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College reports leaders’ pay

KATHERINE DAVIS Campus Editor EVEN AS TUITION continued to increase,

former President Warrick L. Carter and 13 other members of Columbia’s administration collected total compensation of more than $200,000 in 2012, according to the college’s most recent Form 990, an annual tax audit that nonprofits are required to submit to the Internal Revenue Service.

Form 990s are released by the IRS 18 months after they are filed, which means the latest version of the college’s public financial records are from the 2012–2013 academic year, Carter’s last year at the college before current President Kwang-Wu Kim took office, according to Matthew Jaehrling, associate vice president of Business Affairs and controller.

In addition to disclosing administrators’ compensation, the Form 990 also reported that the college’s endowment rose to $127.32 million that year, a 13.34 percent increase from 2011–2012.

Despite repeated attempts by The Chronicle, Anne-Marie St. Germaine, interim vice president of Communications and Marketing, did not respond to requests for

MOST Former President Carter’s COMPENSATED total compensation Warrick Carter*

President

information regarding the compensation of Kim and current top administrators.

The latest Form 990s include many administrators who are no longer with the college and omit some current top administrators, who were hired after Kim’s assumption of duties, including newly appointed Senior Vice President and Provost Stan Wearden, CFO and Vice President of Business Affairs Michelle Gates and Vice President of Development Jon Stern.

Carter cost the college $677,098, which included $333,027 in base salary, a 1.12 percent decrease from the prior year’s salary of $336,820, as well as $163,524 in retirement contributions and $154,643 in nontaxable benefits.

Nontaxable benefits include costs associated with items such as insurance. In total, Carter was paid 5.54 percent less in 2012 than in 2011.

Factoring in retirement, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits, aside from Carter, most of the top 10 highest paid administrators saw an increase in total compensation compared to the year prior.

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$677,098

Steven Kapelke* Provost and Senior VP

$319,407

Mark Kelly

VP of Student Affairs

$257,228

Eric Winston*

from 2012 could: Pay for 1 year’s tuition for

29 students.

Average tuition for one student: $22,884

Buy

VP of Institutional Advancement

$255,979

1043 , iPhone 6s.

Eliza Nichols

Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts

$246,609

16 GB, 4.5 in without contract retail: $649

Paul Chiaravalle*

Buy a tall Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks

Associate VP and Chief of Staff

$246,016

for

Louise Love*

Interim Provost

$245,789

Alicia Berg

VP of Campus Environment

$238,235

*Denotes administrator who is no longer at the college.

Information generated from Columbia College’s 2013 Form 990.

180,559 That’s 494 lattes per day. students.

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Afford 1-year housing contracts 1 year contract one student: at Plymouth Court. for $9,774

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Columbia reacts to ‘Worst Colleges’ ranking CARISSA DEGEN Assistant Campus Editor COLUMBIA’S REPUTATION WAS called

into question in late September when Washington Monthly, a magazine that focuses on politics, published a list that ranked Columbia as the 11th-worst higher education institution in the country.

The magazine based its worst college rankings on a formula that

looked at an institution’s net price, average student debt, default rate and graduation rate at all nonprofit, for-profit and public colleges in the country.

The College Scorecard states that Columbia’s net price is $26,414 per year. Undergraduate Columbians typically have $27,000 in federal loans after four years with a 14.8 percent default rate. The graduation rate is listed at 40.8 percent.

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Ben Miller, a senior policy analyst at New America foundation and the author of the Washington Monthly article, said all the information used for the list was found on government databases that aggregate statistics supplied to the U.S. Department of Education by the college.

Lists of best colleges are commonly found around the time prospective students start applying, but Miller said he wanted to start

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a conversation that focuses on all aspects of college.

“If you’re picking amongst a small liberal arts school or a big research university, all of the top colleges are places where students are extremely likely to graduate and they’re going to get a degree from an institution that is nationally recognized,” Miller said. “[However], there are a lot of colleges out there where students are a lot less likely

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to graduate, and they’re going to end up with a lot more student loan debt and a higher risk of not being able to pay back that money.”

Miller said he does not think his list will help determine where an incoming freshman decides to attend college because there are a lot of different factors that affect such a decision.

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Administrative accountability can foster transparency EVERY YEAR, WHEN Columbia’s Form

990 tax records are released, The Chronicle writes its annual “highest-paid” article—a piece that details how much the college’s top administrators are paid, including base salary, bonuses and nontaxable benefits such as healthcare.

As reported in the article on the Front Page, this year was no exception. Detailing former President Warrick L. Carter’s final year at the college, as well as the final year for several members of his cabinet, the highest-paid administrators typically pulled in more than $200,000 in total compensation.

Though Carter has long since left the college, the figures presented in the Form 990s are disturbing.

When I see that Carter’s total compensation was $677,098 during the 2012–2013 academic year, I can only see how many students had to pay tuition to fund it—30, using the current cost of tuition.

But Carter’s total compensation is not outlandish when compared to other private liberal arts colleges. It is actually pretty mediocre when placed against institutions like DePaul University, whose president, Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, hauled in $856,169 during the 2012–2013 academic year.

Often at The Chronicle, the editors and reporters encounter students who bemoan the predict-

able tuition increases every year.

And those same staffers encounter administrators and faculty who deliver the cookie-cutter response that tuition increases are just a part of higher education.

But when does it end? Will the cost of tuition keep increasing until this generation pays $100,000 per year to send their children to college? And when do students stop carrying the financial burden?

As detailed on Page 13, the entire Renegades Student Athletic Association only receives $8,000 annually from the college. Even though the program has grown in recent years, that figure has remained stagnant, despite the addition of several teams. What is more infuriating is that students are required to pay out of pocket to participate, some as much as $200.

The standout person in the article is Aldo Guzman, director of Student Activities and Leadership, who said his department would cut from its own budget before reducing funds to student groups. It is an attitude that more members of the college should adopt.

Looking at the list of highestpaid administrators, I have to wonder if—and hope—the college’s current administration would do the same thing.

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Despite meeting with representatives from the offices of Business Affairs and Marketing and Communications and repeated requests for comment since Sept. 30, the college never answered our inquiry.

It is hard to believe that a college is transparent when that is the kind of response it delivers to its student newspaper. Transparency is promised, but it is a buzzword that is overused.

It is a cop-out term that has become disingenuous and carries little meaning these days.

Instead, members of this college community—students, faculty and staff—need to start throwing around the word accountability, and that includes a transparent budget, one that is not released 18 months after the conclusion of the fiscal year. teagle@chroniclemail.com

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Provost Stan Wearden discusses strategic plan JENNIFER BOYLEN Assistant Campus Editor TO COMMEMORATE HIS first 100 days as senior vice president and provost, Stan Wearden delivered an address to the college on Oct. 2 in the 618 S. Michigan Ave. Building.

Similar to the Q-and-A President Kwang-Wu Kim held last year at the close of his first 100 days, Wearden answered questions posed by members of the college community. It was Wearden’s first college-wide address since he spoke at Columbia in April as part of his interview process.

Wearden said he was excited to interact with students and faculty in a face-to-face environment, an opportunity he is rarely afforded.

“It’s nice to start it out this way because it’s such an inclusive group,” Wearden said. “Anybody can come, and it’s got that in-person, face-to-face quality that a newsletter or an email message or something just doesn’t have.”

The main topic of discussion was Wearden’s involvement in drafting the college’s strategic plan and how the college will implement feedback from the college community. Wearden said he had a similar experience at his previous place of employment, Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, and he predicts Columbia’s process will be successful.

Lou Foglia THE CHRONICLE Stan Wearden, senior vice president and provost, addressed the college at Stage 2, 618 S. Michigan Ave., for the first time since he took the position. The assembly focused on the Strategic Planning Process and included an audience Q-and-A session.

The college is currently looking at six broad strategic goals. According to a Sept. 29 email from Kim, Wearden and 20 members of the Strategic Planning Committee convened for the first time Sept.

29 to begin the process of drafting the plan. Wearden, along with Kim and several members of his cabinet and the SPSC members, will work to complete the draft by April 2015, he said.

“Despite the apparent ambitiousness of it, this [completion goal] will work,” Wearden said.

“There will be plenty of time for community input, for writing and revision, and there will be plenty of time for a second round of community input once we have a draft of the plan written.”

The next step in the process is an extensive environmental analysis, according to Wearden. The college

wants to focus this strategic plan on thriving rather than surviving and growing the institution strategically unlike the previous prioritization efforts had done, he said.

The last time the college attempted to revise its strategic plan was when it underwent Blueprint Prioritization in 2012, a process that recommended the college phase out several academic programs and departments. Many of

Students crowd Artist Exchange info session at Portfolio Center KYLE HOLLEY

Assistant Campus Editor HOMEROOM, A CHICAGO-BASED non-

Carolina Sánchez THE CHRONICLE Comedian Morgan Lord details her involvement in the Artists Exchange program to students.

profit resource that aids artists in developing, producing and showcasing original art, is partnering with the Portfolio Center to recruit students for the Emerging and Established Artists Exchange.

Homeroom created the program with the help of the college’s Portfolio Center, pairing students with professional Chicago artists to develop original work and promote it to professionals within their industries. Homeroom will be accepting applications from student artists through Oct. 20.

Rob Funderburk, the creative industry liaison for the Portfolio Center, said events like these are ideal for Columbia students and his department because it allows students to gain an early foothold in the industries they wish to pursue.

The Portfolio Center, located on the third floor of the 623 S. Wabash Ave. Building, functions as a career development resource for students to organize resumes, create business cards, begin marketing and promotion plans and develop their own personal branding, according to Funderburk.

“Recognizing an opportunity also requires getting prepared,” Funderburk said. “If you see an opportunity, understanding how to engage, what to bring and how to professionally prepare your work, takes some exposure.”

Students can always better prepare professionally to present themselves as artists for potential jobs, Funderburk said.

“The Portfolio Center works closely with all faculty and departments to provide valuable supplements to what’s happening in the classroom,” Funderburk said.

Seth Vanek, program director

and co-founder of Homeroom, said the partnership with Columbia has allowed Homeroom to tap into the type of artists with established works that are in a prime position to seek and receive serious career development.

“Something I’ve always admired about Columbia is how seriously they take the mission of getting students involved in the professional world,” Vanek said.

Vanek and co-founder Aaron Rodgers created Homeroom in 2008, and Vanek said the program flourished since they began partnering with the college in 2011.

Columbia students have been the only participants in the program because of the resources and atmosphere the college provides its students, he said, adding that the partnership allows both the Portfolio Center and Homeroom an opportunity to further each other’s mission with students.

those recommendations were never implemented because former President Warrick L. Carter and several members of his cabinet left the institution shortly after the recommendations were released.

Kim wants the committee to have an ambitious, bold vision, Wearden said, but the committee can do so while being realistic and remembering what the core mission of the college is.

“We are going to use a variety of different techniques to make sure that everyone at Columbia who wants a voice in this has the opportunity to have that voice,” Wearden said.

The process will run from the end of October through the first week in December and will include roundtable discussions, focus groups, public sessions and also a new social media website, Wearden said. After that point, everything on the website and information from other events will be fed into a database and create an initial report of themes of discussion.

Following that, the subcommittees will meet in January and use the data to draft a statement of philosophy about each strategic goal, a set of objectives for implementation and a set of metrics for each of those objectives, Wearden said.

xx SEE WEARDEN, PG. 12 Griffin Kenna, a sophomore music major, said he attended the event because he was looking to take the next step as a musician to get exposure for the music he has written and produced. He also said he thought the event could help him tap directly into the network.

Kenna was one of more than 20 students and applicants who attended the event looking to get a foot in the door with the help of a working professional. Selected students will be eligible to work with a featured professional on a six-month timeline and artist development process in which marketing, promotional, recording and performance amenities will be allotted along with a $200 budget for each student’s project, according to Homeroom founders Rodgers and Vanek.

“With this [event], you’re not only in Chicago, a great city with opportunities, but [Columbia] is bringing the opportunities closer and making them a school event where you can really get insight into the industry,” Kenna said. kholley@chroniclemail.com October 6, 2014 • 3

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Art + Design Department slated to split in two TATIANA WALK-MORRIS Associate Editor IN AN EFFORT to properly allocate

resources and better address art + design students’ needs, the college will divide the Art + Design Department into two—the Design Department and the Art + Art History Department.

During a Faculty Senate meeting Oct. 3 in the 600 S. Michigan Ave. Building, the Senate met with administrators to discuss upcoming changes for the new departments, including hiring new department chairs, dividing the current faculty into the separate departments and redistributing the Art + Design Department’s resources.

“We’re really grateful that this is being brought to the Senate,” said Peter Carpenter, Faculty Senate president and associate professor in the Dance Department. “This is a change from how other institutional realignments were being handled [when] the [department] chair found out at the same time that everyone else did.”

There will be no immediate curriculum changes for current art + design majors, said Joan Giroux, associate chair of the Art + Design Department. The department and the Student Government Association are hosting an open forum Oct. 8 at Hokin Hall in the 623 S. Wabash Ave. Building during which students will ask

questions and express concerns, Giroux said.

However, the preliminary plan will not be released to the public until it has undergone more review, according to Kelli Connell, interim associate dean of the School of Fine & Performing Arts. After collecting input from faculty members on how to best restructure the Art + Design Department, a plan was drafted detailing a potential new structure for the department and distributed to the Faculty Senate for review, according to Connell.

The restructuring is meant to allow collaborations between students in different departments, Connell said during the meeting.

“Even though we aren’t splintering into multiple smaller departments, bridges are formed to allow those collaborations to happen,” Connell said. “Once these two departments are formed, some crossschool committees formed with like-minded colleagues being able to discuss … initiatives that make sense across schools.”

The measure is meant to give students the chance to take advantage of the art and design scopes, said John Green, interim dean of the School of Media Arts, during the meeting.

“The historic structure of the Art + Design Department makes it impossible to move forward despite everyone’s best efforts,” Green said. “[The plan] gives us the op-

Kelly Wenzel THE CHRONICLE Administrators, including John Green, interim dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts, and vice president and provost Stan Wearden, attended the Faculty Senate meeting Oct. 3 during which the Senate discussed its concerns surrounding the restructuring of the Art + Design Department and the Senate’s provost appointment policy.

portunity to start thinking strategically and college-wide about sharing resources.”

The restructuring process will group together faculty members with similar pedagogical ideas, Connell said, adding that differing ideas about how to teach art and design have stopped the department from implementing changes.

“It’s more [about] aligning practitioners with similar philosophies and that that can help develop the growth of both [art and design] programs,” Connell said during the meeting. “Historically, the difference in opinion of those philosophies [has] hindered growth where

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it really could have helped if [the programs] were separated.”

Interim chairs for these departments will be appointed next fall, according to Green.

Greg Foster-Rice, associate professor in the Photography Department, said during the meeting that it would be beneficial for the college to appoint a chair from within the college, because he or she would have sufficient knowledge of Columbia’s structure.

The Faculty Senate’s standing committees will send in feedback regarding the proposed changes in the Art + Design Department and create a motion for the restruc-

turing plan, which the Senate will vote on at its next meeting, Carpenter said. Though restructuring processes for other departments have not been as inclusive in the past, having extended and open discussions between faculty and administrators makes the restructuring process easier, Carpenter said.

“If we put a lot of heads together in a room about it who are really smart people about a really complex problem, we can come to a better understanding about how to do it right,” Carpenter said. twalkmorris@chroniclemail.com

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Internship fair proves vital for all students JENNIFER BOYLEN Assistant Campus Editor STUDENTS AND MEMBERS of Chicago’s theater community descended on Studio 404 in the 72 E. 11th St. Building for the college’s annual theater Fall Internship Fair on Sept. 29.

The fair included about 20 representatives, all seeking interns with a variety of skills.

Caroline Latta, a professor in the Theatre Department and organizer of the fair, said the department has approximately 50 theaters that are represented in either the spring or fall internship fairs. Many were new this year, including The Second City and Annoyance Theatre, one of two improv companies that cater to the college’s new comedy studies major. In addition, community and experiential theaters such as the Congo Square Theatre Company and Teatro Vista were in attendance.

Completing internships during college is essential for students, Latta said.

“It’s a concretization of how you move from one world into the next or branch out from an academic environment into the world of theater,” Latta said. “It opens their eyes to possibilities of having a career in a discipline they love that may put food on the table.”

Not only are internships a good way to learn, but they are also useful to network, Latta said. Most of the time, it does not matter what a student is doing as long as he or she is building a reputation that can lead to getting other internships or more stable and permanent employment, she said.

According to the invitation sent to the theaters, organizations were encouraged to include all available positions, even those that are outside of the theater field. Many of the companies included several internship opportunities in a variety of fields, which is something many students are not aware of, Latta said.

“There is plenty of work, and I don’t think people, particularly in marketing, photography and graphic design, realize that there are good paying jobs for people who have those skills.” Latta said. “It’s not that a theater won’t use a theater student to do marketing, but they’re looking for [other] specific skills as well.”

Jennifer Halperin, internship coordinator in the Journalism Department, said internship fairs are a great way to expose students to different outlets that they may not have considered on their own, as well as make a personal connection with people that they are hoping to work with.

Kelly Wenzel THE CHRONICLE (Top) Students speak with industry professionals at the Theatre Department internship fair on Sept. 29 in Studio 404 at the 72 E. 11th St. Building, in hopes of getting an internship opportunity with the participating companies. (Bottom) Interns and industry professionals speak at a panel as the fair begins.

Internships are also an ideal way for students to find out if their chosen field is right for them by experiencing it first hand. In addition, gaining industry experience during college puts students ahead of other graduates in the eyes of employers, Halperin said.

“It’s a real plus for employers looking for entry-level, full-time workers to have somebody who has made the effort and been accepted for an internship,” Halperin said.

“Even if you’re not necessarily [going to] be hired at the place you’re interning [at], the idea that you’re

interning with professionals in your field is terrific.”

Samuel Roberson, artistic director for the Congo Square Theatre Company, said the best thing about interning is gaining experience in more than one aspect of a field and learning to network.

Roberson said he has been able to work in theater completely without having to work another job to supplement his income because he learned all the necessary skills during internships and apprenticeships. Understanding the importance of networking is also a key to success after graduation, he said.

