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Two sisters attempt to find their way in New York City page 10

Mayor’s tax hikes might spike tuition page 5

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

LOYOLA PHOENIX Volume 48

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‘PRINCESS OF MARS’ Play review: a man is mistakenly transported to mars and forced into intergalactic battle page 12

COFFEE SHOPS Explore five unique coffee shops located around Chicago page 11

SPORTS

WOMEN’S SOCCER Breaking down women’s soccer: defense and offense lacking as team struggles to win big page 15

Sexual violence escalates in Rogers Park

Men’s soccer team rises in national rankings

Since August there have been six reports of sexual violence —­four sexual abuses and two assaults.

GRACE RUNKEL grunkel@luc.edu

A Loyola student was sexually assaulted off campus, according to a recent report filed with Campus Safety, in the latest troubling incident of sexual violence against students and staff.

So far this month, Campus Safety has received four reports of sexual abuse, which Illinois law defines as “an act of sexual conduct by the use of force or threat of force.” This means most of the victims — all of which are members of the Loyola community — were groped.

Of those four crimes, three were reported by students and one was reported by a Loyola faculty member.

The sexual assault, also known as rape, according to Illinois law, was listed in Campus Safety’s report for the week of Sept. 13-18. A student reported on Sept. 16 being the victim of a sexual assault at an unknown address on Devon Avenue to Campus Safety.

Campus Safety described the report as delayed and did not include the time the assault took place.

This is the second reported time since August a student has been sexually assaulted, according to Campus Safety reports. Just before the start of the fall semester on Aug. 26, a Loyola student reported being the victim of a sexual assault in Lakeview at about 2 a.m.

Meanwhile, the recent series of reported sexual abuses are causing concern for students on the south side of the Lake Shore Campus. Of the three incidents reported by students, two occurred on North Winthrop Avenue, where nine Loyola residence halls are located.

The first student reported being

The Takeaways Two students reported being sexually abused on North Winthrop Avenue.

Reports of criminal sexual assault in Rogers Park are up 36 percent.

groped by a man who was on a light gray bicycle near Simpson Hall (6333 N. Winthrop Ave.) on Sept. 7 at 1 a.m.

The student was able to break free and contact Campus Safety from Simpson Hall while the offender fled north toward Sheridan Road.

Campus Safety alerted the Loyola community of the incident via email the next morning at 10 a.m. and described the suspect as a 20- to 25-year-old man with black hair and a black beard, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black headband, cargo shorts and a black backpack.

A second student said she was sexually abused on North Winthrop Avenue near Seattle Hall (6313 N. Winthrop Ave.) at 10:35 p.m. on Sept.

18. Campus Safety alerted the Loyola community with another email the following morning at 8 a.m.

The student was walking by two men who were leaning against a fence when one of the men groped her. She continued walking and contacted Campus Safety, according to the alert.

The student was unsure which man touched her, but she described one as a 20- to 25-year-old man, 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighing 150 pounds and wearing a red striped tank top and cargo shorts, according to the email.

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Steve Woltmann Loyola Athletics

The men’s soccer team continues to rise in national ranks as season progresses.

MADDY BALTAS mbaltas@luc.edu

After it debuted at No. 18 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s (NSCAA) Top 25 Poll, the Loyola men’s soccer team (6-0-0, 1-0-0) has remained unblemished in Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play this season.

While the Ramblers are known for their strong defense, their offense has taken a new form this year. Junior forward Elliot Collier said the team is a lot more clinical and efficient offensively.

Last season, Loyola only scored 19 goals in 19 games. With just six games under their belt this season, the Ramblers have already scored an impressive 14 goals. Collier said that the team lacked scorers last year, and the change in offense will help the team reach greater heights.

In their game against Binghamton University on Sept. 11, the Ramblers scored three goals in less than two minutes. That was Collier’s first game back this season after missing three games due to severe dehydration, according to Loyola’s Athletic Department, and head coach Neil Jones said Collier provided needed energy off the bench. He

scored two goals in the game.

Sophomore midfielder Ryan Walker said players such as Collier, Kyle Thompson and Brody Kraussel give the team an edge over its competition.

“We have a lot of guys in the attack that can take advantage of small moments in games [like Binghamton] and make things happen and make plays,” Walker said.

While the team’s success is exciting, the season has only just begun.

The Ramblers opened MVC play against Drake University on Sept. 17, and Jones said he wishes to build on the Ramblers’ perfect start. “[It’s important to keep] the guys understanding that every single game matters,” said Jones. “The next game is the most important game of the season, every game.”

Collier said the conference opener against Drake was a big test for Loyola, and he was right. The Bulldogs had a home field advantage, and Loyola had lost all four games it had played against Drake in Des Moines, Iowa, in the past seasons. That was until the Ramblers topped the Bulldogs 1-0 to open this season’s MVC schedule.

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Emergency blue lights remain unused JULIE WHITEHAIR jwhitehair1@luc.edu

Since fall of 2014, more than 8,600 full-time undergraduate students have gone through Loyola’s new student orientations. All received the same instructions for what to do in case of an emergency: Press the button on one of the emergency phones around campus to contact Campus Safety.

Few have actually used those buttons.

Loyola’s incoming student orientations discussed emergency phones stationed around the Lake Shore and Water Tower campuses, preparing

students for unsafe situations. But the number of students using the phones is difficult to determine.

Loyola has 676 emergency phones across both campuses, according to David Wieczorek, the network services manager for Information Technology Services (ITS). The phones can be easily spotted by the blue lights on top of the boxes or the bright blue color of some boxes. Others are just panels with a red button on the wall in campus buildings such as Baumhart Hall.

The phone has one of two functions: One only contacts Campus Safety, and the other has a keypad that can be used to call

anyone with a campus phone number, according to Campus Safety’s website.

Some of the phones can also serve as public address systems in case of large-scale emergencies. This function was used years ago for a weather emergency, according to an email from Campus Safety Sgt. Tim Cunningham.

The phones are tested twice per semester, according to Cunningham.

Campus Safety presses each button, and if the speaking function does not work, officers report the malfunction to ITS, said Cunningham.

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Nearly 700 emergency phones are located on both campuses but are rarely used.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Grace Runkel Managing Editor Nader Issa General Manager Robert Baurley News Editor Trisha McCauley

Grace Runkel, Editor-in-Chief grunkel@luc.edu

Assistant News Editors Julie Whitehair, Michael McDevitt A&E Editor Alex Levitt Assistant A&E Editor Nick Coulson Opinion Editor Sadie Lipe Sports Editor Madeline Kenney Assistant Sports Editors Dylan Conover, Henry Redman Copy Editors Angie Stewart, Renee Zagozdon

ART Photo Editor Michen Dewey Design Editor Kristen Torres

This past weekend, several members of The Phoenix staff, including myself, convened with thousands of journalists in New Orleans for the annual Excellence in Journalism conference. We attended workshops, networked with industry leaders and — most importantly — learned how to improve our coverage of stories.

Journalists have the power to do one of two things: perpetuate stereotypes or report honest and complete representations of people. There has never been a more important time for journalists to ensure they are doing the latter.

Only 40 percent of Americans have “great trust” in the media, according to a Gallup poll. That’s a his-

toric low. It’s up to us to fix that.

By diversifying our coverage and our sources — whether that is in terms of race, religion or economical background — we can create better stories that represent both Loyola and Chicago.

We left our conference with exciting sources and story ideas, and we are eager to use our newfound skills.

In the meantime, check out what’s inside this issue of The Phoenix.

Blue emergency phones can be seen all over campus, and yet they are hardly used. Read why that is and how students prefer to contact Campus Safety in case of an emergency on pages one and three.

It’s no surprise Chicago is experi-

CONTENTS

12 Mild High Club plays at Empty Bottle in Ukrainian Village

ONLINE

The funk band played in front of a nearly sold-out crowd on Friday, Sept. 16. The band’s latest release, Skiptracing, is out now.

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13 Dave Matthews Band’s farewell for now

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SECURITY NOTEBOOK Tuesday, Sept. 13 | 10:50 a.m.

1300 block of West Hood A Loyola student was the victim of a strong armed robbery. The Chicago Police Department was on the scene, and Campus Safety issued a crime alert email about the incident.

Tuesday, Sept. 13 | 6:50 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Seminary A Loyola student living in St. Joseph’s Seminary reported that an individual suspected to be living in Mertz Hall has been shining a laser pointer light into his room.

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Thursday, Sept. 15 | 11:45 p.m.

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63 Bar and Grill A bar staff member turned in several fake ID cards to Campus Safety. Some cards are suspected to belong to Loyola students.

Times represent when incidents were reported, not necessarily when they occured.

Only incidents that occurred on or near the Lake Shore Campus appear on the map.

Friday, Sept. 16 | 2:01 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 16 | 8:11 p.m.

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Saturday, Sept. 17 | 12:56 a.m.

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Devon Avenue — unknown address A Loyola student was the victim of a criminal sexual assault.

Campus Safety accepted a delayed report on the assault and does not know the address at which the incident occurred.

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Baumhart Hall A Loyola student was the victim of electronic harassment by an offender with no Loyola affiliation. LaGrange Police generated a report for the incident.

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4 Safe spaces on Loyola’s campus 5 Trouble with OnePrint

11 Thom Sonny Green album review

Media Manager Ralph Braseth

Wednesday, Sept. 14 | 4:03 p.m.

3 Loyola named 7th greenest university

11 The Magnificent Seven fashion hits mainstream

Faculty Advisor Robert Hergut

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3 Student reaction to iOS 10

10 KT Tunstall preview

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encing another tax increase, but this one could have a direct effect on tuition. A 30 percent increase on water is meant to fund the pensions of city employees not covered under the fire and police department pension fund, but it’s also causing Loyola to pay an estimated $200,000 more on its water bill. Find out more about how this might affect you on page 5.

On pages one and 14 read about Loyola’s undefeated men’s soccer team.

While the Ramblers stood out for the defense last season, the team is making huge improvements offensively and is set to blow past the 19 total goals scored last season with 14 already scored in just six games.

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Off-campus — unknown address Campus Safety accepted a report from a Loyola student who purchased counterfeit tickets to an event.

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Lake Shore Campus C ampus Safety rep or ted a sp ontaneous public demonstration, which included about 40 Loyola students and remained peaceful. Campus Safety and the Chicago Police Department were on the scene.

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Sunday, Sept. 18 | 10:35 p.m.

6300 block of North Winthrop Avenue A Loyola student was the victim of a criminal sexual abuse.

Campus Safety issued a crime alert email about the incident.

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Loyola named seventh greenest university in the nation

Owen Ruggiero The PHOENIX

The green roofs of Cuneo Hall and the Quinlan Life Sciences Building absorb heat, increase biodiversity, create habitats and slow climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and are one of the ways Loyola keeps green.

OWEN RUGGIERO rruggiero@luc.edu

Loyola ranked No. 7 among the greenest universities in the country this year, down three spots from 2014, according to Sierra Magazine.

Loyola was not ranked in 2015 because the university did not provide data to the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education for that year.

