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Seniors Showcase their Art in Olin Exhibit

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Seniors Showcase their Art in Olin Exhibit Red & Black

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Carolyn Tomlinson Red&Black Managing Editor This past weekend, the Olin Fine Arts Center began winding down its season with the first of two Senior Art Shows. On Friday, April 15, Beka Bellhy, Madison Gedman, Olivia Oddo and Jessi Price presented their individual shows to the public in the Olin gallery.

These students have been planning projects that have personal meaning since their junior year.

The production of these pieces began last semester, and, in some cases, didn’t

end until the day before the show. Each senior is given the opportunity to create an entire show unique to them based on personal experiences or trails, and often incorporate their influences into their work.

Olivia Oddo (class of 2016) based her nine pop art paintings on famous individuals that have experienced some of the same struggles she has personally faced. Oddo’s paintings of Marilyn Monroe, Lucille Ball, David Bowie and Freddie Mercury among others each tell a story of cases of domestic abuse, substance abuse and mental health struggles.

In Oddo’s speech, she confessed to her family, her

friends and her peers that she struggles every day with depression and anxiety, and takes medication regularly to help combat negative feelings.

Her show focused on the idea that appearances often hide internal struggles.

“It’s truly a tragedy when the mask of fame and social expectation covers the physical and mental wounds, allowing them to go unnoticed,” Oddo said.

“Normalcy is an illusion, but acceptance is a reality.”

Jessi Price (class of 2016) also incorporated masking oneself into her show, although she focused on a positive aspect. Her show incorporated cosplay, or

costuming, and her paintings included her friends and herself dressed as various superheroes.

Price said cosplay has been an important part of her life for years, and through this pastime, she has made lifelong connections.

When she was asked why she chose to cosplay Tony Stark, Price told the crowd that she had struggled with overcoming her shyness her whole life.

It wasn’t until she began to adopt Stark’s boss-like mentality that she came out of her shell.

Seth Rimdzius (class of 2017) is a junior art major who attended the show. “I’m

in class with a lot of these seniors, so I’ve seen them working on their pieces all year,” he said. “People don’t realize how much time and money and effort is spent on these shows. We take pieces of our lives and try to convey them to observers in a way that will make them understand who we are.”

The works from the first show will stay in Olin Gallery until April 24.

The second senior show will run from April 29 until May 8, with opening artists talks and reception from 6-7:30 pm on April 29. The exhibit will feature Stephanie Chadwick, Natalie Paul, and Julia Price.

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Senior Creates Campaign Focused on Diversity Awareness Red & Black

“We have learned to fly the air like birds & swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as BROTHERS and SISTERS.” – MLK Jr.

Carolyn Wilson Red&Black Copy Editor

In a world where sometimes it feels as if racism and intolerance will never die, one W&J student decided to spread diversity awareness and positive messages to campus. Vincent Flanagan (class of 2016) created a visual ad campaign, focusing on diversity awareness, for his senior project.

Flanagan created four types of flyers for his campaign that

W&J Diversity Awareness Campaign: Capstone Project he will place around campus.

Flanagan decided to bring awareness to campus because of his experience living in a diverse area.

“I chose this for my senior project because as a society we can be insensitive and ignorant towards people of color, and people still do not understand that the color of your skin truly affects a person’s life. I grew up in Washington D.C. as a white male in a very diverse city,” said Flanagan.

“I went to a high school where the principle was openly gay, the dean of students was a lesbian, we had openly

gay and lesbian students and teachers and we had the LGBTQ Club. We were a very diverse school in people of color too. I am a white male, and I have been in numerous situations in and out of school where I have been the minority. Growing up in a city, I never realized how racist and how white America can be.”

After coming to W&J to attend school, Flanagan became aware of how much one’s background effects their views of race.

“I learned though, as a result of being around so many white people, this [lack of di-

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versity] prevents white people from having cross–racial relationships with people of color. So white people learn about people of color from the other resources like the media, which is not a good representation because they seem to have mainly negative views about people of color,” said Flanagan.

“The media’s influences are one reason why white people tend to be more ignorant, unaware and insensitive to people of color’s perspective of life, because white people can only get negative and stereotypical perspectives on people

of color.” What W&J students, faculty and staff can expect from Flanagan’s visual ad campaign are the four types of flyers he created and friendly notes on diversity awareness in mailboxes.

Flanagan hopes to, “get people on campus, particularly white people, to start being aware and understanding diversity. To try to think about it, and start talking about the ignorance and racism in our society. To be more accepting towards diversity, than unaware or ignorant about it,” said Flanagan.

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SECURITY LOGS Date: 4/3/2016

Incident: Criminal Mischief

Incident: Public Drunkeness

Campus and Public Safety responded to Alexander Hall where it was reported

Campus and Public Safety responded to Bica Ross Hall a guest became intoxi-

and found that a studyroom window discovered that had been broken. No

cated and was asked to leave. A friend took the guest off of the campus. No

charges were filed.

charges were filed.

Date: 3/17/2016

Date: 4/6/2016

Incident: Stalking Campus and Public Safety received a report from a student that they were receiving text messages that were unwanted. No charges were filed.

Date: 3/28/2016

Incident: Stalking Campus and Public Safety responded to various locations where a student reported receiving unwanted attention from another student both via text messages and in person. Charges were filed.

Incident: Criminal Mischief Campus and Public Safety responded to College Street Parking Lot where a student reported that their car bumper had been scratched. No charges were filed.

Date: 4/9/2016 Incident: Criminal Mischief Campus and Public Safety responded to 211 East Chestnut where a student reported that their car was entered and the interior was damaged. No charges

Date: 4/2/2016 Incident: Trespass Campus and Public Safety responded to Henry Memorial Gym where six people were inside the gym after it had been locked for the night. No charges were

were filed.

