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closed ‘today,’ and every day THREE ON-CAMPUS OPEN Labs were closed to eventually provide a single site within the Library and offer students increased access to improved technology—a change that left lab employees unexpectedly without jobs for the fall semester.

The labs, located at 1104 S. Wabash Ave., 618 S. Michigan Ave. and 33 E. Congress Parkway, were officially closed Sept. 5, and students were directed to the Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave. The college’s goal is to expand student resources with new computers, collaborative workspaces, printing and extended hours, according to a collegewide Sept. 5 email sent by Chief Information Officer Byron Nash and Dean of the Library Jan Chindlund.

Chindlund said the Library had discussed Open Lab closures with Information Technology members over the summer but is unsure exactly why the labs were closed.

Chindlund added that she is unsure what will happen to the computers and other equipment from the Open Labs but knows they will not be moved to the Library.

“We have a lot of duplication of what the Open Labs had,” Chindlund said. “We’ve always had scanners, we’ve always had PCs and Macs, and we’ve always had seating and places to collaborate. So there isn’t a lot of newness for the library except that we will be welcoming those students who may have used Open Labs in the past.”

Chindlund said old computers in the Library will be replaced with new ones and

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outfitted with the same programs that were available in the Open Labs.

All computers in the Library will be upgraded with up-to-date Apple, Adobe and Microsoft Office applications. The Library will also offer student training sessions for both Moodle and Canvas as the college transitions to Canvas throughout the academic year, according to the email.

Nash declined to comment.

While the move to the library enhanced resources for students, lab employees were unexpectedly laid off from their fall positions at the labs a few days before they were closed and the semester officially began.

Kat Hassler, a senior photography major, said she worked at the lab in the 33 E. Congress Building over the summer and spoke with Daniel Wood, emerging technology specialist who oversees the Student Labs, in July about continuing her position in the fall.

Hassler said she had already gotten her work schedule for the semester when a meeting with Tim Bodzioney, computer labs coordinator, and Eric Wordlow, assistant director of Student Employment,was scheduled to speak about changes happening at the labs.

“Immediately, Eric is like, ‘Yeah so officially this Thursday, the Open Labs are going to be closed.’ And then he went into, ‘We’ll help you find other jobs [and] we’ll make you guys first priority,’ but they let us know two days before the labs were closed for good,” Hassler said.

Bodzioney did not respond to requests for comment as of press time.

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rent and living expenses to cover. They METRO thought they wouldn’t have to worry METRO EDITOR Jackie Murray about finding a new source of income METRO REPORTERS Savannah Eadens Blaise Mesa this semester—including some who didn’t bother to work this summer OPINIONS because they thought they would have

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COPY Wordlow said he has reached out to the

COPY CHIEF Lauren Carlton students who were let go from the Open

COPY EDITORS Jay Berghuis Labs to attempt to place them in other Alex Swan on-campus jobs—except for the student who has yet to hear from the college GRAPHICS about his lost job—but the damage is GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Patrick Casey done, and the trust is long gone. How Samantha Conrad Amelia Detwiler long will it be before those students have Jocelyn Moreno to find other employment again when their new jobs are eliminated? Columbia PHOTOGRAPHY is eventually going to run out of jobs for

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PHOTO EDITORS Erin Brown This isn’t the first time students Mackenzie Crosson have been let go unexpectedly from Monica Westlake on-campus jobs they thought they had.

In August and September 2015, about MULTIMEDIA six students who had been hired in

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everal students are out of jobs they thought they had lined up for the Fall 2017 Semester. As reported on the Front Page, three of Columbia’s Open Labs have closed unexpectedly, leaving some student workers unable to make ends meet.

The official reason for closing the labs—33 E. Congress Parkway, 1104 S. Wabash Ave. and 618 S. Michigan Ave.— was revealed in two Sept. 5 emails, one to faculty and staff and another to students.

The emails, sent by Chief Information Officer Byron Nash and Dean of the Library Jan Chindlund, cited “the effort to reimagine student spaces” and centralize labs to explain why directing students to the spaces in the Library and closing the labs will be beneficial.

However, the students who were counting on employment with the labs—including an international student who, with her visa, can only work for the college—feel differently. These students were told they were out of work just a couple days before the closures officially happened and had no idea the change was coming. Some had already received their work schedule for the semester.

One student worker has not been told by the college that he won’t have a job this semester, as of press time. He only knew about the labs’ closures from a tweet from a coworker, as reported on the Front Page.

These closures sound less like a planned consolidation of resources and more like a last ditch effort to save some money before the school year starts, especially because of the lateness of the announcement. The fact that the emails were sent on the same day as the closures and the signs on the formerly Open Labs’ closed doors only said the labs were closed “today” is emblematic of that.

It’s no secret that Columbia is not in the best place financially; the steadily increasing tuition and decreasing student resources illustrate that. But eliminating student jobs is an extreme measure and should be a last resort.

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Hassler said she was glad Wordlow offered to help her find another job on campus.

“It was helpful in the meeting—I have to admit—because usually in my past experience, Columbia has really dropped the ball with helping you find other things,” Hassler said.

Wordlow said he met students hired for the labs and recommended they apply for other on-campus jobs with Handshake, the student employment portal. After students applied, he reached out to those departments’ hiring managers and asked that their resumes receive top priority, he added.

Wordlow said 19 students were employed in the Open Labs when they closed. Eight of those students have been hired for other positions, five have sent applications with Wordlow’s assistance, and the remaining six have not been in contact with him.

“I would say it has been reasonably well received, in terms of those other employers who I have reached out to, and it has definitely been a priority for our office to get this group of students placed,” Wordlow said. “In the grand scheme of things, out of essentially 13 students who have contacted me, eight have been placed so far. That’s pretty good.”

Wordlow said he does not know why the Open Labs were closed or who made the decision to do so.

No new student workers will be hired to work in the Library’s lab because it’s budget has been locked in since spring 2017 and current student workers in the library are already familiar with the lab’s functions, Chindlund said.

Annie Collick, a senior cinema and television arts major, said she worked at all three labs during the Spring 2017 Semester and was hired to work at the labs this fall.

“They gave students their hopes of ‘Oh, I don’t have to work over the summer,’” Collick said. “I didn’t have to worry about it. I could take the rest of the summer off

The Open Lab above the Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., along with other Open Labs across campus were closed Sept. 5, initially leaving 19 student workers unemployed.

and then I can start getting money, I have a job waiting for me—and that wasn’t the case.”

Collick said it is upsetting that the college makes major decisions without prior student input.

“Columbia has done that for a while now, like with the merging of the cinema and [television departments],” Collick said.

“We had student input, but I don’t think they take us seriously enough.”

Daphne Bichler, a junior theatre major, is an international student who said the on-campus position at the labs was important because her visa only allows her to work on campus.

“I got hired last fall, and I generally always felt very appreciated and respected, but that is why that decision they made hit so hard,” Bichler said. “Nobody on our staff knew. I hadn’t seen my boss for a week and then suddenly it’s like, ‘Yeah, the labs are closing and you guys don’t have a job anymore.’ It was poorly handled and unfair, which is not how I was used to the labs operating.”

Wordlow said he had no control over the timing in which student workers were

Columbia-owned dorm for sale » CONNOR CARYNSKI CAMPUS EDITOR THE 731 S. Plymouth Court Building, the first Columbia-owned dorm—and now the last—has been put up for sale.

Colliers International, a reality group with a Chicago office, has been hired by Columbia to sell the building, according to Columbia spokeswoman Cara Birch. The

building’s sale could rake in an estimated $20 million, she said.

Birch said the college is open to proposals from prospective buyers about maintaining student housing in the building or renovating it into apartments. If Columbia was to no longer lease beds in the building after it is purchased, the other dorms would be able to accommodate those students, she added.

notified about the lab closings but took action to find students other positions only a few days after he himself was informed.

Evan Gulock, a junior cinema and television arts major, said while he was hired for a fall position at the end of the Spring 2017 Semester, he has yet to be officially told by anyone from the college about the lab closings and only found out about not having the job from a Twitter post

by Collick.

“I never received a call. I had no idea,” Gulock said.

Gulock said having an on-campus job was important to him because it allowed him to stay in the South Loop and focus on schoolwork. He also said because he was not contacted about the lab closings, he was not offered any help to find another job by the college.

“We’re paying so much for school, and I do like this school and I think it’s worth it, but it costs money and it’s more than just a shiny penny, so any opportunity that you can get to be able to make some of that money back that you’re losing to get an education, that’s a good thing,” Gulock said.

Although consolidating labs into the Library may offer additional resources for students, Gulock said it also limits students’ options and is farther away from some campus buildings.

“It’s not the first time that changes have been sprung on students or staff and I do wonder what the reasoning behind it is because it really narrows down students’ opportunities to work and available places for students to go on campus,” Gulock said.

“Is it for money reasons, is it for resource reasons? None of that seems very likely because Columbia seems to buy all these buildings in the area but they don’t do anything with them and they’re just these empty buildings so why drain other spaces of those resources in the first place?”

Chindlund said she thinks having an Open Lab in the Library instead of in various locations around campus will allow students to become more familiar with library-specific resources such as printing options and high resolution scanners.

“All around, I think this is going to be a good thing for everybody,” Chindlund said.

News of the Plymouth building sale comes on the heels of the $201 million purchase of the University Center, 525 S. State St., by investment management firm Blue Vista from a nonprofit formed

by Columbia, DePaul University and Roosevelt University. Columbia’s proceeds from the sale will be used to fund the new student center’s construction which has an estimated $50 million price tag, as reported May 8 by The Chronicle.

Colliers principal David Burden refused interview requests from The Chronicle.

Birch said Columbia is selling the building now to follow a Strategic Plan initiative to assess and evaluate college facilities and because the current student housing market is strong.

“The Strategic Plan has implemented an assessment of all of our facilities and there are several buildings up for sale but those are often driven by decisions based on market conditions because you want to be able to sell at optimal times,” Birch said.

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Columbia assists students affected by Harvey WITH 176 COLUMBIA students from Hurricane Harvey-affected areas in Texas and Louisiana, 46 of whom are from direct-impact areas, Columbia is supporting students during a time of immense devastation and heartbreak.

Brian Marth, assistant provost for Academic Services, said he met with representatives of several offices—Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, the Dean of Students Office, Residence Life, the Registrars Office and Enrollment Management—to discuss how Columbia can assist students affected by the hurricane.

“It was an excellent meeting because it brought together several different parts of administration from different points of view [on]

how we can work together and make sure that we’re reaching out and supporting students,” Marth said.

Marth said the group planned to reach out to the 46 students whose hometowns were severely hit.

“We want someone to make sure those students are safe and [arrive] here,” Marth said.

