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» MOLLY WALSH CAMPUS REPORTER CONFETTI WAS MATTED on the floor while speakers blared original music and lyrics from students on the stage above. From hip-hop, soul and screaming rock, the 11 groups that performed at Columbia’s Biggest Mouth competition April 19 showcased the dynamic and captivating talent on campus.

After an energetic performance, Charlie CurtisBeard and the Weird Kids took home first place at the competition.

Senior music major Charlie Curtis-Beard, along with three background vocalists, a brass section, guitarists and a drummer, competed against 10 other groups for the title at the Metro, 3730 N. Clark St.

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Students are challenging the status quo, creating change

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very movement, innovation or change starts with someone who has an idea, and students are full of ideas.

Whether in college, high school, or even earlier, students at this moment are coming up with ideas for art, media, technology, programs, stories, businesses and so much more. They are full of inspiration and haven’t yet been convinced they should simply follow a set path, dissuaded from trying to create change. Students are the present and future, and they know it and are not content with living what has become the status quo.

This has become more and more clear as students have taken over the conversation and rhetoric cycling through the news for months. The Majory Stoneman Douglas students have made sure they will not become another gun violence statistic; they have made sure their names and the names of the 17 victims who died in the Parkland, Florida, shooting will never be forgotten. These students will be in the history books that our generation’s children—and generations after—will read, not because they were part of a tragedy, but because they took that tragic event, and instead of living with the pain and accepting the “thoughts and prayers” of the nation and “getting over it,” they decided to change the world in the way that only passionate and angry students can.

I’m writing this during the morning of April 20. While in past years 4/20 has been joked about and celebrated as the stoner holiday, this year, students across the country have taken back the day to create the National School Walkout to commemorate the anniversary of the Columbine school massacre.

As students across the country walked out of their classes or prepared to join the fight, another student was shot in school. At Forest High School in Ocala, Florida, a student was shot in the ankle by another student in what CNN reports is the 20th school shooting this year.

Forest High School was planning to take part in the walkout along with other schools in the Marion County, but participation was cancelled district-wide following the shooting, according to another CNN article.

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This shooting happened on the same day students are standing up for their that proves METRO REPORTERS right not to die in school, and how much the movement is needed. The fact that many people are not surprised or affected by the news of school shootings

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I had chills running down my spine

as I went through the National School

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COPY EDITORS with videos of young people participating in rallies, speeches and demonstrations nationwide. Many of these students are teens or younger and they are taking their

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS future into their own hands, not allowing their choices to be made for them. tweets in ADVERTISING DESIGNER But between the videos and support of the walkout, there were angry adults who don’t want America’s children SENIOR PHOTO EDITORS and teens to have the power they do right now. There were multiple misinformed

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS teens stating that, instead of walking out, they’d rather take advantage of their ability to get an education and stay in school.

This sentiment is usually great to have,

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ASSISTANT FACULTY ADVISER that change is happening. No matter how many angry tweets they send, they will never be as strong as the collective voices of these students who are committed to taking their futures in their own hands. zeitel@columbiachronicle.com

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SGA elects 2018–2019 Executive Board THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT Association announced its Executive Board for the 2018–2019 academic year at its April 17 meeting after elections.

After the six-day voting period, held on OASIS for the first time, students elected sophomore cinema and television arts major Jazmin Bryant as president, sophomore dance major Kierah King as vice president, freshman cinema and television arts major Simone Heim as vice president Jazmin Bryant Kierah King Simone Heim of Communications, and junior American Incoming President Incoming Vice President Incoming Vice President Sign Language-English interpretation of Communications major Kinza Zia as vice president of Finance.

The four will lead SGA’s executive board in Not pictured: Kinza Zia, Incoming Vice President of Finance the upcoming academic year.

More than 100 students voted online He added that he would like to see SGA improve engagement between the Columbia in this year’s election, and voting for SGA continue its work providing forums on the community at large and SGA. senators will open on OASIS on April 23, curriculum and the student center, sched“The external [communications] departaccording to current SGA President and uled to open in fall 2019. ment has done an amazing job with all of senior business and entrepreneurship major “They’ve done so much this year,” Keys the social media platforms this year, and Malik Woolfork. said. “[I hope] that they continue bringing I want to expand upon that,” she said. “For Coordinator of Student Leadership and students together with faculty, administra- me, [that] would be having a better way to Faculty Adviser David Keys said he feels tion and staff just to talk.” get information out to students.” confident about SGA’s future under Bryant Heim said campaigning for the election Woolfork said it is bittersweet to be because she had Woolfork as a mentor. was demanding, but she is excited to work to graduating and leaving Columbia and SGA

behind, but he is pleased with the incoming Executive Board.

After joining SGA as a senator for the Dance Department during spring 2017, King said she wanted a new challenge: representing a larger number of students.

King added that she wants to enhance collaboration among students from different departments and to make study-abroad options available to a wider range of majors.

“That feels like a lot of missed opportunities that I want to build on,” she said. “I’m a huge travel geek. It’s a good thing to have cultural knowledge and gain a different perspective of the world and put it into your own work.”

Bryant said she has three main goals as president: make sure students’ voices are heard; bridge the communication gap among administration, faculty, staff and students; and recruit more students to come to Columbia and join SGA. “I look forward to putting a lot of myself into this organization and making the position my own next school year,” she said. “We are here to represent the student body and make sure that their concerns and voices are being heard.” mwalsh@columbiachronicle.com

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FRESHMAN INTERACTIVE ARTS and media student Haley Phillips has created a Change.org petition asking for University Center residents to be compensated for stolen or broken items as well as for being displaced from their dormitory homes because of the building’s controversial renovations.

Many students returned to their rooms to damaged or stolen belongings, with paint, trash and grime left by renovators, as reported April 9 by The Chronicle.

The petition requests reimbursement of $211.17 from the UC to each resident. Phillips determined the reimbursement amount by calculating the average cost of living at the UC for four days—the average time spent renovating each unit, during which

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friends in the UC, people in my classes,” Phillips said. “It wasn’t that difficult for it to take off quickly. In the second and third day that the petition was live, it ended up getting [about] 100 signatures per day.”

As of press time, there are currently 492 signatures with the goal of reaching 500.

Sophia Abbott, a freshman cinema and television arts major, said she signed the petition because she thought the renovations were inconvenient and were handled unprofessionally.

The UC management presented the renovations Haley Phillips, freshman interactive arts as a positive change, but and media major, created a Change.org petition to compensate students for stolen Abbot said she did not or broken items during UC renovations. feel the residents would students were asked to leave necessarily be gaining their units. It also encouraged anything from them. » SAMANTHA CONRAD/CHRONICLE additional reimbursements on a “It really was just more case-by-case basis for damaged of the renovations and learning of an inconvenience than belongings or stolen valuables. others had similar experiences. anything, so that’s what drove me Phillips said she created the “[The petition] started pretty to sign the petition,” Abbott said. petition after experiencing incon- small, and I just started by immeDanielle Uppleger, a junior veniences and damages as a result diately telling my co-workers, English and creative writing

major, said she also signed the petition because of the stress the renovations caused her, and would like to see students receive the reimbursements.

