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Professors’ Union Holds Event to Discuss Organizing Efforts

BY LORENTZ HANSEN DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR

Representatives from several organizations representing students, professors, campus workers, and unionized faculty gathered in Swift Hall yesterday to support recently-unionized non-tenure-track faculty and Harper-Schmidt

fellows and to discuss ways they can collaborate on future organizing efforts.

The panel, which included members of the University’s American Association of University Professors (A AUP) advocacy chapter, Graduate Students United (GSU ), Trauma Continued on page 3

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Political analyst and human rights activist Bassem Eid speaks on the current conditions of Palestine on February 18 at International House.

Shooting in Hyde Park Leaves Two Victims Wounded

BY SONIA SCHLESINGER SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

T wo v ic t i ms wer e shot while driving down the 5400 block of South Harper Avenue at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. The suspect fired shots from a passing vehicle and drove west on East 54th Street. The victims are not affiliated with the University.

The victims, a 23-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man, were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center.

The woman suffered a leg injury and the man sustained a

graze wound to the head. As of Sunday evening the woman was in good condition and the man was in stable condition.

T he C h ic ago Pol ice D e partment is investigating the shooting, but the motive and suspect are still unknown.

T he Hyde Pa rk v icti ms were two of thirty people in Chicago wounded in shootings over the weekend, according t o DNA i n fo. T h is was the first shooting in Hyde Park in 2016. Last year, no shootings occurred in Hyde Park until April, when two took place within eight days.

Police Intervene as I-House Event Turns Heated

BY EMILY KRAMER NEWS STAFF

A n I nter nationa l House (I-House) event featuring Bassem Eid, a Palestinian human rights activist, abruptly came to an end Thursday night when disag reements between Eid and members of the audience

March 1 to take a position at Airbnb. Mayor Rahm Emanuel will appoint an interim alYesterday evening, approx- derman in April. Gabriel Pieimately 50 people gathered monte, a Hyde Park resident to discuss the next alderman and former editor of the Hyde of Chicago’s 4th Ward, which Park Herald who organized and stretches from the south of led the meeting, is focusing on Bronzev ille to the north of inf luencing the 2017 special election for alderman, rather Hyde Park.

The alderman position will than on this appointment.

Monday ’s meeting began be vacant following Alderman Will Burns’s announcement with attendees randomly dithat he will be resigning on Continued on page 3 NEWS STAFF

Last Thursday, the Archdiocese of Chicago received a permit from the City of Chicago’s Department of Buildings to demolish the Shrine of Christ the King at 64th Street and South Woodlawn Avenue.

While the permit grants the archdiocese permission to move forward with the demolition process, the archdiocese has yet to release a formal statement regarding its plans for the building. “We are in talks with the leadership of the Shrine of Christ the King about an alternative arrangement and will provide further information as soon as it is available,” a spokesperson from the archdiocese said.

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BY PEYTON ALIE

After Eid spoke about some of the issues facing the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian authority in the West Bank, and what he characterized as the beneficial impacts of Israeli presence, the Q&A portion of the event began.

A man in the audience

Fate of Shrine of Christ the King Church Unclear as City

BY KATIE AKIN

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led to police intervention.

Eid is a vocal critic of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS). BDS is a global campaign that seeks to increase political and economic pressures on Israel to change its policies toward the West Bank, Gaza, and its Arab citizens.

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ocese, and community organizations have been debating the fate of the church since it was severely damaged by a fire in October. The church leadership and community have been advocating for the archdiocese to delay demolition in order to provide more time to examine alternative solutions.

Although the Shrine became a landmark in 2003, the City declared the building unsafe after the fire, which stripped it of its protected status. The archdiocese first filed for a demolition permit in early January.

This action prompted the formation of the Coalition to Save the Shrine, a group of parishioners and community members in favor of protecting the 92-year-old building.

In the time between the filing and

approval of the permit, the coalition maintained an active social media presence to gain support within the community and reached out to several historical preservation societies for support.

One such society, Preservation Chicago, has received a total of $650,000 in anonymous donations for the purpose of saving the church. This sum is separate from the additional $70,000 raised on the GoFundMe page that the church organized soon after the fire.

“We hope the Archdiocese will recognize that concrete sources of funding for the repair of this Landmark building are indeed forthcoming, given a reasonable timeframe,” Coalition member Emily Nielsen said.

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Federal Grant Will Explore Echoes of Holly- Students For Climate Change Releases Petiwood in ISIS Propaganda tion to Divest From Fossil Fuels

BY EMILY KRAMER NEWS STAFF

Researchers at the University of Chicago have recently discovered that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is using Hollywood movie script formulas to construct recruitment videos. Since the initial discovery, the Department of Defense has given the University of Chicago a $3.4 million grant to support research on ISIS’s filmmaking tactics.

ISIS has released over 150 videos in the past three months that conform to a method of heroic storytelling called “The Hero’s Journey.” Researchers say the videos follow Chris Vogler’s 12-step guide to the method, outlined in his 2007 book, The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers.

“The Hero’s Journey,” seen in movies such as Titanic and Star Wars, first presents the heroes in their everyday lives, followed by a chronicling of the adventures they encounter and the challenges they face. It ends with the hero’s victorious return home.

Dana Rovang, research director with the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST) at the University of Chicago, discovered the connection between the ISIS videos and Vogler’s guide for screenwriters after viewing hundreds of videos directed and produced by the terrorist group.

According to Robert Pape, director of CPOST, in one recruitment video, ISIS follows Volger’s method by attempting to depict Andre Poulin, a Canadian Muslim convert known who went by Abu Muslim, as a hero willing to leave the beautiful lands of Canada in order to fight on behalf of ISIS in Syria.

“The discovery is important because, until now, studies have mostly focused on performing mere content analysis of videos,” Pape said. “Instead, we’re unpacking ISIS narratives and that will help our policy makers find more effective ways to counter the group’s message.”

In an interview for ABC 7’s Investigative Team (I-Team), Rovang said that ISIS is teaching itself Western narrative lan-

guage in its attempts to recruit members.

The Pentagon’s grant will fund research specifically aimed at determining which individuals are most susceptible to terrorist group recruitment.

“The ultimate goal really is to understand in a powerful way what inspires individuals to have sympathy for ISIS and other terrorist groups by watching videos,” Pape said in an interview for the I-Team.

With the Pentagon’s grant, researchers will be using fMRIs in order to determine which areas of the brain are activated by the videos, as well as whether those parts of the brain control thoughts or emotions.

David Tolchinsky, a film professor at Northwestern University, said that the terrorist recruitment videos are aimed at evoking emotions and playing with the mindset of the viewers. According to Tolchinsky, the producers of these videos are using various Hollywood techniques to make their movies spark a radical response within viewers; these responses include leaving one’s home, embracing violence, and even embracing death.

“Rather than selling the story of living a small but worthy life, you’re rewarded for taking chances in favor of greatness, glory or for being ‘the chosen one,’ a person who’s willing to make sacrifices,” Tolchinsky said.

“For viewers who are living a small life, an ordinary life, but feel they are destined for bigger things, how enticing to see this story, and to think: ‘That could be me. That IS me.’

Even if involves violence or death. And for viewers who feel powerless, how enticing to see a story of underdogs prevailing.”

Researchers at UChicago are hopeful that the information from the work funded by the Pentagon’s grant will allow them to develop better techniques to fight terrorism and the impacts of terrorist recruitment efforts.

“We are continuing with our in-depth examination of ISIS videos,” Pape said.

“We’re trying to find out more about what constitutes a ‘culture of martyrdom’: how it comes about and how and why it’s perpetuated. We think the videos are absolutely key to that.”

New Center Aims for “Unstoppable” Computing

BY JAEHOON AHN MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Center for Unstoppable Computing (CERES), a new computer science research center at the University of Chicago, was launched last month with the aim of fostering closer collaboration between the University and the computer science industry.

Professor and CERES director Andrew Chien, who joined the computer science faculty four years ago, spearheaded the center’s launch. Chien said that efforts to strengthen the bridge between the industry and the University, though necessary since the time of his arrival, only began about 18 months ago.

“The idea behind CERES is that collaboration with industry is an important part of collaborative problem formulation. What we would like to do is to find the research problems that have the biggest possible impact and have the ability to translate the new ideas into the industry who can deploy them at scale,” Chien said.

According to Chien, collaboration

within the industry could help University researchers understand the most important areas and problems in the computer science industry. Examples include different directions that computer systems and security could take as well as how the big shift to online data analytics could impact the rest of the industry and the traditional uses of computers in the cloud. Further, collaboration could bring exciting University research to the attention of leading companies.

Another important vision for CERES is the idea of “unstoppable” computing.

According to the homepage of CERES, the center seeks to reduce the fragility and complexity of computing systems such as failures without warnings and intermittent outages, while increasing its efficiency and lifetime. Research activities will touch on diverse aspects of the field from cloud software, storage and networking, to computer architecture, and security.

Chien emphasized students as the critical elements of the CERES center.

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BY KATHERINE VEGA SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

On Monday, St op F u nd i ng Cl imate Change UChicago (SFCC ), a student-run divestment campaign, released an open letter signed by more than 250 faculty members urging the Board of Trustees to divest from fossil fuels. The petition and the SFCC mission received national attention through an exclusive feature in The Guardian’s US Edition, also released on Monday.

The release of the open letter was accompanied by an installation on the main quad. 256 orange squares were placed in the grass to visually represent the faculty members who signed the petition. The orange squares were accompanied by signs that showed definitions and statistics about the petition.

Of the faculty supporting divestment, 37.7 percent came from the biological sciences division, 29.2% came from the humanities, 27.3 percent came from

the social sciences, and 5.8 percent came from the physical sciences.

