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SLU offers alternatives abroad, beyond Madrid

By TIM WILHELM News Editor

By BRIAN DUGAN Contributor

Since she began at SLU in October 2015, Dolores Byrnes has been thinking in centuries. When I met her in the University Archives on April 18, she announced that she had just entered the 20th century. Before her were books containing students’ math problems and a visitor’s sign-in book featured in the SLU exhibit of the 1904 World’s Fair education pavilion. Byrnes pointed out the name “Padberg,” 44 of whom have gone to SLU. Byrnes is currently writing a history of SLU for its upcoming bicentennial in 2018. President Pestello recruited her for the job based on their past collaboration.

“I worked with Dr. Byrnes at Le Moyne College, where she served in several roles, including researcher and writer,” he said. “I admired her skills in these areas and when this opportunity arose for an author here at SLU, I talked with her about it.”

Byrnes interviewed with the Bicentennial Committee, which ultimately hired her. Of the finished work, Pestello said, “I am expecting the book to be a detailed and exciting history of the first 200 years of our University.”

“He respects that I’m going to take everyone seriously, and really try to just be respectful,” said Byrnes. “That’s something we tried to do at Le Moyne, listen to everybody and tell their story with respect.”

Byrnes, who has a Ph.D.

NTT faculty work in the same conditions, the hearing will help establish which types of faculty members best fit the contingent label.

For example, AndersonGutierrez said that adjunct professors from the law school aren’t necessarily included in the discussion because they are not necessarily contingent – often, they are not reliant on their professorship as a means to live, but rather teach as a philanthropy requirement.

Traditionally, the movement’s discourse has focused mainly on the plight of the adjuncts. In fact, in the progress that the group has

Saint Louis University boasts a second campus in Madrid. Students from the home campus generally study in the spring of their sophomore year or fall of their junior year, although some exceptions may apply.

According to SLU Study Abroad Counselor Margaret Kessler, nearly 300 students from SLU are currently in Madrid for the Spring 2016 semester; more than 175 have applied for the Fall 2016 semester in Madrid.

By comparison, only about 80 students have applied for non-Madrid programs for next fall. Most of these applicants are interested in Ireland, Australia and Rome, although other destinations have a smattering of applicants.

“I think Ireland’s one of our highest [programs] that we have right now; we have, like, 19 applicants for that program,” Kessler said. “Australia’s another popular one; I think we have 14 students for that one. I would say the average for all of our programs, though, is probably around two or three applicants [each], with the exception of Ireland, Australia and Rome.”

Regarding SLU Madrid’s popularity, there exists the notion—among Madrid and non-Madrid students alike—that Madrid is attractive because classmates will be along for the ride, and credits transfer directly back home. Junior Mike Michler made his decision to study

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OBSTACLES: Adjunct faculty and supporters convened at the Clock Tower on April 14. Their movement for higher pay, benefits and unionization has evolved over the 2015-2016 academic year.

Contingent faculty to vote on union

Non-tenure track professors drawn into debate

By EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM Associate News Editor

During a rally held on Thursday, April 14, one year after their movement began, the adjuncts and non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty filed a petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in order to hold an election to unionize. However, the inclusion of NTT faculty has sparked a debate among the contingent faculty on what faculty members should be included in this union.

According to Sherri Anderson-Gutierrez, an NTT professor in the languages, literatures and cultures department, the University had one week to decide on whether they would remain neutral in these processes.

She said that declaring neutrality would mean the administration accepting the terms of their unionizing and allowing for union elections without further. The University has decided not to remain neutral.

In an email sent to SLU students, faculty and staff, Pestello explained the University’s position, saying: “A “neutrality agreement” would restrict communication and limit the University’s participation in what we think should be a respectful dialogue about whether adjunct and non-tenure-track faculty unionization is the right choice for SLU at this time.” He added, “Agreeing to restrict information that can help inform an individ-

ual’s decision about this important issue is antithetical to the environment we are cultivating.”

Since the University has decided to engage in this discussion, a pre-election hearing will be held on Friday, April 22, in order to determine who will be included in this bargaining unit, and then that will decide who will be eligible to vote in the election to unionize. The group needed a 30 percent rate of interest from the rest of the contingent faculty in order to file and call for a vote.

“There will be lawyers on both sides, and each side will present an argument,” Anderson-Gutierrez said. “It’s a mediated negotiation of who is going to be included.”

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2016 Relay For Life continues tradition, raises $125k

By GRETA PUTNAM Staff Writer

On April 16th, Relay For Life kicked off their 12-hour event, which went from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m of the next morning, to commemorate the journey those with cancer face.

It goes through the night to symbolize that in the same way the sun sets and rises the next day, even the darkest of times will come to an end with the light of day.

Relay For Life may only be a 12-hour event for some people, but for those on the Event Leadership Team (ELT), it is a yearlong commitment. The ELT is made up of six committees, each

with a different purpose. Accounting, fundraising, communications, mission and team development are all vital to the success of Relay.

Relay’s Co-Chairs, Alex D’Agostino and Sarah Delong, thoroughly enjoy being a part of Relay. Delong says, “I have met really wonderful people and I have memories that I will carry with me even after I graduate.”

The Relay team likes to focus on the people and the experience that they can provide through service and the Relay For Life event itself, rather than only focusing on the money. They do this by serving cancer patients at Hope Lodge during

the year, and as Delong says, “It is about giving people a voice to share their story, because everyone has a personal connection to cancer.”

They believe that it is just as important to listen to people’s stories and support them personally as it is to raise money.

The 66 people on the ELT met every Monday leading up to Relay For Life, starting in mid-September. Over those 209 days, ELT worked to raise awareness, fundraise and recruit survivors.

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FROM DAY...: Participants at this year’s Relay for Life walked laps around the soccer field at Hermann Stadium on Saturday. Over 1,500 attended the annual event.

The Billiken Buzz: Student commentary on baseball bias incident Responses to Pestello’s reaction and message I am glad that these offenses have been brought to the surface, but they are just the tip of the iceberg here at SLU. Incidents like these must inspire change at this University and continue to be taken seriously.

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I thought President Pestello’s video message to the students showed that he really cares about making SLU more inclusive. I also loved the Jackie Robinson story.

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feel pushed one way or the other; and Parra said she put more pressure on herself, to try Madrid, than the Study Abroad Office ever applied.

Junior communication student Justin Seaton took advantage of his own program’s flexibility to look beyond Madrid. “I thought that I was lucky enough to have a major that was pretty loosely structured, so I wasn’t confined to just going to Madrid, which I know a lot of people were,� he said. “So I felt like I should take advantage of that.�

Seaton said that he “felt like going to Madrid was an easy way to go to another country but still be comfortable.� So Seaton sought options in a land he’d never seen but had long dreamt of: Italy. After briefly considering programs in South Korea and South Africa, he considered programs in Rome or

Bologna. Due to an emphadence as a key reason for sis on social justice, he chose studying in London, rather the northern Italian city — than Madrid. “I knew that I home to the world’s oldest didn’t want to go somewhere university — over Rome. that a lot of SLU students Junior Emily Bley, who were going,â€? Parra said. “That studied in Galway, Ireland, isn’t anything against SLU for the Spring 2015 semester, students ‌ but I’m so incited a comde p endent mon trait that I kind among those of wanted The Madrid camwho study to figure pus is convenient abroad, but it out all not at Maby myself; and SLU-owned, drid: a dash I learned but students did of indepenthings about not feel that SLU dence. Bley myself that I unfairly promoted said, “And never knew.â€?

