MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 / VOLUME 146, ISSUE 5 Campus Times SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org Vigil Held for Hodgman Has Parallels with White Nationalist Forum User New Zealand Who Hit UR, Brighton, and More By HAILIE HIGGINS OPINIONS EDITOR

In response to the New Zea- land shooting at a mosque on March 15, the Interfaith Cha- pel community held a vigil in support of the Muslim com- munity at UR this past Fri- day. Held during Jumma — or Friday afternoon prayer — the event encouraged those of any or no faith to attend, ob- serve, and mourn those killed in Christchurch. The event started with traditional prayer, with non- Muslim visitors sitting and observing. Ahmed Veknach, who is the advisor for the Muslim Students’ Asso- ciation, led Jumma and ad- dressed the attendees be- tween prayers. COURTESY DISCORD USER “ALEX KOLCHAK - NY” His sermon was delivered Clockwise, from top-left: a textbook in the Rush Rhees stacks with an Identity Evropa card; a poster for the group in Cabin John, MD; another fier in the library; a poster in English, with Arabic inter- in the stacks stairwell. Discord user “Alex Kolchak - NY” took credit for placing all of these. spersed throughout. By TREVOR WHITESTONE ers in the Rochester suburb of that just because his client posted mographic trend wins” and “we “In our tradition, the first EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Brighton (the citation was for Identity Evropa posters doesn’t have to break the anti-white/anti- thing that we teach our chil- By HAILIE HIGGINS placing stickers on public prop- necessarily mean he belongs to American conditioning before dren is have mercy on people, OPINIONS EDITOR erty, and not for their content). the group. The lawyer neither we can really promote European and God will have mercy on Hodgman’s name doesn’t appear confrmed nor denied Hodg- roots.” you,” Veknach said. “No Students researching global- in the server, but Kolchak also man’s connections to Kolchak. The archive shows Kolchak matter what happened, our ization and immigration last fall claimed credit for putting up fi- —- documented his sticker placings goodness will always come could fnd relevant works in the ers in Brighton last fall, as well “Nice Respectable People,” on the server’s “activism photos” together.” stacks of Rush Rhees — along as in Maryland’s Montgomery the group’s Discord server, was channel. At the conclusion of with cards advertising Iden- County where Hodgman is from. leaked March 6 by the far-left Kolchak placed fiers and prayer, President Feldman, tity Evropa, a white nationalist The hate group’s leaked Dis- hacker group Unicorn Riot. The stickers on town signs and mail- along with representatives group. cord archive reveals multiple last post on the server is dated boxes, bulletin boards and utility from several other faiths, “Alex Kolchak – NY” took parallels between Hodgman and March 2. poles. There were two batches in took the podium to condemn credit for those postings in the Kolchak, who espoused white Kolchak was active on the Rush Rhees, just under a month the the shooter’s actions and group’s Discord server, which is supremacist beliefs in his mes- server from late last August to apart, according to the server. In offer support to the Muslim now closed after its contents were sages. Interviews with people Feb. 28, according to the released the frst, six business cards were community. leaked. The Huffngton Post re- who know Hodgman, mean- archive. The leak contained near- spread in textbooks and on a sign; One representative, Rabbi cently wrote about the leak and while, reveal how the former ly 3,000 messages from Kolchak the second batch featured a card Asher Yaras of UR Chabad, military members reportedly in president of College Republicans on the server, an amount placing placed on a sign for the political brought up the Ten Com- the group. The outlet linked UR shifted his views toward the far- him 21st out of 886 users. Kol- science stacks. mandments in his condolenc- senior Christopher Hodgman to right. Hodgman did not respond chak’s messages often spouted The propaganda contained es. the Kolchak account. to an email request for comment pro-white sentiments, such as Identity Evropa’s logo, a blue- “There are two tablets,” Hodgman was cited by police sent Tuesday. “the million dollar question is and-white (sometimes only Yaras said. “The first com- earlier this month, accused of However, a lawyer of his said whether we can achieve full white) triangle known as “the mandment is to believe in plastering Identity Evropa stick- in the Huffngton Post article white awakening before the de- dragon’s eye.” One design shows God. The sixth command- SEE HODGMAN PAGE 3 ment is not to murder. One might ask why did God Parolee Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Eastman Student Last Fall choose to give two tablets? By TREVOR WHITESTONE Couldn’t he have just made EDITOR-IN-CHIEF the 20-year-old student in an had been in prison until April register as a sex offender for the font a little smaller, and Eastman annex practice room 2018, serving a sentence of the rest of his life. He is sched- then fit it in to one?” The perpetrator of the sexual on Sept. 15, as reported by the over fve years. In 2006, he uled to be sentenced April 12 Yaras explained that com- assault of an Eastman student Democrat & Chronicle. was convicted of third-degree by County Court Judge John L. mandments one and six are last September admitted to The student will not be made criminal possession of a weap- DeMarco. put next to each other be- the crime, the Monroe County to testify at the trial to prevent on. Monroe County District At- cause they are of equal im- County District Attorney’s Of- her from reliving the trauma, In response to the assault, torney Sandra Doorley thanked portance. To Yaras, “Every fce announced yesterday. Elizabeth Buckley, chief of the Eastman added security mea- the student in a tweet for com- human being is created in Parolee Michael Sheppard, offce’s Sex Crimes Bureau, sures last month, placing new ing forward “so Sheppard can the image of God, and an act 31, pleaded guilty to second- said in a release. swipe access points around the no longer hurt anyone else.” against a human being is an degree aggravated sexual Sheppard was on parole for school. Whitestone is a member of SEE VIGIL PAGE 2 abuse, a felony, for attacking frst-degree identity theft, and Sheppard will be required to the Class of 2019. INSIDE COURSIO: THE THE GREATNESS NYLE DIMARCO ON BASEBALL BETTER CDCS OF GOOGLE EARTH DEAF IDENTITY SWEEPS RIT THIS CT PAGE 4 COMMUNITY PAGE 5 OPINIONS PAGE 8 CULTURE PAGE 12 SPORTS PAGE 2 / campustimes.org CAMPUS / MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019

