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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SINCE 1892
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TRUMP VICTORY SHOCKS U OF C “The air has been pumped out of the student base”
Courtesy of the Institute of Politics Second-year Josh Parks, who campaigned for Trump in Michigan and Illinois, watches results at the IOP watch party in a sea of anxious Clinton supporters.
This article is by KATIE AKIN, JAMIE EHRLICH, PETE GRIEVE, EVANGELINE REID, OLIVIA ROSENZWEIG, HILLEL STEINMETZ, ADAM THORP, and ALEX WARD.
We gathered Tuesday to watch the election results roll in, in towering new dorms and off-campus apartments. The course of the election, it
seemed fair to assume, would be interesting, but the result was not particularly in doubt. The pundits and quants had spoken (the University has graduated a few of both in its time), with various degrees of confidence. Eight years after their contentious primary fight, the University’s most famous former faculty member had strongly fallen in
behind the Democratic nominee, and only a few months after his own grueling fight with Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders (A.B. ’64), one of the University’s most famous alumni, did so as well. Respectable opinion and empirical evidence seemed to be lining up behind her campaign. As one swing state after another fell to Donald Trump, the prevailing
opinion on campus turned to shock. The student body has long been left-leaning, but this year felt different than past elections. Trump’s candidacy somehow posed a threat, indicated that a whole slate of values central to the University’s identity—respect for experts, openness to ideas, an aversion to emotional decision-making—were not, maybe, that widely shared. At watch parties, students crowded around TVs, anxiously tallying up electoral totals and obsessively refreshing forecasts. As the night turned into one not worth celebrating for Clinton supporters, rooms got quiet as students tried to stomach the reality of “President-Elect Donald Trump.” At one Hillary Clinton party, bottles of champagne were never popped. At others, the rate of alcohol consumption and Clinton’s odds of victory were inversely correlated. The Institute of Politics (IOP) decked out the Reynolds Club in red and blue stage lights, and an American flag made of balloons. Hundreds of students were energetic when the doors opened, but devastated when the party—scheduled to end at 11 p.m.—finally let out, just before 1 a.m. At midnight, nearly 300 stu-
dents flocked to the quad for a collective “primal scream.” Around the same time, several students lit a Trump banner on fire at the cheers and encouragement of the crowd, and chants of “Fuck Trump” returned in choruses. On the fringes, a student played a mournful national anthem on his trumpet. Another wave of students arrived just after, carrying a large speaker. They played rapper YG’s song “Fuck Donald Trump” on repeat and students sang along with the protest anthem. Pro-Trump messages that had been scribbled in chalk on the quad were crossed out or written over. Come Wednesday morning, campus was noticeably quieter than usual. Several students were seen in tears. The Center for Identity and Inclusion had open drop-in hours for students to “process” the outcome. Some teachers postponed midterms and assignments—one Sosc professer offered extensions on an assignment to anyone who planned to attend an anti-Trump rally on Wednesday outside Trump Tower. One professor described Trump’s win to THE MAROON as a “national tragedy.” Continued on page 2
How Hyde Park and Its Neighbors Voted This Election Cycle BY ADAM THORP
FOR HILLARY CLINTON 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION %IN VOTE HYDE PARK AND KENWOOD
NEWS EDITOR 43RD
HYDE PARK
% OBAMA, ‘12
TURNOUT DROP FROM ‘12
% OBAMA, ‘08
THIRD PARTY
<20% <10%
<15% <5%
55TH
100%
>99%
95% – 99%
90% –95%
STONY ISLAND
KIMBARK
60TH
COTTAGE GROVE
Let’s keep everything in perspective: the results in Hyde Park, Kenwood, and a few surrounding precincts were very strong for Hillary Clinton. She registered more than 89 percent of the vote in every precinct. In many precincts, as much or more support was registered for third parties as on the Republican ticket. But there is some evidence of softening here. Gone are the precincts that registered more than 99 percent support for favorite son Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Voter turnout dropped dramatically at times (in the Seventh Precinct of the Fifth Ward, it dropped by 28.77 percent), an indication, perhaps, of the drop in enthusiasm that dogged her across the country.
MORE VOTES FOR 3RD PARTIES THAN TRUMP
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“Trump and his congressional allies will deeply damage the Affordable Care Act, likely taking affordable health coverage from millions of people,” said School of Social Service Administration professor and expert on public health issues Harold Pollack. “They may also block grant Medicaid, which will particularly strain services to the elderly and the disabled. I am heartbroken today.” THE MAROON talked to several Hillary Clinton supporters, including Student Government (SG) president Eric Holmberg; they had similarly grim outlooks. But not everybody on campus reacted to Trump’s win with shock and dismay. One Trump supporter said that he knows a sizeable population of students on campus who supported Trump in private circles, but did not express their views publicly.
Illinois Director of Students for Trump, Josh Parks Among those few students celebrating the election result was second-year Josh Parks. Parks worked on Trump campaigns in his home state of Michigan and in Illinois. He ran the Illinois branch of the Students for Trump movement. He also made calls to voters in Michigan, where Trump pulled off a surprising upset, before they went to the polls. “Walking around campus today it’s a special feeling. You can feel the air has been pumped out of the student base because they were so sure of their candidate’s success.” Parks went to the IOP party on Tuesday night unsure what the outcome would be. “I definitely tempered my excitement to begin with. If we didn’t secure the presidency I prayed that we would secure the Senate,” he said. “Going in, I knew that he had a chance and I knew that there was a specific path to victory he had to adhere to if he wanted to win.” Later on, he left the event to watch the rest of the election coverage privately with his conservative friends. Parks called Trump’s win a “referendum” against Washing-
Courtesy of the Institute of Politics Students attending the IOP’s election night event gathered in Hutchinson Commons to watch results come in.
economy as areas where he expects Trump to excel. “I think we will see an increased intensity in the campaign against [the Islamic State] in the Middle East,” he said. University of Chicago Students for Trump Leader, Patrick Mulkerin Second-year Patrick Mulkerin said that his role as leader was limited due to the lack of support for the Republican nominee on campus. A “UChicago Students for Donald Trump” Facebook page was created last spring, but it has been inactive since March and only has 42 page likes.
Giovanna DeCastro A Hall Council member updates the presidential election results at the Granville-Grossman watch party.
ton corruption and “overbearing liberal culture.” He described Trump’s speech early Wednesday morning “beautiful,” and cited tax reform and the
Mulkerin said he made connections with about 20 other people on campus who were also Trump supporters. “I think I made a lot of contacts
with people who were happy to support in private but because of the overall mood on campus not that many people wanted to come out in public support,” Mulkerin said. He claims that he received a lot of negative reactions from his peers on campus who disagreed with his views. He recalled a time last year when a woman approached him in the dining hall and cursed at him for wearing a Trump hat. Around midnight, Mulkerin went to the quad wearing Trump paraphernalia with some of his friends to celebrate the win and see other people’s reactions. “I was expecting negativity but I received outright hostility,” Mulkerin said. He alleged that a young woman came up to him, unprovoked, and slapped him across the face before running away. He said he could not identify the person. “They were blaming me personally for every single mistake that will occur in the next four years,” he said. By Wednesday, he said the level of hostility seemed to have gone down. “I think that the initial reactions have passed and people realized they overreacted a little. People calmed down.” President of College Republicans, Matthew Foldi Third-year Matthew Foldi said that he was happy with the results of down-ballot elections, in Illinois and nationally, but did not explicitly say he supports the president-elect of his party. College Republicans did not endorse Donald Trump. “The good news is that Democrats no longer have a supermajori-
ty in the state House which they’ve been using to basically block a lot of very important reforms that [Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner] wants to put through,” Foldi said. “There was cause for concern and there was cause for rejoicing. Leslie Munger losing the Comptroller’s race is very problematic for Illinois’s fiscal future.” Foldi said he was shocked that Trump won the presidency. “I was shocked at the results. I
wasn’t predicting it to turn out that way,” Foldi said. “And it was a night that we all know will go down in history. It was interesting to witness it. We all know this is gonna be something that people are reading about, learning about decades from now, and we were all witness to it last night.” Foldi said that he is optimistic about Donald Trump’s presidency and that he wishes Trump luck in Continued on page 3
Evangeline Reid A Trump/Pence fl ag burning at the “Primal Scream” event on the quad Tuesday night.
