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DEMON DOWN

Stubblefield out as men’s basketball head coach FILE— Head coach Tony Stubblefield hangs his head after the team suffered a 90-76 loss to UConn Jan. 31, 2023, at Wintrust Arena, in Chicago.

By Tom Gorski Asst. Sports Editor

In a whirlwind of developments for DePaul Athletics in the past week, Vice President and Athletic Director DeWayne Peevy took center stage by announcing the dismissal of Tony Stubblefield from his position as head coach of the men’s basketball program.

“When we made this hire [of Stubblefield], we did so intending to play basketball late into March,” Peevy said of the timing of his decision. “That goal hasn’t changed, and I am not backing down from that. After evaluating the current

state of our men’s basketball program, I decided to make a change in the head coaching position. A midseason change is not a decision I took lightly and like our fans, I get frustrated when our results don’t match our expectations.”

The mid-season firing of Stubblefield was unexpected, particularly given that the last time DePaul took such a step was in 2010 with Jerry Wainwright, who was dismissed 15 games into his fifth season.

Stubblefield, on the other hand, was let go 18 games into his third season.

The decision to cut ties with Stubblefield was a surprise for senior guard Jalen Terry, who has a close relationship with

Stubblefield dating back to their time together at Oregon.

“First it was kind of shocking to me and we [the team] just got closer together and stuck together,” Terry said. “He’s a coach I had for about three years and he recruited me to Oregon. I guess you got to be ready for change.”

The thought of firing Stubblefield wasn’t in consideration until after the Jan. 17 Providence game, where the team was blown out in front of its home crowd, 100-62. Peevy approached the decision with deliberation, as he didn’t make a final call until Monday morning.

Once the decision was made official,

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Peevy appointed Matt Brady, special assistant to the head coach as the interim for the rest of the season.

“For me, it was pretty simple because of the 12 years of head coaching experience that allowed the rest of the staff to be stable and stay in their same roles without a lot of change for our student athletes,” Peevy said of why he chose Brady. “Bringing an outside person in was something I didn’t want to do. Fortunately for us, we had a person with 12 years combined of head coaching experience outside of the numerous years of

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Treatment Not Trauma: Mayor Johnson’s mental health investments

By Lucia Preziosi News Editor

Chicago’s former mayor Rahm Emanuel shuttered half the City’s public mental health clinics in 2011. Former mayor Lori Lightfoot promised funds to reopen these clinics but instead funneled money into privately run mental health organizations.

Six closed clinics and false promises left Chicago’s residents without readily accessible mental health resources. Four of the closed clinics were in Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.

As Mayor Brandon Johnson took office last April, the community organizer and former teacher vowed to reopen these clinics and establish the Treatment Not Trauma program as a strategy to aid further Chicagoans facing mental health issues and crises.

Treatment Not Trauma

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FILE- Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks to a crowd of voters at UIC Credit One Arena in Chicago, Ill. March 30, 2024. Johnson alloted $66 million of the city budget to mental health services.

Treatment Not Trauma not only seeks to reopen mental health clinics shuttered by previous administrations but advocates for a 24/7 mental health crisis hotline that

would deploy mental health specialists, instead of police officers, to those battling a mental health crisis.

Treatment Not Trauma was first introduced in the City Council by the 33rd Ward Ald. Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez in 2020, but was rejected by then-mayor Lori Lightfoot, who instead opted for a co-responder model, which sends both police and mental health professionals to respond to mental health crises.

Molly Brown, a DePaul psychology professor, explains the threats that sending police to mental health emergencies poses.

“We’ve seen tragedies locally and nationally where people facing mental health crises are being harmed and murdered by the police officers who aren’t equipped or trained to address people facing mental health distress,” Brown said.

People with untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter, according to PBS. Brown believes that taking police out of

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CAMPUS CRIME REPORT

CRIME DATA REPORTED BY DEPAUL CRIME PREVENTION OFFICE

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Jan. 17 - Jan. 23, 2024 LOOP CAMPUS

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Assault & Theft

Drug & Alcohol

Other

Lincoln Park Campus Crimes:

Jan. 20 1) A Liquor Law Violation was reported at McCabe Hall. Subject was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital for treatment.

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Jan. 21 2) A Liquor Law Violation was reported at University Hall. Subject was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital for treatment.

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3) A Liquor Law Violation was reported at Seton Hall. Subject was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital for treatment.

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LINCOLN PARK CAMPUS Jan. 23 6) Graffiti was discovered on three fence poles located on the east end of campus near the Opera Hall and HPC.

Loop Campus Crimes:

7) A Marijuana Smell was reported in the Student Center mailroom. Odor was coming from a delivered parcel.

Jan. 18 2) Public Safety was notified of a Theft that occurred in the DePaul Center Barnes & Noble on January 3rd.

Jan. 17 1) A Graffiti was discovered on the exterior of the DePaul Center.

Jan. 23 3) A Criminal Damage report was filed in the CDM Building.

4) A Theft report was filed regarding personal property taken from the Richardson Library.

Jan. 22 5) A Deceptive Practices report was filed regarding an individual soliciting money from people near the intersection of Sheffield and Fullerton.

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CORRECTION: A photo caption in the Sports section of the Jan. 22 edition of The DePaulia misidentified Vinod Kotapati, who is a member of the Badminton Club. Corrected caption below: La DePaulia es el noticiero oficial estudiantil en español de la Universidad DePaul, enfocado en proveer una voz para la comunidad latinx.

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Vinod Kotapati breaks between games during a doubles match with advanced players in the Ray Meyer Fitness Center on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Players of all skill levels are invited to play and are paired with others in their skill level.

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MENTAL HEALTH, cont. from page 1 the equation when responding to mental health-related crises would significantly decrease the likelihood of these tragedies.

Ani Huamani, the Treatment Not Trauma organizer for the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, points to the tragic death of Irene Chavez in Chicago to explain why police shouldn’t be the responders to mental health-related crises.

Chavez was a veteran battling post-traumatic stress disorder and was arrested amid a mental health crisis on allegations of battery. Chavez attempted suicide in the 3rd District station and later died at the hospital.

Huamani says this shows how police are incompetent to recognize and respond to mental health crises.

“You just need someone to talk to at that moment and cops can’t do that, they can try, they’re just not trained to do that, to say the least,” Huamani said.

Brown says that if licensed counselors, therapists, EMTs and other mental health professionals respond to these types of crises without carrying a weapon like police officers, there is a significantly lower risk of harm.

FY2024 Budget

Johnson and the embrace of the Treatment Not Trauma initiative brings to light an alternate approach not utilized by former mayors Emmanuel and Lightfoot.

Rebecca Michel, a DePaul professor of counseling and special education, says the Johnson approach can strengthen the Chicago Police Department despite the misconception that Treatment Not Trauma will take resources away from the police.

“These initiatives are actually striving to bolster and support the police to be able to do what is really in their trained expertise…violent crimes, detective work.

Leave the mental health crises to people who are trained in mental health,” Michel said.

Cassandra Firkins, Licensed Clinical social worker and Site Director of the Kedzie Center, a community mental health center, says she has spoken with police officers who have expressed gratitude for alternate response teams.

“Some of them are very much in support of (Treatment Not Trauma) because they said most of their calls have to do with mental health and domestic violence, and they said they have not received the education that a mental health professional has to respond in the best way,” Firkins said.

Mayor Johnson announced his “People’s Budget” for FY2024 in Nov. 2023, with a strong emphasis and investment in these programs.

More than $66 million will be allocated to expanding Chicago’s Department of Public Health’s mental health staff working in public clinics and 911 response teams by 75%.

Reopening of Clinics

The budget also builds capacity for the reopening of mental health clinics across the City over the next four years.