“I’m hoping that with the money people will be able to replace stolen or damaged goods,” Uppleger said. “It’s just fair, especially if they let in a company that [residents] didn’t exactly trust.”

In an April 13 email to residents, Dean of Students John Pelrine said residents’ complaints have been brought to his attention, and the UC is not managed by the college.

“Columbia takes very seriously the living environment and customer service our students experience at the University Center, and we make it a priority to address issues with the University Center when they arise. I apologize for the disruption and aggravation some of you have experienced,” Pelrine stated.

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Students from different classes in makeup, prop design, producing, writing and directing classes participate in the show’s development and 10 students outside of the classes auditioned, he added.

“The ‘Freq Out’ program is one of the most real-life profes-

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STUDENTS IN EIGHT classes worked together across the college during the semester to bring Columbia’s annual sketch comedy show “Freq Out” to life.

In the style of “Saturday Night Live,” everything from acting, producing, writing, make-up, costuming and directing is done by students from several departments, said line producer and senior cinema and television arts major Nick Shinners.

“Freq Out” will be at The Media Production Center, 1600 S. State St., on April 28 after students in eight different classes across several departments spent all semester to create the show.

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sional experiences that you can have in this department and at this school,” Shinners said. “It is extremely hands-on, and while it’s through classes, we really run it truly as a production.”

The show will air live on Columbia’s Frequency TV April 28 at 6 p.m. and will also feature a full live studio audience of more then 200 people at the Media Production Center, 1600 S. State St. Shinners said he learned a lot about all the hard work that being involved with a collaboration of this size entails and learning to work through challenges.

“We have around 100 students involved,” Shinners said. “It just goes to show that in our real professional world how many people it takes to pull off a production of this size, and it’s exciting to work with and lead a team that’s this talented and large.”

Colby Carlson, a senior theatre major and head writer, said “Freq Out” is now a half hour longer than in previous years, which is exciting but much more demanding then previously.

The production will also have larger and fancier sets because of the merging of the television and film departments, he added.

Jennifer Jeudy, a senior cinema and television arts major, is enrolled in the “Producing Sketch Comedy” course and said this is the most active she has ever been on a project during her time at Columbia.

Jeudy said she appreciates how the experience allows students to see what it is really like working on a real TV show because everything is done and created by students.

Shinners said he is excited to see the audience’s reaction to the finished show after months of hard work when they perform it live on April 28.

“I hope audience members can walk away entertained,” Shinners said. “I hope they can appreciate the talent it took to put on this big production and I hope for Columbia students in the future [will] want to get involved with the show in future semesters.”

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enior dance major Stephanie Banes’ performance piece “Who R U?” has been selected for a performance at the American College Dance Association’s National College Dance Festival after she performed at ACDA’s 2018 North-Central Conference in March.

Banes said her hip-hop piece highlights issues that are important to her such as the Charlottesville, Virginia, riots and the Black Lives Matter movement.

She has performed this piece across the country, including at Chicago Black Lives Matter fundraiser and for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting community in her home state of Florida.

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and soak in that I got this far. I’m also stoked to know that freestyle hip-hop is going to be on the Kennedy Center Stage because usually it’s a ballet, opera [or] something in the European aesthetic.

It’s nice to know that something from my community, something from my culture is going to be presented in an equal level.

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I drove here from Florida and I never really paid attention to racism problems because it never was apparent to me. My family is so mixed and diverse I never realized there was any problems going on. When I had to do the drive, my family was so panicked because at the time there were things going on in Charlottesville, [Virginia]. Because of that experience, I said, “I’m going to create a piece based off of that feeling I had having Banes will travel to Washington, D.C., in to drive here.” I created my piece because of June to perform her piece at the John F. those current events and my piece hones in Kennedy Center. on my personal feelings. I did a lot of imagery The Chronicle spoke with Banes about the from the protests and protesters political message behind “Who R U?,” dance as a way to highlight current issues and her Why is dance a good form to highlight excitement at representing her culture at some of these issues? the Kennedy Center.

I feel like from the audience’s perspective, I would say it’s entertaining to watch dance.

THE CHRONICLE: What was your You can actually let go of the heaviness and reaction to being chosen for the ACDA’s hear a message because it’s entertainment, National College Dance Festival? but from my perspective, dance is a way STEPHANIE BANES: I was super stoked. to speak.

My family is beyond enthusiastic right now.

I’m the only college student in my family so What are you most excited about for they’re blown away. Everyone’s buying their the festival? ticket to go to Washington, D.C., it’s just so I don’t even want to think about it because crazy. They’re freaking out about it, which it kind of overwhelms me. I want to be able is really cool. to stand on the stage for the tech rehearsal

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The group will open for the soon-to-be-announced Manifest headliner May 11 and won $1,000, a video produced by Naked Gallery, a featured article on Indie Band Guru, a photoshoot by Chollette, and recording time with Rax Trax Studio.

Curtis-Beard described the band’s music as neo-soul—hiphop with a splash of jazz.

“We go out there and have fun because that’s what we are meant to do,” Curtis-Beard said. “When we are on stage, it just feels good.”

The band commanded the stage and had the audience dancing for its entire set while performing three original songs: “Myself,” “Tuesday Afternoon” and “Wholeness.”

Senior music major and background vocalist for the band Brian Danzy said the group feeds off of each others’ energy.

“We definitely prayed for this,” he said. “Not even to win but to do our best and have fun.”

Adjunct Music Professor Rick Barnes was one of the three judges deciding which group won first and second place.

Barnes said all of the performances were engaging, but Charlie Curtis-Beard and the Weird Kids’ originality and electric performance put the band over the rest of the competition.

“It’s great to see the progress of a lot of the kids,” Barnes said.

“They did great. All the bands were wonderful.”

With a dynamic performance and tight, soulful vocal riffs, the band Vrede took second place at Biggest Mouth. It was awarded $750 and a photoshoot with Chollette. Voted crowd favorite on Twitter, pop/rock group Serendipity took third place and was awarded $500.

The show was hosted by 2017 theatre alumnus Jamie Muen portraying his drag queen persona, “Aunty Cherry Chan.” Muen was the source of entertainment between each set by interacting with the audience with sassy life hacks and hilarious quips.

Students from 11 different music groups competed at Columbia’s Biggest Mouth to open for the headliner of Manifest May 11.

Muen said Biggest Mouth is significant for student bands because it provides an opportunity to perform and compete against one another.

“It’s just a really cool thing to see what Columbia students can do,” Muen said. “I hope Columbia students that came out tonight and saw the show were inspired to go home and draft out that project they’re working on or write a new song.”

Student Programming Board President and senior business and entrepreneurship major Elana Schmidt said her favorite part about Biggest Mouth is seeing the event come together.

Preparation for Biggest Mouth 2018 started in January and Schmidt found the event to be more fun this year because of the full audience.