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January. “I’m as optimistic for what will happen as I would be regardless of who would have won,” he said. “I think that the president-elect deserves the benefit of the doubt…. I wish Trump as much luck as I would have wished Clinton…as much luck as I wished Obama.” He added that he was delighted by the Republicans’ success in the Congressional elections. “For the House and Senate we really exceeded everyone’s expectations, and to me this bodes very well for [House Speaker] Paul Ryan’s agenda that the House Republicans have been running on for the past couple of months. We had a historically large majority that we were defending and we hardly lost a single seat,” Foldi said. Despite her winning the popular vote, Foldi did not refrain from calling Clinton a uniquely flawed candidate. “Something to keep in mind is that Trump got almost the same number of votes as Romney did in 2012. And do you know how many fewer votes Clinton got than Obama? I think it’s 6.5 million. So, if we’re retaining the same amount of people and the Dems shed almost 7 million people then you can’t overlook how bad a candidate Clinton was in all of this. She failed to inspire any group she needed to do well with. I think there are a lot of problems with her that many people have wanted to overlook but the American people did not overlook at all,” he said.
to be in the Oval Office, and there are going to be few checks on him considering that the Senate and the House are both so Republican,” Neuburger said in an e-mail. However, she expressed resilience in the wake of Clinton’s loss. “We’re taking this time to come together as a community and love each other and comfort each other. And give each other strength, and then we’re going to devote the next two years to making sure that we protect and promote everyone who has now been attacked,” Neuburger said. Neuburger also said that Democrats in Illinois performed well, and that she is proud of efforts made by UC Dems and other students groups. “In Illinois, amazing things happened: Susana Mendoza, Tammy Duckworth, Brad Schneider. Really fantastic things happened, and I’m extremely proud of UC Dems, and members of Students for Hillary, and just other UChicago students who worked really hard to make that happen,” Neuburger said. Neuburger added that she thinks that stronger Democratic leadership is the best way to counter the culture of alarmism that she said Trump fostered in his campaign. “I guess it’s easier to be afraid and to submit to that fear than to be brave, and we need strong leadership to help us to be brave and to take the right path…. If it is that people have economic anxiety, if they’re afraid of globalization and
Two students at a Granville-Grossman Election Night party.
want to yell about right now: how Trump could do so many incomparably bad things and still beat the most qualified candidate we’ve ever had…how the world can pretend that her gender didn’t play a role in her loss.” “My first thought was: I should have done more. I should have knocked on more doors. I should have called more houses. I should have. But at the end of the day, what’s done is done,” she said. Still, she said she was proud to cast her first presidential vote for Clinton. “We certainly made history, but for the worse. This is our Brexit. I hope we can come out of this a stronger nation.” Hillary for America Intern, Alessandro Clark-Ansani Second-year A lessand ro Clark-Ansani said his words to The Maroon do not necessarily reflect
Giovanna DeCastro Students check their laptops during an Election Night watch party in Granville-Grossman.
Foldi said that Trump now has to figure out how to unite a fractured country. “There’s a lot of division. Whoever would have won the election had a lot of work ahead of them to unite the country,” he said. Among the disappointed majority were the activists and organizers who had been campaigning for Clinton all along. UCDems President, Rachel Neuburger Rachel Neuburger, a third-year in the College and the president of UC Democrats, expressed dismay and concern over Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday. “What happened nationally was really discouraging, and someone who shouldn’t be trusted with any degree of power, someone who’s openly advocated for rape and sexual assault, someone who’s said horrible things about every minority group in this country is now going
terrorism and other fears that come with the modern world, then I guess what we’d need to have is strong leadership on both sides, otherwise [Trump’s win] is what happens,” Neuburger said. Hillary for America Fall Intern, Andrea Popova Third-year Andrea Popova was deployed to Michigan for the last two weeks of the campaign. The state was perhaps Trump’s most surprising upset. “And at the end of the day, it became evident that the state I was so ambivalent about in the beginning ended up being a crucial state in Hillary’s demise. If Michigan had gone blue, Hillary may have won. It was a difference of 10,000 votes,” Popova said in an e-mail. Popova said she was not able to pull out of her driveway this morning without crying. “There are so many things I
the opinion of the campaign. “As someone who worked on the campaign, I am naturally very upset by what happened last night,” he said in an e-mail. “We had to opportunity to elect someone who built her career on helping other people…. We had this choice, and as a nation we chose…someone who bullied his way to the top.” “The resolve and dedication I saw in the people I had the privilege to work with this summer gives me hope for the future. We have to deal with Trump for at least four years, but House elections are just two years away, and I hope that the results of this election inspire people to become more engaged in the political process.” Hillary for America Finance Intern, Andrew Friedman Second-year Andrew Friedman interned in the finance department at the Clinton campaign’s head-
quarters in Brooklyn this summer. “I came into last night hopeful and optimistic about Hillary Clinton’s chances. As the results of the election came in throughout the night, they shocked and depressed me on every possible level. However, as much as Donald Trump and the values he stands for concern me greatly and stand contrary to my core beliefs, he will be our next president and we only have one; Hillary Clinton said it best in her concession speech, ‘I hope that he will be a successful president for all Americans.’ I too am rooting for President-Elect Trump to defy expectations and be a good and fair president as the future of America is at stake. “With the threat that Donald Trump represents to civil rights, it is also necessary for us to increase our support of civil rights organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign. Organizations such as these can help us preserve our rights and the progress that America made over the past 80-plus years. “Last night’s loss was devastating and will only be exacerbated if we give into the values that Trump has presented and abandon the principles of our democracy,” Friedman said in an e-mail. Friedman said he is hopeful that people who voted against Donald Trump will continue to fight for Democratic values. Student Government President, Eric Holmberg Third-year Eric Holmberg, a progressive activist who campaigned for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, told THE MAROON that he is scared about the future of the country under a Donald Trump presidency. “I expect that this election will also breed strong resistance that may also shape the future of our country in significant ways,” he said in an e-mail. “Organizing in a moment of political upheaval is exciting and scary.” Holmberg expressed specific concern about Title IX. The Obama administration pushed colleges to adopt a “preponderance of evidence” standard for adjudicating allegations of sexual assault. That language calls for consideration of whether it is more likely than not that an allegation is true, as opposed to “clear and convincing” or “beyond a reasonable doubt” standards for adjudicating allegations. The 2016 Republican Party platform hopes to undo those efforts. It states that investigations by universities into allegations of sexual misconduct should be halted and dealt
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with at the law enforcement level. “I am deeply worried about how a Trump administration would handle Title IX investigations and lawsuits. The Office of Civil Rights may look very different,” Holmberg said. Holmberg said that he has concerns about the future of access to higher education. “As for the political climate on campus, I am hopeful that the election will spur students to take political action outside of the voting booth. For instance, the federal government will no longer address the climate crisis so institutions like UChicago need to lead on this issue. I hope students will take action to force the University to divest from fossil fuels and stop funding climate change, especially now. Young people have a lot to lose in the next four years, like health care under the Affordable Care Act, and it will take a strong student movement to fight back and create the future we deserve.” “Primal Scream,” Ben Donvan Second-year Ben Donvan, who participated in the primal scream, said that the collective expressions of disappointment and anger of Tuesday night were “cathartic.” “[There was a] feeling of unity against the perceived threat of a Trump presidency. It was nice to see that there were other people who didn’t really want it either,” he said. He also said that the burning of the Trump flag, while perhaps “sort of hypocritical,” was an appropriate reaction. “It’s also free speech; it’s been ruled that way by the Supreme Court,” he said. “People were angry enough about the outcome of this election that they would resort to those kinds of measures.” Executive Director of the IOP, Steve Edwards Steve Edwards took a moment to reflect on the IOP’s programming this election cycle. “Since we only arrived on campus in 2012, this is the first time the IOP has had a chance to participate in the full arc of a presidential campaign,” he said in an e-mail. “While we know that Tuesday’s results surprised many and disappointed some, it’s been truly inspiring to see the level and quality of our students’ engagement throughout the campaign. Whether they’re thrilled or upset by the outcome of this election, it’s vital they continue to stay involved, be it as policy advocates, journalists, campaign staffers or even candidates themselves someday.”
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Friday, November 11 Veterans Day 2016: A Conversation with Marie Tillman The School of Social Service Administration, 12–2 p.m., RSVP online Marie Tillman, founder of the Pat Tillman Foundation, will be discussing her experience as a military spouse
On & Around Campus and widow. She will also speak about the Tillman Foundation’s Scholars program, which supports the education of veterans and their spouses. Friedman Forum Undergraduate Lecture: Using Text to Quantify Policy Uncertainty Saieh Hall, 12:15–1:30 p.m. Come to this instance in a series of informal conversations with economists to hear from Steven Davis, a Booth professor who has co-developed a system for analyzing policies that cause economic uncertainty by looking through the text in news stories. Imperial Interstices: Agents of Eurasian Interaction in Late Antiquity, Workshop I: Merchants Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, 5701 S. Woodlawn Avenue, 1–6:15 p.m. Professors will be discussing the essential role that merchants played in spreading culture between empires in the Mediterranean, the Near East, and East and South Asia in the first millennium.
Novel States of Matter Kersten Physics Teaching Center, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. The weekly Compton Lecture Series aims to make the newest discoveries in physics available to the lay population. In this lecture, Matthew Roberts, a fellow at the Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics, will lay out recent developments in scientific understanding of matter, including forms of matter that are, for the moment, hypothetical, since they have not yet been produced in the lab. Rudolph Memorial Service Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 1:30 p.m. Political science professors Susanne and Lloyd Rudolph will be honored at this memorial service. They retired in 2002 after teaching in the College for nearly 40 years and writing 8 books together. Mark Slouka Discusses “Nobody’s Son” with Ilana Miller 57th Street Books, 3–4:30 p.m. Author Mark Slouka will be talking about his experiences after the death of his father. In order to preserve the history of his family, Slouka examines his parents’ pasts and attempts to piece together the hidden parts of his own childhood. Conference: The Form, Utility and Professional Technê of Practical Handbooks in the Ancient World Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, 5701 S. Woodlawn Avenue, 8:30 a.m.–6:20 p.m. This conference will examine the surviving artifacts denoting Mediterranean and Near Eastern practices of magic and science. Some Greek and Roman artifacts will also be presented and discussed. Cookbook Book Club Blackstone Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Avenue, 1–2:30 p.m. A kickoff for a new book club for people who enjoy food, cooking, or appreciating cookbooks.
Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker–“Courting Death” Seminary Co-Op, 3–4:30 p.m. Carol and Jordan Steiker will be discussing their new book, which chronicles the history of the death penalty in the United States.
Artist Talk with Samson Kambalu and Jennifer Wild Logan Center, 2 p.m. Artist Samson Kambalu will be discussing avant-garde art and film with professor Jennifer Wild of the Department of Cinema and Media Studies.
