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Arena event promotes sustainability intiatives By EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM Staff Writer

Saturday night’s game against George Washington University not only marked the Billikens men’s basketball team’s 19th consecutive win, but was also named SLU’s first ever “Green Game.” Global Spectrum, the operators of Chaifetz Arena, Sodexo, the concessionaries for the arena, and SLU are all participating in the Recycling Refresh project at Chaifetz. Through this project, SLU is hoping to reach their goal of a 30 percent diversion rate, meaning that 30 percent of SLU’s waste will be diverted from landfills. According to Sustainability Coordinator in the office of Facilities Services Amy Hargis, Chaifetz is a big waste production site. Hargis stated that in the past, patrons had not been able to recycle at Chaifetz and that all of the trash would go to landfills. She said that the goal of the Green Game

was really to point out that it bassadors… We were asked is now possible to recycle at on several occasions about the arena. the green shirts and fans Some of the Green Game were actively separating out activities included a “Green their recyclables from nonGame Party Zone” where recyclables,” said Hargis. local businesses could Both individual volunshowcase their products. teers and student groups Fans could comprised visit vendor the Green tables like AmbassaWe will strive Schlafly Beer dors and learn Accordto continue the about the ing to Har[Green Game] companies gis, some tradition on an that are susof these annual basis tainable in differences making their between re-Brandon Verhoff, products and cyling and Director of Sustainability resources. throwing Once the things away game began, are the afthere were “Green Ambasfordability of recycling, the sadors” wearing green tcreation of more jobs that shirts scattered throughout in turn boost the economy the arena in order to inform and the reduction of landfill guests about the Recycling sizes which helps the enviRefresh project. Their job ronment. was to point out the available Another purpose of the recycling bins and they also Green Game was to inform collected recycling during students and patrons about halftime and TV timeouts. SLU’s participation in Recy“I felt patrons were enclemania. Recyclemania is gaging with the Green Aman intercollegiate competi-

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tion that takes place for eight weeks each spring around the United States and Canada. During the competition, the schools report the amount of recycling and trash they have collected each week. The schools are then ranked in various categories, such as which school had the highest poundage of recycled materials and the highest diversion rate. SLU collected over 200,000 pounds of recycling and trash in last year’s competition. “There will be more Green Games with recycling collection,” said Brandon Verhoff, the director of Sustainability and Benchmarking. “We will strive to continue the tradition on an annual basis in conjunction with the annual Recyclemania competition and greening the game category within Recyclemania.” Verhoff hopes that they will be able to continually spread awareness about the Recycling Refresh project, even after Recyclemania is over.

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said. Elizabeth Blake, a professor of Modern and Classical Languages, discussed the unusual placement of the As the end of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, an area Winter Olympics drew near, rife with conflict. She pointprofessors and students ed first to Sochi’s bloody gathered in the Center for past, when Russia conquered Global Citizenship for a disthe area in the mid-19th cencussion about various astury and expelled the Circaspects of the games. Entitled sians living there at the time. “The Sochi Olympics: PromShe also noted the 2008 Rusise and Perils,” the Feb. 21 sia-Georgia conflict, stating roundtable consisted of multhat Putin has presented the tiple professors presenting Olympics as an opportunity different perspectives on the “to bridge the diplomatic digames, from the interculvide resulting from [Russia’s] tural promise shown in the 2008 invasion.” Olympics to their inherently She then political naturned to the ture. extreme level T h e Everyone of security roundtable enforcement opened with speaks the same present at a talk given language: it is the the games, by Michal language of the inspired by Rozbicki, a concerns game. professor in surroundthe Center - Michal Rozbicki, ing attacks for Interculby Chechen Professor tural Studies rebels and and History Islamist in which he terrorist aimed to groups. According to Blake, connect the Olympics with 70,000 security forces were interculturality. He argued in place at Sochi and police that the games provide a rare and security personnel conopportunity for global comstantly searched public spacmunication in the form of es for Islamist militants. She sport. cited U.S. figure skater Ash“Once we realize that we ley Wagner, who claimed are not tourists in a foreign that living in Sochi was like land but also foreigners in living in “a tight bubble in someone’s homeland…[it] complete isolation from the opens a door to understandoutside world.” ing other people,” he said. Yelena Belyaeva-Standen, “Everyone speaks the same another professor in the language: it is the language Modern and Classical Lanof the game.” guages department, comThough he admitted that mented on the living condithe Olympics are necessarily tions of the average citizen of a form of conflict, he stated Sochi. She stated that many it was a conflict of agreement of the residents of Sochi trawhich expressed a symbolic ditionally rent out global interaction. “It’s a vision of the world that is capable of successfully promoting and advancing See “Sochi” on Page 3 the intercultural,” Rozbicki By WOLF HOWARD News Editor

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Business and Finance spoke with the different campus’ current administrators, student leaders and dining staff to gage the levels of satisfaction that each location has with their foodservice providers. “Overall, the campus visits were

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A 12-year partnership between Chartwells foodservice and Saint Louis University will come to an end this June, as SLU looks towards Aramark or Sodexo to satisfy their future culinary needs. The two remaining companies elbowed out Chartwells and

Bon Appétit for the position and just underwent site reviews by SLU’s Food Request for Proposal Evaluation Committee. Site visits included inspection of both local and non-local campuses that are currently being managed by the prospective vendors. Representatives from various stakeholder groups, including Student Development, Housing and Residence Life, SGA and

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The 2014 SGA election season was a quiet one. The Connect ticket, led by President-elect Ann Knezetic, swept the vote as the only ticket to run for office. 480 students submitted ballots in the election, the lowest voter turnout seen in recent history, and the issue of vacancies in senate continues to plague the Association with six seats left unfilled in the public vote. Next year’s executive board will comprise President-elect Knezetic, Drew Roznowski as the Vice President of Internal Affairs, Jaisel Patel as VP of Finance, Tommy English as VP of Academic Affairs, Nicole Kim as VP of Student Organizations, Mika Romo as VP of Diversity and Social Justice and Dorien Villafranco as VP of International Affairs. With many important transitions expected for SLU next year, Knezetic said she was prepared for the upcoming workload. “I’m ready to start the transition period and get things going,” Knezetic said. “Whenever that new presi-

dent is announced… I want to contact them right away… to start building that relationship.” Knezetic said she expects her current relationships with administrators will help her in building rapport with the new president. In senatorial elections, the final position for the College of Arts and Sciences seats ended in a tie between Kat Carroll and Kevin Lynch. There will be a runoff election for Arts and Sciences students, but the details of the second election have yet to be announced. The Doisy College of Health Sciences, the College of Education and Public Service, the College of Philosophy and Letters, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing and Commuter students currently lack representation in next year’s Senate. The issue of filling senate seats is not new, but this year marks the lowest participation rate in years. The low vote count has come in the wake of a senate reform bill passed at the beginning of the semester, which reduced the total number of available

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that come with this economic disparity, and it was one of the reasons that he joined the Micah Program. A mission trip to West Virginia helped Hauge with his interests and with learning solidarity with others. Hauge explained that while in West Virginia he assisted in building a wheelchair ramp for a man, and after finishing the project the man shared stories with the team about his childhood as a form of appreciation for their help. Soon after, however, the man passed away and the students came to learn of their impact on the man’s life. “(His wife) told us those three of four hours that he spent us… was one of the happiest moments of his life,” said Hauge. “And this is a man who lived 55 to 60 years, that was very eye opening. At that moment, we realized the power of being with people, sharing stories and seeing life as a big narrative.” Hauge’s ultimate plan after attending graduate school is to give back to military veterans. “The advocacy of those guys are just not there (who are suffering from traumatic brain injuries),” said Hauge. “There is a need for therapists...I think right now my plan is to join either the Navy or the Air Force. It would definitely take a big commitment and if it doesn’t work out, then I would love to get a job in the VA (Department of Veterans Affairs)… these guys get forgotten about sometimes and it is really tragic. They give everything that they have and they can’t find work or other opportunities.”

