01/24/2017 Independent Spring Issue #1

Independent

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Northeastern Illinois University

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Vol. 36 Issue 9

News

Music department awarded seven years of no treble. pg. 4 - 5

Opinions

Celebrities join the resistance pg. 7 - 8

Sports

Self defense class empowers women pg. 13 -15

Another Jewel for the Box: Corky Siegel turns music genres on their ears Siegel performs his blues with percussion from Kalyan Pathuk. | Pablo Medina

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News Finalists chosen for Distinguished Professor Award (Left to right) Mahootian, Adams and Acioli are candidates who are dedicated to students and are passionate about their individual crafts. | Rut Ortiz and Anthony Adams

Rut Ortiz Three NEIU professors are finalists for the 12th Annual Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Professor Award. This award recognizes each professor for their accomplished works in their respective fields of research.

The recognized finalists are Dr. Anthony Adams, associate professor and chair of the NEIU CMT department; Dr. Paulo Acioli, professor and chair of the NEIU Physics department; and Dr. Shahrzad Mahootian, a professor, program coordinator and graduate adviser in the department of Linguistics.

The candidates each submitted a bibliography of their research for consideration along with letters of recommendation from their peers.

“A lot of my research focuses on sex, gender and sexuality,” Adams said. “Interpersonal communication, qualitative communication, how do we come to learn about others and communication theory.”

Adams said of his initial works, “But a lot of my primary research deals with sex-gendered sexuality,

specifically around coming out of the closet.”

Adams said that so much of his work also comes researching what he described as “self disclosure” and how people disclose their sexual orientation.

“Specially gay, lesbian, bisexual or queer,” he said.

Two of his focuses hones in on the reactions people may receive after disclosing their sexual orientation to others in addition to the mistakes those same people may make along the way.

He said his current research is on what forgiveness means.

“How do we live with other’s who have slighted us? I’m studying these concepts within the context of sexuality,” Adams said. “But I hope that they will resonate across context or be applicable to other situations.”

Professor Acioli also works with reactions but reports on what subjects such as Chemistry and Physics have to say.

“I have about 43 published papers,” Acioli said about the collection of work that went into his presented bibliography. “I am working currently

on two or three more with my collaborators.”

Currently Acioli is working on research that closes in on the border between Chemistry and Physics, which is called Cluster Physics.

“This bibliography covers the area, which is computational chemical physics, which is using computational methods to explain some experiments,” Acioli said. “And to find things that experiments cannot actually achieve.”

He said that this boundary of the two sciences are “molecules of the same atom” and their properties.

He gave an example at a microscopic stance where two known metals – manganese and magnesium – don’t behave like metals.

“They don’t bond like metals when they are really tiny. So how is that property evolving from: when you only have two atoms, why do they behave differently?” Acioli said.

Acioli said that he has been nominated for this award before and looks forward to more of his research.

“I really enjoy learning about things,” he said. “I like explaining things we don’t know.”

The third candidate of all three tenured faculties enjoys her research just as much. Dr. Shahrzad Mahootian has spent years collecting her research on language.

“I built that bibliography based on the research that I had done from 1994 all the way to a month ago,” Mahootian said.

Her works consist of approximately 28 presentations, seven book chapters, three books and various article publications.

“My specialization is actually three things, two that are related to bilingualism,” she said. “My focus is on what we call ‘language contact.’”

Mahootian said that language comes together, most commonly, through immigration.

“People move from one culture, one nation, to another and they bring with them everything including their language,” she said.

She exemplified language in the instance of starting a new life in a completely different country.

“One of the things that integrates you the best or separates you the most is language,” Mahootian said. “If you’re familiar with different accents,

you’re not completely fitting in for a while.”

She told a brief story of her own experience while growing up, moving to the United States and the impact bilingualism had on her.

“You become really aware of language as a child in a bilingual context,” Mahootian said.

Mahootian said her research is also on the structure of languages coming together cohesively, using a phenomenon known as code-switching that is experienced by most, if not all, people who grew up in a primary language and had to learn a secondary one.

“That’s what research does, it allows us to go out, ask questions and seek answers. It means that you as the individual or as a collaborative group are thinking critically about something,” she said. “You’re not just taking everything at surface level.”

The announcement of the distinguished award winner will be revealed during the May 2017 commencement ceremony. All three candidates said that if they should win the award, any monetary benefits will go back into fulfilling their research.

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NEWS

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College of Education welcomes a new dean Laura Rojas Dr. Sandra Beyda-Lorie, formerly interim dean of the Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education at NEIU, has been officially appointed dean of students as of Jan. 1.

Beyda has been with NEIU for 19 years, previously as a professor primarily dealing with special education teachers.

She served as department chair for the Department of Special Education since 2008.

“I was honored to be asked to be the interim dean and I had a great deal of respect for Dean Gillette and a wonderful working relationship with her,” Beyda-Lorie said. “She did an amazing job of helping set the mission of our college — [which] is professional practitioners collaborative and transformative — I think I’m carrying forth that mission.”

Maureen Gillette was Beyda-Lorie’s predecessor and she said she hopes to continue the work Gillette already executed, as well as implement new programs and changes to the College of Education.

Beyda-Lorie wants to stress that the COE at NEIU caters to more than just teacher and principal preparation.

“We think of education more broadly,” Beyda-Lorie said. “For instance our Human Resource Development Program that trains professionals in businesses and organizations builds upon our excellent reputation in professional preparation.”

There are also a couple programs she is excited to be launching out of the COE, which are the Masters of Public Health Program and the Resident Nursing to the Bachelor of Science and Nursing Program.

Beyda-Lorie explained that as dean the administrative duties are at an all-time high due to the upcoming reaccreditation of the Daniel L.

