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Gov. returns for 4th diversity summit Post-Mandela South Africa still on the road to equality Mara McCollom News Contributor

Lester McKeever (left), former chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, joins President Robert Zimmer and Gov. Pat Quinn at the Business Diversity Symposium last night.

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Celia Bever News Editor Governor Pat Quinn lauded the University’s continued commitment to contracting minority and women-owned businesses at the fourth annual Business Diversity Symposium reception held at International House last night.

According to University Presi-

dent Robert Zimmer, the symposium spawned from the realization that the University was lacking business contracts with minority- and women-owned businesses, especially those in professional services.

“We want to create opportunity in an environment where diversity is recognized,” Zimmer said.

The reception served as a networking

opportunity for the 422 people, representing 45 businesses, in attendance at the symposium. The businesses were selected by recommendation, some by organizations including the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, the Chicago branch of the Women’s Business Development Center, and the advocacy group Chicago United.

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The struggle for a modern, egalitarian state has not concluded with the end of apartheid in South Africa, said journalist Douglas Foster in a talk at International House Wednesday night.

Foster, also an associate professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, spoke of his experiences working and living in South Africa, as recounted in his new book, After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa.

He began traveling to South Africa in 2004, a decade after Nelson Mandela’s election. Like many journalists, Foster initially thought that there was nothing left to write about the country.

“The narrative about South Africa, like the narrative of most of Africa in journalistic treatment, comes in one of two types,” he said.

“Either the miracle or the cataclysm, and by 2004, South Africa had been represented in both.”

Upon spending more time there, however, Foster developed a new approach to investigating South African modern political history by telling an “upstairs, downstairs” story.

For Foster, “upstairs” includes the point of view from the top of South Africa’s political hierarchy, especially the past three presidents: Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, and Jacob Zuma. “Downstairs” refers to younger citizens, who have grown up during a period of transition, straddling traditional and modern South African culture.

After showing clips from an interview with current president Zuma, Foster described how he developed close relationships with many young South Africans in order to understand the “downstairs narrative.”

“What is it like to put together Jacob Zuma’s world with a modernizing country that has been founded on the principles of a constitution [promising ] a nonracial, non-homophobic, and S. AFRICA continued on page 3

Reg to get makeover this year First-year election yields record turnout Qianyi Xu News Contributor The Reg is branching out with a new look.

Twenty-seven new wood carrels are being installed in the Regenstein library to replace some of the original 42-yearold gray metal linear carrels, part of a

two phase renovation plan that began in February. Each new carrel will have an overhead storage shelf, a light fixture, and two electrical outlets.

With the end of October as the slated completion date, the installation of the new carrels is part of the first phase, which focuses on fostering community REG continued on page 3

Park it here: UCMC to get new lot Nicholas Rouse News Contributor Administrators presented a proposal for a new campus parking structure at a community meeting Wednesday evening at the Cummings Life Science Center.

Officials from the University’s Office for Civic Engagement outlined a plan for a parking garage that would serve the Center for Care and Discovery hospital, due to open in February.

The proposed structure would be located near 57th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue. The plan takes the form of an amendment to Institutional Planned Development 43 (PD43), a city zoning document that controls how the University can use its land.

The new structure encompasses 1,800 parking spaces as well as a 60,000 square feet ground floor that will not be used for parking.

The University Medical Center’s (UCMC) current garage of 1,400 spaces does not fulfill the needs of the facility, said Bill Buffman, the president of Facilities, Design, and Construction for the UCMC. The current solution is the University’s valet parking program that, with 67 employees, is the largest in Chicago. UCMC does not anticipate staffing changes necessitated by the new structure.

Eric Russell, a manager with traffic consulting firm KLOA, Inc., explained that the new garage would reduce traffic PARKING continued on page 2

New Student Government College Council Representatives were announced yesterday. From left to right, Amay Sheth, Timi Koyejo, Mike Viola, Holly Rapp, Christina Dong. The fourth place on the council was a tie between Sheth and Koyejo at 147 votes - the current College Council will break the tie.

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Anika Jain News Contributor This year’s first-year College Council (CC) race culminated last night with the highest voter participation in recent first-year elections. The winning candidates were Christina Dong with 362 votes; Holly Rapp, 230; and Mike Viola, 182. The question of the fourth open position is up to the discretion of the current CC, as candidates

Timi Koyejo and Amay Sheth tied for fourth place with 147 votes each.

A total of thirteen first-years ran for the four positions on the council, seven fewer than last year’s record high of 20 candidates. The number of candidates last October made for fragmented election results—the vote counts of the winners ranged from 114 to 171.

Consensus appeared much higher this year, particularly with Dong’s 362 votes, which was more than double

any winner from last fall received.

The eight other candidates from this year’s pool were Parina Lalchandani, Parker Thomas, Sean Gasiorowski, Nicole Gorton, Katie Oliver, Rex Johnson, Thomas Remissong, and Martin Spencer Hyman. Both Lalchandani and Thomas received over 100 votes, normally an indication of a winning candidate, but this year’s high turnout changed the game.

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Weekly Crime Report

By Rebecca Guterman

Eight hours a day may keep lbs. away

This is a series the Maroon publishes summarizing instances of campus crime. Each week details a few notable crimes, in addition to keeping a running count from September 24.

The focus is on crimes within the UCPD patrol area, which runs from East 39th to 64th Streets and South Cottage Grove to Lake Shore Drive.

Since Sept. 24

Here are this week’s notables: » Thursday, 53rd Street between Blackstone and Harper Avenues, 7:52 p.m.— A male suspect threatened a business owner during a business transaction. The suspect subsequently fled the store and attempted to escape a UCPD officer in his car while committing numerous traffic violations. He was arrested by UCPD. » Thursday, 54th Street and Maryland Avenue, 8:01 p.m.—Two unknown male suspects, one with a handgun, stole property from a man who was walking on the sidewalk.

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» Tuesday, Blackstone Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets, 12:10 a.m.—A man and woman were walking on the sidewalk off campus when three females, one of whom had a handgun, approached them and stole their property. The three female suspects were subsequently arrested by UCPD.

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» Monday, 60th Street and Blackstone Avenue, 11:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.—An unknown suspect vandalized a car parked on the street with a purple marker.

*Locations of reports approximate

James DelVesco News Staff When you snooze, you don’t necessarily lose.

A U of C study released on Tuesday found that more sleep correlates to faster metabolisms and that less sleep may even result in weight gains.

During the study, a group of seven subjects slept for 4.5 hours while another slept for 8.5 hours for four consecutive nights. One month later, the groups switched. After measuring the blood and body fat of the two groups, researchers observed that those who only got 4.5 hours of sleep had a 17 percent reduction in insulin sensitivity compared to those who got the extra four hours.

“We had healthy, fit 20-year-old volunteers and turned them into 40-year-olds metabolically,” said Matthew Brady (A.B. ‘87, Ph.D.’94), the author of the study and Vice-Chair of the Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition.

Sleep deprivation also decreased the amount of the hormone leptin in the body, making subjects feel more hungry. While the study did not examine why

sleep deprived subjects displayed increased insulin resistance, Brady hypothesized that it could be a response to stress or reduced production of the protein AKT, which affects how the body processes glucose and insulin.

“This is borne out in real life. When you’re up until one or two studying for midterms, you don’t get hungry for carrots or brown rice, you want to eat pizza or ice cream,” Brady said.

Brady said researchers think the metabolism of college students will recover once they start sleeping more again.

“What we’re really interested in though is if changing the sleep habits of forty year-olds will have as significant of an effect on their health, and if it can help reverse some of the effects of metabolic diseases,” he said.

Brady acknowledged that the study had a small sample size but emphasized the strength of the results.

“The results are very clear,” he said. “People think they can get around sleep deprivation, but that’s not what we found.”

