Feb. 13, 2019

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE STUDENT NEWSPAPER — 13 FEBRUARY

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STUDENTS SHARE ECO-FRIENDLY DESIGNS NEWS

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FEATURES

OPINION

Roma Movie Review

COD Should Encourage Students to Exercise More

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COLLEGE OF DUPAGE WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST Made Possible by the COD Meteorology Department WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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SUNDAY - TUESDAY RECAP As we get into the middle portion of the week, high pressure will lead to quiet conditions across the Midwest and our area on Wednesday and through at least a portion of the day on Thursday. Model guidance continues to flip quite drastically with regard to a potential storm system for Thursday and into Friday with the most recent model guidance losing it nearly completely. This would mean a mostly dry frontal passage Thursday night into Friday while more bullish guidance still tries to wrap up a storm across the region which would lead to increasing rain and snow chances late this week. Beyond that for the weekend, another bout of high pressure moves into the area on Friday night and Saturday with well below normal temperatures expected this weekend with daytime highs in the mid 20's.

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NEWS······················ 04

Where has PLR Gone?

FEATURES··············· 07

My Thoughts on Roma as the daughter of Mexican Immigrants

OPINION·················· 12

Lonely Hearts: Democrat Seeking Love

COFFEE BREAK······ 16

Crossword and Sudoku Puzzles

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NEWS

"Badlands" Featured in Prairie Light Review, Vol. XXXVIII No. 1

Lindsay Piotter

FROM NEAR PERFECTION TO NEAR EXTINCTION WHERE HAS PLR GONE? Miguel Angel Contreras III, Staff Writer The Prairie Light Review, COD’s art and literary magazine composed of District 502 submissions and student ran organization, will be unavailable for student course enrollment for the 2019 Spring Semester.

In December of 2018, The Prairie Light Review received the First Place Magazine Award from the American Scholastic Press Association for its Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 editions. It received this distinction in the category of community college with enrollment over 2500. The magazine was assessed for content coverage, organization, design, presentation, and creativity.

It received 950 out of 1,000 points, with a perfect score in the design category. Additionally, PLR has earned

the ASPA’s First Place Magazine distinction for the past four years.

According to PLR’s recently former adviser Trina Sotirakopulos, the literary magazine’s most recent success was brought about by what she considers to be outstanding quality of workmanship and dedication. Each semester the team who coordinates the magazine may change as enrollment fluctuates. Returning members are no guarantee.

Nonetheless, the team who would come together each time surpassed her expectations. When asked what stood out the most about the team who put together the first place editions, Sotirakopulos cited the students’ prowess within their roles.

“Leadership and organization

skills helped the student editors have timely packets for acquisitions, which allowed editors more time to review work. Talented eyes for detail made the issues look clean and sharp. Targeted writers groups and English classes contributed to the quality of submissions.”

Despite Sotirakopulos’s recurring success with the magazine, her time as its chief advisor has reached its conclusion. Sotirakopulos will be working with the new PLR adviser Adam Fotos on an effective transition of leadership. Sotirakopulos reflected on her time as PLR’s adviser, “While the role of adviser has been passed on to another talented faculty member, PLR is still a large part of my identity at COD. I host-

ed over eight launch parties, worked with students on nine different issues, watched writers emerge and flourish after publishing with us, and facilitated some of the most dedicated students on campus.” She continued say that, “I will miss PLR’s learning environment—the handson, collaborative community, and I am forever grateful that the college gave me the opportunity to serve.”

Fotos has been part-time faculty for eight years in COD’s Art and Graphic Design Departments and a full-time art lecturer at Chicago State University. He has also published his own comics for the past 13 years under his imprint, Fotopia Press.

As an adviser, Fotos hopes to help

NEWS cultivate students with his own skill set.

“Being the faculty adviser of The Prairie Light Review will allow me to work with students and nurture their skills in publishing with a very hands-on course that will have direct and practical applications in a variety of publishing and print-related fields,” he said.