“People give jobs to people,” Roberson said. “It’s a who-you-know business, so the more people you know and the more connections you make, the more likely you are to receive a job.”

Elinor Krueger, a senior theatre major, said she has interned for Profiles Theatre and the Indiana Repertory Theatre in her hometown of Indianapolis and said she will graduate early because she received internship credit during her time at the college.

“Especially with the areas that Columbia focuses on, it’s important to have a sense of what you’re going into,” Krueger said. “An internship is such an important aspect of knowing what you’re getting into and being sure that this is something you want to do.”

The spring Internship Fair will take place on Feb. 2, 2015. jboylen@chroniclemail.com

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Columbia students work to bring TEDx to campus CARISSA DEGEN Assistant Campus Editor A GROUP OF Columbia undergraduate students are working to bring TEDx, a community supplemental program of TED, the international conference series that explores topics related to technology, education and design, to the college.

Brontë Price, a senior photography major, is the lead organizer of the initiative. Nominated by a faculty member, she is overseeing the student-led push to bring TEDx to Columbia. Price said she has had a lot of experience organizing events on campus.

“TED Talks [has] ideas worth spreading, and since Columbia is an art school and is an innovative place for people, [TEDx] is a perfect match because we have a lot to say and big ideas,” said Price, who organized a project in which trafficking victims expressed themselves through photography.

TEDx events generally have a multi-disciplinary or broad theme relevant to the college or university hosting the event, according to the TED Talks website.

Price is leading the selection process of a student board. A group of 10 student chairs with up to five members on each chair’s individual team will be selected. The fall semester is dedicated to selecting members and organizing the beginning stages of bringing TEDx to Columbia, according to Price.

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Kelly Wenzel THE CHRONICLE An information session was held Oct. 1 on the third floor of the library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., where students received applications to apply to be part of the student board.

“Once we have our student board built, we can decide who’s who and then choose a theme for the event and find appropriate speakers,” Price said.

Price said private universities in Chicago, such as University of Illinois and Northwestern University, have hosted TEDx, causing some to view the talks as elitist. She said hosting an event at Columbia would dispel that misconception.

Phillip Cheng, a senior cinema art + science major, said TEDx will be positive for Columbia students to join and attend.

Cheng, who was brought onto the team by Price, said he jumped at the opportunity to bring TEDx to Columbia’s campus because of how it will look on his resume.

“Being attached to a name like TED is huge,” said Cheng, a creative director of Columbia’s show choir XC3ND. “Notable speakers have presented [making it a good career opportunity].”

Cheng mentioned that Columbia acts as a catalyst for creativity, which TEDx will further promote. “[The point of ] TED Talks is to spread knowledge and creativity, which is a major goal behind bringing it to campus,” Cheng said.

“We’re an art school and a hub of creativity, so why aren’t we working with TED Talks already? Why haven’t we brought in people to spark new ideas?”

As of press time, the leadership board has not finalized any ideas for a theme, Price said. The work and

decision-making will begin after the team is official, as announced at the information sessions.

Price also said it is still uncertain how many students will make up the completed team. Applications are being distributed and will be considered throughout October.

“We’re [going to] have to look at how many applicants we get and sort out where their skill sets lie,” Cheng said.

The leadership board has not decided whether it will be turning down applicants [who are applying for a chair or team position], Cheng said. TEDx is in the beginning stages, but the team has been impressed with the turnout thus far, he said.

Ava Ginsburg, a senior cinema art + science major and president

of Students for Justice in Palestine, is also leading the initiative with Price. The two have since asked other students to join the leadership team, Price said.

Ginsburg said she met Price in a class called “Documenting Social Injustice,” which helped lead to a potential theme for the event.

“The umbrella theme is art activism and social justice,” Ginsburg said. “We’re trying to get more specific and figure out which speakers to bring. Ideas [being considered are] the power of storytelling or what role media plays in creating social change.”

However, everything is still in the planning stages, Ginsburg said.

“We’re trying to build a foundational student board [to create a] leadership community and have students from marketing, finance, graphic design, et cetera, come together to bring this event to life,” Ginsburg said.

She said the application process is in progress, but anyone involved will be able to add the experience to their resume and have the option of counting their participation as an independent study for credit. “[Joining the team] would be a tremendous experience,” Ginsburg said. “It’s going to be a lot of work and a big commitment because we will meet weekly, but we’re really committed to promoting social activism [on and off campus].” cdegen@chroniclemail.com

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These and other opportunities such as Columbia’s marketing communications trip to Prague and an exhibition management course in Rome were explored in an info session sponsored by the departments of Creative Writing and Business and Entrepreneurship held on Sept. 30 in the 624 S. Michigan Ave. Building.

As in previous years, the program is open to students in all majors, and along with scheduled tours and classes, free time is generously allocated. Students are encouraged to journal and reflect on their experiences during the trip and immediately afterward.

Robert Blandford, an associate professor in the Business & Entrepreneurship Department and instructor for the J-Term study abroad program in Rome, said the opportunity for students to study in another country is a tremendous experience, one which shaped his life.

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found that it makes for an exciting class time because the projects people do reflect their own interests and backgrounds,” Blandford said. “There’s an exciting kind of synergy that happens between the students.”

Despite the connection many students may feel to foreign countries through the media, many lack the real-life experience of the day-to-day cultures of those places, Blandford said. This affirms the need for the study abroad program to offer students a chance to truly understand and interpret those re-

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alities for themselves, he said.

Kathie Bergquist, adjunct faculty member in the Creative Writing Department and program manager for the five-week summer session of creative writing in Prague and the J-Term session in Paris, said the program offers students insight and perspective that is unmatched while exposing them to broader and more realistic ideals about the world through their work.

Courses in each country foster communication between disciplines and allow students the opportunity to collaborate, Bergquist

said. Despite the idea that students face distractions, Bergquist said students actually respond strongly to studying abroad.

“The concentrated experience of it is really conducive to good creative work,” Bergquist added.

Bergquist had the opportunity to live and work in Paris for more than a year and said that experience has enriched her perception of how the world works and broadened her context for the awareness of different cultures. She said she hopes the program can be transformative experience for all prospective stu-

dents as it was for her, if not better on the whole.

Prospective Rome attendee and junior fashion studies major Ally Bushman said the program interests her because of the idea that she would get a chance to freely explore while she was learning.

“It’s not just sitting in the classroom doing work all the time,” Bushman said. “It’s that you’re out and seeing things and then writing about them and your experiences.”

Bushman said she is looking to take advantage of the abroad opportunity and even applied early.

“I’m looking forward to experiencing the food, culture and the history,” Bushman said. “I’ve always been a history nerd.”

The study abroad program seeks to expose students to the diverse cultures of the country they are visiting by immediately making them active members of the society and allowing their reflections and work to illustrate their perceptions and understandings of their new surroundings, Bergquist said.

“One of the things we can offer our students that gives tangible work-world skills is the experience and comfort with going into foreign cultures and becoming more sophisticated because it’s a global economy,” Bergquist said. kholley@chroniclemail.com

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compensation compared to the year prior.

The only two administrators still at the college saw an increase.

Mark Kelly, vice president of Student Success, had an increase in his total compensation to $254,415, a 1.11 percent increase from the year prior. Alicia Berg, vice president of Campus Environment, also received an increase in her total compensation of $238,235, a 1.09 percent increase.

Eliza Nichols, former dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts, notched an increase when she received $246,609 compared to $243,175 the previous year, as did Eric Winston, former vice president of Institutional Advancement, who also saw an increase when he received $255,979 compared to $254,591. Paul Chiaravalle, former associate vice president and chief of staff, received $246,016 compared to $237,086 and Louise Love, former interim provost, saw an increase from $231,187 to $245,789.

Steven Kapelke, former senior vice president and provost, also saw an increase to $319,407 from $314,249. Annice Kelly, former vice president of Legal Affairs and General Counsel, enjoyed an increase from $233,384 to $235,236.

Kapelke and Annice Kelly left the college prior to the beginning of the 2012–2013 academic year and filed wrongful termination suits against the college, both of which have been settled.

Representatives from the college did not respond to requests for an explanation of why Kapelke and Annice Kelly were paid in 2012, even though they were gone, and how much they received in the legal settlements.

According to the form, the college’s total revenue declined by 3.36 percent to $256.92 million in 2012.

Jaehrling said the main factor in the decline was the decrease in the number of students enrolled at the college, which resulted in lower tuition dollar revenue. Jaehrling said revenue comes from not only tuition dollars, but also housing fees, external donations, fundraising and interest on investments.

In addition to there being less revenue, the college’s expenses increased approximately 1 percent from $244.59 million in 2011 to $247 million in 2012, according to the 2012 Form 990 document.

Jaehrling said salaries to staff, faculty and administrators make up approximately 55 percent of the college’s total expenditures, which he said is common for most colleges and universities.

Although Jaehrling could not confirm whether the college is anticipating a drop in revenue again next year, he said it is possible because of the consistent decline in enrollment.

“Based on the fact that student enrollment is down, I would speculate that overall revenue would be down,” Jaehrling said. “There’s other sources, too. There’s housing, [and] investment income, so they could offset any potential decreases and could theoretically end up flat.”

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leges that specialize in art and media education, Columbia has a relatively small endowment and pays its administrators less on average.

DePaul University’s endowment stood at $384.74 million in 2012, according to the college’s most recent Form 990. DePaul’s total revenue was $727.36 million, which is $470.44 million more than Columbia. DePaul’s total expenses were $663.83 million in 2012, which is $416.81 million more than Columbia. DePaul had 9,379 employees in calendar year 2012, 4,672 more employees than Columbia, which had 4,707 employees.

There’s other sources, too. There’s housing [and] investment income, so they could offset any potential decreases, and could theoretically end up flat.”

– Matthew Jaehrling Roosevelt University did not respond to requests for its most recent Form 990, as of press time.

The Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, compensated its president, Larry R. Thompson, less than Columbia did

at $604,371, according to its 2012– 2013 Form 990. Ringling has an endowment of $36.11 million.

Emerson College in Boston, pays its president, Lee Pelton, more than Columbia did at $817,175, according to its 2012–2013 Form 990. Em-

erson has an endowment similar to Columbia’s at $127.95 million.

Despite loss in revenue, St. Germaine said in a meeting that the college has plans to rectify it. kdavis@chroniclemail.com

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There will also be a quarterly review process to make sure everyone at the college is on the same page and that the strategic plan is still relevant, Wearden said.

“We really need to move forward together as an institution,” Wearden said. “That doesn’t mean the path needs to be narrow. It can be a broad path, but we need to all be on the same path going in the same direction.”

Louis Silverstein, professor in the Humanities, History & Social Sciences Department and an Assembly Committee member said the college assembly is a forum for the entire community to be included in discussions on significant topics.

“Rarely do we have a conversation at the college that includes all of the interests in the college, and meeting each other face-to-face establishes a link and that we’re in this together,” Silverstein said.

Patricia McNair, an associate professor in the Creative Writing Department, said she wished more students and faculty members attended the presentation, but that it was a successful assembly overall.

“I think it’s important as a community that we stay involved and engaged in the new ideas that are coming from our new administration,” McNair said.

“[Our goal was] to point out that it’s actually a lot harder to figure out the worst colleges versus the best ones because the best colleges are sort of the best at everything with the notable exception of socioeconomic and racial diversity, but they sit on a lot of money and they’re selective like that,” Miller said. “When you’re talking about the worst colleges, there’s not a clear-cut answer and he said it’s hard to figure out exactly how you’d identify those.”

Mark Kelly, vice president of Student Success, said he disagreed with the way Miller calculated the list.

“Three of the four measurements are affordability issues,” Kelly said.

“By [Washington Monthly’s] definition, the richer a school is and the richer a student body is means you are ranked higher, and that has nothing to do with the quality of the education given to students.

A college brings great value to its students, both in the classroom and beyond, so to be listed as one of the worst colleges indicates a flawed methodology that does not measure up to the education students receive.”

Kelly said another flaw in the list is the use of outdated information.

“The information [that Miller used] is from about several years ago, so it’s not capturing the Columbia of today,” Kelly said. “We have already become a very different in-

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stitution than we were two or three years ago.”

However, Miller said he received the government data from the most up-to-date and accurate source and could not manipulate the data.

Kelly also said that the measurements are not what need to be looked at while judging a college.

He said Columbia’s numbers have recently seen an improvement, making it less plausible for Columbia to be placed on a list depicting the college as one of the worst in the country.

“Our graduation rate went up [this past year] from 40.8 percent and it is now 42.9 percent,” Kelly said. “The retention rate from freshman to sophomore went up 6.6 percent.”

The increase could be attributed to the college’s recent push to move away from generous admissions to being more selective, which could account for the increased retention rate, Kelly said.

“We have become more demanding of students as they enter, so we have been more selective [in our admissions process],” Kelly said. “We have to make sure they are ready for what we offer them and that they’re not going to incur loan debt if they’re not ready.”

Kelly said Columbia’s net price has also dropped by 10 percent because of the availability of scholarships. The funding of scholarships has increased from about $11 million to $32 million, Kelly said.

But the increase in scholarship money is reflective of an increase in

the cost of attendance. Columbia’s tuition has also increased over the past two years. This year, the cost of attendance was $22,884, excluding housing and supply costs. This is a 7.35 percent increase from 2012.

Kelly said Miller was wrong to place Columbia on the list because Miller did not take overall education and student success into account when he compiled his list.

The National Survey of Student Engagement shows a less than 1 percent decrease in the levels of academic challenge, active and collaborative learning and supportiveness of the campus environment recently, but it indicates that Columbia performs above average compared to other institutions.

“Success is determined by two things,” Kelly said. “[They are] if a student graduates and whether they are ready to compete in the marketplace.”

Miller said the college’s listed retention and graduation rates speak for themselves.

Several students’ opinions are more empathetic to Miller’s point.

Mitchell Ransdell, a junior cinema art + science major, said the value of some of his classes are not worth the tuition.

“I wonder if anyone at this school would [say that it is], to be honest,” Ransdell said. “Just sitting in class the other day, I thought, ‘I’m paying hundreds of dollars for this single class,’ and it’s like I would never actually want to pay for this. If I were in a store and someone was like, ‘Would you like to buy this class,

sir?’ I would say, ‘F--k you. Get outta here!’”

Bernard Mull Jr., a junior art + design major, expressed similar sentiments, pointing to the curriculum not being reflective of the cost.

“Gen eds take up much more time than my major classes, and I didn’t come here to spend all of this money to learn what kids in high school are learning,” Mull said.

Bret Hamilton, a senior cinema art + science major, said he is heavily burdened by debt. He said he was aware that his field would be competitive when he enrolled at Columbia, but he still worries about paying back his loans.

“It causes me a lot of emotional distress to know that I’m going into a field where work isn’t always guaranteed and I’m going to be paying back these student loans for who knows how long,” Hamilton said. “It’s really troubling.”

Hamilton said he has had several close friends leave the college because of their inability to afford the rising cost of tuition.

Ryder Douglas, a former journalism student, left the college after his freshman year in 2012. Despite receiving scholarship aid, Douglas was unable to stay at Columbia because of the cost. “[Columbia needs] better scholarships,” Douglas said. “I got the Presidential Scholarship, and it was completely useless despite it being the biggest scholarship you could get.” cdegen@chroniclemail.com

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Not all funds and games EDDIE DIAZ

Assistant Sports & Health Editor

THE COLLEGE allocating $8,000 to the Renegades for its yearly budget, student athletes still have to pay large fees out-of-pocket to keep the teams operating.

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The tennis, baseball and volleyball teams generate a combined $4,630 in league dues, which is used to cover the expenses for events that the Renegades host as well as jerseys and travel, according to the Renegades team captains.

Renegades President Mike Sempek said to best distribute the funds

it receives from Columbia, the Renegades have implemented a new threetiered policy. Tier one teams receive $2,000, tier two teams receive $1,000 and tier three teams receive $500 per year. Tier one teams, such as baseball, receive more because they travel more than 50 miles and play competitively, according to Sempek.

School funding $8,000

Fundraising Out of pocket from players* $4,630

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“[Tier one teams] receive [the most money] because, for instance, our baseball team, they go to Notre Dame next semester, they have more players [and] more equipment,” Sempek said. “It makes sense for them to get more money because they use it. Whereas our Poms team is [Tier] three and they only get $500 a year because all they do is perform at in-school events.”

The Renegades have added two new teams, Quidditch and Galahad, for the 2014–2015 year but have not seen a funding increase from last year. Sempek said it presents a tough challenge when the organization grows but the budget does not.

“The $8,000 [we receive] is what we have to use for all of the events that we put on as well as what we give to the teams,” Sempek said. “We kind of have to make it stretch, and that’s what’s difficult. We’re getting more teams this year, more than we’ve ever had. There [are] more teams that want money and there’s less money to give out.”

As the Renegades continue to struggle with funding, teams are fundraising to make up the difference. The Renegades treasurer is responsible for raising at least $2,000 through fundraising as part

of his duties, according to Sempek.

On Oct. 1, the Renegades teamed up with Lou Malnati’s, a popular Chicago pizzeria chain, to raise funds. The restaurant donated 20 percent of all the purchases made by customers who brought in a Renegades fundraiser flyer.

Aldo Guzman, director of Student Activities & Leadership, said funding for the Renegades is based on enrollment.

“Enrollment determines [our funding],” Guzman said. “Our funding comes in from the student activity fee, so based on what our enrollment numbers are, we as an office decide our budget.”

Guzman said while his office does not do any fundraising for any student organization, the Renegades do have an office advisor. “[Each organization] has a faculty staff advisor who works with them [and] meets with them on a weekly basis,” Guzman said. “Together they figure out what they can do for fundraising. We are happy to bounce thoughts back and forth.

We will send them some leads if we know of any companies who like to do fundraising.”

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Metabolic shift in cells key to threat recall Assistant Sports & Health Editor NEW RESEARCH FROM the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire suggests that the ability of the innate immune system’s cells to remember and fight off specific threats may be connected to a particular genetic pathway that determines how they metabolize energy.