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Madrid I would be pretty disappointed,â€? Seaton said. “Because I’ve already had an experience abroad that was unique and immersive, and when I came back, my only wish was that I had become more immersed. ‌ And I think going to Madrid would give me the exact opposite experience.â€?

As is often true, Seaton cited his transition back home as the most difficult part of his abroad experience. Feeling depressed and shaken by having left close friends he’d spent only four months with, he came to a realization that he might never have that experience in Bologna again. But rather than dwell on it ‌ Seaton sought out another adventure. “I think if I went abroad again, I would probably go somewhere even more remote, or go on a more immersive program.â€?

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in Madrid for the Fall 2015 semester. He said that going to Madrid was an easy option, “because I knew people (going there). I didn’t have to deal with any transfer stuff.�

Junior Abby Parra had an idea before coming to SLU that she wanted to study abroad, preferably in London, where she ended up for the Spring 2015 semester. She ultimately decided against Madrid “because it was the easy way to go,� although she said Madrid is known as a “phenomenal� study-abroad program.

Madrid does have some restrictions that certain majors face, for study-abroad opportunities. Engineering and nursing students, for instance, must go to Madrid if they study abroad to ensure that they will complete specific coursework at a SLU campus.“[The only study abroad option] I could do was Madrid in the spring of my sophomore year,� said junior engineering student Michael Sullivan. “If I had the option, I would have definitely looked at other places [Ireland and Italy], but I knew I could only do Madrid.�

Kessler, one of two counselors who advises non-Madrid students specifically, echoed Sullivan. “What’s great about the Madrid campus is that so many students, depending on what their major is, can study abroad there,â€? he said. “So our engineering and nursing students ‌ have that opportunity.â€?

The Madrid campus is convenient and SLU-owned, but students did not feel that SLU unfairly promoted Madrid. Michler said he didn’t

Experiences like Seaton’s have encouraged Kessler and the rest of the Study Abroad office to explore new programs. Over the past few years, programs in South Africa and Vietnam, among others, have been added to the University’s official offerings. However, the emergence of new programs has not led to an increase in overall study abroad applicants. “We did recently add programs in Vietnam, another program in Italy; in South Africa, we’ve also added programs,� Kessler said. “So I think students who may have gone to one program before, well, this is another great opportunity.�

From 2012 until 2016, an average of 78 students studied abroad at non-Madrid locations each spring semester. While 2012’s group of 69 students represented 16 locations, the 81 students this spring are spread across 25 unique locations. 2014 saw a record 89 students at destinations away from SLU’s Madrid campus.

Kessler contributes this trend of increased interest in studying abroad to both positive peer pressure and a generation-wide wanderlust. “When I was an undergrad in my sophomore year at SLU, there were about 90 students who went to Madrid, and that was seven years ago; and now we have ‌ close to 300 students at the Madrid campus alone,â€?

Kessler said. “I don’t know if it’s word-of-mouth by the students or if it’s just the idea of being abroad and being international, ‌ but the numbers have increased immensely.â€?

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in anthropology, left Le Moyne in 2012 to teach in Bangladesh. She did freelance work in Arlington, Virginia, and volunteered by teaching disabled children to swim.

When discussion moves to her work, Byrnes demonstrates a keen, intimate familiarity with the names, dates and minutiae of SLU’s history. “Part of the thing about doing the history that’s so cool is to see how the history of St. Louis itself, is really, really closely linked with the University,” she said.

Recounting those 200 years, she offered vivid depictions of SLU’s most distant origins. She spoke of “DuBourg climbing off a boat to this muddy frontier town.” Our founders were, in Byrnes’ words, “19-year-old guys with Greek and Latin dictionaries” who snuck out of Belgium without even telling their parents. One of those six wrote that they were “sailing almost at random” aboard the Columbia, on Assumption Day. An average day for Byrnes involves extensive reading, browsing through archives or interviewing various people. Last month, she invited me to sit in on an interview with two relatives of Claude Heithaus, S.J., who in 1944, in St. Francis Xavier Church, delivered a landmark sermon against racism.

On weekends, she explores the city on foot. She makes an effort to take part in campus events, too: I met her in person for the first time at TEDxSLU in January.

Indeed, the present features prominently in her concept of the book. “I love to think of the 200 years as sort of

ARCHIVES: Dolores Byrnes examines a book from the 1904 World’s Fair, part of the collection housed in Pius Library. Byrnes has been working since October.

culminating in all this intellectual ferment,” she said. “I like to be able to have it be relevant now.”

Byrnes is negotiating a publishing contract. She will request a bid in July, pick a publisher and then go through the first draft. She has written three of the manuscript’s seven chapters, but has already compiled material for the final one. While some colleagues involved in the bicentennial envisioned a coffee table-style book, Byrnes hopes to achieve a balance of complex, compelling history and glossy images.

“Obviously, history isn’t that shiny,” she said.

She wants to tap into SLU faculty that might want to contribute to the book, but students’ perspectives hold equal value. “I think it should [interest them],” she said.

Byrnes projects the book going to print in spring 2017, with a release that fall.

“I could just talk about

this for days. I have no friends left … they don’t want to know,” she joked.

The Jesuits are a source of consistent fascination for Byrnes, who admires their “discipline” and “rigor”. She considers them contradictory figures, bound by rules and vows yet independent in their thinking.

Having read the Board of Trustees’ minutes up to the 1940s, Byrnes said that the Board discussed admitting African-American students as early as 1910. “The SLU Jesuits were thinking ahead of their time,” she said. “This has been a forward-looking institution for a very long time, and intellectually very sophisticated.”

As the University faces 21st-century obstacles in a turbulent economy, Byrnes referred to the past for a grounding perspective. She explained that SLU “almost went under” in Feb. 1833, after the Jesuits’ Secre-

tary General allowed Jesuit schools to charge tuition.

She listed other “miracles” of survival, through the fire of 1849, the cholera outbreak, the Gasconade train wreck in 1855 and the Civil War. “SLU just passes through it peacefully,” she said.

The nature of Byrnes’ work means she still simultaneously has a century and several months of research ahead of her: more books, more archive perusals and more interviews.

“There’s a lot of serendipity to it, and that’s the beauty of being able to just do this,” she said. “I try to remind myself that when your timeline is eternity, it’s just not a straightforward story.”

The 200 years of institutional history aside, Byrnes intends to enjoy herself pursuing a cohesive, sevenchapter narrative. “Try not to convey that I’m having too much fun, because people might get jealous.”

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Saint Louis University, but in the surrounding community as well.

The night of Relay is broken up into three parts: celebrate, remember and fight back. Each part is important when honoring those who have fought cancer.

