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VOL. 129, ISSUE 26

Walk-in to Zingales’s Class DOOMSDAY Ends in Agreement to Forum NEARS, PER BULLETIN

This article was written by Oren Oppenheim, Katie Akin, and Euirim Choi.

Protesters sat in on Luigi Zingales’s class at the Booth School of Business’s Harper Center Tuesday morning to oppose his decision to invite Steve Bannon to campus.

Afterwards, Zingales met with the protesters and agreed to participate in a town hall meeting where students and faculty could voice their concerns.

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Humanities Core.

The town hall was facilitated by five members of the Humanities Division’s Advisory Committee on Diversity, a team of faculty and staff dedicated to academic diversity initiatives. These were associate professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in English Adrienne Brown, English professor Elaine Hadley, associate professor in modern Korean literature Kyeong-Hee Choi, art history department administrator Alyssa

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measurement of the world’s urgent vulnerability to nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies from two-and-a-half to two minutes to midnight. The January 25 announcement signals the Bulletin’s concern that events in 2017 have increased the risk of global calamity.

Headquartered in the Harris School of Public Policy, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists formed in 1945 by the very scientists who credibly created the first nuclear bomb as an organization advocating to abolish the nuclear arms that their scientific discoveries now enabled. Many UChicago faculty members have served and continue to serve on the Bulletin board.

“In 2017, we saw reckless language in the nuclear realm heat up already dangerous situations and re-learned that minimizing evidence-based assessments regarding climate and other global

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College Council passes resolution against Bannon, calls for “peaceful protest,” Page 3 Alumni letter delivered to administration, Page 3

Humanities Town Hall Hears Diversity Concerns

BY DEEPTI SAILAPPAN NEWS EDITOR

Fourth-year Elizabeth Smith and fourth-year Keegan Morris dance as Cinderella and her prince. Photo of the issue by Estelle Higgins.

Around 25 students voiced suggestions to increase diversity within the Humanities Division at an inaugural undergraduate town hall held on Thursday evening at the Center for Identity + Inclusion.

Discussion at the town hall ranged from diverse hiring practices for teaching staff, to the possibility of additional courses covering foreign literatures and issues of race in America, to the

BY EMMA DYER NEWS REPORTER

Survivors Alliance Blocks Gate in Protest

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Protesters from Phoenix Survivors Alliance blocked Cobb Gate yesterday.

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About 25 protesters gathered outside Cobb Gate yesterday to call for the University to reform its disciplinary policies regarding gender-based harassment, discrimination, and sexual misconduct.

The demonstrators marched toward Levi Hall, carrying white banners to symbolize the lack of transparency around disciplinary hearing procedures.

The protest was organized by the Phoenix Survivors Alliance (PSA).

According to PSA member

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Vanessa Camacho, the current University policies are “vague, uninformed and self-contradictory.” PSA proposes that the University create a faculty committee to ensure that investigations are conducted more transparently, and that information available online more accurately represent the process.

In 2015, the University launched UMatter, a website dedicated to explaining University procedures for addressing “gender-based misconduct.” The site provides links for students to report crimes and outlines the resolution process. A petition cirContinued on page 3

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South of 61st Street Page 2 The new building for the University’s Woodlawn charter high school markes the first University project south of a line established in the 1960s.

Our columnist reflects on the insecurity built into masculinity.

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Events 2/2–2/5 Today Daniel Biss College Tour: UChicago Trophy Lounge, Bartlett, 4–5 p.m.

Daniel Biss, a progressive candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor and former assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago, comes to campus to promote his vision for Illinois.

No Bannon Rally Harper Center, 3–5 p.m.

A protest scheduled to express opposition to the decision to invite Steve Bannon to speak on campus will be followed by an organizing meeting.

Courtesy of University of Chicago Charter Schools

Rendering of the new Woodlawn campus. It’s the first development south of 61st Street since a 1964 agreement.

U of C Charter Schools Opens New Woodlawn Campus

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On January 11, University of Chicago Charter Schools opened its new location at 63rd Street, the first development south of 61st street since a decades-old agreement not to extend further into Woodlawn.

Although the University never formally issued a statement revoking its 1964 agreement not to develop new property in Woodlawn beyond the 61st Street boundary, in 2016 the city provided a land grant for the high school (for the nominal cost of one dollar).

Kieran Palmer-Klein, director of the middle school and high school, pointed out that despite the historical importance of building beyond the 61st Street line, the new location is only blocks away from the original campus at 6420 South University Avenue.

“We’ve had a long history of operating in Woodlawn, and the new building is steps away from the building we left. So really, we look at it more as just the University supporting an upgraded facility for students and families, primarily from the Woodlawn community,” Palmer-Klein told T he M aroon.

The school’s press release also frames the new location as part of its mission to “support key goals outlined in the Woodlawn Quality of Life Plan, including the revitalization of the 63rd Street corridor.”

Associate Director of Communications for Civic Engagement Kim Grimshaw

Bolton told T he M aroon that the decision to lift the development ban made sense in light of the University’s “strong presence” in Woodlawn, citing “quality of life initiatives” and the “community policing provided by the University of Chicago Police Department.”

“As a result of a more active institutional presence in Woodlawn, some community leaders have encouraged the University to identify projects (south of 61st Street) that could create mutual benefit for the University and the neighborhood,” Grimshaw Bolton said.

The relocation comes amid a wave of new development on the south side of campus, including the recently announced “Woodlawn Commons” residence hall just north of 61st Street, where the University intends to accommodate expansion by housing 1,200 students.

The $27.5 million new charter school development offers critical upgrades from the previous building. At the old location, the science labs had no electricity or working gas, and the school lacked a regulation-size gymnasium, so athletic teams practiced at the YMCA. Todd Barnett, director of partnerships for the charter school, stressed the importance of having a home court for athletic events, noting that the boys basketball team held their first-ever home basketball game last month.

“Varsity players who’ve been playing on the team for four years have never had the opportunity to have a home opener,”

he said. “For them, this was tremendous.”

The new building will serve approximately 650 students, in grades six through 12, primarily from Woodlawn and surrounding South Side neighborhoods. The population is 100 percent black students.

The 63rd Street location also features a new college center, part of the UChicago Charter Schools network’s larger push for robust college acceptance and timely graduation. With 100 percent of the high school’s graduating class accepted to college every year since 2012, the charter school’s outcomes consistently outrank Chicago Public Schools’ acceptance statistics.

