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By EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM Associate News Editor

More than 40 people attended a lecture on the current refugee crisis, this past Friday, in the CGC. Dr. Wojciech Michnik, from Jesuit University Ignatianum in Cracow, Poland, discussed the problems and factors of the European Union’s refugee crisis, before offering a handful of conclusions. Michnik attributed the current crisis to recent structural and geopolitical shifts, includ-

ing the 2008 financial crisis, wars in Libya and Syria, as well as the Russian annexation of Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. Six problems or issues of the current refugee crisis are: the difficulty in distinguishing between refugees and immigrants; disagreements between the EU and member states; the need for a strategy to address the refugee crisis; the difficult balance between secure borders and the “soft power” image of the EU; negotiating the gap between older

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Scrutinizing CSO access to funds 15% will go into a general fund, the Student Activities Fund. These fees are defined Funding is the lifeblood of in the directive as having Chartered Student Organibeing for “the betterment zations, and as SLU is facing of the Saint Louis Univerconcerns with budget cuts, sity student questions body,” and as begin to rise such, SGA is on what will Although funding is obligated to happen to base funding available for CSOs the CSOs’ on the reach money.

A through SGA, limitaof a CSOs new funding tions must be esplanned directive was event or actablished to ensure passed by tivity and money will remain in the Student be biased Government the budget. against any Association e v e n t s / a c(SGA) on tivities that Wednesday, do not “diFeb. 10 that will guide the rectly contribute to the dayway by which SGA distribto-day life of the average utes funds and polices their SLU student…” use by CSOs. The money received from Money comes into CSOs the activities fee is then disfrom activities fees paid by all tributed to CSOs after they students: $55 for undergradsubmit financial plans for uates and $30 for graduate the semester.

This includes students. From that income,

any events or activities that ence being moved to further they are planning. These away or an item increasing in plans are brought to the Fiprice, for example). In such nance Committee, headed a case, CSOs can apply for

by Vice President of Finance spot funding.

Ronald Clark, and then deSpot funding, as exbated by the plained by Senate. The Senator commitIsmar SeThe money availtee and the hovic, comes able for spot funding Senate are from the was approximately obligated money left to hold the over from $90,000. CSOs must reach of an the CSOs go in front of the event and its finance apSenate and plead capability to provals. better stuThe money their case for the dent life as available for increased funds. highly influspot fundential when ing was apmaking their proximately decisions. $90,000. CSOs must go in However, some costs for a front of the Senate and plead CSO may be unknowable or their case for the increased unaccounted for and more funds. money will then be required for the event/activity to be financed (due to increased See “CSO” on Page 3 travel costs from a confer-

and younger EU states; and the struggle to export stability, rather than importing instability.

The problems have humanitarian, policy, security and cultural dimensions that reveal deeper EU problems, according to Michnik.

The current refugee crisis

back then was richer.

Current EU immigration policy is largely determined by the Schengen Agreement, which created a common visa policy among 26 countries, consisting of a population of about 400 million, a territory of 28,000 miles of sea borders, and 9,000 miles of land borders. Another policy, the Dublin Agreement, also continues to effect the current immigration crisis, by granting the sovereignty to accept asylum seekers to each member

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18-member Steering Committee that will work in tandem with Bain & Company, a private consulting firm that has worked with other universities in similar financial straits and maintains a reputation as a collaborative and non-intimidating organization. Bain will advise the committee on areas within the university that could be working more efficiently and effectively.

As previously reported in The University News, earlier in the fiscal year SLU had faced a potential budgetary shortfall of $8.5 million, causing the university to make shortterm changes in order to balance the budget. These changes included increased endowment spend-

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On Feb. 10, President Fred Pestello sent an email to faculty and staff announcing a new initiative called the Magis Operational Excellence Program that aims to identify opportunities for cost savings as well address the university’s budget challenges in a more effective way.

For this projected multiyear project, Pestello has convened an

ing, general spending cuts and a position-review process.

“For the past several years, costs have risen while revenues remained flat, an unsustainable trend that — if left unchecked — will lead to future shortfalls,” Pestello said. In order to make sure the FY17 budget is balanced, Pestello has engaged the 100-member President’s Advisory Council to come up with solutions. However, the university acknowledged its inability to continue with only short-term solutions and started thinking longterm, prompting the Magis Program.

“If we aspire to be the kind of innovative and entrepreneurial institution envisioned in our strategic plan, we cannot continue to deal with our budget challenges one year at a time,” Pestello said in his email to faculty and staff. “That is why we are beginning with an in-depth, comprehensive operational opportunity assessment that will involve every division and academic unit of the University, including SLU Madrid and select administrative components of SLUCare.”

According to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, David Heimburger, one of the Co-chairs for the committee, along with Provost Nancy Brickhouse, the

is widely thought to be the largest refugee crisis since the end of WWII. Although some compare the current crisis to the Balkan Wars of the 1990s, Michnik found such a comparison difficult, since the area involved in that crisis was smaller and the EU

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“It was an awakening to executive staff and Dr. PesOn Monday, Feb. 8, an autello and his team to see that dience of more than 250 facin our university,” said Patulty and staff, in addition to rick Maloney of Human Re70 tuning in online, listened sources, who is working on as President Fred Pestello, Cura’s implementation. “We Vice President of Human might expect to see that in Resources Mickey Luna, and other places, but especially Assistant to the President because of our mission and for Mission and Identity Fr. our Jesuit heritage … that reChristopher ally needs to Collins, S.J., be a major unveiled component their plan It was an awakenof how we’re to help evdeliberately ing to executive eryone get shaping our staff and Dr. Pesalong. culture…

T h e tello and his team you see that program, in the Strato see that in our named Cura tegic Plan as university. after the Jewell.” suit notion -Patrick Maloney, Maloney, of cura perwho holds a Learning & Developsonalis, or Ph.D. in orment Manager healing the ganizational whole perpsychology, son, has as explained its goal to Cura’s pur“build and sustain a posiview: “Cura was designed to tive workplace culture that operate in the space between helps us to be the Univerthe stuff that happens on a sity our mission calls us to daily basis and you can just be,” according to its recently forget about and it rolls off launched website. At the your back, and then the stuff Feb. 8 presentation, Pestello that reaches illegal harassaddressed the need for the ment. Cura isn’t things that program, Luna explained its reach that level.” He said that logistics, and Collins related these problems aren’t unique it to SLU’s mission. to SLU, but rather exist in A video replete with imany organization. ages of campus sites and em“It’s a strange thing,” said ployees explains, “The stanFr. Collins, “because on the dards of the Cura program one hand … the vast majorare simple: Treat each other ity of people are so missionwith dignity, compassion driven, but and respect; then closer treat all to home, co l l e a g u e s sometimes The vast majority equally as we’re not as of people are so equally g e n e r o u s .” i m p o r mission-driven, He contintant team ued, “There’s but then closer to members, great dedihome, sometimes regardless cation to we’re not as of job, role mission, but or title; apgenerous. there’s also preciate and instances of -Fr. Christopher Colunderstand people kind the culture, lins, Asst. to the Pres. of underhumanmining it by for Mission & Identity ity and diftheir treatferences ment of each of others; other somebuild trust times.” through honest, open com“I think it’s more just permunication, reliability and sonalities that are problemintegrity.” A Steering Comatic sometimes, or somemittee will oversee progress times people have a bad made and “hold us accountday and they take it out on able for improvements for somebody else,” he said. “It’s the future.” understandable, but it’s not Cura proposes a solution acceptable either.” to the inevitable tensions, Maloney outlined Cura’s frustrations and miscommufive components: a set of nications that go with workstandards “to touch on how ing in a large institution. It we want really anyone on emerged from faculty and campus to treat one anothstaff responses to a 2014 Clier”; recognition of those who mate Survey that identified three categories of issues: trust, respect and working See “Cura” on Page 3

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country. According to Michnik, this leaves Germany, Austria and many Scandinavian countries with the bulk of immigrant- processing responsibilities, as the great majority of migrants seek refuge in those countries.

Michnik cited Frontex, a European Union Agency responsible for the coordination of border policies, as proof that international See “Refugees” on Page 3

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Ignatian ideas in the classroom Interdisciplinary forum on Jesuit teaching, scholarship dress he gave as the 2010 people, but can include the commencement speaker at earth, too.

