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UIUC chancellor involved in unhiring Salaita discusses diversity Tamar Honig Maroon Contributor

The intersection of East 54th Street and South Kimbark Avenue, home to many students, was the location of an armed robbery last Friday.

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Spate of muggings near campus Shelby Lohr Maroon Contributor A recent uptick in Hyde Park crime—four armed robberies within a seven-day period—has left the student body concerned. The Chicago Police Department (CPD) believes that a single individual is responsible for the robberies, though the assailant is believed to have accomplices.

According to police reports, the offender is a black man of light complexion with a tattoo or scar on his neck.

He appears to be between 18

and 26 years old, has dread- 54th Street, the University of locks, was wearing a hoodie Chicago Police Department at the time of the attacks, and (UCPD) has concentrated weighs 160–180 pounds. He its security efforts in that area. is approximately six feet tall.

Each of the robberies oc“The UCPD has increased curred in the 5400 block, patrols in the area described near or on South Wood- in Friday’s security alert, and lawn Avenue (October 31), is working in concert with South Greenwood Avenue Chicago police,” University (November 5), South Black- spokesperson Jeremy Manier stone Avenue (November 6), wrote in an e-mail. and South Kimbark Avenue Victims were both Uni(November 7). Two of the versity faculty and students. four robberies occurred in The robbers took cell phones, the morning during daylight wallets, backpacks, and a laphours. top. No injuries occurred as a Since the robberies consis- result of the robberies. tently took place around East ROBBERY continued on page 2

Phyllis Wise spoke about the importance of diversity in the quest for excellence in higher education on Monday evening at the Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery. Wise is the chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the first Asian American to lead a major research university. During the Q&A session, many attendees raised questions about her role in the recent termination of UIUC professor Steven Salaita for his critical tweets of Israel’s actions in Gaza.

Wise emphasized the role of racial and gender diversity in higher education for fostering richer conversation and better solutions to complex societal challenges. “Higher education is the key to the future of the world, and if higher education is not made up of diverse students, faculty, and staff, we’ll never be able to be global leaders,” she said.

Wise’s talk was a part of the Diversity Speakers Series, hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences. Dean of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine

Kenneth Polonsky gave the opening remarks.

Wise also spoke of the importance of diversity to a school’s academic success. “Diversity and excellence are so interwoven that you can’t have one without the other,” Wise said.

“You cannot be excellent, you cannot be preeminent without being diverse and inclusive, and you cannot be diverse and inclusive without having a goal of excellence and preeminence, so they are inextricably tied.”

During the Q&A session that followed the talk many attendees expressed dissatisfaction with the perceived hypocrisy of WISE continued on page 2

Alleged sexual assailant arrested Katherine Vega Maroon Contributor The suspected perpetrator of two sexual assaults that occurred near campus was arrested Thursday by the Chicago Police Department. The two assaults took place on October 31 and November 5 at the 5700 and 5800 blocks of Lake Shore Drive, respectively.

The man, identified by the Chicago Tribune as Raekwon

Franklin, 17, reportedly attacked his two victims, both women in their 50s, as they finished their runs on the walking path near Lake Shore Drive. In addition, one victim’s cell phone was stolen. Both were treated at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

The first assault occurred at 11:10 a.m., and the second occurred at noon.

Franklin is being charged as an adult and is being held on

$400,000 bail.

The case was handled by the Chicago Police Department, although the attacks took place very close to the University of Chicago Police Department’s (UCPD) extended patrol boundary. The UCPD primarily patrols the University of Chicago campus, but extended patrols are bounded

by Lake Shore Drive to the east, according to the UCPD’s website.

Committee to examine Jackson Park in talks about Obama Library UCPD policies Isaac Stein Associatate News Editor

Natalie Friedberg Associatate News Editor The newly formed Citizens Action Committee for Fair University of Chicago Policing held its second meeting to discuss strategies for action on Monday evening at Valois Restaurant. Sanctioned by Alderman Leslie Hairston, the committee formed after a community hearing two weeks ago.

Though the committee is still accepting members, it is so far composed of approximately a dozen Hyde Park citizens, including members of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference (HPKCC), UChicago students from the Coalition for Equitable Policing (CEP) and other neighbor-

hood residents. The proposal for a committee to deal with issues related to the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) was suggested at a public forum on October 29 in which South Side residents voiced their experiences and concerns with the UCPD. Alderman Leslie Hairston, who was not at yesterday’s meeting, delegated responsibility for forming the committee to Jamie Kalven of the Invisible Institute, a Chicago-based production company that seeks to increase the visibility of controversial issues. Kalven put together the committee and was present at the meeting yesterday.

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The University of Chicago and the Chicago Park District will hold a joint meeting in January to discuss the viability of Jackson Park as a site for the Obama presidential library, according to Louise McCurry, president of the Jackson Park Advisory Committee ( JPAC). McCurry spoke on the subject at a regular JPAC meeting on Monday night, where the committee also discussed a forthcoming habitat restoration project.

“I was contacted by [the University’s Senior Associate Vice President for Community Engagement] Sonya Malunda. She said that she wanted to come out, along with the Park District, to assess the possibility of construction.

If the library were to be built in Jackson Park, it would be at approximately East 63rd Street and South Stony Island [Avenue],” McCurry said.

Whether Jackson Park is chosen as the site for the Obama library also depends on the Barack Obama Foundation (BOF) selecting the University of Chicago as the host for the library. The University is one of four institutions vying to host it, and the BOF will announce the winning bid in 2015. The Maroon previously reported that a site near the Museum of Science and Industry, on the northern boundary of the park, was one location the University was interested in for the library.

For Jackson Park, the Obama library is a possibility—but an $8.1-million habitat restoration project is

a certainty, and its progress was the other main agenda item of the JPAC meeting.