New structure will add 400 parking spaces for patients PARKING continued from front

inside the medical center campus by redirecting cars around Cottage Grove and South Maryland Avenues. Currently, UCMC’s website advises patients to “add 30 minutes to travel time to allow for traffic in the garage” and recommends valet parking.

Not only will the structure mitigate traffic flow, the design will also focus on “making for a good patient experience,” Huffman said. To that end, the parking spaces will be two feet wider than typical spaces and will not be arranged diagonally in order to maximize space. In addition, a second-floor pedestrian bridge will connect the garage to the UCMC, and the overall design of the garage will separate incoming traffic from patient entrances and exits.

Older, vacated houses in the immediate vicinity will be demolished during construction to create a staging area before being converted to green space after the construction ends. However, four privately owned buildings will remain in the area.

During the community discussion that followed the presentation, Cecilia Butler, president of the Washington Park Advisory Council, asked if visitors to Washington Park would be able to utilize the parking garage free of charge.

“The target population for numbers and sizing [...] has been based on patient population,” he said.

However, he indicated that he would consider making the garage available for special events.

The University plans to file the amendment in early December.

GLOBAL HEALTH DAY Monday, October 22, 2012 Rockefeller Memorial Chapel presents

Opportunities in Global Health for Trainees and Health Professionals with Live Organ and Electronic Music

Wednesday October 24, 8 pm Rockefeller Chapel A screening of F.W. Murnau’s epic 1926 silent film Faust, with Dennis James live on the E.M. Skinner organ, and Mark Goldstein, Theremin and Lightning. This version of the film is Luciano Berriatua’s restored and reconstructed version for Filmoteca Española: a great treat for Halloween.

The musical texture underscores the fundamental struggle between the forces of good and evil by pairing the organ with electronic synthesis: the 1920 Soviet-era Theremin, and the Lightning (Don Buchla’s wireless synthesis controller developed in 1990).

Tickets $10 general admission at the door or in advance online at: rockefeller.uchicago.edu Free to students with UChicago ID

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Northwestern symposium modeled after U of C success Construction workers keep noise SYMPOSIUM continued from front ministrators at Northwestern’s depart- in bringing the perspective of woman levels low during Reg renovations Today, the 45 businesses will have one-on-one meetings with University officials in the department that corresponds to their industry, in the hopes of establishing a relationship and securing a contract with the University or the medical center.

“They’d never [otherwise] have an opportunity like this,” said Assistant Vice President for Business Diversity Nadia Quarles. According to Quarles, the meetings give businesses a unique chance to pitch their business to the University personally.

At last year’s event, Governor Quinn called the symposium a “model” for colleges across the state. This year, he noted that Northwestern University emulated the example set by the University.

Sheila Watkins and Jessica Jones, ad-

ment of University Services, confirmed that the school held a symposium modeled closely after the U of C’s last June and that Quarles advised them in planning their event.

Watkins and Jones said the symposium-model is more effective than their past efforts, which included business fairs aimed at minority-owned businesses. When the businesses know they have been vetted beforehand, they can be sure that the institution is serious about working with them, they said.

“They have to fit a certain criteria,” Watkins said. “We’re asking for the best of the best in minority-owned businesses.”

Brad Trask, consultant at the woman-owned Gagen-MacDonald, said he thinks the symposium is important

and minority-owned businesses to University operations.

“It’s a difference that matters,” he said.

But Carolyn Grisko, president and CEO of Carolyn Grisko & Associates, reflected on whether factors like age and capitalization of a business are more important to consider than the gender or race of the owner.

“Women start more small businesses than men do,” Grisko said. “It’s an open question whether they should be considered disadvantaged.”

Grisko’s company, a public relations and marketing firm she started sixteen years ago, has 22 employees and has worked with such distinguished organizations as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

“I don’t feel disadvantaged,” she said.

New construction in the Regenstein Library replaces 42-year-old metal cubicles with new wooden carrels.

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more egalitarian society?” Foster asked. “How does somebody from a rural area incorporate these ideas?”

Reading aloud excerpts from his book, Foster spoke of the evolving views on women’s rights held by Vuvene Mabasa, a 14-year-old boy from an impoverished rural town.

Mabasa was originally against women entering politics and gaining equal rights, but he, like many South Africans, is coming around to equality.

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The first-year council members credit face-to-face interaction as playing a crucial role in their successful campaigns. Dong cited her “love of meeting and engaging with new people” and “[her] group of friends that helped spread the word” as the reason for

her successful campaign.

First-year Heather Choi thought the emphasis on personal interaction was effective.

“If a candidate goes out of their way to get to know their potential constituents, it says a lot about the kind of representative they will be for the student body,” she said.

and creating a unified aesthetic on the B-level and upper floors, said James Vaughan, associate university librarian for user services. Before the construction, library administrators solicited feedback from faculty and others.

“They are in support of the overarching goal of creating community around the collections and fostering interactions across disciplines,” Vaughan said.

Given that the construction is taking place during the academic year, Vaughan

said that workers would find ways to control noise and minimize disturbance.

“Because the installers typically work in libraries, they are accustomed to working relatively quietly. We have posted signs notifying users of this work and the crew’s work hours,” he said.

Phase two of the construction will occur over the summer, with the goal of creating a writer’s room, which will provide a quiet space, and a library classroom on the fourth floor with high-end projection capabilities.

CORRECTIONS Due to an editing error, the October 16 article “Nonprofit Makes an ‘Impact’ on Schools” misstated the percentage of college enrollment for students at University of Chicago Charter School, Woodlawn Campus. Seventy percent of seniors enroll in 4-year colleges after graduating from UCW. The October 5 article “Arts Hub Stuck in Funding Limbo” misspelt Laura Shaeffer’s name in one instance and incorrectly identified the level of uncertainty of Ken Schug’s offer and potential directions for the future of SHoP.

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Editorial & Op-Ed OCTOBER 19, 2012

Changing the conversation Comments that assume link between intelligence and level of attractiveness have no redeeming value

The student newspaper of the University of Chicago since 1892 JORDAN LARSON Editor-in-Chief SHARAN SHETTY Editor-in-Chief COLIN BRADLEY Managing Editor HARUNOBU CORYNE Senior Editor DOUGLAS EVERSON, JR Senior Editor SAM LEVINE Senior Editor CELIA BEVER News Editor REBECCA GUTERMAN News Editor LINDA QIU News Editor AJAY BATRA Viewpoints Editor DAVID KANER Viewpoints Editor EMILY WANG Viewpoints Editor EMMA BRODER Arts Editor HANNAH GOLD Arts Editor DANIEL RIVERA Arts Editor DANIEL LEWIS Sports Editor VICENTE FERNANDEZ Sports Editor MATTHEW SCHAEFER Sports Editor SONIA DHAWAN Head Designer

On Wednesday, reports surfaced that Dario Maestripieri, Professor in Comparative Human Development and Human Biology at the U of C, made a controversial comment on his personal Facebook page, remarking on the perceived unattractiveness of his female colleagues at a recent conference. In part, Maestripieri said, “What is going on? Are unattractive women particularly attracted to neuroscience? Are beautiful women particularly uninterested in the brain?

No offense to anyone….” Maestripieri’s comments were posted on the personal forum of Facebook, are egregious in their own right, and are his own shameful doing entirely. That being said, this incident offers the University community an opportunity to reexamine our culture of “self-deprecation”—especially in relation to the physical

attractiveness of students—and how that culture can condone assumptions which are just as baseless and offensive.

The U of C has long been known for its commitment to the life of the mind and the more purely academic pursuits of higher education. This reputation has given rise to jokes about the ugliness of U of C students, from adages like, “where the squirrels are better looking than the girls,” to assertions that “the only thing that will go down on you is your GPA.” These casual, callous insults to the physical appearances and sexual proclivities of students on campus stopped being funny long ago.