Still, while Barnett listed the University of Chicago among the admissions representatives the new college center hopes to attract, admissions rates to the University from the charter high school bearing its name remain low.

Barnett estimates that a student is admitted to the College from the charter school approximately every other year, a number strikingly at odds with the outcomes report of the other University-affiliated high school: the University of Chicago Lab School. Just blocks away, Lab has over 15 students matriculate to the College every year.

“Right now we do have two former students attending the University, but we obviously hope that number goes up,” Barnett said.

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challenges does not lead to better public policies,” Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said in her opening remarks at the Doomsday Clock announcement ceremony in Washington, D.C. While the Doomsday Clock serves as a global measure, many of its considerations in this year’s determination came from political actions taken by the United States executive branch. “In the past year, U.S. allies have needed reassurance about American intentions more than ever,” the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin said in their statement. “International diplomacy has been reduced to name-calling, giving it a surreal sense of unreality that makes the world security situation ever more threatening.”

The board cited the contentious relationship and lack of clear communication between the United States and North Korea as its predominant concern for their perceived increased risk of nuclear warfare. North Korea continues to test nuclear and ballistic missiles, suggesting development of more sophisticated nuclear weapons. Global deterrence efforts have been unsuccessful and North Korea has

successfully developed weapons of mass destruction.

In addition to nuclear arms consideration, the Bulletin’s Doomsday Clock decision includes environmental concerns.

“In its rush to dismantle rational climate and energy policy, the administration has ignored scientific fact and well-founded economic analyses,” the board said of the Trump administration. Without greater environmental protections, the Bulletin sees current environmental treatment as unsustainable and dangerous for the security of human life.

Misuse of modern technology also factored into the Bulletin’s Doomsday Clock decision-making process. They believe new technology has allowed “disinformation campaign[s]” to spread and illude the public. The Bulletin also suggests elections were altered by disinformation campaigns, preventing proper democracy.

In their resolve to move the Doomsday Clock farther away from midnight, the Science and Security Board offered solutions to the problems they highlighted. “U.S. President Donald Trump should refrain from provocative rhetoric regarding North Korea,” the Bulletin said. They also believe communication between the

United States and North Korea should, at a minimum, include military-to-military communication.

To address climate change, they propose adherence to the Paris Agreement and a greater global commitment to its policies, including the goal to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius.

Finally, they suggest the creation of internationally collaborative institutions to research and address the possibly dangerous misuse of new technologies, such as biotechnology and autonomous weaponry.

The clock’s move 30 seconds closer to midnight moves the clock to its closest position to midnight since 1953 at the height of Cold War nuclear tensions. The clock’s longest time away from metaphorical midnight occurred in 1991, when the Bulletin declared the world 17 minutes to midnight after the creation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and the removal of intercontinental ballistic missiles from the U.S. and Russia.

“The warning the Science and Security Board now sends is clear, the danger is obvious and imminent. The opportunity to reduce the danger is equally clear,” the board said.

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ed anonymity, was publicized through a private Facebook event and came on the heels of other protests and organizing on campus against the invitation.

Around 10 students sat in, mainly situated in the back of the seminar room, and held up signs with messages such as “Rigorous Inquiry ≠ Hate” and “Tell my dead ancestors that reason can defeat hate.” UCPD officers were present outside the classroom and reportedly stationed in the area surrounding the Harper Center, according to a post on the Facebook event page.

Zingales, according to protesters, opened the class by acknowledging the protesters

and offering to engage with them after class ended. The class, called “The FinTech Revolution,” focuses on “blockchain, virtual currencies, and smart contracts,” according to a Booth class listing.

Zingales proceeded to teach normally; after around 20 minutes, some of the protesters left the class voluntarily. According to the protesters who left, they were then escorted out of the building by UCPD officers, who claimed that protests were only allowed outside.

“Many undergraduate individuals feel it’s unacceptable that Bannon has been given a platform at UChicago,” said Rikki Baker-Keusch, A.B. ’17, who is currently in the

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Padilla-Drexler, and assistant professor in English Christopher Taylor.

Several students at the town hall brought up the lack of variety in language and regional studies courses due to a perception of low student interest. One student said the only African language consistently offered is Swahili, but Swahili coursework is housed in the Linguistics department and focuses more on linguistic analysis than on speaking the language.

Taylor and Hadley noted that this issue is twofold. Not only have the University’s African language offerings long been limited, humanities budget constraints within the past five years have not allowed for particularly small classes (including several languages) to be offered. This is due to a University-wide accounting model that allocates funding to divisions based on the number of students they teach, Hadley said.

“Historically, the University of Chicago was a place…where you could do a course with just one student enrolled to learn, say, Assyrian,” Taylor said. He added that more recently, instructors in less popular languages like Malayalam have been cut.

Taylor’s proposed solution is “trying to come up with some pressure on the administration to provide resources” for teaching classes of just one or two students. “That’s how we brand ourselves,” he said. “We study unpopular, nerdy things, so we should probably put our money where our mouth is.”

Students also frequently cited the Hu-

manities Core as an area of possible improvement. Several argued that although efforts have been made to incorporate female writers and writers of color, these authors are often relegated to secondary status within syllabi. “We don’t need Media Aesthetics to be built around [German cultural critic Walter] Benjamin,” one student said.

“There are new cores…but cores can also go away,” Brown responded. “The cores are not written in stone.” She added that she hopes to see “more robust dialogue” with students and faculty about reworking Humanities Core sequences.

The Advisory Committee within the Humanities Division formed in response to the University’s 2016 campus climate survey.

The administration’s report after the survey suggested that each of the five academic divisions create a committee tasked with improving diversity in admissions, hiring, curriculum planning, and programming.

The Humanities Division was the first to do so, Brown said.

More town hall meetings may take place in the future depending on student interest, Taylor said. Student suggestions will be used to determine the Advisory Committee’s priorities for departmental projects.

Also serving on the Advisory Committee, but not present at the town hall, are associate professor in philosophy Anton Ford, assistant professor in Spanish literature Miguel Martínez, and cinema and media studies professor Jacqueline Stewart.

A.M. program at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and was one of those escorted out of Booth. “We understand the importance of free speech, but this is a private platform and [Bannon] has incited violence against many, and we could not stay quiet.”

After class ended, three of the protesters who remained approached Zingales and proposed organizing a town hall meeting where students and faculty could voice their concerns. Zingales readily agreed and offered to confront protesters at the planned demonstration on Friday, but the students felt that it would be better to have an open dialogue at a different event.

