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Trump sinks to a new low during impeachment inquiry » BLAISE MESA CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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ouse Committee members were greeted with new faces during Wednesday’s impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump— the American public and media outlets.

The inquiry went live with broadcasts of the testimony even being shown on Facebook Live, among other platforms.

Acting Ukraine Ambassador William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent were the two witnesses testifying. Testimony on Wednesday lasted approximately five hours.

While congresspeople bickered—with Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) even asking House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) questions, rather than the witnesses— Taylor brought new details to light and expanded on others.

Taylor said during his testimony that he learned from staff that Trump cared more about investigating Biden than he cared for Ukraine. Taylor also noted the military aid is “crucial for Ukraine’s defense.”

“Ukraine is on the front line of the conflict with a newly aggressive Russia,” he said.

Taylor said more Ukrainians will “undoubtedly die” without the aid, and the aid gave the Ukrainian army basic combat necessities to fight Russian-led forces in Ukraine.

While Trump worked Ukraine for his own personal and political gain, Ukrainians were dying.

Trump has hit a new low, which is impressive for someone who spent his first three years in the White House spewing hate-filled rhetoric, among a myriad of other repulsive acts.

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said Trump’s conversations with President Volodymyr Zelensky should be labeled as attempted extortion and bribery. “[Trump] was talking to a desperate man,” Castro said of Zelensky. “He had a desperate man on the phone and asked a desperate man for a favor.”

Throughout the testimony, Taylor and Kent highlighted the progress Ukraine has made as a country. It is fending off Russia while ousting corruption; it is a country on the rise and a country that could use a helping hand.

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But to Trump, Ukraine is just a tool for political gain. He has no problem pressuring a country “desperate” for help to get what he wants. Trump even

COPY felt that he had been “wronged” by the

COPY CHIEF Margaret Smith Ukrainians, and that they owed him

COPY EDITORS Summer Hoagland-Abernathy this investigation, Taylor said.

Ella Watylyk Trump and the Republicans maintained there was nothing wrong with the GRAPHICS phone call and that it was “perfect.” But

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Shane Tolentino both Taylor and Kent said Trump’s call

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Maddy Asma to Zelensky was a “cause for concern.”

Jennifer Chavez Wesley Enriquez The call was far from perfect.

People in Ukraine are at risk, yet MULTIMEDIA Trump resorted to childish tactics to

SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR Mike Rundle defend himself from the inquiry.

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FACULTY ADVISER Curtis Lawrence this process and wonder how someone like Trump ever got elected. He mocked a reporter with arthrogryposis—a physical disability; degraded women and minorities; and pushed his bigoted agenda on the country for years, but it wasn’t until the impeachment inquiry that we could see how low Trump can go. Even while others die as a result of his actions, it’s all about him and how he is the victim. @c

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Vice President of Enrollment Management Michael Joseph explains his strategy for improving Fall 2019 enrollment figures to Faculty Senate members. » ISAIAH COLBERT STAFF REPORTER MORE THAN A year after Vice President of Enrollment Management Michael Joseph updated Faculty Senators on the college’s encouraging Fall 2019 enrollment numbers, he told senators he is expecting another increase going into Fall 2020.

This semester has been the first time in more than a decade that Columbia’s enrollment rates have gone up, from 6,825 students in Fall 2018 to 6,947 in Fall 2019, as reported Sept. 27 by the Chronicle.

“I’m trying to balance growth with quality with making money,” Joseph said during a Friday, Nov. 8 Faculty Senate meeting held at Stage Two, 618 S. Michigan Ave. Columbia currently has 3,800 applications “rolling in like crazy” for the Fall 2020 semester, which is more than

the college had at this time last year, Joseph said. He plans to focus on increasing enrollment rates among transfer students, students from Chicago, nontraditional students and international students.

One of the biggest hurdles to increasing enrollment is the financial burden students face while attending higher education institutions, Joseph said.

“I’ve stressed [since] literally the minute I got here, we need to really come to grips with the reality of what we need to do on the aid side and an emphasis on affordability for lower-income students who we’re losing en masse in the upcoming year,” Joseph said. “And then the ones who were coming here are leaving en masse after coming here for one year.”

Although the college has increased financial aid and scholarship options for students to combat this obstacle, sena-

tors were still concerned students leave with too much debt.

“There’s not a fair amount of understanding at 18 [years old] of what’s going to happen to you at 22 and what’s going to happen to you at 32 when you have these huge loans,” said Jennifer Sadler, senator and an assistant professor in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department, who was concerned about whether students working in careers in the arts will have the income to pay off their student loans.

In interviews around campus, Ian Lewis, a transfer sophomore advertising major, said if students better understood their financial aid package, they would be more likely to stay at Columbia.

“A lot of kids don’t know what to do with themselves [in terms of finances] while they’re here so they blame the school as to why they’re failing when this school

has many things that can help them,” Lewis said. “They have to really reach out for it instead of the school [reaching out].”

Kaitlyn Venturina, a freshman filmmaking major, said the college should better publicize Columbia Central, the college’s financial and enrollment center. Venturina is happy the resources are available but said the problem is that most students do not take advantage of resources upon entering the college, unless they have a classmate who tells them.

“You’re responsible to know where [advisers] are and how to contact them,” Venturina said.

