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Second law professor files discrimination suit College of Law hit with another civil rights lawsuit alleging racial discrimination, this time from Professor Sumi Cho

By Benjamin Conboy Editor-in-Chief

Law professor Sumi Cho has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against College of Law Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea and the university alleging she was retaliated against for her outspokenness on racial issues within the law school, the second such lawsuit to be brought against the college in the last year.

Cho, who has taught courses on employment discrimination in the law school, is currently facing a two-year suspension without pay as the hearing on her suspension before the Faculty Council approaches. The university says it is seeking to suspend her for what they argue is disruptive bullying behavior.

Cho is seeking $5 million in damages, according to the lawsuit.

Cho sought to prevent DePaul from moving forward with the suspension proceedings at hearing before federal Judge John Z. Lee on Monday, Dec. 17. Lee ruled against Cho, allowing the university to continue with the suspension process.

Cho’s lawyer, Fitzgerald Bramwell, argued that DePaul has foregone key steps in the disciplinary process laid out in the Faculty

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Win over St. Johns moves DePaul into fifth place in Big East

By Lawrence Kreymer Asst. Sports Editor

Throughout the first 14 games of DePaul’s (10-5, 2-2 Big East) season, the Blue Demons were searching for a complete game that they controlled for the entire 40 minutes. In game 15, against the No. 24 ranked St. John’s, DePaul finally delivered with undoubtedly their best win of the season on Saturday. The Blue Demons dominated from start to finish, winning 7971 in the end at Carnesecca Arena.

Prior to the game, though, DePaul, received some good news when St. John’s announced that leading scorer Shamorie Ponds would not play due to a lower back injury. Ponds has clearly been St. John’s best player this season, averaging 20.6 points and six assists per game. In conference games, Ponds’ however, averages 23.5 points and six assists per game.

“I found out today,” St. John’s head coach Chris Mullin said of Ponds being unable to play. “Obviously he is a great player, so without him, we approach things a little differently. Any time you take your best player off the team, it has an effect.

We came out and we played okay. A little passive, I thought, but overall, in the second half, we picked up our energy. We just need to play through.”

When DePaul got news of the injury they had to shift their focus from Ponds to the rest of the St. John’s team who still proved to be a tough out for the Blue Demons. The Blue Demons, for the most part, were able to limit St. John’s from going on any big, momentum shifting runs, they still had to account for LJ Figueroa and Justin Simon who combined for 43 of the team’s 71 points.

“Right before game time,” DePaul head coach Dave Leitao said on when he learned Ponds would not be playing. “You still have to play, we obviously changed a couple of coverages because he’s such a special talent, but overall we still had to execute on offense. We thought we could get the ball inside and we were still able to do that. We felt like we needed to execute and we did a decent job of doing that. Then our defense made a couple of last-minute adjustments without [Ponds], but at the same point of time we had to guard the three-point line because they shoot it so well.”

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Eli Cain dribbles past St. John’s junior guard Mustapha Heron in the Blue Demons’ 79-71 victory Saturday night in Queens, New York.

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Mental health in college: More than just a resolution

By Emma Oxnevad Asst. News Editor

With the new year beginning, many people resolve to take care of their mind and body. For DePaul students looking to seek treatment for mental health, University Counseling Services wants them to know that their door is open.

“UCS offers group counseling for common issues like anxiety and depression, women’s issues, developing healthy relationships and coping with stress,” said Jeff Lanfear, director of UCS. “We also offer crisis assessment and referrals as well as individual counseling.”

Lanfear stated that UCS has garnered a great deal of student interest in recent years, with new programs being created to address specific areas of mental health.

“There has been more interest in our groups in the past couple of years.

Many students find that group is an effective way to learn new ways of coping and relating to others,” Lanfear said.

“In addition to more process-oriented groups, UCS is currently offering a 4-session structured group called ‘Feel ANNALISA BARANOWSKI | THE DEPAULIA Better Fast.’ Topics include, ‘Focusing on Values and Avenues of Change, students. It is one of the most ‘Changing Problematic Thoughts,’ important components of a university ‘Managing Difficult Feelings’ and resource center, yet it is unfortunately ‘Improving Communication.’” overlooked,” said junior Caroline UCS has 12 full-time employees, Stasica. “So many students don’t know including psychiatrists, urgent care where to turn to in moments of crisis or specialists and administrative employees. concern, don’t have supportive family or Northwestern University was simply don’t have the money to pay for recently in the forefront of the discussion expensive mental health services, on top surrounding mental health in college of expensive tuition.” after four students died by suicide Stasica went on to say that, while throughout Un i v e r s i t y 2018.

The Counseling November Services 2018 suicide of provide a Northwestern u s e f u l sophomore resources, prompted the there is university to an overall increase the lack of staff at the information existing mental regarding health center, the services according to available for AP News. students.

B o t h “While L a n f e a r I believe and DePaul DePaul has a students hold really sound the belief that program, I accessible think it’s University Counseling Services director do mental health something care is crucial that needs in a high-stress college environment. to be promoted more,” Stasica said. “I “Maintaining one’s health, both have talked with students who did not mental health and physical health, is even know about services, or they knew important for academic and personal very little. It needs to be known as a safe success. For some students, getting the and welcoming space for students.” care and resources they need may be lifeStudents have stated that, while more saving,” Lanfear said. “Fortunately, in a mentally stimulated in college, they face campus community like DePaul, there greater pressure and anxiety to succeed. are many people to speak to who can “I face more mental distress in school help make the right kinds of connections because of the frequent hard deadlines and referrals to get a student on the road and overwhelming responsibility,” said to health and wellness.” freshman film major Emily Dolan.

“Accessible mental health care “When I’m here Ii feel I have more of a is crucial to university resources for purpose, but my depression and anxiety is

“Maintaining one’s health, both mental health and physical health, is important for academic and personal success. For some students, getting the care and resources they need may be life-saving.”

Dr. Jeff Lanfear

drastically worse, along with my lack of motivation.”

Dolan similarly criticized the accessibility of UCS, claiming there was a lack of sufficient communication between her and the organization.

“I’ve been trying since week one to get registered in CSD for my ADHD, anxiety, and depression and register my hamster as an emotional service animal [esa] and I keep getting ignored,” Dolan said. “I’ve stressed to them multiple times how hard it is to get information out of my doctors and they refuse to tell me what i need to get the accommodations I require.”

Some mental health professionals believe that people are more susceptible to feelings of depression during the fall and winter, an ailment otherwise known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

While there is no definitive cause of SAD, the common belief is that the lack of sunlight found in the fall and winter can disrupt the body’s circadian rhythm, or biological clock. The disrupt to the body’s routine can often lead to oversleeping, low energy and other common symptoms of depression, according to Mayo Clinic.

“I totally believe that during winter, symptoms of depression worsen, and I have experienced it myself,” Dolan said.

“It’s hard to realize it has to do with the season, but after years of this cycle it’s impossible to say that the darker days of this season don’t play into the worse mental state.”

Despite college students being susceptible to mental health risks, there has been a reported increase in college students seeking treatment for feelings of mental distress. Approximately 33 percent of college students have sought after professional assistance regarding

i s s u e s of mental health, according to Psychology Today.

This is a drastic increase from the 1980s, when approximately 10 percent of college students turned to mental health professionals for similar issues, according to Psychology Today.

The same report attributes the increase in students seeking treatment to a less stigmatized view on mental health, which will hopefully encourage more positive behavior.

While Lanfear stated that UCS has yet to receive any direct references to a new year’s resolution when it comes to potential patients, he hopes that students will practice better self-care and recognize that mental health is not a solo effort.

“It’s always a good time of the year to evaluate how we can take better care of ourselves,” Lanfear said. “For many students, fairly simple interventions like establishing a consistent sleep routine, getting more social support, getting engaged on campus, reducing alcohol or other substance use, engaging in a spiritual practice and getting regular exercise can go a long way toward maximizing one’s personal resilience and mental health.”

“We don’t have to go it alone,” Lanfear said. “Developing resilience often means acknowledging that we are part of a resilient community that cares.”

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“If DePaul won’t voluntarily follow its own processes, we’re confident the court will compel them to,” Bramwell told The DePaulia after the hearing.

Eric Rumbaugh, the attorney representing DePaul and Rosato Perea, called the allegations of impropriety in the proceedings “false.”

“This lawsuit is an unfortunate distraction from DePaul’s attempt to resolve numerous long-standing complaints from many College of Law faculty members about disruptive and bullying workplace behavior,” Vice President of DePaul’s Office of Public Relations Linda Blakely said in a statement. “Just as the university has followed the internal processes that guide disciplinary cases, it will respect and follow the legal processes involved in this case.”

Former DePaul law professor Terry Smith filed a lawsuit with very similar allegations last year, but it was settled out of court and Smith was dismissed from the university. Smith and Cho were frequently allies on issues within the College of Law, leading to much overlap in their lawsuits.

Among the related complaints are the applications for tenure from professors Julie Lawton and Daniel Morales. As a tenured professor, Cho had to evaluate them and vote to decide whether or not to approve them, according to the lawsuit.

As she “harbored serious doubts” about their qualifications, Cho and three

other faculty, including Smith, voted to deny their applications for tenure but there were still enough votes to confirm them, according to the lawsuit. Because she voted against the majority, Cho chose to author a minority report explaining her position, according to the lawsuit.

Morales chose to file a complaint with the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity [OIDE] against Cho and Smith, alleging that Cho “engaged in racially hostile conduct towards him” and her opposition to his application for tenure was motivated by his “refusal to subscribe to her views of institutional racism” at DePaul, but the complaint was dismissed by a third-party investigator, according to the lawsuit.

DePaul’s attorneys have sealed a number of critical documents, including OIDE documents, a mysterious report known as the “Powers Report” and third-party reports from the American Bar Association and the American Association of Law Schools, according to the lawsuit. DePaul’s lawyers argue these documents should be sealed because they contain personal and employment information about people who are not related to the lawsuit, according to the lawsuit.

Some documents also “describe the internal workings of the [College of Law’s] tenure process, which DePaul has a significant interest in keeping confidential,” according to the lawsuit.

The Powers Report was an investigation into whether DePaul should fire certain faculty at the law school, authored by former dean of the University

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Law professor Sumi Cho filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the dean of the College of Law and DePaul University.

of Texas School of Law William Powers.

Simultaneously, another investigation by a team of lawyers from the prestigious law firm Proskaur Rose looked into Morales’ OIDE complaint. Several months later, Rosato Perea opened her own investigation into complaints that Cho and Smith “attempted to destroy the careers” of Lawton and Morales,

according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges Rosato Perea “exceed[ed] her authority by reinvestigating claims of racial harassment” after the OIDE investigations exonerated Cho.

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Student was not robbed or kidnapped near campus, police say

By Carina Smith & Emma Oxnevad News Editor & Asst. News Editor

Chicago police announced Thursday that following an investigation, they no longer believe that a DePaul student was kidnapped and robbed near the Lincoln Park campus.

According to the Public Safety alert released by the university, the 19-yearold student had claimed that on Jan. 8 he was walking through the alley behind the McDonald’s located at Fullerton and Halsted around 8 p.m. when two men and a woman approached him with a gun.

The student claimed that he was forced into a car and driven to an abandoned house before being robbed, then he was released.

Public Safety was alerted of the report and sent out the alert early on Jan. 9, however the Chicago Police Department took over the investigation.

After conducting an investigation, a CPD spokesperson announced that police no longer believe that the kidnapping and robbery had actually taken place.

“Detectives determined this was not a kidnapping and the victim was not robbed in the 19 District or near De Paul University,” said Anthony Guglielmi, Chief Communications Officer for CPD, in a tweet on Jan. 10. “This also was not a

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random incident.”

Guglielmi’s tweet ends by saying that it was not a “random incident,” though it has not been made clear as to whether or not the student was robbed.

Public Safety released another alert to tell students that the kidnapping and

robbery had been fabricated. Following the alert, students took to social media to comment on false report, some making jokes about the incident with others expressing their disapproval.