JPAC announced the restoration project, which involves landscaping the park’s shoreline, planting over 1000 trees, and creating 12 new wildlife ponds, in August. Lauren Umek, the project manager for the Chicago Park District, said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Applied Ecological Services, a Chicagobased contractor, will perform the restoration work and may begin as soon as December.

McCurry said that JPAC has taken precautions to ensure that the project does not result in the accidental destruction of wildlife, and is confident in the competence of the groups undertaking the work.

“The U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers will be a little bit blindsided on what to preserve, so we put red flags on over 250 oak saplings as an indicator that they should be protected,” McCurry said.

Umek also noted that one area in the southeastern section of the park will not be included in the restoration project due to its previous uses.

“The area where the prairie grass is now—that was an old Nike nuclear missile site [from 1955 to 1971], and then it was a shooting range. There’s a lot of residue, and therefore we can’t touch it,” Umek said.

JPAC member Norm Bell suggested that the field has an air of mystery that the committee may not want to investigate. “On top, it is tallgrass prairie. Whatever’s down there, we don’t know,” Bell said.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | NEWS | November 11, 2014

UC Berkeley prof discusses racism, economics Maggie Loughran Maroon Contributor Latent racism in modern American politics is disadvantageous to the middle class, Ian Haney-López, a law professor at the University of California–Berkeley and author of Dog Whistle Politics, argued yesterday in a talk sponsored by the Institute of Politics.

Haney-López spoke at the Quadrangle Club about the connection between “racist” Republican policies and the decline of the middle class.

Susan Smith Richardson, an expert on wealth inequality and publisher and editor at the investigative magazine Chicago Reporter, moderated the talk.

Haney-López claimed that the

GOP’s platform is strategically—not expressly—racist, using coded political language since the 1960s to attract white voters. Like dog whistles, which are undetectable to the human ear, terms such as “illegal alien,” “inner city,” and “welfare queen,” imply anti-immigrant and anti-black sentiments and convey undetectable biases.

By appealing to voters’ biases, Republicans convey the message that big government wastes money on welfare for undeserving minorities.

Once in office, Republican politicians can pursue an agenda of cutting government funding and giving tax breaks to the wealthy, he asserted.

This agenda undermines the social and economic stability of the middle class, affecting the white

UC Berkeley law professor Ian Haney-López gives a talk hosted by the Institute of Politics on his book, Dog Whistle Politics, about the covert use of racial themes in political campaigns, at the Quadrangle Club on Monday evening.

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,constituóents that voted for it, by tilting the economy toward the 1 percent and away from the middle class. “If you want to understand the economic crisis in the middle class at large—not just the fate of poor minorities, but the 99 percent—you have to think about how race is being used in politics,” Haney-López said.

He argued that dog whistle politics began in the 1960s when southern states resisted integration.

Instead of using race as a justification, they fought for states’ rights. “‘States’ rights is an abstract concept and is easier to defend than bigotry,” he said.

Since the states’ rights debate, the country has experienced the “southernization” of its national politics with the spread of this kind of politics.

“This has been a concerted GOP effort since 1963, and we see it no more effectively than in 2014, when the three major themes of the Republican candidates were ISIS and Ebola crossing the southern border… along with the illegal aliens, presumably, plus Obama’s incompetence.

These are all racially charged allegations,” Haney-López said.

Haney-López concluded by blaming the politicians, not the people, for the prevalence of racism in American society. “Most racists are fundamentally good people,” he said.

“They’re not pathological—they’re reared in societies that create, that foster, that support empathy and engagement with some, but that also support dehumanization and cruelty and violence toward others.”

Four new pop-up stores open in Hyde Park Marta Bakula News Staff Four new pop-up shops opened last Friday as part of the University’s effort to further develop the Hyde Park economy. These stores, all north of East 55th Street, mark the third round of North Side shops opening temporary storefronts in property owned by the University.

Pop-up retail shops are temporary retail spaces that sell various types of merchandise, typically upscale. The four stores include fashion boutique Anastasia, vintage clothing store Meadowlark, home goods store Neighborly, and candy store Amy’s Candy Bar. These shops are set to remain open throughout the holiday season, although if successful they may remain in Hyde Park longer.

The Ukrainian Village–based boutique Anastasia opened at 1500 East 53rd Street, on the corner of East 53rd Street and South Harper Avenue. Prior to the opening of the new store, the storefront had been vacant for over a year.

Anastasia is a boutique store owned by head designer Anastasia Chatzka, known for her elaborate and detailed garments. The Hyde Park store will stock select handmade goods from theNorth Side boutique.

Meadowlark, a vintage clothing shop based in Humboldt Park, has opened its doors at 1457 East 53rd Street between South Blackstone Avenue and South Harper Avenue. It is described as a “community-oriented shop featuring vintage and modern clothing and works by local artists and designers” on the shop’s Facebook page.

Meadowlark plans to sell both new and vintage goods, including seasonal items such as sweaters, coats, and a selection of luggage similar to items in its North Side location.

Neighborly, a home goods store, is located at 1506 East 53rd Street between South Harper Avenue and South Lake Park Avenue. With its main storefront in Lincoln Square, Neighborly is a furniture and home goods store that sells items made in the Midwest by independent artisans and eco-friendly producers.

“We are planning to bring a lot of unique products to the Hyde Park community, many of which are made in Chicago,” said Jenny Beorkrem, graphic designer and owner of Neighborly.

“We will also be stocking products associated with the genre of the city, such as Chicago artwork and flags.”

Bringing imported candies to Hyde Park is Amy’s Candy Bar, which opened

its doors last Friday at the Hyde Park Shopping Center and will remain open for the duration of the holiday season.

The opening of these stores continues the recent trend of pop-up shops in the East 53rd Street corridor between South Dorchester Avenue and South Lake Park Avenue. Fashion boutique Sir & Madame, children’s apparel retailer Red Balloon, and women’s apparel store Comfort Me Boutique have all stayed at their temporary locations in Hyde Park longer than anticipated.

