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SGA tackles senate’s numbers — again said and since modified the bill,” stated Vice President of Diversity and Social Justice and Co-Chair of Association Reform Task Force (ARTF) Saint Louis University’s Amelia Romo. Student Government AsThe ARTF has been sociation (SGA) faced a working to evaluate and controversial meeting on present the most effective Wednesday evening as the options for an SGA reorgaissue of reforming the organization and presented their nization came into business. results to the senates with SGA has been battling this an optimistic issue since outlook for the beginWe took into confuture effining of the ciency. The academic sideration what the reform bill school year students have said cuts current and atand since modi62 senate tempts to fied the bill. seats to 43. make the In doing so, student or-Amelia Romo, VP SGA hopes g a n i z at i o n of Diversity and to provide a more effiSocial Justice more effeccient than tive student it has been organization in the past. while still providing a repreHowever, until now, these sentation for each and every attempts have been fruitless. SLU student. This week’s meeting was a The meeting consisted of milestone in advancing tomuch debate and questionwards effective reformation, ing about the various seat as SGA presented the Senreforms and SGA President ate bill describing potential Vidur Sharma reminded the future modifications to the senate body. “We took into considerSee “SGA” on Page 3 ation what the students have By JESSICA WINTER Associate News Editor

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Protest: Six immigration reform supporters were arrested during a rally in front of the federal courthouse Monday. dollars to increased border security and establishing an amnesty policy among other initiatives. The 100 block of south 10th street was barricaded at both ends by police vehicles as the rally took place in front of the Eagleton U.S. Courthouse. Six protestors, each with a sign that read “We demand a vote! Immigration reform now!” pinned to their backs, sat in the street and were arrested and charged with failure to comply after multiple speakers shared their experiences with immigration. Juan Montaña, the leading speaker at the demonstration, made the crowd’s message clear. “We want a vote, we want it now,” Montaña said, pressuring Rep. Ann Wagner R-Missouri and Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer R-Missouri to bring the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, or Senate bill S. 744, to a vote in the House. Speakers at the demonstration focused primarily on the adverse effects the current immigration policy has had on their families and the families of others, urging Congress to help immigrants find a better life in the U.S. “This is a real thing. There are people whose families have been separated... [and] destroyed by the immigration system,” Montaña said. “These are people that come here to work, to grow and to give back to the community.” Norma Andrade, a Mexican immigrant, said that she lived in the U.S. for 19 years as an undocumented immigrant. She said she had to run away from her husband rather than turn to the law See “Reform” on Page 3

A group of roughly 100 protestors gathered in downtown St. Louis on Monday morning demanding that the House of Representatives vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill. The demonstration was part of a national day of action promoting the reform bill passed by Senate earlier this year. If signed in to law, the bill would enact a full overhaul of American immigration policy, dedicating billions of

Development proposal may boost Midtown area

ASME takes home the golden gourd more accurate,” stated Manuel Posso, President of the Association of Parks College Students (APCS). Last year’s Pumpkin Launch included an impressive distance of about 200 ft. from one of the team’s launch, while this year the farthest was about 75 ft. With two more teams participating than last year, however, the event still proved an entertaining spectacle for the audience. An added bonus and sense of accomplishment that the participants and spectators could revel in was in knowing that the event’s proceeds go towards St. Louis local charities. Vice President of Finance for APCS, Safi Islam, added to this list of positive outcomes from the event. “It’s a great team building exercise where you get to know and learn a lot about your fellow Parks students.” APCS President Posso mirrored this sentiment when describing his interaction with the event. “I think that the Pumpkin Launch is a wonderful way to teach lesswons about engineering design, creativity, innovation, craftsmanship and teamwork,” Posso stated. “The beauty of it is that a big part of it is the fun factor, and I truly believe we learn better if we enjoy the learning process. This is APCS’s way of fostering the engineering spirit among SLU students.” Image courtesy of Pace Properties

Retail: Pace Properties has published plans for building a new shopping center along Forest Park Parkway. By DIEDRE KIERNS Contributor

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Trebuchet: A group of engineering students loading their trebuchet for a launch. By JESSICA WINTER Associate News Editor

Pumpkins aren’t just for carving, as Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology showed Saint Louis University on Saturday, Nov. 2. Sometimes, it’s more fun to build a trebuchet for them and launch them across a field – which is exactly what Parks student participants did at the Fifth Annual Great Pumpkin Launch. The event provided an amusing outlet for the Parks students to put their engineering skills to use and to compete in a friendly and

entertaining atmosphere – not to mention to make use of all of the remaining Halloween decorations. “The [Pumpkin Launch] was very enjoyable -- we got to destroy pumpkins and hang out with friends,” said participant Cory Seidel, a junior in Parks College. “I decided to participate because it sounded like a lot of fun and was something I always wanted to do.” This year’s Pumpkin Launch consisted of six different teams, all of whom assembled homemade trebuchets designed to efficiently launch their pumpkins across Tegeler Field. They were judged in the catego-

ries of distance and accuracy and were allowed at least three shots that tested the effectiveness of their designed trebuchets. Depending on their strong suite, the teams could use their final shot(s) in whichever of the two categories they felt luckiest. This year’s winning team, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), not only enjoyed bragging rights but the ultimate prize as well: a golden pumpkin. The team gets to claim the pumpkin for a year, until next year’s launch. “For the most part, this year’s [trebuchets] were not as strong as last year’s, but they definitely were a lot

The parts of Midtown most often recognized throughout the city are Saint Louis University’s campus and the Grand Art and Life Center. The streets of Midtown are also lined with food options and housing plots. Yet the neighborhood still suffers from numerous vacant lots and a shortage of popular retail locations that would help bring more business and economy into the area. However, new proposed developments on the horizon may provide some solutions. Pace Properties, a St. Louis- based real estate company, hopes to spruce up the vacant lot adjacent to SLU’s campus with a new shopping center. The proposed site plan lays out construction of four buildings where the Federal-Mogul automotive parts plant once resided. The plant closed in 2007 and Pace acquired the property soon thereafter. Located on the north side of I-64, the site is bordered

by Vandeventer and Spring Avenues to the west and east and Forest Park Parkway on the north. The “Cortex” development serving nearby hospitals sits just west of the potential retail site. The company is talking with Great Rivers Greenway District concerning the feasibility of replacing the old, elevated railroad tracks with a bikeway. The bikeway would connect riders from Downtown to Forest Park. In addition to the bikeway, Pace Properties hopes to encourage pedestrian foot traffic by adding another Metro Link station in the Cortex. The new Metro stop would connect the Grand Avenue stop and the Central West End/ Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Pace Properties hopes to revitalize the region with the building of “Midtown Station.” The company’s renderings show four buildings located around the collective parking lot. The drawings allocate five major retailers among the buildings, See “Retail” on Page 3

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Let Us Introduce You: Larry Cathey Salon owner finds family, fulfillment in his work By VIVEK GORIJALA Staff Writer

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Reform: Immigration bill stuck in House tion and expansion of the EVerify system, an electronic before she was legal citizen system used by employers because police would ask her to verify the legal residency for documentation when she of their employees. Further, reported domestic violence all employers would have to issues. utilize the E-Verify system The immigration bill within five years of the bill’s the group rallied for was passage. authored by a group of biLuetkemeyer has mainpartisan U.S. Senators and tained an opposition to any passed Senate by a vote of policy that provides amnesty 68-32 in late June. to undocumented persons It has currently since lain residing in dormant, the States, Blaine believes as the other arguing that the House needs half of Conamnesty is to take a step by gress has unfair to been relucstep approach to those who tant to take have gone immigration. up the bill, through the atte mp t i n g process or -Spokesman for instead to are in the Rep. Luetkemeyer draft its own process of iteration of becoming immigralegal immition reform. However House grants. Representatives have seen “Blaine believes the House little success in establishing needs to take a step by step a unified piece of legislation. approach to immigration… As it stands, S. 744 would and the Senate bill doesn’t create a new amnesty prodo that,” a spokesperson for gram for undocumented imLuetkemeyer said. “He bemigrants living in the States lieves immigration reform in addition to providing is necessary… [but] he does $46.3 billion fund to implenot and will not support [an ment new border security amnesty policy].” measures including more Ann Wagner’s office was personnel, upgraded fencnot available to comment at ing and technology along the time of pub lication. the border and implementaContinued from Page 1