“Why does anyone find the need to lie in a situation like this [and] find any

excuse to make up a story so it’s sent to everyone on campus?” said freshman Jorge Iniguez.

The false report follows a rocky fall quarter for Public Safety, in which a number of robberies and assaults occurred on and near both DePaul’s Lincoln Park and Loop campuses. A number of alerts were posted around the campuses and sent electronically to students, keeping the university on high alert.

Public Safety officials said that while infrequent, false reports have been made

by DePaul students in the past.

Currently the investigation is still ongoing, so police have not charged the student with filing a false report.

However, the police department may decide to charge the student depending on how the rest of the investigation goes.

Filing a false police report can have a myriad of consequences, depending on the severity of the crime and alleged intent behind the false report. A standard false police report will often result in a misdemeanor charge, according to FindLaw. DePaul officials said that while they could not discuss the specifics regarding the outcome of this case, should the university choose to take disciplinary action it will be handled by the Dean of Students if the student in question is charged.

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DePaul, Harold Washingon College partner, expand scholarships

By Benjamin Conboy & Carina Smith

our facilities and resources to Harold Washington College and believe the academy will help serve students higher education might otherwise overlook.”

Jon Boeckenstedt, associate vice president for enrollment management and marketing at DePaul, said the partnership is all about providing the opportunity to have a four-year college experience to students who otherwise couldn’t afford it, or weren’t yet ready to make the leap.

“Every year there are a lot of students who are interested in DePaul, but for whatever reason (…) they might think community college is the better place for them to start,” Boeckenstedt said. “What we want to do is take students and give them the opportunity to take advantage of a terrific scholarship and get their associate’s degree for free while not getting shut out of the four-year college experience.”

Since the program is only open to CPS students, Boeckenstedt said the university is better fulfilling its obligations to Chicago communities while also furthering its mission.

“If you look at our mission statement, we’re dedicated to serving the city of Chicago,” Boeckenstedt said. “While any Chicago resident who’s a CPS graduate can do it, we know demographically that a lot of them will be either low-income or first-generation students of color.”

There isn’t a plan in place yet to provide financial assistance to any students who want to transfer to DePaul

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Harold Washington College and DePaul University, two colleges separated by only five city blocks — and a $34,000 difference in tuition — have partnered to create an affordable path for highperforming high school students to take classes at DePaul.

The partnership, slated to begin next fall, takes only Chicago Public Schools students who have been awarded the Star scholarship. The scholarship, created by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2015, allows CPS students to obtain an associate’s degree at any City College free of charge if they graduated with a 3.0 GPA and at least a 17 on the math and English portions of the ACT. One hundred Star students will take arts and science courses in the three classrooms allocated for use by the Harold Washington faculty and students. The students won’t take classes with DePaul students, but they will be able to use university facilities and take advantage of student groups and services.

“This initiative — along with the recently-announced DePaul Chicago Promise and Catholic Heritage scholarships — continues our longstanding commitment to Chicago Public Schools and the city of Chicago,” said President A. Gabriel Esteban in a statement. “We are proud to offer

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DePaul has partnered with Harold Washington College to create a more affordable path for Chicago Public School graduates to attend higher education.

and will enroll full-time can gain an additional scholarship of $20,000 a year for four years of undergraduate studies.

“Lots of us have children of our own in college, and we know how hard it can be to even consider, let alone pay for a private college,” Boeckenstedt said.

“We’re trying to find students who are academically qualified and were among the very best in their high schools and make it more affordable to consider DePaul.”

after receiving their associate’s degree, but “the cost would be significantly lower,” Boeckenstedt said.

DePaul has also expanded the scholarships that are offered. With the new DePaul Chicago Promise and Catholic Heritage scholarship, CPS graduates and graduates of Illinois’ Catholic high schools can receive additional aid to attend DePaul.

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Scooter sharing could ease DePaul students’ commutes

By Bianca Cseke

more accessible than Chicago’s Divvy bikes, which has fewer stations Contributing Writer the farther one goes from the DePaul University students may Loop, according to a map on have another public transportation the bike sharing company’s option soon if Chicago approves electric website.

“Because e-scooters scooter sharing, which has been used have a smaller footprint in cities throughout the U.S. and the world to help commuters travel short compared to bicycles, distances that aren’t easily served by they can be made existing transportation but are too long available in more places, and to comfortably walk. therefore are less James Stewart, director of the university’s Adult, Veteran and g e o g r a p h i c a l l y Commuter Student Affairs office, told c o n s t r a i n e d ,” Chaddick the DePaulia about 90 percent of DePaul the I n s t i t u t e students are considered commuters. r e p o r t e d .

“We also have a lot of commuter “ Fu r t h e rmore, students that live relatively close to unlike many campus which could benefit from a short cities’ docked scooter ride directly to their apartment bike share systems, rather than other options,” Stewart said.

Chicago has not approved the use e-scooters are freeof electronic scooters at the time of standing and do not need to be returned to a designated publication.

E-scooters are similar to the non- station.”

One student, KC Paleracio, said electronic version in appearance, but scooter sharing instead of sounds like it having to could help with be peddled, his commute riders stand on from the suburbs, the footboard which can take and push on a up to three hours throttle button with the Metra with their and CTA trains. thumbs to “I get to accelerate. The Chicago around scooters have 6 a.m. and walk brakes that around until can be used I have class, to slow down which can be when needed. difficult when Bird is one the weather is of the world’s bad, especially l e a d i n g in the winter,” e-scooter Paleracio said. companies.

Shareable According to E-Scooter Scenarios: Evaluating the scooters could their website, make it easier Potential Mobility Benefits of Shared e-scooters for him to get are accessible Docklesss Scooters in Chicago from place to through Bird’s place while he’s app, which waiting for class to start. shows users where nearby vehicles are.

Another e-scooter company, Lime, Once a rider has found a scooter they previewed their scooters at the Sheffield want to use, they can tap a button to Music Festival and Garden Walk held unlock and ride when they please. last July.

A report published by DePaul’s Although Chicago currently Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan does not allow any of the scooter Affairs found that although e-scooters companies to operate within the city, alone would not significantly lower new transportation options, including commute times between neighborhoods, but they would help users get to transit e-scooters, are being evaluated by a new Transportation and Mobility Task stops quicker.

Although the city already has Force the city created in September, shareable transportation in the forms of according to a news release from Mayor Divvy bikes and ridesharing apps like Rahm Emanuel. The task force includes Uber and Lyft, scooters could fill the gap DePaul professor Joseph Schweiterman, one of the authors of the Chaddick left by existing options.

E-scooters are cheaper and more Institute’s report on scooter sharing.

“Chicago has strived to maintain environmentally friendly than cars, leadership in the transportation space, according to Bird’s website. and we see this Task Force as the guiding An enviornmentally friendly method force for the City’s next generation of transporation could be an ideal change of mobile innovation,” former U.S. for a heavily-polluted city like Chicago.

Department of Transportation Secretary A 2018 report by the Better Government Ray LaHood said in a statement.

Association and NBC5 recently declared Other cities that have implemented Chicago as the worst major American e-scooters have seen several safety issues, city for recycling. A less harmful method such as users riding on sidewalks or of public transportation could shelp to not wearing helmets as recommended, improve the city’s carbon footprint. mechanical issues and scooters being A Vox report shows that while the left in the middle of sidewalks and cost to rent a shareable scooter varies streets. by city, they generally start at $1 and 15 The city of Portland, Oregon, which cents per minute after the initial pick-up. is currently in the middle of a fourAdditionally, the scooters could be

“Because e-scooters have a smaller footprint compared to bicycles, they can be made available in more places, and therefore are less geographically constrained.”

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month trial with its e-scooters, has been handing out free helmets and is conducting a public information campaign, according to NPR. Bird once pledged to donate $1 per scooter per day to cities that build infrastructure such as bike lanes, but has since rolled back the plan. Cities that

did not incorporate the plan into their legal agreements when approving scooter sharing have no way to enforce it. Bird did not respond to requests for comment.

Chicago’s task force expects to release its final recommendations for the city in early 2019.

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CTA upgrades surveillance cameras following crime spike in 2018

By Carina Smith News Editor

The Chicago Transit Authority is still in the process of installing a number of new high-definition security cameras across the rail system following a number of incidences of criminal activity.

The cameras are a part of the Safe & Secure program that was announced earlier this year by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

The program takes initiative to increase the safety measures throughout the CTA system to promote a more secure travel experience.

At the end of the year, CTA had installed nearly 500 new cameras across the Red, Blue and Brown lines, according to a press release from Emanuel’s office.

The press release also goes on to say that the CTA has also created a new book and a tour guide that are largely focused on the art and architecture of CTA stations.

“CTA customers expect and deserve the kind of investments that benefit their daily commutes and boost their overall riding experience,” Emanuel said. “Public art and security are two of the many tools we’re using to keep CTA the option of choice for Chicago commuters.”

When it was announced, Safe & Secure had the goal to upgrade over 3,800 older model cameras and add an additional 1,000 new cameras. The program is a $33 million investment that will take several years to fully complete.

The expansion of cameras comes as no surprise since Emanuel has doubled the number of the CTA’s security cameras since 2011 in an effort to deter criminal

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Chicago Transit Authority is in the middle of implementing their Safe & Secure program, which will expand the number of security cameras and update outdated cameras across CTA stations.

activity and also helping police to identify suspects and watch crime patterns.

When it was announced, Emanuel said that the program would be funded through the city’s fee on ride-share apps such as Uber and Lyft. The fee was $0.67 per-ride throughout the city in 2018, but at the beginning of 2019, the city increased the fee to $0.72 in an effort to continue funding the security efforts throughout the CTA. “It’s an appropriate way, and I think it’s progressive, those who use Lyft and Uber, those riders, will be actually making sure the CTA is a competitive system from a transportation perspective, and the right investment to make,” Emanuel said to the

Chicago Tribune last year.

For some ride-share users, the fee is welcomed in order to increase the security throughout CTA stations.

“I feel that paying less than a dollar on my Uber to get better cameras is completely worth it,” junior Katelyn Thompson said. “The cameras need to be updated, and this [fee] is the best way to do that without making taxes crazy high.”

Many have pointed to a number of crimes that have taken place in recent months as reasoning to heighten the security throughout the CTA. A video from late December went viral on social media, showing a couple being attacked by a group of young men at the Chicago

Red Line station. The man suffered from bone fractures, abrasions and lacerations, according to police.

Back in December, a man was shot in the hip in the pedway between the Red and Blue line Jackson stops during rush hour traffic. The man was stabilized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and despite the fact that most students were on break, Public Safety released an alert about the shooting.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said that the high-definition surveillance cameras at the Jackson stop were aiding police in the search for the suspect.

“It’s concerning that [crime] like this happens so close to our campus,” sophomore Max Stephen said. “We think we’re safe on campus, but a shooting happened feet away from our classrooms.”

CTA riders also saw a spike in pickpocketing last year, according to city crime statistics. Over 2,000 incidents of nonviolent thefts were reported throughout 2018, with November alone seeing over 200 thefts – the worst November for thefts in 15 years. Overall, crime on CTA property went up 13 percent from 2017.

The push to heighten security throughout the CTA is being welcomed by many DePaul students, who worry about their safety in possible muggings while traveling across the city.

“Being aware of my surroundings and keeping my wallet close are always at the forefront of my mind,” Thompson said.

“Adding higher quality cameras around the CTA to stop those people from doing it, I can definitely get behind that.”

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10 | Nation & World. The DePaulia. Jan. 14, 2019

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US official says withdrawal from Syria has begun Philip Issa and Zeina Karam Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — After days of conflicting statements about a timeline for President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, a U.S. defense official said Friday the process has begun with the removal of some military cargo.

The official said the movement of equipment is part of what the military calls a "deliberate withdrawal" from Syria, where some 2,000 troops have been working with a coalition of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters to defeat the remnants of the Islamic State group.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details that have not yet been publicly announced, provided no numbers, but said the equipment withdrawal is underway and that an unspecified number of additional U.S. troops have been brought into Syria to assist with the process, including by providing additional security.