Goodwin College of Education. The COE will undergo an in-person visit in 2018 and a sooner online visit this year to look over the college’s records for reaccreditation.

Some other changes that Beyda-Lorie is determined to bring within the COE since becoming dean is the implementation of new evaluation tools for graduating students, since She said that the current evaluation tools have become inefficient. .

“It was not giving us the detailed information that we needed, particularly the candidates’ needed, for feedback,” Beyda-Lorie said.

Beyda-Lorie explained that the previous instrument for teacher evaluation might score a student two out of four in a particular area but this did not help predict future success or needs of improvement; it only simply evaluated work thus far.

“The new instrument will have the validity and reliability that our old instrument did not have,” Beyda-Lorie said.

The new one being implemented, the Charlotte Danielson framework, is a previously developed tool that will be reformatted for the university’s purposes. It is already being used to evaluate teachers in the field today, explained Beyda-Lorie, therefore the results will transfer over far more efficiently.

She believes this will lead to the university having a better screening process for its graduating teachers ready to go into the field.

Beyda-Lorie has also been involved with other projects in the NEIU community, even before she became dean. She helped establish a night program for undergraduates at NEIU’s El Centro campus and is also involved with the Illinois Council for Exceptional Children, which advocates for children with special needs in public school systems throughout Illinois.

Now as dean, Beyda-Lorie no longer has the opportunity to teach classes at NEIU as a professor. Even when she became department chair in 2008, she had to relinquish most of her classes.

“When you become a chair you drop down to one class a semester only because the administrative responsibilities demand so much time,” Beyda-Lorie said. “The fade out from teaching is a bittersweet experience.”

Beyda-Lorie described her publication record as modest due to her work duties as an administrator.

In her spare time she has been writing a children’s novel. She said she is excited about whether she will attempt to get the piece published or not.

“I needed to get my voice out there,” Beyda-Lorie said.

The book is about a student whose parents are undocumented and the child may be suffering from an undiagnosed learning disability, he or she doesn’t fit the “college ready standard” but is a very creative kid.

“The topic spoke to my heart,” Beyda-Lorie said.

Beyda-Lorie feels as a dean that there is a lot of work to be done and the COE has to push through for the reaccreditation since the standards have become more rigorous since the last evaluation.

“Everyone in the college has been so supportive and helpful,” Beyda-Lorie said. “I really have the sense that we’re all in it together.”

Beyda-Lorie also spoke about what NEIU means to her and how she feels the university will do with its current budget struggles.

“I have very strong feelings for Northeastern Illinois University. I find that there’s a certain sacred space here that comes from our humanity,” Beyda-Lorie said. “I think of Northeastern as the ‘everyman’— someone we can all relate to who has over-

Laura Rojas

Sandra Beyda-Lorie brings her experience and various degrees in special education to her new post as dean of the College of Education.

come extraordinary circumstances — Northeastern Illinois University welcomes the everyman.”

Beyda-Lorie said that there is a plus side and a downside when considering that NEIU is still experiencing a budget crisis.

“Yes, we have fewer resources to spend the way that our students really deserve,” Beyda-Lorie said. “The plus side of it is when you are forced by constraints to make work only what you have available to you, that’s where the innovation comes from.”

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NEWS

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Police Blotter The following occurrences happened between the dates of Dec. 8 to Jan. 6 at and near NEIU’s main campus: Dec. 8 – RWL: A victim claimed her boyfriend slapped her during a verbal dispute but later on recanted her story.

Dec. 11 – RWL: A victim claimed that he was stuck in the elevator and was later freed by engineers.

Dec. 17 – LWH: Steam from extremely hot running water set off smoke detectors.

Jan 6 – 5413 N. St. Louis: A driver was issued two state citations and an I-Bond for a suspended driver’s license and stop sign violation.

The following occurrence happened on Jan. 4 at NEIU’s El Centro campus: Jan. 4 – Fire alarm: A power surge set off a fire alarm. The Chicago Fire Department responded.

The following occurrence happened on Jan. 8 at NEIU’s CCICS campus: Jan.8 – Fire alarm: A leaking fire pump packing seal set off a fire alarm.

There was no smoke or fire and engineers were able to handle the situation.

Rut Ortiz

Dr. Travis Heath conducts a band rehearsal with committed students.

Music Department gets fine tuning Daniela Arteaga The National Association of Schools of Music has granted Northeastern’s Department of Music reaccreditation through 2024.

In a span of five years, Northeastern has undergone a process of reviews from teams, interviews with faculty and staff and students by the NASM. Course and thesis paper evaluations, as well as the quality of faculty are also vital throughout these stages of reaccreditation.

The NASM ensures excellence at the Department of Music once it has met all necessary requirements to match the high standards that are expected. Other universities that are

fully accredited include Northwestern, Juilliard, DePaul and the University of Illinois.

Earning such an outstanding award enables the Department of Music to be recognized on par along with universities such as the ones mentioned.

“Great programs offered benefit students from classes that set forth standards,” said Travis Heath, acting chair of the department of music.

Students pursuing degrees for music education and performance benefit from this award.

It is applicable to the Master of Arts in Applied Music Pedagogy, the Bachelor of Music Education pro-

gram and the Bachelor of Music in performance.

Not only does this accreditation serve as an advantage to the student but, entire community benefits from it as well. Through this reaccreditation, the Department of Music receives national recognition.

“Both faculty and students come (from) different backgrounds and ethnicities. Also, (a) diverse preference of music genres,” said Cesar Pino, a graduate student at NEIU. “The new curriculum’s rigor is based on classical music, which differentiates from music programs around the city that are urban oriented.”