Angel Overton, a sophomore business and entrepreneurship major from Lake Jackson, Texas, was in Houston when Hurricane Harvey hit. She was staying at her grandmother’s house and planning to leave for Chicago. However, the category 4 storm delayed Overton’s travel plans.

“I stayed with my grandma during the entire storm,” Overton said. “We couldn’t leave our house for four days because all of the streets around us were flooded.”

Overton was eventually able to leave when the flood waters receded after about a week. She then traveled to San Antonio, Texas, the only airport with available flights, and finally arrived in Chicago in time for her move-in.

While stuck in Texas, Overton received a call from Residence Life, which had been calling students in the affected areas.

“I thought that was really nice, and I called her back and let her know I got a flight and would be here for my move-in day,” she said.

Paula Brien, academic adviser at the College Advising Center, sent an email to faculty members after a student affected by Harvey called her. Brien wanted to help and thinks her email brought awareness to other impacted students.

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attend, to pay attention, to have the support that they need,” Brien said. “If there is something going on at home, that can really get in the way of being in class, having your work done, being available for what you need to do while you are a college student.”

John Pelrine, dean of Students, said all the students affected by Hurricane Harvey have been accounted for, thanks to outreach efforts by Columbia.

Residence Life reached out to students with housing contracts,

and advising staff members contacted students without housing contracts, performing as wellness checks, according to Marth.

Columbia has not done fundraising for these students, Marth said, because the priority was to make sure all of the students in the hurricane’s path are on campus.

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Students had the oppourtunity to add to the graffiti wall in the new Student Diversity and Inclusion office, and many painted the name of the organizations they are involved in and positive messages.

Student Diversity and Inclusion opens new office

STUDENT DIVERSITY AND Inclusion, formerly Multicultural Affairs, opened a newly renovated, multipurpose space with a Sept. 7 housewarming party.

The Student Diversity and Inclusion office, 618 S. Michigan Ave. on the fourth floor, includes student lounge spaces and areas to read and study.

Sharon Wilson-Taylor, vice president of Student Affairs, said although there was nothing wrong with the office’s previous name, it did not fully fit its mission and what it wanted to represent for Columbia’s diverse and welcoming community.

“It’s missing the part [of] inclusion, so Diversity and Inclusion is a little bit more holistic, and it ties in better with the Strategic Plan,” Wilson-Taylor said.

The housewarming party, which included free food and live music, provided students with the opportunity to tour the new space.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony by various student organization leaders, students painted on the blank wall in the office’s main room. Many students took the opportunity to paint names of organizations of which they are members, such as Student Government Association and Black Student Union.

Kari Sommers, associate dean of Student Life, helped develop the new space over the past month with help from other faculty and students. The new space offers a student lounge, a computer lab, a meeting and meditation room and a resource room called the Reading Rainbow.

“Our goal is to create a canvas that students can imprint on and spaces for students to show their work but in an informal setting,” Sommers said.

Andrew Gercak, a senior music major, said he helped with the renovation process as an Orientation leader during the summer.

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Gercak said he and other student leaders worked extremely hard on moving out old furniture, painting walls and putting up new shelving to create a cleaner space for students to use.

“It was a different space before, and it was extremely messy,” Gercak said. “[Now] it’s more open than it was.”

Sommers said because of the tumultuous political environment, she wanted a toned down design with softer colors to help create a comfortable environment for students.

“In our current political climate, many of our students feel very vulnerable right now, so we tried to make simple choices,” Sommers said.

Muralist Jeff Maldonado will come to the space on Sept. 28 to create customized art that will incorporate imagery from cultural organizations on campus that students are welcome to participate in, added Sommers.

Matthew Shenoda, dean of Academic Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and special advisor to the president, said that while DEI focuses more on curriculum and faculty diversity issues, the two organizations collaborate when needed.

“This new office allows for a lot more fluidity in terms of students being able to work across various points of their own identity without feeling like they have to get plugged into a single box,” Shenoda said.

Another goal for the new space is to invite students from all walks of life—regardless of their ethnic background—to be a part of the conversations regarding diversity and inclusion, Wilson-Taylor said.

Sommers said she is excited to see how students are using and making the space their own.

“People are responding really well to [the new space] and that makes me feel good,” Sommers said. “I just want students to have a place that feels like their living room.” tbrubaker@columbiachronicle.com

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» CONNOR CARYNSKI CAMPUS EDITOR APPLICATIONS FOR THREE graduate degree programs for the 2018– 2019 academic year have been suspended, according to an Aug. 14 collegewide email sent by Interim Dean of the School of Graduate Studies Pegeen Reichert Powell.

The programs on hold are interdisciplinary arts and media, interdisciplinary book and paper arts, and dance movement therapy, according to the email. Students currently enrolled in the programs will still be able to take the required courses to finish, but no new applicants will be accepted until further notice from the college, the email stated.

Ozuzu said a pause for the two interdisciplinary programs, which fall under the Art and Art History Department, was requested

by Department Chair Duncan Mackenzie to focus on submitting a new program to replace both programs by fall 2018. If approved, the proposed interdisciplinary program will incorporate aspects of both prior programs. The consolidation is the result of a two-year curriculum review guided by the Strategic Plan, Ozuzu added.

Ozuzu also said the Art and Art History Department asked to suspend the programs and create a year long gap without students. The request was made to create space to revise curriculum and because the department does not have the staff to support students enrolled in the two pre-existing programs and the new program simultaneously.

“They’re still going to have year one students in the new program; it is still going to be hard, but it’s not going to be as hard as having brand new students in all three

programs,” Ozuzu said. “[The pause] allows them to do all the work that they need to launch this exciting new program.”

The decision to suspend the interdisciplinary programs was made internally by the department, Ozuzu said. However, pausing the dance movement therapy program was decided by Ozuzu and Senior Vice President and Provost Stan Wearden to give the Dance Department­—which merged with the Creative Arts Therapies Department this summer—time to reevaluate its curriculum, she added.

“The pause allows the Dance Movement Therapy faculty the time and space to integrate into their new home in dance, to get to know their new colleagues and to consider the possible futures and innovations,” Ozuzu said. “It also gives the provost and the dean’s

office time to consider how and if we are able to best support that program and to be in conversation with the board of trustees regarding that.”

Susan Imus, graduate program director for dance and creative art therapies, said the department’s graduate certification in Laban Movement Analysis—the college’s only certification program—was put on hold. Imus added that she has heard rumors in her department that programs may be brought to the board of trustees for a vote for discontinuance at the college.

“The faculty and I are deeply saddened by the decision to suspend graduate applications for admission in 2018–2019, and we are hoping that this decision does not progress to go before the board of trustees for discontinuance of both programs,” Imus said.

Aliza Roth, second year graduate student in the Dance Movement Therapy program and Masters Organization Volunteering and Educating in Dance/Movement Therapy president, said she and other students in the program, after hearing the program would be paused, decided to reach out to alumni, alerting them of the decision and asking them to participate in a survey gauging how greatly program graduates have impacted their communities. Roth said so far she has received 117 survey responses and plans on presenting alumni testimonials to Ozuzu and Reichert Powell during a Sept.

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Sugar tax, vending machines influence student diets » OLIVIA DELOIAN CAMPUS REPORTER COLUMBIA STUDENTS RETURNED

to school to find limited healthy options in vending machines and a new Cook County sugar tax.

Farmer’s Fridge—a vending machine company that provided healthy options such as sandwiches and salads for students in

Columbia’s 600 S. Michigan Ave. and 1104 S. Wabash Ave. buildings—no longer has machines on campus.

The machine in the 600 S. Michigan Ave. Building was removed when the basement location closed, and the machine in the 1104 S. Wabash Ave. was removed to make way for a new cafe, said Daniel Stein, co-owner of Mark

Vend. Co., who works closely with Farmer’s Fridge and spoke on the companies behalf.

Matt Jaehrling, controller and associate vice president of Business Affairs, said the machines can be brought back if demand warrants it and discussions are underway to install Farmer’s Fridge machines in the new student center.

Miranda Morin, a sophomore communication major and former commuter, said she often had difficulty finding lunches when she commuted from Lake in the Hills, Illinois.

“I would just end up packing snacks to bring downtown because it was more cost effective,” Morin said. “If I didn’t have time between classes, I would be stressed about what to eat.”

Morin said normal vending machines do not provide many options, and she would prefer healthier options instead of the typical chips or candy.

Although the penny-per-ounce sugar tax, which was implemented Aug. 3, would not necessarily make or break Morin’s decision to purchase from the vending machines, she said it is definitely inconvenient.

Stein said providing healthy snacks is difficult because everyone has a different opinion of what

that means. Retailers want to provide choices students will want, he added.

Stein said the company welcomes student input and requests on what options it should offer in vending machines.

“On all machines, there is a QR code and [a number], and we love when people connect with us,” Stein said.

Stein says it is too early to tell just how much the sugar tax will impact Mark Vend., but the company is bracing for it.

However, according to Stein, millennials tend to consume less soda. Stein said La Croix has been a growing product for Mark Vend Co. for a long time. With a 15–20 cent per bottle savings, bottled water sales are expected to increase.

“I’ll be more than happy to work with [Mark Vend] going forward and see what they can bring to the college, and what offerings might be beneficial to the students for a healthier choice option,” Jaehrling said.

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really hard.

Already I’ve found myself either not eating or binging. There’s no middle,” said Julia Kender, a sophomore theatre major.

Kender weighed 82 lbs. in eighth grade and was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder characterized by weight loss or difficulties maintaining an appropriate weight for height and age.

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transitioning from living at home to handling an exhausting college workload, according to Dr. Steven Prinz, medical director of Eating Recovery Center Chicago.

“Go out and party, and have a good time, but we also need to make sure that we are sleeping and eating and taking care of what is important to us,” Prinz said.

Kender said she thinks stress from college definitely has an effect on eating disorders because student sleep schedules are disrupted, and that makes everything go downhill.

“I have relapsed twice,” Kender said. “College really makes it easier to relapse because you have so much stress. You don’t have your mom or dad to remind you, ‘Hey, you need to eat,’ if you forget. Once you stop eating, it is just easier to not eat after that.”

Anorexia and bulimia nervosa are the two most common eating disorders college students develop, according to Prinz.

Bulimia nervosa is characterized by binge eating episodes followed by self-induced vomiting or other purging methods including laxatives, fasting and excessive exercise.

Students are especially prone to eating disorders because of college binge-drinking culture, “drunkorexia” and the fear of gaining the “freshman 15,” according to the ERCC website.

Drunkorexia occurs when a person restricts calorie consumption to make up for the caloric intake from alcohol, Prinz said.

According to research from the National Eating Disorder Association, almost 50 percent of people with eating disorders also abuse drugs, alcohol or both.