They now only echo the same juvenile sentiments present in Maestripieri’s comments.

Comments lamenting the unattractiveness of the student body

are often accepted as being part of the U of C’s self-deprecating culture. However, this “self-deprecation” that permeates campus is especially troubling because it’s often just plain deprecation— there’s nothing self-deprecating about, for instance, a male student thoughtlessly putting down all of his female peers, or the reverse. Such generalizations are used as a crutch when students discuss social life, dating, and campus identity, but all of these seemingly harmless comments can become more malicious when they evolve into concrete beliefs about the student body.

Associating the depth of intellectual interests with a perceived lack of physical beauty often fosters a culture of permissiveness towards derogatory comments.

Negative remarks about peers’

appearances make blanket statements about their social lives and demeanors more acceptable.

Though recently the popular sentiment among students is that the U of C gets more attractive the further away it gets from its last Uncommon App class, such comments stem from the same type of confused associations—that “normal” is “attractive” and that “weird” is not. It’s about time that we distance ourselves from these kinds of normative assumptions.

While not as outrageous as Maestripieri’s comments, the belief that intelligence should be related to any other trait—be it attractiveness, normalcy, or social skills—is just as unproductive and illogical.

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I’m not voting

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On Election Day, we’re all entitled to vote according to our convictions—or not at all

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By Tyler Lutz Viewpoints Columnist If you’re at all like me, election season entails a substantial time commitment. Just think of all the information to be pored over in excruciating detail; all the background arguments to be researched, analyzed, and dissected; all the heated discussions to be had with friends and enemies alike; all the inane and momentous campaign developments to be tirelessly followed! For me, it’s

an elaborate but inevitably gratifying process—an internal preparation for that ultimate, solemn exercise of civic duty: The day when I, yet again, refuse to vote.

You read that correctly. I can assure you from experience that not voting is at least as much work as voting. The disapproving looks, the sudden deflation of confidence in my moral and civic character, the noble attempts to conclusively establish just how much of an uninformed and uncaring philistine I am—these things don’t just take care of themselves.

Okay, I’ll admit it: I take delight in having the opportunity to defend my decision against the vitriolic moralizing I often encounter upon telling people that I don’t vote. Nonetheless, the degree of hostility I have to deal with is deeply disheartening

and, I’d like to argue, fundamentally inappropriate. My reason for not voting is personal; I freely acknowledge that it won’t apply to everyone and, moreover, that it is merely one among a wide array of reasons why a perfectly rational and just person might elect to refrain from voting. So instead of trying to defend mine here, I’d like to defuse some of the conventional arguments which animate the self-appointed enforcers of my putative moral obligation to vote.

Let’s start with a hypothetical question: Under what sets of circumstances would not voting indeed be ethically reprehensible?

I propose two possible answers.

First, I’ll allow that gods, beings I’ll define as having perfect knowledge about morality and the consequences of their actions, might be required to vote. If I knew

without question that Romney would be a better choice, judged by the infallible standards of the one “true” moral system, I would indeed (begrudgingly) lend him my vote. But no matter how much voting—an inherently reductive and galvanizing process—might make me feel like one, I humbly concede that I’m no god and don’t always know how to move forward on a given issue.

In general, our ethical systems vary as much as our personalities: Without a working fluency in that one, true moral code (if indeed there is such a thing ), the best we can do is to rely on our own native ethical sensibilities. Beyond mere hubris, I see no compelling reason to believe that my ethical code—or, for that matter, my business acumen or foreign policy VOTING continued on page 5

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Employing a new strategy Landing a job is as simple as standing out to recruiters, no matter what it takes

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By Matt Walsh Viewpoints Columnist It’s job season. And similar to hunting season, there are rules of engagement when it comes to bagging these elusive beasts.

If you’re a seasoned veteran of CAPS, Chicago Career Connection, and behavioral interviews, then this column will feel a bit dry, a bit prosaic. But if you’re new to the game, then this column contains everythin g that you

need to know. You’ll have a job’s head mounted above your mantel in less than a month’s time.

Your first interaction with an employer will likely be at a site visit, career fair, or information session. At these events, it’s important to stand out: Don a tribal mask, drape yourself in Christmas lights, or wear nothing at all. Recruiters have seen a lot in their day, so you’ll need to do something that really surprises them. Remember, you’re only cheating yourself if you don’t wear roller skates.

Now that you have the attention of the recruiter or vice president or whomever, you’re expected to talk to him. These conversations are all about power plays. You’ll want to start out appearing uninterested, a typical high school

dating strateg y. “Goldman who?

Socks? Sacks? Whatever...” At some point, swing hard to the defensive—make the recruiter feel like he’s offended you in some way that will compel him to feel like he owes you. His debt is your interview.

The next step is the interview, which you’ll likely be invited to via email. If you’re offered a phone interview, reply to the email with “hahahahah” in the subject line. Phone interviews are for chumps. Vehemently decline the phone interview, and let the firm know that you’ll instead be showing up unannounced at some point in the next three weeks for your interview.

In the time before the interview, it’s important that you con-

duct research about the group you’ll be interviewing with. I recommend calling the company’s secretary and asking for gossip. If you can, get the home telephone numbers for the people who will be conducting your interview and call them under the guise of an anonymous survey, or perhaps a long-lost relative. Ask personal questions about their home lives, the stability of their marriages, and the progress of their life’s goals. This information will serve to give you leverage when you ultimately meet.

Immediately before the interview, it’s time to get serious: You’re going to want to find a scapegoat—something to blame in case things don’t go well.

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The art of community building Logan Center development a missed opportunity for the University to reach out to surrounding neighborhoods

By Taylor Schwimmer Viewpoints Columnist This past weekend, we celebrated the grand opening of the new Logan Center for the Arts. I had the opportunity to attend the event and was impressed by the student musician talent and the building itself. As I stood on the 11th floor balcony overlooking campus, the panoramic beauty of the vista struck me. But I also went to the other side of the 11th floor, the one that overlooks the rest of the South Side. I was struck by a completely different feeling there—one of contextual incongruity.

The Logan Center has 184,000 square feet of floor space and cost $114 million to construct. Its handsome beige façade is composed of Missouri limestone that was trucked in from 320 miles away, and its floors are made of Pietra Luna marble imported from China. It is a beautiful building that will serve the University and its students for decades to come. However, it is also impossible to deny that its opulence stands in marked contrast to the surrounding region. Woodlawn’s median income is $22,000, about half the median income

for Chicago as a whole. The average cost per square foot of real estate in Woodlawn is $42. The cost per square foot of the Logan Center? $614, or about 14 times the price of each square foot of the surrounding neighborhood.

Please don’t misunderstand me: My point is not that the University should skimp when it chooses to construct new buildings. On the contrary, I believe it should show the community, the city of Chicago, and the rest of the world that we have a beautiful campus. Rather, I am calling for the University to pay closer attention to the context of its construction and expansion plans.

Instead of building a giant beautiful arts center in the middle of a low-income neighborhood, why not allocate the money in a variety of ways that will provide direct benefits to both students and community residents? According to the University, the Logan Center was constructed as part of an initiative to address the need for arts on campus. I believe it has admirably achieved that goal, but I fear that it has totally missed an even broader one: to make the University community better for all within its reaches.

Consider instead if the site of the Logan Center had been used for the construction of a new community center. Such a center could be a rare place where the University community and surrounding residents could interact on even ground. Leveraging its location next to the Midway, it could become a prime spot for recreation and athletics. The space could become the epicenter for the Univer-

sity’s civic outreach efforts and serve as a classroom and a learning space. The facility could also serve as an arts center, with studio spaces and a small auditorium that would also allow an increased level of collaboration between students and community members. Such an alternative allows for not only the same level of engagement for the University community but also needed resources for members of the Woodlawn community. I would concede that a community center is not the only alternative to the Logan Center, nor is it necessarily a superior one. What I aim to demonstrate is simply that it is one with an entirely different goal in mind—a goal that I think University administrators should be mindful of.

