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the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878 VOLUME 137, NO. 29 MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 WWW.STUDLIFE.COM TO WORK OR AUTO-TUNED GLORY NOT TO WORK? Is T-Pain this generation’s A letter from a greatest musical influence? procrastinator Cadenza takes a look WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (Scene, pg 5) (Cadenza, pg 6) (Sports, pg 4) THE THRILL OF VICTORY, THE AGONY OF DEFEAT Bears upset No. 1 Messiah, fall to Williams in national championship JOACHIM VATURI | STUDENT LIFE LEFT: The women’s soccer team celebrates after Messiah College’s sixth penalty-kick shooter missed during Friday’s national semifinals, sending the Bears to the championship game. RIGHT: Team members console each other immediately after Saturday’s 1-0 loss to Williams College, marking the Bears’ second 1-0 finals defeat since 2009 and ending their run at the program’s first title. AARON BREZEL minute when the Ephs scored the game with an aggressive crossbar and bounced away to snipe at the Williams goal to SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR off a through ball against a push into Williams territory, from the goal. no avail from 20-plus yards out. backpedaling back line. That forcing a corner kick 1:21 in. “We asked the girls to come The only other Wash. U. shot The Washington University was all the offense Williams Junior Hannah Rosenberg sent out fast,” Conlon said. “I on target was a 25-yard boot women’s soccer team rushed (21-1-2 record) needed as Wash. a high arcing ball about 10 yards thought our girls gave a great from sophomore Megan Renken midfield on Friday afternoon U. (20-3-1) could only muster in front of the net that senior effort, came out of the gates in the 48th minute, which the after shocking the Division III two shots on goal en route to a Olivia Lillegraven headed running, and the soccer balls Ephs goalie caught standing up. soccer world with an upset, 1-0 defeat. toward the goal. A redirect by didn’t go our way. It was maybe Meanwhile, eight of the Ephs’ penalty-kick victory over the “We put together a hell of a junior Katie Chandler sent it a combined 12 inches for two or shots were on target, forcing heavily favored Messiah College season. It’s clearly not how we past the Williams goalie, only to three goals. It’s the game we all junior goalkeeper Lizzy Crist to in the Final Four. wanted to end it,” head coach see it kicked up into the cross- love and hate at the same time.” make seven saves, the most by But the next day, the Jim Conlon said. bar by an Ephs defender. The Chandler ended up leading a Wash. U. goalie in the NCAA December air suddenly felt a ball then ricocheted down onto Wash. U. with eight attempted tournament since all-time lot colder for the Bears when it NO. 6 WILLIAMS 1, the goal line and bounced back shots on the afternoon, but as it shutouts leader Clara Jaques was Williams College celebrat- NO. 4 WASH. U. 0 up over the net. Questions ini- turned out, the Bears’ best scor- (‘12) made 12 in a 3-1 loss to ing on the field and hoisting the tially surfaced over whether the ing chances of the whole game Wheaton College in the 2012 trophy at Swope Soccer Village Hopes were high for the Bears ball had fully crossed the plane came in those early minutes. sectional championship. in Kansas City, Mo. as they took the field for the of the goal before bouncing out, Williams utilized a crisp passing To try and produce some In their first championship title match on Saturday, and but video evidence later con- attack to control the pace of the more offensive opportunities, match since a 1-0 loss in 2009, they blitzed Williams with an firmed the referee’s call. game and limit the Bears’ qual- the Bears adapted to a more history repeated itself for the early attack that nearly pro- Just moments later, Chandler ity opportunities on offense, offensive strategy in the latter Bears. The Wash. U. defense duced a pair of goals. had another go at net, but her and for the rest of the match, was caught sleeping in the 42nd The Red and Green started shot from 25 yards out hit the Wash. U. could only find space SEE SOCCER, PAGE 3 WU Chief of Police Strom steps down, INNOVATION TAKES FLIGHT Lt. Glenn appointed interim chief RACHEL KATZIN integration into the University the community here, really STAFF REPORTER community and ensured that enjoys spending time with stu- all WUPD officers continued dents...He’s really emphasized Chancellor Mark Wrighton studying prescribed practices that with us too—to become announced in a recent