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SENIOR DESIGN MAJOR Angel Smith was recently announced as the new 2018 Manifest creative director. Smith is replacing senior theatre major Evan Louis Szewc, who resigned in a Dec. 28 Facebook post following sexual misconduct allegations, as reported Jan. 5 by The Chronicle.

As the Manifest creative director, Smith will be involved in creating visuals for the festival, which will appear on T-shirts and advertisements promoting the festival’s theme, “Own it.” Smith said she has been eyeing the position for a couple years and loved how past creative directors had the freedom to do what they wanted.

Lab to reopen following student feedback STUDENTS WILL SOON be able to use a computer lab once again outside of the Library starting in early February, according to a Jan. 22 email sent to students from President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim. Three on-campus Open Labs closed Sept. 5, 2017, as part of the college’s plan to expand student resources within a single centralized location at the Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., as reported Sept. 11, 2017, by The Chronicle. Due to student feedback, the

college decided to reopen the lab at 1104 S. Wabash Ave., according to the email.

During Let’s Chat with Dr. Kim sessions, students and the Student Government Association aired opinions about the closed labs throughout the semester to Kim and his cabinet, according to Malik Woolfork, SGA president and senior business and entrepreneurship major.

“It has always been a mission of student government to provide spaces where the administration and students can meet and talk and discuss different issues,” Woolfork said.

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Student veterans search for renewed camaraderie, group recognition » ERIC BRADACH MANAGING EDITOR AFTER A YEAR-AND-A-HALF-LONG absence from Columbia, Danny Woodruff, a junior radio major, found himself reminiscing about the camaraderie he once enjoyed in the Student Veterans Society when he returned for the Fall 2017 Semester.

Woodruff came back to find many of the organization’s members gone, its designated space on the second floor of the 600 S. Michigan Ave. Building empty and the doors locked, he said.

Woodruff—a 33-year-old veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 2006–2013 and was deployed in Iraq from 2010–2011— discovered the group was no longer recognized and its space was integrated into the new Student Diversity and Inclusion Office on the fourth floor of the 618 S. Michigan Ave. Building.

The new office, formerly the Multicultural Affairs Office, opened last semester, as reported Sept. 11, 2017, by The Chronicle.

According to Associate Dean of Student Life Kari Sommers, the veterans space worked well for a few years after its initial founding five years ago. However, the original group started graduating, and there was no one who took up the leadership

mantle. This caused the group to stop being recognized two years ago, she said.

Woodruff said he went to the SDI Office for the first few weeks of the semester, and while its community was welcoming, he found it challenging to connect with the other students, considering the age and life experience gaps.

“If you’ve ever talked to a veteran, especially one that’s served overseas, they like to talk about all the random crap they went through,” Woodruff said. “[When it’s] veteran to veteran, we like to one up each other.

It’s like, ‘That story is great and all, but let me tell you about Guam.’ It’s a camaraderie you can’t have with the other students.”

During the space integration at the end of summer 2017, Sommers said the college contacted current student veterans so they were aware of the change.

Cam Dupre, a 29-year-old senior cinema and television arts major, said he received notification that the student veterans space was being integrated into the SDI Office but was not asked whether he preferred an alternative. Dupre served in the U.S. Marine Corps. from 2007–2011 and was deployed in Iraq in 2008 and Afghanistan in 2009–2010.

With the creation of the SDI Office, Sommers said the college wanted to bring all student groups together, which would

be beneficial for student veterans. Veterans are no longer confined to a secluded location and now have the resources and staff support needed to grow and be more inclusive with the college community, she added.

To ensure student veterans can re-form a recognized organization and maintain a leadership succession line when students graduate, the college will engage in outbound communication and will continue to support Veterans Day observation and the annual student veterans sleep-out event— which raises awareness for homeless veterans and money for the RTW Veteran Center—according to Sommers.

The student veterans leadership void could be filled by Dupre, who said he is looking to create another organization that is recognized by the college.

Barrett Bogue, vice president of Public Relations and Chapter Engagement at Student Veterans of America, said it is not uncommon for a college or university veterans organization to go into an inactive status because of a lack of succession. SVA is the largest student veterans organization and has about 1,500 chapters nationwide.

Bogue noted that those organizations are necessary because student veterans are more likely to graduate with that designated space and support system.

“It’s the same reason many campuses provide designated spaces for non-traditional students,” Bogue said. “They may be working during the day and could only attend classes at night. It also replicates the camaraderie that exists within the military and provides an opportunity to learn and interact [with one another].”

In the Fall 2017 Semester, approximately 100 veterans enrolled at Columbia using veteran benefits. For the Spring

2018 Semester, there are 71 veterans enrolled who are set to use their benefits, and the college expects 50–60 more, according to a Jan. 16 email from Paul Loretto, Columbia’s veterans educational benefits counselor.

“Getting student veterans involved in the lifeblood of the campus is a particular challenge at all colleges and universities but particularly at Columbia,” Sommers said. “We teach active disciplines where you’re setting up meetings and running around the campus. The disciplines we focus on are not research-based where you’re in a lab.”

The college administration is still trying to learn from its missteps and be more inclusive, Sommers added.

“We have to accept responsibility as administrators,” she said. “I don’t think we recognized that this was a danger, and we had not worked with [SVS] to create a succession plan. [But] in the last two years that’s an area we’ve focused heavily on.”

Universities and colleges should approach recruiting veterans similar to recruiting athletes and international students, Bogue said. Student veterans have the financial benefits to attend, are more likely to complete a degree and will also support to the local economy with their housing benefits, he added.

Given Columbia’s enrollment issues, Woodruff noted it is in the college’s best interest to provide those incentives to veterans because of the various benefits they receive.

“If [a university or college] has a good veterans group that other veterans can pick up and find out [it’s] great with veterans, that would be a big draw,” Woodruff said. ebradach@columbiachronicle.com

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Two years after the Student Veterans Society lost its recognition as an official college organization, it was integrated into the new Student Diversity and Inclusion Office. While many veterans have found the space welcoming, some miss having a designated space for student veterans because they find it difficult to connect with traditional students.

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» OLIVIA DELOIAN CAMPUS REPORTER COLUMBIA RECEIVED A $1 million challenge grant from the Efroymson Family Fund to support the construction of the new student center as well as fund student programs.

Jeremy Efroymson, vice president of the Efroymson Family Fund and 1996 creative writing alumna, said his experience attending the college is what initially sparked his decision to help fund the student center.

“When I was a student, I remember hanging out in hallways and trying to find some place to go,” Efroymson said, “so the student center is going to be a real positive addition for the students at Columbia.”

According to a Jan. 17 News

Office press release, the funds will be split evenly between the student center and student programs but invites others to match the donations.

The student center, which broke ground last November, is scheduled to be completed in early 2019, as reported Nov. 20, 2017,

by The Chronicle.

Efroymson Family Fund Manager Joanna Nixon said the family awards grants on an ongoing basis in order to support its interests in helping students.

The Efroymson Family Fund, which started in 1999 as part of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, has now donated $1.5 million to various Columbia programs and scholarships since its first donation in 2007, according to the Efroymson Family Fund grant history.

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The Efroymson Family Fund—from left­­, Elissa Hamid Efroymson, Lori EfroymsonAguilera and Jeremy Efroymson—has donated $1.5 million overall to Columbia.

“The Efroymson family does have a long history of supporting programs that benefit students and giving students access to enriching experiences that they would not have otherwise,” Nixon said. “There is incredible value [in] having a central space where students can come together and create a community.”

This donation comes shortly after a $190,000 gift for the student center by Board of Trustees

member Barry Sabloff and his wife, Anne, as reported Dec. 4, 2017, by The Chronicle.

“The student center is needed and will not only improve the quality of student life, but also, I believe, significantly contribute to the vitality of the college,” Sabloff said in a Nov. 28 press release.

“Anne and I are excited about the future of Columbia College Chicago and proud to support its important mission.”

Board of Trustees Chairman Bill Wolf said the college has resources to build the student center without any additional funding.

“What this does though, is it engages the Columbia community in a way that’s really wonderful and gets alumni and others more committed to what Columbia is trying to do for its students, and the mission of the school,” Wolf said.

As reported Sept. 12, 2017, by The Chronicle, the University Center was sold July 20, 2017, by Columbia, Roosevelt and DePaul University for $210 million. In another Nov. 20 Chronicle article, it was reported that President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim said most of the funding for the student center comes from the sale of the University Center.