The Logan Center is the most recent in a series of new buildings that were constructed in the last 10 years with the help of major alumni gifts. The Logans donated $35 million to the construction of their namesake arts center. Joe Mansueto, the founder and CEO of the Morningstar investment research firm, and his wife Rika donated $25 million to build the new library. Lawyer Gerald Ratner donated $15 million for the construction of a new gym. It is my emphatic opinion that these alumni should be strongly commended for their generosity to the University. Their gifts are larger than what almost anyone will donate in their entire lifetimes, and I can offer nothing but praise to these donors.

However, I would warn the University to be mindful of its role in the gift giving process. As the recipient of specifically designated charity, the University

has a responsibility to steer its donors in the direction of its true needs, no matter their scope.

Though it may be tempting to entice donors with the promise of new construction named after them, the University needs to consider directing future large gifts in a manner that advances less tangible causes. In addition to a new framework for the University to interact with the community, expansions to financial aid and scholarships are also needed. Again, context is critical. For instance, with a shaky economy and high unemployment, a major gift in the style of the Odyssey endowment would be welcome and appropriate.

Though it is impossible to point to a single reason why the University has pursued so much new construction in the past decade, I believe it has to do with the marketability and prestige of the institution. A landscape of beautiful new buildings is sure to attract prospective students and media attention. However, I feel that less flashy alternatives could accomplish the goal of promoting the University to an even greater degree. If, for instance, the U of C were to overtake Harvard’s $160 million financial aid budget, it would be sure to attract national media attention. The same logic follows for an aggressive community outreach plan or any other number of alternatives. There is no one best plan for the University, but whatever that plan may be, the context is critical.

Taylor Schwimmer is a third-year in the College majoring in public policy studies.

Casting a ballot can encourage complacency with the current political system VOTING continued from page 4 stance—is superior to yours. I’m happy to debate with you and even happy to change my beliefs, but for now I happen to be wary of any moral code that would require me to impose my beliefs and preferences on you.

In case this all seems too abstract or radical, here’s an example of how a perfectly reasonable moral code might discourage one from voting : Ethan (real person, fake name) is gay and very active in the struggle to attain equal legal rights for everyone.

Nonetheless, when a proposition was put on the ballot in California to rescind the rights of same-sex couples to marry, he refused to vote on the issue. His position: He couldn’t vote for Prop. 8 because doing so would suggest that he is not inter-

ested in achieving the equal rights he is indeed ardently fighting for. On the other hand, he maintained that he couldn’t vote against it because, for now, allowing gay marriage would only further incite bigotry against same-sex couples without addressing the underlying social factors which lead to the persistent abrogation of gay rights. It would alleviate the symptoms but worsen the illness. I don’t agree with him and you might not either—the point is that he believes it, and I can’t fault him for not voting.

Easy enough. Here’s the more formidable opponent: Perhaps the moral obligation doesn’t extend over the content of my vote—which specific campaign or stance I thumb up—but rather over its form. His-

tory has shown us that the vast majority of non-democratic political systems inevitably lead to gross abuses of power and subjugation of the weak and powerless. Democracy, when properly implemented, seems to do a generally better job of preventing such atrocities. If you’re still with me, the act of voting—regardless of for whom or what I’m offering my support—is a fundamental affirmation of democracy over tyranny.

The argument is riddled with holes: First, we’re talking about American democracy here, a tradition with a legacy of squashing democratic uprisings abroad when they are inconvenient to our own agenda. And however much voting may bolster the project of democracy against tyrannical impulses, to the same degree it

fosters complacency about the status quo, hindering our growth towards more mature and advanced political systems—democratic or otherwise.

Voting is about democracy, and democracy relies on a fair, open exchange of ideas.

(Proof by contradiction: A democracy consisting solely of the brainwashed is no democracy indeed.) The sense of arrogant superiority both kindled by the voting process and exhibited in those who will tout voting as an unquestionable moral duty kills debate, subverting the very principles which ought to make voting worthwhile in the first place.

Tyler Lutz is a fourth-year in the College majoring in physics and English.

Confidence, hangovers both key to ensuring interview success HUNT continued from page 4 You’re a fragile person, and you probably couldn’t bear the regret of blowing your own interview. There are a few popular scapegoats: Partying hard the night before will ensure that you have a hangover going in. It’s not your fault if you underperform because of a hangover! You could also refuse to sleep the night before—nobody can blame you for underperforming on zero sleep! I’ve been fasting for three days in preparation for writing this column— you can’t blame me if it’s bad! I’m fading in and out of consciousness!

Finally, after much preparation, you arrive for your interview and it’s time to shine. You’ll be asked two types of questions: behavioral and skill. If you don’t know the answer to a skill question, just say you’d find a nerd to take care of that kind of thing. The interviewer, no doubt a nerd himself, will be thankful. As for the behavioral questions, I have two pieces of advice.

First, you’re going to want to memorize the brief biography of your favorite historical figure. Then, when asked to describe yourself, you can talk about your participation in the Rough Riders, your encyclopedic knowledge of birds, and how you once delivered an entire speech after being shot in

the chest. If that’s not impressive, then I don’t know what is. Second, use nonverbal cues as often as possible.

Gestures often speak louder than words (unless you’re yelling, which I also encourage). For example, when asked why you’re the best candidate for the job, you could respond by sliding your finger menacingly across your throat.

Very effective.

At last, your interview will conclude with an opportunity for you to ask questions. There’s really only one you’ll need to ask: When do I start?

Matt Walsh is a fourth-year in the College majoring in economics and political science.

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Sondheim production scores points with hat tricks Eliza Brown Arts Contributor Though Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George appears at first glance to be about a painting, it is, in truth, an opus about the different elements that constitute a community.

The question about whether people who happen to find themselves in the same place (or the same painting) make a community reverberates throughout the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s new production of the musical, especially in “It’s Hot Up Here,” a piece sung by characters who are themselves conscious of their existence within a physical and conceptual tableau ensemble.

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The show opens with post-Impressionist giant George Seurat (Jason Danieley) sketching his mistress, Dot (Carmen Cusack), in a park one early Sunday morning. Most of the first act consists of iterations on this theme of outlining and filling in. Various characters, who may or may not be connected to the central pair, float in and out of the scene, each with his or her own drama and place in the painting. Seurat is obsessive about his work, spending more time looking at his canvas than at the world around him. Many University of Chicago students might find themselves strongly identifying with his

character (I know I did), as his dedication to his work erodes his personal life and wears on those who love him. Or perhaps Dot will pull at your heartstrings, as she ultimately discovers that Seurat’s art will forever be more important to him than she is. The pain of being an artist and of being someone who loves an artist transcends time and place in both acts of the show.

Sunday in the Park with George pairs a nearperfect first act with a much less appealing second act, which has not aged very well since its first showing in 1983. Still, the music and lyrics throughout the show are of Sondheim’s typically high caliber, and fans who are more familiar with his other works (Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, A Little Night Music, etc.) will not be disappointed. The songs themselves incarnate a form of pointillism—Seurat’s famed painting technique in which the figures and mood of the work emerge from the application of tiny dots of paint—as they juxtapose different words and sounds that the ear must piece together in order to form the complete picture. In the same way, the viewer must stand back and take in the red and blue dots in Seurat’s most famous artistic achievement “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” in order to perceive purple.

Cusack references Bernadette Peters (who originated the role of Dot) in her portrayal, though she steers clear of mimicry with her own brand of panache. Danieley has such a grand baritone that audience members will find themselves pining for him to sing more soaring notes than the often-understated score allows. What’s more, his transformation from George Seurat to the George of 1984 is very convincing—a switch that might trip up other actors.

