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APRIL 1, 2016

THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SINCE 1892

HARRIS DEAN DIERMEIER WILL TAKE PROVOST POST

Body Camera Program for UCPD Officers Begins This Month BY ISAAC EASTON NEWS STAFF

Last Wednesday, March 23, the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) announced that it will begin requiring its officers to wear body cameras. It said in a statement that this change is part of “an ongoing commitment to the safety of officers and the people the department serves.” The statement went on to say that the UCPD would begin implementing this program in April, with 20 officers receiving the cameras. They would then expand the program so that every officer will receive a camera by the beginning of the 2016–17 academic year. The statement tied this decision to significant steps the UCPD has made over the past year toward increased transparency. “Last June, the University’s safety and security website expanded to include extensive additional information about UCPD activities, including a daily re-

port on all traffic stops and field interviews by UCPD officers,” the statement said. “In addition, arrest records are now available upon request and the UCPD’s general orders are available for review in person, by appointment.” UChicago alumnus and Illinois State Representative Christian Mitchell thinks that the new policy is an “encouraging step” toward restoring what he sees as waning faith in police departments across the country. Mitchell advanced legislation last year that would have required the UCPD to adopt some of the public-access requirements that apply to public police agencies. Tristan Bock-Hughes, a thirdyear student in the College and member of the Campaign for Equitable Policing, an organizing community whose aim is to “end racial profiling in the University of Chicago’s private police force,” is skeptical of the UCPD’s new policy. Continued on page 4

College Council Protests End of Airport Shuttle BY WENDY LEE SENIOR REPORTER

O n M a r c h 15 , S t udent Government’s Executive Slate abruptly cancelled the end-ofquarter airport shuttle service without consulting the Executive Committee or the General Assembly. The announcement was made three days before the end of winter quarter and two days before the shuttle service usually begins. Every year during SG’s annual budgeting process, the E xecutive Slate is g ra nted a n “ ad m i n i s t r at iv e f u nd .” T his fund, which consisted of $34,000 this year, is typically used to buy food for SG’s month ly G enera l A ssembly meetings and to pay for the shuttle service. The current Executive Slate is comprised of President Tyler K issinger, Vice P resident for Administration A lex Jung, and Vice

President for Student Affairs Kenzo Esquivel. Kissinger said that declining ridership and administrative burdens made the service difficult to operate, especially for the SG members who volunteer to staff the service during finals week. “ W hile the program operated, it was a consistent struggle to find a shuttle provider that was to provide the bare minimum of shuttles to make the service happen. Once, we didn’t even receive final confirmation from providers until the day before that they’d be able to provide the necessary shuttles...It was [also] not uncommon for shuttles to break down or run late, and we’ve had to deal with lost luggage and other mishaps. The prog ram...required someone to be on-call and available for troubleshooting for about 12 Continued on page 4

BY GARRETT WILLIAMS NEWS STAFF

Ahona Mukherjee

Students march through the quad kicking off a rally pushing for divestment from some companies operating in Israel.

Push for Divestment from Some Companies Active in Israel Looks for CC Resolution BY PETE GRIEVE DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR

A new coalition is urging College Council (CC) to vote on a resolution that calls for the University to cut financial ties with 10 companies that are “complicit in, or profiting off of” the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, it said in a press release on Monday.

The coalition, U of C Divest, said in the press release that the coalition is acting in “direct response” to the “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” (BDS) movement against Israel for its treatment of Palestinians. The coalition added that it supports BDS’s calls on Israel to end occupation, to dismantle the Israeli West Bank barrier, to Continued on page 5

Istanbul Program Moved to Paris After Bombings BY ANNIE NAZZARO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The Istanbul Mediterranean Civilizations Program has been moved to the University of Chicago’s Center in Paris after a bombing in an Istanbul shopping center killed four and injured 36 on March 19. Sarah Walter, director of the Study Abroad Office, notified participants in the program of the change on March 20 via email. Students had previously been required to arrive in Istanbul on March 25. According to the email, Dean John Boyer, graduate assistant Ipek Hüner-Cora, on-site administrator Gülseven Bektaş, and Walter made the decision to move the program together.

No Rest at South by Southwest

“With reluctance in every case, the consensus of the group is that holding your Civilizations program in Istanbul this year would be subject to continued unrest, and could at best offer a highly constrained experience of Istanbul,” Walter wrote in the e-mail. Participating students had to decide whether to relocate to Paris or to stay in Chicago for the quarter by March 22 at 5 p.m. The University also offered to cover the costs of students’ original travel fare to Turkey. Students that decided to stay in Chicago were not charged the Istanbul program fee. Students that decided to relocate to Paris are still taking the Middle Eastern Civilizations seContinued on page 5

Softball Tees off With Strong Showing in Florida

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Page 16 “SXSW proved to us how many great artists, experiences, and people are out there.”

Anatomy of a Trump Supporter Page 7 Obama’s policies didn’t create future Trump fans, but his presidency pushed them over the edge.

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The softball squad came out of the off season swinging.

Graphic Novelist Daniel Clowes (LAB ‘79) Comes Home Page 10 What is weirdly universal in a way that you wouldn’t expect?

Daniel Diermeier, dean of the Harris School of Public Policy, will be appointed provost of the University, effective July 1, according to an announcement by the University yesterday. He will replace Provost Eric D. Isaacs, who will assume the role of Executive Vice President for Research, Innovation, and National Laboratories. Diermeier has served as dean of the Harris School since 2014. Prior to joining UChicago as the Emmett Dedmon Professor of Public Administration, he taught at both the Stanford Graduate School of Business at and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. His writings, which include two books and over 90 academic publications, cover political science, economics, management, psychology, computer science, and applied mathematics, among other subjects. Diermeier’s most recent book, Reputation Rules: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset, addresses how institutions can maximize their reputation and public appeal, as well as minimize the backlash to corporate mishaps. He also has experience as an adviser to government, non -profit, and corporate organizations including Accenture, BP, the City of Chicago, the FBI, Johnson & Johnson, Shell, and UnitedHealth Group, among many others. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Rochester, as well as two master’s degrees in political science and a master’s in philosophy. Isaacs began his term as provost in late 2013. Before taking the post, Isaacs had been the director of Argonne National Laboratory and the fi rst director of the Center for Nanoscale Materials.

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