On the day of Relay For Life, ELT’s morning started at 7:00 a.m. with set up, and their day didn’t end until 7:00 a.m. the next day with tear down.

At 6:00 p.m., Relay For Life began with the opening ceremony. This was a time to celebrate those who

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are fighting cancer and was followed by the start of the walk around the track.

Around 10 p.m., the Luminaria Ceremony took place. This ceremony was a time to remember those who have passed away from cancer. A luminaria is a bag that is decorated with the name of someone you want to remember. It is used to represent people who have fought cancer and either passed away, or are still with us and fighting. Each of the hundreds of luminaria bags was lit, and the names were read off during the ceremony.

The fight back speech was given around 2 a.m., followed by closing at 5 a.m., which had the biggest turn

out they have ever seen at a closing ceremony. Not only did they have ceremonies and speeches, but also, many groups on campus sold food in order to raise money.

There were many games in at the beginning of the night, a silent rave and several performances, including Bare Naked Statues, Elevation and many more.

Overall, the night was a huge success. There were more than 1,500 participants and more than 100 survivors registered.

The top fundraising team of the night was Kappa Alpha Theta, with over $5,000 raised, and the top fundraiser was Danielle Young, who raised over $2,000 on

her own. By the end of the night, Relay For Life had collectively raised $125,349.98, and that number continues to increase everyday.

Relay For Life is a mission-based event. The Relay team believes that everyone has a story and a connection to cancer, and that everyone’s story should be heard.

The Co-Chairs were pleased with the event.

D’Agostino said, “At the end of the day, what is most important to us is that participants get the most out of the event that they can and that they have a positive experience and come away from it feeling reenergized and rejuvenated and really excited for Relay next year.”

has achieved in the past year, it has been mainly improvements for the adjunct faculty. For example, in response to the adjuncts’ critiques, the administration reduced their parking rates, created a new course-cancellation policy, established an adjunct orientation and, most notably, increased compensation for certain adjuncts ranging from either $200 to $700, depending on how long they’ve been with SLU and in what college they teach.

However, in recent months, the language has changed from adjunct to contingent faculty, which aims to be inclusive of the NTT faculty. One NTT faculty member, Christina Bagwill, was surprised to find out that she had been corralled into the effort to unionize.

Additionally, she is not sure why she is being grouped with adjunct faculty, whom she says have very different contracts compared to NTT faculty.

“I am a full-time faculty.

I have all of the benefits that a tenure track has as far as tuition remission, insurance and retirement benefits. That is not what happens with the adjuncts,” Bagwill said.

However, AndersonGutierrez said that the NTT are lumped in with the adjuncts because they too are contingent faculty. She said that since they have ninemonth contracts, there is still little job security, like adjuncts.

“We only have ninemonth contracts, which are mostly non-renewable. We would like to bargain for renewable and multi-year contracts. Can you imagine not knowing every May whether you have a job?” said Anderson-Gutierrez.

She continued to explain that there are different benefits that the union would be fighting for, including being eligible for certain types of grants, resources and having and inclusion in faculty senate. In addition, she said that tenure-track professors earn $10 to $20 thousand more than NTT. “The adjuncts, it’s very clear: they would like more permanent contracts, more compensation and better working conditions, such as offices and the equipment they need to do their job,” Anderson-Gutierrez said.

“It’s more nuanced things than for the NTT.” While Bagwill agreed that NTT might not have all of the access to research and other benefits that tenure-

track professors have, she countered that the NTT position is just as stable.

She said that in the faculty manual, it outlines that there is a six-month probationary period for NTT hires, but after that period, the University must go through a counseling-like process and allow for a NTT professor to adjust his or her behavior and correct their mistake. If the problem is not corrected, then the professor may be removed.

“It’s not tenure, but we are protected under your typical labor laws in the state,” Bagwill added.

On top of her disagreement with Anderson-Gutierrez’s claim of NTT contract instability, Bagwill also said that drawing a line between full-time faculty can be divisive. She said that dividing the faculty up and grouping them goes against SLU’s mission of inclusivity.

“If the union would have come in and said ‘We are going to fight for all of you. We are going to unionize tenuretrack, NTT and adjunct, and we are going to fight for all of you to have equal representation so that we can support the teaching mission and the research mission,’ this might be a different fight,” Bagwill said.

Bagwill has started her own movement called “NTT Says No.” She has been emailing other NTT faculty and hopes that she can get more backing.

“I’m really hoping that the University will fight to pull us [NTT faculty] out of that and ask for a direct petition of the full-time non-tenuretrack to ask if we want to be included or not. That’s your best bet of getting a fair consensus of whether we want to be there or not,” she said.

Regardless of that decision, an election will still be held within 30 days of the hearing. It will take place in the form of secret, mail-in ballots over a two-week period.

In order to gain union representation, a majority of the votes cast by the contingent faculty will determine whether or not that representation is attained.

As Pestello explained in his email, no matter how many faculty members are eligible to vote, if 100 voters turned in their votes, 51 votes for or against would determine the outcome.

Until then, the discussion will continue on who will be included in this bargaining unit. Bagwill concluded, “April 22 will be the defining day.”

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...TO NIGHT: As Relay continued past sunset, those in attendance walked with candles in hand, in remembrance of those currently fighting cancer as well as those who died from it. The event continued until 6 a.m. on Sunday.

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VINTAGE VINYL: At their intimate Record Store Day performance, Mumford & Sons treated a lucky 100 fans to songs from their new album, “Wilder Mind.” They performed “Snake Eyes,” “Tompkins Square Park” and “Ditmas.” Originally only scheduled to play three songs, the group surprised the crowd by playing their cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire.” ing lyrics. The performance would have been incomplete without the rest of the talented bunch—Ben Lovett on the keyboards, Winston Marshall on the electric guitar and Ted Dwane on the bass. The group knows how to make their energy come together in even the smallest of settings.

Only originally scheduled for three songs, the band treated the audience to a bonus song, a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on

Fire.” The crowd cheered and sang along to Mumford’s twist on the Springsteen classic. During their set, the band said that this was their first time performing at a record store in four years, and Marcus remarked: “Who needs fancy productions?

This is way more fun.” Even though Mumford & Sons have reached an ultimate level of fame and success, they still treat their fans to special small sets that showcase the talent that got them

to where they are now.

Flashing forward to nine hours later, Mumford & Sons took to the stage at Scottrade Center, an arena 65 times bigger than their earlier St. Louis performance. Again, they started their show with “Snake Eyes,” which proved that a song that earlier entertained a small record store could also boldly capture the attention of an entire arena.

After their first song, Mumford & Sons played “Little Lion Man,” and the crowd

went wild, jumping and screaming the words to their original hit, right along with the band.

Throughout the night’s performance, Mumford & Sons did an impressive job of balancing their setlist with a plentiful number of songs from their first two albums and newer tracks from “Wilder Mind.” Their earlier hits, “Broken Crown,” “The See “Mumford” on Page 6

‘The Jungle Book’: New look, same great story Jon Favreau (“Chef ”) excels in his newest film, the live-action retelling of Disney’s “The Jungle Book,” with the screenplay written

by Justin Marks. Keeping with the heartwarming story of Mowgli, the man-cub, as he proves his loyalty to his land – the jungle – Favreau successfully weaves in a different tone for a more mature audience.

