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South Siders Talk Community Benefits Agreement BY ALEX WARD SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
South Side community members gathered at a town hall meeting Tuesday to discuss plans for a set of Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) for the construction of the Obama Presidential Library. South Side residents and legal advocates have been working towards three CBAs for just under a year, since the announcement that the library would be built on a strip of land in Jackson Park. The selected site is across South Stony Island Avenue from Hyde Park Academy High School, where the meeting took place. A CBA is an agreement between residents and a developer, under
which the developer is obligated to take specific actions to improve or preserve the residents’ wellbeing in exchange for their support of the developer’s project. Meeting attendees are seeking three separate CBAs with the Obama Presidential Library, the city of Chicago, and the University of Chicago, respectively. According to the UChicago News website, “The University will support the Foundation and the City’s efforts in community engagement, planning and development, individual and institutional collaborations, and programming.” At the meeting, coalition representative Naomi Davis highlighted the different areas the group hopes to prioritize in the CBAs, including job development, protection of
current residents’ ability to stay in the neighborhoods surrounding the library, partnership between the library and local schools, and environmental sustainability goals, including replacement of the 21 acres of park land that the library will eliminate. Davis led the audience in reciting several phrases, including “Community benefits are negotiated, not declared” and “We’re not going”. The meeting was hosted by the Obama Library South Side Community Benefits Agreement Coalition, which is made up of four South Side organizations: Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP), Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO), Continued on page 3
Shortfall & Budget Increases + $2,800 (+.5%) PCC* + $7,042 (+3%) Academic Teams
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53rd Street Apartment Building Approved BY GREG ROSS NEWS STAFF
The Chicago Plan Commission approved a new residential building proposed for 1600 E. 53rd Street yesterday. The project will consist of a 295-foot-tall, 250-unit apartment tower atop a podium with ground-floor retail and 173 parking spaces. Designed by Chicago-based architectural firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz and developed by Mac Properties, the glassy tower will rise 28
stories above the northwest corner of East 53rd and S. Cornell Avenue. The site is currently a parking lot. The project was given the green light despite opposition from community members. On April 13, about 40 community members attended a meeting to voice concerns about parking, density, and rising rents, according to the Hyde Park Herald. “It’s a major change for the community,” said Robin Kaufman (A.B.’65), a Hyde Park resident of 56 years. She added that city offi-
cials and Mac did not seek enough community input on the project. “There were no hearings to find out what the community wanted. The [April 13] meeting was only to present their plan, not to listen to community members.” In addition to populating the area with more residents, the development will add 10,000 square feet of retail space to 53rd Street. “It will stretch the 53rd Street retail corridor from Woodlawn Avenue all the way to Hyde Park BouContinued on page 3
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Left: Use of one-time only roll-over funding in the 2016-2017 budget allowed SG leadership to increase funding for almost every line item. This year, those funds were not available, and the University administration did not step in to make up the difference. Right: The proposed budget, which will be voted on by General Assembly Monday, eliminates funding for print and online subscriptions to The New York Times and the Uncommon Fund, as well as for support for two administrative offices that support student organizations. Continue to check THE
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Student Fights Nazism Through Anonymous Art Page 2 Undergraduate street artist ZØ uses Hyde Park as their canvas.
In just over a month, it will be decision time again: pre-registration week. During the eighth week of each quarter, students in the College use an online system to bid for courses they hope to take the following quarter. Many students say they find the process frustrating and unclear. “It’s not awful, but it’s a little confusing,” said Rose Pierce, a
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CPS’s new graduation requirements reflect an outof-touch administration.
The Chicago Bulls have a 2-0 series lead over the No. 1 seed Boston Celtics. Two more Chicago wins would cause one of the biggest upsets in NBA history.
Dragons, Roses, and Books on 57th Street Page 7 Translators gather in 57th Street Books to commemorate Saint Jordi’s Day.