RESEARCH ROCHESTER Professor Topolski Asks Whether Art Can Be Research objects, and the space, and the things they carry with them to get prompt- ed,” he said. “I shouldn’t just grab the frst screws in the drawer.” A fnished product brings together elements accumulated throughout the creative process. Though there By AUDREY GOLDFARB may not be just one right answer, COLUMNIST every decision is weighted with sig- nifcance and contributes to the mes- As an art professor at a research sage of the piece. “It’s a visual com- institution, Allen Topolski is encour- munication,” Topolski said. “When aged to embrace a research-like ap- students say ‘it can mean whatever proach to art. “What we do is equat- you want it to mean,’ that’s bullshit.” ed to research, so we’re expected to Topolski’s work explores memory, have shows and museums and gal- nostalgia, and the space between. leries,” Topolski said. “Our studios “One is intellectual and one is emo- equate to labs.” tional,” Topolski said. “They’re dif- DANIEL CAJE / PHOTO EDITOR For Topolski, art doesn’t ft within ferent sides to the same coin.” RESEARCHER-ARTIST ALLEN TOPOLSKI the current defnition of research. In high school, Topolski spent UR art professor Allen Topolski describes his personal experience with art and its relation to resarch. When he fnds himself trying to ac- time with his grandmother with Al- commodate the research culture of zheimer’s. He relinquished strict UR, he questions whether it might control over his own reality to ac- compromise his work. “I’m always commodate hers. “Her space and PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE tempted to make an equation, but the time weren’t any less real to her than equation itself shouldn’t be neces- mine was to me.” DPS Keeps Eyes Peeled (1) sary,” Topolski said. “If making is a This drove him to create physical version of research, [...] it’s problem- MARCH 15—A mail services driver reported that a representations of memory and nos- person crossing Wilson Boulevard, in the area of the atic. I want a broader understanding talgia. “I’m not into art being about Inerfaith Chapel, poijnted a banana at him. Area was of what [research] is.” magic or catharsis, although I fnd it checked, but the person could not be located. A key difference between art and necessary to make things as my own traditional research is reproducibil- version of catharsis,” he said. ity. An experiment should yield the Topolski balances the poignancy Student Harassed by Phone same results in the hands of differ- of his work with its common relat- ent scientists, but art is unique to the ability. “I think we have a visual vo- MARCH 18—A student reported being harassed on creator. cabulary,” Topolski said. “There are the phone by a former friend. “So often my assignments are in- common words and there are rare spired by another artist’s work and ones, and I try to employ the com- the way that artist thinks,” Topolski Person Loitering near Brooks 2 mon ones. It makes room for every- said. “I’m always shocked that stu- one else. There’s a common under- MARCH 18—A person who has previously been dents come up with a different solu- standing.” banned from UR property was arrested after being tion. The solutions are endless.” Topolski believes art is driven by reported for panhandling in the Brooks Landing Lot. 1 Still, some aspects of Topolski’s the same curiosity motivating most process resemble research. Pursu- research. “It’s about trying to fnd Students on Rush Rhees Roof (2) ing a completely original project is our place in this room and in the an exercise in troubleshooting, even universe,” he said. “Our best stu- MARCH 20— Persons were reported on the roof of when creating a sculpture. “It’s al- dents are the ones who question why Rush Rhees. They were found and identifed as stu- ways about the problem solving,” he dents. They were warned and released. they’re doing this in the frst place.” said. “The solutions are accrued as Topolski sees art, like research, as you go along.” rigorous, but said it doesn’t hinge on There’s no protocol for what the concept of accuracy. He added, Topolski does in the studio. But, “While research traditionally aims to much like new research, an artist’s be quantitative, the value of art does MAP COURTESY OF UR COMMUNICATIONS questions and answers may change not depend upon a clean and repro- as a piece develops. When working ducible fnal product.” on a project, Topolski stays in tune “It’s about process,” Topolski said. THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS with his surroundings to plan his “The end isn’t necessarily singular or next move. “Because I’m so pro- attainable.” TUESDAY | MARCH 26 THURSDAY | MARCH 28 cess-based, I have to spend time in Goldfarb is a member of my studio and get caught up in my TINKERSPACE EXCEL TIPS & TRICKS CASINO NIGHT the Class of 2019. CARLSON SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING LIBRARY, 2ND FLOOR WILSON COMMONS, HIRST LOUNGE, 7:00-10:00 P.M. 2:00-3:30 P.M. Come to Casino night for Blackjack, Poker, Eu- In the Carlson library, an informational workshop will chre, Liar’s Dice, or Roulette! The winner will get New Zealand Vigil be providing tips and tricks for Excel. Learn how to to choose which non-proft organization they will use formulas, spreadsheets, and more. donate their winnings to. VIGIL FROM PAGE 1 PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING WORKSHOP COLOR THE DAY AWAY! act against God. Failing to see “Muslims know about Jesus, WITH THE SPEAKING FELLOWS WILSON COMMONS, RUTH MERRILL, 6:00-8:00 P.M. RUSH RHEES G-121 ROOM B, 7:00-8:00 P.M. Hosted by Inter-Class Living Community, come on God’s image in a fellow [human Muslims know about Moses, and Students will be able to practice talking about them- down to take a relaxing break from the frst week being] is the source of such a the stories we have share a lot in selves, their academic interests, and future plans in after spring break. Color, have some fun, and enjoy heinous act.” common — it’s hard sometimes some free food. a makeshift professional setting. Rev. Dr. Laurie Tiberi, on to see beyond our story,” Abdel- behalf of the Protestant Chapel hakim said. “Let’s actually think WEDNESDAY| MARCH 27 FRIDAY | MARCH 29 Community(a student organiza- that maybe the truth is bigger CAN WE WAIT 75 YEARS TO CUT THE PRISON SIMCON 41: tion), echoed the sentiments of than all of us. Maybe it’s bigger POPULATION IN HALF? FREDERICK DOUGLASS COMMONS, FELDMAN BALL- each faith most succinctly. “We than religions. Maybe all of us RUSH RHEES, HUMANITIES CENTER ROOM D, 5:00-6:30 P.M. ROOM, 6:00PM-12:00AM love you, we have your back, have parts of the truth, and we Come for UR’s annual gaming convention! Join Simcon Join Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Senior Research Analyst and we are so glad that you are are just sharing some pieces of a at The Sentencing Project, for a lecture on the “era for board games, video games, etc. in the longest-running of mass incarceration”. gaming convention in New York state. here,” she said. puzzle together.” After the prepared speeches, Partially as a response to the VICTORIAN MOMENTS, 1819-1901 STARTING THE PUBLICATION PROCESS event leaders opened up the floor RUSH RHEES ,HAWKINS-CARLSON ROOM 6:00-7:30 P.M. RUSH RHEES LIBRARY, SUITE B, 11:00AM-1:00PM shooting, the Muslim Students’ Join Rush Rhees Library in their celebration of the new Want to publish a work but don’t know where to start? to any students who wanted to Association is holding Islam exhibition in Rare Books & Special Collections. UR Join the Graduate Writing Program, the Graduate speak. Awareness week with events Professor of History Stewart Weaver will be lecturing Student Association, and the River Campus Libraries, Following the theme of uni- from April 8–12 showcasing Is- on the content of the new exhibition, giving insight on for a two part workshop on how to get started. ty, junior Haytham Abdelhakim the key defning moments of the Victorian era. lam and Muslim culture in an ef- took the opportunity to highlight fort to foster understanding. similarities between all the dif- Higgins is a member of If you are sponsoring an event that you wish to submit for the calendar, please email [email protected] by Monday ferent beliefs present. the Class of 2022. evening with a brief summary, including the date, time, location, sponsor, and cost of admission. MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 / CAMPUS campustimes.org / PAGE 3 Screw Up Nights Goes Presidential By DALER BEISENBAYEV