“It felt like a big community of people enjoying the music

together rather than a big, split audience,” Schmidt said.

Danzy said the competition helps young musicians hone their skills and learn from each other. “[Biggest Mouth] helps us students showcase our talents,” Danzy said. “Everyone that performed here is my friend. I’m taking notes from every artist and I am applying it to what I can do better.”

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with creative solutions to the machine’s various restrictions.

“There’s a handmade quality to them,” Witt added. “You can quickly produce a lot of copies, but they’re all going to be a little different. Even though you’re printing a lot of them, each individual copy that you give to somebody is going to be slightly different than what someone else got.”

Lentz said she would like to see the pop-up promote understanding of how different artists use these printers.

“It’s pretty cool to see all these artists from all over the world [have] different interpretations of how to use this machine,” she says. “I hope people can see all the artistic potential of what [RISOs have] to offer.”

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OVER THE PAST decade, screen printing artists and zine makers have started using a nontraditional machine for their creations: the Risograph.

Also known as RISO, it is regarded as an affordable alternative to a traditional photocopier. Unlike photocopiers, RISOs print one color at a time, which can create an imperfect and handmade quality that artists find attractive.

On April 26, the Chicago Design Museum will partner with Hallagan Business Machines, a local RISO distributor, for a one-night-only pop-up gallery to showcase works by artists within this genre.

“Typically, we’d been marketing [RISOs] to churches and schools,” said Sarah Lentz, marketing director at Hallagan. “In the past couple years, [though], artists have latched onto them as this eco-friendly alternative to screen printing. What people are doing with this machine is super cool, innovative and new.”

According to Lentz, the pop-up will feature the work of students from the University of Texas, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and submissions from independent artists such as Clay Hickson, a freelance illustrator in Chicago who uses RISOs to print zines for his company Tan & Loose Press.

“I love the quality of [RISO printing].

I went to school for printmaking, [but] after school, I didn’t have print facilities anymore,” Hickson said. “I started seeing people using RISO printers [and the prints that they were making] had a nice handmade-looking quality. There’s a lot of weird quirks about them, they’re pretty flawed from a printmaking perspective, but I like those flaws.”

Some of the flaws, however, bother Hickson. For instance, the ink never seems to completely dry, meaning it might drag or create track marks when going through the printer while another color is added.

Still, he appreciates the ephemeral look RISO-printed works have. He also appreciates that the materials are cheap, so artists

can easily mass-produce products when on a budget.

Edward Witt, founder of Northside Comic Artists, an accountability group for Chicago comic artists, said he has seen RISOs used for everything from comic book covers to entire comics. The machine’s affordability and ease of use prompted Witt to host a workshop for members of Northside Comic Artists at the Chicago Resource Center, 858 N. Ashland Ave., April 14 to encourage the use of these printers to produce zines for the Chicago Zine Fest in May. The results of a RISO-printed work reminds Witt of screen printing, he said, because artists can play with the layering and opacity of colors and come up

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Over the past ten years, artists such as Clay Hickson have started using Risographs, affordable and eco-friendly alternatives to photocopiers, to print their zines and other visual works. Risographs layer colors one at a time as they print, creating a lo-fi effect many artists enjoy.

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she was 12 years old, writing that Brown’s mind and spirit were “timeless.”

“A wise woman was speaking from her cherubic face,” Paul wrote. “It was like speaking to a future mentor with a perspective and groundedness that I could only have dreamed of at that age. Or at any age, if I’m being honest.”

Former President Barack Obama contributed to the TIME’s list by praising students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who are spearheading a gun reform movement.

Obama applauded the students’ devotion to demanding gun reform and action from Congress, which has largely remained stagnant on the issue.

“Our history is defined by the youthful push to make America more just, more compassionate, more equal under the law. This generation—of Parkland, of Dreamers, of Black Lives Matter— embraces that duty. If they make their elders uncomfortable, that’s how it should be,” Obama wrote. “Our kids now show us what we’ve told them America is all about, even if we haven’t always believed it ourselves: that our future isn’t written for us, but by us.”

TIME’s 100 list is a reflection of our moment in time, and the selections for this list recognize the value of our world becoming increasingly diverse and of those who have historically been silenced. The women on this list represent our expanding dominance while that of young people illustrates our ability to stand up to authority and hold them accountable when others fail to do so.

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IME Magazine published its annual list of the world’s most influential people April 19, highlighting a record number of 45 women and 45 people aged under 40 and showcasing the significance of our world’s evolving power structures.

TIME’s impressive list is the result of a year that stands apart from the rest since the list was first published in 1999. In an April 19 article explaining the methodology of the list, TIME Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal said the main driving force behind those selected is the question, “Was this their year?”

The answer is yes for women and young people. Among the 45 women chosen were activist and Me Too founder Tarana Burke; human rights activist Nice Nailantei Leng’ete, who has worked to end female genital mutilation in Kenya; San Juan mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who became the voice for disenfranchised Puerto Ricans following Hurricane Maria; and Columbia’s very own 2006 television alumna Lena Waithe, whose 2017 Emmy win for “Master of None” and revolutionary TV diversity initiatives earned her the title “Master of Everything.”

A noteworthy number of women of color were also recognized, including Oprah, rapper Cardi B, comedian Tiffany Haddish and artist Jennifer Lopez; the latter two received their own covers.

“While we remain much too far from gender parity in global leadership, there are more women than ever on this year’s TIME 100—proof that there are ways of changing the world beyond traditional power structures,” Felsenthal wrote.

Among the changing power structures is the world’s youth, many of whom were rightly acknowledged as the teachers of the world by their admirers. While commemorating “Lady Bird” Director Greta Gerwig, filmmaker Steven Spielberg wrote, “Her elder becomes her student.”

The list’s youngest selection ever was 14-year-old actress Millie Bobby Brown.

Actor Aaron Paul described being starstruck while meeting the actress when

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Becoming a member in November 2017, Laura Zamora, client experience analyst at NextGen Healthcare, said she also appreciated the option of either texting or calling a nurse practitioner at any time. The Pill Club’s service went above and beyond her expectations, she added.

“Everything is so cute, they send stickers and coupons and the chocolate was just a good idea,” Zamora said. “It was little things, but it showed they cared.”

Sodhia said he values The Pill Club providing women the power and freedom to decide about birth control and giving patients easy access to it.

“A lot of people put birth control on this pedestal, making it seem like it is an unattainable goal they have to reach out and grab,” Sodhia said. “We are just trying to level the playing field by making it as easy to get as any other medication.

We want to make it a fun and memorable journey.”

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low cost that varies based on the method prescribed, according to the company’s website.

When patients sign up, they are asked to complete a detailed questionnaire about their medical histories. The medical staff reviews the answers and prescribes the most suitable birth control pill for the patient, Sodhia said.