Date: 4/13/2016 Incident: Theft

filed.

Campus and Public Safety responded to Tech Parking Lot where a student’s car

Date: 4/3/2016

Date: 4/13/2016

was entered and items were taken. No charges were filed.

Incident: Trespass

Incident: Theft

Campus and Public Safety responded to Bica Ross Hall where an intoxicated

Campus and Public Safety responded to Tech Parking Lot where a student’s car

person had to be removed from the building. No charges were filed.

was entered and an item was taken. No charges were filed.

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THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS

Friday • 11:30 am - Feel Good Friday: Potted Plants (until 1:00), Campus Ctr. Circle • 1:00 pm - Free Bowling with W&J ID (until 3:00), Alpine Lanes • 4:00 pm - Men's Tennis vs Grove City, Swanson Tennis Center • 4:00 pm - REI Earth Day Celebration, Southside Riverfront Park • 5:00 pm - GREEK WEEK 2016: Greek Sing & Fashion Show, Ballroom • 8:00 pm - Spring Choral Concert, Church of the Covenant • 9:00 pm - Monticello's, Hub LL Saturday • 10:00 am - GREEK WEEK 2016: Greek Olympics (until 3:45 pm), Olin Lawn • 1:00 pm - Baseball vs Saint Vincent (DH), Ross Memorial Park • 1:00 pm - Men's Lacrosse vs Bethany, Alexandre Stadium • 9:00 pm - Monticello's, Hub LL Sunday • 3:00 pm - Wind Ensemble Concert, Olin Theatre • 7:00 pm - Mass, Newman Center

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22 April 2016

WhereDo BabyCarrots Come From?

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Carolyn Wilson Red&Black Staff

Have you ever wondered how baby carrots become so small, round and smooth? Well, you gon’ learn today.

No, carrots are not grown in such perfect form; in fact, it is actually the opposite.

Baby carrots are simply normal carrots cut into the perfect-sized snack we’re used to.

That’s right, baby carrots are just regular carrots trying to be cute. This all started in the 1980’s when supermarkets

would only purchase the into perfect, two inch pieces. to any produce section in a Then, Yurosek threw those grocery store, you can find “pretty” carrots.

All of the other carrots, cut carrots into a potato baby carrots.

Nowadays, baby carrots with strange growths or weird peeler to smooth them out. make up nearly 70% of all deformities, were either being used to make carrot carrot sales and according to juice or put into animal feed; “Nowadays, baby carrots an article by the Huffington the majority of the so-called “carrots in general are makes up nearly 70% of all Post, “ugly” carrots, however, were the seventh most consumed thrown away due to a lack of fresh vegetable in the U.S.” carrot sales...” demand.

Most carrots grown In order to prevent this by farmers in the U.S. are planted closely together in waste, and make more order for them to grow long money, a California carrot and thin, making it easier farmer named Mike Yurosek for the carrots to be cut into invented baby carrots in baby carrots later.

1986.

To help prevent food-borne Yurosek threw the carrots Obviously, we can say that in an industrial green bean Yurosek was successful in his illnesses from spreading, baby cutter that cut the carrots attempts because if you go carrots are typically washed in

an FDA- and EPA-regulated chlorinated solution to kill specific bacteria.

Don’t let this scare you away though from eating baby carrots because according to the Water Quality and Health Council, “The use of chlorine washes is common in the produce industry and leaves no harmful or detectable residue behind.”

However, the important message I got from learning about baby carrots is how wasteful we can be by judging foods based on how they look.

A carrot is a carrot, regardless if it resembles male genitalia.

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Don’tWorry,We HaveTechnology Christopher Frydryck Red&Black Staff Since the beginning of the ARPANET, which began in the 1960’s and was funded in the 198’0s, communication changed the way it was defined.

No longer could communication be only face to face or over the telephone, now it is through electronic mail, originally used by the United States government and a few universities that had access to it.

Since then, the internet evolved into a few web pages, the “dot-com” boom, the development of new search engines and websites that would reintroduce what was originally a government project.

The magnitude of what the internet has reached today is overwhelming.

It has become a part of people’s everyday lives, from ordering pizza to streaming their favorite show or movie (legally of course).

It is no wonder why the everyday lifestyle has been engulfed by agoraphobic means.

For many people, the reason they would leave the house before the internet was to perform tasks that could not be done anywhere else.

Now with the hyper expansion of the internet, one may never have to leave the comforts of their own bed; and this is an issue.Douglas Coupland, author of The Age

of Earthquakes, exclaimed, “A one-way trip to Mars would actually be okay if it had smoking hot wifi.” And this is satirical, but also serious.

This vast expansion of technology could be quite an accomplishment, but also a crippling afterthought.

Yes, the expansion of the internet successfully increased our ability to have knowledge at our fingertips at any second and has stolen the market from encyclopedias.

But what is horrible about the internet is the amount of trust and reliability of the knowledge it holds.

Dr. Maria Wimber from University of Birmingham’s School of Psychology calls this courtesy of timesofindia.com the “Google effect.”

Above, an infant wearing Virtual Reality googles (do not attempt at home).

In an interview with Genevieve Roberts, Wimber declared our memories as a library nearby. But do other of connecting hypertext, A way to live forever useless now. “The internet generations blame us? calculating brain activity, and challenge death with simply changes the way we The internet is quite encrypting data or even technology taking over our handle and store information, possibly one of the greatest receiving that text message lives. so the Google Effect makes inventions to date. and never responding.

It seems crude and quite us good at remembering This constant fear obscure, but how obscure is where to find a given of technology taking this? We rely on replacing bit of information, but “It seems that staying in, truly is over our lives should our memories with Google, not necessarily what the undoubtedly exist, but we no longer use our voices the new going out, becuase we also should be recognized and instead text and we rely information was.”