Once Sierra receives sustainability data from universities, publishers assign weight to different categories and give schools a score of up to 1000 based on the standardized data and the weighting system. Factors include energy and water consumption, sustainable academic programs and waste reduction. Loyola performed particularly well in categories relating to energy, earning 180.91 points out

of a possible 264. This score is higher than every school in the top 10 but one — Colby College.

Overall, Loyola received a score of 716.14 out of 1000; the No. 1 ranked school, College of the Atlantic, earned a score of 783.41.

Senior John Dwyer, 21, isn’t surprised that Loyola ranked so high.

“Given the city we are in and what our campus looks like, I think the ranking makes sense,” said Dwyer.

The information systems major cited rainwater collection systems and Loyola’s biosoap — soap created from the byproducts of biodiesel production — as two of the most noticeable and prevalent sustainability programs on campus.

Loyola now has a “two-pronged approach to sustainability,” according to Nancy Tuchman, Ph.D., the founding director of the IES.

The first aspect of the approach involves raising awareness and educating students about sustainability, Tuchman said.

The academic director of the IES, Christopher Peterson, Ph.D., is involved in those efforts. Mentioning the university’s requirement that students take one IES class and its “solutions to environmental problems” (STEP) courses, Peterson said Loyola and IES have developed a unique program. All students he said, become “environmentally literate” in the required class, regardless of their majors. Additionally environmental projects have a lasting positive impact on the university, Peterson said.

The IES and its sustainability efforts strongly entices prospective students to attend Loyola, according to Peterson.

First-year student Robert Fuentes, 18, said sustainability also influenced his dorm selection. Fuentes lives in San Francisco Hall, which is Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) gold certified for its low energy consumption.

“Being a bio major, I’m all about being green,” Fuentes said.

He said that he and his fellow students living in San Francisco Hall are environmentally conscious and are careful not to waste water or electricity.

This environmental consciousness is the second component of Loyola’s two-pronged approach to sustainability Loyola encourages students to “live sustainably.” “[We are working] to make our campuses more energy and water efficient so we use fewer resources and produce less waste,” Tuchman said.

Loyola’s sustainability efforts

are expected to continue, according to the university’s five- and 10year plans.

Plan 2020, Loyola’s five-year plan, includes ways to address societal challenges through sustainability efforts according to Kelsey McClear, a senior marketing major and student representative on the Plan 2020 committee.

Aaron Durnbaugh, Loyola’s director of sustainability, said Loyola’s “Climate Action Plan” will push the university toward minimizing its negative impact on the environment and integrating climate science into the academic experience for students.

The plan includes goals to cut back on the school’s use of natural gas and electricity, as well as to reduce its total energy use.

“We don’t have a bigger success than [this plan],” Durnbaugh said.

Apple upgrade gets mixed reactions on campus BLUE LIGHTS: safety CARLY BEHM cbehm@luc.edu

Apple released the newest iPhone system upgrade on Sept. 13, and not all Loyola students are happy with it.

The iOS 10 is branded as more personal, powerful and playful than past versions of the system, according to Apple’s website. Some features of the latest upgrade include new features for Siri, iMessage and notifications and the ability to delete built-in apps such as the stocks app.

Some users have experienced issues with Apple’s iOS 10. Shortly after its release, there were several reports of iOS 10 causing users’ screens to go black and restrict access.

T-Mobile customers were warned about connectivity issues and some users have reported that the system slows their phones. The Carly Behm The PHOENIX problems have been acknowledged Apple debuted its newest system upgrade, iOS 10, for the iPhone on Sept. 13. and resolved with iOS 10.0.1, according to email statements sent gested that students wait to update Some students who updated from Apple to tech news outlets, their phones. their devices already said they’ve including TechCrunch, The Verge “We recommend not moving to enjoyed the new features. and WIRED. the new version until several days [to Husna Afzal, a sophomore biolApple iOS updates have faced one] week after the initial rollout,” ogy major, said she was impressed issues in the past. Apple’s iOS 8.3 Kim and Ryan stated in an email to by the revamped messaging app experienced problems connecting The Phoenix. “This will allow time that comes with iOS 10. to Wi-Fi, and iOS 9.3.1 including a for any bugs to be identified and any “I like iOS 10 a lot,” said Afzal, security flaw that allowed hackers remedies to be pushed out by the 19. “It has many cool features, like to access users photos and contacts. vendor. There are always uncertain- adding effects to how you want to An Apple employee said few ties with this type of upgrade, and present your messages. You can also customers have come into the store we have found that the conservative draw a message or share music.” for help solving problems with the “wait and see” approach has proved Senior ad/PR major, Cassidy new update. prudent in most cases.”

Basinski said she does not like the To prepare for other potential isFirst-year psychology major new features of iOS 10 and is ansues, staff members on Loyola’s ITS Olivia Berven said she was not noyed by having to click the home team worked with the beta version planning to upgrade the day iOS button to unlock the screen and of iOS 10 to familiarize themselves 10 was released. that the new iMessage features with the system, according to an “I really don’t want to [up- were confusing. email from desktop service man- grade],” said Berven, 18. “It’s usu“Some of the updates are unnecager Steve Kim and senior desktop ally a learning curve for me. That’s essary and they just make things technician Kathy Ryan. They sug- what I worry about the most.” difficult,” said Basinski, 21.

phones across campus serve multiple purposes continued from page 1

Most repairs involve replacing lights or fixing technical issues. ITS replaces about 25 of the nearly 700 phones per year, Wieczorek stated in an email.

The current phone models, made by the company Talkaphone, were first installed in 2005, according to director of environmental services Bill Curtin. Each phone costs about $500, according to Wieczorek.

Curtin said the old models, which were produced by the company Ram-tech, were replaced because they didn’t meet the standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The old phones required users to pull open a box; the new versions have an easily accessed button, he said.

The new models were updated three years ago to include LED lights, which are brighter and thus easier for passersby to see, according to Curtin.

If Loyola typically replaces 25 phones per year, the cost is about $12,500. However, students don’t often use the phones for emergencies.

Tim Cunningham wrote in emails to The Phoenix that students use the phones for real emergencies “very rarely … because the types of emergencies that occur don’t necessitate using the phones.”

Students use the phones for non-emergencies, such as getting locked out of a building, a few times a week, according to Cunningham.

Cunningham said Campus Safety does not keep track of the

Julie Whitehair The PHOENIX

Students sometimes use the emergency phones for non-emergencies such as getting locked out of nearby buildings.

number of calls it receives from the emergency phones.

Although the phones are rarely used for the right reasons, Cunningham said he still thinks they are effective.

The response time after someone uses an emergency phone varies. Although the calls are immediately connected to Campus Safety, a responder’s speed depends on the proximity of an officer to the location.

Loyola senior Samantha Saliba considers the emergency phones a valuable resource and said she has seen someone use the emergency button before.

“I saw a girl pass out and someone actually pressed [the button] and they had been waiting for a while for [Campus Safety] to come,” said the 21-year-old ad/PR major.

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Campus political guidelines unclear and unfair MICHAEL MCDEVITT mmcdevitt@luc.edu

Loyola sophomore Christian Geoppo, 19, stood at his table at the club and organization fair held at Loyola on Aug. 31. As vice president of Loyola College Republicans, he said his club serves as an open forum for conservative students to voice their opinions, regardless of support for the party’s presidential nominee, controversial businessman Donald Trump.

Geoppo said the national chapter of College Republicans had sent Loyola’s club Trump signage for the fair, which the students decided to display. However, the club was told by Loyola’s Student Activities and Greek Affairs (SAGA) to remove the Trump images from the table, according to Geoppo.

“Someone from the school told us we couldn’t have pictures of Donald Trump … because we’re not allowed to endorse [a candidate],” the economics major said.

As a tax-exempt non-profit institution, Loyola is subject to guidelines that keep the school itself from expressing partisan political opinions. That means registered student organizations (RSOs) are also not allowed to endorse candidates for political office.

Leslie Watland, the assistant director of SAGA and the person working the fair that day, said she was just enforcing the rules. She said she told the present members of Loyola College Republicans to use their own judgment in deciding whether or not to take down their Trump imagery.

“The spirit of the policy is to promote equity and parity,” Watland said.

The guidelines, spelled out in both Federal Election Commission (FEC) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations, prohibit students, faculty and staff from “expressly or impliedly” endorsing any political candidate.

Prohibited activities include placing campaign signs on campus, contribut-

ing school funds to campaigns and recruiting students for campaigns through school-funded organizations.

Loyola’s vice president of government affairs, Philip Hale, explained that Loyola is complying with FEC and IRS regulations that apply to all colleges and universities.

“Loyola cannot support or cannot endorse [any candidate], and the courts have taken that to also mean that any resource of the university … [can’t] be used to endorse a candidate or a political party,” Hale said.

University resources include student activity fees, rooms or spaces used by student organizations and websites or social media accounts sponsored by the university, according to Hale.

Actions that are permitted by organizations include activities such as allowing nonpartisan voter registration and voter education, inviting candidates to speak in non-candidate capacities and providing opposing candidates access to air time on an “equal basis” when they speak at the university.

Although Loyola student organizations cannot post campaign or pro-candidate links on university and institution-affiliated websites or social media accounts, the social media accounts affiliated with a student organization are uncharted territory.

The Facebook page for Loyola College Democrats has posted numerous positive opinion pieces on former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The page has also shared posts directly from Clinton’s campaign Facebook page.

Although not a direct endorsement, it’s unclear whether the action constitutes an “implied” endorsement prohibited by university policy.

Watland, in regards to questions about the Facebook page, said the issue is certainly a “grey-area.” She thinks the Facebook page complies with university

policy because the posts don’t editorialize. Most are shared without added comments.

“Where the university is concerned is ... would [someone viewing a post] believe that Loyola, as an institution, is leaning towards one candidate,” Watland said.

David Evers, 21, the president of Loyola College Democrats, said he believes his club’s Facebook page complies with the guidelines.

“We’re not using university resources toward our social media,” said the senior political science major. “There’s the implied nature by virtue of us being the student arm of the Democratic Party … but that doesn’t mean that we’re actively on campus promoting those specific candidates using university resources.”

Still, Evers said the guidelines are too restrictive for students.

“It seems a little ludicrous to me, given that we are the student arm of the Democratic Party, that we’re not able to distribute literature or effectively promote candidates in really important races,” said Evers.

Loyola College Democrats has faced its own problems with the political guidelines about guest speakers. Evers explained he needed to turn away a candidate for the Illinois House of Representatives because the candidate wanted to speak at Loyola the next day.

The logistics involved in providing an equal opportunity to his opponent to be able to speak at the school in that short a time frame made it near impossible that they would have been allowed to have the candidate speak, Evers said.

Watland said there are parts of the policy that could be a bit restrictive but she thinks the overall benefit outweighs those parts.

“I do want to encourage students to have freedom of expression,” said Watland. “I think the spirit of [the policy] is good, [which is] to try and promote that institutions of higher education are

Courtesy of Christian Geoppo

College Republicans say they were told not to display Trump signs at the org. fair.

Courtesy of David Evers

Loyola College Democrats were able to have presidential candidates shown at the fair. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are displayed in non-candidate capacities.

safe spaces for students to go and expose themselves to different ideas and values.”

Geoppo said he’s neutral about the endorsement prohibition overall with the one benefit being that it makes all opinions valued. But, he said the

policy shouldn’t exist if it can’t be enforced equally.