Michel explains the importance of having a strong presence of accessible mental health clinics throughout Chicago.

“I think these community agencies provide such a spectrum of care for residents that when those are just shut down, then, unfortunately, people continue to have those mental health challenges but don’t have the treatment,” Michel said.

These clinics provide patients with case management, medication services and a variety of ongoing counseling, according to Michel.

Reopening public mental health clinics will also ensure that those who need care are receiving it in a timely manner, as Firkins points to the long wait times those without insurance face.

“Depending on where they want to go that wait can be two weeks, a month, and the most I’ve heard is six months,” Firkins

said. “When someone is in crisis or finally ready to do therapy, timing is of the essence.”

Wider access to these clinics also guarantees free and accessible treatment for any Chicago resident, regardless of insurance status, says Firkins. Many Chicagoans who do not have insurance are subject to long wait times or significant out-ofpocket expenses to receive care.

A 2022 survey shows that about 75% of Chicagoans who had moderate or serious psychological distress said they were not taking medication or being treated for mental health or emotional conditions.

Mental health intersectionality

Brown says that without proper access to mental health resources, people can experience disabling conditions that can intersect with other areas of their lives, such as their economic standing.

“Folks can fall into economic marginalization and poverty, and as a result of that, folks can fall into homelessness,” Brown said.

21%of those experiencing homelessness also have a serious mental illness.

With the opportunity to expand mental health resources and divert police presence from certain crises, people may feel more inclined to seek treatment and prevent the threat of poverty and homelessness, Brown says.

“If folks who are experiencing a crisis can get resources without the threat of harm or being policed for having a mental health crisis, that should increase people’s willingness to get help when they need it,” Brown said.

Michel echoes the same sentiment, saying that ensuring equitable access to treatment may encourage those who have previously been skeptical of seeking mental health help to utilize these newfound resources.

Brown also says that investing properly in communities equally throughout the City can be a preventative measure to

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decrease the likelihood of residents facing stress and trauma that comes from government neglect.

The lack of certain resources in disinvested neighborhoods in Chicago, such as grocery stores and job opportunities, has a significant mental health impact on residents, according to Brown.

The University of Chicago found in a 2022 study that South Side residents rank mental health as the top area of concern for adults and children.

With the majority of the shuttered clinics being located in the South Side, residents are left without another vital resource to their well-being.

Preventative measures can also occur in schools, ensuring that proper mental health resources are accessible from a young age.

“Having access in schools to mental health screenings and mental health interventions in schools for students that are at greater risk of developing mental health concerns could be a really great strategy to getting treatment and intervention early,” Brown said.

Treatment Not Trauma and Johnson’s priority on mental health services in the FY2024 budget signals the beginning of implementing some of these measures.

“I think that there is a significant opportunity for Chicago to really build on the ground up, focusing on preventative mental health services and responding with appropriate care, instead of with force,” Michel said.

The conversation needs to continue to circulate about mental health throughout the City, according to Brown.

“We need to talk about mental health…if we’re talking about it, more people are going to be able to seek help if it’s available,” Brown said.

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DePaul adds new functions to BlueStar making student support services more accessible

By Grace Logan & Rose O’Keefee SGA Beat Writer, Asst. News Editor

University Registrar, Michael Wright, and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Caryn Chaden, discussed new functions that will be added to BlueStar at Student Government Association’s (SGA) general body meeting on Jan. 26.

The primary goal of the redesign was to add functionality and support students who use BlueStar, a tool that students use to communicate and schedule appointments with academic advisors.

Under BlueStar’s current system, most students opt to speak with their academic advisor who may have to redirect their questions to another department.

Through a new “Help Center,” this process will be streamlined.

“Students will not need to guess what office can assist them with a problem.

Their questions will be routed to the right office for a timely response,” Wright said.

Wright also said Bluestar will now include “Knowledge articles.” He explained that this function aims to give students one central place to search for specific articles, instead of searching various department websites.

Frequently searched knowledge articles will be displayed in this area of the redesign. Wright and Chaden cited FAFSA deadlines and billing information as examples of Knowledge articles that may appear in this section. These articles will be based both on what students frequently search for and what information the

administration deems useful to the student body.

“We look forward to releasing these improvements as a way to continue to elevate the services we provide students,” Wright said.

At a later date, a university-wide chat function is planned to be rolled out to accompany the Knowledge articles. The chat feature will allow students to seek help from related departments.

“There were many offices across campus that were involved in this implementation and the communication and coordination needed was extensive,” Wright said.

Within the Help Center, students can also file a support request. To ensure a swift response from the related department, Wright said the new program will continue to ping administration until a reply has been sent to the student.

“I am cautiously hopeful we as students will be able to access more timely, responsive support from the university,” Parveen Mundi, President of SGA, said.

The roll-out of these new functions is currently scheduled for March.

“Students will receive email notifications as we approach the go-live date ,” Wright said “There will also be a Newsline article later this quarter that will have more information about the coming change.”

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Ava Fischer, a senior political science student and DePaul voter engagement specialist, registers students to vote in the DePaul Center on the Loop Campus Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Fischer and others registered about 50 students for upcoming elections.

This is what DePaul voters are looking for

By LiLi Jarvenpa Contributing Writer

Many DePaul students asked about the upcoming 2024 presidential election are disappointed in the presidential candidates. They want a leader who will address their generation’s concerns, such as LGBTQ+ rights and uniting the country.

As candidates ramp up for state primaries, many voters are watching their campaigns closely.

DePaul junior Ibrahima Sow said voting is important because it is a way citizens can help shape the country.

“If we don’t make sure that we set the leaders that we want, then we have no right to complain about the way that they lead,” Sow said.

President Joe Biden is running for reelection in the primaries and is facing opposition from former President Donald Trump. A former president has not run against a current incumbent in the two major political parties since 1892.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as U.N. ambassador in the Trump administration, is also competing for the Republican nomination.

After the Iowa caucus, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped out of the Republican race and endorsed Trump.

Trump won over 50% of the votes in the Iowa caucus earlier this month, making him the Republican front-runner.

Wayne Steger, a DePaul political science professor, the determining factor in the outcome of the election will be who is the most motivated to vote.

The students interviewed by The DePaulia plan on voting in November, but they also said they are unhappy with the candidates.

Emme Quinn, DePaul sociology student at DePaul, feels there are no candidates to be excited about. She said she is looking for someone more left-wing than Biden.

“I’m not thrilled about Biden, but

“I’m not thrilled about Biden, but if I have to pick the lesser of three evils at this point, I would do Biden.”

Emme Quinn

DePaul Student, Voter

if I have to pick the lesser of three evils at this point, I would do Biden,” Quinn said.

Matthew Gutowski, a junior majoring in film and television, voted for Biden in 2020 and says he would vote for him again. Gutowski says he is confused how voters support Trump, even after he was convicted.

“He led an insurrection, right? I don’t understand how you do that and then come back from that,” Gutowski said.

Students are still learning about Haley and her campaign, but Gutowski thinks she is a better fit to be the Republican candidate. However, he still has doubts.

“She makes comments about the Civil War being a product of states’ rights, and then it just ruins any credibility that she might have,” Gutowski said.

Steger said DePaul students will be disappointed with any outcome of the general election.

“I would say if Biden wins, they’re going to be disappointed in what they get, but if Trump wins, they get exactly what they don’t want,” Steger said. “They don’t get what they want on the environment. They don’t get what they want on

immigration, racial justice [or] Palestine.”

According to CIRCLE, a research group at Tufts University, the 2022 midterm election had high voter turnout among young voters ages 18 to 29.