“I just wish [Columbia] would be a little more open and helpful about that.”

In response to a Faculty Senator’s question on maximizing revenue by attracting affluent students, Joseph said financial aid leveraging, although productive, is an “ugly thing” he

would rather avoid in order to prioritize student fit.

“We’re trying to do it the right way; we were very conscious of dealing with students’ actual cost of attendance and the net cost for them relative to their financial situation,” Joseph said.

Joseph said there is a small population of students who “aren’t that bright but have a lot of money” who many colleges are after, but those students do not fit Columbia, which is why the college is not targeting them, like it is transfer, international, Chicago-native and nontraditional students.

“The better job that we do of bringing students in here who are the best-fit students for us, who are going to have good experiences here, and keeping our promise to them,” Joseph said, “the easier it is to reach our ultimate enrollment goals.” icolbert@columbiachronicle.com

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Renowned chemist Charles E. Cannon was ‘one of the most pleasant people’

» MARI DEVEREAUX STAFF REPORTER CHARLES E. CANNON, distinguished professor of chemistry in the Science and Mathematics Department, died Oct. 31 at Rush University Medical Center. Cannon, 73, retired in May after 27 years at Columbia, and his death resonated across the college.

“He was always one of the most pleasant people I would ever encounter,” said Keith Kostecka, associate professor in the Science and Mathematics Department. “[Cannon] never had a bad thing to say, never had a down attitude either, about anything. Even when, in the last year or so of his life, he started to become ill.”

Cannon died from cancer, said his great niece, Krystal Cannon.

Cannon was most widely known for his work with the American Chemical Society, where

he served as chairperson of the Chicago chapter from 1982 to 1983 and received the Distinguished Service Award in 1999.

Kostecka, who is also a member of the society, said Cannon was recognized across the U.S. for traveling and participating in job fairs as part of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers.

Growing up in Vincent, Alabama, Cannon was the first in his immediate family to pursue science and mathematics.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Alabama A&M University and his master’s degree in organic chemistry from Vanderbilt University, according to a Nov. 7 statement from the Office of the Provost. He later earned his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1974.

After college, he worked as a research chemist and lab supervisor at Amoco Research Center in Naperville and as a faculty member at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, according to the college’s archives.

In 1992, Cannon joined Columbia as the chair of the Science and Mathematics Department, a position he held for 14 years. During his time at the college, he helped create the department’s first minor program in environmental studies, according to the Office of the Provost.

“When he came to the college many years ago, there was excitement among the black faculty and staff because for a long time … the absence of a black chair of a department on campus was really prevalent,” said Sheila Baldwin, associate professor in the English and Creative Writing Department

and friend of Cannon.

Baldwin said Cannon was “the nicest man,” raised with Southern values like supporting family and colleagues in their pursuit of education and career success.

“I remember him always saying how he wanted to help his younger family members out,” Baldwin said. “He wanted to help his nephews and his nieces out. It was always, ‘If I can make it, I’m going to help you to make it also.’”

Associate Professor in the Science and Mathematics Department Beth Davis-Berg said Cannon was a mentor to her and would often stop by her office to talk about life, family and work-related issues like improving the software and grading processes in their online classes.

Vice President of Student Affairs Sharon Wilson-Taylor met Cannon when he was hired

as the chair of the Science and Mathematics Department and said “he went above and beyond to help students in his class.”

Wilson-Taylor said her favorite thing about Cannon was how he spoke about the students he taught. “His eyes would light up. It’s like it was amazing—a student grasping a concept,” she said.

Baldwin said one of Cannon’s passions outside of academia was singing as part of the gospel choir at the Apostolic Church of God, 6320 S. Dorchester Ave., where a funeral service was scheduled for Friday, Nov. 15.

In lieu of flowers, his family asks that contributions be made to the Rosetta James Scholarship Fund. Cannon is survived by two sisters, Frances Cannon and Glenda Edwards; and several nieces and nephews. mdevereaux@columbiachronicle.com » COURTESY KRYSTAL CANNON

Distingushed Professor of Chemistry in the Science and Mathematics Department Charles E. Cannon, pictured here surrounded by family members, died Oct. 31 at Rush University Medical Center.

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‘Wrestfriends’ makes a space for female fans to share their love for wrestling » ISAIAH COLBERT STAFF REPORTER

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THERE ARE NOT many women who rule the wrestling fandom, but two local women are using their social media platform to promote their passion.

Last November, cousins Teti Chavez and Columbia alumna Iridian Fierro started “Wrestfriends,” a YouTube channel that follows and reports on wrestling from World Wrestling Enter-

tainment, All Elite Wrestling and indie wrestling promotions.

“There’s not that many women out there that have the spotlight on them when it comes to talking about wrestling. We wanted to be those women,” Chavez said.

“It’s very important as well that we’re Latina, we’re Mexican.

We wanted to put ourselves out there and talk about what we love because on social media, on Twitter, we always saw women getting bashed, other people say-

Iridian Fierro (left) and Teti Chavez (right) formed “Wrestfriends” with the mission to destigmatize female fans within the the world of professional wrestling.

ing, ‘Women don’t like wrestling, they like wrestling because of the hot wrestlers.’ That’s not true, we like watching it because we like the action.”