“If we have these policies, they should be applied fairly,” Geoppo said.

“I don’t care if you’re a Democrat [or a] Republican.”

School split on safe spaces CRIME: Campus EILEEN O’GORMAN eogorman@luc.edu

The University of Chicago’s dean, John Ellison, sent out a letter to the school’s incoming class stating that the university is not in favor of the use of trigger warnings or safe spaces on its campus. This announcement sparked debate across the country, but where does Loyola stand?

Loyola does not have a policy specifically related to trigger warnings and safe spaces on campus, according to Dean of Students K.C. Mmeje.

“Outside the classroom, we strive to find a balance between ‘caring for’ and ‘challenging’ our students,” Mmeje said. “We encourage dialogue and debate as long as the dialogue is respectful and models appropriate behaviors. We believe that providing the option for students to find support is consistent with who we are as a Jesuit, Catholic University.”

In the last 30 days, Google has seen a 90 percent increase in the number of searches for the term “safe spaces” and a 40 percent increase for the term “trigger warnings,” according to Google Trends.

“Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support the so-called ‘trigger warnings’ ... and we do not condone the creation of intellectual ‘safe spaces,’” the University of Chicago’s letter stated.

The Washington Post defines “safe space” as the physical version of a trigger warning, such as a notice written at the top of a syllabus or an assigned reading.

The notice, according to The Washington Post, prepares students for potentially disturbing material and ensure that students are not subjected to uncomfortable memories or flashbacks as a result of the reading.

Although Loyola does not have

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Some dorms have safe spaces created by the building’s resident assistants.

designated “safe spaces” on campus, there are resources where students can find confidential support. These resources include the Wellness Center, Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (SDMA), Achieving College Excellence, Services for Students With Disabilities (SSWD) and Military Veteran Student Services.

Students and teachers have expressed concern that the University of Chicago’s policy will prevent marginalized or traumatized students from finding secure places where they can discuss their experiences and troubles.

Others have voiced support for the university’s stance on safe spaces, claiming that it is not a university’s duty to shield students from topics they may find offensive.

Loyola students and faculty are divided on the issue.

Some students were more firm in their opinions on safe spaces and trigger warnings.

“I think they’re necessary; [issues faced by marginalized students] can be

really traumatic,” said first-year theatre major Sarah Gokelman.

On the other hand, exposure to these uncomfortable topics is a part of life, according to Dr. David deBoer, associate director of the Loyola Wellness Center.

“In order to learn, you have to step out of your comfort zone,” said deBoer, a University of Chicago graduate. “People often joke that when they finish their schooling, they are ‘sadder but wiser’ because they’ve learned about these broken parts of the world.”

Still, deBoer said he believes that giving advanced warning of graphic content isn’t always a bad idea.

“It’s just like [what] you do on TV when you see a disclaimer saying, ‘This program may contain scenes of graphic violence,’' he said. “Who’s really harmed by a heads up?”

Anthony Sis, a second-year graduate assistant of SDMA, said SDMA supports students from all cultures and backgrounds.

“We not only foster the success and community building of historically underrepresented student populations, but we also have created programs that engage white-identified students in topics related to social justice,” Sis said. “We seek to enhance the lives of the entire Loyola community by cultivating leaders and agents of social change through our programs and initiatives.”

SDMA has offered “safe space training” for faculty and staff. The next one is scheduled for Oct. 19.

“I can definitely say that interest has increased over the past year, but not directly as a result of the University of Chicago’s opposition,” Sis said. “This is great because it shows a high interest among the students, faculty and staff at Loyola to engage in conversations to better support the LGBTQIA community on campus.”

Safety encourages faster crime reports continued from page 1 The second suspect was described as a man in his 20s, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds and wearing a black shirt, black shorts and a black baseball cap.

Kathy Balnius, a senior who lives in an off-campus apartment on the 6300 block of North Winthrop Avenue, said she thought she would be safer living on the south side of the Lake Shore Campus surrounded by residence halls.

“The scary thing is that these aren’t happening late at night; they are happening during the daylight.

I don’t feel not safe but I am starting to worry,” the 21-year-old biochemistry major said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen. It happens at other places too, but I don’t want it to happen here at all.”

Balnius said she was unsure of what Loyola could do to make campus safer, but she suggested increasing security. In the meantime, Balnius said she has started texting friends when she leaves campus to walk down North Winthrop Avenue and letting them know when she safely arrives home.

When asked if Campus Safety would change patrols in light of the crimes on North Winthrop Avenue, Sgt. Tim Cunningham said the department uses “directed patrols based on incidents occurring in the neighborhood to insure the best possible response.”

The two other sexual abuse reports were filed after Campus Safety sent out the alert regarding the Sept. 7 crime.

One student reported being sexually abused on campus near Sean Earl Field, and a Loyola staff remember reported that she was sexually abused near North Ashland Boulevard and West Greenleaf Avenue — about one mile northwest of the Lake Shore Campus.

Cunningham said his department encourages people to report crimes as soon as possible so that both law enforcement and the university can make the best possible response.

“Having said that, we recognize that sex offenses are very traumatic crimes that can put a survivor into a difficult place in deciding how to proceed,” said Cunningham. “If there is a hesitancy to report to law enforcement we strongly suggest the person goes for medical evaluation as soon as possible to insure there are no concerns.”

Cunningham also said any survivor of sexual violence should be encouraged to seek out resources such as the Loyola Sexual Assault Advocacy Line (773-494-3810) or the Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline (888-293-2080).

Rogers Park has seen a 36 percent increase in criminal sexual assaults this year compared to 2015, according to Chicago Police Department data, with 45 total reports of criminal sexual assault.

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Mayor’s tax drives up Loyola’s water bill ADAM MCDONAGH amcdonagh1@luc.edu

Unfortunately, being green does not always mean saving green.

Despite the university cutting its annual water consumption by more than 27,000 gallons since 2009, Loyola has seen its water costs climb from $371,000 to more than $770,000, according to data from the Institute of Environmental Sustainability (IES).

The price of water is expected to rise even more following the approval of an increase in water and sewage taxes by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, possibly impacting Loyola’s tuition rates.

Approved 26-6 by the City Council Finance Committee, the plan will phase in a 30 percent water and sewage tax increase over five years, with the average household projected to pay $4.43 per month next year and $19 per month by the time the plan is fully implemented.

The estimated $239 million raked in by the program per year would go toward the ailing Municipal Employee’s Annuity and Benefit Fund, which aids city employees not covered under the fire and police department

pension fund.

Ald. Joe Moore (49th), who presides over the Rogers Park area, voted in favor of the proposal.

“No one likes to vote for another tax increase ... but it was the responsible thing to do,” said Moore. “We can’t just ignore our retirees.”

Loyola had been exempt to water and sewage taxes in previous years due to its status as a nonprofit institution, but the benefits were phased out following the mayor’s proposal in 2011.

Now, the university pays the same rates as any other average taxpayer, according to Moore.

Assuming the university consumes the same amount of water as it did last year, the new tax plan will increase the cost from $800,000 to more than $1 million.

This $200,000 price increase is significant enough to drive up tuition prices.

“Given the size of Loyola’s overall budget, [the price] is not huge ... but it will obviously have an impact eventually on tuition rates, just like anything else,” wrote David Beall, Loyola’s associate vice president of business operations, in a statement to The Phoenix.

For 22-year-old computer science and psychology double major Lauren Bolesta, a possibility of increased tuition is justified.

“I don’t think it is a question of ‘Should they?’ as much as it is that [Loyola has] to do this,” said the fifthyear senior.

The price hikes have given the university more incentive for water conservation projects. In 2014, IES partnered with the facilities, psychology and residence life departments to run a grant-funded effort that upgraded Fairfield and Marquette South residence halls with more efficient plumbing.

The department has also updated parts of Fordham, Mertz and Santa Clara residence halls in recent years with new toilets, repaired piping, water-efficient showerheads and faucet aerators.

IES program director Aaron Durnbaugh said there are ways to continue to reduce the university’s use of water beyond simply increasing student and faculty awareness.

“You can only get so far … until you are showering with air,” said Durnbaugh. “[But] there are always innovations [and] things you can go back and change for the better.”

Students have trouble accessing Loyola’s wireless OnePrint system ELIZABETH CZAPSKI eczapski@luc.edu

Everyone prints. Whether you need a hard copy of an assignment, a resume or concert tickets, you’ll have to print at some point. If you want to do so from your laptop, however, the process may not go as smoothly as expected.

Students can download a software called OnePrint from Loyola’s Information Technology Services (ITS) website that lets them print from their personal computers to printers around campus, according to the Digital Media Services website.

But, OnePrint has been causing problems for some students.

“We’ve gotten a lot of students [who] come up to us and have problems installing OnePrint, or they’ll install OnePrint using the directions on the website and then it won’t connect to our printers even though they’re in the IC,” said junior Alexis Gibson, a student employee at the Digital Media Lab. The issues concern downloading OnePrint onto personal computers, said Gibson, 21. After students download the software, their devices sometimes have difficulty finding authorized printers.

Gibson said the solution is usually uninstalling and reinstalling OnePrint. Sometimes, the antivirus software on a student’s computer interferes with the software. If that’s the case, the Digital Media Lab usually tells students to print from a school desktop computer, Gibson said.

Nicholas Liberatore, the Digital Media Services manager, wrote in an e-mail to The Phoenix that he hasn’t heard of problems with OnePrint, but he has had a few inquiries regarding the software.

“I can say my area has had a few instances during the first few weeks to provide guidance or assistance with the install of OnePrint,” Liberatore said.

This assistance, he wrote, has usually been for new students or returning students with new laptops.

Steve Kim, desktop services manager at Loyola’s ITS, wrote in an e-mail to The Phoenix that he hasn’t heard about any students hav-

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Students come to the Digital Media Lab when they are having difficulties connecting to the OnePrint system that serves both of Loyola’s campuses.

ing trouble connecting to the school printers from their laptops.

“If a student has problems connecting their laptops to the [OnePrint] stations, then he/she can open a helpdesk ticket and ITS would be glad to assist in getting the student connected,” Kim stated. “To date, I have not heard of anyone who has sought assistance and not been able to print via a laptop.”

Digital Media Lab employee Jared Buss, however, said the most frequent printing questions that students bring to the Digital Media Lab involve OnePrint.

“People have a hard time setting it up on their laptop,” said the 20-yearold junior molecular biology major. “Yesterday, I had someone come in and her page wouldn’t go to the printer, so I had to reapply OnePrint on her Mac.” He estimated that two or three people have come into the Digital Media Lab asking about OnePrint so far this semester.

Occasionally, students will have to send documents to the printer

multiple times if the printer’s document server doesn’t recognize the print job. In those situations, Buss said, the Digital Media Lab pays for the print job. This problem isn’t a dire one, though.

“Usually, if you just print it again it’s good to go,” said Buss.

Kamille von der Linden, a firstyear marketing major, said she had no problems downloading OnePrint.

The process was easy, the 18-yearold said.