However, the cultivation of students is unlikely when they’re absent altogether. “Unfortunately, PLR is not running this semester simply due to lack of enrollment at the beginning of the term,” Fotos said. “Smaller, unique classes such as PLR always run the risk of being under-enrolled. The sooner students enroll before the beginning of the term the greater the chances that the course will run.”

In response to the lack of a magazine for the spring semester Fotos is actively spreading awareness of PLR and networking throughout its supporting community, “PLR is in a unique position as a student organization and as a class,” he said. “We have strong support from students previously involved in PLR as well as the community. This semester I will be reaching out to faculty from a variety of departments and visiting classes to promote PLR. I will also be working with Trina Sotirakopulos to make sure the course is more visible on course planning documents so students and advisors are more aware of how PLR fits into their course needs.”

No matter the uncertainty of how these efforts will affect student enrollment, Fotos is bolstered by his belief in the unique value The Prairie Light Review

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presents. He believes that, “PLR really is one of the hidden gems of the College of DuPage's curriculum. Students can gain first-hand experience publishing an award-winning literary art magazine. Students receive submissions then select both literary and art entries. They lay out the selected submissions as a book and get to see their finished work in print. We even have three officer positions that get scholarships. So it is a great course that need not be so hidden.”

In the meantime, the Prairie Light Review will accept rolling submissions for consideration and potential acceptance for its 2019 Fall edition. Fotos also hopes that, through promoting the most recently published 2018 Fall edition of PLR and active volunteers, enough interest will be amassed to maintain the magazines usual semester activities.

The end of an era often invokes somber emotions and reminiscing thoughts for those who lived within it. Particularly so when the heights that it achieved were grand and the memories it created were even grander. Although PLR has

been successful in the past, it must take a moment to reevaluate its status. For the magazine, that means taking a step backfor now.

Ronda Crawford is amongst those reflecting minds as a recurring PLR marketing editor for both first place editions, “The value of PLR lies in its capacity to hold space for creative talent. The ability to think and express ourselves creatively is one of the greatest gifts we can offer the world.” She believes, “It allows you to transform your academic experience as you move forward in life. Creative voices are powerful tools and it saddens me when no one hears them because those voices didn’t know they could be heard.”

Sotirakopulos echos similar sentiment, “My advice to students: try something different and challenge yourselves to use creativity to enhance your academic careers. The Prairie Light Review receives submissions from Pulitzer Prize nominees and poets who have published hundreds of poems, so District 502’s writers believe in PLR. COD students should support PLR too!”

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2018’S FOREIGN FILM STAR MY THOUGHTS ON "ROMA" AS THE DAUGHTER OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS Karla Villegas Pineda, News Correspondent When I first sat down to watch Roma with my Mexican immigrant parents, it was with an eagerness to view my parents’ Mexico. The film is set in the Mexico of the late 1960s. Both my parents were raised there during the 1970s.

I knew a lot of what I would watch on the screen would be a fairly similar portrayal of their own childhoods. However, when we actually began watching the film, it was with many interjections coming from my parents.

“Wow! Do you remember that?

The guys selling marionette dolls outside theaters?” “Look! I used to have a tricycle just like that one!”

Roma, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, centers around Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a housemaid and nanny to a well-off family, set against the political turmoil of the late 1960s in Mexico City. Classism and colorism are significant themes in the film, with Cleo being portrayed by a woman of indigenous descent, and the family passing for white.

The film was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, won Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film, and is a huge contender for many of this year’s Oscars on Feb. 24.

As the film progressed, I realized my parents were watching it through a different perspective than I. Their comments would come more frequently during scenes centering around the children in the film--especially the ones being tended by the Roma’s protagonist. It wasn’t until after the film that I realized their perspective came from their upbringing; my parents had grown up in more financially stable households

than I, which made them fortunate enough to have nannies, summer houses and many of the luxuries portrayed in the film.

