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VOL. 127, ISSUE 25

UChicago’s Civic Leadership Academy Recognizes 30 Promising Nonprofit Leaders

BY HANNAH HU NE W S STAFF

Last month, the University of Chicago’s Civic Leadership Academy (CLA) revealed its 2016 class of 30 promising leaders from Chicago and Cook County government agencies and nonprofit organizations.

Among the 2016 fellows are professionals from fields ranging from law to public health to juvenile justice.

The University began the

CLA last year to bring together nonprofit and government professionals in promoting an exchange of ideas within the UC h ic a g o c om mu n it y a nd around Chicago in the hopes of improving the city. The University committed to continue supporting the program in the memorandum of understanding it recently signed with Chicago.

“High-potential leaders are constantly busy handling urgent issues and rarely have the Continued on page 3 Zoe Kaiser

UCMC Receives $5 Million Grant for Cancer Research

BY EMILY KRAMER NE W S STAFF

Last month, the University of Chicago Medicine received a donation of $5 million from the Hospira Foundation, the philanthropic associate of Hospira, Inc. This donation will support cancer research and will be directed toward the creation of the Hospira Foundation Professorship in Oncology.

Now owned by Pfizer, Hospira is an American medical device and pharmaceutical company headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois. One of the world’s primary providers of infusion technologies and injectable drugs, the compa-

ny’s products include the antibiotic Azithromycin and the anesthesia Propofol.

A similar $5 million donation was given to Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine by the Hospira Foundation this past December in order to support cancer research and create the Hospira Foundation Professorship in Translational Cancer Biology at Northwestern’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.

“This generous gift from the Hospira Foundation will carry on Hospira’s legacy and boost the University’s efforts to make a difference in the lives of those with Continued on page 4

The Caucus Chair counts the candidates’ supporters. The UChicago College Republicans held a mock caucus at the same time as the actual Iowa caucus.

University of Chicago Democrats, College Republicans Host Mock Caucuses

BY PEYTON ALIE AND ISAAC TRONCOSO NE W S STAFF

University of Chicago students marked the long-anticipated Iowa caucus on-campus and off yesterday. Both the University of Chicago Democrats (UC Dems) and the College Republicans hosted mock caucuses, and the Institute of Politics (IOP) sent a group of students to Iowa to observe the caucuses in person.

Hillary Clinton came out ahead at the mock Iowa caucus hosted by the UC Dems yesterday night. The mock caucus centered around three

After a Mixed Year, It’s Still Three Minutes to Doomsday

BY ANNE NAZZARO DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR

The offi ce of the Doomsday Clock resides in the Harris School of Public Policy. But it’s better known as the office of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Every year since 1947, the Bulletin has released the Doomsday Clock, a figurative representation of the danger of

issues: the candidates’ electability, their positions on foreign policy, and their personal characters.

The event functioned according to the rules of the actual Iowa caucus—delegates presented initial arguments, sorted themselves by candidate, and debated further.

The 15 students who were in attendance initially split the vote with nine for Clinton, four for Bernie Sanders, and two for Martin O’Malley. Afterward, because O’Malley’s delegates did not reach 15 percent of the vote, they were required to choose another candidate. Arguments for Clinton’s superior foreign policy experience and

electability swayed the O’Malley delegation to join the Clinton camp.

The delegates agreed on the importance of the Iowa caucus and its ability to elicit debate. “It’s the essence of participatory democracy.

You go out with members of your town and demonstrate your political values to people you buy your groceries from, your neighbors, and you have the chance to talk about political opinions with your entire community,” UC Dems president Henry Bensinger said.

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Loyola Non-Tenured Faculty Vote to Join Service Employees International Union Local 73

BY LORENTZ HANSEN

lows and a group of non-tenure track faculty at the University of Chicago voted to join the same SEIU Local.

Eligible faculty at Loyola voted 142–82 in favor of joining Local 73. Under National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rules, a majority vote determines the results of union elections, regardless of the number of votes cast.

Administrators at Loyola University Chicago had been push i ng back aga i n st the unionization ef for t, say i ng that Loyola is a religious institution and should be “free from government entanglement,” according to an e-mail sent from L oyol a sp oke sm a n S t even Christensen to The Huffington Post. The NLRB denied a peti-

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Men’s tennis squad continues to dominate.

humanity wiping itself out with its own technologies. The Bulletin focuses on the issues of nuclear weapons, nuclear energy, climate change, and emerging technologies such as bioengineering, artifi cial intelligence, and cybersecurity. The closer the minute hand is to midnight, the more imminent the threat to humanity.

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DEP UT Y NE W S EDITOR

A group of 326 part-time and non-tenured full-time instructors at Loyola University Chicago’s College of Arts and Sciences voted to join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU ) Local 73 last Wednesday. In early December the Harper Schmidt Fel-

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Asian-American students deserve a framework to understand their own identity and relevance.

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IOP Screens By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

BY RENA SLAVIN MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

On Friday, January 29, the University of Chicago Institute of Politics (IOP) hosted a screening of By the People: The Election of Barack Obama and held a conversation with IOP Director David Axelrod and fi lmmaker Alicia Sims.

Fourth-year student and Senior Chairman of the IOP Student Advisory Board Aneri Amin led the discussion about the fi lm with Sims and Axelrod.

Sims fi rst explained her involvement in this project by telling a story about her co-director, Amy

Rice. Rice’s brother died in the September 11 terrorist attacks, and her desire to understand why those events had occurred sparked her interest in politics.

According to Sims, when Rice heard Barack Obama speak at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, she felt as though “[he] spoke to her generation.”

Axelrod, who served as the 2008 Obama campaign’s chief strategist, said that he was initially reluctant to allow Sims and Rice to fi lm the campaign activities because “bringing a camera into the room was the surest way to mess things up.”

His concern was that the chemis-

try among the staff would be ruined because people would start acting for the camera. Thanks in part to their persistence, the crew was granted permission to begin fi lming.

A xel r od a l s o d i s c ussed then-Senator Obama’s decision to run for the presidency. The 2004 speech and his prominence in the media during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina set his campaign in motion, and by the end of 2006 it was clear he was going to run. Axelrod said that “[Obama] wanted to talk not just about whether he should run, but whether he thought he could make a contribution that

nobody else could make.”

Sims recalled the time the campaign spent in South Carolina, and the fear that many people there had for Obama’s safety. They discussed the importance of previous African American leaders’ sacrifice to Obama’s success.

She said, “The feeling among the A frican A merican community…was almost like they didn’t want to believe, because they had so many leaders taken from them.”

When asked by Amin what young leaders of color can learn from the fi lm, Sims said, “They can learn that really, things are

possible.”

The conversation wrapped up with a question for Axelrod on how he thought the fi lm portrayed Obama’s primary and general election campaigns. He said that “[the film] captured the rhythm of the campaign really, really well.”

After a short break, the IOP staff started the film, which followed the Obama campaign from its beginnings to Election Day 2008. While it featured shots of Obama, the focus was on his staff and supporters.

“I feel inspired, I feel like I learned something,” first-year Abigail Kuchnir said.

University Receives $3.5 Million Grant for the Study of Sanskrit

BY ANNIE GUO NEWS STAFF

Last week, the College announced a $3.5 million grant f r om Gu r u R a ma k r i sh n a n ( M.B.A. ’88) and his wife Anupama to advance the study of Sanskrit. The grant will go toward the establishment of the A nupama and Guru Ramakrishnan Professorship in Sanskrit Studies, which will support an existing faculty member who specializes in studying Sanskrit.

Gu r u a nd A nupama R ama k r ish na n a lso f u nd the Guru and Anupama Ramakrishnan Endowed Scholarship F u nd for I nd i a n St udent s at the Booth School of Business. They noted in an article published by UChicago News that UChicago’s long history of commitment to the study

of Sanskrit and its vigorous prog ram in Sanskrit education were important factors in choosing to fund a chair of Sanskrit study at UChicago.