email and programs beyond state part of that [WU] community. to the Washington University requirements. So I know it had to be a diffi- community that Chief of Police Glenn said Strom’s empha- cult decision for him to finally Don Strom is resigning from sis on training helped move retire,” Glenn said. Washington University’s Police the department forward in Glenn says that Strom encour- Department, effective Dec. 28. areas such as fair and impartial aged officers to interact with Strom, who has been with policing and use of emerging students and become members WUPD for nearly 16 years technologies. of the WU community. Under and was named chief of police “I think [Strom] is more of a Strom’s leadership WUPD offi- within his first year in the visionary…He identified areas cers have strived to seek out department, will be joining we needed to train in and we teachable moments and to edu- Edward Jones as the compa- needed to improve,” Glenn said. cate students, faculty, staff and ny’s new department leader of Glenn also described Strom as fellow officers. Global Security. passionate about his work with “While he is a law enforce- Lieutenant Mark Glenn, a students and campus safety. ment professional with 38 years 14-year veteran of WUPD, will Strom especially enjoyed new of commitment to the protection take over as interim chief while student move-in day, because he and safety of the communities STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE Executive Vice Chancellor was able to interact with numer- he has served, he is also quite Hank Webber selects Strom’s ous students and parents and clearly and equally a compas- Chris Weber (law, 2016) presents his team’s product, Horus, at the final round successor. build connections with them sionate and patient educator of the first Boeing Patent Challenge in Bauer Hall. Weber’s team, Spectraserve, In his time at WUPD, Strom early on. was one of six teams to make it to the final round of this collabration between emphasized officer training and “He is very integrated with SEE WUPD, PAGE 2 Boeing and Wash. U. 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PARTLY CLOUDY MOSTLY SUNNY theflipside 51 / 36 59 / 42 58 / 40 EVENT Finances drive some to December CALENDAR MONDAY 7 graduation ALEX SIEGMAN Institute for Public Health/ Friedman a procession reserved for said that finances were her especially those seek- NEWS EDITOR Center for Aging/ Division of Geriatrics the smaller graduation main motivation for early ing admission to medical and Nutritional Science: Issues in Aging Seminar Series ceremony. graduation. school, early graduation Danforth University Center, Room 276, noon More than 275 students, The growing number of “I graduated early to might be used as a way to “Importance of Personality for Health Across the largest number to students choosing to gradu- save money. My little sis- avoid taking a full gap year the Lifecourse.” Joshua Jackson, Department date, were recognized at ate in December raised ter is starting college in after graduation. of Psychology the December graduation questions about this trend’s the fall and my parents are “For pre-meds it might Cardiac Bioelectricity & Arrhythmia Center ceremony Saturday after- contributing factors. With paying for both of us, so it be nice to have more time - CBAC Seminar Series noon in front of a packed an estimated cost of atten- just seemed to make sense off before entering medical Whitaker Hall, Room 218, 4:30 p.m. Graham Chapel while dance nearing $34,000 per to graduate in December,” school,” Trager said. “Cardiac Desynchronization/ Resynchronization: A New Heart Therapy.” friends and family watched semester, students can save Dowling said. Dowling echoed Trager’s David Kass, John Hopkins University. live broadcasts of the cere- money by graduating early. While some students sentiments. mony in classrooms across According to Student graduated because of “I am not sure why campus. Life’s socioeconomic sur- financial considerations, more people graduated TUESDAY 8 The University con- vey released earlier this 3.11 percent of students in December this year,” Sam Fox School - Film Series tinued in the traditional year, 5.50 percent of all responded in the socioeco- Dowling said. “I think Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd., U. City Loop, fashion and the grand mar- respondents planned on nomic survey that they plan some people had some 7 p.m. shal invited each student to graduating early for finan- on graduating early for job really amazing job opportu- “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930).