Book Launch: Kate Hannigan–“Cupcake Cousins: Winter Wonders” 57th Street Books, 3:30–4 p.m. Local author Kate Hannigan will be celebrating the release of the third installment of the “Cupcake Cousins” children’s book series.
St. Thomas the Apostle Christmas Market St. Thomas the Apostle, 5467 S. Woodlawn Avenue, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church is holding its yearly Christmas market, where shoppers can buy gifts and enter raffles. Proceeds go to the parish and help maintain its historic buildings.
Fiction Reading with Tom Fate, Marc Nieson, and Joe Peterson Seminary Co-Op, 6–7:30 p.m. Author Tom Fate will be reading from his memoirs, recounting his experience trying to apply classical philosophy to modern-day, suburban life. Then, in Nieson’s Schoolhouse, the narrator reflects on his disastrous love affair while hiding in a one-room schoolhouse in Iowa. Finally, Joseph Peterson will read from his new novel, which follows characters as they follow their fate to their ultimate downfall. Verbal Imaging Gallery Tour Oriental Institute, 2–3 p.m., register online This tour of the Oriental Institute will be led by a docent describing the pieces in detail for visually-impaired visitors. There will also be pieces for visitors to experience through touch. Lost Visionaries of the Silent Screen: Highlights from the Women Film Pioneers Project Logan Center, 7 p.m. A number of short silent films made by women directors will be shown. The screenings will be accompanied by live piano music, and Kate Saccone, project manager of the Women Film Pioneers Project, will be holding a discussion. Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov Mandel Hall, 6:30 p.m. (lecture), 7:30 p.m. (concert), $5 for students with UCID Grammy-winning duo Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov will be performing a collection of Beethoven pieces. Before the performance, there will be an optional lecture. The Impact of the Digital on Japanese Studies Reg Room 122, Friday: 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m., Saturday: 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. This two-day workshop will examine how new approaches to data collection and analysis are changing the culture and record-keeping traditions within Japan. Professors from across the United States and Japan will be speaking about their personal research within these areas. Mega Shabbat Hutchinson Commons, 7–9:30 p.m. Faculty Mega Shabbat is Hillel’s biggest Shabbat dinner of fall quarter. Students will have the opportunity to eat dinner with professors from a variety of different fields, from chemistry to political science. This event is open to all people regardless of religious beliefs. Saturday, November 12 Annual Holiday Bazaar for UC Service League Quadrangle Club, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Buy gifts, flowers, and baked goods at this annual neighborhood event. Proceeds go to a coalition of local charities.
Sunday, November 13 Second Sunday at Hyde Park Art Center Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Avenue, 1–4 p.m. Working with Candice Latimer at this event, you’ll make two artistic postcards—one for yourself, and one to trade with another guest. You can also create a leaf print with Elke Clause. Curator’s Tour at the Smart Smart Museum of Art, 2 p.m. Smart Museum co-curators Laura Letinsky and Jessica Moss will give a tour of the museum’s special exhibit There was a whole collection made. This exhibition shows 830 photographic works by 414 artists gifted by the Estate of Lester and Betty Guttman. Vocal Master Class: David Alt Logan Center, 1:30–3:30 p.m. David Alt will be working with UChicago Vocal Studies students to perform “art songs”. The public is welcome to attend and listen to the progress. Alternative Histories of Labor: “Union Maids” and “The Willmar 8” Logan Center, 3 p.m. The Alternative Histories of Labor series will highlight the contributions of women and minorities in labor movements through two film screenings. The first, Union Maids follows three women who work together to become powerful labor activists. The second film, The Willmar 8, is about eight female bank employees who went on strike to protest sexism in the workplace. The screenings will be followed by a discussion with Julia Reichert and Sarah Joy Liles. University Wind Ensemble: Deadline Logan Center, Performance Hall, 4–5 p.m. The University Wind Ensemble will present a wide variety of music, including Holst, Maslanka, and Leemans. Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic Black Cinema House, 6760 S. Stony Island Avenue, 4–6 p.m. Tiona McClodden’s Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic combines film and other elements into an exploration of the experience of the black family. At this event, McClodden and the artist Cauleen Smith will show and consider images from the project. Monday, November 14 Challenges of Global Inequality Ida Noyes Hall, 5:30–6:30 p.m., register on Handshake The head of the University’s Urban Education Institute will speak to the founder of Teach for America at this event about the role education can play in challenging global inequality. Hosted by UChicago Careers in Education Professions.
Social Media and Content for Business Harper Center, Room C04, 5–6:30 p.m. Attendees will learn how to run successful social media campaigns for businesses. The seminar will cover Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and search engine optimization. Poetry Reading: Jennifer Grotz and Clint Smith 57th Street Books, 6–7:30 p.m. Jennifer Grotz will be reading from her latest collection of poetry, Window Left Open, which echoes themes of nature and intimacy. Then, Clint Smith will be reading from his latest work, Counting Descent, in which he examines his familial roots. Peter Frase: “Four Futures” Seminary Co-Op, 6–7:30 p.m. Author Peter Frase will speak about the subject matter of his book, Four Futures: Life After Capitalism. Through both a political and science-fictional lens, he examines what might happen if technological advancements and climate change continue at today’s rates. OMSA Heritage Series: Matika Wilbur Center for Identity and Inclusion, 6–8 p.m, RSVP online by Friday, November 11 Project 562 tries to use photography to expand public understanding of African Americans while combating stereotypes. Come hear about the project from its photographer, Matika Wilbur. Tuesday, November 15 Growing Each Other Up: When Our Children Become Our Teachers Lab School, Gordon Parks Arts Hall, 8:45–9:45 a.m., register online Harvard sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot will discuss the importance of maintaining strong learning relationships between parents, teachers, and children. She will focus particularly on the many lessons that children can teach their elders, rather than vice versa. Minorities Under Trump Swift Hall, Room 208, 6–7 p.m. A week after Donald Trump unexpectedly seized the presidency, the country is coming to terms with what the success of his campaign means. Interfaith Dialogue at the University of Chicago is here to help. This discussion will consider the impact of a Trump presidency on the many groups he has telegraphed hostility to. Pizza and drinks will be served. Against the Norm: Body, Citizen, Constitution, State Logan Center, Performance Hall, 6–8 p.m., RSVP online University professors will be discussing a wide range of philosophical questions, including: “Are bodies everywhere the same?”, “Do nations define people or do people define nations?”, and “Are constitutions hot commodities?” Recommendation Letters: A How-to Guide Stuart Hall, Room 101, 6–7:30 p.m. This seminar will guide students through all the essential components needed for asking for and receiving excellent recommendation letters. Food will be provided. From Brexit to Trump Quadrangle Club, Dining Room, 6:15–7:30 p.m., RSVP online Douglas Alexander, the British minister of state for Europe from 2005–06 and a shadow foreign secretary for the Labour Party, has had to come to terms with the consequences of British voters’ decision to leave the European Union. At this event, hosted by the IOP, he will give his reading of how Brexit will effect Britain’s relationship with Europe and its “special relationship” with the United States. Unpacking the Value of Health Insurance in India: Fostering Dialogue Amongst Methodologies Workshop Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, 5701 S. Woodlawn Avenue, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. This conference will examine the successes and shortfalls of India’s National Health Insurance Scheme, which aims to provide coverage to over 300 million people. This system, which is the largest of its kind, has been researched extensively by a team here at the University, and they will present their findings so far. Managing Your Online Presence as a Researcher Crerar Library, Computer Classroom, 12–1 p.m. This seminar will instruct students in the most efficient way to construct and maintain their online presence as a researcher. From finding the proper academic communities online to creating an author identifier, there are many ways to distinguish yourself from the rest online. Social Science Research: Federal Funding Landscape Social Sciences Tea Room, 12–1:30 p.m., RSVP online Kate Von Holle will facilitate this workshop to teach students about the many federal funding opportunities available for the social sciences. Lunch will be provided. Anjanette M. Chan Tack, “Gender, Ethnic Nationalisms, and Ethno-Racial Identity among Caribbean Indians in the US” Centers for Gender/Race Studies, Room 103, 4:30–6 p.m. This workshop is part of the “Mobility, Membership, and Gender” lecture series. It will feature Sociology Ph. D. candidate Anjanette Chan Tack discussing how gender and ethnicity influences the lives of Caribbean Indians living in the United States.