The study, published Sept. 26 in the journal Science, looked at mice that had the gene HIF1-alpha, hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha, deleted from their innate immune system cells. HIF1-alpha plays a role in energy metabolism in immune cells. The mice were exposed to a fungal antigen, beta glucan, to induce and sustain a trained immune response. Following the first exposure, they were then presented with a second threat in the form of a bacterial pathogen. Mice with unaltered genetics were able to fight off

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the secondary attack normally, but mice without HIF1-alpha were not.

Researchers concluded the missing gene might be essential for the trained cells to undergo the metabolic shift, the lack of which left them vulnerable to the pathogen.

This shift seems to affect the cell’s epigenetics—changes in how the genes within the cells are being expressed without altering the genetic code itself—locking the cells in the trained state.

“When our collaborators in the Netherlands first did the epigenetic profiling of the trained versus the non-trained cells, they identified certain genes that were predicted to be important in the subsequent response of these trained cells,” said Robert Cramer, a researcher involved with the study and an assistant professor of fungal pathogenesis at the Geisel School of Medicine.

According to Cramer, a naive cell—one that has not encountered a molecular pattern from a patho-

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gen that it would recognize and remember as a threat—uses a process of energy generation called oxidative phosphorylation. After that cell recognizes a molecular pattern from a pathogen or virus, it begins to use a process called aerobic glycolysis to generate its energy.

“With the trained cells, what we’re observing is that when they are exposed to molecular patterns [from pathogens], not only does it initiate an immediate and non-specific broad type of response [from the adaptive immune system], but these cells are actually able to then remember that they’ve been exposed to these pathogen molecular patterns and they do this by changing their metabolism,” Cramer said.

According to David Fruman, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine’s School of Biological Sciences, the immune system is divided into two components: the innate response that is present from

birth and the adaptive response that is developed over time.

“There are a lot of different types of white blood cells circulating in your blood and tissues,” Fruman said. “Some of them have evolved to recognize commonly–encountered structures on pathogens.”

These cells are part of the innate immune response—the portion of our immune system that we are born with, like a first line of defense—which can recognize and control or eliminate pathogens without requiring prior exposure to

them. Fruman said cells like these have evolved receptors in humans that recognize common dangers, but they are non-specific. The innate immune system is pre-existing and ready to rally in the face of a pathogen, but it will not be able to distinguish between two strains of a related virus.

According to Fruman, the adaptive component of immune response takes more time to develop because its cells randomly generate

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MLS finding its footing

ASSOCIATED PRESS Seattle Sounders midfielder Clint Dempsey attempts to shoot past Chivas USA defender Jhon Hurtado, Sept.27

EDDIE DIAZ Assistant Sports & Health Editor SINCE ITS INCEPTION in 1993, Major

League Soccer has gone from being one of the lesser-followed leagues in North America to being one of its most popular.

After struggling to gain recognition and respect in its earlier years, the MLS has quietly become a fan favorite among other U.S. sports.

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, played in more than 200 countries by approximately 250 million players, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Shane Murray, a writer who covers the Chicago Fire for MLSSoccer.com, said the league has improved vastly in terms of play since he first encountered it, and it has made a difference to fans. He said he was introduced to the team nine years ago after he met a woman in Dublin, Ireland, who was from Chicago and took him to his first game.

“Immediately, I was pretty impressed by the attendance, first and foremost, [and] the fanaticism of the fans, but to be honest, I think the quality of the product on the pitch was letting it down,” Murray said.

“In the eight [to] nine years since,

I think the product on the pitch has improved a hell of a lot. With the likes of [David] Beckham, Thierry Henry [and] Clint Dempsey [and] other big guys coming in, it’s made some of the local guys sort of step up their game.”

In terms of TV viewership, the popularity of the MLS does not appear to be as large as that of other sports. According to a November 2013 article by The Big Lead, regular season MLS games on ESPN averaged about 220,000 viewers and roughly half that figure for games on NBCSN last season. However, MLS ratings saw a boost following the World Cup as their All-Star game on ESPN2 drew 862,000 viewers, which is the most-watched MLS All-Star game since 2004.

While the MLS viewership numbers may not be impressive, attendance is a different story. The MLS is the third-most attended sport in the U.S. and draws 549 more fans per game than the NBA, According to the Atlantic Wire. Small market teams such as Sporting Kansas City have consistently sold out and averaged 19,709 fans per game last season in a stadium that seats only 18,467, meaning more than 1,200 fans occupy standing-room only seats each game.

Kurt Austin, communications manager for Sporting KC, said Sporting Park has capped out on several occasions, such as last year’s playoffs.

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NOELLE BERRY

Sport: Kickboxing/MMA

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NANCY COOPER Contributing Writer NOELLE BERRY, A junior theatre major, is a multi-sport athlete who lives and breathes fitness.

Berry, a Chicago native, said she began playing basketball at a young age. After basketball, she moved into practicing kickboxing and mixed martial arts. Berry said she is at the gym six days per week and plays basketball at the Goodman Center, 501 S. Wabash Ave., every Wednesday morning.

The Chronicle spoke with Berry about her passion for athletics, her background in theater and her decision to attend Columbia.

THE CHRONICLE: How did you first get involved in sports?

NOELLE BERRY: I started playing basketball when I was really young.

Since then, I have dabbled in a couple [of ] other sports because I love being athletic and being active. But from basketball came boxing. It was something that was really fun to do and I didn’t really think about doing it seriously until a couple years ago.

One of my friends took me down to LA Fitness and the guys were really cool. I just kind of fell in love with the art [of MMA].

What is it like being a MMA fighter?

It’s awesome. It’s just more than girl power. Women sell themselves short and you can’t. It’ll definitely take work. There’s a page on Facebook called Ripped Goddess, and it basically features so many [female fighters]. One of my favorite female MMA fighters is Massiel Arias. She goes by MankoFit, and has been doing it for about five years. She is phenomenal in lifting, in yoga, fighting and being a very physical athlete. I want to be like her when I grow up. I think that being a female athlete is just one of the most awesome things in the world.

Why did you choose Columbia?

Carolina Sánchez THE CHRONICLE University of Illinois at Chicago midfielder Joel Salmeron tackles a Valparaiso University player Oct. 1 at a home game at Flames Field, 901 W. Roosevelt Road. UIC defeated Valparaiso 1-0. The Flames improved to 5-2-2 overall this season.

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School: Columbia

I love this school. I love the diversity of the art that comes out of the school. When I was about 16 , I started doing general theatre stud-

ies at the Goodman Theatre, and the directors we had went to Columbia, so, I was like, “I have to get some more of what they learned from it.”

I love the work that I have been able to do here on different spectrums, and I like bringing in what I do as an athlete into my work.

What attributes set you apart from your opponents?

I have a lot of heart, I would say. I am not a selfish person, though I am pretty competitive. But I would want my legacy as an athlete to be that I did it because I love to do it.

Why did you choose to become a theatre major ?

I’ve always known that I wanted to be an actor. I think I told my parents when I was 6, and they didn’t think I was serious until I was like, “Well, I’m going to Columbia to be a theater major.” I just breathe performance [art].

Why did you not to pursue sports on a more professional level?

It was kind of picking between two loves. Do I want to perform on stage or do I want to perform in my sport?

I decided because of the work that you get to do performing on stage ... I picked that because of how it’s evolving, but I definitely still love being an athlete. Being an athlete is a lifestyle for me, and the stage is really my passion. To be able to have your lifestyle and your passion really helps me do what it is that I do [every day].

What would you like to do with your time here at Columbia?

I have met some pretty amazing people here, and I’ve been able to work with some pretty amazing people. To be able to carry those experiences with me into the professional world and be able to work with these people again in the professional world would be awesome.

So just the experiences and the people that I’ve been able to work with, I want to take that with me. chronicle@colum.edu

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Less sleep linked to lower grades

CHRIS SHUTTLESWORTH Assistant Sports & Health Editor A SEPT. 22 study from researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden found that students who sleep fewer than seven hours a night are at an increased risk of academic failure.

Christian Benedict, an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Uppsala, along with other researchers, tested more than 20,000 students ages 12–19 and found that the reports of sleep

disturbance and habitually sleeping for shorter periods of time were linked to a higher chance of students experiencing academic failures in school.

Benedict said when students did not pass one subject in school, they were considered as having heightened risk of failure. But he said the team has not specified the particular subject in which the students failed.

Benedict said previous studies have shown that sleep is integral

to the ability to consolidate newly acquired memory. “[Sleep] plays an important role for your ability to gain [more] insight,” Benedict said. “If you expose yourself to a problem, it is quite effective to sleep afterwards because sleep promotes greater insight, [which] means [it] can help you to solve this problem.”

Benedict said when people sleep, their brains can more easily filter out nonessential occurrences that happen during the day.

“Sleep is an important piece when your brain has the chance to recover from all these daytime experiences that you have [been] exposed to,” Benedict said. “You recover from this, you downscale all the stuff [that] you [do] not really need that is not of relevance for your future behavior, and this allows you to also perform well the next day.”

Benedict said youth today often use electronic devices, which cause major emotional engagement that reduces the ability to sleep.

He said young people use smartphones to stay informed, but using the devices in their before-bed routines can impair their ability to fall asleep.

Several Columbia students said they believe the lack of sleep negatively impacts students’ academic performance and more.

Ibrahim Samra, a freshman journalism major, said he thinks it is

vital that students get the proper amount of rest to ensure their academic performance will not be compromised. “[Students who] do not get enough sleep will be sleeping through their classes, and that will affect their focus, which will affect their grade,” Samra said.

Samra said he has personally experienced the struggles that come with inadequate rest. During his sophomore year of high school, Samra said he did not get enough sleep, which was reflected in his academic performance.

“I felt like the lack of sleep affected the way I performed, and when I had [good] sleep, I felt like I could perform well,” Samra said. “I was going through a tough moment, and [when] you can’t sleep and then [have to get up] the next day, it’s hard to perform because you don’t have that energy or the will.”

Samra said he has learned to manage his schedule between school and work.

“On school days, I usually try not to work,” Samra said. “I try to schedule to not have work on those days so I can stay focused and energized for the following day, but I usually work weekends.”

Joseph Arenson, a freshman photography major, said he thinks adjusting to college right after high school is stressful.

During this semester, Arenson said he missed the second day of

his “Darkroom Dynamics” class because he did not get enough sleep the night before.

He said if he gets the proper amount of rest throughout the night, then he is able to concentrate during school hours.

Benedict said while the average person should sleep 7–8 hours, some people can still cope with less.

“For the average person, you would say yes, they should sleep at least 7–8 hours, or if they are even slightly younger they should sleep 8–9 hours,” Benedict said. “But for an individual, it might even be that they can cope with shorter time periods.”

He said that some people even can go to bed early in the evening and others tend to go to bed late in the evening based on their genetic background.

“One issue is that school usually starts in the morning,” Benedict said. “So all those who have—based on their genetics—more late evening types of sleep habits have an issue because they have to get up in the morning and by this, you deprive them [of ] sleep.”

Benedict said getting proper rest will help keep students focused and enable their brains to function properly.

“A regular good night’s sleep will help you to keep memories and to keep your brain healthy,” he said. cshuttlesworth@chroniclemail.com

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CHRIS SHUTTLESWORTH Assistant Sports & Health Editor

JAN ANTFOLK, A postdoctoral re-

searcher in the department of psychology and logopedics at Abo Akademi University in Finland, along with other researchers conducted a study published Sept. 19 that shed more light on sexual preference differences between men and women.

The study surveyed more than 12,000 individuals in Finland and was part of a larger study to collect data about sexual behaviors, Antfolk said. While this survey only catalogs heterosexual behavior, she said the researchers intend to analyze behaviors among all sexual orientations in the future.

Antfolk said the data revealed that women would rather have sex with men their age or older, and men sexually prefer women in their mid-20s.

Antfolk said sexual preferences may have evolutionary roots because during prehistoric times women found older men to be better fixed in starting and raising families.

“From an evolutionary point of view, one reason women might look for men their own age or just a few years older might have to do with the fact that in ancestral times, older men were a bit more likely to

have access to necessary resources for investing in a child [and] helping the female,” Antfolk said.

Sarah Olaniran, a sophomore dance major, said she prefer older men because they tend to be more mature.

“It depends [on] what tone of sex we are having,” she said. “Are we having sex just to have sex or are we having sex because we are in a relationship? It boils down to maturity. Am I with a mature man or with a immature kid?”

some sort of preference for this age group,” Antfolk said. “[But] men are not always as choosy or picky about their partners, so if they cannot get exactly what they want the most, they are not going to refrain completely from sex.”

Antfolk said the study challenges a widely held belief that behavior always follows individuals’ preferences and the result in this study demonstrates that this does not always happen.

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“I feel like if I were to have sex with a younger man, I [would feel] like it is just not right,” Olaniran said. “It is not comfortable and there is a sense of maturity that comes with these things.”

Olaniran said she tends to look at all the characteristics of a man before engaging in sexual activity.

Emotionally, men may be interested in women in their mid-20s because they are the most fertile, Antfolk said. Older men were the most common group to visualize fantasies but all men imagine about women from other age groups.

“When men think [about] or imagine women, they tend to have

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Research finds sexual preference varies among men and women

Michelle Herzog, psychotherapist at the Center for Mindful Living, said she thinks men express their desires more often than women because of set social norms.

“I think that female sexuality is not something that we are very comfortable with yet as a society,” Herzog said. “I think women

sometimes struggle with expressing their needs or desires for sex and there is a lot of pressure put on women to perform in a relationship. On the other hand, men can also feel pressure to perform [in regards to long-term relationships], and that may lead to their lack of desire or inability to perform.”

Although sexual attraction plays a significant role in the decision to have sex, connection is the most important aspect for many people, which can trump age, Herzog said.

“I see a lot of couples who have very large age differences between them,” Herzog said. “It really comes down to how you connect with someone. Age can be just a number [but] that does not mean everyone’s cup of tea is to be with someone who is 20 years older than them because you have to think about having things in common.”

Although physical attraction is an important component, the more subtle aspects of a relationship also help determine the dynamic of a sexual relationship, Herzog said.

“If you’re talking about the psychological perspective, there’s a lot that goes into that,” Herzog said.

“There’s emotional connection.

There’s a psychological connection .… There’s a want or a need or desire to be with someone you can grow with, who you can experience life with. To be quite honest, having that connection can enhance a sexual relationship much more than just that physical attraction.” cshuttlesworth@chroniclemail.com

Alzheimer’s study targets memory loss reversal MAX GREEN Assistant Sports & Health Editor

more than 5 million Americans, is a neurological disorder for which there is no cure, nor has the cause of the disease been identified. However, memory loss, a major symptom of Alzheimer’s, has been shown to be reversible for the first time in a small study of participants diagnosed with various stages of neurodegenerative disease.

A study, published Sept. 27 in the journal Aging outlined a 36-point therapeutic program that included dietary and exercise protocols, sleep optimization, vitamin supplementation and pharmaceuticals targeted to affect brain chemistry and individually tailored to each of the 10 participants.

Study participants exhibited varying stages of cognitive decline, ranging from subjective changes in memory or forgetfulness to symptoms that show up as abnormalities on formal tests.

“Unless you’ve been tested your whole life, we don’t have a great way to determine what is considered [normal cognitive function] is actually normal for you,” said Dr. Dale Bredesen, author of the research and director of the Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and the Neurodegenerative Disease program at University of California, Los Angeles.

Bredesen said that six of the 10 participants who had been hav16 • October 6, 2014

Cassidy Johnson THE CHRONICLE

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, WHICH affects

ing trouble doing their jobs were able to return to work successfully—participants regained language learning abilities and mathematical skills they had lost with the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms.

“For a number of them, it’s not a small effect,” Bredesen said. “Many of these people were able to go back to normal.”

Researchers studying neurodegeneration have yet to find a single problem that can be addressed with a single solution, Bredesen said.

He explained that the mechanism

is like a roof with many holes in it: A prescription medication capable of plugging one hole could be developed, but because there are still numerous other places for water to seep through, that single plug could make very little difference. The idea then is to use a number of methods in concert to address holes the leaking roof. He said it is ultimately a balance of plasticity.

“When you’re young, you have a beautiful balance [in place],” Bredesen said. “You’re making and storing new memories all the time.

You’re forgetting things, too, which is normal.”

According to Bredesen, changes in lifestyle factors and genetics over time can influence that balance. Researchers are able to measure many of the biochemical parameters that impact the balance and attempt to get rid of anything that tips the scales in the negative direction and add factors that might be favorable against neurodegeneration.

Dr. John Weiss, a professor of neurology, anatomy and neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, said the current pharmacological treatments for Alzheimer’s disease fall into two categories of drugs, both of which act on chemical messengers in the brain in an attempt to delay worsening symptoms.

“Both treatments have shown some mild symptomatic effect, but there’s no real evidence that either one of them affects the overall course of the disease,” Weiss said.

“There may be some benefit for a matter of months, but there’s not a treatment in use that affects the course of Alzheimer’s.”

According to Weiss, many basic scientific studies are being performed to identify factors that likely contribute to neurodegenerative damage, but researchers think earlier detection and diagnosis is key to actually increasing the chance of changing the course of the disease.

“When most people are diagnosed, they actually have a lot of short-term memory–related symp-

toms but may also exhibit noticeable changes in demeanor and personality, becoming more aggressive or just not behaving like themselves,” said Virginie Buggia-Prevot, a staff scientist at University of Chicago’s Thinakaran Lab. According to Buggia-Prevot, one of the best things to do is train one’s memory and perform exercises to maintain cognitive function as much as possible. Alzheimer’s patients often work with therapists to improve memory.

“It’s important to keep in mind that neurons are dying, and they will die with or without treatment,” she said. “Current [drug treatments] may be able to slow down the memory impairment and improve cognitive function, but [Alzheimer’s] is one of the few degenerative diseases we don’t really have an efficient treatment for.”

Bredesen said this therapy could be a useful platform for drug discovery. Testing a new drug with all of the aspects of the therapy already in place in an individual would allow for a more effective baseline measurement of the drug’s efficacy.