This constant reliance don’t need to go out anymore.” that it is a good sign for so much on where we go on technology and the the future of humanity depending on our internet internet is causing Baby (unless a meteorite wipes connection status.

Boomers and Gen Xers out the population with It seems that staying in, to believe Millennials no warning). truly is the new version of are coexisting with Raymond Kurzweil, going out, because we don’t technology; resorting a computer scientist, need to go out anymore. to text messages to make If it were not for Millennials entrepreneur and futurist, Now as Millennials, all we plans instead of phone calls and Gen X men and women addressed this fear with his can do is wait for the next or to Google answers to such as Tim Berners-Lee or theory of replacing the human generation to adopt new questions that can be found at Vannevar Bush, we could bloodstream with nanobots. technologies that dehumanize not have ever dreamed them even more.

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22 April 2016

Colored Pencil Shortage

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Above, adults sharing and coloring in an adult coloring book.

Leah Segal Red&Black Staff

Crafters and artists beware, the world’s largest wooden pencil manufacturer has just declared a major shortage of colored pencils; and for a shockingly odd reason.

In an article by the Independent, FaberCastell, the largest pencil manufacturer, stated they have experienced “double digit growth” in inventory demands, causing employees to work double shifts.

However, the reason for the shortage stems directly from the major “adult coloring book” fad. In a statement by the Independent, Faber-

Castell said, “Currently, we to attract the eyes of older happier. According to the are running more shifts than generations.

Independent, in the past few usual in our factory in Stein, It seems children are not years “colouring books have Bavaria in order to satisfy the the only ones breaking out become a surprising feature of global needs for artists’ pencils their Crayola boxes, as adults many bookshops’ bestsellers lists, with Waterstones related to the colouring trend are still kids at heart too.

Although the pencil previously noticing a 300 per for adults”.

As odd as this cent rise in sales in may seem, it is one year, the “There is something nice about picking just resoundingly true.

Telegraph reports.”

Within the past up a pencil and a pen. You are not going With such a jump year, the creation in sales, people can’t of recreational to get interrupted by Twitter. and there help but wonder coloring books for is also a childhood nostalgia element to “why are adults coloring?” adults has exploded. it. ” -Johanna Basford Luckily, the And while the bestseller illustrator term “adult coloring books” seems to of the coloring book Secret Garden, suggest something Johanna Basford, sexual or raunchy (which I am sure they too industry has become ruffled has a theory. are out there), the variety of over the insatiable demand, According to Basford, she complicated patterns seemed bookstores could not be believes people are tiring of

the demanding routine of the “digital age.”

“There is something nice about picking up a pencil and a pen. You are not going to get interrupted by Twitter, and there is also a childhood nostalgia element to it,” said Basford.

Additionally, Faber-Castell believes coloring is “relaxing and meditative [in] nature”.

No matter the reason, an employee at Faber-Castell, Sandra Suppa, says it best: “Colouring doesn’t require artistic training to get started, yet it offers a great sense of accomplishment when finishing a piece.”

That being said, it is definitely time to hit up Barnes & Noble and start coloring.

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Songify App Helps Ease Anxiety

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Christopher Frydryck Red&Black Staff

Approximately 1.5% - 2.5% of Americans suffer from an anxiety disorder currently, which is a substantial 3,300,000+ people in the U.S. alone.

These disorders can vary from generalized anxiety to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

For many years, doctors have put patients on common prescription drugs such as Diazepam or Lorazepam; and while they are effective, the medication is not a cure and also has addictive characteristics.These

medications are sometimes extremely harmful to the body and can cause horrible side effects to the patient.

This is why more people every year are going to psychiatrists and therapists alike instead of using these potentially harm causing drugs.

Anxiety disorders are an exemplification of the normal emotion anxiety.

They are mentally crippling sometimes and is distinguished from fear.

This mental complex can be caused by the normal human brain experiencing intrusive or even nihilistic thoughts.

While many have been switching over to a therapist to help rid their anxiety

disorder, therapists have been using newer methods with their patients.

The application is called Songify, and no it is not a medical application method.

It is an app on both the Google Play Store and the iTunes App Store made by a software company called “Smule.”

The application listens to what you say and auto tunes the user and creates a catchy beat that will leave the listener nodding their head in approval.

An article by The Atlantic explains the reason why this app is such a success with those that have anxiety disorders that is. “The underlying principle is that singing

your thoughts separates you from their meaning.” This disambiguation from a single sentence incites anxiety may disappear due to the manner and the beat of the song that gives the patient confidence and satire to overcome their disorder.

Admittedly, the app’s original intention was not to cure those of anxiety, but instead be an entertaining leisure activity for people that want to sound auto-tuned and have a beat to their voice.

Smule had even admitted, “[we] knew the app had been used to treat speech disorders in autistic children, but was not familiar with its use in anxiety disorders.”

These practices are nothing new

for therapists to have their patients repeat a sentence that would tend to incite anxiety in order to overcome the underlying issues.

Songify could very possibly be the first of many when it comes to software curing illnesses.

Since the human mind is so easily conditioned by technology today, the psychology field could experience an entirely new revolution that introduces software programs to cure everything from anxiety disorders to schizophrenia.

Soon, we could no longer even rely on hardware to help cure ourselves, and we could be programmed just like our computers.

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‘Intersect’ Premieres on the Olin Stage Leah Segal Red&Black Staff

Last Thursday, crowds gathered at the Olin Fine Arts Center to watch the premiere showing of Professor William Cameron’s original play, “Intersect.”

Heavily influenced by real-life experiences of seven students, the play opened discourse on racism and the difficulties minority students face—specifically African American, Hispanic and disabled students.

The cast featured W&J’s own students playing a group of college kids facing bigotry and adversity.