Hours earlier, Col. Sean Ryan, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group, said "the process of our deliberate withdrawal from Syria" has started. He said the U.S. would HUSSEIN MALLA | AP not discuss a specific timeline, locations or troop movements out of concern for In this Wednesday, April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S. soldier, left, sits on an armored vehicle behind a sand barrier at a newly installed position near the operational security. front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria.

There has been confusion over plans to implement Trump's pullout order and that the U.S. was abandoning its local threats from Turkey to attack the Kurdish Kurdish allies amid Turkish threats of fighters, who Ankara views as terrorists an imminent attack.

Bolton, on a visit to the region because of their ties to insurgents within this week, said the U.S. pullout was Turkey.

Earlier this week, the U.S. National conditional on defeating IS and Security Adviser John Bolton said American guarantees that the Kurds would be troops will not leave northeastern Syria protected. His statements appeared to until ISIS is defeated and American-allied contradict those made earlier by Trump.

Kurdish fighters are protected, signaling Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is a slowdown in Trump's initial order for a on a tour of the region, has also sought to reassure the Kurds that they will be rapid withdrawal.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory safe after U.S. troops withdraw from the for Human Rights, which monitors the country.

"These have been folks that have conflict in Syria through a network of activists on the ground, said the withdrawal fought with us and it's important that began Thursday night. It said a convoy of we do everything we can to ensure about 10 armored vehicles, in addition that those folks that fought with us are to some trucks, pulled out from Syria's protected," Pompeo said of the Kurds while visiting Irbil, the capital of Iraq's northeastern town of Rmeilan into Iraq.

A senior Kurdish politician said the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, after HUSSEIN MALLA| ASSOCIATED PRESS Kurds are aware of the U.S. beginning the talks in Baghdad.

After initially tweeting about the withdrawal, describing it as "America's decision to bring back U.S. troops "now," In this April 4, 2018 file photo, a U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier passes a U.S. decision." position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria.

"The Americans have a right to make Trump this week said "we will be leaving decisions that are in their country's security at a proper pace while at the same time Syria's war since 2014, when the first elite and national interests," said Ilham Ahmed, continuing to fight ISIS and doing all else ongoing.

"When the time and place comes, forces arrived in the country to advise who co-chairs the U.S.-backed Syrian that is prudent and necessary!"

Kurdish officials, meanwhile, have the terrorists here will also be buried Kurdish-led fighters battling the Islamic Democratic Council in northeastern Syria.

She added that the peace and stability demanded clarifications from the U.S. over in the ditches and trenches they have State group. of areas U.S. forces withdraw from "must be its intentions. A U.S. troop pullout leaves dug," the minister said in southern ___ guaranteed," including by putting an end the Kurds exposed to Turkish forces on Sanliurfa province. He spoke before the Karam reported from Beirut. to the Turkish threats and fully eradicating one side and Syrian government troops announcement on the U.S. withdrawal and Associated Press writers Bassem Mroue the Islamic State group and its sleeper cells. on the other. The withdrawal benefits did not address it.

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman in Beirut, Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow, There are 2,000 American troops Syrian President Bashar Assad and his in Syria. Trump's abrupt decision in international backers, Russia and Iran, who Maria Zakharova said the Americans are Zeynep Bilginsoy in Istanbul and Robert December to pull them out, declaring in are primed to move into the region to fill a not serious about withdrawing from Syria. Burns in Washington, DC, contributed to Speaking to reporters in Moscow this report. a tweet the defeat of IS, sent shockwaves vacuum left behind by the Americans. ___ On an unannounced visit to troops on Friday, she said it appears the U.S. "is across the region and prompted a flurry This story has been corrected to show of criticism from some of his generals and stationed near the Syrian border Friday looking for a reason to stay." She said Russia national security advisers. It led to the morning, Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi has not seen public statements laying out that the U.S. has begun withdrawing resignation of U.S. Defense Minister James Akar reiterated Ankara is "determined" to the U.S. strategy in Syria and so cannot be equipment but not troops from Syria.

Mattis and the top U.S. envoy to the anti- fight Kurdish militias it considers terrorists sure that the U.S. is serious about leaving.

U.S. troops have been involved in IS coalition. It also led to major criticism and said military preparations were

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TOM STROMME | AP This Feb. 13, 2017, aerial file photo shows a site where the final phase of the Dakota Access Pipeline crosses beneath the Missouri River in North Dakota, just north of the Standing Rock Reservation in Emmons County in Cannon Ball, N.D.

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GIAN EHRENZELLER | AP People clear snow from inside the Hotel Saentis in Schwaegalp, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 11, 2019, after an avalanche. Police said three people were slightly hurt when the avalanche hit the hotel at Schwaegalp on Thursday afternoon.

SAKCHAI LALIT | AP Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, right, walks with an unidentified companion in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Alqunun remains in Thailand under the care of the U.N. refugee agency as she awaits a decision by a third country to accept her as a refugee.

Regulators: Dakota Access company complied with settlement

Woman who fled Saudi Arabia reaches her new home

Bismarck, north dakota BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline has planted tens of thousands of trees and taken other steps to settle allegations that it violated North Dakota rules during construction, state regulators have concluded.

The September 2017 agreement between Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners and North Dakota's Public Service Commission settled allegations that ETP removed too many trees and that it improperly handled a pipeline route change after discovering Native American artifacts.

The artifacts were not disturbed.

The company denied intentionally doing anything wrong but could have faced fines of up to $200,000. Instead, it was required to plant a certain number of new trees and develop an industry handbook and conduct training on properly handling pipeline route adjustments.

The company last spring filed a nearly 80-page industry handbook it developed, and in October it filed documents detailing efforts by a contractor to plant 141,000 trees and shrubs over two years. The PSC in late November asked for more proof that ETP had complied with all conditions of the settlement.

The company filed numerous documents later that month and in December, including a letter in which attorney Lawrence Bender said he was "disappointed" that compliance had been questioned.

Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak said the threemember group discussed the matter at a Wednesday meeting and concluded the company was in compliance.

ETP missed a year-end deadline to plant about 11,000 of a required 20,000 trees through soil conservation districts in counties along the pipeline route. A provision in the settlement agreement allows the company to extend the work into this year if there are problems with the tree supply "or other market conditions."

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Avalanches, accidents bring Europe's winter death toll to 21 belgrade, serbia BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Heavy snow paralyzed much of Europe for yet another day, cutting off mountain villages, sparking avalanches like one that crashed into a Swiss hotel and killing at least four more people Friday.

Workers at the Hotel Saentis in eastern Switzerland spent Friday shoveling out hip-deep snow after a 300-meter (330yard) wide avalanche smashed through the hotel's windows Thursday afternoon and piled up in rooms and the dining hall. Police said three people were hurt by avalanche in Schwaegalp.

In all, at least 21 weather-related deaths have been reported in Europe in the last 10 days.

The Bulgarian Red Cross said two snowboarders were killed died in an avalanche in southwest Bulgaria's Pirin Mountains.

A snowplow driver died Friday in Germany after his vehicle toppled into an icy river, while an electrical worker in Albania suffered a fatal heart attack while repairing damaged power lines.

Austrian military helicopters on Friday flew 66 German teenagers out of a mountain guest house where they had been stuck for several days.

About 2,000 soldiers and other emergency workers in Albania were assigned to help people trapped by snow and to clear roads to restore access to cutoff villages.

Several towns and cities in southwest Serbia introduced emergency measures, warning of snow piling up on the roads and sealing off mountain villages, Serbian state TV reported Friday. Most schools in the area closed down and 10 people had to

be rescued from their homes. Strong winds complicated the work of emergency crews.

In neighboring Montenegro, meteorologist Dragan Buric said the first 10 days of January have been among the coldest the country has seen in decades.

"We have snow in January in the capital city (Podgorica) for the first time in nine years," Buric told Montenegrin state TV. In the central Bosnian municipality of Kladanj, snow disrupted power supplies and cut phone lines. Zijad Vejzovic, from the civil protection agency, said authorities declared an emergency.

"Because of heavy snow, in some parts over 1 meter (3 feet) high, some of the roads have been blocked," he explained.

"We need more machines. We have run out of resources and money."

In Germany and Austria, where heavy snow caused fatal avalanches and major disruptions in the past few days, the situation was easing Friday. Still, airlines canceled around 120 flights at Frankfurt Airport and 90 at Munich Airport because of concerns about snow.

Police in Lenggries, south of Munich, said the 48-year-old snowplow driver was rescued from the river after several hours but died in a hospital.

In the eastern German city of Chemnitz, all burials at the municipal cemetery through Monday were called off because of snow.

In the elegant Austrian city of Salzburg, all parks, public gardens, play areas and cemeteries were closed Friday because of the danger posed by trees cracking under the weight of snow.

TORONTO (AP) — Tired but smiling, an 18-year-old Saudi woman who said she feared death if deported back home arrived Saturday in Canada, which offered her asylum in a case that attracted global attention after she mounted a social media campaign.

"This is Rahaf Alqunun, a very brave new Canadian," Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said arm-in-arm with the Saudi woman in Toronto's airport.

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun smiled broadly as she exited an airport arrival door sporting a Canada zipper hoodie and a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees hat, capping a dramatic week that saw her flee her family while visiting Kuwait and before flying to Bangkok.

Once there, she barricaded herself in an airport hotel to avoid deportation and tweeted about her situation.

On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would accept Alqunun as a refugee. Her situation has highlighted the cause of women's rights in Saudi Arabia, where several women fleeing abuse by their families have been caught trying to seek asylum abroad in recent years and returned home.

Freeland said Alqunun preferred not to take questions Saturday.

"She is obviously very tired after a long journey and she preferred to go and get settled," Freeland said. "But it was Rahaf 's choice to come out and say hello to Canadians. She wanted Canadians to see that she's here, that she's well and that she's very happy to be in her new home."

After arriving she was off to get winter clothes, said Mario Calla, executive director of COSTI Immigrant Services, which is helping her settle in temporary housing and applying for a health card.

Calla said Alqunun has friends in Toronto who she would be meeting up with this weekend.

"She did comment to me about the cold," Freeland said.

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Opinions

Trump's business failings foretold the shutdown

LACEY LATCH | THE DEPAULIA

Protestors gathered on Jan. 11 at Federal Plaza at 230 S. Dearborn Ave. to voice their concerns about the ongoing government shutdown and how it affects federal workers.

By Lacey Latch Arts & Life Editor

On Dec. 11, President Donald Trump stated that he “would be proud” to shutdown the government in the name of border security, namely over funding for a border wall. One month later, Trump seems to have accomplished yet another feat in which he can be proud: forcing hard-working federal employees to work without pay, or not work at all, for 23 days, the longest in history.

“I think [Trump] has no idea what it’s like to be like us, a whole swath of people who don’t know how we’re going to put food on the plate, provide childcare for our kids or how we’ll make tuition payments,” said Nicole Cantello, a lawyer for the Environmental Protection Agency who brings cases against polluters.

At Federal Plaza on Thursday, over 100 federal employees showed up to protest the shutdown and demand a return to work. With no end in sight, the organizers of the rally promised that until the shutdown is over they will return to the Plaza every Thursday.

There, workers expressed the severe financial strain the shutdown is placing on them. For many who were already living to paycheck to paycheck, nearly a month without pay is catastrophic.

But in quintessentially Trump fashion, the president has strayed far from the path of the leaders that navigated shutdowns before him. Instead, the American people are now at the will of someone who refuses to negotiate with Democratic leadership but who also wrote a book titled “The Art of the Deal.” I didn’t read it but something tells me that hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work isn’t “the deal” the rest of the country had in mind.