The college has been permitted to begin initial construction of the student center in February, Wolf said.

“I have always been interested in [helping] the student experience, and that’s what the student center is about,” Efroymson said. odeloian@columbiachronicle.com

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Columbia professor lives a double life, helping students in the classroom and brides-to-be in the dressing-room.

Shannelle Armstrong-Fowler, an assistant professor of Instruction in the Communication Department, is also a bridal shop entrepreneur who stars in the People TV show “The Perfect Fit,” which emphasizes body positivity.

Originally from Decatur, Georgia, Armstrong-Fowler opened her own bridal store in 2013, Haute & Co. Bridal Boutique, now located at 1760 N. Clybourn Ave., in

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Lincoln Park, as a way to give plus-size women more options to discover the gowns of their dreams.

Armstrong-Fowler spoke to The Chronicle about her experience on how she balances running her own bridal shop while also being a professor in Public Relations at Columbia.

Shannelle Armstrong-Fowler opened her own bridal shop, Haute & Co. Bridal Boutique, as a way to help plus-size brides.

Is there a lack of representation for plussize women in the clothing industry?

It’s a complex issue, so I always like to say THE CHRONICLE: What motivated that in the fashion industry, there are some you to open the boutique? rough edges and there are some downsides.

SHANNELLE A R M S T R ONG One of the things that we have to do as an FOWLER: The only reason why [the store] industry is recognize those rough edges opened was to give women who were curvy and things we can smooth out. When you’re and plus-size an opportunity to have an looking at serving curvier people, always enchanting experience while looking for look at [it] in terms of anyone over a size their wedding gown.

16. Your higher-end retailers or brands, like Versace, they’re not going to come in sizes over 12, and that’s just a rough edge. But then we have more contemporary brands that have begun to design in sizes above 16, so we have two different segments.Each segment deserves their own representation in the marketplace. We have what we call curvy women, who are traditionally sizes 12, 14, 16 and sometimes 18. And those women are categorized as curvy. They don’t consider themselves plus-size at all. So when you’re over a size 20, you consider yourself as plussize, meaning you’re looking for brands that have imagery or content that says plus-size, so that’s the moniker to say, “Hey, you’re welcome here, come shop here.”

How did you become involved with “The Perfect Fit”?

I got a call from Authentic Entertainment about four years ago when I first opened. They were looking to develop a bridal boutique.

They actually had been nurturing this concept, looking for the right network that would showcase the brides in a way of thoughtfulness and compassion and tell their stories pretty completely. It launched about two weeks ago on Jan. 9.

On the launch, we had six episodes, but it’s actually 12 brides and their stories.

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» KENDRAH VILLIESSE & MOLLY WALSH ONLINE CONTENT PRODUCER & CAMPUS REPORTER EVERY SEMESTER, STUDENTS purchase textbooks that can add hundreds of dollars to the cost of each term. Fortunately, there are effective ways to buy textbooks without going broke.

According to a February 2016 study by the Public Interest Research Group, the price of textbooks has increased by 73 percent since 2006.

The College Board, a nonprofit that is dedicated to expanding access to college, recommended students budget $1,200 for textbooks per year, according to a Feb. 10, 2016, NBC article.

To help students save money, Kristie Bowen, access services assistant at the Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., said the Library provides copies of all textbooks that are priced more than $40 at

the reserve desk. Science and math books are in the highest demand because they are priced at $200 or more, according to Bowen.

“Seventy percent of what we deal with on a daily basis is people coming in and using textbooks,” Bowen said.

Georgia Dimas, a junior business and entrepreneurship major, recommended that students wait until the first day of class before purchasing a textbook because, while the syllabus might say a book is required, the professor may decide the book is not necessary.

“Out of the three years I have been at Columbia, I can count the amount of times I have used a book in class. I would say no more than 10 times,” Dimas said.

To avoid the line at the bookstore, Robyn Minor, a senior cinema and television arts major, emails her professors prior to the first day of class to ask if the books will be used throughout the semester. After receiving an

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answer, Minor said she goes onto websites such as Valore Books to rent or purchase her textbooks.

“Every time someone asks me where I get my books, I [tell them] I get my books from [Valore Books],” Minor said. “I have seen books that are $80 or $90 normally that are $30 on Valore Books.”

Other alternatives to save money on books include Amazon and Chegg.

Dimas said another useful tool is Columbia Facebook groups. Students often post books they are selling at a low cost because the bookstore did not buy them back.

The bookstore receives book orders from professors before buybacks begin so it can determine the number of books it needs for students, according to Ann Marie Pausha, bookstore manager.

“Professors should really emphasize if we are going to use [books] because students buy

these books and spend all of this money on a book they don’t even use,” Dimas said. “At the end of the semester, you are left with a book that is collecting dust on a shelf.”

Though there may be professors who identify whether or not a book is needed, professors such as Ann Hetzel Gunkel—associate professor in the Humanities, History and Social Sciences Department and Cultural Studies and Humanities coordinator—take into account selecting books for students that are affordable,

accessible and include necessary content while making the textbooks list.

“Once I make selections, I make sure there is a copy of every material on reserve in the library, so if students can’t afford them, they have another way at them,” Gunkel said.

“I make sure all articles are reproduced in Moodle or Canvas, so there are multiple points of access that don’t depend on a student’s financial situation.” chronicle@colum.edu

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“We realized it was having much more of a negative impact on students than we had anticipated,” Kim said.

While the move increased resources for students, lab

employees were unexpectedly laid off from their fall positions a few days before they were closed and the semester officially began.

Noting the abruptness of the original closing to students, Kim said it was important for him to send out a message to notify students of the new adjustments. The college has also reached out to students for future employment at the labs, he added.

In the Library, 22 additional computers with updated software were installed over winter break after 60 were installed

in September 2017, which also received updated software, according to the email. The Library also added printing capability on all floors, according to Library Dean Jan Chindlund.

“Students are enjoying being able to print on all f loors,” Chindlund said. “We didn’t have that before. We had printing on basically two floors, first and second. But with this new upgrade, [Information Technology] helped us get printing on all floors.”

Printer kiosk station solutions around campus are still

being discussed among Kim, Information Technology and SGA, according to the email.

The printing access will help improve the overall student experience, Woolfork said, adding that the lab reopening is a good decision by the college’s.

“It shows the administration was listening and not afraid to correct wrong moves,” he said.

“That is very important when you are in charge of anyone. You should never be afraid to admit this might not have gone the right way. It has moved toward the right direction.”

Kim said the college will only open the 1104 S. Wabash Ave. lab at this time but will be actively listening to student feedback and adjust accordingly to fit to student needs.

“What is important to me about this college is trying to become a truly student-centric institution where we are always trying to find a good way to make sure that students input is a part of decision making,” Kim said. “We have made some progress, but we still have a long way to go.” kvilliesse@columbiachronicle.com

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Angel Smith, senior design major, created the above art for 2018’s Manifest.

Schmidt said students should attend Manifest because other colleges do not provide an end-ofthe-year celebration.

“More people should take advantage and really put themselves out there and participate because a lot of schools don’t get their own festival like this,” Schmidt said.

Smith said for right now, she will be cementing the final design for the festival and will work as hard as she can to get it out so students can start to look forward to Manifest.

“I’m really excited to see people interact and wear my artwork,” Smith said. “Things look completely different on the computer screen than they do in print, on t-shirts, as performance elements and on walls, streets and on people.”

Smith said Manifest is an important moment for students to reflect on their hard work and accomplishments.

“Manifest is an outlet where you can say, ‘I completed this year or I completed my college degree and I finally made it,’” Smith said.

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Do you think “The Perfect Fit” will allow more opportunities to help plus-size women find their gowns?

Absolutely, I get emails now from women in Sweden, Norway, all over the globe. The average size of a woman in America is a size 16. And bridal sizes are two sizes back, so if you are a 16 in ready-to-wear, you’re probably a 20 or 22 in bridal. There are designers who don’t go past a 16. There are designers that you won’t be able to enjoy their designs because they may say, “We don’t believe that our gowns translate over size 14.” But there are a number of designers who really see the market for what it is—true opportunity—and are greeting women where they are, showing incredible designs and working with retailers like myself to deliver that.

What is your favorite part of the boutique?