first-year in the College. Confused students often turn to their advisers and to each other for pre-registration tips. As a result, strategies to game the system abound, but it’s often unclear what does and doesn’t work. To clear up the myths surrounding pre-registration, T HE MAROON reached out to University Registrar Scott Campbell. Myth: Upperclassmen always have first priority for classes. Continued on page 3
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Events 4/21 — 4/25
Student Fights Nazism Through Anonymous Art BY MICHAEL LYNCH NEWS STAFF
Today Let’s Make a Deal: The Path Forward on Energy and Climate Policy Reynolds Club (Suite 016), 12 p.m. Join the Center for Leadership and Involvement (CLI) for Snack & Chat! This lunchtime program serves as an opportunity to network with other RSO leaders and connect with the CLI Team. Stop by to chat with your advisor, grab lunch, and listen to some great music! See you in the Reynolds Club, Room 016! For questions, please contact Tempris Daniels at tedaniels@uchicago.edu. Saturday, April 22 A Classical Ballet Smart Museum of Art, 3 p.m. Join the Smart Museum of Art and University Ballet of Chicago for a ballet performance that contrasts music and style, movement and stillness, and the classical and the contemporary. Choreographed by Magdalena Glotzer, a third-year student, ‘A Classical Ballet’ is inspired by the comparative themes of the Smart’s special exhibition Classicisms. A brief panel discussion, tour of Classicisms, and reception will follow the performance. A Meeting of Two Seas: Hindus and Muslims Shape the Arts of South Asia Rockefeller Chapel, 6 p.m. This free concert and dinner will highlight the joint contributions of Hindus and Muslims to the artistic traditions of South Asia, a history of collaboration that goes back many centuries. Come enjoy dance, poetry, music, and more from a variety of classical, folk, and devotional traditions. Performances to be followed by a free Indian dinner, with vegetarian and halal options. Performances begin at 6 p.m., dinner at 7:30 p.m. Presented by the Hindu Student Sangam & Muslim Students Association. Monday, April 24 Are We Losing? Trade Defi cits and Global Competition Booth School of Business (104), 12 p.m. Dartmouth professor Douglas Irwin will present a lunch seminar on current foreign trade policy under Trump. ONLINE: Spirit Week begins, UCM wins awards for clinical research papers, research advances on celiac disease
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Though they may not be aware of it, most students at the University of Chicago are familiar with the work of ZØ, the University’s most prominent student street artist. Pasting depictions ranging from anti-Nazi spray to University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) security guards onto walls around Hyde Park, the work of this anonymous undergraduate has become embedded in the fabric of the school. THE MAROON recently interviewed them on the condition of anonymity. When describing how they became interested in street art, ZØ painted it as an alternative to “following the money trail” after they were prevented by their parents from attending art school. “Stupid nine-to-five job…. I didn’t see that as my future. This is me rebelling against that. It’s kind of like an exploration for me.” ZØ remains anonymous on principle, saying, “I want my art to be seen from an unbiased perspective… I didn’t want the creator to be part of the art.” The artist clarified that they by no means consider their work as solely aesthetic
and politically impotent. “I believe that art is from the artist’s opinion, what they believe in…. If you choose a color, you like that color.” Recently, ZØ has most frequently railed against Nazism in its modern form. Several times earlier this year, a neo-Nazi group, one of whose members was recently arrested, pasted racist and anti-Semitic posters to buildings around campus. The artist explained their desire to fight back against these messages in the way they knew best: street art. “I also wanted the Nazi group to know there are people fighting against them. Stay off my turf. This is where I vandalize, not you.” As a result, ZØ created two new pieces, a can of anti- “anti-Progressivism” spray, and a crowned rat, and searched campus for Nazi posters. “Instead of ripping them off we re-pasted over it. It prevents them from being seen and also sends a message: stay off my campus.” ZØ also has worked on other political issues. After the election, they said they “just want to provide support for protest groups. So I made some anti-Trump posters.” At first, these focused on opposition to Trump, with captions
Courtesy of ZØ One of ZØ’s more well-known pieces is a crowned rat with a can of anti“anti-Progressivism” spray.
like “Rebel against the tyrant,” but then ZØ decided to pursue a different theme. “My thought was instead of spreading hate against someone I should turn to the brighter side of things, so I started focusing on power to the people, or hope.” The result was a series of “Power to the People” posters. One of ZØ’s most controversial pieces has been a pasting of a campus security guard with a speech bubble saying “$13/hr.” Pay for campus security has
been a controversial topic in the past, and when the pasting went up, some students complained it was a violation of privacy to post workers’ hourly wages publically. ZØ responded by describing their view of the working conditions of campus security guards during a service event providing them with care packages. “Even though it is rude, it needs to be known…. If I respond to [the] criticisms of everyone, I’m making your art.”
Congress Members Talk Trump’s First 100 Days at IOP Event BY CYRUS PACHT MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL), and former Representative and current Institute of Politics (IOP) fellow Bob Dold (RIL) met at International House on Wednesday to reflect on President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. In the words of IOP Director Steve Edwards, who moderated the discussion, Khanna represents “the heart of tech country,” California’s solidly Democratic 17th District, which encompasses much of Silicon Valley. Dold represented one of the country’s last remaining swing districts, Illinois’s 10th, and Bustos represents Illinois’s conservative 17th District, which is dominated by rural and manufacturing concerns.
Khanna discussed his perceptions of Trump’s popularity. “One of the things that’s been surprising about Trump is that he campaigned one way, and then he’s been governing in a very different way,” he explained. “Trump said, ‘I want to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States.’ This was a populist message, actually changing sort of a trickle-down, Republican orthodoxy.” Khanna alluded to an existing $140 billion Congressional program with bipartisan support, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), which aims to help small and medium-sized manufacturers become more competitive. Khanna believes that although Trump could easily gain both Republican and Democratic support to expand the MEP, he is instead conforming to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s agenda,
GGRC to Close Over Winter Break BY SOFIA GARCIA NEWS STAFF
International House (I-House) will be the only residence hall open during winter break next year. In past years, both I-House and Granville-Grossman Residentia l C ommons (G GRC ) have stayed open during both spring and winter breaks. This is the first time that GGRC will be closed to students since it opened in 2009. According to the News Office, it will stay closed over break to allow for “much-needed” maintenance of the building, although it will likely be open during breaks again in the fu-
ture. Fewer than 10 0 students have stayed in housing over winter break in past years. The News Office stated that t her e i s enou g h s pac e i n I-House to accommodate anyone staying during break. It has not yet been a nnounced if GGRC will remain open during spring break in 2018.