Screw Up Nights show everybody’s human, and at the ffth installment last Wednesday, so was the president. Stories of failure serve as a “great equalizer, allowing everyone to have a laugh at human foibles,” said Mary Mavrinac, Dean of River Campus Li- braries to the audience at iZone. Hold- ing true to this, president Feldman and anthropology professor Daniel Reich- JESSIE LI / PHOTO EDITOR JESSIE LI / PHOTO EDITOR man were the frst two speakers. President Feldman talked about his past screw-ups to a packed audience at iZone. “None of the mistakes are presiden- tial,” Feldman said, diving into stories came from Reichman, who recalled almost causing a lawsuit at his frst own.” of failed plumbing attempts and recur- mix of returning and new audience his days in a faculty exchange pro- job. While working for an interna- Once the scheduled speakers were ring rejections from Brown University members indicates a sense of com- gram in Argentina. When apologiz- tional energy organization in Boston, done, the foor was opened to anyone for undergraduate, graduate, and job munity.” ing for his fawed Spanish, Reich- Reichman says he was told not to call wishing to share their own experi- positions. Feldman’s third story, re- Unique to the ffth Screw Up Night, man repeatedly mispronounced “I’m one specifc person who had threat- ences. People shared tales of drinking ceived with laughter, was about how organizer and sophomore Mike Ari- embarrassed” as “I’m pregnant.” On ened to sue the company if it bothered too much wine and missing a cam- he published a 2003 philosophy text- narkin pointed out that students were the same trip, Reichman attempted to him again. Reichman accidentally pus event, thinking “husband” means book, in which he predicted the Chi- able to “connect with members of thank someone by saying he liked the called him. Years later, he still receives “cousin” and telling their class they cago Cubs would never win a World the administration through stories of dish, instead saying “I like the pope.” emails from former coworkers with were “playing with their husbands,” Series. After the 2016 World Series, failure.” He concluded, “If you don’t With this story, his winning prize read just the man’s name in the body. and asking someone if their boyfriend he said he was fooded with messages. have a screw-up story to share, you “Pregnant Jewish man who likes the iZone project manager Alexandra had a date for the prom. The winning story of the evening don’t live bold enough.” pope.” Frederickson said these stories “give Sophomore Deniz Cengiz, who — as chosen by event organizers — Beisenbayev is a member of Reichman’s other story was about people the courage to share their helps organize the events, said, “A the Class of 2022. The Parallels Between Hodgman and ‘Kolchak’ HODGMAN FROM PAGE 1 porting embattled professor Ted Pawl- average number of bias-related inci- University removed white national- white supremacy. icki and appearing on the WXXI radio dents was 24. ist material upon fnding it in October, Hudson elaborated that one of those show “Connections.” A few months Dean of Students Matthew Burns but is working with Public Safety, state reasons may have been that neither a horseback commander and the later, Hodgman was elected. hopes Hodgman will consider changing police, and a crime lab to verify the cul- College Democrats nor College Repub- phrase “European Roots American Fernandez and Pericolo said Hodg- course. prit. licans had what Hodgman was looking Greatness.” Another features a young man was almost entirely absent once he Burns told CT he plans to meet with —- for, while white supremacy groups like white girl, blonde and rosy-cheeked, became president, leaving them to pick the senior this week with the goal of de- Larry Hudson, a UR professor who Identity Evropa did. Hudson said that and praises immigration offcers for “all up the slack. “We hated Chris by the termining how he came into his beliefs will teach History of White Supremacy now is the best time to be a white su- [they] do” for America. end of the frst semester,” Pericolo said. and whether the senior is willing to lis- next fall, sees how people like Hodg- premacist in nearly a century. “If you’re Along with the apparent connections “The e-board despised him.” ten to other viewpoints. man could turn to extremism. “I do feel a young kid,” he said, “and you were to Rochester, Brighton, and Hodgman’s Hodgman stopped going to meet- Burns explained that any student for […] young white males who have looking for some attention, if you were home state, Kolchak’s username seemed ings, sending out emails, or organizing conduct response by the school regard- been asked to live in a society where looking for some friendship, some com- based on a 20th-century Russian admi- events with other groups, according to ing Hodgman will be independent of things have been changing so rapidly munity, why not?” ral, Alexander Kolchak. The user once Pericolo. the senior’s legal proceedings, adding over the last 40, 50 years,” Hudson told “Some ethnic groups join gangs, recommended a 2009 television series “I’ve never seen someone actively that suspension and expulsion as disci- CT. “It’s all very confusing and I think some join alt-right organizations — but called “The Admiral” that documents avoiding responsibility like Chris,” plinary measures are a last resort. a lot of these people sometimes isolate I think they’re all suffering from that the Russian’s life. Hodgman, a mem- Pericolo said. “He put us in a bad spot An Army spokesperson, as reported themselves from mainstream society same sense of disconnectedness,” Hud- ber of the U.S. Army’s ROTC program, last year. And once we thought we were in the aforementioned Huffngton Post and become even more disgruntled, son said. “And no one’s really speaking majors in Russian studies. over it, the ghost of Chris came back article, said that Hodgman is under in- more depressed, and they look for to them.” Within days of the leak, Identity Ev- and haunted us once more.” vestigation, and that the Army prohib- something.” Whitestone is a member of ropa rebranded as the American Identi- —- its “personnel from actively advocat- Hudson said he had no interest in the Class of 2019. ty Movement. The group’s logo is now Pericolo said Hodgman never ex- ing supremacist, extremist, or criminal Hodgman’s internal motivations and Higgins is a member of a red, white, and blue eagle. pressed far-right views around club gang doctrine, ideology, or causes.” feelings, and that there are many rea- the Class of 2022. The group endorses racial segrega- members and stuck to a traditional President Feldman told CT that the sons why an individual might turn to tion, believes ethnic diversity is ruin- Republican platform. Hodgman had ing the United States, and promotes a closed-border immigration views, he closed-border, all-white America. The said, but didn’t express malice toward organization, which came into the pub- immigrants and instead made economic lic’s eye when it helped plan the 2017 arguments. But sometimes, Pericolo 2019 Summer Session rally in Charlottesville, tries especially said, the arguments were cultural. to recruit on college campuses. “What he expressed was, if [im- —- migrants] come in, then other people at SUNY Ulster The day Hodgman’s police citation might feel that their culture is being dis- was announced, College Republicans placed, sort of like the Trump effect,” published a statement disavowing their Pericolo said. Still, the vice president Get a head start former president. “We hope the Repub- wouldn’t have predicted Hodgman’s lican Party chooses to purge itself of the apparent white nationalist actions. on your degree, Christopher Hodgmans of the world,” “This was a shocker,” Pericolo said. read part of the statement, written by “He totally hid this from everyone.” catch up on requirements, senior Jose Fernandez, the club’s cur- Fernandez, for his part, said he used rent president. to joke that he “wouldn’t be surprised or advance your career. Hodgman’s route to conservative if this guy turned out to be a white na- Find your class & register online: leadership was an indirect one. tionalist.” As a frst-year in 2016, he attended After his presidential term ended, www.sunyulster.edu/summer 3 Summer Sessions: several College Democrats meetings, Hodgman attended one club meeting club president and senior Kavya Bana May 20 - July 1 about immigration early last fall, during Accounting told the Campus Times. She said he which he was “aggressive” and “did not May 20 - July 30 then ran for and won an executive conduct himself well,” Pericolo said. Art board position, effective the following Pericolo and Fernandez said they never Biology July 8 - August 15 semester. saw their former president after that, Business Hodgman never served that term. save for one time when Pericolo tracked Communications $170/Credit In-State Tuition “He reached out to us before the be- him down later that semester to collect ginning of fall 2016 over the summer “money that he held from the club.” Criminal Justice to let us know he did not align with the Fernandez and Pericolo want to fo- Earth Science Democratic Party anymore and no lon- cus on the future. “Hopefully, this is Economics ger wanted to be a member,” Bana said. the last we’ll have to deal with Chris,” English Bana said that when Hodgman was Pericolo said. involved with College Democrats, —- French members “had no idea that he espoused Monroe County is no stranger to History views of hatred.” bigotry. In the fall of 2016, fiers for a Information Literacy —- website touting superiority of the Eu- Math Hodgman joined College Republi- ropean-White race were distributed in Music cans in the fall of 2016 as a “born-again Brighton and Pittsford. A few months Republican,” said junior Anthony Peri- later, unrelated white supremacist fiers Philosophy colo, the club’s vice president. were posted at St. John Fisher College. Psychology Pericolo told CT that, from the start, At UR alone, there were reports of Sociology Hodgman was “articulate,” “compe- 25 bias-related incidents last fall, one of Spanish tently spoke his views,” and “seemed to which was made in response to Identity know what he was talking about.” Evropa business cards on campus, ac- Veterinary Technology Hodgman made media appearances cording to Jessica Guzman-Rea, direc- in the winter of 2017 on the club’s be- tor of the Burgett Intercultural Center. (845) 687-5075 • [email protected] half before becoming president, sup- Over the previous four semesters, the Visa, MasterCard & Discover Cards accepted • Payment Plan Available PAGE 4 / campustimes.org MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 COMMUNITY CT EATS Jay’s Diner: Late-Night Edition Miley Cyrus to current Miley. She said RuPaul’s Drag Race guest judge Miley, which places it on the upper tier of the foat hi- erarchy. To honor the mindset of “ran- dom midnight cravings,” we By OLIVIA BANC decided on the deep-fried fantail COLUMNIST shrimp, chocolate chip pancakes, lasagna, and a Mexican sundae. As the bleak Rochester winter The crispy shrimp was surpris- is fnally making way for sunnier ingly great. It was crispy, well- skies and the days are getting cooked, and not too oily. The longer, it is now time to tack on thick-cut french fries on the side the fourth meal of the day: the certainly helped as well. It was late-night snack. And what better overall way better than expected. place for a midnight munch than I’ll give it a “Wrecking Ball” Rochester’s very own 24-hour Miley, as in, it should have been Jay’s Diner? worse than it really was. Jay’s has been reviewed by CT And you can certainly call me in the past, so what I’m bring- a fan-cake of those chocolate OLIVIA BANC / COLUMNIST ing you here is not a review, but chip pancakes, which had tons Jay’s Diner is perfect for the delirium-fueled, nonsensical late night snack. an exploration of what to select of chocolate throughout and a when you fnd yourself in a Jay’s wonderful texture. The inside a bit of tang. The pasta, on the night style, thank you very much. even want to rate this one on the booth at God-knows-when in the was cakey and fuffy with a slight other hand, got lost in the sauce. Sadly, I have saved the least for Miley scale. morning. chew. Plus, the edge of these It was mushy and overdone. The last: the Mexican sundae. Neither Overall, late-night Jay’s did It’s a great thing I brought pancakes was delightfully crispy. meat, though crying for season- Rosie nor I knew what “Mexican exactly what I wanted. I got a Rosie, one of my favorite CT Even though that means tons of ing, was still hearty. This was sundae” meant but we decided to fairly cheap, nonsensical meal of Eats companions, because while fat was used for cooking, it does fanked by a thick hunk of garlic just go with the midnight fow, decent quality at an odd hour of we both agreed that the root beer make for a delicious crisping, so bread, a welcome surprise. throwing caution to the breeze. the night. If you’re looking for foat was a midnight must-have, I’ll call it a guilty late-night suc- My one gripe with the lasagna How foolish. The ice cream was a quick, cheap meal with lots of I hate root beer. When asked for cess. was the oil spill around the base nice, the chocolate syrup and options for delirious, wild, sleep- three adjectives, Rosie offered up Next, we cleansed that 2 a.m. of the plate. An oily plate is a whip were decent. However, I deprived choices, then Jay’s Din- “creamy,” “cold,” and “foat.” I palate with a plate of lasagna. huge turn-off. I’d rather not see cannot forgive the peanuts. This er is the place for you. then asked where the foat would The best aspect was the tomato the mistakes I am forcing into my sundae was 70 percent peanut — Banc is a member of the fall on a scale from “Bangerz” sauce, delightfully sweet with body when I’m living it up late- more nut than ice cream. I don’t Class of 2021.

