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Chicago marches for science, climate change By Cody Corrall Contributing Writer
Tens of thousands gathered at the March for Science in Washington, D.C. and at satellite rallies in over 600 cities on Saturday for the protection of the environment and to celebrate Earth Day. The March for Science was organized by co-chairs Caroline Weinberg, Valorie Aquino and Jonathan Berman to stand up for scientific research, research funding and the basic facts of science they feel are under attack now more than ever under Donald Trump’s presidency. Science and engineering public figureheads Bill Nye, Mona Hanna-Attisha and Lydia Villa-Komaroff served as honorary co-chairs of the march. The idea for the March for Science started on Reddit, after scientists were inspired by the organization of the Women’s March on Washington following Trump’s inauguration. The organizers wanted to provide a positive event to affirm the value of science and the integrity of scientific facts in an administration that doesn’t prioritize them. The organization created a Facebook page which gained over 300,000 likes in its first week. The March for Science made it clear to be a non-partisan demonstration, as they believe science is objective truth that can’t be swayed by opinion. “The application of science to policy is not a partisan issue,” the organization’s mission statement said “Anti-science agendas and
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Demonstrators filed into the Student Center holding signs and repeating chants before circling up around the atrium on Thursday.
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Students dropped a banner from the second floor of the Student Center.
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT Annual rally turns attention to international sexual violence By Amber ColÓn Copy Editor
For the past decade or so, Feminist Front has hosted “Take Back The Night,” a rally aimed at shedding light on sexual assault. This year, students decided to challenge the history of “Take Back The Night,” by expanding it to be inclusive of those who have experienced gendered and racial violence. Sarah Risheq, one of the speakers at Thursday’s event, spoke to the sexual violence that immigrant and refugee women in detention centers face, noting
that the women’s struggle is a global one. Risheq said that 1 in every 5 Palestinians that comes to the United States is detained. This year, organizers of the event — who came from various corners and student organizations throughout the university — listed a series of general demands for DePaul. One of the demands was for DePaul to declare itself as a sanctuary campus through action. “DePaul won’t give us sanctuary,” organizer and member of Feminist Front Sarah Ahmad said. “We need to take it.” A second demand from the group asked for the university to acknowledge the many forms of violence besides its
physical manifestation. Ahmad mentioned how violence can take place by way of misgendering someone or ignoring their emotional trauma.The final demand was for DePaul to better serve its students. “The demands we had tonight (were) more of a general sentiment that we need to recognize different types of violence and be accountable to the students who come to this campus, especially if it’s not violence that was experienced here,” said another one of the organizers, Victoria Agunod. Agunod said that this year’s “Take Back
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DePaul alum takes students behind the scenes of “Moonlight” By Amber ColÓn Copy Editor
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DePaul alum Tarell Alvin McCraney (left) answered student questions at a special screening of the award-winning film “Moonlight” Friday.
Theatre school alum and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney made his way back to campus on Friday for a special screening of his Oscar-award winning film “Moonlight,” hosted by The Center for Identity, Inclusion and Social Change. McCraney sat before audience members immediately after the screening for a Q&A session, moderated by program coordinator
Johnny LaSalle. McCraney spoke about his time as a student at DePaul, growing up in Miami and some of his first pieces as a playwright. Students like Olivia Wright, a film major, were inspired and able to pull from his stories and advice to begin to think about what is achievable for them. “It seems like something dumb to do, but it doesn’t hurt to try to ask questions and to get my voice out there for a career. I’m definitely going to try to do my research,
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Los Angeles Times data journalist and DePaul alumnus Ben Welsh accepts an award from DePaul’s Center for Journalistic Integrity and Excellence April 20.
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“NBC Nightly News”and “Dateline NBC” anchor Lester Holt speaks April 20 during a private ceremony at the Union League Club.
Journalists Lester Holt, Ben Welsh honored by university By Rachel Hinton Managing Editor
Thursday was a day of festivities and nostalgia as DePaul’s Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence hosted NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt and data journalist for the Los Angeles Times Ben Welsh April 20 to honor the two former Chicago journalists with the center’s first journalist of the year and alumnus of the year award. The day began with a talk for students and the DePaul communications community. The morning’s interview was steered by Carol Marin thanks to questions crafted by students from the center’s advanced reporting classes. In the afternoon, members of the DePaul community rubbed elbows with members of the Chicago media like Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Chicago Sun-Times Jim Kirk and Pam Zekman, a member of CBS Chicago’s investigative team, as Holt and Welsh were honored over lunch at the Union League Club. The discussion during the morning session touched on their early careers as well as journalism in the current political climate. Holt and Welsh took the opportunity to reflect on their careers and the evolving field of journalism before receiving their awards. Don Moseley, Marin’s longtime producer and co-founder of the center, said that he, Marin and other planners knew they wanted to have a big event at the end of the school year as a culmination of the school year. In the fall, the center brought in Martha Minow, the dean of Harvard Law School who taught President Barack Obama. For winter quarter, the center hosted Clarence Page, a syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Hosting Holt and Welsh felt like a natural next step. “The selection process was really simple because Holt and Welsh were always our first choices,” Moseley said. “Welsh’s body of work is extraordinary and he’s someone students can relate to and look up to, and Holt’s body of work is just tremendous (...) We wanted to start it off with a big bang.”
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Carol Marin (left) moderates a discussion between Lester Holt (center), Ben Welsh (right) and DePaul students during an event with DePaul students Thursday morning. For Welsh, who graduated in 2004, the opportunity to come back to his alma mater over a decade later and see the two journalists who helped him get into the field and speak to students was one he couldn’t pass up. “It’s an honor to be recognized by two journalists who are two big role models in my early career,” Welsh said. “I wouldn’t be in journalism if I hadn’t got the internship (with Marin and Don Moseley). I was a pretty aimless undergraduate and I wasn’t doing much, I didn’t know where I was going really. I accidentally stumbled into the internship and saw the purpose and how it enriched their lives and said ‘maybe this is something I can do.’” Welsh went on to say that it’s “rewarding and exciting” to see Marin and Moseley’s program expand and become a bigger program within the journalism department. Holt, who formerly worked at WBBM
Newsradio in Chicago for 14 years and has been weekday anchor of Nightly News since 2015, has known Marin for years and felt being honored by her and the center was high praise. He hopes students who attended the talk learn how much care and thought goes into being a journalist. “We’re in a period of time now where the press is getting knocked around, and that’s okay,” Holt said. “I think it’s a good time that people are paying attention to us and understand that we do bring care to what we do (...) we try to be transparent and I see sometimes that is lost, perhaps, but we’re in a good period that people are paying attention to that now.” Michael Fleischman, a junior communications and media major, said it was a great way to learn something bigger outside of class. “In a broader sense this is part of what’s so
impressive about being a student at DePaul,” Fleischman said. “I’ve had a couple of these opportunities to go to these small gatherings with notable people and hear their thoughts in this kind of setting.” For Moseley, the opportunity to bring in an alumnus and a nightly news anchor provided students and the DePaul community a helpful learning moment. “I hope students can look at (Holt and Welsh) and follow their tracks,” Moseley said. “These are both shining examples for students. The really critical component here is that this is great for DePaul and the center, but it also had to be great for the students. So we really hope (students) take away the idea that they can do this too.”
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MARCH F R SCIENCE
Chicago demonstrators demand policymakers accept scientific consensuses SCIENCE continued from front page policies have been advanced by politicians on both sides of the aisle, and they harm everyone — without exception. Science should neither serve special interests nor be rejected based on personal convictions. At its core, science is a tool for seeking answers. It can and should influence policy and guide our long-term decision-making.” While the march is non-partisan, it is political, and it exists because of the climate change deniers who have powerful seats in the White House and the country. Donald Trump was known for calling climate change a man-made hoax from China throughout his campaign as well as his time in office. “Scientists from organizations all over the world have shown that climate change is happening,” said Assistant Ecology Professor Jalene LaMontagne, PhD. “They’ve documented the impacts of climate change on species, like changing the distributions of where species are found and the health of populations.” Trump also appointed climate change deniers Rick Perry and Scott Pruitt to the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, causing many to fear the future of environmental progress. Over 40,000 Chicagoans rallied in Grant Park Saturday morning, followed by a peaceful march down Columbus Drive to the Field Museum for a science expo. Emily Graslie, the Field Museum’s chief curiosity correspondent and host of the YouTube channel BrainScoop was the keynote speaker of the Grant Park rally. “If I’m aware of a problem that I can help fix, then it’s my job,” Graslie said. The rally also featured Karen Weigert, the city of Chicago’s first chief sustainability officer from 2011 to 2016. Because of her persistent work with sustainability, Chicago was named the most sustainable large community in North America during her time and has since been selected as the Earth
Hour Capital of the U.S. Another featured speaker at the Chicago rally was CEO of Rheaply, Garry Cooper. As an African American scientist, he strives to be visible for young aspiring scientists of color. Similarly to previous marches and demonstrations, Columbus Drive was littered with signs that featured drawings, scientific puns or direct calls to Trump and his administration. The signs ranged from the simple sharpie on cardboard to the elaborate: most notably a demonstrator with 20 foot high stilts wrapped in fake flowers and topped with giant bees. The most common phrases, either put on signs or spoken in chants, had to do with climate change. Scientists and supporters alike are scared of what’s to come for the environment due to the lack of political agreement on climate change. “I was in Antarctica in December, and there are strong negative impacts of climate change there,” LaMontagne said. “The Antarctic Peninsula has warmed by 6 degrees Celsius (11 degrees F) in the past 50 years. That has had huge impacts on the ecosystems there.” The March for Science in Chicago showed a broad range of participants. While there were primarily scientists in lab coats, many of the demonstrators were supporters. There was a large population of young children and aspiring scientists at the march, showcasing that what happens to the environment affects our youth more than anyone else. “Science students and professionals in general, I feel, are perceived often as distant from political issues, or that we are too busy with our coursework to care about more social things, and this was such an important opportunity to show up,” DePaul sophomore and neuroscience student Xuan Nguyen said. While previous marches had scientists and scientific minds as participants, this was the first time the scientific community got political and organized a movement to voice their outrage. For many, this was the first
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A protestor joins an estimated 40,000 fellow demonstrators Saturday, April 22 in Chicago’s Grant Park during Chicago’s March for Science. opportunity to show up and get involved. “I view the march as an opportunity to stand up and say that science is valuable,” LaMontagne said. “Science is the methodology by which we gain an
A young demonstator on Colombus Drive holds his handmade sign April 22 during the March for Science in Chicago.