The donation is also a part of the UChicago Campaign: I nqui r y and Impact, which aims to raise $4.5 billion by 2019 to support programs, research, students, and many other endeavors across all departments and schools at the University.

Ga r y T ubb, sen ior Sa nskrit scholar at the College and faculty director of UChicago’s new center in Delhi, will be the first professor to hold the chair position. Tubb noted that an endowed chair prov ides f i na ncia l suppor t and stability, paying for the expenses associated with the chair and guaranteeing that funding is available in the

future for a professorship in Sanskrit. He also commented that there is freedom in what the donations will fund. “ The donors are people who are quite familiar with Sanskrit, with its history, and with the history of texts available in Sanskrit. They’re also people who understand how Sanskrit is taught and understand that the professors at universities who teach Sanskrit need to be able to teach it in the ways that they think that it should be taught best.

So the gift sets up a chair in Sanskrit but it doesn’t dictate that it be used in any particular topics within the area of Sanskrit or for any particular people. That’s the decision of who’s actually put in the chair, which is made by the University.”

T he est abl i sh ment of a

Alderman Will Burns Resigns From Position After Serving Four Terms

BY SONIA SCHLESINGER SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

On March 1, Fourth Ward Alderman Will Burns will resign from his position to serve as director of Midwest policy for AirBnB, according to his announcement on Sunday. Burns has served as Alderman since 2011 for Bronzeville, Kenwood, and parts of north Hyde Park.

Burns has served four terms as Alderman, following two terms as Illinois State Representative for the 26th district. He also worked as community outreach co-

ordinator for then-State Senator Barack Obama in the early 2000s.

Burns has overseen much of the 53rd Street development in the last four years and advocated for the construction of the Obama presidential library in Washington Park. According to the Chicago Tribune, Burns voted with Mayor Rahm Emanuel for most of his time on the City Council. He received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Chicago.

Emanuel said in a press conference Monday that a group of local leaders will select a temporary replacement for Burns.

chair in Sanskrit studies does not change any of the responsibilities a Sanskrit professor holds, including teaching and conducting research. However, Tubb also hopes to use this grant to expand study abroad programs in India.

Sanskrit, the oldest literary language of South Asia, is a language deeply intertwined w ith h ist or y— H i ndu scr ip tures, the literature of Jains a nd Budd h i st s , a nd ma ny philosophical, scientific, historical, and poetic works are written in Sanskrit.

It is also the longest-taught South Asian language at the University of Chicago, having been offered since the institution’s founding in 1892. The College’s extensive program of education in Sanskrit includes f i r st - t h r ough fou r t h-ye a r Sanskrit courses, advanced

and upper-level classes, and many other opportunities such as studying at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s South Asian Summer Language Institute or at the A mer ican Institute for Indian Studies program in Pune, Maharashtra. The University also has extensive librar y resources pertaining to South Asia in Regenstein Library, including over 720,000 books, journals, government documents, and films from various parts of the South Asian subcontinent.

The announcement of the grant coincides with two major anniversaries for South Asian studies this year: the 50th anniversary of the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the 60th anniversary of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies.

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CIE Welcomes Greenline Coffee Shop

BY SONIA SCHLESINGER SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

T he Ch icago I n novation Exchange (CIE) on 53rd Street celebrated its newly formed partnership with Greenline Coffee last week. The Woodlawn coffee shop, established in 2 014 , recently opened a second branch inside the CIE that will employ high school and college students from the Woodlawn area.

The CIE has planned to establish a coffee shop since its

opening in late 2014 in order to foster community engagement and to enhance its facilities. Tom Ancona, CIE director of operations, said, “We looked at comparable spaces and noticed a marked difference between those that had a live coffee shop versus those that didn’t.”

The University’s Office of Civic Engagement subsidizes the coffee shop, while CIE provides the space on the second floor of the building. In return, Greenline will provide work-

force training for employees promote entrepreneurship on for full-time jobs. the mid-South Side. “ This was a chance to exGreen l i ne C of fee ow ner pose them to the Hyde Park Joel Hamernick agreed that area and to the CIE, and to “ it ’s a n i nt eresti ng way t o bring in entrepreneurs from think of work force developWood law n because a lot of ment be cause you’re creatthem live so close but have ing jobs and helping people never been,” Ancona said. The to cross boundaries from one CIE will extend membership neighborhood to the other.” He privileges to new Greenline added that while they are not employees, including access yet ready to do so, the coffee to business development work- shop may ultimately expand shops and mentor office hours beyond Woodlawn and Hyde for those working on start-ups, Park. as part of the CIE’s mission to Although the café launched

just after Thanksgiving, the CIE held a formal opening last week. Seventy-five guests attended the opening, including City Treasurer and Hyde Park native Kurt Summers.

The event also featured Greenline’s new chef, Seth Meyers, who will revamp the Woodlawn branch’s catering menu.

Ancona and the CIE are excited to partner with a Woodlawn institution. “ It’s been wonderful, it definitely adds a vibrancy to the CIE space,” he said.

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The coffee shop plans to employ local college and high school students from the Woodlawn area and provide them with workforce training for future full-time jobs.

CLA Promotes Exchange of Ideas Within UChicago and the City Continued from front

time to be reflective and grow their own leadership. CLA is important because it allows individuals to carve out and protect this time. It is also a way that the University of Chicago can be a partner in addressing civic issues that impact the city,” CLA director Joanie Friedman said.

After government and nonprofit agencies from the area

nominated their employees in the fall of 2015, the applicants went through a three-stage process ending in an advisory council selecting the final class of fellows. Various leaders from the nonprof it , gover nment , philanthropic, and civic sectors, as well as the University, make up the advisory council.

The Office of Civic Engagement runs the program with assistance from a number of other

University and city groups, including the Harris School of Public Policy, the Booth School of Business, the City of Chicago, and Cook County.

T he six-month CL A program began on January 14. The program begins with a weeklong global practicum at the University of Chicago Center in Delhi and ends with a capstone project that addresses challenges facing their organi-

zations. After completing the program, the fellows receive a certificate in civic leadership from the Harris School.

One Class of 2016 fellow is Fanny Diego Alvarez, who serves as director of community schools at the nonprofit Enlace Chicago, and works on the implementation and evaluation of programs and initiatives at schools in Chicago’s West Side neighborhood Little Village.

Alvarez is excited about the collaborative aspect of the CLA program. “ Improving the quality of life for all people in Chicago can be achieved by working with multiple stakeholders, forming cross-sector partnerships, and with communities leading the way. The relationships that will form will transform the way that we think and work,” she said.

Chicago Judge Richard Posner Gives Talk on Greek Philosophers and American Founders

BY ISAAC EASTON NEWS STAFF

Last Thursday, Chicagoans gathered at the National Hellenic Society to listen to Richard Posner, federal judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago and senior lecturer at the Law School, give a talk on the inf luence of ancient Greek thought in the American founding documents.

The lecture focused almost entirely on Aristotle’s contri-

bution to Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment legal theory.

Posner began the talk by addressing the common misconception that the roots of modern legal theory can be traced back t o the M ag na Carta. The only contribution that the Magna Carta made, when it was ratified in 1215, was that it allowed British aristocrats to be judged by other a r istocrats —not that people could be judged by juries of their peers, as is com-

monly believed.

Posner went on to discuss how A ristotle contributed to legal theory, explaining that he laid the groundwork for the concept of “rule of law.” Rule of law, loosely defined, is the idea that in any legal decision, the ultimate recourse is to the law of the land. In his Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle defines two types of justice: distributive justice and corrective justice. It was the latter, Posner arg ued, that led to the rule of law.