Fierro, a 2018 radio alumna, found the motivation to start the channel during her time at the college when she would get off the elevators on any floor of the 33 E. Ida B. Wells Drive building and see posters or flyers that advertised what was happening on campus. Fierro said the school was good at promoting student work, so when it came time to promote “Wrestfriends,” she took advantage of posting flyers inside campus buildings.

Had it not been for Columbia, she said she would not have known how to record for a podcast or create videos.

Fierro started watching at a young age, as her father made WWE a weekly habit, while Chavez’s parents wouldn’t allow her to watch because they thought

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it was too violent—though she found ways around that.

While at Columbia, Fierro had a wrestling podcast called “The Powerbomb Podcast,” which she produced entirely by herself. Fierro covered the history of wrestling and did interviews with wrestling companies and wrestlers from both local and out-ofstate promotions.

So far, “Wrestfriends” has interviewed WWE superstars such as Cesaro, Elias and Seth Rollins.

Fierro made these connections through her job as a production assistant at La Ley 107.9—otherwise known as WLEY-FM, a Spanish-language radio station based in Aurora, Illinois.

“A lot of the time, the wrestlers don’t mind talking about their lives,” Fierro said. “It’s a surreal experience because I never in my life thought that I would have the opportunity to interview these people.”

The “Wrestfriends” ask the

wrestlers questions within kayfabe, a term referring to the suspension of disbelief in wrestling, their characters’ storylines and the feuds inside the ring.

Watching wrestling gives the “Wrestfriends” a feeling they have not received from any other sport, they said. For them, wrestling is entertaining and inspirational.

Fierro said it is something everyone needs to experience, and this year is especially big for wrestling because of the number of women and people of color coming on the scene. Fan connections make wrestling unique, she added.

“You get invested in these characters,” Fierro said. “Once you follow them along in their journey, they do something and you get an adrenaline rush. You get excited, sometimes you cry— you get so emotionally invested in these people.” icolbert@columbiachronicle.com

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End of the line? Video rental store ‘in peril’ » IGNACIO CALDERÓN/CHRONICLE

» DYANA DANIELS STAFF REPORTER OVER THE FAINT sound of the 1950 film noir drama “No Man of Her Own” playing on a television in the corner, Dylan Kiewel sits at the cash register of a video rental store waiting to ring up customers’ items.

Odd Obsession—a video rental store to some, but a video library to Joshua Brown, the store’s manager—has lasted since 2004, through the age of RedBox movie rentals and into the streaming services era. The storefront, 1830 N. Milwaukee Ave., sits down the street from a realtors office and barbershop, with its front window packed full of stacked pints of “The Stuff”—based on the yogurt-like substance from the 1985 film of the same name—and stacks of “Jerry Maguire” VHS tapes on a gray couch.

“Odd Obsession as a name in this city has been aligned with weird, cult, strange, odd and rare, ha rd to f ind mov ies,” Brow n said. “There are movies in this collection that you cannot find on streaming anywhere. This is a place where people can come in and explore films by director and touch the boxes and read them.”

The video rental store is one of the last remaining in Chicago, along with others like Facets, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., and Video Strip, 3307 S. Archer Ave. Since its opening, the video library ha s cha n ged locat ion s t h ree times, from a basement space on Halsted Street that flooded; to a shop at 1822 N. Milwaukee Ave., where it stayed for a decade; and then to its current location where it has remained, with more affordable rent.

Dylan Kiewel, 2016 cinema art and science alumnus, volunteers at the store.

Five years ago, the shop created a membership crowdfunding campaign to bring in more customers. Using the crowdfunding website Indiegogo, Odd Obsession created something similar this year, this time with the goal to keep the store’s lights on. Raising $11,473 of their $25,000 goal so far, Brown is in the process of speaking with investors to save the store from closing.

Brown said job titles are not heavily used at Odd Obsession since the work that is done is on a volunteer basis. Each of the 12 volunteers work eight to 12 hours a week. Kiewel opens the shop three days a week and has a split shift. Brown said each volunteer puts in about 600 to 700 hours annually.

“Every volunteer ... [has] a relationship with this collection that inspires everything else in their lives,” Brown said.

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Odd Obsession, 1830 N. Milwaukee Ave., is one of the last remaining video rental stores in Chicago.

So far, the shop has raised $11,473 of their $25,000 goal to keep the store open, and hopes to connect with investors to bridge the gap.

“Otherwise, why the hell would they donate so much time for free?”

Kiewel said new titles are added to Odd Obsession’s collection every two weeks through a partnership with a member, who is allowed to rent titles for free and bring back new titles in return.

“What is important to note is that this campaign ... has been to not only save the store but as a recognition that the store needs that kind of engagement to operate,” Brown said. “In the old days with the first couple generations of volunteers, it had [those kinds] of events going on constantly. And so without an annual membership drive or some sort of events, the store cannot survive.”

Odd Obsession offers more than 25,000 film titles, in both DVD and VHS formats, sorted by director names. Vinyl records are a lso

available at the store. A range of entertainment can be found on shelves along the store’s walls, with TV show titles such as “Portlandia” and films such as “Fight Club.”

With the fate of Odd Obsession still up in the air, there are plans to host screenings and other events to invite the community in while the store continues talking with investors. Through updating selections biweekly and offering a rotating staff-and volunteer-picks section each month, Odd Obsession hopes to keep its customers coming back each week.