These plot points converged around compelling characters like Adam, who was played by Jake Humes (class of 2016).

Adam was a student working at the radio station on campus whose prejudices surfaced in a striking manner and exposing his true character.

Alice, played by Sarah Royds (class of 2019), was an

independent, cheerful girl who suffered from muscular dystrophy. Her story showed the difficulties of campus terrain, scheduling everyday life and struggling with the stigma of disability.

The fraternity that the play focused on, Omega, highlighted racism within their smaller subset of campus.

In the end, all of the plots come together to create an intense and powerful storyline, which is what Professor Cameron intended.

“It became clearer to me the many ways in which our society is structured to benefit certain constituencies while disadvantaging others,” Professor Cameron noted on the campus website.

“And, sadly, I became more aware that all forms of prejudice remain prevalent in our society; racism, sexism and all other forms of bigotry infiltrate our world in ways that are often difficult for us to see.”

Professor Cameron brought forth his own viewpoints as well as those of

Courtesy Lauryn Halahurich, Class of ‘16

Amina Brown (class of 2018) and Ty Greenwood (class of 2017). Brown played Jayla and Greenwood played Clay.

seven other students to create a storyline that the audience could both relate to and use to reflect on their own values and ideas.

Speaking about the foundational ideas of the play, Dr. Cameron stated, “Students of diverse backgrounds will come into conflict with one another and are forced to face their often biased perceptions of others and their honest perceptions of themselves.

These are the issues I’m trying to address in the play.”

Showings ran from Thursday evening to a Saturday matinee, and Friday’s show hosted a Talkback session following the performance that allowed the audience a chance to further discover and discuss the inspiration for the play.

“People want to believe that colleges are safe places with educated and accepting people,” said Layla Lenhardt

(class of 2016), who played Krystal, “but racism still runs rampant throughout institutions.”

Through the performances and Professor Cameron’s careful crafting, the audience members were given an intense story of students facing adversity, creating a platform from which they can tell their own stories and begin a conversation about wrongful prejudice in society.

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Andy Warhol Soup Prints Stolen Kayla Marasia Red&Black Arts Section Editor

“Soup’s on” for a few conniving art thieves in Missouri.

In early April, several screen prints of Campbell’s soup cans from the Andy Warhol collection were stolen from the Springfield Art Museum.

The museum was locked at 5 p.m., but there was no security staff at night.

Employees noticed the breach the next morning when the doors were unlocked and the prints were missing.

Not to be confused with the original paintings that are currently on display in the Museum of Metropolitan Art, the screen prints are more realistic and fragile versions of their iconic counterparts.

In 1968, six years after making the original soup can paintings, Warhol created 250 prints for each of the ten cans in the series.

The prints have been in the collection of the Springfield Art Museum since 1985 but were only displayed rarely due to the pieces’ fragility.

“They were one of those kinds of ‘claim to fame’ types of pieces,” noted

Courtesy telegraph.co.uk

Lisa Cox, a spokesperson with the Springfield Police Department.

A full set of ten is estimated to be worth $500,000, but a broken set would likely be worth much less at auction.

Despite this severe drop in potential value, the thieves only took seven of the ten soup can pieces: chicken noodle, onion, green pea, vegetable, beef, black bean and tomato.

Perhaps reflecting their own soup preferences, they left behind the cream of mushroom, consommé (beef) and pepper pot soup can prints. In an attempt

to return the missing prints to the full collection, the

“Whoever they sell [the prints] to would need to know that they’re stolen.”

FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for the recovery of the artwork. Experts predict

that the thieves will have trouble selling the pieces, as authorities at auction events keep a careful watch for stolen artwork.

“It’s pretty much like a black market,” said Ron Rivlin, owner of a Los Angeles gallery of Warhol. “Whoever they sell it to would need to know that they’re stolen.”

Although they do not hold as much monetary value as the iconic paintings on which they are based, the seven missing prints are sorely missed in the art world. “Just because they’re not the originals doesn’t mean they don’t matter,” said W&J

student Shannon Adams (class of 2017). “And I’m not sure why the thieves would take these prints. Did they just think, ‘These are Warhols, let’s take them’?”

However, authorities have not given up hope.

The FBI’s art crime unit will continue to work with the Springfield Police Department to return the soup cans to the small Missouri museum.

As the investigation continues, the art world will hopefully await the prints’ recovery, as no soup collection is complete without chicken noodle soup.

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Andy Warhol Soup Prints Stolen Kayla Marasia Red&Black Arts Section Editor

“Soup’s on” for a few conniving art thieves in Missouri.

In early April, several screen prints of Campbell’s soup cans from the Andy Warhol collection were stolen from the Springfield Art Museum.

The museum was locked at 5 p.m., but there was no security staff at night.

Employees noticed the breach the next morning when the doors were unlocked and the prints were missing.

Not to be confused with the original paintings that are currently on display in the Museum of Metropolitan Art, the screen prints are more realistic and fragile versions of their iconic counterparts.

In 1968, six years after making the original soup can paintings, Warhol created 250 prints for each of the ten cans in the series.

The prints have been in the collection of the Springfield Art Museum since 1985 but were only displayed rarely due to the pieces’ fragility.

“They were one of those kinds of ‘claim to fame’ types of pieces,” noted

Courtesy telegraph.co.uk

Lisa Cox, a spokesperson with the Springfield Police Department.

A full set of ten is estimated to be worth $500,000, but a broken set would likely be worth much less at auction.

Despite this severe drop in potential value, the thieves only took seven of the ten soup can pieces: chicken noodle, onion, green pea, vegetable, beef, black bean and tomato.