A r ist otle def i nes cor rective justice as the liability imposed on a party to reinstate the balance of justice between two parties when one has been wronged. Posner used the example of theft to illustrate this idea. He showed that when s ome one t a ke s s omet h i n g from someone else, the balance of justice is disrupted.

To reinstate the balance of justice, Aristotle argues that the wronged party must be compensated.

In his talk, Posner showed

that this compensation must be made w ithout c onsider ation of the social status of the person being compensated.

When a court decides to what extent a damaged party must be compensated, they do so by considering what laws were transgressed.

To explain this, he paraph ra sed A r i st otle: “ I f the thief was a gentleman, and the injured party a beggar, a member of the inferior class of state, this difference in rank is nothing to the law.”

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cancer,” Kenneth S. Polonsky, executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the biological sciences division at Pritzker School of Medicine, said in an interview with the University’s news office.

According to Michelle Le Beau, director of University Medicine’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, UChicago Medicine currently has over 200 clinical and laboratory researchers investigating all aspects of cancer. Part of the gift will establish an endowed chair, who has yet to be identified, and will support his or her cancer research. The remainder of the gift will be invested in research programs as directed by the recipient of the endowed chair.

“The mission of our center is to elucidate the determinants of cancer, to develop cures for cancer, and to prevent cancer,” Le Beau said.

She listed areas of high strategic priority to include cancer immunology and immunotherapy, computational biology and genomics of cancer, as well as drug development.

“Our programs emphasize translational and interdisciplinary research, and we pursue this goal by promoting collaboration among a diverse and dedicated team of outstanding basic, clinical, translational, and population researchers, and trainees,” she said.

In an interview with the Hyde Park Herald, Le Beau said that tremendous strides are being made in understanding the biology of cancerous diseases and improving cancer care.

Le Beau believes that Hospira’s donation will allow UChicago Medicine to have a greater impact on cancer research through the development of improved methods for preventing, detecting, and treating cancerous diseases. This, she says, will ultimately improve the outcome for cancer patients worldwide.

Doomsday Clock Signifies the Urgency of Nucelar Threat Continued from front

The first Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 as a cover design for the Bulletin. It was meant to symbolize the urgency of informing the public about the nuclear threat, and was originally set to seven minutes to midnight. Martyl Langsdorf, its designer, said that seven minutes to midnight “looked good to [her] eye.”

Just this past week, after the Bulletin’s review of the events of 2015, they unveiled the clock set to three minutes to midnight, the same as it was last year.

The Bulletin’s Board of Science and Security decided to maintain the clock’s setting because, in general, the good of the past year balanced out the bad. “ There were two very important bright spots. But there was also dismay that so little had been done in other areas,” said Rachel Bronson, Executive Director and Publisher of the Bulletin.

The fi rst bright spot was the Paris Agreement from December, a global agreement to reduce climate change. The second was the Iran nuclear agreement, which has lifted economic sanctions on Iran after confi rmation that the country has restricted nuclear activity.

However, rising tensions between the United States and Russia, conf lict in Syria and Ukraine, the modernization of nuclear weapons by multiple global powers, North Korea’s recent nuclear weapons test, and the current state of climate change have all offset those bright spots.

According to Robert Rosner, a professor in astronomy, astrophysics, and physics at the University and the chair of the

Board of Scientists and Secu- six months of each other. The rity, three minutes to midnight farthest the clock has ever been means that the world needs to from midnight is 17 minutes, think seriously about the threat after the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Strateit presents to itself.

“It means that it’s not a great gic Arms Reduction Treaty in time. This is a time to sit back 1991.

The United States’ relationand realize that we have some problems, and that we need to ship with Russia did improve after that treaty, but as the fi x things,” he said.

The Bulletin was founded in Board cited in its clock decision 1945 by scientists at the Univer- for this year, the relationship sity of Chicago who had worked has become strained once again.

“When the Soviet Union colon the fi rst atomic bomb. The publication, which has been lapsed, the clock was moved way published at varying intervals back. We like that. I would like since its inception, is meant to see that. We’d like to fi x our to inform the public and world relationship with the Russians. leaders on the same issues that At this point, we can’t even have the Doomsday Clock decision what people call ‘track two’ discussions, behind the scenes conencompasses.

According to Rosner, seeing versations, with the Russians,” those fi rst tests of atomic bombs Rosner said.

As an example of this relainspired the creation of the Bultionship, Rosner pointed to a letin.

“It was probably the very Christmas card from his friend fi rst time in all of human his- Leonid Bolshov, the director of tory...when it dawned on people the Nuclear Safety Institute of that witnessed this explosion, the Russian Academy of Sciences.

“It’s like day and night... I that we’d mastered something that could basically wipe out met him probably 12 years ago, human beings on the planet,” maybe a bit more, and we could he said. “We started off with talk about anything,” he said. sticks and bones, beating each “We send each other these things, other up, but none of that would because we’re still friends. But lead to the decimation of all of you can’t talk.”

P ubl ic reactions t o the humanity.”

The Doomsday Clock itself Doomsday Clock announcement was meant to convey that re- vary, according to Bronson. “It alization to the world at large, can go from the ridiculous to the from everyday citizens to polit- sublime,” she said.

The clock trended on Twitical leaders.

“So doomsday—they meant ter and Facebook even before it literally, that we’ve mastered its three-minute ruling was something technically, but may announced. Stephen Colbert not have mastered it from the talked about it on his show. The point of view of controlling it po- New Yorker and NPR ran stories litically, socially,” Rosner said. about it.

The closest the clock has Political leaders pay attenever been was one minute tion as well. Board members, away from midnight in 1953, based on pieces they write for when the Soviet Union and the the Bulletin, have been called United States tested their fi rst in to give their expertise durthermonuclear weapons within ing congressional hearings. An

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candidates. “In terms of what is deemed politically possible or impossible, those limits need to be consistently challenged—or else we won’t be able to accomplish any new policy,” UC Dems communication director Nico Aldape said.

The College Republicans also hosted a mock caucus. Second-year Max Freedman, the political liaison for College Republicans, served as the caucus chair. Freedman, who learned about Iowa politics through seminars and boot camps as an Institute of Politics Iowa Project Fellow, began the mock caucus by giving an overview of the structure of the Iowa caucus.

Though the Iowa Republican caucus procedure uses written ballots, the College Republicans chose to follow the Democratic procedure, in which participants congregate in designated areas in the room to vote for their favored candidates.

Members then volunteered to

give brief statements of support for each Republican candidate. After the statements, participants assembled to vote.

In keeping with the regulations of the Iowa Democratic caucus, only candidates who obtained more than 15 percent of votes received delegates. After the first round of voting, participants supporting candidates who did not meet this minimum were able to switch to another candidate.

Marco Rubio came in first place in the mock caucus, with 12 delegates, followed by Jim Gilmore, with 11 delegates. Every other candidate was disqualified after receiving less than 15 percent of the vote. Gilmore, who is polling at less than 1 percent in Iowa, gained substantial support from participants whose first-choice candidates did not meet the 15 percent cutoff.

“Who was the last person to unite the Grand Old Party? Reagan. Who’s the next person to unite

the Grand Old Party? Rubio,” second-year Ernesto Ambrocio said in his statement in support of Rubio.

“Jim Gilmore stands for a strong fight against terrorism, a Washington that does not intrude on our lives, and a U.S. federal government that protects the people and encourages economic growth for the middle class,” second-year James Miller said while speaking in favor of Gilmore.

From January 31 to February 2, the IOP sent students to Des Moines to attend the Iowa caucus.