As a New Jersey native, I’ve been able to witness Trump’s ineptitude as a businessman first hand over the last two decades. On a short walk through Atlantic City, with needles littering the streets of a gambling ghost town, Trump’s “magic touch” is undeniable. Almost every entity with his name on it in the state has gone bankrupt and been abandoned long before he pledged to “run the country like a business.” Those business failings also demonstrated his blatant disregard for

anyone working below him. By closing his businesses abruptly without any warning, Trump then left thousands of vulnerable workers out of a job. Sound familiar?

Malcolm Alexander-Neal is a risk analyst for the Commodity Future Trading Commission. At the start of the shutdown, Alexander-Neal was deemed an inessential worker meaning he is furloughed until the government reopens.

“How is [what I do] worth any work at all if I’m not essential? I feel like every government employee is essential in the work that we do,” he said. “We serve the public, and in my particular agency, we’re safeguarding the financial market, and I don’t consider that non-essential work.”

To make matters worse, as the Coast Guard struggles under the weight of the shutdown with nearly 6,400 people on furlough and about 2,100 working without pay, a tipsheet that has since been taken down was released to guide Coast Guardsman during this time of financial insecurity. The suggestions for our military and other federal employees included becoming a dog walker, driving Uber or holding garage sales among others.

Aside from being mildly patronizing, these suggestions are perhaps the most telling of just how out of touch our lawmakers are with the public. In short, a salary cannot be replaced by a few rideshare trips to O’Hare. Anyone who has worked a decent-paying job knows that. Fittingly, the suggestions were more insulting than helpful.

Lorie McCann is a program analyst for the Treasury Department and the president of the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 10. McCann expressed frustration over the suggestions.

“Don’t even get me started with that list,” she said. “Look, we’re all going to do what we have to do in order to take care of our families but it’s just too much right now.”

And as a matter of survival in their standoff with the President and his precious wall, federal workers are doing just that: whatever it takes. As the Washington Post reports, over 1,000 federal workers have set up GoFundMe campaigns to help with their mounting bills while others have turned to Craigslist to sell their personal belongings.

LACEY LATCH | THE DEPAULIA Above: Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to the public at the Federal Plaza about the government shutdown and how detrimental it is to federal workers.

Below: Protestors talk to each other as the rally goes on. Thousands of Chicago federal employees can be forced on furlough or to work without pay once the government shut down.

We’ve become a country wherein fundraising campaigns to pay for things like basic healthcare have become commonplace because much like many federal employees, healthcare isn’t deemed essential either. Now, Americans being forced to ask the public for help with their bills because the President doesn’t have their best interest at heart is just the obvious next step.

“The difference in every other

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shutdown, whether it was under Obama or a republican, is that there was a divide in Congress,” Alexander-Neal said. “Those presidents had to work with Congress to try to come up with a solution—they were willing to work. But this president is shutting down bipartisan bills that are trying to be passed. So it’s very different and he has the power to stop it, and he doesn’t want to.”

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It's go time

Sex seldom sells in the Internet age, but this isn't the end of sexism in advertising

By Mackenzie Murtaugh Opinions Editor

Years have passed since the notoriously sexy, tongue-in-cheek Carl’s Jr. and GoDaddy commercials disgraced our television screens. For a while, these two companies dared to showcase images of scantily clad women showing off their pole-dancing capabilities or assaulting a cheeseburger while sprawled across a car. At the height of her career, Paris Hilton appeared in a commerical for the fast food giant, where she's caught in the act in a leather bikini and jewels as she, either skillfully or incompetently, washes a car and eats a burger at the same time. Similarly, it’s nearly impossible to forget Nascar legend Danica Patrick’s infamous partnership with GoDaddy, in which many viewers’ lesbian fetishism was complete with, in retrospect, minute flirtations and casual glances.

In recent years, television advertising has seemingly left behind the sexualized imagery akin to Carl’s Jr. and GoDaddy, with the former leaving their sexy campaign behind in 2017 and the latter in 2013.

This should not come as any surprise; as women are given a larger platform to deny any relevance that this type of advertising might hold. Not to mention, women are more often given both the creative and administrative roles to greenlight the content, meaning there may be less and less hyper-sexualized advertising and marketing strategies used in the future. The proof is in the advertisements themselves: More women are shown in corporate roles in advertisements when just 10 to 15 years ago, the best representation women could get in a commercial was a committed stay-athome mother.

Joe Cappo, an adjunct professor with expertise on the evolution of television advertising, thinks that while sexualized advertising may or may not be on its way out, a new type of advertising featuring women should be referred to as more genderized than sexualized. While women in commercials used to strictly sell cleaning supplies and diapers, they are now represented in larger, more executive roles.

“Only recently have they began to put women where they are dominant and not employees or anybody else in the subservient position,” said Cappo. “Now, it has nothing to do with sex but with gender and gender equality.

There’s no question that that’s the change that was made.”

GRAPHICS BY ANNALISA BARANOWSKI | THE DEPAULIA

It wouldn’t be correct to blanket every commercial as sexualizing women, given the sheer amount of commercials out there that I have not seen, but considering the common advertising motto “sex sells,” some advertising agencies might still be driven to this ancient model. Yet, women have come a long way since the 50s and 60s when this idea first came to the small screen.

The second and potential third wave of feminism came and is still occurring with women working towards equal, fair and correct representation in the GRAPHICS BY ANNALISA BARANOWSKI | THE DEPAULIA media.

“I could probably hum the even needed to mention their actual product in their ‘Monday Washday’ hymns that were in the background commercials to sell it,” said Holly McNally, marketing of some commercials in the 50s and 60s,” Cappo said. manager at Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation.

"No one complained about it at the time, but since “It’s a cheap way to do business, but it sold. Now, somewhere around the MeToo movement or just I don’t even see commercials for them anymore, before, when women decided to go in and compete and I am sure it’s because they caught on to what’s with the men in now going on with sexual power, did that progression in the country.” change.”

Our obsession for sex, So what changed camp and consumerism Carl’s Jr. and worked perfectly in advertising GoDaddy’s minds for decades. After the early about how they will 2010s, women began to sell their products? demand a higher quality of Professional lecturer media representation that in the department of finally took off after MeToo public relations and gained notoriety. A discussion advertising Daniel opened about how women are Azzaro said that the portrayed in the media placed quick progression of itself into the mainstream, and the social atmosphere companies took notice. Again, in the United States Carl’s Jr. and GoDaddy, the two forced a campaign most notable and infamous change for the sake of companies to take part in relevancy. sexualized advertising, quietly “GoDaddy mostly threw in the towel in adherence featured Danica to today’s social standards.

Patrick in a state of This isn’t to say they are undress, and then the utmost of the sexually you had to go to the progressive companies. In Internet to find out January 2016, the Restaurant what happens next, Opportunities Centers United and they did a lot reported that 66 percent of of traffic because Carl’s Jr. employees were of it,” Azzaro said. sexually harassed on the job.

“Immediately, GoDaddy, on the other hand, Americans went to has made small improvements the site and obviously towards gender equality at the saw nothing because corporate level. In November there wasn’t anything 2018, GoDaddy Inc. reported more to see, but that the percentage of women playing the titillation in senior leadership roles is Adjunct professor of advertising 33 percent, which is 2 percent card worked for them.” more than their numbers in This worked in 2017. part due to the intrigue factor that is often used in Advertising companies constantly look for the next advertising. Companies cannot guarantee you will buy effective way to sell their products. But they must also a product off of one commercial, but they can flirt sell their brand to appeal to the Internet generation with you through a screen to prompt research into who desire relatable content. Companies that once the product. While at the other end of the GoDaddy marketed themselves as sexy and edgy hope that we spectrum is just an Internet domain registrar, by using forget they forced Paris Hilton and Danica Patrick to sexually explicit images that will appeal to a mass make fools of themselves for a corporation, but since audience, they can guarantee that some of the traffic to that infamous seed is hard to un-plant in our media the website will bring in customers. memories, they might be making bigger fools of “GoDaddy and other companies like it hardly themselves now more than ever.

"I could probably hum the ‘Monday Washday’ hymns that were in the background of some commercials in the 50s and 60s. No one complained about it at the time, but since somewhere around the MeToo movement or just before, when women decided to go in and compete with the men in power, did that change."

Joe Cappo

The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect those of The DePaulia staff.

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Focus

Time’s up

“Surviving R. Kelly” spurs sexual assault survi BACKGROUND PHOTO

BY XAVIER ORTEGA

R. Kelly’s studio on the Near West Side. The city got an order to search the property following alleged buillding code investigations. Some believe that Joycelyn Savage - a young woman believed to be a part of Kelly’s alleged sex cult - might still be inside the building.

By Julia Hale The first two episodes of the six-part docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly” premiered on can heal and understand tha Lifetime on Jan. 3. The third and fourth episodes aired the next day, and the series came In order to create that spa Contributing Writer to a close on the 5th. If you were on Twitter at all during that period, you most likely saw “Due to the fact that I can something about R. Kelly, especially if you live in Chicago. fying details,” said Kathryn. “I Robert Sylvester Kelly, better known by his stage name R. Kelly, was born and raised on the South you want to call these abusers out, you wan Side of Chicago. During his time as an upcoming R&B artist, Kelly developed a reputation hanging out that I struggled with, but it honestly just co with and picking up underage girls at southside high schools and a McDonalds in Hyde Park, Chicago. In and some of these men are really dangerous 1994, he secretly married his mentee, 15-year-old artist Aaliyah Dana Haughton, who released her debut as well as myself, are safe from any legal or p album titled “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number” the same year.

The aspect on anonymity is beneficial to In 2002, after bootleg copies of Kelly’s infamous “pee-tape” allegedly showing him urinat“I’ve had so many girls DM me sa ing on an underaged girl became public, the untouchable R&B artist was indicted on 21 I never thought that I would counts of childpornagraphy charges. In 2008, the R&B artist was found not guilty on space where I feel like I ca all counts. why I let people be an After a series of stunning accusations in the Lifetime Network’s “Surviving essarily have their R.Kelly,” Chicago prosecutors say they are now pursuing legal action against heard, they still w Kelly. the page has do Chicago Twitter was particularly active during over the three days the Between docu-series premiered. Local rapper Malcolm London tweeted on the tims attend Jan. 4, “engaging in sex with an underage girl is rape.” Local artist Troi to police, a Warren quoted the tweet the next night, writing: “So is coercion, Malwomen n colm.” Warren proceeded to tweet a thread detailing an experience sexual as with the rapper in which he coerced her into having sex while she was War under the influence. Then she tweeted another thread, this time outjoined b ing her statutory rapist, a different local rapper. atives o Feeling empowered by the “climate of awareness that the ‘Survivlocal ar ing R. Kelly’ series has cultivated on social media,” Kaiann Kathof peop ryn, a senior at Riverside Brookfield High School in Riverside, Ilgo thro linois, outed her abusers as well. In the early hours of January 6th, why not she quoted one of Warren’s tweets, writing, “I’m here 4 calling out The abusers,” and proceeded to disclose the identity of her rapist, a local Are You performance artist who raped her while she was “half unconscious off a wide va xans” at age 14. Then, Kathryn outed yet another local rapper, saying he recorded, “celebrated his 20th birthday by having sex with me when I was 13 years periences t old and under the influence.” has done the “I sent out my tweets late at night, and then they gained a lot of attenaccounted for tion that I wasn’t expecting,” says Kathryn. “The next morning, I saw a couple Since the Su tweets that were like, ‘what’s gonna be the hashtag?’ I actually went and talked heard from over 3 to my mom about it, and she helped me come up with the hashtag. I landed on “Abuse is not exclus #SurvivingLoudly, because it’s about finding your voice, and finding your power and Kathryn said. “I’ve been finding your healing; reclaiming all of that.” titles, about the tweets, every On January 6 the #SurvivingLoudly hashtag gained national traction, and Kathryn created a is inclusionary, rather than exclusi Twitter page of the same name. the conversation and a part of the movemen “The page came from all of the attention that the hashtag got,” says Kathryn. “I felt like so many Kathryn has big dreams for the #Surviv women were feeling empowered and wanting to be a part of the conversation. I wanted it to be central- groups or events and discussions with on-si ized so that you could go to one place and read the stories, and support the survivors and follow along “I’ve been invited to speak at a couple differe with everything.