Perhaps reflecting their own soup preferences, they left behind the cream of mushroom, consommé (beef) and pepper pot soup can prints. In an attempt

to return the missing prints to the full collection, the

“Whoever they sell [the prints] to would need to know that they’re stolen.”

FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for the recovery of the artwork. Experts predict

that the thieves will have trouble selling the pieces, as authorities at auction events keep a careful watch for stolen artwork.

“It’s pretty much like a black market,” said Ron Rivlin, owner of a Los Angeles gallery of Warhol. “Whoever they sell it to would need to know that they’re stolen.”

Although they do not hold as much monetary value as the iconic paintings on which they are based, the seven missing prints are sorely missed in the art world. “Just because they’re not the originals doesn’t mean they don’t matter,” said W&J

student Shannon Adams (class of 2017). “And I’m not sure why the thieves would take these prints. Did they just think, ‘These are Warhols, let’s take them’?”

However, authorities have not given up hope.

The FBI’s art crime unit will continue to work with the Springfield Police Department to return the soup cans to the small Missouri museum.

As the investigation continues, the art world will hopefully await the prints’ recovery, as no soup collection is complete without chicken noodle soup.

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Possible Caravaggio Masterpiece Discovered Leah Segal Red&Black Staff

Big news has hit the art world as art critics and fanatics alike wait with bated breath over a potential new Caravaggio painting, “Judith Killing Holofernes.”

Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi, was a famous Italian painter born during the late 16th century.

Known for his roughand- tumble attitude, the artist mysteriously died at the age of 38, leaving a trail of masterpieces after his death.

The graphic masterpiece was recently discovered in Southern France, oddly enough, when a family detected a roof leaked that ruined a wall, subsequently revealing the painting.

Exposing an extremely realistic scene of St. Jude taking a sword to the evil Holofernes’ neck in his tent, the gory and graphic nature of the painting is what made Caravaggio so successful.

The story of Judith and Holofernes originates in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, wherein the virtuous Judith saves her Jewish people from the threat of Holofernes’ army. Upon the discovery, the painting was recovered from the home and taken to

22 April 2016

Poetry Corner “A Thousand Ships”

by Diana Ciarallo Red&Black Staff Swift and fatal Cold bite of an arrow shaft Cuts through a soldier’s armor Pierces the flesh Just like the others Sailing through the sky Shrieking in the air Released from their bows.

Your name is a single bite A curse that has pierced The hearts of countless men Marking them all for death And war

Paris. Although the French government has taken the piece and is subjecting it to a 30 month inspection process, experts are already starting to talk.

Professional art expert Eric Turquin believes the work is from 1599.

However, it is not the only copy that has been found, leading others to the idea that the work may be a replica by a lesser known artist.

According to BBC, there is currently, “another version of it, which was also thought to be lost before its rediscovery in 1950, and hangs in Rome’s National Gallery of Ancient Art.” However, until the verdict is out, the painting will reside at the Louvre in Paris undergoing authenticity and aging tests. While some believe the work is hands-down

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another original of the iconic Italian painter Caravaggio, others are skeptical, reasoning that another artist who was inspired may have simply copied the characteristic style of the painter.

Critics believe the painting may have gone missing one hundred years after its creation.

After the long and arduous testing process is completed, the agency will release news of the painting’s creator.

If the painting is said to be a true Caravaggio masterpiece, France will be the first country to place a bid and buy it.

Nevertheless, no matter the outcome of the tests, a new piece of art history was discovered, thereby giving people of our modern world a peek into the past with the violent paint strokes of a gifted Italian artist.

“Mahogany”

by Victoria Lucas Red&Black Contributor Like the strings of a violin you are strung tightly.

Cascading rhythm of melody floods from you and enters my bones.

Your words grow softer with my touch and your symphony shivers through the mortar of memory.

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Prize-Winning Poet Visits Campus

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Lauren Lamm Red&Black Copy Editor

On April 19, Eduardo Corral visited campus to read a selection of poems from his book, “Slow Lightning,” which won the prestigious Yale Younger Poets Prize.

Previously published in literary journals across the country, Corral’s poetry seizes the imagination through his vivid imagery and surprising honesty.

He does not simply read his work, however, he performs it.

As Dr. George D. Clark stated in his introduction to Corral’s reading, Corral “gives” during his readings. His poetry draws in the audience, tantalizing them with sensual language that captures their attention and pulls them into the world of the poem.

A longtime friend of Corral, Dr. Clark has heard him read before, and as he said for W&J’s article, “He's deeply generous to students.

And even though his poems deal with such ‘serious’ subject matter as immigration, AIDS and identity, at heart, Corral is a love poet and his graciousness invites an audience into the poems' dramas with real charm.”

Another surprising detail of Corral’s poetry is his unique blend of English and Spanish.

Growing up in an all-English school system, his exposure to Spanish was limited to his family-life. Corral admits that he still talks to his parents in Spanish, and that he likes including some Spanish into his poems because it creates a dissociation with the text that requires the reader to work their way back into it.

Earlier that day he told students in Dr. Clark’s creative writing class that the Spanish he uses creates problems for English to Spanish translations of his book because the translators want to elevate his casual

usage to traditional standards.

Reading his current work, the audience would never guess that he became a poet by accident. He told students that he only started writing poetry because it was required in one of his literature courses in college.

His initial approach, which he stuck to well into graduate school, was to write with specific intentions.

Corral has since let go of this, allowing his poetry to move in interesting directions that even surprise himself.

His poem, “Self-Portrait with Tumbling and Lasso,” is the product of nine years of journaling interesting thoughts, images or even

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snippets of conversations. He credits his success largely to paying attention to the small details of life, especially those which give him pause.

Kayla Marasia (class of 2019) recognized this about Corral and said, “Corral sees the world in a way that is wholly unique. His poetry contains a series of compelling images that poignantly capture the human condition.”