According to SFCC, by choosing to divest, organizations can stigmatize the fossil fuel industry. By producing a public display, organizers hoped to send a message that support was widespread.

“The orange square has become the symbol of divestment, so we thought it would be powerful to put one in the quad for each faculty member who signed our letter,” first-year and SFCC med ia team member Isabel Bloom wrote in a statement.

Last year, President Zimmer noted that it was “unlikely” that the University would divest. “The administration has a moral obligation and an ethical obligation to take action. We’re trying to demonstrate the fact that there’s overwhelming support for this,” Annabelle Rosser, external communications coordinator for UCAN, said.

Cultural Policy Center Collaborates with Gates’s Place Lab

BY XIN SUI ZHANG MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Professor Theaster Gates, a distinguished Chicago-based artist and professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University, is leading a new joint venture between the UChicago Arts and Public Life initiative and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies’ Cultural Policy Center.

This merging of the Arts and Public Life initiative and the Cultural Policy Center will fuse the former’s creative place-based practices and the latter’s commitment to cultural policy and evidence-based analysis. Gates’s team of experts, Place Lab, will use arts and culture oriented, place-based projects to promote neighborhood transformation on the mid-South Side of Chicago.

“The work undertaken by the new partnership will help inform public policy and development decisions made by local, state, federal, and international policymakers, while also training the next generation of policy leaders to create more vibrant, people-centered, artist-led cities,” said Ronia Holmes, assistant director of communications for the Arts and Public Life initiative.

Place Lab and the Harris School collaborated before on ArtHouse: A Social Kitchen, a partner project currently underway in In-

diana that is “repurposing an underutilized space in downtown Gary as a culinary incubator and café” to reinvigorate the city and create jobs.

Much of Place Lab’s Chicago-based work has focused on supporting and documenting Gates’s expanded work in two of Chicago’s South Side communities, Washington Park and the Greater Grand Crossing. “The partnership not only continues this type of community-focused, ethical social practice right here at home, but also elevates Chicago’s global profile. It is our aim that the new partnership will reveal a new kind of process for mindful city building, while providing access points for scholars, residents, artists, and practitioners of all sorts,” Holmes said in an e-mail.

The expanded Place Lab will also promote public assemblies, private conferences, and leadership development for professionals exploring the important function of arts and culture in the successful reshaping of urban neighborhoods.

Gates is the founder of the nonprofit Rebuild Foundation, which aims to reconstruct the cultural infrastructures of underinvested neighborhoods. Gates’s previous space-development projects include an art collection in a former bank building and an arts bookstore in Washington Park.

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Students Launches Newsletter Tracking Local Politics

BY GARRETT WILLIAMS MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Earlier this month, the University of Chicago Democracy Initiative (UCDI), an RSO committed to increasing student and community involvement in the political process, launched a newsletter in order to increase awareness about the actions of local elected representatives. The newsletter is published on a weekly basis and sent out each Monday.

This project began autumn quarter when co-founders fourth-year Sam Zacher, fourth-year Alex Serratelli, and second-year Adam Reynolds noticed a gap in students’ awareness of the activities of lawmakers.

The University of Chicago Democracy Initiative was created in order to fill this gap.

The UCDI’s weekly Citizen Bulletin newsletter, which was modeled after the Politico Playbook, helps keep readers up-todate on the workings of city, county, state, and national politics. This newsletter currently has a readership of about fifty subscribers and, according to co-founder Sam

Zacher, has received very positive feedback.

The UCDI hopes to increase readership both on campus and throughout the Hyde Park community.

Some of the UCDI’s other projects include the Get Out The Vote initiative and the UChicago Community Issue Awareness video series.

The Get Out The Vote project hopes to increase voter turnout and participation. By working with the Institute of Politics (IOP), the UCDI hopes to increase TurboVote voter registration on campus and throughout the Hyde Park community, in addition to providing updates on upcoming elections and events. TurboVote is a national project that aims to help citizens register to vote.

The UChicago Community Issue Awareness video series hopes to educate viewers on relevant political topics such as low-voter turnout, money in politics, and gerrymandering. These videos are released through the UCDI’s website; the first video includes a survey on students’ thoughts about voting.

Editor’s Note: Sam Zacher is a former Maroon editor.

Huntsman Talks Republican Presidential Nomination at International House

BY EMILY FEIGENBAUM NEWS STAFF

On Monday, Ambassador Jon Huntsman spoke to University students at International House. Huntsman is known for his work as the 16th Governor of Utah, United States Ambassador to Singapore and China, and 2012 Republican presidential nominee.

Huntsman addressed the factionalism within the Republican Party during the 2016 election cycle, citing theatrics as a major problem. Politics is no longer about having a conversation with the American people about important issues, he argues, but rather about seizing media attention through spin cycles and sound bites of campaign attacks.

“Anger and high volume debates are not a strategy toward victory in the sense of problem solving,” Huntsman said.

Huntsman remarked further on the incendiary nature of contemporary politics in his analysis of Donald Trump’s controversial presidential campaign. Though, he noted, parties tend to react in opposition to incumbents, Huntsman called Trump’s popularity an unparalleled form of populism that is, “to the 10th power,” a response to the Obama administration.

Huntsman questioned how the business tycoon would carry out his plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act and build a wall between the United States and Mexico. At one point, chuckling at the peculiarity of Trump’s rise to political stardom, Huntsman remarked that he had never foreseen a politically inexperienced, non-veteran, and thrice-married businessman who resides in a

gold-plated Park Avenue apartment as a potential president. Huntsman found common ground with Trump, however, in Trump’s unapologetic identification of a dysfunctional system.

“I actually applaud him for saying [the political system] is broken and ‘I want to do something about it,’” Huntsman said.

Huntsman did not endorse a specific candidate but maintained that he would vote Republican no matter what.

Huntsman, who served as ambassador under the Obama administration, said President Obama was an imperfect leader.

According to Huntsman, Obama had good intentions regarding economic and political relationships with Asia but came up short in execution and communication. Arguing that the president needed to be more blunt and straightforward with the Chinese government, Huntsman compared the relationship of the two nations to an “incomplete conversation.”

Comparing the party systems of the United States and China, Huntsman stated that politicians from each nation will look to gain political bonus points in the upcoming American election and Chinese five-year plan pronouncements by critiquing the other nation. The ambassador said that China, which has struggled to control its near abroad and instill domestic stability, is envious of America’s tactile approach to short-term problems and “creative dysfunction.”

“They look at our system and can’t figure it out. They can’t figure out how we remain so great of a country with such a dysfunctional political system,” Huntsman said.

Zoe Kaiser| The Chicago Maroon

Former ambassador to China and Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman discusses the 2016 Republican primary at the Institute of Politics (IOP).

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vided into several groups, in which they discussed and compared the issues that mattered to them. The groups shared their ideas and attendees broke up into new groups based on the issue they valued the most.

Piemonte began the meeting with five categories of issues: public safety, development, education, ward services, and process. By the end of the meeting, participants had added fiscal responsibility, accountability, and affordable housing.

Piemonte hopes to eventually develop a written statement of what community members value most and seek out a candidate who aligns with this statement.

“The issue in the last several years in these communities has been a very vibrant, engaged citizenry and a political process that was bringing people through in a way that was not necessarily as representative as people felt it could be,” said Piemonte. “If we could have a thousand people who all agree on an agenda, you can pretty much drive an election.”

Many attendees spoke about education, arguing that neighborhood schools should provide a less test-driven curriculum and encourage genuine community involvement. They also criticized

the allocation of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds, which diverts property tax revenue to support infrastructure, and the building of new charter schools while closing neighborhood schools.

“We’re building one thing over here, and we have other places where the money is needed…. When they don’t want to spend the money, they’re broke.

But there’s always money when they want to spend it. We’re impoverishing our own schools with our own TIF program,” attendee Marc Lipinski said.

Other popular issues included affordable housing—particularly for students, families, and older residents— and ward services, which attendees argue are distributed unequally across the ward.

Attendees advocated strongly for an independent alderman, who would be accountable to constituents. “[Currently], the person that gets to claim this spot is not accountable to the citizens they’re supposed to represent, but represents the political patrons they’re indebted to,” attendee Rod Sawyer said.

Community members hope to meet again to further identify candidates to support.

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Ca re C oa l ition , Facu lt y For wa rd , Teamsters Local 743, and Fair Budget UChicago, was the second event in the A AUP’s Democratizing the University series, which began in the fall. Approximately 25 people attended the event, the majority of whom were graduate students or professors at the University.

The panelists brief ly introduced themselves and the recent achievements that their groups have accomplished through organizing efforts. They also shared their reasons for joining their respective organizations, and why they believe efforts like theirs are essential in improving campus life.

Third-year Natalie Naculich, representative for the Trauma Center Coalition, talked about the importance of organizing on campus and in the community.

“I think victories like [the trauma center] are really important for campus, and especially undergrads...for kind of realizing the power of organizing...so we’ve really been thinking how we can like make sure people know that [the trauma center] is a victory that came from organizing,” Naculich said.

Some graduate students in attendance expressed frustration at the lack of coordination between organizing efforts on campus, as well as the lack of open support from campus organizations for one another.

In an attempt to begin resolving these issues, panelists asked audience members to share their vision of democratization at the University. Several audience members suggested creating a resource for students and faculty with information on the achievements and goals of various organizing efforts on campus.

AAUP President and Divinity School

professor Willemien Otten discussed the importance of developing these kinds of organized groups on campus and of coordinating efforts between campus organizations.