Molly Andolina, a political science professor at DePaul with a specialty in American government and elections, worries young voters will be discouraged and decide not to vote, even with increasing young voter turnout.

“My biggest fear is that it will make them not participate in the process, and then just disengage from politics more generally, and that could have generational impacts,” Andolina said.

Students want a candidate that reflects their values. Andolina said Generation Z is progressive and wants the government to take a stand in addressing significant societal issues of inequality.

Quinn, the DePaul sociology major, said she is concerned about protection for the LGBTQ+ community.

“There is kind of an attack on queer people right n o w coming f r o m t h e r i g h t ,” Quinn s a i d .

“Something that I definitely feel strongly about is combating that.”

Julian Cortez, a junior at DePaul, wants a candidate who can take responsibility for unifying the country.

“I am looking for somebody that …

is wanting to move our country forward together instead of actively working to bring us apart,” Cortez said.

Sow believes a candidate who can uphold citizens’ inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be the best choice for president.

“It will all go down to who can provide the best support and security for all of the people in the country,” Sow said.

DePaul students can register to vote on the university’s Lincoln Park Campus and the Loop Campus. Vote DePaul has scheduled several days throughout the academic quarter to help students register to vote.

DePaul has partnered with TurboVote to help students with the voting process online.

Illinois residents have 16 days before Election Day to register to vote online.

They can register to vote in person and on Election Day. If students live on campus, they should register to vote using their campus mailing address.

Students can find their local polling place on The Chicago Board of Election website.

They can also request an absentee ballot if they are registered to vote in the Chicago area.

Students registered to vote in a different state can request an absentee ballot from their state election office.

Illinois will hold a general primary election Tuesday, March 19, and the general election will be Nov. 5.

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Opinions Adjunct faculty are the hidden heroes of higher education PROVIDED BY JOHN OTTERBACHER

A striking faculty member at Columbia College Chicago stands with a picket sign on the median outside 600 S. Michigan Ave on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.

By Nadine DeCero Opinions Editor

I am not fit to be a teacher, and I learned that the hard way.

It was spring 2021, my last quarter of high school. I just got accepted to DePaul and was planning to major in secondary education.

For the last few weeks of my senior year, I was a student teacher for an eighth-grade class at a nearby middle school. It was one of my first days, and the instructor asked me to give a lecture of half of the class. If I’m being transparent, I didn’t even know the material myself, so I was already an anxious mess.

During our discussion, I called on a student and asked if they wanted to write their answer on the whiteboard.

“Not really,” the student said, slouched down in his chair, arms crossed, glaring up at me.

It was at that moment I decided I did not want to be a teacher anymore. At that same moment, I gained an immense amount of respect for teachers.

Of course, I respected my teachers before this experience, but dealing with students first-hand and realizing that these are real experiences teachers deal with daily widened my perspective.

The challenges that come with being a teacher go far beyond dealing with difficult students — especially for those who are adjunct faculty. The part-time faculty members who are paid for each class they teach but, unlike faculty, do not receive benefits unless they teach a certain number of classes.

Colleges and universities nationwide are heavily reliant on adjunct faculty. According to the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, adjuncts make up roughly one-third of all higher education faculty. Compared with the 916 full-time professors at DePaul, there are 1,400 adjunct faculty members, 800 of whom teach each quarter.

By hiring adjuncts instead of full-time professors, the university can cut salary and benefit costs.

Teaching on a quarterly basis can lead to sudden disruptions in adjunct’s teaching plans.

Last October, adjunct faculty at Columbia College Chicago decided to strike over potential cuts to classes, class sizes and other matters.

Columbia College Faculty Union (CFAC) had a contract with Columbia outlining the union’s expectations, such as protection of rights and compensation.

However, it expired in summer 2023 and was never renewed, leaving them without protection once October rolled around and classes were abruptly canceled.

“It’s really unfortunate that the administration has put us in this position,” John Otterbacher, a Columbia adjunct and CFAC member, said when I interviewed him last November. “They could’ve negotiated, and they could’ve worked this out in August or September.”

Fortunately, CFAC reached an agreement with Columbia College Chicago. However, it sparked conversation among DePaul’s adjunct faculty and piqued my own interest in the plight of adjuncts.

While DePaul does not have a union, they have the Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC), which aims to address and resolve issues regarding adjunct faculty at DePaul.

“Several of the concerns include compensation, certainty of courses to be taught and benefits,” said Fred Mitchell, AFAC member and adjunct professor in DePaul’s College of Communication.

Job security is also of concern for adjunct professors.

Gabrielle Simons, a DePaul adjunct and AFAC member, addressed this in a comment under a 2020 DePaulia story about adjuncts getting contracts quarter to quarter.

“If we perpetuate a caste system where more than 50% of [DePaul’s] faculty operates without job security, we negate our mission and our ideal of universal dignity,” said Simons, who teaches writing, rhetoric, and discourse.

“If we all got abducted by aliens, DePaul would have difficulty functioning,” Simons said in an interview. “They’re counting on us to show up, and they’re counting on us not to strike or do a walkout. It’s the good nature and the dedication to teaching of our adjunct faculty that we don’t do that.”

Thankfully, DePaul has made some effort to put these concerns to rest.

For example, health and benefit welfare programs are offered to adjuncts who are credited with the hours equivalent to teaching a load of at least six four-credit hour courses in a 12-month period.

According to DePaul’s associate provost

for Academic Planning and Faculty Lucy Rinehart, there are additional steps to better address the concerns of adjunct faculty.

Rinehart said the university can “continually strengthen communication with adjunct faculty, ensuring that they feel included in the academic communities … are aware of the resources available to support their work … and have clear channels for communicating and addressing concerns and issues that arise.”

This is not to discredit the amount of work that all staff and faculty members put into their jobs at DePaul. The important thing to recognize is that a lot of adjunct professors are working professionals, who often work elsewhere to make ends meet.

“I’m a filmmaker. I have movies that are in production and film festivals,” said Otterbacher, the Columbia adjunct. “I do post production work, I get hired to shoot videos,” Every single employee at DePaul works extremely hard, and every professor, fulltime or part-time must be recognized for their great efforts and skill. But when I was covering the strike at Columbia College, I saw how those on the picket line were deeply affected. And while they still had concern and care for their students, they had to stand by each other. That is the kind of dedication that adjunct professors bring to higher education.

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

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TikTok trends are bad for feminism

‘Gorgeous Gorgeous Girls’ contribute to ‘Girl Bossing’ over-consumption

By Hailey Bosek Contributing Writer

“It feels like we’re in a regressive, norAre you a clean girl? Is your hair mative time when you slicked back with hoop earrings, skin like see that rescripting porcelain and platform Ugg boots? Maybe you lean more towards a coquette look, of the trend to, as you with ribbons in your hair and lace around say, dumb it down for your neck, while humming to Lana Del Rey. Are you a girl boss who takes hot girl women or make them walks and smashes the patriarchy with seem incapable of unyour girl math while you eat your girl dinner? Or are you an eclectic bimbo grandpa derstanding certain mob wife tomato strawberry vanilla latte complexities.” blueberry milk nail angel girl?

Editor’s Note: This story contains content warning of disordered eating.

If you aren’t on TikTok (probably for the best), the last few sentences might have seemed more like word vomit. These are all different types of trends and aesthetics heavily posted on the popular social media platform. Some of these trends are labeled aesthetics, providing different styles and products that fit each vibe.

Others are turning normal behaviors, like dinner or math, into relatable content for the girlies!

Trends are a larger sociological reflection of normative values, and nowhere is that sneakier than in the addictive TikTok slideshows and For You pages. Individual style is not necessarily an evil misogynistic ploy set upon unsuspecting teenage girls–the creation of personal style is essential to your own self-image. However, manufactured and repackaged stereotypes do nothing to empower the self but instead, reinforce harmful values that turn into profit.