“He’s so far been very respectful and

very responsive, and we appreciate his willingness to speak to the students whom his invitation harms,” Johnson said. “We can reason with Professor Zingales; we cannot reason with Steve Bannon.”

In a statement to The Maroon, Zingales said, “This morning the students’ protest was very civilized. I thank the protesting students for their respectful behavior. I also admire their civic engagement. I had the opportunity to chat with some of them after class. I hope that our disagreement could be an opportunity for further civilized discussions and mutual learning for me and for the entire University of Chicago community.”

Alumni Deliver Letter Against Bannon

BY EUIRIM CHOI MANAGING EDITOR

In response to Booth Professor Luigi Zingales’s invitation for Steve Bannon to speak on campus, a small group of alumni tried to deliver on Tuesday afternoon—to top UChicago administrators—a petition with the signatures of over 1,000 people self-identified as alumni in front of Levi Hall, the main University administration building.

The letter urged the University to revoke its invitation to Steve Bannon, even though the University had said in an earlier statement that Zingales had

independently extended the invitation.

The dean-on-call told the alumni that they were not allowed to enter the building without an appointment, offering instead to deliver their letter to higher-level administrators. Though they expressed their frustration, the alumni eventually agreed to hand over the letter to another administrator who promised to deliver copies of it to President Robert J. Zimmer, Provost Daniel Diermeier, and Dean of Students Michele Rasmussen and confirm via e-mail when she had done so.

Two organizers of the petition answer questions from reporters.

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College Council Passes Statement Condemning Bannon Invitation

BY JAKE BIDERMAN NEWS REPORTER

College Council voted Tuesday to approve a statement condemning professor Luigi Zingales’s decision to invite Steve Bannon to speak on campus.

The statement also expressed support for the numerous protests that have happened

since The Maroon broke the news last week.

The statement denounces Bannon as a practitioner of “thinly-veiled white supremacy.”

“Regardless of Bannon’s political acumen or experience, he does not make worthwhile contributions to the marketplace of ideas,” the statement reads. “Zingales’ decision to invite Bannon to speak forcibly forces students to be linked to and support a man who considers

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culated by PSA alleges that the website is currently inaccurate and fails to provide essential information about the timeline of hearings, the presentation of evidence, and the role of supporting people throughout the process.

“Survivors matter. The unjust policies and practices are affecting our friends, our classmates, our housemates. They’re affecting the real lives of real people,” Camacho said.

Twenty-five student organizations have signed the petition.

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them subhuman.”

The resolution was considered in two pieces, and it was combined after the votes. The first paragraph, which condemns the invitation, passed 9-1. Representatives Malay Trivedi, Tony Ma, Jahne Brown, Marlin Figgins, Myles Hudson, David Morales, Ariel Aiash, and Jola Idowu voted yes. Cosmo Albrecht, who was recently elected to fill a vacant spot

for the class of 2018, also voted affirmatively.

Forrest Sill voted no.

The second paragraph, which discusses free speech and support for protests, passed with eight yes votes. Idowu voted no and Albrecht abstained.

“The only way to defeat division and prejudice is by actively opposing it,” the second paragraph of the statement reads.

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VIEWPOINTS Let Bannon Speak To Expose Bannon’s Many Ideological Inconsistencies, We Must Allow Him to Share His Views

BY PATRICK HANLEY MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Last Tuesday, Steve Bannon—noted propagandist, white supremacist, and disgraced former Trump chief strategist—accepted an invitation to speak at the University of Chicago. Students swiftly organized, promising retribution. Some students seek to disinvite Bannon, and many may attempt to silence him should he come.

Our heated discussions of free speech too often resort to extremes. But, as students at the University of Chicago, I trust we can approach the subject with more nuance and care. We, who pride ourselves on our dialectic and derivatives, should instead explore the architecture of speech—the places, protections, and processes—and set an example for a nation swept up in passionate polemics parading as conversation.

It seems that everyone needs credentials these days, so let me share mine upfront: I am a student at both Harris and Booth. I am also a liberal and a progressive. In 2012, I dropped out of school to campaign for Barack Obama. I was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Last winter, I marched with more than one million women in Washington. Last summer, I participated in Our Revolution’s People’s Summit. All this to say: I am no friend to Steve Bannon.

That being said, Bannon, now invited,

must be allowed to speak.

This is not to say that we, as students outraged by the litany of Bannon’s sins, must be silent; rather, it says the opposite.

We should speak up! Now is the time to bang our keyboards and sound our bullhorns (and publish our opinions). We must demand from the administration that the architecture surrounding “the Visit” elicits and encourages the dialogue (and the quality of speech) that we, as a university, strive to protect.

That is because Bannon, now invited, must in turn be held to a standard of worthwhile conversation.

Indeed, if we must suffer through the sound and fury of his coming—the anxieties and the frustrations, not to mention the mounting costs—we must demand honest discourse in return. If not, the whole exercise will prove an expensive stunt and an exploitation of fear, resources, and President Zimmer’s lofty “discomfort.” If this happens, professor Zingales must be held accountable—as Student Government’s Executive Slate points out (perhaps prematurely)—for his poor judgment.

But if Bannon does engage, there must be real opportunity to raise and challenge his many inconsistencies; which is to say, his many lies. There must be questions from students that—respecting our guest’s right to safety and thought—challenge his disastrous impact on American civic life and

his reckless abandon in media and in government.

Meanwhile, as the University prides itself as a bastion of both discourse and free expression, students must be allowed and encouraged to express our grievances.

I was delighted to learn that both the administration and Student Government will direct substantive resources toward counterprogramming and demonstrations. But, as Bannon must be forced to engage with us, so too must we accept his right to meaningful engagement.

For if we do disrupt or scuttle the event, Bannon will use us, both as an institution and as a student population, to intensify his disingenuous assault on academia and liberal democracy. He hopes to dim the lights of civilization by delegitimizing the discovery of knowledge and discernible truth. However questionable the decision to invite Bannon, silencing him now would do an inestimable disservice to the ambition and the promise of the liberal ideals that define our university.

Finally, I beg you, fellow students, to consider context.

Universities nationwide are under siege.

And yet, such institutions remain this country’s soundest source of knowledge and discourse; of technological innovation and scientific e ploration of research and public accountability; of literature and philosophy. If free and fair dialogue cannot happen

here—if we cannot explore the basest realities or loftiest goals of our political landscape—in what forum can it take place? If not in academia, these debates will continue but in secret. Public discourse will shrink, kleptocracy will grow, and democracy will diminish. Only in the university—our strange and privileged space of learning—is the commitment to public dialogue enshrined.