understanding of things like human health, our world, and beyond. If science isn’t supported and isn’t used for evidence-based decision making for policies, then I really don’t see a good alternative.”
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Demonstators march on Colombus Drive Saturday, April 22 during Chicago’s March for Science. Chicago was among more than 500 cities worldside that participated in the event.
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TAKE BACK THE NIGHT continued from front page The Night was organized in less than two weeks. “So many people wanted it to happen, which is why it happened. People were really burnt out on organizing, but this is really important and we wanted to do it because of tradition,” Agunod said. “Take Back The Night doesn’t have a great history and we talked about that when we were organizing. We wanted to value that history and also bring in the experiences that people of color and people who aren’t cisgender face. We wanted to bring that history in and also challenge it.” After hosting a speak out at the Father Egan statue on the east side of the Student Center, students brought their demonstration indoors and dropped a banner from the second floor cafeteria. Many of the students who attended and spoke at this year’s rally shared their own experiences of not feeling welcome or accommodated by DePaul and how they are challenging that. “It’s like we’re never going to get everything that we need from the administration. A lot of what we need is to support each other, especially right now in this moment,” said Elon Sloan, a student worker in the Center for Identity, Inclusion and Social Change and leader of student organization Gender?. “It was really important for me to just find people who would hear me say that I’m a nonbinary trans person and not immediately need an explanation or justification,” Sloan continued. “I’ve tried to become a resource myself I‘ve always tried to put myself out there as somebody that
people can always contact.” Sloan also said that there is a disconnect between students in need of support and services and DePaul administration. “I think the defensiveness comes from the idea that DePaul is already good enough or that we’re really social justice focused, or that the fact that we have the first LGBTQA student services of a Catholic university,” Sloan said. “Those things are not enough for people that are here and who are really, really struggling.” Last spring, Milo Yiannopoulos visited DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus, courtesy of DePaul College Republicans. Yiannopoulos, a self-proclaimed “alt-right” or conservative speaker and writer, was met with demonstrations from dozens of students who sought to challenge many of the racist and sexist remarks that he has made in the past. “There’s been demonstrations since last year and throughout these last two quarters, but yet every single time they try to silence the students who are trying to demonstrate and trying to let their voices be heard,” Ahtziri Barba said. “DePaul is all about diversity and being yourself, being open and vocal, but we are silenced instead.” Following the events of last spring’s demonstrations, DePaul administration hosted a town hall that was open to a maximum of 200 students to voice their concerns about the various ways that students continue to feel marginalised, unseen and unheard by the administration. Barba mentioned that a good way to continue conversations about things that are important to students would be for the administration to regularly host town halls with the university president. “It would be interesting to continue
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doing that, but also having frequent meetings rather than just one big meeting that was was full quickly because of course everybody’s going to go. (DePaul) needs to do a better job at being a sanctuary university because saying that you stand for the people that are, for example, undocumented immigrants is not enough.” Agunod, who met incoming president Amado Gabriel Esteban and shared a personal connection with him, said that
frequent town halls with the student body would help to begin to create open lines of communication with administration. “This is a really great time to capitalize on that and to tell him what we actually want,” Agunod said. Take Back The Night concluded with a series of peace circles that were hosted by the organizers.
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denBoer appoints associate provost for research By Danielle Harris News Editor
For nearly two years, Lawrence Hamer has served two roles at DePaul: associate provost for governance and academic integrity and interim associate provost for research. In an April 20 press release, the university announced that, effective immediately, Hamer would begin serving a new role as DePaul’s associate provost for research. The new appointment follows DePaul Provost Marten denBoer’s announcement earlier last week of “restricting of certain responsibilities within the Division of Academic Affairs.” According to DePaul’s Faculty Opportunities
website, as the associate provost for research, he or she is expected to report to denBoer and “(oversee) the university’s support of research, pursuit and management of external grant funding for research and other activities, research integrity and protection, patents and intellectual property transfer.” “Lawrence has done an excellent job overseeing the Office of Research Services these past two years, and I appreciate that he will continue in this role,” denBoer said in a statement. “Accordingly, the current search for the open position will be suspended. Like many universities across the country, DePaul is in the process of making budget adjustments. I recognize that the lack of an individual whose
sole responsibility is to expand research at DePaul is not ideal, and I hope this decision can be revisited soon.” Hamer’s appointment is among multiple changes occuring within the Division of Academic Affairs. The April 20 press release included other responsibility shifts underway: “Lucy Rinehart, associate provost for academic programs and faculty, will assume the role of Faculty Council liason. Rob Karpinski, associate vice president for external initiatives, will oversee the academic integrity process. Caryn Chaden, associate provost for student success and accreditation, will manage the academic calendar.”
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Lawrence Hamer (pictured above) was appointed as DePaul’s associate provost for research on April 20.
Women supporting women: New group gives female students space to talk about gender By Rachel Hinton Managing Editor
Katelyn Pfaff, a DePaul alumna, was facilitating a roundtable discussion in February on conflict and group work when a young woman from Russia told her that, for her first group project at DePaul, she wasn’t allowed to participate because she is a woman. Pfaff found this heartbreaking. When the other women around the table nodded their heads in agreement, she knew she had to do something. After months of research and finding there wasn’t a club for international women, she started the DePaul Global Women’s Collaborative to give women from various countries a space to talk about their identities as women or female-identifying and how that overlaps with expectations or barriers they face in the world. The collaborative had its first meeting Friday, April 21. The group was small —
around 10 people — but that did not limit the discussion the women had Friday afternoon over snacks and light refreshments. Beyond talking about being a woman or being female-identifying, the group aims to give international students a support group of their peers to help them navigate through talking about an often murky topic. “We started with just two hour and a half long events for the quarter,” Pfaff said. “This is for the students. We’re going to test the waters (and talk about) what do you need, what do you want to talk about, what could this group do for you and go from there.” The group was facilitated by Kylie Allen, Susie Mendez and Kate Kownacki who all work for the University Center for Writingbased Learning. The collaborative is part of the center’s group programming focused on helping international students. Those present represented a variety of cultures and countries, including India and China. The conversation meandered
from topic to topic, going from the topic of identities to what those identities mean. This facet of the discussion — the possibility for reflection among peers — is one reason why some in attendance showed up. “I was very interested in talking about women and their roles,” Xiaoyi Wang, an accounting student, said. “I’ve never attended a group focused on this so I wanted to learn and talk about it.” The goal for the group is to expand and continue talking about the intersection of gender with other identities as well as the impact of gender on day-to-day life. “(I hope this can become) first and foremost a support group for one another,” Pfaff said, referencing the story of the Russian student whose experience was the impetus for the group. “I think it’s pretty tough — gender is an incredibly important topic and is incredibly important to people throughout the country and it plays a significant role in people’s lives, but also a different role
depending on your culture. Being able to come together and talk about that and support one another is something, I think, I didn’t see happening before and something I hope to see happen.” Allen, one of the facilitators who led the group discussion, said she hoped conversations like the one they had Friday can continue in the time between this meeting and their next one in May. “I hope we can continue growing together as peers and as women and hopefully we can continue to host discussions,” Allen said. “Something we kept talking about today were the expectations that are put on women, whether it’s the barriers your family may put on you or the expectations that you internalize and put on yourself. So, just trying to navigate and break down those ideas or figure out which ones we want to embrace can help us have a better idea of what it means to be a woman.”