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Vote: Senators voting during Wednesday’s SGA meeting, which was moved to the St. Louis Room due to volume. Continued from Page 1

attendees to be “soft on people and hard on issues” when presenting their arguments. Some of the reform ideas faced more opposition than others, and the retention of the two Black Student Alliance (BSA) seats was one of these such issues. The two BSA seats on SGA and their place in the organization have been questioned in the past and this year was no exception. One of the modification options eliminated these BSA seats, but was faced with strong opposition from a va-

riety of student voices. Brittany Kendrick, a BSA Senator, reminded her fellow senators of BSA’s history with SGA. In 1969, the group organized a “sit in” protest in Ritter Hall as a result of feeling neglected as a race at SLU and wanting an effective representation and voice at the university. They successfully secured a position on the Student Government Association after this protest and BSA today has no intention of erasing this historical and monumental protest by revoking their seats on SGA. Kendrick mentioned a quote from Martin Luther

King Jr. concerning realists, pessimists and optimists – the most productive of the three being the realists. She called on her fellow senators to acknowledge the importance of having BSA as well as Diversity Leadership Cabinet (DLC) seats in SGA, saying that racial, religious, sexual and other controversial issues are faced by students every day. Adding four DLC seats was another significant reform that the ARTF came up with, and is an addition in which many of the senators showed enthusiastic support. The four DLC seats

would consist of student senates that represent a variety of diversity issues, including socioeconomic status, race, sexuality and religion. The Graduate Student Association will also gain more representation through the SGA reform bill and looks to have two seats in the future SGA senate body. Senators celebrated the finalization of the bill and intend to vote on the final form of the bill at next week’s meeting. “This is a really huge thing...for what it means for SGA and the university in the future,” said Sharma.

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totaling 166,000 square feet of retail space. Pace’s proposal includes demolishing the existing industrial buildings. NextSTL, a website run by city residents dedicated to tracking construction and renovations in St. Louis, hopes to pressure Pace to utilize the current warehouse facades if at all possible.Although Pace stated that no companies have committed to the site there are rumors of big-name stores like Target and IKEA looking seriously at the development plans. Additionally, Pace Properties has confirmed that their company does represent IKEA in their search for available space in St. Louis. However no timeline for the project has been published. As Pace Properties prepares to provide Midtown’s residents shopping centers, another project in the works might change the activity along West Pine Street

between Vandeventer and Sarah Avenue. According to NextSTL, a proposed oneand two- bedroom apartment complex would include street-level retail and restaurants, while the loft apartments would occupy the space overhead. An estimated timeline for the complex includes breaking ground in early 2014 with the project finishing mid-year 2015. Filling a vacant stretch of land on the south side of West Pine, the building would provide more housing options for students. New activity in the area might also increase student interest in the existing apartments along West Pine and Sarah. The area SLU occupies remains a work in progress, but progress is being made nonetheless. If Pace and NextSTL are able to see their proposals through to completion, the Midtown area has an opportunity to add a serious retail presence to complement its vibrant arts scene.

Larry Cathey has owned The Going Thing Hair Company for 40 years, and has seen many hair salons around campus shut their doors in the years running his barbershop. However, his shop has been the only one of all those hair salons to stick, and is now the only one on campus. The key to his success, according to Cathey, is communication with his customers, whom he refers to as his family. “I love to see them,” Cathey said of his customers. “Some of them have been with me for years and years. I’ve been cutting their hair and now they bring their kids to me, also.” Unlike the large haircut companies that have become popular recently, Cathey values building connections with his customers and believes that these connections are the reason his customers have stayed loyal

to him for so long. life was back then,” he said. “I’ve even been to hosCathey, a Vietnam veteran, pitals when my customloves to talk about the war ers have been sick, and cut and the events of that era. their hair free of charge. It’s He also brings up stories just the way I work,” Cathey about his old customers, said. In addition to this, he who include Father Biondi has made house calls for his and former St. Louis Cardipatients that nals baseball haven’t been players. He able to drive has an endI love my people to his shop. less amount For Cathey, of tales and and I love to talk the effort loves to creto you all. I really he puts into ate a welwouldn’t give it up communicoming atcating with mosphere in for the world. his clients, his shop. -Larry Cathey, and makS u r ing them his p r i s i n g l y, businessowner friends rathCathey origer than just inally did his customnot want to ers, makes his shop a truly be a barber. However, after unique environment. he learned to cut hair, he reIn addition to his longalized that it was his passion. time customers Cathey also He fondly talked about how, loves seeing SLU students when he first started cutting come to his shop for his hairhair, he felt that his fingers cuts. were flying across the hair, “You’re young, and I and the teacher eventually love to tell you guys about asked him to monitor other the good old days and how students. From that moment

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on, Cathey knew that he wanted to become a barber. After working for five years at a different barbershop, Cathey decided to start The Going Thing Hair Company in 1976. Originally located in the BSC, it now occupies a spot in Marchetti West and has been there since 1979. According to Cathey, some of his customers drive for 20 or 30 minutes to SLU just for his haircuts. A lot of his other customers are SLU students. In his free time, Cathey enjoys Cardinals games and once had a SLU-sponsored racecar, of which he credits Biondi for helping him. However, his true calling is his work. Cathey comes back every day to run his barbershop because he loves his job and loves talking to his second family. “I love my work, you know. I love my people and I love to talk to you all. I really wouldn’t give it up for the world. I hope I can do this as long as I can,” Cathey said.

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Arts Entertainment was once beautiful. The artist Joe Jones represents the Social Realist style. His painting, “Missouri Roots support, connect Wheat Farmers” demonand bind an object to its oristrates the quiet, passionate gin – extending far beyond and thorough work of Midthe surface and enabling one western farmers. The straw to grow, live and thrive. The hats, overalls and leather upcoming exhibit at the Saint boots of the men in the Louis University Museum of painting embody the farmArt, “No Place Like Home: ing culture as a whole at that American Scene Painting in time. the Sinquefield Collection” Petruta Lipan, director recognizes and celebrates at SLUMA, encourages stuthe roots of Midwestern dents to take advantage of America while speaking to the limited opportunity of the local, regional and familthis exhibit. According to Liial roots of all people. pan, “All exhibitions stimu“No Place Like Home” late creative thinking. They includes paintings, drawings also engage on a multitude and lithographs from the of levels from history, to private collection of Rex and politics, to art and the quesJeanne Sinquefield. This imtion of why people collect pressive collection features what they prominent collect. The artists of the generosity American of these colScene Paintlectors, in ing movesharing their ment that collection engaged in with SLU an inspired students and shift in art the public at -Petruta Lipan, styles parlarge for a alleling the limited pedirector at SLUMA tumultuous riod, should events in be an added American incentive to history happening at that see the exhibition.” time. As a St. Louis native Visiting “No Place Like and SLU alum, Rex SinqueHome” can enhance a stufield’s roots tie very close to dent’s connection with and home. his art collection emunderstanding of the social braces these roots through and cultural roots of their the joyful and gritty scenes current home in St. Louis. of American life during chalThis appreciation for the nalenging times defined by two tion’s journey to the present World Wars and the Great day helps stimulate a perDepression. sonal appreciation for one’s American Scene Paintown roots. ing is defined by the subcatAs college students we egories of Regionalism, and are bombarded with new Social Realism. “No Place and exciting experiences Like Home” exhibits powerand opportunities every day. ful works from some of the Sometimes a reminder of masters of such styles. the trials, joys and memories Representing Regionalthat preceded these college ism is Thomas Hart Benton, adventures can make our John Steuart Curry, Grant new experiences even more Wood and John Roger Cox. enjoyable. The ominously dark sky “No Place Like Home: of John Roger Cox’s paintAmerican Scene Painting in ing, “Landscape” leaves an the Sinquefield Collection” unsettling impression on opens with a reception at 6 the viewer. As one cloud p.m. Friday, Nov. 15. The exhovers over a desolate landhibit will be on display until scape, the painting appears Feb. 2 and is free to both stuto speak to the struggles that dents and the public. now loom over a place that By EMILY DRENOVSKY Staff Writer