Loyola University, Chicago, With two sections of 140 The A&S InterdisciplinLeonard McKinnis from students, Laurie Russel from ary Forum hosted a panel Theological Studies sought to Biology explained how some on Tuesday evening, Feb. 8, describe a compassionate inof her best days come when in the BSC Senate Chamtellectual. McKinnis stresses she has to adapt her teachber titled, “How Does SLU’s the importance of being both ing plans to meet students Ignatian c o m where they are, and to give Her itage mitted them what they need. With Impact to jusgreat respect for students Our Acatice and and the learning process, McKinnis lamented d e m i c a conRussel shared how her use how the solely intelWo r k ? ” templaof “learner-centered teachD a v i d lectual or academic tive in ing” is actually well-aligned Meconi, pursuit on a college ac tion, with Ignatian pedagogy, SJ from m e a n which emphasizes expericampus can actually C ath o l i c ing that ence, reflection, and action. ‘rob’ a student of the Studies rather By coming to class with a started development of his or t h a n diagram that reveals their the panel j u s t comprehension of a biologiher heart and soul and referreadcal concept, Russel is able enced two ing and to help students, in small assignwritgroups, revise, reorganize ments he ing, a and re-evaluate previous unregularly Jesuit education teaches to derstandings. This may, at uses in his course. One has act, rather than encourage times, create “cognitive constudents identify which of students to be just theorists. flict,” which Russel describes C.S. Lewis’ letters in “The Initially “shocked” at how as nothing short of Ignatian Screwtape Letters” was writstudents were not engaged reflection. ten about them. The second with the social issues of the In perhaps the most anihas students write a paper in local St. mated of the form of a chapter from Louis the short, Augustine’s “Confessions.” c o m eight-minMeconi mentioned the immunity, ute talks, portance of growing in selfThe discussion that McKinTim Huffawareness, both in Ignatian nis laman from followed dealt with spirituality and in successmented Commuthe perception of a fully completing either ashow the nication signment. dichotomy between solely shared, Jack Fishman from Earth intellecwith those Ignatian pedagogy and Atmospheric Science tual or gathered, and getting tenure at shared how he uses “Lauacademfive Ignaa research university dato Si” in his course. Fishic purtian imitaman was surprised to find like SLU suit on tions. The that of 10 possible passages a college first is to that students could select campus “go befrom the encyclical for their can acfore you final exam, the great majortually are ready.” ity chose the passage that “rob” a student of the develHuffman described this step speaks to how the climate opment of his or her heart personally when he said, “I affects the poor. The climate, and soul. McKinnis also keep saying ‘yes’ until I help Fishman teaches, is both a stressed how the “other” in somebody.” The second imimoral and a spiritual issue.

“Men and Women for Othtation was, “after you fail, Drawing from the aders” is not just limited to learn to do it better.” The

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third Ignatian imitation was simply “be with,” using the Jesuit Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries as an example, as well as the Labre Ministry on SLU’s campus.

Fourth is “pursue a just society,” otherwise described as the work to humanize, legitimatize and enable, for humans to thrive. Lastly, Huffman offered that just as Jesuits seek to see God in all things, to “contemplate while acting” is a valuable Ignatian imitation.

The discussion that followed dealt with the perception of a dichotomy between Ignatian pedagogy and getting tenure at a research university like SLU. The panel failed to come to consensus on the issue, with some faculty admittedly more comfortable than others with pursing work and research with the poor, while not sacrificing chances for job promotion and respect within their field.

The panel was offered as part of Ignatian Heritage Week, which continues throughout the week.

February Events Calendar Thursday, Feb. 11, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

SLU Museum of Art, 3rd Floor SLUMA will be holding a Cleary Lecture titled, “‘Is it wrong? Then Go tell them’: The story of John Markoe S.J., and his pioneering efforts against racism.”

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 4:00-5:00 p.m.

SLU Bookstore, BSC The Bookstore invites you to celebrate faculty author, Dr. Silvana Siddali. She will read from her book, “Frontier Democracy: Constitutional Conventions in the Old Northwest.”

She will be available to sign copies, as well. Light refreshments will be provided.

Friday, Feb. 19.

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The Wellness Committee, according to Sehovic, is financed separately from the rest of CSOs and is headed by members of SGA, including President Jay Bryant. It has a larger budget than what is available for spot funding and is the entity behind many activities happening around SLU in an effort to improve the health of students’ bodies, minds and spirits.

Although funding is avail-

able for CSOs through SGA, limitations must be established to ensure money will remain in the budget.

In response to many CSOs asking for increased funds or spot funding, SGA has recommended finding sponsors to aid in financing events. Senators advised one CSO, the SLU Rocketry Club, when it was asking for increased funding to cover unaccounted costs, to look for outside organizations as well as entities within departments for

extra funding.

In the opinion of one senator who wishes to remain unnamed, the requests by senators for a CSO to find an outside sponsor are unrealistic. It is asked because senators are under pressure to look for alternative funding measures than dipping into the Student Activities Fund.

Funding was described by Clark, the writer of the funding directive, as not being “an entitlement” and will be bestowed

or withdrawn from an organization based on how that organization operates and contributes to the “overall student experience.”

Senators discussed the possible penalties that CSOs would incur for not following the guidelines for funding requests or inappropriately using money and various violations that can be committed by CSOs. Violations will likely result in a reduction of funds

towards the guilty CSO or even the freezing of its funds.

Financial concerns abound throughout SLU as enrollment declines. Many sports teams have felt the sting of budget cuts, and CSOs can attest to the stricter guidelines by which they are granted funding.

Hopefully, the new directives put forward

by SGA will ensure that plenty of funds will be directed to continuing the diverse CSOs present on campus.

call of solidarity, tolerance and humanitarianism invoked at the EU’s inception has met very real challenges, he said.

Although admittedly pessimistic, Michnik does not believe that the EU will disappear, as popular as EU bashing is among his college.

One of the biggest dilemmas concerns the question of assimilation. The assumption that refugees should speak the language and otherwise conform to the country they find refuge in is now commonly questioned. Many EU member states remain suspicious of immigrants’ role.

Especially harmful is the link often made between immigration and terrorism.

Michnik is convinced that physical or mental walls will serve little purpose and are incompatible with the moral attitude shared by many Europeans. Michnik closed his comments by posing a philosophical questions to those gathered, “What does it mean to be a good citizen?”

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mendations to the Steering Committee, who will then vet those recommendations.

“They’re not really there to make decisions, they’re really more there to just talk about and determine the impact of what a recommendation might be,” said Heimburger.

“In the end, that Steering Committee will guide what Provost Brickhouse and I will do in terms of recommending to the president, Dr. Pestello.”

Pestello will then be the one to make the decisions based off the recommendations.

The university will then begin the second part of the process, which is implementing the changes proposed by Bain and discussed by the Steering Committee.

Even when Bain completes their assignment at SLU, the university will continue implementing changes – a process Heimburger said could take up to three years.

Since the process is only

just beginning, the university does not yet know what changes will be made in what departments.

“I don’t go into this with any preconceived ideas of what’s going to happen here,” said Heimburger.

“I think everything we do should focus around students and patients. I think that if it’s something that’s going to affect student success or satisfaction with the university, we would seriously consider not doing it.”

Heimburger expressed that there isn’t necessarily an end in sight for the process: there is no numerical value or date set for the end of the project.

“I don’t think it’s necessarily a number, so once we achieve X savings, we’re at the end…I don’t think that’s it,” Heimburger said. “I think that once we’ve satisfied that we’ve looked at all of the areas across the university … once we’re satisfied that we are running as efficient as we can be, then I think the proj-

ect will be done. I don’t think we’ll ever be done trying to get better.”

There will be introductory town hall meeting from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the St. Louis Room of the Busch Student Center so that all members of the SLU community can participate in this process and voice their ideas on how the committee and the administration can make SLU better.

Pestello and Heimburger both emphasized that this process was not necessarily about cutting costs or making financial gain, but more about improving the university and its processes.

“You might get some savings out of those areas when you look at it, the cost savings, but you might not, but you will improve the way the university operates,” said Heimburger. “I know folks are really nervous about this but when we come out of this we should be a better organization because of it.”

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During a discussion on spot funding last week, SGA Senator Ben O’Donell said (in regards to funding an initiative from the Wellness Committee during midterms and finals), “[W] e don’t use up all of our budget anyway…” and that money being used for the Wellness Committee would not roll over into the next year.

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organizations cannot run borders. EU member countries do not want immigrant quotas, but are often pressured into them, he said.

Countries that do not accept quotas are accused of nationalism, xenophobia and a lack of solidarity with their EU peers. Some countries appear better-suited than others to host and assimilate immigrants, due to resource and infrastructure limits. An additional dimension of EU politics is the fact that, over the course of history, member states have been mutual victims. Current diplomacy is often complicated by past disagreements or wars coupled with long memories.

From his analysis, Michnik thinks that the EU is still not a sufficient policy maker and that further integration of EU states remains in question, that the Schengen Agreement is not feasible, and that EU founding myths continue to be tested. The

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only exclusion at this time will be the clinical side of SLUCare—which can be revisited at any time.

“I think any of these areas in between are really wide open for improvement,” said Heimburger. “And really that’s the goal: to really improve [the university.]”

That will be the job of Bain and the Steering Committee: to improve how the university functions.