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ASSOCIATED PRESS | AP House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. is pursued by reporters as he leaves Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017
Cyprus "laundromat" for Russian officials Rep. Mike Quigley returns from Cyprus, fuels Russia– Trump investigation By Evelyn Baker Nation & World Editor
COMMENTARY Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Illinois) returned from a two– day investigative visit to the island nation Cyprus on April 14. Quigley visited Cyprus due to his position on the House Intelligence Committee (HIC). The island has been known by U.S. government officials to be a “laundromat” for Russian officials. “You launder money to avoid taxes, to avoid worldwide sanctions,” Quigley told CNN upon his return. “This is where a lot of money laundering takes place. This is where the Russians act, and this is where key figures in the investigation have played as well.” Quigley refused to reveal any specific findings from the trip and whether the HIC unearthed anything illegal regarding U.S. ties
with Russia. In the past month, the committee has been on shaky ground. It lost its chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) in early April. Nunes announced he would step down from leading the investigation into Russia’s involvement in last year’s presidential election just before the House Committee on Ethics said they are “investigating and gathering more information regarding these allegations” of whether Nunes made unauthorized disclosures of classified information. Another committee supposed to investigate the Trump administration, the House Oversight Committee, will lose its chairman as well. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) announced on April 19 he will not run for Congress next term. “After more than 1,500 nights away from my home, it is time. I may run again for public office, but not in 2018,” Chaffetz said. Chaffetz received criticism
ASSOCIATED PRESS | AP Then-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort stands between the then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump during a walk–through at the Republican National Convention. in Cleveland.
after his remarks suggesting lower-income U.S. citizens opt for paying for health care rather than a new cell phone. “Americans have choices, and they’ve got to make a choice. So rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own health care,” Chaffetz told CNN after House Republicans revealed their plan to replace ObamaCare. Cyprus caught the attention of the HIC after U.S. treasury agents in recent months obtained information connected to President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Manafort apparently had conducted business transactions in Cyprus.
Manafort said his transactions there were normal, however. “Like many companies doing business internationally,” Manafort told AP, “my company was paid via wire transfer, typically using clients’ preferred financial institutions and instructions.” An AP investigation revealed a company tied to Manafort received a $1 million payment in October 2009 from an unknown firm through the Bank of Cyprus. On the same day, the $1 million left the account in the form of two roughly $500,000 amounts. The recipient is unknown. “The fact that Turkey, the U.S. and Russia and other countries are really interested in Cyprus, because of its strategic location(…) the fact that Russians launder their money there to avoid
sanctions, and the fact that key U.S. and Russia players were there – all make it really important for the Russia investigation,” Quigley told the Daily Beast. Quigley has been vocal in the past about his role in investigating Russian hacking prior to the U.S. elections. In January at the Lincoln Central Association’s annual meeting, he drew parallels between the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration and the hacking. Quigley called the investigation “challenging, interesting and absolutely critical,” at the meeting. “It’s probably as important as anything I’ve done in my life.”
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ASSOCIATED PRESS | AP Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media outside his home in Chicago a day before reporting to prison after his conviction on corruption charges in March 2012.
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Police seal off the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Ledell Lee appears in Pulaski County Circuit Court for a France, after a fatal shooting in which a police officer hearing in which lawyers argued to stop his execution that was killed along with an attacker, Thursday, April 20, 2017. was scheduled for April 20.
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A federal court took just three days to reject the appeal of imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, dashing one of the Democrat's last hopes of getting out of prison before he has served his full 14-year sentence for corruption. The unanimous ruling Friday by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago dismissed arguments that the trial judge should have reduced the 60-year-old's prison term at an August resentencing because of his good behavior during five years behind bars. During the original 2011 sentencing, Judge James Zagel berated Blagojevich, saying he had "torn and disfigured" Illinois, including by seeking to trade an appointment to former President Barack Obama's old Senate seat for campaign cash. The 14-year sentence Zagel imposed was the longest in Illinois history for public corruption. The 7th Circuit did toss five of 18 Blagojevich convictions in 2015 and ordered Zagel to resentence Blagojevich, though the appellate court left the decision up to the lower-court judge to cut time off the sentence. At the second sentencing in August, Zagel imposed the same 14-year sentence. That led to the now-rejected appeal. Posting rulings so soon after oral arguments is rare, likely reflecting that the panel saw the decision as straightforward and that there was little disagreement among them. The one-time contestant on Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice" could appeal, but the ex-governor's own attorneys said earlier this week that this was likely the end of the legal road. "Blagojevich's treatment of fellow inmates may show that outside of office he is an admirable person, but the court was entitled to impose punishment that reflects how Blagojevich behaved when he had a different menu of opportunities and to deter those who hold office today," the ruling says. Federal inmates must serve at least 85 percent of their sentences, making Blagojevich's estimated released date May 2024. By then, he will have served about 12 years and will be 67 years old.
Arkansas conducts first execution since 2005 varner, arkansas Arkansas carried out its first execution in nearly a dozen years despite a flurry of legal challenges that spared three convicted killers, but courts still could scuttle the remainder of the nation's most ambitious death penalty schedule since capital punishment was restored in 1976. Ledell Lee was pronounced dead minutes before midnight Thursday, capping a chaotic week of legal wrangling. Arkansas originally wanted to put eight inmates to death before the state's supply of midazolam, one of three drugs used in its lethal injection process, expires at the end of April. Three of those executions were canceled this week because of court decisions. Another inmate scheduled for execution next week has received a stay. But Arkansas wants to put two other inmates to death Monday and another one next Thursday. Lee, 51, was put on death row for the 1993 death of his neighbor Debra Reese, who was struck 36 times with a tire tool her husband had given her for protection. Lee was arrested less than an hour after the killing after spending some of the $300 he had stolen from Reese. The execution was carried out without any apparent glitches. There had been concern because midazolam was used in some flawed executions in other states. Lee showed no signs of consciousness two minutes after the injection began. He made no final statement and showed no apparent signs of suffering during the execution.
The state originally set four double executions over an 11-day period in April. That would have been the most by a state in such a compressed period since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Lee's execution went ahead after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected last-minute appeals from his lawyers. But at least one high court justice expressed serious reservations about what critics have called Arkansas' rush to the death chamber. "Apparently the reason the state decided to proceed with these eight executions is that the 'use by' date of the state's execution drug is about to expire...In my view, that factor, when considered as a determining factor separating those who live from those who die, is close to random," Justice Stephen Breyer wrote. Arkansas dropped plans to execute a second inmate, Stacey Johnson, on Thursday after the state Supreme Court said it would not reconsider his stay, which was issued so Johnson could seek more DNA tests in hopes of proving his innocence. State justices also on Thursday reversed an order by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Alice Gray that halted the use of vecuronium bromide, one of three drugs used in the state's lethal-injection process. McKesson Corp. says the state obtained the drug under false pretenses and that it wants nothing to do with executions. But after the resumption of the death penalty on Thursday, Hutchinson's spokesman J.R. Davis said, "Justice was carried out.
A gunman opened fire on police on Paris' iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard Thursday night, killing one officer and wounding three people before police shot and killed him. The Islamic State group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, which hit just three days before a tense presidential election. Security already has been a dominant theme in the campaign, and the violence on the sparkling avenue threatened to weigh on voters' decisions. Candidates canceled or rescheduled final campaign events ahead of Sunday's first round vote. Investigators searched a home early Friday in an eastern suburb of Paris believed linked to the attack. A police document obtained by The Associated Press identifies the address searched in the town of Chelles as the family home of Karim Cheurfi, a 39-year-old with a criminal record. Police tape surrounded the quiet, middle-class neighborhood in Chelles, and worried neighbors expressed surprise at the searches. Archive reports by French newspaper Le Parisien say that Cheurfi was convicted of attacking a police officer in 2001. Authorities are trying to determine whether "one or more people" might have helped the attacker, Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told reporters at the scene of the shooting. One officer was killed and two police officers were seriously wounded when the attacker emerged from a car and used an automatic weapon to shoot at officers outside a Marks & Spencer's department store at the center of the Champs-Elysees, anti-terrorism prosecutor Francois Molins said. A female foreign tourist also was wounded, Molins said. The Islamic State group's claim of responsibility just a few hours after the attack came unusually swiftly for the extremist group, which has been losing territory in Iraq and Syria. The attacker had been flagged as an extremist. The gunfire sent scores of tourists fleeing into side streets.
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Opinions Shared vision, one mission Candidates to build SGA back into DePaul community
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Jack Evans, Marina Corona and Mandy Cervantes pose for a photo. The current senators are running to be elected into the positions of Vice Presidents of Student Government Association.
By jack evans Senator for the Driehaus College of Business
By marina corona Senator for Commuter Students
By mandy cervantes Senator for Third Year Students
Student Government Association (SGA) at DePaul has held the unfortunate reputation of being an organization that does not serve the students. There is a lack of transparency and commitment to the students which leads to empty promises, disappointment and exclusion. It is time action within the organization changes. SGA is in a position of power and has the ability to benefit and support all students, yet none of their resources and connections are being utilized. It’s time the organization has leaders that reflect this mentality and are driven enough to act on it. They need to be willing to push the boundaries to create real change for every student at DePaul. Together, we can begin by challenging the status quo of the academics here. We need to build a road map for students that provides transparent access to internships, scholarships, workshops, budgeting and financial support and major/degree information. A standard policy must be created across all schools concerning course evaluations and grade challenge reviews. Finally, we need to bring SGA back to its purpose: listening to students and solving their problems. This can be tackled in academic affairs by creating school advisory groups. I am running for Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs to work with every student at DePaul to support and solve your problems. Student government is not an experiment, and I am ready to help push to become an organization of transparency, action and inclusion. Student government needs to commit to you, the students, not just through our initiatives but by listening to your concerns. This election is about more than just position titles, it's a chance to redefine how student government serves you.