FROM THE ARCHIVES UR’s Cultural Publication Relics Courscio: The Better CDCS By EDDIE HOCK There is a reprinted section of a tion titled “Judaism and Feminism: By SKYLAR SCHUTTER When developing the proto- STAFF WRITER James Baldwin essay, an article omi- A Confrontation” calls for “refor- CONTRIBUTING WRITER type, the design team needed cre- nously titled “Bush And Abortion” mulation or creation of a new Jew- ativity in naming their service. “None Of Us Are Free Until All (George H.W. 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Among others, “Kesher” stood eat?! A practical Passover guide.” Courscio — to provide a platform Working with the Rochester- pride magazine functioned as a li- out as an independently published There are ads for a cultural trip to that centralizes course informa- based Venture Jobs Foundation aison between OMSA and the stu- place for Jewish voices from UR to Toronto, events with Chabad and tion to allow students to make over the course of nine weeks, dents it served. In the “Grapevine,” discuss and debate issues of culture, Hillel, and a calendar for Jewish ac- more informed course decisions. the Courscio team has received students could read important pieces religion, and politics. Articles prais- tivities throughout the month. Features include a search bar, mentorship advice from large from the greater American black ing Israel, criticizing it, attacking “Grapevine” ran from 1975 to course titles, professor names, investors and past CEOs. Upon consciousness and fnd a home for then President Ronald Reagan, and 1991, and “Kesher” between 1983 course CRN numbers, and the completion of this business ac- original writing from members of unpacking the relationship between and 1993. Today, they represent rel- ability to add courses to a mock celerator program, the team will the black community on campus. traditional Judaism and feminism ics of a time when a larger variety schedule and export it directly present the Courscio prototype Today, it looks like any other clas- flled its pages. of publications populated the news- to Google Calendar. Under each “Shark Tank-style,” to a panel sic, radical publication of the ‘80s. In the December 1983 issue, an ar- tands, when the printed page was a course description, users can fnd of investors who may choose to “Call Earl for Your Free, Hyped Up ticle called “Judaism and Feminism: more dominant form of communica- an example syllabus, past student fnancially support the start-up. Cut Today. Free Haircuts!! See, I’m A Traditional View” seems to ward tion. reviews, and professor informa- Among six other groups in the not a Capitalist,” reads an ad printed against ordaining women as rabbis, Hock is a member of the tion. Courscio also provides the accelerator program, Courscio on the later pages of a 1988 issue. but a response in the same publica- Class of 2021. professor’s past publications, ed- is the only student-run entrepre- ucation background, and a direct neurial group. link to their personal website or Within three weeks, the team research page. went from developing an idea The idea for the platform origi- to creating the prototype and nated when Kambilonje and Li- conducting initial user testing. ang were discussing how the During spring break, the team of current course scheduling sys- nine met every day from 2 p.m. tem could function better. They to midnight, working 10 hours a noticed student frustration when day on their project. Fueled by navigating other course websites the goal of creating the best user and disliked how “student re- experience, the team took vari- view” websites were extremely ous prototype design options to biased. Liang explained that Douglass Dining Hall and sur- often the student opinions com- veyed students table by table for mented only on the professor opinions. rather than the course content. Next week, the Courscio web- “The value of the course should site will go live, with all the Fall not be directly related to the val- 2019 courses. EDDIE HOCK / STAFF WRITER ue of the professor as a person,” Schutter is a member of the The back cover of a 1988 issue of ‘Grapevine,’ featuring an ad for an APA party. Kambilonje said. Class of 2021. MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 campustimes.org / PAGE 5 OPINIONS EDITORIAL OBSERVER EDITORIAL BOARD Finding my Way with Google Earth Dining Deserves Decency world was full of smarter people, faster people, kinder people, all of Rice. Cheddar cheese. whom were already reaching goals Ranch.” A tall thin man I didn’t even know I was supposed “in a peacoat — we’ll call to be aiming for. My academic him Trent — is standing in line at standing became what one would Freshens. He’s on the phone while call “precarious,” my body reject- ordering, and seems to have de- ed the stress of training and tore volved into a caveman-like manner By JOHN PINTO itself up, and I spent the summer of speech where complete sentences nstead of having friends washing dishes and listening to my don’t exist. Instead of “Hi, may I when I started high school, boss talk about how Trump would have brown rice please?” or “I’ll II played around in Google solve everything. have spinach and lettuce,” this man Earth. In the Hero’s Journey, this is has reduced his communications to When you’re starting to leave what’s known as “the abyss.” pointing and neolithic utterances. childhood behind and are termi- And even then, when I was over- The one complete sentence to nally unsure of yourself, explor- come out of his mouth is “More ing the world from a safe distance These aren’t tools for ranch — I’ll tell you when.” is empowering and comforting. conquering the world, “Keep going.” Google Earth was colorful, expan- but for dreaming it. We know you really love loading sive, safe, and as models of build- your bowl up with cajun ranch, ings became more widespread, oc- whelmed by how little of the world but your mother taught you how casionally even three-dimensional. I seemed ready for, I hungered for to treat others with a modicum of There was a sun that moved in real- it. I started reading — big, perfor- respect, Trent. time and a spectacularly unwieldy mative books with endnotes and “Keep going.” give feedback, and Dining Services at dining services are less deserving fight simulator. I spent hours see- themes I didn’t understand, but Even if she didn’t, you’re an adult encourage it. Cam Schauf, director of the incredibly fascinating and ing how fast I could get the plane less pretentious things, too. I read now. You should be old enough to of Dining Services, is willing to sit surprisingly helpful terms known as going straight down, how close to Jon Bois’ online novella “17776,” know that the people who serve you down with any student and hash “please” and “thank you.” You may the ground I could pull out of the wherein a trio of sentient satel- food every day — an integral and things out. Chefs respond personally have heard of them, but in times of dive. My parents, bless them, said lites look down on a world where very necessary part of this campus — to every single napkin comment. If stress they’re easy to forget — that’s nothing. no one has aged or died in 15,000 are deserving of common courtesy. it’s a voice you want, you have it. still not an excuse. Acting as if the The world outside kept turn- years and everybody plays football “Keep going.” They’ll hear you, you don’t have to people who make and serve you food ing, and eventually I caught up to on a trans-continental scale, and That napkin you left on the board shout, Trent. are somehow below you, and there- it. I started running and was sud- was amazed to fnd that the major- last week in all caps berating chefs “Keep going.” fore don’t need you to express your denly good at something socially ity of his illustrations and graphics for “MORE PASTA” misses the Listen, Trent, just because it’s gratitude, is unbelievably selfsh. valued. In a matter of weeks, I were ripped straight from Google mark. There’s a correct way to their job doesn’t mean the workers “Stop.” was ft, confdent, and aware of a Earth. There was art to be made physical world beyond my house out of something I’d thought of as and school. Each route conquered, a childish security blanket. I start- each loop to and from my starting ed writing, and I haven’t stopped point, gave me a new piece of the yet. world to explore. Thinking about Google Earth This editorial is published with the consent of a majority of the Editorial Board: Trevor Whitestone (Editor-in- Google stopped updating got me thinking about my encoun- Chief), Wil Aiken (Managing Editor), Hailie Higgins (Opinions Editor), Sakhile Ntshangase (Opinions Editor), Google Earth regularly, and it be- Efua Agyare-Kumi (News Editor), and Shweta Koul (Publisher). The editor-in-chief and the Editorial Board make ter with the faux Street View car. themselves available to the UR community’s ideas and concerns. Email [email protected]. came buggy and weirdly unpleas- I’d waved because I wanted to be ant to look at. I didn’t care — I’d documented as aware, aware of stopped using it. I was in and of the where I was and of who was view- real world now. ing me. I wanted to be documented For the most part, at least. There Campus Times as having complete control of my- SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 was one run where I saw a white self. Prius with some sort of scaffolding That’s a kind of power that is affxed to its roof — the Google dangerous and ultimately unat- WILSON COMMONS 103A UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, ROCHESTER, NY 14627 Street View car. By now Street tainable. Dictators get drunk off View had surpassed Google Earth OFFICE: (585) 275-5942 / FAX: (585) 273-5303 that power. 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I stopped achieve and dreading the thought SAKHILE NTSHANGASE ILLUSTRATIONS EDITORS DALIA MITCHELL running and waved. of falling short, I go on to Street CULTURE EDITORS SING-YIK CHAN REED STEINER The car got closer. I waved and View. I fnd the address of what- OLIVIA ALGER WEBMASTER JAYDA MEDINA waved and waved until suddenly ever grad school I want to attend I realized that my Google Street or the offce of whatever literary View car was actually just a Prius magazine I want to write for, and PUBLISHER SHWETA KOUL with a white bike fastened to the I remind myself that at the end of top. The driver, looking more than Full responsibility for material appearing in this publication rests with the editor-in-chief. Opinions expressed in columns, letters, op-eds, or comics are not necessarily the day it’s just a building full of the views of the editors or the University of Rochester. 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Wealth and Admissions racy. Some of those advantages winter. Students in Detroit weren’t leges, where they will end up pay- By KEVIN SHAUGHNESSY are baked-in by the time stu- so lucky. ing more money and have fewer for applying to college across the t’s been hard to avoid the dents apply for college. Grow- The other easily solvable prob- academic resources. Two econo- board. The median family income ing up wealthy likely means that lem is that low-income students mists, Sarah Turner and Caroline recent college admissions among UR students is $126,000, scandals, in which many you had a stable home life — in often misjudge the costs of col- Hoxby, mailed out information I over double the national average. a safe, clean neighbworhood — lege and of applying to college. that clarifed all of this as part of rich and famous parents tried to At more elite schools like Harvard, buy their children spots at elite with good schools that didn’t face They may not know that appli- a study. They found that high- it’s $168,000. When middle class shortages of basic necessities like cation fees are often waived for achieving, low-income students universities. This involved mail people, like myself, qualify as low- fraud and bribing athletic coaches paper. It means you didn’t have them, or that because of fnancial who got this information applied income at any college in America, to fear being shot leaving school aid, they will pay far less than the to 50 percent more colleges and and standardized test proctors, something has gone seriously sometimes to the tune of hundreds like students in parts of Chicago. sticker price for college, especial- were 80 percent more likely to be wrong in our society. You weren’t exposed to neuro- ly at selective colleges with high accepted to colleges that matched of thousands of dollars. Numbers like that don’t hap- This scandal is only the tip of toxic chemicals, like children in sticker prices. Because of that, their academic ability. pen naturally, and they severely Flint. Your school probably had they either don’t apply to college Shaughnessy is a member of the iceberg when looking at the limit social mobility and meritoc- advantages that wealth provides a working furnace in the freezing at all or apply to less selective col- the Class of 2021. PAGE 6 / campustimes.org OPINIONS / MONDAY, MAY 25, 2019 OP-ED Timing Matters, College Republicans By WARISH ZAMAN ORKO CONTRIBUTING WRITER ing, and directly harms the panel featuring Elan Journo feeling of communities on — a right-wing author ac- Like our opinions? y parents fear for campus. cused of dehumanizing Pal- my life. If the intention of the Col- estinians — trivializes their No? Yes? M The recent ter- lege Republicans really was suffering and denies their rorist attack in New Zealand to be an ally to the Muslim massacre. It doesn’t take where at least 50 Muslims community and fight Islam- an investigative journalist Write us a letter! were killed while praying ophobia, they would have to make the logical connec- has shaken them and the listened to all Muslims, not tions, only basic empathy. global community at large. retreat behind one Muslim In the aftermath of a ter- The Muslim community is organization off-campus rorist attack by a far-right in shock and overcome with that they happen to agree extremist who dehumanizes waves of grief, as I’ve seen with. It’s perfectly under- Muslims, an event with a opinions@ with my own eyes. This is a standable that the diverse title featuring his main com- time for communal healing, Muslim community would plaint (“Religious Extrem- mourning, love and support. have different responses to a ism in the Middle East”) campustimes.org I found the Solidarity Vigil traumatic event. In the pres- and a panelist that does not at the Interfaith Chapel to be ence of differing preferenc- see Muslim lives as equal to helpful in my personal griev- es, picking a particular side others is morally abhorrent ing process and I’m grateful while ignoring the rest is not to say the least. such a supportive commu- allyship by any definition. The University must re- nity exists at our university. The most important action main a welcoming and safe Not all groups responded to an ally can do is to listen and environment for people of this tragedy as respectfully. be respectful of the commu- all faiths and backgrounds. “Religious Extremism in the nity. If protecting that requires Middle East: Meet a Muslim Ignoring 270 requests us to de-platform an Islamo- w/ AMYA,” an event orga- explicitly saying that this phobic author, or canceling nized by the College Repub- event is harmful to them is an event due to sensitive licans, had zero self-aware- not being an ally. Telling a timing, we must not shy ness or understanding and community how to grieve is away from our commit- should have been delayed. not being an ally. None of ments. 270 petitioners agreed that this demonstrates good faith Zaman is a member of the the event should have been by the College Republicans. Class of 2021. canceled. The terrorist attack in New While this event was Zealand was due to white su- planned in advance and the premacist ideology, a form timing was unfortunate, go- of extremism. The terror- ing ahead with it when so ist targeted people at their many in the campus com- place of worship due to his munity found it offensive vile beliefs about Muslims. and actively hurtful is highly Responding to this tragedy insensitive to Muslim suffer- by hosting an event with a PROTECTION IN A PILL PrEP IS ONE PILL A DAY THAT REDUCES THE RISK OF HIV BY UP TO 99%*