Religion and Human Science Workshop: MyungSahm Suh Swift Hall, 5–6:30 p.m. A Ph.D. candidate in anthropology and sociology of religion will discuss a recent essay on Christian radio in East Asia. The essay focuses on the Far Eastern Broadcasting Company, a global radio ministry network created after the Cold War to spread Christian messages to people in Asian Communist nations. Elissa Altman–“Treyf” Seminary Co-Op, 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Washington Post columnist and award-winning author Elissa Altman will give a talk about her new book Treyf: My Life as an Orthodox Ally. A Booklist reviewer wrote, “[H]ard to put down…. Altman’s confl icted feelings about her life, her parents, and, yes, food infuse this delicious memoir.” Wednesday, November 16 Wednesday Lunch at the Divinity School Swift Hall, Swift Common Room, 12–1:15 p.m., $5, three course meal and dessert, e-mail divinitylunch@gmail. com. Jane Risen researches belief and judgement at the Booth School. She will speak to the Divinity School’s weekly lunch about “Believing what we know isn’t so: Acquiescence to superstitious beliefs and other powerful intuitions.” Using Data Wisely: How Big Data Is Impacting Social Change Community Programs Accelerator, 5225 S. Cottage Grove Avenue, 12:30–2 p.m. “Big data” is solidly established as a buzzword in the business world, but it is not exclusive to Silicon Valley titans. Philanthropies are exploring how big data can make their work more effective; this presentation will explore what they have learned. Egyptomania: Ronald H. Fritz Seminary Co-Op, 6–7:30 p.m. Author and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Athens State University Ronald Fritze will discuss his book Egyptomania, which spotlights Egyptian art and architecture. The book discusses the impact of the Egyptian people on human imagination and its influence on fields ranging from religion to philosophy to literature to science to popular culture. “Worst President Ever”: Robert Strauss at 57th Street Books 57th Street Books, 6–7:30 p.m. Journalist and author Robert Strauss will be talking about his latest book, which gives a humorous account of the hijinks of President James Buchanan. He will be joined in discussion by the former editor-in-chief of Chicago magazine. Freedom is a Constant Struggle Rockefeller Chapel, 8 p.m. Angela Davis is famous as a dissident in the 1960s and 1970s and especially for her acquittal of conspiracy charges in the death of four people in the politically motivated takeover of a Marin County, California courtroom. She will speak with Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about how protest movement from Palestine to Ferguson can be understood as a cohesive whole. Thursday, November 17 E. E. Just Lecture: Professor W. Malcolm Byrnes BSLC Room 01, 12–1 p.m., RSVP online. Howard University Professor W. Malcolm Byrnes will be speaking about the life and research of African-American biologist E. E. Just. The talk, entitled “E.E. Just’s Broad (and Hidden) Influence on the Development of Modern Biology,” will celebrate the 100th anniversary of when Just received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Race and Capitalism Panel Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture, 4:30–6 p.m. Five professors from institutions across the United States will be discussing the intersection between race and capitalism in today’s society alongside Michael Dawson, the director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture. Chicago Hyde Park Village Second Anniversary Celebration Second Floor Lobby, Hyde Park Bank, 1525 E. 53rd Street, 5:30–7 p.m. Chicago Hyde Park Village tries to allow aging people to stay in their Hyde Park homes by providing services and community building opportunities. Come to celebrate their second anniversary and learn about their programming. John Wilkinson–“Ghost Nets” Seminary Co-Op, 6–7:30 p.m. British poet John Wilkinson will be discussing his new collection, Ghost Nets, which chronicles his last 11 years living in the United States. University Brass Ensemble Fulton Recital Hall, 7:30–8:30 p.m. The Brass Ensemble will be performing a selection of works by Mozart, Bach, and Debussy. University of Chicago Community Meeting Saieh Hall, Room 141, 6 p.m. The University’s neighbors can attend this meeting to communicate with University representatives. The meeting’s agenda will be distributed beforehand.
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Axelrod Hosts Post-Election Fellows Panel BY MAX FENNEL-CHAMETZKY MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
David Axelrod, the man behind the scenes of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, sat down Thursday at the Institute of Politics (IOP) to discuss the election of a man who seems to repudiate, in style and substance, much that the President represents. Axelrod and current IOP fellows Liesl Hickey, Bruce Reed, and Philip Revzin were joined via Skype by former IOP fellow Stuart Stevens to discuss Donald Trump’s being elected president. Axelrod and Reed, both Democrats, were balanced on the panel by Hickey and Stevens, both Republicans. Regardless of political affiliation, all were shocked by Trump’s victory. Axelrod began by giving his thoughts on Hillary Clinton: “I don’t think that Hillary Clinton, as a candidate, was a strong candidate in [the industrial Midwest]. Maybe some of it was that she was a woman, although Barack Obama was, and is, black. Some of it was cultural: She just did not speak to those voters in a persuasive way.” Reed, who worked on Bill Clinton’s campaign, highlighted Macomb County in Michigan as a major loss site for Hillary Clinton, arguing that she did not speak to their values. In 2012, he noted, Obama carried that county by a wide margin. Hickey echoed his sentiment, with her focus on Bucks County in Pennsylvania. “She really could have run up the score. That’s a very quintessential swing suburban county that has gone for pretty much every single presidential candidate both sides of the aisle. She really didn’t perform well there,” Hickey said. Reed also stressed that a major error
by the Clinton campaign was not talking to the voters about what really mattered to them. “Our side tried to make it all about Trump. The First Lady had excellent advice: when they go low, we go high. We didn’t follow that advice. Every minute spent talking about him was a minute lost talking about the voters,” Reed said. To him, this was a trap the Clinton campaign fell in, and it buried the message. Revzin, the resident foreign policy expert, discussed how scared Washington and the world are. In his view, the uncertainty about who will be heading the Department of State is higher than almost ever before. All around the world, he fears, right-wing parties will seize on Trump’s victory to gain power. “Washington was just like it was after 9/11. They were in such shock, nobody was working, they were just calling each other, asking ‘What do you know?’ I think they’re petrified,” Revzin said. The panel agreed that ending the Affordable Care Act will be the new unified government’s first priority. After that will come stopping Environmental Protection Agency funding and the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, followed by the infamous wall and immigration as a whole. All assembled saw dark days ahead. But the gathering was not without hope. In response to a question about unifying the country after this result, Axelrod urged everyone instead to lean on the political process that we have, even when our elections fail. “If you are fearful of policies and rhetoric that you’ve heard, the antidote for that is to go out and elect people who will stop those policies. In the interim, it’s incumbent on all of us to fight for our principles.”
Courtesy of the Institute of Politics Axelrod, Hickey, Reed, and Revzen kept things light, regardless of election results.
Axelrod addresses the crowd.
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The Gate, Cook County Jails to Start Detainee Writing Program BY LEE HARRIS MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
The Gate has partnered with the Cook County Jail to launch a journalism initiative in which students will run writing workshops for detainees. The partnership between the Institute of Politics and the jail began in fall 2015, when Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart served as an IOP fellow. Since becoming sheriff in 2006, Dart has been commended for championing a series of progressive initiatives at the jail. Dart, who has made the jail’s operations more transparent and accessible to journalists, invited the writers of The Gate to tour the facility and speak to detainees. Dart intends to start an outreach program with all universities in the greater Chicago area as part of a series of measures aimed at reducing high recidivism rates. The University of Chica-
go will be the fi rst school to participate. Co-editor-in-chief of The Gate Haley Schwab, who has led the project, emphasized the importance of civic engagement at the underfunded jail. Cook County Jail is the largest single-site jail in the country, housing a maximum of 10,000 men and women from divisions that range from minimum to maximum security. The writing workshops will be an hour long and held once a month on Saturdays in winter and spring quarters. Pairs of student volunteers will be assigned 10 inmates. The workshops will be framed around prompts that encourage self-reflection, but will not relate to the crimes of which the inmates have been accused. The Gate hopes to eventually publish some of the detainees’ writing. All student participants are required to sign a waiver absolving the Universi-
ty of any liability for their participation in the project. The jail had asked that students run workshops with as many detainees as possible, at all levels of security, but the University stipulated that students work only with minimum security, non-violent offenders in groups segregated by gender, according to Schwab. Student volunteers are permitted to share their fi rst names only, and no personal information. On Wednesday, The Gate held an info session about the program. Students discussed the implications of inmates’ education level, race, and socioeconomic status. “I suggest we keep our assumptions out the door. I think that’ll help in terms of being able to connect with these people for who they are, and not what we think they are,” fourthyear Elizabeth Adetiba said. Schwab agreed with the importance of empathy and setting aside expecta-
tions, but emphasized maintaining a professional distance. “Personal connection, I definitely want to caution against,” she said. “The jail has made very clear to us that ‘connecting with people’ is not one of the goals. They are concerned with people remaining at a distance so as to not complicate our relationships and why we’re there. That’s why we’re on a first-name basis only.” Dylan Wells, an events intern at the IOP, toured the jail with students last year and interviewed a panel of inmates. She called it one of her most memorable experiences. “It was unlike anything I’ve ever done before, and the amount of access was unexpected.” Wells published an article, “Correcting Corrections,” describing the tour in Issue II of The Gate, 2015. To get involved, e-mail Haley Schwab at haleyhsf@gmail.com for an ID application by Friday, November 11.
Confucian Commons RSO Celebrates Growth, Looks Toward Future BY G. CYRUS PACHT MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
As the relatively new student-run Confucian Commons celebrates its second season Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Spiritual Life Office, its members would like to see its position as an RSO solidified. “ Very quickly after launching last spring, we went through the process of becoming an RSO,” founder Angela Parkinson said. She is a third-year student at the Divinity School pursuing a Master’s in Confucianism. “My goal is to keep going—I’m graduating this year—so hopefully someone will take over at this point who will stick
around.” As someone with a background in political theory, comparative literature, and western classics, Parkinson’s interest in religion drew her to Confucianism. “Confucianism is an originally Chinese spirituality, the central concern of which is human flourishing in a social context,” she said. “Familial and governmental concerns are important in the tradition. I would say, how that’s understood and lived out in young people’s lives today, that’s very different. And the difference is sort of what makes the group. Because we can bring all those differences into the group and talk about it.” Starting last spring, Confucian Commons has gathered regularly to read and
discuss works including the Analects of Confucius, with theme-based readings on alternating weeks, like timeliness and the imperative to interpret within Confucianism. “There’s a really broad range of people who show up,” Parkinson said. “Everything from a Ph.D. student who’s studying Confucianism academically and who doesn’t practice personally, to multiple nth generation Asian Americans who have a tie to Confucianism as sort of something that’s in the background of their family, to fi rst-generation immigrants, to international students who have been in the U.S. for two months and say, ‘This isn’t something I’d expect to fi nd here.’”
The members of Confucian Commons are excited to welcome new members as Confucianism gains recognition as a legitimate spiritual practice on campus. “This is the fi rst year that we have had Confucianism as a choice when you come into the College,” Parkinson said. “You know you fi ll a questionnaire that asks what your religious/spiritual practice is? This year is the fi rst time that students matriculating have the choice of putting Confucianism.” “So this launch party is to bring together old members and then also new people who checked the Confucianism box when they started school,” Parkinsonsaid. “And we’ll go from there for the rest of the year.”