Keeping the story true to the original animated

Disney adaptation based on Rudyard Kipling’s book, the film begins as Mowgli (Neel Sethi) races through the jungle in an attempt to prove himself as a wolf to Bagheera, the black panther who brought Mowgli to the jungle from the land of man.

We then learn that Mowgli is raised by the Indian wolf Raksha (Lupita Nyong’o) and her pack, led by Akela (Giancarlo Esposito). In a seemingly-peaceful environment, fear roars when a Bengal tiger, Shere Khan (Idris Elba), comes to drink the

water from the Peace Rock during a drought. He threatens to kill the man-cub after the Water Truce, because of his previous confrontation with man. Before that happens, Bagheera thinks that it is best if Mowgli goes back to the human village.

On their journey back, they face Shere Khan, who injures Bagheera as Mowgli escapes with the water buffaloes. Before Mowgli finds Bagheera again, he meets Kaa (Scarlett Johansson), who draws him in and hypnotizes him, showing him the relation-

ship between man and the jungle, explaining to him the complexity of the “red flower.” Kaa then advances to attempt to consume Mowgli, but she is impeded by the Himalayan brown bear, Baloo (Bill Murray), who saves Mowgli. What begins as a simple quid-pro-quo relationship, from which Baloo gets honey when Mowgli uses his “man tricks,” turns into the bear becoming his guardian until Bagheera returns. After Bagheera gets back, all three of them face King Louie (Christo-

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PENTATONIX: (L-R) Singers Kirstie Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying and Avi Kaplan make up acapella group Pentatonix. On Sunday April 17, the group took the stage at Chaifetz arena, armed only with their microphones.

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Pentatonix is not your average acapella group.

After winning “The SingOff ” in 2011, the five members—Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Avi Kaplan and Kevin Olusola—have become worldrenowned artists. They have created certified gold and platinum albums and have won two Grammys.

Even with all of their accomplishments, they might be best known for their

YouTube videos, which capture the music and spirit of their band. They always take chances and put their own spin on any song they perform. I have loved watching their fame grow, and I was extremely excited to see— and hear—them in person.

Pentatonix took the stage at Chaifetz Sunday evening, April 17, armed with only their microphones. The anticipation in the crowd was palpable after seeing opening acts AJ and Us the Duo, and fans of all ages screamed when the five members first

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Cave” and “Awake My Soul” had the entire crowd singing along and highlighted Mumford’s ability to make tracks that start out simple, but end bursting with energy and passion.

When the band took a few moments to slow it down, with “Below My Feet” and “Ghosts That We Knew,” the audience was silent, enamored with their raw emotion. When the band switched to their new material, with tracks like “Believe” and “Wilder Mind,” the crowd still went crazy.

During “Ditmas,” frontman Marcus proved his rock star status by wildly running through half of the arena, which is no surprise coming from the charismatic, drunken Mumford.

After an intense and explosive performance of “Dust Bowl Dance,” the band returned for their encore on a small stage in the middle of the arena. With one microphone and one guitar, the group performed “Timshel”

and one of their best tracks from “Wilder Mind,” “Cold Arms.” While the band bantered about hockey, the rowdy St. Louis crowd shouted “Let’s go Blues.” Mumford misheard the chant as “boo’s” and sarcastically told the crowd to “shut the f*** up” since we weren’t at a hockey game—Mumford unfiltered kept the true fans laughing.

The group returned back to the main stage for their final songs. After two hours of performing, Mumford & Sons still managed to give their all with the last two hits, “I Will Wait” and “The Wolf,” making for a perfect end to a thrilling night.

Whether it is a small record store or massive hockey arena, Mumford & Sons know how to put on a show.

Though they have reached the milestone where their intimate performances are rare, Mumford’s music easily fills the largest of rooms.

Their energy and talent will make the wait to see them worth it, even if it’s seven years.

about the tour, and they were very candid and genuine.

They engaged with people in the audience, and for one song, “Misbehavin’,” they even brought fans onto the stage to help them sing.

The second-to-last song they performed was really something special to see. The five members of Pentatonix put down their individual microphones and asked the crowd to be silent. Silence is not something that is often heard in arenas, but that night, a hush fell over the crowd to hear the group sing using only a single microphone. Everyone listened intently as Pentatonix began to sing “Light in the Hallway.” It was a beautiful melody, and it was such pure and soulful singing. Their voices blended perfectly, and the silence between phrases was magical because it is not usually heard at concerts.

Because I have listened to Pentatonix’s albums before, I was not sure how a live performance would compare to a recording. Their songs are always so perfect in recordings, but many times artists can fall short of their songs when playing live. This was not the case for Pentatonix. They were always together, always flawless. This is so impressive for an acapella group, especially as they jumped from one song to another, changing keys seamlessly. There is no doubt that Pentatonix is one of the most talented groups I have ever had the opportunity to see perform live.

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appeared. With the opening notes of “Cracked,” one of their original songs, the audience was hooked. Regular concerts are exciting, but this was something else completely. There were no instruments, but the music was just as—if not more— complex and riveting as any group with a full band. Kaplan’s bass notes boomed through the speakers; Olusola’s beatboxing broke down the rhythms; Grassi’s tenor voice soared angelically; Hoying’s lead was smooth as velvet; and Maldonado’s

voice was sweet and pure.

Combined, they are one powerhouse group harmonizing to perfection.

Song after song, the energy from the band just kept coming. They performed a mixture of the covers they are famous for and original songs from their new selftitled album. The crowd belted along to the covers, including their GrammyAward-winning Daft Punk Medley, Meghan Trainor’s “No,” and some Justin Bieber. Their original songs are amazing, ranging from slower ballads like “Water” and “Rose Gold” to upbeat tunes like “Na Na Na” and “Sing.” Different members of the group would take the lead, so each of the songs had a slightly different sound.

Halfway through the performance, the only instrument appeared. As the rest of the band went backstage, Olusola brought out his cello. His rendition of Bach was accompanied by his intricate beatboxing. It was incredible to watch, and even better to listen to. This led into his playing of “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons as the rest of the group joined him on stage.

Pentatonix’s stage presence was electric. Between their unbelievable harmonies and their cute choreography, they had the attention of the crowd the entire night. Between every couple of songs, one of the members would speak

When listening to M83’s new album, “Junk,” I could not help but think about the VH1 show that used to play nonstop, “I Love the ‘80s.”

From the opening notes of “Do It, Try It”, I imagined people wearing paper 3-D glasses, watching films directed by John Hughes and eating pop rocks. After all, the bouncing piano lines sound like they were demos from Supertramp’s song “Goodbye Stranger.” This album continues a trend of large name-acts going back in time for their inspiration.

Taylor Swift had “1989,” an entire album titled and inspired by her birth year, Bleachers’ sound could have been imported straight from the ‘80s, and countless artists have been making the synthesizer cool again. Up against M83, however, all of these examples are miniscule in their pull of inspiration from the past. “Junk” legitimately makes you feel as if you took Bill and Ted’s time machine back thirty-five years, for better or for worse.