These trends often start innocently.

When TikTok user Olivia Maher coined the phrase “girl dinner,” I doubt she expected what would come next. Instead of piles of assorted foods from the fridge, users have taken to showing off their disordered eating habits. Another seemingly wholesome trend, Girl Math, started off as a way for women to talk about their lived financial experiences in ways that related

Erin MacKenna,

WGS & WRD Professor to them, not to dumb down simple ideas or issues. In a since deleted video, TikTok user Nikita Redkar “girlsplained” Israel and Palestine. The creator uses a bimbo aesthetic, best represented by the character Karen in the movie “Mean Girls,” to simplify concepts that are just “too hard for the girlies.”

Women do not need concepts dumbed down for them. They need to be further encouraged to understand these world problems and use their capable minds to interpret their own conclusions.

These phrases have snowballed into reducing women down to harmful narratives that have affected our political and financial power, as well as our autonomy in the world.

Olivia Orlando, a DePaul student majoring in psychology with a minor in Women and Gender Studies, is also concerned with “girl trends” and their guileful way of perpetuating sexism.

“I see them as rebranded ways of perpetuating stereotypes and expectations for young girls and women,” Orlando said.

Liberal Studies professor Erin MacK-

enna isn’t surprised by the trajectory of these trends.

“It feels like we’re in a regressive, normative time when you see that rescripting of the trend to, as you say, dumb it down for women or make them seem incapable of understanding certain complexities,” MacKenna said.

It turns out that these patriarchal standards act as an effective marketing tactic, too. By creating problems and selling solutions, women are led astray.

Marketing tactics have used feminism to their advantage by marketing their products through a feminist lens. However, incorporating feminism into harmful capitalistic tactics doesn’t make it ethical.

It makes it girl-boss feminism.

“Recent feminist scholars have been looking into this idea that marketing has employed the liberated woman as a way to sell products to women,” MacKenna said.

TikTok furthers this consumerism by creating and manufacturing specific styles. Pictures of Sol De Janeiro perfume, matching White Fox sweatsuits and streaks of Rare Beauty blush brushed across perfect cheeks. These aesthetics get more niche by the minute and require you to buy more and more to fit into all these new styles.

No longer is personal style curated and developed over a lifetime. MacKenna feels that this extreme control over how we participate in the marketplace distracts us from the real power.

“If one’s engagement with the marketplace kind of stands in for other forms of power, then ultimately it doesn’t have any kind of effect on the individual’s advancement,” MacKenna said.

Taking it a step further, influencers now create videos with a link to the TikTok shopping tab. where you can buy cheap, unethically manufactured goods right inside the app. Isn’t that so practical, just to buy as you scroll?

“I must admit I’ve considered participating in some trends, especially with the TikTok shop promoting products every few seconds,” Orlando said. “I find it nec-

essary to take breaks when I catch myself convinced to buy things I don’t need, based on videos.”

Orlando said TikTok has made her feel she needs to live up to these beauty standards, even though they are often rooted in Eurocentric ideals. This is ironic, as many of the trends operate off of the backs of culture created by women of color, primarily Black women. The “clean girl” aesthetic of slicked-back hair and hoop earrings with shiny lip gloss has been a staple in the black community since the 1960’s and 1990’s. These influencers are taking culture without giving credit and convincing you to buy $30 Olaplex hair oil for an “effortlessly natural” look.

“It just goes back to this kind of capitalist infiltration of everything, where you can’t even be natural without a series of products,” Mackenna said. “-In the context of this clean girl aesthetic thing. there’s a reliance on products just to, to fit within the acceptable trappings of femininity, and then like arms of attractiveness.”

Perhaps I am being too hard on these trends. Just because something is traditionally “girl” and women are participating in it does not mean that it is a bad thing. However, when 10-year-olds are flocking in hordes to buy Drunk Elephant retinol cream to prevent wrinkles, we are actively denying that girls who haven’t even hit algebra class are worried about aging.

We don’t have to stop participating in trends altogether. However, we need to think critically about the trends in which we are participating and believe that women can relate to one another’s lived experiences without perpetuating patriarchal standards of beauty and reinforcing sexist stereotypes.

Wear what you want, buy what you want, but don’t let a person paid by a corporation change your outlook on your capabilities. Happy Scrolling!

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Zaytoun Aceituna Intercultural dialogu

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Co-President José, center, takes a selfie of participants after completing an Arabic-Spanish matching activity Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 at the Winter Kickoff Event at DePaul’s Student Center in Lincoln Park.

By Una Cleary & Lindsay Freiberger Focus Editor, Contributing Writer

Zaytoun in Arabic and Aceituna in Spanish means olive. Just like Zaytoun and Aceituna many words in Arabic and Spanish share the same meaning, sounds, and identities, creating a language intersectionality.

DePaul’s Zaytoun Aceituna Intercultural Dialogue Club (ZAID) aims to do just that. To create a space for DePaul’s Arabic and Spanish-speaking students to create community through intercultural exchanges.

“I found that putting myself into a singular community was very restrictive, and there's so much that we all have in common with each other,” Co-President of ZAID María Jose Lime said. “It's important to not let yourself just be what they tell you you are.”

Lime had the idea to start Zaytoun Aceituna Intercultural Dialogue after attending a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted an event teaching a traditional Palestinian dance as she noticed the similarities between Salsa.

“I was hanging out with Palestinian, Arab descent students and personally, I’m Latina but I see that there’s lots of connections between the cultures that we all have,” Lime said.

At the first winter quarter

meeting last Tuesday, students enjoyed traditional Palestinian tea, food and played games. A word-matching game included post-its on chairs for students to match similar Arabic and Spanish words, connecting the two similar yet different languages.

“It's nice having a space where you can meet people from different cultures and countries and realize that you’re more similar than you thought,” DePaul sophomore and attendee Majorie Ortega said.

Many students wore the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity.

For many international students and first-generation students, feeling a sense of community and belonging is vital to feel safe on campus. Zaytoun Aceituna Intercultural Dialogue was started to make students feel safe and that they are similar to peers across cultures.

It’s okay to have a club just for culture,” Sophomore and attendee Angela Hernandez said. “There’s a lot of international students and students that are first generation here so this kind of makes a sense of home and community.”

According to DePaul’s 2023 freshman cohort of 2,943 students, 41% are first-generation

college students and 6% are international students.

“I think the ones that make the safe spaces on campus are the students,” Senior and attendee Abigail Padilla said. “The reason why we have this space is not because DePaul actually cares, it's because the students care.”

Zaytoun Aceituna are not the only words that share commonalities as approximately 4,000 Spanish words amounting to 8% of the language in total were originally derived from Arabic. This linguistic relationship began in 711 AD when the Arab and Berber people (otherwise known as Moors) of North Africa conquered the Iberian Peninsula, ruling the land for 800 years as language and culture became intertwined, according to ReDefiners.

Lime hopes that Zaytoun Aceituna Intercultural Dialogue will be a way to connect through culture.

“I think it's really important that we start breaking out of these restrictive barriers and start connecting because our problems are similar,” junior María Jose Lime said.

Zaytoun Aceituna Intercultural Dialogue is planning to host an open-mic night, a dance and karaoke night, and more events shortly.

Attendees sit on the floor and play Uno during the Winter Kic of DePaul’s Zaytoun Aceituna Intercultural Dialogue Club.

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ue club bridges Arabic, Spanish cultures

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Co-President José, center, takes a selfie of participants after completing an Arabic-Spanish matching activity Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 at the Winter Kickoff Event at DePaul’s Student Center in Lincoln Park.