“For hundreds of years, physicians have been treating patients based on a relatively small amount of information,” Bredesen said. “In the era of big data, we can collect many more points about what’s driving this process and work on developing a personalized outcome to correct the imbalance.” mgreen@chroniclemail.com

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“If you look back at our Eastern Conference Championship and again at the MLS Cup, that was our capacity crowd,” Davis said. “It was a little over 21,500. Basically, [we had] the fire marshal coming in and saying, ‘Hey, you can’t sell any more seats.’ [The fan support] has been incredible for us. We have a waiting list for season tickets.”

Austin also said the team’s 2010 rebranding, which was years in the making under new ownership, as well as their new stadium, Sporting Park, have helped Sporting KC thrive in a smaller market.

“We were formerly known as the Kansas City Wizards,” Austin said.

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a receptor to recognize particular dangers. This is the portion of the system that does not forget a threat it has seen before.

“This is essentially the basis of all the vaccinations that we administer,” said Bellur Prabhakar, a Ph. D., professor and head of the department of microbiology and immunology and associate dean for research and training programs at the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Prabhakar said when people are vaccinated against a virus like polio or measles, the immune system creates a memory that allows it to cleanse the body of a virus before it has a chance to take hold. That

“We changed to Sporting Kansas City. All five of our ownership families are local, which is an absolutely massive point of differentiation for us in this market. The second big thing [for us] is obviously in 2011, when we opened up Sporting Park.

[It is a] state of the art venue—we think it’s the best of its size in North America. It has made a night-andday difference for [Sporting KC] in terms of our relevance and popularity in Kansas City.”

Sporting KC and U.S. Men’s National Team superstars Graham Zusi and Matt Besler signed extensions to stay with the team through the 2018 season, as announced on Sporting KC’s website July 19. Austin said the re-signings show the players’ belief in the MLS.

“From the player’s perspective, it speaks to what they recognize is happening here in Kansas City with the transformation of the game and how much it’s grown,” Austin said.

“It also speaks to our ownership group and our coaches in terms of what they are hoping to get done with these two guys.”

In terms of low viewership, the MLS seems to have a plan in place to appeal more to national audiences. In May, the MLS signed new eight-year agreements with ESPN, Fox and Univision that will run through the 2022 season. According to Forbes, the three deals are reportedly worth $90 million per year, roughly triple what MLS was receiving previously. The article also points out that it is financially

still slightly behind other leagues’ TV deals. The NHL’s TV deal is worth approximately $200 million per season.

Salvatore Della Monica, director of communications for the MLS, said the new contract is the largest TV deal for soccer in North America, and that it shows there is a demand for the game.

“In partnership with these three networks, what you get is an MLS game of the week on Friday and on Sunday across all three networks,” Monica said. “Univision will have Fridays—call them football Fridays if you want. [On] Sunday, Fox will have a game of the week, followed by an ESPN game of the week. So across all three national partners, there will be a standard time at

which you can catch an MLS game.

That does not include local networks, which will play Saturdays, or ESPN3, where we will have other partnerships. We also have MLS Live [subscription package].”

Monica also said one of the important aspects of the new TV deal is balanced coverage among the MLS teams.

“You have a minimum of 24 national appearances for each MLS club over the term [of the deal],” Monica said. “So you figure about three [games for each team] per year. The new deal will very much so bring MLS into the fold on what are three incredibly important sports networks.”

ability to remember new threats is what differentiates the adaptive from the innate.

“Ultimately, it’s about how the cells generate energy,” Cramer said.

“There are a lot of hypotheses about why cells make this switch.”

According to Cramer, what drives the epigenetic change resulting in a metabolic shift in glucose processing that locks the innate immune cells in the trained state is still an open question. Another place this cellular shift from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis is in cancer cells. The change from one method of processing glucose to generate energy in the form of ATP to another may be a way to allow the cells to live in a stressful environment where a critical molecule—oxygen—may be limited.

“There are a lot of drugs in different phases of development targeting HIF1-alpha,” Cramer said. “But because it has so many functions in the cell, it’s unclear if [the gene] could be targeted in this context to do something like improve immune responses in vaccines.”

glove ranges in price from $39.99– $500 depending on the brand and material of the glove.

Corbin Merriman, captain of the Renegades baseball team, echoed similar sentiments. Merriman said the team and its players are responsible for quite a bit financially.

“As far as [baseball] gloves, each kid is responsible to have their own,” Merriman said. “The same [goes] with belts and pants and cleats. The bats are completely up to them as well.”

Guzman said when the budget for his office is cut, they try to find other areas when they can make cuts before considering cutting the funding for a student organization.

“Some of the expenses that we have for our operations—whether it be equipment or supplies or furni-

ture—sometimes we will put those purchases on hold so that the [student] organizations don’t get affected as much,” Guzman said.

Guzman also said if there is an increase in teams playing competitively and not just club teams playing on campus, there can be an open discussion about the possibility of a funding increase for the Renegades.

“If we have organizations who are actually competing and that number gets increased, we as an office have looked back at that,” Guzman said. “We can make adjustments to provide support for them as well. It’s just that they haven’t been organized to that level yet because students are not stepping up in those [leadership] roles.”

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Renegades Vice President Scott Wilson, who is also on the baseball team, said that while the league dues and funding are helpful, they do not cover other expenses that athletes or teams may encounter, such as equipment. On the Dick’s Sporting Goods website, a baseball

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2. Add butter into dry mix. Mix with fingers for 5 minutes.

3. Add ice water and mix until dough comes together.

4. Shape dough into flat disk.

5. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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7. Place parchment paper in disk.

8. Fold and crimp edges.

9. Bake for 20 minutes.

10. Remove parchment paper.

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1. Combine all ingredients in large bowl.

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ALEXA RUFFINO Assistant Metro Editor FALL IS OFFICIALLY here, which means it is time to get out the stretchy sweatpants and eat pumpkin pie, an all-American favorite.

Begin by arranging a rack in the middle of the oven to ensure the pie is evenly heated, then preheat the oven to 350 F. To begin making the crust, whisk the measured flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and cloves in a bowl. Add the butter and use your fingers to mix the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture is refined to pea-sized pieces. It should take about five minutes.

Add four tablespoons of the ice water and mix just until the dough

comes together. If necessary, add an additional tablespoon of ice water.

In plastic wrap, shape the dough into a flat disk shape, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Lightly flour the work surface and roll out the dough into a circle, approximately 12 inches across and one-fourth inch thick. Line a 9-inch pie plate with the dough and fold the excess dough under itself and crimp the edges to seal.

Line the crust with a piece of parchment paper or aluminum foil.

Bake the crust on a baking sheet for approximately 20 minutes or until it is set and light brown.

Remove parchment paper and continue baking for another 10 minutes Let it cool slightly before adding the filling.

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For the filling, combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl and whisk until smooth. Pour the mixture into the crust and bake until the filling is set in the middle and the edges are puffed. This should take about 50–60 minutes.

Remove from the oven and let the pie cool to room temperature before cutting and serving.

Do not be discouraged if the pie doesn’t turn out perfectly the first time. Becoming a master pie chef is not as easy as Buddy from “Cake Boss” makes it seem.

If making the crust is too much work, grab a pre-made crust from your local grocery store and add in the pie filling. aruffino@chroniclemail.com

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End of tour brings out fun, carefree Beach Fossils

MATT MCCALL Features Editor

AS BEACH FOSSILS reach the tail end of a 20-month-long trip around the world, looking cool is the least of the band’s worries.

Beach Fossils’ Sept. 30 show at Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake St., was not what fans would call spectacular. But despite a fair share of mistakes, false starts and stupid crowd banter, it was even better than what a flawless performance could have been—it was fun, which many bands forget to be.

The odd, electronic two-piece Heavenly Beat took the stage next, with frontman and former Beach Fossils bassist John Pena singing in a racy huff and grinding on his mic stand. As he performed with the sex appeal of a British schoolboy, it was hard to tell if he was serious or playing a joke on the crowd.

Over house-inspired beats, Pena seemed drunk as he strummed his nylon string guitar, out of which the cable fell three times, and simultaneously channeled the confessional Robert Smith and the straight-faced humor of Flight of the Conchords.

He looked through the notebook and pulled out a class syllabus, which emphasized peer collaboration.

“Isn’t that what we’re all doing here?” Payseur said warmly.

The band played the unrecorded “Permutation,” a murky, droning song similar to the few slow burners from British post-punk outfit Public Image Ltd. Beach Fossils refreshed some earlier songs like “Vacation” and infused them with the tight energy of Clash The Truth. The band lightened the intensity of its darker songs, boosting the tempos and

Kaitlin Hetterscheidt THE CHRONICLE The “Horror Movie Poster” exhibit debuted Oct. 3 at the I Am Logan Square Gallery, 2644 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Uncovered posters inspire spooky art show

SPENCER HALL

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

Lou Foglia THE CHRONICLE Beach Fossils rocks a packed house at Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake St. Frontman Dustin Payseur released the band’s self-titled album in 2010 on Brooklyn-based label Captured Tracks, which has placed itself at the forefront of indie-rock. Opening act Axxa-Abraxas is also signed to the label.

Less than a minute into their set, frontman Dustin Payseur took a heroic stage dive. Turned over on his back and cradled in a tangle of arms, the crowd chanted along with him, “Dream – Rebel/ Trust – Youth/ Free – Life/ Clash – Truth,” lyrics off the title track of the band’s 2013 release, Clash The Truth.

Beach Fossils is an indie rock band that surfed onto the scene in 2010 as part of the new wave of beach-y Brooklynites who combined post-punk with reverb-heavy bedroom pop and featured washedout vocals and dark, multilayered single-note guitar riffs. The band DIIV also spawned from Beach Fossils, fronted by its former touring guitarist Zachary Cole Smith, the boyfriend of pop star Sky Ferreira.

Opener Axxa-Abraxas set the tone with its lazy slacker rock, which was comparable to a lopsided collision between Mac DeMarco and Neil Young circa “After the Gold Rush.”

“This next one is focused on the physical,” Pena said with a smirk before playing the self-deprecating “Honest,” in which he owns up to his infidelity.

Beach Fossils maintained the cheeky atmosphere, their faces plastered with smiles throughout the entire show.

In “Generational Synthetic,” the droll Payseur sings, “We’re so great, we’re so real/ We’re so desperate, make a deal/ All your words are so poetic/ Generational synthetic,” a caustic commentary on an apathetic millennial culture, which was ironic because there was not a scowl in sight.

In the middle of the band’s set, Payseur handed the microphone out to the crowd and asked if anyone knew any good jokes. A few horrible jokes later, a fan handed his backpack and notebook up to the front of the stage, which Payseur took and placed next to the bass drum.

blazing through the 12-song set in just about half an hour, returning for an encore that included a snotty cover of “White Girl” by Los Angeles punk band X. Payseur channeled his inner Johnny Rotten and swaggered across the stage with a false confidence. It was easy to imagine blonde spiked hair replacing his wavy chestnut coif.

They ended the show with possibly their most well-known song, “Daydream,” which had been requested throughout the show, but they messed it up completely, starting again with half-smiles and stifled laughter. To the fans, nothing could have been better. The crowd went berserk, and a young man put his hat on the corner of the stage, turned to me and said, “I have to get in there at least once,” and gleefully dashed to the pit. mmccall@chroniclemail.com

THE LOGAN THEATRE—originally called the Paramount Theatre—opened in 1915 at 2646 N. Milwaukee Ave. and was recently revealed to be a treasure trove of old horror film posters.

The result is the “Horror Movie Poster” exhibit at the I Am Logan Square Gallery, 2644 N. Milwaukee Ave., opened Oct. 3 and features historic horror film posters that were uncovered three years ago in a hidden vault at the longtime Logan Square movie theater after the building underwent renovations, according to Jen Zacarias, director of operations at I Am Logan Square.

“During the renovation, there were a lot of nooks and crannies [exposed] in the theater,” Zacarias said. “One of them was this old vault that the theater used to keep film in.

There were stacks and stacks of what we thought were frames for old photos, but it turned out to be old movie posters.”

After realizing what the theater employees had uncovered during the renovations, the theater, along with local art curators Lili Mugnier and Kat Seno, decided to do something special to honor the posters.

Seno said the exhibit is meant to celebrate horror film posters, which tends to be an often overlooked art form. She and Mugnier, who also work at the Art Institute of Chicago, already had a strong relationship with the gallery.

The exhibition focuses on horror film artwork from a specific time period–the ‘70s and ‘80s horror film era–according to Seno. Seno said the artwork from that time is distinctive in that the posters were more text-heavy as opposed to using images to tell a complete story.

“Posters have a long history of being a popular art that is meant to be disposable, yet today vintage poster artists like Toulouse Lautrec, [who] has a gallery here at the Art Institute,” Mugnier said. “There is something very distinct about poster artwork because it is meant to communicate a whole story through one image.”

Horror film posters have a long history in the film industry as well as the world of fine art, from iconic films like George A. Romero’s 1978 classic “Dawn of the Dead” and Sam Raimi’s 1981 “Evil Dead.”

The gallery showing at I Am Logan Square will be part of a month-long film series taking place at the Logan Theatre, Zacarias said.

The film series will feature a different film every day, ranging from classics like “Evil Dead” to newer films such as “Coraline.”

Though horror films and television shows like “The Walking Dead” and “American Horror Story” are becoming part of mainstream popular culture, the horror genre tends to stray from the usual devices seen in popular media, according to

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Feminist but feminine: Karl Lagerfeld sends the wrong message during Paris fashion week CHANEL’S RATHER MASCULINE and col-

muffled, it was clear that the models and Lagerfeld were encouraging the feminist movement, according to a Sept. 30 The Guardian article.

The demonstration was a hit with the show’s audience. Photographers rushed from the stands onto the runway to photograph the models dressed from head-to-toe in what looked like the aftermath of falling into a field of flowers and an abundance of tweed fabric.

Trish Halpin, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, told The Guardian that Lagerfeld’s feminist gesture could have been an attempt to remind the industry of the feminist values of the late Coco Chanel, the brand’s founder.

Lagerfeld attempted to make a powerful statement supporting feminists, but this gesture is coming from the same man who once announced that curvy women shouldn’t be on the runway during an Oct. 4, 2013 episode of “Le Grand 8,” a French television show.

Usually my attention would be on the fashion and just how Lagerfeld was able to master the key design elements that make the brand classic, as well as being able to push the boundaries in the women’s ready-to-wear line as he always does.

However, I could not overlook that Lagerfeld wasn’t just testing the limits in fashion, but he was giving women the wrong idea of what being a feminist is about.

Fashion models already misrepresent the image of the average woman with their unrealistically slim figures. Accompanied with the display of slightly contradictory signs such as “Feminist but feminine” the demonstration reinstated the negative stereotypes that are commonly associated with the feminist movement.

Although the attempt was flawed in several ways, I’m sure it will still inspire men and women.

Nonetheless, the future of feminism seems promising. Lagerfeld cannot do everything perfectly, and I guess I understand. ncraig@chroniclemail.com

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LAURA HUGHES senior fashion studies major

“The beginning design stages are usually a nebulous mess of ideas and images that have been rattling around my brain box. My inspiration can come from something as literal as a piece of nature to something much harder to nail down like an emotional response.”

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orful Spring–Summer 2015 women’s ready-to-wear clothing line was not the only thing to grab the attention of critics and Paris Fashion Week attendees on Sept 30.

Toward the end of the show, a few models, including Kendall Jenner, strutted down a dashing Parisian boulevard-inspired runway under the towering roof of the Grand Palais.

Silence consumed the entire venue as shouts and cheers erupted from the runway where Karl Lagerfeld, creative director of Chanel, and a plethora of models led by rising star Cara Delevingne, of England, stormed down the runway holding up signs and shouting, “What do we want? When do we want it?” Following behind the troupe of models was the only male model in the show holding a HeforShe placard, demonstrating support for Emma Watson’s Sept.

20 speech at the United Nations Headquarters inviting men to help empower women and the feminist movement.

The signs in tow displayed statements including “Women first” and “History is her story.” Although the model’s response to what they “wanted” was inconclusive and

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Sophomore art + design major WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FALL ACTIVITY? “Cuddling.”

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DEDRICK GRAY

Senior advertising and public relations major WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FALL ACTIVITY? “Thanksgiving.”

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First-year graduate dance major WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FALL ACTIVITY? “Looking at the fall leaves. The colors are beautiful.”

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Freshman theatre major WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FALL ACTIVITY? “Pitch pumpkins.”

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Ahmad Jamal to light up Symphony Orchestra BAXTER BARROWCLIFF Assistant Arts & Culture Editor AHMAD JAMAL, A jazz pianist who

rose to fame in the 1950s, is playing Oct. 10 at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 220 S. Michigan Ave. Jamal’s Chicago visit is one of a few U.S. performances he has put on this year, to be followed by his performance at the Strings of Autumn music festival in Prague on Oct. 19. Jamal has been playing for more than 60 years and has recorded 64 albums, including one of his best known works, At the Pershing: But Not For Me, which was recorded live in Chicago in 1958 at the Pershing Hotel. At 84, Jamal is still touring worldwide and playing the music that made him a renowned jazz musician.

Jamal came to prominence during the era of hard bop, an extension of bebop that originated and was made popular by saxophonist Charlie Parker. However, Jamal deviated from that sound and played in his own style that was compatible with what would become cool jazz, according to David Adler, an adjunct professor of jazz history at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York City.

“Jamal really spoke to that aesthetic of restraint and calm,” Adler said. “But also great depth. It was

not light and frivolous—there was a lot of depth, even if it was restrained and a little more peaceful than the no-holds-barred of bebop of the previous era.”

Although Jamal is not credited with creating cool jazz, he has been a great influence on jazz musicians past and present, said Adler. In jazz trumpeter Miles Davis’ autobiography, Adler said there are passages from Davis himself describing the effect of Jamal’s music. “[The passages] emphasize the economy of sound and understatement in Ahmad Jamal’s playing,” Adler said. “The use of space, meaning the notes you don’t play … creating breaths in the music, and also his arrangements, that kind of create these little worlds.”

Bill Kirchner, a long-time jazz critic, composer and author of “The Oxford Companion to Jazz,” said one of the greatest legacies Jamal had was his influence on Davis who later covered his material.