“What I’m seeing is sort of a theme of how to sort of consolidate all these initiatives somehow and sort of integrate them better...I also don’t want to lose sight of our purpose of giving some form of support—moral support or other support—to you guys, you know, Faculty Forward, Harper-Schmidt, at the bargaining table, and GSU as their initiative is getting underway,” Otten said.

Panelists and audience members also involved in organizing efforts explained the strength that coordinated campus organizing could bring to each movement.

“We’re all here because we’re interested in democratizing the University, and one of the major obstacles to that is the perception that our interests are not aligned, right, that’s one of the main themes of anti-unionization of the graduate student level, that it pits students against professors, when in fact I think nothing could be further from the truth,” GSU member Magdalene Oliphant said.

As the panel concluded, the panelists passed around a sign-up sheet to those in attendance to start a coordinated effort between those interested in continuing efforts to democratize the University. Many of those who attended also expressed the desire to hold additional panels in the future.

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seated with members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) introduced himself as a Palestinian who had grown up in Gaza. He began to ask how the divisions in Palestinian leadership came about, questioning “what brought Palestinians to a place where they have to go work for their occupiers,” when the conflict between Eid and the audience member began.

Eid and the audience member began speaking over one another, and tensions quickly rose. The audience member was eventually ushered away

by I-House staff. Two more students proceeded to ask questions, the second of which followed a similar vein as the first question.

“Why are we here justifying Palestinian violence and zero things about Israeli violence? ” the third audience member asked.

“On the division of the Palestinians I will never, ever accuse Israel,” Eid responded. “If Israel wanted to keep us divided, what is the good to them?....

When will we, the Palestinians, start taking responsibility for what is going on to ourselves?” he said.

After this statement, the two students, along with others, began to further challenge Eid. They shouted back at the speaker and Eid and the audience members began arguing over one another once again.

When Eid began to respond, an audience member began to shout out at him, questioning his position as a Palestinian and a human rights activist.

“Do not speak on behalf of the Palestinians again!” he yelled.

UCPD officers, who had been at I-House since the start of Eid’s speech, eventually intervened, removing the two other audience members from the building and officially ending the event.

Eid was also quickly removed from the I-House Assembly Hall by UCPD officers. According to a statement on Eid’s Facebook page, the questioner from Gaza threatened him. Second-year Adam Biesman, who attended the event, said that students who were sitting near the two men asking the questions heard the questioners mutter offensive, aggressive words and expletives before approaching the microphone.

Third-year Maurice Farber, president of the Israel Engagement Association, which describes itself as a “platform for pro-Israeli activism on campus,” said he also heard threats.

Farber was sitting in close proximity to the questioners when he heard the students threaten to kill Eid if he did not stop speaking. “[Eid] never answered the inappropriate questions and attempted to speak calmly and without inciting more aggressive behavior,” Farber said. “But the guy who asked the original question maintained an increasingly high level of aggression. The aggressive individual kept shouting and maintained his distance from the UCPD officers, running around to the other side of the column of seats and refusing to be kicked out.” Biesman corroborated this part of Farber’s account.

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rael all of their faults. The Palestinian student disagreed with me because, in his eyes, I didn’t show my own nationalistic faith during my lecture simply because I refused to put the blame on Israel.” Eid believes that the students came the event to spread their own message and ultimately shut the event down as quickly as possible.

Early Friday morning, Mr. Eid released a video of the lecture on YouTube, referring to the individuals who asked him questions as “Gangsters of the BDS” in the name of the video.

Johnston responded to the name of the video: “Mr. Eid’s mischaracterization of the students in the title of his video, labeling them ‘gangsters,’ is incredibly misleading and unfortunate.”

Johnston also stated that Eid had supported dialogue as a solution to the conflicts facing Gaza. This, he believes, is an ironic contradiction of Eid’s actions at the event and on YouTube.

Eid believes that the internal policy of the University is at fault for the events that transpired. “The University should be more aware, because these people are the coming terrorists. The University must impose greater control on these kinds of events.”

“It is clear that this is a very emotionally charged issue,” Johnston said.

“We must realize that there needs to be a broader dialogue on campus between the Jewish community, the pro-Israel and pro-Palestine communities, and really between all individuals invested in this issue.”

“Collaboration with [the] industry is an important part of collaborative problem formulation” Continued from page 2

He expects students to constitute the main connection between the University and the industry through research positions at the University during the academic year and internships at companies over the summer.

“Primarily it’s graduate students… [that are] in the research programs and doing internships at these companies, but there is an interest in involving undergraduates in these projects. So there will also be opportunities for undergraduates…and we would like to have undergraduates to be involved,” Chien said.

When asked how CERES could impact undergraduate students, Shan Lu, a professor of computer science and CERES faculty member, pointed to pos-

itive career prospects.

“More research [opportunities]; more opportunity to interact with industry; potential internship and other career opportunities,” Lu said in an email.

The center also anticipates collaborating with various other University departments.

“We already have some faculty from biological and life sciences. So the center is definitely focused on what you would call computer science and computer sciences, but data science is something that touches on this in an important way and many of us have collaborations that could touch on law and policy and even media research to all kinds of things across the university,” Chien said.

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“Although we do not support disruptive or threatening behavior, we also do not support the silencing of divergent opinions,” the J-Street board said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.

Third-year Zach Taylor, a member of SJP UChicago, said that the speaker’s refusal to answer the Palestinian student’s question indicates that some perspectives are valued more than others.

Taylor also noted that no Palestinian, Arab, or pro-Palestine student or RSO was consulted in the organizing of the event. “It’s just so obvious how artificial and disingenuous the event was,” he said.

Johnston said that the Q&A period was hostile and antagonistic from the start. “Mr. Eid’s speech was basically him lecturing and yelling at students about his positions. His speech was incredibly disorganized and did not really have a clear message other than being against [the BDS] and placing the blame for Palestinian suffering on the Palestinians themselves.”

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A New Form of Political Discourse Axelrod Ignores the Fact that Protesting is a Form of Free Speech

BY STEPHANIE GREENE AND ELIZABETH ADETIBA MAROON CONTRIBUTORS

Last Thursday the Director of the Institute of Politics (IOP), David Axelrod, penned a letter to the editor in response to the Black Lives Matter protesters who organized a collective interruption of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Axelrod argued in favor of giving all IOP speakers the

opportunity to respond to “probing questions;” while we agree that democracy thrives on debate, his response is mired in a view that privileges traditional modes of political discourse which are largely inaccessible to marginalized communities, thus leaving them silenced.

We must first recognize that protesting, by its very nature, is a political act. Direct action has long been used as a tool by black activists due to the fact that it was, and

in many ways still is, the only outlet available for them to challenge the political status quo. Chastising protesters for engaging in a political act at the Institute of Politics seems oxymoronic. While Axelrod is correct in stating that everyone has the opportunity to “vote with their feet” and boycott events featuring speakers that represent ideologies and actions they view as reprehensible, we would like him to recall the fact that activists

in the Civil Rights Movement not only utilized boycotts to get their message across but also engaged in numerous acts of civil disobedience.

Shutting down a publicly elected official who attempted to use her political power to deny justice for a victim of police brutality is akin to staging sit-ins at lunch counters to bring down oppressive Jim Crow segregation. One is not worthier of respect than the other.

But what we find most inspir-

ing about the protest at the IOP is that it exemplifies the ways in which young black people are re-imagining democracy. They are living out a world in which they are louder than the politician who was complicit in one of the grossest injustices Chicago has seen in years. They are re-imagining a democracy in which protest is more than nominally valued. Axelrod has yet to realize that, through Continued on page 6

Whatever Happened to the Life of the Mind?

The Protesters’ Actions at the Anita Alvarez Event Contradict UChicago’s Values

BY ANERI AMIN MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

What does it mean to live the “Life of the Mind,” a phrase that has become UChicago’s unofficial motto? I believe that it means being surrounded in an environment of constant rigorous inquiry and reflection. The Life of the Mind should transcend classroom learning; throughout my four years at the University, the Institute of Politics (IOP) has provided me this type of environment outside the classroom.

Substantive panels on a variety of topics including military intervention in the Middle East to the role of new media in our society, as well as impactful events with speakers such as Mitt Romney, Madeline Albright, Ta-Nahesi Coates, and Elena Kagan, are among the events organized by the IOP that have broadened my global perspective. Each of these events led me to question my prior conceptions and have augmented my understanding on a variety of issues. This, to me, is the “Life of the Mind.”

However, actions that disrupt this pursuit of learning deny the very maxim that we all seek to embody here at the University of Chicago. The protesters who shut down the Anita Alvarez event repudiate the ideals we all seek. Alvarez was brought in as the final chapter of a three-part series in which the three candidates running for Cook County’s State’s Attorney discussed their candidacy and the impact of this position on the Chicago community. She unfor-

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Denied Access Once Again Anita Alvarez Refuses to Engage Black Youth in Public Settings.

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It wasn’t too long ago when young black Chicago-native youth were denied entry to

what was supposed to be an open discussion between Anita Alvarez and the public after the release of the video of the L aqua n McD ona ld mu rder, which was yet another modern

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The McDonald case sat on her desk for over 400 days before Chicago officials were ordered to release the video lynching due to a Freedom of Information Act request, and Alvarez began faulty methods of atonement, like meeting with church heads and community leaders to “calm” the black public. Al-

varez, who has had a major hand in contributing to the over-policing, over-criminalizing, and abusive state violence that oppresses black people in Chicago, has been criminal in deliberately using inappropriate charges to protect violent officers like Detective Dante Servin, who murdered Rekia Boyd in 2012 and continues to walk on Chicago’s streets. Her

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policies also have sustained a system that forces non-violent offenders to sit in jail for months and even years simply because they cannot afford bail and thousands of black people to be tortured in efforts to force guilty pleas at Homan Square. Yet, she has remained unapologetic about her refusal to step down and further has the audacity, affirmed by other institutions of power like the mayor’s office, to run for State’s Attorney again.