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ckoff Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024. José (left) and Yasmine (right) are co-presidents

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A jug of Palestinian tea sits on the snack table during the Winter Kickoff Event in Lincoln Park Tuesday Jan. 23, 2024. Palestinian tea is made with sage and boiling water.

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Afro-latinos en Chicago mantienen sus raíces indígenas a través de la música y la moda

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Maniquíes de la exposición de vestimenta bomba de Milteri Tucker Concepción en el Museo Nacional de Arte Puertorriqueño, vestidos con trajes bomba hechos a mano. Concepción utilizó diferentes patrones y colores para transmitir distintas problemáticas de justicia social en Puerto Rico.

Por Emily Diaz Escritora Colaboradora, La DePaulia

El Museo Nacional de Arte Puertorriqueño de Chicago alberga parte de la historia y el arte más único y revolucionario de la ciudad sobre la comunidad latina.

Para la comunidad afro-latina, que está culturalmente sincrética en Chicago, el museo ofrece actualmente dos exposiciones. Una destaca a la tribu Taína, una potencia caribeña que desmiente el mito de que las culturas nativas se han perdido por el colonialismo y ahora están extintas.

Milteri Tucker Concepción, instructora de baile bomba y fabricante de faldas, fue la curadora de la exposición. También añadió una exhibición de sus faldas de bomba que cosió a mano. La llamó ‘Resistencia y Libertad’.

La exposición de faldas bomba de Concepción es un ejemplo de cómo los espacios en los museos pueden sanar, ya que destaca el orgullo y la tenacidad de la presencia afroindígena en la cultura puertorriqueña, dijo Veronica Ocasio, quien trabaja junto a su esposo, Billy Ocasio, el presidente del museo.

“Los museos son lugares para educar, participar y celebrar”, dijo Veronica Ocasio. “Son un espacio seguro para tener conversaciones difíciles, sanar y entender”.

Con las nuevas exposiciones, tienen la intención de elevar las voces de los afrolatinos indígenas en la ciudad y educar a otros sobre ellos.

La galería de faldas bomba refleja el legado de tribus como los taínos, que son una mezcla de personas esclavizadas africanas e indígenas en las Antillas Mayores.

Otra exposición en el museo narra la historia de la música y la danza dentro de las tribus. Se titula ‘¡Taino Vive!’.

Los Ocasio colaboraron con la Institución Smithsonian, que proporcionó gran parte de la historia de la exposición.

Tiene maracas de calabaza y varias figurillas espirituales queridas por los taínos, demostrando que la tribu no está extinta y que su legado sobrevive en el arte

afro-latino actual.

Los instrumentos de percusión eran fundamentales en el ritmo afro-latino que sobrevivió al colonialismo, dijo Symone Johnson, profesora de estudios de la diáspora africana en DePaul. Ella llama a la práctica “cultura expresiva”.

Dijo que la cultura se transmitió a través de generaciones, incluyendo cualquier práctica relacionada con el lenguaje, la música, la danza y el arte que ayuda a expresar sentimientos y pensamientos.

“Contamos nuestras historias a través de culturas expresivas como la música y la danza”, dijo Johnson. “Estas son formas de contar historias, y creo que contar historias es realmente efectivo para preservar nuestra historia cultural”.

Ahora que el pueblo taíno está restableciendo su presencia en ciudades como Chicago, otros afro-latinos están haciendo lo mismo.

Del Domínguez, dueño del estudio de baile de salsa Mayambo Dance Company en Humboldt Park, promueve la inclusión afro-latina enseñando sobre las raíces afrocubanas de la salsa.

Bailarines como Concepción y Domínguez aprecian las danzas inspiradas en la cultura africana, como la bomba y la salsa.

La danza bomba proviene de las comunidades afro-puertorriqueñas y es única en que sus percusionistas improvisan su ritmo según cómo se mueven los bailarines. Los bailarines llevan mangas abullonadas y faldas largas junto con pañuelos en la cabeza.

Para Concepción, la confección a mano de faldas bomba es más que una profesión, sino más bien una declaración activa de resistencia contra la supremacía blanca. En su galería, una alta reina de la bomba observa la habitación con una falda roja y blanca representativa de la bandera puertorriqueña. Concepción eligió a propósito un maniquí negro con una peluca rizada para encapsular la presencia de raíces africanas, dijo.

“Es importante que la danza y la moda vayan de la mano”, dijo Concepción. “La vestimenta define un momento y un

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Recreaciones de maracas utilizadas por el pueblo indígena taíno de las Antillas Mayores. Se exhiben como parte de la exposición ¡Taino Vive!.

estado de ánimo”.

Domínguez incorpora espiritualidad y energía en sus clases de salsa para expresar su identidad afro. La salsa se originó en Cuba y tiene sus raíces en el baile mambo, descendiente del danzón africano.

Domínguez refleja las características de los espíritus yorubas en sus danzas. Incluyen a Elegua, un niño juguetón, el espíritu del agua Yemayá y Shango, un real.

“Cuando haces Yemayá, debes moverte ondulado y cuando haces Shango, debes ser masculino y sacar todas estas energías diferentes de ti”, dijo Domínguez.

Tanto Concepción como Domínguez, dicen que sus comunidades de baile y clases sirven como una forma de preservar la identidad indígena a través de la música.

Muchas personas han perdido la conexión con sus raíces ancestrales, dijeron.

“Es lamentable que muchos bailarines negros no se den cuenta de la conexión que tienen con lo que estamos haciendo”, dijo Domínguez. “Culturalmente eres parte de esto, simplemente no estás consciente porque no se ha puesto a tu disposición”.

Es por eso que los Ocasio se dedican a ofrecer vías accesibles para redescubrir la cultura en el museo.

Billy Ocasio dijo que los jóvenes, u otras personas de comunidades de color,

pueden sentirse intimidados en los museos del centro de Chicago porque parecen más exclusivos y a menudo están bloqueados con sus vitrinas de cristal. También, la mayoría de sus trabajadores son empleados blancos.

“Todo comienza con quiénes conforman tu personal y tu junta directiva.

Debe ser inclusiva y diversa, y a partir de ahí, comienzas a explorar”, dijo.

Concepción dijo que le gusta colaborar con el museo porque ofrece enfoques frescos para preservar y abrazar la historia afroindígena en un mundo donde muchos afro-latinos enfrentan el colorismo dentro de su propia comunidad hispana.

Aunque pequeña, la tribu taína ejerce su poder decolonial a través de bailarines como Concepción y Domínguez, quienes dijeron que tienen como objetivo desmantelar la historia a través de su continuo activismo social e inclusión de la cultura afro-latina en el mundo contemporáneo.

“Cuando bailo bomba, me siento libre y olvido el mundo”, dijo Concepción. “Es una forma de educar a nuestra comunidad hispano-latina de que los afros están allí. Hemos estado allí, luchando junto a nuestros hermanos y hermanas indígenas por la libertad”.

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Estudiantes de DePaul ayudan a construir un jardín para víctimas de la violencia armada en escuela de Garfield Park

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Estudiantes de Ericson sorprendidos por las nuevas rosas en el jardín de conmemorativo.

Por rodolfo Zagal Editor de Noticias, La DePaulia

En East Garfield Park, un grupo de estudiantes de DePaul a menudo se reúne alrededor de una isla de vegetación llena de rosales.

Este jardín de sanación se inauguró en octubre de 2023 y desde entonces se ha convertido en un lugar donde miembros de la comunidad pueden recordar a sus seres queridos quienes han perdido la vida por la violencia armada. También es un espacio para la reflexión.

“Es un entorno hermoso donde podemos sentarnos, relajarnos y reflexionar sobre nosotros mismos y ver cómo estamos”, dijo Alphonse Twizerimana, un estudiante internacional de DePaul.