The album is the follow up to 2011’s masterpiece “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming,” and unfortunately does not show M83 at their best.

It starts with the one-two punch of “Do It, Try It” and “Go!” On “Do It,” the thumping bass line keeps the song running up to the climactic chorus, which is guaranteed to make you want to get up and dance. “Go!” keeps the synthesizer center stage (as does most of M83’s music), but is all one giant build up to Steve Vai – who some may say is the ‘80s personified – and his nothing less than epic guitar solo that ends the song. The song features countdowns from ten to one, which is unfortunately a similar outline as to how one might rate the album as they listen to it. While that may be a bit drastic of a claim, after the first two songs, the

album quickly takes a dropoff into a zone between “enjoyable background music” and “easily forgettable.” The first track on the album that signifies it is not anything spectacular is “Moon Crystal,” which could quite possibly be used as hold music for a telephone call. This two-minute snooze fest is followed by “For The Kids” and “Solitude,” two of the better songs on the album that sound as if M83 is trying too hard to recapture the magic of songs from “Hurry Up”—“Wait” and “Outro”—while coming out as a fraction of the quality of what the original songs are.

The second half of the album is not overly terrible; it is just incredibly blasé.

Gone are the memorable drums of “Kim & Jessie”, or the slow, yet danceable jams of “We Own The Sky.” Now, it is songs like “The Wizard” or “Laser Gun,” which all seem to blend together to create one stretch of music in which the synthesizer is predominantly used as a cheesy shtick, as opposed to a vessel for creating dance music, which is what it should be. The only thing that breaks the album’s second-half lull is “Atlantique

Sud,” which is unique only in the fact that M83’s mastermind, Anthony Gonzalez, is singing in French, his native tongue. Though it is also a slow, mostly forgettable song, it is a nice change of pace that is more than needed.

The one saving grace about the album being a bit of a drag is that it will be transformed in a live setting. M83 is notorious for being an incredible live act, and was universally praised at Coachella this past weekend. Take into account the trippy visuals that will be present, and the full band playing out these songs and it makes it much easier to settle with the fact that “Junk” cannot hold up against “Hurry Up.” The band is making the rounds at festivals this summer, where they have been playing only two tracks from the new album. At club shows, they have been playing more from “Junk,” including some of the songs that could be classified as junk, yet I am confident that even the weakest of the songs from this album can become an incredible experience to witness in the flesh. That is part of Anthony Gonzalez’s magic.

Even in a situation where he’s put out his weakest music to date, there is a silver lining.

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The Saint Louis University softball team traveled to New York to play Fordham in a three-game series on April 16-17. In the first matchup, Fordham jumped out to a quick start, scoring twice in the first inning as well as once in the fourth. The Billikens had a prime scoring opportunity in the fifth inning, when junior catcher Hailey Weavers walked and senior outfielder Madeline Brungardt bunted to put runners on both first and second base. However, SLU could not take advantage of the scoring opportunity and ultimately fell, 3-1.

In the second matchup, Fordham got on the scoreboard quickly with a pair of runs in the early innings. In the second inning, Weavers and Brungardt singled with one out, and Weavers scored on a two-out error to cut the Bills’ deficit in half. Unfortunately, the Rams scored a combined six runs in the second and fourth innings to upend SLU 12-1.

In the final game, SLU got on the board early with two runs in the first inning.

Senior pitcher Brianna Lore hit an RBI single, and sophomore infielder Allie Macfarlane brought in a runner off a groundout. SLU went on to score two unearned runs in the fifth, one off an error by the center fielder, and the other by Macfarlane, who hit a RBI single to make it 4-0.

In the sixth, Weavers hit her

SLU’s track and field team traveled across the country on April 15-16 to compete in California and Missouri.

The team was represented at the Mizzou Invitational and Azusa Pacific Invitational.

Junior DeeJay Owens continued to excel in the triple jump at the Tom Botts Invitational at Mizzou. He came close to his school record with a jump of 14.20 meters. Freshman Will Hinegardner also competed well in the field, establishing the school record for the high jump with a mark of 2.03 meters.

Stephanie Uhrich fared well for the women at Mizzou. She put on a strong performance in the pole vault at 3.61 meters.

Other notables at the Tom Botts Invitational included junior Elise Moore, who placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:10.94. She also placed fifth in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:38.91.

On the men’s side, junior Nathan Hall earned a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter run with a time of 49.66. Freshman Tannock Blair fell into the fifth-place position in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.03.

Blair and fellow freshman Lance Mueller earned the second and third place spots in the 1500-meter run with times of 3:51.33 and 3:51.62, respectively.

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The Billikens made the trek across the river this past weekend to take on the University of Illinois on April 15-17. SLU fell to 16-22 on the season after losing the trio of games.

The first game started promising for the Bills, as they led the Illini until the eighth inning. But Illinois scored three runs to steal the lead and the victory, 6-4.

SLU struck gold in the second inning with three runs. Sophomore catcher James Morisano, sophomore outfielder Kyle Fletcher and freshman infielder Cole Dubet all hit singles to rack up the runs for SLU. Morisano stayed hot in the third inning as well, hitting a home run to start off the inning and give his team a 4-0 lead.

Illinois finally got on the board in the fifth inning.

They hit a two-run home run with one out in the inning, closing the gap, 4-2, still in favor of the Billikens.

Despite some pitching changes in the seventh inning, the Illini still managed to sneak another run onto the board to fall behind by

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SAVE: The SLU softball team celebrates with senior pitcher Brianna Lore after she successfully finished her ninth win and first shutout of the season against Fordham on April 17. third home run of the season with a two-run slam. The Bills defeated Fordham 6-0.

Lore was credited with her ninth win and first shutout of the season. She did not allow a hit until the fourth inning and allowed only four singles and two walks overall.

SLU currently holds a record of 7-7 in the Atlantic 10 Conference and an overall record of 17-23.

The Bills were supposed to travel to SIUE on April 20, but the game was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. The game will not be made up and SLU will continue their schedule on April 23-24 when they host Saint Joseph’s at the Billiken Sports Complex.

just one run. SLU could not muster up any more offense in the top of the eighth inning, leaving it to their defense to finish the game. In the bottom of the eighth, a single and two walks was enough to start a three-run streak for the Illini and give them the lead going into the final inning. SLU could not find any success from the plate in the ninth inning, and the team dropped the first game of the series, 6-4.

Morisano hit his sixth home run of the season. He joins three other Billikens who have four or more home runs on the year. Dubet and Fletcher each went 1 for 4 at the plate. Junior righthanded pitcher Nick Vichio took his second loss of his three-season career, tainting his near-perfect pitching record.

SLU struggled to find a method of attack in the second game, losing the game 3-1 and leaving them at 0-2 in the weekend series.

Illinois crossed home plate first in the second inning with three singles and a walk to bring a runner home. They struck again in the fourth inning with a home run to take a 2-0 lead.

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BUNT: Senior outfielder Madeline Brungardt bunted against Fordham on April 16 to advance a runner to second.

Goodwin, junior Griffin McCurren, freshman Will Moore and Hall finished in fifth place with a time of 42.60.