turbulent atmosphere. One of the tests that NASA and MIT ran was sending an HD video of Bill Nye up to the moon. It took Hong Kong currently 1.3 seconds for the video to boasts the fastest Internet reach the moon, and another speeds on Earth. However, 1.3 seconds for the video to Internet speeds on the moon come back to Earth. Comare as much as 10 times fastbined with processing delay, er than those found in Hong the videos were sent to the Kong. The key behind the moon and received back on large difference in speeds is Earth within seven seconds. the lasers that are being used Dan Boroson, the LLCD to carry Internet from Earth design team lead, spoke to ships exploring the moon. about the project at the SPIE NASA and MassachuPhotonics West conference setts Institute of Technology on Feb. 3, saying, “The sys(MIT) worked together on tem did what it needed to this project, called the Ludo. The concept is right, and nar Laser Communication the system Demonstrais reliable. tion (LLCD) We think in MIT’s The system did it’s ready for Lincoln Labprimetime.” oratory in what it needed to There are Lexington, do. The concept many poMass. The is right, and the tential uses project atfor laser Intempted to system is reliable. ternet. Laser beam data -Dan Boroson, communicavia lasers to tions could, and from the LLCD team lead in the fumoon in the ture, replace interest of radio comsignificantly munication. Radio waves decreasing the amount of require larger systems and time it would take for satelare very slow in transmitting lites exploring space to comdata. Lasers are much faster municate with scientists and would transmit data back on Earth. from our exploring satelThe LLCD project has lites in a much more efficient been extremely successmanner. It is also possible ful. The laser signals carrythat the technology could be ing Internet were recorded used for communications on at a maximum speed of Earth in the future as well. 622 Megabits per second Gregory L. Comer, a Pro(Mbps), significantly faster fessor of Physics at SLU, than Hong Kong’s average weighed in on the topic. connection speed of 63.6 “For communications Mbps, which is the best conwhere we are sending packnection speed on Earth. In ets of data from Point A to addition, researchers found that the signals could be transmitted when the moon was high and low in the sky, See “Lasers” on Page 3 through thin clouds and in a

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By CHARLES BOWLES Staff Writer

If you are looking for the true embodiment of a “Man for Others,” look no further than Michael Hauge. Hauge stands out among the crowd of Saint Louis University students with his rugged individualism, notable fashion sense and commitment to serving others. Hauge, a senior majoring in Communication & Sciences Disorders, is one of only five male majors in the CSD program at SLU. He is a part of the Micah Program and will be furthering his education at a CSD graduate school program, where he hopes to serve in the Navy or the Department of Veterans Affairs as a speech pathologist. Hauge became interest-

ed in this field in high school when a friend with a mild stutter inspired him to look into speech pathology. “We were having a conversation and (my friend) told me that if he had not gone to a speech pathologist when he was growing up, he would be completely unable to speak,” said Hauge. “That blew my mind. Here is this very crippling disorder, and yet we don’t hear about communication disorders as often as we hear about other disorders in the medical world.” Hauge first recognized the major’s disproportionate female to male ratio when he first visited SLU, after walking into a CSD class where there were 40 females and zero males. That did not deter him, however, and he joined the CSD program

as freshman. His gender is not the only thing that sets him apart from the crowd, though, as his fashion sense has become an identifier and friends started referring to him as “Mountain Man.” “I wear a lot of flannel, I like to spend a lot of time outdoors, hiking, camping, kayaking, snowshoeing, hunting and other things like that,” said Hauge. “But honestly, before sophomore year, I had never really seen real mountains… it’s a term of endearment.” Hauge was born and raised in Rockford, Ill. He explained that the town is divided by the Rock River. On one side of the river, the people are very affluent and the other side they are impoverished. This economic divide made Hauge recognize the social justice issues

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Brown v. Board: Sisters on realities of opression Lasers: Internet rate on Moon faster than Earth Black history event addresses historical court case

Sisters: Cheryl Brown Henderson (left) and Linda Brown Thompson. By JACKIE STACHIW Staff Writer

Saint Louis University addressed black history on Feb. 20 when sisters Linda Brown Thompson and Cheryl Brown Henderson spoke at the Center for Global Citizenship. The sisters discussed their father’s involvement in the historical Brown vs. Board of Education court case, which served as a lead case for desegregation of school systems. The event, Remember-

ing the Legacy: Brown v. Board – 60 Years Later, was part of a Civil Rights Symposium hosted by the SLU Law School and other organizations in honor of Black History Month. LaTanya Buck, director of the Cross Cultural Center, collaborated with the organizations to have the Brown sisters visit and enlighten the SLU community. “I want students to have a respect for history and know that they stand on the shoulders of many who have struggled to make their present opportunities and envi-

ronments possible,” stated Buck. SLU had been desegregated 10 years prior to the landmark decision, but the case offered all Americans a chance for equal education and better lives. In the presentation, Linda Brown recalled having to walk seven blocks to the bus stop in the harsh winter while there was a white school only a few blocks away. While she may not have been able to fully grasp the oppressive situation, her father recognized this unfair

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2:15 - 5:30 p.m. (Center for Global Citizenship) The Global and Local Social Justice Program will host a series of sessions to raise awareness about social justice and global citizenship. Keynote speaker Norm White will speak on his work in the communities of North St. Louis.

‘Understanding the A.C.A.’

Tuesday, Mar. 4, 5:00 p.m. (Doisy Research Center) Missouri Foundation for Health representative M. Ryan Barker will give a presentation on Obamacare.

seats by 20 and reorganized the election process for many positions. The reform may have contributed to the decrease in student participation, as numerous seats that were originally open to broader constituencies have become internal elections. The most notable among these positions are Residential position, i.e., senators representing Reinert Hall, Griesedeck Hall, etc. Sixteen of these seats were collapsed into two positions reserved for members of the Residence Hall Association. RHA will then internally elect two students to those positions, who will later be confirmed by senate. “We’re definitely going to have our work cut out for us next year, even now, trying

Contract: Process on schedule see firsthand the condition of the facilities, the food services programs, student engagement programs, variety of the menus, healthy options and which vendors had sustainability programs in place,” stated Evelyn Shields, director of Student Development and Business Administration. This aspect of the food contract process was reportedly right on schedule and the committee’s next step will look into the specific negotiations with each company. Over the next month, the team will work on finalizing the best offers and deciding on a company recommendation to present to SLU’s executive staff. Financial costs, food quality and variety, work hours and purchasing aspects are a few of the main contract issues that will be negotiated. After awarding a company the position, SLU will begin the transitional process. “I’d really like to have that done before SLU 101 in June,” stated Kent Porterfield, Vice President of Student Devel-

opment. “It doesn’t seem like a lot of time but these companies do this a lot so they have a pretty structured plan in place.” One important aspect of the transitional process will include that of the frontline staff job retention. Both Aramark and Sodexo have expressed agreement in working with Chartwells to

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interview the current frontline staff and hire most, if not all of their SLU employees. “These folks, we care about them, they’re part of our Billiken family and we want to make sure that they’re being treated fairly,” stated Porterfield. Prior to Chartwells, Sodexo was SLU’s foodservice partner for 15 years and is

the current food provider at Chaifetz arena. The committee does not expect that this will be a factor in the decision, however, and will be looking at what each company can do for SLU today. Within each company’s bid, the team will specifically be comparing the sustainability practices, healthy options, student appeal and communication, ability to serve on the cutting edge of the industry and the price value. “We want to make sure that it’s a good price value,” Porterfield said. “So students are getting as much as they can get for a reasonable price. We know that students are cost-conscious.” Eatery options will also be weighed heavily in the decision, as the committee wants to be sure that students will have dietary choices – both healthy and otherwise. This aspect has been strongly expressed by the student body – one of the stakeholders that the team has consulted throughout the process. “We want to make a choice that the community feels good about,” said Porterfield.

to recruit people,” Knezetic said. Roznowski stated that he has already begun work to build interest and find students to fill the empty seats within this academic year if not the beginning of next year. According to Knezetic, next year’s executive board will have a focus on active recruiting and communication, not only in order to fill seats but throughout their entire tenure. “I think that’s going to be a culture change for us, telling the student body what SGA can actually do for them and going out to them rather than them coming to us,” Knezetic said. Leading in to a year filled with changes, Knezetic hopes that SGA’s status on campus can be part of the transition.