After success in the area, Comfort Me Boutique decided to sign a long-term lease for their South Harper Avenue location. Red Balloon is still open as a pop-up shop on East 53rd Street, while Sir & Madame closed after being unable to secure a lease in the area.

The University said it will continue working with its leasing agent, McCaffery Interests, in order to continue the influx of businesses to the area.

Local committee meets following public forum two weeks ago UCPD continued from front

bers, “[The] broad issues of transparency and accountability [play] through various specific concerns raised by participants in the forum; among them, alleged racial profiling of black youth, gratuitous traffic stops, mishandling of sexual assault cases, and uncivil behavior towards neighborhood residents.”

At the meeting committee members discussed their plans for implementing changes, which included a period of research and development to come up with recommendations to improve the accountability and transparency of the UCPD. The intention is to eventually submit the recommendations to Hairston and the University. This submission would be followed by a petition to gauge community support for these recommendations.

Much of the discussion focused on how to shape public opinion in favor of the committee’s recommendations.

“We need to be concerned with

winning the broader public opinion around to our argument in Hyde Park, if we want to put the University under pressure,” President of HPKCC George Rumsey said. “Every time this issue comes up, there’s this whole subset of people who argue that without this University the neighborhood and Hyde Park would fall into the lake.”

The list of recommendations, though not yet completed, will address both legal issues (what the UCPD is forbidden by law from doing) and policy issues (what the University can do to help the community that is not required by law).

Most committee members felt that the recent employment of a new administrator to oversee the UCPD is inadequate. “Whoever they have, I’m not giving my rights up to the University,” said Leroy O’Shield, former Chicago Police Department officer and member of the Citizens Action Council.

Audience questions focused on Wise’s role in terminating Steven Salaita WISE continued from front

Wise’s remarks in light of her actions regarding Salaita. The Palestinian-American professor’s offer to teach in UIUC’s American Indian Studies program was rescinded following controversy over his allegedly anti-Semitic Twitter comments on the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

“You mentioned that the reason you chose not to hire professor Salaita was his activity on social media,” commented one audience member. “I was wondering if it was the official position of UIUC to judge a professor’s teaching record based on 140 character tweets.”

In response to the various inquiries about the motivation behind the actions taken against professor Salaita, Wise maintained that his un-hiring had nothing to do with his political beliefs.

“We were disquieted by the way he was using social media and did not believe that he could have a classroom that

would be inclusive of all students…. We do not hire or promote or retain based upon political views,” she said. “What was interpreted was that the way that he was communicating was intimidating, harassing, and hate speech. And we believe that that is not tolerable in the faculty of our university.”

Several attendees alleged that the Q&A session ended earlier than scheduled, despite many remaining raised hands. Wise was absent from the post-lecture reception.

Third-year Hoda Katebi expressed her disappointment at not being able to share her thoughts.

“As someone who stands for human rights and the freedom of speech, I had a lot of trouble reconciling many of the things Wise was saying,” she said.

“It’s definitely a contradiction and a hypocrisy to shut down the Q&A of someone who’s talking about freedom of speech.”

Wise’s talk was the second in the annual series.

UCPD increased patrols after four armed muggings along 54th Street ROBBERY continued from front

Although there appears to be a common assailant, as stated above, he is believed to have accomplices.

In one account, the accomplice was described as a 5’6”, 110-pound black female with auburn hair. In another instance, there was a second black male in the attack. In another, the original offender had a car waiting.

Some students expressed concern over the lag in informing students.

“I was kind of [afraid] when they sent the first e-mail a week after the robberies happened. I could have used this information a week ago when I was walking around Hyde Park,” said second-year Mary Otoo,

who lives near one of the robberies.

Other students were apprehensive about the timing of the robberies. “[The] thing that is concerning is that the robberies took place earlier on in the day,” said fourth-year Tej Amin, whose apartment is near another of the robberies.

Despite the new threat, Otoo is not overly alarmed. “My thinking [about Hyde Park] hasn’t really changed. I am a fairly vigilant person,” she said.

Police have requested that anyone who notices a man fitting the description to call 911 or the UCPD at (773)-702-8181.

CORRECTION

Harper Court, located at East 53rd Street and South Harper Avenue, continually sees more shops opening their doors to attract the people of Hyde Park.

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Empty chairs at the dinner table Preventing deportation of fathers, mothers, aunts, and uncles requires executive action Jaime Sanchez Maroon Contributor This Thanksgiving, many of us will gather around the table with family and friends to reflect on our blessings for the year. But for the tens of thousands of families across our country who have been ripped apart by a broken immigration system, there won’t be too much to be thankful for with an empty chair at the dinner table. While we talk about the political and economic implications of this immigration debate, there is a human element at the very core of this issue that is often left out. The facts are clear. Every single day 11 million undocumented people live in unimaginable fear, thousands of families are separated, and hundreds more children are left orphaned. As a nation of immigrants, this is not what America stands for.

In a vicious game of politics, our gridlocked Congress has failed, yet again, to effectively address and resolve this incredibly important issue. The Senate passed S. 744—the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act by way of a bipartisan vote—in June 2013, with an emphasis on border defense and a path to citizenship.

Over a year has passed since it was handed

over to the House of Representatives, but Republican leadership of the House has refused to bring the immigration reform bill to a vote.

At the end of this year, the entire legislative process on immigration reform will have to start over when the bill dies in the House of Representatives. This means a lot more waiting before we see any tangible change from the legislative system, and it means incredible uncertainty for the families negatively impacted by this broken system.

So what can be done now? Though the actual legislative solution to this crisis can only be developed by Congress—a deadlocked Congress that we should ultimately hold accountable for failing our democracy—the Executive Branch can temporarily soften the blow of the broken system. Earlier this summer, President Obama promised to enact executive action on immigration in September to possibly defer millions of deportations while the legislation was worked out. However, he then postponed his commitment until after the November elections, with no clear commitment date in sight even now. With 1,100 daily deportations, this delay is incredibly disappointing and devastating for mixedstatus families like my own.

