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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SINCE 1892

VOL. 127, ISSUE 37

U of C–backed Art Corridor Discussed at Washington Park Meeting

BY ISAAC TRONCOSO SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

The University of Chicago discussed its plans for further development of the Garfield Arts Corridor and reaffirmed its commitment t o ongoi ng community dialogue in a town hall meeting at the Arts Incubator on Garfield Boulevard, hosted by Third Ward A lderman Pat Dowell. Topics of the town hall included cur rent and future housing develop-

ments as well as the Independent Police Review Authority.

The majority of the town hall served as a public forum to discuss the efforts the University has been making to invest in the neighborhood. The University was represented at t he event by T he a s t er Gates, professor and director of UChicago’s A rts + Public Life initiative, and William Tow ns, the O f f ice of Civ ic Engagement’s assistant vice Continued on page 2

High Rent, Flagging Participation Prompts Departure of Local Arts Space

BY FENG YE NEWS STAFF

The Southside Hub of Production (SHoP) moved out of Hyde Park at the end of last month because of financial difficulties.

SHoP is an independent community arts and social hub that houses art projects to create an informal learning center for children and adults. Its predecessor was the Op Shop, founded in 2009. From 2009 to 2011, the Op Shop ran four different storefronts in Hyde Park.

Through a deal with the landlords for temporary use at a nominal

rental fee, the arts organization paid amounts ranging from one dollar to Mac Realty to $500 to the University. It raised money after each project through crowdsourcing websites such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. In 2011, Op Shop was renamed SHoP. It stayed in the Fenn House Mansion for two years, and then moved to the old O’Gara and Wilson Bookstore on 57th Street for 10 months. At the mansion, SHoP was able to pay its lease by renting out artist studios on the top floor and by running a thrift shop. At the bookstore, SHoP was at first able to stay Continued on page 4

Divestment Resolution Presented to CC as Debate Continues

BY EMILY FEIGENBAUM & ALEX WARD SENIOR NEWS REPORTERS

Students calling on the University to divest from 10 companies they see as complicit in Israeli human rights abuses presented their resolution at an unusually long and well-attended College Council (CC) meeting Tuesday. As a vote on the resolution approaches, students on both sides of the issue are presenting their case, both before CC and around campus.

On Tuesday, College Council (CC) convened for its weekly general meeting at 7:30 p.m. CC Chair Eric Holmberg began the meeting and noted that attendance was

significantly higher than usual.

The meeting, which typically lasts about 30 minutes, continued past 10:30 p.m. as both proponents and opponents of the U of C Divest movement argued over whether or not the University should stop investing in companies that the resolution says profit from the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

In their 15-minute presentation, U of C Divest presenters urged CC to change the University’s “shameful history of non-divestment,” citing its refusal to divest from South Africa and Darfur.

“If this school’s College Council votes to divest, we will join a rapidly increasing number of American Continued on page 3

Ahona Mukherjee

Zoe Kaiser

President Obama discussed his nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court yesterday at the Law School.

Obama Returns to Law School to Discuss Supreme Court Nomination

BY EMILY FEIGENBAUM SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

P resident Obama v isited the L aw S chool yesterday afternoon to discuss his nomination of Illinois native Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court and the resistance of Republican senators to giving Garland a hearing and vote.

Security descended on the D’Angelo Law Library for the event, and the northern approach to the build ing was blocked by a long row of CTA

BY GREG ROSS MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

UChicago researchers have joined a consortium of regional research institutions, private enterprise, and government organizations to play a prominent role in Current, a new Chicago-based public-private initiative that aims to take on today’s most pressing water challenges.

Current hopes to “advance the efficiency and resiliency of water systems, develop and deploy innovative water technology solutions to safeguard

Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor in Chemistry, heads the initiative. “ This is a very exciting time for the Water Research Initiative as we evolve from its launch phase to ongoing, la rger-sca le resea rch hor izons,” he said.

This is not the first time UChicago resea rchers have dipped their toes into water research. In 2013, UChicago and Ben-Gurion University in Israel formed a partnership to advance water innovation.

Unlike Chicago, Israel is not

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Men’s Tennis Squad will look to take down a pair of UAA rivals: No. 6 Case Western and No. 13 Wash U.

“We witness a ritual in which imagination triumphs over circumstance.”

Professor Robert Pape discusses global terrorism.

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c le a n wat e r a nd i mpr o v e wastewater treatment, and d r ive increased investment and employment in the water industry,” according to a press release.

The Institute of Molecular Eng ineer ing ( I M E )’s Water Research Initiative is pursuing several projects that focus on improving the functionality of water systems. A few of the initiative’s projects include chemical techniques to remove water contaminants, advanced filtration technologies, and research on underground water aquifers. Steven J. Sibener,

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B e fo r e e n g a g i n g i n a n i nter v iew w ith L aw S chool professor David Strauss, the President commended the law student attendees for thei r honorable professiona l pu rsuits. “ To stay engaged, get involved, make a difference. It doesn’t mean you have to run for off ice, doesn’t mean you even have to work for government. There are a lot of ways of serving, but I do hope that one of the th ings you ta ke away from our discussion to-

UChicago Joins City-Wide Push for Water Research

26 Years Later, Paris is Burning Still Rages On

Uncommon Interview

buses and city dump trucks.

Wel l- d ressed law student s , r ep or t er s , a nd Un iver s it y personalities crowded into the first f loor of the building.

Law students, faculty, and press gathered in the Harold J. Green Law Lounge to hear the President speak. Notable attendees included S enator Dick Durbin, Representative Bobby Rush, Representative Bi l l Foster, R epresentative Mike Quigley, Illinois Attorney G enera l L isa Mad igan, and former Senior Advisor to the President David Axelrod.

the Sketch Page 10 From Chicago Latino Film Festival to UChicago Night at the Art Institute, the Arts editors provide some exciting weekend suggestions.

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Uncommon Interview: Professor Robert Pape Discusses Global Terrorism

BY EILEEN LI DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR

Robert Pape, professor of political science and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST), is frequently cited as an expert in news articles discussing the threat from the Islamic State (also known as ISIS). He recently authored two op-eds, one in the Boston Globe and one in the Chicago Tribune, that explore the implications of the Brussels and Paris bombings for American foreign policy and the 2016 presidential election. T HE M A ROON sat down with him to talk about the strategic rationale of terrorism, Ted Cruz, and his ongoing research at CPOST. C HICAGO M AROON : In a recent Boston Globe op-ed, you really emphasize how these recent bombings in Western countries should be read as a sign of ISIS’s growing weakness and not strength. W hy is this perception so crucial?

Robert Pape: It’s important to understand what really motivates a terrorist group to attack us here at home.

A lot of people have the idea that the terrorist groups abroad attack us here at home when they’re strong. They think that for logical reasons, because maybe they’re guessing, but the data doesn’t support that. The data I’ve been collecting on terrorism…is that terrorism groups tend to do spectacular attacks in the West in the last several decades when they’re going down, and specifically when they’re losing territory.

The Chechen rebels, they attacked Moscow, not as they were gaining strength and strong, but as they were going down.... The Tamil T igers in Sri Lanka had a similar pattern. AlQaeda Central, that is, Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda, he was very weak and could not get strong and as he was basically dealing with this persistent weakness, that was what was driving him to lash out. Terrorist groups tend to lash out… to change a losing game, not a winning game and that’s what we saw with ISIS. I’ve been concerned about that, not just in the last few weeks after Brussels, but right after Paris I published the first op-ed in the Boston Globe essentially explaining why Paris. Paris was occurring because ISIS was losing in Iraq and Syria, and it was losing territory in a major way.

That’s important for us to know be-

cause it tells us for the next year or so we need to be seriously concerned these attacks will continue.

CM: What are the possible reactions of Western countries to these attacks?

RP: There are two bad responses and a good response. The West has a winning game. We are defeating the terrorist group in Iraq and Syria and dismantling its control over territory.

If this keeps up, even at this rate, within about a year, this group will be in pieces. The problem would be changing a winning game. So if we backed out altogether so that would stop the group from losing territory, however, the reason we went in is because when the group gained the territory in the summer of 2014, it was threatening Iraq’s oil…

This is a delicate issue. Our political leaders don’t like to talk about oil because it sends the signal maybe they’re t rying to line their own pockets or the pockets of their friends with oil money.

That’s not really the problem here. The issue is, the Persian Gulf has a quarter of the world’s oil, even with all the fracking that has gone on…. It’s been American policy for many decades that no enemy of the United States should control a big hunk of that oil. When the Islamic State took a lot of territory in Iraq, it started to encroach upon the oil regions of Iraq—the Kurdish area and the area south of Baghdad. It’s just a bad idea for any enemy of the United States, not just a terrorist state, to have control over a big hunk of Iraq’s oil because that means they have a lever on our unemployment rate, on our economy.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to just back off, but that’s me judging the value of oil and oil to our economy. I also don’t think it’s a good idea to try to speed up the collapse by sending ground forces because ground forces are the best recruitment tool that terrorists have.

Military intervention in general is what provokes terrorism and especially suicide terrorism. The presence of ground forces is like the absolute most virulent tool that could provoke them. Why is that? Because the ground forces send the signal of occupation against the will of the local community more than anything else. That’s why sending in ground forces would probably just recruit more terrorists than it would kill.

CM: In the Chicago Tribune, you talked about these strategies in the

context of the 2016 election and cited Ted Cruz’s suggestion to patrol Muslim neighborhoods as an example of counterproductive overreacting. A re you worried about the 2016 election and how some politicians may not understand the dynamics involved in terrorism?

RP: I am worried that our politicians are going to see electoral benefit to doubling down on the American Muslim communities. The reason I’m worried about the electoral benefit is because if you Google Arab-Americans, you’ll see there are about three million A rab-Americans and you’ll see that most of them live in states that could be thought of as swing states. Ohio, Florida, some states that are not so much swing states but have narrow Democratic victories in the last few elections, Michigan and California. Virginia is another. It could easily be attractive for politicians to want to stir up trouble and to polarize those now-Democratic leaning states because if they could swing just one…that’s a tremendous advantage on their side and the polarization might help them do that.