La idea del jardín de sanación, según Twizerimana, se expandió cuando estudiantes y maestros estaban experimentando duelo colectivamente después de perder seres queridos, familiares y vecinos. Necesitaban un espacio para la orientación y el asesoramiento.

La pobreza empeora el trauma, “les afecta psicológicamente, les afecta espiritualmente”, dijo Twizerimana. El departamento de Egan ha estado trabajando con la Escuela Primaria Ericson durante un año para crear un espacio de sanación para los miembros de la comunidad afectados por la violencia en su vecindario.

La Oficina Monsignor John J. Egan de Educación Urbana y Colaboraciones Comunitarias (UECP) se asoció con la Academia Leif Ericson para involucrarse con varias organizaciones sin fines de lucro, escuelas y comunidades en Chicago para crear más oportunidades de participación para los estudiantes. El jardín de curación ha sido resultado de estas asociaciones.

Twizerimana y otros voluntarios han estado apoyando el nuevo jardín comunitario en Ericson. Twizerimana dice que el jardín ofrece un lugar seguro para que los estudiantes, maestros y padres se encuentren para la autorreflexión, el asesoramiento o la tutoría.

Erin Copland, consejera en la Primaria Ericson, dijo que espera que ella y otros miembros del personal puedan usar el espacio para clases al aire libre y para la autorreflexión cuando vuelva el buen tiempo.

Copland dice que el jardín conmemorativo es un lugar donde los estudiantes pueden “aprender a calmarse y gestionar sus sentimientos, ya sea pérdida, estrés, tristeza, enojo, o incluso si puede ser felicidad”.

“Necesitamos un lugar donde las

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Alphonse Twizermana y Mary Willis McNeely, directora de Ericson, se paran junto a los estudiantes esperando para cortar la cinta. personas puedan empezar a pensar en cómo quieren vivir sus vidas de una manera significativa para ellos”, dijo Copland.

El vecindario de East Garfield Park ha experimentado violencia armada que también ha afectado a estudiantes de la escuela.

“Es muy real para muchos de nuestros niños que las armas son parte de su vida diaria. Se ven afectados, y estamos tratando de hacer que la comunidad en la escuela sea un lugar seguro para ellos donde sepan que pueden hablar abiertamente de estas cosas. El jardín es otra herramienta y, con suerte, un lugar donde pueden expresar esas cosas de la manera que necesitan”, dijo Copland.

Copland quiere que este jardín sea un RODOLFO ZAGAL | LA DEPAULIA lugar para reiniciar, divertirse al aire libre Chondolyn Floyd, una maestra de la Escuela Primaria Ericson, pronuncia un discurso a y volver a sus aulas para aprender. “Eso es los estudiantes en la ceremonia de apertura del jardín de curación. curativo. Divertirse también es parte de la de Ericson, Michelle Banks, falleció el año infantil sin fines de lucro que planea realizar curación”, dijo.

Chondolyn Floyd es profesora de escritura pasado y estaba muy comprometida en la su día de participación familiar en el jardín de en la Primaria Ericson y coordinadora de comunidad. El esposo del director de la curación el próximo verano. Ericson espera enlace para el jardín. Trabajó con estudiantes Primaria Ericson, Brady McNeely, también llevar a nuevos estudiantes de la guardería a de DePaul, Twizerimana y consejeros falleció el año pasado, dijo. su jardín de infantes.

“Hay una alta tasa de mortalidad aquí en escolares para construir el jardín y asegurarse Floyd, graduada de octavo grado de de que estén satisfaciendo las necesidades de el área de Garfield Park. Y creo que tener un Ericson, también es exalumna de DePaul. espacio aquí es algo que podemos usar no los estudiantes.

“Es una pasión para mí, devolverle a mi La idea de un espacio de sanación solo para nuestros estudiantes sino para toda escuela”, dijo Floyd, quien descubrió que provino de una consejera anterior en Ericson, la comunidad”, dijo Floyd.

DePaul era una escuela asociada a Ericson Floyd dice que la Primaria Ericson se cuando comenzó a trabajar allí.

Muriel McDonald. Según Floyd, McDonald hizo una encuesta sobre el duelo y pensó que está asociando con locales para proporcionar “No hay errores en donde estamos la escuela debería crear un espacio para los servicios que ellos mismos no pueden brindar ubicados”, dijo Floyd. “No hay errores en las a los estudiantes. El Instituto de Desarrollo conexiones que tenemos en este viaje de la estudiantes de Ericson.

Floyd dijo que una miembra del personal Infantil de Fifth City es un centro de cuidado vida. Todo sucede por una razón”.

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‘Radical Clay’ exhibition showcases innovative creations by 40 female Japanese ceramicists

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This photo taken Jan. 18 at the Art Institute captures “Liberation” crafted by Konno Tomoko in 2022. This piece explores a traditionally feminine subject, a flower, and interprets it through a non-traditional lens. right time to focus on women artists, as their “It strikes me that they represent very

By Delaunay Krauter work continues to fulfill its potential as cut- different age groups,” she said. “So I think Contributing Writer ting-edge contemporary art,” Katz said. “As probably what it means to be female has a museum showcasing artwork from around been different for the different artists that Enclosed behind glass in galleries 108 menial jobs like preparing clay and glazes.”

Emily Willis, a professor in the ceramics the globe, we can situate these artists’ cre- have been included here.” and 109 at the Art Institute of Chicago, 36 ations to foster a dialogue with contemporary Honeysett said she will be looking for unique ceramic sculptures take on diverse department at the School of the Art Institute art from around the world in a large public the museum to continue to include women’s themes from nature and the body to the of Chicago added, “They just have not been city museum. ” contributions to contemporary Japanese art. strange and grotesque, while others draw in- given the representation that they deserve.”

Katz also spoke about the curation proElevating different perspectives in the Katz said the inclusion of ceramic coursspiration from textiles. cess behind the exhibition. art world, said Willis the Art Institute proThe pieces are part of an exhibition titled es at prestigious art academies and oppor“In deciding the artworks to include, we fessor, is crucial.

“Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Art- tunities to train abroad several decades ago were mindful to represent as many different “That’s the importance of having a ists from Japan,” which features the work of opened new opportunities for female Japgenerations of artists and styles as possible. broader group of artists, being able to sha 40 female Japanese ceramicists from the col- anese ceramicists in places like Tokyo and We wanted to include those artists whose re their experience,” Willis said. “I think lection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz, who are Kyoto, where the national research university success has made them leaders in the field but when you have that ability to connect with is located. art aficionados based in Boston. also up-and-coming artists whose work is far people, there becomes more empathy, com“And what happens is that all of a sudden Together, the pieces reflect the creative less known but are nonetheless doing very inpassion, understanding and, I mean, the and technical innovations women have made in the 1970s, women start getting admitted to teresting works in clay. ” hope would be change. ” in the field whose contributions are underap- art schools,” said Curt Hansman, a professor Museum-goer Ashley Honeysett said it of the History of Art and Architecture and a preciated. stood out to her that both experienced and “Historically in Japan, women have large- board member of Global Asian Studies and emerging artists were included in the same ly been kept apart from the creative process Chinese Studies at DePaul. space.

This influence as well as inspiration from of ceramics, with limited access to kilns,” said Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston associate cura- abroad, Hansman said, may have given way tor of Japanese art at the Art Institute. “When to experimentation beyond the confines of a they are involved, it is typically confined to male-dominated tradition, which has historically consisted largely of functional pottery.

“The pieces in the exhibition are so different, so completely outside the way of thinking of traditional pottery,” Hansman said.