Working with the brides, because you’re a part of someone’s bigger journey. I started on [my] laptop,

in my bedroom doing research and now here we are. We have a much bigger location in Lincoln Park, we have a national show, we have so much advertising around us and it’s only in four years. So I’m really humbled by the success, but I’m also understanding that this is about to take off even more.

How does it feel when you help brides find their gowns?

Part of my mission in life is to be an advocate. I used to be in government relations [and] a spokesperson. I used to be head of communications for brands, so this is not unlike who I am at the core. Speaking for those who cannot [or] don’t know how to speak for themselves.

How do you balance teaching at Columbia and owning your own store?

I’m trying to figure out how to do that better. There are days I just feel so run down because I want to give my students everything, [and] I’m very serious in my classes so I don’t ever shortchange my classes on that.

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“I am really looking forward to working with other people and creating an image for a festival that we can all be proud of, and reflects all the hard work that we’ve put in the last four years,” Smith said. “[It’s] a really great send-off for seniors and all students.”

Smith said she has been drawing for as long as she could remember.

When she was younger, she would often get lost in her imagination and artwork, adding that her primary focus is character design, using her surroundings as inspiration.

“Anytime I’m somewhere or with someone, I pick and pull traits, environments and people to tell narratives within themselves,” Smith said.

Assistant Director of Student Activities Shannon Bourne organizes Manifest and works with the creative director on several projects. Bourne said she is excited to see how Smith uses the theme of electricity in her designs to convey the student experience.

While the final designs are still in progress, Bourne said she is thrilled with what she has seen so far.

“It feels really powerful. I love the color scheme that she’s using,” Bourne said. “I feel like it’s something the rest of the campus is going to be able to take in and interpret in their own way.”

Elana Schmidt, president of Student Programming Board and a junior business and entrepreneurship major, said her organization also works with the Manifest creative director on designs for Biggest Mouth, an annual competition that finds the student opener for the Manifest headliner.

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New storytelling, zine-making series creates space for ‘play’

» MIRANDA MANIER ARTS & CULTURE REPORTER CHICAGO IS HOME to many open-mic nights and slam poetry events, and performers nationwide flock to the city to take part. Last May, a new event arrived on the storytelling scene with a twist on the traditional spoken personal essay or passionate poem.

The storytelling and zine-making series titled Meanwhile is held every other month on the second floor of Delilah’s, 2771 N. Lincoln Ave. Founded by writer Megan Kirby and sponsored in part by a grant from the Luminarts Foundation, a group that offers grants to Chicago artists, Meanwhile changes the customary storytelling format.

While someone reads their work, audience members illustrate that night’s “theme,” either responding to a prompt given

by Kirby and her co-host Jay-Henry Gray or to the poem being performed.

“I go to and do a lot of readings, and I was thinking about the problem of when an essay is not quite landing or [how] when

you’re bored, it’s nice to have something to do with your hands,” Kirby said. “I wanted to see if there was a way to channel [the idea of art as play] in a room full of people.”

The audience engagement creates a communal and interactive energy, Gray said. It translates into actual tangible collaboration, as Gray and Kirby sift through the illustrations and include their favorites in that month’s zine, which is released at the next performance.

Edward Thomas, who performed at the most recent event Jan. 23, said he found the audience interaction quite different from other open mics.

“It’s an invitation to do a creative task together,” Thomas said. “I enjoyed that. So many times you perform ... and you feel like you’re putting yourself out there and the audience isn’t giving you anything back. In this case, the audience is actually working on contributing to the whole experience.”

Kirby and Gray decide on a theme for every performance, and Jan. 23’s theme was “mythical creatures.” Past themes

have included “celebrity encounters,” “early internet” and “other people’s apartments.”

The themes need to be widely accessible so anyone can relate, yet specific enough to evoke particular memories from people, Kirby said.

“You want a theme that’s going to make people want to tell stories,” she added.

Kirby, who has been making zines for about eight years, said zines give people permission to be messy.

Kirby and Gray would like to court sponsors or get more grant money so Meanwhile can begin paying readers for their performances.

“It’s something you can do just because you love it and because you want to do something fun or different or weird, and it doesn’t have to be polished and perfect,” she said. mmanier@columbiachronicle.com

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Empty sheets that later get turned into zine pages were laid out for participants to work on during the Jan. 23 live event for Meanwhile, held on the second floor of Delilah’s, 2771 N. Lincoln Ave.

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Performer Edward Thomas recites a song during the Jan. 23 Meanwhile event.

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that will eventually be forgotten and Paul will revert back to his old ways.

It’s imperative that Paul does truly learn from his mistakes because his fanbase is heavily made up of young individuals, a group that is unfortunately largely affected by suicide. Paul should be aware of this, especially considering he posted statistics in the Jan. 24 video that proved that suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people and one in six American high schoolers think seriously about suicide.

According to a May 5, 2017, CNN article, research presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting showed suicide rates among younger children and teens nearly doubled between 2008 and 2015, which could be attributed to an increase in social media and internet use. For this alone, Paul must realize the amount of power he holds as an internet influencer with a young fanbase and the message he sends with each video and social media post.

To be fair, Paul did state he was aware of his platform and responsibility in his Jan. 1 Twitter apology, saying, “I’m often reminded of how big of a reach I truly have and with great power comes great responsibility. For the first time in my life, I’m regretful to say I handled that power incorrectly. It won’t happen again.”

It will take much more than a seven-minute video for Paul to make a difference and make up for his mistakes. Paul may be genuine, but the true test will be seen with Paul’s future content. aportalatin@columbiachronicle.com

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fter the backlash Logan Paul received earlier this month for posting a video with footage of a dead body in Japan’s Aokigahara forest, the YouTube star came back from his internet break with a Jan. 24 suicide prevention video. In the video, he describes himself as someone who has learned from his mistakes and is prepared to make a difference.

While Paul’s efforts may be genuine, it will take a lot more to prove he has really changed and learned from his mistakes.

Paul’s Dec. 31 video brought a wave of criticism for both himself and YouTube.

Although Paul stated the video was meant to raise awareness of suicide, it was tasteless and had the opposite effect. Many were angry with Paul for his recorded reaction in the video—laughing, joking and recording the body with his friends—and for YouTube’s slow response in punishing the star.

According to a Jan. 10 Variety article, the video received six million views before finally being removed from Paul’s channel.

Paul apologized both in a second YouTube video and on Twitter.

After 11 days, YouTube eventually responded, removing Paul’s channels from Google Preferred—a program that allows advertisers to pay for ad placements in videos—and all future projects with Paul were halted. However, the damage had been done.

Paul is known for his high energy and outlandish content, including many pranks and stunts, but this video went too far and was insensitive to many who have been affected by suicide. His apology afterward was also criticized for coming off as self-centered and ingenuine, a publicity stunt to quickly save his reputation instead of truly coming to terms with his mistakes.

The Jan. 24 video had a much different tone and Paul announced at its end that he would be donating $1 million to suicide prevention organizations.

The most recent video sends a more positive message, and it’s great Paul is donating to good causes, but his actions could be nothing more than another publicity stunt

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AUDIENCES CAN GET a look behind the curtain with “Process: what it was when it wasn’t,” an art exhibition that puts artist’s process on display and explores the relationship between finished works and what it took to create them.

The exhibition will run from Feb. 3 until March 17 at The Overlook, 3323 W. Armitage Ave., a multidisciplinary art space in Logan Square. Jenn Fagan, founder and director, said The Overlook specializes in providing a platform for emerging young artists.

“I wanted to make a space for the gap between undergrad[uate] and grad[uate] school and the next step in an artist’s life,”Fagan said.

The Feb. 3 opening night runs from 6 p.m.–9 p.m. and will feature live demonstrations and processes of artists of varying

race, gender and media. The latter includes the development of photographs and images saved to Google Drive.

Fagan, whose work has been exhibited at Woman Made Gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Art at Chicago and also participated in a residency through the Chicago Artist Coalition, said she is optimistic about the new wave of emerging artists.

“The Chicago art scene is so amazing because it’s really accepting,” Fagan said. “You can pretty much walk into any space for the most part, especially with these emerging DIY art spaces.”

“Process: what it was when it wasn’t” is the first exhibition curated by The Overlook’s Assistant Director Alexis Brocci, who took inspiration from her own creative process, she said.