I was very surprised. While I watched, sympathizing heavily with the Cleo character, my parents sympathized with the children. Nonetheless, their experiences in America made them more aware of their privileged childhoods. When my parents praised Aparicio’s role as Cleo, they also spoke of the discrimination the actress faces from some of Mexico’s upper-class audience. Colorism is still a very real issue in Mexico, and some of Mexico’s audience dislikes films that bring the issue to center stage. After my mother told me about some rude comments she had seen about Aparicio on her Facebook timeline, she shook

her head.

“I don’t understand why [people criticizing Aparicio] can’t be proud to have a Mexican woman star in such an important movie.”

Had I not viewed Roma, I wouldn’t have been aware of the political and social issues Mexico of the 60s faced and continues to face today. The fact of the matter is my exposure to films almost exclusively produced by American studios has made me ignorant about many problems happening in other countries.

“Even if the [foreign] film is a fictional film, it’s touching on issues that are relevant in that country.” said Susan Kerby, coordinator of Study Abroad and the Global Flicks film fest.

The film fest, which began Feb. 6 and is set to run until March 20,

presents a great opportunity for students and staff to be exposed to foreign films. With showings at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday, the event aims to allow community members the opportunity to be exposed to global issues and cultures without having to leave the country. Each film will be shown in their original language with English subtitles, and will be followed by a short discussion about the film’s themes.

Members of the College of Dupage library can also stream award-winning films and documentaries, foreign or otherwise, for free on Kanopy.

People can watch Roma in time for the Oscars on Netflix, or at select theaters in Glen Ellyn, such as the Glen Art Theatre and Pickwick Theatre.

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FEATURES NEWS

OPENING CEREMONY

Photos by Lindsay Piotter

FEATURES

Photos by Alison Pfaff

THE MOVEMENT THAT INFLUENCED AMERICAN CULTURE BE SURE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO OBSERVE THE PHOTO EXHIBIT IN THE SRC LOWER-LEVEL WALKWAY.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT SCHEDULE ‘Migration from Then to Now’ Talk by Special Guest Dr. Fredrick Douglas Dixon Thursday, Feb. 14 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Health and Science Center (HSC), Room 1234

Global Flicks’ ‘The African Doctor’

Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM MAC Playhouse

Black Student Alliance (BSA) Club Panel Discussion Thursday, Feb. 21 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM Student Services Center (SSC), Room 1200

College of DuPage Africa and African Diaspora Committee Ivory Coast Discussion Monday, Feb. 25 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM TBD

The Inaugural College of DuPage Hip Hop Summit Monday April 29 to Thursday May 2

Black History Month 2019 Closing Ceremony- ‘A Taste of History’ Featuring the Indika Reggae Band Feb. 28 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Cafeteria

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FEATURES

CLEVE CARNEY BASE MATERIALS GARRY NOLAND

Photos by Alison Pfaff

The Cleve Carney Art gallery, Wings Student Art gallery, and Techcetera gallery recently introduced three new exhibits that will be on display for the month of February.

Artist Garry Noland’s work will be displayed in the Cleve Carney Art gallery from Feb. 7 to April 6. Noland has been creating abstract art for over 30 years, practicing in Kansas City and Los Angeles since 1980. Noland has received multiple awards for his art including an NEA/ Mid-America Arts Alliance visual artist’s award in Works on Paper in 1994 and a Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artists Fellowship award in 2013.

Visiting artist Emilee Lord will be displaying some of her artwork in the Wings gallery along with teaching drawing and movement workshops Feb. 20. Following Lord, Mara Baker’s Color Theory class will display work from March 4 to March 15.

Students in Architecture 2201 classes were challenged to design an exhibit in the Techcetera gallery that would educate viewers about water ecology. Students partnered with local builder and architect, Raheem Majeed and created pieces for the exhibit that were inspired by Majeed’s work.

Majeed uses everyday materials and transforms them into pieces of art that highlight larger issues. He was the first artist-in-residence for University of Chicago’s Arts in Public Life Initiative in 2012 and has been an artist-in-residence at MANA Contemporary Chicago and Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

Architecture students designs will be on display in the Techcetera gallery through Feb. 22.