DePaul means something different to everyone. This is truly a school unlike any other. No matter who you are or where you come from, the one thing that should be universal is that DePaul should feel like your home away from home. I learned too late that as a commuter. DePaul would never feel like a home unless I made it one. Once I became more involved, I began to feel like a real Blue Demon. That first year, though, was rough. I only had the friends I made in class; I went straight to school and straight home. I resented myself for choosing a commuter school. But then, by some divine intervention, I met someone who bled royal blue and scarlet red. She showed me that DePaul doesn't have to be all work and no play — there's plenty of play around. I've always wanted to help people, and anything I did was done with the purpose of learning more about the world around me and servicing the people and communities I interact with. I didn't know I was Vincentian until I came to DePaul. Being a Vincentian means asking yourself constantly what you can do to help others. I work for Jumpstart, a nonprofit that helps preschoolers in under-resourced neighborhoods gain valuable literacy skills. Jumpstart has inspired me to adopt a service mentality. Every chance I get, I want to help make the world a better place for those around me. This is sometimes small scale, like helping a friend get through a bad day. Sometimes it's large scale, too. I am running for Executive Vice President of Student Affairs because I want to ensure that anyone at DePaul who is or was in my shoes, or similar shoes knows about all the amazing possibilities for exploration, experience, and growth. I also want to amplify the Vincentian mission by expanding on existing leadership and community service opportunities, ensuring that my fellow Blue Demons get the most out of their time here. Together, we can make DePaul a home for everyone.
Being a Vincentian does not mean you have to be Catholic. When I started here at DePaul University, I immediately fell in love with the Vincentian mission and I started to think about ways I could help my fellow students. When we go to DePaul we do more than just sit in a classroom for a few hours and go home. We are constantly asked to think critically and think about the world we are going to serve when we graduate. At the end of the day, the Vincentian question is more than just a great saying that goes well on posters around campus. “What must be done?” is a mission statement, not for the university as a whole, but as a mission for the world we will graduate into. For as long as I have been at DePaul, I have known the mission and values and lived by them in my daily life. I often put myself in a position of leadership which enables me to better serve my community when I ask myself “what must be done?” about the issues me and my community face. Because of this, I began to serve as a senator my second year at DePaul, aiding and representing the student body as our campus climate changes, as do the issues my constituents face daily. As a leader, I have to step into the shoes of my peers and adopt their issues as my own so that I may better understand them and build a better community. In order to better serve a community, you must be a leader and be ready to do what is needed for justice, for the people, and in this case, for DePaul. It’s time to elect leaders who are willing to work for you and represent your voice rather than being the voice of the university to you. It's about getting back to the idea that Student Government is students working for students. We are here for you. We care about you and what your needs are. Overall, being a Vincentian leader means being more inclusive, transparent and community-oriented. In the end, we know what must be done. Do you? We know the first step in changing our government is hearing from our constituency: all of you. No matter who you vote for, please take the time to vote this May 8th12th at votasga.depaul.edu.
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Rahm's education plan falls short, focus on CPS financial crisis first By daniel reyes Contributing Writer Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently proposed a plan for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) that would add to the requirements to receive a diploma. Titled Learn.Plan. Succeed.- A Degree for Life, the proposal would require CPS students to have plans beyond graduation. Although the proposal comes from the best intentions, CPS is in no state to receive any type of requirement that deters future graduates from receiving their diploma. Emanuel’s proposal would require CPS high school seniors to get accepted into a college or university, or enroll in the military or a trade program to receive his or her diploma. Although the proposal focuses on more education requirements, the plan also makes it optional for students to show proof of a job offer or already being employed. The proposal’s purpose, according to Emanuel, is to create a system that would prevent graduation from being the final achievement. Instead, approving this proposal would allow students to think about “what’s next.” However, the plan caused uproar the day it was revealed. Families involved with CPS reacted negatively; many responded with anger, mentioning how CPS is, in no way, ready for such a drastic change. Being the first proposal of its kind in the United States, it is questionable why other states, have not created a similar structure. With the proposal gaining attention, it is important to consider the current state of CPS. If all is accounted for, CPS should never accept a proposal like this until resources are given beforehand.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposed "Learn. Plan. Succeed" plan has been highly criticized.
“It is a great idea if you put resources in your schools,” secondary education professor, Harold London, said. “If you are not putting resources into your schools, you are taking a victim and victimizing them even more.” Rather, the focus should be on the current state of CPS. This newfound proposal is not the attention CPS needs. Since 2015, graduation rates have increased by 69.9 percent in 2016 from 56.9 percent in 2011, according to the Chicago Tribune. In 2017, CPS amassed a total of $6.7 billion in debt, while they continually threaten to close CPS three weeks early due to financial strains. As the ceiling for debt in Chicago has increased, the threat to future proposals has followed right behind. Students enrolled in CPS deserve attention from politicians and faculty. Yet, the city’s complicated history between
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politicians and public education has not shown any sign of improvement. “Emanuel cannot make this a requirement for the CPS. There is nothing in place to help those find a job or get enrolled into the military," London said. "There are no counselors to assist students in enrolling into a university or college. Lastly, you have kids who are already in jeopardy.” CPS has never approached a plan that would raise graduation requirements. However, in Chicago, a separate network of schools, Noble Charter Schools, has embraced "The Noble Way." A similar graduation plan to the one Rahm established. According to Noble Network, in 2012,they produced a graduating class with 100 percent college acceptance and 82 percent enrollment in a four year school. “First off, my first concern is: what is Emanuel's motivation for this mandate?
With a long history of conflict with CPS, suspicions are and should be high for why he wants to add this requirement," Patrick Hansen-Schmitt, a former teacher for the Noble Network, said. "Is he really doing this for the betterment of children, or are his motives political? Children should never be the pawn of political action." Instead of pushing for requirements, Emanuel's adminstration and CPS should come together to establish resources for post graduation life and reach out to the community members involved with CPS to hear their needs. The also need to offer financial solutions to CPS' rising debt. If the proposal were created as a program and not a requirement, Chicago would flourish in terms of graduation and success after school. It is important for students to think about what is next in their lives instead of being left on their own. However, the program should never make this idea mandatory, especially in a depressing state of debt that CPS has been buried under for the past decade. Lisa Boho, a DePaul alumna and former teacher for CPS, offered a perspective from the inside of what can be done. “I think it has good intentions. I would change it from a policy requirement to a program with funding,” Boho said. “We need to pay counselors for this to be put into action. This policy might add to the debt if you think about it. We should do this, or we should do that (...) as a former CPS teacher, let me tell you, we cannot do any of those things without funding. That's all there is to it.” CPS needs support in order to allow students with potential to be successful. Only then would proposals like these be welcomed throughout the city of Chicago.
Fox fires Bill O'Reilly a little too late By yazmin dominguez Opinions Editor After his two-decade long relationship with Fox, well known conservative T.V. host Bill O’ Reilly, along with his network show “The O’Reilly Factor,” were terminated from the air. It took five allegations of sexual harassment against O’Reilly before an investigation released by The New York Times found the network paid $13 million to cover up allegations of sexual harassment. A loss of advertising and protesting of the cable show pushed Fox to break off the 20 yearlong relationship. "No person with various sexual harassment allegations should deserve a segment in one of the most popular news channels," senior Eric Hernandez said. "On the other hand, I watched 'The O'Reilly Factor' for multiple years, was a fan, considering he brought upon a new perspective of politics in my life." While "The O'Reilly Factor" was rated the number one cable news outlet with the most generated viewership and revenue according to the The Atlantic, it seems as saving the integrity of the cable show and its frontrunner was more important to the
right-wing based network. Rather than, at least, halting production of the show when these severe claims were made by female employees. In O’Reilly’s personal statement, released on Wednesday, April 19, he described his sudden departure to be "tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to completely unfounded claims. But that is the unfortunate reality many of us in the public eye must live with today." While Fox and O’Reilly are rejecting the claims themselves, the network is reporting the loss of its number one syndicated talk show as the end of a legacy, Rather than taking the blame for its mistakes on how it handled the sexual harassment claims. It's another setback for women and an added tally mark for instances of how sexual assault allegations are brushed off by the media. “I’m not really shocked about his show being cancelled, I think coming out of a Trump win we knew that a lot of staunchly conservative media outlets might struggle to stay afloat with increased pressure from the public,” senior Mary Donohue said. “There have been a lot of sexual harass-
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The National Organization for Women rally outside of the News Corporation headquarters.
ment allegations directed towards Fox this year, and I don’t think it’s surprising that they’ve been covered up and everything is coming out at this point. I’m glad that these issues of rampant sexism are finally being addressed, but it’s unfortunate that it took a Trump presidency for it to happen.” In July of 2016, Fox had a similar incident when Roger Ailes was also accused of sexual harassment against female employees and former Fox anchor Gretchen Carlson. Carlson left Fox with a $20 million settlement and Ailes walked away with a severance package of $40 million. Bill O'Reilly received no different treatment from Fox since he will allegedly receive an exit package of $25 million, the equivalent
to a one year salary. "It's a shame that even after all the progress women have been striving for equality gets overshadowed by the sum rewarded to the man who has consistently disrespected them," senior Hajrije Kolimja, said. The treatment of alleged abusers is not equal to the acts they are being accused of. Being considered notable figures in the public eye should not exclude them from fair treatment. It does not do their victims justice and it is a setback for survivors of sexual assault who are trying to find justice.