“We hope that one of these kind people will bridge the gap, and in doing so, [take over] the books,” Brown said. “We are hopeful that this could actually be a blessing in disguise, but now … we are in peril.” ddaniels@columbiachronicle.com

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moustache competition » JUSTIN ANDERSON PHOTOJOURNALIST CALL IT THE face-off of the facial hair enthusiasts. Competitors and spectators from all over the country came to Tinley Park for the National Beard and Moustache Championship held at the 350 Brewing Company Insanity Factory on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Many participants in the competition, which was presented

by Remington Beard Boss, paired their facial hair with a wide array of creative costumes.

“I meet new people at every one of these,” said Ryan Lammey, one of Remington’s four facial hair

The competition featured 45 facial hair categories that were divided into four classes: moustache, partial beard, craft and full beard.

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Competitors itching to win the

aficionados called Beard Bosses, determined by a group of judges who also won second place in the comprised of former champions national championship for natural and facial hair experts—MJ beard 3 to 6 inches long. “We keep Johnson, one of Remington’s Beard in touch, and it’s sort of a family Bosses, and Will Clinger, the host reunion every time we come to the of PBS’ “Wild Travels.” same competition.”

The championship benefited Crowds of people began to fill three Tinley Park based charities: the brewery at 9:30 a.m. for the the Oscar Mike Foundation, a event. The championship itself non-profit that supports wounded didn’t start until 11 a.m., but once veterans; Together We Cope, an it began it continued late into organization that works to prevent the night. homelessness in Chicago’s south While not watching the suburbs; and the People’s Animal competition, spectators enjoyed Welfare Society of Tinley Park, “Abraham Lincoln” marching a no-kill shelter that has helped around with the American more than 1,000 pets find a home flag, “Charlie Chaplin” doing in 2019. somersaults and a man riding a janderson@columbiachronicle.com penny-farthing.

Those competing were split into 45 categories, which were divided into four main classes: moustache, partial beard, craft and full beard.

Each category’s winner was

The beard and mustache competition benefits the Oscar Mike Foundation, Together We Cope and the People’s Animal Welfare Society of Tinley Park.

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Students bring the ‘HEAT’ with comedy musical » JACQUELINE LUTTRELL/CHRONICLE

» KENDALL POLIDORI NEWS EDITOR DURING HIS SOPHOMORE year of high school, Martin Brablec had the idea for a comedy musical he said would “push a lot of lines.”

Now, in his senior year of college, alongside senior cinema art and science major Corbin Eaton, Brablec is bringing his musical concept to life.

Brablec, a music and composition major, loved acting and participating in musicals in high school, but he said it was not until he saw “The Book of Mormon” that he knew a musical could be exciting, funny and boundary-pushing all at the same time. He wrote the concept for “HEAT” his sophomore year in high school, but never had time to make something of it. The show revolves around a group of firemen who are also strippers.

In order for students to graduate with a music degree, they have to put on a senior recital, but rather than doing what people usually do, such as composing music and performing it, Brablec decided to devote his time toward a comedy musical, with an all-Columbia student cast.

Through a variety of drafts, Brablec said the final product has become much more than just a “funny musical,” as it tackles the stigma of being a male stripper in a small town. “[‘HEAT’] was initially supposed to be a fluff piece, [but] … as we went down the road, we added a lot of value to it,” Brablec said. “We are still trying to make it a generally positive show in the sense that [we] want to make sure these [stigmas] are accepted in the show.”

To make the musical blossom to its full potential, Brablec brought on Eaton to write the scripts after seeing the writing he has done for The Black Sheep Columbia, a platform for satirical content. With both of their voices on the project, Brablec said it turned into something “really great.”

Brablec was pushed to go forward with the project after private lessons with Ilya Levinson, associate professor in the Music Department, because he said at

Corbin Eaton, senior cinema arts and sciences major (top left), and Martin Brablec, senior music and compostion major (top right), join forces to put on a fully student-made comedy musical, “HEAT,” Nov. 22 at the Music Center, 1014 S. Michigan Ave .

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Columbia it is fairly rare for music composition majors to go into musical theatre. Brablec said he was always drawn to musical theatre since high shool, and through the college he was able to hone in on the skills needed to put on a show, including writing the music score, conducting the music pit and working with actors.

Eaton was the perfect piece to the stripping firemen puzzle of a musical, due to his experience in comedy with The Black Sheep Columbia and scriptwriting.

Eaton said his knowledge of story structure came from the college, and he and Brablec had a common understanding of the humor and tone they wanted the musical to exhibit. Eaton said it has been a collaborative process, with even the actors chiming in on how to spruce it up.

“It can be very easy to take yourself too seriously,” Eaton said. “So one thing we do with this show is we don’t take ourselves seriously at all.”

Brablec said he wants people to come to the show and have fun, not to be hit in the face with an extremely complex piece. And with a prop box full of money guns, sex toys and blow-up dolls, a fun, refreshing show is exactly what the audience will receive.

Nothing can prepare audience members for what they will see, Eaton said, and they encourage everyone who attends to give back to all of the performers with laughter, cheering and interaction.

And if anyone sits in the front row, they and a Jesus Christ figure will be “making it rain” with a stack of fake money from on-stage.