My great-grandparents, grandparents, and

my own parents all came to the United States from Mexico as farmworkers to give my cousins, brothers, and me (the generation born in the U.S.) a chance to succeed. Like many families in Latin America, conditions of extreme poverty, violence, and governmental instability—many of which were driven in

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part by U.S. political, economic, and military interventions throughout the 20th century— pushed my family to immigrate. Working in the scorching hot sun of California’s Central Valley, they picked everything from grapes to onions to tomatoes—all for the hopes of IMMIGRATION continued on page 4

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Problems at the polls Legislation has systematically disenfranchised vulnerable voting populations

Anastasia Golovashkina

Not Impressed I voted for the first time on November 4, 2014.

It was a moment I had been looking forward to since at least 2008, the year I had, at long last, been granted the golden ticket of permanent U.S.

residency. Imagine my surprise when carrying out this most simple, important public duty, instead proved to be one of the most frustrating civic experiences of my life.

I arrived at my polling location,

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1700 East 56th Street, at 6:30 a.m. to find poll workers still setting up.

Though Illinois law requires all locations to be open 6 a.m.–7 p.m. on Election Day, I was simply told that their equipment hadn’t been delivered to the correct location, and that—get this—they didn’t have any idea of when they’d open. In half an hour? Two hours? “I’m sorry, I can’t tell you.”

I came back around 7 a.m., stepping right into a sizable line of voters still unsure of whether or not they could vote yet. Even some of the poll workers were unsure—unsure of whether or not they were open, unsure of how to use their own equipment to type in a name, unsure of whether or not Illinois law requires voters to present photo ID to vote.

Though my experience was frustrating, I’m far more vexed by its commonality—by the fact that our voting process is as tiring, outdated, and cumbersome as it could possibly be. Far worse than my ultimately minor annoyances, are the genuine wrongs committed against voters who may not fully know their rights, or who may be afraid to stand up for themselves if told otherwise by a misinformed authority figure. I’m frustrated that factors like these can, and will, continue to keep citizens from voting.

In the city of Chicago alone, polling locations across at least six precincts opened late. Misinformed election judges at locations including LaSalle II Magnet School and Hyde Park’s own Ray Elementary School instructed voters to present voter ID cards and/or photo identification to vote, though Illinois does not have a voter ID requirement. At least 2,000 of 10,000 registered election judges didn’t even show up, the result of

malicious robocalls falsely informing them they had to report for an impromptu training or else be unable to serve on Election Day. The calls have since been traced back to two Republican party officials.

But even this was only the beginning. Nationwide, millions of voters across at least 14 states faced new barriers and unprecedented challenges blocking them from casting their ballots, including needless and discriminatory voter ID laws, reduced early or absentee voting opportunities, and the closing of regular and early polling places.

First, let’s be clear that an individual can’t just walk off the street and cast multiple ballots. Though 10 states and D.C. do offer sameday voter registration, most require voters to register about a month in advance of Election Day. Before someone can cast their ballot on the big day, a poll worker must first verify that they are registered to vote at that specific location and that they have not voted already. The casting of their vote (though not for who/what the vote was cast) is then permanently documented in the public record.

Though one could hypothetically vote by posing as a registered nonvoter, they’d (1) need to know an awful lot about the person and (2) be foolish enough to commit a third-degree felony for the sake of a single extra ballot. Even the most comprehensive investigation into voter fraud to date uncovered just 31 cases out of the more than 1 billion votes cast in all midterm and presidential elections since 2000.

So in exchange for hypothetically preventing something with a 0.00000031 percent rate of incidence, these twenty-first-century poll taxes automatically prevent

some 11 percent (3.2 million) from voting altogether. It will come as no surprise to the Republicans aggressively pushing such laws through their state legislatures that those disenfranchised are predominantly Democrats: seniors, minorities, lowincome individuals, and young adults aged 18–24—individuals least likely to have the required forms of identification (like a driver’s license) or the ability to pay and travel—often great distances—to obtain one. Republicans have gone so far as to ensure that while gun permits meet the requirement, college IDs, Medicare cards, and Social Security cards do not.

It’s true that not everyone who was disenfranchised this year would have voted even if they’d been able to.

But that’s not the point—the point is that even a single disenfranchised voter is one too many. The point is that this should never, ever have happened in the first place.

Despite priding ourselves on living in the world’s “best” democracy, we continue to fail so pathetically and disastrously in allowing our citizens to vote—arguably the most simple and important of their civic duties.

Had such shenanigans taken place abroad, we would have immediately cried vocal foul on the country’s appalling failures to serve democracy due justice. But mum seems to be the word on our own, very apparent, voting rights failures.

Nothing about this is acceptable or OK, nor—in far too many cases— even legal. It screams class-action lawsuit. It screams: Stop this madness now.

Anastasia Golovashkina is a fourth-year in the College studying economics and public policy. Follow her @golovashkina.

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IMMIGRATION continued from page 3 a better future. When I remember looking into my mother’s exhausted face after a day of working in the fields as a little boy, I feel extremely grateful for their hard work and sacrifices. And when my aunts and uncles are on the brink of deportation, this gratitude is paired with frustration and anger at the status quo.

But this story isn’t unique to me. It’s only one of the many immigrant-family stories here at the University of Chicago. Students across the University are directly impacted by the uncertainty of their families’ futures, without any sort of halt to deportations coming from the President enacting an executive order for relief. It is this very University that saw the rise of America’s first black president in the historic South Side of Chicago. But Obama’s presidential legacy may be at stake with this key issue. In the past several months the President has emphasized that the United States must be the leading example on the world stage, representing a global force for good saying, “That’s what makes us Ameri-

ca.” When he said that America must lead, I don’t think leading in deportations and the inhumane treatment of undocumented immigrants is the necessarily the legacy that Obama had in mind.