The 4x400-meter relay team of Hall, sophomore Josh Freivogel, junior Kyle Clinkingbeard and McCurren earned the second spot with a time of 3:15.29.

Freshman Alexander Eldridge placed fourth in the javelin throw with a distance of 50.42 meters.

On the coast, several long-distance runners showed off their talents at Long Beach State and Asuza Pacific. Junior Neal Fitzpatrick flew past his 5,000-meter-run time at the Mt. Sac Relays, posting a new school record of 14:15.98. Freshman standout Manuel De Backer earned the freshman record for the 5,000 meterrace with a time of 14:35.93 at the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific.

The team is still in the heart of season. They compete in two more events in April before heading off to the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships in Virginia on May 7-8.

SLU travels to Indiana to participate in the Pacesetter Invitation on April 21-22.

Their final regular season competition is in Iowa at the Drake Relays, April 28-30.

SLU has their eyes on the prize for the conference tournament, and their current trend of breaking records at nearly every meet is making the future look bright for the Billikens for the next three weeks.

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JUMP: Junior DeeJay Owens launches himself into the air during the long jump event against Mizzou on April 16.

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SPRINT: Sophomore Kyle Fletcher sprints to first after sending the ball into center field versus Illinois on April 17.

SLU finally found a way into the game off the bat of junior first baseman Devin Mahoney. He singled to first base to start off the inning. Fletcher followed with a double, and Dubet brought sophomore infielder Michael Cusenza home off a RBI to second base.

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LEADING THE PACK: The track and field teams, including runner Manuel De Backer, continue to break records.

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WHO TO CHEER: BOSTON MARATHON The Boston Marathon took place on April 18. Even three years after the bombs went off just before the finish line, the city still stands Boston Strong as victims of the attacks continue to take part in the race. Men and women who will not let that fateful day define their lives: a true show of bravery.

WHO TO JEER: PHILADELPHIA FLYERS’ FANS The Philadelphia Flyers were slapped with a delay of game penalty during their April 18 home game against the Washington Capitals. Fans threw bracelets onto the ice after Flyers right wing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare was ejected after a hit on Capital defenseman Dmitry Orlov. The Flyers were blown out 6-1.

WHO TO FEAR: CHICAGO CUBS The Chicago Cubs have had their best start to the season since 1995. They currently sit at 11-4 after defeating the Cardinals in the first two games of a three-game series. Could this be the year that they win it all? Not sure fans would jump to that conclusion, but the team is definitly dominating. The Cubs play the Reds starting April 21.

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Junior pitcher Devin Mahoney struck out seven batters in the final matchup against Illinois on April 17.

This is a career high for the pitcher, even though he was hit with the 6-2 loss. The Billikens are currently in a slump and have lost their last eight games. Hopefully with the help of good pitching, they can get the season turned around when they play Atlantic 10 Conference rival Saint Joseph’s in a three-game series starting April 22.

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right-handed pitcher Miller Hogan was hit with the loss.

Illinois swept the series with a 6-2 victory over the Billikens on April 17. SLU’s pair of runs later in the game was not enough to propel a solid string of offense.

The Illini earned the first two runs of the game in the third inning off two singles and a double. SLU answered right away at the top of the fourth inning with a double off the bat of senior i n fielder Josh Buns e l meyer.

Mo r i sano a n d senior i n fielder Braxton Martinez both grounded out, but it was enough to get Bunselmeyer across the plate and on the board to trail, 2-1.

Illinois widened the gap again in the sixth inning, scoring two runs. The Illini connected on three at-bats and capitalized on the two scoring opportunities.

SLU kept up in the seventh with a run from sophomore outfielder Parker Sniatynski, but a solid inning from Illinois gave them two more runs and sealed the win. SLU collected three more hits, but they were strung together unsuccessfully and left them empty handed with a 6-2 loss and a drop to 16-21 on the year.

Mahoney had an impressive performance from the mound, striking out a career

high of seven batters, showing promise for the Billiken defense. Bunselmeyer and Sniatynski went 2 for 4 and 2 for 3, respectively.

SLU returned home for a game against Missouri-rival SEMO on April 19 at Billiken Sports Center. They dropped the game, 10-3, making this their fourth loss at home this season.

The Billikens were first to cross home plate in the first inning with a double from Dubet, followed by a bunt from Sniatynski and a sacrifice fly from Buselmeyer to bring Dubet home.

SEMO tied the game up in the following inning, 1-1.

SEMO took the advantage by the top of the fifth, 4-1. SLU answered in the fifth and sixth innings with a run in each to make it 4-3, but this is the closest they would get to a possible lead. SEMO shut down the Billikens with six runs in the last two innings, five of which earned in the ninth inning.

Dubet went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Martinez also went 2 for 4 with an RBI double, making him the seventh all-time at SLU for career doubles. Junior left-handed pitcher Brett Shimanovsky pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 2.19 SLU dropped to 16-22 this season. Despite the loss, the men still sit at the top of the Atlantic 10 standings with a 7-2 record. They are at home again this weekend to host the third-ranked Saint Joseph’s on April 2224.

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This was the week of St. Louis versus Chicago in the sports scene. The Cardinals played their first home series against NL Central opponent Chicago Cubs from April 18-20, and the Blues took on their rivals from up north, the Blackhawks, in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The best-of-four series began on April 13. Here are the highlights from the series:

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In our editorial last week, we talked about how the recent leak of the Panama Papers demonstrates the muchneeded role of newspapers to bring transparency and accountability to those in power. Recent interactions with our own leaders, here on campus, have caused us to exercise this principle in a more practical sense.

As Chartered Student Organizations (CSOs) undergo the annual funding process, every student group at SLU must submit a proposed budget for the upcoming year to SGA’s Appropriations Committee, a small panel of representatives that includes the VP of Finance. The panel will then determine how much money to allot each student group; CSOs unsatisfied with the funding they receive can

appeal this decision to the entire Senate, who will reconsider and vote on a final total.

This may be more, the same, or even less than the original amount.

Last week, the UNews requested to see a comprehensive list of approved budgets for each CSO for an upcoming article. We also asked if one of our editors could sit in and observe some of the appeals meetings. Both of these requests were denied. SGA cited a concern for CSOs’ privacy as the reason behind this decision.

We consider this to be a shameful decision on behalf of SGA. The funding for CSOs comes from the Student Activity Fee, a mandatory payment of $55 charged to every SLU student, once a semester. This amounts to

an estimated annual total of around $900,000. Members of the committee have complete discretion over how this money is spent.

The UNews Editorial Board believes that it is our right as students, and our responsibility as journalists, to push back against SGA’s closed-door policy for CSO funding.

Of course, we understand that SGA must make nuanced and often difficult choices regarding funding every year, and we respect the process used to make these choices.

Furthermore, we recognize that CSOs deserve a certain degree of privacy over their financial affairs. Financial information is always sensitive; allowing the entire student population to second-guess every single purchase and transaction would open the door to unnecessary criticism and blame for both SGA and the CSOs themselves.