For Bruno Chung, a senior international studies and Spanish double major, it hasn’t been such a breeze. So far this semester, Chung said he has likely printed more than 100 pages. He uses Google Drive, Google’s cloud-based file storage system, and prints from the schoolowned desktop computers because OnePrint was too confusing for him to download.

“I like to print out my readings and stuff, because I can’t concentrate if I read them off my MacBook,” he said. “[OnePrint is] kind of a pain in the butt. I’m not tech-savvy.”

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Courtesy of Michael Fasullo

Back in January, Students for Worker Justice (SWJ) demonstrated in solidarity with the dining hall workers employed under Aramark who were trying to negotiate a new union contract.

Transforming higher education should be a moral obligation for Loyola

Brock Johnson | Contributing writer bjohnson26@luc.edu

The United States is becoming an increasingly unequal society.

The fortunes of the richest Americans have risen at considerable rates over the past three decades, whereas the preponderance of working and middle class families have experienced crippling economic stasis: Real incomes haven’t budged since the ‘70s, and mounting debts have forced many into precarious working conditions, according to a 35-year trend of wage stagnation reported by the Economic Policy Institute.

More than one-third of American workers are “contingent workers,” such as contracted or parttime employees, and their share in the economy has fallen to record lows,

according to Chris Isidore, a writer for CNN Money.

Colleges and universities do not escape this larger trend.

In fact, certain aspects of higher education are actually contributing to the growing inequality.

While pay for top university administrators has continued to rise, large sectors of our campus workforce, particularly the individuals who work in dining services, grounds maintenance, housekeeping and adjunct instructor positions, are barely scraping by.

In 2012, Loyola’s top 10 administrators saw their salaries increase by an aggregate amount of $234 thousand, according to a Huffington Post article by Pablo Eisenberg.

Despite the administrative raise, there are dining service workers and professors on our campus whose wages approach the Chicago-area poverty line, according to Unite Here! Local 1, the union that Loyola’s dining services workers belong to.

While tuition costs continue to skyrocket, universities are employing more and more part-time, contingent faculty members and making cuts to existing professors’ salaries, according the National

Center for Education Statistics.

Loyola is no exception.

Loyola’s tuition rose a handsome 34 percent between 2008 and 2015.

Yet, during that same period of time, average salaries for all ranks of faculty fell. In addition, Loyola moved to hire more contingent faculty members. Exactly 50 percent of current Loyola instructors are employed on a part-time basis, according to SEIU’s research.

As students, we are required to shoulder the burden of ascending college debts. Thus, we must be openly critical about whether or not the university is effectively apportioning its funds to benefit our education and safeguard the ideals we hold dear.

After the whirlwind of social and political activity on our campus last year, I am returning to Loyola with a renewed faith that our university will sincerely embrace its Jesuit mission: A mission rooted in Catholic social teaching, the virtue of a transformative education and a robust Ignatian tradition that promotes the shared values of dignity, respect and justice.

Because of this unique heritage, Jesuit institutions such as ours have

a profound responsibility to be both model universities and employers, and it is with great passion that an organization like Students for Worker Justice (SWJ), an organization committed to fulfilling that responsibility.

Last semester, we (SWJ) fought alongside dining services workers as they vied to secure a new contract with Loyola’s contractor, Aramark, which included fundamental provisions such as health care, reliable scheduling, immigrant protection language and a modest pay raise.

This year, in addition to continuing ongoing struggles for worker justice on campus, we proudly back Loyola graduate students, whose rights to form a union were restored by the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling just three weeks ago.

Like adjunct professors, graduate workers are asked to take on a sizeable amount of work for paltry wages and benefits, and have little say in how their workplace is run.

SEIU reported that Loyola’s graduate students are significantly underpaid for the amount of work they take up and aren’t given a say in how much work they are required to take on.

Loyola undervalues and exploits the labor of its graduate students, which is incongruent with its moral obligation to provide a work environment that adheres to Jesuit principles.

This university, and the Loyola community as a whole, must assume a functional role in confronting injustices and work toward correcting them.

Together, we can work to refocus university resources on the things that matter most. It is time that we retrieve the rich Jesuit history of being at the forefront of social justice initiatives and become, once again, an exemplar of exceptional employment practices.

As the Rev. Pedro Arrupe, S.J., understood, we are called as members of Loyola community to be men and women for others. The renowned Jesuit priest and missionary taught us that it is not enough to simply refrain from participating in injustice; rather, we are compelled to actively challenge and dismantle structures that perpetuate it.

We have made meaningful strides in encouraging justice at Loyola in recent years. There is still, however, much work to be done.

The blurred lines between patriotism and nationalism Courtesy of Rex Hammock

Sydney J. Harris, a former journalist for the Chicago Daily News said, patriotism “creates a feeling of responsibility” while nationalism instills a “feeling of blind arrogance that leads to a war.”

Matt Boey | Contributing writer mboey@luc.edu

In an election cycle that has been tumultuous at best, one of the few constants has been a dominant tone of nationalism and identity politics.

The Trump campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” has become a call-to-arms to restore a severely weakened United States. Trump prides his slogan on trying to under-

cut the U.S. issues surrounding political correctness, an out-of-touch Washington elite and, quite bluntly, people of color.

All of these frustrations are thought to be rooted in passionate allegiance to the greatest country in the world. However, over the last 60 years, the lines between such “patriotism” and outright nationalism have dangerously blurred to the extent that many Americans cannot tell the difference.

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) launched massive propaganda campaigns not just to prove their superiority to the world, but to also instill a feeling of pride in their own citizens.

Within the United States, loy-

alty to the country was supporting the fight against communism in a righteous and dutiful way. Even as trust in the government waned during the Vietnam War and after the Watergate scandal, patriotism continued to grow, culminating in a U.S. “victory” with the dissolution of the USSR. But, the nationalistic side of these attitudes has become the standard for showing true support of one’s country. This norm has manifested in a resurgence of racism, nativism and idolization of the “traditional” American persona: being straight, white, Christian males of European heritage.

Increasingly, this strain of extremism has become one of the

biggest detriments to critical reflection and constructive conversation, both within our political and social apparatuses.

Systematic discrimination in our political, economic and judicial system is acceptable, but heaven forbid that someone not stand for the national anthem.

Sending troops to fight seemingly endless wars is approved, but burning a flag in protest is considered taboo.

An epidemic of gun violence is a problem, but possession of a semi-automatic assault rifle with a 30-round magazine is justified by a 240-yearold document written when it took an average of 20 seconds to load and fire a musket.

Essayist and drama critic Sydney

J. Harris once wrote in his weekly column, Strictly Personal, “The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does.”

You can honor the armed services, but disagree with going to war. You can support law enforcement and also believe that changes need to be made in how we treat minority communities.

You can have pride in your country and still learn from the cultural, social and technological advancements of other nations.

The United States is a great nation.

But, to quote Harris’s novel, Pieces of Eight, “greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.”

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Courtesy of Glasseyes View

Cows produce the largest amount of methane of any livestock, making approximately 132 gallons a day, according to the U.S. Food and Agriculture Organization. Two-thirds of ammonia also comes from cows.

Informing public on meat-free diets can help reduce climate change

Sadie Lipe | Opinion editor slipe@luc.edu

In December 2015, representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that committed nearly every country to lowering its planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help reduce the effects of climate change.

But there are still 55 countries yet to nail down their legal commitments honoring the accord. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is fearful as Donald Trump, the U.S. Republican presidential nominee who has said climate change is a hoax, rises in the polls.

With so much at stake ­­— global crisis, to be exact — citizens around the world must be aware of ways they personally can help re-

duce the effects of climate change and global warming.

First, they must understand that global warming and climate change are not interchangeable terms.

Global warming is used to describe the current increase in the Earth’s average temperature, while climate change refers to global changes in temperature, wind, precipitation, the length of seasons and the strength and frequency of extreme weather events, according to whatsyourimpact.org, a site devoted to empowering people to fight climate change.

Consider just some of the extreme weather events that have taken place this year: The winter storm Jonas and the Louisiana flooding in the United States, the snowstorms in Taiwan, the earthquakes in Italy and the heaviest rainfall in 154 years in Newcastle, England, have made a major impact on the weather.

Climate change may not be responsible for the recent increase in the number of natural disasters, but it will likely impact future catastrophes, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory.

What is seldom mentioned in the

news or educational classrooms is the fact that humans can greatly decrease climate change and global warming by simply changing the way they eat.

With 7.4 billion people on Earth and the annual population rate increasing by 1.13 percent each year, humans have the most ability to impact the environment, for better or for worse.

Humans must eat in order to survive, but growing food for the world’s expanding population is likely to send greenhouse gas emissions sky high, unless more is done to cut meat consumption, according to research by scientists at Oxford Martin school.

The research found that shifting to a mostly vegetarian diet made of fruits, vegetables, legumes and starches could make a large dent in the amount of greenhouse gases emitted.

The impacts of sewage run-off and methane emissions from meat production on the environment have been known, but now a larger scope of damage is being done, particularly by the beef industry.

“When compared to staples like potatoes, wheat and rice, the impact of beef per calorie is even more ex-

treme, requiring 160 times more land and producing 11 times more greenhouse gases,” wrote Damian Carrington in an article for the Guardian.

Livestock-rearing agriculture is a major cause of greenhouse gases because of the methane produced by the animals and the massive waste pits that result from large farms. It also diverts water and grains to animal agriculture, which is less efficient than using the grains for human consumption.

Energy generation and transportation are often the targets for governments, businesses and campaigners looking to reduce emissions. But, many organizations fail to realize and teach that the environmental impact from livestock agriculture is the largest concern.

Dramatically decreasing, if not halting, individual meat consumption could decrease global food-related emissions by one-third by 2050.

Widespread adoption of a vegetarian diet would reduce emissions by 63 percent, the study said.

So, why aren’t we hearing more about switching to vegetarian or vegan diets to cut back on emis-

sions instead of riding bikes or walking to work?

Media outlets and educators should focus on educating the public about the correlation between meatless diets and the controlling of climate change.

By solely challenging our eating habits, we could have a bigger effect on minimizing global warming. In fact, the study pointed out that veganism is projected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent.

I do not expect everybody to become vegan, as there are many societal, cultural and economical factors that play into adopting that diet, but technological changes aren’t enough to reverse the negative impacts of our agricultural system on climate change and global warming.

Adopting healthier and more environmentally sustainable diets can be a large step in the right direction.

The size of the projected benefits of such diets should encourage individuals, policy makers and the agricultural industry itself to take action, and to ensure that what we eat preserves our environment, our ecosystems and our health.

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OPINION 7

Courtesy of Glasseyes View

Cows produce the largest amount of methane of any livestock, making approximately 132 gallons a day, according to the U.S. Food and Agriculture Organization. Two-thirds of ammonia also comes from cows.

Informing public on meat-free diets can help reduce climate change

Sadie Lipe | Opinion editor slipe@luc.edu

In December 2015, representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that committed nearly every country to lowering its planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help reduce the effects of climate change.

But there are still 55 countries yet to nail down their legal commitments honoring the accord. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is fearful as Donald Trump, the U.S. Republican presidential nominee who has said climate change is a hoax, rises in the polls.

With so much at stake ­­— global crisis, to be exact — citizens around the world must be aware of ways they personally can help re-

duce the effects of climate change and global warming.