The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.
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ecord Store Day Sparks discussion on Students Attraction to vinyls By Udani Hewavitharanas Contributing Writer
In this digital age, where streaming services are competing for listeners, not much attention is given to vinyl. Millenials are more concerned with their Daily Mixes on Spotify, or the next album that is an Apple Music exclusive. However, for one weekend, students turned off their laptops and went old school as they celebrated Record Store Day. “Record Store Day is an incredibly important day in the DIY music scene, because it focuses on individuality in the face of a changing music landscape- doing things your own way, with the people you appreciate, making music you love that doesn't need to be commercially viable to be quality music,” Danielle Starkey, a PRAD
student and veteran of Record Store Day, said. The holiday brought out people of all ages for limited release vinyl records at record stores around the city. The hype for Record Store Day is usually unreal — doughnuts and other circular foods are offered to those perusing the records in musty-aisles at record stores. Stores announce their special editions long before the actual day to hype up disk-heads. Live performers camp out in aisles next to shoppers looking for the next great record. For those who may not know, Record Store Day is a celebration of the unique culture that embraces vinyl and the thousands of independently owned records stores that house LPs, or long plays, in the U.S. and worldwide. Saturday was the 10th anniversary of the cultural celebration. “Independent record labels are a
big part of the scene and the spirit of DIY. In many cities with a strong DIY scene such as Chicago, Grand Rapids and (Philadelphia) lines can be seen stretching around the block and often, musicians will play mini shows during the day. It's definitely a day that's important to many in the community,” Starkley said. Despite students coming out to browse for their favorite records, lines on Saturday reflected more of a older fan base. This comes as no surprise with many students not even knowing the holiday existed. Warner Music Group’s Label Services Representative for Midwestern America, Robert Callahan is well aware of the difference in Record Store Day participation between generations. He noted that Record Store Day sees a lot of people between the ages of 30 and 50. When discussing the reasoning behind this epidemic,
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Guests were treated to a live performance as they celebrated Record Store Day at Reckless Records Broadway location on Saturday
Callahan recognized the technological changes in the music industry. “Streaming has drastically changed the consumption of vinyl, and millennials have not had as much experience with vinyl to begin with,” Callahan said. , Millennials may be more interested in vinyl for purposes of exhibition and displayable tastes of culture. To them, the matter may concern aesthetics rather than the intrinsic and practical utility of the product they are buying. Callahan spoke of the financial concerns that may influence the college demographic as well. “Whereas 30 to 50 year olds may spend hundreds of dollars on Record Store Day alone, sometimes college students don’t have the financial resources to go out and buy vinyl,” Callahan said. “This year, attempts have been made to help resolve the problem by lowering such costs.” Regardless of the technological changes in the music industry and the financial costs that can be associated with the sale of vinyl, Callahan pinpoints the main cause for the lack of participation amongst millennials to the simple fact that “up until this year, there was not enough that was being done to promote Record Store Day to college students.” This not only includes engaging students on college campuses through promotions, Callahan said, but making available titles that are appealing to college crowds. At a university like DePaul which is housed inside of the urban empire of Chicago, there is definitely a hype for hip-hop and other forms of urban music amongst college markets.
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However, Callahan said that most vinyl sales tended to focus on other genres of music. “Though the urban market hasn’t embraced record store day as much as other markets have, we also haven’t given them enough reasons to embrace it,” said Callahan. Callahan and others in the music industry believe that this year’s Record Store Day is attempting to engage more urban youth in cities like Chicago by offering a wider selection of titles. College students are notably excited about Lil Uzi Vert’s 2016 mixtape, “Lil Uzi Vert Vs The World,” being released as a deluxe LP. Others that are getting attention from the college demographic include Prince’s “Purple Rain,” reissuing on 12” vinyl, as well as titles from Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, Andre 3000, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Reckless Records’ various locations provided live music and other cool items were given away throughout the day, offering attendees a unique and enjoyable experience. Matt Jencik, an employee of Reckless Records on Broadway and an avid buyer of vinyl himself, looks forwards to this "holiday" every year. “This is a great opportunity to support the store. We are very excited because this is our most popular day of the year,” Jencik said. Although millennials have less incentives to go out and buy tangible music nowadays, participating in Record Store Day brings them into a larger tradition. VICTORIA WILLIAMSON | THE DEPAULIA
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Food on the run
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Chicagoans embrace the city’s food truck craze, as pedestrians order food from The Tamale Spaceship during their lunch break at work.
Chicago food truck scene grows with warm weather By Charlene Haparimwi Contributing Writer
The Chicago food truck scene is a mixture of culture, food, communication and community. They can provide a quick snack or sweet treat on any given day, as well as cater events and bring awareness to their brick-and-mortar stores. “The food truck craze really took off about three or four years ago in Chicago,” said Tim Coonan, founder and owner of Big Shoulders Coffee. The coffee brand has two building locations and provides coffee in some of DePaul’s cafes. “The DePaul community around the downtown campus and the Lincoln Park campus have been really wonderful. It’s been a great relationship and partnership,” Coonan said. “We were well-received in the Brownstone’s Cafe (on the Lincoln Park campus) and downtown in DePaul’s food service cafe area. Students seem to be familiar with the brand already which is pretty nice.” Another brand DePaul students and faculty are familiar with and love to buy from is Stan’s Donuts and Coffee. They have their own food truck called Stan’s Van, which is operated by their social media and marketing events coordinator, Jon Becker. “People at DePaul always seem extra excited to see the Stan’s Van, which is always fun,” Becker said.“There’s one student who’s randomly brought me homemade pie a couple of times when I’ve parked by the Loop campus, which is always extremely awesome, even as a guy who’s surrounded by sweets all the time!” Sweet treats seem to be a running
theme with several of the food trucks and food carts around the city. Most start selling their products early to catch the morning crowd like Danka Marinkovic, who is the owner of Melissa’s Palacinke Crepes food cart. As the first licensed food cart to legally operate in the city of Chicago, Marinkovic beat out hundreds of applicants last year after city hall legalized mobile food vendors in 2015. “I have children so I get them ready for school then I head to the kitchen,” Marinkovic said. “There we prepare fresh crepes, package and label, then deliver to the Crepe Cart. If we have an event, since we do an on-site, fresh, made-to-order crepe station, I stay longer and prepare crepe batter and ingredients.” Marinkovic spoke of the freedom she has with a food cart versus a food truck, as well as the struggles of being the first licensed food cart. “We have the freedom to move around, unlike food trucks that can only be parked in certain spots for 2 hours max,” Marinkovic said. “Our major drawback is that many people have never even heard of crepes, let alone tasted one. We also see a lot of customers but not everyone buys. People are still unsure about food carts in Chicago because they don’t see many of them, except for the illegal carts which are not regulated. We are highly regulated, inspected and have to follow many rules. In the beginning we looked at high traffic areas, but now we know where we are appreciated. Elementary and university students are our best customers, and we still experiment with different areas especially if we get a call asking us if we ever go to that specific area.”
Choosing a specific area in the city to sell from a food truck is no easy task. Becker explains how the City’s rules on where and for how long food trucks can park makes staying on the right side of the law while still making money exceedingly difficult. “I tend to get downtown a little later than other trucks, which are usually parked by 5 a.m.,” Becker said. “I try to reserve one of the few spots the city currently allows trucks to park. If a legal space with good foot traffic is available as I drive by, I park right away.” Marinkovic spoke on choosing spots around DePaul’s campuses.“We haven’t tested Lincoln Park yet however we have often been by the Loop campus, which is also near Columbia and John Marshall Law School,” Marinkovic said. “Students seem to really love crepes and we don’t blame them because we aren’t even sick of them yet.” Melissa Palacinke’s food cart sells many different kinds of crepes, but choosing which kind to sell was a process of trial and error. Marinkovic started out with ten different varieties and noticed after donating a lot of food to the homeless that the banana nutella crepes were their number one best seller by a landslide, with cinnamon sugar coming in as a close second. Becker slings donuts out of Stan’s Van’s bright pink truck from and sees about 50-150 customers on any given morning on their way to work. He spreads “donut-based joy” with some of Stan’s most popular donuts. “I rotate between the most popular flavors out of the 50 or so we have every
day in our stores,” Becker explained. “I almost always have our top sellers, the Glazed Donut, Glazed Old Fashioned, Apple Fritter and Lemon Pistachio donuts on board, along with a couple of chocolate flavors, of course!” The mobile food vendors spoke of the community they have created, which Marinkovic said often entails them feeding, bartering and exchanging food with one another. “I had one of the best sandwiches of my life the other day from the Cajun Connoisseur truck,” Becker said. “I’m a fan of Corner Farmacy and Happy Lobster’s stuff and the guys from Bop Bar have become good pals of mine even if I haven’t had a chance to sample their food yet. One of the best parts about driving a food truck has been the sense of community among truck operators — even other donut trucks!” Other food trucks are a huge hit with students, including Harold’s Chicken Shack food truck for third year student Michael Lynch. “I’ve been going to the Harold’s truck that’s on LaSalle for about the past year,” Lynch said. “I had an internship nearby and it’s my favorite lunch spot. My soul feels blessed when I eat there. Six wings and mild sauce with lemon pepper - a truly legendary meal.” You can have some legendary meals of your own by seeing what food trucks are located near you at any given time on www.chicagofoodtruckfinder.com.