However, when such a significant amount of money is taken from students and is intended for the betterment of student life, people have a right to know how that money is being spent. Without public records of the totals, interested parties must rely on rumor and hearsay to determine who is getting what. Individually asking CSOs for their budgets could potentially lead to incomplete and inaccurate views of how SGA distributes its funds. As a newspaper, we could offer the proper context and platform to make this information accessible, in a way that services students’ interests without needlessly disrupting the funding process.

Besides, local, state and federal governments all tell taxpayers where their money is going. What makes SGA

any different? The scope may be smaller, but the need for transparency is just as pressing here as it is anywhere else.

As we have previously discussed in this space, SLU’s student government has a paradoxical relationship with the students it purportedly represents: the growing lack of student engagement makes the organization increasingly unaccountable to the student body, and thereby more powerful. Members of the Executive Board for next year ran in unopposed elections; the average student is largely unaware and uninterested in the happenings of SGA. Ironically, this gives SGA an unreasonable degree of freedom to govern the lives of students and offers no means of recourse against their actions.

Between finals, graduation, weekend parties and the start of baseball season, it’s easy to see why people might not care about the nuances of student politics. And why should they? Assuming it is conducted as smoothly and fairly as claimed, the process for funding and appeals should be mundane, even downright boring.

But until the information is made public, we have no guarantee that this is the case.

CSO funding is something that affects nearly every facet of student life. Whether involved in club sports, acapella troupes, or activist and charity organizations, every SLU student has a stake in SGA’s funding process, not to mention the money they were required to put into it. When a handful of people control almost $1 million of our money, we owe it to ourselves to at least take a look at how it’s being spent.

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SGA: Show us the money!

Whether it is a small record store or massive hockey arena, Mumford & Sons know how to put on a show.

Tess Brock, arts editor, page 6

It is about giving people a voice to share their story, because everyone has a personal connection to cancer.

Sarah Delong, Relay For Life co-chair, page 1

She said that she never asks college kids for money ... but she wanted to make it very clear to us that the education we are receiving is power.

Fiona Clair, op-ed contributor, page 10

Whose fans are more irritating — Chicago or St. Louis?

No matter the game, it’s no secret that sports fans at SLU typically fall squarely into one of two camps: St. Louis or Chicago. And with the Cubs battling the Cardinals in the opening weeks of baseball season and the Blues facing off against the Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup playoffs, Chicago-St. Louis tensions are currently at a fever pitch on SLU’s campus. Since the UNews boasts editors from all across the country, we decided to take an objective, unbiased look to answer the question once and for all: Which city has the most irritating sports fans?

Paul: Chicago Cubs fans

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are by far the most annoying, and the reasons for this are almost as numerous as the amount of years it’s been since the team has won a World Series. First of all, the National League is a joke; everyone knows that pitchers can’t — and shouldn’t — bat. It’s time for the NL to get on board with the designated hitter position. And, though as a Minnesota Twins fan it pains me to say this, the White Sox are truly Chicago’s team; when I hear “Wrigley Field” I do not think of baseball greatness, or of a storied history of success, or of a legion of legendary players. I think of chewing gum. The Cubs haven’t found

their groove for over a century, and I don’t expect it to happen anytime soon, no matter what their die-hard followers tell you.

Emily: Paul is wrong. In fact, I hear he doesn’t even watch baseball. Don’t believe everything you read in a newspaper: the Cubs have definitely found their groove.

While I respect the Cardinal team for all of its accolades and yada yada yada, the Cubs are on the verge of something very special, and the fans are right to be excited — we’ve been waiting long enough.

Mack: Both cities’ fans can be insufferably annoying at times, though allegiances

within cities may be shifting. While Blackhawks fans are understandably proud of their team considering the team’s recent string of success since the late-2000s, the tides feel like they might finally be turning back to the Blues’ favor. Meanwhile, in baseball, it feels like it just might be the inverse. While the Cardinals have depth but relatively little frontline talent, the Cubs possess immense talent and depth. You can finally have baseball, Chicago. We’ll take hockey.

Tess: One time when I was at a baseball game, and the Cubs were losing, the Cubs fans started screaming about

how the Blackhawks were still number one. It was a baseball game, so why bring up the Blackhawks? That’s a different sport. Moral of the story: all Chicago sports fans are annoying. All the time. At every sports game.

Alex: As for baseball, Cardinals fans rock the line between being fun and passionate without being in-your-face obnoxious. Hockey? Chicago fans are the worst, FOR SURE. Yes, your team is good. We get that. You don’t need to tell us, we don’t really watch hockey anyways so really, we don’t care. And football?

Well…. I guess Chicago wins this one by default?

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Kyle: As a Houston native, SLU’s contentious Chicago-St. Louis rivalry means very little to me. It’s not that I can’t appreciate a good hometown feud, I just don’t have a dog in the fight. That being said, rather than demonize the respective fanbases, I welcome the annual rivalry by playing both sides. Cards hit a walk-off home run? Huzzah!

‘Hawks score on a last minute power play? Drinks all around! Whatever the sport, Chicago-St. Louis games offer outsiders the rare opportunity to share in the festivities, knowing full well their team will end up on top—whichever team that happens to be.

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OPINION & EDITORIALS

Encounter with stranger gives human face to homelessness

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It really makes you think the information they learn. Be about how lucky we are to the student who is thoughthave the opportunity to be ful, and present, and cares. Its receiving such an amazing something that takes effort, education. There are so many and it isn’t something that is people in this world, going necessarily easy. But with an through all different scopes of opportunity like this, at the pain, suffering, sorrow, happicost and sacrifice it takes to ness, love or freedom, and it is get it, nothing could be more really a thought that is hard to worth it. handle.

The othInstead er side of of simthis message ply being is that it is Try to practice seebaffled not worth ing instead of or overit to live in staring, conversing stressed a bubble. about the Hom e l e s s instead of mutterimmensity ness is not ing an apology, and of varia problem stepping out of your ability in that will comfort zone instead this world, be solved of staying trapped in I proov e r n i g ht , a tightly packed and pose—and so while we urge—us are fighting as students to end it, to just be do not iggrateful nore those for all opwho suffer portunity we have. We do from it. Try to practice seeing have such an amazing power instead of staring, conversthat comes with knowledge, ing instead of muttering an and I know I want to use it to apology, and stepping out of its fullest. your comfort zone instead of What does this mean exstaying trapped in a tightly actly? Well, you know that packed and static box. peer in class who “takes Living in an urban setting notes” on their computer evgives us the opportunity to ery class in some really interexperience the “real world“ esting method, like iMessage throughout our college caor Facebook, and the person reers, so make the most of next to you who you turn it. Be inspired by the world your pages extra loud in the and community around us. attempt to stop from drooling Talk to people of all ethnicion your desk? Do not be that ties, socio-economic statuses person. and backgrounds—especially Be the student who is conthose different from your scious of the education they own!—because you never are receiving. Be the student know what’s going to inspire who is curious and scrutinizes you.

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bench from the cold, are humans who deserve respect.