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Point B, lasers are much more efficient radio waves,” Comer said. “Lasers can send data with less wastage of data, and less signal degradation. They can do this because they are so much more compact.” This compactness, according to Comer, is due to the fact the photons found in lasers are amplified, which then forms a very tight beam that does not disperse. Just as the light from a laser pointer is focused and forms a strong dot of light, lasers can transmit a very large amount of data in a compact way.

However, this doesn’t mean that lasers will completely replace radio communications. Because radio waves are transmitted in all directions and the signals are not receiver-specific, they are more useful for transmissions that need to reach a larger target audience, such as television and radio broadcasts. Still, for communications in which the signal needs to be sent over extremely large distances, especially when the signals only needs to go from one specific point to another, laser communications offer data transmission speeds vastly improved over the speeds of radio waves.

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Schlafly made the point that the ceremony’s concentraapartments at a discounted tion on great Russian figures rate for visitors. According in the history of art and scito Belyaeva-Standen, the ence were brought in to supmultitude of hotel spaces port the message of talent that were created in prepaand community. ration for the games has Ellen Carnaghan, a procaused residents to anticifessor in the Political Scipate a loss of income due to ence department, closed the an overabundance of living roundtable with a discussion areas at rates much lower of the obviously political nathan the high-end resorts. ture of the Olympics. She “The comfocused on mon people the aspects always are of the winter The common bearing the games that people always burden…for demonstratthe governed Russia’s are bearing the ment, which autocratic burden…for the continues tendencies. government. splurging C a r without secnaghan first - Yelena Belyaevaond thoughts brought Standen, Professor into exattention cessively to the coroverdone ruption in Olympic preparations,” BeRussia that helped to make lyaeva-Standen said, closing Sochi the most expensive her presentation. Olympics in history, stating Daniel Schlafly, a profesthat estimates claim only sor of History, next touched four percent of the widelyon Russian President Vladreported $50 billion cost of mir Putin’s aim to demonthe Olympics was provided strate a united and powerful by private funding. In her Russia through the games. final remarks, Carnaghan He examined the opening turned her attention to what ceremony, stating that it was she called a systematic taca demonstration of Putin’s tic to silence opposition by tailored trajectory of Rus“making protests appear sian history as a united napointless.” tion. He noted the absence This tactic was at play in of Ivan the Terrible, Joseph the Olympics in the form Stalin and Vladimir Lenin, of a “protest zone,” a small in addition to a lack of atpark, limited to 100 people tention paid to the religious in which protest was permitaspects of Russian history. ted.

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6:51 a.m. - PROPERTY DAMAGE

A SLU employee driving golf cart #22 accidently struck a metal trash container causing minor scuff marks on the right side. There were no injuries. 5:27 p.m. - PROPERTY DAMAGE

A SLU student, walking from the BSC to Tegeler Hall slipped on ice, injuring the back of his head. The student was taken to SLUH ER by a friend. 1:01 p.m. - STEALING UNDER $500

A SLU employee reported to DPS a computer monitor stolen from a classroom. The last time the monitor was seen was approximately a week ago. SLMPD was contacted and a report was filed over the phone.

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treatment. He became one of twelve other parents, led by the NAACP, that filed suit on behalf of their children. In 1954 the Supreme Court unanimously voted to end segregation of schools. “The Brown decision expanded beyond education to have a broader impact on policy, law and society at-large. We all continue to benefit from the bravery of these families who simply wanted equity, access and opportunity for their children,” Buck said. However, the Brown sisters argue that the fight is not over. Instead of segregation in schools, there is an “economic segregation” within the United States. The gap between the middle class and lower class is growing and those in the minority seem to be at the bottom. The Brown sisters spend a lot of their time teaching or giving presentations about the oppressions and racial issues that still affect the United States. They want audiences to understand that they are heirs of courageous acts committed by average families who were willing to take a stand. They say that it is not just enough to be present, but to be conscious of the wrongs in the world and step up.

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Taking the party to the streets of STL By Kendra Cruse Associate Arts Editor

Mentioning “Mardi Gras” ignites images of purple, green and gold; of dancing through crowded streets to the sound of sweet earsplitting brass bands. While New Orleans may be famous for its Mardi Gras festivities, there’s no need to wander down south in search of a good time this weekend. On Saturday, one of the biggest celebrations in the nation will be happening right in our own back yard. The Soulard Mardi Gras season has been a St. Louis custom for 35 years, starting in early January with the celebration of 12th Night. The fun continues until Fat Tuesday, and there’s a plethora of activities in between. The main event is the Grand Parade, held on the final Saturday of the season. This is what the streets of Soulard live for: the day when its vital night life bleeds into the waking hours. Traditionally, the debauchery starts in the wee hours of the morning with kegs and eggs, tots and shots, wakin’ and bakin’, far earlier than you could pay a college student to get out of bed any other day of the year. SLUmor has it there will be complementary burritos distributed near the clock tower at about 6:00 a.m. After gobbling breakfast and guzzling beers, buzzed party-goers head to the bars. To avoid the parade parking nightmare, many bars offer a free shuttle ride to Soulard

with the purchase of a Hurricane, the official drink of Mardi Gras. Street style at the Mardi Gras parade includes an oversupply of tutus, neon flat-bills, glitter, and an inappropriate-for-the-weather lack of clothes. No matter who you are or what you are wearing, one item is a must: beads. Chances are you’ll gain or lose some accessories throughout the day, but don’t sweat it. Here lies the spirit of Mardi Gras: take situations as they come to you and go with the flow. At Mardi Gras, anyone can be your best friend. Enthusiastic, outgoing, and intoxicated is the general atmosphere on St. Louis’ makeshift version of Bourbon Street. The people you show up with may not be the same group you spend the day with, and that’s okay. Still, at such a huge and highly populated event, it’s easy for circumstances go bad. One drink too many, losing your crew, or being trampled by the crowd could quickly spoil the day. Let loose, but stay safe. This Saturday, March 4, the parade kicks off at 11:00 a.m. at Busch Stadium, weaving its way through the streets and ending up at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. Afterwards, McGurk’s, Molly’s or the International Tap House are popular places to party down. If you’re a weathered veteran or warily testing the Mardi Gras waters, here’s the best advice you can get: take it easy, dance hard, stay safe and eat a big breakfast!

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Mardi Gras: Cajun has never been cooler with A-list celebrities like Beyoncé (top left) throwing a Big Easy themed bash that’s the perfect inspiration walking into this weekend’s festivities (bottom left). Be sure to catch the parade (top right) as it snakes its way down Broadway Ave. and then continue the party at Molly’s in Soulard (bottom right).

And the Oscar goes to... By Molly Rippinger Arts Editor

Hollywood’s biggest night is this Sunday, March 2, when the finest actors, directors and leading professionals of the film industry gather for the 86th Academy Awards. Last year proved to be a fantastic season with award-worthy productions and performances across the board. With none of the nominees being declared a shoein, this year’s Oscars should prove to be an entertaining evening across the board.