These students went to a rally for candidate Martin O’Malley, saw the taping of ABC News’s coverage of the caucus, and met Bill Clinton, Heidi Cruz, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, and Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald. As part of the excursion, members of The Gate, the student-run political magazine, interviewed Heidi Cruz, the wife of the Republican front-runner Ted Cruz.

interview between Ariane Tabatabai, one of the *Bulletin*’s columnists, and Iran’s deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi, was used as a resource by both the U.S. and Iran when working on the recent Iranian nuclear agreement. When North Korea completed its recent nuclear tests, the office of the Bulletin was flooded with calls from the media about how to tell whether a hydrogen bomb had actually been tested.

“Leaders do view the Bulletin as an important incredible source, and when they see pieces that make them think… they’ll call on us,” Bronson said.

No matter the reaction, Bronson said that the Doomsday Clock is all about creating conversation, especially regarding world issues. “For a moment every year, when the clock comes out, the world talks about nuclear security and disarmament and modernization programs and waste storage programs and climate change—and talks about whether, is it better than the scientists think, in their estimation, or worse? Where would they set the clock?” she said.

Though it’s the job of the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board to think about these issues all the time, Bronson acknowledges that the rest of the world can’t always do the same.

But she believes that releasing the clock is an important reminder. “ T h ree m i nut es t o m idnight is very worrisome. This aspect of security is very fragile,” Bronson said. “We all have our lives to go about…everyone can’t think about these kind of existential threats all the time.

But we can think about it sometimes.”

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tion from the University seeking religious exemption and ordered an election on December 28 for the Loyola faculty, according to HuffPost. Although facu lt y member s vot ed t o unionize, Loyola could refuse to bargain with the union, in which case the dispute would be sent to federal court.

The newly-unionized Loyola faculty members are the third group of non-tenure track faculty members to join Local 73 in the past two months, according to Local 73’s website.

The elections at Loyola and UChicago are the result of campaigns by Faculty Forward Chicago, an organizing effort run

by SEIU that aims to increase union representation of faculty in higher education throughout the Chicago area. Faculty Forward Chicago is a regional subset of the nationwide Fac-

ulty Forward movement, which has led successful unionization efforts at 37 universities across the country since its founding in 2013, according to SEIU’s website.

Contingent members of faculty have cited a lack of job security, low pay, lack of benefits, and a lack of resources among their motivations for unionizing.

Since the vote, SEIU Local 73 has filed a separate petition for election to represent 12 instructors in Loyola’s English Language Learning Program, according to the Chicago Tribune. Faculty members in the program were excluded from the proposed bargaining unit during a hearing at NLRB’s Chicago headquarters in Dec ember at the request of the SEIU.

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Intriguing Doorman When I arrived at the University of Chicago three years ago, I had three goals: survive the impending polar vortex, meet new people, and make a difference.

During the O-Week RSO fair, I waded through swarms of students and signed up for several campus social justice groups. I also participated in a 10-week social justice program the summer after my first year, finding myself caught up in discussions regarding race and segregation in Chicago, in settings that were diverse and supposedly inclusive.

But I always felt a little out of place. As a fi rst-generation Korean American, I did not know how to fit my own experiences with race into conversations that were theoretically and literally black-and-white.

I have also had my share of “Where are you really from?” questions despite my American

passport and am used to my peers gawking at the vibrantly red-colored foods I would bring to school for lunch. Yet Asian Americans didn’t seem to have it “bad enough” to justify identifying with the other minority groups who were participating in conversations about race and identity, and who seemed to be struggling with far more significant issues of racebased oppression.

So I became quiet. I distanced myself from activist efforts while feeling guilty that I was fulfilling an Asian stereotype of not caring about racial justice. I also felt uncomfortable: as if I were somehow dependent on others to earn my rights as an Asian American for me, without doing any of the necessary work myself.

My reluctance to participate in race conversations stemmed from my belief that my perspective as an Asian American was ir-

relevant. Moreover, unlike many of my peers of other races and ethnicities, I was not equipped with the language, framework, or knowledge of my own history to properly verbalize my experiences as an Asian American.

Two months ago, I visited my twin sister at Pomona College and witnessed, amid rising racial tension at the school, many of the Asian-American student body standing in solidarity with other students of color during protests and teach-ins, and adding their names to petitions. This was largely a result of the work done

by Pomona College’s Asian-American Studies and Asian-American Resource Center, which educated students about Asian-American history, gave Asian Americans a space to discuss their own experiences, and promoted diversity within the community. By unpacking the “model minority” myth, which falsely states that Asians indiscriminately have high incomes and education levels and thus do not suffer from systematic racial inequality, students Continued on Page 6

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“Without the academic resources, Asian Americans will continue to internalize the racism they face” Continued from Page 5 at Pomona College were able to explore how being pitted against other minorities takes blame away from those who are actually benefiting from the system—those who have the privilege of being white.

It’s essential for people to understand their own heritage in order to conceptualize how they fit into the broader fabric of multicultural, multiethnic, and multiracial America, as well as how they interact with our nation’s complicated racial history.

Without the academic resources, Asian Americans will continue to internalize the racism they face, to believe the misconception that their culture and history are irrelevant, and to consider their struggles not a part of the overall fight for racial equality.

Princeton, Yale, and Stanford all include Asian-American Studies in their course offerings in order to formally delve into the Asian-American cultural, ethnic, and racial identity. Northwestern University’s Asian-American Studies Program was established more than 15 years ago after student lobbying, protests, and a hunger strike. While the University of Chicago offers courses in East Asian, South Asian, and Near Eastern Studies, there is no group of courses directed toward the study of Asian-American culture. Such a program at the University of Chicago would equip Asian-American students to better understand themselves and enable them to more actively stand in solidarity with other students of color. Asian studies programs alone force Asian Americans to comprehend themselves as perpetual out-

siders, rather than as an integral part of American society.

An Asian-American Studies program wouldn’t be created for the sake of political correctness; it is a highly interdisciplinary field that would also teach students to think critically about the origins of inequity and how to improve society, bringing together the humanities, social sciences, arts, and literature. The possible major (or minor) would also link national, global, and local issues with very clear connections to migration, trans-nationality, and diaspora.

Asian Americans have long had a large presence in Illinois, the Midwest, and obviously in America at large, and therefore have a significant history here at the University. Once we recognize this, we can begin to have a different perspective of Asian Americans, as a cultural, racial, and ethnic group with the right to be recognized as citizens and not just as foreigners. An Asian-American Studies program would be a step toward revealing how race and racism throughout American history is a complex issue that goes beyond the blackand-white lens we tend to use. The United States uses not only the othering of African-American culture to define itself as a white country, but that of Muslim, Latino, and Asian heritage as well. Only by understanding all aspects of our history can we learn from mistakes and become a more inclusive, equitable America.

Jane Jun is a third-year in the College majoring in economics.

Answers to Friday’s crossword puzzle, “Existential Angst.”

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Editor’s Choice: Highlights Abound in Lyric Opera and CSO’s 2016–17 Seasons

BY HANNAH EDGAR AND MJ CHEN ARTS EDITORS

On January 14 and 26, respectively, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (C SO) announced their 2016–17 seasons.

With so many enticing events to choose from, it can be daunting to pick which concerts to go to. At a loss for where to start?

M A ROON music critics MJ Chen and Hannah Edgar give their two cents on the coming year in performing arts.

Grand opera is back.

A fter an adventurous season that saw Berg’s Wozzeck as well as Bel Canto, the company ’s f irst world premiere in over a decade, the Lyric returns to its bread and butter: the operatic warhorses of Bizet, Donizetti, and Wagner, among others. These are some of the beefiest works in the repertoire, testing the limits of both human voices and audience patience. Hang on to your lorgnettes—we’re in for a whizz-bang season.