“This is such a deeply rooted issue in our “I noticed that a lot of people were using the hashtag but not going into details. Everyone is in a dif- “I’ve been thinking a lot about ways to keep ferent place in their healing process and healing is a different experience for every single person. I just like stagnancy is where things die. I want to wanted to be respectful of that and facilitate a supportive space where everyone has a voice and everyone

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115,568

Number of monthly listeners R. Kelly has on Spotify in Chicago

ivors to speak out

at they’re not alone.” ace, Kathryn had to make some sacrifices. n’t verify any of the stories, I do blur out last names or identiIt was a hard [decision] because my initial reaction, you know, nt justice, you have that burning in you. That was something omes down to safety. Some of these stories are really violent s. I just want to make sure that the reporters of the incidents, physical harm.” o the survivors, as well. aying, ‘I never thought that I would be able to come forward, be able to talk to anyone about this, but you’ve created this an be heard and still be protected,’” said Kathryn. “And that’s nonymous. I recognize that a lot of people aren’t ready to necnames outed with their stories yet, but they still want to feel want to feel seen and supported and believed, and that’s what one.”

1995 and 2013, just 20 percent of rape and sexual assault vicding an institution of higher education reported the incident according to the Department of Justice. Among college aged not enrolled at a university, just over 30 percent of rapes and ssaults are reported. rren and Kathryn weren’t alone in their bravery; they were by many women who publicly spoke of a slew of Chicago creon Twitter that night. So many women spoke out, in fact, that rtist Phalene Oh was inspired to take action as well. “I get tired ple going to Twitter or social media in general about what they ough, and then have it overlooked,” says Oh, 20. “So I was like, t make something permanent?” project is called, “If You Have Nothing To Hide, Then Why Sweating?” “It’s basically a documentary that’s going to have ariety of interviews,” she says. “On camera, off camera, simply or even written statements, of peoples’ accounts of their exthey’ve had with abusers, aggressors, violators, anybody that em any harm, intentionally [or] unintentionally, and have not it.” urviving Loudly Twitter account was created, Kathryn has 30 survivors. She’s not just restricting it to Chicago, though. sive to any one demographic, any one city, any one place,” n really careful about the language that I’ve used, about the ything, because I want to make sure that everything I’m doing ionary. I don’t want anyone to feel like they can’t be a part of nt.” vingLoudly movement. “I would really love to have support ite trauma counselors and social workers and stuff,” she says. ent [events], so I’m really excited to see where I can take this.” r society right now. Rape culture is pop culture,” says Kathryn. the conversation going, and to keep it growing, because I feel o make sure that this doesn’t become stagnant.”

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Protestors outside R. Kelly’s warehouse/studio space on the Near West Side.

24 Number of years since R. Kelly married 15-year-old singer Aaliyah

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Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announcing a hotline for abuse victims Tuesday.

(678)-744-3185 Hotline for women who have suffered abuse by R. Kelly

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Arts & Life

McKay, Bale eviscerate Cheney in 'Vice' IMAGE COURTESY OF IMDB

Christian Bale transforms into Vice President Dick Cheney in this uncoinventional biopic written and directed by Adam McKay. They previously teamed up for "The Big Short."

By Shane Rene Managing Editor

Some actors have a unique ability to transcend their own international celebrity and slip away into characters so gracefully that, slowly and without realizing, you begin to think you’re watching a cameo.

Christian Bale, the shapeshifting Welsh actor from films like the “The Dark Knight,” “American Psycho,” and “The Big Short,” is that kind of thespian.

And Adam McKay, the writer and director of the new Dick Cheney biopic “Vice,” certainly gave Bale a character worthy of his brilliance. But while highly enjoyable, a shallow analysis of the the most powerful vice president in American history made “Vice” play more like a monster movie than a biography.

After McKay’s brilliant crash-course on the collapse of the U.S. housing market in “The Big Short,” “Vice,” ought to come with the warning that, while keeping close to the historical record and making some effort to unpack complicated bureaucratic concepts, it is not a documentary. One might even say that the films credentials as a biopic are thin, given the overwhelming focus on all the terrible things Cheney was able to do with the reins of government, rather than the man who held them.

Two scenes early in the film stand out as the major character defining moments for Cheney. The first comes before he enters the political arena, just after he’s been kicked out of Yale University for drinking and fighting. The young Cheney, who is hanging phone lines for a living in his hometown of Casper, Wyoming and drinking himself into a nightly stuper, is arrested for driving under the influence.

His wife, Lynne, played by the talented Amy Adams, bails him out of jail and gives Dick an ultimatum: get your life together and become a man that she and their future children can be proud of, or she’s gone.

Lynne reminds Dick that a woman in the early sixties is not destined to become a

"While highly enjoyable, a shallow analysis of the most powerful vice president in American history made 'Vice' play more like a monster movie than a biography."

CEO of a large company or hold esteemed public office, and he would have to fill that void, not for himself, but for the two of them. In that moment he vows to never again disappoint Lynne, taking her ambition into his own hands.

The film skips over Dick’s journey back to school to redirect his life and drops us in the beginning of the Nixon administration, where he works as a special assistant to then-Nixon cabinet member Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld, as McKay’s narrator explains, wields his power like a “master of the butterfly knife,” with complete disregard for culture of statesmanship in Washington.

“If you get in his way,” the narrator warns, “he will cut you.”

Cast brilliantly with Steve Carrell, Rumsfeld is portrayed as the father figure that shapes Cheney’s view on power and politics. In one defining scene, Rumsfeld and Cheney are walking the halls of the White House when Cheney, struggling to find the right words, asks his mentor, “what do we believe?” Rumsfeld busts out into laughter and, without saying anything, disappears into his office, cackling like only Carrell can.

And for the most part, this is all we get to explain the philosophy that drives the Cheney machine in a mad pursuit of power — power for power’s sake. Cheney’s life's calling, says the narrator, is to be a “humble servant to power.” That is, until he’s ready to take it for himself.

From an ideological perspective,

McKay offers us next to nothing to evaluate Cheney. It’s clear that Cheney is anti-regulation, as we see in a montage of then-Congressman Cheney (representing Wyoming’s sole congressional district) voting against every bill that found its way onto the House floor, but this isn’t sold as a man voting with his conscience. Instead, McKay paints a picture of a budding lobbying industry rolling into Washington, D.C. to take advantage of a power monger Cheney (and others like him), who took their money and rose through the ranks of the government.

This all helps build Cheney into a monster-like character, but nothing more.

He is driven solely by his wife’s will and operates solely on the advice of whoever filled out his bank account and private interests most. The real Vice President Cheney’s strong belief in the United States as world’s rightful and sole superpower, virtually unrestricted executive authority, and U.S. military intervention as a solution to much of the worlds problems never get the credit they deserve. These ideas were central to Cheney the man, not just the offices he served — and that’s what made him so dangerous.

The film employs a bizarre, yet brilliant, style similar to that of “The Big Short,” frequently dropping out of the main plot to breakdown broader themes and concepts.

In “The Big Short,” McKay puts Margot Robbie, playing herself, in a bubble bath with a glass of Champagne for no other reason than to explain subprime mortgages

to the audience. The same rollercoaster of information and entertainment in “Vice” serves to bang home the films thesis that Cheney is the greatest anti-hero in American history, and nobody knew it.

In one scene, Cheney pitches an idea to then-President Gerald R. Ford and members of his senior staff: walk out onto the White House lawn with miniature wigs on their penises and have a circle jerk. They all love it.

As McKay tells it, Cheney’s monotone, bureaucratic stylings gave him the “superpower” of seeming measured, no matter how ridiculous his ideas were.

Again, McKay isn’t making a documentary, he’s making a point. Cheney is an evil genius with the power and skillset to employ devastating, irrational policy and stonewall good governance.

If making the insane seem rational is Cheney’s superpower, his weapon in the film is the unitary executive theory, which the film spends quite a bit of time explaining. The unitary executive theory, which is brought to Cheney’s attention in the film by a young Antonin Scalia working in the White House counsel's office, is an interpretation of the Article 2 in the U.S. Constitution that gives the president unlimited executive authority.

While important and entertaining, and bolstered by Oscar-worthy performances from Bale, Adams and Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush (the best W impersonation I’ve ever seen), the film still misses the point here. Cheney didn’t seek out the unitary executive theory merely as a tool to levy power — he genuinely believed in it.

So if you’re a bleeding-heart liberal looking to watch one of your party’s great political rivals get clubbed over the head for a couple hours, “Vice” is for you. If not, McKay’s biopic serves as little more than a vicious personal takedown of a vice president that most of us knew little about in the first place.

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Starting on Oct. 3, Bruce Springsteen played 236 shows over the course of the next month, gaining praise from critics and fans alike for "Springsteen on Broadway."

By Marty O'Connell Staff Writer

Bruce Springsteen has been selling out massive stadiums for decades. So when he announced in 2017 that his next tour would consist of five shows a week at a venue that seats less than 1,000, it was big news. Springsteen’s run on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre, originally only scheduled for one month, ended up running over a year- 236 shows.

Unsurprisingly, tickets to these performances were next to impossible to obtain. Dates sold out immediately, and tickets would pop up on Stubhub costing thousands of dollars. But now, thanks to the Boss and Netflix, anyone in the world can experience the most intimate show he’s ever done.

This past December, Springsteen released a live album of the show, available in both digital and physical formats. Two days later, hours after his last performance, a filmed version of the show went up on Netflix. Filmed over two nights in July 2018, this special serves as one of the most defining pieces of Springsteen’s catalogue.

The show itself acts as an extension of his 2016 autobiography “Born To Run.” Springsteen plays songs acoustically that span his whole discography, either on guitar or piano, and he pairs them with a monologue. The audience walks through not just his career, but his own personal life.

They travel down his childhood streets of New Jersey, learn of the Springsteen family tree and hear the man himself unpack the hopes, dreams and fears that make up some of pop culture’s most iconic songs.

With this context out in the open, the songs transform. “My Father’s House” peers into the tumultuous relationship he had with his father, a man Springsteen calls his “hero and [his] greatest foe.” With “The Wish,” he declares his love for his mother, who taught him compassion and gave him the money to buy his first guitar. He

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Springsteen earned his breakthrough in 1975 with his album "Born to Run." examines his own marriage, bringing out In this bare-bones form, even the rock his wife and bandmate Patti Scialfa to sing radio staples sound different. On “Tenth “Tougher Than the Rest” and “Brilliant Avenue Freeze-Out,” the tall tale of the Disguise” together. He even reveals E Street Band’s beginnings, Springsteen some surprising truths behind his public remembers Clarence Clemons, his largerpersona, such as the fact that he has never than-life saxophonist and sidekick who worked a full-time job and didn’t earn his died in 2011. “Born In the U.S.A.” mutates driver’s license until age 24. from the synth-heavy singalong into a

harrowing critique of war. And while introducing “Thunder Road,” a poetic song about getting out, Springsteen recalls a simple image - his band leaving New Jersey for the first time to tour the country, and the view of the summer night sky as he lay in the back of the truck, dreaming of the heaven that’s waiting down the tracks.

In the decades since Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and changed the world, the pool of classic rock legends has been gradually shrinking. Some, like Paul Simon and Elton John, have retired from touring. Others, like David Bowie and Tom Petty, have passed on to the next life. But within that shrinking pool, Bruce Springsteen still stands tall. At 69 years old, he is still finding new and exciting ways to make his stories heard. Now, with his run on Broadway, he’s cemented as one of the defining artists of our times.

To close out the special, just like every other Broadway show, Springsteen performs the song he named his book after. He sings, in a quiet voice over hushed chords, the lines that have defined his life: The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive / Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide / Together Wendy, we can live with the sadness / I'll love you with all the madness in my soul / Someday girl, I don't know when / We're gonna get to that place where we really wanna go / And we'll walk in the sun / But ‘till then, tramps like us, / Baby we were born to run.