“It came from my obsession with going to a museum, or going

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“Process: what it was when it wasn’t” will put the minds of its artists on full display with work from Barbara Polster, Sarah H. Reynolds, John Steck, Jr., and more, starting Feb. 3 at The Overlook, 3323 W. Armitage Ave.

to a gallery and being really interested in reading wall text and museum labels,” Brocci said.

Brocci said the exhibition will showcase art elements not typically seen in other galleries.

“I really wanted it to be an artist’s reflection of how they work and hopefully learning about their process themselves,” John Steck, Jr., an adjunct professor of Photography at both DePaul and Loyola universities,

will give a live demonstration of a long-duration photogram and said it is crucial for young artists to understand their process.

“I’m all about [students] experimenting with as many processes as possible,” Steck said. “Also allowing the process itself, the duration of time or the steps that it takes to become something that’s actually enjoyable.”

The Overlook has featured a diverse range of artists, hosted

multiple monthly reading series and art exhibitions and is also currently seeking submissions for a yearly collaborative, themed publication titled “Multitude.” This year’s theme is “trauma.”

“The only mission that is of worth right now is to provide a platform for emerging thoughtful, creative and socially engaged work,” Fagan said.

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» MIRANDA MANIER ARTS & CULTURE REPORTER THEATRICAL DIRECTOR MAX Truax was grateful for The Art Institute of Chicago’s donation-based paywhat-you-can entry fee when he moved to the city in 2007. Now the art director at Red Tape Theatre in Ravenswood, Truax will implement a similar model for the theater’s 2018 season with what he calls the “free theater movement.”

According to Red Tape Theatre’s website, the movement is built on the concept that “access to the arts is essential.”

While tickets to shows will now be free, allowing anyone to attend a production, the theater will be sustained by monthly member donations.

Carolyn Hoerdemann, who plays Sleev in “I Saw Myself,” Red Tape Theatre’s first production of

“Art gives us context to what’s happening in the world around us,” she said, “especially when we’re getting so much of our information from social media and ... curated media. We choose what we want to read, we choose what we want to hear. Being exposed to art gives us a perspective that the media doesn’t necessarily give us.”

While Truax would like anyone with physical access to the theater to attend a show, he said he thinks the incentive will attract previous one-time customers for a second try. The theater may not seem like someone’s “cup of tea” on first impression, but there is a show for everyone, he added.

“The idea of what theater is and what it can be, in terms of an artistic experience, is far more diverse than most people realize,” Truax said. “Red Tape offers a different fare. We offer a more avant-garde experience. When somebody comes in with that history of having been to one theater before, and they’re taking a chance on us, I hope that there’s that payoff.” mmanier@columbiachronicle.com

Theater cuts red tape, launches ‘free theater movement’

change in the nature, size and enthusiasm of our audience,” Truax said. He noted that Oracle documented with various in-person surveys of its audience an » COURTESY RED TAPE THEATRE increase in first-time theater goers as well the 2018 season and first foray an expansion of the into the free theater movement, audience’s age range said the membership program and diversity. is exciting.

When Truax came “You feel like you’re a part of to Red Tape Theatre, it,” Hoerdemann said. “[The 4546 N. Western Ave., movement] enables you to feel nearly three years like you’re a part of the comago, he immediately munity in a different way than began the conversajust buying one ticket.” tion about continuing Truax helped implement a to supply unfettered similar model called “Public access to the arts.

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fter becoming the 2016 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Momentum Band of the Year, fervent bluegrass crusaders The Lil Smokies surged into high acclaim and are now bringing their electric sound nationwide.

The Montana-based band formed in 2009 in the frigid belly of a Missoula winter. Its transformation throughout the years has netted it two full-length albums. The band’s frenetic style has made it a force in progressive bluegrass that will storm into Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln Ave., Feb. 1.

The Chronicle spoke with The Lil Smokies’ lead singer, songwriter and dobro player Andy Dunnigan to talk about humility, bluegrass and literature’s influence on music.

predicated on this community of people all understanding this language. That was a huge part of my love for it. Learning these “standard tunes” and then everyone getting around in a circle, and because acoustic is so mobile, you could sit outside, or sit on the front porch. It was a really cool way to meet a lot of people.

How do shows in cities like Chicago compare to shows back home in Missoula?

I remember the first time I pulled into Chicago, it was kind of my first trip to a big city before and there’s a different kind of energy. It’s a palpable, frenetic energy and I never really experienced that before. Just even walking through the streets and looking down—it’s like drinking two cups of coffee just by being in the city and having that osmosis with you. We take that onstage, and some of our best shows are in Chicago and in New York and it’s foreign territory, but we perform really well.

THE CHRONICLE: If you had to give an ethos to bluegrass music, what would it be?

ANDY DUNNIGAN: It’s community-based, as far as how I came to it. It’s almost like jazz, too, in a way, where there’s this pre-existing catalogue of songs and fiddle tunes and it’s

Gary Snyder— who I found as I was working up at Glacier National Park. I try to utilize a lot of those techniques in songwriting.

I never even graduated or got my degree, but I’m still putting it to use.

and we hung out at his house in the hills.

All the songs were pretty much the same length as the first album—five, six, even seven minutes long—and we decided to chop them up and be a little more intentional and a little more poignant and be On your newest album Changing a little more listener-friendly than the Shades, the songs are noticeably first album. We chopped out a lot of solos shorter and seem to have a more for- and a lot of space. He came from a standward vocal sound. Why is that? point of radio-friendly songs and trying That was intentional. We actually worked to hook the listener right away. That was with a producer named Rob Gordon, and we an experience that was very different and went up to Boulder, [Colorado], where he lives some of the songs benefited from it a lot. » COURTESYTHE LIL SMOKIES

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What other kinds of art have influenced your songwriting?

I was an English major in college and I studied poetry and I was heavily influenced by the beat generation—Kerouac, Ginsberg and

The Lil Smokies will be performing Feb. 1, at Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln Ave.

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elitsa Jean-Charles remembers when, as a child, she cried when her parents gave her a black doll because the doll wasn’t white, and that she used to place scarves on her own head to pretend she had long, flowing hair.

Jean-Charles said she struggled to understand her identity and why her dolls didn’t represent the beauty she saw in her own friends and family. This lack of representation and other childhood experiences clouded JeanCharles’ idea of beauty.

“I remember coming back from my trip to Florida and my family members didn’t ask about how was Disney World, and what you did and what you ate. They turned to mom and they said, ‘Why did you let her get so dark?’”

Jean-Charles said. “I remember avoiding the sun, I straightened my hair all the time because I did not like my naturally kinky hair, and that didn’t stop for a long time, and I realized, had I had diverse products and representation, I probably wouldn’t have felt that way.”

Now Jean-Charles is sharing her grown-up sense of beauty, individuality and self by being part of a new generation of toy makers who respect and reflect multicultural features in their creations.

Jean-Charles’ idea of beauty changed once she began studying at the Rhode Island School of Design and encountered a classmate who decided to embrace her natural hair, which encouraged Jean-Charles to better understand her own identity.

Another classmate told her it was not an art student’s job to be socially aware and responsible, but Jean-Charles disagreed. She then began a project researching and interviewing other women about their experiences with dolls. In 2014, she was awarded the Brown University Social Innovation Fellowship to start her brand, Healthy Roots, which launched in 2015.

Healthy Roots is an online toy company that creates dolls and storybooks that teach children about natural hair care. Jean-Charles said the company’s goal is to combat internalized racism by creating diverse dolls. The Healthy Roots characters feature a range of skin tones and hairstyles, including braids and afros. For example, an 18-inch doll named Zoe has a darker complexion, fuller lips and long, tightly curled hair—much different than the classic white Barbie.

Jean-Charles said she thinks her sense of aesthetics would have evolved differently if she had diverse dolls as a child and hopes to provide better examples for the present generation of children, which she experienced during a recent photoshoot.

“I almost cried because one of the little girls, she walks in and she sees me holding the doll and she just runs up to me, she goes, ‘Wow.’ That’s all I needed to hear to know that this product is doing what it’s supposed to do,” Jean-Charles said.

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Unlike Jean-Charles, 27-year-old Samantha Knowles was surrounded by diverse toys given to her by her parents in the predominantly white town of Warwick, New York. Knowles’ mother would special order black dolls during Christmastime because, despite their shortage on store shelves, she believed it was important for Knowles to have diverse toys.

But she recalls being 8 years old when a white playmate asked, “Why do you have black dolls?”