Opening the season will be

Das Rheingold, the first opera mermoor and Bellini’s Norma. in Wagner’s monumental Ring Both are sumptuous tragedies cycle: the Lyric’s hotly antici- by the kings of bel canto—light pated new production will be on believability, thick with the second ever in its history. drama and vocal f ireworks.

A stonishing in its breadth, Russian soprano Albina ShagiWagner’s Ring recounts the muratova will headline Lucia genesis and doom of the Nordic opposite the robust tenor Piotr gods. The work presents sig- Beczata. I’m excited to hear nificant musical and dramatic her laser-cut coloratura and challenges for both the com- stratospheric range, particupany and its audience—expect larly in the opera’s spectacular world-building on an epic scale. mad scene. Prima donna SonD i re ct or Dav id Poutney dra Radvanovsky is renowned emphasizes the role of tradi- for her riveting Norma, a role tional narrative in the Ring. she’s played in houses from “ We want the audience to sit San Francisco to Barcelona. I down and enjoy a wonderful cannot wait to hear her again— story,” he said to a gathering she’s got a voice bigger than of critics late 2014. “We’re fo- the Sears Tower and a stage cusing on the naïve element of presence more aggressive than ‘Once upon a time three girls a rogue Bernie Bro. New-t o - C h ic ag o pr o duc were frolicking in their watery playground…’ ” Underscoring tions of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene his point, Poutney took a shot Onegin and Bizet’s Carmen add at the controversial, space-op- sensuality to an otherwise ageratic Lepage Ring at the Met gressive Lyric season. Both back in 2012: “There will be no contain some of opera’s most fancy machinery, no high-tech memorable love music, from the “letter scene” in Eugene this and that.” Ouch.

Returning to the Italian Onegin to Carmen’s seductive masters, the Lyric will present “Habanera.” Baritone Mariusz new-to-Chicago productions Kwiecień returns as bad-boy of Donizetti’s Lucia di LamContinued on page 9

Katja Tahja

Salonen will conduct two CSO concerts in March, including the world premiere of his cello concerto on March 9, 2017.

Ritter’s Riviera Show Feels Like “Homecoming”

BY MAY HUANG MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

The street just outside the Lawrence Metrais is relatively unlit, but everything changes once you turn the corner onto Racine Avenue. The Riviera Theatre is stunning at night— its marquee beams brightly and the name of the night’s headliner stands out in sharp contrast, promising an evening of great music.

Last Friday, singer-songwriter Josh Ritter played at the Riviera as part of his nationwide Sermon on the Rocks tour. Opening the show was Elephant Revival, a five-piece folk band from Colorado that sounds just as good with their instruments as they do a cappella. They played on a range of instruments, from the washboard to the djembe to the violin. They were the perfect opening act for Ritter, who’s known for his diverse style.

As demonstrated on the Riviera stage, Ritter is an extraordinarily versatile artist. Some songs, like “Cumberland,” are distinctly bluegrass; others, such as “Right Moves,” are purely rock-and-roll. His unique brand of Americana fuses both electric and acoustic sounds, incorporating intense riffs and intricate finger-plucking on his guitar.

Ritter sang of home, opening and closing with songs about his hometown. He began with the gentle “Idaho,” during which the crowd whispered “Idaho, oh

Idaho” with each refrain. He ended with the more upbeat and amplified “Homecoming,” singing decisively, “I’m headed home.”

An eloquent songwriter, Ritter is more than just a musician—he is a lyricist, a poet. For example, he opens “Kathleen,” one of his best-known songs, with the line: “All the other girls here are stars, you are the northern lights.” Toward the end, he sings, “I won’t be your last dance, just your last goodnight/ Every heart is a package

tangled up in knots someone else tied.” In “Change of Time,” his fi rst encore piece, he describes waking up to see his lover and thinking, “Your shoulder blade, your spine/ were shorelines in the moonlight.”

The best part of Ritter’s show was his infectious energy and optimism. He never seemed to stop smiling, not during his more poignant pieces or even when he flubbed the lyrics to a song. “That has never happened before in my life,” he said, laugh-

ing, as the crowd cheered. The audience constantly followed his lead, singing along to “Where the Night Goes” and clapping hard during “Getting Ready to Get Down.”

Throughout the night, Ritter always tried to engage everyone in the music. In many pieces, such as “Seeing Me ’Round,” he let the rest of the band have their moment on stage with extensive solos. During the last song, he raised the microphone high above the ground and

pointed it at the audience so that everyone could sing along with him: “Homecoming, homecoming, homecoming.”

Near the end of the concert, Ritter performed a cover of “Engine Engine #9” by Roger Miller.

Explaining what the song meant to him, he said that Miller made him feel like everything would be okay when he felt down. Listening to two hours’ worth of country, rock, folk, love, and pure fun, Ritter’s concert certainly did that for me.

Zoe Kaiser | The Chicago Maroon

On Friday, January 29, the Riviera Theatre played host to both Elephant Revival and Josh Ritter, currently on his Sermon on the Rocks tour.

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Over 1,000 humans, trolls, and elves descend on Ida

BY ZOE KAISER MAROON PHOTOGRAPHER

The Japanese Animation Society’s (UCJAS) annual anime convention, Uchi-Con, took place at Ida Noyes this past Saturday. The event featured a masquerade ball, a date auction, a film screening, karaoke, a kimono dressing booth, and various cosplays—a form of costume play performance art.

Clockwise from top left: Rebekah Perkins of Tinley Park High School cosplays as Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s Madoka; Henry Klimczak cosplays as Lord Zane from Radiata Stories; students Sam and Tina cosplay as The Disciple and Meulin Leijon from the webcomic Homestuck; Chicago-based cosplayer Kali Neko no Kage strikes a dramatic pose; Dani cosplays as Solas, an elven mage from the video game Dragon Age; artists sell prints, pixel art, and drawings in the Artist Alley.

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Onegin, after a thrilling Don Giovanni in 2014. I ’m also looking forward to Ekaterina Gubanova as Bizet’s titular gypsy; her smoky voice should be perfect for Carmen’s sultry tunes.

I’m also incredibly stoked for the Lyric premiere of Berlioz’s Les Troyens. This is a marathon opera if ever there was one: at five acts and more than f ive-and-a-hal f hours, Troyens seems more like torture than enjoyment. Think of it as a proving ground for the budding aficionado. I’m sophisticated enough to sit through a quarter-day at the opera—are you?

—MJ Chen, Associate Arts Editor Under the artistic direction of Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti and leadership of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association President Jeff Alexander, the CSO has what looks to be an effective mix of familiar, new, and obscure planned for next season.

Notably, the 2016 –17 season formally concludes the CSO’s anniversary celebration and segues into yet another 12 5 -yea r mi lest one: S ov iet composer Sergei Prokofiev’s birthday. Works by Prokofiev will be programmed throughout the season, with the most notable being the CSO premiere of Prokofiev’s score from Ivan the Terrible in February 2017.

Also of note are a complete cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos; four world premieres; first-time CSO performances of lesser-heard works by Italian operatic composers Arrigo Boito, Alfredo Catalani, and Giuseppe Martucci; a European tour in January 2017; and a three-concert series at Wheaton College.

My shortlist of can’t-miss moments: On October 13, Muti will come to UChicago’s neck of the woods to conduct a free allBeethoven concert at the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn (6320 South Dorchester Avenue).

Two nights later, on October 15, Muti will lead a Symphony Ball gala concert commemorating the CSO’s first concer t almost exactly 125 years earlier, on October 16, 1891. Even the program will be identical: Wagner’s Faust Overture, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Tchaikovsky ’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor (with soloist Daniil Trifonov), and Dvorák’s Husitská Overture.

Former Rav inia Festival music director and current Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine makes his long-anticipated subscription debut at Symphony Center in early November. The program includes S choenberg ’s F ive Pieces for Orchestra, Stravinsky’s Song of the Nightingale (a favorite of the late Pierre Boulez), and Berlioz’s immense Symphonie fantastique.