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Music Continued from page 4 Pino, a pianist, said he felt fortunate to be part of the whole experience.

One of the biggest accomplishments for the Department of Music took place in 2014 when Jazz Ensemble Director, Mayo Tiana, and Music professor, Peter Chang, led the varsity Jazz Ensemble trip to Shanghai, China to attend and perform at the 2014 Jazz Festival.

Benefits for students do not stop at just the ones attending NEIU. The department has implemented programs that have welcomed incoming students as they transitioned from high school or secondary schools. The Department of Music for example offers classes that help what new students hope to achieve once entering the university.

“Professor Cowan’s voice class made the transition from high school to college

enjoyable. The practice rooms and teachers are always available for study lessons,” said Ashley Pettiford-Jones, a freshman vocal student.

Students are also offered scores of expertise from faculty at doctoral levels, and top resources such as music labs and zones of practicing.

Chapters such as The National Association for Music Education and The Jazz Ensemble allow young adults and older members to join and perform for community concerts for all to enjoy. Not only does it highlight excellence but the accreditation also allows the department to see its deficiencies.

“Solid programs [within] the Department of Music have helped build relationships with students and staff and have given us a wealth of information,” said Zanneta Smith, a vocal music education student.

The department promotes a professional attitude and a friendly environment to the entire Northeastern community.

Council discusses budget cuts, accreditation Pablo Medina As the Illinois Senate continues to discuss a budget, the University Advisory Council discussed preparations for potential budget cuts and the upcoming accreditation process for the fiscal year.

Interim Provost Vicki Román-Lagunas said Jan. 20 that the UAC will be asking for a second round of cuts “from everyone at the university, from all of the vice-presidential areas of the university.”

According to Lagunas, the Senate met for two consecutive days to discuss the state’s budget. Lagunas said either a complete budget or a stopgap would be acceptable for the university.

“They’re still talking about it, that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen,” Lagunas said.

Although Lagunas feels “a little more positive” about the university moving forward, she called the budget crisis “severe” and said the university is working “fast and furiously” to get money from the state.

Lagunas said a second round of budget cuts

will be made “strategically” if a state budget or stopgap is not in place.

Though the lack of a state budget will not affect the school receiving accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission in April, the university depleted its financial reserves, which will cause the university to provide detailed reports of the use of the reserves for the past 10 years. “(The HLC) are getting the same documentation from every university,” Lagunas said. “My thoughts are they’re asking for this documentation, I think, is a political move to say to the state government ‘your universities are in trouble, get it done.’ But in the meantime we will have to do this.

But we are going to get dinged. I don’t think there is a question all about not getting accredit.”

NEIU and UIC are the only institutions going through this accreditation process that occurs every ten years. This process ensures that institutions have a clear, achievable mission statement that is being met financially, academically and timely.

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Opinions

The benefits of Stage Center Theatre Productions Cecilia Hernandez “Auditions for Fall Shows: November and Real Women Have Curves.”

I stopped walking and I reread the ad for Stage Center Theatre’s 2016 Fall shows. As a second year student at NEIU, I hadn’t auditioned for any of SCT’s shows. With little to no experience, I felt like there was no chance of me getting a callback.

Many students think and feel the same way I felt last semester, so they do what I did when I saw the poster: I kept on walking down building C. What a mistake!

NEIU students should audition for these plays because it enhances their team building skills, improves public speaking skills and allows for new friendships to form.

Stage Center Theatre has produced many shows over the years, with decent turnouts of students.

However, in my most humble perspective, these students are mostly people in the CMT-Theatre department and local actors that are already known for their acting abilities.

The thought of me potentially competing against experienced actors made me doubt myself. I constantly listed my disadvantages, psyching myself out in hopes of discouraging my desire to audition for a part in Real Women Have Curves.

I didn’t want to face the possibility of rejection. Unfortunately, in theatre, rejection is guaranteed along the way, and that scared the hell out of me. I went to the audition anyway.

As I rehearsed quietly outside of Stage Center Theatre on Aug. 29, monologue in my shaking hand and an echoing hall with other actors scattered ahead of me, I let go of my

Photo courtesy of Sarah Fabian

Stage Center Theatre's production of "Real Women Have Curves," directed by Mary Kroeck, enabled five Latina women to bond and showcase their talent.

self-doubt. Once my name was called, I focused on the words on the page and I just read.

Mary Kroeck, the director of the play, called me that Friday. “I would like to offer you the role of Estela.” I was shocked. Our first meeting together as a cast consisted of us introducing ourselves. The first thing I learned about my fellow cast members was that they were somehow all connected to the CMT department or are already experienced actresses.

I was the only one with an English and a philosophy background.

With each passing rehearsal, it became clear that we all had to depend and trust each other—and that terrified me.

As a person that doesn’t trust others easily, rehearsing with the actresses forced me to trust—and

quickly! I had to trust that these actresses would learn their lines and give their all so that we wouldn’t look like fools when it was showtime. Trust that they had my back if I messed up, trust that we were all reliable. In the end, that trust was the platform that allowed us to become more than fellow cast members, but friends.

Every rehearsal we did an exercise called “Roses and Thorns,” where we would talk to each other about our day: what made us happy (the rose), and what agitated or upset us (the thorn). After some time, we all gradually confined in each other voluntarily. And we cared. We formed a bond that’s unbreakable, and I’ll forever be grateful for them.

Trust and friendship made way for team building. We trusted each

other, we communicated and we helped one another in our personal and acting life, so that we can all make our show the best that it could be.

We put in the work, and didn’t realize that time was passing so quickly until it was opening night.

When I realized that it was opening night, I froze. It was after I had prepped my props and did my makeup that I had a mini panic attack.