Jacquelyn Lee, an accountant at InSource Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory, joined The Pill Club when the company launched and The Pill Club, a subscription service that prescribes and delivers birth control to women at a very low cost, added Illinois to has been a fan ever since. Living its list of states to service April 5. in San Francisco, Lee said it was » KENDRAH VILLIESSE started the organization after of our mission to improve access. difficult for her to get to the pharONLINE CONTENT PRODUCER noticing the barriers women faced Although we are a business, we macy without having to worry trying to secure birth control. want to make sure there is no about business hours and relying The Pill Club distributes the challenge to getting birth control.” on public transportation or Uber.

WITH FINAL EXAMS around the corner, students cram their minds birth control care packages to 46 The boxes not only include birth “I was excited that I could get my with vocabulary and equations, states and has medical staff pre- control pills but also chocolates, pills delivered and not worry about but female students might neglect scribing birth control in 15 states. condoms, stickers and a lifestyle making a trip out to the pharmacy something else: ordering and pick- Illinois was its most recent addi- product such as tampons or in the middle of the city,” Lee said. tion, beginning April 5, according makeup. The Pill Club accepts ing up birth control pills.

Although Lee noted her love of Nick Chang founded The Pill to Manbir Sodhia, head of Digital insurance from multiple compa- the goodies added to the box each Club, a monthly subscription ser- Strategy at The Pill Club. nies, allowing nearly every patient month, she said the best part of “There is all of that hassle, then to subscription free or at a low cost, The Pill Club is how responsive vice that links women to medical practitioners and delivers birth you have to repeat that every according to Sodhia. the nurse practitioners are. control care packages all over month, going back to the pharPatients without insurance “Being able to text them, because the country, in May 2016. Chang macy,” Sodhia said. “It is a part can purchase birth control at a I do everything on my phone, it is

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AFTER A THREE-YEAR absence from Chicago, the international fundraising campaign Dining Out For Life will hit bars and bistros again to raise funds in support of HIV and AIDS prevention.

The April 26 event partners with the Test Positive Aware Network, a Chicago-based nonprofit that spreads awareness and provides treatment and prevention services for HIV, AIDS and associated diseases, to raise funds with revenue-sharing from 75 participating Chicago restaurants.

“Dining Out For Life is a natural fit for what restaurants and chefs across Chicago do pretty much on a daily basis,” said Derrek Hull, a member of the Dining Out For Life planning committee.

Ramesh Ariyanayakam, owner of multiple participating restaurants including Kit Kat Lounge And Supper Club, 3700 N. Halsted

Significant progress has been made in HIV prevention since the 1980s, but Berry said there is still a large issue to be tackled.

“The problem for a lot of people [is] they don’t even have access to medications or they don’t have insurance, more in the rural states and the South especially where you see high rates of the epidemic.

They sometimes have to drive two hours to get to a doctor that will see them.” Berry added.

While HIV diagnoses continue to decline, approximately 15 percent of estimated carriers have not received a diagnosis and are unaware of their infection.Young people are the most likely to go undiagnosed, with an estimated 44 percent of HIV positive peoAt Heaven on Seven, 111 N. Wabash Ave., a portion of every meal’s cost will be donated during Dining Out For Life April 26 to TPAN in the hopes of preventing HIV. ple aged 13–24 unaware they are living with HIV, according to St., said he has been participating help, especially with TPAN,” the CDC. in Dining Out For Life for a long Ariyanayakam said.

“If there are issues around hometime and tries to keep money flowAccording to the U.S. Center for lessness or financial instability, or ing within the community.

Disease Control and Prevention, general mental health issues, peo“It’s very important for restau- there are more than 1.1 million ple aren’t going to take their medrants that are gay-owned to give Americans who are HIV posi- ication every day necessarily as back to the community and all tive, but annual infections have prescribed unless they have those the different organizations that declined 18 percent since 2008. issues addressed first,” Berry said.

“It’s not only access, it’s also providing the support services around that to make sure people remain adherent to their medication.”

Berry said the funds raised by Dining Out For Life will go to the TPAN programs such as the syringe exchange, which provides clean and sterile needles to prevent the spread of HIV. “[It’s] largely unfunded, but we do it anyway because we know it provides a service to our clients that they otherwise wouldn’t have access to,” Berry said.

According to its website, Dining Out For Life raises more than $4 million annually, and the money stays local.

“What’s great about the restaurant community, not just in Chicago, but around the country, [is that] they are the cornerstone of communities,” Hull said. “[They’re] not just great places to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, they’re also the first to roll up their chef coat sleeves and give back in tremendous and meaningful ways.” mdarbyshire@columbiachronicle.com

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1. Junior theatre majors Lucy Brooks, left, and Tracie Kunzika, labeling themselves as the city’s first feminist rap duo, performed three original songs examining sexuality and gender norms.

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2. Austin Wolfe Music delivered pop and electronic songs to the audience before the release of its upcoming EP. 3. Audience members cheered on the students competing for the title of Biggest Mouth winner 2018.

4. Vrede’s performance of two energetic and soulful songs left the crowd stunned by the group’s vocal range, which earned it second place in the competition.

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5. After Charlie Curtis-Beard and the Weird Kids gave a compelling show, the crowd was left chanting “Charlie!”

6. Golden Sol commanded the stage as the group confidently closed the show.

7. Charlie Curtis-Beard and the Weird Kids took first place, which won them the opening spot for Manifest headliner May 11.

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THE CHRONICLE: How and when did you get interested in jazz?

NIIA: Growing up in a house where my mother was a musician, it stems from that.

I remember when I started singing, a lot of the vocal musical theater stuff, or even the pop stuff, the girls’ voice[s] were higher than mine.

She gave me a Sarah Vaughan record to listen to, and Sarah Vaughan has that low, beautiful voice, and I just fell in love with how different and authentic all the different

female jazz singers were. They were all singing the same jazz standards but were doing it in their own way, from Sarah Vaughan to Ella Fitzgerald. They all had such distinctive voices, so I gravitated toward that.

How does jazz influence your music?

I don’t want to make music that is retro or throwback, I want to make something new but still pull from genres that I’m inspired by.

I’m in my late 20s in 2018; I didn’t grow up in the ‘40s, so it’s like, “How do you flip it?”

That’s what’s exciting, and I believe as a musician it’s your responsibility to come up with new ways to pull from genres.

What did you learn from your collaboration with Wyclef Jean?

Back when I was living in New York [City] going to school for voice, I was moonlighting as a jingle singer, singing about Singer-songwriter NIIA performed her soulful, jazz-inspired music at pasta sauce and Subway Schubas Tavern, 3159 N. Southport Ave., April 20.

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“‘Colors’ by St. Beauty”

Bichoy Boutros freshman fashion studies major “‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams”

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What advice would you give to aspiring young artists?

For the longest time, I was just figuring out if I wanted to write my own music.

You have to figure out what you want first, and once you figure that out, you make goals to get there.

For me it was, “OK, I want to try and write my own music.” It’s just sticking with it. It’s consistency and a work ethic.

You have to find that balance where you’re still feeding that creative side and also have a business hat to make sure you’re not compromising too much.