President Obama must enact executive action on immigration for the millions of immigrant families in our country. This is not politics. This is a moral crisis. When we consider the issue of immigration, let’s not think with our political party, but instead let’s remember the mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters who are missing from their dinner tables this Thanksgiving.

Mr. President, please give us something to be thankful for this November. We are waiting, holding our breaths until we can breathe easily again.

Jaime Sanchez Jr. is a fourth-year in the College studying history and comparative race and ethnic studies.

He is writing on behalf of M.E.Ch.A. de UChicago, the campus chapter of the national Chicano/a student movement.

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Brown headlines MAB fall show Last Friday, the Major Activities Board (MAB) brought together their annual selection of a rap and EDM tag team to Mandel Hall for their Fall Concert. This year, ambient electronic artist Cashmere Cat opened for Detroit-based rapper Danny Brown in a concert reminiscent of past years’ lineups,

but one that still kept students coming.

Cashmere Cat started things off with a set that took unexpected and musically adventurous turns. However, the atypical nature of his music that made him interesting also made him a poor choice for the MAB concert. The audience was in the mood for a rave, and try as they may, the music was too unpredictable to successfully mosh to.

Brown, meanwhile, worked the crowd like a pro. It often sounded like he was just screaming into the microphone—but his heavy beats and clever lyrics were exactly what the crowd came for. As Brown rapped about sex, money, and Cool Ranch Doritos, the dance floor heaved and shuddered under the weight of the crowd bouncing in unison.

—Andrew McVea

I stood in disbelief and amazement, watching the visuals before me: 3-D imaging had never been so intriguing or so "cool," and I wasn’t even wearing those '80s frame glasses. Flying Lotus’s concert at the Concord on Friday was certainly exciting and memorable.

However, as I woke the next day, still buzzed after an evening of both headnodding and head-throbbing beats, my own head began to throb when I tried to recall the music itself. Separate from the overall aura of the concert, I couldn’t tell you much about “FlyLo’s” new album; individual tracks are hard to recall amid such a dizzying blitzkrieg of audiovisual power. Today, I decided to listen again to his release You’re Dead! to investigate this discrepancy in my

enthusiasm. I knew what I’d seen that night—but what had I heard?

FlyLo’s album is held together by frantic jazz, which plays over 38 minutes of choppy sound bytes. It opens with “Theme,” a confusing jumble of synthetic rhythms, industrial chimes, and discombobulating beats. The intro song grabs your attention, but the album itself doesn’t hit its stride until “Never Catch Me,” featuring Kendrick Lamar. Perhaps this is due to Kendrick’s familiar voice, but I believe this track owes more to the fact that the beat is consistent and catchy.

The album itself slowly builds up to this song through transitions, repeating instrumentals, and computer-driven riffs. “Fkn Dead” acts as one of these transitions and is one of the most harmonious pieces of the lot, if only 41 seconds long.

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Interstellar: Nolan's grand vision gets a little lost in space James Mackenzie Arts Editor At its heart, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is about how love is the most important and far-reaching force in the universe; it is about how, no matter how far we travel, we’ll always come back to our loved ones. It is fitting, then, that after nearly three exhausting hours of run time and vast imaginative settings, the film still comes back around to such a simplistic theme.

This sounds far harsher than the real impression Interstellar gives its audiences. The eye-rolls only start toward the end of the film’s star-bound journey, as the film finally lets loose and wears its heart (as well as its homage to Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey) on its sleeve like it wanted to all along. Interstellar is almost derailed by this ending, but, by that point, Nolan has already entranced and dazzled us with his magnificent set pieces, each of which are fused from cutting-edge special effects and an increasingly rare dedication to onlocation shooting. Calling on Hans Zimmer for score work doesn’t hurt either. This approach gives Nolan’s films a kind of gravity and intensity that other contemporary epics often lack, and audiences embrace them to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Given his love for the bombastic, it was probably only a matter of time before Nolan took on the space opera. Like most works of the genre, this one starts on Earth. Climatic disasters have crippled most of the planet's infrastructure, forcing the remaining population to run massive farms to eke out what little food the planet can still produce. Matthew McConaughey plays Cooper, a pilot

and engineer forced to man one of these farms in a dystopian wasteland.

STEM has become the new humanities on Earth, and Cooper is mocked for being overeducated and idealistic about humanity's role in the universe—that is, until a NASA physicist (played with typical gravitas by Michael Caine) tasks him with piloting a mission to locate and colonize a new home world for humans in a different solar system.

Cooper sets off through a wormhole accompanied by fellow astronauts Brand (Anne Hathaway), Romilly (David Gyasi), and Doyle (Wes Bentley), along with helpful two robots (Bill Irwin and Josh Stewart). Meanwhile on Earth, Cooper's daughter Murph ( Jessica Chastain) works with NASA to find a way to transport the remaining humans to their new home. Hathaway is the only big name on the ship aside from McConaughey, but the supporting cast brings introspection, grace, and comic relief enough to create some potent scenes with their better known cast members. A little over halfway into the film one more AList actor, who has not been billed at all in the marketing, joins the cast. We won't name him here, since his surprise appearance is one of the more fun moments of the film, but he uplifts the penultimate act with some of the film’s most memorable scenes.

Nolan has never been known to use cinematography to coax the performances out of his actors, preferring to put the burden on the actors themselves to act within the given frame. Unlike Birdman, where Alejandro Iñárritu locates the lights in his actor’s eyes and the spittle from their mouths, Interstellar gives nothing to the actors that they don’t have

already. As a result, some dialogue scenes can feel rote or clichéd, but for the most part this cast is up the challenge. Of the two best acted scenes in the film, one features only McConaughey's face, and the other just two of the actor's voices.