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PAGE 8 / campustimes.org MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 CULTURE Nyle DiMarco Embraces Deaf Identity By SING CHAN CULTURE EDITOR

Nyle DiMarco never once wished he could hear. Ever since 2014, DiMarco has been active in the public sphere and is best known for being the frst deaf win- ner of two famous competitive reality shows: “America’s Next Top Model” and “Dancing with the Stars.” But instead of his good looks and talent in modeling and dancing, Di- Marco prefers to be recognized by his more important role as a Deaf activist.

“I embody my Deaf iden-

tity, I cherish who I am, I Nyle DiMarco speaking to a captivated audience. DANIEL CAJE / PHOTO EDITOR cherish my culture, and my sider his career path — he no longer ticipants during the production of “I embody my Deaf identity, I cher- age of seven, he was able to sign more wanted to teach math, but instead “ANTM.” In one incident, his only language[s], American Sign ish who I am, I cherish my culture, fuidly than his teachers. wanted to work in admissions for form of communication, a special Language and English, and my language[s], American Sign Furthering his experience with dis- his alma mater, Gallaudet Univer- phone, was taken by another contes- Language and English, making me parity, DiMarco described his travels sity, to “recruit students from all over tant to take selfes. Instead of creating making me bilingual.” bilingual,” DiMarco explained, trans- around the world, which allowed him the world, inside and outside of the drama, DiMarco focused on the com- lated by an interpreter. to meet more Deaf people. According U.S.” DiMarco’s determination was petition and being optimistic. DiMarco’s visit to UR this Satur- By comparing his experience to to DiMarco, those he met were not as to “bring [deaf people] from the mid- DiMarco’s stories of his experience day brought members of the Deaf the rest of the Deaf Community, Di- privileged as him. Dimarco said that dle of nowhere [...], bring them here, depict the ideology of embracing and Community around the Rochester re- Marco highlighted his good fortune of while “there [are] 70 million deaf help them fnd their identity, fnd their loving one’s identity — he is a leader gion together. For a city with one of being born into a Deaf family, which people in the world who [use] some home, their language, and their com- that encourages the Deaf Communi- the largest Deaf communities in the allowed him to receive profcient edu- kind of sign language, only two per- munity.” ty to thrive. From his initial goal of nation, his speech was momentous. cation in signing. His frst encounter cent of them have access to education In that same time, DiMarco said he teaching and recruiting Deaf students DiMarco presented himself as a of disparity within the deaf/hard-of- and a formal sign language.” was invited to be a part of “America’s to educating the world about the Deaf confdent ambassador for Deaf peo- hearing population was when he at- “I used to think every other deaf Next Top Model” and “Switched at Community, he said, his commitment ple. Through an interpreter and sev- tended the Maryland School for the person in the world was just like me, Birth.” While he was successful in to education has been unwavering. eral ASL signers, he shared his expe- Deaf. He was shocked to fnd out that but now I realize I’m incredibly privi- both shows, DiMarco admitted that Chan is a member of riences, struggles, and ambitions. not all students had the same ability to leged,” DiMarco confessed. he was isolated by the othwer par- the Class of 2022. sign as he could. He joked that at the His discovery led him to recon- Indulgence Underdogs Come Out On Top By EFUA AGYARE-KUMI show began. thing, it wasn’t a black thing. We diversity by focusing on a variety “We look for energy, willing- NEWS EDITOR The “Mean Girls” theme was literally have every demographic in of things in the recruitment process. ness to learn, and people who have developed through video clips our group,” she continued. “Every- For them it’s not about expertise — a passion for dance,” Obiya said. showing members of different dance body sees themselves represented in Obiya had no dance experience when “Everybody brings something.” After practicing 18 hours in a groups on campus, like Xclusive and our team.” he joined Indulgence in his freshman Agyare-Kumi is a member of week and staying up till 2 a.m. to Bhangra, making snarky comments Indulgence fosters this type of year. the Class of 2021. perfect formations the night before, about Indulgence members. the day of Indulgence’s spring show Between these videos were the had arrived. The costumes, lighting, dance performances, which transi- and guest performers were ready. In- tioned quickly from one to the next, dulgence — even if its dancers didn’t outft changes and all. The chatter feel like it — was ready. never fell below an excited buzz, The show’s theme was the movie and rose to a cacophony as needed to “Mean Girls.” The team would support the performers. embody the rise against the perils of “The audience was amazing,” Catch Up or cliques and bullies. But hours before Obiya said,. “The biggest relief was the show’s start, sophomore Jerrod knowing people still showed out and Obiya and junior Michaela Pratt, the did everything in their power to give Speed Up captains, received an email and found us their love and their energy.” themselves facing perils of their own. Obiya also heaped praise on the “Your worst fear is something show’s guest performers: Velocity happening on the day of the show,” (a hip-hop dance team from Roch- @ SUNY CCC Obiya said later, “but the worst thing ester Institute of Technology) and we could have expected was losing evolutionX (a Rochester dance team the entire venue.” for youths under 18). The show’s The email explained that the build- last-minute troubles inconvenienced ing had structural issues that needed them as well, as there was no time to be addressed, and until they were, for them to become acquainted with the venue could not be used for the new stage’s conditions. CORNING performances. “They were so fexible,” Obiya COMMUNITY COLLEGE “The biggest challenge we faced said. “Everybody was like, ‘whatever was deciding what to do,” Obiya we have to bend, we’ll bend.’” Both said. groups brought the audience to its There are at least 7 great reasons to take a class at The dancers wrestled over whether feet, in particular one little boy — SUNY Corning Community College this summer. to cancel the show or change the the youngest of evolutionX — who venue. Their new location, they moonwalked straight into the hearts were told, would be determined by of everyone in the room. Choose from online or on-site. whatever Event and Classroom Man- For their part, the groups appreci- agement could set up for them. They ated the audience’s generosity. “The Shorten your time (and cost) to graduation. would have to redo their formations audience was so supportive,” said and lighting directions to suit the new Prince Diaby, choreographer and Earn enough credits to keep your scholarships. space. They would no longer have an director of evolutionX. “As soon as Really focus ... take just one course at a time. erected stage. we fnished [the kids] were like ‘Can Would people still come? we do it again?’” Good habits are hard to form & easy to break. Keep studying! Indulgence decided the show For the fnale, Indulgence mem- Rack up credits for a minor. would go on. The dancers would bers formed a half circle where perform and trust the rest to follow. everyone could strut their stuff. Here, Nail down that elusive course. Their new venue, Feldman Ball- the team’s diversity — in both race room, seats a maximum of 300. At- and style — became evident. tendees flled all 300 chairs and kept “Everybody brings their own spin coming, fnding seats on the foor and on hip-hop,” junior and Indulgence Enrolling is easy. standing room in the back. Sopho- member Omolemo Matloga told the more and show host Andre Hodges Campus Times. She choreographed http://bit.ly/CCCSummer19 thanked everyone. “Thank God y’all a South African-style number for the are still here, give it up for your- group. She thinks Indulgence defes Questions? selves,” he said, drawing applause, stereotypes on who likes or can cheers, and whoops. On that note, the dance to hip-hop. “It wasn’t a white 607.962.9151 [email protected] MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 / CULTURE PAGE 9 / campustimes.org ‘Bright Star’ is Syrupy Sweet, Hard to Resist Student Stars Alongside By WIL AIKEN son, and much melodrama ensues. of the literary winks are self-congratula- Ben Affeck in Netfix Film MANAGING EDITOR The melodrama is, of course, melo- tory. But frst-year Richard Nessler and, dramatic, and is only held together by in particular, sophomore Elena Robson By SING CHAN ral one, and she likes to imagine CULTURE EDITOR For all of its cliches — oh boy, are the performances and music. The acting are very funny as two of Alice’s banter- Tess as “being [as] close to [her] there some cliches — “Bright Star,” worked smoothly enough in the dialogue ing underlings at the literary journal. self as possible.” performed on Friday and Saturday in scenes, but the performers soared in the Robson leads the play’s funniest — By AN NGUYEN But not everything was so CULTURE EDITOR the May Room, worked. Maybe this is musical sequences. and most fun — number, “Another easy for the new actress. Wary because the Players — led by director Take an early scene, where Billy’s fa- Round,” a rambunctious anthem of in- detailed her struggles during a sophomore Michael Wizorek — treat ther (senior James Fosburgh) tells him toxication featuring the play’s best cho- Maddy Wary seems like your particular scene, where she says their production with such a genuine at- that his mother died while he was away. reography. This production, like all ROC average college student, aside “I miss you” to Affeck’s char- titude that it reminds you of how sweet- The non-musical part, where Billy asks Players productions, has to do a lot with for his mother while his father tries to fg- the confnes of the May Room, so there from having her own IMDb page acter. “I kept on getting nervous ness and nostalgia became cliches in the and having acted alongside Ben about that because I could so frst place. ure out how to tell him, was fne, but fa- were times early in the play that found miliar enough that it didn’t hit viscerally. the blocking and choreography a bit stag- Affeck. easily make that so cringey,” she Some will fnd it a bit much, even A frst-year at UR, Wary though I didn’t. This slice of Americana But moments later, when Fosburgh nant. As the play went