First, they must understand that global warming and climate change are not interchangeable terms.

Global warming is used to describe the current increase in the Earth’s average temperature, while climate change refers to global changes in temperature, wind, precipitation, the length of seasons and the strength and frequency of extreme weather events, according to whatsyourimpact.org, a site devoted to empowering people to fight climate change.

Consider just some of the extreme weather events that have taken place this year: The winter storm Jonas and the Louisiana flooding in the United States, the snowstorms in Taiwan, the earthquakes in Italy and the heaviest rainfall in 154 years in Newcastle, England, have made a major impact on the weather.

Climate change may not be responsible for the recent increase in the number of natural disasters, but it will likely impact future catastrophes, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory.

What is seldom mentioned in the

news or educational classrooms is the fact that humans can greatly decrease climate change and global warming by simply changing the way they eat.

With 7.4 billion people on Earth and the annual population rate increasing by 1.13 percent each year, humans have the most ability to impact the environment, for better or for worse.

Humans must eat in order to survive, but growing food for the world’s expanding population is likely to send greenhouse gas emissions sky high, unless more is done to cut meat consumption, according to research by scientists at Oxford Martin school.

The research found that shifting to a mostly vegetarian diet made of fruits, vegetables, legumes and starches could make a large dent in the amount of greenhouse gases emitted.

The impacts of sewage run-off and methane emissions from meat production on the environment have been known, but now a larger scope of damage is being done, particularly by the beef industry.

“When compared to staples like potatoes, wheat and rice, the impact of beef per calorie is even more ex-

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We want to hear them.

Become a contributing columnist and publish your thoughts in the opinion section.

Email your cover letter and resume to slipe@luc.edu.

treme, requiring 160 times more land and producing 11 times more greenhouse gases,” wrote Damian Carrington in an article for the Guardian.

Livestock-rearing agriculture is a major cause of greenhouse gases because of the methane produced by the animals and the massive waste pits that result from large farms. It also diverts water and grains to animal agriculture, which is less efficient than using the grains for human consumption.

Energy generation and transportation are often the targets for governments, businesses and campaigners looking to reduce emissions. But, many organizations fail to realize and teach that the environmental impact from livestock agriculture is the largest concern.

Dramatically decreasing, if not halting, individual meat consumption could decrease global food-related emissions by one-third by 2050.

Widespread adoption of a vegetarian diet would reduce emissions by 63 percent, the study said.

So, why aren’t we hearing more about switching to vegetarian or vegan diets to cut back on emis-

sions instead of riding bikes or walking to work?

Media outlets and educators should focus on educating the public about the correlation between meatless diets and the controlling of climate change.

By solely challenging our eating habits, we could have a bigger effect on minimizing global warming. In fact, the study pointed out that veganism is projected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent.

I do not expect everybody to become vegan, as there are many societal, cultural and economical factors that play into adopting that diet, but technological changes aren’t enough to reverse the negative impacts of our agricultural system on climate change and global warming.

Adopting healthier and more environmentally sustainable diets can be a large step in the right direction.

The size of the projected benefits of such diets should encourage individuals, policy makers and the agricultural industry itself to take action, and to ensure that what we eat preserves our environment, our ecosystems and our health.

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Loyola students share study abroad experiences Vietnam

Rome

Kelsey Cheng Loyola University Chicago

“I didn’t think city folk could be nicer than Midwesterners — my Philly roots provide me with a low benchmark for random kindness — but Vietnamese people are so generous.”

KELSEY CHENG Senior / Advertising & public relations

Ghana

Joseph Achacoso

“I witnessed the Cannonization of St. Teresa of Calcutta in the Vatican, threw two coins in the Trevi Fountain, visited the Colosseum, made grapes into wine and made great friendships.”

JOSEPH ACHACOSO Junior / International studies and political science

Vietnam

Drew Jensen Loyola University Chicago

Katherine Weir Loyola University Chicago

“I get to travel, eat and learn how to be a little bit more comfortable being uncomfortable. There are many overwhelming ups and downs, but that’s exactly what I wanted from my study abroad experience.”

KATHERINE WEIR Junior / Advocacy & social change

Loyola University Chicago

“Imagine everyone staring at you walking down the street while not being able to communicate with anyone in English, forcing you to learn customs, the language and how to live out daily tasks.”

DREW JENSEN Junior / Communication studies

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Wonderful Town revival full of welltimed hilarity Liz Lauren

Goodman Theatre

Bri Sudia and Lauren Molina are perfectly cast as sisters Ruth and Eileen in Goodman Theatre’s production of “Wonderful Town.” In the show, the sisters leave behind their small-town lives for New York City.

NICK COULSON ncoulson@luc.edu

Under the direction of Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman, Goodman Theatre presents a hit with its season-opening production, “Wonderful Town,” which is receiving its first major revival after more than a decade.

The show follows sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood as they leave behind life in a small Ohio town to find success and love in the Big Apple. Eileen (Lauren Molina) is a witty, attractive and sometimes floozy aspiring actress who stands out in auditions and on the street with her blonde curls, bubbly attitude and vibrant outfits. Eileen’s older sister, Ruth (Bri Sudia), is an aspiring writer who often feels invisible when in the same room as her eye-catching sister.

Sudia’s impeccable comedic tim-

ing leaves audience members struggling to catch their breath throughout the show. In one number, Ruth sings how good she has gotten at repelling men that she could write a best-selling novel titled “One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man.” Sudia delivers every one-liner in a skillfully, seemingly effortless manner. Her flawless and masterful delivery holds the audience’s attention despite a plot that lacks any great emotional intensity.

Molina also delivers a performance not to be missed. The Broadway performer’s light soprano voice seamlessly glides across every note and run in her numbers. In addition to pulling off a stunning vocal performance, Molina captures Eileen’s many emotions without overacting.

Although a large part of Eileen’s role is to be an object of desire, Molina rounds out the character by also playing up Eileen’s smart, thoughtful side.

The lighthearted show, at a length of two hours and 30 minutes, features many comedic bits. The sisters’ naive expectations are met with unforeseen obstacles, placing them in situations of great hilarity. From crazy neighbors and a deceiving landlord to Eileen’s luxurious stint in jail, audience members are left wondering what could possibly come next.

The set featured flat, rotating building cutouts painted in pastel colors almost like they were pulled out of a TV variety show from the ‘50s. With each change in scene location came a shift in the arrangement of the cutouts. The cartoonish essence of the set complemented the show’s whimsical script, score and choreography.

As somebody who left behind life in a mid-sized Michigan City to build a life in the Windy City, I found myself reflecting on the youthful optimism of the two sis-

ters. They navigated many struggles while finding their way in a new and somewhat intimidating city. The sisters put themselves out there in a male-dominated world, but they didn’t give up when met with defeat.

Ultimately, the Sherwood sisters’ experience teaches that the world constantly seems to say no, but we must keep working to achieve our yes.

“Wonderful Town” runs now through Oct. 16 in the Albert Theatre. Tickets cost $25-103 and can be purchased at GoodmanTheatre.org/ WonderfulTown, by phone at 312443-3800 or at the box office (170 N. Dearborn St.).

Stay on the lookout for Goodman Theatre’s college nights throughout the 2016-17 season. For $10, students can see select performances but also enjoy pizza, pop, remarks from Goodman Theatre artists and the chance to network with other students before the shows.

Liz Lauren

Goodman Theatre

Lauren Molina brings an over-thetop character in the role of Eileen,

After years of self-reflection, KT Tunstall finds joy in music MADIE SCOTT mscott6@luc.edu

KT Tunstall — the voice you know and love behind “Big Black Horse and a Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See” — released her fifth studio album KIN, on Sept. 9, complete with 11 tracks influenced by rock, pop and indie.

After taking some time off to enroll in the Sundance Institute’s Film Composer’s Lab (and drive through L.A.’s canyons while listening to the likes of Tom Petty and Fleetwood Mac), Tunstall quietly started working on a new album.

“I didn’t tell anyone I had started writing a record, so the record company wasn’t expecting anything from me and I didn’t have management for that year and a half,” Tunstall told The Phoenix. “[The album] is really just a message about creating oneself, and really about discovering yourself. It’s about being an architect in your own destiny.”

Having written every song on KIN herself (aside from one track, “Two

Way,” which was co-written with the ultra-talented James Bay), Tunstall had the freedom necessary to create an album with sounds stemming from seemingly contrasting genres.

The first song on the album, “Hard Girls,” for example, features synthbass and reminds Tunstall of John Hughes movies — of “that teenage mixture of anxiety and wonder at life,” she said.

In contrast, the final song on the album, “Love is an Ocean,” evokes the “gentle soul and tender rock of the indie grunge in the ‘90s,” in Tunstall’s words.

Tunstall doesn’t mind not knowing precisely which genre best describes her music.

“It’s actually really cool to straddle both [genres], and it’s really cool to not sit neatly into one box … You certainly don’t need to sell out to sell a record. You can sell a record by making good music,” Tunstall said.

With KIN, Tunstall said she hopes to pay homage to artists such as Carole King, Joni Mitchell and

REM, who “push boundaries but still deliver pop melodies that make people buy the record and make DJs play them on the radio.”

Although she has come to terms with being considered a “pop” musician and respects the artistry it demands, Tunstall criticized the genre’s “machine-like attitude toward making music.”

“It’s a weird world now where you might have someone win an award, and 15 people go up to get it. It’s quite difficult to achieve depth of emotion when there’s so many people involved in writing a song,” she said.

Tunstall said she feels she’s come full-circle and is finally able to approach music from a place of pure joy.

“Two years of self-reflection really taught me that vulnerability is such an important aspect in this, but the perfect state of being is to be at your strongest as well as your most vulnerable,” she said.

Tunstall is scheduled to perform at the House of Blues (329 N. Dearborn St.) on Sept. 21. Tickets cost $25 and are available at Kttunstall.com/Live.

Courtesy of Tom Oxley

Musician KT Tunstall will stop at Chicago’s House of Blues on Sept. 21, following the release of her fifth studio album, which she wrote without telling anyone.

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Alt-J drummer captures organic emotion in first solo album ANNA SROKA aspiroff@luc.edu

Dani Sullivan The PHOENIX

Caffe Streets, located in the heart of Wicker Park, is a hip and modern cafe offering a variety of coffees, teas and pastries.

Coffee shops worth visiting off-campus around Chicago REGINA MERRILL rmerrill@luc.edu

I visited 22 different coffee shops in Chicago over the past year courtesy of the Indie Coffee Passport, a pass valid December through August. For $25, participants choose from a list of drinks at participating coffee shops in neighborhoods around Chicago, including Wicker Park, the Loop, Pilsen and Rogers Park. If you’re looking for a spot off campus, these are my top picks.

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Sol Cafe (1615 W. Howard St.) Just far enough

Off the Howard Red Line stop, this cafe will get you away from the Loyola bubble and offers excellent drinks served by friendly staff. Large front-shop windows provide natural light for studying, and the menu has creative drinks such as the “Thailight zone” with espresso, “Thai spice syrup” with coconut milk and the “Phoenix fizz” with bonfire tea, orange soda and Grenadine topped with a cherry. There’s plenty of seating room and an additional food menu, so it provides a place to hunker down for the afternoon.