“It’s all about pushing lines ... while still maintaining integrity of a well-written show,” Brablec said. “I mean, it’s a wacky premise, but everything is rational.”

Performed for one night only, “HEAT” can be seen Friday, Nov. 22 at the Music Center, 1014 S. Michigan Ave., for free. Eaton said people will know they are in the right place when they see the show’s two shirtless ushers, wearing only bow ties and skinny jeans. kpolidori@columbiachronicle.com

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Rapper Maxo Kream debuts new album at Bottom Lounge Editor’s Note: The term “N-word” is used in this article, referring to Kream’s relationship with musician Travis Scott. The Chronicle warns of its use and apologizes for any discomfort the printing of this term may cause.

HOUSTON-BASED RAPPER Maxo Kream, who grew up in predominantly Hispanic and African communities, began making music inspired by the people around him after his release from prison in 2010.

Recently signed to RCA Records, Kream’s music career has reached a new level of recognition, collaborating with artists like Travis Scott, who originally told Kream to start rapping. Years later, in 2019, Scott and Kream found themselves creating “The Relays” track on Kream’s latest album.

“He told me to start rapping way back in the day,” Kream—born

Emekwanem Ogugua Biosah Jr.— told the Chronicle in an interview inside his tour bus as it was parked outside Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake St., before his Nov. 2 show.

“We [were] just them n----s with no purpose. ... After I went out of jail, I came back. I took [Scott’s] word.”

Although he may have started the tour “sick as hell” with a sore throat, he has since recovered to carry on with the international tour of “Brandon Banks,” his debut album released July 19, which revolves around his relationship with his father, an important figure in his life as he navigated his music career.

“It’s different, it ain’t like the typical father-son relationship,” Kream said. “Kinda like partners, we bump heads. ... He was locked up for the beginning of my music career. Once he got out of jail, I was already in the mix [of the music industry].”

Now, Kream said his father is in disbelief of where Kream’s

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career has gone, partly because of his father’s Nigerian background.

“He loves it now, [but] at first he ain’t believe in it,” Kream said.

“He never seen it. My dad is real Nigerian, and they don’t see that.

They see you go to school, ... he is real strong behind that. I grew up around pistols and drugs ... but I was never raised to be like that.”

Kream was arrested in 2016 on charges of money laundering and links to organized crime after a sting operation, according to an October article by The Washington Post.

But when asked what advice he would give to upcoming artists, Kream said to believe in yourself.

“It’s not that people not going to believe in you at first,” Kream said.

“It’s that you got to prove and show them. ... I didn’t get here overnight. ... You gotta treat this like college.

If you don’t work, you not going to eat.” snunez@columbiachronicle.com

Houston-based rapper Maxo Kream stops in Chicago Nov. 2 for a performance at Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake St., for the international tour of his new album.

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MARKET VENDORS SELLING various goods are surrounded by several indoor stages showcasing local bands from jazz to soul to rock, as part of Navy Pier’s third annual Sequence Ch!cago event happening now.

Throughout November and December, Sequence is highlighting some of Chicago’s local

artists, and because Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., has been working on becoming a year-round tourist destination, the free event is the perfect way to engage people in fall and winter, said Navy Pier Program Manager Dylan Hankey.

Sequence Ch!cago will have markets on Saturday afternoons and two larger concerts, both at the Aon Grand Ballroom, 840 E. Grand Ave.: Housegiving on Nov. 27 and A Blues Christmas on

Dec. 20, which will conclude the event series.

Hankey said the idea behind Housegiving came from Chicago’s house music scene, since the night before Thanksgiving is a big night for house music.

He said they wanted to bring local music and a neighborhood feel to the location because tourists, and even some Chicagoans, might not get the same experience in the downtown area. Hankey, a 2012 arts management alumnus, said it can be especially difficult for students to find new music because of the age restrictions for many venues.

One of the bands that was set to perform Saturday, Nov. 16 is poprock group Violet Crime. They released their second EP, “Paper Queen,” in June, including five new songs. They have played at several venues around Chicago including Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake St., and Tonic Room, 2447 N. Halsted

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Through December, the third annual Sequence Ch!cago is featuring local artists and musicians at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave.

Ave., which the band sold out, said vocalist Jeff Mills.

Violet Crime is part of the record label Play Together, which pairs musicians with local artists to create unique cover art and merchandise, with a portion of the funds donated to a program aiming to make music education more accessible.

Hankey said playing at Navy Pier could be a great platform for artists. He said the program coordinators try to get different artists every year to showcase more talent.

“There’s so many gems in the city that don’t get a voice,” Mills

said. “An event like this would allow you to discover some crazy underground talent we have here.”

Sequence Ch!cago also wanted to help the community by partnering with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless to run a clothing drive, which will take place during the Housegiving concert, Hankey said.

“With Thanksgiving being the next day, it’s a way of giving back and recognizing that not everyone’s fortunate enough as yourself to be able to go to a fun show,” he said. ksavage@columbiachronicle.com

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Northwestern editorial shows media illiteracy, not media incompetency » ALEXANDRA YETTER & MIRANDA MANIER CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, MANAGING EDITOR

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hen the Chronicle covered student protests of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ address on Northwestern University’s campus, an air of hostility toward the media was already present.

A Medill School of Journalism professor had sent more than a dozen students to cover the event for class, with some doubling or tripling up to ask attendees for interviews.

