— Middletown, Connecticut, since 1868 — FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 5 WESLEYANARGUS.COM Students Protest Chiburis’s Termination By Sofi Goode Center staff when he was asked to run News Editor an event at the Memorial Chapel that night in place of Chiburis. He spoke Facility and Events Manager for about his original impression of the ter- the Memorial Chapel and ’92 Theater mination and the change that prompted Ed Chiburis was terminated from his him to resign. position at Wesleyan on Thursday, Sept. “Originally, when hearing it, I had 4. In protest of his sudden dismissal assumed that Ed [Chiburis] would not from University employment, around want his job back because of some dis- 20 student workers at the Chapel and pute,” Storfer said. “It seemed abrupt, the ’92 Theater have resigned from their so I assumed there was some form of positions. dispute that seemed unsalvageable and This movement began with the he would be too proud to come back. public resignation of Daniel Storfer ’15 The point at which I decided to resign on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Storfer had worked was when he told with Chiburis to run the Chapel and the me that if given the chance he would ’92 Theater for two and a half years, and gladly come back.” he served as Assistant House Manager in Storfer stated that he hopes that with summer 2014. the lack of labor in the Chapel NOAH MERTZ/PHOTO EDITOR Storfer was informed of Chiburis’s Effective Monday, Sept. 15, the Beta Theta Residence will be off-limits to all students. termination by Usdan University CHIBURIS, page 4 ICPP Trains New Beta House Closed Performance Curators Chapter Suspended from National Fraternity By Gabe Rosenberg Performance to thank. After three years By Millie Dent and Sofi Goode occurred at the residence. the University. Arts Editor and more than 30 students (Bell in- News Editors “We have lost confidence in the “The chapter has been in the cluded), the one-of-a-kind program is ability of the fraternity members to midst of an extensive period of Xaviera Simmons sits on a stage, transitioning to become a fully formed President Michael Roth manage social and residential activi- self-renewal and reorganization fully dressed. She places a pair of scis- Masters degree, aiming to train the and Vice President for Student ties at the house and abide by uni- following several years of chal- sors on the ground and invites the au- next generation of dance, theater, and Affairs Michael Whaley in- versity policies,” Roth and Whaley lenging behavior,” the press release dience to come up, cut off pieces of her performing arts curators. formed the student body via wrote. “Wesleyan has an obligation reads. “Moving forward and build- clothing, and take them. email on Wednesday, Sept. 10, to do what it reasonably can to en- ing positively on that reality, Beta Simmons is performing “Cut Presenting the Ephemeral that the program house belong- sure the safety of every member of the Theta Pi must continue to accept Piece,” a conceptual art piece created The Institute first launched in ing to Beta Theta Pi (Beta) will community, including the Beta frater- responsibility for its members’ by Yoko Ono, almost 50 years after its 2011 as a 9-month certificate pro- be closed and off-limits to stu- nity members and their guests.” actions that have not lived up to original 1964 performance. The occa- gram, spearheaded by Center for the dents for at least the remainder Martin Cobb, Director of the expectations of the University, sion is “Performing the Precarious: Day Arts Director Pamela Tatge and Lower of the 2014-2015 academic year. Communication for the Beta Theta Pi community and larger General Into Night,” a two-evening series orga- Manhattan Cultural Council president In their email, Whaley and Foundation, wrote in a press release Fraternity. To that end, effective nized by the Danspace Project in New Sam Miller ’75. Born as a collaboration Roth stated that the decision to that, due to the closure of the frater- immediately, the Fraternity is York City. This series hit the stage last between the CFA, arts faculty, and out- close the Beta house, located at nity house and following other recent downgrading the December. side practitioners, the Institute was de- 184 High Street, was a response events, the National Foundation will Before it could happen, though, signed to combine intensive study and to numerous incidents that have suspend the chapter’s operations at BETA, page 3 someone had to clear it with Ono. That fieldwork in a previously unexplored someone was Lydia