George Seurat (Jason Danieley), Dot (Carmen Cusack), and squirrel (far right).

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The real stars of the production, though, are the magical costumes and sets. In fact, at the beginning of the show one of the costumes literally comes to life (I will exclude details to preserve the surprise for future audience members). Giant frames seamlessly descend from the ceiling in order to create a sort of fifth wall between the art, the actors, and the audience members. There are many other interesting innovations with various props that demonstrate their own materiality and lead the audience to feel as though they are part of an inside joke with the artistic director, Barbara Gaines.

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tips of the violin bows visible to the audience.

Not everyone in the audience might notice, but the conductor is projected on a small television screen across from the stage so that the actors too can follow his lead.

Ultimately, Sunday in the Park with George dabbles in the fun of a live art tableau, but shines when expressing the stories of the connections between the different characters and explaining where they fit into the work. This commentary on community, as a place where one finds oneself as opposed to a place where one chooses to be, echoes in the score of the work, ingeniously connecting form and function.

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This Wednesday at the Bottom Lounge in the West Loop, Florida hardcore rock band Further Seems Forever will debut new music from its latest record Penny Black, which comes out on Monday.

Lead singer Chris Carrabba left Further Seems Forever in 2001 to pursue his own musical projects, which included the formation of his well-known acoustic band Dashboard Confessional. Further Seems Forever continued working together, and released several albums in Carrabba’s absence until the band broke up in 2006. Four years later, the original quintet reunited and started working on this new record with Carrabba on board.

The Maroon asked Carrabba what we should expect from the album and concert, and about his experience rejoining the band.

CM: How does a band sound this strong and cohesive after going through so many incarnations since 1998?

CC: I think everybody learned a lot—about music and their music tastes. The band improved by playing with so many different guys within the [Further Seems Forever] line-up, and Dashboard played 300 shows a year for that decade—so I certainly think I got better from that. The music on Penny Black reflects our desire to play together for so long; like the first record we made [2001’s The Moon Is Down] when we were younger, we were just excited to have friends to play with. We’re just excited to play, and I think that’s why it sounds the way it sounds.

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Chicago Maroon: After nine years of successfully working solo and with Dashboard Confessional, why did you decide to rejoin Further Seems Forever? How does it feel?

Chris Carrabba: It feels great! These guys have been my closest friends for a long, long time now.

I knew that I wanted to be back in the band [after leaving in 2001] and that we wanted to make music together—we’re buddies, this is what we do. [The remaining members of the band] had about two years to decompress after finally breaking up [in 2006], and then it just happened naturally. We went from hanging out and going to bars to hanging out and picking up guitars.

CM: Your new album Penny Black comes out on Monday. What is the title track about?

CC: The title track is about people in positions

CM: You spent two years working on this album.

Were you and the band performing these songs during that time, or just at rehearsals?

CC: We went out and did a handful of shows around our 10-year reunion, during which we only played one of our new songs called “Engines.” With that exception, we only played these new songs in my rehearsal space.

CM: How does this album differ from Further Seems Forever’s debut album The Moon Is Down?

CC: Between the release dates of these two records, there’s 12 years of learning about music....

I think while writing this record we were hyperaware of whether it sounded like we were trying to write songs as the follow-up to The Moon Is Down. We decided that was the wrong path; but if we wrote songs that happened to sound like an extension of the 2001 album, that was okay. It’s certainly a different record. But no matter what, it’s a combination of these five guys producing something that’s weird and unique in the same way that The Moon Is Down was.

CM: Did you have a particular audience in mind

when writing and recording this CD? CC: The greatest part about this record: We had no audience at all—just like when we made The Moon Is Down. We weren’t a band that anybody had ever heard of, there were no expectations, and nobody was looking. When we made Penny Black, everybody knew that the band had broken up.

There was no expectation that there was going to be more music from us. So we were able to work within that feeling of freedom that nobody’s paying attention, and we could be whatever we were without considering how it would be received.

CM: Who wrote these songs?

CC: There’s lots of collaboration in this band in a really true sense. All of us worked together on the songs you hear on the album.

CM: Why did you decide to release this album on Rise Records?

CC: We recorded it ourselves and then we decided to release it on Rise because some of our friends really liked the label, and the guys at Rise Records are really big fans of Further—their enthusiasm was meaningful to us. We wanted a label that cared about what this record, itself, is.

CM: You released a music video for “So Cold,” Penny Black’s first track, in early September. Did you enjoy filming the video?

CC: Yeah, the video was a lot of fun...It takes place in this beautiful, kind of decrepit building. Caleb Mallery, who directed the video, is a phenomenal talent from here in Florida—we like working with local people.

CM: How did you meet the other guys in the band?

CC: I was in an old punk band called Vacant Andys and they were in a band called Strongarm and we used to play a lot of shows in Florida together. I thought their music was so enormous and cutting edge and bizarre. I started following the band, and they started following our band.

Most importantly, they’re about the funniest guys I’ve ever met in my life. We became fast friends.

They had thought about wanting to do a rock band instead of a hardcore band, so they asked, “Can anybody sing [instead of scream]?” and I said, “Well, I think I can.” Then they said, “Well, we think maybe think we can write songs that aren’t hardcore songs.” We were aiming to sound something like the Foo Fighters—down-themiddle, progressive, and rock—but what we ended up with is something really not rock-y and more hardcore. There are a lot of hardcore elements and strange choices that we make because of how we came up as musicians and friends.

CM: Who were your musical influences and who were the band’s influences?

CC: Well, my influences are the weirdest ones compared to those of the band—I’m equally inspired by Fugazi, Minor Threat, Descendents, and all these punk and hardcore bands, as I am by old-time singer-songwriters like Guy Clark and bluegrass music and The Beach Boys. I can find melody in even the weirdest, atonal, strangely rhythmic music. The band’s influences were a little more straight up-and-down hardcore music, although they do all like a lot of singer-songwriter music as well.

CM: What would you like to communicate to the people out there who aren’t familiar with the band or its story?

CC: We made a record that requires listeners to know nothing about the history of the band or the other records in order to enjoy it or to be interested—we made a record that is its own thing.

Sometimes it’s intimidating when you get a record that has all this history behind it, but I don’t think that’s the case with this record. It is just a record that stands on its own. If you like this record and you’re interested in our other records…Great!

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Ware’s DIY graphic novel U of C student moves away from the comes stacked with stories YA in Steppenwolf ’s The Book Thief Jennifer Chukwu Arts Contributor

Emma Broder Arts Editor

At a quick glance, Building Stories by Chris Ware looks like a white-and-blue dollhouse that needs scissors, glue, and a band of friends in order to be pieced together. But the only tool needed to assemble this graphic novel is a mind prepared to embrace the astounding complexity of this multi-floored story.

Chris Ware is an American cartoonist known for crafting evocative details that spill off of every colorful page. A few of his most notable works include Acme Novelty Library and Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, which won the Guardian First Book Award in 2001.

His visual art has also received important critical attention— most notably his 2006 solo exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art and a piece in the coveted gallery space of the 2002 Whitney biennial exhibit. It is Building Stories, however, that will forever distinguish him as one of the preeminent figures in comic book narrative and illustration.

Published at the beginning of October, Building Stories consists of 14 separate booklets.

One of the most fascinating aspects of the project is that you can read the separate books in any order you chose, and still be able to understand and interpret

The power of death and the power of words are two of the most important things you begin to grasp growing up. For four-yearold me, it was the hamster, Pinky, whom I buried in a shoebox under the willow tree in my backyard, and it was the picture books whose stories I no longer had to fabricate once I learned to read.

For Rae Gray, a third-year, the lessons came in middle school. “A few of my friends’ parents died then,” Gray said. “[At that time] I seemed unfocused in class. When I started reading, that helped me channel the places my mind was going. One of the biggest tragedies of my life was the closing of the Borders bookstores in Chicago.