Warning signs of eating disorders include self-critical behavior, perfectionism in school, heightened anxiety and obsessing over caloric intake and exercise, according to Prinz.

David Kasher, a therapist at the Student Health Center encourages students struggling with mental health issues to call or stop by the Counseling Services offices, 731 S. Plymouth Court.

“Mental health support with a therapist is important because it provides an

impartial third party to provide various types of support with issues a student might bring to the table,” Kasher said.

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Ozuzu said finances did play a role in Columbia’s decision to suspend the programs, as they do with any program-related decisions made at the college. Enrollment trends throughout the college are causing deans, Office of the Provost staff and the board of trustees to ensure the college can afford to offer programs to students, Ozuzu added.

“Finances are always a part of decision-making around

development of programs and curriculum, but it does not dominate it, and that is our mission as an institution that is [nonprofit],” Ozuzu said. “We are about education, but we are certainly not in a position where we can say money is no object.”

Ozuzu added that lower enrollment correlates with lower income and when available programs do not reflect available income, a disconnect is created.

Reichert Powell said pausing the programs allows time for

curriculum review and is a beneficial part of the college’s selfreflection process.

“The only decision that has been made is [for] fall 2018 incoming students,” Reichert Powell said. “There are students who are currently enrolled in these programs who have to continue these programs, so the programs themselves, and the courses and the faculty will continue to be in operation. What happens after fall 2018, no one knows yet.” ccarynski@columbiachronicle.com

“Reach out for help. It is not a bad thing,” Kender said. “There is such a stigma around mental health and therapy. No one can do everything alone, and no one is expected to, especially when something like this is going on.”

Kender said having specialized professionals on campus or different services offered would be helpful because the college only provides general therapy—not specific therapy for eating disorders.

According to the ERCC, eating disorders can affect anyone, but fewer than 30 percent seek treatment despite these disorders having the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.

“This is an exciting time in one’s life,” Prinz said. “But a student is under a great amount of stress because they are on their own for the first time. A student needs a lot of resources and support including the school, family and friends.” mwalsh@columbiachronicle.com

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Love lives of penguins at Lincoln Park Zoo captivate readers The tumultuous relationships of the Lincoln Park Zoo’s penguin colony are the inspiration for an informative and entertaining series on the zoo’s blog that parodies the soap opera “All My Children.”

PILCHARD WAS DEVASTATED when Robben broke up with him and he would haunt their former home only to be shooed away

by Robben’s new partner Preston. After wallowing in his loneliness, Pilchard found a friend in Phil, and their “bromance” quickly blossomed.

This is “All My Penguins,” the drama that rocks Lincoln Park Zoo’s African penguin colony, which is featured on the zoo’s blog.

The zoo began the parody of the soap opera “All My Children” in July, chronicling the lives and relationships of the 12 penguins the zoo acquired in 2016.

After the Kovler Penguin Seabird House had been closed for about five years, Sunny Nelson, the zoo’s Hope B. McCormick curator of birds started sending regular updates, so people who were curious or excited about the new bird colony could be in the loop. The stories, Nelson said, lent themselves to drama, so the zoo’s communications department came up with a way to showcase that.

“It’s kind of a behind-the-scenes look at the great animal care [the zoo provides, while also] making it accessible and easy to understand for everybody,” Nelson said.

She added that she finds herself getting invested in the penguins’ relationships despite her role in the series.

“I was just reporting some of this information and from a scientific perspective; we’re looking at the best care that we can provide for [the penguins], then I go behind the scenes and I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s typical Phil!’ Or, ‘Oh, that’s so funny that Robben’s doing that today,’” Nelson said.

“All My Penguins” is updated about once a week to highlight the drama within the Lincoln Park Zoo colony while also throwing in some scientific facts for good measure. For instance, the fourth chapter explained why penguins preen—to waterproof themselves by spreading oil from the glands at the base of their tails and neck—while also updating readers on Pilchard’s adventures as a bachelor and female penguin Madiba’s love triangle with suitors Dudley and Mandela.

Emily Altimari, the zoo’s public relations coordinator, said “All My Penguins” performs a unique function, encouraging people to rally around a specific species.

“It’s like education meets entertainment,” Altimari said. “It’s a more digestible way for people to connect with the species.”

Carly Keenan, a marketing consultant who lives in River North, discovered “All My Penguins” when she was scrolling through Twitter one day.

“I just thought it was so cute and hilarious, and I’ve been following it since,” Keenan said. “It was just funny to really pay attention that closely and start to understand what their dynamic is with each other.”

A few weeks after attending a “Malott Family Penguin Encounter,” which allowed guests to enter the penguin exhibit, Keenan realized she had witnessed events

discussed in the blog. After reading the blog, Keenan was able to attribute traits she encountered during the visit, like birds stealing fish from their peers or only eating certain kinds of fish, to specific penguins mentioned in the blog.

The first “season” of “All My Penguins” will conclude in October.

Whether there will be a second remains undecided, but Altimari indicated that there would be occasional follow-ups after the first season’s end—not only to update readers on Pilchard’s relationship status, but to keep them engrossed in the wellbeing of the African penguins.

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Following the announcement, Rodriguez wrote on Twitter, “For years this is all I wanted to do. Bring Latino stories to the screen to create love, tolerance and empathy.”

Agustín announced the news on his Twitter with #DefendDACA. After one Twitter user wrote to Rodriguez saying, “We def need one on Afro-Latinx identity and I know you will bring it,” Rodriguez replied, “That’s what ‘Have Mercy’ is, trust mama, I am well aware of what we are missing and where I want to contribute.”

Rodriguez is a clear example of someone with a platform using it not only to their advantage but to the advantage of others, which is why she is often praised by her fans for her good character and philanthropy.

Rodriguez’s many projects will educate others on undocumented immigrants’ struggles, amid many misconceptions about the DACA program, including the mistaken belief DACA recipients do not pay taxes and that the program grants citizenship.

Currently, there are thousands who call the U.S. home and are worried about their future—facing the possibility of being sent back to a country they have never known, away from the opportunities they have here. It is great that there are many people who support them, but it is even greater that Rodriguez uses her platform to take action against a decision that has the potential to ruin lives and tear apart families.

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he Trump administration announced the removal of the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program Sept.

5, which protected nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Trump condemned former President Barack Obama for passing the program as an executive order and gave Congress six months to find a solution.

In my Sept. 5 column, I wrote about how far celebrity activism will go following MTV’s “Video Music Awards,” pointing to plenty of public figures using their platform for a greater good but questioning if that was all we would see. While many celebrities and politicians publicly spoke out against the DACA decision, only one of them seems to have been fully prepared to fight against injustices on a public platform.

Gina Rodriguez, an American actress of Puerto Rican descent, is a known activist for human rights, particularly concerning young women and those within the Latino and Hispanic communities. She was honored with the Young Humanitarian Award in 2016 for her launch of the We Will Foundation, an organization focused on arts education and scholarship funding for young women coming from low-income backgrounds. She is also recognized for her role in the television series “Jane the Virgin” and in her #MovementMondays social media campaign.

While Rodriguez joins other public figures and celebrities who share their thoughts on Twitter, this isn’t all she does. Instead, she follows statements up with actions. On Sept. 6 it was announced that Rodriguez is set to produce multiple series about immigration on the CBS and CW networks. One of the shows, called “Illegal,” is based on co-executive producer and writer Rafael Agustín’s life as a former undocumented student. Another, called “Have Mercy,” is based on the German short film “Dr. Illegal,” and centers around a Latina doctor and her career struggles after immigrating to Miami.

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SUE to be dethroned by ‘titan’ of evolution lot of research into how that would affect our visitors’ experience.”

SUE has towered above visitors TO SOME FANS’ dismay and others’ since coming to the hall in 2000. excitement, the Field Museum She is dwarfed by the Titanosaur— of Natural History announced the largest dinosaur ever discovAug. 30 that it will relocate iconic ered. Visitors will be able to walk Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil SUE under and touch the cast. from Stanley Field Hall to her The Titanosaur’s installation own 5,800-square-foot room in is nothing short of huge—literally “The Griffin Halls of Evolving and figuratively—said paleontoloPlanet” exhibit. gist Paul Sereno.

That will leave room for a fos“Change can be invigorating,” sil cast of Patagotitan mayorum, Sereno said. “This should be a spot aka the Titanosaur, a hulking, for new things to happen, not just 122-foot-long herbivore, to assume the icons of the past.”

SUE’s throne at the museum, 1400 The Titanosaur’s placement was S. Lake Shore Drive. made possible by a donation from “Our decision to move SUE out Illinois’ richest man, Kenneth of Stanley Field Hall isn’t one Griffin, who previously made that we made lightly,” said Kate major donations to the museum, Golembiewski, public relations including to the popular “Evolving and science communications Planet” exhibit. specialist at the Field Museum.

“Visiting the Field Museum “We gave it a lot of thought and did a has brought tremendous joy and

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SUE, the largest T. rex fossil ever found, is overshadowed by the massive Titanosaur. SUE’s stomping grounds in Stanley Field Hall at the Field Museum of Natural History will be taken over by the Titanosaur starting spring 2018.

“[The Titanosaur] is so much bigger [than SUE],” Marren said.

“Knowing that we’re going to be able to walk under it and touch it, my son is thrilled about that.”

However, Marren said she will miss SUE’s sharp smile greeting her in Stanley Field Hall.

She made sure she told her son about the move in advance, so he will not be taken by surprise when there is a new dino in SUE’s place.

SUE could not be reached for comment as of press time. She is subject to a “strict no-interviews policy,” Golembiewski said in an Aug. 31 email. jsadowski@columbiachronicle.com

wonder to my children and me account’s name to “Private Suite over the years,” Griffin said in a Haver” as she gushed over her new Sept. 5 emailed statement. “I am digs in between penning insulting proud to support [the museum].” tweets about Velociraptors.

SUE will be removed in February In an Aug. 30 press release, SUE 2018, and the Titanosaur will be said she is excited for the move and unveiled later that spring. SUE’s should be able to better defend herreintroduction at her new home is self against Velociraptor attacks slated for spring 2019. in the new room.

SUE has her own Twitter “[SUE] has always kind of had that account operated anonymously by personality,” Golembiewski said.

Field Museum employees; it notes “She’s funny. I like when she leads that SUE prefers they/them pro- [Dungeons & Dragons] campaigns.” nouns, but the museum still uses Sarah Marren, Field Museum she/her. She has since amassed member and South Loop resimore than 30,000 followers. dent, said she is excited to see SUE’s persona is sarcastic the Titanosaur up close with her and excitable; she changed her 5-year-old son.

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Community comes together to paint its history Installed on the side of 63rd The mural’s goal was to bring Street Food and Liquor between the community together and creWest Englewood captures women of history including Englewood resident Gwen Honore and Wood streets, the ate hope, Mayer said.