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sandwiches to make money. And it was one this random chick in my studio?” My session of those right place, right time stories where got cancelled and long story short, I sang for I was in his studio and he was like, “Who is him. He was like, “You’re incredible,” and I ended up re-singing a sample on one of his songs that ended up being a big, big song.

I got to follow him around on one of [his] huge international tours. What was great about that was I didn’t get into music to be a performer...the whole show side of it still intimidates me a bit ... but Wyclef can take a crowd and flip an audience. It was [also] my first time understanding how the music industry is. I got to experience all the stress and how high stakes it is without it being all on me. » COURTESY CHELSI ZOLLNER

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ince earning the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 2005 national jazz voice title at 17 years old, NIIA’s career and musical recognition has flourished. The singer-songwriter was featured on R&B artist Wyclef Jean’s 2007 song “Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill),” and about a decade later, released her debut album I, which came in at No. 6 on The New York Time’s 2017’s Best Albums list.

NIIA performed at Schubas Tavern, 3159 N. Southport Ave., April 20.

The Chronicle spoke to NIIA about her greatest influences, unique style and collaborations with Wyclef Jean.

NIIA finding ‘new ways’ to pull from old genres

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Book Review: ‘On The Road’ explores freedom » TESSA BRUBAKER CAMPUS REPORTER

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ver have the spontaneous desire to take a cross-country road trip with your friends? Well, the thought has been lingering in my head since reading Jack Kerouac’s 1957 classic novel “On The Road.”

“Dazzling” pretty much sums up this entire book.

The story is based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends as they go on a series of road trips across the country between 1948–1950.

The characters in the novel are incredible and beautiful, so much so that The New York Times called Dean Moriarty, based on one of Kerouac’s friends, “one of the greatest characters in American literature.”

The novel’s free-flowing quality makes sense considering Kerouac wrote the first draft in three weeks, writing without paragraphs or chapters on a continuous roll of tracing paper he put together himself. With more than 10 novels to Kerouac’s name, “On the Road” is considered his best and most famous work.

One of my favorite quotes sums up the book’s theme: “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”

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“Regional Holiday Music” ( S3E10):

“Rixty Minutes” (S1E8):

This relentless parody of “Glee” is my goto episode of “Community” for new viewers. It showcases witty, fast-paced writing, and the musical numbers are some of the best I’ve seen in a one-off musical episode of a TV show. The theme—that we shouldn’t be afraid of being enthusiastic—is also a favorite of mine.

In this episode, Rick shows the family a version of TV from other dimensions.

Rick flips through out-of-this-world channels of house hunting, improvisation movie trailers and Jerry as a famous movie actor.

The proletariat is doing despicable labor outside of your apartment:

“Remedial Chaos Theory” (S3E4): This episode is a classic. The introduction of the “multiple timelines” plot is crucial, and it’s done so well it hurts. It’s a brilliant example of character-driven writing and presents an amazing opportunity for the show to explore different dynamics and relationships.

“A Fistful of Paintballs” (S2E23: This wouldn’t be a complete list without including a paintball episode. This is easily my favorite. The way it shifts from a wild west theme to a “Star Wars” parody is masterful.

“Advanced Dungeons and Dragons” (S2E14): This episode demonstrates how the show finds new, exciting approaches to character interactions, even if they’re just sitting around a table in the study room, a feat I have never seen another TV show achieve. I always cry when I watch it.

“Pillows and Blankets” (S3E14): No other show could parody a Ken Burns documentary and get away with it. Not only does “Community” nail the parody— down to poorly-taken sepia photographs and dramatic readings of text messages— but it does it well, without ever losing the integrity of the episode.

“Pickle Rick” (S3E3): This episode is absolutely genius and became an instant meme. Rick turns himself into a pickle to get out of going to family therapy, then finds himself rolling down a drain. “Pickle Rick” is full of action, recycling shaming and parkour while telling the audience how to live a better life.

“Morty’s Mind Blowers” (S3E8): This is a great episode because there are countless mini adventures that blow Morty’s mind. Rick collects these traumatizing memories from Morty but doesn’t hesitate to make him relive them.

“Meeseeks and Destroy” (S1E5): This episode gives you every reason to hate Jerry. The family goes to Rick for help solving problems, which usually turns into chaos. In a request to Mr. Meeseeks to help Jerry take two strokes off his golf swing, Jerry proves he’s an idiot.

“The Ricks Must be Crazy” (S2E6): When the engine fails to start, Rick investigates, putting on fake alien antennae, and goes into the micro universe he created to power his ship. Mocking the citizens of his made-up universe, he learns he’s not the only smart guy around.

While Summer is locked inside the ship, she is mortified by the measures it takes to keep her safe.

You wake early just so you can enjoy the gentle pleasure of sleeping in. But then the banging comes; the metallic screeching and wooden whining, flying deep into the base of your eardrum, and ripping you from your dreams.

You have no self worth, but can’t bear to disappoint others: Whether it be your parents who can’t wait to see you graduate, or your co-workers who need your skills, or just the sheer weight of your body to keep the work afloat, we all have our obligations to others. These obligations, to those who find it hard to close the distance between the bed and the shower, are so crushing that you couldn’t bare to flunk on them.

You have to poop: You reminisce of the pleasure pooping can bring while you pray to some kind of fecal figure in the dimly lit sky, that it doesn’t burn because you reasonably ate that spicy burrito at 3a.m.

You had the same stress dream for the seventh time: Maybe its the image of your teeth, like spare change in your skull, that once again sends your heart aflutter. This time, it felt even more real, so you charge out of bed in some hilarious attempt to correct years of neglected dental hygiene and floss twice.

Your ducks are in a row: Well hot dog! Haley’s comet just fell, all of your assignments are on time and your work flow is flowing. Good for you, tiger.

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The queen of rap is back. Nicki Minaj has finally returned with the April 12 release of the long-overdue song “Chun-Li.” This is her first solo release since her album The Pinkprint in December 2014, and it did not disappoint. The song reminds listeners that Nicki Minaj is still the queen of rap and she won’t let anyone take her throne. The song refers to the popular video game “Street Fighter” while also paying homage to her New York roots.

Vince Staples chatted with Complex personality Nadeska April 15 after smashing his set on Coachella’s main stage. Vince, though rushed, spoke on his “If I die, I die” mentality and about singer R Kelly’s pedophilic history and Atlanta sex cult, which was revealed last year by Columbia’s own Jim DeRogatis. We all just hope that Vince’s security can keep Kelly’s goons off his back in the future after speaking up on the topic.

For the first time in nine years, the Smithsonian National Zoo welcomed a new addition to its gorilla family. Moke, born April 15 to 15-year-old mother Calaya, is a male Western Lowland gorilla. This birth is definitely something to celebrate considering gorillas are endangered. The zoo is giving space to Calaya and her newborn to allow her to bond and naturally take care of Moke. I hope Moke has a long and happy life.

I am forever grateful yet resentful of liquid DayQuil. How can a substance so gross and neon orange provide sweet relief from the constant sore throat, body aches and chills the stress of the end of the semester has brought me? But the relief only lasts 4–6 hours, and then I’m back to where I started. Also, I have to show my ID to make the purchase, which is an added annoyance in my journey to feeling better.