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R&B group challenges the music industry with new album release Delivering the sequel to their 2012 project “Black Radio,” the Robert Glasper Experim e n t continues to c h a l lenge the mindset of the music Kevin Schaeffner industry. “The irresistible appeal of Black individuality – where has all of that gone?” A vast majority of the music community was left scratching their heads at the 55th Awards when the honor for Best R&B Album was bestowed upon the Robert Glasper Experiment for their efforts on “Black Radio.” This perplexing gesture ushered in an act primarily recognized for their accomplishments as a modern jazz band, boldly declining to present the award to eieloquently with an appreciather Anthony Hamilton or tion for hip-hop, R&B and R. Kelly, both of whom have neo-soul. maintained iconic legacies The dynamic sequel conwithin the category’s genre tinues to deliver. Facilitated for the past few decades. by an interrogating monoThe Robert Glasper Experilogue by prominent sociment’s project challenged a ologist Michael Eric Dyson time charon the track acterized by “I Stand polarizing A l o n e ,” Now it is true that artists pre“Black Radio the genius of occupied 2” diagnoses entirely by African culture is the problem the past or and presurely its repetition future, both scribes the was that new elemusically solution. Dyments were added and ideologson asserts, ically. each go-around. “Now it is O n true that the “Black Ra-Michael Eric genius of Afdio’s” openrican culture Dyson, sociologist ing track is surely its “Lift Off,” repetition, the project but the key to such repetition promises to occupy the past, was that new elements were present and future through added each go-round...each “experimentation for medinew installation bore the imtation.” They delivered on print of our unquenchable their promise by fusing their thirst to say something on modern jazz foundations our own.” The Experiment seeks to extract and understand the triumphs and pitfalls of their immediate and distant predecessors, mining the “black radio” from the rubble in the aftermath of what they perceive to be the collective contemporary’s failure. Tuning out overly-simplified notions of modernism and conservatism, they develop a foundation for their sonic aesthetic based upon the compelling individual components of movements that may have fell short as a whole, which they access by lending a critical ear to the sputtering of a potentially rich musical culture. The lofty aspirations of the Experiment to further the community are achieved by enlisting the community to contribute. In addition to the band’s core members Robert Glasper, Casey See “R&B” on Page 6

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SLUMA: “Late Night” by artist George Schreiber, 1944. This painting is part of the “No Place Like Home: American Scene Painting in the Sinquefield Collection” exhibit that opens Nov. 15, 6-8 p.m.

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SLUMA: The Saint Louis University Museum of Art, located on Lindell Blvd. across from Pius Library.

Mainstream music doesn’t mean it’s good By Michael Schufreider Staff Writer

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There is an argument that states art reflects culture, and if this is the case, then what kind of cultural mirror does popular music hold up to the world? If one takes a closer look, the reflection is not pretty. Today more so than ever, popular “Billboard 100” music has become escapist entertainment. It reflects a culture so self-absorbed and ignorantly bliss that it would rather let music define who they are than let music be an extension of their own selfidentity. The first sign of trouble comes in the death of the “musician” in popular music. People who make music today are no longer referred to as musicians, but rather artists, producers and most notably, performers. The music industry has whole-heartedly embraced its entertainment side and devolved into a circus of ostentatiousness

and lyrically shallow mush. Recording companies can seemingly take anyone these days and make them into a pop star with makeup and a slathering of auto tuning. In today’s industry, image matters, not the musical talent. And in most cases, the producer is the most important person in the recording process. They are the ones responsible for the arrangement, beats and general tone of a song. They have systematically reduced popular music to ethereal, bubblegum tracks with no depth. Probably the best example of how producers have negatively impacted the market is a comparison video of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” and Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok.” Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco are the producers for both songs, and in the video, the lyrics of each song can be transposed onto the other’s beat seamlessly. The songs are musicalSee “Music” on Page 6

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Kicking it with KSLU We asked our friends over at KSLU if they happened to have any advice as to what we should be tuning into this fall. Turns out they have lots of favorites so here are their current top 5 picks! Queens’ producer Jesse Allen’s “Two Shadows” is a stunningly beautiful piece of work for an artist I had previously never heard of until I stumbled upon the stream of it on FACT Mag. This is a highly active and twisting record for those without trained attention spans for long ambient music. While the album sometimes feels jumbled, there are many enormous moments that show a prowess far beyond the usual artist with only a debut album in their body of work. Listen to Grant live on Sundays from 10-11 p.m. during his show “Contemporary Cartography. ”

Matthew Meyers, KSLU member

R&B: New album fuses modern jazz album’s cadence and its only cover. As Glasper laBenjamin, Derrick Hodge ments in the linear notes, and Mark Colenburg, disthis last track is “dedicated tinguished R&B artists Jill to the children and parents Scott, Anthony Hamilton affected by the Sandy Hook and Jazmine Sullivan, along tragedy.” with distinguished hip-hop artists Lupe Fiasco, ComThrough the laments of mon and Jean Grae are feathis song and through the tured on tracks. The project whole of the project, “Black notches over 20 total feaRadio” resonates, revitaltures spanning a startling diizing the musical realm and versity of artists, from punkrealms beyond. Malcolmrock singer Patrick Stump, to genre-defying Norah Jones, Jamal Warner’s spoken poto actor/musicians Wayne etry encapsulates the “Black Brady and Malcolm-Jamal Radio” philosophy of perWarner. sistently and critically probThe allusion of the album ing for antitle to the swers, of indestructible device Sonically the standing stashed in behind and sequel expands the cockpits taking reupon the seamof aircrafts sponsibility less fusion of gains further for the deintrigue as the modern jazz, hipvelopment sequel offers a hop, neo-soul and critical analyof our creR&B. sis of its own ations even preceding when they musical forms go awry. from the origWarner closes the curinal “Black Radio.” Sonically, tain on the project, hoping the sequel expands upon the seamless fusion of modto continue musical and poern jazz, hip-hop, neo-soul litical discourse as a progresand R&B by deploying rollsive and preventative meaing hip-hop and R&B loops. sure, seeking to realize the This maintains that no digifull potential of a culture and tization occurred to achieve a society before its demise, these effects because the album’s sound is constructed before it has to be revisited entirely by live instrumenthrough a black box. “And tation. Whereas the first althrough dried tears, we’ll bum features mainly covers, spend the next few years siincluding Nirvana’s anthem lently screaming ‘why?’ un“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” til we realize their spiritual “Black Radio 2” mainly feaawakening already undertures original tracks with guest artists aiding in the stood, their undertaking the songwriting process, loosenmoment they appeared in ing up the narrative voice of the womb…creating heated the album. debates that should have The final track on “Black been sparked sooner than Radio 2” interprets Stevie the dark hell of December Wonder’s “Jesus Children of America,” serving as the 2012.” Continued from Page 5

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TOWN Arts Editor’s Picks

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Anberlin: “Deception” Alternative

The Head and the Heart: “Let’s Be Still” Folk Rock

Yelyzaveta DiStefano, Internal Promotions Director

Yamantaka // Sonic Titan: “UZU” Experimental Rock

Grant Nikseresht, general manager

With “UZU,” Canada’s Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, delivers a strong follow up to their 2011 self-titled LP. Yamantaka combines prog, Krautrock and doom metalinfluenced songwriting with tribal drums, primal chanting and gothic vocals that wouldn’t seem out of place on a mid-eighties 4AD record. Standout tracks include the heavy in all senses of the word “One,” the organdriven “Hall of Mirrors” and “Bring Me The Hand of Bloody Benzaiten.” Alex’s show, “This Is Your Life Now, ” airs on every Wednesday night from 9-11 p.m.