Just like the Our Father he recites before starting the song, this is his final prayer. That one day, he, and all the rest of us, can escape those restraints that hold us down and find the freedom we’re all chasing. Bruce hopes he gets there. He hopes we all do, too.

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By Michael Brzezinski

“Suspiria” (Dir. Luca Guadagnino)

Staff Writer

When I go into a film, I usually have a checklist of all the things I would like to see from it, and Luca Guadagnino’s gruesome hyper-political feminist remake of the popular Giallo horror film remains the only film from 2018 to check off every single box on that list. A mind-bending experiment that harkens back to the heydays when horror was an actual spectacle to behold.

It’s a meditation on yonic power, a Fassbinder-esque reckoning with postWW2 Germany, and visceral piece of entrancing performance art. But most importantly, it’s unlike anything I have ever seen in my life.

“Roma” (Dir. Alfonso Cuaron) Alfonso Cuaron’s magnum opus. A gorgeous cinematic exercise

in finding the absolute majesty in even the most mundane aspects of life. First-timer Yalitza Aparicio gives a gently commanding revelatory performance as a maid braving a difficult year in her life as the societal landscape of Mexico shifts around her. It is, without question, the most life-affirming piece of film I’ve watched all year.

"Creed II" (Dir. Steven Caple Jr.) Quintessential self-help cinema. I must state my bias in that I

believe the “Rocky” franchise to be the best franchise that American cinema has to offer and this film serves as a tremendous reminder as to why that is. A radical and emotional deconstruction of commercialized boxing and the way it perpetuates and tortures masculine insecurity.

What Steven Caple Jr. does is build up the notion that strength is an assemblage of love, trust and legacy, something that has been brewing under the “Rocky” series for decades. Michael B. Jordan solidifies his presence as the best movie star of this generation.

“First Reformed” (Dir. Paul Schrader)

Not just the perfect culmination of all of Paul Schrader’s best sensibilities as a writer and director, but also the perfect film that 2018 needed. A grim and a subtly sardonic journey through the darkest aspects of human hope and a cautionary tale about thinking you can save everyone and everything. So perfectly layered and nuanced that it is nearly impossible to digest it all with just one viewing, and it becomes something more with every revisit.

“Vox Lux” (Dir. Brady Corbet) An audacious and absurdist study of the lurking dangers of undealtwith emotional trauma and the insidious power of popular culture. It is almost baffling how confident Brady Corbet is in his ambitious style and themes and it’s accentuated even more by Natalie Portman’s gofor-broke turn as an unhinged pop star. The final sequence of this film made my jaw drop, my skin crawl and my stomach churn.

“The Other Side of the Wind” (Dir. Orson Welles)

A manic, scathing look at the explosive ending of an era, an eyeopening swan song, and a bonafide piece of cinematic history. Orson Welles’ posthumous masterpiece is without a doubt his most ambitious work and a deeply confounding reflection on his own image and contribution to the world of cinema. Welles was always several steps ahead of everyone else, and this film proves that even when one of his works releases nearly 35 years after his death, he stays that way.

“If Beale Street Could Talk” (Dir. Barry Jenkins) After his masterful Best Picture-winning “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins comes back in full-swing with this marvelous and emotionally intense meditation on hope and love. An almost perfect adaptation of James Baldwin's’ novel and a touching homage to his philosophy and life’s work as a whole. Jenkins’ visuals are paralleled to none, and it makes his portraits of genuine human connection ring true and completely carry off the screen from beginning to well after the credits close.

“Shoplifters” (Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda) Japanese cinematic poet Hirokazu Kore-eda returned with this Palme D’or-winning deconstruction of family dynamics. This exemplifies all of his finest strengths that he has accumulated over the course of his tremendous 30+ year career. Equal parts comforting, beautiful and utterly devastating in all the best ways.

“Blindspotting” (Dir. Carlos Lopez Estrada) One of the most insanely stylish, confident and singular debut features I have ever seen in my life. A nuanced and urgent portrait of gentrification, police brutality and the American justice system treated with a fiery sense of anger, joy, sadness and anxiety. The script penned by stars Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal boasts a sublime balance of heartfelt buddy comedy and weighty real world issues.

“Support the Girls” (Dir. Andrew Bujalski) A hilarious, poignant, honest and free-flowing mumblecore portrait of modern working class unity in frustrating and exhausting times. Bujalski’s film about a trying day in the life of a group of workers at an Austin “sports bar with curves” not only lends a tremendous opportunity for Regina Hall to fully display her ridiculous talent, but for Bujalski to prove yet again that he is a master at blending mainstream comedy sensibilities with biting and empathetic political commentary.

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By Michael Edicola Staff Writer

“Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse”

(Dir. B. Persichetti, P. Ramsey, R. Rothman) I’ve seen this film six times at the time of writing this and it only gets better upon each viewing. From its art style to its score to its performances to its soundtrack, “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” is a creative powerhouse on all fronts. The film’s overall theme and message resonate so strongly that you don’t need to be an animation fan, a Spider-Man fan or even a superhero fan to love this film. If you need a creative boost, there is no better remedy than a trip to the theater to see this incredible work of art.

"First Man" (Dir. Damien Chazelle)

I never expected to resonate so heavily with a biopic, but Damien Chazelle makes it easy to. The film doesn’t center around the moon landing, but rather Neil Armstrong’s tragic relationship with death. At the risk of getting too personal, this film really cut me deep because I lost someone close to me just over a year ago, and I can say that Gosling’s dynamic performance hit home. Throw in a Golden Globes winning score and you’ve got yourself a recipe for a real tearjerker.

"Burning" (Dir. Lee Chang-dong)

“BlacKKKlansman” (Dir. Spike Lee) One of my favorite period pieces of the year, and easily one of the most impactful. With an overall message that resonates with the present and a gut punch of an ending, “BlacKKKlansman” more than earns a spot on my top 10 films of the year.

“Suspiria” (Dir. Luca Guadagnino) How can something be so beautiful and yet so disturbing, which, funny enough, is how I’m described on most dates. Seriously, this film made me stop eating during the climax because I was so disturbed. The surreal nature of “Suspiria” embeds itself in your mind and stays long after the film ends.

“Upgrade” (Dir. Leigh Whannell)

I knew nothing going into this film and I’m so glad that was the case. I actually gasped out loud in the theater when I realized where the story was going. Such a subtle masterclass in filmmaking with an ending that has replayed in my head weekly since I saw it. Do yourself a favor and keep your eye out for this one.

Low-budget sci-fi at its greatest. “Upgrade” is what “Venom” tried to be and so much more. One particular kill in this film will stick with me until the day I die. Unique action, lo-fi cyberpunk aesthetics, and a phenomenal ending created one of the best moviegoing experiences I had of the year.

"Eighth Grade" (Dir. Bo Burnham)

“Game Night” (Dir. J. F. Daley, J. Goldstein)

Bo Burnham’s directorial debut hits the ground running with some of the most grounded storytelling I’ve seen in sometime. Raw performances from Elsie Fisher and Josh Hamilton make this film one of the most real movies about growing up in a culture dominated by social media. I would also implore you to check out the interview Bo Burnham did for DePaul’s Visiting Artists Series in which it’s clear the level of care and passion he has for telling this kind of story today.

“If Beale Street Could Talk” (Dir. Barry Jenkins) Barry Jenkins emotionally devastated me once again. Between this and “Moonlight,” I honestly don’t know which is my favorite, but I can say with clarity that both have touched me on a personal level. Please do yourself a favor and see this absolute wonder of a film while it’s still in theaters.

Easily the best comedy of the year. Blending action, humor and some horror elements “Game Night” became one of my favorite films. The movie employs a mastery of filmmaking not expected in a comedy, easily separating it from the rest of the pack. I was laughing from start to finish and I’m sure you will be too.

“Avengers: Infinity War” (Dir. A. Russo, J. Russo)

Ten years deep in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and they stick the landing. In a film that should by all conventional means not work, the Russo brothers somehow make each character feel involved in an almost event-like experience.

After watching DC continually fumble to start a cinematic universe, it’s incredibly impressive to see Marvel gracefully connect their characters in a way that feels grounded.

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Golden Globes disappoints, still shocks

By Michael Brzezinski Staff Writer

We are now in that time of the year that I love and hate the most. It is time for Awards Season. A time where we sit around and watch as everyone pits their films against each other in the spirit of trying to score some golden statues. Everyone knows that it isn’t awards season until all of our favorite celebrities get really drunk together at The Beverly Hilton courtesy of The Hollywood Foreign Press Association for The Golden Globes.

The Golden Globes have almost always had a reputation of a glorified televised Hollywood party as opposed to a legitimate prestige awards ceremony, and rightfully so. The Golden Globes have a very long reputation of rewarding on the basis of popularity or legacy as opposed to overwhelming merit and cultural significance. But nonetheless, it can be a fun show to watch, especially since 2010 when they introduced a traditional host with Ricky Gervais, who still has yet to be topped. This year, the HFPA selected the odd pairing of Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh to host the event, and it went just about as everyone feared it might.

The pairing felt forced and unnatural.

Samberg and Oh are great performers, but they seemed to have very little chemistry with one another. Their jokes mostly fell flat and were usually followed by rather stale attempts at being woke. However, Oh had one very poignant speech about inclusion in the industry that had one very awkward moment of a lone laughter in the audience, which stands as representative of the whole evening. Not to mention there was a prolonged joke segment of giving the audience fake flu shots that landed with exactly zero people.

The real meat of the awards show comes from the winners, and if the Globes are to set a tone for the rest of awards season, this

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Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh hosted this year's Golden Globes ceremony on Jan. 6. should be alarming. The biggest positives came from seeing films like “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and “Roma” win big with Animated Feature and Foreign

Language Film. Acting greats Christian Bale, Olivia Colman, Regina King and Glenn Close gave amazing speeches for their much deserved wins. Those weren’t

necessarily surprises though. The surprises came in the later portion of the show and were not for the better.

The shocks of the show came when “Green Book” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” swooped in and collected the two Best Picture awards, as well as Rami Malek winning for his Best Actor for his impersonation-not-performance turn as Freddy Mercury for “Bohemian,” and “Green Book” collecting Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. Obviously, these films have fan-bases.

I myself am a fan of “Green Book” for the most part, but it shows that Hollywood isn’t quite ready to practice what they preach yet. With Sandra Oh’s speech early on in the ceremony, it set a tone that the big winner would show legitimate progress, but the actual results show otherwise.

Both winners received intense backlash on social media platforms citing the fact that “Bohemian” casts a negative light on Mercury’s sexuality and is directed by an alleged sex offender, who was omitted from any and all mention during the ceremony.

“Green Book” received backlash for being a film about race relations written by a crew of three white men and simplifying the issues at hand. It has been labeled a “white savior” film.

Regardless of what you may think about the two winners, with meaningful diverse films like “BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Crazy Rich Asians” being nominated alongside those films it, becomes very hard to neglect the fact that Hollywood still comes across as an old white man’s club that can’t accept new, exciting content. I can only hope this trend doesn’t continue for the remainder of awards season and that we see value in originality and diversity.

This might be the worst Globes show the HFPA has put on.

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Japanese author Marie Kondo dives into some of the most cluttered homes in America to help organize the living and work spaces that have become uninhabitable. Unlike similar shows about the uniquely American problem of having too much stuff like “Hoarders,” Kondo has a specific strategy for becoming - and remaining - decluttered.

In Netflix’s newest true crime endeavor, venture to the mountains of Humboldt County, California - the illegal cannabis growing capital of the United States. Aside from the inherent risk of dealing with black market marijuana, the area also leads the country in missing persons cases.

Kondo instructs everyone to pick up each item individually. Then they simply must decide if that item brings them joy or not. If it doesn’t, it’s gone. And while watching people contemplate their happiness level when holding a polo shirt is humorous to watch for a moment, the principles behind her methods stick around long after the messes are cleaned up and the clothes are donated.