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Heritage Outpost (1325 W. Wilson Ave.) Quiet and cozy

If you want a smaller, quiet shop, hit up this hole-in-the-wall place. It has a more limited menu, but the quality of the drinks trumps quantity at this shop. The barista carefully prepares each drink and my cappuccino had the perfect foam, milk and espresso proportions. The shop has about 20 seats, so if you’re looking to study alone, it’s ideal. Heritage Outpost offers the hush of a library, but with better coffee than the Information Commons.

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Everybody’s Coffee (935 W. Wilson Ave.)

Spacious and communal Also off Wilson, this shop is spacious and its large communal tables make it great for study groups. Compared to Heritage Outpost, Everybody’s Coffee has a slightly louder atmosphere and a more welcoming vibe. The baristas have versatile talents; I enjoyed a more conventional strong cortado, but they also make unique drinks, including Star Wars-themed choices.

I suggest trying “The Vader” with Mexican Coke, vanilla and espresso.

May the caffeine be with you.

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Big Shoulders

(1105 W. Chicago Ave.)

Near the Gold Coast

Sometimes, the Starbucks near the Water Tower Campus feels like an extension of Corboy Law Library. If you need to travel a little farther, take the 66 Bus 11 minutes to Big Shoulders Coffee. You can pick from a variety of brewing methods, from a press pot to a Chemex, to satisfy your inner coffee snob, or enjoy specialties such as the marshmallow latte or the excellent horchata latte.

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Caffe Streets

(1750 W. Division St.)

Worth the trek

This cafe is not close to campus by any means, but if you want to explore the neighborhood after studying, this Wicker Park spot is a fun choice. It has a natural atmosphere, with green tiled counters, wooden benches and vines hanging on the walls. You can enjoy a variety of brewing methods and specialties such as spicy hot chocolate or Thai iced coffee. I had a refreshing iced chai latte, which had a satisfying blend of spices and wasn’t too sweet. Caffe Streets makes for a nice outing away from campus and is worth the time spent walking from the Division Blue Line stop.

Dani Sullivan The PHOENIX

Heritage Outpost is located on Wilson Avenue and offers artisanal coffee. other handcrafted beverages and light pastries.

Alt-J drummer Thom Sonny Green launched his first solo album, High Anxiety on Aug. 19. Although still fully involved in Alt-J, Green has independently created instrumental tracks that emphasize fluid beats and eclectic sounds, abandoning his usual folk-like rhythm.

The cover art for the album displays two panels of color (black and aquamarine blue) that gently blend into each other. This display seems to convey the continual presence of a dark abyss that is hard to ignore or escape.

High Anxiety offers a mixture of electronic and indie-influenced sounds, but also presents beats inspired by trip-hop, a British sub genre of electronic music. What makes Green’s vibe different from the traditional sounds of trip-hop is his foundation in more dark, desolate tones.

The first song on the album is called “Vienna,” and it introduces the listener to the soft, electronic and rather dismal sounds that are carried out throughout all 21 tracks. “Vienna” is one of the highlights on the record because it creates a haunting atmosphere, making it feel as if something ghostly and inexplicable is about to happen.

Many of the songs on the album, such as “Cologne,” “Houston” and “Oakland,” are similar: They feature repetitious, depressingly low chords and elongated sounds. Another standout song is “Palms.” The bleak and

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distant tones of this track almost have the sound quality of being submerged underwater. “Palms” could be a precursor to a later song called “Christ,” which quickly leads the listener into an atmosphere of complete confusion and distortion of reality. Unlike most other songs from High Anxiety, “Christ” ends on a lighter note, possibly to emphasize hope for a better tomorrow.

Those who have experienced moments of intense nervousness or worry can easily relate to Green’s work. The tracks are clearly strewn together to relate to listeners the feelings of anxiety — loneliness, darkness, fear and tension.

Although Green’s step into this genre of music is new and unexpected, he successfully portrays difficult emotions through his music. Yet, however dark and somber the songs are, the music is nonetheless soothing and enjoyable.

Women’s fashion from the film The Magnificent Seven OLIVIA MCCLURE omcclure@luc.edu

Antoine Fuqua’s latest film, The Magnificent Seven, hits cinemas nationwide Sept. 23, delivering an action-filled remake of the western classic from 1960.

Set in the post-Civil War 1870’s, the film stars some of Hollywood’s biggest names — including Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke — as it tells the tale of seven outlaws who are enlisted by the residents of Rose Creek after the town falls under the siege of tyrannical industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard).

In anticipation of the film’s release, The Phoenix has sought out some of fall’s most fashionable western-inspired pieces so you can ride out in style to see The Magnificent Seven in theaters this weekend.

Inspired in part by 1970s fashion, off-the-shoulder tops and dresses have reemerged in the world of couture, appearing on runways from London to Paris. Celebrities such as Kendall Jenner and Lucy Hale have even been spotted sporting the trend.

In keeping up with the fashion world, popular retail store Anthropologie offers off-the-shoulder tops in an array of fall colors and patterns, including black, plaid and denim. The store’s “chambray off-the-shoulder top” specifically brings a nostalgic western feel to fall fashion, making it the perfect piece for those who wish to achieve a look similar to that of the powerful western ladies in The Magnificent Seven. This fall piece can be purchased at Anthropologie stores or at anthropologie.com for $98.

For those seeking a style bargain, retail giant Zara’s black “off-shoulder blouse” provides a chic cowgirl look at a lower price. This stylish piece can be purchased at Zara stores or online.

Courtesy of Sony Pictures

One still of the cast from Fuqua’s new production, The Magnificent Seven.

Finish your western look with a ranch-inspired hat similar to the one worn by the film’s leading lady, Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett).

From stylish berets to classy fedoras, hats will always be a fashion staple.

That said, it comes as no surprise that the ever-stylish Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, wore a classic, brown fedora in her photoshoot with British Vogue earlier this year, revealing the elegance of western-inspired looks.

Anthropologie’s new “villette trimmed rancher” is shockingly similar to the hat worn by Bennett in the film, merging real western vibes with this season’s style. This item can be purchased at Anthropologie stores or at anthropologie. com for $78.

For an equally stylish yet cheaper option, H&M’s “felted hat” similarly combines the wild west with high-end couture. This fall essential can be purchased at H&M stores or online at hm.com for $17.99.

Needless to say, with these pairings, you’ll be rocking fall fashion as you prepare to see the action-packed, western sensation that is The Magnificent Seven.

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‘Princess of Mars’ far from out of this world production

Grace Gimpel

Otherworld Theatre

Chicago’s Otherworld Theatre, known for its imaginative theatrical works of science fiction and fantasy, is currently staging “Princess of Mars,” an adaptation of the original science fantasty novel.

GRETCHEN THOMAS gthomas3@luc.edu

Other World Theatre presented “A Princess of Mars,” a turbulent tale of intergalactic love and war at the Berger House in Edgewater playing now through Sept. 24.

The play stars Elliott Stowards as John Carter and Mary-Kate Arnold as Dejah Thoris, the princess of Helium, which is a region of Mars. Following the life of John Carter, a Civil War hero-turnedrunaway alleged murderer, the story travels from a saloon in Arizona to Mars. The conflicts among natives on Mars erupt as they try to end the planet’s devastating

drought. John Carter lands in the Thark territory of Mars, transported there by a strange creature that saves his life from ill-intentioned inhabitants. The Thark creatures, specifically Sola, their healer, nurse Carter back to health. He eventually becomes the leader of Thark.

Joining forces with Helium natives and Princess Dejah, the Tharks and John Carter work to defeat the evils that have caused the planet to suffer without clean water.

Before the show, the cast interacts in character with the audience in the front room of the Berger House, which is a decorated saloon.

John Carter waltzes into the saloon with authorities following quickly

behind, and the first fight scene breaks out. Fortunately, the fight scenes improved after the first fake punch, which was lackluster. The audience follows John as he flees from the front room and travels to Mars, located in the black box theatre at the back of the house.

Entering the black box, the audience comes upon a mystical, unknown planet. The dark room is filled with fog, and a strange cloaked creature roams the stage, scanning people with her armband prop as they enter. The simplistic and unchanging set made it difficult to understand when scenes changed to different kingdoms of Mars. Regardless, the space seemed much larger

than it really was because the cast members made the most of their three stage entrances.

Interpersonal relations between the characters were a bit misleading in some cases. Sola, the healer in the Thark kingdom, takes care of John Carter as he adjusts to life on Mars. Their struggle to understand each other’s language showcased the strongest acting in the play. Carter’s struggle as he learns the language of Mars is clear, as is his triumph when he finally grasps the nuances of the Thark language and culture. But in scenes depicting this realization, it seems Carter and Sola have a romantic bond. It is later revealed that they view each

other as mother and son because Sola is 300 years old. As for real romance, all of it seems limited to Dejah and her relationships.

Unfortunately, Dejah’s role confines her to being an object of affection, which undermines Arnold’s talent and makes the romance between Dejah and Carter seem shallow. Although the show had its moments of intergalactic triumph, as someone who isn’t a sci-fi junkie, it was challenging for me to look past its shortcomings.

For sci-fi fans who already love this classic story, though, the stage adaptation offers a fresh showcase of the battle between John Carter and the evils of Mars.

Mild High Club revives ‘70s funk music KRISTEN TORRES ktorres1@luc.edu

Some bands are smart enough to have their names sum up their sound better than any reviewer ever could. That’s certainly the case with Mild High Club.

The band played at the Empty Bottle, a bar and music venue in Ukrainian Village, on Sept. 16. Frontman Alexander Brettin led his fellow bandmates in the reverb-ridden performance, a perfect follow-up to opening no-fi band Troy Anderson.

Mild High Club is just as good live as one could expect it to be.

Some reviewers have claimed that Mild High Club’s songs can all sound the same, but that doesn’t ring true for the band’s live performances.

The musicians capture the essence of the groove-attitude that lays at the forefront of their music and sway almost synchronously while performing, giving a sedated “Mild High” feel to their performance in all the right ways.

Alexander Brettin formed Mild High Club in 2012, when he went out west and met the Stones Throw Crew, an L.A. based record label.

Within a year, he created the demos that would make up the band’s debut LP, Timeline (2015).

Although Timeline was the creative project of Brettin, he soon joined forces with four more band members. Together, they churned out the band’s second full-length album, Skiptracing, which entered another realm of sativa-smogged, psychedelic fullness.

Brettin himself admits to his

own stubbornness, which resulted in Timeline being a strung-together album of sometimes monotonous keyboard sounds and guitar chords.

But when he decided to abandon the purely instrument-focused realm of music he had been producing, Skiptracing came alive as a more polished and relatable album.

“The difference between Timeline and Skiptracing is detail,” Brettin said in a press release. “My perspective shifted in the sense that I became more self aware of musical tropes and cliches.”

In Skiptracing, the band recreated the static, jazz-ridden sound that characterizes songs from the 70s AM funk music era and current psychedelic groups such as Tame Impala, Sunbeam Sound Machine and Wavves.

Brettin said Skiptracing made up for what Timeline lacked in the lyrical department. The sophomore album became a “private investigation attempting to trace the steps of the sound and spirit of American music,” he said.