Polica: “Schulamith” Electronica/Trip Hop

An undeniably eclectic record featuring everything from airy pop vocals over space-age synths to hypnotic beats and classic electronic jams, this album refuses any one genre. Tracks range from the dark “Smug” and “Spilling Lines” to upbeat bangers like “Chain My Name.” Easy to dance to, irresistible to nod along to, “Shulamith” is a message-laden record that isn’t too serious for the casual listener. Listen to Yelyzaveta on “Watching Trees, ” Sundays 9-10 p.m.

Migrations in Rust: “Two Shadows” Ambient

Music: Billboard toppers lack talent

Managing to juggle it all By KENDRA CRUSE Associate Arts Editor

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POP: Katy, Rihanna, K$ and Nikki embody modern music. Continued from Page 5

fact that both songs went to number one reveals that music doesn’t need to evolve, it just needs to copy and paste. Also of concern is the lyrical content of songs these days. While songs today still deal with sex, drugs and partying – themes which have been prevalent in music since rock ‘n’ roll – it handles these topics with the subtlety of a bull in a china shop. The lack of nuance in lyrical composition overtly distills songs to mere atavistic desires. While it’s somewhat reassuring that popular music is so open to discussing topics typically denoted as taboo, there appears to be a lack of discernment on the recording side of how these subjects should be expressed. It reflects a glorification of values that favors excess rather than moderation. We’re so willing to absorb and consume music without much thought. It says that we’re not concerned with

the music itself, but the lifestyle the music it sells. The recent explosion of the Miley Cyrus case is particularly revealing because it follows the trend of “who cares what other people think, do what you want.” While it is important to think for yourself and not be concerned about the judgment of others in petty affairs, this phrase has been misinterpreted as an excuse to do whatever you want without a thought about the livelihood of others. More and more, there seems to be a push towards a relativist society which runs the danger of stilting personal growth and creating superficial relationships. Popular music has its time and place, but its ubiquitousness in modern culture should be enough for alarm and, at the very least, questioning. We should always be examining things with a critical eye, and when we fail to do this, we find ourselves at the behest of others which is a truly terrifying notion.

In search of a new party trick? There’s a club for that. If you happen to be meandering down West Pine one day and you think you’ve spotted an impromptu circus in the quad, chances are it’s just the Saint Louis University Juggling Club, or the “Slugglers,” as they proudly call themselves. Created pre-fall 2012 semester, It’s one of the newest groups on campus. Juggling club is not just for expert jugglers – far from it actually. The crew is made up mostly of folks who learned to juggle after joining. There are even meetings specifically to make juggling balls for new members out of balloons and lentils. The group welcomes all skill levels, whether you’ve never before tossed three balls in the air or you can already juggle seven knives! If you think you’re not coordinated enough, think again. This skill is about focus more than coordination. The juggling club is a

space for new jugglers to learn, weathered jugglers to practice, new friends to collaborate and old friends to socialize. Some members even like to bring in other skills to share, like hula hooping, slack lining or unicycling. “This type of activity is something that I have always enjoyed,” says sophomore Stevie Spickler, “Whether it be juggling, Hacky Sacking, or video games. I enjoy the repetition and the success that comes with continued practice. Juggling is all about focus and repetition.” Graduate student Ryan Thoni founded the Sluggers last year during his first semester here at SLU. After this founding leader left the country, membership sustainability began to dwindle. Spickler is working to pick up the slack. His dedication to the group and his passion for the sport is evident. “In order to advance in the world of juggling, one must focus repetitively upon the task of juggling the balls and/or pins many times before mastering it, for dropping it is inevitable. Being

able to pick up the balls and refocus time and time again is what makes for an exceptional juggler.” Juggling has been shown to have good cardio benefits, and be a source of stress relief. It also helps increase memory and improves multi-tasking abilities. If you want to get in on the action, the Slugglers typically meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays (right after Laughter Yoga at Plush). Weather permitting, the location is in the quad. When it’s cold or rainy, the crew will find another spot - anywhere empty that has high enough ceilings. For more information and the most recent updates about where and when they’ll meet, you can check out the “Saint Louis University jugglers! (slugglers)” facebook. Juggling club provides more benefits than just a new hobby. It’s a perfect space to share juggling techniques, show off new tricks, hang out with some like-minded folks and relieve stress in the middle of a hectic week. It’s the perfect activity for busy students in need of a break.

Sluggers: The SLU juggling club shows off their crazy tricks in the middle of campus.

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With soaring melodies and musicianship that make you remember your fondest days, The Head and the Heart have put out a spectacular sophomore album. The greater utilization of the voice of their violinist, Charity Thielen, adds another dimension to the band’s sound that you didn’t know you needed. Though Let’s Be Still has a much fuller, bigger band sound than their previous self-titled album, the band still manages to keep things beautiful. To put it simply, “Let’s Be Still” is your perfect autumn soundtrack. Catch Summer’s show, “Introverse, ” Wednesdays from 4-5 p.m.

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Anberlin truly knows how to push the limits of sounds and rhythms, and their new album is a powerhouse that calls for brilliance. From the fast- paced “Dead American” to the uplifting “City Electric” to the electronic “IJSW” there is a song on “Devotions” that touches on almost all genres of music. Lead singer Stephen Christian’s anguished vocals, along with the band’s new-age beats creates an edge iconic to Anberlin.

Theater Freud’s Last Session Through Nov. 23 Emersion Studio Theatre

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Movies Blue is the Warmest Color Opens Friday, Nov. 8 The Tivoli Thor: The Dark World Opens Friday, Nov. 8 Chase Park Plaza Monster’s University New Release Redbox on Lindell Blvd.

Crafts HoliDIY Eco-Friendly Craft Show Saturday, Nov. 9 11:00 a.m. - 7 p.m. Mad Art Gallery

Exhibits ORIGINS: Natural Selections Through Dec. 21 Regional Arts Commission

Music Steve Aoki Thursday, Nov. 7 8:00 p.m. The Pagaent Pink Monday, Nov. 11 7:30 p.m. Scottrade Center Chuck Berry Wednesday, Nov. 13 9:00 p.m. Blueberry Hill

Art Artist Talk: Anthony McCall Thursday, Nov. 7 7:00 p.m.

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Food Little Sweetie’s Cupcakes Tasting Party Saturday, Nov. 9 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 539 N Grand Blvd 4th Floor

Sports Women’s basketball begins Friday By ALEX KOZICH Sports Editor

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November 7, 2013 sports@unewsonline.com Alex Kozich, Sports Editor Ryan Glover, Assoc. Sports Editor

Volleyball sweeps Fordham on senior day

While much of the focus and hype surrounding Saint Louis basketball has been on the men’s team and their quest for a third straight NCAA tournament bid, the women’s basketball team is also beginning their season this week. Last season the team finished with a 12-19 record and earned an 11 seed in the A-10 tournament where they upset 6th seeded Butler in the first round. Defensively, the team allowed just 57.9 points per game, best since the 1985-86 season and held 11 opponents to less than 50 points, a school record. This year’s team is a little different from last year’s, however. With six freshmen and two sophomores, this is one of the youngest teams in the country. “They’re delightful,” Coach Stone said about the freshmen. “They’re really good players, they’re wonderful human beings, they’re good student athletes and we’re going to take some early adjusting in terms of maturation because they have to play. We’re going to live with some freshmen mistakes early, but that’s okay because you’re going to watch them grow up overnight. From yesterday to today they’ve changed.” With such a young team, you would think that it might be a challenge to find leadership, but that’s not necessarily the case.