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Your summer hot spots: CHICAGO By Nicole Ross Contributing Writer
Let’s Talk about Tacos
If we’re being honest, tacos are good year round. However, according to senior Aquita James, summer is the “secret ingredient” that completes the experience. “Federales is my favorite,” James said. “The atmosphere and drinks are on point.” Nestled in the heart of Fulton Market (180 N Morgan St.), this funky, modern warehouse has an urban beer garden and serves Mexican barbecue-style tacos (four
for $18), fresh seafood ceviche ($14-$16) and tequila-based cocktails ($8-$14). Another nearby favorite, Antique Taco, serves a seasonal menu of gourmet tacos out of its shabby-chic spot at 1360 N. Milwaukee Ave. “I get the sweet and spicy chicken tacos ($8) and a rosemary margarita ($8),” senior Morgan Edwards said. Blueberry baskets, paper straws and mason jars complete the summer mood.
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These days, it’s all about aesthetic. As operator of the food and drink account @smorgibord, Morgan Edwards knows a thing or two about post-worthy places. At the top of her list is Cindy’s Rooftop — the jewel in the crown of The Athletic Association Hotel (12 Michigan Ave.). With panoramic views of Millennium Park and Lake Michigan, this rooftop
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‘Tis the season of ice cream, and DePaul students have the scoop on where to get some. “Everybody loves Margies Candies,” junior Daphne Resulta said. The homemade candy and ice cream parlor has two Chicago locations, one in Bucktown (1960 N. Western Ave.) and one in Uptown (1813 W. Montrose Ave.). The shop is known for its jumbo sundaes ($59.95), which include 25 scoops of ice cream and your favorite toppings.
restaurant with an open-air terrace is a must when your parents are in town (and footing the bill). Edwards’ drink of choice is Howl at the Jun ($15) with beefeater gin, jun kombucha, grapefruit and sparkling rose — but the real ticket is the backdrop. If there’s one place in the city to pay high prices for drinks in favor for a great view, it’s Cindy’s.
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“Bobtail is really cute,” Resulta said about the homemade ice cream shop in Lakeview (2951 N. Broadway St.) “It’s a hole-in-the-wall, diner-style place.” Specialty flavors include Signature Sunset with merlot ice cream, Lakeview Barhopper with Dutch cocoa and Jack Daniels and Daley Addiction with vanilla ice cream and butter fudge swirl. Try all three flavors for $5.99.
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MOONLIGHT, continued from front page go to more screenings and talk to more people,” Wright said. Attending DePaul was a part of McCraney’s journey to success, but he also reflected on the experiences that led him to start writing and eventually create a film that was about his own life. “Moonlight” follows main character Chiron through three essential chapters of his life where he struggles to understand both his sexuality and his journey to becoming a man. Additionally, the film explores what masculinity is expected to look like in low-income, black, Cuban communities. With just a $1.5 million budget, “Moonlight” has been and is making waves in the film industry. The 89th Academy Awards, which took place in late February, shocked it’s 32.9 million viewers when announcer Warren Beatty mistakenly announced “La La Land” as winner of the best picture award. Moments later, Beatty’s mistake was corrected and “Moonlight” was announced as the winner. “It’s weird to have an Oscar in your house,” McCraney said. “It really just means at the end of the day that something shifted and hopefully we can continue after that shift.” McCraney said that when he wrote the original script for “Moonlight,” which was then called “In The Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue,” he wasn’t even thinking about winning Oscars. “What you never want to be is chasing the awards. You always want to focus on the work,” McCraney said. “We didn’t make this film with any intention other than to focus the lives of two black men in a part of Miami that nobody knows about.” The film’s director, Barry Jenkins,
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Tarell Alvin McCraney, who graduated from DePaul University, talks about winning an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. grew up just three blocks away from where McCraney did in Miami. During the filmmaking process, McCraney said that he and Jenkins weren’t thinking of intentionally making the film something of an observation on society and culture. Although Jenkins and McCraney are different in many ways, the filmmaking process shed light on all of the ways that the men are similar, which McCraney attributes as the source of “Moonlight’s” success. McCraney spoke of how significant this was for him, since “Moonlight” is his
first ever film. He reflected on how the movie first premiered in a small studio in Miami, later went on to be screened in front of thousands at an Ontario theater, then eventually won an Oscar. I’m definitely going to try to do my research, go to more screenings and talk to more “(Jenkins) was like, “I’m going to do my best to show you you,” but he was also like, “Wait, this is me too,’” McCraney said. “What this says is that all of the boys in that neighborhood were dealing with the same
things.” Some students, like Kendall Sprinkle, came to the screening to see “Moonlight” for a second time. “My biggest takeaway is that even in you thinking you’re not relatable, you’re still relatable,” Sprinkle said of McCraney’s sharing of his own story. “Finding your own niche in the world is not a glorious path. Sometimes it’s really mundane, sometimes it’s really upsetting and frustrating.”
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John Mayer’s seventh studio album “The Search for Everything” is as soft-rock sounding as the six albums before, the only difference being these tracks are beyond boring. The acoustic guitar and piano ballads get old by “Emoji of a Wave,” the second song of the 12 tracked album. The total 43 minutes of “The Search for Everything” would be better filled with a nap than this sleepy sounding and dull album that sounds more like cover of John Mayer than Mayer himself. MARTY O’CONNELL | THE DEPAULIA
Cold War Kids “L.A. Divine” Available now
The sixth studio album by the American indie rock band Cold War Kids, “L.A. Divine” may not be the best of the bunch but is certainly a promising addition to their extensive discography. While around half of the songs on the 14-track album are arguably forgettable, “L.A. Divine” will certainly please devoted Cold War Kids fans. If the band focused less on the quantity of content and more on the quality of it, they’d surely rise in their ranks of the indie rock genre. PAT MULLANE | THE DEPAULIA
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13 Reasons Why On Netflix now
The poignant Netflix original series needs to be next on your TV binge queue if it isn’t already on your radar. Based on the young adult novel written by Jay Asher, the 13-episode series is centered around uncovering the motives of high school student Hannah Baker who ends her life.. The underlying reasons behind her tragic suicide were enclosed inside a box left by the protagonist herself containing 13 cassette tapes. We learn Hannah’s undeniable truth as the main character, Clay Jensen, attentively listens to the detailed audiotapes revealing what had triggered the protagonist, who was victimized by her peers, and exposing those she holds responsible for her death.
The Promise
In theaters now With Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac leading the cast, “The Promise” certainly showed some critical quality for a film that tackles the final years of the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide. Though as the film focuses more-so on a love triangle rather than the historical aspects of the plot, it ultimately turns out dull and dry. From the technical aspects of cinematography and editing to the performances by the actors, there is arguably a decent film within this twohour extravaganza, yet while its story tries to replicate the love story of “Titanic” and “Pearl Harbor,” the viewers are left with nothing more than a high quality soap-opera.
The authenticity of the series is what makes the show relatable with many underlying messages that we can all appreciate.
Though director Terry George has a resume full of historical dramas from directing “Hotel Rwanda” and being the writer for “In the Name of the Father,” this is easily one of the most necessary historical events to be covered in film, though ultimately one of his worst films yet.
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Upcoming film releases April 28 “The Circle” Stars: Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, Bill Paxton
April 28 “Sleight” Stars: Jacob Latimore, Dule Hill, Storm Reid
April 28 “How to Be a Latin Lover” Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell
April 28 “Black Rose” Stars: Alexander Nevsky, Kristanna Loken, Adrian Paul
May 5 “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Kurt Russell
May 5 “3 Generations” Stars: Elle Fanning, Susan Sarandon, Linda Emond
May 5 “Chuck” Stars: Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Elisabeth Moss
May 5 “The Dinner” Stars: Richard Gere, Chloë Sevigny, Charlie Plummer
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SPRING INTO THE MOVIES From sequels to spinoffs, here are some of the best films to tune into By Garret Neal Staff Writer
1.”Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” May 5
When the first “Guardians” was announced, many were confused, as to who the group was and why there was a giant tree and talking racoon. When the film came out in 2014, everything changed and this team of oddballs has become a favorite of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The sequel brings the squad back to explore the identity of Star-lord/Peter Quill’s (Chris Pratt) father. This time they are bringing some new friends as Yandu (Michael Rooker) and Nebula (Karren Gillian) have jumped from their roles as villains to join the group. The movie also certainly has the cute factor covered as Baby Groot (high pitched Vin Diesel) will certainly be a hit with the audiences. With an expanded party and Marvel’s penchant for delivering quality films, this one is sure to be action packed and filled with laughs.