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It is not uncommon for me to enjoy a song by 5 Seconds of Summer, and “Youngblood” was no exception. As part of its upcoming album, the track started out with a lot of promise. On one hand, it fizzled out as it progressed and ended abruptly. On the other, the beat was catchy and uptempo. “Youngblood” is worth listening to even though it is not one of the group’s greatest hits. The song has its moments but not enough for me to hit the repeat button.

“Saturday Night Live’s” April 14 “Lobster Diner” sketch is the best thing I’ve seen the show do in years. It was equal parts absurd and relatable, honing in on specific enough instances that people laughed at the premise, then laughed again at how earnestly it was being addressed. The “Les Miserables” homage was completely unexpected but so delightful. I’ll never forget the noise I made when Keenan Thompson as Lobster Valjean was wheeled onstage in his giant tank.

New Yorkers experienced a rougher commute April 16 than their usual one. The rain caused the city’s subways to flood, making travel more strenuous. People walking up the steps from the platform looked like they were walking upstream rather than trying to get to work. NYC’s official subway system tweeted that emergency maintenance teams and customer service staff were being made available around the city where needed. Only in New York, am I right?

I’d like to file a formal complaint against Harry Styles for the emotional turmoil he’s put me in with his recent tweets and Instagram posts. For every show of his worldwide tour, Harry has posted a behind-the-scenes or stage photo. They range from black-and-white photos of him applying cologne in the bathroom to stage photos of him spitting water into the air. I’ve already changed my phone background three times and would like to be compensated for the trouble.

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Chicago needs a major detox

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hicago’s lead contamination isn’t a dirty little secret.

As reported on Page 26, city officials have put residents at risk of dangerous exposure to lead, highlighted by an April 11 Chicago Tribune article revealing that, of 2,797 homes tested in a two-year span, nearly 70 percent had lead in the water.

The contamination was found throughout the city with a fair distribution between North and South side households having high lead levels, so this problem affects all Chicagoans.

The toxic water quality in Flint, Michigan, which caught the nation’s attention in 2015, forced the country to question its water safety. But the problem existed in Chicago before media coverage raised these questions.

For years, the city has sent out construction crews to replace aging water mains that deliver water into individual homes.

This project began long before Mayor Rahm Emanuel was elected, but under his administration, the city has accelerated the

the city in February 2016 that was dismissed this month, this issue puts too many Chicagoans’ health at risk to replacement of the underground be bound by ordinances that make homeowners responpipe network built more sible for replacements. than a century ago The crisis in Flint, which at quick pace with E L NIC RO has yet to be resolved, costly construcH C A D/ tion plan passed should have been a NR O AC in December 2011. catalyst for Chicago NT H A AM »S For many, the to consider how its primary concern at the time the city actions have put resiannounced the plan was an increase dents at risk. Instead, in water and sewer fees to compensate Chicago could be en route for the construction expenses, but for a long-term water crisis just like Flint. risking public health proved to be But residents can fight to prevent this another consequence of the project. fate. As the 2019 mayoral election nears, Water main replacement released lead residents must pressure candidates to in homeowners’ pipes which leached make this issue a major part of their caminto their drinking water. Chicagoans in paigns if they want to be elected. Residents affected homes must pay thousands of cannot avoid this issue when every side of dollars to replace the pipes—an expense the city is under a public health threat, and they cannot neglect because of the present everyone must band together to demand danger it poses. For those in low-income officials take responsibility for the problem. areas, the expense is especially dire.

Lead-contaminated water is a With nearly 80 percent of Chicago’s public health issue, and there are two service lines made of lead, according steps residents can take to ensure it is to a class action lawsuit filed against treated as such: education and action.

Syrians need help, but not like that

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In response to another alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, the U.S. led airstrikes April 14 with the support of the U.K. and France. The missiles targeted three facilities

associated with the creation of the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons program.

Despite warnings from the likes of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis who was concerned that a missile strike could provoke Bashar al-Assad’s allies in Russia and Iran, the airstrikes were launched without the requisite congressional approval.

The airstrikes this month seem eerily familiar to those ordered by President Donald Trump almost exactly a year ago April 7. Despite the president boasting in April 2017 that such actions would prevent the Assad regime from committing another chemical weapons attack, we find ourselves in the same situation yet again.

The Syrian civil war has continued to rage, and the Assad regime has not lost its resolve in the conflict. Airstrikes are not the way to end Syrian people’s suffering.

The missile strikes have proven ineffective in thwarting chemical weapon attacks, but these actions are

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a symbol of continuing U.S. reign over foreign nations and stoking conflict..

Ultimately, the airstrikes failing to prevent further casualties at the hands of the Assad regime has encouraged the same form of U.S. intervention. Rather than looking for other solutions or putting more effort into humanitarian aid, the U.S. government continues unproductive missile campaigns under the guise of compassion for Syrians. But it continues to thrust its weight as a military powerhouse and guarantee it can flaunt its weaponry yet again when the next atrocity occurs, without actually addressing the problem.

Although Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, announced April 17 Trump was pushing for U.S. troops to withdraw from Syria during a classified session, $15.3 billion in the Department of Defense’s 2019 fiscal year budget has been allocated for U.S. operations in the country.

This exceeds allocations of recent years.

The U.S. is prepared to be involved in Syria more than ever before, and as these airstrikes have shown, such

EDITORIAL The city must make resources for water safety widely available and as visible as any other public health campaign in order for residents to reduce their amount of exposure to the toxic substance. From billboards to train advertisements to pamphlets sent to residents’ homes, Chicagoans should know how to take as many possible precautions.

But such safety precautions are only short-term solutions to a dangerous problem. It should not be residents’ responsibility to adapt to the city’s mismanagement of a vital resource and to front the cost of remedying the effects of it.

Residents should demand city officials work with property owners to create a program overhauling the hundreds of miles of lead service lines feeding the contaminated water into buildings. This will not only alleviate property owners from taking on the staggering cost of replacing and maintaining these pipes, but it will also send a message to the city that residents will not tolerate a basic necessity such as water being corrupted.

Chicago has turned toxic, but residents can unite for a healthy city. involvement will be sold to the public as humanitarian efforts.

But military action is not humanitarian. Bombings will only deepen tensions—which have already been evident after Iran and Russia condemned the April 14 airstrikes—and give the U.S. government a reason to deprive federal agencies of funding that can help disenfranchised Americans so it can needlessly funnel money into an already gargantuan military budget.

If the U.S. government truly wanted to support those victimized by the Assad regime, and if the president believed “this is about humanity,” as he said April 10, then why were only 11 Syrian refugees accepted into the country this year?

The U.S. continues to demonize and reject the very population it has claimed to fight for with these airstrikes and has denied them the possibility of escaping the war with a xenophobic immigration policy.

We must fight for Syrians, but we should choose to arm ourselves with empathy, aid and welcoming policy—not missiles.