Lost C.C. Bylaws Enacted BY JAMIE EHRLICH SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
The changes made last fall to the Student Government (SG) College Council (CC) bylaws were enacted just last week, after the bylaws were apparently misfiled for almost an entire calendar year. As a result of the filing error, an otherwise ineligible CC member will take a seat, and another representative with a spotty attendance record will keep his position. The bylaws were changed regarding absence and vacancy policies for class representatives last October and December, respectively. However, the implementation of the amendment has been inconsistent due to a filing error. According to Max Freedman, SG Parliamentarian and Chairman of the Election and Rules (E&R) Committee, E&R was never notified of the amended CC bylaws and an updated copy of the bylaws were not available for public inspection on the SG website—a rule mandated by Article VII §3 of the CC Constitution. In order for the
bylaws to be validly passed and implemented, they need to be made available for public inspection, Freedman said. Mark Sands, graduate of the Class of 2016 and former CC chair, disagreed with Freedman’s reading of the Constitution. “If a bylaws amendment passes…not updating the website would not be a reason to ignore a past vote,” Sands said. “The secretary and the CC chair would be directly responsible for any amendments being put into the bylaws and a revised version being uploaded to the website.” At the time of the passage of the amendments, current SG President Eric Holmberg was CC Chair. “I agree that it was my responsibility to ensure that the bylaws were updated on the website,” Holmberg said. “The organizational mishap was that the secretary at the time failed to properly compile the amendments and post them.” The first part of the amendment created a point-based attendance policy, where a student could be removed from their position if they accumulated three “points” through
absences and sending proxies in their stead. One absence is one point; sending a proxy is a half a point. Current second-year CC Representative Qudsiyyah Shariyf helped write the amendment. “When we wanted to reference the policies this fall, we were unable to enforce them upon the new council, seeing as they had no ability to know about the policy when they ran or after they were elected,” she told THE MAROON. “Therefore, for people who had racked up absences…we were forced to follow the policies that had been in place before last fall.” Jake Mansoor, current CC representative for the Class of 2017, had accrued two of the three allotted points, running the risk of losing his seat. However, because the bylaws were not filed correctly, he was granted a clean attendance record moving forward. The second part of the amendment regarding vacancies enabled the chair to offer a vacant seat to an unelected candidate receiving the next higher number of votes as of the last election in the relevant electoral unit. However, such a candidate needed to
have received at least as many votes as a declared candidate. Sands called the previous procedures “unwieldy and undemocratic.” In 2013, he gained his own seat on CC when he expressed interest in the seat by responding to a class-wide e-mail followed by an election within CC, which Sands confessed was not “particularly democratic.” Last week, fourth-year Joshua Engelman was seated on CC after receiving four write-in votes in the spring elections. He did not receive at least as many votes as any of the declared candidates, and was not a declared candidate himself. He was granted his seat due to the misfiling. The minutes from the CC meeting in which the amendments were passed remain unavailable to the public on the SG website. The amended bylaws, however, are now updated and available for public inspection. “I think individual [CC] members were aware it passed last year, but that the general sense was that once something like this passes, it just magically happens,” Freedman said. “It doesn’t.”
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Former Presidential Advisors Discuss Future of U.S.-China Relations BY HAICHAO WU MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
China, which has the world’s second largest economy, has become a major trade partner—and a rising competitor for global power—to the United States. Jeffrey Bader and Dennis Wilder, two former directors for Asian affairs, talked to University of Chicago students in Ida Noyes Hall about U.S.–Sino foreign policy last week. The United States has aimed to integrate China into the international system and pursue a constructive bilateral relation. But that longstanding consensus on either side is under growing pressure as security competition in Asia intensifies and China’s global footprint continues to grow. Amid challenges from North Korea and the South China Sea to trade frictions, the next president must figure out how to deal with China. Dennis Wilder, the former senior director of East Asian Affairs at the National Security Council for the Bush Administration, discussed the changes in the dynamic between China and the U.S. after current Chinese president Xi Jinping stepped into power in 2013. Wilder said that, unlike his predecessor Hu Jintao, Xi demanded China to become one of the countries that set up the rules for international affairs. This wasn’t the case in the past. “ Ten years ago, [China] entered the WTO [World Trade Organization] and accepted to play by our rules,” Wilder said. Wilder admitted that China’s new, more aggressive stance has been unusual and uncomfortable to the people in Washington, who weren’t used to being
Camelia Malkami Bader and Wilder, despite working for starkly different administrations during their time in Washington, had many common thoughts on U.S. relations with China.
challenged in that way in East Asia. Despite the complexity of the competition, both advisers emphasized the great progress made in the collaboration between the two great powers. They said that both countries had made enormous progress fighting climate change, cooperating on the obstacle of Somalia, and combating terrorism in the Middle East. When asked about the strategies to build effective consensus with China, both advisers emphasized the need to establish a meaningful personal relationship between the leadership of both countries. Bader, who was the senior
advisor on Asian Affairs for Obama’s National Security Council, talked about the mutual respect between the president and Xi Jinping, and how this personal relationship built the foundation for future discussions. Wilder urged the American foreign policy makers to spend time and effort understanding the distinctive political context on the other side. Wilder talked about the distinctive conservative manner of the Chinese leaders due to the internal checks and balances within the Communist Party, and said patience was required in order to make progress.
During the Q&A session following their talk, Wilder and Bade touched on the security challenge of the North Korean nuclear crisis, the recent pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, and the territorial disputes at the China South Sea. They also gave advice to the students who are interested in pursuing a career in foreign policy. Bade said it was extremely valuable to be fluent in a foreign language. Wilder encouraged the students to pursue a certain topic in foreign policy that truly interests them. “Jobs will follow you,” Wilder said.
Target Will Likely Be Granted Liquor License Amidst Community Protest BY EUGENIA KO MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
A city liquor commissioner told community members Wednesday that she plans to grant Target’s application for a liquor license on Friday, despite objections from the community. Commissioner Maria Guerra Lapacek said, “denial is a high bar,” and hopes to cooperate with community members to draft a “plan of operation” that will be binding with Target’s license. The tentative plan, which will be publicized if Target’s license gets approved, currently includes policies that limit Target from selling malt liquor or single-serving units of beer or wine under five dollars, and sets specific times when alcohol can be sold. The meeting was held at the request of Fourth Ward Alderman Sophia King, who
tried to pass a liquor moratorium from Kimbark Avenue to Dorchester Avenue—the two blocks that contain the Target—but was unable to affect Target’s application, which was filed before the moratorium would take effect. She hoped to provide a space for community members to voice their concerns and potentially add to the plan of operation. Target representatives also attended the meeting, including Hyde Park store manager Clevitta Scott and government affairs manager Tracey Hester. “I think pragmatically, people were looking forward to Target,” King said. “I don’t think they were looking forward to liquor in Target, but it would behoove Target to hear the things and the items that the community wants.” Members of the Nichols Park Advisory Council (NPAC) maintained their opposition to the liquor license application, which
Eugenia Ko A Target representative addresses the crowd of community organizers.
was articulated in a letter written to King by NPAC president Stephanie Franklin. The letter, sent on October 17, asked that the application be denied due to Target’s proximity to Murray Elementary School and Nichols Park, in addition to Target’s lack of transparency in the application process. Some individuals, registered voters within 250 feet from Target who should have been notified about the application, claimed not to have received notice. Many also complained about the lack of community input and the short notice of the community meeting held two days before the commissioner makes her decision Friday. “The shelves are already set, the prices are already set, and you don’t even have the license. That presumes that the deal is done,” a local business owner said to Target representatives. Franklin spoke about the safety concerns of intoxicated people who could come to Nichols Park, a common entrance route for Murray students, and also the saturation of liquor stores that already serve alcohol needs in Target’s place. The Hyde Park Target is 130 feet from Murray Elementary School, just over the 100-foot ban around schools that would disqualify the liquor application. “The reason the Nichols Park Advisory Council objects to this liquor license so strongly is that none of these rules that you’ve listed protect the park or the students from the people sitting on the benches and drinking, leaving the cans and bottles around, sleeping on the benches when they’ve finished the whole six pack in an hour,” Franklin said to the commissioner. Other community objections included the hours during which Target can sell alcohol, which were written in the plan of operation
as 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, which are Target’s general operating hours. Many proposed that the hours of operation exclude school hours, which the commissioner said she would take into consideration. Robin Kaufman, also a member of the NPAC, spoke about the Target’s proximity to Vue53, the apartment complex above Target that houses many University of Chicago students. “We’re talking about a building that is an extension, it’s going to be inhabited by students, and all they have to do is just run downstairs,” Kaufman said. “I’ve never heard of a dormitory that sold liquor. It’s not technically a dormitory, it’s not legally a dormitory, but it functionally is a dormitory.” The council has already been in contact with the University’s Vice President for Civic Engagement, Derek Douglas, but Kaufman said she also hoped to speak to the Title IX department about the implications of such proximate alcohol sales on issues of sexual assault. Despite objections to the liquor license itself, many agreed that the Target itself was beneficial to the community, and gave suggestions about what Target could stock to better fit the community, including an increase in children’s clothing or art supplies. “There are also other things that Target has in there that we really don’t need so close to us,” Franklin said. “Whereas, if that space were used for other things, we’d be much happier having more like a department store—home goods, sewing notions, yard goods, yarn, that kind of thing.”