If the actors are left alone, then the camera’s eyes are reserved for the scenery and the action. Nolan's camera has always had a way of finding the energy in moving objects and the drama of set pieces. Like any recent Nolan film, seeing Interstellar in IMAX is well worth the jacked up price of admission. This film makes its earthbound shooting locations

look otherworldly, and its special effects–born black holes and spaceships look real, every detail vivid and every sound piercing in the giant theater. It’s not quite as balletic as 2001, but it is beautiful in its own way.

Unfortunately, Interstellar loses its way in the final act thanks to Nolan’s determination to beat us over the head with “love” and “family” and a host of other non-nuanced themes in a twist this reviewer saw coming half an hour into the film. It’s not even corny in a sweet way—it’s just corny.

Nolan has long been a director who dresses up relatively simple ideas in complicated cinematography

and scenarios. But it’s that synthesis that gives his films most of their appeal. Most widely praised artistic directors earn their acclaim for their ability to nest the unfamiliar within the trappings of the familiar; Nolan has fashioned himself a master of nesting the familiar within the trappings of the unfamiliar. Despite the cerebral concepts he favors, he doesn’t usually challenge us to think deeply, nor does he necessarily want us to. He wants us to feel, and to be entertained. And, despite what some film snobs will tell you, that is no barrier to being a great filmmaker.

Christopher Nolan certainly is.

Return of the space cowboy: Matthew McConaughey arrives on a strange planet in Christopher Nolan's new space opera before immediately spouting trite Nietzschean philosophy in his trademark drawl.

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"While death is a looming theme, fear is not" FLY continued from page 5 FlyLo’s album reaches its climax at “Dead Man’s Tetris,” featuring entertaining favorites Captain Murphy and Snoop Dogg. The song culminates in a mélange of synth and prog rhythms, old action film voice overs, and grainy, raspy rap voices. The beat sounds like a '90s computer that is towering over you is booting up—you almost can’t help yourself from bopping along. You’re Dead! soon descends into madness—literally—as one of the following songs “Descent Into Madness” is just as discombobulating as the beginning tracks, yet holds no new surprises. The rest of the album begins to sound like lounge pop: nothing distinguishable, or particularly memorable.

Unsurprisingly memorable, however, is Flying Lotus’s consistency in theme. From his earlier albums to the present, he ties his pieces into very specific motifs with personal connections. This round, his choice of focus was death (the album’s title gives this away). From family members to artistic collaborators, FlyLo does not only mourn and celebrate lives, but questions the nature of death itself. Here, I found the personal facts he included more heart-pumping than his beats. He is in fact a blood relative of the late, great Alice Coltrane,

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whom he states is an evident influence. These personal connections deepen his work beyond the largely impersonal machine noises he creates.

While death is a looming theme, fear is not.

The haunting track, “The Boys Who Died In Their Sleep,” is disorienting and uncomfortable, as if you’re a voyeur upon a nightmarish grave. Yet it’s comical and psychedelic, making the album’s title only fanciful, especially if overcontemplated. “The Protest” ends the album with ominous, chanting voices that fade into another perplexing amalgam of jazz, ambient lounge styling, and harsh industrial jabs.

Nothing sounds dirge-like, nor are there any pauses for grievances; FlyLo moves through the sounds, only calmly glancing at death, as if he sees it at the far end of the room.

After repeated, diligent listenings, I ultimately found multiple facets of FlyLo’s album fascinating, from the playful take on a dark theme, to the visuals that further this notion—from album cover to stage performance. However, stripped raw, each song is nothing more than technical beeps and bangs.

I might never listen to the album in full again, but I’d see Flying Lotus and his comical vision of death, live again any day.

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Three, not Two, Concepts of Liberty The Idea of Social Freedom Axel Honneth

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After loss in St. Louis, squad finishes second in UAA Women’s Soccer Katie Anderson Maroon Contributor The Maroon squad suffered a disappointing 1–0 loss this weekend to Wash U (13–3– 2). With the loss, the Maroons finished the regular season with a 13–4–1 overall record, and placed second in the UAA with a conference record of 4–2–1. The Bears ended up fourth in the UAA. Although unable to come away with the victory, the Maroons dominated the Bears for the majority of the game, outnumbering them in both shots on goal and corner kicks. The team acknowledged its valiant effort despite not getting the ultimate victory in the match.

Third-year defender Ryann Hanley said, “I don’t think the score was an accurate reflection of the game. We outshot them 13 to eight and had eight corner kicks to their one [corner kick]. We didn’t put away our chances and they put away one of their only dangerous chances from 30 yards out‌.

We played very well overall and cannot fault our effort.�

First-year midfielder Whitley Cargile agreed with her teammate. “We played really well the whole game. We had the wind with us in the first half and had a lot of great opportunities but we weren’t able to finish. Wash U had the wind with them in the second half and they were able to score early [in the half ]. We played a great game, but we got unlucky.�

The Maroons saw significant contributions from several players, many of whom will be integral to the squad’s postseason hopes, as it begins to focus on making a run for the NCAA Championship. “[Third-year forward] Julia Ozello created a few great chances for us as well as [firstyear forward] Caroline Olivero and [third-year midfielder] Naomi Pacalin. Everyone played very well overall and that’s why it really hit home for us when we lost,� said Hanley.

The Maroons also received notable contributions from first-year defender Kaitlin Price, who nearly scored in the

first half off of a header. Additionally, first-year forward Mia Calamari was able to fire off a close shot in the first half that hit the post.

With the NCAA tournament looming, Chicago knows that this loss can serve as a learning experience, especially for such a young group.

Cargile said, “This loss helped us to realize that we need to work on finishing our looks with goals. Our defense has been strong but being able to consistently score will obviously be important in tournament play. That’s probably what we’ll focus on working on this week in practice.� “This game has definitely lit a fire within us. Wash U is one of our biggest rivals; they’re chippy and hard-hitting and I think this loss made everyone feel like we are not going to let this happen again, not

by Wash U, not by anyone,� added Hanley.