We see that in other countries, we don’t see that in the United States, that is, using these foreign policy issues in the service of electoral advantage. It’s something we’ve even heard from some of our politicians. Donald Trump said directly…after Paris, he attacked Muslims verbally and his opinion polls shot up, and he held that out as an advantage, and he is saying he sees an electoral advantage to this policy.

Unfortunately, it comes at a pretty heavy price for our security because we need all A mer icans, includ ing Arab-Americans and American Muslims, to provide tips, information to FBI, and the police if they see something going amiss. That’s a very important part of our security, and if we double down on those communities the way that we’re hearing from some of our politicians, that’s very likely to cause some of those communities to go to ground, to keep their heads down and keep quiet…. For me, I’m not saying this is civil liberties versus security, I’m saying this is a security problem.

CM: If we continue with our current strategy in fighting ISIS, will we continue to see terrorist attacks in the Western world?

RP: For a short time yes, not forever, not for the rest of our lives. An im-

Courtesy of the University of Chicago

Robert Pape, Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism.

portant thing is…I’m not saying there will certainly be attacks, I’m saying there will be efforts at these attacks.

And that’s an important distinction.

For some time now, a lot of people have wanted to believe the terrorism problem was a fluke, a one-off. Even after Paris, it was a one-off. When ISIS brought down the Russian airliner, killing 224 people, it took over a week for governments and the news media to focus on this as terrorism. It was supposed to be a mechanical problem, anything but terrorism.

This is a problem because if you have governments and the news media downplaying terrorism…we’re not taking reasonable precautions. We’re not alert. We can blame our security forces for missing things but, if we are telling them ignore the problem because it’s not real, that is something that is in our control. The reason to call attention to the serious possibility of future attacks is not because there need necessarily be one, that’s the best way for us to be alert and to devote a little more resources smartly to domestic security…

Over the last 10 years, since August 2006, I’ve given talks to our FBI at all different levels about the research we are conducting here at CPOST about suicide attackers and their policies are in line with those recommendations….

I think that’s part of the reason why we’ve been more secure.

Theaster Gates Presents Plans to Replace Vacant Lots with a Public Ampitheater that Could Act as Washington Park’s “Backyard” Continued from front

president for Neighborhood Initiatives.

T he Un iversity has had a long and intertwined relationship with its surrounding neighborhoods over the years. Recently, it has increased its investment and involvement with the communities through the formalized Off ice of Civ ic Engagement (OCE ).

The OCE helped orchestrate the University’s winning bid for the Obama Presidential Library. In January, the University and the city renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that defined the relationship between the two parties, as the University anticipates spending $750 million on the mid– South Side over the next three

years. The arts and culture in particular have been areas in which the University hopes to grow.

Gates, who was a driving force behind the establishment of the Arts Incubator, described its purpose. “Over the last two and a half years now, I th in k we’ve been able t o not on ly demonstrate to Washington Park that we believe in black artists and artists of color, but in a way we’ve been able to create a new cultural anchor that I feel, as a person who lives on the South Side, was sorely needed. I think that the Incubator is our attempt at showing what the cultural life of this neighborhood can look like,” Gates said.

He also emphasized the Universi-

ty’s ongoing commitment to local development, and proposed plans for a new community green space on East Garfield Boulevard near the Arts Incubator. “ We’ve been in conversations with aldermen and the city, imagining that space as a kind of arts and music pavilion, and to eliminate some of the vacancy. Right now we don’t really have a backyard, and our hope is that this space would become an outdoor amphitheater, a public place, and the main green space of this area,” Gates said.

Gates and Towns also focused on University-led programs for economic growth, such as the Civic Leadership Academy, which pairs nonprofit lead-

ers with government leaders in a sixmonth program, and the Community Programs Accelerator at 55th Street a nd S outh C ottage Grove Avenue, which gives advice and funding support to smaller nonprofits.

They spoke on the University’s desire to collaborate with local residents, and acknowledged that its active role in development could seem intimidating. “We do not want to feel like an entity pushing through the Washington Park neighborhood,” Towns said. “We want these spaces to feel like they’re your own, and through this process, get the input and feedback of the community which will lead our future plans.”

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On and Around Campus: April 8–April 14 volving minority victims of police violence.

Friday, April 8

A lex Lichtenstein & Rick Ha lp ern “Margaret Bourke-W hite and Connected event: Panel di scussion the Dawn of Apar theid” - Karla “Lessons from Elsewhere: Models for Scherer Center for the Study of Reform” on Saturday 4/9, at 11:15 am.

Saturday event includes lunch and American Culture Seminary Co-Op, 5751 South Wood- a talk at 1:30 called “Call to Action: What can we do?” Registration recomlawn Avenue, 6 p.m.

Joi n I nd ia na Un iversity associate mended. RSVP at www.kamii.org/rsvp professor of history Alex Lichtenstein for the Saturday discussion/lunch and social historian Rick Halpern as they discuss Life magazine’s famous Saturday, April 9 photographer Margaret Bourke-White and her visually compelling yet unpub- The Future of Religious Minorities lished photos of racially segregated in the Middle East Swift Lecture Hall, 3rd F loor, T he South Africa in 1949.

University of Chicago Divinity School, U T/ TA P S Presents T he Monke y 1025 East 58th Street, 9 a.m.–5:15 p.m.

Register online.

King Listen to scholars discuss what the fuLogan Center Theater West 115, 915 E 60th Street, 8:30 p.m. Also playing Sat, ture might look like for Copts, Baha’is, Apr 9, 7:30 p.m. and Sat, Apr 9, 2 p.m. and Assyrians in the Middle East. The event will highlight the current status $6 Advance/$8 Door See through the eyes of an adopted and potential future of religious miChinese girl as she explores America norities in Egypt, Iraq, and Syria in a with the guidance of her trusty folk time of strife and uncertainty. hero, the Monkey K ing. Directed by Andrew Mao, the show is inspired by Spac e: Sp ec u l ation a nd E xplo the Chinese folktale Journey to the ration West and features a wide variety of International House Assembly Hall, music and symbolic cultural references. 1414 East 59th Street, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Register online.

Ja mie Kalven A nd Craig Futter- Space out and rocket on over to student man: “Police Encounters On The group Chicago Society’s annual spring conference with the Global Voices LecSouth Side” K AM Isaiah Israel Congregation, 1100 ture Series. This year’s event will feature experts dissecting the scientific East Hyde Park Blvd, 8:20 p.m.

Become a part of the national conver- findings about outer space and the sation about racial discrimination in universe and its effects on politics, law, both law enforcement and legal pros- business, and pop culture. ecution with Jamie Kalven and activist and UChicago Law Professor Craig Sunday, April 10 Futterman, who was involved in the release of the Laquan McDonald tape Kettly Mars – “Savage Seasons” and has investigated other cases in- W illia m L . Ba la n - Gauber t - co -

sponsored by Cultural Ser vices since 1872 using machine learning in of the French Embassy, Creative high-dimensional data. Lunch will be provided in this semi-quarterly event.

Writing, CLAS, and CSRPC Seminary Co-Op, 5751 South WoodAnselm Mueller, “What Do We Live lawn Avenue, 4 p.m.

Haitian author Kettly Mars and Hai- For?”- Lecture for the Virtue, Haptian History Scholar in residence Wil- piness, and Meaning of Life Projliam L . Balan-Gaubert will discuss ect.

Mars’ new book Savage Seasons. The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and novel is set under the dictatorial re- Society, 5701 South Woodlawn Avenue, gime of Francois Duvalier in 1960s 4–5:50 p.m., Space is limited, Register Port-au-Prince and tells the story of online.

Nirvah, the wife of the editor-in-chief In a lecture entitled “ W hat Do We of the opposition newspaper and her Live For? ”, A nselm Mueller, a visitfamily ’s str uggle. T he event is co - ing professor with the project “ Virtue, sponsored by the Cultural Services of Happiness, and the Meaning of Life” the French Embassy, the creative writ- will discuss the tension between acting department, the Center for Latin ing well and faring well. She will also American Studies, and the Center for discuss the way various thinkers from the Study of Race, Politics, and Cul- different cultures have approached the problem. Mueller is Professor Emeritus ture. at the University of Trier in philosophy.

Hyde Pa rk Com munit y Players A light reception will be served.

Staged Readings: “Not Here” by Geri Hudson “How Scandinavian Countries BeAugustana Church, 5500 South Wood- came Non-Corrupt” with Bo Rothlawn Avenue, 8 p.m., $5 at the door. stein (Oxford) Author G er r i Hudson sha res her Harper Center Room 104, 5807 South drama about seven women who must Woodlawn Avenue, 5 –7 p.m. Register hide in a bathroom for 100 days to sur- online. vive. This short story, which was in- Political scientist Bo Rothstein will spired by the 1994 Rwandan genocide, d iscuss social science advances in will be followed by a discussion. eradicating corruption and transforming countries into advanced democracies by analyzing Scandinavian historMonday, April 11 ical experiences.

Becker Brown Bag: Measuring Polarization in Congressional Speech The Future of Food: A Social EnCharles M. Harper Center Room 104, trepreneur’s Vision 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue, noon–1 Institute of Politics, 5707 South Woodlawn Avenue, 6 –7:15 p.m., Register onp.m.

How divisive has political rhetoric be- line. come? Associate Booth School professor Josh Tetrick, CEO of food technology of econometrics and statistics Matthew company Hampton Creek, will discuss Teddy will explain how partisanship his focus on social entrepreneurship has changed in congressional speeches Continued on page 6

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university student bodies that have taken a stand against Israeli apartheid, occupation, and human rights abuses. This will add to the pressure on the Israeli government, the United States government, and complicit corporations to ultimately end such human rights abuses,” fourth-year Sara Rubinstein, a member of U of C Divest, wrote in an email to THE MAROON. U of C Divest presenters stated that criticism of Israel is not equivalent to anti-Semitism. They asserted that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the broader campaign launched by a coalition of Palestinian groups in 2005, is not a critique of Judaism but rather of Israel’s human rights violations.