Later that month, Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden— who was recently named Alan Gilbert’s successor at the New York Philharmonic —returns to Symphony Center alongside

soprano Christiane Karg and Ma will meet on stage this baritone Michael Nagy, both of month for Shostakovich’s Cello whom are making their CSO Concerto No. 1.) Later that debut in Brahms’ German Re- month, a CSO commission by quiem.

Adams’ son and Mead ComposThe Budapest Festival Or- er-in-Residence Samuel Adams chestra touches down in Chi- will receive its premiere under cago with an all-Beethoven Muti. program on February 8, led The highlight of next seaby its intrepid music director son’s Piano Series is undoubtIván Fischer. Over the past ed ly M a r c -A nd ré Ha mel i n year, Fischer has made head- and Leif Ove Andsnes’s dual lines as much for his political appearance in a two-piano redissidence as for his insight- cital. Stravinsky’s Concerto for ful music-making; last sum- Two Pianos and arrangement mer, he famously used the of The Rite of Spring anchor podium as a soapbox to speak the program. out against Hungarian Prime Conductor Susanna Mälkki Minister Viktor Orbán’s xeno- makes a welcome return to phobic policies toward Syrian Symphony Center at the tail refugees. end of the season, featuring F i n n i s h c onduc t or - c om- both solo saxophonist Branposer Esa-Pekka Salonen will ford Marsalis and Melinda lead a mini-residency in March, Wagner’s CSO commission Proincluding nods to A merican ceed, Moon. As if the intrigucomposer John Adams—who ing program wasn’t enough, will have celebrated his 70th this female critic is excited birthday the month prior—and and heartened to see women the premiere of his own cello both on the podium and in the concerto, as played by CSO program. June 15 –17 couldn’t Judson and Joyce Green Cre- come sooner. ative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma. —Hannah Edgar, Arts Editor (As it happens, Salonen and

Kitchen Sink’s First Student Exhibit Sprouts Up at Cornell Florist

BY SHOSHANNA COALSON MAROON CONTRIBUTOR

Last Friday, Kitchen Sink, one of UChicago’s newest art organizations, broke from its tradition of hosting weekly painting sessions to present a free pop-up exhibit of student work. Focusing on the theme of mental health, Kitchen Sink partnered with Active Minds, a campus RSO that connects students with mental health resources. The one and only Mindy’s Hot Chocolate catered the event.

The four-hour exhibit was held inside The Cornell Florist at 1645 East 55th Street, a shop I’d passed by many times but never explored. Every table in Florist’s had been moved aside to make room for the event, creating plenty of space for students to peruse the art on the walls.

As someone who is not very

active in the arts community, I’d never heard of Kitchen Sink before. I had no idea what to expect. Arriving at the event about two hours after it began, I was surprised by the number of people who were still in attendance.

The variety of plants positioned around the perimeter of the store provided a pleasant, forest-like backdrop for the exhibit. A few of the students had even incorporated some plants into their works, seamlessly blending content and environment.

A d iverse cr owd f lowed through the exhibit, ref lecting the equally-varied subject matter of the artworks. The pieces, gathered from 16 student artists, touched on everything from mental illness to how social media is perceived.

Below each work, a small card provided context, explaining the artist’s intentions and the

Ayling Dominguez | The Chicago Maroon

This past Friday, Kitchen Sink partnered with campus RSO Active Minds to showcase 16 student artists.

work’s personal significance.

Although I drew my own meaning from each piece, I appreciated their insight into the creative process.

Beyond ref lecting on individual works, I also found myself contemplating the role of student organizations at large.

Kitchen Sink allows students from all artistic backgrounds to access the materials and spaces necessar y to create whatever they want. A rt on campus often leaves little room for the inexperienced to participate; most opportunities are only for those who have practiced their art before. Kitchen Sink offers a unique opportunity for students to express themselves with no further prerequisite than the simple joy of artistic expression.

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No. 21 Chicago Drops Two at Home MEN’S BASKETBALL

BY SPORTS EDITORIAL STAFF Despit e goi ng i nt o F r iday ’s home contest against conference foe Emory riding a 13-game winning streak, the No. 11 M a r o on s d r opp e d both games this weekend to bring their record to 14–4 overall and 5 –2 in the UAA. T he S out h S id e r s fell to Emory on Friday 69 – 63 in their fi rst loss since November 21. The Eagles’ victory put them tied with Chicago at the top of the UAA standings at the end of Friday night.

The visiting squad was led by fourth-year Will

Trawick’s dominant performance. The forward scored his team’s fi rst 12 points, with 19 of his 25 points coming in the fi rst half.

C h i c a g o s t r u g g le d from deep all night, missing 16 of its fi rst 19 three point attempts, ending the night with an underwhelming 24 percent behind the arc. The squad’s performance inside the a r c was bet t er, however, as a series of hard drives to the basket by third-years Waller Perez and Tyler Howard tied the game at 57–57 with minutes left. Strong free throw shooting in the last 30 seconds, however,

clenched the victory for the Eagles.

Although the Maroons trailed throughout the entire game, and by as many as nine points in the second half, the squad still saw some impressive performances. Forward Perez netted 14 points for the South Siders, while four th-yea r A lex Voss pulled down an impressive 10 rebounds. Point guard Howard dished out four assists and scored 13 of his own.

Despite hopes of redempt ion , t he s q u ad dropped its second game of the weekend to Rochester on Sunday morning 84 –76. W hile the Ma-

roons were able to decrease the deficit in the final minutes, they trailed by double digits for the majority of the game.

Howard attributed the loss to the way Chicago started the game. “We put ourselves in a tough position by going down early and having to fight our way back in both games,” he said. Second-year Collin Barthel echoed these sentiments. “We needed to start the game with a lot more intensity and that will be a major focus this week,” he said.

This weekend marked the halfway point of UAA play. While Chicago led the standing going into

the weekend, Emor y ’s back-t o -back v ict or ies this weekend against Chicago and Wash U puts the Eagles at the top of the league with a 6–1 record.

Chicago and Rochester stand tied for second place at 5–2.

I n t e r e s t i n g l y, t h e schedule will f lip and Chicago will have a second chance at both Emory and Rochester this weekend on the road, and the Maroons have revenge on the brain. “ We’re looking forward to playing the same teams that just beat us and getting wins at their home court,” said Howard.

Beyond avenging the

losses, this weekend has implications beyond wins and losses. “We got a tad bit complacent and it showed this weekend, but getting two wins coming up will put us right back where we want to be,” Barthel said. “It’s a huge weekend and we need to make a statement that this past weekend was just a speed bump.”

The Maroons will tip off against Emory on Friday at 8 p.m. and then travel to New York to play Rochester at 11 a.m. on Sunday. The weekend has the potential to determine who will come out on top of the UAA.

Richter Defeats Top-Ranked Opponent at Pete Willson Invitational WRESTLING

BY DAVID KERR SPORTS STAFF

The young Maroon squad traveled out to Wheaton, IL this Saturday to compete against some of the best teams in the country at the Pete Willson Invitational. Chicago had a very impressive day, winning 11

out of 32 teams with 48.5 points scored. UW–Whitewater finished at the top of the list, winning the team title with 132 points scored.

Chicago was led by a pair of second-years, one of whom had arguably the most significant performance of the season.

Second-year Devan Rich-

ter finished second in the 125-pound bracket, falling to the No. 3 wrestler in the weight class. However, previously in the invitational, Richter fought his way through the bracket and took down the No.1-ranked wrestler in his weight class in the process. Richter pinned the top seed, Lucas

Malmberg out of Messiah College, at the 2.43 mark in the first period. Malmberg was ranked No. 1 in the country in the 125-pound weight class at the time and is a two-time NCAA runner-up.