Outlined in Pestello’s email, both parties will review the existing practices, establish and sustain fiscally positive operations and align SLU’s systems with best practices for higher education, particularly among peer and aspirant institutions.

Heimburger emphasized that this is the university’s project, not Bain’s project. Bain will spend a fourmonth period analyzing data and will bring it back to the university to make recom-

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THE SLU SCOOP live up to or exceed those standards; learning “to be more understanding of other people” by improving interpersonal skills; mechanisms for outreach in relational problems where there might be “a real or perceived power difference”; and a continued effort to collect feedback, culminating in another Climate Survey later this year.

Although one professor I spoke with dismissed such programs as “smoke” that they “deliberately avoid,” Maloney’s assessment of faculty and staff reactions suggested a generally positive outlook.

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any negative feedback,” Mainvolves.” loney said, “but I have spoHe stressed the collaboraken to a couple faculty that tive nature of the project. “As I knew through my time as the program was being dea graduate veloped and student, and a proposal they seemed was being This program hop ef ul created, we especially is trying about the were conto promote a more program, tinuously positive environand they getting s e e m e d feedback ment where you impressed from differhighlight people. about the ent people level of along the -Fr. Christopher transparway,” he Collins ency, clarity said. “Numand commuber one, we nication that’s going out in didn’t want it to be a suradvance to let people know prise to anyone … but then, about the program presentasecond, we wanted to make tions and what the program sure that it was in line with

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what they were expecting, what they needed from the program.”

“This program especially is trying to promote a more positive environment where you highlight people,” said Collins, citing SLU Sparks and SLU Stars, two peer-topeer recognition award formats.

“I think that’s only going to help advance the university,” said Maloney. “It’s going to help people bridge across different functional areas, it’s going to help people who bring different experiences, life backgrounds together in order to have conversations that I think will be productive for the university.”

All Information Provided by Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Thursday, Feb. 4 8:38 p.m. ASSAULT

DPS was notified by an RA of two (2) male students becoming involved in a verbal and physical altercation over living conditions in their apartment. Both students reported that they were assaulted by the other, involving pushing and punching each other with their fists. SLMPD was notified and after speaking to both students neither wanted to press charges. EMS responded to evaluate injuries on both students. One student was conveyed to SLU/ ER via Gateway Ambulance for treatment of face injuries and the other refused any medical attention. RA and Pro Staff both were on scene and advised that separate housing arrangements would be made as soon as possible.

Monday, Feb. 8

4:01 p.m. INFORMATIONAL A professor reported that at 9 am, an inappropriate hand drawn picture was found on the bulletin board outside of room 226A. Inappropriate sayings were found on the dry eraser boards in rooms 226B and 228C. The professor stated this was a delayed report because he lost track of the time.

Monday, Feb. 8

4:33 p.m. PROPERTY DAMAGE

Female student reported that her front, passenger side window, of her 2012 Honda Civic (burgundy in color), had been broken out. She reported that nothing was stolen. On the same call, DPS officer noticed that a Chevy Trailblazer (burgundy in color) that was parked a couple spaces down, had their front driver’s side door handle tampered with. The owner of the Trailblazer could not be immediately contacted. A message was left on their phone.

Be a Responsible Billiken STOP. CALL. REPORT. 314-977-3000 witness.slu.edu dps.slu.edu Photo courtesy of University Communications

COOPERATION: Fr. Christopher Collins, S.J., addressed faculty and staff Feb. 8, to discuss Cura, a newly initiated program designed to facilitate faculty-staff workplace relations. Roughly 250 were in attendance.

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Esther Chinwuko VP, Student Organizations

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‘Okay, ladies, now let’s get in formation’

By DANI COLYER Contributor

Just this past Saturday, Feb. 12, Beyoncé dropped a new single for the first time in more than a year. And not just any single, a politically charged, trap-beat single.

Not to mention that she dropped the song at the perfect time: during both Black History Month and Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, where the video takes place.

Beyoncé has recently taken this hands-off and silent approach, and for someone who has been silent for the past three years – not conducting a single interview – she is speaking volumes about herself through her music.

But this hasn’t come completely out of nowhere, as she has slowly led up to this point since releasing her self-titled album, “Beyoncé.” She’s been surprising her fans for quite a while now, allowing her to have this power over them. If any other artist were to surprise drop a single or an album, it would not matter as much.

But because it’s Queen Bey, it’s a big deal. People worship this woman.

“Formation” revealed a new side of Beyoncé that we’ve never seen before.

In the past, she’s embraced many identities over the years, including being broken-hearted, crazy and dangerously in love, a feminist, a partier, and a woman embracing her sexuality. But for the first time in 19 years, we see Bey bring her racial identity to the foreground, allowing it to be talked about. Her

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POWER: Bringing political commentary and racial pride to her newest single and its music video, Beyonce’s most recent song, “Formation,” definitely has people talking. She performed “Formation” at this years Super Bowl 50 halftime show. After her performance, she announced the “Formation” world tour, which consists of 40 tour dates in the United States and Europe. lyrics “my daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana / You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas bama / I like my baby heir, with baby hair and afros / I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils” give the listeners an idea of her background and where she’s come from, as well as acknowledging how she likes to have Blue Ivy’s hair and loving her husband’s wide nose.

Bey is celebrating her black womanhood and en-

couraging others to do the same. In the video, she only has black people in it. There are all different shades of black, as well as many different hairstyles, from braided to afro. Additionally, throughout the video, Beyoncé morphs into many archetypes of southern black women while simultaneously going through black history.

But there has been quite a bit of controversy regarding Bey’s new song and video.

She is openly calling out po-

lice brutality. Some are even calling the messages antipolice given that parts of the video show Beyoncé on top of a sinking New Orleans police car.

Even towards the end of the video, there is a hoodiewearing black child dancing; at his command, the line of police officers put up their hands in surrender.

This itself is an allusion to the “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” phrase and gesture following Michael Brown’s shoot-

Films with bae on Valentine’s Day

By CHANDANA KAMARAJ Staff Writer

Valentine’s Day is a great day to go out, spread the feeling of love, and embrace it. It can also simply be a day to cuddle up on the couch and binge-watch romantic films to keep up that spirit.

Here are a few films that will be perfect for the special day, or any other day, really.

“The Choice” (2016) Nicholas Sparks excels again with his love stories in the latest film adaptation of the book “The Choice”, directed

by Ross Katz and starring Benjamin Walker and Teresa Palmer. It tells the story of the relationship between two neighbors and the choices they constantly have to make that test their strength over and over again. If you like young romantic films that will make you cry for every emotion, Travis’ charm, complimented by Gabby’s wit, will definitely make you do that!

“Brooklyn”(2016) -“Brooklyn” is a simple yet extraordinarily told love story, directed by John Crowley, that is set in 1952. It follows the life of the young and confident Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronon), who comes from Ireland to Brooklyn in search of a better future, but also finds love. When

she goes back to her home, however, she then has to decide between two different paths and two different loves. The scenes between Eilis and the kind and loving Anthony “Tony” Florello (Emory Cohen), along with Eilis and the charming Jim Farrell (Domhnall Gleeson) are what make this Oscar nominated film magical. The main highlight, however, is Ronon’s acting, as Eilis, who delivers a truthful and realistic performance, making you root for her the entire time.

“The Age of Adaline”

(2015) - Blake Lively really shines in “The Age of Adaline” as the ageless Adaline Bowman, along with the great talent Harrison Ford.

This film encompasses various periods of time as it takes us through Adaline as she stops aging after a tragic car accident, and her struggles with hiding her feelings as she pursues love. Directed

by Lee Toland Krieger, this romantic fantasy film, with an underlying theme of how true love conquers all, is really carried by the subtle and expressive performance of

Bowman. If you like Sparks’ films and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, you will surely enjoy this one.

“Premam” (2015)- Malayalam director Alphonse Putharen proves that not only can he make an exciting comedy-thriller film (“Neram”), but he can also make the audience cry every emotion in the romantic drama “Premam”. This tear-jerking story, starring Nivin Pauly (George), Sai Pallavi (Malar), Madonna See “V-Day” on Page 3

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ROMANCE: Nicholas Sparks’ 11th film adaptation, “The Choice,” stars Teresa Palmer and Benjamin Walker as Gabby and Travis.

ing. The next scene is a quick cut to a graffiti wall that says “stop shooting us.” Because of all of this, people are outraged that she’s using her music, her artistic expression and her Super Bowl 50 performance as a platform to talk about racial issues.

In addition to this, people seem to think that her Super Bowl 50 performance was vastly controversial because she made references to Malcolm X, the Black Lives Matter movement, Michael Jack-

son and the Black Panther Party – a group founded on the core value of challenging police behaviors and police brutality, particularly towards black people. Queen B is asserting her pro-blackness, but that does not mean she is anti-white or anti-police.

However, these things are not mutually exclusive.