Various students then presented their opposition to the resolution.

Fourth-year Maxine Bergman, representing the anti-divestment group UChicago Coalition for Peace, argued that divestment is detrimental to both Israelis and Palestinians. Stating that the financial consequences of U of C Divest’s proposal would be essentially meaningless, Bergman argued that divestment from Israel is biased against a historically persecuted population and would contribute to Israel’s growing sense of alienation from the international community. Bergman referred to this resolution as “toxic symbolism.” For Palestine, she added, employment opportunities and economic prospects would become increasingly limited.

Bergman expressed concern that divestment will further alienate and frighten Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus. “It is also likely to lead to an increase in anti-Sem-

itism on campus, including harassment and graffiti, as has already occurred on a range of campuses, from Oxford to the University of California system to Northwestern,” she stated.

The U of C Divest discussion was tabled around 10:30 p.m. with no consensus. CC is expected to vote on this issue at a future meeting.

Since the U of C Divest campaign launched on March 28, student organizations on both sides of the issue have organized events to discuss the topic. On Tuesday, U of C Divest placed signs on the quad displaying information about the BDS movement. During the past week, U of C Divest affiliate organizations Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace held events discussing LGBTQ+ politics in Israel and grounds for Jewish support for BDS, respectively.

In response to the resolution, students opposed to divestment organized the UChicago Coalition for Peace, which released a statement last Thursday opposing the resolution. On Wednesday, Jewish Voice for Peace hosted an event titled “The Jewish Case for Divestment.” On Thursday, J Street UChicago, an RSO in favor of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and opposed to the Israeli occupation, hosted a discussion about the campus BDS movement. On Friday, UChicago Hillel is hosting an event entitled “‘I Don’t Want to Talk About It:’ BDS, Campus Climate and Facing Assumptions,” for students who feel uncomfortable with the broader discourse.

Wednesday’s JVP discussion was held in the South Lounge of the Reynolds Club

and featured Rabbi Brant Rosen of Tzedek sides of the issue.

Chicago, a nearby congregation focused on After attendees introduced themselves social justice–oriented Judaism. and gave their reasons for taking part in Following a brief introduction and a mo- the discussion, the event’s organizers diment of silence, Rosen discussed the develop- rected the attendees to sheets of paper hangment of his opposition to the Israeli occupa- ing around the room, each with a common tion of Palestine and his past experiences as buzzword associated with the debate, such a rabbi for a more traditional congregation as “Occupation,” “BDS,” and “Peace.” Orgawhere many of the members did not agree nizers asked participants to walk around with his views. Highlighting the history of the room and write down personal meansuccessful divestment movements elsewhere ings and thoughts surrounding each word. and the increasingly desperate situation in Participants then broke into groups in front Palestine, Rosen argued that standing in of sheets with words they wanted to discuss solidarity with Palestinian calls for human and spent the remainder of the event reading rights is fundamentally in line with Jewish and reacting to the listed definitions. history and values.

Fourth-year Emma Pasternack, co-chair After Rosen’s speech, attendees partici- of J Street UChicago, wrote in an e-mail, pated in a discussion on the BDS movement “One of the things that divestment does is and ways to convince others, especially fellow force a false choice between being pro-Israel Jews, to support the movement. and pro-Palestinian, or between criticism of In response to a question about the the occupation and support for Israel…. The movement’s potential to inflame anti-Sem- middle ground on this issue is especially cruitism and create unsafe environments for cial. The category of those that recognize the Jewish students on college campuses, Rosen rights of both peoples to exist side-by-side in argued that the frequently-cited examples peace and security needs to expand, not be of this happening on campuses are isolated, pushed to the margins.” and that it’s unhealthy to use accusations of According to a statement released on anti-Semitism to stifle discussion. “To me, Facebook, J Street UChicago opposes the U that’s like crying wolf, because it makes the of C Divest resolution because of the docuwhole notion of anti-Jewish attitudes and ac- ment’s lack of explicit recognition of Israel’s tions almost meaningless,” Rosen said. right to exist. The statement also expresses The event on Thursday hosted by J concerns that the resolution’s passage would Street UChicago was held in Harper Memo- serve more to stifle discussion than to prorial Library and featured an “open conver- mote open dialogue. “[J Street] want[s] to sation” about the BDS movement. J Street encourage an open, rigorous, inclusive conhad previously released a statement Tuesday versation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, outlining its opposition to the BDS move- not polarize the issue to a point where there ment. However, the event on Thursday was is no potential for engagement and cooperaintended to bring together students on both tion,” the statement said.

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12 and 15 Year Old Suspects in Robberies Last Weekend Arrested

BY OLIVIA ROSENZWEIG NEWS STAFF

Two boys aged 12 and 15 were arrested by the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) on Tuesday for a series of armed robberies, according to DNAinfo.

The victim was reportedly a 27-year-old man.

The UCPD released a security alert via e-mail on Tuesday, which stated that the two suspects had been arrested within minutes of robbing a victim at 10:20 p.m. Monday at 6112 South Greenwood Avenue. That report did not mention any personal information about the suspects or the victim.

The UCPD connected the crime to three similar robberies between Ingleside and Greenwood and 61st and 62nd street since Saturday.

A security alert for one of these previous armed robberies was released on Sunday with regard to an incident that occurred at 9:50 p.m. that evening. In this alert, UCPD reported a University student being approached by three suspects, whose identities at the time were unknown. One suspect displayed a gun and tried to rob the victim, who was able to escape without any injuries.

Tuesday’s security alert reported that the subjects are in custody, and their criminal involvement is being investigated.

Alum Recalls Experience “in the Closet” in the ‘60s

BY PEYTON ALIE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

On Wednesday evening, Esther Newton, Ph.D. ’68, returned to the University to read part of her forthcoming memoir for the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality’s 2016 Distinguished Alumni Lecture.

Newton, who studied anthropology at UChicago, is known for her groundbreaking ethnographies of American gay and lesbian communities.

She read from a chapter from her memoir, My Butch Career: A Queer Life in Anthropology, that focuses on her years as a graduate student.

“This chapter foregrounds the career part of the title, so I wanted to remind you of the butch part from the start because overall, the manuscript describes how these two nouns were fighting each other in my body and in my life,” Newton said.

As a woman in a department comprised solely of white male professors, Newton encountered both sexism and homophobia.

Newton received criticism from professors for wearing pants instead of dressing in the “attractive and feminine” style they believed would allow her to succeed professionally.

Throughout her time at UChicago, she hid her relationships with women from her colleagues and friends to protect her career, and considered marrying men multiple times.

Newton became involved in Chicago’s queer scene through a gay male friend, the

only person in her department who she told she was gay. Fascinated by the drag shows she attended, Newton decided to do her dissertation on drag, an extremely risky topic at the time. Her dissertation became her first book, Mother Camp, regarded as the first ethnography of gay people in anthropology.

“Gay people were then looked upon within social science as the object solely of psychological, medical, or even criminological study.

Our supposedly bizarre behavior was presumed to arise from physical and/or psychological abnormalities,” Newton read.

Newton praised David Schneider, a famed cultural anthropology professor at UChicago who often mentored female or queer students, for his support of her work.

“What he imparted to me…was that ‘female impersonators,’ about whom he knew nothing more than what I told him, were a group of human beings and so necessarily had a culture worth studying. The insight that gays were not just a category of sick, isolated, but a group, and so had culture, was a breathtakingly new idea whose daring is hard to recapture now, when the term ‘gay community’ is so familiar,” Newton read.

Newton is Term Professor of American Culture and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, as well as Professor of Anthropology and Kempner Distinguished Professor Emerita at Purchase College, SUNY. She was a founder of the Lesbian and Gay Studies Program at Purchase College.

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with a reduced rent of half the commercial rate before the organization came up with funding to include the whole amount. The rent eventually proved unaffordable for SHoP. “The rent may not be that much for a commercial business, but projects like ours cannot sustain that amount monthly,” said Laura Shaeffer, director and co-founder of SHoP. Over the years, SHoP has held weekend flea markets, community meetings, art events, and workshops for both adults and children. “I think we provided a space of opportunity for elements of Hyde Park that rarely mingle to meet in a warm, inclusive and collaborative atmosphere,” Shaeffer said.

When SHoP was in the Fenn House mansion, located just east of campus, many University students worked on the hub’s projects.

“I have met and collaborated with some really smart and talented students, I think a project like ours was important for them…. They met members of the community they would have

Prominent Brazilians to Speak on Corruption, Development at Conference

BY JAEHOON AHN NEWS STAFF

The Brazilian Undergraduate Student Conference, which brings together Brazilian leaders and international students to discuss challenges facing Brazil, is taking place at the University of Chicago this weekend.

The conference invites experts from a diverse mix of industries who will lecture and engage in panel discussions on various pressing issues in Brazil. The event received significant attention among Brazilians studying overseas, with tickets selling out days in advance. Notable speakers this year include Sérgio Moro, Marina Silva, Joaquim Levy, and Pérsio Arida.

Sérgio Moro, a federal judge in Brazil who presided over a high-profile corruption and bribery case nicknamed Operation Car Wash (Operação Lava Jato) involving top government officials and business executives,

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On April 1, a group of Fourth Ward residents launched fourthwardvotes.org, an informational website intended to allow citizens concerned about the appointment of a new Fourth Ward alderman to discuss their concerns and find resources regarding issues affecting the ward.