Hansman said that this break or reimagining of tradition is what makes this exhibition radical.

“The connotation of radical as something extreme is just really kind of outside of a word I would usually use to talk about the arts of Japan.”

Katz, the curator of the exhibition, said these women now represent some of the ceramicists at the forefront of innovation in the industry.

“As a group, these artists have a vision beyond what others are doing in the field,” Katz said.

The Radical Clay exhibition showcases this vision, which Katz says fits well into the DELAUNAY KRAUTER | THE DEPAULIA Museum’s history as a home for contempoThis photo taken at the Art Institute on Jan. 18 captures “From the Progenitor” crafted by rary Japanese Art. “When presented with the opportunity Tomita Mikiko. Mikiko said this piece was inspired by molecular structures and Islamic to have this exhibition, we realized it was the temples in Portugal where she grew up.

“The pieces in the exhibition are so different, so completely outside the way of thinking of traditional pottery.”

Curt Hansman Professor of the History of Art

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DEPAUL STUDENT’S GUIDE TO

Chicago Restaurant Week

By Claire Tweedie Arts & Life Editor

Whether you are a self-proclaimed foodie or just looking to beat the dining hall blues, Chicago Restaurant Week is an opportunity to try menus from over 400 restaurants in the city at a slightly more college-student-friendly price. The 17th annual Restaurant Week runs from Jan. 19 to Feb. 4 with participating restaurants allowing diners to try special prix-fixe menus. Brunch and lunch offerings are $25 per person while dinner options are either $42 or $59 depending on the restaurant. The only problem is knowing where to go with so many options and a limited budget. From Lincoln Park to Lakeview to the Loop, there is no doubt a spot to try for a quick lunch in between classes or a nicer dinner experience to treat yourself before midterms.

Floriole Cafe and Bakery: Conveniently located only a seven minute walk from the Lincoln Park campus, Floriole is one of the best bakeries around to try specialty pastries and select lunch offerings. This year their threecourse prix-fixe menu is offered for brunch and lunch. The menu gives you the choice of a breakfast pastry of choice or escarole and goat cheese salad, a mushroom leek and gruyere galette or veggie white bean cassoulet, and a honey chamomile and kumquat panna cotta for dessert. Floriole does not have Wi-Fi so it may be more ideal for those looking for a relaxing Sunday brunch rather than a coffee shop to work and grab lunch in.

Steingold’s of Chicago: If you are catching a weekend matinee at the Music Box The-

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atre, try going a few storefronts down Southport Ave. for a threecourse brunch from this Jewish deli. Steingold’s $25 menu boasts five different options for the first course, three choices for the main course and a cocoa-cinnamon babka for dessert. While it is dine-in only, the variety in their Restaurant Week menu allows for vegetarian and gluten-free options. Careful though, the deli is counter-service only with limited seating inside so space fills up quickly.

DeNucci’s: Also in Lincoln Park and a 20-minute walk from the Lincoln Park campus, or a 14-minute bus ride if you are feeling confident, DeNucci’s four-course dinner menu is a bit pricier at $59 per person. Diners are given the

options of italian wedding soup or stracciatella and pepperoni bruschetta, mushroom lasagna or bucatini carbonara, steak alla pizzaiola or shrimp oreganata and a mini pistachio sundae or banana-nutella cannolis. The menu is available from 4:30 p.m. to close and the price excludes a beverage, tax or tip.

Boleo: Night classes at the Loop campus can be killer on an empty stomach but the Restaurant Week dinner menu at Boleo might offer some reprieve. Just a 14-minute walk down Monroe St. from campus is this South American restaurant with its limited-time four-course prix-fixe menu for $42 per person. The menu offers two starter courses of empanadas and a mixed green salad, three

main entree choices two of which are gluten-free, and a flan or chocolate cake for dessert.

The Florentine: Two Brown Line stops away from Harold Washington Library at Quincy is an Italian restaurant, The Florentine. With three different prix-fixe menus for Restaurant Week, there are plenty of options to try if you are downtown looking for a good meal at any time of day. Their $25 brunch menu is only offered on weekends from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. but their lunch menu is the same price and offered every day. Their $42 dinner menu is three courses compared to Boleo’s four-course meal but you are given three options for each course.

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D E JAMZ “SPINNING FRESH BEATS SINCE 1581”

By Claire Tweedie Arts & Life Editor

Confession: I am an Arctic Monkeys enjoyer at best and enthusiast at worst. I can even admit when I saw them live at United Center, I teared up a little. Judge me all you want, but this is my party and I’ll cry if I want to. As I crafted my entire music taste around this band, a few other adjacent artists worsened my personality and superiority complex. Since I have now been given the DeJamz platform to scream into the void, time to educate the masses on my totally, super-elite music taste. Get ready to learn why I’m so annoying.

“My Mistakes Were Made For You” by The Last Shadow Puppets While Arctic Monkeys were first on my Spotify Wrapped this year, The Last Shadow Puppets were a dangerously close second.

The Last Shadow Puppets is a side project between Arctic monkeys frontman Alex Turner and solo artist Miles Kane with only two albums, both of which make me feral. Each al-

bum perfects the psychedelic pop genre that sounds like precursors to Arctic Monkeys’ album “Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino.”

I am now using this DeJamz opportunity to respectfully beg and plead for a third album.

It’s been eight years, guys. I need this for my mental health.

“Mirage” by Alexandra Savior If you fall in the middle of the Lana Del Rey and Arctic Monkeys Venn diagram, this one is for you. Savior’s first album, “Belladonna of Sadness,” not only makes this list because it’s one of the greatest indie albums ever made (you can fight me on this but I’ll win) but because Turner was one of the producers.

Savior’s music is the perfect example of sad girl indie music, with melancholy lyrics and dreamy basslines. Simply put: the girls who get it, get it.

“I Love You” by Fontaines D.C. Fontaines D.C. opened for Arctic Monkeys this past summer during their North American tour for “The Car” and upon hearing them live, I was hooked. Specifically hearing this song live instantly altered my brain

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chemistry. This Dublin-based band definitely falls more into the post-punk genre which their 2022 album “Skinty Fia” exemplifies.

Nevertheless, if they are good enough to open for Arctic Monkeys, they are good enough for you to look them up right now on Spotify. Do it, right now.

“Henrietta” by The Fratellis Firstly, I would like to thank my parents for introducing me to this band. Secondly, I would like to introduce you to my first love, the Scottish rock band The Fratellis. If you are an Arctic Monkeys purist who only likes their first few albums (ugh), The Fratellis are going to make you weak in the knees. Both “Costello Music” and “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” were each band’s debut albums and released within one year of each other. Even if you don’t agree they sound similar, at least they have similar histories. Don’t knock it till you try it.

“Gasoline” by Måneskin Last but definitely not least is the Italian rock band Måneskin. This glam rock band is perfect for the Arctic Monkeys’ listener look-

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football field, often 62) Animal facility 63) Not at all chubby 65) Pirate’s drink 66) Spreadsheet line 67) Allotted amount 68) High schooler’s facial concern 69) Raggedy doll 70) Crouches down 71) Deer with three-pointed antlers

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ing for a little bit more of “that rock’n’roll, eh” (a reference to Turner’s infamous 2014 BRIT Awards speech, anyone?). After winning Eurovision in 2021 and becoming viral sounds on TikTok with their cover of Four Seasons’ “Beggin,’” they refuse to become one-hit wonders. Their 2023 album “Rush” is banger after banger and one of my favorite albums of all time.