I was appalled when I received an email from the Institute of Politics (IOP) asking if I’d like to come to “A Discussion with Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez.” Before, as a working class young black woman from Roseland, I was deemed unworthy of her words and time; I and others from the Black Youth Project (BYP100) stood outside Alvarez’s office in which she was supposed to hold a public meeting, but her staff merely laughed at us and posted pictures of us on social media. But as a student at the University of Chicago, I now had the opportunity to criticize her, if I felt moved to—so I alerted my comrades that we needed to show up and be heard.

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To Hack or Not to Hack?

Giving the Government Access to Our Private Information Doesn’t Actually Make Us Safer

Natalie Denby

Ink by the Barrel A few weeks ago, I found myself eavesdropping on an argument about surveillance (and yes, that was intentional). Two students were arguing about Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent letter, which assured customers that Apple would fight the FBI’s efforts to hack San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s iPhone.

Both sides of the debate sounded familiar– –one student argued that privacy rights always trump the government’s desire to surveil its citizens, while the other student said that advocating for robust privacy protection is opting for terror. The idea that privacy has to be sacrificed to stop terrorism is something we’ve heard a million times before. Although it seemed wrong to me, it’s an appealing argument.

It’s fairly easy to find yourself dismissing worries about government surveillance as wildly overblown. The NSA’s bulk metadata collection was ended under the USA Freedom Act. Phone companies now store metadata, not the government. It includes information about messages, not the content of messages; the gov-

ernment doesn’t have free reign to pore over your texts. And, as proponents of surveillance are quick to point out, if you’ve got nothing to hide, why worry?

Other alleged privacy violations, like encryption backdoors, appear even more innocuous; the only people affected by such a measure are already targets of criminal investigations. Why would you care if the FBI could hack into a criminal’s phone, unless you’re planning to commit a crime yourself? It would seem that only two kinds of people are opposed to surveillance: paranoid individuals and criminals.

And who wants to be accused of belonging to either group?

If that wasn’t enough, there’s always the argument that surveillance is integral to security––former NSA director General Keith Alexander claimed in 2013 that the government had thwarted 54 terror attacks using its cyber surveillance programs.

And with 9/11 still looming in the not-so-distant past, wanting to err on the side of caution when it comes to fighting terrorism is understandable.

The case for surveillance has been somewhat successful.

Congress continues to consider legislation requiring encryption backdoors. According to a Pew Research Center poll, the American public is deeply divided over security measures; in May 2015, 54 percent of Americans disapproved of surveillance programs, while nearly half believed that antiterrorism policies (at the time, this included the Patriot Act) weren’t enough protection.

But the choice between privacy and safety is ultimately a false one. There’s no evidence that sacrificing privacy will actually make you safer. Take the claim that the NSA’s surveillance has stopped 54 terrorist attacks. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2013, Alexander admitted that of the 54 alleged terrorist attacks, not all were actually plots (some simply involved charging individuals who had provided support to terrorist organizations). And the list of actual plots remains classified, leaving not enough information to determine what role expanded surveillance powers played in preventing them. More damning still is an analysis from New America, a nonpartisan think tank, which analyzed the cases of 225 individuals charged

“...[don’t] call us ‘intolerant’ when we are forced to tolerate [Alvarez’s] violence but are not afforded the chance to criticize the horror we face” And it shouldn’t function that Continued from page 5 During the last few min- way, but indeed it does. And utes of the protest, which un- you are right, that is what fortunately I was unable to at- happened Wednesday when tend, organizers from BYP100, your guest speaker decided Fearless Leading by the Youth not to engage her actual con( F.L .Y.) Black Lives Matter stituents, the people who she Chicago, Let Us Breathe Col- is supposed to serve— unlike lective, Assata’s Daughters and University of Chicago students Project Nia collectively shouted and affiliates, many of whom “Anita Alvarez cannot hide from are not affected by her heinous the people, this institution can- rulings, are not even from the not protect her from the people.” city and are not black or brown.

In what so-called “democracy” Alvarez was the only one who would a group of citizens have failed to “engage in open disto tell a public servant that she course” on Wednesday— she “cannot hide” from the people? showed that when she decided In what justice system would not to address my friends and an attorney charge a black instead left. Why didn’t we hold trans victim of sexual violence her accountable as a guest on with murder for attempting to our campus to adhere to the protect herself ? It is a system “culture of rigorous inquiry and where people are not being informed argument” which we served but where they are in- value so much?

How dare you move your stead being dehumanized and criminalized. This injustice is pen to call my friends loud and being brushed under the rug profane because they do not simply because of the assump- have the same white mouth as tion that this proud Hispan- you? How dare you infer that ic-American patriot cannot be the UChicago-dominated audience deserved more of an opanti-black.

David Axelrod: you asked in portunity to address her than your letter to the Editor to T HE they did when the event was M A ROON last week if I “believe supposedly open to the public? in a society in which people How dare you call us “intolersimply shut down and silence ant” when we are forced to tolthose with whom they disagree? erate her violence but are not Can our democracy function afforded the chance to criticize that way?” No, of course I don’t. the horror we face? As black

with terror-related crimes and found that bulk collection of metadata started only 1.8 percent of the investigations and contributed little to the remainder. Our privacy rights are too important to be sacrificed based on the unverifiable claim that it will make us safer.

But the inefficiency of bulk metadata collection has done little to stop calls for the renewal of bulk collection, especially in the wake of the San Bernardino shootings and the Paris attacks.

Proposals calling for encryption backdoors have also gained traction, even though the legal justification used to create these backdoors is tenuous, and the threat posed to data security is significant.

The order forcing Apple to access Syed Farook’s phone was justified with the All Writs Act– –a statute written in 1789 that allows orders to be issued when there are no applicable laws. The statute requires that the order isn’t unreasonably burdensome.

As Tim Cook rightly pointed out in his open letter, forcing a company to build a backdoor is unreasonably burdensome, even if the government intends to access only one device. Should such a backdoor fall into the wrong hands, it could have devastating implications for all the owners of

Natalie Denby is a first-year in the College majoring in public policy.

“Chastising protesters for engaging in a political act at the Institute of Politics seems oxymoronic”

Continued from page 5 protest, black people are able to force seemingly rigid and unjust institutions to bend. It is a shame that his response implies that these activists should have opted to stay silent, as this much-needed conversation would not have been able to take place on this campus without their protests in the first place.

Some may read this statement and question our understanding of both the importance and the rarity of an opportunity to be able to question (or in some cases grill) politicians who appear to have violated the public trust.

That is not the case.

Rather, the more important question should be why, when confronted by a non-violent, impassioned group of young people, a seasoned politician would choose to run out of the building instead of engage with them? Axelrod was right to state that intolerance threatens public discourse, but cowardice threatens public accountability even more. To characterize Cosette Hampton is a third- the protestors as “loud and profane” year in the College majoring in while commending Alvarez for thepublic policy with a minor in oretically being prepared to answer human rights. ‘tough’ questions causes us to wonder if Axelrod has any legitimate interest in understanding their motivation in shutting down the event. Axelrod’s response inadvertently indicates that this institution only recognizes young black people

youth, we know that anyone in the position of State’s Attorney will wield great power over our lives in some way and will be involved in a highly punitive system devoid of restorative justice, so we do not endorse or support any candidate. We simply know that this position cannot be held by the criminal Anita Alvarez any longer.

So thank you for inviting her so that, at the very least, we could interrupt what UChicago culture has deemed as “normal” and so that we could be heard.

You should be grateful and glad that those folks came to engage with her. Maybe, you should instead direct your next letter of disgust to your speaker—who chose to ignore the people she is supposed to be serving—and then apologize for using the University of Chicago as an institution of power to protect her from having to engage in open discourse and criticism.

the product in question, defeating the purpose of developing encrypted technologies in the fi rst place. Backdoors also have one glaring problem when it comes to terror prevention: any techsavvy terrorist could purchase a non-American product and skirt the threat of backdoors altogether. Backdoors would imperil cyber-security, threaten the competitiveness of American companies, and leave the American public no safer.

Getting rid of bulk metadata collection was a great fi rst step for privacy rights. The fact that Congress has yet to pass legislation weakening encryption is something to celebrate. But when politicians like Jeb Bush declare their support for bulk metadata collection, they reveal an enduring ignorance of what expanded government surveillance will lead to. Increasing surveillance powers hasn’t, and won’t, improve public safety.

What expanded surveillance will do is undermine the privacy and freedom of the American people, while granting extraordinary powers to institutions with insufficient oversight and accountability.

when we adhere to the bourgeois standards of decorum that often leave our questions and concerns unaddressed.

As black student leaders with strong ties to our communities, we cannot in good conscience allow Axelrod to capitalize on the actions Black Lives Matter has carried out to place racial injustice at the top of the political agenda for the sake of enriching the IOP’s programming, while belittling them in the same breath.

Unlike the two of us, many of these activists and organizers are not protected by the shroud of respectability that comes with being a University of Chicago student— they are more likely to be affected

by State’s Attorney Alvarez’s draconian approach to criminal justice.

And still, they organize, they protest, and they seize upon any and every way to hold her accountable.

We task the IOP to uphold its mission of “igniting in young people a passion for politics” not by denigrating the protesters’ non-traditional approaches to effecting political change, but by engaging with them instead.

Elizabeth Adetiba is a thirdyear in the College majoring in political science.

Stephanie Greene is a thirdyear year in the College majoring in English.

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“...effective protesting should use discourse as a tool to hold speakers accountable [not]chase speakers away.”