I threw up from nerves; I doubted my confidence. If it weren’t for my friends, I probably would have gone on stage with no words to say. To boost my confidence, they reminded me that we’ve been preparing for three months--that we had this!

I relied on them to make me a better actress. Before that show, we all went on stage and prayed. Our prayer

circle become our tradition before every show, and that helped me calm my nerves.

Our last show was probably our toughest one to prep. I remember feeling sort of nostalgic. After that show, there wouldn’t be any more rehearsals, no more prepping props or helping each other with our costumes and makeup. No more funny videos backstage of us dancing and being silly. No more prayer circles.

However, after two weeks full of great reviews and reactions from our student body, faculty, and staff, I felt proud. Sadness was inevitable, especially after spending non-stop time with my girls, but feeling proud of our work overpowered that sadness. Our last prayer circle was emotional, to say the least, and our good-bye bittersweet.

The point of this article and reflection is to not be afraid to audition. Sure, there’s the possibility of rejection, but there’s also of hope.

It’s time consuming and a bit tedious at times, especially if you’re a full-time student that works and volunteers frequently, but the outcome is positively priceless. After the show, I became more confident in myself; facing a few hundred strangers in your underwear would really help you stop criticizing yourself.

I learned to trust more, and to be a part of a team.

Yet the most important outcome of them all was the friendships I gained. Today, I have four friends that all experienced a unique experience with me, and that binds us to each other.

I will forever be grateful for Tasiana Villalobos, Angelica Hernandez, Jackie Nowotnik, Clarybelle Navarrete, and (of course) Mary Kroeck.

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Opinions

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

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The Music Industry says 'NO' to Trump

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Demonstrations flared up across the nation this past weekend either to resist Trump’s presidency or to make a statement of solidarity.

Covadonga S. Morales After the emotional farewell speech former President Obama delivered in Chicago, the city that marked his political career and where he met the love of his life, the time comes for our new president-elect to take office.

Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration took place on Jan. 20 in Washington DC, but the organization of the event didn’t turn out to be as smooth as the Republican candidate would have wanted it to be.

The inaugural committee, in charge of securing a star-powered lineup that would provide the musical

entertainment for the gala, has reportedly encountered numerous difficulties assembling the cast for Trump’s big day.

Throughout the last months, more and more artists have publicly declined to perform, including those who supported the president-elect.

BGR.com released an article with the complete list of artists of who will and will not be performing.

Even though Trump declared on his favorite social media, Twitter, that he didn’t need the “so-called ‘A’ list celebrities,” music managers have confirmed that his team has been working hurriedly to tie up a list of well-known performers for the event.

“I want the PEOPLE!” was the end of this statement, something that doesn’t quite suit the almost desperate calls that some agencies have gotten regarding the presidential inauguration.

The list of musicians that have turned down the president’s offer to perform at the inauguration includes legends like Andrea Bocelli, Elton John and Celine Dion, having all of them refused to take part in the event.

Bocelli was one of the first names to emerge as an inauguration performer to sing a duet with the America’s Got Talent star Jackie Evancho, who already confirmed she will sing the national anthem.

Nonetheless, the artist’s team officially announced he wouldn’t be performing, reportedly fearing a backlash from Trump’s political opponents and critics.

But why even Trump-friendly artists won’t perform at his inauguration?

The answer could be found in the fact that most of them don’t want to be involved in the media circus that comes along with most of the president-elect’s public events.

Jennifer Holliday wrote in an open letter published exclusively for The Wrap, “Regretfully, I did not take into consideration that my performing for the concert would

actually instead be taken as a political act against my own personal beliefs and be mistaken for support of Donald Trump.”

3 Doors Down, Toby Keith, Big and Rich, Jackie Evancho, some members of the Rockets were among the artists who did decide to partake in Trump’s inauguration this Friday.

It says a lot that artists aren’t willing to tarnish their reputation or use their decision to oppose everything that Trump’s represents.

They need us, the consumers, to help support their lavish lifestyle and we are the backlash that makes them reluctant to perform.

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Anti-bullying’s latest proponent: Meryl Streep Regina M. Torres Sometimes political and social climates that are heading for an ugly direction need someone to take a stand in order to help spur positive action. Enter Meryl Streep and the speech delivered at this past Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood.

This speech comes on the heels of the recent attacks in Chicago on a special needs man diagnosed with schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder.

The torture was conducted by four young adults and displayed for the world to see on social media. At one point in the video footage, one of the four bullies screams to the victim, “F*** Donald Trump. F*** white people.” To add insult to injury, the four owned up to the acts of brutality, but none showed a speck of remorse.

They were arrested for aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint, battery and a hate crime. Meanwhile, the nameless victim will probably have to grapple with the aftermath of abuse, never mind the difficulties he already faces on a daily basis.

According to a report done by the Chicago Tribune, the CPD under the lens for use of excessive force, especially in relation to minorities who are male in lower-income neighborhoods.

Finally, there is some finger pointing at the CPD for bullying and for good reason. There has to be accountability and transparency in our leadership, our police force, our politics, our citizens–basically everyone is accountable for their actions, including me as I write this as a journalist.

Unless, of course, you ask our next president.

At the Golden Globes, instead of using her speech time to gloat about her lifetime achievements, Streep used nearly six minutes to bravely address the bubbling political divide

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Meryl Streep, one of the greatest actresses of the 20th century and early 21st, is also a strong anti-bullying proponent.

taking place, how the entertainment industry and the press have a responsibility in these polarized and censored times, and how bullying is being legitimized and perpetuated.

Below are condensed excerpts from Streep’s speech.

“You and all of us in this room, really, belong to the most vilified segments in American society right now: Hollywood, foreigners, and the press. But who are we? Just a bunch of people from other places.”