Bell ’07 M ’12, manner. who approached the famous Fluxus “There are many places to go in artist with a pitch planned: a thesis the United States to study curating in around the meaning of Simmons’ “re- the visual arts, but there’s no place to performance.” Ono, of course, said yes, go to study how to organize perfor- “A Target on Our Back”: Football but with one caveat: She couldn’t use mance,” Tatge said. the word “reperformance.” After graduating Wesleyan with That threw a wrench into Bell’s a degree in theater, Miller spent years vision for the event, but no matter. As a in the arts world organizing confer- Captain Previews Cardinal Offense performance curator, her job is to work ences and workshops and working with artists not just in the theoretical with artists and presenters at places By Gili Lipman plan for fostering that good fortune during will be the key to starting the season off but in the practical realm, turning ideas like the Jacob’s Pillow dance center and Assistant Sports Editor the upcoming season. with a win? into realities. They just take a little fi- the New England Foundation for the JD: We are going to have to approach this nagling sometimes. Arts. He helped found the Center for New England Patriots quarter- The Argus: Last season, the team stormed like it’s the biggest game of the year. Every For that ability, she has Wesleyan’s back Tom Brady once said, “I don’t the NESCAC by surprise and found itself single game we play, we have to approach Institute for Curatorial Practice in ICPP, page 8 think that there is a lot of carry-over four quarters away from an undefeated it like it’s the Super Bowl, because we only from year to year. I don’t think anyone season, something that hasn’t been done have an eight-game season, and a single cares about what you did the year be- since Coach Norm Daniels led the 1969 loss on your record can be the difference fore.” Even after going 7-1, winning squad to an 8-0 record. Do you think between [being] outright NESCAC and their first Little Three title in 43 years, that other teams will approach playing the Little Three champion, and tied like we and earning a share of the NESCAC Cardinals any differently this season? [were] last year. championship with Amherst and Jon Day: I definitely think that will be the Middlebury, the Cardinals still feel case this year. Last year, we really surprised A: After the Panthers graduated last year’s motivated to keep improving on both the league. No one was expecting us to be conference Player of the Year, quarterback sides of the ball. that great, and it really spoke to the team McCallum Foote, a new face will be be- Stocked with 47 letter winners, chemistry that we had: that we were able hind center. How important is it for the 29 seniors, and 19 returning starters, to come together and make something defense to get pressure on someone who the team will look to better its average that might not have been there on paper. has little to no experience at the NESCAC of 30.4 points per game from a season This year, I think that everyone will come level? ago. Captain and tight end Jon Day out with a target on our back and have our JD: Honestly, I think we are going to play ’15 finished the 2013 campaign with game circled on their schedule. It will be a within ourselves defensively. Our defense 10 receptions for 139 yards and found good challenge for us. was the heart of our team last year and the end zone twice. His numbers were they’ll probably be again this year. Those C/O JOHN GROO good enough to warrant him a second A: The season kicks off on Saturday, Sept. guys do such a great job and [Defensive On July 25, the Center for the Arts and the Institute for Curatorial team all-NESCAC selection. Day sat 20, on the road at Middlebury, a team that Coordinator] Coach [Dan] DiCenzo has Practice in Performance invited performance curators from around the down with The Argus to talk about Wesleyan has not faced since 2011 when it country to campus to announce the new masters program. the success of last season and the team’s was victorious 16-15. What do you think FOOTBALL, page 11 Come Together Crushing Hard Unknown Worlds Remembering the Freedom Summer 3 Karen O releases solo album 8 A childhood of maps and solitude 9 2 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 The Wesleyan Argus WESPEAKS established in 1868 Editors-in-Chief My Own Freedom Betagate: Enter the Gwendolyn Rosen Rebecca Seidel Production Manager Eliza Loomis Summer Fork Executive Editors By Patrick Glass number of Wesleyan students who took By Jason shatz ternity’s mission.