The Cleve Carney Gallery is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both the Wings and Techcetera galleries are open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Photos by Alison Pfaff

TECHCETERA GALLERY ARCHITECTURE

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OPINION

I'm sorry - Brandon

LONELY HEARTS:

DEMOCRAT DESPERATELY SEEKING LOVE Joey Weslo, Assignment Reporter Desperate voter, longing to be satisfied.

Republicans fall in line, but Democrats fall in love.

O the field is many, but my heart is just one. Which candidate shall sweep me off my feet? Whose progressive platform shall enchant my deepest desires? Who can reach across the aisle and help both chambers come together?

I’m not looking for anything longterm, just eight years of vigorous financial and environmental regulation. I desire more than just economic stimulation. I need someone who can court my Rust Belt and woo my Midwest. Someone who isn’t afraid to venture with blue-col-

lar swingers while also exciting my urban areas.

I need more than just romantic gestures. Promises must be kept.

Can you stay true to me and fulfill where my heart belongs?

Can you offer me a single-payer healthcare plan without cooking the numbers? I can’t set my love on wishful thinking; can you persuade the rational side of me? Can you balance federal spending with fiscal responsibility?

Will you be strong for me when I need you the most? Will you stand up to Wall Street and against greedy corporate interests? Will you protect the consumer and safeguard the institutions preventing another eco-

nomic crisis?

Will you support campaign finance regulation? I need to know while you have my heart, your hands aren’t in the pockets of some big financier. I require your loyalty and devotion. I can’t have you sneaking off with big oil or some corporate tycoon.

I need someone who won’t shy away from their global responsibilities. We’ve spent 70 years on institutionalizing the liberal world order; I don’t need another home-wrecker.

I can’t have another isolationist; I require greater commitment to empathy. Will you get along with my family of allies and aid them as if their concerns were your own? Will you repudiate my authoritarian foes

and realize what dangers their nationalistic populism brings?

Will you cooperate with all those in the global community and realize their success ensures our own? Our love must dismantle barriers and end trade conflicts. Confrontations harm all those involved. Our love must stand up to tyranny and fight against oppression.

Will your love lift the lamp beside the golden door, or will you continue to deny access along my southern border? Love is open-arms. Our romance must provide aid to the tempest-tossed, the huddled masses yearning for freedom. Love bridges divides and conquers hate. Our love must tear down walls.

OPINION tempest-tossed, the huddled masses yearning for freedom. Love bridges divides and conquers hate. Our love must tear down walls.

Can those who contribute to society feel free from deportation?

Love eradicates the disparities between one another. Can you provide equal protection under the law?

Can you provide equal opportunity free from racial, gender or sexual orientation discrimination? Will you combat institutionalized misogyny and a culture of sexual harassment?

Will you ensure everyone can feel safe being true to their identities?

I need someone who believes our strength is mirrored in the most desperate among us. We are as strong as the trivialized and forgotten. Will you provide employment and educational funding to the most impoverished neighborhoods? Will you support higher taxes on the more fortunate to alleviate the burden of the less fortunate? Will you end corporate tax cuts and laws that only benefit the wealthy?

Are you brave enough to satisfy your social responsibilities? Will you expand services and encourage growth in the middle-class? Will you condemn trickle-down economics as tested and failed? Will you take care of the elderly, feed the poor and provide healthcare where care is needed?

Can you stand on the side of support for female reproductive rights?

Can you provide paid leave for mothers? Will you ensure no child is in danger of preventable diseases?

I need someone who recognizes universal pre-kindergarten isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity. My love must realize all those amongst us deserve a livable working wage and opportunity to housing free from discriminatory lending. Will you support greater public educational funding,

and realize private preference in education is modern segregation?

Will you realize people deserve the right to choose their leaders, rather than leaders choosing their voters? Will you realize discriminatory districting is voter suppression?