Many of the attendees were averse to speaking with the students, and organizers of the protest did not allow any reporters, student or otherwise, to interview protestors on the designated grounds.

The foundation was already unstable for reporters from the student-run Daily Northwestern to cover the event.

Following The Daily Northwestern’s coverage of the protest, the paper received complaints from students who participated,

EDITORIAL people able to tear down your work instantly and publicly even as you are continuing to learn.

In that same vein, college journalists’ sources are not a country away or working in a different state or even down the road—they requesting photos of them be taken down Although the Society of Professional are in our classrooms, they know our friends and their names be retracted from the Journalists’ Code of Ethics does encour- and sometimes they teach our classes. article. A Sunday editorial apologized for age ethical treatment of sources, it also The real problem here is media illiteracy. “mistakes” the paper made. states, “Identify sources clearly. The public A growing sector of society has no idea how The editorial quickly took off on social is entitled to as much information as possi- journalism works. media, with readers and professional jour- ble to judge the reliability and motivations This can lead to an increasing distrust nalists alike criticizing the paper for not of sources.” of media and an overwhelming label of standing up for their actions, which are We cannot support The Daily fake news whispered even in the halls of considered standard journalistic practice. Northwestern’s decision to retract source Columbia buildings. The Chronicle often Many were also taken aback by the editors identity, but we do admire the intention receives complaints from unhappy sources writing that students in the coverage felt it behind their apology. To end up taking on the who do not understand why press releases was “retraumatizing and invasive.” brutal force of the entire journalism indus- are not run in full, why reporters ask sources The Chronicle has often had sources try—possibly even risking their careers—in to spell their names or what the difference request for their names to be retracted, for order to honor their sources’ concerns must is between an editorial and an article. photos to be taken down or for articles to be a disheartening experience for young The Daily Northwestern made conscienbe removed from our platform altogether, professionals passionate enough to want to tious efforts to examine the sensitive situand each time we point to the journalistic enter that industry, and it’s disheartening ations faced by their sources, an effort that policy of standing by the transparency and for us to watch. More journalists should be many in the professional realm increasingly attribution of our coverage. We will correct a as concerned with the humanity of their fail to do. story that is factually inaccurate, but we do sources as they are with getting a big scoop. not remove stories, names or photos, which, What media critics fail to recognize is that Visit ColumbiaChronicle.com for more on according to our policy, are “considered a social media has put an increasing amount this story. permanent record of the news, events and of pressure on student journalists, more opinions of its time.” than existed in the past, with millions of chronicle@colum.edu

Characteristics for a successful new police superintendent

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In order for CPD to continue to make improvements in policing, the permanent superintendent needs to be equipped with the right characteristics: Trust-building: ddie Johnson announced his retireLightfoot announced on Friday, Nov. 8, There needs to be a deeper trust between ment as CPD superintendent. It came jsut one day after Johnson’s announcement, police officers, especially the superintenonly weeks after Johnson launched that former chief of the Los Angeles Police dent, and the community members they are an investigation into himself following an Department Charlie Beck would be instated protecting. Promoting more events geared incident where he was found sleeping in his as Johnson’s interim replacement. toward youth, such as Coffee with a Cop, car after failing to take his blood pressure Beck was not applauded by some commu- could help residents become more trusting medicine and having “a couple of drinks.” nities. Soon after the announcement, Black of police. When police officers interact with Johnson said this incident was not a decid- Lives Matter of Los Angeles released a letter community members in a “non-enforceing factor in his retirement. urging Chicago not to keep him permanently ment context,” it helps reduce bias and break in the position. down stereotypes.

“Beyond the police killings Transparency: of black and brown peoAfter the dashcam footage of the fatal ple, there was Chief Beck’s shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald brazen ongoing disrespect was released Nov. 24, 2015, protests ignited for community members, across the city. Former Mayor Rahm especially black community Emanuel fired then-Superintendent Garry members, who demanded McCarthy and handpicked Johnson to help accountability,” Black Lives restore the reputation of the police departMatter of Los Angeles wrote. ment in 2015.

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The city began creating more policies to provide greater transparency—for instance, dashcam footage of officer-involved shootings is now required to be released after 60 days. This is a step in the right direction that the next superintendent must continue to implement and grow.

Chicago-native: If the next superintendent was a Chicago native, they would be able to provide local insight and have the history and background of the inner workings of the city. According to research done by 24/7 Wall St., a financial news and opinion company, Chicago is one of the top five most segregated cities in the U.S., with many of the neighborhoods being distinct; each one functions differently.

If Lightfoot applies these characteristics to CPD’s next superintendent, Chicago’s long history of policing malpractices may come to a much-needed end. chronicle@colum.edu

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identity, able-bodiedness or social If so, you most likely became defenclass. However, there are some sive, slightly offended and in denial. things I did not consider privileges Oftentimes, people do not realize like age or religion until I attended they have privilege because a seminar through Columbia. they have never Have you ever thought about your encountered what ability to walk up a f light of stairs as it was like to not a privilege? What about when you go have it. into a clothing store and they have your There are size available? Or your ability to read parts of our this article? Everyone has some form identity of privilege from which they benefit. that society On one side, there is a dominant says, “This group, like people who identify makes you as cisgender. On the other, there better than othis the targeted, marginalized ers.” It’s a status group, like people who are transthat makes your life gender, queer or nonbinary. easier, whether you For myself, I have more identideserve it or not. ties that fall under a marginalized Having some privileges group. I am a person of color, I does not mean you are was born in a country other than exempt from other forms of discrimithe U.S. and I am female. nation, either. It simply means, if you The problem is people with privileges are white and English is your second are often resistant to accepting the fact language, you can still be discrimithat they have privilege. Has anyone nated against because of your lack of ever told you, “Check your privilege”? “proficient use” of the English language.