Richter was very proud of his performance in the tournament. “Overall, I am very pleased with my performance this weekend.

There was a lot of solid competition at the tournament, and it was great to go up against so many good wrestlers. Beating the number one-ranked wrestler at 125 in Division III wrestling obviously helped make the weekend a huge success,” he said.

Looking forward, Richter said, “It helps boost my motivation and confidence in myself, which is pretty important as this long sea-

son gets closer and closer to the end. Would it have been nice to place first? Sure, but you can learn a lot whether you win or lose, and the finals match was definitely a learning experience.”

Another second-year wrestler who found success in the tournament was Nick Ferraro. Ferraro knocked off the sixth-ranked wrestler in his weight class.

Ferraro felt confident in his performance and believes that it will give him positive momentum into the end of the season.

“I felt pretty strong about my start to the tournament; I beat the two seed and sixth-ranked wrestler in the country in the first round, so that makes me feel pretty good about how I will wrestle at the regional tournament to qualify for nationals,” he said.

The team as a whole is starting to gear up for the rest of the season. Ferraro wholeheartedly believes that the team has gotten stronger as the year has gone on. “We have been putting in the extra work to finish strong at the end of the season these next few weeks, and it showed when we took 11 out of 32 teams at Wheaton this past weekend without a full lineup; we only wrestled seven weight classes out of the 10 total.”

The Maroons will look to take their positive momentum from this tournament into their next match at Augustana this Friday.

Augustana also competed in the Pete Willson Invitational and placed 19th.

Chicago will start its match against the Vikings at 7 p.m. in Rock Island.

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Teams Earn Gold and Silver Maroons Blank Augustana Against Olivet, Lake Forest 9–0 SWIM & DIVE

BY RHEA BHOJWANI SPORTS STAFF

The Maroons exhibited toughness and motivation in Satu rday ’s tr i-meet against L a ke Forest and Olivet Nazarene. The Chicago women came out on top as they finished in first place, defeating their competition by a total of 279 points.

The men ended the day in second place as they put up a tough fight against their competition, despite the final result.

Chicago’s women were victorious over Lake Forest 295 –115 and Olivet Nazarene 295 –196. On the other side, the men defe at ed L a ke For est 209 –148 and lost to Olivet Nazarene 260 –209.

The diving team refused to slack off as well, as first-year Anna Girlich and second-year Monica Kieff posted NCAA provisional qualifying marks.

With many bruises and bumps, eventful meets in the past, and intense meets comi ng up, the team is swimming into high gear as they push forward.

T he women’s t e a m raced to nine victories on the day. Fourth-year Karen Chu won a couple of freestyle events during the meet and f inished first in both the 200-me-

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ter f reestyle (2:11.0 0) and the 400-meter freestyle (4:34.64). In addition, third-year Maya Scheidl contributed to the winning of the 200-meter freestyle relay team a nd snat ched f i rst i n the 50 -meter freestyle (27.37). First-years Ceci le Kurman-Browning and Christina C heng a ls o ended up with the best times for the 100-meter freestyle (1:01.91).

The men achieved one win for the night in the 200-meter freestyle relay, which consisted of fourthyear T homas Meek, third-year Jonathan Simoneau, fourth-year Andrew Homere, and fourthyear Matthew Veldman.

Simoneau placed in the top two for three of his events. He swam part of the 200-meter freestyle relay and came second in the 200-meter medley relay (1:47.62) as well as the 20 0 -meter freestyle (2:00.27). Fourthyear James Taylor placed second for the 200-meter med ley relay a nd the 100 -meter breaststroke (1:08.31). Furthermore, second-year diver Dean Boures obtained second pl ace on the one -me t er (2 6 3 .6 0 ) a nd t he t h r e e -m e t e r ( 2 7 5 . 4 5 ) boards.

When asked about the

competition against Lake Forest and Olivet Nazarene, first-year Naomy Grand’Pierre said, “Last meet went well! It was tough because it was a short course meters pool, but both the women’s and men’s 200 free relay broke the pool records, so that was exciting!”

R e g a r d i n g t he t e am’s personal goals and achievements, Grand’Pierre said, “Personally, I am working extra hard because we only have a few hard practices left so both me and the team are making these last hard practices count.”

A s for post-season, Grand’Pierre states, “ I think going into championships we look really good as a team and will bring some serious competition, and I am looking for ward to seeing how well we do. Jason and Nick have prepared us well, and with the season coming to an end I am excited to see our hard work pay off.”

The diving Maroons will be preparing and working hard for the Illinois-Chicago Diving Invite this Saturday, which will take place at UIC. T he sw i mm i ng t ea ms get a break as they will not have a meet until the Midwest Invitational on February 12.

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Fourth-year Kent Bischoff competes for the Maroons in a meet earlier this season.

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Second-year David Liu returns a ball earlier last season.

BY ZACHARY PIERCE SPORTS STAFF

This Saturday, Iowa wa s not on ly a bu s y pl a c e f o r c a nd id at e s gearing up for this election cycle’s first caucus, but also for the Chicago men’s team as it traveled to Cedar Rapids to face off against Coe College.

The Maroons cruised to a rather comfortable sweep of Coe 9 – 0 to start off a DIII matchup. Ranking pl ay e d a n i mp o r t a nt factor. The Maroons are ran ked No. 6 and a re currently 2 – 0 while the Coe Kohawks are ranked No. 36 at 0 –1.

Ch icago and Coe faced each other last year, and fans certainly could have predicted the outcome of this match based on those results.

Coe was ranked No. 35 while the Maroons stood at No. 17, and the South Siders swept the K o hawks 9 – 0.

In the first six singles mat ches, the Ma roons won e a s i ly, d r oppi n g four games at most. At the first spot for the Maroons, second-year Nicolas Chua won 6 –2, 6 – 4.

Following him in the second spot was first-year Cha rl ie Pei , who won 6 –3, 6 – 4, and in third, second-year Peter Leung, who won 6 –1, 6 – 0. Their resound i ng w i ns were followed by w ins from second-year Luke Tsai

(6 –2, 6 –1), second-year Dav id L iu (6 –1, 6 –2), and first-year Max Liu (6 –2, 6 –3).

Chua had a positive outlo ok on the t eam’s performance and on the future of the prog ram this season. He said, “It was good for us to come out and take as many matches as we did. We really took it to them in singles, which I was happy about, but we have a lot to work on. We’re moving in the right direction, but we rea l ly want to take advantage of these next few weeks of practice to get ready for ITA Indoor.”

L eu ng sa id , “ C oe C ol lege was ou r f i rst DIII match that counted t owa rds ran k ings. We were not nervous at all going into the match because we knew we were prepared. The results obviously showed this.” He also mentioned that “this match was a little different because every match c ou nt e d . C o e C ol le ge agreed with us to count every single lineup spot toward the total count to get more matches in for our and their lower lineup spots. The amazing thing is that everyone showed up on the court mentally and physically and fought their hearts out for this team.

I look forwards to playing again next week and have high hopes for the

season.”

In doubles play the M a r o ons a lso swept t hei r opp onent s . T he duo of Chua and Liu was pushed to the limit in a 9 – 8 win. Pei and Leung had an easier time with an 8 –3 win, as well as the pa r tnersh ip of third-year Sven K ranz and fourth-year Gordon Zhang, who did not drop a game on their way to an 8 – 0 win.

Zhang said, “It was a great first road trip for us to play two quality opponents. We have been practici ng ex tremely hard the past few weeks and it showed these past two days. It was great preparation for our two big upcoming mat ches a g a i n s t K e ny o n a n d W hitewater, where we will play them at home.”

