was awarded

31st place.

Bernat commented on her race by saying, “It felt a lot more natural running three miles, so I found myself being able to know what it’s like to race again. I still wish I ran harder, but this cross country season has been off for me.”

“Overall I felt pretty good about my run,” Blazic added.

“It wasn’t my best performance of the season, but I’ve been coming back from illness recently and it felt nice to race later in the season, and there was a lot of good competition from teams like Wash U and North Central.”

The women’s cross country squad is gearing up for regionals after a disappointing team performance at the UAA Championships in Boston. “The girls who are heading off to regionals are a

First-year Anastasia Bernat competes in a race earlier this season.

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lot stronger than they think they are,” Bernat said. “They fell a little at conference, but they know how to get out hard, which will work well for them next time.”

Blazic also echoed her teammates sentiments regarding regionals, saying, “The team looks really good on both the men’s and women’s side going into regionals, and I know everyone is very focused and excited to race and see the competition at this point in the season.”

The four runners representing the men’s squad placed well in the field of 42. First-year Ansel Richards finished in ninth place with a time of 15:51.65. He was followed by fourth-year Thomas Lynch, who took 20th place with a time of 16:12.67.

First-years Jackson Mariotti and Eric Guzman finished in 21st and 32nd, respectively.

“The North Central Open was a great chance for some of us to get a late season race in,” Richards said. “It’s an enjoyable course that a lot of us had run earlier in the season for a longer race, and so we were prepared to get solid performances out there. Many of us running at the North Central Open needed a confidence boost, and I think our performances justify us feeling good about our ability to stay in shape late into the season.”

Lynch also commented on the race. “I think it was a fun meet for me and several of my teammates who had the chance to run one more race before our varsity squads go after it at regionals,” he said.

“The three-mile distance was shorter than usual, so it was exciting to run at a faster pace.”

The Maroons’ fastest runners will be competing on Saturday in the NCAA Midwest Regional in Rock Island, IL.

Eight Maroon fourth-years competed in Senior Day this past weekend.

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Frances McDonald Maroon Contributor On Senior Day, Chicago lost its last regular season game to No. 4 Wash U. UChicago ended the regular season with a 12–6–0 overall record. Despite the final score of 2–0 in favor of the Bears, the Maroons dominated the match offensively, leading in shots (14–3) and corner kicks (6–5). Secondyear forward Mia Calamari made four of the shot attempts for the South Siders. Yet the Bears’ defensive abilities prevailed, enabling them to preserve the shutout throughout the game. This, in addition to their goals, which occurred in the 29th and 51st minutes, contributed to their victory.

The squad’s eight fourthyears were honored before the Saturday match. The seniors are: Emma Almon, Taylor Banholzer, Mary Bittner, Ryann Hanley, Nicole Mullen, Julia Ozello,

Naomi Pacalin, and Bethany Robinson. The senior class has a cumulative record of 50–22–4, giving them an impressive .684 winning percentage.

Although fourth-year Ryann Hanley is happy and satisfied with her career at Chicago, she does not believe her work is done just yet. “Senior Day was a great day. The loss was very disappointing and the fact that this could have been the last time I’ll ever put on my jersey still hasn’t completely sunk in. Despite this, at the end of the game I was still so proud to be a part of this team and this senior class and what we have accomplished this season and in our past four years.”

Hanley continued, “I can assure you that if we do make the tournament, we will come out to train everyday this week harder than ever to be ready for the weekend.

That feeling we all felt at the end of the game in the pits of our stomachs will only moti-

vate us to work even harder so we never feel that way again.”

Fellow fourth-year Mary Bittner added, “Wash U was a good team and outperformed us at key moments in the game. If we do receive a bid [to the NCAA Division III Tournament], the loss to Wash U will serve as a reminder to the freshmen and underclassmen that every game has the potential to be the last time they play with our senior class. We hope that the team will understand and use this as motivation going forward.”

Luckily for these ladies, the journey is not over, and the fourth-years will get to put on their uniforms at least one more time. The women’s soccer team was informed on Monday that it received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Maroons will face Sewanee in the first round at Thomas More on November 14.