Continued from page 5 tunately was forced to leave when the protesters filled the room with their angry chants. In inviting her and the other candidates, the IOP gave students and community members an incredibly unique opportunity to hear firsthand from these candidates in an intimate setting, so it was extremely upsetting that those who had attended the two prior discussions were unable to make a fully developed decision about the race, not having heard from Alvarez, the incumbent State’s Attorney.

Having worked on the IOP’s Speaker Series as an intern, and now through my current position as the Senior Chair of the IOP’s Student Advisory Board, I understand our mission and the objectives of our programming. The IOP staff

strives to bring individuals to campus who will expose us to a variety of issues relating to politics and policy, supplement our classroom learning, and stimulate intellectual discourse. While this is the goal of the IOP, the role of the students is to ensure these conversations continue even when the event is over by bringing our perspectives to the community at large, engaging with the speaker through asking important and challenging questions, and using our intellect to scrutinize their arguments.

As intelligent students, we have the ability to use our judgment to make decisions on the merit of individuals and their viewpoints, and the 30 minutes for questions and answers that the IOP ensures at the end of each event gives each attendee the ability to pose the questions most

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It is critical to understand that learning can happen even from those we disagree with, and often especially from those we disagree with. Actively questioning arguments and perspectives is an integral part of the “Life of the Mind.”

Thus, effective protesting should use discourse as a tool to hold speakers accountable, rather than relying on intolerance and censorship to chase speakers away. I hope that the IOP can continue to be a forum on our campus that allows for rigorous inquiry on salient issues that face our generation and world today.

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ARTS Philip Glass (A.B.’56) at UChicago: A Residency in Three Parts

BY HANNAH EDGAR ARTS EDITOR

T her e ’s a p opu l a r joke amongst musicians, cracked during slow moments in rehearsal and paired with a good dig at the violas (or four).

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Philip Glass.

Talk about a groaner.

Yet the punchline speaks to the indelible mark Philip Glass (A.B. ’56) and his repetitive, hypnotic music have left on the collective consciousness. Less than forty years ago, Glass’s works were jeered at the T heatre des Cha mpsElysées, the same venue in which Stravinsky’s Rite

of Spring was rioted into submission. Today, there is little in music as instantly recognizable as Glass’s scores, which have graced everything from fi lm to stage to television commercials.

Whether beguiled or bewildered by Glass’s work, one thing is incontestable: He is one of the artistic giants of our generation and one of the University’s most famous alumni.

In a press conference last Thursday, Glass asserted that his “most formative years” were spent at the University of Chicago, whose early entrance program offered him a ticket out of Baltimore when he was only 15. Now 79, Glass returned to campus last week for a three-day residency as a Presidential Arts Fellow—his first

such residency at his alma mater.

T he r e sidenc y b e gan Wednesday with a screen i ng of d i rect or Paul Schrader’s kaleidoscopic Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), set to Glass’s scintillating, canvas-like score. The screening was followed by a discussion with Associate Professor of Music Berthold Hoeckner, during which Glass shed insight into his creative process and preparation for biographical projects like Mishima (spoiler: lots of reading).

Events continued on Thursday, beginning with a private masterclass for composition students and ending with a public conversation between Glass and Professor of Composition Augusta Read Thom-

as. The conversation was at turns intriguing (“With every new style of music, there’s a new performance practice that goes with it—if not, then it’s not new music”) and amusing (following an excerpt of Music in Fifths: “That goes on for about 20 minutes”).

The residency culminated in a sprawling performance of Glass’s complete piano études at Mandel Hall on Friday. Glass himself was joined by four other pianists: A aron Diehl, Lisa Kaplan, Maki Namekawa, and Timo Andres. The performances were committed and the performers idiosyncratic; Diehl’s jazziness, Kaplan’s vigor, Namekawa’s emotional breadth, and Andres’s vibrancy refracted the 20 études into distinct new hues.

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Philip Glass performs to a sold-out Mandel Hall, the same venue he frequented while a student at the University.

During Wednesday’s post-screening discussion, Glass asserted that a work alone cannot create art, but an individual’s interaction with the work can.

As Glass’s co-performers

nudged him forward to take his final bow at Mandel—the sheer volume of applause drowned out only by the music still lodged in our ears—his words had never seemed so salient.

Uncommon Interview: Composer Philip Glass on His Music, Alma Mater On the second day of his residency, Philip Glass generously sat down with second-years Hannah Edgar (M AROON Arts Editor) and Daphne Maeglin (WHPK, UChicago Music Department) in the Logan Center. The following is an edited transcript of their conversati on.

Hannah Edgar: It’s 2016, 60 years since you graduated from the University of Chicago.

You graduated in 1956— Philip Glass: Oh my G o d , I d id…

Is that possible?

H E : I don’t k now, you tell me! [Laughter] What’s it like being back?

PG: Well, I can see my dormitory—[points out the window at Burton-Judson Courts] — and that was the library, Harper, right over there. So

[the University’s] gotten a lot bigger, but I’ve also kept in touch; I’ve been back through a few times.

My impression is that there’s a special spirit to the University of Chicago, and there are so many great people coming out of it. There seems to be a real connection with the past and the present here, so it feels like the same place to me. […] But I think what’s impressive is the reputation and the presence of the University in American life, in general—it’s still very strong, very present, and that has not diminished at all. This was always a very powerful place to be.

D aph ne M ae g l i n : You talk in your memoir about how you always knew you wanted t o be a musicia n,

even as a student here.

PG: Well, that developed while I was here. I was studying music at Harper Library, because there wasn’t any music school here. This building [the Logan Center] wasn’t here. There was a little building—it was just a house —that one teacher, Grosvenor Cooper, lived in. He was the only music teacher at the University at the time.

So I had to leave to study music. I could’ve gone to the Near North Side to study, [where] ther e were pl ac es t o study. But if I left the South Side, I thought I might as well go to New York. But I’m from Baltimore, not from here.

It’s hard for people to leave Chicago. Sometimes they just don’t do it. But

if you’re not from Chicago —I was here four or five years—I could tear myself away. My roots finally [took hold] in New York, which for a musician is a very good place to be. But Chicago is too.

DM: In what ways wa s C h i c a g o a g o o d br idge between Ba ltimore a nd New York?

PG: Well, the place I’m playing, Mandel Hall, was where we [students] heard concert music. From Big Bill Broonzy to the Budapest Quartet, everyone came through there.

But then in the neighborhood, here in Cottage Grove, I heard Billie Holiday, and down on 55th Street, maybe, was the Beehive, where I heard Bud Powell. It was not connected to the school, but the school was em-

bedded in this area where there was music going on.

There was also music downtown in the Loop.

Fritz Reiner was the conductor of the Chicago Symphony—fantastic conductor. Now, if you remember, I was there in 1952, ’53, and he was playing pieces that Bartók wrote right before he died. I mean, they were new pieces, and he knew them because he knew Bartók. The orchestra played great, but I think the audiences were not totally prepared for it.

HE: Speaking of unprepared audiences, you, too, received a lot of pushback against your music early in your career. Do you feel like that was the result of some sort of “musical establishment?”

PG: I didn’t think of it that way. When I want-

ed to go to music school, I decided to go to what I thought was the best school in America, so I went to Juilliard. But I had no idea how to get into the school. In fact, for the first year there, I wasn’t even a matriculated student; I could take courses, but I didn’t pass the entrance exam for a year. When I left there, my music began to change very radically.

But I didn’t think of it as a musical establishment—I had a different thought. I was very interested in independence, and not being part of somebody else’s imagination. The opinions that came from academics, and even from my own music school—I had no trouble ignoring them. In fact, I Continued on Page 9

Memories Find Home Through Creative Writing, Performance

BY ALDEN HERRERA MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Last T hursday evening, the Smart Museum’s bright red and white walls showcased more than just postwar existentialism. Visitors also indulged in painting activities, live performances, and chocolate fondue as Memoryhouse Magazine celebrated the release of its Winter 2016 issue.

Memoryhouse has been publishing three issues

annually since January 2012. It runs by calendar year, making this issue the fi rst of its fourth volume.

According to senior print editor Isabelle Lim, Memoryhouse focuses on printing personal narratives, mostly prose. However, the magazine also features poetry, comics, photos, and experimental art.

When I asked what differentiates Memoryhouse from other campus literary publications, Lim explained, “our editors work

with our writers a lot, and there’s a lot of back and forth. We want quality stories and quality narratives… but even if I’m not a professional writer, I can submit. My story is worth telling as well.”

“In some ways, every piece of creative writing is kind of creative nonfiction and tells you something about the writer, but to really take all of the pretense away and get to the heart of the story can be really pow-

erful,” Editor-in-Chief B l a i z e G er v a i s s a id .

Gervais has observed a few changes since she joined Memoryhouse, especially concerning contributors. Memoryhouse is not, in fact, specific to the University of Chicago.

Now, the publication welcomes submissions from all around the world, including Ukraine, South Africa, and China. Since she graduates this spring, Gervais looks forward to passing on the baton to

Lim for the 2017 volume.

A fter a larger au dience had trickled into the Smart, Gervais spoke brief ly about the publication. She informed us that we would be given a tour of the Monster Roster exhibit, which features existentialist art in postwar Chicago. During the tour, three members of Momento, Memoryhouse’s performance ensemble, delivered spoken word that complemented pieces in the gallery. Themes

ranged from war to the Greek myth of the Sphinx.

As the three performers spoke, they amplified the launch of their publication ten fold. More than just a launch party, Thursday’s event was a palpable celebration of personal nar rative.

To submit your own work to Memoryhouse, visit chica gomemoryhouse.wordpress.com. The publication is currently accepting submissions until midnight, March 11.