“His biggest influence, aside from piano players who got ideas from him rhythmically and harmonically, was on Miles Davis,” Kirchner said, “[Davis] got a lot of ideas about the use of space and also ideas about repertoire from Jamal, there were a number of tunes that Jamal recorded that Miles later recorded.”

Courtesy EILEEN CHAMBERS Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal recorded his best known album, At the Pershing: But Not For Me, in Chicago in 1958.

Agreeing with Kirchner, Adler said Jamal’s influence had much to do with his playing style and the trio he arranged to play his music.

“His trio from the ‘50s, with the bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier, is considered one of the great influential trios of the era,” Adler said. “It had a major impact on [people like] Miles Davis.”

Jamal’ s influence on Miles Davis would later influence other jazz musicians, making Jamal a somewhat hidden but crucial figure in jazz, Adler said.

“The impact Davis had affected everyone,” Adler said. “So [Jamal] had that kind of indirect influence

on a whole wide swathe of players.”

Vincent Pelote, the interim director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University, said Jamal was highly influential to players like Davis because he was different from most piano players at that time, which in turn led to his music being enjoyed by a much wider audience.

“Jamal is much more musical, and it works for him,” Pelote said. “I think a lot of people got onto it because it had an appeal beyond just jazz because it was melodic, he was quoting other songs and Broadway shows, [and] other people got into it too who weren’t heavy into jazz.”

Even though Jamal is not a household name like many other jazz artists, his music is just as legendary as the likes of Thelonious Monk and Chick Corea in the jazz community because, according to Adler, there was no other pianist like Jamal.

“He’s really in a class by himself,” Adler said. “There is really no one who sounds like him. I think Ahmad Jamal is hard to categorize … a lot of people overlook pianists like Ahmad Jamal, but the contribution he made is still just huge.”

Kirchner also said Jamal’s influence was important to the progression of jazz, even if some of his albums were not as critically acclaimed as other albums.

“Jamal did what he did, he’s an important influential player,” Kirchner said. “You take the totality of what he did, you take the work that is genuinely great and influential and that may not be to some, and that’s the way it is with lots of great artists.”

Adler said Jamal’s legacy continues to grow as he keeps touring and performing his work.

“He’s 84, and he’s still going,” Adler said. “It’s an incredible accomplishment. He’s really at the top of his game still. He sounds great and is still going strong, so there’s high praise for somebody who can really hang on for so long and not change their art and not compromise, and he’s definitely done that.”

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THE BLACK KEYS, CAGE THE ELEPHANT AND LILY ALLEN KICK OFF FALL CONCERT SEASON The Black Keys took the stage after its opening act, Cage The Elephant, and rocked two sold-out shows Sept. 27–28 at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., in support of its Danger Mouse-produced eighth studio album Turn Blue, released May 13. Originally from Akron, Ohio, the little garage rock band that could progressed from playing to small crowds of less than 100 people to performing for audiences exceeding 10,000.

Guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney dazzled the roaring crowd with breakout hits “Tighten Up” and “Lonely Boy,” as well as new tracks from Turn Blue, such as “Fever” and “Gotta Get Away.”

Cage The Elephant’s dusty, tumbleweed rock has Southern roots. In 2006, brothers Matthew and Brad Shultz, Daniel Tichenor, Jared Champion, Matthew Minister and Lincoln Parish, who left the group in 2013, formed the band in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Supporting their 2013 release Melophobia, Cage The Elephant played hit songs such as “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked,” “Shake Me Down” and “Come a Little Closer.”

English artist Lily Allen returned to Chicago Oct. 1, filling the Riviera Theatre, 4746 N. Racine Ave., with her signature spunky attitude and electro-pop style after five years out of the spotlight. Surrounded by giant baby bottles to represent her transition from a wild child into life as a married mother, Allen showed that motherhood has not slowed her down, as evidenced by her bubbly manner and exuberant bumping and grinding with her backup dancers.

Despite a break from touring, Allen has managed to stay relevant to her fans, drawing an eclectic crowd ranging from a newer preteen fan base to her long-time supporters. Opening the show with “Sheezus,” the title track off her newest record, which was released on May 2, she also belted out favorites such as “The Fear” and “F--k You.”

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‘The Homestretch’ sheds light on hidden homeless population

Courtesy SAMUEL J. VEGA Anthony, one of three teens in “The Homestretch,” walks by Rainbow Beach on the South Side in the documentary.

GINA SCARPINO Assistant Arts & Culture Editor BALANCING SCHOOL WITH having to

figure out a place to sleep at night can be tough in Chicago, and a new documentary, “The Homestretch,” shows just how hard that has been for some students.

“The Homestretch” follows three homeless Chicago teenagers as they endure homelessness and pursue a better life. Originally released in Chicago theaters in April, the documentary has received multiple distribution deals that will make it available for download Nov. 21.

Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly, co-directors and producers of the documentary, began working on the project in 2009. Kelly said she was

working with students in the Chicago Public Schools Shakespeare Theater program when she learned that one of the students became homeless after coming out to his parents as gay.

“We started talking to school administrators and service providers and started to understand that this was an enormous crisis that nobody was talking about,” de Mare said. “The public schools [in Chicago] were really dealing with this in a way that I don’t think the public was aware of.”

More than 12,000 youths in the greater Chicago area are homeless, according to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

However, CPS’s Office of Students in Temporary Living Situa-

tions identified 22,144 homeless students in the 2013–2014 school year. This is an 18.6 percent increase from the CPS homeless enrollment of 18,669 in the 2012– 2013 school year.

In addition to following three homeless youths, de Mare and Kelly also talked to Teen Living Programs and The Night Ministry, organizations that work with homeless youths in Chicago.

“We spent a lot of time [within the organizations] before we brought the cameras in,” de Mare said. “We met with everyone before we began to film, so there was a level of trust when the cameras came in.”

The majority of the homeless youths in the community face negative stereotypes, highlighting why the issue needs to be brought to the community’s attention, de Mare said.

“It’s a problem in terms of young people stepping out and self-identifying as homeless,” de Mare said.

“They don’t want to be stigmatized, so it’s important that we break down this barrier.”

Teen Living Programs is a nonprofit that offers support and resources as a prevention strategy for homeless youth to ensure that they do not remain homeless throughout their adult lives. It offers three different housing programs.

One is a basic youth shelter that has four spaces for young people ages 14–17. The second housing

phase—Belfort House—provides for 18–24-year-olds. The third housing branch subsidizes 10 apartments for two years, hoping that when the young resident’s two years are complete, he or she will be able to renew the lease.

“The agency literally has a vision that every young person deserves a safe home,” said Jeri Linas, executive director at Teen Living. “Our mission is to provide the resources for a young person that helps us fulfill that mission that the young people are going to be living in a stable environment.”

Linas said the homeless youth is a growing population in Chicago, but it is an issue that struggles to increase awareness.

“It’s important to bring visibility to the invisible and then to challenge ourselves as communities and think about what we can do to make a difference,” Linas said.

Anthony and Kasey, two of the teens chronicled in “The Homestretch,” came from Teen Living’s Belfort House. Roque, the third teen shown in the film, was found through Kelly’s work with the CPS Shakespeare program.

The second organization highlighted in “The Homestretch” is The Night Ministry, which provides health care and other services to homeless youth. The Night Ministry was founded in 1976 and was originally started with the intent to build relations with people who did not have a place to stay atDOLOR night.

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Tedd Peso, government relations manager for The Night Ministry, said many of the youths that come through the organization are enrolled in school and that some schools assist homeless students. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act is a federal law that assists this population, Peso said.

“Through McKinney-Vento legislation, young homeless students qualify for a variety of benefits that are available to them,” Peso said.

“Some of those things include free bus fare, free uniforms [if applicable], just a variety of supportive services to keep them enrolled in school.”

Linas said CPS has homeless liaisons on staff to aid the identified homeless students with any benefits they may need to be successful. The downside of the program is that it is not a paid position, Linas said.

Peso said it is imperative to educate people about youth homelessness because the numbers of homeless youth in the population are continuously increasing.

“It’s important [to educate people on this population],” Peso said.

“We know, without providing adequate supportive services for this population, that the homeless youth we see today are going to become the homeless adults we see tomorrow.”

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Kelly Wenzel THE CHRONICLE Dove’s Luncheonette’s Chicken Fried Chicken is an entree that mixes Southern and Mexican flavors all drizzled in chorizo verde gravy with sweet peas and green beans.

Dove’s brings Southern comfort to Chicago

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Assistant Arts & Culture Editor WELCOMING PATRONS WITH intoxicat-

ing sounds of old-school Chicago soul and blues music, Dove’s Luncheonette, 1545 N. Damen Ave., is a fresh addition to the booming Wicker Park restaurant scene.

The James Beard Award-winning One Off Hospitality Group founded Dove’s, which opened Sept.

22. Part of a family of restaurants, which include The Publican, Blackbird and The Violet Hour, Dove’s is the group’s eighth sit-down restaurant in Chicago and is keeping One Off’s hot streak alive with its fusion of Southern comfort-style cooking and traditional Mexican cuisine.

Southern food and Mexican cuisine may appear to be polar opposites, but Dove’s Luncheonette blends the two seamlessly with its

diverse array of menu items. The thought of having chicken fried chicken and chile rellenos on the same menu may scare casual diners, but Dove’s makes it work.

Chef de Cuisine Dennis Bernard’s inventive menu, mixed with the familiar atmosphere of a neighborhood soul food joint, features items such as the Smoked Brisket Taco Norteno ($13), bursting with brisket, avocado, cucumber, chich-

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The restaurant’s choice of vegetarian dishes is a nice detour from the abundance of comfort food items, from the Summer Tomato Salad ($9) to the Betabels ($7).

Reflecting the fusion theme, the side dishes and desserts are a scattershot of Southern and Mexican staples. Choices include grits, blood sausage, chili con carne ($4 each), and an exceptional Texas Toast ($2). The desserts also pay more homage to the Southern side with sweets such as the honey vanilla ice cream and the bourbon butter pecan ice cream.

If there were anything negative to be said about Dove’s, it would be the close-quartered dining area.

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The drink selection at Dove’s is equally stylish. The restaurant has a full bar stocked with a variety of beers, tequilas, wines and mezcales—a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the maguey plant native to Mexico. For those not in the mood for alcoholic drinks, the restaurant also serves a variety of coffees, teas, juices and several different sodas, including the classic Dr. Brown’s Cream Soda ($3) and Mexican Coca-Cola ($3).

One of the standout dishes is the Chicken Fried Chicken Plate ($15).

The dish is made up of a succulent buttermilk-fried chicken breast bathed in chorizo verde gravy and topped with sweet peas and green beans. The comforting crispiness of the chicken breast rounds off the kick of the chorizo, giving an old Southern classic new life. The entree could rival any chicken dish south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Other dishes such as the Red Chile Enchiladas ($13) offer a more traditional Mexican flavor.

Corn tortillas and roasted chicken thighs covered in guajillo-ancho chile sauce, queso Oaxaca, queso fresco, cilantro, onions and pickled Serrano chiles, make up this spicy dish. One bite into the zesty enchiladas will send your taste buds into a frenzy for more. However, the roasted chicken mixed with an array of elegant spices still hints at the blend of Southern and Mexican cultures that make up the restaurant’s signature flavor.

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Stanford graduate hooks rap scene with rock beats of entered the process with a pretty firm sense of who I was and the kind of music I wanted to make. I got a little dizzy along the way, but now having the chance to sort of return to the roots and do everything on my own terms is [refreshing]. You really know what’s right for you and you sometimes have to stand up for yourself even when people are discouraging you.

GINA SCARPINO Assistant Arts & Culture Editor DESPITE WIELDING A degree in psy-

chology and sociology from Stanford University, Kristine Flaherty, more commonly known by her stage name K.Flay, spends her days dropping beats in San Francisco’s Bay Area.

Flaherty is dominating San Francisco’s underground hip-hop scene with her unique fusion of rap and indie-rock music styles. Currently headlining a national tour, Flaherty will be making a stop on Oct. 13 at Schubas Tavern, 3159 N. Southport Ave. Flaherty’s music career began when she was studying at Stanford in the mid-2000s. A friend challenged her to write a song, and she ended up falling in love with the writing and recording process.

Following a stint with RCA Records, Flaherty parted ways with the label to self-produce her debut album Life As A Dog, which dropped June 24.

The Chronicle spoke with Flaherty about her decision to pursue music as a career, her biggest influences and how she sees female rappers challenging stereotypes within the hip-hop scene.

THE CHRONICLE: What inspired you to pursue a career in music?

KRISTINE FLAHERTY: I felt like I was being nudged to pursue music.

I had just broken up with my boyfriend. I was depressed, I was moving, so I was like, “Well, I may as well just go for broke and try this.” I had a job. I was teaching SATs on the side, which is good for [pursuing creative careers and ideas] because it gave me a lot of time to write music and play shows.

What kind of audience do you make music for?

Courtesy AUSTIN GRISWOLD Kristine Flaherty, commonly known as K.Flay, is a rising artist in the underground hip-hop scene, exhibiting a distinct combination of indie-rock beats and smooth rhymes.

What are some of your biggest musical influences?

A lot of my music is pretty personal—kind of introspective. A lot of it is based off my life and the lives of my friends and the people close to me. I find that I also get a lot of inspiration from other forms of art that I’m consuming. I read a lot of books, and I find that you’re immersed in this entirely fabricated and hopefully very expansive world.

From a general creative standpoint, it’s a really nice mental place to be at. I feel the same way about listening to other music and fine arts as well. I feel the same way about the consumption of an interaction

with culture as being busy. When you’re busy, you’re more productive, so when you’re stressed out, you get a lot more done. The more forms of art that I’m actively engaging with, the more prolific and the more happy I am creating things.

mixed the record in San Francisco.

There’s a lot of different geography going on, but I think that was also creatively a good thing for me.

What was the writing and recording process like for Life As A Dog?

It takes time to develop your perspective and your instincts, but once you’ve had a chance to do that, [it] happens by virtue of playing shows and recording and experimenting with that. Once you have a sense of what you want to do and what is right for you, it’s just so important to trust that. When I was signed to a label, the most detrimental part of that was losing sight of that. I sort

I wrote and recorded the record in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. It kind of came together over the course of a few months. It came about really organically. I wrote certain things in certain places, finished producing in a different city, and then we

Can you describe some lessons you have learned as an independent artist?

I think it’s mostly like 18 to early 30s. It’s really a big mix. Some people kind of came across the music through some of the more hip-hop things that I’ve done, in terms of collaborations and tours. Some people have come across my music through Warped Tour. Some people have come across my music through remixes. It’s a great crowd, and the people who make it out to shows are often really creative people themselves and artists and do all kinds of really cool stuff.

Do you that think being a female in the hip-hop community challenges the masculine stereotype that the genre holds?

I think the landscape is obviously in a constant state of flux. I think the most important thing for any under-represented group within any realm is the variation of those representations. For me, obviously I’m existing partially in that sphere, but there’s an alternative, kind of indie aspect to what I’m doing. The more women that are visibly out there, doing different sorts of things, I feel like that’s a key catalyst for making a positive change in that way. gscarpino@chroniclemail.com

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Wednesday, Oct. 8

Artists, streaming services in continuous tug-of-war MARK VOLMAN AND Howard Kaylan—

aka Flo & Eddie—of The Turtles, a popular 1960s band, are now fighting for proper compensation for the use of their music by streaming and radio services like Pandora.

Most known for songs “Happy Together” and “It Ain’t Me Babe,” The Turtles won a lawsuit Sept. 22 against SiriusXM for the uncompensated use of their pre-1972 recordings, according to an Oct. 2 article in The Hollywood Reporter.

Many older bands have had this issue in the last few years since the advent of streaming services like Spotify because sound recordings did not become protected by federal copyright laws until 1972, meaning any music recorded before then is not protected by state law at all.

Although Pandora claims it pays on royalties in all cases, including such pre-1972 recordings, those payments go toward the songwriters, who are sometimes different people than the performers. Not only do the performers often miss out on proper compensation in these cases, but when songwriters are paid royalties, that money is also distributed to collection agencies, record labels and other behind-the-scenes players that most listeners are not aware of. So even when the original artists and performers do get paid for the

use of their music, it is not much at all.

According to the Oct. 2 article from The Hollywood Reporter, Pandora has argued thus far that its use of all music—including recordings that date pre-1972—is helpful to sustaining the longevity of artists’ success and relevance. While that may be true, it does not mean those artists and performers should go without pay simply because they have gotten the benefit of some additional airplay.

Pandora said it would support “the full federalization of pre-1972 sound recordings under a technology-neutral approach that affords libraries, music services and consumers the same rights and responsibilities that are enjoyed with respect to all other sound recordings,” according to the Oct. 2 article.

With both new and old musicians receiving so little compensation in royalties—if they receive the correct payment at all—there is no reason that bands that are still in existence and performers of music released pre-1972 should not be guaranteed that their music is treated with the same respect as more recent music under copyright laws.

While some may fear that the success of The Turtles’ lawsuit against SiriusXM and their upcoming

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If radio and streaming services cannot continue to succeed without cheating artists out of money, then they should already be reevaluating their processes and finding better ways to be efficient.

Flo & Eddie claim that they are owed at least $100 million from SiriusXM and at least $25 million from Pandora, as well as further compensation from other undisclosed services, according to the Oct. 2 article. If those numbers are correct, the full federalization of copyright protections of pre-1972 recordings is heinously overdue. ksenese@chroniclemail.com

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Richard Wright’s ‘Native Son’ returns home, disturbs audiences

Courtesy CATHY TAYLOR PUBLIC RELATIONS Jerod Haynes portrays Richard Wright’s troubled character Bigger Thomas in Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of the novel “Native Son” at the Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave.

BAXTER BARROWCLIFF Assistant Arts & Culture Editor RICHARD WRIGHT’S CLASSIC novel “Native Son” proved to be controversial when it was first published in 1940, and that controversy remains in Nambi E. Kelley’s stage adaptation of the novel, which will run through Oct. 19 at Hyde Park’s Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave. “Native Son” tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a poor 20-yearold black man living on Chicago’s South Side in the 1930s. Wright’s novel tells the story of how Thomas has to survive in an already prejudiced world after accidentally killing the daughter of the rich white

Dalton family—a family who employs him as a driver. Kelley’s adaptation is directed by Seret Scott and deals mostly with the first two parts of the novel. Kelley said she decided to adapt the novel because she has loved Wright’s work for many years.