which aims to cut such programs. Bustos addressed the fact that Trump won in the same district that elected her. “I’m the only Democrat in the entire Illinois congressional delegation outside of Chicagoland,” Bustos said. “I am a blue island in a sea of red…. Of the fourteen counties that I have, eleven are almost entirely rural, and he won every single one.” Bustos told how over a decade ago, in the 17th District’s Knox County, a Maytag plant outsourced all its jobs to Mexico. Wages still have not recovered, she said, causing Trump’s declaration that he would bring jobs back to resonate in her district. However, many of Bustos’ constituents who voted for Trump are losing faith in him. “ The failure of the Paul Ryan–Donald Trump healthcare
bill, where they couldn’t even get enough Republican votes to support that, was eye-opening to people,” she said. Dold emphasized the need for bipartisan cooperation in order to help the Trump administration govern effectively. He insisted that infrastructure is key, referring to the greater Chicago area as “the hub of the nation” and adding that investment in infrastructure comparable to other countries would create high-paying jobs. “We’re seeing jobs pick up and go overseas,” Dold said. “Why? Because they’re going to lower tax jurisdictions. We want to talk about how to make sure that we’re competitive here…. It’s gonna be an outreach to those on the other side of the aisle to say, ‘What are those things that we need to do that’s gonna get you on board?’”
Obituary: Joan Krenzer, Rockefeller Carillonneur BY ANNE NAZZARO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Joan K renzer, who played the R ockefeller Chapel carillon for more than 30 years, died of breast cancer at the age of 81 on March 31. As a carillonneur, her favorite songs to play were show tunes. She a lso of ten gave tours of the chapel. According to the Chicago Tribune, she was inspired to learn how to play the carillon while on a tour herself in the 1980s. K r en z er wa s b or n a nd raised in Oak Park, where she
later taught piano and lived with her husband, John. Once a week, she would climb the 271 steps in R ockefeller to play the carillon for half an hour. Her husband would accompany her. “ Being there was always the highlight of her week,” John told the Tribune. In an interview with T H E M A ROON in 2010, Krenzer expressed her love for the carillon. “I hope people never get tired of hearing the bells,” she said.
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Former Members of STOP Stormed the Stage After Town Hall Conclusion Continued from front
Bronzeville Regional Collective, and the Prayer and Action Collective (PAC). The Coalition is represented by The Law Project, a branch of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLC). Allegra Fisher, a lawyer with The Law Project, explained to attendees that a CBA is legally binding, giving South Side residents legal recourse if the organizations behind the library fail to follow the requirements. Coalition representatives said that they have faced opposition from several sources, including members of the Obama Foundation and the University of Chicago, as well as powerful South Side figures, including Reverend Byron Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God. Several of these groups recently formed a nonprofit seeking a nonbinding agreement between the community and the library’s developers. Speakers at the meeting criticized the nonprofit’s members for suggesting that South Side residents could be sure that they would benefit from and not be harmed by the library’s development without written assurance. Claire Cardy, a resident worried that she would be pushed out of her building by gentrification and rent increases, led the audience in voicing defiance. “Do you want them to build it over you?” Cardy asked, to a chorus of “No.” “Do you want them to build it for you? No. We don’t want a gift from them. Because we have no idea what we would get. We get a lot of promises, and as you have seen, it doesn’t mean anything. What do we want them to do? We want them to build it with us.” After the meeting ended, a group of men ran onstage and took the microphone, but were drowned out by chanting from the audience after one of the group started speaking. At one point, one of those who ran onstage shoved an audience member with whom he was arguing. The pair was quickly pulled apart by other attendees. As the group left, the man who had attempted to use the microphone covered his face with a bandana and knocked over several displays the meeting’s leaders had been using to demonstrate the target groups of the CBAs. The men were members of an organization that had previously been a part of STOP
during the campaign to bring a level-1 trauma center to the South Side, but broke away after the campaign due to “differences over core values, and homophobic and sexist behavior,” according to a post to STOP’s Facebook page in May 2016. Several coalition members suggested that the men interrupted the meeting to promote their group. Daphne McKee, a fourth-year and member of PAC, discussed her views on the Coalition’s goals with THE MAROON. “I think that economic development is a good thing, but it needs to happen in such a way so that when you improve the neighborhood, that doesn’t mean that you change it and just build and bring in new people who can afford not to have the same problems that the old residents had,” she said. McKee said that the coalition plans to continue pursuing negotiations, and will host more town halls, hopefully bringing in additional South Side organizations. Sharon Payne, a member of STOP as well as one of the tenant organizations that make up many of the Coalition’s members, criticized the library backers’ callousness regarding possible gentrification. “You’ve got six-figure, seven-figure people that are coming in here and telling us what to do, but this is not affecting them. You’re not living in this this housing.” Payne highlighted additional ways in which the CBAs could benefit the community, including meeting rooms for community gatherings, job trainings, and the promotion of black-owned businesses, but reiterated that preventing gentrification is a major priority. “The bottom line is that in the United States, you’re only as good as your money, so all it takes is one accident or one illness, and guess what: you need affordable housing. So affordable housing is a right,” Payne said, encouraging University of Chicago students to get involved with the campaign and to recruit others. Payne wished the CBA campaign were not as adversarial as it has become, but hopes the coalition’s numbers will give it an advantage. She paraphrased a quote attributed to prominent author and activist Alice Walker: “Most people give up their power by thinking they don’t have any.”