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Where to watch: While you can certainly cozy up on your own couch for this year’s Oscars, there are also lots of options for those looking to go out on the town. Not far from campus, the West End Grill & Pub will host a watch party beginning at 6 p.m. that will include a red carpet, three-course meal and a big screen projection of the show. The menu will be inspired by 80s culinary classics, such as clams casino and Sicilian breaded strip steak served atop pasta with marinara sauce. Cocktails are also included and prizes will be awarded to those who predict the winners. Another great option is to head to area theaters to catch the Awards. The historic Tivo-

li Theatre in the Delmar Loop will welcome guests to watch the Oscars live on the big screen from the comfort of their plush, red seats. Admission is free but St. Louis Cinemas asks each guest to bring a non-perishable food item for Operation Food Search. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Moolah Theatre & Lounge will also host a small viewing party in their bar where the Awards ceremony will be projected on their large screen. Movie-inspired drink specials and popcorn will be available for purchase beginning at 5:30 p.m. What to sip and snack: If you’re staying home but still want to be festive, here are a few food and drink ideas that stick with the Hollywood theme. Dress up microwavable popcorn by adding a drizzle of olive oil, ½ teaspoon of dried basil, ¼ cup of grated Parmesan along with salt and pepper to taste. If you’re rooting for “Gravity” you can always steal a swig of Russian “water” (per George Clooney’s suggestion), while “Nebraska” fans might crack open a cold one (because it ain’t alcohol to Bruce Dern). In honor of “Her” you could always order a pizza with similar toppings as the one Theodore ordered during their carnival date. Who to cheer:

Ellen DeGeneres will be the main emcee for the evening as she hosts the Oscars for the second time since 2007. The beloved comedian has a reputation for spitting out memorable one-liners that will surely help lighten the intense anticipation inside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Meryl Streep snagged her record-breaking 18th Oscar nomination for her role in “August Osage County.” If she wins for Best Female Actress it will be the fourth Oscar of her unprecedented film career that has shown no signs of slowing. Streep will go up against fierce competition, with both Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock being considered the front-runners. Matthew McConaughey deserves props for shedding almost 40 pounds to play the role of an AIDS patient in “Dallas Buyers Club,” which landed him a nomination for Best Actor. Typically known for his romantic comedies, McConaughey certainly hoped to make this performance a highlight of his career and the critics took notice. The category will also be a tough win with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leonardo DiCaprio also putting up strong performances. Make Your Picks: Best Picture:

12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, The Wolf of Wall Street Best Actor: Christian Bale (American Hustle), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress: Amy Adams (American Hustle), Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Judi Dench (Philomena), Meryl Streep (August: Osage County) Best Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Bradley Cooper (American Hustle), Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave), Jonah Hill (Wolf of Wall Street), Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Julia Roberts (August: Osage County), June Squibb (Nebraska),Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) Best Director: Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) , David O. Russell (American Hustle), Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity), Alexander Payne (Nebraska), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

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Comedy League of Laughter, SLU Improv Comedy Club Feb. 28, 5 p.m. Xavier Studio Theater

Movies Non-Stop Feb. 27, 11:30 p.m. The Moolah Theatre & Lounge

Music 2 Chainz & Pusha T Feb. 28, 8 p.m. Chaifetz Arena Jersey Boys March 1-2 The Fabulous Fox Theatre

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The V-Day you don’t know By TK SMITH Staff Writer

February 20 and 21 marked SLU’s fifth annual performance of the Vagina Monologues. Held at the Sheldon Concert Hall, the performance is hosted every year by SLU’S own UNA. UNA is a student run organization that functions as SLU’s “feminist voice” on campus. The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written and originally performed by Eve Ensler in 1996. Eve Ensler interviewed over 200 women and collected their stories about their vaginal experiences and crafted them into a play. The episodes work to display different female experiences with themes touch on sex, love, rape, menstruation, birth, masturbation, etc. As has come to be tradition the play is performed by various female/ transgender actors to further personalize each story told. Titles of the monologues include, “I Was There in The Room,” a piece on the beauty of birth and the powerful capabilities of the vagina, “My Angry Vagina,” an explosive display of outrage at the injustices surrounding vaginas and a crowd favorite,

“The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy,” a tale of how a woman found herself in pleasuring others. The different pieces work together to not only empower women through their own sexuality but to also dispel myths, break the vocal taboo and give women a platform to tell their personal stories. The event also functions as a fundraiser for the V Day campaign, a global non-profit movement that raises money for women’s anti violence groups. Every year many groups put on the vagina monologues and through ticket sales and donations raise money to help women everywhere. This year SLU’s collected donations went towards Karen House as well as the V Day campaign. This year’s performance was, as always, excellent. Though one is able to see the performance online or read them in text there is nothing like seeing it live. The actors filled the stage donned in their black with accented colors of purples, pinks and reds. They sat comfortably on couches, chairs, stools and on the stage floor itself making the Sheldon Hall feel intimate and relaxed. As each person stood to give their monologue there were

laughs, deep silences and even a moment of uproarious chanting. An exemplary performance was given by Tasha Massman as she performed, “And Then We Were Jumping,” one of this year’s spotlight pieces. The complex piece is written through stream of consciousness as it tells of a young woman’s past experience of sexual abuse from her father and her coming to terms with abuse. Her strong ability to show power not only in the volume of her voice but also through the movements of her body brought her piece to nearly an obscene reality. “I always dreamed of submitting to SLU Monologues but had difficulty even making it to the shows. I wanted a new experience. Something I had never done before,” said senior Eleanor Humphrey who performed “The Vagina Workshop,” a piece about discovering one’s own vagina. “The Vagina Monologues are super important to students to know we have a presence of liberal talk and a place for women’s stories to be heard in a broken bones kind of way. I feel there isn’t another platform, besides SLUMons, that is unapologetic.

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Sheldon: Students packed into The Sheldon to listen to the Vagina Monologues.

KSLU top picks

You’re Gonna Miss it All, Modern Baseball. (Midwest Emo) If you liked the witty lyricism and plethora of modern references that made Modern Baseball’s first album “Sports” a hit, you’re definitely going to enjoy “You’re Gonna Miss it All.” In fact, nothing has really changed in the bands approach to songwriting. Most of the songs are still about lost love, few are longer than three minutes, and the majority are filled with upbeat tempo changes. Not that this is a bad thing though, the formula that made “Sports” a great album definitely applies here, and anyone interested in an album filled with catchy one-liners and good music to back it up should check out Modern Baseball’s “You’re Gonna Miss it All.” Ben Schmidt, KSLU DJ. Music for Lobster Accountants Sundays, 6-7p.m.

Labryinth Constellation, Artificial Brain. (Death Metal) “Labyrinth Constellation,” the debut record from

Artificial Brain is as exciting a premiere as you will find this year. Featuring a guitarist from Revocation (Dan Gargiulo), Artificial Brain is definitely a death metal band, but you notice there is a distinct weirdness that sets them apart. Whether it’s the space-themed imagery or the black metal style dissonance, you feel like you’re listening to a record that’s equal parts primal and futuristic. Hopefully Gargiulo is able to find some more time away from Revocation to give us a tour and some more records. 8.3 Chris Prod, Genre Director: Metal. Afternoon Metal - Mondays, 4-5p.m.

Steve Hears Pile In Malden and Bursts Into Tears, Krill. (Experimental Garage Rock) Jonah Furman explodes on Krill’s new title track,”Did you hear the latest Pile album? / Not a stinker on it / the same can be said for this new Krill release.” “Steve Hears Pile In Malden And Bursts Into Tears,” which the Bostonian band has awesomely described as a failed concept album about two dudes (Steve and Mouth) who really, really love Boston’s garage rock god, Pile, and then realize that they are actually the characters in Pile’s song “Steve’s Mouth.” Hilariously, Pile fans keep purchasing this album because they think it’s an ac-

Our dancin’ roots By MEREDITH HARGIS Staff Writer

Last Monday night in Pruellage Hall, students assembled to learn about the changing face of dance at the turn of the 19th century. It was a time when the norms were challenged and curfews extended as Frenchman whirled around ballrooms to the beat of their modernizing world. The event illuminated that today’s casual forms of fun may still reflect our politics and deeper developments in society. Even though the French might seem formal and strait-laced compared to our modern culture, it turns out that our European relatives actually knew how to have a good time back in their day. During the French Revolution, dance was parallel with the spirit of change running through all parts of life and reflected rebellious attitudes of the country. Perhaps our twerking, jerking, wopping, leaning-like-a-cholo, pop-lock-and-dropping and doing the dougie somehow still reflect more serious elements of our society. When compared to the romance of Masquerade balls, though, cross-class relations and murmurings of rebellion in France are dances that seem somewhat incomparable. During the reign of Louis XIV, or the “Sun God” of France, ballet became a very popular formal style of dance with the king himself as the sole dancer. Once Louis XVI was crowned king the people became sickened by his supremacy and allowed for their politics to reflect in their dances. One example was the Contradance, which was an easy dance with many variations that multiple couples could perform together.