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STYLE W E A R I NG : Jeans by
O BSESSIONS : Vetements, Vetements,
Gap, vest by Hijab House, gray booties by Salamander, sunglasses by Asos, green scarf courtesy of her sister’s closet.
Vetements. It’s supposed to be a parody of fashion, or something like that. Something deep. Or maybe not. Maybe it’s just phony. I don’t know. Their stuff is so weird, but damn if isn’t eye-catching. I wouldn’t wear a lot of their stuff (I’m looking at you, “Justin 4ever” sweatshirt) but I’m excited to see what they crank out. Another obsession: Alexander McQueen oversized sole sneakers. When you’re my height, every inch counts.
“I am obsessed with the vest—truly turns a basic outfit into something more dramatic.”
I’m a bio major specializing in genetics from New York City but also Texas—it’s a weird mix, I know—ethnically Egyptian, a coffee addict, and firmly team Kim/Kanye.
by jessica hwang
S T Y L E : Exaggerated! A ndrogynous. Blown up proportions, elongated, dynamic, but also subdued, muted colors. I’m really into the current oversized trend and flowing silhouettes. Most of my outfits are heavily influenced by streetwear, so think layered hoodies, sweatshirts, denim jackets, stacked denim, joggers, and sneakers.
I NSPO: What really got me into fashion were a specific pair of shoes by Rick Owens: the tech runners, which were part of a collaboration with Adidas. I’d always been interested in fashion to some extent, but that was what got me really into it. Since then, I’ve been enamored with the Rick look (I’ve got three of his shoes now, if that says anything). It’s one of my main inspirations for sure. I started getting into streetwear at a time when it was becoming increasingly synonymous with high fashion, in no small part because of Kanye’s inf luence. I ’d be remiss if I didn’t credit him too! Though I have to say, Yeezy Season 3 was pretty weak.
AMINAH SALLAM FOURTH -YEAR
I NSPO : I have a bunch of religious requirements as to how I dress—headscarf, fully covered, generally modest—and it can sometimes be hard to keep up with trends and still ascribe to those requirements. I follow a bunch of Muslim girl bloggers, like Dina Tokio, feeeeya, and Hoda Katebi—she’s my roommate and a UChicago alumna— who have really been working towards changing the fashion industry such that it is more accommodating for people of all faiths. They always give me new ideas on how to style what I wear as well as where to buy clothes.
JASON DENG FOURTH -YEAR
STYLE: I tend to dress in basics and then layer with statement pieces, i.e., a vest, embroidered jacket, a patterned scarf, or a statement bag. It’s all about being comfortable, keeping things simple, and letting your clothes do the work for you.
O B SE S SIONS : Over-the-knee boots— which I haven’t been able to wear as much because it’s still weirdly warm— anything metallic, and matte lipstick.
Hi! I’m Jason, a fourth-year bio major. If you spend any time in the Reg, you’ve probably seen me around since I’m literally always there. Otherwise, you may have seen me lifting in Ratner or skating (and falling) on my longboard!
“Fave piece? Definitely the Qasas for their silhouette: I feel like a ninja when I wear them!”
WEARING: Fishtail parka and vintage wash unfinished-seam crewneck by H&M, joggers by Zanerobe, Qasa high-top sneakers (triple black) by Y-3.
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Hamilton in Chicago: Who Hears Your Story? BY EMILY EHRET MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s staggeringly successful musical is in its third month here in Chicago, and all signs indicate that it’s here to stay. I was lucky enough to sit in a packed house this past weekend. My view from the cheap seats was obstructed such that I had to crane my neck the entire performance, but I was delighted to see this show in my city at last. The musical may proclaim New York to be the “greatest city in the world,” but to me, Hamilton means something special to Chicago, a city that is diverse yet massively segregated. The city’s art scene is in the middle of a push for greater representation of people of color, but the difficulties inherent in these challenges are evident. This past October, for instance, a Second City actor quit his job after experiencing repeated racist remarks from audience members. This is by no means an isolated incident—artists city-wide are grappling with how to make their voices heard. Meanwhile, Hamilton is poised to be not
just a success in Chicago, but perhaps a healing force. Its story reaches people far beyond Broadway lovers in the Big Apple (so long as they’re willing to shell out hundreds of dollars per ticket). So many people believe in the transformative—need I say revolutionary?— power of this show: Its race-conscious casting promises unprecedented opportunities for people of color, while its inimitable pace excites both performers and audience members. I cannot overstate the successes of the Chicago cast. Joshua Henry as Burr grips the audience’s attention from the moment he takes the stage and doesn’t let go. Karen Olivo’s Angelica is the definition of girl power. Chris De’Sean Lee, a young debut performer, astounds in his dynamic portrayals of Lafayette and Jefferson. The entire cast as a whole has an incredible collective power that left me wanting more at curtain time. I could go on. Even so, Hamilton in Chicago is not completely what I envisioned. Sure, I felt a unity with the audience around me as tears rolled down our faces during “It’s Quiet Uptown” (and, let’s be honest, innumerable
moments before and after that). But I was forced to confront a glaring reality: The audience with whom I shared this experience was enormously, undeniably white. The show’s entire cast asks a simple question as Alexander Hamilton’s life draws to a close: Who tells your story? After seeing this show, I wondered, Who hears it? If the answer is almost exclusively affluent white Americans, then it hasn’t reached far enough yet. Not by a long shot. A follow-up question: What do they hear? For many, Hamilton presents an intoxicating promise of progress. In a time of such political strife, it’s tempting to think of Hamilton as a narrative that offers a completely new lens for viewing our nation’s founders. One might think looking through it would uncover every inner working of racism, sexism, and oppression. And that we could unlock the secret to solving them. Hamilton, however, is not a simple salve for our political wounds, and it never claimed to be. From its first beat to final note, Hamilton tells a familiar and not all-too-revolution-
ary story: one of rags to riches, of progress, of the American dream. The Hamilton difference is the shift in perspective of the narrator, the glimmer at the beginning of a long effort to reexamine our history and ourselves. I can only hope that the show’s largely white audiences of today, tomorrow, and probably several sold-out months from now leave the theater motivated to engage in politics for the ideals that are so easy to applaud after spending several hundred dollars on a seat. Without a doubt, Hamilton left me expecting more: more opportunities to engage with art of this caliber, and not just for those who can afford admission. More involvement in issues that matter to our country. More growth, inclusion, and risks by artists and audiences alike to explore something entirely new to them. Mostly, more listening. If you ask me, that is exactly the reaction the show should elicit. Chicago is just Hamilton’s first stop out of New York. Going forward, I have no doubt in the show’s ability to grow as a piece of art, as a community, and as an inspiration for works to come.
- VIEWPOINTS “Memes do possibly the best job of accurately conveying what voters find to be most problematic about our candidates.” Continued from page 10 by-play reaction, and a valuable commentary on campaign rhetoric. Although the rhetoric of candidates is somewhat separate from the issues they discuss, examining the way we talk about these issues gives us insight into the nature of our campaigns and of our fellow voters. When we superimpose a crying Michael Jordan over a map of the country, it means more than retweets or notes on Tumblr: although it may appear to be oversimplified, it is one of the most accessible ways we have created to share our opinions, confusions, and fears. Memes allow anyone to add to the conversation, no matter what walk of life they come from or what information they have access to. They often escape a generation of people who do not rely as much on the internet, but this is actually a sign of the necessary power of memes: The more people join the conversation, the better and more complex our collection of voices will become. Memes are curated by the public, for the public: What media outlet could
better represent who we are, as we are in the present moment? They cannot replace an article in the newspaper, and they are not intended to. In the same way, a 1,000 word op-ed cannot replicate the raw, organic nature of the meme, and the passion that lies behind it. There is no criteria for a meme: there is no prerequisite of skill or humor, and even the internet-savviness that accompanies it is easily learned. The only thing a meme requires is awareness, and a willingness to share. Memes do give us a brief snapshot of the issues that matter to our candidates, but more importantly, memes, through their uniquely uncensored format and easy circulation, connect voters to one another in a way that can unify a country. Although it may be confusing to try and understand the outcome of this election, the “meme”-ing, so to speak, of this democracy will never change as long as the people behind it are continuing the commitment to share and engage. Ashvini Kartik-Narayan is a firstyear in the College.
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Roses in a Thorn Bush Post-election, We Should Focus on the Positive
Jordan Karpin Abraham Lincoln once claimed that “we can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” More relevant today than ever before, Lincoln’s words pose a challenge to America. Despite the election’s outcome, I propose that we similarly choose to focus on the roses, the positive aspects of our society, the very facets that define our country, and the prospect of holding up a united front to the rest of the world. Regardless of your views on President-elect Donald Trump and his campaign promises, certain constants in our nation remain irrevocable and unalterable. Particularly poignant in a post-election atmosphere, principles such as free speech remain essential aspects of American society and should never be taken for granted. Though the election’s outcome has left many dissatisfied,
we must take a moment to recognize how privileged we are to even voice political opinions at all. In countries like North Korea and Cuba, censorship controls conversation, stifling opinions and imprisoning individuality. Here, if you are unhappy with the election you can freely protest, post on social media, and commiserate with others. You can openly disagree with our government without fear of persecution. You have an individual voice, and are unequivocally encouraged to use it. Our society even uniquely uses its freedom of expression to satirize and parody current events. This ability to find humor in any situation manifests itself on such platforms as Saturday Night Live, which famously exploits the quirks and flaws of political candidates (Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton, Larry David as Bernie Sanders)
for our own entertainment. If nothing else, Americans can look forward to some laughout-loud performances by Alec Baldwin to ease any residual election tension. Upon walking to class this morning, blatant profanities and mumbled objections of the election repeatedly crossed my path. Although I found nationwide protests and demonstrations predictable, the harsh words of my classmates struck me profoundly. On one hand, I understand that the liberal atmosphere on campus does not align with the current status of our country. Contrastingly however, I do not think that an overcurrent of anger will solve anything. Burning flags in the quad and turning not only on one another but also on America only serves to increase divisiveness. I see these acts, the curses of our government and demonstrative escapades, as utterly disrespectful towards our First Amendment protection and of our country in general. If you find fault in our government, make use of your freedom in a productive manner. Call Congress, peacefully assemble, and do what you can to ensure better choices come next election. Even President Obama,
in his post-election speech, warned first-time voters, cautioning that they “don’t get cynical” and “don’t ever think [they] can’t make a difference.” Obama’s words on cynicism remind young people such as myself to maintain trust in our political system and to act upon hope for a productive future. If equating Trump’s victory to a thornbush, perhaps our rose stems quite naturally from Obama’s advice. Now, frustrated Americans have the opportunity to utilize such liberties as freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and freedom of the press to fight for their beliefs and make their voices heard. The original intentions of these unalienable rights, to protect the citizens from their government, should resonate with those who fear the ramifications of the next four years. Today, as I find myself surrounded by moping college students and distraught professors, I cannot help but wonder what this presidential term will bring. I wonder this not from the perspective of what Trump will do, but more specifically, what we will do in response. Jordan Karpin is a first-year in the College.