Johnson (pictured below) in new mural inspired by the women’s marches.

A ONCE-BARE WALL in West Engle- 30-foot-long mural of “What We “[Smillie] started with the idea of wood now displays a vibrantly Create” was designed and executed the power and the connected expe- in trying to maintain the integWhile Englewood is often colored mural that honors his- in two months by Cyd Smillie. riences of women,” Mayer said. “As rity of her community despite the portrayed as a blighted area, torically powerful women.

Community members, and chil- she was painting and talking to challenges it faces with violence Smillie’s experience was different. dren from I Grow Chicago, a grass different people in the commu- and vacancy. She has really shown Neighbors approached her with roots organization, participated. nity, she started to pick out people the subsequent generations what it food and water while painting, she “I wanted to do something who are pillars in the community, means to stand up and be a positive said, noting she was touched by

to honor and celebrate what women who are strengths that influence in your community.” these gestures from strangers.

women have done, continue everyone knows and talks about.”

Lopez said the mural has been Smillie recalled a community to do and can go on to do,” Although the mural focuses on a community-led effort and has member telling her, “You’ve Smillie said. “The inspi- women in history, it pays tribute highlighted a narrative the neigh- given us back our heritage.” ration was all the women’s to Englewood residents like Gwen borhood wants to be known for Overall, the reaction to the marches this year.”

Johnson, who has been an active while also giving hope. mural has been very enthusiThe mural was sup- community member for more “Projects like this are important,” astic, she said. ported by I Grow, which than four decades, according to Lopez said. “Not simply for putting “I’ve gotten a tremendous provides programs such Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th Ward). art on a wall because it is so much response that has exceeded my as community pantries, “[Johnson] has been instrumen- more than that; this is about the hopes,” Smillie said. “I’ve been yoga and tutoring for the tal—not only with I Grow Chicago, community being able to tell its privileged enough to recognize community, according to Zelda but also before then—and has been story in a positive way and show- what art can do for a commuMayer, the organization’s director like a mother to the entire block,” case who we are in a manner that is nity to frame conversations of development.

Lopez said. “She’s been very active often not represented in the news.” and bring people together.” » PHOTOS COURTESY CYD SMILLIE kvilliesse@columbiachronicle.com

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New Asian food publication Dill Magazine looks deeper into the culture of Asian cuisine, such as noodles from various regions explored in its first issue. » ALEXA RIXON ARTS & CULTURE REPORTER ASIAN NOODLES ARE the theme of Dill Magazine’s first issue, released July 17, as the magazine strives to uncover untold stories

and “journey deep into the cuisine of Asia,” according to its website.

Shayne Chammavanijakul, the magazine’s founder, grew up enjoying food, and after listening to her Hakka Thai grandmother’s stories one summer,

Dill’s kitchen also triple tests who moved to the U.S. from China, every recipe it publishes to ensure adding that American food is often she was inspired to report on successful results. less spicy and more sweet. underrepresented cultures, Accessibility for home cooks is One thing Wang said she would cuisines and countries. a big part of Chammavanijakul’s like Chinatown to have is more “I wanted [a] publication that vision, and many ingredients can unconventional meat like chicken explores Asian cooking in this be found in regular supermarkets feet. Although animal parts such detailed and nerdy academic or local Asian grocery stores, she as organs can be unfamiliar to way, focused on home cooks said. Dill Magazine’s premium many Americans, they are often [and] mom-and-pop shops,” online content also includes found in many Asian cuisines.

Chammavanijakul said.

Amazon links to simplify the Asian food accessibility does An avid reader of food literature, search, she added. not necessarily mean removing Chammavanijakul said she Yida Zhao, a sophomore the authenticity of the recipe, noticed writing on Asian food cinema and television arts major Chammavanijakul said. Instead, concentrated just on celebrity of Chinese descent, often cooks Dill offers a spectrum of food from chefs and famous restaurants. She authentic Chinese food but said a simple noodle stir-fry that can be wanted to fill a niche by sharing he struggles to find certain key done after school to big weekend recipes with historical, cultural ingredients in Chicago, making projects with page-long ingredient and political backgrounds and the meals taste slightly different. lists, she added. spotlighting the chefs.

He said he sometimes orders “There’s a treasure trove of “We really value knowing where ingredients online but hesitates stories that have yet to be these dishes, where these people, because he does not see himself told ,”Cha m mava n ija k u l these cuisines came from,” she using them often enough to said. “One thing I remember said. “We try to seek out these warrant the purchase. my high school newspaper nerdy stories, and we want to “If I do need [specific ingredients], adviser drilling into my head share them with the world.”

I’d rather not cook [that meal] since was that journalism is about The print quarterly’s first issue the taste is different,” Zhao said. giving a voice to the people. features 26 recipes, 10 stories Even food in Chinatown can We’re hoping that with Dill and a Pad Thai recipe published taste quite different from home, [magazine] coming out, we’ll in English for the first time, said Jing Wang, a sophomore spur on that mindset and according to Chammavanijakul. cinema and television arts major spark that curiosity.” arixon@columbiachronicle.com

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Clashing Communities Autistic and LGBTQ individuals fight for their right to be both

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he first time Cyree Jarelle Johnson thought about hiding their* autism was in the sixth grade. They knew that if they did not learn to hide it, Johnson’s life would become drastically different. What lay ahead was a successful career as a writer, poet and speaker, but at that time, they posed a question to themselves: Are the traits my peers hate the most related to my autism or just things about me they don’t like?

At the tender age of three, Johnson was nonverbal and did not begin speaking until about the age of 5. Their attempts at communication were often ignored. Their most significant autism sign was that they were a biter—a sign of aggressiveness met with verbal abuse from their parents.

“You’re lucky I didn’t kill you,” became a significant threat in their life growing up, Johnson said.

Johnson was diagnosed with what used to be known as Asperger’s syndrome at age 3. Asperger’s is now considered in the autism spectrum and is considered to be less severe than other kinds of autism.

children are diagnosed with autism *Cyree Jarelle Johnson, Lydia Brown, Laura Jacobs, Shaine Neumeier use they/them/their pronouns

“Things that people take for granted about behavior and agreement and group dynamics do not come naturally to me and I have not picked them up,” Johnson, now 28, said. “The conclusions that people come to with the same information may not be the same conclusion I come to, and things that are easy for others are not always easy for me.”

Johnson, a managing editor at TransFaith—a national nonprofit led by transgender people—was assigned female at birth but came out as transgender and also identifies as bisexual.

Autism spectrum disorder, which is related to brain development, affects socialization and perceptions of others, leading to problems in communication and personal interactions.

The number of children diagnosed with autism rose 30 percent from 2008, when the rate was at one in 88 children, according to a March 3 Scientific American article. The trend in diagnosis has been steadily rising across the globe since the early 1990s. Now, an estimated one in 68 children are diagnosed, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The autism community contains many individuals like Johnson who are also LGBTQ. Twainbow.org and other organizations are dedicated to helping those living under a double rainbow— referring to how each community is in some way associated with the rainbow, usually seen as a symbol of pride.

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Yet struggles persist in finding medical professionals who will treat transgender or nonbinary autistic people or provide sex education or information about consent and boundaries, said Kit Mead in an Aug. 20 emailed interview.

Mead, a social media specialist, was diagnosed with autism at 14.

Those who are LGBTQ and autistic bear the burdens associated with both communities, said Laraine Glidden, a psychology professor emerita at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. They face an array of challenges including rejection from autistic people on the basis of their sexuality or gender and from LGBTQ individuals on the basis of their disability, she added.

“It may be the case that individuals in each of those two separate communities might reject them because of the other label,” Glidden said.

In school, Lydia Brown, an autistic, genderqueer activist, writer and speaker, was marked as “not normal” by peers because of their disability, not their gender and sexual identity.

“The main thing that people latched onto was ‘this person is mentally not-normal,’” Brown said. “People act like every single human has one identity or one experience. You get to be a Christian, but you don’t also get to be black and gay.”

According to Zoe Gross, director of operations at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, sexually stereotyping people who are autistic can result in inferior

medical services. The idea that there can only be one kind of autistic person can lead to diagnostic disparities and people not getting the proper care they need because of internal biases, Gross noted.

The problem begins with the scarcity of media images, which affects both physicians and their patients.

“It can be harmful to people to feel that they’re sort of invisible to the society they live in,” Gross said. “Autistic women, autistic people of color, nonspeaking autistic people [and] LGBT autistic people don’t see a lot of representation in the media.”

Imagine the dilemma of a child or teen who is diagnosed as autistic and immediately questions the possibility of finding a relationship because the media never represents that aspect of their lives.

In a situation like this, it is important that the diagnostician be able to reassure and answer the question correctly, although that is not always the case, Gross said.

Stereotypes have always proved to be harmful to marginalized communities, and those who are under both the LGBTQ and ASD umbrellas face exceedingly harmful misconceptions.

Fallacies about autistic people can be anything from infantilizing to poor judgment, said Shaine Neumeier, a 29-year-old attorney who is autistic and identifies as asexual and nonbinary.

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people are hard to be around, resulting in being put in separate classrooms and segregated from other children, they added.

“There’s this assumption that [autistic people] can’t have lifelong, sexual or romantic bonds if we so choose,” said Neumeier, who was diagnosed with autism in 2010, adding that not teaching autistic people about relationships and boundaries will set them up for abuse.

There is a propensity for desexualizing disabled and autistic people, and society tends to have trouble imagining them having any knowledge of their own sexuality and gender, Mead said in the email.

“There are a lot of us who feel that our autism influences our perceptions and experiences of gender and sexuality sometimes because those aren’t conceptually easy to define,” Mead added. “[But] that’s different than insisting we can’t know our own orientations.”

In addition to feeling that their communities are erased from the public eye, autistic and transgender individuals face obstacles embracing their gender identity. The difficulty of accessing transition-related care for themselves has proved to be a momentous battle with doctors.

Johnson said it took their original doctor five years before realizing the need to call in a different doctor to get proper care.

Denying access to transition-related health care to those who need it can be life-threatening. According to NHS Choices UK, people who try to suppress their true gender identity may experience bouts of depression, have suicidal thoughts and resort to self-harm.

Kayden Clarke, a transgender man with Asperger’s, from Mesa, Arizona, reported a lack of acceptance from his

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medical provider that caused Clarke to become suicidal. Clarke was shot and killed by a police officer in 2016 after a friend called 911 and said Clarke was suicidal. When officers arrived, Clarke reportedly came toward them with a knife, presenting apparent danger to the police officers, who then shot and killed him.

Shortly before his death in February 2016, Clarke released a video on Youtube titled, “Must fix autism before I start T. bs.” “T” refers to testosterone, which is prescribed to female-to-male transgender patients who wish to start hormone replacement therapy.