“I didn’t choose ‘Native Son.’ ‘Native Son’ chose me,” Kelley said in an email. “I stumbled upon a copy of it on my mother’s shelf when I was 8 years old. Although I did not finish the book at that time—my mother caught me and snatched it away—years later, it would become my favorite novel.”

Wright’s novel has become a seminal piece of African-American literature, according to Ann

Rayson, an associate professor of African-American literature at the University of Hawaii. “Native Son” was not the first novel to deal with the racial divide in the U.S., but it was the first widely-read commercial success, Rayson said.

“It is the first No. 1 bestseller by an African-American writer,” Rayson said. “It’s incendiary as well, and the Book of the Month Club took it as a selection but he had to take out a few things that have since been restored.”

Rayson also said Wright uses Thomas’ character to convey the folly of racism in the American system and its ideals at the time he was writing the novel, pointing out

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that Wright thought the nation was responsible for all of the “Bigger Thomas’’ types in America.

“That was Wright’s point because, at the time, he was a Communist,” Rayson said. “He was arguing the ‘guilt of the nation’ thesis.

He does not want us to cry over or sympathize Bigger Thomas, so he makes Bigger Thomas clearly guilty and undesirable on purpose because he wants to say our system, capitalism, is responsible and racism is responsible for creating all of the Bigger Thomases.’’

Jerod Haynes, who plays Thomas in Kelley’s adaptation, said people today still view the work as controversial and that it can be unnerving for some.

“Some viewers may not agree with the image depicted of Bigger,” Haynes said. “Because we feel there’s a lot of that in the mainstream today, so they say, ‘Why do it again?’ But I think Richard Wright purposely did it because that is a feeling that is almost universal amongst young African-Americans even today. Now, it may not be to the extent of hacking up a body, but the mentality and the spirit of the character, all of those things are relevant today.”

The work is still meaningful and relevant to audiences because many of the issues, stereotypes and prejudices against African-Americans during the time that Wright wrote about in “Native Son” are

still present in society, according to Rayson.

“I don’t think that we’ve gotten away from those racial stereotypes anyway because of things like Ferguson, Missouri,” Rayson said. “It’s ongoing, popping up all of the time.”

Tracey Bonner, who plays Bessie Mears, Thomas’ girlfriend of sorts, said the play could be a reminder to Chicagoans that even though progress has been made, the city still struggles with a racial divide.

“Chicago is one of, if not, the most segregated cities in America today,” Bonner said. “So if our audiences come and not see that and not acknowledge that, for me, would be belittling to the message of the play.

For people to not acknowledge that there is a problem, racially, in this city or some racial divide in this city, they’re just not acknowledging people, in my opinion.”

Kelley, a Chicago native, said she did not choose “Native Son” to make a specific statement about the city, but the message of Wright’s novel applies to Chicago and cannot be ignored.

“As long as African-American men are immobilized by fear, both fear of oppressive external factors and lack of acceptance of the internal, the book and play are relevant, not just in Chicago, but anywhere fear lurks,” Kelley said.

“Native Son” runs through Oct. 19. bbarrowcliff@chroniclemail.com

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‘Men, Women & Children’ has connectivity problems JOSH WEITZEL Film Critic EVOLVING SOCIAL MEDIA and technology have drastically altered the way we interact as human beings.

It should come as no surprise that films have attempted to capture the dangers of this rapidly changing technological landscape we live in.

Films like “The Social Network” and “Her” provided insight into the present and future of technological interactions. Jason Reitman’s “Men, Women & Children,” based

on Chad Kultgen’s 2011 novel, addresses our changing world, focusing on whom it affects most: the current generation.

The film tracks the journeys of a diverse cast of characters and the ways in which technology and social media corrupt their relationships. Married couple Don (Adam Sandler) and Helen Truby (Rosemarie DeWitt) start cheating on one another after discovering online dating. The couple’s son Chris (Travis Tope) struggles to date wannabe celebrity Hannah (Olivia Cro-

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cicchia), who has delusions of fame because of the moderate success of her online modeling website. Hannah’s mother, Donna (Judy Greer), runs her daughter’s website but also struggles with posting suggestive photos of her daughter online.

She seeks the help of Patricia (Jennifer Garner), an overprotective mother who meticulously tracks her daughter Brandy’s (Kaitlyn Dever) Internet and phone history.

Brandy begins to date former high school football star Tim (Ansel Elgort), but Patricia’s overbearing na-

ture forces Brandy to sneak around her mother’s back.

Social media functions as a visual element as well as the film’s subject matter. Text messages, Google searches and Facebook newsfeeds are shown floating above or beside to the faces of the characters. When someone is texting, text bubbles appear on the screen to keep viewers engaged. Being able to see both the characters’ faces and what they are looking at helps the audience better understand the characters.

The ensemble cast is used effectively, each relationship examining the dark side of technology and social media. Online dating, pornography, privacy and pseudo-celebrity impersonation, among other issues, have their own stories and sets of characters, which breaks up the monotony. Yet, the depictions are of extreme circumstances and are sometimes unrealistic.

Most of the film centers on high school students, making most of the characters instantly more relatable to a college audience. However, many of the characters are far fetched. Hannah fits the stereotype of a cheerleader: She is attractive and wants to be famous for the sake of being famous. Even the jocks are generic bullies. It would seem as though writer and director Reitman had his hands full with so many characters that it seemed like he had little time to give them original, distinctive personalities.

The film’s romantic relationships make little sense as well. Two of the central characters, Brandy

and Tim, begin to date early in the story. However, there is nothing to explain what makes their relationship tick other than physical attraction. Their personalities are not developed enough to make them sympathetic to the audience.

The film is a dark comedy like many of Reitman’s other films. The opening of the film introduces Don, who tries to masturbate, but his personal computer is not working properly and does not allow him to view pornography. He sneaks into his 15-year-old son’s bedroom to use his computer and finds pornography in his Internet history. Don is not surprised by this and continues on his mission. It is a humorous opening that sets the tone for the rest of the film. While sex jokes are an easy fallback, there is not much to laugh at outside of that.

The story begins to falter as it races to the finale. Despite a strong buildup, none of the story threads reach a satisfying conclusion. It does not help that Reitman leaves the message of the film unclear, forcing the audience to question exactly what he is trying to say about technology and social media’s role.

It is uncertain whether Reitman has a cohesive vision. He might understand that the rapid evolution of technology is potentially harmful, but it is clear he does not have an answer himself. The characters’ struggles might be relateable, but it is not enough to save an otherwise muddled film. jweitzel@chroniclemail.com

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Between the full-length bar tables and the community-style dining tables, the seating arrangement makes for a bit of a cramped dining experience, with hardly any room to stretch after eating all that food. it also creates a semi-claustrophobic dining area, causing patrons to always have to make sure not to bump into a server or customer.

While several of Dove’s menu prices can be on the expensive side, the restaurant’s service, atmo-

sphere and delicious food makes up for the above-average prices.

With its decorated walls filled with vintage photographs and artwork, diner-style seating arrangements and enchanting background music, Dove’s is a great choice for diner enthusiasts looking for a delicious meal.

Judging from the already-packed house, it does not seem like the restaurant will have any trouble finding a faithful following in its Wicker Park location.

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Kaitlin Hetterscheidt THE CHRONICLE The posters featured in the “Horror Movie Poster” gallery show were uncovered during a renovation to the historic Logan Theatre, 2646 N. Milwaukee Ave., three years ago.

Kelly Wenzel THE CHRONICLE Dove’s Luncheonette, 1545 N. Damen Ave., is the eighth Chicago sit-down restaurant from One Off Hospitality.

Brendan Riley, an associate professor in the English Department who teaches the Zombies in Popular Media J-Term course.

Riley said horror films differ from other mainstream films in that they strive to evoke a stronger reaction from the audience than most popular films.

“When you encounter other kinds of storytelling media, often you’re being engaged intellectually or emotionally, but very rarely are you being engaged on a visceral or instinctual level,” Riley said. “Most horror movies have at least some sort of engagement with the uncanny or the fear of the unknown.”

Horror film enthusiasts, unlike

casual television or movie fans, are more visible in terms of fanaticism because horror movie fans have to go out of their way to connect with each other over the genre, according to Riley.

“They don’t have conventions for people who like Monday night sitcoms,” Riley said. “It is easy to find other people who like [sitcoms].

For people who enjoy strange Japanese horror movies, it is harder to find [other aficionados]. Part of the reason that those fan groups are more visible is that they need to be more visible in order to find [those with common interests].”

According to Mugnier, the posters in the I Am Logan Square exhib-

it not only highlight the underappreciated art form of film poster art but also showcase the history of the Logan Theatre. She said the posters are iconic and symbolic of that era of horror films and sit in stark contrast to contemporary iterations seen today.

“We’re interested in bringing out aspects of the horror film. There’s this humoristic quality and validity to these works that are only 30 or 40 years old and yet have sort of passed from our current appreciation and knowledge of paper art forms as we move forward in a digital age,” Mugnier said. shall@chroniclemail.com

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BLOG: “Mike Doyle’s Snap” Legos are a big part of most people’s childhoods, but Mike Doyle takes it to the next level. He’s constructed a whole world, called Odan, and tells its story using incredibly complex Lego constructions. The blog features videos of the projects and their back-stories, and Doyle recently released a book of dark-themed Lego constructions such as Moby Dick fighting a giant squid.

Check it out at: mikedoylesnap.blogspot.com/

VIDEO: “Stingray jumps onto ramp for food” There’s strange wonder in sea creatures seen out of the water. In this case, one family got a chance to get close with a stingray in the Maldives who decided that food was better than breathing and booked up onto the wooden ramp for a snack. Seeing an alien-looking animal completely out of its element is both funny and enchanting, like coming face-to-face with dolphins at the Shedd Aquarium.

Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/user/rumbleviral/

Matt McCall Features Editor

Tatiana Walk-Morris Associate Editor

Maria Castellucci Opinions Editor

HORROR MOVIES TO WATCH THIS OCTOBER

THINGS I’LL MISS ABOUT COLUMBIA

REASONS I LOVE FALL

“Halloween” (1978): A relentless, cold-blooded thriller, John Carpenter’s “Halloween” was made on a shoestring budget and is credited by many critics for kicking off the slasher film craze that defined horror in the ‘80s. Inspired

by Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” (1960), it features Jamie Lee Curtis being terrorized by Michael Myers, an insane asylum escapee on a rampage through a small Illinois town.

My professors: My professors are like walking libraries— they bring a wealth of knowledge to every class session.

They reiterate techniques I have already learned and open my eyes to new storytelling techniques with sophisticated wit and snark. They have been instrumental in making me the journalist I am today.

The clothes: I’m not into the trendy short shorts or low-cut tank tops that define summer. In fact, on any given summer day, you can find me wearing my brother’s large t-shirts and loose shorts. But when fall finally hits I can put all those atrocious outfits away and show off all my cute sweaters. They consume most of my closet. I am happiest in blue, brown and black, and only in fall are such colors truly appropriate.

“An American Werewolf in London” (1981): Directed by John Landis (“Animal House,” “Blues Brothers”), “An American Werewolf in London” strikes a perfect balance between comedy and horror. A pioneering film in the world of practical effects, its werewolf transformation scene remains unmatched.

“Fright Night” (1985): “Fright Night” was released when vampires were still terrifying, not glittery perma-teenagers. In the film, a horror movie fanatic is convinced that his new neighbor is a vampire. Recruiting his girlfriend, best friend and the guy who plays Van Helsing on TV, young Charley Brewster sets out, stake in hand. Unfortunately, his single mother has other plans for the handsome vampire.

“The Return of the Living Dead” (1985): The unofficial sequel to George A. Romero’s classic “Night of the Living Dead,” without a doubt, “The Return of the Living Dead” is a horribly written movie. It is also so enjoyable that I have watched it three times consecutively.

“Braindead” (1992): Before Peter Jackson directed his epic “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, he was making horror films.

“Braindead,” released as “Dead Alive” in North America, is the New Zealander’s real masterpiece, a flagrantly inappropriate film about a man, a girl and hordes of the disfigured living-dead. If you want to test your iron stomach against something other than a long night of drinking, “Brain Dead” is the way to go.

My friends: As we go out into the working world or travel before heading to graduate school, some of my comrades will stick around and others will head down their own paths.

Either way, they will not always be around to grab Panera on Saturday afternoons. When we are inevitably telling awesome stories in different parts of the world, I will keep memories of them close to my heart.

Mac computers: I have a great Windows 8 PC at home, but the Macs at Columbia have all the programs I need for classes, enabling me to avoid buying the pricey Photoshop and InDesign programs. Maybe I’ll come back to the college to mooch off these resources before I buy them on my own.

My U-Pass: Paying for every single train and bus ride is painful to both my wallet and spirit. When classes are in session, I ride up and down the train like I have a 401K. The CTA is cheaper than buying a car, but the fares add up pretty quickly for a busy journalist who has to travel ’round the city each week.

Reporting for The Chronicle: I will not miss the long hours producing the newspaper on Friday nights, but rather the hilarious anecdotes that emerge from them. I’ll miss the fun of b---hing to my colleagues when sources do not get back to me, when an edit does not make sense or InDesign decides to perform black magic on my page layouts. Being around talented, humorous journalists, designers and photographers makes me laugh until my stomach hurts and pushes me to step up my game.

The trees: Although there are not too many lush, full trees in the city, I often trek back to the suburbs on the weekends where there are plenty of impressively large trees. There is a forest near my home that I love to walk through during this time of year. I can easily get lost in all of the different colors.

The weather: Chicago summers are too humid and sticky, and the winters are too frigid to do anything outdoors. But fall is the lovely time period between the seasons where the weather is perfect. It is the ideal weather to take long walks and feel completely comfortable in simply a sweater.

Halloween: The entire month of October is basically dedicated to Halloween, one of the best holidays. Walking into most stores, you are bombarded with stellar spooky decorations and cute costumes. Although I do not have the most creative costume at parties, I can appreciate everyone else’s. It is also the month in which hoards of candy are consumed, all in the name of fright. What’s better than candy?

Pie: Of all the desserts, pie is by far my favorite. Around fall, those pies make a glorious reappearance. When I think of fall, I think fresh apple pie with vanilla ice cream.

Also, how can you forget pumpkin pie? I can easily polish off an entire pumpkin pie with no regrets.

Kaitlin Hetterscheidt THE CHRONICLE Afie Jurvanen, who plays under the moniker Bahamas, performed Oct. 1 at Schubas Tavern, 3159 N. Southport Ave. The Toronto-based folk-rock musician released his latest album, Bahamas Is Afie, on Aug. 19. He has worked with musicians Fiest, Jack Johnson and The Weather Station.

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No– just... no.

Uhmmm, WTF?

It’s whatever.

I can dig it.

YAAASS!

“SNL: Chris Pratt”

“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” season premiere

“Print the Legend”

“The Simpsons,” “Family Guy” crossover

Watching Chris Pratt hosting “Saturday Night Live’s” season opener, I found myself tuning out due to the truly boring nature of some skits. However, there were a few charmers that brought in big laughs, and Chris Pratt is pretty to look at. —A. Cannon

After Andy Samberg’s character expressed his feelings for Amy before leaving for a long mission in last season’s finale, viewers who excitedly awaiting the premiere were disappointed by the lack of interaction between the two.

Don’t bother, it’s a letdown. —C. Johnson

This 3D printing documentary, which was released Sept. 26 and now available on Netflix gives insight into a field that could transform manufacturing and dramatically influence purchasing habits. Now all I can think about is all the stock I should have bought. —C. King

Though I have grown out of the hype of these two shows, I bit the bullet and gave them a watch. The episode was bearable but nothing to write home about. Its saving grace—and what probably drew most of the viewers—was its nostalgia factor. —A. Aghayere

Adobe Audition

Subway Surfers

ESPN SportsCenter App

The GILT Shopping App

As The Columbia Chronicle podcaster, I have worked with both ProTools and Adobe Audition, but the simplicity and maneuverability of Audition makes the audio editing process much easier. I give Adobe all the credit for getting me out so early on Fridays. —C. Turner

I just re-discovered this game, and I am completely addicted. The motion graphics are extremely well done, and I love how there are daily missions so I have something new to accomplish. The characters are also fun and I love that I am able to customize them. —C. Turner

The SportsCenter app is a score and new hosting app that functions like ESPN on the go. Sports fans can instantly access the latest scores, stats and news as if they were on the couch watching the show SportsCenter. It’s perfect for the busy sport-lover. —K. Holley

This app is the closest thing to an online Harrod’s. Featuring name and indie brands, it has a wide variety of items such as home furniture; mens, womens, kids clothing; and travel packages, which you can buy conveniently and have sent to your home address. —C. Hogan

“Holiday for Swing” by Seth MacFarlane

747 by Lady Antebellum

“Steal My Girl” by One Direction

“i” by Kendrick Lamar

On Holiday for Swing, Seth MacFarlane Family Guy creator and producer of the Cosmos reboot series proves that he can croon with the absolute best of them. MacFarlane is here to soundtrack your holiday season like a true professional. Hide your girlfriends. —M. Green

Lady Antebellum’s most recent album is full of country twang. The lyrics on this album could be a little better though. I miss the old lyrics from songs like “Need You Now” about drunk booty calls. The band needs to get back to its original flavor. —K. Davis

One Direction is one talented bunch of dudes.

Their new single, “Steal My Girl,” is different from their past work. The opening chord progression is a key change away from being identical to New Found Glory’s “It’s Not Your Fault.” —J. Boylen

Lamar’s new single is catchy, and I’m so happy that he came out with some new music, but I’m not in love with it the way I was with his previous songs, like “Money Trees.” Plus, he’s rapping in a high-pitched tone, different from his normal, smooth voice. —K. Davis

“Wolf in White Van” by John Darnielle John Darnielle’s novel showcases the struggle of isolation. Darnielle tells a story of two tragic accidents and their repercussions while weaving past and present events into a labyrinth.