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“The University . . . was always a powerful place to be.”

Continued from Page 8

like the fact that I was rejected, because it meant that I was left alone. I was working downtown, I started an ensemble, I made a life with off-Broadway theater people downtown…I didn’t belong to any musical establishment at all. In fact, I was 72 when I was offered my f irst teaching job!

[Laughs] And I thought, y’know, it’s a little late.

And I discovered another interesting thing.

The music establishment was like everything else: T he people who were very hostile and threatened by the music, basically they died. Actually, what happens is that no one changes their mind; they just die! Then finally, the people that

are teaching there—oh, t hey ’r e 3 0 a nd 4 0 — they’re younger than me!

I even find it still a little surprising because I’m kind of used to not being in the schools. But this [residency] is different because I ’m an alumnus and have a special place here, I think.

DM: T his T uesday, the Chicago T ribune wrote that you’ve “ bridged the worlds of high and low culture in ways few composers of any era have achieved.”

Do you believe there’s a d isti nction between high art and low art?

PG: Well, of course [not]. I have to believe that. I ’ve done ever yt h i n g i n mu s ic — I ’ve done commercials, I’ve written film scores. I’m

doing a benefit concert on Monday for the Tibet House in New York, and Gogol Bordello and Iggy Pop are on the program.

I’m the organizer of the concert; I invited them!

I enjoy being a fellow traveler in other people’s worlds, and I’ve learned a lot f r om that , t o o.

I did two symphonies with David Bowie and Brian Eno; people say, “why’d you do that? ” but composers always did that!

Musicians often would take folk music and put it into their symphonies.

So, what’s the difference?

I’d say, “well, I picked those guys because they were the most talented guys that were around.”

W hy wouldn’t I do it?

HE: You mentioned during last night’s screen-

Cap And Gown (1953), Special Collections Research Center

15-year-old Philip Glass (top row, far left) in a Coulter House yearbook photo, circa 1952.

Philip Glass

19-year-old Glass’s 1956 student ID. He would graduate later that year.

ing that you’re working on incidental music for The Crucible. And next year, you turn 80. What’s next?

PG: Well, I’ve got a new piece I’m doing with James Turrell, an artist who works with light, and the dancer Lucinda Childs. I ’m doing another piece with Brian Greene, a string theory physicist, who’s written a story called Icarus on the Edge of Time, and I did the fi rst part of it about three years ago. That’ll open in November. Then I have a new symphony— which I may have started already, I’m not sure — that’s for my 80th birthday, which is January 31.

The nice thing about musicians is that we’re very active. I still like to

play the piano, and Ravi Shankar was I think 93 and still playing. I heard h im play i ng when he was 91. People can hang around for a long time.

I also like to keep writing. I like writing, and my musical thinking is still evolving. It’s either e volv ing or devolving; it depends on who you ask! [Laughs] It’s definitely changing.

DM: When you were young, the older generation wasn’t accepting of your more tonal music. Do you think to day’s music is breaking ground in a similar way?

PG: This is a very rich time for new music, and I’ll tell you why. In the ’50s and ’60s, during the MacArthur years, we

had Allen Ginsberg and free jazz and all kinds of things. What I’ve noticed is that when this country [has] terrible problems, the arts go nuts. They go great! And the same thing is happening now.

[Even though] it looks like the country’s going to the dogs, at the same time, there’s almost a renaissance of new music, theater, and dance which is beautiful. We almost haven’t had a period like that in 40 years or so, and it’s happening right now. [. . .]

There are more radical changes happening right around us, and I fi nd that I love to listen to this music because it’s music I never would have thought of. A nd what could be better than that?

Renaissance Society Exhibit Trumpets Works by Wächtler

BY MAY HUANG

horrible,” Wächtler said. analysis. When talking Similarly, while he about the title of the exARTS STAFF says that the “laundry hibition, Wächtler brings line is a holistic sym- up the idea of “expression Many students have bol of a good day out- and non-expression.” He seen it on the grass just side,” the storm behind notes that people can outside Gates-Blake and it gives the scene a sense “make things complicatposted a picture of it on of impending doom. Even ed” by being so “deeply their Snapchat stories: a the “monol ith ic bu i ld- involved in hiding the short, bronze otter holdings”— sculptures that meaning behind the arting a baseball bat bedo not depict outward work.” Speaking about tween its paws, wearing a disaster — carry conno- his own art, he says that cap and a contented look. tations of “social crises he tries to “make it very Those who are curious a nd s o c i a l c on f l ic t s .” simple although it isn’t, about its origins need only Yet perhaps Wächt- somehow,” even though visit the fourth f loor of ler would belabor this he uses simple objects Cobb, where the Renaissuch as apartment blocks sance Society is featuring a nd the lau nd r y l i ne. the German artist Peter Secrets of a Trumpet Wächtler’s latest exhibisuggests myster y, but tion, Secrets of a Trumpet. so much in the exhibiThe otter was sculpted tion conveys openness. before Wächtler created Despite the various elethe pieces for the exhibiments Wächtler portrays tion, most of which were in his exhibition—poetc omplet ed du r i ng h is ry and sculptures, husix-week stay in Chicago. mans and animals, exHalf of its central launposed areas and confined dry line, however, was space —they ultimately painted back in Brussels. come together in a sim“The motif of the launple and cohesive way that dry line came a little c onveys c omplet eness. bit from the past,” says Secrets of a Trumpet Wächtler, who wanted runs through April 3 and to paint something that is supported by the Instiwould “animate the space” tut für Auslandsbeziehuof the exhibition. Indeed, May Huang | The Chicago Maroon ngen and the National the ex h ibition’s quad- Viewers encounter Wächtler’s central clothesline immediately upon entering the Renaissance Society.

Endowment for the Arts. rangular arrangement, which is reinforced by the rectangular positioning of the bronze apartment block sculptures at its center, contrasts sharply with the various clothing items billowing in the wind on the laundry line.

The natural landscape behind the line, which spans four large watercolors, gives the exhibition a vast sense of space that the buildings oppose.

Wächtler says that he painted the watercolors

while “playing with the s chedu le -packed d ays , idea of cinematic shots.” this editing distracts us This idea of incorporat- f rom u rgently getting ing film scenes into his in touch with our lives.

We see such a dark a r t is a lso echoed by the “storyboard sketch- side in Wächtler’s other es” of Teddy Boys that he work, too. Wächtler likes paints on the four boxes using animals because at the front of the exhi- they are accessible and bition. T he f ig ures on can evoke empathy: A the boxes, he says, “[try] bronze relief at the start to add a little of glamor of the exhibition shows a and class to their working cat sitting on the fence, class lives, [almost living] with a boot and can bea life that is edited”—as ing thrown at it. “If you if in a movie. Like our ta ke it ser iously, it ’s

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THE CHICAGO MAROON - FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Robert Eggers Makes Wicked Good Directorial Debut

BY WALKER KING MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Hor ror f ilms often ex ploit some sub c onscious, societal fear, like the way zombies are said to embody our anxiety about over-population.

The Witch, American director Robert Eggers’s ambitious debut feature that garnered awards at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, returns to a looming unknown, one older than human history: the wilderness.

This is where the the family at the center of The Witch lives: Banished from their colonial New England village for some unspecified heresy, they set up a farm in a clearing surrounded on all sides by the woods. Their gravel-voiced patriarch promises, “We will conquer this wilderness,” but things start to go wrong immediately. The family’s infant

is spirited into the forest by a red-cloaked figure, crops fail, and children act strangely. Suspicions that members of the family have dealt with the Devil drive wedges between them.

Eldest daughter Thomasin emerges as a protagonist, trying to maintain sanity even as her blossoming sexuality stokes her parents’ distrust.

There’s a refreshing simplicity to the movie’s embrace of the fantastic: witches want unbaptized babies, Satan wants your soul…and that’s about it.

But this isn’t to say the movie is dumb. Eggers trades in heady concepts about the relationship between the individual and the collective, the collective and the wilderness, and sex and society.

Thomasin’s story in pa r ticu la r tu r ns T h e Witch into a striking commentary about gender politics. The movie’s witch-

es aren’t only witches; they’re women who live as outsiders for their “deviant” (read: unsubmissive) sexuality. For a strongwilled woman in a Puritan society, witchcraft looks like the better option.

The tension between simple t ex t a nd r ich subtext is mediated by Eggers’s capable directorial talent. Using only natural light, Eggers makes interior scenes look as menacing and unearthly as Goya’s black paintings, and he directs the tensest exorcism scene since, well, The Exorcist. There aren’t too many big scare moments in The Witch, but there’s plenty of atmosphere — Eggers has discovered the uncanny results of children talking in elaborate, Elizabethan English and uses it to great effect. Taken all together, The Witch is a careful and creepy look into the heart of America’s fundamental anxieties.

Spring 2016 Course in the Big Problems Capstone Curriculum for juniors and seniors

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In a time of great human mobility and weakening state frontiers, epidemic disease is able to travel fast and far, mutate is response to treatment, and defy the institutions invented to keep it under control. Public health services in many countries find themselves at a loss in dealing with these outbreaks of disease, a deficiancy to which NGOs emerge as a reponse. Through a series of readings in anthropology, sociology, ethics, medicine, and political science, we seek an understanding of this crisis, and sketch out options.

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Teenage heroine Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy) stands before her cowering family.

In Conversation with Director Robert Eggers Chicago M A ROON: D id you h ave a pa r t ic u l a r hor r or t ouchst one you d r ew f r om in making T he Witch?