This reading is part of an ongoing endeavor through the English department to bring poets and writers to campus, cultivating interest in creative writing and giving students the opportunity to get in touch with the greater literary world.

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The Funding Problem with NYC Program Rachel Bellhy Red&Black Contributor The Community Service Society of New York City developed a proposal that promises summer employment for any high school student who wants it.

There is a current summer employment program in place through the city, however, it is a lottery based system so only a limited amount of students a year get placed in regardless of their interests or qualifications.

Regarding this current program the New York Times writes: “funding typically remains uncertain until the last minute…the community organizations that place

young people in jobs often don’t know how much money is available until just days before the program begins in July.”

Because of this they are not sure how many students they can give the jobs to so it is a last minute process and the students are just thrown into the jobs. This new proposal seeks to solve those problems.

According to the new proposal the students would undergo a screening process in advance so they could be placed into these jobs based upon their interests and not just thrown in last minute with no prior training or thought being put into the selection.

In theory this sounds like a great idea: students can

gain work experience, make money, stay out of harm’s way and they are doing something they may very well enjoy or further pursue.

Overall, the students will be better prepared for future jobs they may apply for since most employers require previous work experience.

Also, it will help give them an idea of what they may want to pursue as a career path.

Since these jobs are based off their interests then it will better prepare them for what the next best step after high school should be for each particular student; whether that be college, a technical school or straight into the work field. Regardless, it will help them to shape an idea of

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what they could possibly be wanting to do for the rest of their lives in order to make a living.

Sounds great in theory, but everything comes with a price. According to the New York Times, “A wellplanned, expanded program that served 110,000 young people would probably cost about $242 million. The city would not have to come up with all of it but could seek help from the state and federal governments.”

The current summer employment program already has issues with receiving funding and they have costs one-third of the price and serves half as many students compared to the estimate for

the new proposal. However, the Community Service Society’s idea does help plan for the future which the current one does not do as well; this means they will reap more future benefits by using the newer proposal.

I predict the funding may be the biggest issue they will run into with this proposal.

To supply that many students with jobs they would like is an expensive task to tackle.

Starting out small with this program will have to be the way to go in order to fund it and prove that it will work exactly how they intend it to.

If all of this can be done then I believe this program could be a great thing for the future of all students.

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The Freedom of the Internet and the Possibility of Anonymity Cover-ups by public figures, instructions and gatherings alike, are done on the regular.

And while some may work, others fail miserably.

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) has recently sparked controversy due to an image of a police officer spraying students with pepper spray during a 2011 occupy protest.

In order to prevent bad press and widespread criticism, the school took measures to hide the image.

Unlike other scandals, hiding this one required preventing the image from being a top hit or even a match in search engines.

After hiring two companies for at least $175,000, Data Topousis, the strategic manager at UC Davis exclaimed, “Increased investment in social media and communications strategy has heightened the profile of the university to good effect.”

Ultimately, the plan has blown-up in UC Davis’ face, making the picture even a bigger deal than ever before.

The release of the image prompted many people to download and repost and this even incited more protests against the school. Although

UC Davis failed miserably in covering themselves on the web, is it possible to be hidden on the web?

Julia Angwin wrote a book called Dragnet Nation, and it covered her personal life and experiences on attempting to hold personal anonymity on the web. Her experiences

was, “Pseudonymity is key to our online privacy.”

So it seems like it is very possible to maintain web anonymity right?

Wrong.

For starters, there is a concise difference between the web and the internet. The web is the collection of all things that may be compiled on the

image, three of which were Streisand’s lawyers. After making a fuss, the image went public everywhere on file sharing networks around the web.

This is the same web where people attempt to maintain anonymity. Maintaining web anonymity would mean to

Is it possible to hide someone or something from making it on the internet? Yes. Is it possible to hide someone or something from making it on the World Wide Web? No.

were captivating, leaving her with a credit card under a false name, search engines that didn’t track location, cookies or history and even contacted data brokers to purchase her own information. She was serious about holding anonymity and hiding herself online.

After all is said and done however, the internet is a collection of things from the past. Once online, it will most likely never leave the web.

Her best tip for anyone who wants to avoid data collection and tracking online

internet, torrents, emails etc.

The internet is just a sizeable chunk of the web and the data it holds.

In order to hide information or oneself, they would have to begin before the internet ever existed. And the way people behave on the internet is very precise.

Take into example, the “Streisand effect.” Barbara Streisand’s home had shown up on Pictopia.com after a photographer was shooting pictures of homes in Malibu.

Before the incident, five people downloaded the

remove oneself or something from all historic sources of software. This includes both the internet as well as the darknet. The darknet is a web network that can be accessed through specific software and protocols (proxies, VPNs and more) to hide oneself and attempt to keep anonymity.

Before used by the mainstream, the darknet was used as the poster child of web anonymity.

Now today, there is probably information on everyone that is unknown, as well as mass-leaks of information,

computer crimes, file sharing and illicit item trafficking on the darknet.

The darknet is not a bad side of the web. It can be, but it doesn’t have to be. It gives information that would be usually restricted to access on the internet. And most likely, the image that UC Davis tried hiding was file shared on the dark net and exposed.

It is a blessing and a curse to those who want to maintain anonymity.

Is it possible to hide someone or something from making it on the internet? Yes. Is it possible to hide someone or something from making it on the World Wide Web? No. The web is the epitome of modern history being recorded at every second. In order to remove sensitive information such as the UC Davis picture, the school would have had to approach every person who had ever downloaded it, on every platform and ask them to remove it.

There is a freedom on the internet that cannot be replicated anywhere else, and even if removed, there have probably been many who have downloaded it.