In the video, Clarke, dressed in a black Arizona State hoodie, described his frustrations with mental health professionals in Arizona and how they denied his pleas for treatment.

Clarke was denied hormone therapy by his gender transition specialist, who told him he could not receive the care until his autism was cured, according to the Youtube video, in which Clarke also condemned the mental health system in Arizona.

“Autism doesn’t go away; it is a lifelong disability, but it doesn’t mean that an autistic person can’t understand gender [or] understand themselves,” Gross said.

Doctors are cautious in general about making major decisions regarding sex changes for any person, whether they have a disability or not, according to Glidden. However, doctors may be very hesitant to diagnose autistic people with gender dysphoria because these individuals have varying levels of difficulty navigating different kinds of social interactions.

Some autistic characteristics, such as poor communication capabilities and an inability to make eye contact, could

Americans identify as LGBTQ the intersectionality of the LGBTQ community and the autistic community.

When presenting their article, Jacobs said they and their co-authors would ask who in the room had clients like those in the case study—transgender and on the spectrum. Almost every person raised their hand, Jacobs said.

This “intersectionality” of autism and gender dysphoria is a topic that will soon get a lot more attention because the children who were a part of autism diagnosis’ large spike in the last few decades are now facing adulthood, Glidden said.

“If in fact the higher incidence of gender dysphoria that we’re seeing now among those with autism continues, we’re going to have a lot more individuals who are facing this situation,” Glidden said.

The autistic and LGBTQ communities are two stigmatized groups that place pride at the forefront of their movements. Both have faced many struggles and triumphs and will continue to do so in the future, respectively and together. As these communities continue to flourish, having pride in both identities is a staple in making sure society is reminded how complex people really are.

“Autistic Pride has helped me embrace how I think differently, and so has LGBTQ pride,” Mead said in the email. “They combine to help me be prouder of who I am and to fight for our rights in ways that intertwine.

It’s helped me recognize that the people around me do not have just one singular issue affecting them, and that we need to be mindful of people’s different identities. It has given me a unique set of struggles that I hope I learn from and use to do better by others.”

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“Autistic Pride has helped me embrace how I think differently, and so has LGBTQ pride.”

result in miscommunication between a patient and their doctor when trying to relay why the patient wants to transition, Glidden said.

Studies attempting to link autism and gender dysphoria have recently emerged, including “Gender Dysphoria and Co-Occurring Autism Spectrum Disorders: Review, Case Examples, and Treatment Considerations,” published in the LGBT Health Journal in 2014, to which Laura Jacobs, a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist contributed. The conclusion reached was—by the suggestion of the authors— that ASDs do not preclude gender transition, and those with high-functioning ASDs are able to make informed decisions regarding their medical choices and general well-being.

The study analyzed two individual cases in which the subjects fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for ASD, gender dysphoria and gender identity disorder.

Both were young adults and exhibited features described as impaired Theory of Mind, as well as an intolerance of ambiguity which could be interpreted as a manifestation of cognitive rigidity, a difficulty articulating their inner experience of gender and persistent shortcomings in social communication and interaction.

The first person in the study was being seen by a transgender and genderqueer Licensed Clinical Social Worker in an outpatient mental health group practice; The second client was seen by a psychiatry resident at a public clinic with supervision from an attending psychiatrist, according to the study.

Both gave consent to have their cases be presented. “[The research] became in part about helping people who are doubly marginalized,” Jacobs said. “Being trans[gender] isn’t easy, [and] being on the spectrum isn’t easy—these are both potentially stigmatized, outsider identities.”

Media attention to gender dysphoria and autism has increased since Jacobs co-wrote the article. In the last few years, Slate and The Atlantic are two publications that have published first-person or interpretive articles on

Patient needs very considerable support. Communication and social skills and repetitive behaviors impair daily life.

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WHAT SUMMER FASHION TREND WILL YOU MISS THE MOST? Nishon Fields freshman business and entrepreneurship major “Athletic wear and retro colors. The ‘70s kind of look.”

Laura Monsreal junior cinema and television arts major “Wearing spaghetti straps and flowy dresses. In the fall, you have to layer more. Just one thing is more comfortable.”

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JACK FOWLER: If you look at the album cover itself, it has this ‘80s, retro, “Stranger Things-y” vibe to it. To me, it sounds like we’re the band we always wanted to be. It’s a very, very dark roll ‘n’ roll album with a sense of pop to it.

How has your style changed since your last album?

Since the last album, we finally captured our own unique sound. We’re all older now, so with that growing period as a band from

Madness [in 2015] until Gossip, we all found ourselves as musicians and vocalists, and we’re writing the kind of music we want to write, without straying too far from being Sleeping With Sirens.

How did that come about?

It just comes with age, honestly. We want to grow up with our sound and grow up with our fans instead of writing the same CD over and over again.

he’s not going to waste any of his own time.

So to us, it was the most meticulous album process we’ve ever had to do.

What other artists influenced your performance style?

My mom was a musician, so watching her play gave me the motivation to be my own musician. As far as influential people, I

grew up on southern rock. I grew up on Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers and stuff like that because that’s what my mother played. So on this new record, there are hints of that bluesy rock that [are] finally able to show. Now [is] the right time, since we’re growing up with our music. I can actually do what I love as a guitar player.

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leeping With Sirens has bounced between genres since 2009. The group’s first album, With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear, was defined as post-hardcore, a punk-rock offshoot. Since then, the group’s sound became more emo or pop-punk. Now the outfit’s upcoming album, Gossip, set for a Sept. 22 release, is described as “straight-up rock and roll.”

Guitarist Jack Fowler, on the heels of winning Best Guitarist at the 2016 Alternative Press Awards, spoke to The Chronicle about growing up, southern rock influences and Sleeping With Sirens’ genre shift in Gossip.

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Do you have any favorite anecdotes about making this album?

This whole album process was completely different than any other album process for me, so I’d say doing this whole album in general was my favorite thing that we’ve ever done.

How was this process different?

We went with a guy named David Bendeth, who is a well-known rock producer. He’s done Paramore’s Riot! and many other gold or double-platinum records. He’s meticulous in what he does, so if you’re not playing something right, it’s not like he’s going to fix it in a computer for you, or tell you, “You almost got it.” If you can’t play it, he’s going to make you go sit there and practice until you can play it;

Sleeping With Sirens performed at The Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake St. Sept. 8. Its album Gossip will be released Sept. 22.

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he NFL season kicked off Sept. 7 without one of the league’s most promising wide receivers.

Cleveland Browns’ Josh Gordon was suspended indefinitely from the NFL in 2016 after repeated noncompliance with the league’s drug policy. In light of the country’s movement toward legalization of marijuana, the NFL can’t continue to hold marijuana use against Gordon.

Smoking marijuana used to be one of the most taboo things a professional athlete could do, but the NFL has to acknowledge that some states—some within the league, even—have legalized the drug. If Gordon had been a player for the Denver Broncos—Colorado being a state where the drug is legal—would he have been treated as harshly?

Because of his trouble staying clean, Gordon hasn’t played a full season since his rookie year in 2012 and has been suspended for 43 of the past 48 games.

But in 2013, he had 1,646 receiving yards, averaging more than 117 yards per game. He was the spark in an overall run-of-the-mill Browns lineup.

Gordon is planning to appeal at the end of this month a denial of reinstatement to the league in May by Commissioner Roger Goodell, who said Gordon’s reinstatement is “not under active consideration” as reported Aug. 17 by NFL.com.

Gordon, who went through rehab in hopes of being reinstated, is motivated to get back on the field and produce for a team. If only the league felt the same way about him.

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If you’re anything like me, you need some time apart from people. Dogs are silent companions, which means they are amazing listeners and will never argue or interrupt you. However, if dogs ever started talking, they would know all of your deepest, darkest secrets, but for now I think we are all safe.

There is no doubt that Frida Kahlo was a proud Mexican. She even claimed to have been born the year the revolution started—1910—instead of her true birth year, 1907. Kahlo also traveled around the world in her traditional garments.

True Food Kitchen, 1 W. Erie St., serves unique and healthy dishes made with high-quality ingredients. It has options for every dietary need: vegan, gluten-free and even paleo. It changes its menu seasonally to source the freshest ingredients possible.

Always happy: Dogs are always excited to see you, and you can always count on them for a warm greeting when you get home from a long day of work or school. Have you ever seen a dog as the villain in a movie? No? That’s because they are incapable of evil and spend their days being happy instead.

Good for your health: Dogs are an instant mood booster and can always tell when you’re feeling down.

Unlike people, dogs actually lower your blood pressure, and petting one every day will calm your heart rate. How many humans can you say that about?

Tolerant: My dog loves when I kiss her ears, lie on her, take pictures of her while she’s sleeping and other annoying things that would bother almost any human. They’re always ready to play or just lie around and chill while you use them as a pillow.

Cuter than people: Maybe it’s superficial, but dogs are definitely cuter than humans. Almost all dogs are cute, while most humans are subpar at best. Dogs also make cuter babies that don’t take two years to be potty trained. “Marley & Me” isn’t one of the saddest movies for nothing.

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She created art for herself: She was not afraid to show her darkest, rawest, most painful experiences. The goal of her art was not to please others.

Her audience was herself. Her honesty is what captivated people.

She went against societal norms: Women in her time were expected to wear dresses, have long hair and be reserved. Kahlo often wore suits, had short hair, was open about her sexuality and participated in sports such as soccer and wrestling. She was unfazed by people’s comments and did as she pleased.

She was determined: Kahlo contracted polio at six years old, leaving her right leg slimmer. She was later involved in a bus accident in which she fractured her pelvis, leg, ribs and collarbone, and her right foot was eventually amputated. When she had her first solo exhibit, she was carried in on a four-post bed; she was not going to miss it.

She made a name for herself: Although Kahlo was married to a more experienced and well-known painter, she did not let him overshadow her or influence her style. Kahlo’s work was exhibited in Paris, New York and Mexico.

Her art, culture and bravery made her an important icon and her fame continues to grow.

HEALTHY RESTAURANTS IN CHICAGO

Real Good Juice Co.: This organic joint, 1647 N. Wells St., is much more than a juice bar. It serves homemade fresh foods such as avocado toast, salad and in-house almond cheese.

Its newest product is a dairy-free, sugarless frozen yogurt made from its juices, previously a treat only found in L.A. Meli Café: If you haven’t been to Meli Café, 500 S. Dearborn St., you are truly missing out.

Its organic menu has everything from fancy entrees to a variety of filling breakfast options. Great for either a nice night out or an exciting weekend brunch.