Our tradition tells us that reason, within structured dialogue, can win the day. And so, with architecture in mind and reason at heart, let us accept this man onto our grounds and confront him, challenge him, engage him, and let him go.

At this national dusk, when nuance and debate play second fiddle to passions and falsehoods, the University of Chicago may yet prove the brightest beacon of the proud notion that speech, dialogue, and reason will light the shades of misunderstanding, ignorance, and even hate.

Today, we find ourselves at the center of a great experiment, testing whether our university—or any university—can withstand this trial of our ideals.

We can. We must. Let him speak.

Patrick Hanley is a graduate student pursuing a joint Masters in public policy at Harris and a Masters in business administration at Booth.

Manhood Without Misogny Our Society’s Toxic Conception of Masculinity Harms Men and Women Alike

Dylan Stafford We try to describe the pitfalls of masculinity by pointing out all the jabs that saturate our ears while coming of age: “Man up,” we’re told. “Grow a pair.” “Put your bros before hoes,” and “Don’t be a pussy— be a man.”

Yet, masculinity—as we currently define it, but not as it must be is something more complicated. Often, it’s a performance for the world. It teaches us that vulnerability is weakness, self-absorption is smart, and that our success is measured in equal

parts dominance and women. Becoming a man requires suppressing our fears, insecurities, and tenderness. We present stoic and often immature fronts and carry on each day knowing that it is much safer to degrade a woman than it is to let a wrist dangle effeminately.

But perhaps the most bizarre thing about masculinity is the degree to which it is so fully premised upon both rejecting the feminine and incessantly proving that you aren’t gay. Yes, a man strengthens his

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sense of manhood by demonstrating that, even if being gay is A-OK for other people, he most certainly is not. Hear me out.

Before sometime around the mid-20th century, gayness was so far out of the mainstream that many didn’t even consider it a possibility. You didn’t worry about others thinking you might be gay because, well, no one was publicly. But as the walls started to break and being gay became a possibility—an identity—society’s acute, instinctive aversion to homosexuality was also unleashed. Men developed paranoid fears of being gay. Friendships among men became less intimate, and masculinity required proof of straightness. Don’t believe me ou can find fascinating collections of photos of male friends intimately posing with one another for portraits in the 1800s.

Even a progressive set of eyes from 2018 takes a glance at the photos of the friends and wonders: “Are they gay?”

As Jared Keller writes in the Pacific Standard, “The bro, in short, is a culture-wide defense mechanism against the gay.” And this uneasy, homophobic feature of modern masculinity is truly devastating—for closeness in male friendships, for the dignity of everyone that isn’t straight, and for women, who are subject to consistently poor treatment by men. It creates no winners.

More importantly, our strict and homophobic conception of masculinity too often drives men into a precarious place: Stay true to your values or retain your full manhood, because you can’t have both.

After all, how could I forget that day in Gap when seventh-grade me dodged a question from my mom about why I decided to go for the straight-fit eans instead of the usual slim pair? How could I forget those moments on the bus when I helped rank the girls in our class, and crudely laughed at

those who didn’t make the cut? How about the period of time when I embraced the perverse lesson that girls like guys who treat them like crap? Or when I pushed away close male friends because I didn’t want to be associated with someone who others viewed as too feminine?

Did any of it ever feel good? No. But, back then, it sure seemed to beat being called a f*g.

Too often, this is the situation we thrust men into: choose. Be the man you want to be or risk your status as “one of the guys.”

And none of this is better epitomized than in our frats, which stamp a seal of approval on your masculinity while rewarding brashness and the degradation of women.

And of course, this noxious climate carries on well past college.

Just open a newspaper, if you need proof. Basketball coaches informing players they aren’t good enough by shouting: “you fucking f*iry…you’re a fucking f****t!”

Tomi Lahren lecturing us on the decline of “real men.” Hundreds of men getting away with sexual harassment in schools and the workplace. Young and old men alike expressing no real remorse for sexual assault.

In a recent survey, 46 percent of young adults say the pressure to act masculine encourages sexually aggressive behavior and just as many say it encourages homophobic attitudes. As Dr. Caroline Heldman puts it: It’s “the great set-up.” We raise boys to reject all that is feminine, and then we wonder why so many men lack basic respect for women.

I want to be clear, though: Our rigid ideas about what it means to be a man don’t excuse any reprehensible behavior.

We men should have the moral backbone to do what’s right—even when it’s hard or runs against how we’ve been taught to act.

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“We don’t need to throw masculinity out the window. We merely need to reimagine it.”

Continued from page 4 But this doesn’t, however, take away the palpable need to rethink what we demand of men and how we raise boys.

This also isn’t to say that everything about masculinity is harmful. We don’t need to throw masculinity out the window.

We merely need to reimagine it. And the exciting, hopeful thing is that it feels like our generation, in particular, is beginning to. We’re less afraid than our parents were to embrace one another and be intimate.

When others try to put down a man for being soft, now it at least elicits eyerolls.

Nonetheless, we have to start making these conversations more intentional and move past the discomfort we share in talking about our standards of manhood.

Only then can we get to the real work of envisioning a masculinity fit for our era, one

that isn’t defined by opposition to femininity and rejection of homosexuality. Instead, a masculinity that rewards integrity, encourages closeness, and respects everyone.

It needn’t reject mannerisms and interests that have historically been considered masculine. It just needs to allow men to be who they are, to confide in one another freely, and to show love without the constant specter of emasculation.

Perhaps the boys of the future can soon understand that when someone tells you to man up, it means to start acting with respect and compassion. And perhaps, then, the girls of the future won’t have to worry about the threat of men.

Dylan Stafford is a second-year in the College majoring in political science.

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ARTS Børns Delivers Live, Healthy Show at Riviera Theater

BY JULIA PAZ ARTS STAFF

“He didn’t even play one bad song.”

“That’s because he has no bad songs,” said buzzed concert-goers, leaving the Riviera Theater on Saturday, January 27. And they were right. Børns, a singer-songwriter from Michigan, had the crowd eating from the palm of his hand. Everyone in the audience watched attentively, noticing his every move—from his sauntering across the stage to busting out one of his short, endearingly awkward dance moves. But the night’s energy did not begin with Børns; before he took the stage, the concert started off with soulful performances by Mikky Ekko and Charlotte Cardin.