Do you think she’s referring to Trump here? There have been reports done, such one by The Daily Beast, that speculate whether or not Trump will evict the press from the White House altogether given the sour relationship between the two.

“There was one performance this year that stunned me...it made its intended audience laugh and show their teeth. It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the

most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power, and the capacity to fight back. It kind of broke my heart,” Streep said.

Even though Streep never mentions a name, we can deduce it is clearly Trump. Like the Chicago bullying footage, it is indeed heartbreaking to watch a soon-to-be president mimic and slander someone not even on the same playing field physically. Streep is referring to the November 2015 Trump rally when Trump imitated New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has a medical condition called arthrogryposis. This disability affects his arm movements.

Trump’s reaction to being called out for deplorable behavior?

He didn’t do it. According to a report released by the Washington Post, Trump even denies remembering Kovaleski.

The article also said that Trump’s “not surprised” by criticism from “liberal movie people.” Even though he states he did not see Streep’s speech, he called Streep a “Hillary lover.” He loves to bully via tweets, as is shown in his comments directed at Streep.

“One of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood,’ and “a Hillary flunky who lost big.”

Sad and scary. Is this what we’ve stooped to as a society? As a democracy? As human beings?

Streep nails it towards the end of her speech when she brings up the trickle-down effect, and the need to support a free press. The following is an excerpt.

“We need the principled press to hold power to account, to call them on the carpet for every outrage.

That’s why our founders enshrined the press and it’s freedoms in our constitution...I ask the famously wellheeled Hollywood Foreign Press and all of us...join me in supporting the Committee to Protect Journalists... we’re going to need them going forward. And they’ll need us to safeguard the truth.

“And this instinct to humiliate, when it’s modeled by someone in the public platform...it filters down into everybody’s life...gives permission for other people to do the same thing.... when the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.”

Enough said.

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Arts & Life

Review: Chamber Blues at the Jewel Box Siegel sings the blues with his ensemble at the NEIU Auditorium on Jan. 13. | Pablo Medina

Pablo Medina You can take the performer out of his blues, but you can’t take the blues out of the performer.

Such is the feeling from Corky Siegel and his Chamber Blues group as they performed on Jan. 13 in the Auditorium, packed with students and blues enthusiasts. The members of his touring group consist of NEIU string professor Jaime Gorgojo, violinist and Erhu player Chihsuan Yang, violist Dave Moss, cellist Jocelyn Butler-Shoulders, and guest percussionist Kalyan Pathak.

In playing Siegel’s compositions, which were mostly string ensemble pieces with elements of blues, the Chamber Blues group gorgeously accompanied Pathak’s mesmerizing beats and Siegel’s soulful harmonica playing, culminating in a performance that certainly must

be heard to be believed.

Defying the thought that blues evokes a depressing mood, Siegel’s music is filled with uplifting moods and amusing but enlightening lyrics, from his message of unity and understanding in ‘One’ to the life and thoughts of a joyous vegetarian in ‘Idaho Potato Man’.

“The music came out of a lot of suffering from a lot of people, and so the music, like any music, is really meant to uplift people out of that,” Siegel said. “I think it’s a misunderstanding that blues is sad music; I think there is some sad music, but mostly the lyrics in the blues are fun if you think about all the blues songs.”

In rehearsals with the Chamber Blues group, Siegel looks for a special blend of improvisation and energy in his performers, especially with the use of their classical training in mind.

“The thing that attracts me to

him the most is this kind of bridge between classical music and everything else,” Moss stated. “I think as we look at the arts, we see a need for a gateway into the art of classical music, and I find that with Corky’s music, someone who has been a fan of the blues their entire life.”

Siegel built the core sound of his music and group since 1988, but the idea of combining classical music and blues came to him two decades prior to forming the group.

“The idea of bringing blues and classical together was not mine, it was Seigi Ozawa’s, the conductor,” Siegel said. “He approached me in 1966 and said he wanted my band to play with his band, and his band was the Chicago Symphony.”

20 years after his introduction to classical performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Siegel mentored and shaped his group’s

approach to their collaborations and rehearsals.

“Since then, we’ve started out fearless, and we’ve continued fearless,” Siegel recounted.

“I came from a very strict classical background, and I come from a historical performance mindset where the composer had something in mind and you adhere to that,” Moss said.

“With this group, there is so much flexibility and there is so much creativity happening on the spot, and it comes out of the interaction between the musician, the audience, the venue and the collaboration.”

The group’s performance in the Jewel Box event shined, not only through the music, but with the humor and interaction with the audience. Each moment Siegel had the spotlight, a sense of sincerity and joy was present in the stories about his compositions, his on-the-spot humor

and his showmanship on and off the stage.

“He’s got this brilliance and this virtuosic nature that he brings to the harmonica, but he’s such an eclectic performer that the intention behind the music is always there,” Moss stated. “Some people can have all the fireworks, but there’s not that soul behind it that Corky brings.”

Siegel stressed the importance of a listener’s openness to all music and the togetherness of the audience with that mentality.

“Music isn’t about genre any more than ice cream is about a particular flavor,” Siegel said. “So if someone says to you ‘wanna go get some ice cream?’, you go ‘yes’, but when you go up and say ‘wanna go hear some music?’, you go ‘what kind?’; we want to get rid of the ‘what kind’ in music.”

“When you separate music, you separate people,” Siegel said.

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Projecting the past: CFS revives classics Grace Yu In a perfect world, Claude Monet’s haystack paintings would be accessible to view for everyone in the whole world who wanted to see it, instead of only those who could afford to travel to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Luckily for the NEIU community, film lovers do not need to have this problem with famous (and some notso-well-known) works of cinematic art. NEIU is home to one of the few organizations screening movies by 35 mm film projection (as opposed to digital projection) in the Chicago area, the Chicago Film Society .