And explore the spirit of American music it did. Just as novelist Jack Kerouac explored the American backdoor and disheveled youth, Mild High Club joins the same conversation to produce music that takes listeners on a philosophical journey dripping with existential questions.

Everything about Mild High Club is lazy yet self-assured. The band’s music is at once unassuming and provocative — teetering somewhere between slacker soft-rock and a beautifully produced ensemble.

ON TOUR Mild High Club will be on tour for the remainder of 2016. Here are some of their upcoming tour dates:

Jamie Wdziekonski

Mild High Club

Mild High Club is now on tour promoting its sophomore release Skiptracing.

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Reverb Lounge, Omaha, NE

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Total Drag, Sioux Falls, SD

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Iowa City Yacht Club, Iowa City, IA

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Pygmalion Festival, Urbana, IL

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Double Happiness, Columbus, OH

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PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA

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Middle East (Upstairs), Boston, MA

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The Monkey House, Burlington, VT

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Casa Del Popolo, Montreal, Canada

OCT. 1

The Baby G, Toronto, ON

OCT. 5

The Olympic, Boise, ID

OCT. 6

Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

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Dave Matthews Band announces 2017 touring hiatus LUKE HYLAND lhyland1@luc.edu

Dave Matthews Band announced its plans for a 2017 touring hiatus after a massive 25th anniversary tour this past summer. The 25-yearold band has made a name for itself through incredible live performances, earning a spot on Billb oard’s Top 25 Live Ar tists list among legends such as Bruce Springsteen and The Rolling Stones.

Hailing from Charlottesville, Vi r g i n i a , t h e g r o u p p r o d u c e s incredibly unique and genre-versatile music, drawing upon funk, jazz, blues, folk, rock-and-roll and even South African influences to create a distinctive, immersive musical style.

Singer-songwriter Dave Matthews fronts the group, giving the band its own unique personality.

Helping create a fun and loose atmosphere are the six incredible musicians that accompany Matthews, including fan favorites drummer Carter Beauford, guitarist Ti m R e y n o l d s , v i o l i n i s t B oy d Tinsley and bassist Stefan Lessard.

Together with the brass section of trumpeter Rashawn Ross and t he mu lt i - t a l e nte d Je f f C of f i n , t he g roup cre ates impressively complex rhyt hms and g ro oves.

Since the group formed in 1991, it has released eight studio albums, r e c e i v e d s e v e n m aj o r a w a r d s , i ncluding a Gr am my, and s ol d over 31 million records worldwide, becoming one of the highest-selling music acts of all time.

As a l ong - t i m e f an of D ave Matthews Band, I have been lucky to see the group live four times at Alpine Valley in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

Loved by fans but maligned by critics

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Dave Matthews Band’s most recent album, “Away from the World,” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Charts. It was the band’s sixth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1.

for long, instrumental jam sessions, the band’s music is an acquired taste.

There is no denying the skill on the stage, though. The chemistry among the group members is the best I have ever seen live; their ability to improvise, keep track of each instrument sonically during long jams and still stop on a dime

is amazing.

You can find some of the group’s best recorded songs on Spotify, although listening to recordings pales in comparison to being at a live show. “Crush,” live from Busch Stadium, “Ants Marching,” live from Central Park, and “Pig,” live from Red Rocks are among my favorite

versions of their songs on Spotify for that reason.

The news of the band’s planned hiatus is disappointing, but Matthews has said nothing about a l o n g - t e r m b r e a k . Fo r t h o s e needing to scratch their itch for D ave Matt h e w s B an d u nt i l it s return – and for those unfamiliar

with the band – I would recommend listening to any of the group’s live records, some of the best being The Central Park Concert (2003), Live in New York City (2010) and Live at Mile High Music Festival (2008).

For now, as Matthews says in the song “Tripping Billies,” eat, drink and be merry.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

RAMBLER RUNDOWN MSOC: NATIONALLY RANKED T h e L oyo l a m e n ’s s o c c e r team swept its sixth game of the season and recorded its fifth consecutive shutout. The Ramblers moved up one spot from last week’s NSCAA poll to No. 17.

STONEWALL STONEMAN Th e M V C n a m e d r e d s h i r t sophomore Grant Stoneman the Defensive Player of the Week for the third consecutive week, after he scored the gamewinning goal against Drake University on Sept. 17.

WSOC: FINALLY A WIN

Men’s soccer: remaining dominant Steve Woltmann Loyola Athletics

Although the Loyola men’s soccer team is off to the best start in the program’s history, head coach Neil Jones said he will keep his team grounded and motivated.

continued from page 1 Confidence was key for Loyola in this game. With the new national ranking next to Loyola’s name, Walker said he anticipated Drake would come out stronger and more fired up. Redshirt sophomore Grant Stoneman, who the MVC named the Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the third consecutive week on Sept. 19, scored the Ramblers’ only goal off his one attempt to

propel Loyola past the Bulldogs. Redshirt junior Andrew Chekadanov had two saves in the game and recorded his fifth consecutive shutout.

Walker said last season’s loss to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) in the MVC semifinals is always in the back of the returning players’ minds. Jones said playing against SIUE is a great battle because the teams are familiar with one another.

Loyola plays both Drake and SIUE

twice this year due to changes in the MVC schedule. Walker anticipates all four games to be hard-fought.

“Not only do we control our own destiny, but we do it by playing two of the best teams in the MVC,” said Walker. “It will be great to play Drake and SIUE twice, especially after the two close games we had against them last year.”

As the season continues, Jones remains focused on preparing his players physically

and mentally for each game.

“We have to improve. We need to keep getting better. We tell our guys that we want to get 1 percent better every day,” said Jones. “It’s where you’re ranked in November and December that really matters — not really [what you’re ranked in] September. So, while it’s nice to be ranked now, we know what really matters lies ahead of us.”

The Ramblers take on SIUE on Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. at Loyola Soccer Park.

Nationally ranked men’s soccer team off to best start in program history NATIONALLY RANKED

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BY THE NUMBERS 2016 Team Statistics

No. 12 Scoring offense

No. 3 Total assists Brody Kraussel (5) Kirill Likhovid (5)

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WVB: RAMBLERS SNAP FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK The Loyola women’s volleyball team (5-8) won its first match since Sept. 9 — defeating the University of Northern Kentucky 3-2. Senior Morgan Reardon and sophomore Gabi Maciagowski recorded double-doubles to help put the Ramblers on top.

CC: NEW ASSISTANT COACH NAMED

Head coach Bob Thurnhoffer named former NCAA champion and Olympian Mircea Bogdan the new assistant coach for Bogdan cross country and track and field.

Bogdan was formerly a volunteer assistant coach for the Ramblers.

No. 17 Team overall No. 6 Team goals against average

The Loyola women’s soccer team (1-62) tallied its first win of the season against California Polytechnic State University on Sept. 18.

Sophomore forward Jenna Szczesny scored her first goal of the season to put the Ramblers ahead of Cal Poly, 2-1.

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Ramblers’ offense lacking productivity MADELINE KENNEY AND ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ

Sport: Men’s soccer Year: Redshirt junior From: St. Louis, Missouri Chekadanov Position: Goalkeeper Major: Accounting Earned first collegiate start and recorded four saves against the University of Wisconsin on Oct. 15, 2014, which ended in a 1-1 draw

Steve Woltmann Loyola Athletics

Junior goalkeeper Maddie Ford has recorded an 81 percent save average and has allowed only four goals in six appearances.

not scoring goals, the pressure mounts. … So, there’s some more anxiety than there would be if the goals were going in a little more frequently.”

Junior forward Katie Grall scored two goals off 11 shots in Loyola’s nine games so far this year. Junior midfielder Avalon Senn-Raemont has been more efficient, scoring one goal off four shots in six games, but Bimbi has limited her play.

Sophomore midfielder Madison Kimball said the team’s scoring drought has been frustrating.

“We’ve been playing good soccer against very tough opponents,” said Kimball. “We need to work on playing our game and knowing that we’re a very good team when we play with the ball … Every game, we’re determined to go out there and play our best,

and it’s frustrating when the results aren’t showing everything that we’re putting in.”

An unproductive offense adds pressure to the defense. The Ramblers’ defense has proven to be a strong asset, but it still has its faults. Junior goalkeeper Maddie Ford and sophomore goalkeeper Cassidy Lentz have each made six appearances this season. Ford, who has played 50 minutes less than Lentz, has a goals against average of .89 and a save average of .81, s aving 17 shots on t he s e as on.

L e nt z , w h o h a s l e s s c o l l e g i at e experience, has a 2.36 goals against average and .739 save average with 34 saves on the season.

For now, Bimbi said the team is focused on getting over its slump.

While the Ramblers still have two games before conference play — including one big game against Red Line rival and Big East Conference foe DePaul University — the Ramblers are preparing for the final half of their season.

“Obviously, everyone wants to win games and have a winning record, but I believe in challenging the girls,” Bimbi said. “That’s why we have a tough schedule … [It gives] them different looks against different styles of teams [and] different systems of play. …

I think we played well enough in a couple of the games.”

The Ramblers will wrap up nonconference play this week against the Blue Demons at 3 p.m. on Sept. 21 and hosting Chicago State University at 7 p.m. on Sept. 23.

Paralympics deserve proper media coverage

Henry Redman | Assistant Editor hredman@luc.edu The Paralympic games — originally called the International Wheelchair Games — were first held in 1948 for World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries. The games were held in London at the same time as the 1948 London Olympic games.

Fast forward 68 years, and the Paralympics are the third largest international sporting event, just after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. The games didn’t start out so big. The first official Paralympics, held in Rome in 1960, were only open for athletes in wheelchairs.

The games expanded to athletes with different disabilities in 1976. Starting in 1988 in Seoul, the games were held immediately after the Olympics in the same facilities.

This summer’s Paralympic games just wrapped up in Rio, not that anyone wou ld k now. For s ome

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: ANDREW CHEKADANOV

mkenney1@luc.edu, arodriguez16@luc.edu

In the preseason, Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) coaches tabbed the Loyola women’s soccer team (1-6-2) to be this year’s MVC runner-up to Drake University and even gave the Ramblers one of seven first-place votes. But a lackluster start to the season is paving an unfamiliar path for women’s soccer in what has turned into one of the worst starts in program history.

Loyola has continuously struggled to be productive on offense. After wrapping up the first half of their schedule winless, the Ramblers earned their first tally in the “W” column against California Polytechnic State University on Sept. 18.

Last season, the MVC tournament No. 5 seeded Ramblers found their way to the conference championship game after upsetting No. 1 Drake University. Loyola and the No. 2 University of Evansville faced off in the championship game and held one another scoreless through double overtime. The Purple Aces came out victorious in penalty kicks, 5-3.

Loyola was pegged for success this season, but the team’s inability to score haunts it for yet another year.

Last season, the Ramblers scored only 17 goals in 21 games. This season, Loyola has scored six goals — compared to its opponents’ 16 goals — in nine games. The Ramblers lost offensive powerhouse Jessica Bean, who scored three goals last season, to graduation.

Head coach Barry Bimbi said the lack of offensive productivity is a result of “exhaustion and frustration.”