Since collaborating with Rihanna on her hit song “Stay,” Nashville-based Ekko has been working on soon-to-be-released solo music and touring the country. During his performance, Ekko emphasized love and unity in both his music and casual banter between songs. He put all of his energy into the performance, belting out hits like “Light the Way” and “Stay,” while jumping around the stage to interact with his band and the audience.

The second opening artist was Charlotte Cardin, a singer-songwriter from Montreal. She played a more intimate set, with songs like “Dirty Dirty” and “Like It Doesn’t Hurt.” The piano was pushed as close to the audience as possible, and only

two other musicians were on stage. Cardin had an angelic voice and asked the crowd to participate in a selfie at the end of the performance.

On Saturday, the stage was simply set, with textured leaves in the backdrop. The whole aesthetic of the show depended on colorful lights and featured the color blue to represent Børns’s new album, Blue Madonna. The sophomore album was released January 12, almost three years since his debut, Dopamine. Børns appeared onstage with a fittingly blue spotlight to sing the first song off Blue Madonna, “God Save Our Young Blood,” his collaboration with Lana Del Rey. The crowd immediately went wild. Børns, clad in a tan suit, played every song on his new album that night, singing under different colored lighting for each song. He repeatedly thanked the audience, blowing kisses that were met with screams of affection by everyone from hipsters donning matching denim jackets to bros yelling along to the lyrics. Those who were in the first few rows were lucky enough to have touched his hand.

Børns’s voice sounds like honey: smooth and layered. His EP’s title, Candy, describes it best. Compared to his studio recordings, his voice sounded rawer live; he let his notes go wherever, making the performance more passionate than perfect.

Aside from playing songs from his new album, he also covered Madonna’s “Holiday,” complementing his album’s title with

Alexandra Nisenoff Musician Mikky Ekko on January 27 at the Riviera Theater.

his usual groovy seventies style. He also played songs from his first album that were more synth-pop, getting out his guitar for “10,000 Emerald Pools” and “Electric Love,” the last and most popular song of the night. s soon as the first notes of this last song were played, the whole stage turned shades of magenta and purple. You could barely hear Børns’s falsettos above the audience shouting his lyrics back at him.

Børns once described his music video

for “Electric Love” as being in the middle of the woods with space nymphs, and the crowd on Saturday night certainly fit the bill during this last song. The whole theater sang and danced together, creating an atmosphere like no other. Although the concert featured three acts, the night still felt too short. Ekko, Cardin, and Børns united the audience in a special pop euphoria; no one wanted to leave.

Exquisite Pressure: Diamond of a Show in 30 Hours

BY CONNOR TREE MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

To the casual observer, Exquisite Pressure seems like an e ercise in difficulty for the sake of difficulty The program gives actors only 30 hours of rehearsal time to put together a production led by professional directors. If this idea of putting on a show in the span of five days is not already daunting on its own, attempting a production of Molière’s famous The Misanthrope in this manner is almost foolhardy (although it is worth remembering that UChicago is an institution known for its celebration of rigor). Yet from the play’s opening to the final bows, it was abundantly evident that Exquisite Pressure’s The Misanthrope is a standout example of University Theater (UT)’s potential.

Directed by Heidi Coleman, director of undergraduate studies and performance programs for Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS), and Shade Murray, a di-

rector at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the play provided a welcome change of pace from the TAPS department’s usual programs.

Molière’s The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous over was first performed in 1666 in Paris and remains his bestknown work. This comedy satirizes the hypocrisy of societal conventions by using the complaints of its dynamic protagonist, Alceste (fourth-year Tempest Wisdom), to his friend Philinte (second-year Hana Eldessouky) to critique the superficiality of French aristocrats and their penchant for gossip. However, Alceste is not immune to the frivolity of society, as his romantic interest Célimène (third-year Margaret Glaier) embodies the essence of the flighty and flirtatious actions prevalent in their social class. The relationship between these two dynamically opposed characters and their interactions with a lively ensemble bring life to the play. The talent of every actor was clearly demonstrated

through the numerous battles of wit in which the characters engage.

The exchanges between Alceste and Célimène are some of the highlights of the production, showcasing the pair’s conflicting roles as well as the depth of their personalities. Alceste goes from an arrogant and pretentious character who disdains society to a flawed and sympathetic individual who tries to determine how to live in an irrational society. Meanwhile, Célimène starts off as a playful and vivacious woman who has no interest in Alceste. Instead, she courts three men at the same time. Yet after her simultaneous courtships are revealed and the three men leave in disgust, Célimène’s plea for forgiveness shows that she is a product of the society she lives in. While she may be flirtatious of her own accord, Célimène cannot be blamed for her own nature. Wisdom and Glazier do an excellent job of providing nuanced portrayals of these characters, creating well-rounded

and sympathetic individuals to whom the audience can relate.

The other highlight of this production comes from the performance of the three lords who compete for Célimène’s attention: Oronte (graduate student Laurence Warner), Acaste (third-year Jacob Goodman), and Clitandre (second-year Leonardo Ferreira Guilhoto). Warner stood out as Oronte, capturing the spirit of Alceste’s criticism while remaining endearingly oblivious, even as Alceste disparages his poorly written sonnet. Oronte never lost the attention of the audience, using a combination of comedic dialogue and facial expressions to create a simply inspired character. Similarly, the double act of Acaste and Clitandre had the audience laughing after almost every line or extravagant motion. Their ostentatious personalities blended together to create a comedic duo reminiscent of Laurel and Hardy, or Shakespeare’s Rosencrantz and Continued on page 6

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uildenstern. hile there is no doubt that lceste and C lim ne are the play’s main characters, the three actors portraying the comical lords stole the show in this production, highlighting the importance of creating a strong ensemble. “ I would love to continue e panding the program more and more in coming years, while not taking away from the other opportunities found within University Theater,” Coleman said. The beauty of quisite Pressure is that it gives student actors the opportunity to work in an intensive e ercise meant to push the limits of

their ability, while allowing them to be a part of student-directed shows at the same time several Misanthrope actors are in other UT plays this season). s was clear on Saturday, the nuanced performances by each of the actors and the overall success of the production put some of University Theater’s best work on display. The Misanthrope goes above and beyond its goal of creating a show in 30 hours. If the future of University Theater features the same talent and ambition as quisite Pressure, we can look forward to superb performances to come.

Migos Rides a Rough Wave with Culture II

BY TRENT CARSON MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

“Culture is a wave culture), everybody wanna ride it ride),” says Takeoff from tlanta hip-hip trio igos.