Whereas digital copies of movies are mere approximations of movies on film, even on the highest resolution Blu-ray players, a film projection is akin to viewing actual people and objects move as if through a window.

Light filters through a thin chemically treated material (what we commonly call “film”) to shine an image onto a screen. The feeling you get when viewing art in this format is authentic and organic in a way that isn’t quite comparable to streaming a movie on your iPad.

The Chicago Film Society show 35 mm films on Wednesday’s through April.

Just as we can’t knock the Interwebs for sometimes being our only access to paintings, we can’t knock streaming or DVDs when it’s the easiest way to see a movie. It’s difficult to find actual film projection screenings, because archival and preservation of physical art objects isn’t cheap.

Yet, you can’t beat the real thing.

So with only a handful of other venues showing film projection in our major metropolitan area— University of Chicago, Northwestern University, the Music Box Theatre, Gene Siskel Film Center—we have a hugely impressive treasure right here on our

campus. At $2 a pop for students ($5 for the general public), it’s the absolute best deal in town.

Film projection maintains a close connection with the historical lineage of film as an artform with a material nature.

“You’re running things here that are 90 years old—not the content, but the actual object,” said Kyle Westphal, a co-programmer for the Chicago Film Society.

The type of film screening put on by the CFS is one that preserves the actual format a movie was shot, shown in exactly the way the director

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intended the movie to be seen. What’s more, sometimes the availability of films is strictly limited, meaning that certain movies that have not been converted to home video format can only be seen on 35 mm.

I can’t say it enough. Listen up.

The Chicago Film Society is the best deal for catching a movie in the city, and it’s right here on our own campus.

What’s more, starting Spring 2017, NEIU students can earn one 300-level credit hour in cinema history for up to three semesters. The Department of Communication, Media and Theatre is offering CMTM-390,

“Cinémathèque,” for casual movie lovers to art house film buffs. The course is perfect for ironing out 300-level credit requirement quotas if you need just an additional credit hour. This semester’s course, taught by professor Shayne Pepper, combines five CFS film screenings with online work. The course provides a context for students to watch and discuss films, learn about how films are made, and about their preservation and restoration. In the process, students gain a better appreciation for the form.

You can see Jim Jarmusch’s 1991 classic “Night on Earth” on 35mm film on Febr. 1 and Frank Capra’s 1929 movie “The Younger Generation” on March 8. CMT Instructor, Dr. Nancy McVittie will introduce the March 8 film, a rare Capra movie only available in the 35 mm format!

On Feb. 15, you can also see “Puzzle of a Downfall Child.” Starring Faye Dunaway (of “Chinatown” and “Thelma and Louise”) as a model, this psychological melodrama is one of the screenings I’m most excited for this season.

The full list of screenings can be found at www.neiu.edu/films.

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Jason Merel NEIU Gives Back Week concluded Dec. 8 with a comedy showcase from actor and comedian Leslie Jordan. The show was a fundraiser for a new scholarship geared toward LGBTQ students.

“To present a scholarship like this…I can’t imagine how helpful that’s going to be to kids from our community, especially with who’s in the White House,” said Jordan before his performance.

Jordan is an outspoken advocate of LGBTQ rights, perhaps best known for his role on “Will & Grace” as Karen’s (Megan Mullally) arch-nemesis Beverley Leslie.

“You have to understand, twenty years ago we started this organization (we being just a handful of people) called The Trevor Project, which was a support hotline,” Jordan said.

“We had 15,000 calls within the first couple of months from LGBTQ youth thinking about suicide because they lived in the Bible Belt.”

The scholarship is still in the development phase as of Jan. 24 and this is the first of round of fundraising for the project, which is a collaboration between several student clubs, SGA and the Pedroso Center.

There is no official name for the scholarship yet. Keep an eye on your targeted announcements, though.

“Nothing is definite but we are trying to work out an open forum to get community feedback,” said Student Government Association treasurer Max Caviness. “We do have a few parameters in mind.”

The tentative plan is for there to be a volunteer component of the scholarship, requiring a certain amount of logged hours at the LGBTQ resource center—located in the Pedroso Center—over the course of a semester. The scholarship will be available for full time students who identify as LGBTQ, both undergraduate and graduate, with a 2.5 minimum GPA. The event raised $1,130. The scholarship will depend heavily on future fundraising efforts and the projection is that the scholarship award will be $500 per semester at first.

The fundraising came through admission proceeds from faculty, staff, administration and local community members.

NEIU Gives Back Week was sponsored by several student organizations, including: SGA; Student Leadership Development; Theta Pi Sigma; Pride Alliance; Justice Studies Club; Presidential Scholars; French Club; Sociology Club; Pre-law Society; Slam Open Mic Poetry Club; Sigma Gamma Rho; and Alpha Psi Lambda.

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Sports Former student kicks off soccer club John Cummings Whistle, kickoff, pass. Trap, juke, header.

Corner kick, scissor kick, goal.

Maybe that wasn’t the rhythm Rob “Biko” Baker had on the soccer field during his days at Northeastern Illinois University but since then, he has certainly scored goals off the field, earning a Ph.D., starting Pride FC, and his own project management company.

Baker started Pride FC because he and co-founder, Tyrone Gordon, realized there were a lot of soccer players that didn’t have a place to play in North Milwaukee.

“We focus on making sure that soccer players of all economic backgrounds are able to play at a high level, without paying the fees that other clubs do,” Baker said.

Baker played on the NEIU soccer team his freshman year, in 1996, with coach John Hannan.