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Bully Hunters: a 12-year-old’s idea of a solution » MAYAN DARBYSHIRE ARTS & CULTURE REPORTER

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he online Counter Strike: Global Offensive gaming group, Bully Hunters, claimed to have the perfect solution to harassment of female gamers. Women who felt cornered could contact Bully Hunters during the game, which would send someone to join in and hunt the offender down, stopping the bully with their “unmatched skill.”

It boasted a “vigilante hit squad of elite female gamers.” But after an April 12 livestream demonstration,

ideological failure as well. The group substituted basic knowledge about handling uncivil online discourse for the kind of edgy panache ripped straight from the minds of a marketing agency or a 13-year-old’s Halo 3 clan.

Women are viewed as a novelty in the game world just as Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are in hip-hop, and the Bully Hunters actually did far more harm than good by gendering their harassment initiative. Calling in reinforcements— even female ones—treats women in games like school children—the most common semantic signifier of the word bully—and makes them into the “other.”

This type of exclusion didn’t need more fuel as the “gamer-girl” image and unique levels of gatekeeping, especially for attractive women, are still in the fringes of the gaming lexicon. Although, it is important to remember the exploitation of these images is key to the problem as well.

Harassment and bullying are hot button issues, with specific significance after #Gamergate. Liana Kerzner, a writer and games journalist who commented on Bully Hunters in an April 16 video, stressed that bullying is “about intent, and intent is very difficult to discern over the internet,” and she’s right.

The kind of discourse game players engage in is comparable to that of sports. Intimidation and trash talk are acceptable during the heat of competition, as Kerzner points out. Bully

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Bully Hunters was not just an exercise in pragmatic failure but ideological failure as well.

Hunters drift in a similar context. It hunts, and as such, it has prey.

We all would hope for a less aggressive and exclusive community, but there is a tendency to assign ill intent.

Although Bully Hunters said it would not incite harassment or abuse and only engage people in the game, it instituted a kind of vigilante justice. For this to succeed, the bully must learn to see the bullied individual as a threat, something Bully Hunters failed to do with its laughably overheated rhetoric.

Online harassment is a serious problem, and there is no doubt women gamers are subject to violent and gendered comments at a higher rate than men.

However, a group like Bully Hunters, a marketed, pandered and over-designed organization with an ineffectual solution, is not what anyone, even those who are harassed, would ever need.

COMMENTARY: If media outlets spent less time on high school and middle school sports and more time on professional female athletes, women in sports would have a larger fanbase, says Blaise Mesa.

COMMENTARY: If media outlets spent less time on high school and middle school sports and more time on professional female athletes, women in sports would have a larger fanbase, says Blaise Mesa.

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Bully Hunters was no more. Within 72 hours, the website was taken offline, and its videos were taken down.

The internet was not kind to Bully Hunters, nor should it have been. Prominent online creators like PewDiePie lampooned the demonstration, and the games media was quick to point out the use of pre-recorded, staged demonstration footage and false mental health statistics while Bully Hunters’ corporate sponsor, Steelseries, was widely criticized for its involvement.

Brandon Cooke, global chief communications officer for FCB Chicago, the marketing group that created Bully Hunters, told Polygon in an April 16 article that Bully Hunters failed to live up to FCB’s high standards, adding it“hopes the conversation it has raised around ending harassment in gaming continues.”

And it did—just not how he intended.

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Lawsuit, rally draws attention to Cook County bail reform

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DESPITE ATTEMPTS AT criminal justice reform, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is abusing his authority to become “judge and jury” for criminally charged individuals seeking bond in Cook County Jail, said activist Irene Romulo.

Romulo, advocacy director for Chicago Community Bond Fund, protested with a few dozen others at the Dirksen Federal Building, 219 S. Dearborn St., April 19 to support a class-action lawsuit against Dart for denying release to a defendant awaiting trial, for whom bail had already been posted.

The rally directed attention to its Facebook event page, which accused Dart of undermining the presumption of innocence by failing to release defendants on bail or electronic monitoring. The protest

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grandmother’s house and couldn’t even step on the porch. It still felt like I was in jail.”

Romulo said the Chicago Community Bond Fund has obtained information with Freedom of Information Act requests revealing at least 55 people have been denied release by Dart based on his review process.

In response to the rally and lawsuit, Cara on April 19 preceded a court hearing for the matter the danger, you can roam free before Smith, chief policy officer for the Sheriff’s lawsuit, filed in February on behalf of people your trial. If you don’t have cash, no mat- office, said Dart has been at the forefront of detained under Dart’s newly announced ter how harmless you are, you stay behind criminal justice reform. “review” policy for defendants already bars. What that system gave us was both “Sheriff Dart was the first law enforcement cleared for release by Cook County bond an overcrowded jail and streets filled with official in the nation to call for an end to court judges, according to the suit. blood and spent shell casings.” cash bail,” Smith said in an April 19 email “Individuals in this country facing crimiGarber filed the lawsuit after Chicago statement. “His leadership on these critical nal charges are presumed innocent,” Sarah resident Taphia Williams was detained in issues has included his pledge to ensure that Garber, the attorney who filed the lawsuit, jail for more than 60 hours even after the reform does not compromise public safety. told the rally. “Making assumptions about Chicago Community Bond Fund had posted We will continue to push reform within someone’s level of dangerousness based her bail so she could go free on electronic our criminal justice system and will do on the nature of the charges they face, the monitoring while her case was pending. so responsibly and consistent with our neighborhood they come from, or their Devoureaux Wolf, an advocate with the commitment to public safety.” history of arrests in a city that has been Chicago Community Bond Fund, also faced In addition to the unfair electronic plagued for decades by racist and corrupt challenges with Dart’s review process. Wolf monitoring practices, Romulo said the policing ... is a disturbing abuse of [Dart’s] said he was on electronic monitoring for cash bond system should be eliminated, power as sheriff.” three months while living with his grand- citing the lack of evidence supporting Dart has built his reputation on jail mother awaiting trial. He was told he could cash bonds as increasing the likelihood reform, even writing in a commentary not be more than 100 feet from the home that defendants will return to court. for the Chicago Tribune March 16: “Our at risk of being sent back to jail, he added.

Rather, the city should use supportsystem has always put a price on freedom.

“People on electronic monitoring are really ive services to invest in communities, If you have enough money to pay bail, no not free,” Wolf said. “I was trapped in my Romulo said.

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(Left) Irene Romulo, advocacy director for the Chicago Community Bond Fund, helped organize the April 19 rally and lead protesters into the Dirksen Federal Building, 219 S. Dearborn St., to bring a lawsuit against Sheriff Tom Dart.

Will Tansman, president of The People’s Lobby, started the April 19 rally by chanting, “Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Sheriff Dart has got to go.”

Joe Padilla, a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, joined The People’s Lobby in protest of Cook County’s cash bail system.

Devoureaux Wolf, an activist for the Chicago Community Bond Fund, told the crowd those kept on electronic monitoring are not actually free.