“To her, it was something that was odd,” Knowles said. “I don’t remember how I responded to her in that moment, but then years later when I was a senior in college and thinking of ideas for my senior honors thesis, that question popped into my head and I thought, ‘I need to explore this.’”

Knowles calls this an “othering” question, one of many she remembers being asked by her peers that indicated their differences.

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rich discussions, but when you’re a kid, it can feel like you’re being othered,” Knowles said.

“It was one of those questions that I felt like I had to dodge or gloss over because it’s hard to navigate as a kid.”

In 2012, Knowles directed the film “Why Do You Have Black Dolls?” that captured the story of a small community of women who collect and create black dolls. “[These dolls] were respecting beauty, and not beauty in terms of this cookie cutter, conventional standard. They were reflecting all different types, but of black people, which is not always readily available,” Knowles said.

“They were these political things created in reaction to what they felt was inadequate.”

Doll companies both big and small have begun to increase the diversity and individuality of their dolls—including ethnicity, body types and other characteristics—as the demand grows, stemming from the country’s increasingly diverse population and awareness.

In April 2015, Barbie—the famous American doll manufactured by Mattel Inc.—announced its Shero line, which honored six inspiring females that break boundaries and open up opportunities for women. Continuously expanding since then, the line released its tenth doll in November 2017, modeled after MuslimAmerican Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad.

It was the first Barbie doll to wear a hijab.

While some toy companies have previously attempted to make diverse dolls, production of multicultural dolls has posed a problem as some companies adhered to stereotypes.

The first black Barbie, released in 1980, had brown skin but the same face mold as white Barbie, a move that was criticized by consumers who did not think black Barbies should share the same physical features as white Barbies.

The Barbie Dolls of the World collection, released in 2013, featured several dolls in traditional outfits from different countries, each carrying a passport and an animal from their home country, reinforced negative stereotypes with inauthentic costumes.

Debra Britt, founder and executive director of the National Black Doll Museum in Mansfield, Massachusetts, said mistakes are more likely to happen when people of color are not involved in the development process.

While Britt appreciates multicultural dolls from brands such as Barbie and American Girl, she said dolls of color that come with individual storylines—such as American Girl dolls named Addy and Gabriela—often do a disservice to children who play with them and can send them a different message. Addy, released in 1993, is a doll who was born into slavery in the 1800s but escapes to freedom. Gabriela, who was named the company’s 2017 Girl of the Year, has a stutter.

“Every time they produce a doll of color, we have to have some kind of issue; we just can’t be a doll, we just can’t be great. We have to come with storylines that we’ve had to fight something,” Britt said. “There’s more to people of color than us just struggling. We’ve overcome a lot but we already have great characteristics about ourselves.”

Knowles agreed that dolls of color should not be made to look the same as white dolls, but said she still appreciates that the dolls exist at all.

“That’s a good thing if you have dolls that are made by individuals who are making them look like a lot of different types of people, but I also don’t want to criticize companies who are finally making these dolls and finally American Girl has more than just the Addy dolls,” Knowles said. “There are criticisms that come with the Addy dolls, but it’s good to have those mainstream dolls existing, and I would love to see more types of dolls that sort of represent people in all different types of ways.”

Stacey McBride-Irby worked for Mattel for 15 years, during which she increased Barbie’s diverse collections. In addition to putting her take on the 1980s black Barbie, she also designed the Sorority Barbie in 2008 to celebrate the centennial year of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first African-American Greek Sorority. In 2009, McBride-Irby created So In Style, a line of African-American Barbie dolls with realistic physical features.

McBride-Irby decided to leave Mattel in 2011 to co-found the One World Doll Project, which launched the PRETTIE Girl doll company in 2013, a collection of multicultural dolls that come with individual stories.

McBride-Irby said it is imperative for dolls to reflect the country’s increasingly diverse population, which inspires her to create each doll.

McBride-Irby also added that it’s important to

have diverse doll designers at each company in order to avoid controversy throughout the design process.

“The thought process would basically be what’s needed out there [and] what speaks to my heart,” McBride-Irby said. “When I design my dolls, I come from the community, and I’m African-American so I’m more aware of what to do and what not to do.”

The Heart For Hearts Girls doll company currently has dolls made to represent girls from several countries, including the United States, Ethiopia, Mexico and India. It also has dolls representing Afghanistan and Native Americans coming out this fall, according to Sales Manager Alyssa Prince.

The dolls come with their stories and backgrounds inspired from each doll’s country.

The company also donates a dollar from each doll purchased to World Vision, a global organization dedicated to supporting children with local programs.

Prince said it takes about a year to create each doll, including the design process and the time it takes for researchers to research each culture to assure each doll and story is authentic.

“We want to make sure the stories are authentic [and] realistic, but also child-appropriate,” Prince said. “Each doll has a different face mold so everyone looks a little different.

They have a similar look to them, a young girl face, but we definitely did take a lot of consideration looking into different features that came out one region and tried to bring out those features that were very important to represent a region.”

Amy Ewaldt, an adjunct professor in the History, Humanities and Social Sciences Department and 2008 early childhood education alumna, is the owner and director of Cortland Preschool, 1859 N. Talman Ave. The preschool, Ewaldt said, includes a variety of dolls for children, both nongendered and gendered and those with different hair types and ethnicities.

“They start to notice that there are different kinds of people in the world and they’re curious about that. They see it as a very natural and easy thing to ask questions about,” Ewaldt said. “They’re so accepting of who they are and who their friends are and it’s about them having themselves reflected in the materials around them but also having an accurate representation of the city we live in too.”

Dolls are the ultimate visual representation because they are made to look like a human, Knowles said.

“It’s very positive for a child to see themselves represented in a positive way, especially if that child is part of a group of people who historically have not been represented positively,” Knowles said. “It’s just one additional thing you make available, a positive representation of a person of color especially at a young age, a formative age for them to see themselves reflected in something positive.”

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Nothing compares to the mouth-watering combination of rich chocolate and sea salt. When hazelnut is thrown into the mix, food can only get more delicious—and more addictive. The flavor profile is complex but only requires five ingredients and less than half an hour of baking and preparation. These cookies are easy to make and even easier to devour.

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avid Letterman has returned to the talk-show format with “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.” The Netflix series will air six monthly installments of hour-long interviews with celebrity guests from January to June. The first episode, released Jan. 12, set the bar almost impossibly high for the rest, sitting Letterman down with Barack Obama for his first post-presidency interview.

Letterman’s relaxed demeanor was unhurried and almost leisurely. He and Obama grazed political topics but avoided addressing anything especially topical directly. For instance, they never mentioned President Donald Trump’s name. They meandered from topics like Obama’s mother to the dangers of social media echo chambers, but neither of them leaned into preaching to their audience. Instead, the entire episode presented a comfortable conversation between two equals.

About halfway through, the episode was interrupted by footage of Letterman with Congressman John Lewis crossing the bridge where Lewis was beaten during the 1965 Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. This could easily have felt out of place and stilted but was instead so poignant and well done that it matched the show’s tone: lightly political but largely a window into great people’s individual experiences.

“My Next Guest” can feel a little too drawn out as it focuses on one guest with few breaks, but it’s worth watching—if nothing else than to see the new beard Letterman is sporting.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

Shred415:

Shelters don’t have enough space:

Proclaimed by many as the racing capital of the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in the heart of Indiana, is just that. Music, food and cars screeching by at speeds more than 200 mph set the tone for a weekend you’ll never forget.

With several locations across the city, these studios provide interval training, alternating between running on a treadmill and strength training on the floor with free weights. The workout is based on the concept of competing with only yourself.

Most dog shelters cannot reject a dog.

Unfortunately, if the shelter runs out of space, some dogs will have to be euthanized. How does your conscience feel now? Terrible, I hope. I know mine does.

Wrigley Field: As the second oldest stadium in the MLB, Wrigley Field is packed full of fun. Coming off a 108-year World Series drought, the Cubs ramped up its attractions with more seating and ballpark improvements to welcome more fans. With Lake Michigan’s cool summer breeze, baseball at Wrigley is certainly something everyone must experience.

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This little-known stadium in Indiana is home to the San Diego Padres’ minor league team, the Fort Wayne Tincaps.

Among all minor league teams, the Tincaps has received the best ballpark experience award for six consecutive years by Stadium Journey. For only $10, you’ll get the best entertainment in town.