When I’m in a bookstore, I lose all sense of time and place and get completely carried away.”

Gray has been acting professionally since she was four and is starring as the young girl Liesel in Steppenwolf Theatre’s upcoming production of The Book Thief, set to open this weekend.

Adapted for the stage by Heidi Stillman, the story is based on Markus Zusak’s young adult novel of the same name.

“We have a narrator [played by Francis Guinan],” Gray said, “and you find out that he’s Death in the first scene. It’s his story, in which he makes a point about humans.

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the story. The way the story proceeds depends upon your own subjective ordering of it, but it never loses its feeling of being a collective and cohesive whole.

Building Stories focuses on a single three-story brownstone in Chicago and its occupants, which include the elderly landlady, a lonely young woman with an amputated leg , and Branford, the bee who pollinates the flower boxes on the window ledges. (Hey, at least he’s not a house centipede.) Though these characters coexist in a your-floorWARE continued on page 9

He’s dressed like a normal guy. He says at the top of Act Two that he doesn’t wear a robe or have weird facial features. Death looks like us.”

The Book Thief, published in 2006, is a World War II-era tale.

Death presides over the action; he observes Liesel as she develops friendships and investigates local mysteries. With the Nazis taking control of Germany and animosity towards Jews mounting, Death uses Liesel’s story as an opportunity to marvel at human will and the desire to survive.

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Not far from childhood herself, Gray was intent on stressing the inconsequentiality of Steppenwolf ’s billing The Book Thief as a young adult play. She admitted, however, that a 10 a.m. show might not appeal to anyone but a middleschool teacher planning a field trip.

“It doesn’t affect my performance,” she insisted. “This is my first children’s show, but it’s not really a kid’s show—the content is mature. I’m being truthful and genuine, which is what I try to do in every show. I guess it is targeted to be two hours long. Still, the fact that it’s for kids hasn’t drastically affected it. The

Book Thief itself is supposedly a young adult book, but the content of it is pretty…I mean, it’s Nazi Germany. It’s not light.”

Like Liesel, Gray’s love of reading has grown and changed through Zusak’s work. “I have to say that it’s grown on me to the point where I’d now consider it one of my favorite books of all time. Most of what’s happening has to do with relationships between characters,” she said. “Each time I read it, the happy moments grew happier, and the devastating moments were more devastating. I had become so invested. So reading it again and again has helped me involve my emotional self. I’m naturally reacting to the events of the story.”

“Death points to a duality in human nature: we can choose what to do in difficult situations,” Gray further explained. “We make decisions that seem right at the time, and then we look back on them and they’re imperfect.

Humans can do wonderful things despite a terrible backdrop. The characters do beautiful things: Liesel and her family hide a Jew in their basement.”

“Death’s point is that humans can do beautiful and ugly things, but they have the power to choose.

Death is…baffled by humans.

He’s not sure existence is worth it because life is so hard, but Liesel’s story shows him that existence might be worth it since sometimes humans do the right thing.”

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Friday | October 19 You know how in October everything is about beer even when it’s not? Yeah, well, Off-Off Campus presents: Beerfest at Tiffany’s. Get holly-go-light-headed in the University Church Theater with the 26th Generation (they write it, they direct it, they act it) at the premiere of their fall revue. Preglow by Fred Arnales; afterglow by Connor Settlemire of the Dean’s Men. Note: In spite of all I’ve said, I am not promising alcohol, only comedy. 5655 South University Avenue.

8:30–10:30 p.m., $4.

Put on your dancing shoes and grab a fistful of hand wipes ’cause Blues ‘n’ Ribs is taking over Ida Noyes once more. Yes, it’s that time in the quarter again. The Council on University Programming is offering up free mocktails (courtesy of Peer Health Educators if you’re not 21+), assorted alcoholic beverages (if you’re 21+ and have two forms of identification), and, of course, more ribs than you can handle. 1212 East 59th Street. Starts at 9 p.m., free.

The Hideout—the event venue where Phantom Planet filmed their low-budget “California� video and in whose alley Jack White once threw up—hosts its monthly Jukebox show tonight. Halfway between comedy and public humiliation, the event consists of a series of stand-up routines followed by karaoke in the vein of a chosen theme (this time around it’s “reunion�). October’s show will feature acts by Second City’s Tim Baltz, the Neo-Futurists’ Megan Mercier, and Chicago Magazine’s Scott Smith. 1354 West Wabansia Avenue. Doors open at 9 p.m., $8–10.

Remember the first time you thought you kind of liked someone? First Crush at City Winery will not be a similar experience, but it may well be the first time you’ve ever stemmed, sorted and processed grapes before sending them off to the fermentation tanks. With a new crush every hour (How could elementary school possibly compare?) participants will be able to briskly make their way through a short teach, winery tour, and wine tasting, culminating in a lovely buffet-style picnic lunch. 1200 West Randolph Street. 10 a.m.–4 p.m., $30 (call 312-733-9463 to reserve your spot). 21+.

If you’re unfamiliar with Malort (as I have been all my life), it’s a type of Swedish wormwood, and Jepsen is its only distributor in the States.

Since Malort doesn’t taste very good it is often followed by a chaser of cheap beer, which is why Paddy Long is hosting a Malort and Cheap Beer Festival today featuring $3 shots of Jepsen Malort, $2 cheap beer and $4.50 not-as-cheap beer. Go, and give drinking to forget a whole other dimension. 1028 West Diversey Parkway.

Starts at 8 p.m., free. 21+.

Sunday | October 21 If you’ve got hunger in your belly and a song in your heart—or you just want to sing “Rock Lobster,� in public, again—then this weekend the Southside Hub of Production (SHoP) has you covered. In conjunction with their call for a “Union of Public Artists� SHoP is organizing a pot-luck dinner and setting up an open mic for their event A Concert of Covers: Songs about

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A consistently vivid dialogue propels the two-dimensional characters to leap off the page. Through the startlingly lush combination of Ware’s image and text, the reader begins to empathize with the young amputee woman. Her character, who is never given a name, is in many ways as anonymous and unknowable as most of our upstairs neighbors, yet her struggle with loneliness and depression— in her case, born largely out of an abusive childhood and an unhappy marriage—is touching in its familiarity.

Ware’s crisp, detailed style is at the heart of the illustrative body of the work.

The line work is impeccably smooth, and rich colors of all hues radiate from the page. Gorgeous renditions of blooming spring flowers and rain-soaked leaves are tempered by somber and contemplative scenes of half-lit domestic interiors, which are drawn out with such bleak details as single beds, accumulating dirt, and molding scraps of food. And in that uniquely and traditionally Ware way, these initially humble and simplistic images use their apparent quietness to usher the reader into the world of the text.

Building Stories is a complex network of stories whose plots interweave and overlap at all ends. It is a project that focuses more on aura and atmosphere than the distinct stories themselves, and the artwork, in its fluid and thoughtful technique, feeds into that ambition.

Food. All you have to do is bring food (or convincingly hide the fact that you didn’t bring food), sing a song that you did not write, and make sure that said song makes mention of cuisine. 5638 South Woodlawn Avenue. 7–9 p.m., free.

Don’t miss out on the Afro-Baroque stylings of Stew & the Negro Problem at the Museum of Contemporary Art (performances on Saturday and Sunday evenings). You may know Stew already as the Tony Award-winning creator and star of the Broadway musical Passing Strange— the coming of age story of an American expat, fueled by a jazzy, experimental rock aesthetic. The band will perform a collection of spanking new musical works inspired by the Windy City. Stew developed the song cycle with collaborator Heidi Rodewald during their Chicago artists residency, in which they talked to journalists, historians, and long-time community members in our very own Hyde Park. They will also play tracks off their 2012 album Making It. 220 East Chicago Avenue.