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» ERIC BRADACH & SAVANNAH EADENS MANAGING EDITOR & METRO REPORTER A FINDING OF high levels of lead in Chicago tap water, reported in an investigative study by the Chicago Tribune on April 13, has alarmed residents and led city officials to propose solutions to what is emerging as a serious and costly public health problem.

Of nearly 3,000 homes tested by the city during the last two years, nearly 70 percent were found to have lead in their water. Thirty percent of tap water sampled had lead concentrations above 5 parts per billion, the maximum allowed in bottled water by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

An aggressive campaign by Chicago to replace water mains, beginning in 2010 dislodged lead in homeowners’ pipes, resulting in contaminated water. Lead pipes

were banned by Congress in new construction in 1986 but were required by the city of Chicago up until that time, according to the Chicago Tribune.

At City Council’s April 18 meeting, several aldermen introduced a resolution to hold hearings on violations of the Safe Water Drinking Act, the Clean Water Act and protocols for lead testing, to be overseen by the Rules and Ethics Committee, according to Chicago City Clerk records.

“We want to make sure this issue is not kept on the back burner,” said Liliana Escarpita, director of Communications and Policy for Ald. George Cardenas (12th Ward), chairman of City Council’s Health and Environmental Protection Committee. “We want to make sure we don’t have a Flint, Michigan, situation on our hands.

We want to get as much data as we can.”

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associated with poor achievement on standardized reading and math tests. Preventing lead exposure is critical to improving school performance, according to a April 2015 Environmental Health Journal report.

Lead exposure in young children can disrupt brain development and negatively affect behavior and attention spans, said Helen Binns, a pediatrics professor

at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Even small amounts of lead exposure can increase an individual’s blood pressure, which could damage cardiovascular health. Lead is especially harmful for pregnant women, Binns added.

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However, while the Tribune tested Chicago’s tap water to check compliance with FDA standards for bottled water of 5 parts of lead per billion, the city is held to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lead and copper rule, which is 15 ppb, according to the EPA website.

Chicago also releases annual water quality reports, available on the city’s website.

“Chicago’s water consistently meets and exceeds the U.S. EPA’s standards for clea n, high-qua lity drinking water,” Megan Vidis, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Department of Water Management, said in an April 19 email statement. “The Department of Water Management proactively uses corrosion control measures to ensure that it stays that way.”

Any Chicago resident concerned about lead levels can call 311 to have their water tested, Vidis said.

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Introduced Feb. 16 by state Sen. Heather Steans, D-Chicago, Senate Bill 3249 would change Illinois’ public school curriculum by introducing an LGBT history class in elementary and high school classrooms. The classes would teach historical contributions of LGBT people in the U.S. and Illinois and require textbooks that accurately portray diversity in society, according to state legislature records.

The bill passed the Education Committee March 13, 9-2 with two not voting. The curriculum would be monitored by school district

superintendents, according to state legislature records.

“It’s an important piece of legislation [because] the history of the LGBT population in America has never been represented well in the education system,” said Albert Williams, associate professor in the Theatre Department and 2003 inductee into the then Lesbian and Gay Hall of Fame.

The legislation could help promote LGBT studies as an academic field of study and increase representation of historical LGBT figures, Williams said.

“The situation, condition and existence of LGBTQ people throughout world history has been stigmatized,” Williams said. “That stigmatization re-enforces negative self-images and self-understandings.”

Joyce Guo, executive director of Queer &, a student organization

focused on racial and cultural intersections within queer communities, and sophomore English and creative writing major, took the “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender History in the U.S.” course two semesters ago. She was told the class was informative and wanted to learn more about the community’s history, Guo said.

“Growing up as a minority trying to exist in so many minority spaces, I’ve gotten used to learning my own history,” Guo said.

While Guo considered the class a positive experience, she would have liked the class to cover a

wider range of topics. Guo said she is worried that classes may cover a limited range of topics if the bill was passed.

Although many have applauded state legislators for sponsoring the legislation, others are skeptical. Laurie Higgins, cultural issues writer for the Illinois Family Institute—a conservative nonprofit that advocates for Christian beliefs—called the bill “deeply problematic.”

If approved, Higgins said she would be worried the curriculum would not have “dissenting information” on the topic, which

may not foster a proper classroom environment and only teach LGBT history from one perspective.

By teaching these courses, public schools are taking a stance on the morality of the LGBT community, Higgins said, which is “not the right of the government.”

Williams supports the bill but acknowledged implementing the curriculum in elementary school classrooms may be challenging.

Williams compared teaching LGBT history to younger students to lectures on racism.

“Do you teach them that racism is bad but not explore the reasons for racism, because they are not ready to deal with that yet?”

Williams said. “You are raising issues they may not have [been] brought up to them yet.”

The courses would be new to Illinois if passed, but similar curriculum have been taught to students in California since the 2016–2017 school year. “[Minorities] want to see themselves in history,” Guo said. “Just like they [want to] see themselves on TV or movies.” bmesa@columbiachronicle.com

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Awakening, 4001 N. Ravenswood Ave., opened eight years ago and showcases 10–30 works of art at one time. Along with providing an emotional escape for sexual assault survivors, the gallery partners with crisis centers and publishes a literary magazine.

Kinter spoke with The Chronicle Laura Kinter helps Awakening in any way about life at Awakening, and the she can, while focusing on marketing, role the gallery plays in recovery development and event planning. from sexual assault. those who were affected by sexual violence to submit art. We encourTHE CHRONICLE: Who can age people who have not experisubmit art to the gallery? enced this to attend a concert or LAURA KINTER: We encourage reading so they can see the art and survivors of sexual violence and hear these survivor’s stories.

If someone wants to purchase something, we put them in contact with the artist. But selling art is not the main point of Awakening.

What are some of your responsibilities at Awakening?

I oversee a bit of everything, mainly event planning, marketing and developing. It takes a village to put things on.

We rely on our board members to help coordinate everything along with volunteers. The need, audience and survivors are out there. It is important to be professional and have programming for everyone.

Why is it important to showcase this artwork?

It is easy to write a post, a hashtag or share an article and feel these issues are getting more attention.

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Every piece of art is accompanied by a statement from the survivor on how that piece helps them overcome trauma. Our space is more than just an art gallery—it is a community for survivors to come and find others who share similar experiences. Awakening is also a place to come be inspired by art if the survivors have never tried making art before. If we just had this gallery and the events for the survivors, we would only be doing half our job. People have to see the art and listen to the stories.

When people come to see the art, hear the concerts and read the literary magazine, that makes the

artist feel supported, believed in and heard, when they are used to a world that does not want to listen to what happened to them.

What would you like to see Awakening do in the future?

I would love to see us grow in every way possible, whether that be funding so we may sustain and grow programing and offer more events and resources to survivors or grow our pool of volunteers and board members.

I would love to do more preventative work in the future. I would love to work with children more and go into schools. I consider the people we’ve helped anyone that comes in through our doors, which might be too many to count. It feels wonderful to help these artists convey their messages to as many people as I can.

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