Picture being at a rave, except you’re on a bike, sweating and “dancing” to loud music. If that sounds interesting to you, you will have a blast at SoulCycle. Participants “ride as a tribe” and cycle as one.

Yankee Stadium: Home to the Bronx Bombers, Yankee Stadium has hosted some of history’s most notable baseball players. So sit back and relax on a cool summer night in the city, and watch history live on in the Bronx.

Lucas Oil Stadium: Since its 2008 opening, Lucas Oil Stadium has created a roar of excitement for Indianapolis Colts fans. With almost 70,000 people in its stadium mixed with the home field adrenaline the Colts run on, the stadium is constantly booming.

There are three locations in Chicago and several classes for every yogi. There’s hot yoga or power yoga classes for the advanced yogi, or deep stretch and flow classes to help wind down after a long day. The locker rooms are glamorous and the South Loop location is a loft with a great view of downtown.

Mirepoix Wellness Studio:

Because I can’t: I still live at home with my parents and they don’t like dogs—heartless, I know.

My niece is also allergic, and according to my family— with the exception of my nephew who sides with me on this— getting rid of her is not an alternative.

Therefore, adopting a dog is not an option for me right now, but if you can, please do it.

They deserve to be loved: How many videos have you encountered of dogs cuddling up to their owner? Way too many. We do not deserve dogs: They’re too good for us. The least we can do is give them all the love and attention they deserve.

They are cute:

This smaller and more personal studio in Wicker Park offers yoga, meditation and unique workshops, such as inversions and arm balances or meditation workshops. Its bright and open space is extremely welcoming, and it even has kombucha on tap.

Walk into a shelter and look them in the eyes, I dare you. As Elvis Presley once said, you “can’t help falling in love.” Every dog has something special that will steal your heart. Before you know it, you’ll have a name for your new friend. Heads up, the name Chato is already taken by my future dog. Find a new one.

Barry’s Bootcamp:

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If you want to try an interval workout class but really don’t want to run, Barry’s, in Lincoln Park and River North, is for you. You can choose to do half running and half strength training, or skip the treadmill and do floor work. It also has a smoothie bar in the studio.

Dogs are caring animals. If you’re having a rough day at work or just feeling blue, having a dog can help out. Their companionship is known to help with depression and stress. Do you need any more reasons?

If you have the space and dedication, give a dog a home. I know I will one day.

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Despite The Vaccines being one of my favorite bands, its new song “Nightclub,” released Jan. 24, is a major disappointment. The band hasn’t released an album or single since 2015’s English Graffiti but nothing in my mind can beat 2011’s What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

Although everyone is hailing this as the band returning to its “roots,” I beg to differ. The anthematic tone of the track falls so flat it will never get back up.

Season 2, Episode 7 of “The Grand Tour,” on Amazon Prime video, released Jan. 18, is what you expect from a car show: 80 percent stupidity, 10 percent cinematic footage of cars and 10 percent useful information. This episode has the characters trying out a new system for refueling without stopping, but you can still expect all the usual hilarious situations and exchanges between the characters on top of the plot.

On Jan. 22, Katy Perry, among other celebrities, had the honor to present Minnie Mouse with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It only took 90 years since her first animated film, “Steamboat Willie,” was released and about 40 years since her costar, Mickey Mouse, received his star. Although I am happy Minnie Mouse has received the recognition she deserves, I am upset that it took so long for it to happen.

Despite being released Nov. 10, 2017, Taylor Swift’s newest album, reputation, is still—unsurprisingly—going strong on the Billboard “Top 200 Albums” chart. As of Jan. 26, the album was ranked number five. Not too bad for coming out almost three months ago. As a major T-Swift fan, I’m ecstatic. If you haven’t listened to the album yet, I suggest you check it out. I mean, obviously all the cool Swiftie kids are doing it.

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With two new singles and corresponding video releases in the last few weeks, which received heavy criticism, Justin Timberlake needs me to come to his defence. However, the “Supplies” music video, released Jan. 18, which introduced the newest single, deserves the criticism.

Although the video is done well both in visuals and production, the parallels between what the viewer sees and what is heard are not clear. But maybe that’s what Timberlake was going for.

The Tide Pod challenge has taken over the internet, and I don’t know why. People are attempting to eat the pods and post the videos online. Due to the dangers of eating chemicals intended to clean clothes, social media platforms have taken extra steps to help stop the spread of the challenge. Youtube and Facebook have announced videos of people attempting the challenge will be taken down. I’m glad someone decided to step in before anyone else gets injured.

Last week, I tweeted @APStylebook asking it to clarify whether “comradery” or “camaraderie” was in line with AP Style, which governs The Chronicle’s spelling and grammar rules. Thrilling, I know. I was hoping whatever entity runs its official twitter would take pity on an ingenue copy editor and clarify a debate that took up 15 minutes of my time last Thursday, but as of press time, I’ve had no such luck.

Ultimately, we published “camaraderie” because it felt more official.

Put on your best introspective face and give “Sick Boy” by The Chainsmokers, released Jan. 17, a well-deserved listen.

This song is a fantastic leap from the group’s older, less-stirring songs. Having been released at an incredibly kairotic moment, it draws inspiration from today’s public’s feelings of being deceived by higher powers. As engrossing and inspirational as this song is, I’m happy to say “Sick Boy” is definitely on my top 2018 tracks list already.

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three-day government shutdown came to an end Jan. 22 after Congress passed a short-term spending bill, but the cause of the shutdown has yet to be addressed.

The government shutdown began at midnight EST Jan. 19 because Senate Democrats refused to sign off on a bill that did not include protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program recipients.

It seems honorable that Democrats risked their reputation with the shutdown in order to push for DACA recipients to be protected, but that façade quickly melts away in light of the concessions they offered during negotiations.

After the government shutdown began, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

stated he offered to include President Donald Trump’s highly controversial border wall in the budget in exchange for ensuring protection for DACA recipients.

Although Schumer later withdrew the offer Jan. 22, it is worrisome that the border wall was ever an option and was given any sort of validity by Congressional Democrats—even for a moment.

Democrats then voted in favor of the short-term spending bill without pushing for anything more than Republicans’ word that further conversations on DACA will continue despite the program being set to expire in March.

DACA recipients came to the U.S. as children and have grown up knowing only this country as their home. In order to maintain eligibility, recipients must

Trump, the new Reagan: ‘religious freedom’ endangers public health

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he “moral” majority of the 1980s has made it to the 21st century, and now they wear “Make America Great Again” hats.

The Department of Health and Human Services created the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division Jan. 18, which is ironically inside the Office of Civil Rights. This new federal division will focus on allowing medical professionals to deny patients treatment if a procedure conflicts with their religious beliefs.

Existing laws already allow healthcare workers to deny services, such as abortions or sex reassignment surgery for transgender people, under the guise of religious freedom. But this move in the federal government ensures those draconian laws will be enforced, and marginalized groups that are already under attack will feel the brunt of that enforcement.

Since his election, President Donald Trump and his administration have been a danger to public health.

On Dec. 14, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received a list of words or phrases the agency was discouraged from using in grant funding.

Banning words like “transgender,” “fetus” and “diversity” is emblematic of denying the existence of different life experiences in research in order to appease bigotry.

Denial is nothing new with this administration. Scott Pruitt’s appointment as head of the Environmental Protection Agency Feb. 17, 2017, crushed any hopes of progress in reversing the damage of climate change. Pruitt mirrors climate change deniers that make up the president’s cabinet and much of Congress by continuously avoiding the topic and proudly advocating for fossil fuels, a major pollution culprit.

EDITORIAL be enrolled in school or graduated and keep a flawless criminal record. If not, they risk being deported to nations just as foreign to them as they are to us.

DACA recipients are shining examples of upstanding young people the government has no right to vilify. This is, after all, why it was so easy for Democrats to stand behind them prior to the government shutdown because otherwise they would be complacent in negatively affecting innocent people’s lives. But DACA recipients became too inconvenient to defend once the short-term spending bill was introduced.

The first year of Trump’s term has been a tiring fight, and the years to come will likely be as relentless. With all three branches of government representing the same reactionary ideology, the public will continue to be assailed by destructive acts orchestrated

by Republicans racing to strip away people’s rights. But the fiery spirit we saw from Democrats cannot die down so quickly.

Those on the left have desperately tried to maintain the small steps in

progress made over the years to the point where further progress is virtually unattainable. We cannot expect legislation protecting marginalized groups when there is a constant battle to simply secure the rights already fought for.