He isn’t wrong. igos’s previous album Culture, for all intents and purposes the group’s first complete album, took the world by storm. anding at eight on illboard’s Top 0 lbums of 201 , Culture was a perfect blend of the trio’s individual voices, earth-shaking beats, and high energy. ou couldn’t go anywhere without running into tlanta’s rap kings. Culture propelled igos into mainstream merican culture Donald lover gave them a shoutout at the olden lobes, and a petition to have uavo remake the United States’ national anthem received over ,100 signatures on Change.org. uavo put it best “ e represent for the people.”

Culture is a wave, and everyone wants to ride it even the “ awfside” natives themselves. ut Culture II feels like an afterthought, as though igos whipped together a first rough draft and were too la y to edit it. This means the question of whether or not igos could reach even greater heights still isn’t answered. II flirts with the astronomical accomplishments igos reached on their last album, but it falls short. II neither proves nor disproves their supremacy in the rap game, but it does provide brief glimpses of greatness in the midst of songs that clog up the album. “ east,” which is hi-hat heavy and dressed with the usual igos flow, and “Supastars,” the bass-heavy, ultra-confident anthem, are solid tracks, but they lack the factor that we have come to e pect from the tlanta crew.

Culture II is the half-finished assignment the smartest kid in class put together to ust scrape by with an , a repurposed cover letter with enough subtle tweaks that it flies under the plagiarism radar. If you don’t believe me, listen to the first 0 seconds of “Dead ” off of Culture, and the first 0 seconds of “ pen It Up” oth have the same intro, a similar beat, and almost e actly the same lyrics. nd both songs slap. ven so, II lacks a defined theme and vision. “Higher e o Intro)” and “Culture ational nthem utro)” are the only two songs whose order on the tracklist matters. ithout them, we are left with a difficult mess that forces the listener to sort through nearly 100 minutes of music for hidden gems.

That being said, igos’s sophomore album contains a treasure trove of energetic, above-average songs that get your adrenaline pumping. nd let’s be real ou don’t listen to igos for the insightful, comple bars that endrick spits. ou listen to igos for their catchy beats,

staccato triplets, and hyped-up ad libs. hile we aren’t presented with a piece as godly as “ ad and ou ee” or “T-Shirt,” igos gifts the rap world with the thundering lead single “ otorSport” and the star-studded, synth-heavy “ hite Sand.”

Drake, the artist that brought igos to the world’s attention on the remi of “ ersace,” oins the trio for a la y, confident banger in “ alk It Talk It.” The igos algorithm of plugging in a dope trap beat, adding a three-man-weave flow, and layering in some ad libs churned out plenty of songs on II, but it wasn’t the main focus of the album. Due to the sheer number of songs on the album, igos gave themselves a chance to throw in unusual beats and flows without hurting their sales or ratings. II is the first time we see igos e pand their repertoire. Instead of shaping culture, the group allows pop culture to influence them, hopping on a Haitian-produced sample with atin flair and rapping about the infamous drug lord Pablo scobar on Narcos. shift from their usual trap-heavy beats, igos transitions to a a y, trumpet laced song with 2 Chain in “Too Playa” and a funky, electronic beat on the second single, “Stir ry.” This branching out provides some optimism for a rebound to Culture II, showing that igos has the ability to e plore different areas of the rap game. oreover, Takeoff the more understated and undervalued third igos member finally gets his spot in the limelight on II. ith nearly 20 nimble and decisive lines on “Too uch ewelry” and a melodic, lightweight, uavo-like chorus that shows off his talents on “ ang ang,” Takeoff quiets the haters doubting his musical ability. He steals the show, upstaging uavo on the nearly Takeoff-only song that displays his more dramatic and sobering tone. Culture II feels like a proving ground for Takeoff, who comes across as the hungriest of the three to produce quality songs.

The unloading of 2 songs onto Culture II shows igos playing the numbers game, focusing on the probability that a few of their songs will make it big. s hiphop becomes the most listened-to genre, the reach of igos has never been wider.

II is a calculated attempt to manipulate charts and ratings, and it appears as though the tlanta natives put more effort into gaming plays than producing a second quality album.

Culture II leaves much to be desired. ven so, igos listens to their fans. The people speak, and igos delivers The album ends with the song “Culture ational nthem.” et’s hope that ne t time around, they hear our cries for fewer songs and more diversity.

UBallet Brings a Fairy Tale to Fourth Week

BY ABIGAIL KUCHNIR MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Prokofiev’s Cinderella draws from a story that can be traced back through countless generations of storytellers. In performing it, University allet U allet) inherently promised magic and tradition. UChicago’s ballet troupe not only delivered the magic the audience e pected, but also did so in surprising ways, bringing fairy tale to fourth week.

To begin the show, U allet dancers set the stage with a brief introduction to pantomime the dancers’ movements follow the turns in the plot, making attention to gestures important. The e pressive and engaging use of pantomime by all of the dancers in

Cinderella was one of the ma or strengths of this production.

Then came the overture, a sweeping piece that previewed the entire emotional arc of the ballet. The overture put the audience in the mindset to appreciate the performance, filling the room with magic. s a section of the music that can elevate the piece and give it an otherworldly quality, the overture is always particularly powerful once the audience is enveloped in an overture, we forget the rest of the world and open our minds to magic.

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Photos by Estelle Higgins UBallet welcomes new and experienced dances in open auditions. Its next show will be Don Quixote.

The ballet incorporated both traditional and original choreography.

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upon her by her stepfamily. Her father is still around (unlike Disney’s take), but is too yellow-bellied to stop his wife from abusing his child. This introduction somewhat lacks a supernatural touch, but humor brought the magic nonetheless: The stepsisters, played by Ph.D. student Becca Cain and fourth-year Gina Yu, drew frequent laughter with their exaggerated facial expressions and artfully portrayed awkwardness. Fourth-year Elizabeth Smith, in the shoes of Cinderella herself, was also a comedic hit; once her stepfamily stepped offstage, she made a prince out of a broom and used pantomime entirely to her benefit.

The magical atmosphere of the show kicked in once the Fairy Godmother, played by second-year Laura Swain, made her entrance. The fairies in the forest, clad in gold, danced in unison to a lilting tune as the Fairy Godmother dressed Cinderella in ballroom-worthy threads and gave her a pumpkin coach.

Aside from the main dancers, minor characters also had their chance to shine onstage. First-year Mercedes Wentworth-Nice played a jester with high leaps and tricky work en pointe, while the fairies of the seasons (Wentworth-Nice, third-year Riko Kanaida, Ph.D. student Caroline Anglim, and third-year Kelsey Hopkins) performed sev-

eral impressive dances that drew applause from the audience.