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VIEWPOINTS A Damaging Discourse Hurling Insults at Trump Supporters Won’t Help Productive Political Discussion BY GABRIEL DAVIS MAROON CONTRIBUTOR
On Tuesday night, my dream died. Hillary Clinton, the nation’s presidential frontrunner, lost to a man whom pollsters and statisticians across the country overwhelmingly posited would lose the election. The liberal dreams I yearned to see sewn into the fabric of our republic were firmly swept away. In their place stood questions: how did this happen? Why did Hillary lose? What about the electorate changed overnight? Most importantly, to my mind, how did most electoral forecasting models—from Nate Silver to the New York Times to the Huffington Post—get this so incredibly wrong? No poll or prediction is perfect, but this was a different result entirely; so many predictions were just way off base. So what led pollsters and statisticians to such a bewildering screw-up? My clearest thought is that the ways in which Americans have conversations need revision. Insofar as it stops conversation, the tendency to get defensive or testy with a disagreeable or seemingly wrong-headed remark is problematic. It shirks civility for comfort, and voices of dissenting minorities (or majorities)
burrow underground. The paradigm of politically correct (PC) culture is a case in point: Criticisms of the necessity of PC culture are dismissed as offensive or unenlightened, leading its critics and its proponents to form increasingly polarized and ideologically homogenous social circles. In other words, the moral supremacy of PC culture drives its dissidents into secrecy or stunned silence. Such was the case in this election. Trump supporters found themselves in the middle of a national dialogue that rejected their views outright instead of challenging them in civil ways. Labeled as bigoted, sexist, naïve, and unkind by their opposition—traits that aggressively transcend party lines—they sought refuge for their opinions in the only way this dialogue made possible: by keeping them private. As Graham Ambrose, a Yale student writing for The Washington Post, noted in September, Trump supporters on liberal-leaning college campuses “[kept] a low profile” and “stay[ed] quiet.” I can’t think of another way pollsters didn’t see this coming. The sheer incompatibility of pro-Trump sentiment with the liberal political dialogue America has maintained produced a silent majority whose magnitude only became evident on Tuesday night. As avenues of con-
versation disappeared with Trump’s ongoing controversy, statistical information thinned, and pro-Trump Republicans held their beliefs silently in check. Nowhere did this reflect in national polls. Thanks to Americans’ intolerance for pro-Trump political views, the only people who understood the consequences of their impact were the voters themselves. Put simply: conversations stopped, Trump supporters hid, and the polls were devastatingly wrong. To that end, the whole trend of “if you support Trump, unfriend/ block me now” posts on social media is troubling. It’s not unjustified in the short term, but as a long-term coping mechanism, it doesn’t breed the kind of discursive cooperation we need in society to actually see these things coming. It reads characteristics into Trump’s electorate that are not necessarily there. Which is also not to say that Trump hasn’t been sexist, racist, homophobic, ableist, and demagogic. He has. But it is to say that half of the voting population had legitimate grievances that Trump has promised to remedy, and to condense the voters into “a racist/sexist/ homophobic hodgepodge of people versus Hillary supporters” not only overlooks the nuances of why they felt that way, but also makes Dem-
ocrats into hypocrites. How can we call ourselves a party of acceptance if we can’t accept the majority will of the people? More than that, though, how can we overlook or deride the legitimate (and widespread) grievances of almost sixty million fellow Americans? Racism, sexism, and xenophobia were on the ballot, but so were perceived economic prosperity and the rejection of an establishment that apparently failed many. Binary terms only further create an “us vs. them” narrative—they can’t mend the wounds of this election or restore civility. At that point, then, it comes down to value judgments—whether one believes there’s a social responsibility to curb the grievances of others through policy (free college, affirmative action, and so on), or if civic responsibility stops at individuality. So long as people have their corners of the world and leave everyone else be, the logic runs, they can’t be part of the problem. In what way are they contributing to it? At least, that’s what I imagine. Some of these people really are deplorable, misogynistic, and xenophobic. But above all, they are strikingly individual, with a conception of the kind of idealism Reagan would be quick to espouse: that it is within oneself that one finds the essence of one’s be-
ing, rather than in the relationships socially constituted around them. It is through individuality alone that freedom occurs, and Trump has offered that path. So where do we go from here? I feel as though it starts in conversation. We need to start a new national dialogue—not in terms of what we say, but in terms of how we say it. We need to promote inquiry and acceptance in a sincere struggle for political ideals, and we can’t hide behind personal biases or avoid ideas we dislike. We need to dive deeper than the surface level of uncomfortable beliefs to find out the real rationale that buoys them up in groups like those that support Trump. And we must be open to, rather than dismissive of, heated civil discourse. The election results on Tuesday night showed a deeply divided America. Our contemporary political dialogue silences so many voices that it inverts the promise of rigorous debate at the heart of America’s democratic ideal. But we have the power to change that. I dearly hope the University of Chicago is the place where we start. Gabriel Davis is a second-year in the College majoring in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
What Does It All Meme? Internet Memes Actually Give Us Essential Insight Into the American Electorate
Ashvini Kartik Narayan
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In 2008, a Google search of the presidential campaign would direct you to news articles, op-eds, and think pieces on the political climate of the country and the worthiness of both candidates. Now, the click of a hashtag on Twitter can tell you much more: social media has taken our once factual communication and made it meme-driven. Sound bites are attached to hilarious pictures of the candidates’ faces and jokes are made about the authenticity of their hairpieces—Hillary Clinton once even took to Vine. Especially after an election like this, memes are largely what we have to look back on in the future to understand the frustrations, the fears, and the voices of our current political climate. But does the “meme-ization” of politics mean that our political discourse is taking a step back? To more seasoned political analysts, that may appear to be the case. This new form of media is certainly more accessible than complex think pieces, but it escapes a large portion of the voting demog raphic. Par ticularly a fter the outcome of this cycle, it may have come as a shock that despite the widespread liberal consistency of political opinions in meme-culture, American voters apparently did not entire-
ly align with the images and jokes that were circulated. Voters between the ages of 18 and 25 overwhelmingly voted blue, and since this demographic is among the most internet-savvy, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the memes circulating primarily ridiculed Trump and championed Clinton. Let’s face it: the above-40 demographic living in rural America just weren’t the ones jumping on Twitter after a debate to caption a still of Donald Trump’s hair. As a result, the power of their vote was largely overlooked. We began to focus on what was f looding our social media, namely memes and hashtags created by the millennial generation, a generation which consistently has the lowest voter turnout. Todd Grossman, CEO of Talkwalker Americas, noted in an NPR article published on the morning of the election that “Social media may have played a role in creating a kind of scandal-driven, as opposed to an issue-driven, campaign.” The memes we created, intended to be humorous, couldn’t possibly explain the depth of a tax plan or a health care proposal—there was a forced limitation to what we could thoroughly discuss using social media and an offline demographic that was not represented.