Will you listen to all voices and ensure the support of a voter is valued more than the support of a corporate lobbyist?

Are you strong enough to challenge exorbitant drug prices? Are you strong enough to combat the opioid crisis? Are you compassionate enough to continue criminal justice reform? Will you support the re-sentencing of non-violent offenders; will you focus on rehabilitation?

Will you realize capital punishment has only punished those without capital?

Will you understand with no justice we can have no peace? Will you support the end to impunity among figures of authority? Will you see justice isn’t retribution, it emanates from closure? Will you condemn heavy-handed policing?

Will you condemn supremacist violence? Will you help the misguided among us see Islamaphobia preaches against our national values?

Will you help the disillusioned see, nobody is born a racist, and compassion can heal the deepest of wounds?

I long to feel the embrace of one who knows the planet’s true worth.

Are you savvy enough to combat carbon emissions without fear of opposition? Are you noble enough to spurn oil conglomerates at the behest of all humanity? Will you recognize climate change and endeavor to collaborate with global leaders? Can you formulate policies to maximize employment in the burgeoning green energy sector?

Are you strong enough to punish

13 those who wish the environment harm? Can you realize the benefits in ending oil imperialism? Can you convince the workers opposition to their employer is not opposition to their employment? Will you provide for those forsaken to a changing economy?

Can you realize the right of the individual ends where it causes harm to the masses? Will you support firearm regulation and a commercial ban on assault-weapons? Will background checks run in tandem with mental-health funding?

Will you provide counseling aid to the students who need it most? Can you combat the stigma against mental health and encourage young leaders to step forward?

Can you inspire the next generation to take an active role in our democracy? Will their voices be heard; will you support their demands?

Can you find bipartisan compromise and revolutionize our degrading infrastructure? Will you work together to move us forward, or will you let ideological schisms tear us apart?

I have given my heart out before.

I have seen the quagmires a failure to compromise creates. Don’t be a leader of opposition; be one who will inspire action.

For the many candidates who stand upon the podium, I need you to rectify some troubling quandaries.

Are you free from prejudice; is your closet clear of any skeletons?

Can you distinguish democratic socialism from more than just a populist trend?

Do you preach equality for all, yet failed to provide equality under the law when you were

state’s attorney general?

Did you take advantage of another’s heritage to advance your professional career?

Did you condemn sexual harassment of a Supreme Court nominee, yet were responsible for placing another harasser on the bench?

Are you trying to cover-up your conservative voting record from earlier in your political career?

Has your devotion to the underprivileged of your hometown, been compromised by close ties with the rich and mighty on Wall Street?

Do you run your campaign on small-donations, while surreptitiously receiving donations from big oil?

Are you too far left to hold us together; are you too far to the center to inspire my affection?

I will forgive your discretions if you prove the value of your character. Do you possess the compassion to help us heal?

The stakes of our romance have never been higher. The greatest challenge awaits us. Our love must stand the brutal onslaught of constant examination. One who spews hatred will try to tear our love asunder. He will attack our love with everything in his armory. Our fidelity must conquer the antithesis of love.

Together, through the many trials and tribulations of love, our unity must always rise above, the opposition’s dismal lack thereof.

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OPINION

LET’S GET PHYSICAL!

COD SHOULD ENCOURAGE MORE STUDENTS TO WORK OUT Kimberly Wilson, Opinion Editor Exercise is vital to our overall well being but is something many college students don’t get enough of. Balancing school work, extra-curricular activities, jobs, our relationships with friends and family along with everything else can make it difficult or sometimes impossible for us to consistently work out. Many colleges and universities combat this by offering free group exercise classes in a variety of disciplines. College of DuPage should implement this practice as it would largely benefit students.

Improved memory and thinking skills, as well as increased energy levels, are just some of the many benefits colleges students can take advantage of from regular exercise.

Illinois schools such as Northern Illinois University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are aware of this and offer free classes

in disciplines like Zumba and BodyPump (to name a few) for their students throughout the school year.