R ob er t E g ger s : I tried really hard, when constructing the story, to really stick to the source material, fairy and folk tales, and the historical accounts of witchcraft as much as possible. But, sor t of emba r rassi ngly, the film reeks of The Shining—though I don’t think it would be as successful if it didn’t. It’s one of the few horror movies that I really love. In my early-mid 20s I spent a lot of time watching it and dissecting it and figuring out what makes it tick, so it was bound to show up.

CM: Yo u have twins in there…

RE: Well that’s just r a ndom . I h ave t w i n br others sig n i f ica ntly younger than me who creeped me out as a child.

I had nightmares that I accidentally killed them a nd a l l th is stu f f, so that’s why there’s twins [in the movie]. But that’s just surface stuff. [It’s] a kind of cabin fever story, sure. But I think that’s what I was looking for in The Shining, trying to discover what was so effective—that sustained feeling of dread. I think Kubrick, in his genius, was clever because he dispenses with any visual horror atmosphere.

He’s taking advantage of what is clunky and artificial about cinema to make something especially strange, which is definitely something I wanted to do with my f i lm. But , y ’ k now, do a slow dolly in on anything and people say you h ave g o o d t e ch n ique.

C M : You t a l ked a little bit [at the screeni n g ] ab out m a k i n g a feminist f ilm. Did you feel any particular pressu r e or awk wa rd ness being a man and maki n g a fem i n i s t f i l m?

R E : Wel l, no. O ne thing is you gotta play all the characters when you’re w r iti ng. A nd I think “teenage girl” is probably a larger part of my personality than I ’d like. I didn’t want to make the film with an agenda. I was simply try ing to tell this story about this family the way they might have believed it to be realistically manifested.

However, feminism just rises to the top; there’s absolutely no ignoring it. Any other reading you want to give, I think you can pick and choose — but the feminist thing, I think you can’t ignore it.

CM: As a casual observer of the movie industry, there seems to be a kind of indie horror, art horror wave. Do you think that’s a real thing and, if so, are you a part of it?

RE: Yeah, I’m happy to be a part of that.

There’s this idea, “make a genre movie, make a horror movie as your first movie because even if it sucks you can sell it,” and there’s some truth in that.

But I was thinking, how do I make a genre film that’s personal? If I can do that, it might actually not be shitty. I think that that’s what these other filmmakers were doing, as well. I think that’s why we’re getting these people saying, “Man, the market’s so tough. It’s not like the ’70s where The Godfather is a Hollywood movie, Serpico is a Hollywood movie. I gotta do this, I gotta do genre, and how do I make it good?”

CM: Is there a particular scene or moment that you’re proudest of ?

R E : Ye a h , t her e ’s a scene where William wakes up—that’s a oner, and is just great. T he problem is there’s a big shock in the scene before so no one ever sees it, but it’s my favorite moment in the film. Just in general, the two things that I am proud of: the performances overall, and—this is kind of a lame thing to be proud of—the production value, [given] how meager our budget was.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON - FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Smith and Co. Fall to NYU, Out-shoot Brandeis MEN’S BASKETBALL

BY MICHAEL PERRY SPORTS STAFF

The Maroons experienced mixed results on the road this weekend, falling to NYU on Friday night but bouncing back with a decisive win against Brandeis University on Sunday afternoon to put their record at 17–7, and 8–5 in the UAA. The squad traveled to Manhattan to take on the Violets (19–5, 8–5 UAA) for a matchup between the third and fourth-placed teams in the UAA. The South Siders fell 72–59. Despite the offensive success in its previous few games, the squad shot only 31.8 percent from the field and struggled in the paint, scoring only 20 points compared to NYU’s 48.

Second-year forward Collin Barthel led the team in points with 14, making three shots behind the arc and adding seven rebounds. Fellow second-year Jake Fenlon added two more three pointers, one of which put the Maroons ahead 21–14 in the first half before the Violets went on a 10–0 run to take and maintain the lead for the remainder of the game.

Fourth-year guard Jordan Smith continued to make history this weekend, as he became the tenth all-time-leading scorer at UChicago in the game against NYU. After the weekend, Smith has netted 1,141 points as a Maroon.

“It was definitely a disappointing loss for us. NYU is a good team and we just didn’t do what we needed to win the game,” said thirdyear guard Tyler Howard, who finished the game with six points and led the team with five assists. “Getting a playoff bid becomes harder now, but the team was able to respond well against Brandeis on Sunday.”

The squad travelled down the East Coast to Boston, where it beat the Brandeis Judges (9–15, 3–10 UAA) by a score of 62–52. It was a complete turnaround from Friday, as the team shot 48 percent from the field and held the Judges to just 39.8 percent. The Maroons also won the battle in the paint 24–10 led by Barthel’s nine boards.

Chicago’s four three pointers from three different Maroons contributed to its 18–4 lead to start the game. Despite appearing to control

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Fourth-year Jordan Smith drives in the lane in a recent game against NYU.

the game with a 50–39 lead six minutes into the second half, the Judges refused to go away easily, and charged back with an 11–2 run.

With their lead at only two points, the ‘Roons ended the game on a 10–2 run, sparked by dominant defense down the stretch.

Going into their last game of the year against rival Washington University in St. Louis, the Maroons stand at fourth in the UAA with the same conference record as NYU, but a worse overall record. The South Siders will need a dominant win this week-

end to convince the NCAA they deserve an atlarge bid to the DIII National Championships.

“The team is working hard in practice,” said second-year guard Erik Muelheims.

“Right now we are focused on beating Wash U and ending the season on a high note and potentially a playoff bid.”

Tip off against Wash U is on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Ratner Athletics Center. For its final game of the regular season, the squad will honor its six seniors in a Senior Day ceremony.

South Siders Secure Two Late Season Wins on the Road WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BY MICHAEL HINKLEY SPORTS STAFF

In their final road trip of the season, the Maroons walked away with a pair of conference wins. On Friday, the team put together their most efficient offensive performance of the year on their way to upsetting No. 22 NYU. Then, on Sunday, Chicago made the short trip to Boston to take on Brandeis. The Maroon’s defense held strong in this contest, and the team earned a 63–50 victory and completed the season sweep of the Judges.

With these results, the Maroons improved to 15–9 on the year.

In the first game, the team jumped out to a quick 6–0 lead. But the Violets fought back, going on a 10–2 run to finish the first period.

Then, first-year Rachel West caught fire for

the Maroons. The forward scored the team’s first 10 points of the second quarter, including two long-range bombs. As a whole, the squad finished the half strong and entered the break with a one-point lead.

In the second half, the Maroons relied on efficient shooting to keep the Violets at bay. The home team was never able to truly threaten Chicago at any point in the half.

At the final whistle, the South Siders came out on top with a 76–64 victory. On the day, West scored a career-high 20 points while second-year guard Elizabeth Nye recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards.

Overall, the squad shot 58 percent from the field, their highest mark of the season. The team also scored a remarkable 50 points in the paint.

On Sunday, the Maroons took on the

Judges from Brandies University. Unlike the game two days prior, this matchup was a low-scoring, defensive affair. Chicago locked down their opponents throughout the entirety of the contest. This was especially true in the first quarter when Brandeis was limited to just four points. Over the course of the afternoon, the squad forced 16 turnovers and held their opponents to 29 percent shooting.

After jumping out to an early lead, the Maroons remained ahead for the rest of the day. Five different Chicago players scored in double-digits, including fourth-year guard Caitlin Moore and third-year guard Stephanie Anderson. Second-year forward Olariche Obi also surpassed this threshold and added nine rebounds to her stat line. As a whole, the Maroons were successful in capitalizing on turnovers and shooting from long-range.

“It was nice to get back-to-back wins over two very solid teams” said Nye. “We have built up some good momentum and went into the NYU game with a lot of confidence. Given the way we played this weekend, we are expecting to finish the season strong. The Wash game is always intense so we will have to come in focused.”

Looking ahead to this weekend, the squad will play their final game of the season at home against the Bears from Washington University. This rivalry matchup marks the 63rd time that these two teams have faced off since their first meeting in 1980. On top of this, WashU is currently ranked No. 9 in the country, so this is sure to be a high quality matchup. The teams tip off at 1 PM on Saturday at the Ratner Athletics Center.

Women’s Squad Brings Home Silver From UAA Championships SWIM & DIVE

BY RHEA BHOJWANI SPORTS STAFF

After an unbelievably successful year, the South Siders concluded their performances at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship in Rochester, NY. Although neither the men’s or women’s program finished on top, two event victories and a new UAA record capped off a tremendous year for both sides.

The perennial favorites from Emory finished the championships with their 18th consecutive first-place finish. The Eagles wrapped up the meet with 1,595.5 points on the men’s end and 2,015 points on the women’s end. Chicago’s women ended up in third place with 1,319 points while the men’s side finished in fourth at 1,297 points. With the UAA Championships being the season’s last meet for many swimmers, it was a bittersweet ending that served as the conclusion to an immensely successful and important season.

During the span of the four-day meet, the Maroons accumulated six wins and 19 AllUAA finishes. Furthermore, the Maroons also earned three post-meet awards through the coaches’ vote. Fourth-year Thomas Meek was selected as the UAA Men’s Swim-

mer of the Year, first-year Anna Girlich was chosen to be the UAA Women’s Diver of the Year and Coach Abbey Bernardo was awarded with the title of Women’s Diving Coach of the Year.

This year’s UAA Championships exemplified eight NCAA B cuts and six finishing times that would have qualified for last year’s NCAA Championships. Meek managed to break another UAA record in his sprint freestyle event. The fourth-year snatched first place in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 44.69, which beat the previous record by a mere 0.09 seconds. He also broke the 50yard freestyle record on the first day of the meet. First-year Alexander Farrell managed to impress as he finished in second place and earned the All-UAA title. Meek and Farrell posted 2015 NCAA qualifying times.