She is bringing attention to the issues that are often unheard and too “third-rail” to even discuss. Bey is unapologetic in her song by singing “always stay gracious, best revenge is your paper.” She knew she would get backlash about this song, but she doesn’t care because she is still going to get money, whether you are a fan or a hater.

In the end, some might even call her ‘Beysus Christ’ for blessing us with this second coming of political activism in her career, the first being her feminism and comfortable ease with her sexuality.

But, if the song and the video make you uncomfortable, as a white person, consider this: it is not for you.

If it does make you uncomfortable, ask yourself why it did provoke that feeling and maybe do a little bit of research. Beyoncé targeted this song and video towards black people living in America. It’s not a song for white people to appropriate. It’s a battle cry for black people, black women, to get in formation, get information, and start fighting for what really matters. Keep on slayin’, Beyoncé, keep on slayin’.

Must see summer shows

By TOM BERGAN Staff Writer

Unfortunately, it is only February, which means that although the weather has been unseasonably warm, we will most likely see at least a month or two of weather that is much colder than most people would like it to be. One silver lining to this time of year is that it is prime time for summer tours to be announced, and the thought of feeling the hot summer breeze flow through your hair as you hear your favorite song is enough to get anyone through even the toughest of winters. In order to properly prepare you for what are sure to be the highlights of your summer, here are the top five tours of the 2016 summer season thus far; these are the shows that will be sold out long before the day of the concert, and if you don’t find a way in, you will be regretting it long after the final chord is played.

Starting off our list is Dave Matthews Band and their annual summer trek that features dates in every region of the country, and spans from early May until Labor Day weekend. Though

the terms “Dave Matthews” and “summer tour” have become synonymous over the years, this year will be something special for certain. It will be the final tour before they take a hiatus throughout 2017. Each night, they will be playing two sets, and if you want an experience of phenomenal musicianship and incredible vibes from the band and fans alike, don’t think about missing this tour.

The fourth most anticipated tour hasn’t actually been announced yet. This tour is that of the Champagne Papi, the Six God himself, Drake. Aside from a small tour and some festival appearances, Drake didn’t have a chance to support last year’s album, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.”

With another album coming in April, if Drake isn’t playing amphitheaters from coast to coast this summer it will be a surprise. Plus, a cool summer night is the perfect place to dance like a fool to “Hotline Bling,” and who wouldn’t jump at a chance to partake in that?

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“The Flash” is a TV show, starring Grant Gustin (swoon), about a guy named I have always been capBarry Allen who gets struck tivated by magic, so it is no by lightning caused by an surprise that I often find myexploded particle acceleraself absorbed in the worlds tor built by Star Labs. The of Disney or Hogwarts. With lightning not only gives him the help of my comic-loving super speed, but it also gives father, I have also fallen in powers to a lot of bad people love with superheroes. After inducing Barry to use his giving what I would call a fair speed to protect Central City chance to both DC and Mara n d vel comics, capture I found my all of alliances the evil The show’s got planted “meta everything - action, firmly with h u super powers, comthe latter. mans .”

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even worse, she’s his best friend, and there’s never a good way to deal with that.

Thirdly, about fifteen years prior to the start of the show, Barry watched his mom get murdered by “the man in the lightning” (this is what ignited his interest in unexplainable things) and then had to watch his father get accused and sentenced to jail for the murder. So, basically you just have all the feels for Barry—and it does not hurt that Grant Gustin is adorably perfect for the role.

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SPEED: Grant Gustin stars as Barry Allen, an unassuming police forensic scientist who gains the power of super speed after being struck by some very unusual lightning. The charmingly nerdy Allen becomes a daring superhero. dilemma. I am totally obsessed with “The Flash”— like so much so that I had an existential crisis after an extremely emotional and suspenseful episode the other day that resulted in a hysterical phone call to my dad to get me to calm down—but it totally goes against my Marvel alliance and pledges them to DC. I’ve reached a great impasse concerning what exactly I should do about this crisis of alliances, so perhaps the only possible solution is to binge watch “The Flash” to

ease my mind.

So, forgive me Stan Lee for I have been swayed to the dark side. I promise that “Deadpool” and “Captain America: Civil War” will take far greater precedence over “Batman vs. Superman” or “Suicide Squad” in exchange for me continuing to obsess religiously over “The Flash.”

If you’re looking to join me in this fandom, the first season is available on Netflix, and the second season is currently live on Tuesdays at 8/7c on The CW. 10/10 - would highly recommend.

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Sebastian (Celine), and Anupama Parameshwaran (Mary George), shows the story of a man, George, through his three stages of life as he goes through grade-school, college, and becomes a working man—and his three lovers throughout these stages.

The excellent cinematography, along with the emotional soundtrack, compliments the flawless acting of Pauly as he makes the audience feel at home when he bickers with his friends Koya (Krishna Shankar) and Shambu (Shabaraeesh Varma) or feel butterflies as he sees his woman pass by.

Not only does this film make you cry, but it is also a riot with the performances from Vimal (Vinay Fort) and the Physical Education lecturer (Soubin Shahir) in George’s college phase.

The three leading ladies steal the show as well not only because of their beautiful smiles, but also because of their strong, confident characters. This emotional rollercoaster filled with unforgettable characters will leave you completely satisfied till the end. “ Tr a i n w r e c k ” ( 2 0 1 5 ) -

“Trainwreck”, is a refreshing film as we see flawed Amy (Amy Schumer) avoid relationships from charming men, as opposed to the flawed male character pursuing a “perfect” woman, in typical romantic comedies.

Directed by Judd Apatow, the film takes us through the life of a party girl, Amy, who initially dismisses the principles of monogamy as her father emphasized that it isn’t realistic, but later understands the value of a relationship and strong career as she pursues Dr. Aaron Conners (Bill Hader).

Schumer flawlessly proves her experience as a comedian, making this a laugh-riot. One of the highlights of the film is the comedic sequence between LeBron James and Bill Hader, as James acts basically as a wingman to Hader. Schumer not only shows that comedy is her forte, but also brings depth into character through her transformation from the care-free girl to one who looks for growth in both her relationship and career. You can watch this one, if you simply want to have a few laughs, with an ending that will be sure to keep you smiling.

union tour of At The Drive -In, a band that reunited for a few shows in 2012, but hasn’t done a full run since their breakup in 2001.

Their chaotic, post-hardcore sound is not for all, but those who are fans are foaming at the mouth to see singer Cedric Bixler and the rest of the gang run around the stage like madmen once more.

Expect to see them play music from the album being released later this year, as well as past favorites from albums such as one of the most influential albums of the new century, “Relationship of Command.” Also, before this show, prepare to get very, very sweaty because the crowd will be going berserk from beginning to end.

What do you get when you mix a band that has an incredibly rabid fanbase and rarely does a full tour, with another band that has an equally rabid fanbase that tours even less than the first

band? You get our number two most anticipated tour, featuring the double bill of Brand New and Modest Mouse. These shows are being billed as shows with both bands performing full sets and no opening acts.

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tinged indie rock of Modest Mouse’s sound, there is no doubt that they will compliment each other perfectly, and create an electric atmosphere each night that will be impossible to top.

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least, Coldplay earns the spot as most anticipated tour of 2016. This is their first U.S. tour in four years, and also marks their upgrade from arenas to stadiums, which is the final mark of any band achieving complete stardom within their career. The tour is in support of the underwhelming, but incredibly fun album “A Head Full of Dreams,” and very well might be their final tour as a band— if singer, Chris Martin’s, past statements of an imminent breakup are true. Considering their last tour was a nonstop adrenaline rush featuring hit after hit with an incredible stage show of lights and lightup wristbands that the entire crowd wore, one can only speculate how they are going to top that this time around.

The 10-day tour goes from New York to California, with many stops in between. No matter how far the drive is, and how expensive the tickets are, this show will be worth the effort, and you will be able to brag to everyone upon returning from summer simply by saying, “I was there.”

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CONCERT: Dave Matthews Band is one of the many popular groups going on tour this summer. The band will be traveling all over the United States. They will start their tour in Wichita, Kansas and end in George, Washington.

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Women’s basketball loses out on third place to St. Bonaventure in 80-59 loss

By LAUREN TONDL Associate Sports Editor

The women’s basketball team went into Reilly Center on Feb. 10 with the thirdplace spot in the Atlantic 10 Conference on mind. St. Bonaventure had their eyes on the same prize, as both teams were 8-2 in the conference.

SLU was also after shattering school records. With a win against the Bonnies, the women would have the record for most total wins, 19, and conference wins, 9, in a season. They would also tie the record for most number of road games won, 9, in a season.

SLU went into the game with revenge in mind, as the Bonnies own the series 8-3. The Bonnies have won six of the last seven games and have won every game at home. They continued that streak as they blew past the Billikens, 80-59, and the Billikens dropped to 8-3 in conference play.