Volleyball: The Billikens have four games remaining in the regular season leading up to the A-10 tournament. By GRACE BONOMA Staff Writer

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Ball: Junior Desirae Ball attacks the basket in a game last season. She averaged 9.0 points per game and was the only Billiken to start all 31 games a season ago. “I don’t think it’s hard,” Coach Stone said. “I think it’s something I have to demand out of players like Mesi [Jemesia] Price whose a point guard. She’s only a sophomore because she’s coming off injury… Coming off three ACL injuries, her courage and her determination gives her natural leadership, plus she’s our point guard. Desirae ball is a junior…Desirae ball is our best defender, very, very solid performer, one of our scoring leaders. We’ll look to her a lot as well but leadership there is ingrained, she’s a natural born leader. And

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then Halee Castleman is your only senior, true senior, so those three I really look to.” Taking a look at the schedule, there is no easing

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A trip to the east coast resulted in a split decision for the Billikens this past weekend. After a 2-3 loss at Rhode Island Friday night the Billikens responded with a sweep of the Fordham Rams on their senior day. The five-setter opened with a decisive 25-16 first set win for the Billikens. Collectively, the Billikens recorded a .393 attack percentage holding Rhode Island to only .148. The second set fell in favor of the Rams defense. Rhode Island dominated defensively with SLU hitting only .111 on the set evening the match out 1-1. After the break, SLU re-

gained their composure notching an impressive .343 hitting percentage. Freshman Danielle Rygelski recorded a set high 4 kills followed closely by Gilbert and a combined freshmen effort for Mallory Dillon and Taylor Paulson each with 3 kills. Jendryk also recorded 3 blocks. In set four the Billikens struggled to gain momentum and the Rams won the fourth 25-7 in their most decisive set of the season. SLU recorded only 7 points on a -.077 attack percentage while the Rams hit an outstanding .550. Tied 2-2 going into the deciding set the Rams and the Billikens exchanged points See “Serve” on Page 9

How long until opening day? As I look forward to another break from school for Thanksgiving break, I begin thinking about tho s e hardhitting ques t i o n s that my r e l a tives will throw at Bri Radici me during our turkey-day festivities. “So, do you have a boyfriend yet?” “What’s new with school?” “What’s it like being the editor-in-chief of a college newspaper?” “What are you going to do now that baseball is over?” Oh, I bet you weren’t expecting that last one, were you? Every member of my family knows that among chocolate and country music, baseball is one of my favorite things. My mom talks about how her future son-in-law will probably be a baseball player. My brother thinks I should be able to improve my grades if I stopped paying so much attention to the Cardinals. My cousins laugh at me because I have more pictures taken at Busch Stadium than I do with them on vacations. But I just can’t help it. There’s something about “America’s favorite pastime” that has had me hooked ever since I could sing the words of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”. Honestly, I don’t think anything, not even the overpriced food and beer at the ballpark, could keep me from loving the game. For the past seven months, I’ve enjoyed all that baseball season has to offer: the rivalries, the crazy fans, the triumphant wins and the depressing losses. Then, last week, that enjoyment ceased as my favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals, lost after playing six hard-fought games against the Boston Red Sox. I was devastated. Ask the rest of the editors that were in the newsroom last Wednesday night. I was whining, pouting and in deSee “Cards” on Page 9

Men’s soccer tops St. Joe’s By CHARLES BOWLES Staff Writer

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Soccer: The men’s soccer team will travel to Rhode Island and Massachusetts to close out the regular season.

Nick Shackelford, Alex Sweetin, Adnan Gabeljic and Jon Roeckle: these four men entered Robert R. Hermann Stadium for likely the final time of their collegiate careers. All four had a hand in the final regular season home match against the Saint Joseph’s Hawks. The Billikens exited Hermann Stadium with a key 4-1 victory to remain tied at the top of the Atlantic 10 conference standings with George Mason. Shackelford had a key save and deflection, Sweetin and Roeckle each had one assist and Gabeljic scored a goal in the second half. “I thought it was a good game. That was our fourth game in a week,” said Head Coach Mike McGinty. “It was nice to get back home. It was nice to send our seniors out in the right way, and the guys, after having their hearts broken on Thursday [against Louisville],put in a good performance for their seniors.” After a tough overtime

road loss against nationallyranked Louisville, the Billikens responded in their final regular season home match. After honoring the four seniors on the team, the Bills went out ans attacked early. In the 14th minute, Anthony Manning from about 65 yards out sent a ball against the wind toward the box. The St. Joe’s keeper mistimed his jump, allowing Raymond Lee to get in behind him and kick the ball into the then empty net. This gave the Bills an early 1-0 on Lee’s fourth goal of the season. However, in the 35th minute, St Joe’s responded with a goal of their own, getting the ball under Shackelford for their only goal of the match. In the 37th minute, St. Joe’s had another opportunity on goal, but Shackelford deflected the ball and it hit off the crossbar. The follow-up shot by St. Joe’s was high and that was the last true threat from the Hawks. The Bills controlled the game the rest of the way. In the 44th minute, Robert Kristo was battling with See “Goal” on Page 9

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JEER

FEAR WHO TO JEER: RICHIE INCOGNITO It’s a bigger-than-football story and new details are revealed every day, but the situation in Miami certainly sounds ugly. This isn’t jeering Incognito as much as it’s jeering the athletic system, from Pop Warner football to the NFL, that allows such bullying and machoism go unchecked.

By Tony Traina, Managing Editor WHO TO FEAR: INDIANA PACERS One week in, the NBA’s lone undefeated team seems to have taken last season’s game seven loss to Miami to heart. The 5-0 Pacers dismantled the Bulls on Wednesday night, seemingly poised to again make the Eastern Conference a two-horse race between them and the Heat. Get ready for an exciting, physical season.

WHO TO CHEER: COLLEGE BASKETBALL Finally. A sport Billikens can get excited about. SLU opens this Friday, but the schedule heats up when they head to Mexico to play Wisconsin. Kentucky starts the season at No. 1, touting “the best recruiting class ever.” Blue bloods stack the top ten, but SLU opponents VCU and Wichita State can be found in the top 25.

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Scoreboard Thursday, Oct. 31 Men’s Soccer @ Louisville L (3-2) OT Men’s Basketball vs. Fontbonne W 94-38 (EXH) Friday, Nov. 1 Volleyball @ Rhode Island L (3-2) Saturday, Nov. 2 Volleyball @ Fordham W (3-0) Women’s Basketball vs. UMSL L 59-52 (EXH) Sunday, Nov. 3 Men’s Soccer vs. Saint Joseph’s W (4-1) Women’s Soccer @ VCU W (1-0)

Calendar Friday, Nov. 8 Women’s Basketball 4:30 p.m vs. Missouri Volleyball 5:30 p.m vs. Rhode Island Men’s Soccer 6:00 p.m @ Rhode Island Men’s Basketball 7:30 p.m vs. Southeast Missouri

into the college game for this young team as they open the season at home against Mizzou. Last season, the team opened on the road at Mizzou and fell 67-51. It was a close game for a good portion, the team was within 1 point at 32-31 early in the second half, but Mizzou pulled away with a 15-1 run in the middle of the second half to all but put away the game. With such a young team, coach stone and the players are eager to get out on the court Friday night and show the fans and Mizzou that this isn’t going to be the same team from years past. “I think it’s a great way to start. They’re a very respectable opponent, they’re really good and it’s in state,” Coach Stone said. “It’ll be fun for the girls, like Erin Nelson (who) is a freshman this year for us from St. Joe’s academy and two of the players on Missouri’s team are from St. Joe’s academy. There’s a girl from Webster Groves on their team, their point guard, it’s like a homecoming in some regard for all of them but it’s no easy task either. It’s one that we have to be better than we were in our exhibition game.” After the Mizzou game, the team plays two more home games against Valparaiso and Eastern Illi-

nois before heading on the road for four straight home games, including a game at Indiana. After three more home games and a road game, the team will take part in the Cyclone Challenge at the University of Iowa on Dec. 28 and 29 against William & Mary and either Iowa State or Holy Cross. The team starts A-10 play on Jan. 2 on the road against Fordham and concludes the season at home against Massachusetts. With a young team and a second year head coach, there are going to be some ups and downs but this is not a “throw away” season in the slightest. For second year head Coach Lisa Stone and the rest of the team, the goal is to win early and win often. “I’m not patient,” Coach Stone commented. “We’re not going to ride a roller coaster this year. We need to continue to climb the ladder. Just stay patient, stay calm. There’s no need to panic. We have a great group of young women that are all in the boat. We have a tremendous chemistry.” While it may be a bumpy ride early on, the women’s basketball program is definitely headed in the right direction with Coach Lisa Stone at the helm and a young team that can grow together over the course of this season and beyond.