In addition to all these successes, the Maroon’s 400-yard freestyle relay team also ended the competition with a 2015 NCAA qualifying time. Fourth-year James Taylor and second-year diver Dean Boures finished in third-place and also earned the title of AllUAA. On the other hand, the UChicago women wrapped up the championships with two AllUAA finishes from third-year Alison Wall, who broke the previous 200-yard backstroke

record, and third-year Maya Scheidl. The women’s 400-yard freestyle relay also took second place at the meet. The weekend consisted of eight new school records.

“I thought Saturday’s meet went well. It was actually the championship meet for most people and many people performed incredibly well,” third-year Kevin Ku said.

“As the team looks back at the season, there are many things to be proud of and many things to work on in the off-season

as well. The one thing that is clear, though, is the overwhelming amount of support the team provides for each and every athlete.

“The men’s and women’s team make posters for each other to pump each other up for the championship meet,” Ku said.

The next competition will take place when the diving team participates at the NCAA Diving Regional Meet at Denison University on Friday, February 26 to Saturday, February 27.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON - FEBRUARY 23, 2016

SPORTS IN-QUOTES... Cam Newton reacts to recent criticism of his behavior after a loss in the Super Bowl: “Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser”.

Maroons Place First at Margaret Bradley Invitational TRACK & FIELD

BY MICHAEL CHEIKEN SPORTS STAFF

For the last ti me th is season , spr i nters, r u n ners, th rowers, a nd jumpers simultaneously occupied the second f loor of the Henry Crown Field House. The Maroons played host to seven other schools and a running club for the Margaret Bradley Invitational.

The day began at 11:30 a.m. with the women’s d istance med ley relay, in which only Chicago ran in an attempt to qualify that team for nationals, and when the meet ended at 6 p.m. with one last shot put throw Chicago was on top in both the men’s and women’s standings by comfortable margins.

For the most part, the meet served as a way to cement the lineup for the conference championships held at NYU in just f ive days, and the Maroons raced for the right to represent their school. Most of the runners had already locked in their conference spots, but with good times in the 400 -meter race both second-year Obi Wamuo (50.88s) and third-year Jatan Anand

(52.19s) were able to find seats on the f light to New York. Fourth-year pole vaulter and former national champion Michael Bennett earned his spot while vaulting on Saturday for the first time all season after coming back from injury. He was bested in last weekend’s meet by fellow vaulter second-year Nathan Downey who achieved a personal record 4.60m height, while also capturing first in the 200m with a 22.61s race.

T he s e c ond-ye a r phenom c ommented, “ It was a good day. We ran well. We were just out there trying to get some because sometimes you have to go every time.” Downey attributed much of his success to the veteran leadership on the team. “It was an emotional day for the seniors since it was their last time competing in the worldclass Henry Crown Field House.” However, this was not the last meet of the season, and the team is still relying on the upperclassmen to put in a good performance this weekend so that they can achieve their dream of “shocking the nation at UA As.” Teammate and

graduating fourth-year Ryan Manzuk, who ran a 23.00 in the 200-meter at the meet, was not eager to take all the credit, reverently remarking, “I think all of us seniors can say that our leadership is really a product of what we learned from great seniors past like Theo Benjamin and Zihan Xu.” The women were in a similar position, each vying for her right to compete at the conference championships.

Though she may have already had one of the 25 spots, second-year Ade Ayoola showed up big at the Margaret Bradley Invitational. She posted her best high jump of the season at 1.64m, taking first place at the meet, and putting her at second place in the UA A thus far this season, just a centimeter behind fellow Maroon first-year Alex Thompson. She also threw the shot put 12.33m, which is the best throw in the conference this year.

All 50 traveling Maroons are eager to grab the conference title this year.

The meet will take place at the A rmory Track in New York this coming week.

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Fourth-year Michael Bennett clears the bar in a meet from last season.

Team Falls to Georgetown, Sweeps No. 38 Kalamazoo

No. 6 South Siders go 2–1 at ITA Indoor Championships

WOMEN’S TENNIS

MEN’S TENNIS

BY ERIK WONG SPORTS STAFF

This past weekend, the Maroons battled Georgetown and No. 38 Kalamazoo in home matches on Friday and Saturday, respectively. To start the weekend, the squad fought hard in its match-up against the DI Hoyas of Georgetown, but unfortunately lost 6–1. The Hoyas, who gained their second win of the season, fielded an impressive line up that proved quite diffi cult for the South Siders to handle.

On a positive note, however, fourthyear Lucy Tang stepped up to defeat third-year Madeline Foley of Georgetown in the fi fth singles match. Third-year Tiffany Chen also showed some sparks in her match against Hoya first-year Sydney Goodson by winning the second set 6–1.

The Maroons also provided quality performances in doubles play, which was a point of concern for the team going into this match. Although the doubles pairs did not fi nish with a win, the second and third teams contended in their matches until the very end. The second team composed of second-year Ariana Iranpour and fi rst-year Kaela Bynoe lost 9–7, and the third team of fourth-year Stephanie Lee and Chen lost 8–5.

“Georgetown was our last match against a DI school, so we were very motivated to come out strong against a DIII school. Going into Kalamazoo, we were really focused on stepping up our doubles game, making sure we were in control of the points and being the aggressive ones,” fi rst-year Rachel Kim said.

The disappointment over the loss against Georgetown was definitely shortlived, however. The following day, the Maroons rebounded by routing No. 38

Kalamazoo College with an outstanding fi nal score of 9–0. The squad won every single set in each of the singles matches and scored a total of 72 points, while holding Kalamazoo to just five points in all of singles play.

Iranpour, Kim, Bynoe, Tang, Chen, and Lee were all responsible for these singles wins. For Tang, this is her third win in a row, as she held third-year Siani Johnson of Kalamazoo to a single point in the match. Kim, Chen, and Lee were also able to take their matches in two quick 6–0 sets.

As for doubles play, Chicago was able to take the three matches with relative ease. The fi rst team of Kim and Tang defeated fourth-year Sarah Woods and third-year Sabrina Dass of Kalamazoo with a fi nal score of 8–4. In the second match up, Iranpour and Bynoe proved their dominance, sweeping the duo of Kalamazoo second-year Maria Franco and third-year Eloise Germic 8 –0. Finally, in the third match, Chen and Lee wrapped up the domination, defeating Kalamazoo’s Johnson and first-year Sonal Bahl 8–1.

This overpowering performance by the doubles reflected the amount of time the team has allocated towards doubles play throughout practice in recent weeks.

The squad has improved signifi cantly upon their doubles game, and continued to show solid effort in singles play.

With this improvement and riding their overwhelming win against No. 38 Kalamazoo, the Maroons look forward to improving upon their 2–2 record. Their next test comes in under a week, away against an unranked Denison team on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Then, the following Saturday, Chicago will return for a match back on its home court against No. 14 DePauw.

BY HELEN PETERSON SPORTS EDITOR

This weekend the No. 6 Maroons traveled to Pepper Pike, OH to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III National Team Indoor Championship. At the end of the three-day-long tournament where the top-ranked South Siders competed against some of the best squads in the county, Chicago earned silver, dropping just one game: the fi nal match to champion No. 5 Emory.

The Maroons entered the tournament undefeated and began their weekend by facing off against No. 8 Trinity (Texas).

Chicago would go on to edge the Tigers 6–3. Doubles plays set the tone for the competitive matchup between the two teams. Second-year Nicolas Chua and second-year David Liu paired up at No. 1 doubles, defeating Trinity’s fourth-year Adam Krull and second-year Matt Tyer 8–3. First-year Charlie Pei and secondyear Peter Leung also earned a win in doubles play. However, the Maroons were unable to sweep doubles play as thirdyear Sven Kranz and fourth-year Gordon Zhang dropped their No. 3 doubles match 8–3.

In singles play, the Tigers earned wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, while Chicago was able to win the four other singles matches. Pei, Leung, and Liu all earned wins in both the doubles and singles columns on the day.

The win over Trinity represented the fi rst win a Chicago team has had at the ITA Indoor Tournament.

The talented young squad was not satisfied and they took the momentum from Friday’s win into Saturday’s match against UAA rival Case Western.

Doubles play set the tone again with the same No. 1 and No. 2 doubles duos

securing wins with 8–6 and 8–4 scores, respectively. Kranz was able to bounce back with a singles win in a tie-breaker over Case Western third-year James Fojtasek, who had edged Kranz in doubles play. In total, five Maroons earned singles victories to defeat the No. 14 Spartans 7–2. The loss ended Case Western’s undefeated streak and kept the Maroons with a goose egg in the loss column. The win also marked the fi fth ranked opponent Chicago edged this season.

On the last day of competition, the South Siders faced off against No. 5 Emory. Emory, who entered the tournament at the No. 3 seed, handedly beat the Maroons 7–2. Doubles play proved to be the downfall for the Maroons as they dropped all three matches. However, all three games were close with Chicago only scoring nine less points across all three matches. Chua lost a tight game to Emory fourth-year Rafe Mosetick 7–5, 6 –7 (4 –7), 10 – 6. Two of these games went into tiebreakers. First-year Max Liu and second-year David Liu earned the sole wins of the day at No. 5 and No. 6 singles.

“We are happy with the way the weekend turned out, but we aren’t quite satisfied. We will use the loss to Emory as motivation to keep on working hard during the season,” Kranz said.

“I am extremely proud of the team.

We played against the best teams in the country and we made history in the process. On our way to the championship match, we defeated the defending champions as well as the home team on their own courts,” Kranz said.

The South Siders compete against No. 35 Denison in Indianapolis this Saturday. The match begins at 2:30 p.m. and represents the seventh ranked team the Maroons have faced this season.