Former alderman Will Burns (A.B. ’95, A. M. ’98) stepped down early last March to work at Airbnb, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel will be appointing a temporary replacement alderman sometime this month. There will be an election for a regular-term alderman in February of next year, and the creators of the website are looking to find a candidate that will uphold the priorities of the Fourth

Ward.

Until such a candidate is found, the focus of the community organizers is on educating and motivating citizens of the Fourth Ward to get involved in the process and discuss the issues that matter to them. The website has a library of links to websites about participating in community politics, as well as a number of public forums focused on specific issues, from police accountability to education policies and funding.

“We have to move fast, knock on doors, use social media, recruit students,” community leader and former Hyde Park Herald editor Gabriel Piemonte said. “We want to make sure people on the street are talking to other people about it.”

Sonia Schlesinger contributed reporting.

will deliver a lecture on corruption and development in Brazil.

Marina Silva, who served as Brazil’s minister of environment under the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will speak on the challenges of sustainable development.

Joaquim Levy, who has served as Brazil’s minister of finance and as the chief financial officer of the World Bank, and Pérsio Arida, who served as the president of the Central Bank of Brazil, will discuss the Brazilian economic crisis.

The conference was first conceived in 2013 by a group of Brazilian undergraduate students who wanted to create a platform to discuss contemporary issues in Brazil. Since then, the Brazilian Undergraduate Student Conference has been held annually by the national Brazilian Student Association (BRASA) and the University of Chicago Brazilian Student Association (BSA).

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never met before, at potluck dinners, concerts, political talks, happy hours, and workshops,” Shaeffer said.

When the nomadic art organization changed location, however, SHoP lost some of its student and community support. “I don’t think people have lost interest but Hyde Park is changing, there has always been a sense of transience here with the student body and the University, and many people have left us over the past years who had been deeply supportive,” Shaeffer said.

SHoP is moving into Oak Park, a suburb along Chicago’s western border, and plans to open at the new location in September. It will be known as the Suburban Hub of Production. The new SHoP aims at interacting with the wider city creatively. “It’s just time for a change…. SHoP will always live on the South Side, even if only in spirit… We are currently developing other branches of Southside Hub that may populate different parts of the city in new and interesting ways,” Shaeffer said.

There will be significantly fewer Orientation Leaders and Student Directors hired by the College Programming Office (CPO) for the 2016 O-Week, but they will receive a stipend, among other changes to the O-Week recruiting process.

Matthew Hendricks, the senior associate director of college programming, revealed the number of positions available for this year’s orientation team. Part of this year’s team will be significantly smaller than in past years, consisting of six Student Directors and 36–40 Orientation Leaders, which is down from 15 Student Directors and 65 Orientation Leaders in the past. However, they will be increasing the number of registration Orientation Aides from 32 to 40 in order to provide more assistance to academic advisors.

In the past, Orientation Leaders and Student Directors only worked during O-Week, but they will now work during pre-O-Week as well. During O-Week, Orientation Lead-

ers will assist with the Chicago Urban Experience (CUE) program, the International Pre-Orientation Program (IPO), and Logistics. Student Directors will provide oversight for the Orientation Leaders during these programs.

Previously the only paid position was that of Student Director. Now Orientation Leaders will also receive a stipend in part due to the additional week of service they must now complete.

Hendricks explained that the CPO has always been in charge of O-Week programming and staff since the office’s inception.

However, House Orientation Aides will now be recruited, selected, and trained by College Housing, not the CPO. Marielle Sainvilus, the director of public affairs for communications, confirmed with College Housing that there are no changes to this position.

“House O-Aides will continue to support the new students’ welcome and introduction into the house communities in all the ways that they did previously. All that has changed is the administration [and] oversight of the hiring process,” Sainvilus said.

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“Not to brag, but I have transformed the federal courts from a diversity standpoint with a record that’s been unmatched”

ate asks the nominee questions, and then a vote is held. “ It was presumed, it was understood, that just as the President had the constitutional duty to make the appointment, that the Senate had a constitutional duty to at least make a determination as to whether this person should be on the bench,” Obama said.

The President noted that his nomination of Garland to the highest court in the land has been unique in that Republicans in the Senate have refused to even consider the nominee, maintaining the court vacancy created by the death of A ntonin Scalia.

Obama argued that the integrity of the institution is being eroded and the people’s confidence in the court Zoe Kaiser weakened as the sharp polarization of Top: After the event, Obama shook hands with University of Chicago Law School stuelectoral politics has seeped into the dents in the crowd. Below: Obama jokes with a Law School student who asked him a quesjudicial system. tion. “ It’s not just that the Republican major ity i n the S enat e i nt ends t o Continued from front Obama, who served as a constituvote against a highly qualified judge,” tional law professor at the University day and your extraordinary education here at the University of Chicago is for 12 years, said that the process of Obama said. “We now have a situation the incredible high that you can get appointing a justice to the Supreme where they’re saying we simply will from ser v ing this country,” Obama Court is historically routine: the Pres- not consider the nomination itself.”

Though conceding that Democrats ident makes the nomination, the Sensaid.

too have attempted to obstruct the Supreme Court nominations of Republican presidents in the past, Obama asserted that never before has a Republ ican president ’s appointee not been granted a hearing or vote. “ Not on ly a re [ R epublicans] not willing to hold a vote at this point, they have refused to hold hearings on Judge Garland. In some cases, Mitch McConnell and others have said, ‘we will not even show the cour tesy of meeting with the Judge to f ind out what he thinks,’” he said.

W hile answer ing aud ience questions, the P resident add ressed the disappointment of critics who viewed the vacancy on the cour t as an opportunity for him to appoint a more liberal and diverse candidate. Obama explained that he does not scout specific demographics to find nominees.

He stated that there are more African American, Latino, Native American, A sian A merican, and L GBT judges than ever before. “ Not t o brag, but I have tra nsformed the federal courts from a diversity standpoint with a record that’s been unmatched,” he said.

“At no point did I say, ‘Oh, I need a black lesbian from Skokie…. Yeah he’s a white guy, but he’s a really outstanding jurist. Sorry, I think that’s important,” said Obama.

T he f inal question of the event, wh ich rega rded the message that American use of drones is sending to the global community, was welcomed

by Obama despite his reser vations over the veracity of the question’s underlying premises.

Obama reminded the audience that when he took office, the United States was engaged in two wars and al Qaeda was a growing threat. The technological abilities and precision of military weaponry began to accelerate prior to his administration, he said.

The President acknowledged that drone strikes are responsible for the death of innocent civilians, but said they are far less so than conventional warfare. “ T he ch a l lenge for me a s c ommander in chief has consistently been ‘how do you think about this new technology in a way that is consistent with morality, ideals, laws of war, but is also consistent with my first priority as president and commander in chief, which is to keep all of you safe,’ ” he said.

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endowed w ith plenti f u l sou rces of freshwater, so Ben-Gurion developed efficient water systems that desalinate and reuse water. UChicago’s deep well of scientific resources appealed to Ben-Gurion, and the two institutions embarked on a collaboration to make fresh water around the world cheaper and plentiful by 2020.

According to a press release from World Business Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel hopes Cur rent will vault Chicago into the “forefront of the water economy,” taking advantage of the city’s existing water infrastructure and lakefront location. Turning Chicago into a test-bed of water technology is crucial in positioning the city as a global leader in water technology,

said Sharon Feng, Senior Associate Dean of the IME. In an interview, Feng, who serves on the advisory committee for the formation of Current, stressed the importance of amassing a concentration of water technology and assets to attract “water-based and water-intensive” industries. Along with Current’s other partner institutions, which include Northwestern, the University of Illinois, and A rgonne National Laboratory, UChicago offers the research resources to provide a platform for industry innovation. “ UChicago brings interdisciplinary expertise to the table,” said Feng, noting the potential for I ME water research to make progress in areas such the “water-energ y nexus,” the

intersection at which energy production and water systems meet. In January, the University announced the establishment of the Crown Family Professorship to lead the IME’s water initiatives. The IME is in the process of hiring a top water researcher to fill this position.

Matthew T irrell, director of the I ME , said in a wr itten statement, “Current will shine a bigger spotlight on a wide and growing range of Chicago-based innovations in water-related technologies. The University of Chicago is playing an integral role in the efforts of Current to bring together universities, national laboratories, industry and new ventures to tackle this important societal issue.”

The University’s foray into aque-

ous research comes at a time at which clean water is increasingly scarce and valuable. Drought has devastated California and contaminated water has plagued Flint, MI. On March 22, the first-ever White House Water Summit highlighted the Obama administration’s efforts to increase drought relief plans, support water research, and finance innovative water initiatives. The summit featured Current as one of the many promising water initiatives taking place nationwide.

Sibener remarked in a phone interview that while the University has “always had the capability to pursue water research,” its recent focus on water research “arrived on the scene at a very useful time to have real-world impact.”

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Calendar for April 8–April 14 (Chicago), and Luigi Zingales (Chicago Continued from page 3 within the food industry and his ef- Booth) will discuss different aspects of forts to use financial incentives for what makes an ideal economic system the social good. Hampton Creek, which and government by answering quessells products such as cookie dough tions such as whether competition is and mayonnaise, focuses on sustain- the natural evolution of every economic ability in its supply chain and produc- system and whether the best governing healthy, all natural foods. In his ment is the smallest government. talk, Tetrick will discuss how these efforts in the food industry can cata- “Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War” lyze change.

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Tuesday, April 12 Journalist Robin Yassin-Kassab and L ie sl Shu r t l i f f B o ok L au nch – human rights activist Leila Al-Shami “Red: The True Story of Red Rid- present their new book on the political, social, and humanitarian crises that ing Hood” 57th Street B ooks, 1301 Ea st 57th have erupted as a result of the Syrian conf lict. Books will be available Street, 4 p.m., RSVP on Facebook.