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Availability of Birth Control Needs to Increase Diana Ciarallo Red&Black Staff

At least half of the pregnancies that occur in the United States are unintended. Nearly twothirds of women in the United States would prefer to be able to purchase their birth control pills over the counter instead of having to go through the process of getting a prescription from a physician.

In fact, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says most

women shouldn’t have to see of becoming pregnant. Easy that the unavailability of a physician at all in order to access to birth control appears safe, effective and convenient acquire the pills. to make sense. Some parents birth control curtails and This month, discourages sexual a new law will activity. go into effect Over the counter birth control is actually Many young in California. women only see Women will be the norm in at least 102 countries around an obstetrician/ able to pick up the world where women can either buy gynecologist to get birth control these prescriptions birth control like we buy a bottle of from their local and the argument pharmacy without be made that ibuprofen or after a simple screening. can a prescription. It this forces them will be as easy as to see a physician filling out a health once a year and questionnaire at get screenings for the pharmacy and STD’s, cervical the pharmacist will dispense may not be pleased by the cancer and breast cancer. the medication. There is no idea of their daughters being Withholding birth control age restriction. sexually active and argue to get women to get a yearly Adolescents and young that the easy availability will physical seems like a weak women are the ones who are increase and encourage sexual argument. Over the counter the most likely to run the risk activity. However, I’m certain birth control is actually the

norm in at least 102 countries around the world where women can either buy birth control like we buy a bottle of ibuprofen or after a simple screening. These are all highincome countries.

45 high-income countries still require a prescription from a physician.

The idea of DIY hormonal birth control seemed ludicrous to me when I first heard about it; but as I’ve learned more about, I’ve come to the conclusion that it's a good idea with few downsides.

If a condom can be acquired in a public restroom with a few quarters, why shouldn’t women be able to buy birth control over the counter?

Ban the Criminal History Box on Job Applications Ben Langdon Red&Black Staff

Searching for a job is not an easy process. If you are a former convicted criminal, your job search faces a significant obstacle that is not present for most other job seekers.

Most job applications in the United States require the applicant check a box that specifies whether or not they have a criminal history.

For many job seekers, this box can be the difference between a new life and a headfirst dive into unemployment.

Nearly one in three adults convicts are not asking for community should not be in the United States has a special treatment. They simply rejected at the very beginning prior arrest or conviction don’t want to be rejected of the hiring process,” says record. Despite this, there is from employment before the Mark Holden, general counsel and vice president still a stigma that at Koch Industries. former criminals It comes down to the fact that job Employers cannot contribute positively to both applicants should have the ability to make deserve to know their workplace the criminal and their a good first impression on their employers, history of their communities. but rather than being cast aside before the employees, If the criminal they should justice system is not be allowed hiring process even begins. based on the idea to disqualify that criminals are applicants before rehabilitated when other aspects are even considered. they have served With the their time, then we current system, we have should start to welcome these process even begins. “Capable citizens back into the United and qualified individuals who created a vicious cycle where States community, and into want an opportunity to work criminals are released from the workplace. These former hard and contribute to the prison, they cannot find work

and they go right back to their old ways in order to support themselves. This is not how a system based around rehabilitation should operate.

One of the easiest ways for acclimating a former criminal into a community is for them to find employment.

Therefore, we should be making it easier for former convicts to secure a job and become a productive member of their community.

It comes down to the fact that job applicants should have the ability to make a good first impression on their employers, rather than being cast aside before the hiring process even begins. It is time to ban the box.

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Trump’s Foreign Policies Set to Weaken the United States’ World Standing

Ben Langdon Red&Black Staff

With a mix of isolationism, protectionism and strongarm politics, Donald Trump has operated within a foreign policy sphere never seen before in American politics.

As the election season wears on, it is necessary to take a look at this policy phenomenon and to highlight the dangers that lie within a Trump presidency. Trump’s

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trade policy proposals consist of: removing previous free trade deals, cracking down on China’s currency manipulation and forcing Mexico to pay for a border wall by cutting off the flow of money sent home by Mexican immigrants.

This protectionist assembly of bad ideas would cut the United States out of global markets and would make the country less competitive.

These trade policies, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has found, would cause a significant recession. “Does

a recession sound 'great' to you?” wrote J.D. Harrison, senior editor of digital content for the Chamber. “Does 7 million lost jobs sound like 'winning?' No, probably not.

And yet, that's exactly where our country would be headed under Trump's trade policies, according to an analysis released last week.”

On foreign policy, Donald Trump rejects the very notion of a global community.

Speaking a couple of weeks ago, Trump questioned the need for a group like NATO. “I think NATO is obsolete.

NATO was done at a time you had the Soviet Union, which was obviously larger— much larger than Russia is today.

I'm not saying Russia is not a threat. But we have other threats. We have the threat of terrorism. And NATO doesn't discuss terrorism.

NATO's not meant for terrorism. NATO doesn't have the right countries in it for terrorism,” Trump said during an interview on ABC's "This Week".

In a time where Russia is encroaching on the sovereignty of nations in

eastern Europe and terrorism has affected many other European nations, it is now just as important as ever that we continue to work with our NATO allies.

The path to a peaceful and just world cannot be done unilaterally. If the United States is going to continue to be a world leader and a fighter for justice and equality, we cannot afford to ignore the rest of the world.

A Trump presidency would undoubtedly weaken the United States’ standing in the world.

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Lauren Virgin Red&Black Staff

Since 2006, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has been studying the schedules of college athletes.

Their research has shown that those participating in revenue-producing sports at the most competitive levels are exceeding the limit of 40 hours per week allowed for actual workers as stated by the Labor Standards Act. Student-athletes in the Pac-12 conference are spending 50 hours per week on average on athletic-related activities during the season. An

athletic-related activity is any activity with an athletics purpose that occurs at the direction of or is supervised by one or more institutional coaching staff members.