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Senior Day sets stage for overtime upset over No. 18 Wash U MEN’S SOCCER Michael Cheiken Sports Staff

Mid-fielder Andre Abedian brings the ball up the field during a game earlier this season.

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The Maroons came into Senior Day and their final game of the season sitting on a bubble of qualifications for the NCAA tournament. The South Siders, however, started off slowly, and in just the second minute of play, Wash U knocked an open header from just outside the six-yard box into the back of the frame.

Just seven minutes later, the Bears doubled their lead when second-year forward Thomas Hutchings played through a breakaway and struck the ball past secondyear Hill Bonin.

The Maroons settled down into their usual possession-based style of play, but for the greater part of the first half were unable to create meaningful chances.

Maroons split with UAA rival Wash U SWIM AND DIVE Britta Nordstrom Associate Sports Editor Coming off of two strong wins for both the men and the women, hopes were high as the Maroons strolled into Ratner for their dual meet against Wash U this weekend.

While the women were able to remain undefeated, the men fell against the tough Wash U squad. Chicago won a total of 17 events, 11 of which came from the ladies’ side.

However, these wins weren’t quite enough to complete the sweep.

Morale remains high for the men’s squad, despite the loss.

“I went into every race with a positive mindset and focused only on racing and touching the wall before the Wash U kids,” first-year Winston Wang said. “It also helped that the whole team was supporting each other and feeding off each other despite being down in points.”

A lot of emphasis has been placed on the youth of the men’s squad and for good reason. Once again, the first-years were dominant: Alexander Farrell took first place in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events. He also contributed to the 200-yard freestyle re-

Chicago, however, was not to be denied, and third-year DJ Weis was determined to make sure this game was not the last for fourth-years Jorge Bilbao, Peter Boxley, David Cohen, and Parker Tikson. The defender got on the end of a free kick from Bilbao and looped an immaculate header into the upper right corner of the net, providing the Maroons with the confidence they needed.

Chicago maintained its pace, and just moments into the second half, it broke through Wash U’s back line.

The Maroons seemed to score, but the referee failed to play advantage, opting instead to provide the Chicago squad with a penalty kick. Third-year Brenton Desai left no doubt and slotted the ball away in the bottom left corner to tie the

game.

The Maroons’ possession and subsequent attack persisted throughout the second half as they continued to test the Bears’ back line. They were unable to break through for a third, and the game went to overtime. Chicago was unable to capitalize on its possession until just moments into the second extra period. Firstyear Matthew Koh played a purely sublime ball through the middle of the Bears defense to third-year Chris Mathis. In on goal against none but the keeper, the mid-fielder made no mistakes, calmly placing the ball past the goaltender, netting the Maroons a victory.

Ecstatic, Weis hailed the game as a manifestation of the Maroons’ grit and resilience. “To fight back

from 2–0 down on Senior Day and beat a regional rival 3–2 will be remembered as one of the best games in our program’s history.” The victory boosted the Maroons to an 11–5–2 record and the win over the No. 18 Wash U Bears as well as their recent form of 4–1 provided a compelling case to the NCAA selection committee.

On Monday morning, the soccer team gathered to watch the Selection Show.

Weis said that, “Saturday’s game showed how much heart, fight, and talent [the team] has.” The selection committee agreed and awarded the Maroons with a berth into the NCAA tournament. They will face a very tough No. 2 Thomas More team in the first round on November 14.

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lay win with teammate Wang, who also tacked on a win in the 100-yard backstroke. Michael Todd, also a first-year, contributed a 500-yard freestyle victory.

“I think youth could play a role against older teams because first-years haven’t really had much experience with college meets,” Wang said. Wash U seemed to take advantage of the age gap: Of the Bears’ wins, only one first-year posted an individual victory, and there was only one first year on the 200-medly relay winning squad.