7:30 p.m., student tickets $10.

Catch the final day of the week-long Fashion Focus Chicago, a celebration of design, runway, and consumerism, whose absolutely soul-sucking theme this year is, “You saw it on the runway, now buy it!� Luckily, this hollow mantra is undermined yet again by the fact that several of its festive city-wide events will be totally gratis. My pick is definitely The Art of Love & Death— an urban love story told through fashion and runway, hosted by Ends/ Wealth Corp. and Hennessey at Lumen. Go and report back with details (especially if you do a killer Joan Rivers impersonation). 839 West Fulton Avenue. Show starts at 7 p.m., free.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | ADVERTISEMENT | October 19, 2012

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THE CHICAGO MAROON | SPORTS | October 19, 2012

Taking on a new opponent—the imaginary undead

By Madelaine Pisani Sports Contributor A friend came up to me about two days into Humans vs. Zombies and asked, “Why would you want to run around all day chasing people and pretending you’re dead—or, worse, stay cooped up in your room all day avoiding imaginary zombies in stupid green bandanas?”

My response was to laugh it off and say, “I don’t know; I just like it.” I’m ashamed I didn’t defend the game better, because I did know. I wanted to run from the imaginary undead because it’s awesome, obviously. But it’s more than that.

Why do I like it? Maybe for the same reason that some guys like dressing up like the Michelin Man and running a misshapen basketball through a bunch of angry, sweaty man-children, hoping to pigpile anyone trying to reach the end zone.

Or for the same reason that Tiger Woods likes to go on long walks across very wellmanicured fields and hit a little white ball into as many holes as he can find.

The reason is because it’s fun; it’s a release from everyday monotony and an outlet into the fantastic alternate reality that is sports.

It’s all about testing yourself.

We deal with tests everyday: math tests, English papers, vocab quizzes, LSATs, and MCATs. These tests are not fun. In sports we can test ourselves in another world, where it doesn’t matter, so we can enjoy the challenge.

In some ways the stakes are higher—I was risking my life in Humans vs. Zombies (HvZ), but only in the reality of that game. I took risks I probably wouldn’t take in my real life. (OK, in reality, I would be halfway to Canada hoping someone else killed all the zombies.) In one instance, I crouched, literally shaking in my boots, behind a pillar, while a gaggle of six zombies strolled by on University Avenue.

I could have stayed there, unseen, and been late to my class. But I took a chance. And so after snapping a picture of the zombies to show my HvZ mentors (Daniel Booth and Emily Tixier), I took off in a dead sprint away from them. I got some pretty weird looks as I ran, terrified, through packs of Chicago civilians, but I escaped and made it to my Hum class on time.

Maddie: 1. Zombies: Nothin’.

I enjoyed that seemingly ridiculous experience because it was exhilarating. I was testing myself to see if I could survive, and I did. What makes this game awesome is that if I had died, that would have been fine, too. I can wake up tomorrow knowing I’m that much more prepared for a real zombie apocalypse. Everyone wins.

One of the great aspects of the sports world is being part of a team, a group of people you might have nothing in common with outside of the competition.

For example, one of my teammates on the lacrosse team is from Berlin, a Fulbright Scholar, and a graduate student. I am a first-year, NOT a Fulbright scholar, and hail from a suburb outside of Philadelphia.

We have very little in common. However, after playing a tournament in what felt like a torrential hurricane with our cleats and legs (and somehow my left ear) caked in mud, we became friends.

This happened on an even more drastic scale during HvZ. The “silly green

bandana” signified to everyone (who was in the know) that I was a survivor.

I would walk through the quad—well, it was more of a hurried paranoid speed walk—and any fellow human I saw was an instant teammate. An ally. We would band together on the way to class to maximize our security and on the walk there become friends. I met people I never would have had a reason to talk to without participating in this other world. And the great thing is that even though the zombies and Nerf guns went away when I stopped playing, the friends didn’t.

Like in any other sport, we also had fans.

Though I spent a lot of the game sneaking through doorways and hiding in my room eating ramen, when I did emerge into the common room, housemates would ask me how the game was going. Any time I passed my RA, Matt Walsh, he would ask, “Still human?” and nod approvingly when I said yes. During classes, people would ask me about the game, citing stats they read online like they were ESPN commentators.

It brought a great sense of community to the first few weeks of university life.

Truthfully, not everyone was a fan. Many people who were not playing regarded the premise of the game somewhat condescendingly. However, the University of Chicago, I found, was a place where that criticism—I’d like to call it envy—was limited.

For every naysayer there was an enthusiastic player ready to talk strateg y.

In a real zombie apocalypse I know who I’m sticking with, and it’s not going to be that kid who thought he was too cool to play pretend, because dancing around like a gleeful toddler in the end zone is no more manly than shooting someone with a neon Nerf gun. Sports are sports, and in the end, we’re all just taking a few minutes to play pretend.

FOOTBALL UAA Standings Rank School 1 Carnegie 2 Chicago 2 Case Western 4 Washington (MO)

Record 5–1 (0–0) 3–3 (0–0) 3–3 (0–0) 1–5 (0–0)

Win % .833 .500 ..500 .167

Passing Rank 1 2 3

Player Rob Kalkstein Erik Olson Vince Cortina

School Carnegie Case Western Chicago

Yds 1411 1249 664

4 5

Dan Burkett Kevin Shelton

Washington (MO) Chicago

531 402

Receiving Rank Player 1 Tim Kikta 2 Dee Brizzolara 3 Sean Lapcevic 4 Timoth Swanson 5 Brian Rice

School Carnegie Chicago Case Western Carnegie Case Western

Avg/G 91.8 81.2 66.3 64.2 56.3

Rushing Rank 1 2 3 4 5

Player Manny Sicre Patrick Blanks Ian Gaines C. Castelluccio Zak Nash-Ross

School Case Western Carnegie Chicago Washington (MO) Chicago

Avg/G 84.8 82.8 65.3 64.0 49.2

MEN’S SOCCER UAA Standings Rank 1 1 1 1 5 6 7 8

School Brandeis

Record 13–1–1 (2–1–1)

Win % .900

Carnegie NYU Emory Rochester Washington (MO) Chicago Case Western

10–2–1 (2–1–1) 10–3–1 (2–1–1) 7–5–2 (2–1–1) 7–2–3 (1–0–3) 8–4–1 (2–2) 7–3–3 (1–2–1) 3–10–1 (0–4)

.808 .750 .571 .708 .654 .654 .250

Goals Rank Player 1 Andrew Nataliano 1 Lee Russo 3 Dylan Price 4 Kyle Green 4 Jorge Bilbao

School NYU Brandeis Emory NYU Chicago

Goals 11 11 10 9 9

School Carnegie Brandeis Emory Emory Brandeis

Assists 9 7 6 5 5

Assists Rank 1 2 3 4 4

Player Ben Bryant Sam Ocel David Gaofalo Andrew Jones Lee Russo

WOMEN’S SOCCER UAA Standings Rank School 1 Washington (MO)

Record 12–1–1 (3–0–1)

Win % .893

1 3 4 5 5 7 8

10–0–4 (3–0–1) 10–1–2 (3–1) 9–5 (2–2) 11–3–1 (1–2–1) 7–4–3 (1–2–1) 9–5 (1–3) 3–10 (0–4)

.857 .846 .643 .767 .607 .643 .231

Emory Carnegie Chicago Brandeis Case Western NYU Rochester

Goals Rank 1 2 2 4 4

Player Melissa Menta Dara Spital Cami Crawford Sara Kwan Anna Zambricki

School NYU Brandeis NYU Chicago Washington (MO)

Rank 1

Player Melissa Menta

School NYU

Charlotte Butker Sara Kwan Brigette Kragie Serra Tumay

Emory Chicago Chicago NYU

Goals 12 9 9 8 8

Assists

2 2 4 5

Assists 9 8 8 7 6

VOLLEYBALL UAA Standings

Nerf guns in hand, bandanas ’round their arms, humans band together to survive the threat of a Zombie Apocalypse.