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STOP members rushed onstage after the event.
Nikita Dulin Audience members met at Hyde Park Academy High School for Tuesday’s town hall meeting.
“We’re concerned they’re going to yuppify this place” Continued from front
levard,” Peter Cassel, Director of Community Development for Mac, told THE MAROON. The development joins a procession of projects that have popped up on 53rd Street over the past several years. It began with Harper Court, a complex with office space, stores, and a hotel, which was completed in 2013. The University invested $30 million in Harper Court in an effort to jumpstart nearby development. Next door, the University also reopened the shuttered Harper Theater in 2013 and launched the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in 2014.
More recently, developers like Mac have been busy. In late 2015, the 180-unit City Hyde Park was completed just north of Harper Court. Vue53, a 267-unit complex at 1330 E. 53rd St., opened to residents last fall. Solstice on the Park, a 250-unit tower at 1616 E. 56th St., is currently under construction. A 19-unit condo building is proposed for 1400 E. Hyde Park Boulevard. Kaufman objects to the rapid community growth. “Developers build to make money,” she said. “Residents don’t have a voice anymore. I don’t know where it’s going to end. We’re concerned they’re going to yuppify this
place.” Before the current crop of new construction, Hyde Park saw no major development for nearly thirty years. But after the new 53rd St. tower is complete, nearly 1,000 units—about 2 percent of Hyde Park’s total housing units—will have been added to the neighborhood over a span of just four years. “Today we see continued, strong demand from people who want high-quality apartments in Hyde Park. The [53rd St.] building will help cater to this market,” said Cassel. He also referred to rising rents: “Part of the reason why Hyde Park’s rental market has
been so tight is the lack of new supply, and we think this building will help relieve some of this pressure.” While the exact allotment of the building’s units is subject to change, approximately 40 percent of the units will have one bedroom, 40 percent will be two-bed units, and the remaining 20 percent will be three-bed units and studios. According to Mac, rents will be “competitive with similar Chicago and Hyde Park properties.” Mac aims to break ground on the building by the end of the year, with occupancy beginning in the summer of 2019.
Myth: Major Matters During Pre-Registration Continued from front
Fact: Students in their first and second year get preference over upperclassmen when bidding for Core classes. Whether students are in their first or second year does not matter—both get the same degree of preference. When it comes to non-Core classes, however, fourth-years are in luck. For these courses, students get preference in order of seniority. Myth: Your major matters during pre-registration. Fact: According to Campbell, students majoring in a particular subject do not get higher preference for in-major courses. This
means that a fourth-year majoring in Computer Science has the same odds of getting into an upper-level programming class as one majoring in English, assuming they’ve both completed all necessary prerequisites. Myth: The order in which you rank your bids doesn’t really matter. Fact: Campbell says that the pre-registration system fills courses with students who ranked that course as their number-one bid. If all the people who ranked that course first are added to the course and it is still not full, the system moves on to people who ranked that course second, and so on. That means that if you didn’t rank that really in-demand class as your number one bid,
your odds of getting into it will be low. However, preference still matters. A fourth-year student who ranked a nonCore course first will be placed in it prior to a first-year student who also ranked that class first. What about ties? If two students have the same level of preference and both ranked a course equally, the enrollment order is decided randomly. Myth: You should only bid for four courses—you’ll have higher odds of getting into them. Fact: The number of courses that a student has bid for does not affect the preference he or she is given for any individual
course. In other words, whether you bid for ten classes or four does not affect the likelihood of getting your number one class. That being said, you might want to bid for more classes rather than less. If you only bid for four classes, there’s a possibility that your first four courses could all fill up. Myth: You could wind up in classes that meet at the same time. Fact: The system will not enroll students in courses that have schedule conflicts with courses in which they are already enrolled. Still confused about pre-registration? Campbell says that students who have questions about the process should go to their advisers or visit the Registrar’s website.