The game started out slow, with neither team scoring for two and a half minutes.

Finally, sophomore guard Jackie Kemph put in the first basket with a layup off senior center Denisha Womack’s rebound. However, over the next three minutes, the Bonnies went on a 10-0 run to take a strong lead, 12-2. The Billikens could not get past the strong offensive front from the Bonnies, and could only muster six more points out of the first quarter. St.

Bonaventure led at the end of the first quarter, 23-8.

SLU opened things up again in the second quarter with a layup from senior center Sadie Stipanovich and a pair of free throws from Kemph. The Bonnies almost doubled the lead at the sixminute mark after a jumper and a layup to make it 3016. The Bills couldn’t get much action for the rest of the quarter, scoring only 14 points in the second quarter.

Kemph put in half of the 14 points, leading what offense the team could pull together.

St. Bonaventure still pulled away easily at the half with a 47-22 lead.

After a break, SLU seemed to find some fire as senior guard Jamesia Price and Kemph scored back-toback three-pointers at the seven-minute mark. However, the Bonnies kept up the consistency by keeping the Bills at a distance with a huge 26-point advantage.

Kemph sank another threepointer to trail 33-56. Despite two more pairs of free throws, SLU still trailed 6340, not looking like much more could be done to bring the Bills closer to the Bonnies.

To start the fourth quarter, freshman guard Jordyn Frantz continued what Kemph started with her first three-pointer of the night.

Kemph drove to the basket to draw a foul at 7:14 to make both free throws. She did the same thing again the next play to make a three-

The Saint Louis University men’s basketball team traveled to New York to play St. Bonaventure on Feb.7, losing 62-65. For the fourth game in a row, the Billikens started junior Aaron Hines, freshman guard Jermaine Bishop, junior guard Mike Crawford, senior guard Ash Yacoubou and junior forward Reggie Agbeko.

SLU won the tip and swapped baskets with St. Bonaventure before Bishop hit a three to give the Bills a 5-4 advantage at the first media timeout. With 11:57 left in the half, the Billikens found themselves on top 1310 with Bishop contributing almost half (6) of the Billikens’ points. The Bonnies slipped into a 0-8 drought from behind the arc and the Billikens took advantage of this opportunity to extend their lead to five with just under eight minutes left in the first.

As the half progressed, the Bonnies recovered from their offensive slump and put together a 6-0 run to cut the Bills’ lead to one, but Bishop once again drained a three to make the score 25-20.

St. Bonaventure responded from behind the arc to gain a 28-27 lead with 51 seconds

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left until halftime. The score would hold, and the Billikens entered the locker room trailing by one.

The Billikens regrouped and got back on track offensively early in the second half. SLU regained the lead, 35-31. The score stayed close most of the second half.

Sophomore guard Miles Reynolds was reliable behind the free throw line when the Billikens needed him. He sank four free throws in a row to put the Bills up by eight with 8:43 left in the game.

St. Bonaventure refused to go down quietly and forced the Billikens to call a timeout after a 6-0 break that ended with the SLU clinging to a 50-47 lead. The Bonnies and Billikens battled to the final media timeout, in which SLU’s lead was only a field goal with 3:44 left on the clock. The Bonnies quickly tied the game at 57.

Shortly after, with 1:33 left on the clock, the Bonnies hit a three to go up by two, but there was a lull in the action as athletic trainers attended to injured sophomore guard Davell Roby, who would eventually check back in for the Billikens. Agbeko was sent to the line with the opportunity to tie the game, but hit only one of his shots to make it a one point game

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POINT: Freshman guard Jasmin Samz dribbles the ball up the court. Samz scored three points in the loss on Feb. 10. point play and draw the gap to under 20 points.

SLU took a timeout with four minutes to go, and the Bonnies drew a foul right away to go back to a 20-point lead. Kemph put matters back into her own hands with a three-pointer to answer, but the Bonnies put the Bills back on their heels with a three-point play of their own. Price powered back with a three-pointer to make it 73-56. Freshman guard Jazmin Samz got the last basket for the Billikens, a threepointer, but the Bonnies finished it off with an 80-59

victory and sealed the deal at the number three spot in the conference.

Despite the offensive struggle on the Billikens’ end, Kemph had a staggering career high of 28 points, registering almost half of her team’s points on the game.

The Billikens will look to turn things around on Feb. 15 back at Chaifetz Arena against Davidson at 11:00 a.m. They will face Duquesne on Feb. 18, also at Chaifetz. The Dukes are currently sitting at the top of the conference with George Washington.

The men’s and women’s tennis teams are starting on the right foot this season as they hold records of 7-3 and 6-1, respectively.

All six of the men’s players won their singles and doubles matches against McKendree University on Friday, Feb. 5, registering a 6-0 singles sweep and grabbing the doubles point as well. The Billikens dropped only one set out of nine matches.

They traveled to Rockford, Illinois to face Northern Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 6, and faced a bit more of a challenge. SLU dropped the doubles point with a 3-0 loss overall. They attempted to make a comeback in the singles matches, but fell short by winning only three of the six matches. They lost 4-3 and were handed their first loss of the year.

However, the men returned to their winning ways when they swept Quincy 7-0 on Feb. 7. The Billikens did not lose a single set and improved to 6-1.

The women started the weekend against a tough opponent, the University of Missouri, on Saturday, Feb. 6 in Columbia, Missouri.

Mizzou secured the doubles point and closed the door even further on the Billikens with two early singles victories. However, senior Madison Cook kept the Billikens in the game with a three-set triumph at the number four

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IN THE BONUS: Senior guard Ash Yacoubou shot 5-of-10, recording 11 points in the loss to St. Bonaventure on Feb. 7. with thirty seconds left.

SLU quickly fouled and found themselves down by two with 26.9 seconds left in the game. On the ensuing possession, Crawford hit a layup that once again tied the game with 15.9 seconds remaining.

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ly, the Bonnies hit a heart breaking three at the buzzer that ended the nail bitter in a loss for the Billikens. Bishop led the Billiken offense with 17 points and had a careerSee “Offensive” on Page 8

singles spot, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.

Junior Eleonore Tchakarova fed off her teammate’s momentum to clinch another three-set victory for her team, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, at the number two singles spot.

Freshman Ally Mackenzie also had a victory at the number six singles spot, 6-4, 6-4, but it was not enough, as Mizzou took the final victory at the number five singles spot to edge the Billikens by one match.

The women had a chance to bounce back on Feb. 7 when they faced Quincy and Maryville. They regained their confidence when they shutout both teams, 7-0, and improved to 7-3 overall.

The women only dropped 11 games overall against Quincy, smoking through their opponents 6-0 in six of fifteen sets played. Junior Aspen Cervin and senior Madison Cook dominated both of their doubles matches 6-0 over the course of the day.

SLU continued to blow past their opponents when they faced SEMO on Feb. 9.

The women swept them 7-0, and did not drop a single set.

They now sit at 8-3 on the year.

The men are back in action on Saturday, Feb. 13 at St. Clair Tennis Club in O’Fallon, Illinois, at 6:15 p.m. and again on Sunday, Feb. 14 against IUPUI at 8:30 a.m. The women face Arkansas State, also at St. Clair Tennis Club, on Feb. 17 at 12:00 p.m.

Swimming triumphs

By LAUREN TONDL Associate Sports Editor

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WHO TO CHEER: UCONN The UConn women’s basketball team recorded their 60th consecutive victory on Feb. 8. UConn defeated No. 2 South Carolina, 66-54 and continues to stay No. 1 in the NCAA. Husky forward Breanna Stewart recorded her third game this season with 20 points, ten rebounds, and five blocks.

Tennis continues to sweep opponents

By LAUREN TONDL Associate Sports Editor

Men’s basketball falls in buzzerbeater heart breaker in New York

By LEXIE VASOS Sports Editor

February 11, 2016 sports@unewsonline.com Lexie Vasos, Sports Editor Lauren Tondl, Assoc. Sports Editor

The Billiken swim team finished their regular season on a high note with victories for the men’s and women’s sides on Jan. 30 at the Simon Rec Center against Eastern Illinois.

The men defeated the Panthers 165-110. Junior Austin Nguyenphu performed well in four events.

He won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.67.

He took third place in three events: the 200-yard backstroke (2:00.59), the 100yard butterfly (55.00) and the 200-yard freestyle relay (22.02 as the second leg of a 1:28.23 relay team time).

Sophomore Jeremy Goodison also worked his way to the top spots in three events. He took the gold in the 200-yard individual medley, 2:01.38, and slotted in at second in the 200yard butterfly with a time of 2:03.06. He joined Nguyenphu in the 200-yard freestyle relay as the third leg with a time of 22.91.

SLU also succeeded on the women’s side, as they beat Eastern Illinois 177-93.

Two sophomores led the way for the Billikens, Elaine Mahon and Mina Glenesk.