But progress can be made in how we fight to preserve those rights. Our standards of decency have dropped so low that outright Neo-Nazi ideology has become a valid political stance, as shown by the president when he equated white supremacists to those who protested against them after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

We have been inundated by a stream of worrisome policies from Washington, D.C., and increasing tensions stoked by the administration across the country for months. When Democrats decided to collectively stand their ground with the looming threat of the government shutdown, it was a glimpse into a party that tenaciously fights for people threatened by this administration. It could have been the moment when politicians finally decided enough is enough.

Along with efforts to censor officials in agencies like the CDC or appoint people with the same dangerous motives in positions of power, the crusade against science continues in the form of budget cuts and layoffs. For example, the administration has proposed cutting the EPA’s budget by 30 percent, the lowest it has been in 40 years, and the agency may have to continue reducing staff with buyouts or layoffs this year.

It is not a hyperbole to consider the Trump administration a public health disaster because we know from past administrations the dire consequences of such censorship, denial and regressive actions.

Former President Ronald Reagan and his administration silenced marginalized groups fighting the AIDS epidemic and refused to provide medical research or resources to ease the damages of the disease. By the time Reagan began drawing attention to the epidemic in public speeches, thousands of people had already died.

Reagan didn’t act to save those affected by the AIDS epidemic, but like the current

EDITORIAL administration, he made a point to place religious beliefs over civil rights in 1988 when he vetoed a bill that would have expanded the reach of anti-discrimination laws, stating, “it would place at risk such cherished values as religious liberty.”

The AIDS epidemic was its own distinct type of devastation, but the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division is a continuation of the attack on marginalized people’s health.

Scores of people will be denied the right to procedures that can mean life or death because the administration chooses to stand behind those who deny certain people’s humanity.

Many have considered Trump an anomaly to the White House. His braggadocious demeanor may make him louder than the politicians who have carried the same dangerous agendas before him, but far-right conservatives we fight against today are of the same ilk as decades ago.

We must acknowledge that this is a prolonged assault. As history has taught us, we must always be vigilant even when the attacks aren’t obvious. Otherwise, we become silent, and silence equals death.

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study released Jan. 18 reports that 2017 was one of the hottest years on record, ranked as the second-warmest year by NASA and the third-warmest by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The last six years are considered the hottest ever recorded. These statistics are proof that the earth is getting warmer and climate change cannot be ignored.

Climate change is defined as a change in global and regional patterns, which

In response to Editor’s Response: Martin Bernstein’s Dec. 17, 2017, Letter to the Editor

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o only address one point in my letter, i.e. the lack of a response from Diana Vallera regarding the number of votes for the strike—which prompted your “What’s really going on?” comment— seems a bit tepid, disingenuous.

If the numbers were not forthcoming by the time of your publication, you could have simply stated that, rather than implying some nefarious scheme.

I appreciate your support for the P-Fac union, but nowhere has it ever been stated or even implied, as in your latest editorial, that “...claiming a new contract can guarantee students smaller classes, more

resources, or lower tuition is wrong.”

We’re quite aware that there are no guarantees, even those of our previous contract, many of which have been disregarded and are the basis for numerous lawsuits.

Demands for working conditions such as smaller class sizes, more resources or for lower tuition are a starting point for negotiations going forward, nothing more or less.

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is largely caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. The presence of La Niña—which features cooler Pacific Ocean waters and is supposed to cool down the planet—was evident in 2017, according to NASA. Yet 2017’s temperatures were still near the top of the charts.

This past hurricane season was uncommonly dangerous, with several category 5 hurricanes and massive devastation in places like Houston, Puerto Rico and parts of Florida.

Despite this overwhelming proof, somehow climate change is still a controversial and partisan subject. The majority of scientists say climate change is caused largely by human activity, and we need to practice preventative measures now or face disastrous consequences. Like a lot of subjects in our country, climate change opinions are split along the lines of political affiliation. Many liberals argue climate change is real and support policies and preventative measures, while conservatives may think climate change is “fake news.”

During the unseasonably cold holiday season on the east coast, President Donald Trump tweeted Dec. 28, “In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!”

That’s not how global warming works.

It’s based on the overall climate and not what the temperature is for the day. It’s based on statistics collected over decades. Promoting this simplistic way of thinking can only hurt us. We have to accept the reality of climate change and not find excuses because it costs money to undo the damage humans have inflicted on the planet.

Why does climate change need to be so politically charged and controversial? We are all living on this earth and it’s the only place we are able to call home. It makes sense that we should protect it as much as possible. Climate change should not have to be as divisive as it is, and with the statistics shown from over the last decade, its effects are indisputable.

We need to be able to talk about climate change openly without causing outrage because we are all affected by its consequences.

Educational television spots can help bring awareness to the uninformed. We need a consensus on climate change, and we all need to work together to prevent ourselves from ruining this beautiful planet.

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The City of Chicago is the second entity to sue U.S. Steel, a corporation that sits across the lake in Portage, Indiana, visible from Promontory Point in Hyde Park. U.S. Steel violated its clean water permit when it discharged chromium into the lake last year.

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AFTER PUBLIC OUTCRY and a lawsuit from the Surfrider Foundation—a nonprofit environmental organization that works to protect water—Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Corporation Counsel Ed Siskel filed a city lawsuit against U.S. Steel for violating the federal Clean Water Act Jan. 24, according to a city press release.

Both Surfrider and Chicago are suing the company, which has a plant on Lake Michigan’s south shore in Portage, Indiana, for allowing a pollutant called hexavalent chromium to discharge into the lake.

“Chicagoans rely on Lake Michigan for our drinking water, as an economic engine and as a recreational asset,” Emanuel said in the press release. “We will not stand idly by as U.S. Steel repeatedly disregards and violates federal laws and puts our greatest natural resource at risk.”

Mitch McNeil, chair for the Chicago chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, said he has

been surfing in Lake Michigan’s south end near Indiana for more than 10 years. The water was always dirtier near U.S. Steel, he said, and many surfers he knew were getting infections or skin rashes after being in the water.

“It’s hard not to notice the giant smoke stacks,” McNeil said. “[The industrial pollution] is very visible and you sense it in every way. You hear it, smell it [and] taste it.”

According to Environmental Protection Agency records, U.S. Steel’s Midwest Plant in Portage illegally spilled nearly 350 pounds of chromium into a small waterway that feeds directly into Lake Michigan in April 2017.

The investigation by the Surfrider Foundation, represented by the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago, found that a similar illegal discharge happened in October 2017. Robert Weinstock, a supervising attorney with the Abrams Clinic, said when U.S. Steel reported the October chromium discharge to the Illinois Department of Environmental

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Management, the company asked to keep organization supports the lawsuit against the information confidential and secret.

U.S. Steel, and is working on its own state “Almost every industrial discharger along and federal efforts to keep the lake clean that stretch of Michigan has violated its per- with legislation to ban the manufacture mits in the last several years and no enforce- and sale of microbeads—used in perment action has been taken,” Weinstock said. sonal care products—that pollute the Weinstock added that many companies lake. Illinois was the first state to pass are following their Clean Water permits, legislation banning microbeads in 2014. but regulations are not tight enough and “[It is important] to have a partnership some companies are still putting harmful with citizens, community groups, local chemicals into the water. The facilities are governments and federal agencies to figalso only inspected once a year. ure out how all of our entities can work Weinstock said the lawsuit is an import- together,” Caddick said. “We all have a ant piece of legal action taken by citizens part to play in keeping the great lakes who rely on Lake Michigan because they clean and safe for future generations.” “cannot rely on state or federal regulators to protect us even though it is their job to do so.”

Cathy Stepp, the new WATER QUALIT regional EPA director L o c a l whose territory covers facto Y ADVISOR Y rie o beying most of the Great Lakes, is Clean s are not Water coming into the position with Codes e t a “reputation of being easy on as Toxic W polluters,” McNeil said.

“We want the EPA to be on our side,” McNeil said. “There is a thin line of regulation and enforcement that protects the lake from being a cesspool. The EPA is supposed to help people like us, and if that is not the case, we got some real problems.” » ZACK JACKSON/CHRONICLE Jennifer Caddick, spokeswoman for the Alliance for the Great Lakes, said the

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CHICAGO BULLS AND White Sox fans may soon have to tune into a new radio station to listen to their favorite teams games as a result of Cumulus Media’s Nov. 29 bankruptcy filing.