At a time when things seem hectic, it’s refreshing to see Kondo care so deeply and genuinely for others all while being consistently cheerful. And who knows? You might just be inspired to finally throw away those old Amazon boxes that have been piling up.

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Set to the backdrop of marijuana legalization throughout the country, that is where “Murder Mountain” picks up, highlighting the disappearance of 29-year-old Garret Rodriguez. The following investigation threatens to unravel the secluded, close-knit community of outlaws and vigilantes that have populated the mountain for years.

As marijuana takes a front seat in the national conversation, the darker underbelly of the market that has persevered for decades comes to light in Netflix’s latest deep-dive into some of America’s least known, but most interesting, criminals.

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In theaters & upcoming films Dec. 14 "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" Miles Morales, an exuberant teen, transforms into the Spider-Man of his reality.

Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld

Jan. 11 “The Upside” A wealthy quadriplegic enlists an ex-convict to help him with daily tasks and an unlikely bond is formed.

Stars: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston

Dec. 14 “Mortal Engines” Two people team up in post-apocalyptic London to stop a conspiracy in a world where cities are on wheels.

Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving

Jan. 18 "Glass" A security guard with supernaturalpowers recruits a disturbed man who has 24 different personalities.

Stars: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson

Jan. 11 “A Dog's Way Home” A lost dog travels hundreds of miles to reunite with her owners and makes unlikely friends along the way.

Stars: Kimi Alexander, Farrah Aviva, Chris Bauer

Jan. 25 “Serenity” A desperate plea from his ex-wife ensnares a fishing boat captain into a new, mysterious reality.

Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway

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By Lacey Latch Arts & Life Editor

Unless you’ve been living under a rock or working in the private sector, you know that R&B artist R. Kelly is accused of a whole slew of despicable acts anywhere from manipulation and physical abuse to sexual assault and pedophilia. Basically, R. Kelly is horrible and as such effectively cancelled. It doesn’t take a lot for you to be better than R. Kelly in my eyes. Really anyone that isn’t a child predator makes the cut but I’ve went even a step further. Here are four R&B artists that not only don’t have any outstanding rape accusations (that we know of) but also excel in their music.

1. “Switch" - 6LACK After going through some drastic life changes between 2017 and 2018, Atlanta rapper and R&B artist 6LACK released “Switch,” the first single on his newest album “East Atlanta Love Letter.” Teaming up with Ty Dolla Sign, 6LACK delivers an easy-listening, endlessly catchy tune that weaves seamlessly into the rest of the songs on the album.

Even better, 6LACK denounced R. Kelly and his supporters on Twitter. What’s not to love?

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2. “Family Affair” - Mary J. Blige One of Mary J’s best known songs and one of the greatest songs to come out of the early 2000’s, “Family Affair” has been a staple on dancefloors for nearly two decades. Mary J. Blige has an entire discography that would put some of today’s biggest stars to shame with “Family Affair” leading the charge. Released at the height of R. Kelly’s popularity, this song proves that when you’re music is great and you’re not a predator some songs are eternal.

Across 1. It may be rigged 5. Like some humor 10. Three of a kind 14. “May I get you anything __?”

15. Slow tempo 16. Chicken part 17. Roll the dice 20. Napkin’s place 21. Aces, sometimes 22. Follow on the heels of 23. “Idylls of the King” character 24. Wall Street news items 26. Entangling quagmire 29. Confronts 30. Andy’s radio partner of old 31. Even if, briefly 32. Vientiane citizen 35. What gamblers hope for 39. Before-time link 40. Carry away, in a way 41. Length x width,

3. “Chanel” - Frank Ocean In the last few years, Frank Ocean has proved himself as an expertly skilled singer and songwriter and “Chanel” simply reinforced those ideals.

Released as a surprise single after his 2016 project “Blonde,” the song exemplifies his unique sound. “Chanel” even more so demonstrates his versatility as he effectively reinvents himself as an artist through each song.

for a rectangle 42. Sports figures 43. Inexpensive diner 45. Fingernail polish remover 48. It’s behind the alter 49. Harbor structure 50. Much 51. What a wife is called 54. It could be a lifesaver 58. Employs 59. Blood-loving worm 60. Biblical birthright seller 61. Microscope component 62. Aquarium structures 63. Chinese secret society Down 1. Unload, as stock 2. “Guilty” e.g.

3. “... and make it fast!”

4. “No Scrubs" - TLC While perhaps not as well known as their hit song “Waterfalls,” “No Scrubs” essentially coined the umbrella term for a broke guy and gave women everywhere a jam to sign along to while turning down any undesirable suitors. Because of that, TLC secured their spot both on this list and in the history books as one of R&B’s favorite feminist icons.

4. Clerical nickname 5. Some pancakes 6. Judged, as a film 7. Food scraps 8. In times past 9. Grumpy’s comrade 10. Jew’s-harp sounds 11. Shampoo bottles’ final dictum 12. Acquire, as expenses 13. S-Shaped moldings 18. Millions of years 19. “... upon reciept __” 23. One way to go 24. Photo choice 25. It has the last word 26. Sudanese Republic, now 27. Don’t keep in 28. Decomposes 29. Imitates Tinker Bell 31. Decrease in intensity 32. Finishing bait 33. Slam-bang tennis

server 34. “I’ll go along with that” 36. Acquit 37. Enthusiastic flair 38. When repeated, like some shows 42. Kind of fracture 43. Particular periods of history 44. ___ Spumante 45. More than bad 46. Persue wild geese 47. Consumed 48. Smart ___ (wise guy) 50. Words before “of thieves” 51. Japanese soup 52. Horse color 53. Like a bug in a rug 55. Final (abbr.)

56. Somewhat vast grassy area 57. Collector’s collection

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Freshmen duo showing they belong

By Lawrence Kreymer Asst. Sports Editor

DePaul women’s basketball has been a perennial powerhouse in the NCAA for years. Having won six consecutive Big East regular-season championships and two straight Big East tournament championships, DePaul head coach Doug Bruno has created a program that attracts some of the best young players in the nation.

This year is no different for Bruno and his squad, having landed talented freshmen who are eager to make their impact on the court right away.

DePaul has six freshmen listed on their roster for this season, but the two who have played the most this season are guards Lexi Held and Sonya Morris.

When the season began in November, Held and Morris had different roles on the team than they do now. Morris began the season starting six out of the first seven games before being replaced in the lineup. Held, on the other hand, has had to be more patient.

“Sonya started some of our earlier games because of her competitiveness and her motor,” Bruno said. “Lexi was given some opportunities and she did a great job of scoring the ball in those limited early opportunities.”

In her limited minutes, Held was able to provide Bruno with evidence that she can really play. Because of that, she stayed confident that her time to shine was soon coming.

“He [Bruno] kept reminding me that I’m good enough to play here and that I had the ability to play, but I had to build my confidence up and by getting on the floor and my teammates and the coaching staff encouraging me it gave me confidence to play my game,” Held said.

Not until the sixth game of the season did Held see extended minutes on the floor, and in 23 minutes of action against Savannah State she had a career-high 28 points on 11-18 shooting and shot 5-10 from the three-point line. Although the game ended as a blowout in DePaul’s favor (124-61) Held gained valuable experience and her confidence skyrocketed.

After that game against Savannah State, Held began seeing more playing time and had arguably her best game of the season against Oklahoma. In the second half, the Sooners went on a big run that cut the Blue Demons lead to six points, and Held contributed by knocking down big shots to keep DePaul in front. She finished the game with 17 points, shooting 7-11 from the field and 3-4 from the field.

However, when it comes to playing for Bruno, both Morris and Held have realized that Bruno will give players playing time based on their performance that specific game.

“Bruno doesn’t choose who he plays, we have to make him play us,” Morris said. “I really like it because he really pushes me mentally and physically, he expects a lot from everybody, he expects hard work and for everyone to compete.”

Bruno expects his players always to play hard and has said numerous times this season that he has no problem benching them during the game.

“I really believe every game is a life of its own, I say that and I preach that to the players and every season has a life of its own,” Bruno said. “Coach’s time is practice time and that’s when we work to help the players and then when the games start to me it’s player’s time.

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Notre Dame attempts to block freshman guard Sonya Morris from shooting on Nov. 17 at the Wintrust Arena.

I try to put them in positions to play to their strengths and stay out of their way the best way I can. I’m going to play the players that make me play them and they are the ones who determine their minutes. The players determine when they get in and how long they stay in for by the mpact they are having on the team” When discussing their move from high school to college basketball, both Morris and Held mentioned that the biggest adjustment for them was the speed of the game.

“It definitely is a much quicker paced game in college and the fact that we shoot so quickly makes the speed of the game that much quicker,” Held said.

“So, the speed of the game has been the biggest change that I’m still adapting to.”

The speed of the game is now amplified even more with the start of conference play. Now that the Blue Demons have played three Big East games this season, going 1-2, both of the freshmen have noticed the change in play and how tough it is to get wins in the conference.

“The teams don’t get easier at all,” Morris said. “We kind of had a rough start to conference play, so after a lot of team meetings we understand that we just have to get our stuff together, especially if we want to make the NCAA tournament. We just got to be ready to play each game, we have to be prepared and take any adversity that comes our way and turn it into a positive.”

With 15 games remaining before the Big East tournament, Morris, Held and the other freshmen will be looking to continue improving their games and having an impact on the court whenever they check in. However, Bruno has pointed out that he will play freshmen to give them experience, but he won’t risk playing them if it doesn’t contribute to the team winning games.

“I want to play to their strengths

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Freshman guard Lexi Held looks for an opportunity to shoot against Notre Dame. Held finished with two points in a 101-77 loss to the Fighting Irish. while we work on their weaknesses and give them a chance to play,” Bruno said.

However, at the same time, our program is too far along for us to take losses over freshmen getting experience, so whether

the game is going to be won or lost has to become a priority over whether or not you will give them time to play.”

26 | Sports. Jan. 14, 2019. The DePaulia MBB continued from front page Coming out of the gate, both teams struggled to score from anywhere on the floor as both defense’s were able to stifle the opposing offense in the first half. St. John’s, who had a height disadvantage against DePaul, was still able to block six shots in the first 20 minutes. However, after a 15-minute break the Blue Demons came out more prepared and with more energy in the second half, and it showed with them putting up 48 points in the final half.

“I don’t think we gave them in the first 20 minutes our best shot, but we responded in the second half by playing a lot more freely and a lot more aggressive at the same time,” Leitao said. “So, very, very happy and what I just told the team is we can grow, we won on the road, played good not great, so we still have room to grow.”

During first half, senior Femi Olujobi was the Blue Demons most effective player, scoring 10 points. Sophomore forward Paul Reed, however, got into early foul trouble and had to sit for most of the first half. He ended up only playing eight minutes and having four points in the first 20 minutes.

DePaul and St. John’s both struggled to score in the first 20 minutes, as the Blue Demons held a narrow 31-30 lead with both teams shooting under 40 percent in the first half and combining for 47 rebounds.

However, when both Reed and Olujobi came out of the locker room to begin the second half, the two stepped up their game. The pair dominated St. John’s inside combining for 31 points in the half. Every possession down Reed and Olujobi traded opportunities down low, attacking their defenders and getting any shot they wanted inside five feet.

Olujobi, who is from New York, was playing in front of 50 friends and family members on Saturday, and looked like he was trying to impress them with his dominant display. Ultimately, Olujobi finished with a season-high 27 points and eight rebounds while Reed recorded his first career doubledouble with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

“We have been talking all along that we have three guys, not just those two, that we can go to down low,” Leitao said. “As good as they are at scoring, they are unselfish and they will share it when they draw double teams.

A guy like [Femi] is very good who we went to, Paul, very good, one-on-one particularly against a team that has a disadvantage size-wise they were able to come through.”

With the size advantage that Olujobi and Reed had over St. John’s, they were able to punish the Red Storm inside, but also were getting fouled at the same time because St. John’s had such a tough time compensating. Within the first 10 minutes of the second half, the Red Storm had already racked up 10 fouls. The Blue Demons ended up taking 23 free-throws in the half while St. John’s only took three.