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VIEWPOINTS Taking the Next Step...or Else CPS’s New Graduation Requirements Reflect an Out-Of -Touch Administration
Andrew Nicotra Reilly On April 5, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a new plan to bring Chicago Public Schools (CPS) “to the 21st century,” requiring all high schoolers as of the class of 2020 to have a post-graduation plan. Without proof of a post-high school plan (whether it be college, trade school, the army, or a job), students will be barred from graduating. This new graduation plan, which is unprecedented within the education system, is yet another policy put forward by his administration that will intensify the rift between wealthy and poor families in Chicago. The intention, it would appear, is to make Chicago’s students motivated to pursue a life beyond high school and to proactively plan in advance of their senior year. But if anything, it’s a punitive measure, forcing students to know exactly what they’re doing, possibly well in advance of when they are ready for that path or ready to determine that path. What is most apparent when looking at this bill is how ignorant it is when it comes to the realities of many high school students and families who do not have these kinds of plans set in place. This measure will disproportionately affect marginalized students in poor neighborhoods who are already struggling to make it to graduation in schools with almost no funding or support systems. Instead of punishing students for not finding a post-graduation plan, the city should instead
incentivize students to consider possible college or career options by hiring and training more guidance counselors. Many students in underfunded schools don’t even know the possible post-graduation options, which could make them easy targets for extremely predatory for-profit schools who are looking to make easy money. I do not think it’s a stretch to say that many children would love to go to college or have a job directly out of high school. The problem for many is that these things can be out of reach or circumstantially out of their control. Yes, Chicago City Colleges are open admission, meaning that everyone who applies is guaranteed admission. But that fact alone just shows how utterly pointless this new measure is. Everyone in CPS could get an acceptance letter to a city college, but that doesn’t mean everyone wants to actually go or could actually afford it. While community colleges are free for those who maintain at least a 3.0 GPA, a 3.0 isn’t attainable for a lot of students in schools with less support systems and lower funding. The new rule will likely change nothing and force students to fill out an application to a city college that they have no intention of attending. Coercion is never the best policy; you have to inspire students to want to have a post-graduation plan, not just make it an expectation. Once again, Emanuel and his administration have shown that they are unable to
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look beyond their office and their upbringings to empathize or imagine the lives of people other than those in their circle. It is this lack of compassionate policy making that has plagued the Emanuel administration. He has shown that the interests of constituents who were voiceless in previous administrations remain voiceless within his. This education initiative is only another step in his administration’s path toward incredibly low public approval rates. Those who were fine before Emanuel remain fine, and those in need of assistance have been made worse. While this is not a story arc you want to hear as mayor, it is unfortunately one that he continues to perpetuate with these policies. Andrew Nicotra Reilly is a third-year in the College majoring in economics and political science.
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Phony Security Measures Transportation Officials Have No Right to Search Phones Without a Warrant
Natalie Denby Recently, after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pressured a NASA scientist to turn over his cell phone at a Houston airport, a floodgate burst in the media. Stories of others who had been coerced into handing over their phones and passcodes at airports began to surface, and the backlash was immediate. Travelers, both foreign and domestic, worried about traveling with phones while travel agents fretted over potential industry damage. Predictably, Trump supporters applauded the President for improving security, while liberals accused the Trump administration of attacking privacy. In the wake of multiple travel bans and anecdotal reports of increased airport profiling, it’s understandable why people would link phone search stories to the Trump administration. But this may be a premature accusation. Border agents have been able to search phones and laptops without a warrant for some time, and they did so during the Obama administration with gusto. Data obtained by NBC indicates that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) performed nearly 25,000 electronic media searches in 2016 alone. That said, the new administration has signaled interest in expanding searches for visitors, requiring foreign travelers to hand over social media passwords and phone contacts. This “extreme vetting,” as Trump has repeatedly called it, is a horrible idea. Unfortunately, the same must be said for the current policy on phone searches. Our newfound fury over
these searches, although perhaps misdirected, has done something invaluable: It has reminded us that phones are not like most property. Almost nobody objects to the right of government agents to rifle through luggage or to empty out backpacks at an airport (unless the process of selecting people to search is discriminatory). But phones strike us as being inherently different from the rest of our luggage, and rightfully so. They contain a wealth of sensitive information, information that is unique both because it’s comprehensive and because it can’t easily be edited or left at home by the average owner. The idea that we implicitly consent to having our phones searched simply by bringing them along with us on flights is inadequate, precisely because most of us can’t leave behind a phone (or buy a burner) every time we board a plane. Neither can we identify and remove sensitive information we’d like to keep to ourselves, if only because of the massive amount of data we’d have to comb through. When we bring a phone on a plane, we’re doing so because we feel as though we have to. What’s more, we usually can’t avoid bringing along a great deal of information we wouldn’t otherwise reveal to an agent without a warrant, from access to social media accounts to a full record of text messages. It might be an exaggeration to call a phone an extension of the self. But it’s not that far-fetched to claim that we’ve outsourced a substantial portion of our memory, and an ex-
haustive account of our interactions, to a lump of metal. Searching a phone enables agents to access information of a degree and scope many leagues above what could be gleaned from nearly any other form of property. The words that get bandied about most in the aftermath of phone searches—“violation” and “intrusion”—reflect that reality. The courts have recognized the unique nature of phones in the past. In Riley v. California, the Supreme Court ruled that police couldn’t search the phones of arrested people without warrants. Border agents have been exempt from that requirement because of the increased powers of law enforcement at airports and other “points of entry.” The fact that they have had no qualms about exercising these privileges recently (in 2015, DHS searched roughly 5,000 phones, only to ramp up searches five times the next year) is cause for concern. The damage done by agents accessing sensitive data without warrants is easy to imagine. Think of all the lawyers, doctors, and government workers whose confidential information might be accessed by a nosy border agent with insufficient cause for suspicion. Even if increased agent powers at borders and airports are a necessity, the power to search phones without warrants goes too far. Phones belong to a special category of property far more intimate and potentially damaging than the rest of our luggage, and it’s time to require border agents to obtain warrants before searching them. Natalie Denby is a second-year in the College majoring in public policy studies.