COD currently has several different options for students to exercise on campus by way of the Chaparral Fitness Center, for-credit exercise courses and, of course, the walk between the BIC and the Health and Science Center. While these are all good options for students to get exercise, having group exercise classes would encourage even more students to get a work out in at least once a week.

The current options for working out on campus are inflexible for many students. Many of us won’t always be able to fit for-credit exercise courses into our schedules. With the implementation of weekly exercise courses, students would be able to attend classes on their own time.

Students would also have the op-

portunity to try several different classes throughout the semester instead of having to stick to one routine. Part of what makes exercise fun is being able to try new classes with your friends and figuring out what works best for you.

Many other four-year colleges and universities have these classes because it’s a lot less likely their students will be able to leave campus to go to the gym. As it is now, many COD students prefer to go to gyms off campus because they have more workout options there, and it fits in better with their schedule.

COD is always encouraging students to stay on campus, and implementing these classes would be an effective way to get students to do just that. Leaving campus to work out shouldn’t be more convenient for students.

If free exercise classes are not an

option, a small fee could be charged.

Any issues of potential overcrowding could be resolved by having students reserve their spot ahead of time for popular classes and ensuring no one is allowed to join each class once it is at full capacity.

As we get older, cultivating the habit of regular exercise gets increasingly difficult. In implementing weekly exercise classes, COD would be doing a great service to their students by helping them make exercise a fun and important part of their lives.

Our physical and mental health is greatly affected by the amount of exercise we get. When we feel good, we’re able to put more effort into school activities. This would be a great way for COD to give back to its students and show they want to do everything possible to help them succeed.

Photo by Alison Pfaff

OPINION

15 Don’t just take our word for it. When asked, four COD students we interviewed said implementing free group exercise classes would be a great idea.

Ana Guerrero: I do feel like it’s needed.

Even now that we have the gym, we offer it, but it’s not the same. If [COD] had courses available for students then you’re more likely to go to a yoga class if you have friends that are interested in doing yoga with you. If [COD] were to offer classes I think people would be more likely to go because I mean, like me, I have a waiting period to go to my classes. So if I did wanna get a workout in I would go to the yoga class instead. Right now I go to the gym, but it’s whenever I have time, and it’d be hard for me to--I have an hour gap from class to class--for me to go to the gym and Bilguun Tugs: I think that then come back. If [COD] offered idea is a good idea. A lot of peothe class, I could just do it in school, ple would be interested to join the and it’d be a lot easier for students. class. I would love to go.

Allyssa August: Just having options open for, like, different times that you can go, whatever’s convenient for people, ‘cause sometimes signing up for a class isn’t like the most convenient. You can only miss, like, three classes and, like, what if you can only make it once a week and there’s like five days a week, and you’re like whoa there, that’s a lot.

Humza Ahmad: I think it’s a great idea to do like free exercise classes, especially like an open gym.

That way more people will be willing to actually, like, do some physical activity rather than putting it off because of cost and, like, other issues like how they can’t afford it.

So it would be a good idea to implement that going into the future.

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COFFEE BREAK

THE OSCARS

ACROSS 1. *Animated Isle dwellers 5. Dropped drug 8. *Kind of editing 12. Doing nothing 13. Hoodwink 14. Support person 15. Toothy wheel 16. Distinctive flair 17. Tadpoles, eventually 18. *"Bohemian Rhapsody" protagonist 20. Norse capital 21. *Kathy Bates' Annie Wilkes, e.g.

22. Contrary conjunction 23. Withdraw, like Ukraine from Soviet Union 26. Sweet Madeira wine 30. *"Green Book" nominee 31. Completely lacking 34. Clip contents 35. Like pleasant winter day 37. Charge carrier 38. Food between meals 39. Relating to ear 40. Religious split 42. *"BlacKkKlansman" nominee 43. Sweet treat 45. *Paths to glory 47. One or some 48. Wharton's "The House of ____" 50. Shipping hazard 52. *T'Challa, a.k.a. Black ____ 54. Arranges into categories 55. One with pants on fire?