“I think, right now, that the girls feel the pressure of not scoring,” said Bimbi. “We’re creating a lot of quality chances, but every game that you’re

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reason, there is next to zero coverage of the Paralympics.

The word “Paralympics” comes from combining the words “parallel” and “Olympics.” They are supposed to be the “Parallel Olympics.” So, why aren’t they treated equally?

This year, NB C increased its Paralympics coverage from 50 hours in London to 66 hours in Rio. Do you know how much coverage NBC gave the Olympics this year? It designated 6,755 hours of coverage for the Olympics on multiple NBC-owned channels. The Paralympics were relegated to NBC Sports — a channel not everyone has — and received less than 1 percent of the coverage the Olympics did.

Instead of showing wheelchair rugby, the women’s table tennis team final, wheelchair fencing or archery on Friday, NBC Sports aired the qualifying event for the NASCAR Sprint Cup’s Chicagoland 400. I would much rather watch athletes at the peak of their respective sports than a practice for a race sponsored by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

I don’t know what everyone else thinks, but to me, the Paralympics are amazing. It’s the essence of the Olympics, but every sport is harder and the athletes typically have more inspiring stories.

D i d you w atch any Oly mpi c soccer? I watched a few games.

The Olympic soccer tournament is boring. The teams have to use their Under-23 rosters, so the competition isn’t as good as other international tournaments. In the Paralympics, they play blind soccer. The ball has bells in it so the athletes know where it is. It’s impressive — I recommend looking it up.

Olympic athletes are inspirational;

Ranked No. 6 in the nation out of all Division I teams with a .33 goals against average and has only allowed two goals in six games Recorded nine saves and Loyola’s win over Drake University was Chekadanov’s fifth consecutive shutout Loyola Phoenix: When did you start playing soccer?

Andrew Chekadanov: “I started early.

My dad played soccer a lot … When I was five, he signed me up and I loved it right away. It came to me really naturally, too … My older sister doesn’t play soccer, she plays basketball.”

LP: What was your recruiting process like?

AC: “I started looking at smaller schools. I started the recruiting process late my senior year of high school. I got in contact with coach Neil Jones. He was still at Northwestern at the time. I came to Loyola and took a tour and I fell in love with it here quickly. And I knew I wanted to come to Loyola right then.”

LP: Being a goalie is kind of a thankless job. Why did you decide to be a goalkeeper as opposed to a field player?

AC: “I got started in seventh grade. I tried out for a really good team and at the time, I was a field player. I didn’t make the team and at that point, I wanted to quit. My coach knew I was athletic, and so he suggested I try being a goalkeeper. So, I did and I’ve liked it since.”

LP: What’s it like to have the success you have had in your first season as a regular starter?

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Team USA won its first women’s sitting volleyball Paralympic title at Rio de Janeiro.

this year’s Rio Olympics were full of heartwarming stories.

But, the amount of adversity Pa r a l y mpi c at h l e t e s ov e rc om e is incredible. People would pay attention to those stories if given the chance. So, why isn’t NBC giving people more chances to tune in?

NB C has b e en hor r ible wit h social media interaction of the Paralympic games. The only accounts posting about the games are official Paralympic accounts and British news outlets, where the games are much more popular. Paralympic triumphs and stories are practically made to be shared on Facebook. All NBC has to do is put in more effort.

On the NBC Sports website’s front page, there isn’t one mention of the Paralympics. The website gives fantasy football advice, recaps the Chelsea vs. Liverpool soccer match and provides coverage of Notre Dame football. There is not one mention of one of the world’s biggest sports events featuring more than

4,350 athletes from 160 countries.

I get it, people have short attention spans. Football just started, and Major League Baseball playoffs start in a little more than a week. But with enough marketing and actual work from NBC, people will watch.

In the UK, the Paralympics get real advertising and news coverage, and in 2012, the London Paralympics were the most watched Paralympics ever.

The games broke TV records with a cumulated international audience of 3.4 billion viewers, according to the official Paralympics website.

Meanwhile, the United States wasn’t even among the top five countries — China, Japan, Germany, Great Britain and France — in viewership. The populations of Germany, Great Britain and France combined are still smaller than the United States, yet somehow, more of their people watched.

People have the ability to care about the Paralympics, but they aren’t being given a chance.

AC: “It’s nice to have this success after sitting for three years behind Tim [Dobrowolski]. At this level, everyone is sort of used to being the star, and so I didn’t like sitting, but I figured it was worth the wait, and it was. I can’t take all the credit for the success. I have to give credit to my defense. I haven’t had to do a lot.”

LP: What’s your drive?

AC: “I think my love for the game [keeps me motivated], and also, in a way, giving back to everyone who has suppor ted me like my p are nt s , b e c aus e t he y ’ve sp e nt money and time on me. So, I do what I do for them.”

LP: You have one season of eligibility left after this season. Do you plan to come back next season?

AC: “[Coach Neil and I] actually talked about it last week … and I definitely am thinking about it. It’s just nothing is set in stone as of right now.”

Interview conducted by Madeline Kenney

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Men’s golf team not up to par but sees promise NICK SCHULTZ nschultz@luc.edu

Seeking to improve on its lastplace finish at the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championship last season, the Loyola men’s golf team started fresh this season with just one senior on the roster.

With two first-year additions, the squad seeks to take a step forward after Loyola failed to place higher than third to last in tournaments last season.

The team is without former Ramblers P.J. Riner and Ben Holm.

Riner graduated and Holm decided to leave the team, and the two left the program with stroke averages of 76.5 and 79.9, respectively. Head coach Eric Hoops said he hopes first-year golfers Nick Bonema and Justin LeFrance, both Detroit-area natives, will help to create a solid foundation for the team.

“We have two really good freshmen that came in, and we have guys that really improved over the summer,” Hoops said. “I think we’re going to have a much deeper team this year.”

Hoops said sophomore Orion Yamat needs to assume a leadership role now that Riner is gone. Last season, Yamat finished with an average score of 76.7 and carded a low score of -3 (69) at the Folino Invitational, which earned him MVC Men’s Golfer of the Week honors for the week of Feb. 10-17.

Hoops said Bonema, LeFrance, junior Garret Buckley and senior Michael Valletti will also make strong cases for the top spot. This will make Hoops’ job more difficult when it comes time to decide which five players go to tournaments because he expects everyone on the team to card low scores.

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Sophomore Orion Yamat shot a 161 (82-79) on the first day of the John Dallio Memorial and carded an 85 the next day in the final round of the tournament, totaling 246.

“It’s not really cut-and-dry who my best [player] is, or even who my best five are right now,” Hoops said. “[Bonema and LeFrance have] been some of our low [scorers] in these practices we’ve been having.”

Yamat emphasized that the first-year players will also make the team better.

“I’d say the team has definitely improved overall with the two freshmen,” said Yamat, a Niles, Illinois, native. “Our goal last year was that the No. 5 guy beats the No. 1 guy, and I think we have a good shot at that this year.”

Buckley said he agrees with Yamat and is happy with the scores in qualifying. “ We s a w l o w r o u n d s f r o m everybody,” said Buckley. “Whoever is in the lineup has a chance [to medal] no matter if they’re [No.] 1 or [No.] 5.”

B oth golfers said the y aren’t concerned with getting to the top of the leaderboard, but they both think a positive attitude is the key to winning. Yamat said keeping the team’s confidence high is his primary goal for the team this year.

“Sometimes people get too down

on themselves if they aren’t playing the way they want to,” he said. “[It’s imp or tant to] just keep p eople stable mentally.”

Although golf is in many ways a mental game, the physical game is just as important. Buckley said he seeks to improve his short game so he can get more birdies.

“I just want to eliminate as many bogeys as possible on holes that shouldn’t be bogeys,” said Buckley. “[I] just need to clean up the short game.”

This year, Loyola hosts the MVC tournament — the most important

event of the season — April 24-25, and the Ramblers hope the homecourse advantage will help them become a top team in the conference.

The Ramblers saw action at the John Dallio memorial tournament hosted by DePaul University this week. The men placed 11 of 13 after the first day and finished in the same spot after day two, shooting a +80 over three rounds of play.

The golf team will be back on the course in action Sept. 25-26 at the Northern Kentucky Fall Classic in Batavia, Ohio.

North Carolina law shows America’s true colors

Dylan Conover | Assistant Editor dconover@luc.edu The NCAA announced on Sept. 12 that seven of its championships will no longer be held in North Carolina due to the state’s controversial “anti-gay” bathroom laws. Two days later, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) announced it would move its conference championships out of North Carolina for the same reason.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is upset over those decisions. McCrory said the NCAA and ACC are abusing their influence over consumers, according to ABC News.

“American families should be on notice that the selective corporate elite are imposing their political will on communities in which they do business, bypassing the democratic and legal process,” said McCrory in an ABC News article posted online.

Here is my question to McCrory: What did you expect?

The North Carolina Legislature passed House Bill 2 (HB2) on March 23. The bill bans transgender people from using public bathrooms designated for the gender with which they identify, and it prohibits cities within the state from adopting their own policies on the matter.

Private businesses are allowed to adopt their own policies, but many private businesses didn’t bother and instead

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McCrory leads his democratic opponent in the gubernatorial race by three points, according to an Elon University poll, depite the backlash he received from the HB2 bill.

chose to express their disagreement by relocating across state borders.

The NCAA is a business, and it’s a very profitable one. In 2014, the NCAA raked in nearly $1 billion, with nearly $81 million in profit, according to USA Today. Likewise, the ACC made over $302 million, according to the Daily Press.

Sure, McCrory is correct about one thing: These businesses are in the elite category. They bring in millions of dollars to the state. Losing the business of these corporations does a lot of damage to the state’s bottom line.

But do businesses not have the right to come and go where they please? Is this not a free market?

I’m no economist, and I’m not a politician, but I understand something McCrory misses: The actions of the NCAA and ACC are what happens in a democratic society.

Americans are free to say and do what they want for the most part, but it’s a double-edged sword because there might be negative consequences from exercising that right. It’s up for debate whether HB2 is a constitutional law, but regardless, it appears that the North Carolina Legislature passed a law that didn’t represent the will of the people.

I have always been a supporter of states’ rights and individual freedom. Some state constitutions do not prohibit sexually

discriminatory legislation, meaning they can pass laws like HB2. But if a state chooses to do this, it has to be ready to face the consequences of that discrimination.

Suppose I have a restaurant and I don’t want to serve transgender people. I am well within my rights to refuse service, but no one will come to my restaurant because I am a bigot and a jerk. In the end, my discrimination will be my demise.

North Carolina’s legislature seems to be in the minority, as 56 percent of “Generation X” and 71 percent of millennials support the LGBTQ community, according to the Pew Research center. Should it come as a surprise that people are unhappy over

HB2? The business owners who disagree with their state representatives’ actions are voicing their frustration the best way they can.

Money talks, and “Power of the people” refers to more than elections. McCrory and the HB2 supporters will stand firm in their decision, but when businesses that disagree exercise their right to do business where they please, McCrory and crew shouldn’t act surprised.

One of the biggest criticisms of Republicans is that they cater to the corporate money makers. We’ll find out sooner or later if that’s true, because North Carolina won’t have many corporate money makers if the trend continues.