Children’s book author Liesl Shurtliff for purchase and autographs after the will be hosting the release party for event. Chicago Public Radio’s Program her new book, Red: The True Story of Worldview host Jerome McDonnell will Red Riding Hood. The book reimagines moderate. the classic children’s fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood and crafts a main Wednesday, April 13 character who is “strong, brazen, and not afraid of anything”. Shurtliff’s first Fiction & Forms Reading by Viet book Rump, a reinterpretation of Rum- Nguyen pelstiltskin, earned an IRA Award, a Rosenwald Hall 405, 1101 East 58th Texas Bluebonnet nomination, and a Street, 6 p.m.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen’s first novel, The Sympathizer, which provided an of“ Welfare, Competition, Quality of ten-missing Vietnamese perspective Government” Rothstein, Mulligan, on the Vietnam War, debuted a little Zingales over a year ago to general acclaim. At Harper Center Room 104, 5807 South this reading, he will present some of Woodlawn Avenue, 5 p.m. his more recent work.

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VIEWPOINTS SG Should Stick to Campus Issues No Vote on U of C Divest’s Resolution On Tuesday night, U of C Divest presented a resolution to College Council that, if passed, will encourage the University administration to divest from companies that divestment supporters have identified as complicit in Israel’s human rights abuses in Palestine. It names 10 specific companies, including Boeing, Caterpillar, and General Electric, in which it suspects the University is invested. (The University has not disclosed this information.) By voting on this resolution, College Council representatives will be taking a stance it was not elected to take—enabling a small number of undergraduates to publicly align the entire student body with a particular position on an issue that divides this campus.

This is not the fi rst time activists have used divestment as

a strategy to draw attention to a cause. Despite pressure, the University refused to divest during South African apartheid or the war in Darfur, and President Zimmer told T HE M AROON last Spring that it is unlikely to divest from fossil fuel companies. In each instance it has cited the 1967 Kalven Report, which recommends institutional neutrality in the interest of promoting a diverse exchange of political ideas. Historical precedent strongly suggests that the University will not respond to protesters’ or College Council’s calls for divestment in this case.

Because the call for divestment will likely go unanswered, the potential College Council vote is a symbolic one. Symbolic does not mean unimportant, and the message of a yes vote—that the student body of

a major American university condemns Israel’s relationship with Palestine in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank—could well have a greater impact than the withdrawal of the University’s relatively small investments ever could. This vote is not primarily a campus question about the University’s investments.

Rather, it asks whether undergraduates will condemn the role Israel plays in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Regardless of our views on this question, we must ask whether this decision lies appropriately within the scope of issues on which the representatives were elected to exercise their judgment.

We elect representatives to College Council with the expectation that they will be making decisions that affect our day-today college experiences, not rep-

resenting our understanding of the world. This was not always the case. When Bernie Sanders walked the Quad, Student Government sent telegrams to President John F. Kennedy with some regularity on issues of moment: during the Cuban Missile Crisis, SG called an emergency meeting to draft an expression of opposition to the decision to embargo the island. But College Council representatives of that generation were elected on an explicitly outward-facing political platform.

If students believe Student Government ought to represent their views on issues that extend well beyond campus, SG candidates’ views on such issues should be considered during election season. This did not occur in the election of the sitting College Council, and this Council does

not have the authority to speak for the student body on Israel’s behavior, or other issues far from campus. This is not to say that an active and even vociferous debate on divestment, and on the University’s long-held and longcontroversial stance on the issue, shouldn’t happen—that kind of discussion is what this University is for. However, until the majority of SG candidates run on platforms that are as much (if not more) about national and global issues as about campus issues—and can therefore claim to represent the political views of a majority of the student body— College Council should not be the venue in which we feign consensus on a prolonged and nuanced campus debate.

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Of Course UChicago Isn’t a Charity Discussions About Financial Aid Need More Nuance

BY REBEK AH LIPPENS CONTRIBUTOR

I was greatly disappointed by the recent Viewpoints article “UChicago Isn’t a Charity ” (04 /05/16) for a variety of reasons. I was upset that this article was perhaps the only dialogue I have seen in a long time calling for any sort of change to the financial aid program.

I wholehe a r t e d ly a g r e e w ith the author ’s pr em ise that the University absolutely needs to offer more financial

aid. I also wish that would h ave r ef le c t e d w it h i n h i s column an awareness of the progress that UChicago has made toward making attendance possible for low-income students—the Odyssey scholarship program and the more recent No Barriers initiative are all without doubt steps in the right direction. I myself, like many students here, would never have been able to attend this school were it not for my financial aid package.

That said, I also wish that the article had been less cava-

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lier in its treatment of why financial aid should even exist.

I do not think that debating the existence of financial aid at a school that costs $65,000 a year is a discussion that we need to have or one that really pushes us forward in any way — u n less it is situat ed within a far larger discussion of how financial aid’s justifications should affect the ways that it is awarded to students.

T his is the more important discussion, and I was deeply d isappointed that it represented such a tiny part of the article.

I do not feel as though everyone understands what it feels like to fear the numbers at the bottom of the screen when your yea rly f inancial aid award comes back, or the sense of helplessness when your quarterly interest statement includes your current loan totals. There are things that are now and will be for some time completely impossible for me financially that

I watch so many of my peers treat casually. I have loved my time at this University and have never regretted the decision to come here. It does, however, as both the article and the cartoon it was paired with suggest, become difficult not to feel ang r y when the University treats millions of dollars almost f lippantly as they found new institutes and grow their real estate empire when a few more thousand dollars a year would change my life.

My family is solidly middle class, which I readily and fully admit is a privilege, but it also means that I do not qualify for a lot of the University’s really great scholarship programs.

I take a full course load and spend more time at work than I do in the classroom, which oftentimes has forced me to make sacrifices in my studies for work. What I find upsetting about this situation is that despite everything I do, I still cannot pay my way

through college the way that my parents’ generation could.

T h is, I th i n k , is the most alarming trend in college costs and financial aid’s inability or unwillingness to keep up with them: it is no longer possible to get through college in a fiscally responsible way for many students coming from families below a certain income level.

There are a lot of conversations that we could and should be having about the way the University approaches financial aid. Every one of them is deeper than contemplating the differences between financial aid and charity. That article, despite its many f laws, was a i m i ng for a c ommend able goa l. However, as someone whose life is in every way affected by financial aid, I just w ish it had not missed the mark so entirely.

Rebekah Lippens is a second-year in the College double majoring in English and religious studies.

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Letter to the Editor: J Street UChicago Comes Out Against Resolution J Street UChicago is opposed to the resolution recently introduced by UofC Divest. We are unabashedly pro-Israel, pro-peace, and pro-Palestinian. Our belief in social justice, human rights, and self-determination for both peoples has led us to work toward a two-state solution and to oppose the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

The UofC Divest resolution fails to explicitly support Israel’s right to exist and acknowledge that the right to exist is a fundamental part of working toward a peaceful solution and acknowledging the rights of both peoples. Just as there can be no secure, Jewish, and democratic future for the state of Israel without an end to the occupation, there cannot be freedom and justice for Palestinians without an embrace of the two-state solution and the right of the Jewish people to self-determination.

J Street U exists to provide a home for students who support the rights of both peoples to live in peace and security. That’s why we advocate for a two-state solution and why we oppose actions—like settlement expansion and the blurring of the Green Line—that undermine the prospects for peace.

We want to encourage an open, rigorous, inclusive conversation on the Israeli-Palestinian conf lict, not polarize the issue to a point where there is no potential for engagement and cooperation.

We urge our fellow students and members of the broader University and Chicago communities to join us in working toward a better future for Israelis and Palestinians—and to reject actions that only serve to exacerbate conf lict.

—The J Street UChicago Board

Don’t Polarize The Party Political Isolation Leads to Stunted Conversations and Stagnation

Brooke White

Mischief Manager I was raised in a Republican household, which meant watching only Fox News, honoring my family’s shrine to Ronald Reagan, and worshipping Satan. At Christmastime, we sat in front of our TV screen nodding our heads at Bill O’Reilly’s snark while the liberal hippies conspired in their liberal-hippy vans to legalize cocaine and streak naked through our suburban streets to cry, “Anarchy!”

Wait, really? No. I respect Bernie Sanders. I respect John Kasich. I believe in a minimum wage increase, gay marriage, pro-choice legislation, and strict gun laws. But I also don’t believe that the wealthy should be taxed more just because they make more money, and my views on foreign policy are fairly right of center. I’m a self-interested voter who prioritizes my views over anyone else’s. I’m a registered—brace yourself—Republican. Yes, our party has been infi ltrated by bigots, racists, sexists, *and* Donald Trump.

But I am still a Republican who deserves the respect and consideration I give to those whose views differ from my own.

I am a Republican who despises Donald Trump but who doesn’t believe shutting down his rallies and denying assembly and free speech is the right plan.

I’m a self-interested voter. But stop and think: democracy is a system that prioritizes self-interest. Yes, it’s a system for the people, by the people, but each individual’s self-interest works against determining what’s really best for the majority. I’m pro-choice because I believe in a woman’s right to choose; as a woman, I’m pretty qualified to defend my right as a woman, regardless of what the majority of women want. Because I want the right to choose, I will vote for prochoice legislation. My defense is self-interested. But what about the women who are pro-life because they believe in a woman’s responsibility to honor life?

American journalist Norman Cousins once defi ned democracy as a gateway in which “the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.” Democracy is about both choice and responsibility. Some people vote for what is best for them, and some vote for what they believe is best for others. Who is to criticize the woman who votes to defend her own right to choose?

Who is to criticize the woman who votes for the Republican candidate because the right to life is, in her eyes, best for the majority?

American politics has become dangerously polarizing. You’re either on one side or the other, and if you don’t pick one, you’re not taken seriously and lose credibility. The polarization is so isolating on college campuses that reasonable discourse between the two sides is either denied or frowned upon. I liked nearly every candidate’s Facebook page, including Donald Trump’s. When more than one person messaged me asking, “Are you aware that you liked Trump’s page?” I was pissed. I am not going to deny myself access to what candidates advertise just because I don’t agree with them; that’s dangerous. Beyond that, I felt attacked. When someone asks me, “Why do you watch Fox News?” I’m not going to shrug and play stupid—Megyn Kelly is a strong woman whom I look up to, and I don’t have to apologize for it just because she’s affi liated with a network people don’t like. I don’t believe in isolating myself politically—that’s exactly what extreme supporters have done.