This meant that Louis XVI was no longer front-andcenter with the people acting as mere bystanders. Rather, everyone could dance on the same dance floor as the king, which presented a new symbol of how the monarch was beginning to crumble. To reinforce their growing social freedoms, the nobles came up with the idea of the Masquerade Ball; when wearing a mask, rank is concealed and inconsequential. There could be co-mingling of all the social classes since gaining entry to a ball was purely based on having a ticket and there were no exceptions, even for the king. Nobles were clearly displaying their ability to make their own rules and how the populous could exercise their ideas freely without a monarch. All parts of French society changed drastically during this time in order to do away with anything reminding the revolutionaries of the royal family. The tradition of dance continued to be fearless as the French became known for the waltz later in the 19th century, which had to be done with a great deal of reserve and decency since the style was so shocking. The traditions of dance within a culture are not insignificant as we may sometimes assume. Along with the other art forms, dance reflects a culture’s motivations and inclinations. Too easily we brush aside the Arts as nonessential trivia in our history classes. Rather, we should look to Revolutionary France as an example for making each footfall a proclamation of power with which to maneuver through the chronicles that link political legacies to the world.

‘Middletown’ hits home at SLU

tual Pile album. DO AS THE PILE AND KRILL FANS DO. Exploding In Sound is responsible for the physical, which officially dropped on Feb. 18. Maddie Brooker, KSLU DJ. Kids These Days - Thursdays, 7-8p.m.

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Daughter of Everything, Vertical Scratchers. (Indie Rock) Vertical Scratchers is the latest project from exBrainiac guitarist and Enon mastermind John Schmersal. Leaving behind the synthinfected skronkery of his previous groups, “Daughter of Everything” is composed of compact, hooky pop gems devoid of frills and detours. As if Vertical Scratchers’ 90s indie influences weren’t apparent enough, Guided By Voices main man Robert Pollard provides his vocal talents on “Get Along Like U.” Pollard’s vocals hardly feel like a “guest” appearance, as much of “Daughter” would fit perfectly within the early GBV catalog. Though lacking the intensity of Schmersal’s previous work, “Daughter of Everything” is nonetheless a worthwhile collection of well-crafted, blink-and-they’re-gone pop curiosities. Alex Cunningham, Music Director. This is Your Life Now - Wednesdays, 9-11p.m.

Middletown: The oddities and complications of life are beautifully captured in the SLU Theatre’s spring performance of “Middletown” written by Will Eno. Catch the play this weekend on Feb. 28 and March 1 at 8 p.m. and on March 2 at 2 p.m.

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Billikens on the verge of locking up second consecutive Atlantic-10 title The 20-game win streak aside, No. 10 Saint Louis has posted some pretty astonishing numbers thus far in the season. It has only trailed at halftime three times, never faced a deficit larger than eight and has only allowed two Atlantic 10 foes to post 70 or more points in regulation. In late January, Duquesne pulled off all three of those things—built an 8-point lead, was ahead at halftime and racked up 72 points in regulation—and still lost. The final score not withstanding, the Dukes used their size and athleticism inside to shred the Billikens’ usually staunch defense and exposed some flaws that could be exploited entering Thursday night’s rematch at Chaifetz Arena. “Duquesne really gets the ball down the floor well,” coach Jim Crews said. “They have five guys that can really move the ball well.” SLU, which trailed by as many as eight points in the opening frame, fell behind 62-68 midway through the

second half before it was able to string together a substantial run—a 10-2 surge that gave it a 68-64 advantage with four minutes remaining. Just as the Billikens moved into position to start pulling away, their offense fell silent, coming up empty on five of its next six possessions. While the visitors sputtered, the Dukes rallied and retook the lead behind an 8-2 run that consisted of a 3-pointer from Micah Mason and five free throws (on eight attempts), including a pair from Jeremiah Jones that broke the 70-70 stalemate with under a minute left. “We worked for two days on how to defend these guys and how to play offense against these guys and score against them – which nobody in the country has been able to do,” Duquesne coach Jim Ferry explained. “Our guys executed great.” But with its back against the wall, SLU leaned on its corps of seniors to take the lead. On the ensuing possession, Jordair Jett was sealed off as he drove to the basket, but rather than force up a bad shot, he kicked it out to sophomore Austin

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Last weekend the Billikens won four of five games in the Red and Blue Classic in Oxford, Miss. Their lone defeat came on behalf of the tournament host Ole Miss who overcame a late rally to hang on for the 5-3 victory. The Billikens now own a 6-3 record on the young season, including three come-from-behind wins. Two freshmen Billikens were recognized by the Atlantic 10 this week with a pair of conference awards. Shortstop Alex Nickel was 5-14 (.357) at the plate in the Red and Blue Classic and smacked her first collegiate home run, earning her the A-10 Rookie of

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Jetting away: Senior guard Jordair Jett drives to the basket on Feb. 22 against George Washington. Jett was the leading scorer for the Billikens with 16 points. McBroom for the eventual game-winning shot: an open trey from the far corner. “To me, it was just a normal shot,” McBroom said. “Jordair ended up attacking the basket and getting trapped. He was looking for me. He al-

ways makes good passes and I knocked it down.” “They didn’t get rattled, not at all,” Duquesne coach Jim Ferry said. “They kept playing. We got up eight. They kept playing. How many teams have been to the NCAA Tournament

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twice and have five seniors?” Relative to the highstandards it has established for itself over the past few years, this season’s first meeting with Duquesne

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By RYAN GLOVER Sports Editor

The SLU baseball team continued play in the Blue Devil Classic this past weekend after losing the season opening series against nationally ranked Alabama. The Bills stumbled against Akron in the opener, spoiling a gem from senior pitcher Clay Smith. In the Billikens’ 3-2 victory over Duke the next day, junior first baseman and reigning Atlantic 10 co-player of the year Mike Vigliarolo smacked a three-run home run to propel SLU to their second victory. SLU was defeated in the final game of the tournament, a 4-1 loss against La Salle which dropped the team to 2-4 on

the Week award. Not to be outdone, freshman Mackenzie Peter took home the A-10 Player of the Week award after posting a .615 batting average. On the season, Peter has knocked in six runs and leads the team with a .480 batting average, 12 hits and a .594 onbase percentage. The softball team will be back in action this weekend in Cape Girardeau for the All-Missouri Cancer Classic. Hosted by Southeast Missouri State, the tournament will also feature the Billikens, Missouri State and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. SLU will play a pair of games on both Saturday and Sunday (Mar. 1-2).

the season. The SLU baseball team will look to get back on track when they take the field at Wake Forest this weekend. The Billikens will open the tournament tomorrow (Feb. 28) with a double header against Saint Peter’s. They face host Wake Forest Saturday before taking on Stony Brook on Sunday. Saint Louis also added a strong recruit to their 2015 class this week. James Morisano, a 6-foot-3, 205 pound catcher from the Staten Island Academy recently committed to play for the University beginning next season. The commitment adds a tenth member to the upcoming class that will infuse even more talent to an already promising squad.

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WHO TO CHEER: OZZIE SMITH This former Hall of Fame Cardinal made headlines again this week when he teamed up with Budweiser and started a petition to make Opening Day a national holiday. Personally, I wouldn’t mind having a day off of school to cheer on the Cards, and I’m guessing that most others wouldn’t complain either. Play ball!