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12) “The King_” 13) M. Hulot’s creator Jacques 21) Way of carrying oneself 22) Original Thanksgiving fare 25) Middle- of-the-_ (a moderate) 26) Schubert’s “The_King” 28) Patriot Paul 29) “The Ghost and Mrs._” 3 l ) Machu Picchu resident 32) Classic soft drink 33) Heavyweight champ Willard 34) Flamboyant Art Deco designer 35) Land, as a plane?

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DePaul fell short 83-77 to St. John’s in a double overtime thriller at Wintrust Arena Thursday, Jan. 25, in the Maggie Dixon Classic.

Three Blue Demons finished with double-digit points led by guard Anaya Peoples with a career-high 37 points and 16 rebounds. Unique Drake contributed 36 points for St. John’s. DePaul forced a season-high 23 total turnovers, which led to 22 points off turnovers, and 46 points in the paint.

“Our will,” guard Katlyn Gilbert said about how they recorded those numbers. “Our will to win, our will to play defense and get stops.”

The game honored Maggie Dixon and recognized the importance of heart health.

Dixon was an assistant coach to Bruno from 2000 to 2005 before being hired as coach for the Army Black Knights in West Point, New York days before the 2005-06 season began. Dixon passed away April 6, 2006, from heart arrhythmia at age 28.

“She [Dixon] was good, she

worked very, very hard,” Bruno said. “She was great with people.

She was this person that made every group of people she interacted with feel like they were the only people on the Earth.”

Dixon approached Bruno in October 2005 to notify him of the open coaching position at the Army. Bruno told her she had to go for it.

Dixon made history at the academy program right away.

She led the Black Knights to their first NCAA Tournament after winning the Patriot League regular season championship the month before.

“I didn’t believe it when I first heard it,” Bruno said when he found out about Dixon’s collapse.

“I immediately got on a plane from Boston down to Westchester County Hospital where she was.”

Bruno said the program’s offices are dedicated to Dixon, and there is a mural of her as well.

“Believe me, she worked,” Bruno said. “That heart was pumping hard every day in practice because she was working hard in practice every day.”

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DePaul guard Anaya Peoples drives to the rim in a game against Creighton on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at Wintrust Arena. On Thursday, Jan. 25, Peoples scored a career-high 37 points and also had a career-high 49 minutes of play.

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, with an estimated 17.9 million tragedies each year.

Rush Physical Therapy was in attendance at Wintrust as well, hosting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training classes to promote awareness of heart health.

“It’s extremely important,” said Noreen Vlamakis, National Director of Sports Partnerships for Select Medical, which includes Rush as a joint venture. “I think you never know what is going to happen. I always say, ‘see your doctor, get those baseline tests, do your physical annually.’”

Vlamakis was once the athletic trainer at DePaul, where she also worked with Dixon.

“Dixon was the most kind woman,” Vlamakis said. “Her charisma was just contagious.”

A student-athlete passes away every three days in the United States from cardiac disease.

Around 45 people attended the training.

“I think it’s important that we bring awareness to anybody that you can do hands-only compression,” Vlamakis said. “You are your own advocate … You have to take control of being proactive with any of the care that you need.”

Take 10 is a CPR training Vlamakis recommends that teaches hands-on compressions.

Bruno wore a shirt honoring Dixon, as well as the players during warmups.

A double overtime competition forced the players to remain structured and strategic.

“This is something we prepare for in the off-season,” Gilbert said.

“We know that there will probably be games like this. In practice, we give every rep our all, and we just keep each other grounded and

positive.”

DePaul was down by 12 at halftime but battled back with a dominant 20-12 third quarter. Michelle Sidor had a powerful sequence in the quarter of making a three, and then taking a defensive charge to bring the team within four points.

DePaul got its first lead in the fourth quarter when Peoples made two free throws after drawing a foul at the six-minute mark to make it 51-50. The game from there was back and forth, with Wintrust Arena getting louder every possession.

DePaul shot just 2-20 from the 3-point, contributing to their loss.

“We dug too deep a hole in the first half,” head coach Doug Bruno said. “We could never just get over the hump and put ourselves in a position to win the game. … I wish we would have just been able to convert a couple of those possessions.”

St. John’s stayed active at the 3-point line, while DePaul competed with driving the lane. During overtime play, the strategy was to get the ball to a shooter.

“We wanted to get the ball in Anaya’s hands as simply and as efficiently as we could,” Bruno said.

“We got shots at the rim down the stretch, and we got shooters a couple good looks down the stretch that didn’t go in. … You got to keep battling, you got to keep making stops.”

Allen, McErlane and two Red Storm players fouled out by the end of the night. Peoples fouled out in the last minute of the game, playing 49 of the 50 total minutes.

DePaul moves to 10-11 on the season, 2-6 in the Big East.

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Interim Head Coach Matt Brady huddles with DePaul players Elijah Fisher (center) and Jalen Terry (right) during a game against Marquette Jan. 24, at Wintrust Arena.

Terry, a senior, scored a season-high 22 points in his first collegiate game not coached by Tony Stubblefield.

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experience on our staff right now to give us stability and a plan going forward for the rest of the year.”

Brady is familiar with such circumstances, having been an assistant coach at Maryland during the 2021-22 season when head coach Mark Turgeon resigned during the season. Brady wasn’t named the interim at the time, but the fact that he has gone through this process before and has head coaching experience made for an easy transition.

The former James Madison and Marist head coach isn’t giving much thought to the potential impact on his individual career in his role as interim head coach. His primary goal and focus will be on supporting the student-athletes and helping them navigate through the season.

“This has got to be about the student athletes,” Brady said. “How are we going to make these guys enjoy the process? We want them to love what happens in the next eight months, so the administration can retain some of these guys, it’s just the nature of the business. I want these players to love playing basketball at DePaul.”

The university will immediately begin the process of a national search for the next head men’s basketball coach.

Peevy is optimistic that the new resources at DePaul, like the recently introduced practice facility in Lincoln Park and the possibility of additional funding from the university, will enhance his search for the right coach for the program this time around.

“I think I have the opportunity that I didn’t have before because COVID limited the search process,” Peevy said of the difference in hiring a head coach this time around. “I will use every tool available, including the use of a search firm for certain aspects of things that I can’t do personally, but this is just a different go around because we’re not limited

by COVID. We do actually have a cam-

pus that people can come on to. We can bring, if we want to, candidates into Wintrust Arena. I have the opportunity to fly out and visit somebody that I couldn’t do three years ago, and I also have a full Board of Trustees and university support.”

Regarding what Peevy seeks in his next head coach, he remains open-minded and is not restricting himself to specific qualifications. This includes potential candidates from the NBA, current college head coaches with other programs or even assistants at various levels. The goal will be to find the best candidate that can lead DePaul back to the NCAA Tournament.

The process will be comprehensive and open-minded, but one factor that may play a role in the coaching search is the candidates’ connections to Chicago.

“That’s always a factor,” Peevy said of how much of a factor Chicago ties will have in the process. “But it’s easy to be able to have some ties or have been able to recruit student athletes from this area because there’s been so many. That can’t be the only thing, but it is a factor that can help or aid a coach in trying to get this done.”

While the school is still in the early stages of its hiring process, the plan is to find its next men’s basketball coach by no later than April 1, with a preference for an earlier time frame, ideally in March.

“Hopefully we have an opportunity to get this done by the end of March,” Peevy said of his preferred timeline to find the next coach. “Then I can go to Arizona with my new coach and be on every show while we’re watching the NCAA Tournament.”

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DePaul freshman Churchill Abass finishes a slam dunk during a game against Marquette Jan 24, at Wintrust Arena. Abass had his first start at home against Marquette and played 15 minutes.

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Matt Brady gives orders during his first game as DePaul’s Interim Head Coach in a 7386 loss to Marquette Jan. 24, at Wintrust Arena. Brady was named Interim Head Coach two days earlier.