Mahon dominated in two events: the 1,000-yard free-

style (11:07.33) and the 100-yard freestyle (53.32).

Glenesk took the top spot in the 100-yard butterfly, with a time of 1:01.18, and finished third in the 100-yard freestyle at 54.36.

The two teamed up with sophomores Morgan Parkinson and Maggie Sheean to take first place in the 200yard freestyle leg (1:39.91).

Mahon had a second-leg time of 24.73, and Glenesk had an anchor-leg time of 24.66. They also won the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 4:02.03. Mahon took the freestyle split (52.81), and Glenesk took care of the breaststroke split (59.84).

With the close of the regular season, SLU has all eyes on the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship next week, beginning on Feb. 17 and going through Feb. 20 in Geneva, Ohio. UMass and St. Bonaventure have single-handedly dominated the previous 12 years at the conference championship, and the same story is true on the women’s side, as Richmond has taken every single title in the past 12 years, save for Fordham’s upset in 2010.

Both teams are looking forward to giving all they’ve got in Ohio to break the consistency of the past years.

Live results will be posted on the A-10 website.

BY LEXIE VASOS, SPORTS EDITOR WHO TO JEER: HALFTIME CRITICS The ridiculousness that has unfolded from the musical performances at the Super Bowl is overwhelming. Vegas is debating whether the national anthem ended after the first or second “brave.”

There have been outcries that Coldplay’s overly colorful halftime performance was to promote gay rights, but what’s wrong with that?

WHO TO FEAR: PURDUE In college basketball, the No. 18 Purdue Boilermakers defeated the No. 8 Michigan State Spartans in a nail biter on Feb. 9. The upset ended with a score of 82-81 in overtime after Purdue blew an 18-point lead. Boilermaker center A.J. Hammons was two blocks away from a triple-double after securing 19 points, 13 rebounds, and eight blocks.

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Scores from the week Women’s Basketball Wednesday, Feb. 10 St. Bonaventure Billikens

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Peyton Manning’s football legacy

By LEXIE VASOS Sports Editor

I don’t remember everything from my first Indianapolis Colts football game.

I could feel the roar of the crowd vibrating through my sneakers and a sea of blue jerseys stretched throughout the stadium. I didn’t think the noise could get any louder until, over the intercom, a voice announced that Peyton Manning was heading onto the field. The cheers were deafening. The excitement was contagious, and I too found myself cheering on this man – it only took a few snaps before I knew that I had fallen in love with football.

Since then, I have attended multiple Colts games, adorned in my own Manning jersey, and have become a part of the blue sea in the stadium. If I could not be there in person, I was at home cheering in front of the TV. I monitored Manning’s stats, giving him pep talks through the TV like I was a part of the huddle. I hated the New England Patriots – and still do, like any true Colts fan – and knew that the Tennessee Titans and the Jacksonville Jaguars always gave us trouble at home, even when it was supposed to be an easy matchup.

In 2006, I attended the AFC Championship and watched the miraculous comeback by the Colts, thanks to the dynamic duo of Manning and Marvin Harrison. I remember hearing the victory roar as we sprinted to the car to beat the traffic.

That year, the Colts defeated the Chicago Bears to win the NFL Championship, and I felt a surge of pride as Man-

ning lifted the trophy.

The day he left the Colts, I cried. Manning was the reason I fell in love with football and the Colts. The loss of Manning was every sports lover’s worst nightmare. I have never loved the Colts as much as I once did with Peyton Manning leading the offense. When it was announced that he was signing with the Denver Broncos, I knew it was time to make room in my heart for another team. I followed both teams and continued to support Manning. I joined fellow Colts’ fans in the heartache that ensued during his first return to Indianapolis.

I like Andrew Luck, but he was not, nor will he ever be, Manning, and I think that realization spread throughout the stadium on that day.

When the Broncos were destroyed by the Seahawks in the 2014 Super Bowl, I defended Manning’s talent and knew that he would never be satisfied with that being his last trip to the championship.

His injuries in the 2015-16 season were worrying, and some doubted that he would not make his return, but I never doubted that Manning would return to the field in order to make a run for the Super Bowl. Super Bowl 50 may have not have been his best career performance, but if you take into account his injuries and what it took to get the Broncos that far, it is incredible what this man has accomplished.

Manning has been nothing but exceptional and humble. He does not have to act like he is tearing his shirt open to prove that he is superman or dab in some show of skill. Manning lets

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Freshman Manuel De Backer was selected as the Atlantic-10 Conference men’s indoor track and field co-Rookie of the Week, making this the second time he has received this honor this season. He just recorded his PR in the 5000 meter-run with a time of 14:40.07 at the Mayo Invitational. He’s making a big impression on the competition, as this is the fastest time amongst freshmen in the A-10 this season and the fourth fastest time overall.

Not only is he excelling in indoor track, but he also succeeds in cross-country.

He was 25th overall at the A-10 Championship this year, and was second for the Billikens. He and the rest of the Billikens are looking forward to the A-10 Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 20 in Rhode Island.

Games this week

tying six assists. Agbeko recorded nine boards and five points. The team shot 40.4 percent from the field.

The Billikens hosted Richmond on Feb. 10. The Billikens acquired an early 9-7 lead after Hines scored four points and Yacoubou drained a three. Richmond tied the score at 16 with 11:50 left in the half. The game remained close, but the Bills gained a 25-50 lead as a result of a turnaround jumper from Yacoubou with just under seven minutes before halftime. Richmond continued to hang around and cut the deficit to two.

Richmond continued to battle and successfully obtained a 32-31 lead at halftime.

Richmond opened the half shooting a perfect three for three in field goals and gained a 38-32 advantage.

SLU suffered from a scoring drought, which allowed Richmond to develop an 11-0 run to take a 45-32 lead.

Offensive troubles for the Billikens continued.

Richmond easily kept their lead in double digits. With 11:38 remainng, the Billikens trailed Richmond 50-35 with the leading scorers, Yacoubou and freshman center Matt Neufeld, recording eight points a piece.

Richmond had another 6-0 streak as SLU hit two of their nine attempted field goals. Richmond maintained a commanding 58-44 lead with under six minutes left on the clock. Richmonds offense refused to let up and the Billikens could not recover from their offensive hardships, which inevitably lead to a 67-53 loss for SLU. The offense was led by Yacoubou who recorded ten points for the night. He also led the team in boards with six. As a team the Billikens shot only 34 percent from the field.

The Billikens drop to 3-8 in the A-10 and 8-15 overall.

SLU will travel to Virginia to play VCU on Feb. 13. For full game coverage tune in to CBSSN.

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his numbers and career speak for themselves. There has never been a Spygate or Deflategate for Manning because he has too much respect for the game. Even when there was speculation about his possible use of HGH in a story that has since then has been debunked, nobody believed that he cheated the game.

Manning is the epitome of an athlete both on and off the field. The Super Bowl victory was the 200th of his career, including regular and post-

season games, making him the record holder for most wins for a quarterback in the history of NFL. He is also the first starting quarterback to win the Super Bowl with two different teams. He ties John Elway and Terry Bradshaw for third all-time in postseason wins, with 14. Manning was the oldest quarterback to start a Super Bowl and is now the oldest to win one. He holds the record for the most passing yards with 71,940. Although this is a career to boast about, you will

only hear words of appreciation from Manning: for his teammates, for God, for his fans, and for his family.

If this is it Manning, thank you. Thank you for helping me fall in love with football.

Thank you for all the close games, for all the desperate screams at the T.V., for the wins, for the losses, for the championships, and for your respect for the game. You are an admirable human being.

If this is it, I thank you, your fans thank you and football thanks you.

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Maybe you first came across the word in a random newspaper headline. On first glance, it probably didn’t register with you at all. Something about a disease in Brazil, or something. Next article.

But then it pops up again, on your Facebook newsfeed, a week later. Then, maybe you see something about it on the TV. Perhaps, you tune in this time: Twenty-one countries affected across the Americas.

Images of crying babies with shrunken heads. Pregnant women warned not to travel to affected areas. Then you hear about cases reported in the U.S.—Texas, Florida, and now Alabama. Slowly, you start to wonder: Is this a thing? Should I be concerned?

If the word “Zika” meant nothing to you until very recently, you’re not alone. Even the scientific community is trying to play catch-up.

The Zika virus is a tropical disease spread primarily through mosquitos, similar to West Nile, dengue or yellow fever. And until recently, that was basically all scientists knew about it. First discovered in Uganda in 1947, it was isolated to parts of Africa and Asia for decades. Known cases were few, and often too mild to warrant much attention.

In fact, no major outbreaks had ever been recorded until 2007, when it reached an island in Micronesia. Periodic outbreaks soon followed on other Pacific islands, causing some scientists to start asking questions. But, it still flew well under the radar of most public health officials.