on, those elements said. “I was frustrated because is as treacly as they come, like apple pie sang “She’s Gone,” supported by mourn- became more and more dynamic, and by recently starred in Netfix flm I could not get myself into the dunked in corn syrup and painted by Nor- ful violins and banjo from the live or- “Another Round,” it was at full bloom. “Triple Frontier” withAffeck, complexity that Tess would feel man Rockwell. chestra, it had a new emotional sting. (Senior Charlotte Pillow and frst-years Pedro Pascal, and Oscar Isaac. at that time.” The musical — by Steve Martin and The-part-bluegrass-bray-part-Broad- Julia Bergel and Kathryn Berger deserve The movie was directed by the Many of her scenes take place Edie Brickell — follows two storylines, way-belt vocalizing style, mastered by a shout out for their choreography.) By Oscar-nominated J.C. Chandor in the backseat of a car with one in the 1940s, and one in the 1920s. the performers here, is enormously emo- the end, the smaller stage and minimal- and was flmed mainly in Ha- headphones on, and to calm her In the 1940s, young Billy Cane (frst-year tive. “Please, Don’t Take Him” might be ist sets (by sophomore Delilah Przybyla) waii, where Wary lives. nerves and further get into the Jack Bell) tries to get himself published the best example of how the intersection were endearing and felt appropriately of excellent acting, singing, and instru- folksy. “Triple Frontier” is an ac- teenage perspective, Wary would in a North Carolina literary journal, as tion thriller that follows a group sometimes listen to music over a young bookstore worker Margo (stel- mentation can make convincing drama So yes, you may notice that you’re out of what could easily be soapy in shak- watching a simplifed, face-value version of former Special Operations the headphones. lar senior Maddy Gartenberg) pines for agents as they plan a heist on a him. In his quest for publication, Billy ier hands. In this number, junior Casey of America. If you let go of your desire The glamor of the flm was must get past a sharp and shrewd editor, Brentnall — as the Mayor — plays a fne for cynical stories (as I did), you might Colombian drug lord. Affeck also unexpected, especially the Alice Murphy (graduate student Sara De mustache twirler, and De Franco is mem- fnd that there is something just as valu- plays Tom “Redfy” Davis, one red carpet premiere and private Franco). orable as the smart-aleck whose despera- able to be found in optimistic storytelling of the agents, and Wary plays his screening. Wary wasn’t aware In the 1920s, Alice — 23 years young- tion reveals a powerful sincerity. treated with honesty. daughter, Tess Davis. that there was a red carpet until er — falls in love with Jimmy Ray Dobbs But this is a musical, so there are fun Aiken is a member of Wary described her character she got there, so she walked it in (senior Will Cunningham), the Mayor’s and games to accompany the woe. Some the Class of 2021. to the Campus Times as “an a $17 romper she bought from average teenager,” except that Macy’s the day before. she’s “really sneaky […] she Now that the Hollywood glam ToddX Brings Tales of Meat Loaf, Nudity, and More always acts like she’s not caring has faded into the past, Wary has [about adult matters] like a cool adjusted to life at UR, where she 15-year-old, but then you also plans to double major in brain know that she knows everything and cognitive sciences and math- that is going on with her par- ematics. Wary says that acting is ents.” “not [her] focus right now” and Tess recognizes the struggles plans to “keep acting stuff sepa- of Affeck’s character as he tries rate from school.” At UR, she is to adjust from the life of a secret involved in the tennis program agent to a more normal one. and works at the Barnes and No- Wary said viewed her on-screen ble Cafe in College Town. She dad as a negligent but generally plans to start a club next year to good dad. bring the Hawaiian “island vibe” She frst auditioned in her to the Rochester winter. junior year of high school, not Even though she doesn’t plan expecting to get the part at all, on actively pursuing her acting especially after the movie ran career right now, the opportu- into fnancial problems. But a nity was one she won’t forget year later, she received a call anytime soon. It was a “cool ex- asking her for a second audition perience to learn from [Affeck] JESSIE LI / PHOTO EDITOR Nigel Maister, Liz Femi, and Andrew Polec during their ToddX panel. and jumped at the opportunity, of how [...] focused he is in his By OLIVIA ALGER even though she was hospital- character,” Wary said. “You CULTURE EDITOR chemistry. “Maybe I should be the of color in media. “People have ized. Wary’s sickness was possi- could tell he was a professional guy building the scenery instead of trouble trusting that,” she said. bly a blessing in disguise — she and knew what he was doing.” described being so sick that she Chan is a members of From Buzzfeed to Broadway the guy in the windowless offce “I’ve passed on stuff that’s insult- didn’t feel nervous. the class of 2022. lighting, the frst ever ToddX upstairs,” he said. “Those cubicles ing and racist, but you’re always Nguyen is a members of For Wary, the role was a natu- brought an array of alumni from looked miserable.” negotiating propelling your career the class of 2022. the entertainment industry to Todd Maister emphasized the relation- with these people and being an art- Union in a rapid-fre 24-hour show- ship between STEM and the arts ist of integrity.” case of discussions, workshops, when planning ToddX. “Something The discussions were flled with and masterclasses. the University recognizes, and rec- anecdotes about awkward brushes Organized by Nigel Maister, ognizes with incredible pressing at- with fame. Wardrobe supervisor Artistic Director of the UR Inter- tention, is that the ‘A’ in ‘STEM’ is Alex Rozanski ‘11 has seen many national Theater Program, ToddX missing — the arts,” he said. “Stu- television personalities in the nude, kicked off with a panel discussion dents who have experience in the and once accidentally punched featuring fve of the speakers. All arts and the humanities fare better Seth Meyers in the throat while speakers were past students of and have greater chances of suc- fxing his tie backstage. Todd The- Maister, who’s worked in the In- cess than students who do not[.]” ater typically puts on three shows ternational Theater Program for 23 Actors Liz Femi ‘02 and Andrew per semester, and ToddX was or- years. “There’s a real cross section Polec ‘12 brought younger voices ganized to replace this spring’s of people we invited back,” Mais- with their panel, “The Young Ac- frst production. “Cardenio,” one ter said. “I wanted to get people tor’s Life.” Polec, who just fnished of Shakespeare’s lost plays, was from different eras of the theater playing the lead role in a London originally supposed to be pro- program [...] I wanted a cultural company production of “Bat Out duced by Malaysian director Ed diversity, a diversity of men and of Hell” (a musical by Meat Loaf), Iskander, but had to be cancelled women, a diversity of what they said he landed the main role after because Iskander was denied his were doing.” being rejected from “The Sponge- visa. The speakers also touched on Jeff Englander ‘10, a chemical Bob Musical.” “If you’re not ner- the groundbreaking narratives per- engineering graduate who now vous about what you’re going for, formed in Todd Theater, relating to works as a lighting designer for you probably have a better shot each other with stories of six-hour Broadway shows, led a workshop at doing what you’re doing in the long productions flled with nudity on automated moving lights. He room.” and crass language. “Theater offers made the switch from STEM to the Femi, who’s working in L.A. on something deeply humanistic in its arts his junior year at UR, when he a Netfix original called “Ratched” approach to the world,” Maister visited various engineering frms (a prequel to “One Flew Over the said. “Show up, do the work, and as a part of a required course and Cuckoo’s Nest” about Ken Kesey’s be open.” realized he wasn’t passionate about character Nurse Ratched), talked Alger is a member of the drab prospects of a career in about the representation of women the Class of 2022. PAGE 10 / campustimes.org MONDAY, MARCH 25 2019 HUMOR The Humanities Free Time Quiz Fun Zone While all of your STEM REED STEINER / ILLUSTRATIONS EDITOR D. Slowly sink into a catatonic friends are stuck taking classes, By JOHN PINTO state of despair over the ruin that HUMOR EDITOR recitations, and labs, you actu- is the world, the dread you feel ally have a bit of time to look about post-graduation life, and after yourself. Take our quiz to whether or not you’ll ever have Hi! I major in the Humanities see how you use your time! enough income to start a family (English Creative Writing, to be Where do you go when it’s or even own a cat. exact) and objectively have a time to relax? Regardless of what you actu- more interesting and vibrant life A. B Stacks, where the Univer- ally do, you chose “D!” Do you than you! Probably more sex, sity hides all of the library’s fnd this experience benefcial? too! fction, poetry, and imagination. A. Nope. But as much as I love my cours- B. Back to sleep. B. No. es, department, and bits of actual C. “Back to sleep.” (I have a C. “No.” (No.) free time, there are times when I substance abuse problem.) D. Yes – brooding fuels the feel overlooked by the University D. The nearest liminal space: completely unfounded inferior- at large. In an effort to combat the courtyard by Dougie that’s ity complex which led to the this, I’ve curated this little section both a forest and a lung cancer creation of “The Humanities Fun to be a playground for my fellow clinic, the Mount Hope Diner Zone.” Humanities majors. Enjoy, and parking lot, that place in Simon do you do in your liminal space? people, and myself. Regardless of how you actually remember: STEM people don’t with the sushi and the important- A. Peruse the latest journals B. Sleep. feel, you chose “D!” Check back know how to read! Everything looking grad students, South- and periodicals from my feld, C. “Sleep.” (If you’re a cop you next week, when our Free Time here is just for you! side. work on my thesis, enrich my have to tell me or else it’s entrap- Quiz will be “Am I Actually Pinto is a member of the Regardless of where you ac- understanding of the world, its ment.) Always Hungry, or Should I Get Class of 2020. tually go, you chose “D!” What a Hobby?” Find All the Mistakes: Literature Edition Can you find the five mistakes in this famous work of litera- ture? Bonus points if you can find the mistake in the accom- panying illustration!