Now attempting to restructure its debts, Cumulus—the parent company of WLS and the radio home of the White Sox and Bulls— has filed a motion to reject up to 20 extremely unprofitable contracts of its 15,000 agreements nationwide, one of them being the White Sox and Bulls’ agreement, according to a Jan. 18 company press release.

“As part of our turnaround, we have been focused on taking proactive steps to address unprofitable areas of our business,”

said Mary Berner, president and CEO of Cumulus Media, in the release. “We are taking this action because the economic terms of these legacy contracts guarantee that we lose money and continuing them in their current form is not in Cumulus’ best interests.”

A court hearing for the motion is scheduled Feb. 1 and the teams could soon be without a radio station to broadcast their games, according to the release.

“It certainly surprised me [Cumulus] would go this far,” said Dan Azzaro, professional lecturer of Advertising and Marketing at DePaul University. “Usually, [companies] figure out ways to re-negotiate or work out a deal rather than dumping [them].”

There are reasons the Bulls and White Sox could not be turning a profit for Cumulus, Azzaro said,

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such as the teams’ poor performances or lack of promotion. But the teams’ strong fan bases and storied history should attract another radio contract if Cumulus severs its relationship, he noted.

“Both teams haven’t performed all that well on the field and the court in the past couple years, and [because of that], the ratings are down and the revenue is down,” said Andy Clark, director of Sports Management Programs at DePaul.

Even with both teams performances down, some fans still find a reason to listen to the radio.

Sometimes you want to hear certain radio personalities more than the ones on TV, said junior multimedia journalism major Benjy Sabitt. People are still interested in listen to the games on the radio, he added.

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The Bulls and White Sox recent struggles on the court and on the field may been one of the factors contributing to Cumulus Media bankruptcy.

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» SAVANNAH EADENS METRO REPORTER AFTER TOURING LOGAN Women’s Correctional Center in Lincoln, Illinois, earlier this month, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a law making incremental changes to the Women’s Division of the Illinois Department of Corrections.

House Bill 1479, signed Jan. 16, requires the IDOC to appoint a chief administrator for the women’s division, incorporate gender-responsive programming and address specific challenges female detainees face. Incarcerated women will participate in courses designed to help them overcome any physical, sexual or emotional abuse they may have experienced prior to prison, according to a press release from Rauner’s office.

“Gender-responsive’ means that from the day a woman enters prison to the day she leaves,

there will be policies that stage her development and treatment throughout the system [to] create opportunities for her to never end up in prison again,” said Deanne Benos, founder and director of the Chicago-based Women’s Justice Initiative and the individual who wrote the legislation.

While men are still the majority of prison inmates, incarcerated women are a growing population and the prison system needs to reflect that, Benos said. Since the late 1970s there has been a 830 percent rise in incarceration rates of women, she noted.

“The way that [a woman is] managed and classified in the prison system does not address [her] mental health issues or get to the bottom of her behavior to create safety for herself, but it actually triggers behaviors that are linked to abuse,” Benos said. “Not only is the system flawed, but we

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mentally ill, Benos said. As a result, suicide attempts increased tenfold, crisis calls multiplied and violence erupted at the facility, Benos said.

In the world outside of their life behind bars, incarcerating women has an immediate impact

on their families, since they are primary familial caretakers. The mothers detained at Logan Correctional account for 3,700 children, said state Rep. Juliana Stratton, D-Chicago, who sponsored the legislation.

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didn’t train or educate the people working in the system on how to handle these women with unique trauma and needs.”

Seventy-five percent of incarcerated women suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, Benos added. In Illinois, 98 percent of incarcerated women have experienced physical abuse at some point in their lives, and 75 percent experienced sexual abuse, according to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Benos, who was the IDOC assistant director from 2004 to 2010, said the issues with Illinois’ female prison system stem from a 2013 state decision to save money by consolidating two prisons and converting Logan Correctional Center from a men’s to women’s prison.

“The staff at Logan Prison got a one-hour PowerPoint presentation on the differences between working with men and women and how to manage the change,” Benos said.

The state squeezed 2,100 women with various criminal histories into the facility, including 770 women diagnosed as seriously

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CHICAGO HAS PLANS to provide accessible health care to more underserved residents, but the new plan comes with baggage, according to experts.

City Council approved $5.55 million in Tax Increment Financing funds for Presence Health, which operates clinics and hospitals in the Chicago area, to update four neighborhood medical facilities in underserved communities.

The four local locations are Calumet Heights, 9000 S. Stony Island Ave.; Avondale, 2933 N. California Ave.; Belmont Cragin, 2257-59 N. Cicero Ave.; and West Town, 2216 W. Thomas Ave. When completed, these facilities will care for an estimated 22,500 people as well a s create 39 permanent jobs.In addition to updates at

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the four locations, Presence Health also expanded its headquarters, 200 S. Wacker Drive, according to a Jan. 17 mayoral press release.

Each medical facility will serve a different purpose to reflect its respective community’s needs, such as primary care at Belmont Cragin and state-of-the-art cancer care at West Town, according to the press release. “[The grant money] underscores the committed partnership of Presence Health and Chicago in seeing that minority communities on the West Side as well as medical homes in distressed neighborhoods where once there was a care void, now receive compassionate, accessible [and] high quality care,” said Michael Englehart, president and CEO of Presence Health in a Jan. 23 email statement to The Chronicle.

Multiple factors create healthcare deserts, according Craig Klugman, a professor in the Department of Health Sciences at DePaul University.

Hospitals are expensive to operate, Klugman said, and a small

independent hospital will not have the resources to serve communities that have greater needs.

Presence Health has sufficient resources to draw from to allow these neighborhood locations to stay afloat, he noted.

“It’s nice that there is a company willing to step forth and help provide services for communities that been underserved in the past,” Klugman said.

Another contributor to healthcare deserts is a belief that smaller community hospitals may not be as good as large teaching hospitals.

This attitude can deprive small hospitals of resources, according to Klugman.

While the expansion of four clinics increases those neighborhoods’ health-care accessibility, some critics think funding should have gone to a provider that offers comprehensive women’s reproductive care instead of Presence Health, which is a chain of Catholic hospitals and medical facilities. “[It’s] outrageous that city money is support[ing] institutions that don’t provide a full range of

health services,” said Margie Schaps, executive director of the Health and Policy Research Group.

While Presence Health may not offer birth control products or perform abortions, there are other providers in the city serving that need, said Robert Gilligan, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Illinois. “[The people in these neighborhoods] need screenings for hypertension, they need screenings for cancer [and] they need urgent care,” Gilligan said. “That is what Catholic health care is delivering.”

Klugman said there are other options to expand female reproductive rights in these communities while Presence Health still gets financial assistance.

“Other cities where the Catholic hospital system has bought all the hospitals out, they have formed semi-independent clinics [for comprehensive women’s care],” Klugman said. “That way they can maintain their faith identity but also serve the needs of the women of the community.”

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“The more we can shine a light on the needs of mothers means ... making sure women are well cared for, so they can care for their children,” Stratton said.

These changes in Illinois are an important step forward, said Aleks Kajstura, legal director for the Prison Policy Initiative, noting that trauma needs to be addressed before women go into a correctional setting. In her research, Kajstura found that almost half of the incarcerated women in the U.S. are held in jails, not prisons, and this new Illinois law will not apply to local jails.

“We have to reduce the number of people entering the prison system by making sure their communities are strong, thriving and have opportunities,” Stratton said. “Then we have to make sure that [as women leave prison], they don’t have barriers to housing, employment and health care so they don’t cycle in and out of the [correctional] system.”

Fan favorites such as Chris Sale, Jimmy Butler and Jose Quintana have all been traded from the Bulls or White Sox sports scene, which has resulted in poorer play and lower ratings, experts said.

Since both Chicago teams began rebuilding, the lack of star players has even caused a dip in TV viewership for both teams. During the 2017 season, the 42 Bulls games that aired on CSN only reached an estimated 69,000 TVs, a nine year low, and the White Sox TV ratings shrunk nearly in half from 2011–2016, according to TV ratings from CSN. While the Bulls and White Sox radio rights may be up in the air, there is no reason to worry about either teams’ long-term security on the radio, according to Azzaro and Clark.

“I have every expectation they will find another radio partner to air their games,” Clark said. “I would be very surprised if [a blackout] were to be the case.”

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