On the women’s side, there were almost too many victors to mention. Standout thirdyear Maya Scheidl added two wins with the 50- and 100yard freestyle races. She also won the 200-yard freestyle and the medley relay. These four victories contributed to the South Siders’ 165-point total. First-year Anna Girlich swept the dives, and fellow first-years Daria Wick, Cecile Kurman-Browning, Naomy Grand’Pierre, and Christina Cheng were able to chip in through both individual events and the relays.

The Chicago women certainly came ready to swim, as emphasized by Scheidl: “We

were definitely pumped for this meet, and every year we look forward to racing Wash U. At this point in the season, many people are broken down and sore, so it was pretty awesome to see some really great races and times.”

While a lot of focus has been put on the first-years of the two teams, there are still significant contributions coming from the returners. Second-year Alex Lin added a win in the 200-yard backstroke and fourth-years Thomas Meek and Andrew Homere raced two legs of the men’s relay win.

Third-year Alison Wall placed first in the 200-yard freestyle, while classmate Jessie Ho boosted the 200-yard freestyle relay to a win.

The Maroons are already focusing on the next meet, however. “The Phoenix Fall Classic is a bigger meet, and I know that people are really excited to see how they will swim, especially since the team has been performing really well this season already,” Scheidl said.

Chicago has a week off before it hosts the Phoenix Fall Classic from November 20– 22, and although the men suffered a bit of a blow, the Maroons will look to rebound and continue their momentum.

Katrina Willliams Spiorts Staff The Chicago squad traveled to Rochester, NY for the UAA Championships on Sunday to take on Case Western in its last regular season tournament of the season.

Unfortunately, the South Siders fell to Case 3–1, ending the South Siders’ regular season with a 20–12 overall record.

The first set proved to be challenging for the Maroons, with the Spartans winning 16 of the first 20 points. Although the Maroons gained some momentum for a small stretch, the deficit was too much to overcome, and the Spartans took the set 25–9.

The Maroons had 12 errors with only eight kills.

The second set went a little better for Chicago, yet Case still came out on top.

The Spartan squad started out to an impressive 15–4 lead and kept its momentum throughout the set. The Spartans ultimately won with a 25–16 set score.

First-year Sydney Majors commented on the match.

“Going into the weekend the team was very excited to play Case again, and all of the

UAA teams are fun to play.

When we played Case Western, we lost the first set pretty badly. We had little energy on the court. Everyone may have been exhausted from the day before, even though we really wanted to play our hardest to beat them unlike a few weeks ago.”

Down two matches going into the third set, the Maroons stepped up their game and fought back. The score was all tied up 8–8, when the South Siders pulled ahead with a solid 22–14 lead. Yet Case mounted a comeback, compiling six straight points in a row, to bring Chicago’s lead to two. Fortunately, the Maroons stayed cool under pressure and were able to seal the deal. Fourth-year outside hitter Jasmine Mobley crushed a crucial kill, and then a Spartan error allowed Chicago to take home the win in the third set.

Majors offered her insight on the game, saying, “We did not get our full energy until the third set, but we could not keep it in the fourth. We were disappointed, but we now have the tournament to look forward to and that is what truly matters.”

To start off the fourth

match, Case came out strong with a 12–3 lead. Chicago was able to fight back with some great plays by Mobley and third year libero Mary Claire Tuohy. Mobley had two kills, and Tuohy had a service ace. Unfortunately, the Spartans closed the gap and won 25–21.

The Maroons compiled 179 attempts, 27 errors, and 52 kills against the Spartans in the match, hitting .140.

Third-year Erin Risk played very well, tallying 39 assists, 20 digs, and five kills.

Fourth-year Maren Loe compiled 18 kills and 18 digs.

Tuohy added 30 digs and five assists.

Unfortunately for the Maroons, the Spartans had an impressive offensive day, hitting .292, adding 90 blocks, eight aces, and five assists.

Despite the brutal weekend, the Maroons received their sixth straight bid to the Division III Championships.

The field was announced at 10 a.m. on Monday morning.

The South Siders will take on Birmingham-Southern (24– 15) on Friday, November 13.

Chicago is hopeful that the team can come out strong and make its mark this year in the tournament.