The Maroons hope to carry this intensity into their first tournament game against Webster University at home this Saturday.

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the Bears, 25–22. In the second set, Chicago clicked and delivered 14 kills while making only a single error. The stunning accuracy of the Maroons’ play led them to a monstrous 25–13 second-set victory. The Maroons ultimately closed the match with a thirdset victory with a score of 25–21. With that, the Maroons were headed to the UAA Championship game.

The odds of the Maroons getting into the NCAA playoffs seemed pretty certain, especially since last year Wash U found its way into the tournament with a similar record. Despite the historical evidence to suggest some safety, the Maroons were not about to take any chances in the championship match.

With this must-win attitude, the Maroons prepared for a championship bout against Emory. The two sides seemed very evenly matched—no team ever led in the first set by more than four points. After losing two set points on consecutive Emory kills, the Maroons clinched the first set on two consecutive errors by Emory.

But it was downhill from there for the South Siders. The Eagles rolled in the second set with a 25–15 victory. The Maroons made each of the next two sets closer, but were unable to take either as they dropped the third and fourth set for a brutal (26–24, 15–25, 18–25, 20–25) defeat.

The Maroons accepted second place and hoped for the next two days that their performance was enough to secure them a spot in the NCAA DIII National Tournament. Monday morning, as the brackets were announced, the volleyball team celebrated as it drew a first round match against (26– 10) DePauw University.

The Tigers posted a similar record to the Maroons and have put up similar results against common opponents. Despite the Maroons’ two extra losses, they will probably enter into the match Thursday in Kenosha, WI as slight favorites. A victory in this first-round match will find the Maroons playing familiar opponents in either Carthage College or Dominican University in the second round of the tournament.

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Bears sink Maroons’ victory hopes Men’s & Women’s Swimming and Diving Zachary Themer Associate Sports Editor This past weekend, the Maroons were looking to make a splash as they took on Wash U. In what was the only UAA dual meet for Chicago this year, the Maroons were unable to ride the waves of victory as the men fell to their conference rivals by a score of 154–145, and the women were sunk by a larger margin of 179–120.

While the Maroons were unable to repeat last year’s victory over Wash U, there were still several individual performers from the South Siders who were able to take home first place in their respective events.

On the men’s side, notable performers included a pair of underclassman who not only joined the program last year, but also penned their names in some of the Chicago record books.

Jonas Fowler, a second-year and returning All-American who set several school records in his freshman campaign, was first in both the 200yard freestyle and 400-yard IM, with times of 1:45.17 and 4:12.48 respectively. Fel-

low second-year, Kevin Ku, was also a winner of the day, reaching the wall first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:53.81.

However, swimmers weren’t the only winners for the Maroon men, as fourthyear Matthew Staab proved once again why he should be considered one of the greatest divers in Maroon history.

When the waves stopped rolling over the docks on Saturday, it was clear that Staab would be the top diver, confirmed by his victories in the one-meter and three-meter dives, with scores of 246.05 and 285.25 respectively.

While the women were similarly cast ashore by the Bears, there were still individuals to note as the women racked up six victories in the day’s competition, an effort led by one of the Maroons’ captains, fourth-year Jennifer Hill.

Hill, named an All-American last year, looked to repeat last season’s efforts as she played part in three victories throughout the day.

Victories for Hill included the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, respective times being 1:08.93 and 2:28.10,

and a relay victory in the 200yard medley. In the medley, Hill was just one-fourth of the winning effort, with a winning time of 1:50.52, as first-year Melissa Bischoff and second-years Abby Erdmann and Maya Scheidl also contributed to the Maroon victory.

While winning individual events is always important, the Maroons also recognize that at the end of the day, they are a team and a singular unit with the ultimate goal of winning a conference championship. “All the work and training we do as a team are in preparation for our meets.

We have to go from practicing as a team to racing as an individual,� said fourth-year team captain Andrew Angeles. “I like to focus on my races and break them down, but it is equally important to be there for teammates and cheer them on at meets.�

Coming off of the crushing defeat, the Maroons will have little time to rest and regroup as they take to the pools again in two weeks in the Phoenix Fall Classic at the MyersMcLoraine pool from November 21–23.

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–NBA Analyst Charles Barkley attempts to lose weight as the LA Lakers had started 0–5

South Siders beat Bears, win first conference title since 2009 Men’s Soccer Russell Mendelson Senior Sports Staff The Maroons capped off their regular season in dramatic fashion, blanking the Wash U Bears 1–0 and solidifying their UAA title for the first time since 2009.

With the win, Chicago captured its third conference championship in school history and received its sixth NCAA playoff berth.

Chicago (11–5–2, 5–0–2 UAA) scored the only goal of the afternoon in St. Louis after third-year midfielder Jorge Bilbao took a free kick 26 yards out in the 74th minute, which deflected off the wall of Wash U (8–7–2, 1–5–1 UAA) defenders and into their net.

“I’m grateful that I was lucky enough to have the winning shot, but it would have been just as special coming from any of my teammates,” Bilbao said. “Getting a free kick right outside the box in a game that could make us conference champions was like a wish come true to me.”

The Maroons were also aided by the stellar goalkeeping of first-year Hill Bonin, who blocked all four shots on goal for his seventh shutout of the season. Bonin explained his mentality and how he maintained

his acute focus.

“It’s in the nature of the UAA conference that every game is a grind, and every game you play is going to be close. If I let one goal in, it might cost us the match because goals are that hard to come by in this conference,” Bonin said.

“With that do-or-die mentality, I do my best to be decisive and save everything I can. So far it’s been a success.”

Bonin’s focus looked to be in demand early as the Chicago offense appeared slightly subdued in the first half, only mustering two shots.

Bonin acknowledged the cautious approach taken by the offense but was quick to point out that some well-executed adjustments helped turn the game in the Maroons’ favor.