That all changed when Zika reached South America last year. Since last May, when the first confirmed case was reported in Brazil, the disease has spread like wildfire

across the continent and has now reached epidemic levels, affecting 21 countries in the Americas and the Caribbean.

Part of the reason why it was ignored for all of those years is that 80 percent of those affected show no symptoms at all; the remainder may experience a rash, headaches, joint pain or a mild fever, but rarely is it life-threatening. It usually passes within a week.

annually. Likewise, there is also evidence to suggest that Zika may be related to Guillain-Barre syndrome, a crippling neurological disease.

Due to the evolving nature, viruses are notoriously difficult to identify, monitor and contain, let alone eradicate. Add to that the relative lack of knowledge surrounding the Zika virus, and it may appear that we have a

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However, now scientists are primarily concerned about the risk of pregnant women passing the disease to their unborn children. The virus has been linked to microcephaly, a condition that causes infants to be born with abnormally small heads and experience severe developmental issues. Though the defect can be caused by a wide variety of factors, a dramatic spike in microcephaly has coincided with the arrival of Zika in affected areas, suggesting a correlation. In Brazil alone, the number of cases has risen to over 4,000 in the months since the outbreak began, far more than the 150 cases the country usually sees

recipe for disaster. But, to its credit, the World Heath Organization (perhaps drawing on their recent experiences with the Ebola outbreak) has quickly responded to the threat and is working aroundthe-clock to study the nature of this infection to combat its spread. It is now believed that the disease can be spread through sexual transmission; in addition, “live” samples of the virus have been discovered in urine and saliva.

Still, experts say a vaccine could take two years to develop and as long as a decade to implement. The Center for Disease Control has warned women who are pregnant or may become pregnant to

avoid countries where the outbreak is occurring. Governments in affected areas have even urged women to avoid getting pregnant until the crisis passes, in some cases for as long as two years.

As such, the Zika virus is leaving its mark on Latin American society in unexpected and possibly long-term ways. The fear of Zika has cast an unwelcome shadow over the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In addition, the focus on delaying pregnancy and the risk of birth defects has sparked renewed debates about birth control and abortion in many countries, in a region where the Catholic Church remains a potent political force (Currently, Cuba and Uruguay are the only two Latin American countries where abortion is cheap, safe and widely available).

Is America at risk? The answer is probably no. Though the U.S. is home to the type of mosquito responsible for Zika’s spread, so far, there have been no reported cases of local transmission. Of the at least 35 cases reported in the U.S., all have been “travelrelated”—involving people returning from affected areas.

However, as a nation, we should not be lulled into a false sense of security. While it is true that we have many institutional advantages at our disposal to prevent an outbreak, no one is immune.

We like to think of pandemics as third-world anomalies, some long-forgotten relic from a simpler era. But as many medical advances we make, viruses are adapting just as quickly. And in our increasingly interconnected world, they can travel faster and farther than ever before.

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Tipping point: It’s time for the US to catch up with Europe In the opening scene of Quentin Tarantino’s debut film, “Reservoir Dogs,” a group of hardened criminals are sitting together at a café, discussing an upcoming heist.

When the check arrives, everyone puts in money for the tip—all except for one, a “Mr. Pink” (played by Steve Buscemi), who refuses to do so out of principle.

“Let me get this straight, you don’t ever tip?” asks one of his incredulous companions.

“I don’t tip because society says I have to,” Mr. Pink explains. “I mean, I’ll tip if someone deserves a tip. If they really put forth the effort,

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I’ll give them something extra. But this tipping automatically—it’s for the birds. As far as I’m concerned, they’re just doing their job.”

Most people—even Mr. Pink’s bank-robbing cohorts—don’t think very highly of lousy tippers. Though optional, it’s considered extremely rude not to tip your server after a meal. After all, as people are quick to point out, waiters and waitresses aren’t paid very much; many workers rely on tips just to make a living.

But, why do we tip at all?

As Mr. Pink points out, doing something simply because it is expected by society doesn’t

make it right. He goes on to point out various inanities with our tipping culture: Why tip employees in cafés, but not McDonald’s? And why is a customer’s generosity subject to government taxes?

To be clear, we’re not trying to suggest you stiff your waiter next time you go to Hump’s for breakfast. As an Ed Board, we unanimously agreed that in this country, leaving a tip is simply the right thing to do—regardless of the quality of service.

But, that didn’t stop us from asking some questions the institutional role that gratuity plays in our society.

After all, in many European

countries, tips are appreciated, but far from the norm. If service charge isn’t included, 10 percent is considered generous. Some occupations, like taxi-drivers and bartenders, don’t expect tips at all.

In America, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. But in many states, employers are only required to pay tipped workers a base rate of $2.13 per hour (though they must cover the difference if tips don’t add up to at least minimum wage). The “subminimum wage,” as it is called, leads to pitifully small payday checks, most of which will be deducted after taxes.

What this means essentially is

that servers really do live on their tips.

As anyone who’s ever worked in the food industry knows, a tipped income can fluctuate greatly. Nominally, tipping is supposed to reward good service. But in practice, the amount given is influenced by a number of factors outside of servers’ control.

Crowds, the price of meals, individual customers’ generosity or stinginess and even the weather all play a role in determining someone’s final take-home pay. This might be acceptable for teenagers working their first job for some spending money. But for the 4.3 million workers in

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the U.S. who rely on tips for a living, a variable income can be troubling.

So why do we continue this strange practice? There’s no reason to believe that tipping improves the quality of service for the customer. In fact, studies have shown that most diners tend to habitually give a certain, predetermined percentage, regardless of service—meaning it’s in the server’s best interest to flip tables as quickly as possible, rather than grant their customers special attention.

Tipping is bad for employees, but now customers are getting stiffed as well. Maybe it’s time we skip the tip.

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At first, I thought it was pretty funny. I laughed at his absurd quotes, his talk show appearances, his South Park parody episode.

Then, as the months dragged on and nothing seemed to change, I thought, okay. Enough is enough.

Like many people, I grew less amused and more disgusted with his antics. His comments became less comical, and more sexist, racist and xenophobic. Worse, he had found a following; he was growing in the polls, and they were taking him seriously. He had inadvertently tapped into some dark, murky undercurrent running through American society, and he wasn’t going to stop pumping up the sludge until it flooded the surface.

Somehow, the idea of him as president didn’t seem so funny any more.

Now Donald Trump is talking about torture, and I’ve stopped laughing altogether.

“I would bring back waterboarding, and I’d bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding,” he boldly claimed at the latest GOP debate.

What disturbs me is not Trump saying something preposterous. What disturbs me is how we—candidates, re-

porters, voters—have allowed head towards the ground and the issue of torture to enter his feet in the air. Three heavy, the messy realm of partisan damp cloths were placed over politics. Not one of the other his face. He describes as the GOP candidates has bothered soldiers pour water over the to challenge Trump’s comcloths, which clung to his ments. In fact, many of them open mouth as he struggled have expressed varying deto breathe. Panicking, he grees of support for a return was unable to tell if he was to Bush-era “enhanced interbreathing in or out and gave rogation” tactics. Now, at the them the signal to stop. Even provocation of Trump, the though his participation was presidential hopefuls are tryvoluntary, investigative and ing to “outdo” one another on carefully monitored, Hitchens the issue of torture. lasted only a few moments.

The early years of the war When details about waon terror terboarding were a dark first emerged, time in the U.S. governAmer ican ment did its best What disturbs me history. If to obfuscate the is not Trump saythe GOP nature of watering something candidates boarding. But preposterous. are seriHitchens was What disturbs me ous about unequivocal re tu r n i ng about what it is how we ... have to it, they really was: “You allowed the issue should at may have read of torture to enter least have by now the ofthe messy realm an inkling ficial lie about of partisan politics of what this treatment, they are that it ‘simutalking lates’ the feeling about. of drowning.

In a faThat is not the mous 2008 article for Vanity case. You feel that you are Fair called “Believe Me, It’s drowning because you are Torture,” journalist Christodrowning—or, rather, being pher Hitchens voluntarily undrowned, albeit slowly and derwent waterboarding and under controlled conditions described his experience firstand at the mercy (or otherhand. The process was conwise) of those who are applyducted by members of U.S. ing the pressure. The ‘board’ is Special Forces, who normally the instrument, not the methtrained American soldiers to od. You are not being boardresist if waterboarded by ened. You are being watered.” emy captors. Hitchens had But Trump doesn’t want to a hood placed over his head settle for just waterboarding. and was strapped to a table in He’s been promising somethe decline position, with his thing a “hell of a lot worse.” So

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far he has refused to elucidate his comment with specifics.

Fortunately, there’s plenty to choose from in the CIA’s torture toolbox.

Is he thinking of stress positions, in which prisoners could be shackled and forced to maintain postures designed to place all of their body weight on one or two muscles for more than 40 hours?