However, the responsibility cannot fall on a person from a marginalized community to speak about their lack of opportunity. It only makes them feel more marginalized and is a waste of energy to share if people are not willing to make a change.

So, before you start making your mental list of privileges, understand that it is not about shaming yourself or others about being a part of a privileged group; it is how you and others use your privilege to help those who do not have that luxury.

Checking one’s privileges is uncomfortable and takes a lot of self-awareness.

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According to USA Today, those are the odds of someone being killed by a shark, yet at least 100 million sharks are killed by humans annually.

Sharks are made up of 440 different species, all incredibly important to the ocean’s ecosystem. As apex predators, sharks ensure the ocean does not become overrun by other types of sea life. Additionally, their eating habits help the ecosystem in other ways because of deep sea sharks’ taste for dead critters that have sunk to the bottom of the sea, emitting quite a bit

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of carbon. The deep sea sharks ingest such creatures and therefore keep the carbon cycle of the ocean in check.

Other than their helpful eating habits, sharks do not get sick as often as other animal species, leading scientists to study them even closer, according to Conservation International. This type of research found that the shark’s outer tissue has antibacterial properties that scientists can mimic to create surfaces that attempt to lower the death-by-infection rate among humans below the astonishing 23,000 deaths per year. Now, tell me why someone would want to hunt such a magnificent animal?

I’ll tell you. There are three main reasons why humans hunt sharks: their fins, their internal organs and their skin.

We’re going to focus on the internal organs. Other than shark fin soup and leather, products that are derived from the outside of a shark, humans hunt sharks for the oil that is secreted by the shark’s liver.

Known colloquially as squalene, shark liver oil is a highly coveted

in all my research I have not heard of people fighting for sharks to be saved from the same cruelties. Is this not a ingredient in many lotions, foundacountry that strives for lack of judgetions, eye shadows, lipsticks and other ment of beauty, as it attempts to move cosmetic products of the same variety. away from societal norms? Shouldn’t we Squalene has properties that moisturize be fighting for all those without a voice the skin but do not make it oily; it also and not just the ones we cuddle when has abilities to decrease fine-lines and we desire unconditional affection? wrinkles in the skin. Squalene is desired Keep an eye out for what you’re in cosmetics because of our society’s actually putting on your skin, because unhealthy attachment to youth. Despite your $20 eye cream could be costing our collective desire to retain youth, multiple sharks their lives. Instead, squalene is not worth the addition of look for lotions that use plant altersharks to the endangered species list. natives—which is actually better Petitions have been started time and quality and allegedly costs less to again to show countries the dangers manufacture, according to the Rob of overfishing sharks and using Stewart Sharkwater Foundation. them specifically for shark fin Additionally, it also saves the lives soup and leather, but one of the of creatures that unknowingly main killers of sharks is right save our lives just by existing. under our noses, and other No creature deserves to be harmed than cosmetic companies for the self-centered desires of people coming to the conclusion to who only want to beautify their outchange on their own, they receive sides. Perhaps beautify your insides very little backlash from this by being a good person and fighting for thoughtless massacre for human the sharks. You may think they’re scary, beautification. This is a complex but remember, vending machines kill dilemma in my eyes because of more people than sharks annually, so this generation’s desire to what should we really be afraid of ? save “cute” animals from gsenior@columbiachronicle.com the claws of gross cosmetic testing, but

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The 2020 race for president, as told

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WITH MORE THAN a dozen people running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, only four months from the Iowa caucus and five months until the Illinois primary, the race is on for who will win the youth vote.

When millennial and Generation Z voters are combined, they make up the largest voting bloc, giving them the most potential influence in the upcoming 2020 election. However, data from the U.S. Census shows that those ages 18 to 29 historically have the lowest voter turnout, including in the 2016 presidential election that saw President Donald Trump emerge victorious.

But with so many candidates within the Democratic primary pool and a party increasingly split between moderates and progressives, what do Columbia students really think about the top-polling candidates: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) chronicle@colum.edu and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg? The Chronicle set off to find out. Here were students’ answers: » ALEXANDRA YETTER & KNOX KERANEN CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, STAFF REPORTER

my favorite candidate. He’s very, very smart, well put together. I think he speaks like seven or eight languages. If the Democrats want to take a risk and pick someone who, I think, is well-suited, wellequipped, I think [Buttigieg] is their best bet. … He appeals to a lot of demographics,” said Raul Vasquez, sophomore broadcast journalism major and Buttigieg supporter.

ously lots of the things [Sanders is] rooting for I care about, personally. When it comes to loans for students, and then I have older family, so it’d be nicer if we had better health insurance and things like that—which are all things that he is really supportive of. I’d like to see it, but I also know he’s quite radical and might stir up some things similar to Trump but in a different way,” said Stephanie Grasse, junior animation major and Sanders supporter. spot for him because of all the things that he wants to do to help America and help ‘fix’ all the garbage we are going through right now. But, I do also have my doubts because his views are kind of extreme to a good percentage of Americans,” said Zoe Elerby, sophomore creative writing major.