Chicago boasts a slew of underclassmen including four first-years and si x se c ond-yea rs. T he Class of 2018 made an immediate impact last year with Chua making the I TA A l l-A mer ica n list as a rookie. Leung also ended the season as First Team All-UA A. The squad has only three seniors, forcing the team to rely on young talent.

Next up on the Maroons’ schedule at home is No. 10 Kenyon, on Friday at 6 p.m.

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THE CHICAGO MAROON - FEBRUARY 02, 2016

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South Siders Knock Off Emory, Upset No. 7 Rochester in Weekend Play WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BY MICHAEL HINKLEY SPORTS STAFF

Over the weekend, the Maroons fought hard on their home floor and earned back-to-back victories against two tough conference opponents. On Friday, the team rallied in the second half to defeat the Emory Eagles by a score of 79–73. Then on Sunday, Chicago shocked No. 7 Rochester. The South Siders relied on their relentless defense in the 58–56 upset victory over the Yellowjackets. With these results, Chicago now holds a 12–6 overall record and improves to 4–3 in UAA play.

In the first matchup, both Chicago and Emory hit the ground running.

The Maroons jumped out to an early lead, thanks to six straight points by firstyear guard Jamie Kockenmeister to open the game.

But the Eagles fought back and regained the advantage after going on an impressive 11–2 scoring run. After that, Emory remained ahead for the remainder of the first half, taking a three-point lead into the break.

W hen the Maroons returned to the floor for the second half, the squad

turned up the heat. Chicago scored 22 and 24 points in the third and fourth quarters, respectively. In the same span, the squad held its opponents to just 37 total points, and ultimately earned a six-point win. On the day, the South Siders shot 45 percent from the field, and 35 percent from long range. The team also managed to capitalize on Emory’s mistakes by scoring 21 points off turnovers.

All five of the Maroons’ starters finished with double-digit points. Third-year guard Stephanie Anderson led the team with 16 points and also grabbed 6 rebounds. Fellow third-year Britta Nordstrom added 14 points of her own. Fourthyear Caitlin Moore and second-year Elizabeth Nye each scored 13 points from the guard position. Finally, Kockenmeister rounded out the starting five with 11 points.

On Sunday, the Maroons suited up again to face nationally-ranked Rochester. In this low-scoring chess match, each team depended on its defense to come up with key stops throughout the contest.

Neither team ever gained a large advantage; remarkably, the score was tied at

the end of the first, second, and third quarters.

With the game knotted at 44 all, the teams returned to the court for the final period of action. For the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, the teams traded blows. With two minutes and 45 seconds left in the contest, Rochester had gained a four-point advantage, but a slicing layup by Moore cut the lead in half.

Then, following misses by both teams and a Rochester defensive rebound, second-year guard Madison Dunbar appeared out of nowhere to steal a pass in the backcourt and made an easy layup to tie the score.

Dunbar’s defense was arguably Chicago’s greatest asset on Sunday. She pressured the opponents’ guards in the backcourt and managed to swipe three key steals. Her pestering defensive strategy also forced a handful of travels and a lane violation that returned possession to the Maroons at a key moment early in the fourth quarter.

With the score tied at 54–54, Rochester failed to convert on offense and handed the ball back to the Maroons. On the ensu-

ing possession, Anderson scored the go-ahead layup with 36 seconds remaining. Then, after another Yellowjackets miss, Nye was able to snag the gameclinching rebound and the Maroons ran the clock out.

Reflecting on the successful weekend, Dunbar said, “This week we had a strong week of practice and that finally translated into two wins in one weekend.” She added, “We had a stellar weekend in terms of rebounding and crashing the boards. We also emphasized playing team basketball, which means sharing the ball on offense and buying into our team system on defense.”

This upset marked Chicago’s fi rst win over a nationally ranked team this season. In the contest, Nye led the team with 13 points and Dunbar followed closely behind her with 11. As a team, the Maroons shined on defense, forcing 24 turnovers and holding the Yellowjackets to 38 percent shooting.

All in all, this weekend featured two great wins for the South Siders, who are now halfway through their UAA schedule. Strangely enough, the Maroons will hit the road next weekend

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First-year forward Rachel West drives to the hoop against NYU.

to face the same two teams.

“As we head into next weekend we will definitely focus on improving ourselves. We have already scouted both teams and know what to expect. So this week of practice we will focus on making ourselves better as a team so we can

achieve the same result,” Dunbar said.

This weekend, the Maroons will travel to Georgia to take on Emory, and then to New York to face Rochester. Chicago tips off against the Eagles at 6 p.m. EST on Friday at the WoodPEC Gymnasium.

Women’s Squad Tops Field of Eleven at UW–Whitewater TRACK & FIELD

BY MICHAEL CHEIKEN SPORTS STAFF

When the Chicago men and women showed up at UW–Whitewater this past weekend, they knew it would be their toughest test yet. The men entered the meet alongside six teams ranking in the top 10 nationally. The women’s event was not quite as loaded as the men’s: the No. 8 Maroons were joined by the No. 4 Titans of UW– Oshkosh. When the Maroons set foot on the purple track at Kachel Fieldhouse on Friday, they knew they would need to be at the top of their game.

Up against such stiff competition, second-year Nathan Downey understood the challenge. He delivered, placing fi fth in the 400-meter dash with a personal record of 50.08 seconds, and paved the way for a good Maroon showing.

T h i rd-yea r T i ma

Karginov was a bright spot for the Maroon men who are still “putting the pieces of the puzzle back together…before [they] take another shot at a UAA title.” Karginov said, “racing at Whitewater is always a fun experience.” During his victory in the 5K race, the serenity of his preparation and the atmosphere stayed with him. Karginov explained, “I felt calm and composed throughout and ran even splits right to the end.” The support from his teammates followed him through every lap and helped urge him on.

The women must have felt similarly about the atmosphere, as they were the real story of the day, taking fi rst place in the meet over UW–Oshkosh by half a point. Third-year Michelle Dobbs ran a sensational 800-meter, finishing in 2:14.27 and beating the next runner by more than five seconds. This was the

fi fth best time posted all season in DIII. In the mile, fourth-year Brianna Hickey was able to edge out Emily Paull of Aurora University for the top spot, and second-year Cassidy McPherson followed not too far behind to take fifth place.

The 5K was instrumental in the Maroons’ clinching the top spot. Second-year Khia Kurtenbach (17:45.48), fourth-year Minnie Horvath (18:19.63), and second-year Claire Costelloe (18:36.23) took first, second, and fourth place, respectively. This single race garnered the Maroons 23 of 109.5 points and set the Maroon women up to shock the Midwest in the 4x400.

C om i ng i nt o the 4x400-meter relay, the women of Chicago needed a fi rst-place finish to take the meet from the seemingly firm grasp of UW– Oshkosh. Not only did

the Maroons deliver, but the team ran an absurdly fast 3:56.12. That tie was good for the third best 4x400-meter this year.

Their average split would have taken first place in the 400-meter dash earlier that day.

The starting runner for the 4x400, Koether joined high jumper Alex Thompson as a first-year standout for the meet. Thompson

made a splash, winning the high jump with a clearance height of 1.65 meters (5 feet and 5 inches). If the two continue to develop and grow, they could make invaluable contributions this season and be Maroon mainstays for a long time to come.

Reflecting on the meet, 4x400-meter anchor and 8 0 0 - m e t e r c h a mp i o n Dobbs said, “Winning a

high-caliber meet like this, especially over the fourth-ranked team in the country, we are defi nitely showing potential to shock the nation and earn a spot on the podium in March.”

Next up for the steamrolling Maroons is the Windy City Invitational, held here in Chicago. The meet begins at 11:30 a.m. at Henry Crown Field House.

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Third-year Temisan Osowa gets out to a quick start in the 2015 Windy City Invitational.