I will not defend a racist and sexist candidate. Just because Trump aligns himself with my party does not mean I believe he’s fit to represent it. The GOP is not a breeding ground for racism and sexism; these ideologies exist independently of any political party and manifest differently in other spheres. If you voted in the primaries, great. But get out and vote in November. Celebrate with the people who share your self-interest, but don’t shame those who don’t.

Brooke White is a second-year in the College majoring in public policy and political science.

Letter to the Editor: U of C Divest Calls for Divestment from Israel Palestinians today face a comprehensive system of occupation, dispossession, and segregation—in short, apartheid. Their cities are bombed, resources stolen, children kidnapped, and movement restricted. They have asked for our help.

In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on the international community to use the tactics of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) to pressure Israel to respect international law and basic human rights. In response, #UofCDivest calls upon the University to divest from 10 companies, eight of which are American, which perpetuate this apartheid status quo.

They are weapons manufacturers, surveillance technology companies, and construction suppliers for illegal Israeli settlements.

Our resolution, while targeted, supports the full demands of the BDS call: an end to the occupation, equality for all people in Palestine/Israel, and the right of all Palestinian

refugees to return to their homes. Freedom, equality, return: human rights. If the realization of these fundamental rights represents such a threat to Israel’s “existence,” what kind of Israeli state do our opponents defend?

J Street nominally endorses an end to the occupation as a step toward lasting peace.

But now, as #UofCDivest proposes concrete action against the occupation, J Street stands alongside a coalition that not only refuses to acknowledge the Occupation, but vocally opposes divestment from weapons manufacturers. When J Street says they are “pro-peace,” but must oppose the BDS movement, we understand that “peace” for them is preconditioned on Palestinians surrendering fundamental rights, an approach that can only reproduce the racist status quo. #UofCDivest stands for peace by demanding that we end our complicity in violence against Palestinians. What does J Street stand for?

— #UofCDivest Coalition

Diversify Our Thinkers, Diversify Our Thoughts Groups Like The Think Tank Make Much Needed Strides in STEM Field Diversity

BY CORTNEY MCINERNEY CONTRIBUTOR

Meet Daniel Casasanto, one of the brains behind The Think Tank, a mobile neuroscience lab and education station with a very important mission: accelerating diversity in STEM. The lime-green truck with its giant, glowing fiberglass brain (the Illuminoggin) has been bringing neuroplasticity and live demonstrations to the city’s streets and schools since 2013. Led by undergraduate students from the University of Chicago, demonstrations revolve around neuroplasticity and the brain’s incredible ability to adapt.

“We have the power to change our brains,” Casasanto explained with a smile, detailing the demonstrations, “but most people have the impression that things like talent and intelligence are God-given in fixed quantities due to nearly a century of research which has been proven wrong.”

“It’s incredibly important for students to know this, especially underrepresented students,” he continued, suddenly serious.

“There’s actually a theory, called the Growth-Mindset Theory, which believes that if you can convey this to students, it produces dramatic results in and outside of the classroom.”

This week, The Think Tank will represent the National Science Foundation at the largest STEM fair in the country, the USA Science & Engineering Festival.

Their next big projects include a Scholars program that would bring underrepresented-STEM scientists to UChicago’s campus, and the Big Thinkers program, which would bring highly motivated, underrepresented students to UChicago labs in a two-year mentored apprenticeship.

This last project, however, has presented Casasanto and his team with some interesting roadblocks: “We have no shortage of mentors; students at the University are eager to volunteer! But we need funding for summer jobs for the students we’re reaching out to, so we can bring them to campus labs and involve them in research,” Casasanto explained.

Students coming from lower socioeconomic backgrounds can’t afford to participate in unpaid internships over the summer.

They have to choose a paying job over an unpaid internship, even if that internship could provide them with access to graduate students and tenured faculty in a STEM-affiliated university and bolster their college applications.

The Big Thinkers Program would be an amazing opportunity for underrepresented students, but without the needed funding, it might never happen. And if underrepresented students don’t get better access to higher education through programs like The Think Tank’s, STEM fields face a familiar, unwanted future: “We recently partnered with a group in NYC and attended a dinner and discussion.

The event was great, but it was discouraging that all four of the people on stage during the discussion were old, white men telling stories about other old, white men,” Casasanto stated with a small shake of the head.

Old, white men are the current face of science and have been the face of science for quite some time. And though they’ve brought much to the table, the scientific community would only profit from the inclusion of more diverse students and academics.

“We can’t change the past, but we can change the future by showing students that brilliance comes in many different forms,” Casasanto stated, confident in his team and their lime-green lab.

In a world where class and race divisions are fraught with tension and in need of a comprehensive solution, The Think Tank seems like an enormous step in the right direction. Besides being an ingenious (and fun) way of encouraging under-represented students’ interest and participation in STEM and providing them with better access to higher-education, The Think Tank is a wonderful model for organizations of its kind—namely, those seeking to increase diversity in academia and American universities.

Cortney McInerney is a second-year in the College double majoring in English and political science.

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ARTS

Theater[24]: A Curator’s Diary

BY ELISABETH DEL TORO MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

There is a sense of vulnerability in showing people a rough draft, asking for their feedback, and polishing it in front of someone whose opinion matters to you. Theater[24] is that vulnerability incarnate, a quarterly event where, within 24 hours, students write, rehearse, and perform shows for their peers—peers who have the critical sensibilities to rip their work to shreds.

Every quarter since 2010, University Theater ( UT) has produced the Theater[24] Festival, and every quarter since spring of 2014, I have curated it. Theater[24]’s rehearsal period and run are dramatically shorter than most of UT’s work: one day in lieu of five to nine weeks, and one performance instead of the standard four.

For the average participant, [24] starts on Friday night of first week. Actors introduce themselves to the other festival participants in 60 seconds or less, often singing, talking about their day, juggling, or

reading erotic fanfiction. Curators like myself live-tweet the whole experience (@thtr24).

After they all introduce themselves, writers and directors pair up; they then draw names of actors to write into their shows. Designers are prepped for the next day, and writing teams sneak away to a secret space where they will be crafting plays for the next 12ish hours. Everyone else is told to go to sleep (everyone but the first-timers usually do).

Saturday morning the writers turn in their plays, and the curators, directors, actors, and designers read them for the first time. After the readthrough, writers head home and rehearsals begin. As per usual, this quarter the writers came up with some inside jokes that could only make sense to the sleep-deprived members locked in a room; there were running jokes about Ted Cruz being the Zodiac Killer, a very specific recurring sound cue of cows dying in a fire, and many, many references to Hamilton.

Writers often add such absurd recurring bits to the center of a [24] show because peo-

ple are tired and think they’re funny. As a curator, I spent a lot of time during the day musing about what would translate to a non–UT audience and what would feel like an inside joke, and I can’t help but think most of it fell into the latter.

But that’s the thing about inside jokes: they develop by accident and shared experience.

Theater[24] often feels like both things rolled into one. As I rehearse with the shows, I feel like dozens of people are winking at me, and it’s nice. It’s nice to read scripts where the playwrights are present and want you to approve of them.

By the time the show itself arrives, everyone is spent. After warm ups, the house opens and the T heater[24] Dance Party Extravaganza begins—a much beloved and much contested tradition of [24]. Basically, for half an hour, the festival participants dance to a terrible Top 40/’90s Throwback playlist on stage and in the growing audience. In theory, audience members can join in and hop on stage or dance anywhere in the room. More often than not, the people with

friends on stage will join in, and the people who don’t will sit awkwardly for a very long time. It can feel exclusive, I get that. It is also my last festival, so in rosy-glasses senior style, I dance and blow bubbles with my friends without worrying about anyone else.

The other other curators and I introduce ourselves to the audience. As we calm our nerves, the festival starts, and I prepare myself for my first role, Leonardo DiCaprio. A fter five more plays (I play Ted Cruz, a Soviet Space Camp instructor, two girl scouts running through the woods, an unnamed Stage Manager, and Hillary Clinton), the show is suddenly over. I hear the other curators listing the remaining UT season—shows I am not part of— encouraging people to join a [24] listhost for festivals that will continue after I graduate, and suddenly it is my turn. I spit out the after-party location, reminding participants they have to stay to strike the show, and I realize this is it.

At the end of the day, I think Theater[24] has always

been for itself; it’s more about the experience of the day than the experience of watching the show. While its pool often overlaps with UT, there are festival participants who come back every quarter and never work on another UT show. Theater[24] is a self-selecting group that spends its first weekend on something that g uarantees low production value, lowbrow humor, laughter, and new acquaintances.

I pa r t ic ipat e d i n T he ater[24] my first weekend at UChicago and met people I ended up taking classes with, acting in UT mainstages with, and even going on dates with.

This year, as a fourth-year, I watched those same connections form in younger classes.

UT often seems to have a four-year-long institutional memor y. S ometh i ng as ever-changing as [24] can feel even shorter. It represents and amplifies everything ephemeral about theater itself. We remember the people but not the shows. We remember each other, but not our Ted Cruz impressions. We forget, but we remember.

26 Years Later, Paris is Burning Still Rages On

BY MJ CHEN DEPUTY ARTS EDITOR

NEW YORK 1987 So begins Jennie Livingston’s Paris is Burning, a tantalizing glimpse into New York City’s ball (drag) scene in the late ’80s. It lent mainstream America such colloquial gems as “shade,” “ vog u i ng,” a nd even “ YA A A S ” — the I nt ernet credits that last one to some excitable twink on Vine (“ YA A AS GAGA!”), but, then

again, the Internet sucks at due diligence.