up until a 12-10 with the score in favor of the Bills. In a final effort the Rams concluded the set with a 5-0 run and finished the match 1512. Taylor Paulson recorded a team high .471 hitting percentage for the match. The Billikens then headed to the Bronx to earn their 10th win of the season. The Ram’s said fair well to seven seniors in their last home match of the season this past Sunday. The first set SLU led a strong defensive effort holding the Rams to a -.053 attack percentage for a 2518 win. The second set featured a closer finish. After a tie score at 11-11 the teams exchanged points until SLU grabbed a 23-20 lead. Out of the timeout SLU grabbed the first two points for a 2523 score and 2-0 lead in the match. Rygelski lit up the third set with 6 of her 15 total kills falling in the final set. Gilbert also contributed offensively with 4 kills of her own and an additional 5 digs. A 25-22 win concluded the

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Spike: Freshman Danielle Rygelski led the Billikens with 15 kills in their sweep of Fordham last weekend. sweep in favor of the Billikens. Freshman Ashley Gagen notched a team high 8 digs. Jendryk’s 4 total blocks in the match marked her fourth consecutive match recording 4 blocks on the season. The Billikens return to action at Chaifetz Pavilion Nov. 8, when they host Rhode Island. First serve is set for 7 p.m. The game will be Camp Reunion Night and all Billiken Volleyball campers receive free admission if they wear their camp shirt. You can catch the Billikens again at home the next night Nov. 9 for the annual Billiken Blue-Out against current A-10 front-runner VCU.

Goal: Men’s soccer ends season undefeated at home Continued from Page 7

Saturday, Nov. 9 Volleyball 7:00 p.m vs. VCU

Sunday, Nov. 10 Men’s Soccer 12:00 p.m @ Massachusetts Women’s Basketball 1:00 p.m vs. Valparaiso

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Coach: Lisa Stone begins her second season with the Billikens. The team finished 12-19 last season.

Wednesday, Nov. 13 Men’s Basketball 7:00 p.m @ SIUE

Cards: thanks for a memorable year Continued from Page 7

a St. Joe’s player that was attempting to get the ball out of bounds. However, Kristo won control of the ball after the player from St. Joe’s slid and was unaware that the ball was along the end line. Kristo weaved his way past another defender and then rocketed a ball past the St. Joe’s keeper near the inside post to make it a 2-1 game just before halftime. That goal was Kristo’s seventh goal of the season. In the 54th minute, Sweetin took a set piece just outside the box and sent it straight to Kristo, who headed it in the back of the net for his second goal of the day and his eighth goal of the season. That was Kristo’s second straight game with two goals. In the 84th minute, Gabeljic came in for Kristo and added another insurance goal. Roeckle ran down the middle of the field and got a ball in for Gabeljic who shot the ball just inside the

box for his third goal of the season and giving the Bills a 4-1 lead. “I’m pretty happy that the boys responded for the seniors; we tried into the mind frame of everybody playing our last game at Hermann Stadium,” said Shackelford. “It means a lot to play my last game at Hermann, coming to Saint Louis was a second chance to keep playing when McGinty signed me and I hope these guys recognized that we gave all that we could these four years.” For Sweetin, it was bittersweet to finish his senior season undefeated at home, but also recognize this will likely be his final game at Hermann Stadium. “That was one of our goals as senior leaders; we didn’t want to give points away at home, and we didn’t do that,” said Sweetin, beginning to recognize the emotion of the moment. “It is just so natural coming up from Chaifetz, up to the locker room and that became a part of who we were. I think the part that I

am going to miss the most is just the group of guys and playing in front of my family; they do a great job in supporting me.” Despite the emotion of this game, the Bills still have unfinished business. They still have two matches left in Atlantic 10 conference play. They sit atop the A-10 conference standings with George Mason with 14 points each. The Bills will go on the road to conclude their conference season against Rhode Island on Friday, Nov. 8, and then at Massachusetts on Sunday, Nov. 10. “We have to play well and come away with two wins and that will get us where we want to be going into the post-season. That is what we are looking for to close the season,” said McGinty. The post-season will begin for the Bills with the A-10 conference championship in Dayton, Ohio on Nov. 14-17 where they will compete for a second-straight A-10 conference title.

Briefs Kristo named A-10 Player of the Week

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Forward Robert Kristo

After consecutive strong performances, junior forward Robert Kristo was named the Atlantic 10 player of the week for men’s soccer. In two games last week, Kristo notched four goals. Kristo has scored eight goals for the Billikens this season, a team high. Kristo and the rest of the men’s soccer team will look to keep hold of the top spot in the A-10 standings with just two games remaining.

nial that my team had lost. How could baseball be over?! Seven wonderful months of watching the Cardinals on their journey to the World Series, and now it was all over. No more Fredbird. No more Wacha. No more Busch Stadium. In the days following the Cardinals’ loss, I felt like I was going through a bad breakup. It was lonely and it was quiet. I started watching cheesy rom-coms instead of ballgames. And then, as the countdown until the 2014 opening day began, I realized that, in the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, I should thank the Cardinals and the rest of Major League Baseball for an incredible season. This season had its ups and downs, but there were some things that I would nonetheless never forget. In the beginning of the season, I remember thinking about the future of the team without Jason Motte or Chris Carpenter. What would we do without Allen Craig? To be honest, I really did not know how we would make it to the postseason back in June. Despite all of this, this 2013 team gave me many reasons to believe that this would still be an unbeliev-

able season. I loved attending opening day, watching Cardinals fans of all ages come together in celebration of the beginning of the season. I enjoyed every minute of Joe Kelly’s dancing and his standoff with the Dodgers. I attended the game of Michael Wacha’s [almost] no-hitter. I went to my first-ever National League Championship Series game to see the Cardinals defeat the Dodgers. I attended a social media night with the Cardinals and was within three feet of some of my favorite players. I constantly checked Stub-hub with my friends to see if we could afford tickets to World Series games that took place in St. Louis. I rescheduled meetings in order to watch the games that were in Boston. There was no way I was going to miss watching this team play. So, thank you, Cardinals, for making this another season in which I was, without a doubt, proud to call myself a Cards fan. From now until the end of March, I’ll faithfully follow the Cardinals through their offseason journey, dutifully checking their twitter accounts and liking each Facebook post about the team’s current status. Only 144 days until opening day, my friends. Keep calm, and Go Cardinals.

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November 7, 2013 opinion@unewsonline.com Ryan McKinley, Opinion Editor

Letters to the editor The University News reserves the right not to publish any letters that are deemed intentionally and/ or inappropriately inflammatory, more than the 300word limit or unsigned by the original author. The following are letters and/or website comments. Because the identities of website posters cannot be verified, all website comments should be treated as anonymous. Actual letters to the editor may be submitted online at unewsonline.com or e-mailed to opinion@unewsonline.com. Please include your cell phone number. Kudos to the four students who disrupted the recent campus presentation by Citibank representatives. Education brings with it the responsibility to raise challenging questions that address critical issues. These students did exactly that. In doing so, they acted as educated adults and set an example for the rest of us. Consequently, I find it most disturbing that the SGA’s Student Conduct Committee responded by disciplining these students. Intended or not, these disciplinary actions discourage more radical activism. The goal of a Saint Louis University education it to “prepare men and women for others. ” “Being for others” inevitably requires a willingness to take risks for the purpose of pursuing needed change. How does disciplining these four students for taking these risks prepare them and other students to achieve this goal? -Jim Allen Associate Professor (Retired)