56. Japanese stringed instrument 59. *Nominations for "A Star Is Born" (2018) 60. *Olivia Colman's royal character 61. Discharge 62. Fill to excess 63. Casual attire 64. *"The ____ Emperor," winner of 9 Oscars DOWN 1. "Can you ____ it, man?"

2. Schiller's address to joy

3. *The Oscars show is filled with it, informal 4. Tranquil 5. Seductive beauties 6. Tire in the trunk 7. Say it isn't so 8. *Ryan Gosling's role 9. *Former American ____ and best supporting actress winner 10. Emmet Brickowski's brick 11. *Robinson in "The Graduate" 13. King's order 14. Run ____ of the law 19. Red, as in healthy complexion 22. *"The ____ and the Beautiful," winner of 5 Oscars 23. Heidi's shoe 24. Fill with optimism 25. Locomotive hair 26. Twiggy's skirt 27. Size 28. *Kevin Hart stepped down from this role 29. Ox connectors 32. *Bale's role 33. "____ la la!"

36. *Literary forgerer portrayer 38. *2-time Oscar-winning Dame 40. *Jessica Lange won Best Actress for "Blue ____" 41. Famous existentialist 44. Teen worry 46. Israeli money 48. *Jackson ____ of "A Star is Born" 49. Stupid or silly 50. Result of hair follicle infection 51. "Cogito, ____ sum" 52. Neighborhood map 53. *Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film nominee 54. Dry, Demi-____, Doux 57. "____ the season ..."

58. Giant Hall-of-Famer

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Beige Yoke Lore

From the first line on, Adrian Galvin of Yoke Lore sees his beloved for hertheir entire being. “I don’t want to see you smile. I want you in the morning, before you go performing.” A lot of us feel like we need to put on a mask for the world, even for our loved ones. We spend a big chunk of our energy creating this facade, so he goes ahead and asks his beloved to take that mask off. That’s the difference between superficial love and unconditional love. We can choose to see only what is on the surface because it’s safe but run away as soon as it gets hard and ugly, or we can choose to recognize the depth of what it means to be human and see that in another person, embracing them for it. This artist chooses the latter.

Lindsay Piotter

Just Give Me a Reason P!nk & Nate Ruess

This song was constantly on the radio 2012. Rightfully so, this song chronicles a relationship that has had its up and done, both hoping that “we’re not broken, just bent, and we can learn to love again.”

P!nk’s voice, with the former FUN. lead singer Ruess seemed like an unlikely pairing at the time, but has easily turned into a classic love song and collaboration that never gets old.

Alison Pfaff

I Remember Damien Rice ft. Lisa Hannigan

This song is so hauntingly beautiful. It is both painful and earnest in the way it portrays the yearning that two people have for each other.

The song is stripped down to nothing but two voices and a guitar.

The song is wracked with emotion and the feelings of regret, loss and longing. My first experience of true love felt like a sickness, and this song really encapsulates those feelings of fear and desire that can make falling in love the scariest thing in the world.

Tessa Morton

STAFF PICKS

Lover Boy Phum Viphurit

A lot of love songs have a reputation for either being highly sexual or too serious. There aren’t a whole lot of light-hearted love songs, yet the first time I listened to “Lover Boy,” the happy slap string baseline and abundance of unresolved chords reminded me of summer’s warmth and a kind of carefree love I associate with simple times. The lyrics themselves are innocent and honest, admitting to the listener, “Darling, I got my trust issues/ warning, you stay away,” yet the rest of the chorus throws away the singer’s worries about problems in the potential relationship, saying, “take me away, sunray.” With a winter this harsh, a sunshine song like this is perfect for brightening up someone’s day.