Doc B’s Fresh Kitchen: Doc B’s, with two locations at 100 E. Walton St. and 55 E. Grand Ave., is the perfect spot for date night or girls’ night out. It has both healthy and rich entrees with plenty of gluten-free options. The chips and guacamole are uniquely served with sweet potato chips. The service is great and the bar is always poppin’.

The Little Beet Table: The Little Beet Table, 845 N. State St. #101, is a great date spot for any meal.

The chefs make it a priority to use locally sourced, seasonal ingredients. The whole menu is gluten-free and has options for all other dietary restrictions as well.

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These days, it’s pretty common to hear a song that seems to play on a loop, which is exactly what Frank Ocean did in his latest song “Provider” that dropped during the Aug. 27 MTV Video Music Awards.

However, as everyone expected, Ocean was able to do it successfully. The various beats and impactful instruments used in the song create a pleasing, addictive mixture of R&B, rap and chill-relaxation music. This is the type of song you can close your eyes and just daydream to.

The seventh season of FX’s “American Horror Story” unfortunately premiered Sept. 5. The episode was painful to watch, not because of the random, crude and murderous clowns, rather because of how it incorporated the 2016 presidential election. Perhaps it was trying to make a statement about the times we’re living in, but it came across as in-your-face painful.

Evan Peters bathed in Cheeto dust? No, thank you. Where is the old “AHS,” and where is the “cult?”

For most fall-obsessed people, the start of September means slipping on UGGs and scarfs and anxiously awaiting the return of Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte.

Whether the latte is good or not, the overly hyped-up “pumpkin spice” trend has gone too far with the new Pumpkin Spice Latte highlighter and eyeshadow sold on Etsy, under the username FeatherRiverBody.

Reviews already rave about it. Looks like the pumpkin spice trend is not ending anytime soon.

John “Calico Jack” Rackham, born around 1680, was a particularly useless pirate captain. He focused on easy prey and once lost a plundered ship while hiding from the owner’s bounty hunters.

The legend behind his capture is that he and his men hid below deck while crewmembers fought above. Bonny, Rackham’s lover, supposedly had these last words for him in prison: “I’m sorry to see you here, but if you had fought like a man, you need not have hanged like a dog.”

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“If I’m Lucky,” released Sept. 1, starts out as a slowed-down, unsatisfactory version of Kat Deluna’s 2007 pop hit “Whine up.”

I was waiting for the beat to drop so I could shake it, and then realized I could only get away with a shimmy. The lyrics are surprisingly catchy, detailing the desire to get lucky and make it work with his lover in the afterlife because it apparently didn’t work out in this one. The song is easy to listen to multiple times, but only because I can shimmy a lot better than I can shake.

Starring “Game Grumps” Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson, the YouTube Red original released Aug. 30 delves into the world of eSports as Alex Avidan and Ryland Hanson assemble and train a team for the biggest eSports competition of the year.

Boasting a $1 million prize, with “Rick and Morty’s” Dan Harmon as an executive producer, the writing isn’t anything spectacular and neither is the acting, but it’s interesting enough to keep watching.

If you or your friend have a YouTube Red subscription, it’s worth checking out.

With multiple states on the West Coast burning from a wildfire starting in L.A., the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the upcoming hit in Florida from Hurricane Irma, and President Donald Trump’s decision to repeal DACA and deport nearly a million children, it’s clear the world is ending. Like any time s--t hits the fan, people have taken to social media to joke and process their feelings. These disasters have resulted in some true gems, like this tweet from Talia Lavin with more than 140,000 retweets.

“Good Morning America” announced Arie Luyendyk Jr. as the newest man to hopefully find love on ABC’s “The Bachelor” during its Sept. 7 broadcast, and I couldn’t be more confused or disappointed. Not only did I have no idea who he was, but I was hoping for Peter Kraus, the runner-up from this past season of “The Bachelorette,” to take the job. While I will still be gladly tuning in to the season premier when it airs later this winter, I can’t help but feel let down and am skeptical that I’ll watch the whole season.

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opinions New CPS curriculum aims to prevent repetition of dark history

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his school year, Chicago Public Schools students will learn the basics: English, math and the shameful history of torture in the Chicago Police Department. As part of a reparations package, which City Council passed on May 6, 2015, CPS will now teach eighth-graders and high school sophomores about Jon Burge, a former CPD detective accused of using torture primarily on black men in his custody between the 1970s and 1990s to force confessions to crimes.

According to a new curriculum outline by CPS, six lessons will be added to U.S. History, ending in a unit assessment in which students create a proposal for a memorial in honor of the victims of Burge’s torture methods. The first lesson calls for students to discuss opinions or experiences

with racism and police brutality. This precedes discussion of Burge’s human rights abuses and the police officers whose actions helped him hide his crimes. Counseling will be made available because of the traumatic impact discussions about racism can have on the people of color who make up the majority of the CPS student bodies.

Chicago has a duty to citizens who have suffered at the hands of its institutions.

This new curriculum is a major step toward amends for the city’s past. However, as this new lesson is implemented in classrooms, educators must be aware of the difference between atoning for the atrocities committed by Burge and preventing a recurrence.

These schools teach potential police officers and educators; therefore, Chicago must work to prevent future generations from repeating past crimes. When

Harvey’s aftermath is a lesson in long-term support

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fter its assault on Texas beginning Aug. 25, Hurricane Harvey left a lifetime’s worth of ruin in its wake. Fifty lives were swept away by the storm’s wrath, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott estimated the storm caused up to $180 billion in damages. With at least 100,000 homes affected by the storm, some families don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to return home.

Young adults, like those who make up Columbia’s student body, genuinely care about those affected by Harvey and are

more than willing to help in ways that are beneficial to Houston’s population.

However, some are caught between selflessness and helplessness in the disaster’s aftermath. Though students want to help in these efforts at the magnitude celebrities can, their incomes are extremely limited. Regardless, there are numerous ways to show support, and students should push the institutions around them to help make this possible.

Hectic class and work schedules can limit what students can do to help those

The crisis in Harvey will continue, even after the rain ends and the flooding recedes.

EDITORIAL children learn about Burge, they must not fall into the belief that the atrocities committed were just ancient history.

Societal ills—such as racism—will not disappear even after the major perpetrators are put on trial and convicted. The Burge case did not exist in a vacuum.

For years, he and officers under his command freely tortured men, leaving them with years of imprisonment and emotional trauma, and their pain didn’t end with physical assaults. Victims tried to speak out and seek justice, but they were silenced because the city did not want to believe what its police officers were capable of. Ignoring the victims’ pleas erased their

history and the relationship of Burge to slavery, reconstruction and the struggle for civil rights, which seemed far away. Society seemed to forget systemic racism existed.

A lesson on this sordid chapter in Chicago history assures Burge’s victims that Chicago will not forget what it permitted to happen. Educators have the opportunity to emphasize that Burge was not an isolated horror. In a safe place, with the support of peers and mentors, students should be able to discuss why Chicago was complacent for years while Burge tortured.

After that painful reminder and failure to act are confronted, classrooms can take steps to prevent history repeating itself.

When children learn about Burge, they must not fall into the belief that the atrocities committed were just ancient history. in need, but Columbia could offer courses that give credit hours for helping with relief efforts in areas struck by natural disasters. Many students would jump at the chance to volunteer whether they were receiving credit or not, but providing this option to students can make it easier to schedule. In addition, lessons in fundraising or volunteering would provide the opportunity to tangibly help others while teaching important skills.

A J-term course in which students learn about the long-term aftermath of natural disasters and use their six-week winter break to visit and assist affected areas could have a serious impact on people in need. This type of service for the greater good should be part of the Columbia educational experience.

Offering class credit in exchange for helping hands isn’t the only solution available. Service clubs organized and sponsored by the college that emphasize similar goals will get the attention of students who feel the need to respond to a tragedy. A simple push for emotional support—linking victims with pen pals

EDITORIAL or by connecting with other members of the student body whose lives or families have been affected—could spark action in Columbia’s community.

Columbia can use its platform as an institution to help in the wake of disaster.

Support should be more than fostering compassion in students who may not have considered the economic and emotional struggles that continue long after the initial crisis of a natural disaster. Many may already have the urge and means to help affected people but don’t know the first steps to take to provide aid. Turning away from individual-level aid and emphasizing larger group efforts empowers students to make a bigger impact with the people around them. In instances like these, there is power in numbers.

The crisis of Harvey will continue, even after the rain ends and the flooding recedes. Years from now, there will still be rebuilding and mourning.

The suffering caused by Harvey will remain long after, but the Columbia community can make efforts to relieve the pain both now and in the future.

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16 years later, it’s OK to laugh again » CHARLIE CONNELLY AD & BUSINESS MANAGER

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n the wake of the horrific 9/11 terrorist attacks, no one in the U. S. could be sure when normalcy would be re-established. Businesses closed, sports events were canceled and even the iconic sketch comedy platform “Saturday Night Live” remained silent. The show returned from hiatus weeks later on Sept. 29, 2001, introducing millions to New York’s finest heroes: the men and women who were first responders, some of whom paid the ultimate sacrifice in

Laughter is the ultimate medicine.

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the attack on the Twin Towers. Former noted how honored he was to be in New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani the same room as the two stars of delivered a heartwarming message of “Soul Plane” —a reference to the 2004 hope, followed by a candid conversation film, which had been a critical and with “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels. box office disaster at its release.

With the masses still incredibly “‘Soul Plane’ was the worst shocked that “SNL” was back on experience of my life involvair, Michaels asked the perfect ing a plane,” Davidson said.

For Davidson, dark comedy has question: “Can we be funny?”

Giuliani wittily replied, “Why start now?” served as catharsis for him. Davidson Sixteen years later, that question told The New York Times Oct. 1, 2015, still intrigues many of those directly “There’s nothing I won’t joke about, and or indirectly affected by 9/11. However, I think it’s because of what happened an even deeper question is raised to me. That’s the worst thing that could as years pass and the day becomes ever happen to somebody. Now etched in history rather than remainit’s just like, ‘Who cares, man?’” ing an open wound: Can we be funny No one should tolerate comedy about tragic events such as 9/11? that directly attacks the people who There is a fine line between tasteful lost their lives on 9/11. However, comedy and cruelty, but comedians those who use comedy as a way shouldn’t be looked down upon for to mourn, accept and progress using humor as a coping mechanism, toward a richer understanding as long as they are not perpetuating and deeper respect for those negativity and hatred with their humor. impacted by 9/11 shouldn’t be Laughter is the ultimate medcondemned. Their way of coping is icine. Why cry when you can no less valid than anyone else’s.

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he fall season has crept up entirely too fast. One minute it was 80 degrees and bright, the next it was cold and dark before 8 p.m. The new season comes with the usual head colds, classes and late nights. As summer gives way to fall, it’s important to remember that 4 to 6 percent of people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder and may need resources to try to push through the oncoming seasons.