“Man is the only creature that consumes without produc- ing. (And by “Man,” I mean “Capital.”) He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. (The milk and eggs and shit are all products made by labor. Are you getting this? Am I not being clear enough?) Yet he is lord of all the animals. (Also, Stalin’s pretty fucked up, amiright?) He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving (the worst kid in your phi- losophy class will somehow cite this book as an advocate for capitalism)), and the rest he keeps for himself. (I wanted to REDIETU HAILE / STAFF ILLUSTRATOR call it “Russia Farm,” but my publisher wouldn’t let me.)” – George Orwell, “Animal Farm” Drawing Section The Number Corner Follow the prompts and draw the faces of people responding to you telling them that you’re major- As per University academic policy, we have included some ing in the Humanities! cross-disciplinary material. Please look at this big number and feel enlightened.

REDIETU HAILE / STAFF ILLUSTRATOR “Oh! So, uh, what do you “I wish I could just draw pictures “Wow, have fun being a think you’ll do with that? for my major! No, I haven’t gone barista! I still get very mad Maybe marketing? I’ve got a to Calc lecture in two months. online about the four female sister-in-law that works in the Yes, of course my parents will “Ghostbusters” and am very city, do you want her num- keep paying tuition. I just wish intelligent.” ber? Here, take her card.” you could major in being an infu- encer, y’know? By the way, have you heard about Blue Apron?” The Social Sciences Corner As per University academic policy, we have also included some cross-disciplinary material from the Social Sciences. Please read about and/or visit the country of the week, which is: Peru. DALIA MITCHELL / ILLUSTRATIONS EDITOR MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 / SPORTS campustimes.org / PAGE 11 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK friendships. I am pretty confdent that How did you start playing basket- she quit, but I didn’t stop. I am going to keep talking to everyone ball? If you could be any TV character, For Ethington, Friendships Outweigh on the team. They’ll be at my wedding. My best friend, when I was eight, said who would you choose? I know I have lifelong friends through that she was going to go to a basketball Tina from “Bob’s Burgers.” Dominance them. Also, going to the Elite Eight last camp, and she took me with her. She then By MICAH GREENBERG year was pretty fun. made me join a team at a rec center. Then Greenberg is a member of the Class SPORTS EDITOR of 2021.