2.“Alien: Covenant” May 19
“Prometheus” had fans of the “Alien” franchise super exited when it released in 2012 as it was the first-time series creator Ridley Scott had directed a film of the franchise since the beginning. However, it was released to very mixed reviews. It was not bad, but it left audiences with a lot of questions as to how the prequel film got to the first alien film. “Covenant” is here to fill in those gaps. This film follows the crew of the Covenant as they go on a colonizing mission to a new planet. The planet seems like a paradise at first, but of course things go wrong quickly. Ridley Scott returns and is sure to deliver a thrilling experience, so make sure to go to the bathroom before seeing this one.
4.”Wonder Woman” June 2
While Marvel strolls on, DC gets one more chance to right the ship. “Wonder Woman” has impressed with the released trailers so far and has many hoping this could be when DC can turn a new leaf before “Justice League” comes out. Gal Gadot returns as the warrior princess after doing a respectable job in the otherwise mediocre film “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Here, when a WWII pilot (played by Chris Pine) crashes on her island and tells her of the violence raging outside, she leaves home and goes to end the war to end all wars.
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5. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” July 7
While this doesn’t come out till summer, it’s worth a mention. In “Captain America: Civil War,” fans got a small taste of the MCU’s version of Spider-Man and have been waiting with baited breath sense for the stand-alone film. Marvel has decided to have a high school aged Peter Parker (Tom Holland) rather than the older ones we saw in the Sony led films. Parker is an inexperienced kid who must learn how to cope with super powers while trying to live a normal life. Not helping anything is egomaniac Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), the man who has tasked himself with guiding this young man through it all. Spidey will bring his trademark quippy humor that he already showed plenty of in “Civil War.”
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3. “Baywatch” May 25
There is no question, if (and that is a big if) anyone could replace David Hasselhoff, it would be The Rock. In this modernized remake (aka “21 Jump Street”) of the hit ‘90s T.V. show of the same name, he, along with similarly attractive co-stars Zac Effron and Alexandra Daddario, take on the roles of lifeguards who must shut down a wave of crime that crashes onto their beach when a new owner, played by Priyanka Chopra, takes over. Like the show, this film is sure to throw plenty of eye candy at audiences with people in swimsuits running in slow motion.
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Find this and all our DeJamz playlists on depauliaonline.com and on our spotify account By Pat Mullane Arts & Life Editor
While it’s hard to believe that it has been just over a year since Prince died, it’ll never be easy to forget the everlasting and influential music that he left behind. Whether you were a big fan of his work or not, there’s no denying his status as icon – earned for both the wide variety of styles in his music and the barriers he broke as an artist. From the blended funk and rock and roll sound to his uniquely but mesmerizing dancing, and of course his
unpronounceable symbol of love, Prince has influenced the hearts and minds of millions with his music. For DeJamz this week, we take a look back at what made Prince Rogers Nelson just “Prince.” 1. “Sign o’ the Times” — Prince The lead single of Prince’s 1987 album of the same name, “Sign o’ the Times” is definitely one of the artist’s more stranger singles, as the song was originally intended for two separate Prince albums that later got shelved. While Prince’s tracks have always
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had a variety of and sometimes elusive sounds, this single is quite simplistic in its nature, as the artist simply plays blues guitar over a Fairlight synthesizer. 2. “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” — Prince After changing his name to a symbol (also known as the Love Symbol), Prince was forced to drop from Warner Bros. due to creative differences thus signing with indie label Bellmark. Originally written for his future wife, Mayte Jannell Garcia, Prince reportedly spent over
$2 million of his own money in order to release this single that went on to become a worldwide hit and helped establish Prince’s ability to succeed commercially under his new name. 3. “I Would Die 4 U” — Prince Prince and The Revolution’s fourth single from their 1984 album “Purple Rain,” “I Would Die 4 U” has been praised for both its fast-tempo dance sound and also for throwing away gender roles as Prince exclaims “I am not a human, I am a dove.” Following Prince’s death, the
song rose quickly to the top of Billboard Hot 100 at number 39. 4. “When Doves Cry” — Prince The biggest hit from the “Purple Rain” soundtrack and Prince’s first American No. 1 single, “When Doves Cry” helped define the experimental rock and pop sound of the artist. Prince’s creative control stretched outside his music as he also directed the music video for the song.
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Across 1. Formally surrender 5. Distress signal 10. Computer programs, for short 14. Stuck in __ (2 words) 15. Helped 16. Where to find a hero 17. Namesake for DePaul business school 20. Flower feature 21. Achievement 22. Cosmetics brand 25. Unspecified items 26. Holiday mo. 29. “Brave New World” drug 31. Filthy 35. ___ mode 36. __ Lumpur, Malaysia 38. Van Gogh’s paints of choice 39. Namesake along
with Levan and Schmitt 43. James of jazz 44. Release 45. Predatory fish 46. Grasps 49. “O.K.” 50. Suffix with lion 51. Glowing sign 53. Fish you don’t eat 55. They’re in your genes 58. Places for pancakes 62. Namesake of field-side dorm hall 65. Beige 66. Percussion instrument 67. Hard-topronounce fruit 68. “Come again?” 69. Rodgers of football 70. Endure Down
1. Complain 2. Canal of song 3. Multipurpose tape type 4. One of the Coen brothers 5. Way off 6. Jar part 7. Puts two and two together 8. Episode in syndication 9. Decrees 10. Sticking 11. With carrots, usually 12. Positive 13. A sib 18. Northernmost state 19. It always has the last word 23. Casanova 24. Little 26. Lady’s titles 27. Best of the best 28. Prickly plants
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Women's tennis sweeps pirates in finale By Garret Neal Staff Writer
A DePaul team that came into this match winning three straight and nine of the last ten once again took care of business as they defeated the 7-7 Seton Hall Pirates 4-0, giving DePaul a win to finish off the season before the Big East tournament starts. Things started off closer than that score might allude to, however. DePaul lost the #3 doubles game, which was to first to finish. The #1 finished next as Aspia Avgeri and Yulia Shupenia took care of Seton Hall’s Anicka Fajnorva and Luize Strike 6-4. The last match up was Patricia Lancranjan and Keisha Clousing against the Pirate’s Katie Kim and Thandy Kangwa. Kim and Kangwa had the advantage early as they jumped out to a 5-3 game lead, just game away from securing the doubles point for Seton Hall. However, in dramatic fashion, Lancranjan and Clousing rallied back for 4 straight wins and took the set 7-5 and giving DePaul a 1-0 lead. “We definitely started off a little slow, couldn’t really bounce off each other and get a good rhythm. But our coach came over when it was 3-4 and was like ‘Alright you guys gotta turn it around.’ Obviously, it took us one more game to pound it in our head…but we definitely got our motivation back,” said Clousing. “What works well with me and [Lancranjan] is we can kind of give each other motivation, so we just use that
positivity and that really helped us a lot for sure. For sure the crowd too.” Head coach Mark Ardizzone said the message he gave the pair was all about belief. “They just got to believe in themselves a little bit. They just start, the doubt creeps in, [Lancranjan] hasn’t played much because she’s been injured so they just loose a little confidence,” Ardizzone said. “And all I’m gonna do in that situation is tell them that they can do this. Whether they believe me or not I don’t know, but they just have to believe they can do it…they have to trust themselves, that’s the key.” When the singles began, it was a new story. Keisha played at the #2 spot and carried over some momentum as she beat Melody Taal in straight sets. At the top spot, Shupania took down Strike in two sets as well. The first game to finish was won by DePaul senior Ana Vladutu, who came off an injury plagued last few seasons to grab a win in her last game at home. “It was hard after last year when I hurt my ACL. This whole year was really hard getting back…trying to get my game back and stay aggressive. Unfortunately, yesterday I had another injury and I pulled my hamstring,” said Vladutu. “When it happens you just have to deal with it and that’s what I did today…I just went out there today and did my best. I’m really happy about the win and I’m really happy I finished first and I finished fast.” Florence Abbot, Milica
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Senior Ana Vladutu won the first singles match of the day. Tesic and Aspasia Avgeri also had single matches, but did not finish. DePaul looks to take it’s four game win streak into the Big East tournament that starts on Wednesday. “We haven’t had out full lineup in a while…we’ve been kind of taping and gluing it for a while, but I think they are starting to understand what it’s like to get to four points,” said Ardizzone. “And at the conference tournament it’s all about getting to four…that’s what the theme for the rest of this year is.”
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Senior Yulia Shupenia picked up wins in both doubles and singles.