“He made us run for two weeks without touching the ball,” Baker said. “Looking back, that intensity to compete has influenced me in my professional life.”

After NEIU, Baker went on to graduate from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee with a double major in Political Science and Africology.

At UW–Milwaukee, rather than playing, he coached soccer full time while focusing on school.

“I was a much better student than an athlete,” Baker said.

After graduating from UW-Milwaukee, he went on to earn a Ph.D. in History at UCLA. “Rob has been in my life since I was six years old,” Gordon said. “I went a little further with my soccer

Photo courtesy of Rob Baker

Rob “Biko” Baker (left) and the U-11 team after their first outdoor soccer game.

career but Biko has always been a role model for me.”

Now, instead of role modeling for Gordon, he is inspiring the youth that play for Pride FC. Desire Mukucha, 17, has been playing soccer since he was six years old.

He has been living in Milwaukee for four years after his family moved

from Tanzania.

“Coach Biko is an inspiration to (me) in many ways, like giving back to the community,” Mukucha said.

“When I look at him he makes me think that there’s no limit in becoming successful, he brings the determination out of me, he makes me think out of the box and he makes feel like everything that I do is just a part of

my journey.”

He not only motivates off the field, but teaches qualities like honesty and sportsmanship, too.

“Having Biko as a coach is a blessing, he always make(s) sure the players know everything for the game,” Mukucha said. “He’s always honest with every single player. He’s one of the reasons I play in the league,

him and Coach T (are) making it all possible for me.”

Like Desire, Baker and Gordon played soccer together from a very young age When founding Pride FC, Gordon knew his friend would be a perfect fit.

“When the time came he was looking to get back into the game, it fit together like a puzzle there was no doubt I wanted to work with Rob,” Gordon said. “Biko was a role model for me and I can see he is for the other kids, in soccer and life in general.”

Positive motivation on and off the soccer field is something that this community needs.

“The city is going haywire. A lot of violence going on, the kids don’t know what to do,” Gordon said. “The kids have nothing to do. Soccer is a sport that all you need is a ball and you can play.”

The club unofficially started in summer 2016 with impromptu games and players just showing up.

Pride FC formally kicked off in November 2016 and has been growing in popularity ever since.

Pride FC now has a coed U-9 team, and boys U-11 and U-17 teams. Since the club has proven to be a keeper, more teams will be added soon.

On the sidelines, Baker founded Render, a project management company that develops business and engages audiences through digital storytelling.

Before that, he served for almost ten years as the Executive Director for the League of Young Voters.

Whether on or off the field, Baker has continued to make an impact in his community.

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Retired Women’s and Gender Studies professor Martha Thompson, along with Impact Chicago, offer self-defense classes in the P.E. Complex this spring with hopes to add more in the fall.

The new belly dancing class, introduced by Maria Choochkeh, is another way to take advantage of NEIU’s diverse campus.

Belly dancing into Retired professor empowers the new semester

women through self-defense Christian Gralak If you were walking around campus this Spring, you may have noticed flyers for WGS-150-1 Women’s Self Defense–a one-credit-hour course designed to teach women in self-defense.

Since 2003, Martha Thompson, a now retired part-time professor, has offered the course at NEIU once or twice a year in hopes of helping women empower themselves in the art of self-defense.

“The focus is, come in with what you’ve got and we’re going to add to your toolbox,” Thompson said.

Thompson began her self-defense training back in 1988 through an organization called Impact Chicago.

She underwent a rigorous twoyear training session in order to be-

come a self-defense teacher and has since had success with her program at NEIU. This spring was no different in that continuing success as 14 out of 15 slots were filled up for this semester’s class.

When asked whether she’s heard talk of the need for more classes like this, Thompson noted that the amount of calls for Impact Chicago has greatly increased since the Nov. 8 election last year.

“We have had probably five times the number of inquiries for self-defense and bystander support than we had prior to that,” Thompson said.

“The political climate has made a huge difference.”

The political climate isn’t the only thing that has brought change to the state of Illinois. The lack of a budget

has been a huge factor as well.

Thompson said that she would love to offer self-defense programs in the fall in addition to her spring classes. But with all the people involved who help with the body armor and the cost of insurance—since it’s full-contact training—it just wouldn’t be possible.

“The Physical Education Complex has been very generous as has (the) Women’s and Gender Studies (department) in making sure this course happens once a year,” Thompson said. “Of course we would love to do more programming but,there just isn’t the money available through the state. The budget has been cut so much and so much programming is in jeopardy.

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Michelle Bright NEIU’s Maria Choochkeh is shaking things up this semester by introducing a beginner’s belly dancing class that takes place at the PE Complex.

Choochkeh has been dancing since she was little. Her focus was hip-hop, jazz and latin genres, noting that the moves came natural to her, as if it was in her blood.

She’s never taken a belly dancing course, but she liked seeing it at weddings or parties.

A few years ago she decided to invest in the necessary equipment, and now she feels suited to lead a class of future dancers.

This free class is open to all students, employees and community members. The skirts and beads needed will be provided.

One of Choochkeh’s main objec-

tives is to get students to learn basic belly dance moves and techniques, ultimately leading to a performance at the end of the semester.

“This is not like a Zumba class where you follow choreography and get a workout in,” Choochkeh stated. “It’s more like learning a routine. We choreograph the song together and memorize it and pretend we have an audience.”

Choochkeh believes that NEIU is diverse and that presenting this class to students, employees and community members will show the ethnicity of the school.

Bringing a belly dance course to the university was important to her.

At the moment, she is only teaching classes at NEIU and wants to get her Zumba Kids certification.

The class meets on Monday from 4:30-5:15 p.m.