I am not saying that it is never hard to walk down the street getting badgered, and there is a certain barrier of trust over whether or not to give people who are homeless money; however, I have found that taking the time to walk Fiona Clair with, and not past, to talk to, and not just about, the homeThe other day, I was less in the community has stopped on the street by a given me great insights on life woman who is homeless. Unand the human person. fortunately, this is a statement So, the woman who that almost any student in an stopped me the other day. urban setting could say on She was carrying a large hikany given day. It is no secret ing backpack, and was layered that homelessness is a probin dilapidating clothes. She lem in our country, but in my had a look of pure exhaustion time at SLU, I think I have rein her eyes, but she was adaally begun to understand the mant on talking to my friend gravity of it. and me. What she said really I find it so beneficial to stuck with me. She said that live in the city of St. Louis, she never asks college kids for but it also money bemeans that cause she we cannot k n o w s simply turn that they She never even our heads do not and ignore carry cash, shared her name, our neighbut she but she told us to bors. The wanted to remember her face Jesuit mismake it sion, and very clear degrees, because the mission to us that we have the power to of SLU, calls the edufor an inclucation we sion of all are reand countless others. based on ceiving is the dignity power. of the huS h e man pernever even son. shared her name, but she told I think that sometimes us to remember her face when we get so caught up in our we finish our degrees, because own lives that we forget that we have to power to fix the the man under the blankets, situation of her and countless or the woman rocking on a others.

Firing of Aramark employee raises questions about working conditions

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tain value that creates comfort from workers who would talk, and familiarity for students of I quickly discovered that few color that are in a hostile enfelt comfortable talking and vironment. When you mess fewer held faith that anything with them, you mess with us. would change. After meeting I m with an Aramediately, mark leader, I decided I was repeatto follow edly assured I was told that this up on Mr. that when the was a ‘personnel Wo n g ’s corporation issue,’ but was ascase by terminates an sured that Aramark emailing employee, they representatives university do so after covwould know of the officials in ering the bases. the comSince my University’s mu n i t y, follow-ups, I interest. g at he r i ng remain contestimony vinced that the from workcorporation’s ers who confidence in would talk, and having meetits fairness may be misplaced ings to discuss the incident if fairness does not include under the guise of “student hearing all parties involved. research.” I was told that this It is imperative that we was a “personnel issue,” but start following up and asking was assured that Aramark questions. Let’s start with a representatives would know simple one: of the University’s interest.

What ever happened to After gathering testimony Steve’s side of the story?

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are more than our neighbors - they are our brothers and sisters. Many of them do more than asking us how our classes, activities and days are going. Facing difficult courses, prospective job markets and everyday student life, they encourage us to be tough, Jonathan Pulphus patient and focused. Can you imagine someone who treats you with such love telling you Billikens, that they’ve been mistreated?

What ever happened to Furthermore, can you imagMr. Wong’s side of the story? ine how it feels to be told that On February 15th, Mr. there’s nothing that can be Steve Wong, an Aramark done about it? Unfortunately, food service employee who I do not have to imagine this happens to be black, came to because it has happened to work to continue his 11 years me. of service to SLU that started As a black student, I feel when he was 19-years-old. that it is unacceptable for a That day, Wong had a concorpofrontation rate entity with a fellow to boast staff mema b o u t ber, who hapAs a black student, quality pens to be I feel it is unacceptservices white, new able for a corporate while its and higher up most vulthe corporate entity to boast about nerable ladder. By the quality service while memb ers day’s end, this its most vulnerable feel dehuman was able members feel manized. to continue dehumanized.

On camat work while pus, those Mr. Wong was on the sent home, margins fired and tend to be forced to find people of color who are workalternative employment. One ing in less than favorable conwould think that there should ditions while at the same time be immediate follow-up with cleaning up and serving food all parties involved - includwith a smile. ing Wong. However, months To be sure, this happens later, no such thing has ocbecause no one else wants to curred. do the work. Their often-unAs a student, it is difficult derappreciated effort is met to study on the same campus with little material compenafter those who show you sation and room for recourse love also express to you that when abuse occurs. However, they are being mistreated. For make no mistake, these are many students, the food serhuman beings who have a cervice employees of Aramark

WGST classrooms not immune to prejudice

Noelle Janak

I debated whether or not I would write this article. However, I feel my only choice is to tell my truth, my whole truth about my experience. I am proud to be a Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST) and African American Studies double major. Ina Seethaler’s Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies class showed me the writings of Audre Lorde, a famed black activist and womanist. Amanda Izzo’s Women, Faith and Social Action class exposed me to the faith-based activism of women from abolitionists like Angelica and Sarah Grimke, and Fannie Lou Hamer, a freedom fighter at the vanguard of the civil rights movement. While I have taken many formative classes in the department, and have been deeply inspired by many of my professors, my experience has been one rooted in racism, patriarchy and queerphobia – the very forces my department professes to resist.

My first experience with explicit and overt racism in a WGST classroom came last semester. In this particular class, my white male professor began speaking about socalled “black-on-black crime,” and how it was hurting the black community. After confronting him with the fact that crime across the board happens interracially, he told me that I was wrong and should consider actually looking at crime statistics.

My professor’s ignorance and white male narrative is not exclusive to him; rather, it represents larger institutional and systematic ideas about the value of black people, and black women in general.

His condescending treatment of my perspective continued throughout the semester.

At one point, he told me the historically racist “feminist” movement was, in fact, inclusive of black people from the beginning, and to suggest anything else was a rewriting of history. Never mind the fact that Susan B. Anthony, largely considered to be one of the Founding Mothers of this movement, said: “I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for the woman.”

Now some of you may say, “Aren’t you overreacting?”

Well, a WGST classroom is supposed to be a sanctuary from societal oppression. It is meant to be an academic space where it is appropriate to share our perspectives and stories, and to have them taken seriously. When my academic classroom becomes an unsafe place for me, as a black, queer woman, then we have a problem.

This professor was not my only encounter with oppression within the walls of my academic safe haven. On the first day of class this semester, my professor said that “Transgender is a sexual orientation,” and lesbian, gay and bisexual are gender identities.

As a long-standing member of Rainbow Alliance and the queer community myself, I knew this information was not only incorrect, but perpetuates harmful stereotypes historically attributed to queer individuals.

A few weeks later, my fellow classmate claimed that the reason a black author used black colloquialisms in the book we read was because black women are not educated. My professor said nothing in response.

Some may say that my experiences with these particular professors are outliers. I question if that even matters.

When I prepare myself for battle every time I step into a WGST classroom, that’s problematic. When I look to my left and right and never see another black student in these alleged “academic safe havens,” that’s problematic.

When professors profess pedagogies of intersectionality, but do not understand how privilege and oppression work and operate on micro and systematic levels, that’s problematic. When white, “progressive” college professors wait until the end of the semester to talk about blackness, that’s problematic. When I have to step outside the WGST department and go to the African American Studies to be taught by a black professor, that’s problematic.

I want my sort-of safe haven to be a real safe haven. I love this department. I love the professors. I love my classmates. WGST should be a space that is safe and nurturing for ALL, and it’s just not that space right now.

Feminism is not just for white women, so WGST shouldn’t be either.

My hope for WGST is that we heed the words of Audre Lorde when she wrote: “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”

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