And perhaps it may have been that we, as millennials, spent more time treating Donald Trump as a joke candidate than we did trying to grapple with and actually take down his campaign. But the question is not whether we wasted our time on GIFs and Snapchat stories: it is whether meme-culture has added anything to the political climate as a whole. Memes, in their original purpose, were never intended to replace news outlets as a source of information and detailed opinions. Rather, they were intended to reflect, in their most unedited form, a side of the political climate that could not be expressed through a news article or an episode of 60 Minutes, which serve the purpose of purely covering the issues. Memes do possibly the best job of accurately conveying what voters find to be most problematic about our candidates. This may appear, as Grossman claimed, to be a shift toward scandal-driven politics, but it is in fact an acknowledgement of what actions voters are willing to tolerate in candidates and what they are not. They reflect our inner fears, our versions of victory, and a different kind of detail: the careful attention to a candidate’s every word and action produces a significant playContinued on page 9
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First-Round Bye Set for No. 1 South Siders MEN’S SOCCER
BY MINNIE HORVATH SPORTS STAFF
This weekend the undefeated University of Chicago men’s soccer team will host a three-team regional to kick off the NCAA tournament. As UAA champions, the Maroons hold the best record in the country at 16–0–2, so it was no surprise that they were selected as the No. 1 seed. The resulting first-round bye means that their fi rst game of the post-season will be on Sunday at 5 p.m. against the winner of Saturday’s Dubuque vs. Westmin-
ster (Missouri) matchup. To fourth-year captain DJ Weis, the fi rst-round bye is “a great accomplishment and a reward for the hard work we put in this season. However, it doesn’t mean anything once the games start so it was more of a brief celebration before moving on.” Indeed, the Maroons have worked hard. They have already set records for wins in a season at 16 wins and shutouts in a season at 12 shutouts. Their offensive fi repower combined with their defensive strength has generated an in-
credible amount of momentum. “We feel pretty strong going into the tournament. The team is playing well and we feel like we have a shot to beat any team in the country,” said third-year goalkeeper Hill Bonin, who also holds the record for career shutouts at 24 shutouts. He said that the focus of the weekend will be on “staying calm and composed. It’s so easy to get worked up about playing harder than usual and being the hero but we really just need to do what we have been doing all year.” Weis agreed, saying, “Our
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Third-year Andre Abedian heads the balls toward his teammates.
team is approaching the tournament in a similar fashion to our regular season games. It’s one game at a time and we’re just constantly looking to improve our own standard.” The Maroons will have a chance to scope out the competition on Saturday as the Dubuque Spartans (13–5) face the Westminster College Bluejays (14–3–1) at 5 p.m. The Spartans earned an at-large bid to the postseason despite losing 0–4 to Luther in the Iowa Intercollegiate Conference semifinals. The Bluejays scored an automatic bid by beating Spalding 3–2 to win the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship. Westminster is currently on a seven-game winning streak, but can’t brag about its strength of schedule, as none of its conference opponents earned bids to the postseason. All three teams in the regional this weekend have shown an ability to put the ball in the back of the net all season. The Bluejays average 2.94 goals per game, while the Maroons have 2.56, and the Spartans 2.50. However, UChicago has a clear advantage in goals against, averaging only 0.27, while Dubuque and Westminster have 1.22 and 1.09, respectively. Fans can expect to see an offensive battle on Saturday, but on Sunday the Maroons’ defensive domination will likely hinder the success of their opponent. Weis says that the team’s goal is “to be better than we were at Wash U on Saturday and show that on the field this Sunday.”
Chicago Kicks Off Fall NCAA Championships WOMEN’S SOCCER
BY MAGGIE O’HARA SPORTS STAFF
The No. 11 Maroons are set to host one of 16 NCAA regionals this weekend after earning an at-large bid to the NCAA DIII Championship. This marks the fourth consecutive year Chicago has made the postseason, as well as the 15th in the team’s history. The weekend will feature a four-team regional pod with games on both Saturday and Sunday. Webster University, Augsburg College, and Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) will make a trip to Chicago all looking to come away with a coveted regional title. The first game of the regional will feature the Maroons against the Webster Gorloks (13–7; 9–0 St. Louis Intercolle-
giate Athletic Conference) on Saturday. The Maroons and the Gorloks have faced off twice in history, both in the NCAA playoffs. The Maroons were triumphant in both meetings, once in 2004 and more recently in 2014. The Gorloks come into this game boasting some impressive offensive accolades—they are ranked in the top 10 nationally in goals and points on the season, as well as in points and assists per game. The Maroons look to shut down their offense and take a lead early. If the Maroons win on Saturday, they will advance to Sunday’s regional fi nal and would be pitted against the winner of the Augsburg Auggies (17–4; 8–3 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) and the MSOE Raiders (17–3–1; 10–0 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference). The Maroons hope to see an exact re-
peat of their 2014 regionals, in which they beat Webster in game one and defeated Augsburg for the regional championship. Whether they play Augsburg or MSOE in game two isn’t as much of a concern to them as coming away with the championship again. The South Siders have two statistics in their favor going into this weekend. They are undefeated against non–UAA opponents as well as undefeated on their home field this season. While the playoffs can be a vastly different beast than the regular season, the Maroons are prepared to play two games this weekend and look to come away with two Ws. Third-year Kelsey Moore notes how proud she is of the team’s success this year and is looking to a long postseason. “The postseason is a blank slate for us,”
she said. “So far this season has been incredible, and the work we’ve put in has gotten us to the point we are at now. But, every game from now on will be a battle. We have a pretty brilliant group that I am so proud of. I am very excited to see what we can accomplish in the next couple of weeks, starting this weekend at home!” The team has a wealth of experience in regionals, having now made the NCAAs four years in a row. The Maroons look to use their experience and expand on their previous trips to the NCAA, making this season their longest yet. The weekend’s schedule will be as follows: UChicago vs. Webster on Saturday at 11 a.m., Augsburg vs. MSOE on Saturday at 1:30 p.m., and the regional final will be on Sunday at 1 p.m. All games will take place on the grass field.
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Final Game Looms for Seventeen Fourth-Years FOOTBALL
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The Maroons will close out the 2016 season at home this Saturday taking on the Wash U Bears in a Senior Night matchup at Stagg Field. The South Siders are coming off their fi rst home loss of the season, in which Chicago lost a double-digit lead to fall to Carnegie Mellon, 37–24. The Maroons now sit at 4–5 heading into a tough matchup with the 7–2 Bears.
While Chicago did give up a big lead last week, the South Siders had many positives to take away from the game as well. Fourth-year quarterback Burke Moser continued his record-breaking senior season with another impressive game, racking up 450 yards through the air along with two touchdowns. His wide receiver duo of first-year Dante Nepa and fourth-year Syd Reynolds combined for 293 receiving yards. Their play, along with third-year running back Chandler Carroll’s 199 total yards and
one touchdown, shows the success of the offense this year. The Maroons are averaging 372.8 passing yards per game, and just over 30 points per game. Chicago used this success to bring a three-point lead into the fourth quarter but was outscored 23–0 in the fi nal frame. “As an offense, we are really clicking—obviously it’s showing up in the stats department,” Moser said. “Sadly, we aren’t converting it into points as well as we would like to, but we have a lot to build off of as a group. We know
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Third-year running back Chandler Carroll carries the ball up field.
that at times we are our own worst enemy. If we can fight through those stagnant stretches and execute a little better, we are golden.” The offense will have the chance to put up big numbers against a Wash U defense that allows 30.6 points per game. The Maroons’ defense, however, will have to matchup with an offense that averages 38.6 points per game, 354 yards through the air per game, and 137.8 rushing yards per game. The South Siders are allowing over 500 yards per game this year, along with an average of 35.2 points per game. “Wash U is a great team, but we plan on doing what we do, nothing special. We matchup with them well and it’s always a big game for the Founder’s Cup, so we are ready to go,” Moser said. The Bears and Maroons have played the exact same common opponents throughout the Southern Athletic Association season. Wash U is coming off a tough 49–46 home win against Hendrix, a game the Maroons lost earlier on the road 52–28. The Bears also pulled off an overtime win against Chicago’s last opponent, the Carnegie Mellon Tartans. The game, along with being the last of the season, is the fi nal contest for the Chicago fourth-years who have donned the maroon for four years. “It’s a big deal to me and all of the seniors,” Moser said. “I have a lot of memories on Stagg Field and Senior Day is always emotional. My whole family will be there, and it will be a special moment when they call out the seniors. I am excited for the event as a whole.” Kickoff is set for noon at Stagg Field, where the Maroons will look to close out the season and Senior Night with an impressive victory.
Maroons Rolling Into End-of-the-Year Meet CROSS COUNTRY
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The Maroons look to continue excelling on the cross country trails this Saturday, as they compete in the NCAA Midwest Regionals. The competition will be held at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, where hundreds of the nation’s best runners will compete their hardest and go for gold. The teams look to improve on their last competition at the UAA Championship in Atlanta, GA, on October 29. The men placed sixth out of eight teams, and the women placed a very close and impressive second out of eight teams. The women’s team looks to return to glory at this event, as the team won it in 2013, and knock off defending champions Wash U, who had won it the previous two years with scores of 68 and 62. Further, the Bears took first at the UAA Championship this past weekend, creating an even bigger target and increasing motivation for the Maroons. Certainly, third-years Khia Kurtenbach and Kelsey Dunn look to continue to lead their team this weekend, as they placed second and 12th at the UAA Championship, with times of 21:47.29 and 22:23.74 respectively. These impressive runs have surely inspired other members of the team, as first-year Taylor Campos is
confident in her team’s chances to win this weekend, given its past successes. “Coming [in] second confi rmed that we have built up the strength and speed over the long season necessary to perform during postseason meets,” Campos said. “I think it was a huge confidence booster to see how all of us could be in a competitive position during conference, so going into regionals, we will have the mindset of ‘just do what we’ve been doing all along.’ Also, we had some really solid workouts since conference, so I think we will be even sharper for regionals on Saturday.” Despite placing sixth last time out, the men’s cross country team is also excited to compete this weekend. Fourth-years Timofey Karginov and Nick Nielsen led the way during the last meet, placing seventh and 25th overall, with times of 25:04.87 and 25:30.96, respectively. Other team members weren’t far behind, showing the strength and depth of this team. The team comes in to challenge University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, who won last year’s meet with a score of 54. The men have never won this event, but have worked hard this year during training, so their chances and spirits are as high as ever. First-year Andrew Kates was particularly pleased with his team’s efforts two weeks ago and hopes to find even more success this weekend.
“It was very exciting for us to travel to Atlanta for the UAA Championship,” Kates said. “We did a good job of running as a pack and performed well given how competitive the race was. We see that meet as a springboard for us coming in to the regional meet this weekend. The training
we have done all season has prepared us to prove ourselves as one of the top teams in our region, and we are confident that our best performance is yet to come.” The women’s 6K race begins at 11 a.m., and the men’s 8K will follow at noon.
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Fourth-year Jeremy Ferguson speeds past his competitors.