Bilbao agreed.

“I think the urgency we felt to finish the game with a victory is what woke up our offense as the game wore on,” Bilbao said. “The first half helped get our feet under us, and by the second half, we were ready to win it all.”

Bilbao put the team’s mentality in a broader perspective, explaining how its cohesive structure has led to its success.

“I think our success this year has been a result of our team unity. The

Third-year midfielder Jorge Bilbao faces off against a defender in a match against Benedictine earlier this season.

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players on this team are completely bought in to make it work, and in tough moments, that has helped us get the results we want,” Bilbao said. “Even when things haven’t gone our way, we have managed to regroup and get back on track be-

cause we believe in ourselves and in this team.”

Just yesterday, Chicago received its NCAA regional matchup, which will be played this Saturday on the road.

The Maroons will take on un-

Chicago shuts down Tartans on Senior Day Football Helen Petersen Associate Sports Editor As 12 fourth-year Maroons took to Stagg Field for what would be the last time, a series of bittersweet emotions were running their course.

“Taking the Stagg Field for the last time was definitely an emotional time. It all hit me when all of our seniors were standing arm in arm in the front of our huddle doing our usual pre-game chant,” said fourth-year quarterback Patrick Ryan.

These emotions translated to the field as the Maroons (7–1) played against their UAA rival, Carnegie Mellon (3–6). Ultimately, Chicago

soundly defeated the Tartans 28–7 to clinch at least half of the UAA championship title.

The Maroons came out strong, gaining three sacks in the opening sequence followed by a 50-yard rushing touchdown by first-year running back Chandler Carroll.

Fellow running back fourth-year Zak Ross-Nash, who has taken the brunt of the rushing responsibility for the past three years, felt Carroll’s standout performance was representative of the passing of the torch for the Maroon running game.

“Chandler [Carroll] is a great football player, but not only that, he’s an even better person. I couldn’t be more

Fourth-year running back Zak Ross-Nash gets impassioned after a play at the Homecoming game earlier this season.

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comfortable with him taking over after I graduate,” RossNash said. “He embodies everything that this program is about, and I can’t wait to watch him grow on and off the field.”

Between Carroll and RossNash, the Maroons’ running game proved too much to handle for Carnegie; Carroll ended the game with 110 rushing yards while RossNash added 62 yards on the ground.

To compliment the running game, Ryan had an efficient passing game with 142 passing yards and two touchdowns. Ryan found third-year wide receiver Sam Coleman in the second quarter on a 15-yard attempt to bring the score to 14–0. Later on, the third quarter played host to one of the most thrilling plays of the season when Ryan found third-year wide receiver Colin Macri in the back of the end zone with a tremendous pass and catch.

“We could feel the game’s momentum swinging our way as we were pounding out long drives and our defense continued to get off the field,” Ryan said. “On that particular play the defense hung with all three of the receivers on my left so I just knew if I threw one up to the back of the endzone that Colin [Mac-

ri] would have a shot. He jumped over the D.B. and made one of the best catches I have ever seen.”

Fourth-year captains and defensive linemen Scott Mainquist and Brandon Bolock ended their regular season home careers with banner days. Mainquist earned seven tackles and three sacks while Bolock gained five tackles and two sacks and returned an interception for a touchdown.

As the Maroons reflect on the season, many share the sentiments of Ross-Nash that the team pushes itself to greater heights.

“Playing for this team is like being a part of a family; we push each other to get better every day and most importantly play for each other,” Ross-Nash said. “It’s been an honor playing alongside these guys this year and I’ll take it with me for as long as I live.”

This win, as well as their win over Wash U, earns the Maroons at least half of the UAA championship title.

This is the first time since 2010 Chicago has brought home the conference championship. The squad faces off against Case Western (3–6) in its last game of the regular season on Saturday. A Maroon win would result in sole possession of the title.

ranked St. Scholastica (20–2–0) in Waverly, IA next Saturday in the first round of the NCAA DIII tournament. St. Scholastica has won its last 17 games and is champion of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference tournament.

Second-place finish at UAAs inspires NCAA tourney bid Volleyball Michael Cheiken Maroon Contributor The Maroons came into the UAA Championship as the fifthranked team in the conference.

However, riding the riding the waves of a 4–0 performance at the Benedictine Tournament, the Maroons seemed poised for an upset showing. Powered by this momentum, and the necessity of a solid showing in order to clinch a spot in the playoffs, the Maroons took to the court against Case Western Reserve on Friday afternoon.

The Spartans (16–12) gave the Maroons (26–12) trouble earlier this season during the second UAA Round Robin, defeating the South Siders by a set score of 3–1. The Maroons were eager to avenge their earlier defeat and they got off to a great start, taking a very tight first set 25–23.

However, the second set did not bode nearly as well for the Maroons. The errors made all the difference, as four Maroon mistakes proved to be the margin of loss in the second set as the Maroons dropped it 25–21.

Despite the tough second set, the Maroons absolutely dominated the Spartans in the

third, accumulating 13 more kills than their opponents. Winning 19 points off kills, the Maroons cruised to a 25–17 third-set victory.

With their tournament lives on the line, Case Western fought hard to force a fifth set. However, the attacking prowess of the Chicago side proved to be overwhelming, and the Maroons clinched the match with a 25–21 fourth-set victory.

Earlier in the day, the Wash U Bears defeated Brandeis in a walkover with scores of 25–9, 25–8, 25–20.

The Maroons had given the Bears one of their four losses earlier this season and came into the match looking to provide the one-seed with their fifth loss of the year. Furthermore, a win over the nationally fifth-ranked Bears would help catapult the now 25–11 Maroons into the NCAA Tournament.

Powered by fourth-year, middle hitter Morgan Barry and third-year outside hitter Maren Loe, the Maroons handed the Bears one of their worst losses of the season in a swift 3–0 match.

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