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Home is where the heart is Brian Quevedo By the year 2011, the Chicago Bulls announcer shouting “from Chicago!” had become an utterance that was all too familiar. Chicago’s native born son, Derrick Rose, could do no wrong.

The entire city of Chicago loved him because not only was he one of their own, but he was also “the one” who was supposed to break the 13-year championship drought.

It was his destiny. Rose’s athleticism at the point guard position was something that the world had never witnessed.

His transcendent style of play lead him to become Rookie of the Year; become the youngest MVP in NBA history at 22 years old; and even force and even force former commissioner David Stern to create a rule now known as the “Derrick Rose rule.”

The hometown hero went from being beloved to being excoriated in the public eye.

Fans frustrations grew larger and larger throughout the years with his constant injuries; his decision to sit out games because of “general soreness” in his knees; and questionable comments about his next contract, given his injury history.

Now a member of the New York Knicks, Rose can reflect back on playing for his hometown team, a place that will always have a special place in his heart.

“The city meant everything,” said Rose in an interview with Sam Smith, Bulls writer and author of “The Jordan Rules.” “They’re the reason I played the way I played. I wanted to show them that every year I worked on my game. In the offseason, I worked on things to see if people saw what I worked on, adding a jump shot, a bank shot, see if the fans can see. They saw me ever since I was in sixth grade, a guy who had natural raw talent, figured out how to score on a consistent basis, improved his jump shot. The city pushes you and forces you to work on your game.”

On Jan. 9, Rose missed a Knicks game against the New Orleans Pelicans without informing the team. Reports later revealed that he had shown up at morning shoot around, but then mysteriously flew back to Chicago due to

a family issue with his mother. He chose not to contact the Knicks organization because he needed his “space.”

“I needed that space to myself and I needed to be around my mom. It had nothing to do with the team or basketball. That’s the first time I ever felt like that emotionally and I had to be with my family,” Rose said in an interview with Knicks beat reporter Ian Begley.

Many will argue that it’s irresponsible to not contact your boss if you can’t make it to work, especially since it is standard protocol, but can context play a factor?

After all, the Knicks organization did choose to fine Rose $200,000 instead of suspending him, which strongly suggests that there is inside information that the public is not fully aware of.

Rose’s career can be considered incomparable to the average NBA athlete. After receiving numerous player awards early in his career, Rose suffered the first of his many knee injuries at just 23 years old.

While Rose was rehabbing from injury for three straight years, other top tier players were healthy and playing.

If one were to grow accustomed to success in a work setting, but then go on to endure hardship for continuous years, would the passion one had at the beginning still remain the same? Would one look forward to work as much as one used to?

Have the injuries and time away from his family taking an emotional toll on Rose, which can explain his unexcused absence from the Pelicans game?

Being drafted by your hometown team can come with its pros and cons, but one of the positives is being close to your family. Rose being traded to the Knicks changed that.

Many are left wondering two big questions: Where will Rose’s career go from here and will it end with him wearing a Knicks uniform?

“We’re building the culture,” Rose told Begley. “We’re building the foundation now. I’m under a one-year contract so of course I want to play the rest of my life here. But it takes time, it takes patience to figure out how everyone is going to fit, if it is going to fit and going from there.”

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Self-defense classes Continued from page 13

“It’s the availability of resources that makes the difference,” Thompson said.

Requirements for joining the self-defense course are simple.

“People should be able to walk briskly across the (classroom); be able to walk up a set of stairs carrying a bag of groceries; and be able to get down on the floor and get up again,” Thompson said. “We do have other programs and we will be offering more if people have disabilities that would prevent them from doing that but for this course we have that kind of minimal fitness level.”

If you are unable to meet these general requirements due to a disability or if you happen to be interested in learning self-defense in general, there are several other courses (non-credit)

SLD and Record-A-Hit Entertainment keeps things fresh with iceless skating rink.

Spencer Jones

Grad student, SLD brings iceless skating to NEIU Spencer Jones Student Leadership Development kicked off the semester with its inaugural iceless skating event.

The event, which was led by graduate student Albert P. Chanthaboury and SLD’s partnership company Record-A-Hit Entertainment, saw roughly 100 students and faculty members enjoy the rink from noon to 4 p.m. on Jan. 18.

Though some spectators were unaware that the event was going to take place, Chanthaboury and his colleagues had been planning it for awhile.

“It was in talks last semester. One

of the members of the Student Government Association said it would be great to have a ice skating rink out here.” Chanthaboury said. “This is something that they just introduced in the catalog. I worked with Rob Brown, who is the director of Record-A-Hit Entertainment. Then we talked logistics and worked with the student affairs department to make it happen.”

Record-A-Hit, a game and event planning company based located in Elk Grove Village, has been supplying and supervising events since 1984.

They added new attractions to their 2017 catalog like the iceless skating rink, archery tag, foot pool

offered by Impact Chicago that can help you learn self-defense techniques.

The courses at Impact Chicago range in price from $0 to $395. The organization offers a sliding payment scale thanks to generous donors who have provided money to the not-forprofit organization ((403(b)). This means that anyone facing financial issues can meet with an Impact Chicago representative to talk about a payment plan that works within their budget. You can also receive a discount of $35 for signing up with a friend and get $20 for each additional friend after that.

For more information visit www.

ImpactChicago.org, email info@ impactchicago.org or call (312)-9717119.

and foot darts.

Chanthaboury believes that the semester holds endless possibilities for SLD to get students involved and active outside of the classrooms.

Last semester, he brought musical artist Alex Aiono to perform on campus.

“Student leadership development is really trying to get students engaged with the university. Chanthaboury said. “It’s a university that actually cares about the students, their well being, and health.”

Look out for more events from SLD via campus flyers, through their social media and through student Nmail.

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