According to Hopkins, UBallet’s artistic director, the show’s choreography comes from a range of creators: Some parts are sourced from earlier productions of the ballet, while others are original. All of the dances in UBallet’s shows are tailored to the ability of their performers, which range from dancers trying their hand at ballet for the first time to e perienced dancers who have been dancing for years. In choreographing its shows, UBallet demonstrates a commitment to inclusivity and introducing ballet to new audiences.

Some arts events on campus attract audiences solely in the 18–24 range, but UB-

allet’s Cinderella was one exception. Logan Performance Hall was filled with all kinds of audience members—babies, teenagers, their grandparents, and students looking for a fourth-week study break or supporting their friends onstage. Several small girls in the front row donned tiaras. With Cinderella, as is its tradition, UBallet created a community event welcoming dancers of all ability and viewers of all experiences to engage in ballet.

Auditions for UBallet’s spring ballet, Don Quixote, will occur this Sunday in the Ida Noyes dance room.

Chicago Seeks to Build on Momentum TRACK & FIELD

BY KAT WILLIAMS SPORTS STAFF

This Friday and Saturday, the Chicago Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams will be hosting the Windy City Invitational.

Last weekend, the women dominated the Illinois esleyan I- Triangular with a firstplace finish while the men came in second.

Second-year ary artin reflects on the season thus far, “The women’s team has got off to a great start. We came into the season ranked seventh in the nation which I think reflects the strength in depth we have in our team across a lot of the events.”

Fellow second-year Michelle Biesman

echoes Martin’s sentiments, saying, “The season has started off well. veryone is finding their groove and hitting their stride with competing. As more people get comfortable with competing, it’s exciting to see people reach their goals by dropping times or hitting new marks. Our coaches are really good about enforcing this idea—always look forward and focus on our strengths, not weaknesses. I really appreciate their positive approach and nature regarding performances.”

Ranked No. 7 in the nation, the Maroon women’s team is looking to push all the way to nationals. Before that, they will compete in conference championships in three weeks’ time. Martin added, “We have a real opportunity to win this year, but it is going to be a

close competition. I think that as long as our team stays healthy and fit and we continue to perform like we have been, we stand a good shot at winning.” First-year Maddie DeVoe is looking forward to the rest of the season and elaborates on how the team is training to improve, saying, “We’re beginning to do harder workouts now that our mileage is higher and the meets are more competitive.

Training and racing together is definitely the best and most enjoyable way to improve, and I’m excited for more growth throughout the rest of the season.”

The Windy City Invitational is one of three home meets the Maroons will be hosting this year. Biesman is looking forward to the home meet, saying, “This meet is our sec-

ond of three home meets this indoor season.

It’s always a blast competing at home—we’re familiar with the track and friends come to cheer and support. These competitive meets are great primers to get us ready for conference at the end of February. Nonetheless, the team support on and off the track, especially at competitive meets, contributes to everyone’s peak performances and overall morale.

We’re headed in a great direction and our cohesive team and improving performances will ultimately lead us to our goal of winning conference.”

The Maroons will kick off the weekend at 2:30 p.m. this Friday at Henry Crown Field House.

South Siders Look to Improve Win Streak SWIM & DIVE

BY MIKE BENINATI SPORTS STAFF

The Maroon men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are both coming off dual meet victories against Lake Forest College and the DePauw Tigers. The Maroons certainly hope they will find this same success Saturday at the Illinois-Chicago Diving Invite.

After a dominating sweep that included a cumulative 37 event titles for the Maroons, they are already looking ahead to the weeks to come where they will compete in the all-important University Athletic Association Championship. This weekend, only

divers will compete, but swimmers will still make the trek to UIC to support their teammates. With the conference championships right around the corner, however, the team has to do all that it can to make sure they stay focused.

“In the last few weeks of training, it’s really important to stay on top of schoolwork and keep ourselves healthy,” said third-year Hannah Eastman. “Our team has had an awesome season, and I can’t wait to see what we can accomplish at UAAs in a couple of weeks. I know we can finish the season strong if we continue to support each other and train hard to the end.”

The meet is not to be taken lightly—as

it is hosted by UIC, the Maroons will surely see some strong competition. UIC competes on a DI schedule and walked away with a close fought victory the first time they swam against the Maroons (M 155–140) (W 154–141). The local meet was a strong test for the Maroons as they also competed with Northwestern and Rutgers, two other DI programs that have found success this season.

This time, the divers will take on the tough DI team while the swimmers cheer them on.

While both the men and women came away in defeat last time, the close scores prove they can compete with UIC divers. A win this weekend is certainly a feasible goal.

Second-year Agnes Lo had an incredible

performance this past weekend, where she broke the school record in the three-meter diving event with a score of 298.95 at Lake Forest. Lo’s diving victory was coupled with fourth-year captain Natalie DeMuro being named UAA Athlete of the Week for her own victories in the one-meter and three-meter dives against DI team UW–Milwaukee.

While every meet is important, the Maroons really hope to use this weekend as a springboard into the UAA Championship where they have every expectation of competing for hardware.

The Illinois-Chicago Diving Invite will take place at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Maroons Prepare for UAA Championships WRESTLING

BY TRENT CARSON SPORTS STAFF

This Friday, February 2, the University of Chicago wrestling team takes on Augustana College in Rock Island in the final bout before the UAA Championship. The match between the Maroons and the Vikings will allow Chicago to get one final chance to practice the techniques and moves that they have been working on all season and iron out kinks before the all-important championship meet.

This past weekend, the Maroons competed at the Pete Willson–Wheaton Invitational, the largest small-college tournament, facing fierce competition from 38 teams, 10 of which were ranked in the top 25. Over the course of the two-day meet, Chicago produced a strong showing, placing an impressive 14th place.

The aroons scored a total of 8 points, finishing higher than top-ranked teams, such as No. 14 North Central, which ended up 21st.

This respectable finish proves that the UChicago team can compete with the best of DIII and is on track to close out the season on a high note. Looking at the progress the team has made so far, third-year Louis DeMarco said, “I think the team has come very far this season and is definitely beginning to peak. The freshmen have definitely been competing well and have raised the intensity in the room. veryone is fighting, and those that don’t start every week don’t views themselves as a ‘second banana’ and are pushing the starters to their full potential.”