Senior guard Lena Ethington led Women’s Basketball in minutes, points, and steals. Though the team ended with a 10–15 record this season after making the Elite Eight last season, Ethington refected on the challenges the team has faced and her experience as a player. How did you feel about this season in comparison to past seasons? I think it defnitely could have gone better, but from the standpoint of the fact that a third of the team was frst-years PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS this year, we had a lot of growth, which was defnitely good. In comparison to Senior guard Lena Ethington was a starter last season, [where] we graduated four each of the past two seasons and led the starters [...], we graduated six seniors team in minutes, points, and steals. this [this season]. season How different was this season with that it’s there. so much turnover in the roster? Now that the season is over, how are Our coach really looks for more than things different in terms of time? basketball ability. He also looks for personality. Our team was really close. I don’t know what to do with my Last year was great, because we were all extra time. It is really nice, but I’m just best friends, and that was pretty much the not used to having Fridays, Saturdays, same this year. From an outside-of-bas- and Sundays free. It is nice for getting ketball perspective, it was amazing. From schoolwork done, because I just fnish a playing standpoint, it was hard because everything by fve and then go to sleep. I think it might be easier during the season we had so many less experienced players, but everyone caught on really fast. It was because you’re always in a time crunch. defnitely different, but it was just as fun. You say “I actually have to do it now.” As long as you love the team, it doesn’t It’s easier and harder now because I used really matter. to do things on time because I knew I had to. The back-up-against-the-wall idea is How did you feel about your perfor- easier to work with than what I have now. mance this season? How do you think the team is going I could have done better, but it was to do next year? hard because we graduated so many key players. It was hard because they did a I think they’re going to be fne. We lot last year, so I had a bigger role on graduated six key people last year. We weren’t necessarily as good this year, but

the team, and I maybe could have done

the team was fne, and we’re only gradu- a better job embracing it, but I did what ating two of us this year. Honestly, the

I could.

team is going to be better next year than

How did you improve over the it was this year just because everyone is course of the season? going to have time to adjust.

When you have more responsibility What is your biggest accomplish- given to you, you’re going to improve ment through basketball? somehow, as long as you acknowledge I don’t want to sound cliche, but the PAGE 12 / campustimes.org MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 SPORTS Baseball Continues Hot Stretch Against RIT, Extending Streak to Five By CESAR GARCIA Matzat singled past the shortstop, all seven innings allowing only SPORTS EDITOR resulting in a score by senior four hits with seven strikeouts. UR Baseball beat rival Roches- catcher Aiden Finch. “[O]ur bats were alive and our ter Institute of Technology (RIT) The next three innings provided defense was as solid as it gets,” in a doubleheader on a chilly no runs as the score was held to first-year infielder Harper Sy said. March Sunday. The game, origi- 2–0. In the fourth inning, runs With four wins in a row under nally scheduled for a Saturday at 1 started coming through once more. their belt, the ‘Jackets moved on p.m. had to be shifted to the next The ‘Jackets scored in the fourth to the second half of the double- day in order to accommodate the and the fifth inning while the Ti- header. Unlike the first game, it weather. gers responded with a run of their was a slow start for both teams. It The ‘Jackets entered the game own in the fifth. The sixth inning was not until the third inning that with confidence after sweeping provided the most entertainment to both teams started to heat up. The Elmira College in a three game se- the fans as the bats came alive for ‘Jackets put up four runs and the ries. This was not reflective of the the ‘Jackets. Tigers put up two, resulting in a season as a whole, with the team The fireworks began when Her- score of 6–3 after three innings. having a record of 4–5. The team man homered to left center field, In both the fourth and the fifth PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS bringing in another two runs for inning, UR and RIT put up three Junior frst baseman David Rieth had four hits has attempted to make Towers in the second game to help the ‘Jackets to a 14–10 victory over RIT. Field, its home stadium, a fortress the ‘Jackets. Immediately after, runs each, including a three-run by staying undefeated at home. Finch hit a solo homer to left field. homer from Finch. Besides a cou- The sweep of RIT results in a Skidmore College on the week- In the first game, UR started To top it off, sophomore infielder ple runs in the seventh inning, the perfect 5–0 record at home for end. Sy believes that the team has strong and ended stronger. In the Drew Bankovich hit a two-run game was fairly quiet from then the ‘Jackets. With a five-game “a lot of amazing things to look first inning, sophomore outfielder double to center field to bring the on out, ending in a 14–10 win by winning streak, the team will look forward to this year as long as we Steve Pickering singled to left score to 9–1. RIT was able to grab the ‘Jackets. Aiden Finch finished to keep its momentum going this keep having fun and playing great field, allowing for senior infielder one back in the seventh inning extremely strong with a total of week against SUNY Cortland, baseball”. Jack Herman to score. Shortly bringing the final score to 9–2. seven RBIs across the two games, The College at Brockport, and Garcia is a member of after, first-year infielder Jacob Senior pitcher Jack Denzer pitched including six in the final one. in two doubleheaders against the Class of 2022. Bring Back the Scholarship in Sports Scholarships By MICAH GREENBERG more oversight of the recruit- brings in more donations. For SPORTS EDITOR to this one. Some high-profile between academics and athlet- ment process. Coaches taking all of these reasons, Division I professional athletes had other ics? bribes is quite bad, but it’s also coaches essentially act as admis- students take standardized tests The two solutions that make Two weeks ago, scandal difficult to detect. It should be sions counselors by recruiting on their behalf in order to meet some sense are on opposite sides engulfed several colleges when far easier to notice when those athletes to fill spots on their minimum requirements to get of a college sports spectrum. the U.S. Attorney for the District enrolled as student-athletes do team’s roster, with little over- into school. In other scandals, On the one hand, paying college of Massachusetts announced not actually intend to ever play sight from admissions depart- colleges enrolled student-ath- athletes would allow them to be charges against 50 people. The the sport. ments. letes in fake classes so that they appropriately compensated for allegations stem from schemes It is important to remember Even though the UR is a Divi- could spend their time practic- the prestige they bring for new in which an admissions coun- that the colleges involved in sion III school, don’t think that ing. colleges, and paying student- selor helped prospective stu- the scandal, including Yale, we are immune to shady tricks There is a big difference athletes would force schools dents buy their way into college, California, Wake Forest, UCLA, aimed at gaining admission into between those scandals and the to weigh athletic skill against specifically by bribing SAT and Stanford, are all Division I the school. In 2017, a student’s new bribery and fraud scandal. academic potential. On the other proctors to inflate test scores institutions. Schools in Division admission was revoked during In the new scandal, the fraud hand, some argue that schools or by bribing coaches to recruit I have the ability to grant several orientation after the revela- was used to get fully unqualified place far too much of an empha- students as athletes, even when full scholarships to student-ath- tion that she lied about being people into college while not sis on athletics, and that they they had never played that sport. letes for their athletic abilities. homeschooled. Though this was playing the sport. The past scan- should no longer offer such ex- In some cases, the real faces For many of the schools playing not a case of criminal fraud or dals that have embroiled schools tensive scholarships for a wide of students were photoshopped at such a high level, the entire wealthy parents bribing their from North Carolina to Memphis variety of sports. onto a picture of an athlete, cre- athletic department is funded by children into the school, it shows were aimed at accepting people It is unclear what will actually ating the fraudulent appearance ticket sales. how difficult it can be to detect who were less qualified academ- change for Division I student that the student was a skilled Because successful Division deception. ically but extremely athletically athletes as a result of this scan- athlete in their own right. Others I teams, especially in popular Obviously, the college admis- skilled. dal. But the time has come for never played a particular sport, televised sports like football and sions scandal is not limited to But if top schools are recruit- schools to reconsider how they but were admitted on the basis basketball, draw lots of attention sports. But as the March Mad- ing athletes who wouldn’t be recruit athletes. that they were a worthy athlete to universities, athletic success ness tournaments begin, it is able to get into school or who Greenberg is a member of after bribing coaches. also theoretically increases the difficult to forget past college would fall behind in schoolwork, the Class of 2021. Clearly, there needs to be prestige of a school, and in turn sports scandals in comparison shouldn’t we reconsider the ties