Pleased about the profile Last week, every Saint Louis University student received an email from Board of Trustee member, and the leader of the Presidential Search Committee, Jim Smith regarding the official posting of the presidential profile for the university’s next president. The intention of this profile is to show presidential candidates the true character of the University. The University News is very pleased to say that the Presidential Search Committee did excellent work to reflect the Saint Louis University community’s character. The Presidential Search Committee’s presidential profile is also a reflection of how diligently this committee has worked to hear from as many people as possible within the SLU community. The committee basically wanted to ask the SLU community what they wanted in the next president and the search for the president. The committee has held open fora, met with SGA, Faculty Senate and many other constituencies to get as diverse of responses as possible. This search committee’s diligent process is in sharp contrast to the efforts of Marquette University, another Jesuit institution looking for a new university president. The search committee there only asked students and faculty to give their responses on what they wanted for their next president via email. In the profile, the search committee lists a number of priorities and ideals that any SLU president should uphold, including a dedication to the Jesuit mission, diversity, service, collaboration with faculty and students, fundraising and many more. These ideals are extremely important to SLU, and it’s good to see that the search committee understands that. However, it will be up to the search committee to continue its dedication to finding candidates that uphold these principles. It’s worth mentioning though that it’s highly unlikely that any candidate will be able to fulfill all of these principles, so it’s imperative that the committee ultimately chooses a candidate that will prioritize the most pressing concerns from faculty and students. After several years of mere lip service paid to shared decision making, collaboration and transparency are vitally important to a skeptical student body and faculty. The search committee also deserves praise for including the Oath of Inclusion in the presidential profile. Not only does this document illustrate this University’s commitment to diversity, the document also exemplifies this University’s uniqueness. When friends from other universities visit SLU, they often ask more about the Oath because it is so unique and progressive. SLU is proud of this document

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and our uniqueness, and we want our future president to be proud of it too. However, there are still a number of problems hindering the quality of the search. The first is the profile’s use of “he/ she” to describe candidates applying for president. We at the UNews are worried that the apparent openness to women and lay candidates may just be a façade. We’ve heard numerous times that a Jesuit candidate will be prioritized, but we don’t agree that someone has to be a Jesuit to understand the Jesuit mission. Also, as of yet, there is still no staff member on the presidential search committee. This search committee’s commitment to diversity is already impressive, but it must be complete. Lastly, when the candidate pool is down to around ten, there is an AGB’s best practice that prescribes a group of people from the SLU community outside of the search committee can talk to the candidates in an effort for greater openness. We are hopeful that our search committee will utilize this opportunity for greater transparency. Overall, the student body and the rest of the SLU community should be overwhelmingly pleased by the efforts of SLU’s presidential search committee. It is their diligent work and commitment to SLU principles that make SLU’s future look that much brighter.

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The Saint Louis University men’s basketball team began the season last week with a thumping of Fontbonne, winning 9438 in an exhibition game. SLU has its first competitive contest against Southeast Missouri this Friday. Over the past two seasons, SLU has defied expectations, going to the NCAA tournament for two years in a row before losing in the round of 32 for both. In this new season, the expectations have been raised. SLU students and the players expect the Billikens to win most games they play. With such high expectations, the Bills cannot afford to take a step back. In college basketball these next few years will be critical; conferences are shifting, creating a new balance of power in men’s basketball. SLU has a unique opportunity to continue to show its mettle and ability to make it to college basketball’s biggest stage each and every year. A large swath of the Big East has made itself into a mostly allCatholic league, with teams such as Georgetown and Villanova in the fold. Apparently SLU wasn’t even asked to join the talks for this conference and it isn’t difficult to see why; before two years ago, SLU wasn’t getting anything done, they weren’t going to the big dance and they weren’t beating the big teams in basketball. These last two years have seen a meteoric rise in fortune for the Billikens. However, before a Catholic super-conference would invite SLU to join, the Bills must sustain and even increase their success. One team included in the new Big East is Xavier.

Other than being one of SLU’s biggest rivals, the team has also been consistently successful, nearly always making it to the tournament and often going far into the tournament. For SLU to receive the recognition that Xavier receives, the Bills must match the Musketeer’s success. Recognition doesn’t only come through participation in an excellent conference, although it would undoubtedly be the most help. This season, the Billikens will receive increased national television coverage. The Bills will play Wichita State at Chaifetz during the Thanksgiving break that will be shown by ESPN. There are a couple more games throughout the season that have already been promised national coverage. Receiving national television coverage pays dividends for a number of reasons. The main reason is the added exposure that SLU will undoubtedly garner. Potential recruits will be able to watch the Bills play and that will significantly help with recruiting efforts. Higher expectations for SLU don’t just mean greater responsibility for the players themselves, but also for every student at SLU. The Bills are greeted with far too much indifference on this campus, and if we want to see the Bills reach a new level of play and significance, we need to do our part. That means filling the student section of Chaifetz arena each and every game, with no exceptions. Our enthusiasm must match their play. Go Bills!

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Scruples over the schedule Futurism and its If you’re a fan of basketball in St. Louis, there isn’t a more polished squad to go watch than the S a i n t Louis Billikens – regardless of the fact that they are Tim Keogh the only Division I team in town. This veteran Bills team has the talent, depth, chemistry and coaching to potentially be the best team Saint Louis has ever fielded. Mike McCall Jr. and Jordair Jett should comprise one of the top backcourts in the NCAA this year. Double-double machine Dwayne Evans will garner national attention, and sharpshooting big man Rob Loe looks stronger than ever. Add in a solid recruiting class and productive play from John Manning, Grandy Glaze and Jake Barnett and this team is primed to go far in March. I couldn’t be more excited for the start of the season this Friday against Southeast Missouri – except for the Southeast Missouri part. Nothing against Southeast Missouri, but they are not a team that is very exciting. Furthermore, the rest of SLU’s schedule is filled with similar low-caliber teams. Of our home games, only Wichita State and VCU will elicit any kind of serious fan atmosphere at Chaifetz this year. Our home schedule is filled with middling programs like Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Bowling Green State, Wofford, North Carolina A&T and the usual docket of bottom feeding A-10 teams like Duquesne, Fordham and St. Bonaventure. I’ll be at most of those games because I love basketball and SLU, but it will be tough to persuade lukewarm fans to come see awful teams like Fordham. Moreover, should SLU make the tournament, these games are awful practice against the powerhouse teams SLU would likely meet. If this Billiken squad wants any chance against teams at the caliber of Oregon and Michigan State, SLU needs to start scheduling better. Granted, it is extremely hard for up-and-coming teams like SLU to get established, to get ranked teams to come to Chaifetz. Nationally-established teams don’t like playing up-and-coming programs because it is a lose-lose for them. If they win, pundits don’t see it as a big win since SLU is still not nationally established as a national powerhouse. If they lose, the loss looks awful because it looks like they lost to a relatively unknown team. This is a major reason Mizzou has continued to decline playing us. While you could argue that SLU has historically had a pretty soft non-conference schedule, it fails to take into account that SLU will no longer be able to make up for a weak nonconference schedule by playing high caliber teams like Temple, Xavier or Butler in A-10 play. All three of those teams bolted to new conferences after last season, something SLU unfortunately failed to do. This leaves this very talented Bills team with a lot of pressure to win the few important games it has on its schedule. If SLU plays poorly early on and falls to Witchita State and Wisconsin, they will have few opportunities to right the ship in conference play. Perhaps even more worrisome is that most of the tough games are away games. SLU has a huge game vs. #20 Wisconsin at a neutral site in Cancun, and then tough road games against VCU and dark horse A-10 teams St. Joes’, LaSalle, and Massachusetts. The players on this SLU team have struggled on the road the past three seasons, and all of those opponents are a tough out at home. If SLU splits the Wisconsin/ Wichita State games, splits the VCU games, and loses a couple of close games on the road, this Bills team could suddenly be on the bubble and not make the NCAA Tournament. This would of course be demoralizing for such a talented team and excited fan base, but it is a potential consequence of not having enough high caliber games on the schedule or at home. It really is unfortunate that for whatever reason, SLU failed to enter the new Big East Conference with Butler and Xavier. If SLU entered the Big East, our uninspiring non-conference schedule wouldn’t matter as much, and our conference schedule would be filled with exciting, meaningful games versus Georgetown, Marquette and Creighton. Plus, these games would be great practice for the NCAA Tournament. This team is just too good to be playing teams like SEMO, Fordham, or Duquesne. Hopefully next year the Big East will expand and issue an invitation to SLU. But for now, the schedule is what it is, and all this Billiken team can do is continue to work hard, overcome this troublesome schedule and work their magic in the Tournament.