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THE CHICAGO MAROON - APRIL 21, 2017
uchicago MANUAL OF
STYLE
RACHEL SALLY / FOURTH-YEAR My name is Rachel Sally; I’m a biology major with a minor in statistics. Check out my baking blog at lapechefraiche.com.
“Utility is very important to me, so I try to work with what I have.”
by mj chen, alexia bacigalupi, christian hill, & chris d’angelo
The second outfit is representative of when I’ve had a full eight hours of sleep, and can put some thought into my outfit. I wore my favorite coat, a black Barbour trench coat from their motorcycle collection. It was the last coat they made from that line and a major investment piece. It’s my baby. I paired it with a black ASOS bodysuit. I’ve been really into bodysuits lately, even though they’re terrible to go to the bathroom in. I wear high-waisted jeans a lot, so it’s nice to not have to worry about bunching. And then my broken-in leather boots, which no longer have a brand they’re so worn out. Jewelry is very important to me. I have bunch of gold necklaces that were my mom’s, gifted to me over the years. I like to layer them, but only really about three at a time unless I’m trying to do something big. Someone always comments on them: they’re all very thin chains, so alone they’re very elegant, but put them all together and it’s like, “Hello!” My closet is very muted; I mostly wear black, a bit of grey, some white, and then I wear a lot of gold. Black and gold work well together—but not with orange, yellow, or red. I really like celadon green, a good periwinkle, or a muted lavender. Not quite a true pastel, about halfway between that and grey. I think those colors transition very well between seasons. One of my favorite pieces in my wardrobe is a beautiful pair of J.Crew Italian suede heels. They’re a blue and white suede tie-dye pattern—not something I’d expect to wear, but they look so good with black jeans and a black leather coat. That’s where you can wear monochrome to make the shoes pop.
R achel is wea r ing a black moto jacket from Zara, a knit sweater from Brazil, jeans f rom A SO S, and Nike Flyknits.
Since I keep the color palette pretty toned down, I like to play with texture. During second year I went through a silk- shirt phase. But silk wrinkles really easily, so lately I’ve been doing a lot of cottons. My silhouette has also changed. Nowadays I choose more conservative clothes: things tend to be longer with more fabric, and better fitted. I have few dresses I really like. A favorite Reiss dress is a very simple black piece, but it fits so well. Very conservative neckline, tea length, so you wouldn’t expect it to catch the eye—but it’s so well-tailored. My colors have always been kind of grey—a little boring, some might say, but I like it! —RACHEL
I like to think that my closet is never finished. A wardrobe should never be complete—while it would be nice to be a completionist and have a finish line, it’s never going to get there. Lately, I’ve been limiting my buying new clothes. Utility is very important to me, so I try to work with what I have and limit my consumerism. My day-to-day style is a mixed bag. You’re just as likely to find me dressed in something nice, ready to go work at the hospital in business casual, or a suit when I’m working full time. I also will wear my boyfriend’s sweatpants and mix them up into an athleisure type of look. My style has changed so much. I mean, eight years ago I was wearing gaucho pants from Land’s End. Things have changed so rapidly—it’s part of being a young person. We’re all still trying to find ourselves in many facets of life, including style. I hope to never be tied to a certain aesthetic as I age. I wanted the first outfit to be representative of what I wear on a very casual day. The sweater is a lovely knick-knack that I brought home from a hand-knit craftshop in Brazil. It was so cool to see everything actually being made by hand. I paired it with my favorite pair of mom jeans from ASOS, very simple and comfortable. I also wore lucky Totoro socks from Korea—I wore them when I took the MCAT, and they brought me good luck!
“ I have a bunch of gold necklaces that were my mom’s.”
Rachel is wearing a trench coat by Barbour, a black bodysuit from ASOS, black jeans, and black leather booties.