Yet the do cumenta r y is so much more than a mine for cultural tidbits. It boldly and thoughtfully explores the intersection of race, queerness, a nd i nequa l ity a long the margins of white society.

Ball-walkers featured in the film are predominantly working- class black and L atin x individuals: in a sense, balls represent their fantasy of belonging to a mainstream that rejects them on the basis of

racial, sexual, and economic orthodoxy. “ In a ballroom, you can be anything you want,” says Dorian Corey, a legendary figure in the ball circuit, in the film. “ You’re not really an executive, but you’re looking like an executive. A nd therefore you’re showing the straight world, ‘I can be an executive.

I f I had the oppor tunity, I could be one.’”

M o s t p ower f u l a r e t he questions Paris is Burning raises about the closet. Cen-

Miramax Films

Paris is Burning offers deeply personal portraits of New York City “ball-walkers,” who have found a home in the city’s vibrant drag subculture.

tral to the film is the concept of “realness”—not an imitation but a becoming of what the straight world expects, what the white world enjoys.

We get a taste of realness in its many forms, or categories, from haut-bourgeois (“Town and Country,” “High Fashion Eveningwear ” ), to pedestrian (“Schoolboy/girl”, “Banjee Boy/Girl”), to tongue-in-cheek (“Butch Queen First Time in Drags at a Ball”).

But underneath pageantry lies the paradox of conformity.

“If you can pass the untrained eye—or even the trained eye— and not give away the fact that you’re gay, that’s when it’s realness,” says Corey. “It’s really a case of going back into the closet.”

Do balls ultimately celebrate or deny? The film never answers this question conclusively, but shows us a little bit of both. “It’s like crossing into the looking glass in Wonderland. You go in there and you feel 100 percent right being gay,” says David Xtravaganza, another inter v iewee in the film. But the realness with which ball-walkers compete suppresses their racial, sexual, or economic reality in some form. “Going to school,” the ballroom MC announces. “ S cho ol . E lement a r y, h igh school, college . . . not here.”

Through Paris is Burning, however, we witness a ritual in which imagination triumphs

over circumstance. “O-P-U-LE-N-C-E! Opulence! You own everything!” he barks, and we believe.

It is difficult to imagine a world where realness was a method of survival, accustomed as we are by ever-greater LGBTQ+ acceptance in the U.S. ( North Carolina aside) and the comforts of a liberal campus. The murder of Venus Xtravaganza, a transgender woman in her teens, stands in the film as a jarring reminder of when realness meant life or death.

At a screening of the film at Logan Center last Thursday, art critic and Ph.D. candidate Solveig Nelson touched on the more problematic aspects of Paris is Burning, its immediate and continued academic inf luence, and its connection t o S outh Side h ist or y. She noted that despite the $3.8 million in profit earned by the f i lm, pa r ticipa nts received only $55,000 as a group; she mentioned the commercialization of “voguing ” by popular culture, most notably through the song “Vogue” by Madonna; and she explored the dialogue between its characters and Chicago’s queer culture.

Most rewarding was the post-screening discussion, in which members of the local ballroom scene participated as members of the audience.

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Chicago Latino Film Festival (April This Saturday, take a moment to explore the final frontier at the Chicago Society’s 8–21) Now in its 32nd year, the Chicago Lati- “Space: Speculation and Exploration.” Not no Film Festival (CLFF) will show over 100 only will this event feature a number of nofilms from Latin America, Spain, Portugal, table speakers in the field of astronomy and and the U.S. over the course of two weeks astrophysics (including some speakers from in April. The CLFF aims to showcase the NASA), but it will also include a panel on diversity of themes within Latino filmmak- the business and politics of space. The ficing. Most of the films will be shown at AMC tion panel—a team of best-selling authors River East; however, there are nine other and professors of English and literature from locations, including the theater at UIC. The around the country—will discuss the topic CLFF is presented by the International Lati- of space in works of science fiction. Walking no Cultural Center of Chicago, a pan-Latino to I-House for this event is one small step for you, and one giant leap for your inner space nonprofit arts organization.

Individual screenings are $10 with a stu- lover.

Saturday, April 9, International House, 9 dent ID, and a film passport ($110) buys admission to 12 screenings. Film passports can a.m.–5:30 p.m., the conference is free and open be purchased at AMC River East (322 East to the public and includes breakfast and lunch.

Illinois), at ChicagoLatinoFilmFestival.org, on the CLFF Facebook page, or at the CLFF CYSO’s Encore Chamber Orchestra Box Office. The festival runs from April 8 to The Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra April 21. Find the lineup at http://chicago- will perform its spring concert this Saturday latinofilmfestival.org/films. afternoon at Logan. Music director Allen Katie Akin Tinkham will lead the symphony through Brahm’s Symphony No. 3 and Mendelssohn’s on BienMeSabe, Manolo’s Tamales, TaqueThis Chicago Life ria Los Comales, El Ñandu, and Cassava, The University Community Service Cen- “The Hebrides,” (Op. 28).

Saturday, April 9, Performance Hall, you can peruse a showcase of artworks by ter’s Chicago Studies will be collaborating Logan Center, 3 p.m., admission is free and students and Chicago artists before settling with the Logan Center Cabaret Series to down for the feature performance: dance, poopen to the public. present “This Chicago Life,” a live magazine etry, guitar, videos, and more. In the spirit of performance in the Logan Center’s Perforthe night, the first 200 ticket-buyers might mance Penthouse. Performers will prepare Ser Latino: OLAS Cultural Show and present a short personal piece that This Saturday night, the Organization of even score an OLAS shot glass.

Saturday, April 6, Reynolds Club, Fair experiments with elements of storytelling. Latin American Students (OLAS) will host Come snack on free food while experiencing its fifth annual cultural show. Titled “Ser 6:30 p.m., Performance 8 p.m., tickets $5 via different narratives about life in Chicago in Latino” (to be Latino), the show will explore Venmo or at the door. a live magazine format. how one interacts with the Latino identity Friday, April 8, Performance Penthouse, through cultural expression, as well as the Temporary Public Art Walks with Nazafarin Lotfi Logan Center, 8 p.m., admission is free and shifting iterations within that identity. The Nazafarin Lotfi, the 2015/16 Arts + Pubopen to the public. event will begin with a smorgasbord of food Space: Speculation & Exploration vendors from across the city. As you munch

lic Life and Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture Artist-in-Residence, will be leading a temporary public art walk to admire and discuss “the ambiguities and uncertainties of looking.” Interested participants should gather at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park for the start of the tour.

Saturday, April 10, Washington Park, 10 a.m., admission is free and open to the public.

Runway to Reality Prom: an iconic coming-of-age moment.

This Sunday at the Arts Incubator, explore prom through the lenses of photography and garment design at the winning submission for Arts + Public Life’s 2016 Exhibition Open Call. Photographer Maurene Cooper and seamstress Suzette Opara collaborated on this exhibit to assess the cultural significance of prom on the South Side, bringing to life its joy and significance.

Sunday, April 10, Arts Incubator of Washington Park, 12 p.m., admission is free and open to the public.

UChicago Night at the Art Institute This is the last opportunity of the academic year for UChicago students, faculty, and staff to enjoy a free night at the Art Institute. This evening will feature a special performance by Chicago actors reenacting the life of van Gogh. Enjoy a number of special exhibit tours, including Byzantine Art and a Collection Highlight Tour throughout the museum. Mark your calendar now to ensure you can van Gogh!

Thursday, April 14, Art Institute of Chicago, 5–8 p.m., free with UCID. Shuttles leaving Reynolds Club at 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.

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Parker, a social worker, explained realness in terms of her own experience. “ When I look at Paris is Burning, what I really see is a crushing effect of social injustice,” she said. “Realness is basically survival. If I am seen as cisnormative, if I am seen as heteronormative, then I am better able to secure some modicum of decent opportunity that all of us should have. As a trans woman, if I am perceived to be anything other than that which I am presenting, that could essentially cost me to not make it home. Even though it’s a playful expression [of realness] that they’re doing [in the film], it’s really growing the melon and eating the rind—a painful way of making some-

thing beautiful out of something that should be guaranteed.”

Or, in terms more familiar to the average University of Chicago student: “We say ‘all the world’s a stage,’ in this case, ‘all the world’s a ballroom.’ We all know what it means to be selling our realness, to be selling our selves,” Parker said. “When you are going for your college interviews . . . when you are going for job interviews, you are selling your self. You are telling this judge, this interviewer, ‘I am real, I am the realest person for this job. I will get this effect [requirement] done.’

Whether you will or not, that remains to be seen. A ll that matters is you got through the category. You got employed.”

CORRECTIONS In last week’s coverage of SASA’s annual cultural show (“Lights, Camera, SASA! Breaks Records”), the capacity of Mandel Hall was misstated as 1,045. Since its 2013 renovation, Mandel Hall seats 878. Aag was also incorrectly called “SASA’s a cappella group.” Aag is its own RSO. THE MAROON regrets these errors.

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South Siders Look to Swing Their Way to Weekend Victories BASEBALL

BY FRANCES MCDONALD SPORTS STAFF

The Maroons will gear up for two doubleheaders this weekend against Robert Morris–Peoria and Lawrence. The squad is heading into the weekend with a record of 6–8 through the first half of its season. After a doubleheader against Robert Morris–Peoria on Saturday, the South Siders will face off against a 6–6 Lawrence team that is looking to get an ERA above .500. In its last meeting in 2011, Chicago bested Lawrence in a 24–2 blowout.

In a doubleheader last Sunday, Chicago went 2–1 after a win against Elmhurst and split against UW–Platteville. The Maroons defeated Elmhurst College by a score of 9–3 on Wednesday. The pitcher for 6.2 innings of the game, who led the team to the win, was first-year Joe Liberman.