Karla Villegas Pineda

1950 King Princess

Mikaela Straus, better know by her stage name, King Princess, has become one of my favorite artist over the past few months. Her most recent album, Make My Bed, is a collection of heartfelt love songs about her experiences in relationships as a gay woman. My favorite song on her album is 1950 which is about unrequited love and acceptance. 1950 pays tribute to that point in history when queer relationships were forbidden. This is definitely not your classic love song, but that’s what I like most about it.

Madison Venckus

Fever Peggy Lee

A primal awakening of the senses. A match lit in the cavernous darkness. Two concentric silhouettes slowly intertwine. Inhibitions and fears dissipate as two dreamers become one. Heartbeats finding their synchronicity in another. Love tempts us into courage and purifies our capacity for empathy. Our enlightened path following the seductive bassline. Together staring down the unknown. The flame’s anguish consumes the soul and wrenches the heart, “But, what a lovely way to burn.”

LOVE SONGS

Joey Weslo

YOU CAN FIND THE COURIER SPOTIFY PLAYLIST AT CODCOURIER.ORG

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Concordia University Chicago

YOUR WORLD OPENS UP FROM HERE

See your for self!

Why transfer to Concordia–Chicago?

Q Strong academic programs in the arts and sciences, business, education and health sciences

Q Successful outcomes, with 90% of students employed or enrolled

in graduate programs in their fields within six months of graduation

Q Affordable cost through transfer student scholarships of up to

$16,000 per year — and Phi Theta Kappa students can earn an additional scholarship of $2,000 per year

Q A simple transfer process, with your personal admission counselor guiding you through every step

CAMPUS VISIT DAYS Monday, February 18

Saturday, April 6 (Admitted Student Day)

WALK-IN WEDNESDAYS AT CUC Take advantage of our instant admission option, available just for transfer students: 1 – 6 p.m. every Wednesday in APRIL and JUNE

LEARN MORE at CUChicago.edu/transfer Inspiring faith, learning and leadership

7400 Augusta Street, River Forest, IL 60305-1499 • 877-CUChicago (877-282-4422) • Admission@CUChicago.edu

North Central will be at College of DuPage on: February 14, 2019 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

February 27, 2019 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

February 19, 2019 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

March 5, 2019 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Transfer and

Be central

at North Central College.

VISIT OPPORTUNITIES Friday, February 15 - High-Achieving Transfer Students Saturday, March 9 - Transfer Information Session Friday, March 22 - Transfer Information Session northcentralcollege.edu/transfer-visit-registration Transferring into North Central College means helpful planning with knowledgeable counselors, generous academic scholarships and financial aid, and customized campus visits.

Join the conversation and use #BeCentral and #WeAreNC

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Elmhurst is a good fit for you.

You’ll find a warm welcome and a supportive community at Elmhurst College. More than 500 students transfer to Elmhurst every year, so we understand your needs—and we’re committed to helping you reach your full potential.

Money and Forbes magazines rank Elmhurst among the top colleges for your money. Plus all transfer students receive scholarship support.

OPEN HOUSE April 27

Check-in and events begin at 8:30 a.m.

Meet faculty and students, learn about admission and scholarships, and explore the campus!

RSVP at elmhurst.edu/openhouse

ELMHURST IS COMING TO THE COLLEGE OF DUPAGE! Feb. 19 and Feb. 27 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

2nd floor, near Starbucks

Ask about our Guaranteed Transfer Admission program.

Individual appointments are available.

Email brian.pollastrini@elmhurst.edu for more information.

Office of Admission | admit@elmhurst.edu | (630) 617-3400 | elmhurst.edu/transfer

NOT ANYMORE

Get the knowledge and power to make your campus safer.

Not Anymore is an online training program designed to help students deal with the issues of sexual assault, sexual harassment, dating violence, stalking, bullying and alcohol and drug abuse.

Visit the student portal to find a button for the Not Anymore site to complete the training “Preventing Sexual Violence.”

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE’S ANSWER TO INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE.

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Your participation in this training equips you with the knowledge you need to promote safety for yourself and others.

Visit cod.edu/notanymore to learn more.