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THE CHICAGO MAROON - APRIL 21, 2017
ARTS Dragons, Roses, and Books on 57th Street: San Jordi in Hyde Park BY CHLOÉ BARDIN MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
In Catalan, “I love you” translates into a red rose and books. April 23 is Saint Jordi’s Day, a popular Catalan holiday that celebrates love and literature. It is based on the story of Saint Jordi, a knight who killed a dragon, saved a princess, and then gave her a rose grown from the dragon’s blood. On Wednesday night, a company of three translators and their audience gathered in the 57th Street Books to fight for the possibility of a “Salvation through Translation.” The event was part of a three-day collaboration to bring San Jordi to Hyde Park between UChicago’s Joan Coromines Visiting Chair of Catalan Studies and the Seminary Co-Op. Amaia Gabantxo and Jason Grunebaum, the featured translators, translate Basque and Hindi, respectively. Along with panel moderator Denise Kripper, they have no knights’ armor— only swords of words to defend languages against the monster Silence and its jaws of Invisibility. Even though Hindi is the second most spoken language in the world and Basque is one of the oldest language in Europe, they are never as widely talked about as they are when translated into English. “Translation gives Basque a presence in English and in America,” said Gabantxo. “[It] can then become a subject of study.” Like roses, a language and the culture of those who speak it need attention and care to survive. Translation can be the fertile ground that allows a language to bloom and
thrive by sowing wider readership. It is a way for an American audience to access remote realities and understand social phenomena from the inside, such as the caste system in India or the environment of a corrupted university in Basque. “It allows a cultural recognition of the author’s talent and work,” added Grunebaum. And yet, translated works represent only 3 percent of the books published yearly in the U.S., partly due to a lack of translators and the unwillingness of publishing houses to invest in, for instance, an English translation of a 16th-century Basque mystic book. Yet Gabantxo and Grunebaum stress that such literary works are essential for Courtesy of Martín Mikulik their exploration of universal concerns. The Translators Amaia Gabantxo and Jason Grunebaum discuss the necessity of their work at 57th Street Books. Basque novel Blade of Light, for example, The two speakers engaged in a debate imagines a fascist regime based in New guages, and not in the colonizer’s language— with the audience on the question of the use, York whose biggest enemies are Hollywood French, Spanish, or English. “[It is important to leave] footprints or or exclusion, of footnotes in a translated text. and Charlie Chaplin. “The world needs this book,” assured breadcrumbs to show the open backdoor,” Whereas some readers complained about Grubeman said, pointing to how the aim of terms left unexplained, the translators deGabantxo. “I decide to translate a book when I think translation is not to erase the original lan- fended their choice to gloss over the cultural it would be a crime to leave it untranslated,” guage. Gabantxo similarly reinforced the references instead of using footnotes. “We have to find a balance between eximportance to retain the “flavor” of the auGrunebaum agreed. plaining and pre-chewing,” Grubeman arSuch moments show that translation is thor’s voice. That brings us to the difficulties of trans- gued. “The translation should work both for much more than just sliding from one language to another. It is a political act: Trans- lation: finding a balance between what to American and South Asian readers, [who lators are activists. A translator is a figure translate and what to keep untouched. One are] much more familiar with the cultural of the main issues with translating Basque context.” of justice, a Robin Hood of books. But everyone agreed that nothing is lost Along with working on a text, they cre- is the polyglot nature of its culture. The origate institutions, literary prizes, and journals inal text contains elements of Basque, Span- in translation. Instead of creating a pale copy to raise awareness. And, as Gabantxo and ish, and French. Gabantxo, who refuses to of an original—and better—work, translaGrubeman explained, they make visible the translate everything, is left with the question tion creates two originals, two voices compolitical engagement of Indian or Basque of what to do with the references that an En- mitted together to fight the menacing dragon of Silence. authors who chose to write in their own lan- glish reader cannot grasp.
The Lumen Christi Institute Presents
The Only Way To Truth Is By Love a lecture by
Jean-Luc Marion, University of Chicago
Thursday, April 27, 7:00pm Swift Hall, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall A lecture on the occasion of the publication of Believing In Order To See (Fordham Press, 2017). Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Cosponsored by the Theology and Religious Ethics Workshop and the Seminary Coop Bookstore. For more information and to register, visit WWW.LUMENCHRISTI.ORG.
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THE CHICAGO MAROON - APRIL 18, 2017
SPORTS Women Look to Take Tournament TENNIS
BY MAGGIE O’HARA SPORTS STAFF
The UChicago women’s tennis team are facing off down in Altamonte Springs, FL this weekend for the UAA championships. The No. 9 Maroons are the No. 2 seed for the weekend and boast a perfect 5–0 record against UAA competition thus far. The Maroons (14–3) are coming off a big weekend in which they beat Wash U for the third time this season. They’re looking to continue their strong success against UAA teams in hopes of securing a UAA championship. Last year the Maroons took third place in the UAA championships after falling to Emory in the semifinals. The Maroons are eager to get another chance at Emory, which was ranked No. 1 at the time of play
last season. Emory comes into the championship again ranked No. 1 nationally and is seeking its fifth consecutive UAA title. The UA A championship should be stocked full of competition as all eight of the UAA teams are ranked in the top 40 nationally. Emory is ranked No. 1 nationally and closely following are No. 9 Chicago, No. 10 Wash U, and No. 11 Carnegie Mellon. Also ranked are Case Western at 18, Brandeis at 19, NYU at 31, and Rochester at 37. The Maroons haven’t placed higher than third place since the 2011–12 season, when the Maroons took home the UAA championship. The first match for Chicago featured a match up against NYU on Thursday. NYU was 1–1 against UAA completion thus far this season and took home seventh place at the UAA champion-