Darnielle’s lyrical writing makes it hard to put this book down. —A. Cannon

“Wild” by Cheryl Strayed

Piñatas

U.S. Cellular Field Hot Dogs

In Cheryl Strayed’s memoir “Wild,” she shares snippets of her twenty-something adventures while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Though I thought her choices were idiotic, her insightful story soon inspired me to make my life more thrilling as well. —K. Hetterscheidt

I know piñatas are mainly for kids, but come on! Who wouldn’t like to hit a big, colorful cartoon character after a long, trying day of work? And once you destroy this big paper character, heaps of candy falls out of it ... or other goodies! —C. Sànchez

Biting into this hot dog is simply delightful, especially when it is slathered in creamy mustard. If you want it to taste even better, add some ketchup to it. The juiciness will only satisfy you until your next trip to the field, and you will be craving meat until then. —A. Haleem

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The Columbia Chronicle CAMPUS EDITORIAL

Forgetting alumni harms Columbia

WITH YET ANOTHER decline in enroll-

ment, a history of weak fundraising and a likely tuition increase looming next year, the need for communication between Columbia and its alumni is more important than ever.

Alumni are one of a college’s most valuable resources, second only to its current students.

Connections with alumni cultivate relationships with students that provide internship and job opportunities. A strong relationship with alumni can also result in donations to the college.

While most colleges have large alumni relations departments that can secure donors, Columbia’s alumni division has experienced changes that have made it harder to adequately fulfill its mission.

On Jan. 27, Patrick Sheahan resigned as vice president of Institutional Advancement, to be followed shortly by the Feb. 28 termination of more than half of the employees in the Office of Institutional Advancement and the creation of a new Department of Development to replace it.

The college finally hired a vice president of Development in July, appointing Jon Stern, former dean of Advancement and associate dean of Campaign and Strategic Initiative at Wabash College.

Amidst all of the administrative changes, Columbia struggles to connect with alumni. This issue was most recently observed when Stern postponed Alumni Weekend, which was supposed to take place in late September but was pushed to Spring 2015.

As Columbia focuses on being more selective when recruiting incoming freshmen, graduates are clearly being forgotten. Neglecting alumni is detrimental to the college as it tries to increase fundraising, especially because alumni are often major contributors.

Success stories from the college’s alumni can not only draw in students but can also maintain interest from current students, improving enrollment and retention. According to a 2013 “The American Freshman” report by the University of California, Los Angeles, 53 percent of college–

bound high school seniors said the ability of a college’s graduates to get good jobs plays a role in their decision to attend. As part of Columbia’s plan to rebrand itself, it featured 11 faculty members as part of its citywide advertising campaign in early August.

Although the college has inspiring faculty, it would have been much more inspiring to see faces of successful alumni.

This is not to say that the college does not try to reach out to alumni. DEMO Magazine is a publication specifically pegged to alumni, featuring graduate and current students. However, it is not properly advertised to students. The publication also only publishes twice a year. The achievements of the students and graduates are not being actively communicated, which impedes donations. Alumni are more likely to donate to their alma mater if their accomplishments receive recognition from the institution.

If Columbia can attract more alumni donations, it could help the college’s fragile financial status.

During the 2011–2012 academic year, Columbia generated approximately $8 million in net fundraising, as reported May 5

by The Chronicle. Upon taking office in 2012, Kim said he plans to focus more on raising money and acknowledged that in the past the college has put too much effort into hosting events rather then on fundraising strategies.

The importance for colleges to generate adequate funding has been stressed in light of the economic downturn and rising costs of higher education.

Columbia’s endowment seems miniscule compared to other private universities. Northwestern University is a fundraising powerhouse, generating about $7 for every $1 spent and receives billions of dollars in fundraising.

If Columbia works toward a better relationship with its alumni, many of the college’s problems could be solved. Alumni are a valuable financial asset to a college, and Columbia should realize this and focus as much on its graduates as incoming freshmen.

METRO EDITORIAL

CPD body cameras protect public THE CHICAGO POLICE Department is

following the lead of other major U.S. cities that have begun pilot programs to place pager-sized body cameras on officers’ uniforms.

CPD is in the initial planning stage of the program, which is intended to protect the department against misconduct lawsuits. The department is currently discussing implementation with unions, and CPD officials have also met with the Cook County State Attorney’s Office to ensure the program adheres to the law, according to Martin Maloney, the director of the CPD Office of News Affairs.

The department is also looking at best practices across the country, Maloney said. The New York Police Department announced in early September it will equip at least 60 officers with body cameras in the coming months, and the Los Angeles Police Department began testing body cameras on its officers in January.

At a time when allegations of police brutality continue to make national headlines, notably the police-related death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in August, CPD’s body camera program is a smart move that will protect citizens from brutality and police officers from any false claims of misconduct.

However, what is considered appropriate implementation of the cameras remains unclear. The U.S. Department of Justice released a report on Sept. 12 analyzing policies from police departments that use body cameras in order to determine the best practices. The report addresses privacy concerns raised by camera use and found that most departments allow the officers to turn the cameras on and off depending on whether they have the verbal consent to record. Most unions support this practice, including the City of Chicago Independent Police Review Authority, because they say it protects victims and maintains police-citizen relationships.

But being allowed to turn the cameras off has the ability to impede their effectiveness.

Instead, officers should be required to record their entire shifts. This ensures the officer does not cut the video when civilian encounters become heated or violent, preventing the recording of evidence for or against controversial claims of police brutality. The American Civil Liberties Union supports this measure and advocates that body cameras should also have universal guidelines, according to an Oct. 1, 2013 report.

In Illinois, the eavesdropping law, which was held to be unconstitutional because it was found to be too broad, required that verbal consent be received to record a conversation. Many states that have adopted body cameras have had the consent requirement waived, according to the same U.S. Department of Justice report.

Chicago should adopt this measure when creating the guidelines for the program. Civilian interactions with officers are largely public, and the right to privacy should be waived if it ensures professionalism and accountability from police officers.

Police departments that have implemented the body cameras have seen a significant reduction in complaints against officers, according to the report. In October 2012, Arizona State University conducted a study placing body cameras on 50 of the officers at the Mesa Police Department. In one year, the study found that officers with body-worn cameras had 40 percent fewer complaints filed against them.

At a time of great criticism from the public, the CPD’s decision to begin a pilot program could protect the department from costly complaints and improve citizens’ treatment overall.

EDITORIAL CARTOON

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Uneven wealth distribution affects more than just income

MARIA CASTELLUCCI Opinions Editor MOHAMED EL-ERIAN, FORMER CEO of Pacific Investment Management Company, a global investment management firm, gained notoriety after a blog post went viral last week where he admitted the reason he quit his job last January was because his 10-year-old daughter presented him with a list of 22 events he missed in her life.

Commentators praised ElErian for quitting his high-profile job to spend more quality time with his child, but what El-Erian and commentators neglected to mention is that he reportedly made $100 million in 2011, allowing him the financial stability most people do not have to quit their jobs.

Many CEOs have recently spoken publicly about the high

stakes and pressures of their jobs, including Max Schireson, former CEO of MongoDB, a database company. Schireson also quit his job in August because he regretted missing time with his children, according to an Aug. 4 blog post on his website.

Although these men are being viewed as selfless, overworked fathers by the media, what is being overlooked is that they remain millionaires and left their positions with financial security.

This is a luxury only a fraction of Americans can afford, and recent reports have shown the percentage is continuously shrinking. A 2013 study from the University of California, Berkeley found that wealth inequality is at its highest rate since 1928, with 10 percent of the U.S. population accounting for 48 percent of the wealth.

While most wealthy have secure retirement plans, 37 percent of middle-class Americans think they will work until they are too sick or until they die, according to an Oct. 23, 2013, Wells Fargo study. The report also found that 42 percent of middle-class individuals say both paying bills and saving for retirement is impossible.

The disproportionate division of wealth in our society impedes economic growth and perpetuates poverty. Supporting legislation

that creates equality, like higher taxes among the rich and raising the minimum wage, can help alleviate the growing inequality and crippled economy.

Multiple studies have found that Americans do not support the uneven distribution of wealth, preferring more egalitarian economies such as the system followed in Sweden. A 2011 study from the Association for Psychological Science created unlabeled pie charts of distribution of wealth in America and Sweden and found that 92 percent of American respondents preferred Sweden’s egalitarian distribution.

As minimum wage workers continue to demand higher wages, there has also been an attack on the middle class. According to an Aug. 22, 2012 Pew Research Center report, the middle class has continued to shrink in recent years.

The study found that 85 percent of middle-class Americans said it was more difficult now to maintain their standard of living than it was 10 years ago. Although the middle class is essential to a functional society because they promote capital and contribute to economic growth, it is being lost.

The middle and lower classes are also experiencing more stress.

Disproportionate division of wealth impedes economic growth and perpetuates poverty.

Despite the clear dissatisfaction regarding wealth distribution in the U.S., raising taxes among the rich remains a measure with substantial pushback from the right wing in Congress. However, an Aug. 27, 2012, study by the Pew Research Center found that 58 percent of respondents agreed the rich pay too little in taxes and should be more heavily taxed.

According to the Pew Research Center report, only 27 percent of upper class Americans experience stress, compared to 37 percent of those in the middle class and 58 percent of lower-class individuals.

High levels of stress are known to cause health issues such as high blood pressure. It can also increase risk for diseases like obesity, depression and heart disease.

Upper-class Americans are also shown to live longer than their lower- and middleclass counterparts. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found in a 2008 report that although life expectancy is increasing in American population overall, the largest gains of life expectancy occurred in the upperclass population. The study found it was likely because upper-class individuals have access to better medical care and are more likely to have health insurance than those in the lower class.

A 2011 book by Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, “The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger,” points to high rates of mental illness and drug and substance abuse as a result of uneven wealth distribution, according to a Sept. 8, 2010 Huffington Post political blog.

The book details how illness, lower education and high crime rates are present in both the lower and middle classes.

Uneven wealth distribution affects the well-being of citizens.

Politicians should seriously consider changing policies to support more equal wealth distribution because it can strengthen American life. mcastellucci@chroniclemail.com STUDENT POLL

Why are relationships between alumni and students important at Columbia?

“It’s hard to find jobs after school because our degrees are pretty specific and art-based, so I think having relationships with the alumni could open up a lot of dialogue in our community. ” Shannon O’Donnell junior creative writing major

“We are all in the same position the alumni were in some years ago and having that perspective would be a great tool for any of us students. It’s a shame they’re cutting our connections.”

Jacob Deiotte junior audio arts & acoustics major

“I do think it’s important to stay in touch with any former students because they are going to have a lot of insight into the experience of being a student at Columbia.”

Victoria Perez-Segovia senior art + design major

States need to outlaw gay, trans panic defenses

TYLER EAGLE Editor-in-Chief CALIFORNIA TOOK ANOTHER step

toward providing equal rights and protections to its gay and transgender residents when Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Sept.

29 that outlawed gay and trans panic legal defenses in the state.

Gay and trans panic are legal defenses sometimes used in hate crime cases that do not dispute a defendant’s guilt but aim to reduce sentencing by arguing that the defendant’s actions were motivated by an uncontrollable fear of unwanted sexual advances from someone of the same sex.

California is the first state to enact such a law, making it notably

one of the more LGBTQ-friendly states. The legislation to outlaw the defense strengthens California’s reputation as an equality state— it is among the 19 states that recognize same-sex marriage—but the issue still exists in other states.

Despite some progress, there are still 49 more states in which gay or trans panic is a legal defense for attacking or killing a gay and transgender person. While it does not negate the fact that offenders committed the crime, gay or trans panic defenses enable bigoted individuals to physically manifest their hatred while mitigating the victim’s or the victim’s family’s ability to fully pursue justice. This injustice is often exhibited in cases during which the accused try to lodge the defense.

In 2008, a middle school boy in California shot a classmate twice in the head because he claimed he felt threatened by the classmate’s alleged flamboyancy. The shooter claimed gay panic during his initial trial in which he faced first-degree murder charges but pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter following a hung jury in the first trial, according to a Sept. 28, 2011 Huffington Post article.

Even more heinous is a 2009 case in which a Hoffman Estates, Illinois man stabbed a man 61 times and was acquitted after using a gay panic defense.

Only 45 states have defined antihate crime laws. Classifications such as race, gender and religion are largely protected while sexual orientation and gender identity

Gay or trans panic defenses enable bigoted individuals to physically manifest their hatred.

The validity of the defense is more than just offensive—it is also widely disputed by those in the legal profession. The American Bar Association, a professional trade organization for lawyers, has urged lawmakers to draft legislation similar to California’s since Aug. 12, 2013.

A majority of the problem stems from the fact that sexual orientation and gender identity are not always considered protected classes, which makes it easier for less tolerant states to allow the gay or trans panic defense to hold in court. This can be seen in how states protect LGBTQ individuals’ employment and also how they classify hate crimes, which is largely left to the states to define.

seem to be considered a subclass by some states.

Only 30 states have laws that designate crimes motivated by bias against sexual orientation as hate crimes and therefore are subject to the heightened sentencing often attached to such an offense. Trans panic is more widely accepted by the justice system with only 15 states including gender identity in their hate crime laws, according to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

According to the American Civil Liberties Union, 21 states consider sexual orientation a protected class. Gender identity—a term often used to encompass the trans spectrum—is only protected in 18 of those states.

While the LGBTQ population is making massive strides in equality, such statistics are indicative of the hurdles and discrimination that LGBTQ individuals still face.

The idea that someone can justify attacking another person because he or she is afraid of that person’s sexual orientation is ludicrous and an intolerable double standard. A straight person could not attack someone of the opposite sex and claim that the fear of the heterosexual norm initiated an uncontrollable fear.

It seems more believable that LGBTQ people have more to fear from their straight counterparts.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least one hate crime occurs per hour, and since Nov. 13, 1997—the date that saw the passage of the first anti-hate crime bill—there have been 13,528 hate crimes based on sexual orientation.

California is acting as a trailblazer for the fight against gay and trans panic, but other states need to follow suit. At a time when the LGBTQ population is seeing equality, it is essential to dismantle legal practices that threaten that equality. teagle@chroniclemail.com October 6, 2014 • 37

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Mayor disagrees with challenger on Marijuana Legalization ALEXA RUFFINO Assistant Metro Editor

Associated Press

Mayor Emanuel announced new legislation in effort to reform sentencing laws for low-level drug offenses in Chicago at a press conference on Sept. 24.

MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL called on the state legislature to reform sentencing laws for low-level drug offenses, which received an unexpected response from Karen Lewis, a possible mayoral candidate, saying she wanted to completely legalize marijuana in Chicago.

Mayor Emanuel proposed new legislation that would reduce the sentence for possession of one gram or less of any controlled substance in Illinois from a Class 4 felony to a Class A misdemeanor. This law proposal expands on the municipal ordinance passed in 2012 that made possession of 15 grams or less of cannabis a ticketable statewide offense, according to a Sept.

24 press release.

Emanuel said he is lowering the punishment for drug offenses in an effort to reduce non-violent charges on criminal records and to ensure Chicagoans do not have unnecessary difficulties being admitted to college, purchasing a house, receiving scholarships and grants or becoming employed.

Lewis, who is president of the Chicago Teachers Union, said the amount of tax revenue in Col-

orado increased because of the legalization of marijuana and that Chicago would benefit from following suit.

Lewis said she thinks Emanuel’s plan to ticket for possession is not punitive enough to gain revenue and that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said the state generated $80 million in the first quarter after it legalized marijuana.

“By legalizing [marijuana], we’ll be able to tax it, regulate it and create an entirely new revenue stream for the city or the state,” said Dan Linn, executive director of the Illinois chapter of National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws.

“In other states, [they] are seeing millions and millions of dollars coming in very quickly from the taxed [pot],” said Jeffrey Raber, CEO of The Werc Shop, a research-based organization that provides plantbased medicines.

Emanuel spoke against Lewis’ proposal at a Sept. 24 press conference at the Shedd Aquarium. “[Illinois] should not balance the budget by promoting the recreational smoking of pot,” Emanuel said.

Emanuel also said his efforts toward making Chicago a smoke-free

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Lakeview may lose Pride JESSICA SCOTT Assistant Metro Editor FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS OF crime,

crowds and trash, Lakeview residents may see Chicago’s annual Pride Parade move from iconic Boystown to downtown Chicago.

In August, Alderman Tom Tunney (44th Ward) asked Lakeview residents to participate in an online survey regarding the future of Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade, which drew more than a million people.

Sept. 5 was the last day residents were able to complete the survey, and although the results showed the residents’ disapproval of the move, Tunney is still considering shifting the Pride Parade to Grant Park in an effort to accommodate the safety of Lakeview residents.

Tunney said Lakeview residents reported that crime was their biggest concern followed by large crowds and traffic congestion, according to the 44th Ward’s website.

Nearly 60 percent of the survey’s roughly 3,400 participants said they want the Pride Parade to re-

main in Boystown. Rich Lawrence, a Rogers Park resident, said the parade should stay in Boystown.

“I think it’s a shame that they want to move it out of the neighborhood,” Lawrence said. “If the gays and lesbians are the ones that have changed that neighborhood into what it is, then I think that is where it should be held.”

Lawrence said he has been a server at Nookies Tree, 3334 N. Halsted St., a restaurant located in Boystown, for three years. He said it is pointless to move the Pride Parade to Grant Park because it would not draw as many people.

“I know eventually once the crowd disperses [from] downtown most of them would probably find their way back to Boystown anyways,” Lawrence said. “It kind of defeats the whole purpose of having this neighborhood in Chicago as being voted as the best gay neighborhood in the entire world and we can’t even have our pride festival in our neighborhood.”

Aaron Norton, a 35-year-old Lakeview resident, said moving the

Carolina Sánchez THE CHRONICLE Alderman Tom Tunney (44th Ward) is considering moving the iconic Pride Parade to Grant Park in the summer of 2015 after Lakeview residents complained of disturbances.

parade to Grant Park is not the way to solve the problems caused by the parade. He said Lakeview residents have to find a way to address issues that the parade creates.