“They got whatever looks they wanted down there," St. John’s redshirt junior guard Justin Simon said. "They also got offensive rebounds. We just didn’t box out, didn’t rebound and they punched us in the post.”

DePaul was able to punish St. John’s on the glass throughout the night -- especially on the offensive glass where the Blue Demons had a 14-6 advantage on the night.

Reed, Olujobi and senior guard Max Strus combined for 30 of the team’s 40 rebounds.

“We are really concerned about defensive rebounding and we gave up 14 offensive rebounds,” Mullin said. “A big focus is transition defense. When you crash the offensive boards, you have bad transition defense. If you play small, you want to get back on defense, not crash the boards. San Antonio [Spurs] probably has the best transition defense in the world.

They do not crash the offensive boards.

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So yes, we like to get back on defense and not give up transition baskets. When my guys are open, they are free to shoot open shots and then get back on defense, not crash the boards and have a bad defensive transition possession. That’s our policy.”

Another key concern coming into the game was whether DePaul would be able to slow down a St. John’s group that entered the game shooting over 40 percent from behind the arc this season, the secondhighest in the Big East. The Blue Demons this season has struggled to defend the three-point shot, allowing teams to shoot 35 percent from behind the arc, which ranks 244th in the country. However, without Ponds, who shoots 40 percent from the three-point line, the Blue Demons held the Red Storm to only 26.3 percent.

St. John’s was able to stay close late in the game as they went on a run to cut DePaul’s lead to five with a minute to play.

But the Blue Demons did a good job of closing out their second straight win in the Big East -- something they haven’t done since Jan. 2015. The win over St. John’s gave DePaul their first win over a ranked opponent since Feb. 2, 2016.

“We are still going to focus on everything that has everything to do with each day,” Leitao said. “Tomorrow we are going to wake up and we are going to watch film, get rest and get ready for Wednesday. This league requires you not to look ahead or rest on our laurels, even when you lose to not get too down on yourself because tomorrow brings another high quality opponent.”

Saturday’s win gave DePaul’s best start in conference play, 2-2, since the 2014-2015 season when they started 3-0, (they ended that season going 6-12 in the Big East.)

The Blue Demons are looking for their first winning season overall and in the Big East since 2006-2007, when they finished the season 20-14 and 9-7 in the Big East.

DePaul will be back in action on Wednesday to host Butler, where they will look to improve to 11-5 overall and 3-2 in the Big East.

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Sophomore forward Paul Reed shoots over St John's forward Marvin Clark during DePaul's 79-71 victory Saturday night. Reed recorded his first career double-double.

Sports. Jan. 14, 2019 The DePaulia | 27 TRANSFERS continued from back page Marvin Clark II, L.J Figueroa, Mustapha Heron and Justin Simon. However, this has long been a trend at St. John’s.

“We've had guys like that,” St John’s head coach Chris Mullin said.

“A lot of times they come with a little more maturity, little more experience, probably a little more open-minded because they've been somewhere else and probably a little more open to making things work at their next destination.”

Finding a transfer and making sure they fit is another challenge coaches face every time they consider recruiting a player in. Ensuring that a transfer feels comfortable is largely dependent upon locker room leadership, especially with older players who come from different environments and may have differing opinions on how to operate.

Led by a trio of team captains in Eli Cain, Strus and Coleman-Lands, the team has assimilated many of the new players, including freshman, into the locker room by spending more time with them off the court.

“I think they have to be willing to adapt to our standards because they're good people to fit in,” Leitao said. “I think that's the key to recruiting when you're going to talk about somebody who is a transfer or graduate transfer or junior college player or somebody other than a high school player is their character.

Where they come from and their mindset and expectations coming in here.”

One advantage DePaul had with Olujobi that previously spent two seasons at Oakland and one at North Carolina A&T.

BIG MEN, continued from back page While both players leaned on each other during their freshman season, they also had experienced players to lean on for advice.

DePaul had plenty of frontcourt options when Butz and Reed arrived for their freshmen season. Maric was a graduate transfer student with 96 games of Division I ball under his belt from his time at Northern Illinois University before he came to DePaul. Both the fouryear Hanel and Ryckbosch weren’t star players but oozed intangibles. Senior forward Tre’Darius McCallum started in all 63 games he played in his two seasons at DePaul after transferring over from a community college in 2016.

It was with this backdrop of experience that Reed and Butz were groomed their freshman seasons. The veterans didn’t go easy on their young teammates either.

“Working with Tre’ and Marin and Femi in practice we go at it against each other,” Reed said. “That really makes a difference. When I’m playing against those other players it allows me to work on my skills. [When I did something incorrectly] Femi would make it easy telling me what I did wrong. Marin was a little cocky and his style was different than Femi’s.”

After Maric, McCallum, Ryckbosch, and Hanel graduated in 2018, Femi Olujobi, a graduate transfer student with three years of Division I basketball experience at Oakland and North Carolina A&T, transferred to DePaul and became immediately eligible to play, almost seamlessly filling in the role of another veteran who could mentor the youngsters.

“They’ve made it very easy to take over that role,” Olujobi said in regard to mentoring Reed and Butz. “They are very well into listening. Sometimes it’s harder to get younger guys to take

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Senior Femi Olujobi attempts a shot against Florida A&M on Dec. 3 at Wintrust Arena.

With this in mind, settling in at Lincoln Park has not been a problem for him.

information and run with it as opposed to them thinking that they just know it.

Whenever I say something it seems like they listen. They also show me things as well so we kind of feed off of each other.”

“I think both of those guys because they’re improved have taken a little bit more of an independent approach on it in terms of where they fit in and what they can do,” Blue Demon head coach Dave Leitao said in regard to Butz and Reed this season. “It’s been ongoing, but I’m kind of pleased to see with both Jaylen and Paul that they’ve taken the bull by the horns and have done things this season that they couldn’t do last season.”

After struggling to garner consistent rotational minutes last season, Reed has settled into a role this season in which he averages 22.8 minutes per game and maintaining the highest player efficiency rating on the team. He does a little bit of everything, averaging 9.5 points per game on over 50 percent shooting from the field, grabbing 7.3 rebounds per game, while leading the team with 1.1 blocks per game. His 18.3 percent rebounding percentage (the percentage of the total available rebounds a player grabs while on the floor) is third best in the Big East conference (minimum 100 minutes played this season).

Reed’s sudden emergence as a reliable player for DePaul on both ends of the court has people excited for his future, his ability to score, defend and rebound has given Leitao another option to go to while junior Jalen Coleman-Lands is sidelined with a hand injury. Butz has also made strides in his sophomore season, averaging 7.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. He’s a naturally gifted rebounder with a 15-rebound and three ninerebound games to his name this season.

It looks like all the mental notes they took while their upperclassmen big men teachers are beginning to pay off.

wasn't my first time doing it but the guys made it really easy for me so it wasn't really difficult adjusting.”

Both on and off the court, Cain praised the leadership of Olujobi and Coleman-Lands both on and off the court.

“I think they bring [a lot], especially those two guys those are probably the two biggest personality guys on the team,” Cain said. “JB is always in a good mood, Femi is always in a good mood, biggest two jokesters on the team and it's easy to play with guys like that, especially on the court obviously you know what they do on the court something we haven't really had, that big inside presence. There are kind of two different Femi's, outside, inside, JB is a dog inside, lot of rebounds lot of blocked shots and things like that, I think they go hand in hand well with each other.”

When Coleman-Lands suffered a broken hand against UIC before the new year, Olujobi made sure players didn’t get discouraged with conference play around the corner.

Since that game, sophomore forward Paul Reed has stepped up, averaging 14 points and eight rebounds in the five games since Coleman-Lands broke his hand.

“Just keep everybody positive,” Olujobi said. “We have guys who can step up and fill the role this is their time to do that. I think Paul has done an amazing job at just stepping up and showing that he can be responsible and take over some of those minutes and be very effective as he has been.”

“I did some moving around so it was pretty normal,” Olujobi said. “It

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Sophomore forward Jaylen Butz dunks on Florida A&M on Dec 3 at the Wintrust Arena.

The Demons got the victory over Florida A&M 65-50.

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A year older, a year wiser

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Sophomore forward Paul Reed attempts to block Notre Dame freshman forward Nate Laszewski’s shot during DePaul’s 95-70 loss on Nov.14 against Notre Dame.

By Paul Steeno Senior Basketball Writer

If older is indeed wiser, DePaul basketball has gifted young big men Paul Reed and Jaylen Butz one of the better learning environments in the country over the last two seasons.

Sometimes it’s the upperclassmen who’ve stuck with a program for multiple years who become its unsung heroes. As Butz and Reed quickly found out, their best teachers at DePaul didn’t always reside in classrooms and didn’t only include their coaches.

“I definitely feel [upperclassmen big

men] Peter Ryckbosch, Joe Hanel, and Marin Maric were great for me last year,” Butz said. “As a freshman, you don’t really know anything about the Big East Conference or playing at this level so those guys definitely took me under their wing and just showed me the ropes and kept me alive out there on the court. I feel like overall they did a great job just mentoring me both mentally and physically. They did what they had to do. Femi [Olujobi] is just as good. Overall those guys, they just want the best for everybody. They aren’t too selfish with the stuff they say, they try to give you as much as they can.”

Both Butz and Reed arrived at DePaul

in the summer of 2017 as wide-eyed freshmen, adjusting to the new lifestyle that comes with being a first-year college student while simultaneously adjusting to the differences between basketball at the high school and Division I levels.

Both players occupy the same position and came out of high school as unproven three-star prospects.

They’re also good friends who have kept each other grounded through their tumultuous first year and a half of college.

Reed and Butz endured ups and downs during their freshman seasons. Butz missed four games in the middle of the season with an undisclosed illness, while Reed

couldn’t garner consistent minutes, playing 10 minutes or less in 17 of the 28 games he appeared in. He finished the season averaging 9.9 minutes per game despite owning the second highest player efficiency rating of all Blue Demons that season.

“I feel like [having Butz around] has helped me a lot because going through this process freshman year it’s good knowing you aren’t going through it alone,” Reed said. “I have somebody in the same position, going through the same things that I’m going through. I feel like having him there is very helpful because I know I’m not alone.”

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Transfers play role in return to competitiveness

By Andrew Hattersley Sports Editor

When DePaul and St. John’s stepped on the court Saturday afternoon, the game featured two programs that have both relied on transfers as a way of restoring their program back to winning ways.

This is not a new strategy —it’s actually becoming more common across the country. According to the NCAA, about 40 percent of Division I players leave their first school by the end of their sophomore year. This doesn’t account for players transferring from a Division II school or junior college, which bumps that percentage up even more.

A player may opt to transfer can for a variety of reasons, ranging from a desire for more playing time to wanting to be closer to home. Between the Red Storm and Blue Demons, 12 combined players

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Junior Jalen Coleman-Lands guard attempts a jump shot in a Nov. 28 game against Cleveland State at Wintrust Arena. DePaul defeated Cleveland State 83-73. who have contributed this season did said. “We're in an environment, more not enter the program as a freshman importantly it's a quick fix most people “There are many many reasons for get their food out of the drive- thru as that,” DePaul head coach Dave Leitao opposed to sitting down at a restaurant

and so people want what they want and they want it right now. If they don't get it as opposed to times gone by where you kind of work to wait your turn, they seek answers elsewhere.”

While this isn’t viewed necessarily as a good or bad thing, Leitao added that there are more good teams and options for players to get a fresh start at another institution.

So far this season, DePaul has relied on four players, who started their careers elsewhere before landing with the Blue Demons, in senior guard Max Strus and forward Femi Olujobi, as well as junior guard Jalen Coleman-Lands and sophomore guard Lyrik Shreiner The transfer trend for St. John’s has been more profound the past couple of seasons. Eight players on the team’s roster who began their careers elsewhere, including four starters — including:

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