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All leaders are readers It’s October 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis is about to reach its climax and Presid e n t John F. Kennedy has stark choices to make: does he b o m b the missile silos Paul Brunkhorst beingconstructed in Cuba and risk Soviet nuclear retaliation, let them be built and expose the eastern seaboard to nuclear weapons, or cut a deal with the Soviets to ensure they don’t continue construction and compromise American missiles in Turkey? The consequences of each of these choices would have lasting effects on not only U.S.-Soviet relations, but on the fate of the world. Kennedy, aware of the complexity and potential enormity of the situation, and himself a thoughtful, learned president, sat down with his national security staff and aides and instructed them to read the book The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. This book, as author Robert McNamara points out in Blundering into Disaster, is about the disastrous consequences of World War I and the unbelievable (and stupid) factors that led to it. people, as President KenneKennedy, at a diplomatic and dy did. Nor will most have to military crossroad, knew figure out how to deal with that he didn’t want a repeat human rights abuses abroad of the destruction of the while balancing the domestic First World War in this crisis agenda at home, as President in Cuba. Kennedy knew that Bush did. However, these his aides would understand two instances underline a his hesitation and caution if crucial point: reading books they too read the harrowing and using the imagination account of the Great War. have been, are, and always In similar fashion to Preswill be, important. ident Kennedy (and probably There are far too many out of recognition of the late people in this world for any president’s great pragmaone person tism), Presito truly and dent George fully underW. Bush, in stand anyone an effort to but his or learn more Reading books her self. But, about the and using the regardless secretive imagination have of this, most North Kopeople recrean regime been, are, and ognize the and how always will be importance to respond important of being emto its hupathetic. man rights That is, seeabuses, ining the world structed from the perspective of othhis top aides to read Kang ers so that one can live with Chol-Hwan’s chilling tale compassion and experience Aquariums of Pyongyang. new kinds of perception, Chol-Hwan’s account of his both of which can build the time in a North Korean slave common good. labor camps and his subseIn fact, this idea of emquent escape and defection pathy is echoed in the Jefrom the country was the suit idea of seeing God in all only way the Bush Administhings and being men and tration could begin to comwomen for and with others. prehend what was going on Being empathetic is difficult, in North Korea. though; it is easy to live an Most people will not individual, goal oriented life, have to make a decision that which, while not inherently could ultimately affect the bad, rejects the idea of comlives and fates of millions of munity. That is where reading and the imagination come in. As Adam Gopnik recently stated in his New Yorker article Why Teach English, “The reward [of reading] is that it remains the one kind of time travel that works, where you make a wish and actually become a musketeer in Paris or a used-car salesman in Pennsylvania. That one knows, of course, that the actuality is ‘fictional’ or artificial doesn’t change its reality.” Reading, both fiction and nonfiction, immerses the reader in unexplored perspective of the world, allowing one to deal with a nuclear crisis or simply “be a used-car salesman in Pennsylvania.” In this age of rampant technology and social media use, if we are to live empathetically and in the spirit of Ignatian spirituality, it is important to know not what other people are doing, but to know how they are thinking and experiencing the world, as only books and the imagination can do. “I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place,” novelist Anne Tyler once said. Reading and using the imagination are the first steps to learning about, and responding to, the experiences of other people, and they are not gifts to be taken lightly.

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security, which nobody can Ray Kurzweil and other grant.) We also do now have biotech gurus are leading access to a wide range of inthe futurists in their ultimate formation, not all of which dream is unreliable; online journals of mergand MOOCs greatly deing the mocratize education and, in human general, online articles and and the tutorials are empowering machine (especially for the 26-yearin what old who can’t change a tire— will be there’s a YouTube video for the next that). big revoBut a lot of what they enlution, a Roberta Singer vision is privileged fantasy. defiance The most obvious critique of gritty is that of access; when Kurzmaterial reality and a transiweil talks about the immortion to an existence within a tality of the body-machine, cyber realm that, they posit, that technology obviously will be the zenith of human only exists for those who can freedom and democracy. afford it, and a great number They believe we are almost of people still have no access without limitations, now, to even the internet. More and that the internet and than that, though, I take isother cutting-edge invensue with the idea because tions such as nanotechnolof its arrogance, because of ogy and genetic engineering its assumption that humans are the main actors usheractually do understand bioling in a completely new age ogy and brain to such a great defined by an elimination of extent that they now have everything that had previmastery over all of it. But we ously held us back. are increasingly discoverKurzweil poses the idea ing just how much we don’t of the singularity, a point in know about the planet and the near future that entails ourselves; neuroscience as the obliteration of death a field is often compared to itself as our bodies are inbeing now where computer creasingly replaced with betscience was thirty years ago; ter “hardware” in the form we actually understand quite of machines and as our very little about the mechanisms minds are incorporated into responsible for manifesting a vast network of computer consciousness and lived exdata that will essentially experience. ist forever as software. Newt I’m not sure how KurzGingrich helped to pioneer weil intends to upload our the Progress and Freedom thoughts to the cyber-realm Foundation (PFF), a think within the next fifty years tank devoted to studying the when our own scientific digital revolution with the knowledge about our brains underlying ideological asis so limited. sumption that it would elimFrom an ecological asinate the need for politics pect, too, his future comentirely as one could engage pletely ignores the fact that finally in the Enlightenment these servers that house the dream of a true representaInternet require an enortive democracy via unfetmous amount of energy to tered access to information run, and and immemust still be diate voting serviced by capabilities. The dream of human beLinden Labs ings. And, created Secliving in an emaneven if it ond Life, a cipatory digital was possible, digital world universe threatens all of their with a con“futurist” sistent globerasure of class, emphasis is al user base gender and racial on technoof about differences. logical prog600,000 ress without where, true thought paid to its name, to endurpeople creing social ate avatars reform, or what kind of a of themselves and are able to world we’d even want to live form relationships and build forever in. businesses as they would in The fantasy of unlimited reality but without the conself-creation also needs its straints of money, distance own reality check; the dream and bodies. of living in an emancipatory All three of these instancdigital universe threatens es exemplify specific fantaerasure of class, gender and sies we have about digital racial and ethnic differences; technology; they are, as Vinby assuming a break with cent Mosco writes in “The history and the ability for Digital Sublime” that of “a us to live in a freely-created cyberspace world of uploadegalitarian matrix, it denies ing brains, the unification the importance of certain of consciousness, unending subaltern histories, all of the virtual sex [and] immorpasts that subjugated and tality.” Basically, the digital non-Western persons have, revolution will allow us to and denies responsibility live forever in a completely for the pain of past injustice. democratic utopia where we The futurists’ future is a culcan fashion ourselves whatmination of white Western ever way we want. society that ends with us all I mean, what could be living in this free-floating better than that? postmodern cyber-space; I’m not going to say that what do they think will hapthis vision is entirely without pen to alternative histories merit; despite the very large and alternative ways of being grain of salt I take along with if that was ever actually realeverything futurists say, I ized? do think the internet opens And what arrogance to up emancipatory space for assume that all people, givcertain people. It does alen the chance, would desire low for virtual communities to live that way? As atomwhen living ones are hard ized beings self-creating in to come by; a transgendered a digital universe, rather teen in a small town can find than flesh-and-blood people a peer group where once tied to one another and the they would be subject to the planet? tyranny of whatever heteroAs sci-fi chic as a Second normative cultural prescripLife sounds, as much promtions existed in their immeise as it really does hold, it’s diate surroundings, and they important to keep in mind are allowed to experiment that it won’t erase the probwith the boundaries of that lems of our first lives in the identity in somewhat harmvery real present, which we’d less online communities. do well to address before en(By harmless, I mean free tertaining grandiose visions from the threat of violence, of the future. disease, etc, not emotional

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