At the competition, the University of Chicago team had two wrestlers take home top-eight finishes in their respective weight classes. In the 157-pound weight

class, second-year Steve Bonsall, the top seed, started out strong winning his first two matches: 9–2 against the No. 4 seed wrestler from Ohio Northern University, and 7–2 against the No. 7 seed from the UW–La Crosse. Bonsall ended with an impressive 16–1 technical fall victory against the No. 2 wrestler from Mount Union to take home third place.

Second-year Kahlan Lee-Lermer also finished strong at the Invitational. ee- ermer started off in the 165-pound weight class with two wins of 7–2 and 13–6, one of which was against the No. 2 seed out of Olivet College. Landing on the podium for the second year in a row, Lee-Lermer fought a close battle against the No. 6 seed of UW– La Crosse but ultimately was defeated 6–3 to take fourth place.

Augustana College also competed at the

Pete Willson–Wheaton Invitational, where the Vikings earned 17th place with their 35.5 total points. The Vikings had two wrestlers finish in the top eight, with one earning fifth place in the 135-pound weight class and a second wrestler earning eighth place in the 1 -pound weight class. ugustana’s finish is comparable to Chicago’s, and the upcoming match will be an intense and important test for the Maroons. Regarding the upcoming dual meet, DeMarco said, “The Augustana meet should be tough, as they are a good team. It’s really our last meet before the postseason so it’ll be a nice test.”

The wrestling team will take on Augustana this Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Rock Island, IL.

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Maroons Look to Make Push MEN’S BASKETBALL

BY ANDREW BEYTAGH SPORTS STAFF

Coming off a road split against two of the best teams in the UAA, the Maroons are increasingly optimistic heading into the second half of UAA play. Despite an 8–10 record, Chicago stands at 4–3 in UAA play and is still in the hunt for a UAA title. What makes UAA basketball unique are matchups like the one this weekend. The Maroons, coming off a long trip to Atlanta and then Rochester, turn around and host the same teams this Friday and Sunday.

Solid defense and sharpshooting were two of the keys for the Maroons this past weekend. The defense held Emory and Rochester below their season averages in points. When asked about going into the second half of UAA play, fourth-year captain ake enlon responded confidently by saying, “The team is feeling great and getting better every week. We know that we can beat any team in the UAA; now we just have to do it.” enlon also reflected on the first half of conference play by pointing to the fact that, “We are 4–3 and tied for third place with Case and Rochester, with two of our losses coming in one-possession games to ranked teams on the road.” Hopefully, the soft rims of the Ratner Athletic Center continue to be kind to Fenlon and the Ma-

roons as they look to avenge these losses.

Chicago has had a distinct home court advantage this year with six of its eight wins occurring at home. For this trend to continue, solid defense and sharpshooting must persist for coach Mike McGrath’s squad. Back-to-back weekends against the same teams have their “pros and cons,” Fenlon said. He continued, saying, “We are obviously excited to come home after two grueling weekends of travel. We also can’t wait to get another shot at Emory at home after a tough loss in Atlanta last week in which one of their bench players went off for 31 points. But, on the other hand, we expect Rochester will be ready to put up a fight after we upset them at the Palestra.”

Looking ahead, the schedule bodes well for the aroons who host five out of their last seven games to round out UAA play, and the two teams that Chicago will play on the road have a combined conference record of 3–11. Fenlon touched on the rest of the conference by saying, “We feel that if we stick to our game plan each game and play well, then we have a very strong chance of winning.”

The Maroons tip off against the No. 15 ranked Emory Eagles at 8 p.m. on Friday night and turn around to face Rochester at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning.

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Second-year Jake Berhorst zips a pass across the court.

South Siders Aim to Stay on Top WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BY ALYSSA RUDIN SPORTS STAFF

In a repeat of last weekend’s games, the Chicago women’s basketball team once again will attempt to beat the other two top teams in the UAA. In an extraordinary pair of games over the weekend, Chicago took sole possession of the top of the UAA rankings by defeating No. 2 Emory and No. 7 Rochester. They are now on a 14-game winning streak.

The Maroons earned a comfortable 79–61 win over Emory on Friday. The game was very close at first, and Chicago finished the first half barely up 0 3 .

The visitors turned it on during the third quarter, however, with points from thirdyear Jamie Kockenmeister, third-year Olariche Obi, and second-years Miranda Burt and Mia Farrell, and the team went into the fourth quarter up 62–47. The Maroons could not be stopped for the rest of the game both offensively and defensively. bi finished with 22 points, five rebounds, and three steals. Second-year Taylor Lake followed with 17 points, and Farrell had 14.

In the marquee matchup of the weekend, Chicago easily topped the Yellowjackets 74–59. Rochester started the night up 9–2, but the Maroons quickly snagged the lead back by going 13–12.

Farrell earned six points in a row at the end of the second quarter to put her team up 32–26 going into the half. For the rest

of the game, the Maroons maintained at least a 7-point lead to put them over the edge. Obi led the team in all stats with 22 points, 11 rebounds, and six steals. This was her 10th double-double of the season.

Her back-to-back great outings earned her UAA Athlete of the Week honors. Farrell was right behind her with 16 points, and Lake followed with eight. urt is very e cited about how the first half of conference went for the team. “We feel really great coming out of last weekend,” Burt said. “Our goal was to win every game the first half of U s in order to have a game up on everyone going into the second half of conference play. It was also especially nice to get most of our road trips out at the first half of conference, and now we don’t have to travel and get to play on our home court. Rochester and Emory are two of the toughest teams in our conference, and it is extremely hard to beat a team twice in a row. We have looked at the film and feel confident that we will make adjustments that will prepare us even better for the games this weekend.

This weekend is huge in setting the tone for the back half of conference play.”

The Maroons will have an opportunity to solidify their spot at the top of the conference with repeat games against these teams at home this weekend. They will face off against Emory on Friday night and against Rochester Sunday afternoon.

The Moral Theology of Aquinas:

Is It For Individuals?

Fr. Wojciech Giertych, OP Theologian of the Pontifical Household a lecture by

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 4:30PM Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall Free and open to the public. Registration is requested at www.lumenchristi.org. Presented by the Lumen Christi Institute. Cosponsored by the Theology Club at the Divinity School and the Hiledgard of Bingen Society.

Fr. Wojciech Giertych, OP, is Professor of Moral Theology at the Angelicum in Rome, where he has taught since 1994. In 2005 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Fr. Giertych the Theologian to the Pontifical Household - a position he currently holds under Pope Francis.