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Rank School 1 Washington (MO) 1 Emory 1 Chicago 4 Case Western 5 Rochester

Record 24–2 (6–1) 24–4 (6–1) 20–7 (6–1) 18–9 (4–3) 18–9 (2–5)

Win%

5

Carnegie

12–14 (2–5)

.462

7

Brandeis

14–10 (1–6)

.583

7

NYU

13–11 (1–6)

.542

.923

.857 .741 .667 .667

IN QUOTES

SPORTS

“The ALCS was like my masturbation: lifeless yanks.”

—Family Guy producer Alec Sulkin on the Detroit Tigers’ 4–0 sweep of the New York Yankees in the ALCS.

Holy smokes! Wheaton douses Chicago’s fire Women’s Soccer Tatiana Fields Sports Contributor The Maroons fell short in their Wednesday night game at Wheaton.

The Thunder (13–2–2) scored in the fifth minute, and the South Siders (9–4–0, 2–2–0) spent the rest of the game trying to catch up.

After two conference wins over Brandeis and NYU, Chicago hoped to defeat Wheaton on the road. Wheaton came out strong, and junior Leah DeMoss scored the only goal of the match right out of the gate. The Thunder continued to control the tempo of the first half, with nine shots on goal to Chicago’s two.

Despite many openings for both sides, the score remained 1–0, and the Thunder ultimately came out victorious.

The early goal proved too much to overcome.

“Not coming out as strong as we wanted to ended up hurting us at the end of the day,” second-year midfielder Katharine Hedlund said.

“We had a lot of chances in the last 30 minutes that we just couldn’t

quite get on the end of.”

Chicago had an impressive showing on defense, as Wheaton had possession of the ball for most of the first half, and had 20 shots throughout the game. Diving into the mud, second-year goalkeeper Jacinda Reid made nine saves and kept the game close. On offense, the Maroons had four shots on goal, but couldn’t capitalize on any of their opportunities.

Into the second half, Chicago built up more attacks and kept the Thunder on their guard, but Wheaton’s tight defense couldn’t be cracked.

“The parts we might have lacked on this game are definitely coachable things we can work on in practice,” Hedlund said.

The Maroons now must put this defeat behind them and focus on their upcoming games.

As more conference games approach, the pressure is on for the South Siders. Three of their next four games are within the UAA. “From now on, it’s to the point in the season where it’s important to win to keep playing,” first-year striker Mary Bittner said. “We will

Third-year Micaela Harms leads a breakaway during a home game against Kalamazoo.

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tackle every single game knowing that a loss could mean that we could not play later on.”

In their last non-conference game this weekend, the South Siders

will face UW–Oshkosh (9–3–3).

Second-year and UAA Athlete of the Week Sara Kwan will lead the Maroons, along with Reid and fourth-year striker Brigette Kragie.

Seniors Lindsey Collette, Nicole Strieker, and Becca Blue will lead the Titans’ offensive side.

The Maroons take on Wheaton at Joe Bean Stadium at 3 p.m. tomorrow.

In Hiram, South Siders confront whimpering Terriers Football Sarah Langs Associate Sports Editor

Third-year QB Vincent Cortina looks for an open receiver during a home game against Allegheny.

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Every sports fan knows that you can’t look past an opponent. Focus on the playoffs, or a tougher enemy, and you may find yourself losing to a team like the Cleveland Browns.

That’s why the Maroons (3–3) are looking at their game against Hiram (0–6) this Saturday just like any other game. Their opponent may be winless, but that just means the Terriers will be even hungrier for a win—and may be due for one.

The South Siders have not forgotten the 41 points they gave up last weekend against Wittenberg and are out to prove it was merely a fluke in defensive performance.

“The team is practicing with the goal to start the game off with more fire and discipline to eliminate a repeat of last week’s performance,” third-year linebacker Ben Wade said.

The opponent on the plate for the

Monsters of the Midway this week is different from others they’ve faced this season, and not just in regards to their record.

“Hiram runs a unique offense, and they have good talent at the skill positions, so they present a challenge in that regard,” third-year cornerback Mike Gilliam said.

“Defensively we aren’t going to change much scheme-wise, but we are adding a few new wrinkles that should put our athletes in positions to make plays big plays.”

Gilliam, however, has certainly heard Jim Mora’s famous rant against looking ahead to the “playoffs?!” He knows that no opponent can be deemed too weak to not matter in preparation.

“Hiram hasn’t won a game this season, so they are obviously beatable. However, on film they aren’t the type of team who is going to lay down and accept defeat,” he said. “They have no problem trying to lay big-time blocks on defenders, and every

now and then they do a little pushing and shoving after the whistle….We can’t wait to take on this challenge.”

This weekend’s game is the squad’s last non-conference matchup.

“This being our last non-UAA game, I think it is important for us to play well and carry some momentum into UAA play,” third-year quarterback Vincent Cortina said.

After Saturday, Chicago faces Case, Carnegie Mellon, and Wash U. Given Hiram’s record this season, the game could have intangible effects on the Maroons as well. If they can post a solid win against a team—even one that has struggled significantly—they can head into homecoming weekend against Case full of confidence. If they lose, they will be below .500 as they head home.

The South Siders head to Ohio to play the Terriers, with kickoff at 1 p.m. Eastern Time in Hiram.

Maroons look to shoot down Whitewater’s Warhawks Men’s Soccer Derek Tsang Associate Sports Editor After two weeks of high-stakes conference games, the Maroons can enjoy a relatively quiet weekend as they trek to sleepy Whitewater, looking to play the villain at UW–Whitewater’s homecoming game.

Chicago (7–3–3, 1–2–1) currently stands second to last in the UAA table with four points, but the Maroons are still only three points off of the pace with three games to play. Beating a quality UW–Whitewater (7– 4–2) squad that was ranked 11th nationally just last month might not help Chicago move up in the UAA standings, but a victory

could improve its shot as a wild card.

“We’re optimistic,” said first-year goalkeeper David Cohen of his team’s postseason prospects. “Of course we want to make it. If we don’t, we’ll keep on working… keep our heads high. All we can do now is focus on the next game.”

The Warhawks have won three straight games, rebounding after a 0–3–1 stretch that dropped them from national rankings.

Their balanced offense, which has scored 13 goals in their last three games, relies heavily on senior midfielder Logan Fye, who has a team-leading six goals on the season.

Chicago, meanwhile, is coming off a four-game homestand that saw it tie with

then-fourth-ranked Carnegie Mellon and hand Brandeis its first loss of the season.

They squashed an outmatched Lakeland 5–0 as well, before losing 1–2 to NYU in overtime last weekend.

“We’ve been trying to become better as a team, and improve on the mistakes that we’ve made,” said Cohen of his team’s goals in practice this week. “In general, we’re looking to just play better defense.”

In their matchup late last season, the South Siders beat the Warhawks 1–0 on a 53rd-minute goal by forward Kyle Kurfirst, now a second-year. The game wasn’t as close as the score indicated, though, as the Maroons allowed UW–Whitewater only

two shots on the game.

One of the keys for the Maroons will be whether first-year Jorge Bilbao will be able to keep up his goal-scoring form.

He’s scored a goal in each of his last three games, and has nine goals on 60 shots for the season, holding the team lead in both categories. Another factor will be the team’s health overall—only two players have managed to play in all 13 of the team’s games so far this year.

After this weekend’s game against the Warhawks, the Maroons will wrap up their regular season with away fixtures against their three remaining UAA opponents: Case, Rochester, and Wash U.