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The reported transfer of Erten Gazi leaves an open scholarship for 2017-18.
hard to predict. As for other recruits, recently named NJCAA player of the year Shakur Juiston, a 6-foot-7 power forward from Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas was on an official visit this week to DePaul, according to WeAreDePaul.com. He’s the best junior college transfer available and is a former teammate of Eli Cain, who was openly recruiting him on Twitter while he was on his visit. Juiston, who averaged 17.3 points and 12.1 rebounds during his sophomore season, would be instantly available like Tre’Darius McCallum was this past season. He’s another one who is highly sought after, with reported offers from DePaul, Kansas, Iowa State and UNLV. Another player immediately available is graduate transfer James Daniel. Daniel is a high-scoring (17 points per game his senior season) guard from Howard who would be immediately eligible and would play for DePaul for one year as he closes out his career. He reportedly has an official visit scheduled to DePaul in late May. If DePaul is looking to groom incoming
four-star point guard Justin Roberts as the next starting point guard, having a graduate transfer hold that role for a year would allow Roberts and fellow point guard Devin Gage to develop more behind him. Those are the three most exciting possibilities for the Blue Demons with some other interest as well, including Washington graduate transfer, and oftinjured forward, Matthew Atewe. The state of next year’s roster is still up in the air because the Blue Demons return four starters with Joe Hanel, Cain, Cyrus and McCallum, but an addition of Bowen or Juiston could certainly change up the starting lineup, as well as give Leitao, who kept the same starting five all season, some interesting players to put into the rotation. DePaul could pick up on some of these players or lose out on all of them. Regardless, these next few weeks will be very interesting to watch because it will have a large impact on the performance of the Blue Demons next season. It will be a season full of unknowns with a lot of new players and a lot of new interest. Closing the deal on one of the big name recruits that have been on campus would exponentially increase that interest.
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Wintrust Arena, which is slated to open in the fall, will host the 2019 NCAA women's basketball Midwest regional finals.
Wintrust Arena lands 2019 women's regional By Ben Gartland and Shane René Sports Editor and Asst. Sports Editor
Wintrust Arena, the new home for DePaul basketball starting this fall, will be one of four regional sites for the 2019 NCAA women’s basketball tournament, the NCAA announced on Tuesday. DePaul will be the host-serving institution, which will mark the first time they’ve hosted an NCAA tournament game since 2012, when
Allstate Arena served as the host site for first and second round games. Allstate Arena also hosted the regional in 1996, as well as the 2005 regional for the men. "This is just tremendous for the city of Chicago and DePaul," women's basketball head coach Doug Bruno said. "To be able to host any NCAA championship event is just a great opportunity to show their love for the game of women's basketball. It's a huge opportunity."
The four regional sites for 2019 are Albany, New York (Times Union Center), Chicago (Wintrust Arena), Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Coliseum) and Portland, Ore. (Moda Center). The regional will consist of three games: two Sweet Sixteen games and one Elite Eight game, with the winner going to the Final Four. "When you can bring people from all parts of the country in here to see
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Jessica January at an open practice in October 2016.
expectations (of being drafted) because I hadn’t played.” January said she was hoping to get a tryout at the end of the season, but 15 PPG, a .436 FGP and a whopping 129 assists through 20 games on a broken finger was good enough to convince the Connecticut Sun she was worth a selection. She says her injury is completely healed and won’t hinder her transition into the pros. “There is no question that if (January) stayed healthy this year that she would have been either a first round pick or an early second round pick,” coach Doug Bruno said. “It cost her, but that’s what injuries do (…) If you can’t be evaluated, people will pass you by.” In the little time January had to prove herself at the end of her senior season, she led the Blue Demons to a third Big East championship appearance in four years and clinched her fourth consecutive Big East regular season title with
what Chicago has to offer and what the Wintrust Arena has to offer, it's a great opportunity," Bruno said. "I'm just thrilled." Wintrust Arena, which is slated to open Fall 2017, will seat 10,000 people. It will be the home for all DePaul men’s basketball home games and select women’s basketball games. "The development of the South Loop, that's why Wintrust was built," Bruno said. "It's going to be a great place to
a triple-double performance against Georgetown. January is the 10th DePaul player to be drafted into the WNBA and she says current Chicago Sky players and former Blue Demons, Allie Quigley and Keisha Hampton, have helped her with the transition into professional basketball. “I reached out to Allie Quigley and Keisha Hampton before I got drafted to talk about playing over-seas and dealing with agents and stuff like that,” January said. As far as on-court activities are concerned, January will need to adapt to a new level of play where, as Bruno says, each player is as physically gifted as the next. "(January) is the most athletically gifted player in the DePaul program, but there’s going to be 10 athletically gifted players on every roster (in the WNBA),” Bruno says. “What that does is speed up the game.” January reported to training camp on Sunday and will have to fight her way to
a roster spot over the next few weeks. “There’s not much I can really change or do right now, so it’s just a matter of showing up there, being competitive, and doing all the things I’ve done over the last four years,” January said. “I’m not going to go try and do anything crazy, cause that’s not what they’re expecting (…) I’m going to play my game, play hard and see what happens.” “Training camp is like 15 to 20 dogs fighting for one piece of meat and you’ve got to be one competitive human being to make it through that,” Bruno said. “I’m excited for Jess because she’s one of the most competitive human beings I’ve ever coached. She’s one of the most physical human beings I’ve ever coached. She’s one of the most intelligent players I’ve ever coached, so she’s going to back down from no one.” If January makes the 2017 roster, she will return to Chicago on May 28 when the Sun take on the Chicago Sky at Allstate Arena.
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Film Debut of Surviving Skokie and The Search for the White Rose For Genocide Awareness, Then and Now
Monday, April 24 7pm DePaul University Lincoln Park Student Center 2250 N. Sheffield, First Floor Chicago, IL 60614 Complimentary Parking in Sheffield Garage Directions: call Student Center (773) 325-7400 Program Info: call Lauren Esula (312) 362-6274 Refreshments by Milt’s Barbecue for the Perplexed Mariano’s and FTDI have provided 2000 white roses for distribution.
Meet Holocaust survivor Jack Adler of the film Surviving Skokie who experienced Nazi concentration camps, and learn about brave Christian graduate students at the University of Munich who risked their lives in the name of humanity, called the White Rose. Speakers Jack Adler, Holocaust Survivor Eli Adler, Producer of Surviving Skokie David Dragon, Special Guest Steven Resnicoff, Professor of Law Paul Jaskot, Professor of Holocaust Art & Architecture Kelley Szany, ILHMEC (Moderator) Hosted by University Ministry Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies DePaul Jewish Life & Metro Chicago Hillel Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
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Jessica January heads to training camp with the Connecticut Sun
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After being drafted in the third round of the WNBA Draft, Jessica January has her shot to play professionally.
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With the 28th overall pick in the third round of the 2017 WNBA Draft, DePaul point-guard Jessica January was drafted by the Connecticut Sun, punching her ticket to play amongst some of the best basketball players in the world. “Coming in freshman year, I definitely
wanted to play in the WNBA or over-seas,” January said. “So at the beginning of my senior year I was really looking forward to being able to play, especially having played with so many good players over the years and making it to the tournament and having people see me, so I had high expectations to get drafted.” Getting drafted into the WNBA is arguably more difficult than being drafted
into the NBA when you consider the size of the league. The WBNA only has 12 teams drafting in three rounds (36 players) compared to 30 NBA teams drafting in two rounds (60 players). With half as many opportunities to be selected by a WNBA team, it is vitally important to play well in your senior year. January’s 2016-17 senior season saw the same all-star production DePaul fans had
grown accustomed to, but a Dec. 28 injury to her right index finger put her draft prospects on the rocks, as she went on to miss 15 conference games. “(Missing 15 games after the injury) was really tough,” January said. “It was really frustrating, especially with it being my senior year, so being out for the entire
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Recruiting heating up in crucial offseason COMMENTARY By Ben Gartland Sports Editor
These next few weeks of the spring signing period for the NCAA are going to be crucial for DePaul men’s basketball, and there’s a few names reportedly considering DePaul that could immediately improve the roster. As the roster stands right now, the Blue Demons have two scholarship spots open going into
the 2017-18 season. Who they get to fill those two spots can make or break what will be the biggest year for men’s basketball in a very long time. The crown jewel of potential recruits is unsigned five-star small forward Brian Bowen. Bowen, a 6-foot-7, 194 pound former high school teammate of Brandon Cyrus and Al Eichelberger, was on an unofficial visit to DePaul a few weeks ago and has an offer from DePaul, according to 247sports. com. He’s also being pursued by Michigan State, University of Arizona and Creighton, just
to name a few. He’s one of the most sought after players in the nation at the moment, which makes the possibility he ends up at DePaul shaky at best. If head coach Dave Leitao can close the deal on Bowen, DePaul’s fortunes next season would improve dramatically, giving DePaul a big name and big hype going into the opening of Wintrust Arena. Still, he has never listed DePaul in his top five, but has been rather ambiguous about the schools he is considering. Where he ends up is
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Head coach Dave Leitao during a game against Rockhurst on Nov. 4
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