Siblings make a splash

Andersons’ bond strong same club team together beginning in 2000, as well as attended the same high school. “The best part of having Head Coach Jim Halliburanother sibling that swims ton often described the bond with you is that it makes the of this year’s swim team as a sport a family event. For exfamily. However, for four ample, travel swim meets members of the team, junior practically substituted as Dustin Anderson and freshour family vacations growman Bre Anderson, and juing up. We were able to nior Patrick May and sophoshare all of the experiences more Grace May, their team that swimming provided us and family are synonymous, because we as they are both chose siblings. For the same the AnderTravel swim meets sport to son siblings, compete in. practically substiswimming Swimming tuted as our family together in has most college is the vacations growing definitely norm, as the brought up. two grew up our family swimming -Dustin Anderson, closer, and I together. could not be junior swimmer any happier “I started about that,” swimming Dustin said. when I was four years old Swimming for the same and I started basically beclub put the two siblings in cause two of my older sibeach other’s company very lings did it and I thought frequently, and the two spent it looked fun. I was always a lot of time together growaround the pool so I thought ing up in the pool. I might as well get in it,” Bre “Our lives have always said. been somewhat governed The Anderson’s come by swimming because it from a family with a strong demands such a large time swimming background. The commitment. That time toeldest sibling, Chelsea, swam gether is a luxury that many in college for Ball State Uniother siblings do not have,” versity, and both Dustin and Dustin said. Bre followed in her footsteps. Before coming to SLU, the pair also swam for the See “Siblings” on Page 9 By CASEY WAUGHN Assoc. Sports Editor

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By BRIAN HAENCHEN Staff Writer

I love sports. More than that though, I hate how much I love sports. I hate how I can watch ten guys dribble a little ball around for two hours, Tony Traina trying to toss it into an orange ring and absolutely eat it up. I hate how we try to extrapolate metaphors from sports, how we try to squeeze life lessons and “teaching moments” out of them. I hate how the mindless talk at work every morning revolves around last night’s game. “Did you see that?” my coworker will ask, referring to Jim Boheim’s meltdown or Johnny Manziel’s 40-yard dash time. I hate how we make a big deal out of nothing because we need something to talk about. And god forbid we talk about something of consequence. I hate that Michael Sam’s sexuality is front-page news. I hate that some analysts say

By CASEY WAUGHN, Assoc. Sports Editor WHO TO JEER: THE KNICKS Aside from Raymond Felton getting arrested this week on felony gun charges, the Knicks have no excuse to be as bad as they are. They are 2136, playing in one of the best arenas in the league, but are 5.5 games out of a playoff spot in the weak Eastern Conference. The Knicks media firestorm is not going to end well.

WHO TO FEAR: WICHITA STATE The Shockers, one of the two teams that the Bills have lost to this season, are 30-0 for the first time since 1990-1 when UNLV started the season 34-0. The Shockers, who went to the final four last year, don’t get the respect they deserve since they are from a mid-major conference but are serious contenders for the title this season.

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Senior Margo Richardson is an Atlantic 10 champion once again. Richardson took first place in the mile run at the A-10 conference indoor meet in Kingston, R.I. this week, repeating as the mile champion. She outran the field with a first place time of 4:56.79. However, that was not her only accomplishment at the conference meet. Richardson also placed third in the 3000 meter run, finishing with a time of 9:47.12.

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Atlantic 10: Mike McCall and the Billikens improved to 12-0 in conference play after beating George Washington. They hold a three-game lead over St. Joes in the A-10. Continued from Page 7

was a defensive nightmare for SLU. Led by forwards Ovie Soko (18 points) and Dominique McKoy (15 points), the Dukes shot 50 percent from the field with eight 3-pointers—five of which came from Mason who finished with 15 points. “We’re very fortunate to come out on the top end of that,” Crews said. “They’re so competitive and go right at you. They did a great job of getting spacing on us. Their two big kids had their way against us. But…we were still able to find a way to win.” Duquesne bounced back from the loss to Saint Louis with back-to-back wins, but has since gone into a complete tailspin having lost seven of its last eight games. In their most recent loss, a 57-54 setback to Dayton at the CONSOL Energy Center, the Dukes squandered a 51-39 lead with less than

eight minutes remaining. “A tale of two halves,” Ferry lamented. “We shoot 51 percent in the first half and get pretty much the same shots and we shoot 14 percent in the second half. You hold a fantastic offensive scoring team to 57 points and 39 percent and you lose—that’s heartbreaking.” Soko, who knocked in three 3-pointers as part of a 26-point performance against Dayton, has been one of the few bright spots for the struggling Dukes. Over his last five games, the 6-8 forward is averaging 19.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per outing. “Their bigs are so agile that it really puts a lot of pressure on you from a defensive standpoint because of the things they do,” Crews said. “We have a tough challenge ahead of us.” With a win Thursday night, the Billikens will be guaranteed the top seed in the A-10 Tournament and

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I hate that some analysts say his NFL draft stock has taken a hit because of the disruption he could cause. They’re right: maybe if Sam had simply been convicted of DUI vehicular manslaughter (Donte Stallworth), obstruction of justice in connection with a murder (Ray Lewis), or running a dog fighting ring (Michael Vick), teams would be more willing to undertake a media storm. Love another man though? That’s just too much. I hate what NFL linebacker Jonathan Vilma said in reaction to Michael Sam’s coming out. “I get dressed... and it just so happens he looks at me. How am I supposed to respond?” Vilma asked. Yes Jonathan, because your ignorance, is so attractive, how could anyone NOT be attracted to you? The uproar about Sam isn’t about him. It’s about us. How comfortable are we with the best defensive player in the SEC coming out? That doesn’t fit our preconceived notion of what it means to be a homosexual. It’s almost as if Sam’s sexuality has nothing to do with his performance on the football field. How can that be? Remember Richard Sherman after he made the game winning play in the NFC Championship game? Of course you do. There was the reaction. Then there was the reaction to the reaction. None of it was really about Sherman though. It was about us. Are we comfortable with an intelligent football player – a Stanford graduate, no less – having a genuine reaction? You can’t be both of those, Richard. You can’t be educated and be a world-class football player. How comfortable

are we in embracing a man, who clearly has opinions that span beyond football, and listening to what he has to say while also enjoying his on-field performance? “We’re at war with terrorism, racism, but most of all, we’re at war with ourselves,” Kanye West raps. All of us experience a constant internal struggle that plays itself out in policy, legislation and often, sports. For far too long, we were told AfricanAmericans shouldn’t be allowed to play in our major professional sports. It made too many people uncomfortable. Many people are still at war with themselves; it manifests itself in racism, sexism and homophobia. They’re at war, trying to understand that a gay man’s place in this world should be no different than a straight man’s. Here’s perhaps the most amazing thing about Sam’s story. He came out to his teammates last August. As Mizzou was in the hunt for a national title, as Sam was being recognized as the SEC’s defensive player of the year, over 100 teammates and coaches kept his private life just that, private. “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences,” Audre Lorde, civil rights activist, said. His Mizzou teammates accepted, and now are celebrating Michael Sam, a young man who has seen a brother shot, a brother disappear and two more go to jail. They are celebrating him in the best way possible, by simply respecting him. We like to talk about Sam and Sherman, debating their place in the sport of football. But it’s not about them, it’s about us. It’s about us, celebrating our differences.

at least a share of the conference title—tiebreakers are only used for seeding in the conference tournament, so if SLU and St. Joseph’s both finish with three losses, they would be co-champions (if SLU were to somehow lose out, there’s the possibility of a four-way tie involving them, St. Joe’s, UMass and either VCU or Richmond, but that’s highly unlikely). “We start out the year with that being our No. 1 focus,” forward Dwayne Evans said. “We put ourselves in great position to accomplish that.” “That’s huge,” Crews said. “Any time you can win a championship, it’s absolutely monumental. I think it’s pretty good when kids can win a championship. For them to do it this year would be remarkable and doing it in back-to-back years is incredible. If we could accomplish that, it would be one heck of a feat for them.”