ship last season. The first match of the weekend fell in favor of Chicago, topping NYU 7–2. The squad will look to continue its hot start in the championship weekend as it moves on to face off against the three-seeded Wash U (10–8) who beat sixth-seeded Brandeis 7–2. NYU will drop to the consolation bracket and focus on taking home fifth place. Wash U took second place in the championship last year after losing to Emory 7–2. The winner of this four-team bracket will play whichever team comes out of the other side in the championship game, which will likely be the No. 1 seeded Emory. Fourth-year Tiffany Chen is excited for her last UAA championship. She believes that the team is gelling particularly well and is ready to take on the tough competi-
tion this weekend. “It’s the first time we’re seeded second in my career, so I’m excited to finally have a good shot at the finals,” said Chen. “Last weekend was pretty good for us in terms of proving our grit against UW–W and Wash U, so I think we’re looking strong as a team.” The Maroons are eager to take on Wash U for the fourth time this season, especially with the gravity that comes with this final matchup of the season. The Maroons will continue competition at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, FL on Friday at 2 p.m. against Wash U and will finish off the weekend at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Maroon Men Looking for Revenge and Redemption TENNIS
EMMA GRIFFITHS SPORTS STAFF
As they are about to take on the UAAs in the Quarterfinals, the Chicago Maroons are feeling strong and ready for redemption this coming weekend. Over this past weekend, the University of Chicago men’s tennis team competed in the Quarterfinals of the UAAs against Wash U. With difficult weather and tough competition on both sides, the Maroons showed real teamwork and unity as they suffered a close loss to a very strong Wash U team. After last weekend’s matches, the Wash U Bears were able to move their record to 13–3 while the UChicago Maroons dropped to 15–3. This puts the Maroons in a ranking of fifth place and the Bears in sixth
place. “Every time these two teams get together it’s a battle and today was no different,” head coach Jay Tee said. “We traded blows for almost six hours but couldn’t get the last point we needed. We competed so hard and showed some real grit to stay in the matches and to fight back when we were down. Now we need to work on closing when we are ahead in games, sets and matches. I feel great about where we are heading into UA As and we hope to get another shot at them with something on the line.” The UA A Championship will take place this weekend, from Friday, April 21 to Sunday, April 23, in Altamonte Springs, FL. The men are looking to get revenge, especially against Wash U after their
close loss to them this past weekend. A fter finishing fourth last year, the Maroons are setting their sights on top three. Things are looking hopeful as they are going into the weekend ranking as the number three seed. Although 1–2 against UAA opponents this season, the UChicago men are feeling confident in their capabilities. The first match of the tournament begins against the number six seed N Y U, which is currently 9 –2 on the season. When asked about this upcoming weekend, third-year David Liu said, “We’re really excited for a great weekend in Florida. We had a lot of ups and downs this season and it’ll be nice to put those behind us and focus on one match at a time from here on out. We’ve
never played NYU before and they’ll be a tough first round, but it’ll help us get used to the heat and humidity of playing in Florida. Personally, I’m excited to get back out there with the team after being injured since National Indoors in February.” A nother thi rd-yea r, Nick Chua, said, “ We’re pretty excited for this weekend because we’ve been training all year for these last two tournaments. Everything that’s happened so far has been a learning experience and we hope that everything we’ve been working on will start to come together. This program has never won UA As or NCA As before and we’re looking to change both those things this year. Obviously, it won’t be easy, but at the very least we hope to set the tone for NCA As this weekend.”
Underdog Bulls Look to Upset NBA Playoffs
BY EMMETT ROSENBAUM SPORTS EDITOR
Tomorrow night, the No. 8 seed Chicago Bulls will tip off game three of their seven-game series against the No. 1 seeded Boston Celtics. The series currently stands at 2– 0, which is a result many would not have been surprised to see before the playoffs began. What is surprising, however, is that the Bulls have the lead. Now the underdogs are looking to become just the fifth No. 8 seed to take down the top team in NBA playoff history. The series started on Easter with a tense match that saw the Bulls emerge from the TD Garden in Boston with a 106 –102 victory. It was a back-andforth affair that saw the Bulls take the lead late in the fourth quarter only to nearly give it back in the game’s final minutes. The key performers for the team were Jimmy Butler (30 points, nine rebounds, and three assists) and Bobby Portis, who had a great night, scoring 19 points on 8–10 shooting from the field. Chicago was also able to overcome a strong performance from Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas, who put up
33 points of his own. The second game started off on the wrong foot for the Bulls, as they found themselves in a quick 7– 0 hole, but the team responded quickly, retaking the lead and never relinquishing it, despite the Celtics pulling close in a few tense instances. In the end, Chicago emerged with a 111–97 victory, thanks to strong performances from Butler and Dwyane Wade (22 points each) as well as an all-around showing from Rajon Rondo, who tied a Bulls playoff record with 14 assists to go along with 11 points and nine rebounds. The Bulls’ success thus far in the series has been in large part a product of their dominance on the boards. They’ve outrebounded the Celtics in both games, using their height and size to dominate the paint against the shorter and slighter Boston players. They ’ve also received contributions from players up and down their lineup, allowing for a balanced scoring attack that has worked wonders so far. The tenacity with which the Bulls have come out is surprising, especially since the team barely squeaked into the playoffs with its .500 record. Even
Marit & Toomas Hinnosaar, Creative Commons License The Bulls are looking to capture their seventh NBA championship.
if Chicago had been swept out of the playoffs, the season would have been considered a relative success for a team in transition. Now, though, the Bulls have a chance to do something special. As both teams head to Chicago for game three, the Bulls have a chance to keep a stranglehold on the series. With
a home court advantage firmly in their hands, the Bulls would likely be happy to take a split out of the next two games. However, if the team can pull off a sweep and upset the best team in the East, they would establish themselves as not just another eighth seed, but a true playoff contender.