Activities supervised by strength and conditioning coaches are also included.

A problem with the current system is that many coaches do not report “voluntary” hours that they expect their athletes to complete.

Some of the athletes in the Pac-12 study reported that coaches had threatened to kick them off the team for missing voluntary activities, such as nonmandatory practices or community service, while more than 60 percent of Pac-12 athletes said they

would have much more time to study or to engage in internships if the activities that coaches say are voluntary were truly voluntary.

In a study of the StudentAthlete Experience by the NCAA, survey results regarding volunteerism from 2010 rose: “In 2010, 50% of student-athletes reported being required to participate in service hours by their coach or team.

That number rose to 58% in the 2015 survey.”

Rules regarding out-ofseason athletic activities are also violated; according to a detailed description collected by the National Labor Relations Board in Illinois, football players at Northwestern

University start their season the first week of August with a month-long training camp that requires 50 to 60 hours of football-related activities a week.

Once the actual season starts, players dedicate 40 to 50 hours a week to sports-related activities.

This schedule continues if the team qualifies for a bowl game; when the academic year ends, the players are only given a couple weeks to visit their families before returning to school to begin summer training.

Allen Sack, a professor at the University of New Haven and a former college football player and Gerald Gurney, an assistant professor at the

Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at the Universoty of Oklahoma, do not have high hopes for change in the near future.

They say, “It is highly unlikely the NCAA will take serious action on this issue or any other meaningful academic reform, unless some sort of litigation, a rekindled college athlete unionization movement or an action by Congress slams it up against the wall… An athletic scholarship that supposedly pays for room, board, tuition, fees and other costs of attendance but denies athletes an opportunity to have the same educational opportunities as other students is fraudulent and highly exploitative.”

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Ahead of Rio Olympics Congress votes for Rousseff’s Impeachment Siddhanta Bista Red&Black Staff

The legislative session on Sunday night approved the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.

With the outcome of the vote, members of the lower house of congress cheered and triumphed with joy. Additionally, the aftermath of the vote resulted in celebration among people on the streets.

President Rousseff ’s unpopularity follows as a result of allegations in illegally using money from state-owned banks to hide a catastrophic budget deficit and bolstering her chances to win re-election in 2018. Her approval ratings have collapsed from a high of 60 percent in 2013 to to 11 percent.

Brazil’s economy is in freefall; inflation is running at 10 percent, unemployment is at a seven year high and the economy is expected to contract by at-least 3.8 percent for a second year in a row. The country is suffering its worst recession since the 1930s.

Foreign direct investment in Brazil is an indicator of how investors view the country’s market, and this has dipped in the past few years. This is mainly due to the depreciation in the Brazilian currency, the real.

The Zika epidemic, connected to a rare birth defect is just one of another confrontation ahead of the Rio de Janeiro’s Olympics this summer.

If the impeachment process moves forward as many experts predict, the August televisions are likely to offer two simultaneous news headlines of sporting events, and their President on trial.

In recent days, many officials have been calling for a new election process, requiring the approval of Congress and the nation’s highest court.

The vast majority of Brazilians have little faith in their Vice President to lead the country.

A third of the deputies representing in the lower house have been criminally charged and are being investigated on corruption charges.

“When things started going wrong, she was unable to get the situation under control, and her lack of flexibility and stubbornness made things worse,” said Mathieu Turgeon, a political scientist at the University of Brasília.

“All of this has now caught up with her.”

Earlier in the week, Brazil’s sports minister resigned from his position. This is three months before the country hosts the Olympics, amid the ongoing political tensions.

The office of the President announced that George Hilton had asked to leave his post, and will be replaced with a top ministry official.

The Olympic velodrome is woefully behind schedule. Organizers have postponed a test event until late June.

This all has many people asking, will the Olympics even happen?

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First-Quarter Earnings: A Glimpse Nathan Repine Red&Black Contributor The market is still seeing some swings, up and down from many different market factors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently hit its highest mark since last July of this year, the S&P recently downgraded Valeant Pharmaceuticals following the mass scandal, and many of the bank earnings for fiscal quarter have been disclosed. Some are analyzed below.

JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM) reported earnings on Wednesday, April 13th before the market opened. Consensus among investors that it would beat earnings by four cents a share according to whisper. This consensus was correct: JP Morgan Chase did in fact beat earnings, and shot up a couple dollars during the day when earnings came out. Revenue was above analyst predictions. “While challenging markets impacted the industry, we maintained our leadership positions and market share. Even in a challenging environment, clients continue to turn to us in the global market”, said CEO Jamie Dimon.

Bank of America (BAC) reported earnings on Thursday, April 14th before the market opened. Their quarterly report was much stronger than anticipated and saw marginal gain during the announce-

ment day. BAC has seen an increase in credit growth this quarter and has recently affirmed dividends on some of its preferred series stock.

Wells Fargo (WFC) reported earnings on Thursday before market open as well.

The bank surpassed both revenue estimates and earnings per share estimates by two cents. However, investors are concerned that loans made in the energy sector will be detrimental. It is estimated that roughly 57 percent of loans issued in this sector will default.

This accounts for 2 percent of the WFC bank’s total portfolio according to Wall St. Seeking Alpha. Additionally, they have also reported consumer weakness in the Quarter 1 earnings.

Citigroup Inc. (C) announced earnings on Friday, April 15th before market open. The earnings showed two things: It surpassed analyst expectations, despite quarterly revenue decreasing 27 percent.

CEO of Citigroup Michael Corbat said “While our market-sensitive products clearly suffered from weak investor sentiment during the quarter, we continued to make progress in several key areas. We grew loans and deposits in our core businesses, reduced our expenses while absorbing a significant repositioning charge, utilized additional deferred tax assets, and generated capital in excess of what we returned to our shareholders.”

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