SAD is a type of depression that’s related to changes in the seasons and starts and ends the same time each year, according to the Mayo Clinic. Symptoms include irritability, weight gain and hypersensitivity to rejection.

Those who are diagnosed with what is often called “winter depression”­—a form of SAD—usually start to feel the changes in the fall and throughout winter because the days get shorter and natural light lessens. The symptoms dissipate during the summer, but there are some who are diagnosed with “Summer SAD,” which affects 10 percent of people with SAD. More people are diagnosed than one might think, so it’s important Columbia students, faculty and staff are aware of how to help themselves or someone else as winter draws nearer.

Buy a specialized SAD lamp or light box

Humans revolve around a day-night cycle—also known as circadian rhythms— and when that gets interrupted by the shorter days and we see less natural light, it can affect sleep, mood and cognitive performance, according to a May 23, 2014, Everyday Health article. A specialized SAD lamp or light therapy box gives off artificial light that mimics natural sunlight, which helps the affected combat negative thoughts, sleep better and balance a healthy diet. The benefits of light therapy, also known as phototherapy or helioptherapy, have been proven to replace medicine for those with SAD, according to the same article. By sitting near a light therapy box for just a few hours, your mood can improve greatly.

Don’t be afraid to talk to or recommend a therapist

Talking to someone about personal experiences and emotions is difficult, but therapy can be a huge help to break through a gloomy mood. The stigma attached to seeing a therapist has been around for decades, but there is no shame in needing someone to talk to. For years, studies have shown that putting feelings into words has a therapeutic effect on the brain. The University of California, Los Angeles found in a 2007 study of 18 women and 12 men between the ages of 18 and 36 that putting feelings into words is similar to hitting the brakes on a person’s emotional responses, which can help alleviate anger or sadness.

Walk around inside or outside

Leaving an apartment or a dorm is already difficult during winter, but especially if you are is suffering from this type of depression, which can be cruel and hard to face because it saps your energy. However, getting up and moving around is good medicine and allows you to form a routine. Even if the hallway is as far as you get, taking at least a couple steps can improve your mood. According to the Mayo Clinic, exercise releases endorphins and neurotransmitters, also known as “feel-good brain chemicals” that may ease depression and provide distraction from negative intrusive thoughts. Exercising also causes a person’s body temperature to rise, which can have calming effects. For those with SAD, the calm should come during the storm.

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laugh? No matter how horrible life can get, a morbid joke can often serve as much-needed relief.

Seth MacFarlane, the creator of “Family Guy,” has used several 9/11 jokes in the show since 2001. One bit in particular highlights a Griffin family visit to Ground Zero, where Peter Griffin repeatedly guesses the ways Iraq could have been involved in the attacks. Brian corrects him by explaining the actual people involved, and Peter replies, “So you’re saying we need to invade Iran?”

This approach can be cringeworthy, but it is important for two reasons.

First, Peter’s cluelessness typifies the confusion felt by American citizens about the Bush administration’s campaign to invade Iraq even though none of the 9/11 hijackers came from there. Additionally, MacFarlane was supposed to be on AA Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center. He missed his f light because of a hangover. There is no doubt his personal connection to the event justifies his right to cope with it in the way he sees fit.

Current “SNL” cast member Pete Davidson’s father was a firefighter who lost his life on 9/11 when Davidson was just seven years old. In March 2015, at the “Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber,” Davidson turned to Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg and

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New CTA station upgrades the Loop

Riders will notice newly installed security cameras at the Washington/Wabash station.

more than we do already is coming up with that local funding,” he said.

With other projects in the works, Emanuel’s $8 billion investment in the transit system—which was announced in a Jan. 9 press release—will help secure federal funding and bring new life to the CTA. “The Loop has a new lease on life.”

Schwieterman said. “Improved flow of trains will encourage people to leave their cars at home and hop on the el.”

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renovation as federal funding has been allocated for modernization, he added.

Earlier this year, Chicago received a $1 billion federal grant from former President Barack Obama—and plans to match it with local funding—to revamp the Red and Purple line stations north of Belmont, as reported Jan. 23 by The Chronicle.

“It’s great to have federal support for infra» BLAISE MESA structure like this,” Claffey said. “We’re the CTA. Kyle Whitehead, government relaMETRO REPORTER going to continue to invest in [it].” tions director at the Active Transportation While the architecture at Washington/ A STATE-OF-THE-ART ELEVATED train station Alliance—a nonprofit organization that Wabash is thought to be beautiful, it will not at Washington/Wabash is a showpiece advocates for improved biking, walking and be at every station because the design does for the city, but a small step in the revital- transit conditions throughout the city—said not fit every location, especially at neighborization of Chicago’s transit system, which that it is an “exciting improvement for the hood stops, Whitehead said. has a long way to go before its completion, transit system.”

“There certainly won’t be [enough] fundaccording to local transportation experts.

The station needed an update because, ing to make every station look nearly this The $75 million station opened Aug. 31 like most CTA train stations, it was stuck 20 nice,” Schwieterman said. after a two-year construction period. The years in the past, said Joseph Schwieterman, The CTA has been doing a great job new facility is the “best of Chicago’s heritage a transportation professor at DePaul of getting the most out of every dollar, of architectural innovation and ingenuity,” University. The new station takes the place Schwieterman said. The city must acknowlaccording to Mayor Rahm Emanuel in an of two former el stops, Madison/Wabash edge the different needs at each station Aug. 31 press release. and Randolph/Wabash, and improves traffic because they can vary, he added.

The design features four elevators, an flow by reducing stops, he added.

Whitehead noted that CTA project fundescalator, a wider platform, more security “Our system is great, but our stations are ing does not come easily because the city has cameras for better coverage and ADA acces- mostly a little tired,” Schwieterman added. been trying to match the available federal sibility. It is expected to move about 10,000 The station is one of 46 other CTA train funding with local funding. people a day, according to the press release. stations to be updated throughout the “[Federal funding] has been readily availThe Pink, Green, Brown, Orange, and city, said Mike Claffey, spokesman for the able to regions like ours for many years, [but] Purple Line Express station is expected to Chicago Department of Transportation. what’s limited our ability to access it even be one of the top ten busiest rail stations in The Red and Purple lines are up next for

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» ERIC BRADACH MANAGING EDITOR

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promised that the information they provided would not be used to deport them, and Trump violated that trust.

He has repeatedly pointed to undocumented immigrants for the nation’s troubles. But DACA recipients have contributed tremendously to America, both to its economy and higher education.

Sixty-five percent of DREAMers reported purchasing their first car, averaging $16,469; meanwhile, 65 percent are currently enrolled in school, according to an Aug. 28 survey from the Center for American Progress.

The numbers show that DREAMers are motivated individuals who should be welcomed from all corners of the U.S. Not only should Congress move swiftly to pass immigration reform, constituents should be burning up their elected officials’ emails and phone lines. Lobbyists from corporations and universities need to advocate for DREAMers’ rights as well because it serves their interests.

Congress also needs to respect its constituents’ views who overwhelmingly support allowing DREAMers to stay in the country across political party lines.

Eighty-four percent of Democrats, 74 percent of independents and 69 percent of Republicans think DREAMers should be allowed to stay in the U.S., according to a Sept. 5 poll from POLITICO and Morning Consult.

It’s a shameful, sick game that some politicians are playing. They are using immigrants as a scapegoat to blame for the country’s economic problems.

Own up to it and perform your constitutional duty.

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resident Donald Trump has retracted former President Barack Obama’s 2012 program that provided security to nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as young children and allowed them to come out of hiding.

The Trump administration will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in six months. The program, enacted by executive order, allows undocumented immigrants brought into the country by their parents before the age of 16 to get a temporary deferment from deportation. Referred to as DREAMers, they’re allowed to work, study and obtain driver’s licenses. Attorney General Jeff Sessions argued that Obama overstepped his authority and bypassed Congress in order to enact this program when he made the Sept. 5 announcement.

However, Obama was caught in an all too common predicament when he signed DACA: Congressional deadlock.

Immigration reform failed to pass several times in Washington D.C. Unfortunately, this is just another example of conservative hypocrisy from Trump.

He and other Republicans have complained on numerous occasions about Obama’s executive orders, claiming he overstepped presidential power. But Trump’s first act as president was an immigration-centered executive order banning travel from seven majority-Muslim nations.

Trump calls himself the “law and order president”; however, he pardoned former Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio after he disobeyed a federal judge’s order to stop discriminating against Latinos. He has shown sympathy for Arpaio—setting a dangerous precedent for his future political allies who break the law—but failed to do so for young minds eager to get an education and contribute to our economy.

This is a mockery of people’s intelligence and beyond disgraceful; it will hurt the nation’s economy and educational system.

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» SAVANNAH EADENS METRO REPORTER THE UNIVERSITY OF Chicago Medical Center is one of the first hospitals to offer a new cancer treatment that is giving late-stage leukemia and lymphoma patients another chance for remission.

A pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment CAR T-Cell therapy, called Kymriah, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration Aug. 30. It was developed by the University of Pennsylvania and distributed by Novartis, a Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company.

According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common cancer in children, with more than 3,100 children and adolescents diagnosed annually.

For 15 to 20 percent of children

whose disease does not respond to chemotherapy, the average life expectancy is six months, said Dr. Michael Bishop, a medical professor and director of cellular therapy program at U of C. CAR T-cells is a novel form of immunotherapy, Bishop said , that extracts a patient’s own immune cells, called B- and T-lymphocytes, from a blood sample and then modifies them with a virus that targets and kills leukemia cells. The cells are then injected into the patient’s blood, where they attach to CD19 leukemia proteins.

“When it targets the protein and attacks it, it actually turns on the T-lymphocytes,” Bishop said. “It then becomes activated, starts doubling and it actually kills the leukemia cells.

According to U of C, 83 percent of the patients in the clinical trial responded to the treatment. While

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Kymriah has been approved for pediatric leukemia, tests are still underway for adults. Bishop said doctors are seeing similar, positive results in adults from the clinical trials as they did in children.

“It is anticipated that within less than six months, you’re going to see

an approval of this type of therapy for adult lymphoma,” Bishop said.

Scott McIntyre, 53, from South Bend, Indiana, was the first patient at U of C to participate in the clinical trial. McIntyre was diagnosed with Stage 3 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in 2013. After R-ICE chemo, stem cell and various clinical trials from 2014 to 2016, McIntyre was the perfect candidate for the CAR T-cell therapy.

He was unaware he had previously only been given six months

to live when he started the process in May 2016.

“The whole team really believed in this treatment,” he said. “They saw great responses so far, and it was a possibility of treating someone who had a zero percent chance of surviving.”

McIntyre is now 16 months into remission, and said he is back to work, his strength and stamina have returned, and he can once again play 18 holes at the golf course.