I’m curious, would Trump prefer his prisoners’ cells to be kept pitch-black, or flooded with bright lights and white noise to force sleep deprivation for up to 72 hours?

Perhaps he’d like to chain half-naked detainees to a cold concrete floor, until they literally freeze to death, like Gul Ruhman did in 2002.

What about more physical violence, such as slaps or punches? Or medicallyunnecessary rectal feeding and hydration? Threats to kill prisoners’ children and sexually assault their mothers?

If these descriptions disturb you, they should. These are all forms of “enhanced interrogation” prisoners have experienced at the hands of U.S. forces around the world, in places like Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and the CIA black site codenamed “Salt Pit.” Waterboarding is not an “enhanced interrogation.” It is not a campaign buzzword or partisan promise. It is not an opportunity for saber-rattling, talking tough, or pissing contests. It is not a word to be thrown around lightly.

It is torture—legally, ethically, definitively.

The power of literature to make us more human means of demonstrating the benefits of reading novels rich with meaning. What if I told you reading fiction makes us more human?

According to studies conducted in 2006 and 2009 by Raymond Mar, a psychologist at York University in Canada, Trevor Rogan and Keith Oatley, a professor emeritus of cognitive psycholBefore you find yourself ogy at the University of Toscrolling through your social ronto, people who frequently media feeds or starting the read fiction better empathize newest Netflix series, consider with others, understanding picking up a book. No, I’m not the world from different peryour English teacher, and no, spectives. In 2010 Mar conI’m not receiving compensaducted another study, but this tion from a publishing comtime he focused on the effects pany. But, I do believe milof reading fiction on children. lennials would benefit from Mar concluded that reading reading more literature and fiction may influence a child’s fiction in general. development of “theory of Students often criticize mind,” which is the ability to literature because of the perceive that others have their deeper meaning teachers inown beliefs and motives. The sist lies behind simple details. abstract of the 2010 study deIn a popular meme where a scribes how “engagement with teacher claims that a writer’s fictional sentence, narratives “the curprovides t a i n s one with w e r e informaStudents often criticize blue,” imtion about literature because of plies feelthe social the deeper meaning ings of w o r l d .” teachers insist lies bedepresT h u s , hind simple details... sion in a reading character, introducDespite this sentiment, our youth es people I do believe symbolism express to differpervades our stories t h e i r ent views and helps us better frustraof the understand our world tion. world and D e widens spite this one’s persentispective. ment, I do believe symbolism In our fast-paced world, pervades our stories and unit’s easy to only concentrate derstanding literature helps on your own perspective. But us better understand our the kind of reading we do world. But, there are other while scanning our Twitter or

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or offer other forms of contraception, but that’s an issue for another day. Additionally, the CDC failed to mention women who may be abstinent, lesbians, or have sexual partners who contribute to the creation of the child and the possibility of terminating the pregnancy.

Emily Higginbotham However, my two major problems stemmed from the sheer impracticality and riThe rumors are true: I am diculousness of the report. It a binge-drinking nymphomais playing to the archaic ideniac. You never know what’s ology that women are put on going to happen once I get this earth to pump out babies, a drink in me. One minute, and that’s it.

I’m sitting at a bar, enjoying a Let’s start with how absurd glass of wine, and the next I’m it is that if a woman wants in some dude’s bed with my to go have some drinks with underwear spinning above her friends, she needs to be me, hanging from the ceilon birth control first. Maybe ing fan. I can’t help it: I am a your friend Lisa or Joanne woman. I have no self-control asks if you, a woman, wants or self-awareness. At least, to go out Friday night, to a that’s what the Center for Disclub or something, because ease Control (CDC) believes. there are a lot of clubs here in On Feb. 2, the CDC pubSt. Louis—I’m trying to make lished a report informing this as realistic as possible! women that they should abAnyway, Lisa and Joanne tostain from alcohol if they are tally want to go out and let sexually active and not curoff some steam, maybe have rently taking birth control, some cocktails because they’re due to the risk of exposing a feeling like getting a little out developing fetus to alcohol, of hand this Friday. You think which can lead to physical, this sounds like so much fun, behavioral and intellectual but then you remember you disabilities at birth. stopped taking your birth Fetal alcohol syndrome control when you broke up (FAS) is serious and very sad. with Jason last month, or mayI agree that women who are be you accidentally skipped a trying to get pregnant and day, and you say to Lisa and women who are pregnant Joanne: “Hey gals, I’d really should certainly abstain from love to, but can we reschedalcohol to avoid these lifeule for say, I don’t know, 30 long illnesses and disabilities days from now when I know for their children. All wommy birth control is working at en—and men—should have its best? You know how I get information regarding the when I drink! [Winky face risks of consuming alcohol emoji, woman dancing in red while pregnant. I think that’s dress emoji, eggplant emoji].” what the Insanity.

CDC wanted More imto do with portantly, this their report, recommenespecially This is what the dation sends since what CDC is really saya message prompted ing: Women, when women have this report you drink, you get been hearwas a rise in drunk. When you ing since the FAS: a good beginning intention get drunk, you of time. The with a failed have sex. If you’re CDC implied message. not on birth that women The logic control, you get are not indiof this report pregnant. vidual human stems from beings: we the fact that are incubaabout half of tors. It’s not pregnancies an original thought, it’s always are unplanned. So let’s think been like this. It was like this about the CDC’s recommenwhen our mothers, granddation again: they told wommothers, great-grandmothers en to abstain from alcohol if and their mothers grew up. It they are not taking birth conwill probably be like this when trol and if they’re sexually acyour daughter grows up. tive, due to a rise in FAS. Creating life is beautiful This is what the CDC is and babies are beautiful, but really saying: Women, when to look at women and say, you drink, you get drunk.

“This is what you’ve been put When you get drunk, you on this earth to do, this is your have sex. If you’re not on birth greatest purpose,” is intrinsicontrol, you get pregnant. cally unequal and sexist. It’s Then, assuming you’re not demeaning to the women who aware of your own body and choose not to have children. how it changes and functions, It’s not a purpose: it’s a life you don’t realize you’re pregchoice. Dripping in the minant. Since you don’t realize sogyny and condescension of you’re pregnant, you’re going patriarchy, the CDC’s recomto drink even more! Since mendation says, “You ought you’re drinking and pregnant, to change your life, change your child will develop FAS. your habits, because someAnd when you give a moose a day you will get pregnant, and muffin…but you get it, right? that will be the fulfillment of The CDC doesn’t think your existence as a woman.” women are capable of knowIt seems like we, as women, ing when they’re pregnant. If will always be boxed in by the it’s not clear already, I strongly definitions placed upon us: we disagree with the CDC on will be beating on these glass this for many reasons. They ceilings until our fingers are don’t make mention of many broken, our knuckles bleedcaveats, like contraception is ing—just trying to free ournot easily accessible for evselves from one less barrier in eryone—like students who go our pursuit of unencumbered to universities like SLU that liberty. don’t prescribe birth control

Trump’s ‘tough’ talk on torture is nothing to laugh about

Facebook feeds does not comdom imparted by literature mit the necessary attention to prevails. The books exalted detail that reading literature for their masterful prose and demands. captivating “D e e p stories tell re a d i ng” about people requires and events In our fast-paced the reader worth knowto slow ing about. world, it’s easy to down and These expeonly concentrate on concenriences, from your own perspectrate on the perspective. But the kind of the text. tive of a reading we do while Marycharacter livscanning our Twitter a n n e ing the event, W o l f , reveal the or Facebook does direcrich history not commit the nector of the of human essary attention to Center interaction detail that reading for Readand stand as literature demands ing and testaments to Language the victims Research of social inand aujustice. thor of Books Proust and the Squid: The Stolike Ralph Ellison’s “Invisry and Science of the Reading ible Man”, Kurt Vonnegut’s Brain, has studied how “deep “Slaughterhouse-Five”, and reading” pertains to the sciErnest Hemingway’s “The Sun ence of the brain.

Also Rises,” serve as commen“It takes time,” she said, taries on race, war, and mas“both in milliseconds and culinity, respectively. They years, and effort to learn to offer voices to large groups read with deep, expanding of people who would remain comprehension and to exunheard otherwise. Harriet ecute all these processes as an Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s adult expert reader.”

Cabin”, which portrayed the Reading a book that reevils of slavery, aroused so quires a little more thinking much tension prior to the involved may take more time, American Civil War that but it’s for your benefit. When Abraham Lincoln claimed it people grow older, mental put the conflict into motion. functions slow, but reading J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher has been linked to maintainin the Rye” influenced an ening a capable mind. In a 2013 tire generation of American study by Dr. Robert S. Wilson youth. et al., researchers found that a So before you decide that lifetime of reading is associit’s time to look at pictures of ated with slower late-life cogcute dogs for thirty minutes or nitive decline. play a game on your phone for But of all of the benefits ten, consider reading a good of reading, I think the wispiece of literature instead.

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