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[Trump’s] kind of like a chicken running around with his head cut off. Have you ever met a person who knows he’s an idiot, but he keeps the persona that he’s not because he kind of has some false hope and faith in himself? That’s where Trump is at right now,” said Geon Ruffin, sophomore public relations major and Sanders supporter.

“I FEEL HE isn’t fit for the presidency. ... He’s very selfish and only thinks of himself. He does immature things [such as] when he came to Chicago and they booed him out and he left. I feel like even though they booed him out, he [should] have stayed in Chicago. ... He tweets some things that [are] ridiculous in a way, and this is the first president to do something like that,” said Christon Ford, freshman graphic design major.

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hate him.

He just seems like he is an opportunist, and he is only out there to advance his career. What arrogance. He’s the mayor of a small town; he only won his reelection by 8,000 votes, and he thinks he can win president?

That just seems a little arrogant to me,” said Nathan Zurawski, junior public relations major and Sanders supporter.

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woman president,” said Sydney Sexton, sophomore filmmaking major and Warren supporter.

“I REALLY LIKE Elizabeth Warren.

Sometimes I am concerned that she takes money from billionaires, but I think that she has the right idea, and she has good plans,” said Lauren Manning, senior American Sign LanguageEnglish Interpretation major.

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some people are so eager for [Biden] to win just because people are so desperate to get Trump out of there that they’re like, ‘We’re only going to win if we get this bland, vanilla, mayonnaise, milkshake guy to knock elbows with literally everybody and have so watered down of an opinion that nothing matters just for someone else to get in there.’

My fear is that the [Democratic National Committee] is going to do what they did last election and be like, ‘We have to win at all costs, so we’re just going to push this candidate forward’ despite the fact that almost everyone I’ve talked to and everything I’ve seen online, no one likes Biden; they think he’s spineless. If the DNC chooses him as a candidate, it’s going to knock away a lot of already disillusioned young voters,” said Skyler Daniels, junior television major, who would vote for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson over Trump being reelected.

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man; invasion of women’s space, that’s what I think of [with Biden]. … I’ve seen clips of videos where he’s just too touchy, even with young girls,” said Samantha Milligan, junior creative writing major, who is undecided in her vote.

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Immigration officials decide Alejandra Cano must return for a second check-in » JUSTIN ANDERSON PHOTOJOURNALIST

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BROUGHT TO THE United States as an infant, Chicagoan Alejandra Cano has spent the past few months fighting for her right to live in the U.S. U.S. border agents stopped Cano, a permanent resident, at the airport after she returned from a recent trip to Chile where she was visiting family— likely due to previous convictions of retail theft, her attorney Kate Ramos said in a Thursday,

Nov. 14 press briefing. This resulted in Cano’s first checkin with immigration officials, starting her journey through the immigration courts seeking to cancel removal proceedings.

A crowd assembled by The Resurrection Project, an organization that works to build healthy communities, and several other organizations stood outside in the bitter cold in support of Cano.

More than four hours later, Cano emerged from the doors with a fist raised in the air.

Immigration officials will require Cano to return to the 536 S. Clark Federal Building on Tuesday, Nov. 19 for a second check-in after deciding more documents needed to be reviewed before a decision could be made on whether or not to detain her.

“My mom has made plenty of

mistakes,” said Cano’s 14-yearold son Nicolas, who is a U.S. citizen. “She has a very great story in recovery, and just for her to be punished again is not fair because she has been punished once, and she has learned from her mistakes.”

Cano began working as a spokesperson for multiple addiction recovery groups after experiencing addiction herself.

In addition to one of her sons,

the crowd featured appearances from City Clerk Anna M. Valencia, Cano’s mother Aurora Posada and two close friends of Cano whom she met while in recovery.

“This is a victory,” Cano said after her check-in. “Our main goal was for me not to get detained, and I am out here free with you guys.” janderson@columbiachronicle.com

Supporters of Alejandra Cano stand outside 536 S. Clark Federal Building Thursday, Nov. 14 awaiting a decision regarding her immigration status. After more than four hours, Cano emerges with a fist in the air.

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THE LARGEST STARBUCKS in the world was unveiled on the Magnificent Mile Friday, Nov. 15.

The 35,000-square-foot Reserve Roastery, 646 N. Michigan Ave., is the sixth of its kind in the world.

Lines formed around the block Friday ahead of the 9 a.m. opening, and Cindy Aguilar and Emilio Pilapio arrived at 5 a.m. to secure their spot at the front of the line.

They were greeted by Chicago Roastery General Manager Shauna McKenzie-Lee (left).

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Pilapio said. “No one else can really say, ‘I was second in line [at] the world’s largest Starbucks grand opening.’”

Inside, the Reserve Roastery is a playground for coffee lovers, including coffee beans roasted in-house, Italian pastries that travel between floors on a vertical conveyor belt, gelato infused with liquid nitrogen and plenty more for patrons to discover. lleazenby@columbiachronicle.com

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