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» BLAISE MESA METRO REPORTER THE BUILDING ON Burnham program is one step closer to its goal of increasing the city’s recreational spaces with the opening of an outdoor plaza adjacent to the Roundhouse building at the DuSable Museum in Hyde Park.

Announced in March 2016 by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the program is a comprehensive plan to invest in the Lakefront, the Chicago River, natural areas and recreational opportunities in neighborhoods across the city.

“Daniel Burnham’s vision has guided the growth of Chicago for more than a century and made us known as the City in a Garden,” Emanuel said in a March 22, 2016, press release back when the project was announced. “This new strategy builds on both the work we’ve done over the last four years and

Burnham’s plan to help ensure that the City in a Garden is within reach of every child in Chicago.”

Basement stairs and permeable pavers have been installed in the Roundhouse, 740 E. 56th Place, a building designed by Burnham for use as a stable during the 1893 Columbian Exposition.

Meanwhile, landscaping projects and fencing have transformed the asphalt lot into a top destination for visitors and a venue for private celebrations, according to a Sept. 1 mayoral press release.

“The patio area is something we can rent out to people for special events, family reunions, all sorts of things,” said Raymond Ward, media relations director for the DuSable Museum.“There will be more rental income for the museum by having that new area.”

Museum guests have said they are impressed by the way the renovations have transformed the area.

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The Roundhouse building located next to the DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Place, is undergoing renovation as well as preparing for Chicago Expo, Sept. 13—17.

Building on Burnham still has a some major projects to complete in the coming years. By 2018, the Navy Pier flyover—a separate path for pedestrians—will extend to Jane Addams Park, 550 E. Grand Ave., and separate bike paths from 31st to 51st streets are planned.

Seven miles of bike trails will also

be repaved, and the pedestrian bridge on 41st Street above South Lake Shore Drive will be renovated.

“The importance of community parks is for people to have somewhere to go to for early morning exercise or to have fun with friends,” Pagan said.

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Ariel Bailey, a 24-year-old from South Chicago, said the renovations were definitely needed because having activities for all ages—either at the museum or park—is important for families.

Krystyna Williams, a 21-yearold from the South Side, said there was a lot to do and see at DuSable.

The Building on Burnham program has provided successful green space transformations and community areas around Chicago in its first year. The program has also opened two nature areas—one on Northerly Island and another at Western and Peterson—and opened Maggie Daley Park, 337 E. Randolph St, which now boasts a rock climbing wall, mini golf course and a roller blading rink because of that project.

“It’s a good way for families to come in and enjoy their time,” said Luis Pagan, a worker at the park’s rock wall. “It’s great to see families and enjoy climbing,” Mohammed Al Shokan, 36, who was visiting Chicago from Saudi Arabia, said there is not enough time in one day to explore the park.

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» JACKIE MURRAY METRO EDITOR CHICAGO IS IMPROVING services for people with mental illnesses by strengthening crisis response and awareness training, according to an Aug. 30 press release from Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

A mayoral pilot initiative by the Citywide Mental Health Steering Committee has trained more than 500 residents from Austin, Garfield Park and North Lawndale.

They learned of the support services the city offers, how to identify the signs of a mental health crisis, and request a Crisis Intervention Team trained police officers to de-escalate these situations.

“We want to make sure there’s a comprehensive approach to improving the way we interact with all of our residents,” said Kelly O’Brien, executive director of the

Illinois Kennedy Forum—an organization that provided training and works to end discrimination against individuals with mental health challenges. “Not only are there improvements that police and first responders need to do, but the community has a role as well.”

A May 2015 report from the National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago shows that 38.5 percent of adults in Illinois reported poor mental health, 16.68 percent were living with a mental illness and 3.37 percent were living with a serious mental illness. The study also shows 60 percent of incarcerated individuals meet diagnostic criteria for mental illness.

O’Brien said a large portion of the interactions of first responders are with individuals with mental illness. She noted that every community should have this type of

training, to see the positive outcomes reflected in the West Side communities extended throughout the city.

The preliminary results of an ongoing evaluation on the training’s effectiveness performed by the University of Illinois at Chicago Jane Addams College of Social Work show that, in the West Side communities, there was decreased stigma associated with mental health and addiction, increased knowledge and comfort in contacting a CIT–trained officer, increased knowledge about mental health, and confidence they could assist someone in need. The final evaluation will be released early 2018.

“We don’t think [only] the police should bear this burden, but we do think they should have had adequate training if they do encounter somebody with a mental health crisis, which is really common in Chicago,” said Alexa James executive director of NAMI Chicago, who also gave training for the project.

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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S recent announcement that it is terminating the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program is a significant deviation from efforts at the Illinois state and local levels to protect immigrants’ constitutional and civil rights.

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the Trust Act, Senate Bill 31, into law Aug. 28. Introduced Jan. 11 by state Sen. John Cullerton, D-Chicago, the act states law enforcement cannot stop, arrest, search, detain or continue to detain a person solely because of their immigration status, according to state legislative records. Instead, detainment will require a warrant issued by a judge.

“The reason why [the bill] is called the Trust Act is because we want undocumented [immigrants]

who live among us and contribute to our economy [to] trust their own law enforcement and sheriffs,” Cullerton told The Chronicle. “If they witness a crime, they can feel comfortable in reporting that to the police.”

Cullerton said the bill evolved from his work with the Illinois Child Passenger Protection Act and he realized that undocumented immigrants could not get driver’s licenses. Because immigration violations are a federal offense, Cullerton said local law enforcement should not be encouraged

by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to target undocumented immigrants.

However, immediately after Rauner signed the Trust Act, six Illinois Republicans filed a

bill to repeal it, House Bill 4091.

Cullerton said “people are coming around” to the Trust Act, and are sympathetic and supportive.

The legislation is similar to Chicago’s Welcoming City ordinance, which cements Chicago’s sanctuary city status by guaranteeing all residents, regardless of citizenship, can safely cooperate with local law enforcement.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel filed a federal lawsuit Aug. 7 against President Donald Trump’s Justice Department, according to an Aug. 6 press release. The lawsuit argues against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ additional requirements to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program, which provides states and cities with federal funding to support local law enforcement.

In the lawsuit, Emanuel contends these new conditions violate the Fourth Amendment and Chicago’s status as a sanctuary city, which does not require or store extensive information from undocumented immigrants, according to Emanuel.

Following Trump’s inauguration, Julián Lazalde, civic engagement manager at the Latino Policy Forum, said his organization saw a decline in people attending counseling and legal services for undocumented immigrants.

“There was a real concern [with people] that stepping outside my house could land me in a world of trouble,” he said.

There were 19,000 fewer calls to 911 in 2017’s first quarter than in 2016’s, a significant decrease that did not reflect Chicago’s high crime rates, according to the Chicago Tribune. Lazalde said he does not think it is a coincidence that this decrease in 911 calls was seen in neighborhoods like Little Village with large populations of undocumented Latino immigrants.

“How do we bridge that gap between communities that are afraid of anybody wearing any sort of a badge?” Lazalde asked.

“We have a president now who has been very public about saying ‘Hey, law enforcement, I want all of you to go after undocumented immigrants.’”

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DACA protest hits South Loop » MACKENZIE CROSSON PHOTO EDITOR THE PROTECTION FOR All Movement community organization held a rally at Federal Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn St., Sept. 5—the day President Donald Trump announced his plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The rally was a call to gather directly impacted individuals and their allies to show support for the nearly 800,000 people Trump’s decision threatens to affect.

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The rally moved from Federal Plaza to the streets as the crowd marched up Dearborn Street to Congress Parkway and headed west to Clark Street.

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Daniel Morales, a law professor at DePaul University, said it is critical for the mayor to signal in a concrete way that he has immigrants’ backs because of their importance to the city.

“Immigration to Chicago has declined over time,” Morales said. “Chicago relies on immigrants to boost its population and we’ve been losing population. It’s really vital to the future of the city that immigration should continue to be liberal.”

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Most people do not understand mental health crisis signs and symptoms and, in turn, may see them as criminal behavior when the person in crisis really needs support, James explained.

Michelle Robey, 55, was shot in the abdomen by CPD Feb. 10 after police officers responded to a disturbance at a CVS drug store on Irving Park Road and Western Avenue. Store employees called police when Robey started destroying items, and when police arrived, Robey—armed with a knife—made threatening statements to them.

After using a Taser twice to no effect, they fatally shot her.

“It’s one thing to read and learn about it, but when you’re face to face with an individual who has symptoms you’re trying to understand, and they can tell you about their experience and what they need in crisis, then you develop a different level of understanding,” said Martha Mason, director of the Education and Counseling Center at DePaul University.

Mason was involved with CIT training programs for CPD officers more than a year ago and attended meetings where the training was administered. In the eight-hour program, officers learned de-escalation techniques and how to identify someone in a mental health crisis. People diagnosed with chronic mental illnesses spoke with the officers and engaged in role-play to discuss their symptoms in various situations. The officers responded as if they were on a crisis call, Mason said.

Stigmas will decline if communities continue to discuss mental illness, Mason added.

Conversations like those on the West Side have allowed people to become more comfortable talking about the issue, which leads to people receiving necessary care, she said.

“It’s crucial to educate the community [and to] start openly talking about mental health because it’s not a dirty word, and it’s something that people don’t have to be embarrassed of,” Mason said.

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“They told me, ‘No matter what the outcome, what you’re doing is setting the bar and helping people down the road,’” McIntyre said.

The therapy is not without side effects, which can include flu-like symptoms such as high fevers and sudden blood pressure drops, as well as neurotoxicity, leading to confusion and seizures.

“When [T-cells] are turned on, it can get so severe that about half of the patients end up in the intensive care unit for close monitoring,” Bishop said. “We are able to manage that in more than 95 percent of patients, but there have been cases that adults died from the complications.”

Bishop said no patients have died from the therapy at U of C. Organizations including the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing have criticized the high cost of the treatment. Novartis announced Kymriah would cost about $475,000, a steep price compared to other cancer treatments, said John Rother, CEO

and president of the National Coalition on Healthcare and executive director of the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Drug.

“With the new class of drugs, we are seeing prices going through the roof that don’t seem to have any relationship to the cost of development, production or the savings that might be achieved as a result of their use,” Rother said.

For 20 years, scientists and doctors have researched CAR T-cell therapy with federal, nonprofit and pharmaceutical funding.

While some like Rother argue the commercial price is not justified, Bishop said that without pharmaceutical companies making an investment, the research would not be possible.

“Hundreds of millions of dollars went into trying to develop this product,” Bishop said. “There are large investments from pharmaceuticals to make factories that can mass produce this to the quality that is necessary to ensure that every patient is getting a quality product.” seadens@columbiachronicle.com

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