“If that’s the reason that it’s being moved, then that’s not really a solu-

tion, it’s just displacing those issues onto another neighborhood,” Norton said. “So it seems to me if that’s really the reason that it’s being moved, then a better notion might be to address those problems here.”

William Nelson, a 20-year-old

South Side resident, also said the Pride Parade should stay in Boystown because residents surrounding Grant Park may not want to deal with the aftermath of

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Pilsen residents demand viaduct clean up in the area ERICA GARBER Contributing Writer AFTER YEARS OF dealing with the di-

lapidated streets and sidewalks that run under the 16th Street viaducts in Pilsen, community members are banding together to take a stand to better their community.

Following constant calls to 311 City Services and local aldermen, Pilsen resident Michelle Fennessy has started the organization Pilsen Cares and launched a petition for the city to commit to cleaning the viaducts regularly.

“The bottom line is [that] this is health and safety,” Fennessy said.

“People just can’t live in squalor like this. It’s unacceptable.”

Pilsen Cares has put sanitation stations into place along the viaducts for community members to help with cleaning if they wish when they go through the area, according to Fennessy.

Besides local cleaning, Fennessy said the residents involved in Pilsen Cares are also looking at solutions such as making the 311 system more efficient for residents to monitor a maintenance request status and to have problems like the viaducts resolved.

“We didn’t want to be viewed as a group of people who were just crying, ‘Look, this is happening,’ because this has been going on for a long time,” Fennessy said.

The 311 system is designed for Chicago residents to submit service requests online as well as through texts or calls, according to the city’s website.

Fennessy said she has faced problems with the efficiency of the system when she has placed a service request for the viaducts. Fennessy also said she thinks the 311 services should be more app-based to allow residents to see what the active orders are and what the status of an order is within their area.

She thinks residents would not have to worry about making multiple calls or arguing with local officials as often.

However, Fennessy and members of Pilsen Cares are not the only

residents who are worried about the status of the viaducts. Olga Blyumin, a Pilsen resident, said she has been concerned about safety related to the viaducts’ current disrepair and unpleasant conditions.

“If you go further west [of the Paulina viaduct], there is one on Wolcott [Avenue] with no street lights,” Blyumin said. “That’s where people go to sell drugs, which is unpleasant. Most of them have the lights out most of the time. But the one on Damen [Avenue] is really long, which isn’t safe for cycling or driving.”

Blyumin’s roommate, Desmond Naranjo, said he was concerned about safety but also about the general upkeep of the streets beneath the viaducts. Both Blyumin and Naranjo said the viaduct over Paulina Street is almost impassable for cars and barely passable for cyclists because of a large pothole full of stagnant water since the snow melted in the spring.

Naranjo said the trash and potholes on the street are also a major problem for cyclists. He said he thinks community members need to follow the Pilsen Cares initiative to actually see a change in the community and communicate with aldermen regarding the real problems they are facing.

Although residents are concerned with the viaducts upkeep and said they think the area needs a lot of work, city officials said the work they have been doing has been helpful in improving these areas.

“Our office works closely with the Department of Streets and Sanitation, the Department of Transportation and the railroads to continually try to improve the state of these viaducts,” said Stacy Raker, spokeswoman for Alderman Daniel Solis (25th Ward). “In addition to working with the city, we work with community volunteers to clean the areas around and beneath the viaducts.”

Raker said Solis’ offices have requested services such as power washing and structural reinforcement for the viaducts, and Solis’ office continues to monitor the area

and improvements.

“The Department of Streets and Sanitation does regularly schedule viaduct roadways to be cleaned by street sweepers,” said Molly Poppe, director of public affairs for the Streets and Sanitation Department, in an emailed statement.

“Additionally, we work closely with the Department of Water Management to sweep viaducts ahead of heavy rainfall to help alleviate any draining issues.”

According to the new 2015 ward map, the 25th and 11th wards will share the 16th Street viaducts.

However, Alderman James Balcer (11th Ward) did not respond to press inquiries despite several phone calls.

Although Poppe said the city is involved, residents said they do not seem to be seeing any changes.

Fennessy said she founded Pilsen Cares because she wants to see a change in her community.

Laura Chaillie, a Pilsen resident who lives adjacent to the viaducts, agreed with Blyumin and Naranjo about the Paulina Street viaducts.

She also said she is also concerned about the infrastructure and upkeep.

“I know the city has a hard time keeping up with the damages after every winter,” Chaillie said. “But some of these areas just need general upkeep. I just don’t know how the city could afford it.”

Although residents said they are concerned with the health, safety and infrastructure of the viaducts, Chaillie said she thinks there have been some improvements to the viaducts since she moved to Pilsen two years ago, including beautifying the area with murals. She also said she hopes to see more improvements in upcoming years with new community initiatives.

“It’s interesting to see [the murals] going up; I moved here they weren’t there at all,” Chaillie said.

“It has definitely been a beautifying process.... It brings an interesting dynamic to the neighborhood.” chronicle@colum.edu

COLLEEN DALEY

Occupation: Executive Director Illinois–Council Against Handgun Violence Neighborhood: Lakeview

Courtesy COLLEEN DALEY

FOR COLLEEN DALEY, executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, each workday has one goal: pushing for laws that may save lives.

Daley, who is entering her fourth year in her position, works with youth affected by gun violence, persuades policy makers to improve firearm laws and educates the public on the effects of gun violence and gun regulations.

The Chronicle spoke with Daley resident about her career shift from journalism to advocacy, the loved one she lost to gun violence and actions the ICHV is taking to change firearm policies.

was shot and killed in an alley behind his house. A bullet doesn’t know if you’re black or you’re white, or [if ] you’re rich or you’re poor, if you live in the suburbs [or] in a million-dollar home or in the worst neighborhood in the world. It can happen to anybody. If it hasn’t affected you personally by knowing someone who’s been a victim of gun violence, it certainly affects your pocketbook with tax dollars that [go] to treat gunshot victims. ...

Ethan being shot and killed makes doing my job that much easier and keeps me in check [as to] why I do this, because it’s not easy all the time. To know that I’m doing something that will hopefully stop people from getting shot and killed means the world to me.

THE CHRONICLE: What do your dayto-day work duties entail?

How does hearing about gun violence affecting youth influence you?

COLLEEN DALEY: We’re working on outreach efforts to educate individuals on common sense gun regulation and how to be safe, talking to elected officials [and] working with our partner organizations. We also work with youth in schools. We’ve got a Student Voices program where we teach [youth] to become advocates in their schools, and we have an art, poetry and essay contest. I spend a great amount of my time fundraising to make sure we have the funds to keep moving since I know we’re up against some well-funded opposition.

I think it’s the most powerful [thing]. I spend a lot of time trying to pass common sense gun control laws that people support. You get beat up a lot for it. It has the tendency to get you down a little bit. Then I’ll go to an event and I’ll see artwork or I’ll hear youth speak, and it reminds me why we do what we do. Their voices and what we have to say is powerful. We had Hadiya Pendleton’s best friend, who won last year. She was one of the winners in our Student Voices contest.

There wasn’t a dry eye in the place because there was no reason why a 16-year-old girl should be talking about losing her best friend [to gun violence]. No one should, but we don’t want to hear that from youth.

TATIANA WALK-MORRIS Associate Editor

What are your thoughts on Chicago’s current gun regulations?

I spent a good chunk of my life in Springfield that year [2012], trying to push for a conceal carry law that would respect the court’s decision while keeping public safety in the forefront. We were pushing for a bill that would give [firearm] discretion to local municipalities....

We have issues with the signs. We’d like to see them reversed so that there [are] gun-friendly areas versus gun-free areas because we believe a majority of people would not like guns in their businesses.

Chris Riha THE CHRONICLE Pilsen resident Michelle Fennesy started an organization called Pilsen Cares in an effort to get the city to clean under the viaducts regularly to improve the neighborhood.

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Why do you think firearm regulation reform is difficult to achieve?

How did losing your friend affect you?

There’s no silver bullet that’s going to solve this problem. We need common sense policies put in place.

We find a disproportionate number of people in communities of color being shot. Minority communities are where we’re seeing it mostly, and there’s not one simple answer for that.... We need jobs. We need education. Nothing stops a bullet like a job. [It’s] an uphill battle because there’s not a simple solution.

One of my high school classmates

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Chicago hosts first Great Chicago Fire Festival ALEXA RUFFINO Assistant Metro Editor CHICAGO HELD ITS first-ever Great Chicago Fire Festival commemorating the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 throughout the city over this past weekend.

Redmoon Theatre, a 24-year-old theater company, collaborated with the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events along with the Chicago Park District to organize the Chicago-wide festival.

“Chicago is distinguished by the determination to innovate, reinvent, to rise from the ashes,” said Jim Lasko, Redmoon’s executive artistic director, in a press release.

“From the earliest prairie fires of Wolf Point to the city’s rebirth following the Chicago fire of 1871, Chicago’s history is marked by episodes of destruction and renewal.”

The festival showcased the diverse neighborhoods that have formed since the Great Chicago fire. It also featured a public River Bazaar, which in turn featured 15 designated areas, representing each of the 15 neighborhoods that developed after the fire occurred, according to the press release. On the riverfront between State Street and Michigan Avenue, the bazaar included an area for each community with two kiosks where artisans and neighborhood partners sold crafts, goods and food.

“The river will be lined with kids

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The Grand Spectacle of the Great Chicago Fire Festival was held at the downtown branch of the Chicago River at 8 p.m. The spectacle featured burning houses, three gifts given to the city and fireworks. and their families from various bash Ave., featuring a dance battle tually set on fire and burned com- ers are working to find areas to parks where Redmoon performed in which hip-hop dancers, break pletely to reveal three gifts given place them, Agnello said. over the summer,” said Michael P. dancers and foot-working crews to Chicago from the Great Chicago After the spectacle, a firework Kelly, general superintendent and faced off.

Fire Festival staff, Elyse Agnello, display designed by Las VegasCEO of the Chicago Park District, At 8 p.m., Jesse Spencer and Tay- senior designer for the Great Chi- based company Pyrotecnico, closed in an emailed statement. “It’s the lor Kinney, actors on the NBC tele- cago Fire Festival, said. the performance along with 15 culmination of those events and a vision show “Chicago Fire,” kicked “[The first gift was] a collabo- projection screens that floated on celebration of our city’s history.” off the Grand Spectacle by setting ration between Redmoon and Ig- boats on the water, which displayed The Festival finished off its cel- fire to a cauldron that was lowered nite Glass [Studios]. The glass that photographs of local community ebration with the Grand Spectacle to a watercraft on the river. A total Ignite has custom blown for this members celebrating their identity on the downtown branch of the of 15 cauldrons were set on fire for sculpture [was] framed up with of Chicago.

Chicago River. the main event. steel to create the flag of Chicago,” The finale of the festival includFrom 5:30–8 p.m., two stages Along with the cauldrons, three Agnello said. “ [On] the other, there ed 75 kayaks pulling buoys of praifeatured local performers that led steamboats carried house-like is a skyscraper that was made by rie grass from each end of the river to the Grand Spectacle. One stage, sculptures that were also set on fire. a designer and fabricator named that represented the renewal of the located at Pioneer Court, 435 N. The houses floated to the center of Steve Davey. The last barge is two city to its industrial feel after the Michigan Ave., featured local mu- the river and gave a pageant-like large ladder arms that are almost destruction of the fire, according to the press release. sicians and poets. The second was spectacle. Each sculpture repre- Dr. Seussian that will rise up.” located at the American Medical sented the burning buildings from The gifts do not have a set place aruffino@chroniclemail.com Association Plaza, 330 N. Wa- the fire. The “houses” were even- to be displayed yet, but the design-

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Megachurch in Grand Crossing draws speculation JESSICA SCOTT Assistant Metro Editor REV. JOHN HANNAH, a South Side pastor, is spending $26 million on a new megachurch on the South Side neighborhood of Grand Crossing.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel was in attendance on Sept. 26 for the groundbreaking of Hannah’s newest church.

The church is being built at 7600 S. Greenwood Ave., blocks away from Hannah’s other church, New Life Covenant Church, 1021 E. 78th St., with money raised by his 19,000-member congregation. Hannah will also spend $4 million on a daycare center for children ages 5 and younger, according to a Sept. 26 DNAinfo report.

“When you first said $26 million, I thought that was a lot of money,” said Jasmine Williams, a Grand Crossing resident. “Then I thought, ‘He wouldn’t be building a church that big if he didn’t have the money or if he couldn’t afford it.”

Williams, a 29-year-old case manager for Employment and Employer Services, said it is a good idea to build a megachurch in Grand Crossing because it could bring positive energy and create opportunities for a low-income area. Grand Crossing, a South Side neighborhood, had a median household income of $34,773 in 2012, according to the American Community Survey.

“I could imagine it bringing some positive things to the community,” Williams said. “People may move

closer to be near the church. You can put something nice in the community, and it can spread out and create other opportunities. It’s a $26 million church. That’s a lot of members. Maybe they will need a cafe or something and people will have smoothies after church.”

Mechelle Harrison, 29-year-old Englewood resident, said she is not in favor of the new church. She said a church of that size does not need to be in Grand Crossing.

“I don’t think [the church] needs to be that big,” Harrison said. “I think it [will] take up a lot of unnecessary space that could be used for something functional, maybe providing a job or two, [like] a grocery store.”

Although Harrison disagrees with the placement and cost of the church, she said the $4 million dollar daycare Hannah is building should bring jobs to the area.

Williams also said the daycare is a great idea not only because of the opportunities it will provide for the community, but for the children as well. “[The daycare] could be a resource for the community in general because when you have something like that, you have people who live in the community who will bring their kids to the daycare, even if they are not affiliated with the church,” Williams said.

Harrison said the daycare could help the working South Side resi-

Courtesy NEW LIFE COVENANT CHURCH

South Side Rev. John Hannah’s new $26 million church is set to be built in the Grand Crossing neighborhood and is expected to be completed by December 2015. dents who have young children.

“I believe that it can help the community,” Harrison said. “It can help the working parents that need a safe environment for their kids, and hopefully it could provide jobs.

[The church] is going to need someone that can watch the kids.

Monica Bobbitt, a junior radio major, said she grew up attending small churches on the West Side and that the idea of a church that big is unfathomable to her. Bobbitt said the money Hannah is spending could be used to feed the hungry or help the homeless.

“I understand that he’s trying to

accommodate a lot of people in his congregation,” Bobbitt said. “I still feel like that’s too much money. It could be put to better use.”

Williams said she does not see a downside to the megachurch being built in Grand Crossing, but instead sees it as a safe haven for youth in the community.

“I hope that it touches the community [and that] it’s a place that youth can come and receive resources, with it being so big,” Williams said. “I hope it’s a place where young people can go, where homeless people can go, people who need help the most can go and find some type of help.”

Although Harrison said she does not agree with the location of Hannah’s new church being built in Grand Crossing, she said she thinks the church is about saving souls and whether it is by servicing a large congregation or feeding the homeless, it is still helping South Side communities. Harrison said it is difficult to judge positivity.

“Salvation is needed,” Harrison said. “If he feels the need for it to be $26 million, then OK, it’s his money, and he’s going to spend it the way he wants to.”

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city would be undermined by legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes at the press conference.

“Twenty years ago, people used to talk about having a tobacco-free, smoke-free generation,” Emanuel said at the press conference. “We’re at 91 percent. That’s no longer aspirational—that’s actually obtainable.

We have fewer kids smoking cigarettes [and] we balance the budget without any tax increases. I don’t think the way to balance a budget is to promote smoking of marijuana.”

Despite Emanuel’s goals for the state, there are other benefits to legalizing marijuana, Linn said.

“One of the other benefits that gets understated in this whole debate is that if we legalize it, we would be able to have regulated producers and distributors of cannabis,” Linn said. “Likely, they would have some type of age restriction of who could use it and would be able to prevent young people from getting access to it because whoev-

er is selling it would ask for an ID, whereas now, because it’s illegal, you only have criminals selling it, and they don’t have any motivation to ask for their customers IDs or not to sell it to underage patrons.”

Linn also said he thinks if Illinois legalizes marijuana, lawmakers in Springfield need to make a new law and ultimately change federal policy to refine cannabis use before lawmakers can make marijuana completely legal.

These additional benefits could also contribute to the reduced presence of gangs and violence in Chicago, Linn said.

“We could see a reduction in the gang violence in Chicago because [in] the illegal drug trade and the illegal cannabis trade, there isn’t any mechanism for dispute resolution,” Linn said. “There’s fighting over distribution turf, and there’s a whole other host of problems with an unregulated illegal product that could be alleviated if we were to legalize and regulate it.”

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the parade. “Who’s to say that people by Grant Park are not going to complain about the same thing?”

Nelson said. “If they are complaining about trash and it being too loud and obnoxious in Boystown, they’re probably going to complain about the same thing in Grant Park. Either you’re going to get rid of it completely or just leave it where it’s at.”

Syed Adekunle, a Lakeview resident, said he worries about the lostrevenue. Adekunle said if the Pride Parade leaves Boystown, Lakeview businesses will lose revenue, but

he also said hosting the parade in Grant Park will be safer than keeping it in Boystown.

“There are a lot of police around [in Boystown], but it’s not enough,” Adekunle said. “It will be safer in Grant Park, but the businesses in Lakeview will be affected.”

Lawrence said the Pride Parade generates a generous amount of money for the 24-hour restaurant and moving the parade will affect both the business owners and the employees.

He said the Pride Parade is the busiest day of the year for the restaurant and that it makes so much money that it feels like

Christmas.

Lawrence said the newer residents of Lakeview are probably the ones who want to see the Pride Parade moved to Grant Park, adding that those people knew the neighborhood’s dynamic before they moved to Boystown.

“These new people move into the neighborhood and then all of sudden they have to deal with all this and they want to change it because it’s too much for them,” Lawrence said. “Well, you kind of knew this was going on in the neighborhood before you moved in.” jscott@chroniclemail.com

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Mayor Emanuel called for legislative action to reform sentencing laws for low-level drug offenses.

The Pride Parade, which takes place in Boystown every year, might be moved to Grant Park in 2015 because of complaints from Lakeview residents.

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