On Sunday the Maroons beat UW– Platteville 5–1 under a full pitching performance from fourth-year Lucas Friss. Friss struck out eight batters while only giving up one run. After this stellar performance, the UAA named Friss Athlete of the Week the following day. Out of his 26 pitched innings this season, Friss has struck out 30 batters and currently has an impressive ERA of 1.04.

The veteran leadership of Friss could be a huge factor in the squad’s success this season.

Second-year Max Larsen and first-year Ian Bohn are making a case for the under-

classmen, as they accounted for two hits each during the Maroon’s victory over UW–Platteville. Larsen and first-year Josh Parks currently leads the team in scored runs at nine a piece. Pitching struggles, resulting in a 13–4 loss after a hectic third inning, plagued the second game of the doubleheader. Chicago switched up its pitcher five times during the game as they searched for a rhythm that it ultimately couldn’t find.

Lawrence is coming off two wins against Crown College during its spring trip. Although the team started the season with a record of 1–6, the Vikings are currently on a five game winning streak. However, firstyear starting first baseman Brady Sarkon said the team is feeling optimistic and confident about the upcoming games.

“I think we are expecting nothing less than two wins against Lawrence on Sunday,” Sarkon said. “We have done some really exciting things this season, and we are going to be a scary team when we start putting it all together. I don’t see any reason why that won’t happen this weekend.”

Expectations are also high based on this past week. “We have had a great week of practice, and I expect us to come out rolling this weekend against both Robert Morris and Lawrence,” Sarkon continued.

Although Friss and the upperclassmen seem to be leading the charge, Sarkon commented on the young age of the team and how the youth has certainly affected the season

University of Chicago Athletics Department

Fourth-year Lucas Friss pitches during a game against the Illinois Institute of Technology last season.

so far. “Our pitching, hitting, and defense have looked really good at times this season, but we have failed to put it all together for the most part and I think that certainly has something to do with the fact that we are young and have not played together for very long,” he said.

“However, I have no doubt that when we start putting these complete efforts together we will be a very tough team to beat. We are

all very excited for the weekend, and I think we are all ready to string a few wins together and show everyone how good this team really is,” hye said.

The Maroons are ready to go this weekend and it should be some great baseball. The Saturday games against Robert Morris will be at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. while the games against Lawrence will be at noon and 3 p.m. on Sunday at Ratner Athletics Center.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON - APRIL 8, 2016

SPORTS Pair of Conference Foes Loom for No. 5 Maroons MEN’S TENNIS

BY EMMETT ROSENBAUM ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After a two-week hiatus, the No. 5 Maroons, armed with a 12 –2 record, will return to the courts again this we ekend w it h a pa i r of m at c he s against top-ranked con ference foes Case Western and Wash U. The Maroons will first take to the courts later today against the Spartans, who are the No. 6 team in the nation a nd cu r rently ow n a 12 – 5 record. This will not be the first meeting of the season between the two UA A foes though. In February, during the ITA National Indoor Championships, Chicago dominated Case Western en route to a 7–2 victory. Despite it being April, the match will be indoors, news that bodes well for the Maroons given the history between the two squads.

The anticipation is high for the Maroons, as third-year Sven Kranz said, “ We are very much looking forward to this weekend. Case and Wash U are the only other UA A teams that are on our schedule so we have been preparing mentally and physically for these matches. Practices the past two weeks have been quite challenging and we are ready to come out firing on Friday and Saturday.”

Fellow third-year Brian Sun was quick to agree to Kranz’s remarks and added, “Sven, good answer.”

For the Maroons, this match will be equally crucial because of the long, two-week break before their spring break trip. The Maroons haven’t faced competition for quite some time, and how they perform against Case will be an indication of the team’s mental fortitude, chemistry, and perseverance. If the Maroons can make quick work of Case, their opponent two days later, Wash U, will look much weaker.

With that, on Sunday the Maroons will play host to the No. 13 Wash U Bears, who have won four of their last five matches. W hile this match represents the first meeting between the Bears and Chicago this year, the two teams squared off twice in the regular season last year. While Wash U took both contests (5 – 4 and 5 – 3 respectively), the Maroons got the last laugh by beating the Bears in the NCA A tournament to secure third place.

Sunday will also be Senior Day for the tennis team, as the g roup says goodbye to their three fourth-years, B obby Adusumilli, William L eddy: and Gordon Zhang. The trio posted a 56 –23 record during its time at UChicago, and never finished lower than

Case, Wash U to Provide Chicago Tough Test WOMEN’S TENNIS

BY MICHAEL HINKLEY SPORTS STAFF

The No. 15 Maroons are fresh off a weekend of three straight wins and a tournament title, and will be looking to keep the streak alive this weekend against a pai r of con ference oppo nents. The Maroons are set to face No. 9 Wash U and No. 22 Case Western Reserve in a UA A double-header. The squad currently stands at 8 –3 overall but will face a stern test this weekend against some tough opponents.

L ast weekend, the S outh Siders rattled off a trio of victories in the M idwest I nv ite. T he team cr ushed Carthage 9 – 0 on Friday, and followed it up by earning a convincing 5 –2 win over Kenyon in the semifinals. A fter winning four singles bouts, the Maroons’ top pair, consisting of fourthyear Lucy Tang and first-year Rachel Kim, was able to win the first doubles match and propel the team to the finals. In the deciding contest, the team was able to defeat UW–Whitewater by a count of 5 – 3. Despite trailing 2 –1 after the doubles round, the Maroons bounced back and won four singles matches to secure the win and hoist the trophy.

“Our matches last weekend challenged us in several ways,” secondyear player Courtney Warren said.

“Overcoming the challenges we faced last weekend definitely gives us momentum head ing into ou r matches this weekend. We know that we have to start these matches with the same intensity and energ y we had when things got tough last time around.”

Looking forward, the team hopes to continue its recent success in back-

to-back contests against Wash U and Case Western. These match-ups will also serve as valuable preparation for the UA A Championships, which are coming up at the end of this month.

O n Satu rday, the squad w i l l have thei r hands full against thei r bitter rivals, who come into the match ranked in the top 10. The Bears currently boast an overall record of 10 – 6, but are coming off a 5 – 4 upset loss to U W–W hitewater in the M idwest Inv ite. T hat being said, the rest of their defeats have come at the hands of highly ranked teams. Therefore, the Bears will pose as a tough test for the young, but confident, Chicago team.

T hen on Sunday, the squad will face of f against Case Wester n R eserve. The Spartans have managed to string together four consecutive victories. This season, they have amassed a record of 11– 3 although against a less formidable slate of opponents.

However, they come into the contest ranked No. 22 in the country. Last year, Chicago defeated the Spartans in the first round of the UA A Championship by a score of 8 –1. The Maroons will be looking for a similar result this weekend against their UA A foe.

Regarding the upcoming matches, Warren said, “ We are focusing on our team energy and positivity. I think now instead of being worried about challenge, we are ready and excited for it.”

Chicago will take that positive energy to the court on Saturday when they face Wash U at 5 p.m. at the Everg reen Racquet and F itness Club.

T he mat ch aga i nst Case West er n Reserve will take place the following morning at 9 a.m.

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Second-year David Liu prepares to return a volley earlier this season.

fifth in the NCA A tournament. The team will enter the match carrying a little extra weight on their shoulders as members try to send their seniors off in style.

F r iday ’s mat ch aga i nst Case is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. at the XS Tennis Foundation. Sunday against Wash U is set to take place at 1 p.m. at the Ratner Athletics Center.

Chicagoland Championships will be Marked

by Weather and Stronger Competition TRACK & FIELD

BY GARY HUANG SPORTS STAFF

After a cancellation of last week’s meet, Chicago will once again look forward to starting its outdoor season this weekend at the Chicagoland Championships. The tournament will take place in Glen Ellyn at the College of DuPage.

Du r ing the indoor season, both squad s had a ser ies of m i xed re sults but managed to place in the top two in four out of eight meets. T he South Siders also managed to quali fy women’s runners for the NCA A Indoor Championships in five events and earned a national championship through third-year Michelle Dobbs.

D o bb s wa s s e e de d fou r t h i n t he 800-meter race but quickly dispelled her seeding, going on to break the Chicago school record in the event, recording a 2:11.34 time and beating the runner-up by a close .64 seconds.

Subsequently, she was named UA A Athlete of the Week. More accolades were compiled at the NCA A Championships as second-year Khia Kurtenbach earned two All-American awards after finishing fourth in the women’s 3,0 0 0 -meter with a time of 9:40.03, and sixth in the 5,000-meter.

In last year’s outdoor season, the UChicago men’s track-and-f ield f inished with nine A ll-UA A selections a nd f ive UA A c h a mpion s i n t wo events. Kevin On, who recently graduated, took first in the 10,000-meter event. Second-year Nathan Downey and fourth-years Temisan Osowa, Ben

Clark, and Jacob Romeo teamed up to win the coveted 4x40 0 -meter relay.

There are high expectations for this event, as all four champions return with a national championship in their sights this year.

The women’s squad completed their 2015 outdoor season with 15 All-UA A selections and eight UA A champions in seven events. Dobbs won the 800-meter; fourth-year Nkemdilim Nwaokolo was able to sweep the shot put, hammer throw, and discus; fourth-year Nelson Trotter accomplished a brace with wins in the triple jump and high jump; graduate Pam Yu took first in the long jump; fourth-year Brianna Hickey, second-year Cassidy McPherson, graduate Jennifer Uehling, and Dobbs joined to win the 4x800-meter relay. Nwaokolo was named UA A MVP in the f ield events, and the women brought back the UA A Championship to the South Side. This season, a strong majority from last year’s championship winning core will return, and the women’s team will certainly look to build on last year’s successes.

This weekend, both the men’s and women’s teams will head to Glen Ellyn to kick off their 2016 outdoor seasons.

The women’s team will compete first on Friday, with its meet beginning at 1 p.m. The men’s team will open its season on Saturday at 1 p.m.