14.33 PPG 6.26 RPG 1.33 APG 1.30 SPG A-10: 13.67 PPG 6.67 RPG .92 APG 1.25 SPG 10+ points in nine of previous 12 games (21 times this season) Six double-doubles

Dwayne Evans 9.22 PPG 3.67 RPG 2.22 APG 1.44 SPG A-10: 8.92 PPG 3.75 RPG 2.0 APG 1.17 SPG Nine straight games with eight or more points 10+ points in eleven games this season

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4.93 PPG 2.96 RPG 1.11 APG .63 SPG A-10: 4.5 PPG 3.83 RPG .92 APG .67 SPG Four games with 10+ points this season

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Usually, athletes must rely on teammates to elicit their competitive side. Since siblings are naturally competitive with each other, the Anderson’s are at somewhat of an advantage when it comes to pushing themselves in practices. “Although [Bre] may not realize it, she motivates me to push myself every day in the pool. Bre has always been

a very supportive teammate, and she has always helped encourage me and my teammates to succeed,” Dustin said. Bre has also noticed numerous ways that her brother has influenced her swimming career, and her decision to swim in college. “My brother has definitely inspired me a lot throughout my career. I know how hard he has worked his entire life and that makes me

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Top: The Anderson siblings in the pool as kids. Bottom: The pair at the A-10 meet last week.

want to work just as hard. Also, the fact that he wanted to swim in college influenced me to want to continue on, too,” Bre said. “I know I have someone rooting for me no matter what. I know I have my team with me, but having family is even better.” Last week at the A-10 Conference Championship tournament, both swimmers competed in the 100 and 200 freestyle events. Additionally, Bre competed in the 500 freestyle, the 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay, which took 10th place overall. Dustin also competed in the 200 Individual Medley. With the close of the meet, the two are already looking ahead to next season. “Next season will be great because I will get the chance to be even closer to this team and it will be my brothers last season ever of swimming. It’ll be cool to share it with him,” Bre said. With Dustin’s last year looming on the horizon, the pair is looking to make their last year together something special. The duo looks back on their time together as truly something special that few siblings get to experience. “I truly consider myself extremely lucky to be on the same team as Bre. Swimming has ultimately enabled us to create a bond that is unmatched by most siblings. Bre has always supported me during my swimming career, which indicates that she will always have my back once my swimming career is finally over. I just hope that Bre also knows that I will always be there for her too. We will always be teammates, in and out of the pool, and I am proud that I can say that,” Dustin said.

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presentation that describes the need for “Real Food,” which SLUDA describes as “food that truly nourishes producers, consumers, communities and the earth. It is a food system – from seed to plate – that fundamentally respects human dignity and health, animal welfare, social justice and environmental sustainability.” Judging by the success of the petition, as well as the collective editorial board’s responses to the petition and presentation, the easy response is to say “absolutely!” Why wouldn’t SLU want to adopt such measures that promote human dignity, animal welfare and healthier and more wholesome food? Such an answer seems like a no-brainer. Despite the inherent common sense to such a proposal, there are other factors at play when deciding both the food provider and then what that food provider chooses to implement: price, the status of the current Chartwells employees and variety. We don’t believe that all of these factors could be effectively implemented and practiced, and that some values will receive preference over others. If the school wants to make a push for locally grown food, then the school would have to have enough cooks to actually make more, healthier meals. Are the workers we have now qualified to handle the influx of locally grown food and, if not, could they be trained or would they

have to be replaced? In addition, a preference for locally grown and organic food could incur extra cost on the food provider, which would subsequently be given to students. Do students want to pay even more for food on campus? Perhaps some students aren’t particularly interested in organic or healthy food and just want a place to get a burger. Still others want options; the ability to get that burger for lunch, but then have an exquisite and healthy vegetarian meal for dinner. So which values are more important to students? That’s an extremely difficult question to answer. But, we find SLUDA’s actions encouraging nonetheless. In past issues we’ve written about student apathy and Americans’ inability to find consensus through petitions other than one’s regarding Justin Bieber’s status in the country. This petition made by a SLU student challenges both of these editorials and we’re pretty darn pleased with that. So there are other students who want to put the premium on the price of their meal plans? Then let there be an active debate on the issue of what students want. The important aspect is that the students are now talking about food on campus, and that is always a good thing.

The Olympic-sized burden The glitz, the glamour and the pageantry of the 2014 Sochi Olympics is over. The U.S. came in second to Russia in the medal total, which we hope is a small consolation for the costs of hosting the Olympics in Sochi. All told, the reported cost of hosting the Olympic games this year was $51 billion. The total cost of the Olympic games in Sochi is indeed astronomical, but past Olympic games were not so frugal either. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens was $9 billion, 2008 in Beijing was $44 billion and the 2012 games in London were $14.6 billion. The past two winter games in Torino and Vancouver were $5 and $6.4 billion, respectively. These figures are also often much higher than the initial estimates of the games. Using the Sochi Olympics as an example, Russia spent over four times the country’s initial budget for the games. It’s easy for us to be dazzled by the beauty and grandeur of the games, but there are a number of negative consequences of the games that we’d like to illustrate. One can see that the two authoritarian countries, China and Russia, had exorbitantly higher costs in comparison to the other countries. These costs are also in question as these two countries are extremely opaque when releasing official figures of costs, budgets and debt. For developing countries like China and Russia (soon to be Brazil, which hosts in 2016), much of the cost is due to creation

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of modern public transit systems and a collection of venues to host the various events. While we marvel at how extensive and efficient the subway system in Beijing is, but questions how much money it took to pay to drastically increase the size of the subway system. In addition, the building of new venues isn’t often built on empty plots of land, but on neighborhoods and businesses. For the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, vast swaths of traditional Chinese neighborhoods, called Hutongs, were razed to make room for the new structures. This isn’t a problem reserved for developing countries, though; for the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, a public housing complex was destroyed to make way for the games. Then there is the important question of what to do with venues for the more obscure sports as well as the main venues. The famous Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, which housed the opening and closing ceremonies, is now a mediocre tourist attraction that costs $11 million a year for upkeep. As for the Athens games, as many as 21 of the 22 venues are now unused. Corruption is also a significant problem, which is now being seen in Rio de Janeiro as elites are raking in the money constructing stadiums that have less structural integrity than a Lego castle. The Olympic games, in short, are a costly endeavor, not only for the countries footing the bill, but also the people whose lives are affected to make way for the games.

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The Vagina Monologues are super important to students to know we have a presence of liberal talk and a place for women’s stories to be heard.

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Well, folks, the news is out. The list of potential food providers for SLU has been shortened to two and Chartwells, the food provider on campus that we all know and…love, like, despise, etc….will not be renewing their contract with the university. With Chartwells out of the picture and the choice down to two food providers, some students have taken it upon themselves to make sure their voices are heard in regard to the priorities that our next food provider should implement. The SLU Dietetics Association (SLUDA) is a group that has been growing particularly louder over the past couple weeks, with SLU student Alyssa Archdeacon creating a petition on change.org, which has already amassed 420 signatures, with a number of demands for the next food provider on campus. The demands on the petition are as follows: 20 percent locally grown food (within a 250 mile radius), properly label food and allergens, access to nutrition facts, lower fat and sodium whenever possible, not using imitation butter, making special labels for foods with trans fat or hydrogenated oils, using only lean meats and transparency with where the food is purchased. In addition to the petition, SLUDA has created a mission statement for the petition and has also created a PowerPoint

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Powerpoints prove uninspiring After all, no one endures A key reason I am against the trying years of earning a the overuse of PowerPoint doctorate without absolutely is that it is boring and fails loving his or her respective to develop students. There subject. Moreover, develis nothing worse than going oping the research needed into a class you think will be to teach at SLU certainly interesting only to realize it requires a high level of perinvolves copying text from sonal passion. Yet, extensive PowerPoint slides. Copyuse of PowerPoint fails to exing down text word-forpress the passion that I know word doesn’t help us master all SLU professors have for the subject; it just helps us their field. PowerPoint leaves temporarily memorize it. It a class flat and devoid of inleaves little room for develflection, and no interaction oping our critical thinking, usually occurs in Powernote taking and organizaPoint-heavy tion skills. classes. On top of Communiall this, it When professors cation is key is mindin expressing numbingly make slides that emotion, but boring! If repeat their words, when proI wanted rather than repeat fessors make to learn their words, the slides that this way, I repeat their wouldn’t be class becomes words, rathhere payuninspiring er than reing tuition. inforce their I would inwords, the stead be class becomes uninspiring. reading and outlining a textIts use as a learning method book each night. stunts discussion and stuExtensively using Powdent participation, and fails erPoint is uninspiring and to further our interest in the lacks passion. Alongside an subject. impactful and challenging Admittedly, I acknowlcontent, we students need edge a class can be uninspirinspiration in our courses, ing and boring without the and the good news is that overuse of PowerPoint. The our professors are capable worst part of PowerPoint to of fostering this inspiration.

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Take a second and reminisce about your best teachers. Think about the teachers who w e r e great c o m municators of information; the memoTim Keogh rable o n e s who made you enjoy learning or the ones who inspired you to choose your major. Now think back and count how many of them extensively used Microsoft PowerPoint. For me, the answer is zero. Before I express my dislike for PowerPoint in the classroom, I quickly need to clarify that not all PowerPoint is inherently bad. It can be especially useful when displaying graphs, complex models or corresponding data. The same applies for pictures, maps or key quotes a professor may want to highlight. However, I am against it being used as a primary teaching tool. I think anything that can be written on a board or spoken by a professor should be left off of a PowerPoint slide.

me is it becomes the main taker of attention, not the teacher. There is something about the screen’s central location, emanating bright light, which makes me focus mostly on it and not the teacher speaking. Therefore, even when the teacher discusses material not on the PowerPoint, I am constantly distracted by this central light and my learning suffers as a result. Granted, for the majority of SLU graduates, meetings with boring uninspiring PowerPoint slides surely await us. But this is college: a place to see things differently and develop interests we might not have known we had. It is place to further our passions and prepare to be future leaders. Extensive use of PowerPoint develops followers, not leaders. Therefore, here is a proposition for those SLU educators who rely extensively on PowerPoint. Lent is coming up. For 40 days, try to teach without PowerPoint and assess your students’ reception. Fellow students, for forty days put away the laptop and try harder to get engaged and participate. Chances are, we would all be better off if this were to occur.

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Pay Attention to Atlas this year The planning and organizing of the 14th Annual Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week program is well underway and will be held the week of March 31 - April 4. One of the main goals of the Atlas Program is to increase awareness of global issues that confront us today in an effort not only to promote discussion, but also to inform and inspire action. It focuses on what we as global citizens can do to contribute to a better life for all people now and in the future. The Atlas Program is unique in that for one week of the year, it brings together members of the university community to focus on the global challenges that confront us in the 21st century. During the Atlas Program, students, faculty and staff from across the university participate by organizing events that highlight the international dimensions of their programs. The Signature Symposium, presented by internationally renowned speakers who have dedicated their lives to issues of political and social jus-

Afghan women access edutice, is traditionally held on cation worldwide and jobs Thursday of the week. The in their country. SOLA is weeklong celebration culalso the first girls’ boarding minates on Friday with the school in Afghanistan. Billiken World Festival. The Born and raised in Kabul, Parade of Nations kicks off Shabana finished high school the event, which features live in the U.S. through the State cultural music and dance, Department’s Youth Exacademic and informational change Studies program. booths, carnival games and She went on to attend Midinternational cuisine. dlebury College, graduating The theme of this year’s magna cum laude in Interprogram is education, and national Studies and Women the Atlas Planning Commit& Gender tee is pleased Studies in to announce 2011. that ShaIn colbana BasijOne of the main lege, she Rasikh will goals of the Atlas founded deliver the HELA, a keynote adProgram is to innonprof it dress at the crease awareness to empowSymposium of global issues er Afghan on Thursthat confront us w o m e n day, April 3 through at 5:30 p.m. today. e duc ation. in the Wool She also Ballrooms raised funds of the Busch across the U.S. to build a Student Center. high school for girls in her She will be visiting SLU ancestral village and wells in for two days (April 2 and 3) the outskirts of Kabul. to share her advocacy efforts In 2011, Shabana received and her personal views on the Vermont Campus ComAfghanistan. pact Award for OutstandShabana is co-founder ing Public Service. In 2011and president of SOLA, 2012, she was the National (School of Leadership, AfGender Mainstreaming Adghanistan) a non-profit that visor at the Ministry of Rural helps exceptional young

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Rehabilitation and Development in Kabul.    Shabana co-founded SOLA in 2008 with four students. Today, 23 girls and two boys aged 11 to 22 represent all major ethnic groups, religious sects and tribes, and half of Afghan provinces in SOLA’s preparatory program in Kabul. SOLA scholars attend boarding schools, colleges and graduate programs in the U.S. and around the world.   SOLA’s mission is to provide these future leaders of Afghanistan with global educational opportunities so that they can return home to develop Afghan solutions to Afghan problems. Over the next five years, Shabana plans to grow SOLA into a world-class, accredited boarding school with 340 students from all Afghan provinces. The strength of her vision for advancing Afghanistan, drawing on her personal story and that of the school she founded, have propelled her onto the world stage. Along with the Symposium, there will be a “Coffee and Conversation” event with Shabana on Friday, April 4, from 10:00-11:30 a.m.

The Poetics of Science

losopher. Hard scientific Science is an elegance “facts” might exist, but they that shows the slow advance are nothing without theory, of matter from the barest context and imagination, electron something that involves a to the certain inventiveness. Einprehisstein was famous for his t o r i c thought experiments, for s e a s believing in the “free play swarmof the mind,” and it was this ing with creative play with ideas that this or led to his eventual insights t h a t into the nature of light and amo eba Roberta Singer energy. to our And if scientists can’t exo w n press to us the awesomeness fumbling existence. We read of their endeavor, the writers rock strata as a palimpsest can. Because what are those of all that came before and facts without the beauty beentertain the dizzying idea hind them? On the tails of of our own eventual funeral the brilliant 20th century among the layers. Science physicists like Einstein and is inquiry that has given us Heisenberg came Bertrand knowledge, not just of our Russell and other philosoplace on Earth, but also of phers of science. Their pasour place in the universe. sion was to explore the It offered up for study and deeper philosophical meanwonder the spinning cosmic ing behind our new concepsoup we sprang from 14 biltions of reality. Then there lion years ago. Science is our were the Modernist poets attempt to understand ourlike William Carlos Williams selves and our minds, the whose words transformed neurons firing in dendriform to accentuate a new view of patterns, creating experirelativistic space-time, his ence, a consciousness that words takamounts to ing on the no less than flow and the entire speed of universe coScience itself is energy and alescing in poetic and deeply matter in a synapse concerned with constant and looking what it means to flux. He ref lexively would, too, back upon be alive. After all, describe itself. what is it to know through imScience a fact? ages the disat its most coveries of h u m b l e the day. Reand beautigarding the ful is your work of Marie Curie, Wilold grandfather geologist liams wrote: Dissonance/(if wandering through creek you are interested)/leads to beds looking for fossils. It discovery//to dissect away/ is the obscure patent clerk the block and leave/a sepawhose mind teems with the rate metal://hydrogen/the mystery of light itself and flame, helium the/pregnant will stop at nothing until ash. he understands its elusive Then there were the great intricacies. It is the anthroscience writers, like the natpologist imagining that her uralist Loren Eiseley, whose frail pieces of human bones prose probed the recesses of were once creatures who sat evolution and human nature. with others telling stories or In shimmery and ephemeral painting animals on the cave language he writes of huwalls of Lascaux. Science is mans that “we are rag dolls the realm of the curious who made out of many ages and wouldn’t stop at the moleskins, changelings who have cule or the atom, but instead slept in wood nests or hissed pierced through it all until in the uncouth guise of wadthe quark and neutrino were dling amphibians…we have splayed before the world to played such roles for infioffer up their secrets of matnitely longer ages than we ter. have been men. Our identity The popular imagination is a dream.” would have science be the Rather than see science streamlined facades of parand poetry as diametrically ticle accelerators and brute opposed, I’m more likely technology, and while this to see them as two parts of is one aspect of it, what lies the same coin, always inat the heart of the endeavor forming each other and the is the native urge to wonder. way we relate to nature. The It would be wrong to think spirit doesn’t always insert that this urge began with itself into the formulation of the Enlightenment, or even laboratory experiments, but the Greeks of antiquity with without language to medithe rise of Pythagoras and ate between the mapping Euclid; it is an endeavor that of distance galaxies and our stretches further back, back everyday experience, these to that incipient stage when scientific experiments are we were just stretching our worth little to humanity. legs and beginning to walk Science is not an esoteric across the savannah. The inthing, and maybe marrystinct to wonder shadowed ing it to some kind of art us through our trek up the helps us understand that. African coast, clung to us Science itself is poetic and still in the idea of an Eve who deeply concerned with what wanted so badly the fruits of it means to be alive. After the tree of knowledge. It lays all, what is it to know a fact? in the heart of every poet Where would we be if all and prophet whose thoughts that whirled around us were vortex around the only questhe incessant accumulation tion: What are we a part of? of data without anyone to Every good scientist is in explain its profundity? some way a poet or a phi-

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