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READY TO PLAY RELATIONTIPS COMEDY GOLD Justin Hardy reflects For couples who Eric Andre brought on a year of basket- haven’t landed on big laughs and high ball and the season their costumes, here energy to Graham to come are some ideas. Chapel (Sports, pg 3) (Scene, pg 5) (Cadenza, pg 9)

Senate-penned report calls for carbon Theta Xi neutrality by 2035, greater transparency and Sigma Nu placed SUSU SENATESENATE 1 Washington University should commit on social to becoming carbon neutral by 2035 in CARBONCARBON alignment with the goals of St. Louis probation, 2 The University should invest in Kappa NEUTRALITYNEUTRALITY renewable energy on and off-site Delta and RESOLUTIONRESOLUTION 3 The University should explore creative policy and business solutions Alpha Phi to expand access to cheap, GOALSGOALS renewable energy receive The University should establish 4 transparency on energy use and goals ‘first strikes’ The University should seek input 5 TED MOSKAL from students and the University NEWS EDITOR

community Theta Xi and Sigma Nu were placed on social probation while Kappa Delta and Alpha Phi were GRAPHIC BY GRACE BRUTON given formal conduct warnings, Oct. 30. JAYLA BUTLER other universities’ strides towards “meaningfully push” for change. Collegiate Climate Summit com- Theta Xi was found responsible SENIOR NEWS EDITOR neutrality, specifically American “It’s not that the University ing up, I’m also hopeful that for unregistered social activity, University, which achieved car- doesn’t care about lowering this’ll be another arena where serving alcohol at a dry event and SU Senate’s Green Energy bon neutrality in 2018. emissions. The question is how voices in the administration another alcohol violation, while Resolution calling for Harsoor says the University’s ambitious they’re willing to be,” and student voices that support Sigma Nu was found respon- Washington University to achieve path to carbon neutrality would Keisler said. “I think that Wash. carbon neutrality can really be sible for serving hard alcohol at carbon neutrality by 2035 was involve drastic cuts to carbon U. has made an effort. It’s just heard.” a registered dry event and a risk passed unanimously in a Senate emissions, purchasing carbon off- that part of Student Union’s job While Assistant Vice management violation. Kappa meeting Oct. 29. sets only to cancel out intractable is [to] try and push Wash. U. to Chancellor for Sustainability Phil Delta was also found responsible The resolution, sponsored sources of carbon emissions. make more of an effort.” Valko did not work directly on the for serving alcohol at a registered by sophomore Senators Diva “It’s not only a question of Divestment, an issue of con- resolution due to a mutual desire dry event and Alpha Phi was found Harsoor and Philip Keisler as well our carbon neutrality goals and stant discussion among groups to keep the document student- responsible for a risk management as sophomore committee mem- greenhouse gases in the planet,” such as Fossil Free WashU, was driven, he spoke positively of violation. bers Joe Billips and Bryan Peltier Harsoor said. “It’s also a question not included in the report. At their efforts. Formal conduct warnings typi- and junior committee member of, Washington University claims the time the first draft was writ- “Carbon neutrality is a pretty cally do not include organizational Elizabeth Phelan, also called for to be a leader in public health, ten, SU members were prohibited complex thing and there’s a lot punishments for fraternities or the University to “vigorously” claims to be really good on envi- from taking stances on political of different ways to define how sororities, but instead count as a invest in on-site and off-site ronmental issues, but you look issues like divestment, but on and when to achieve carbon “first strike” for the group. Social renewable energy. around and you see all these peer Sept. 26, SU passed a statute that neutrality,” Valko said. “I think probation, however, prevents Dugan Marieb, Student institutions with much, much bet- would have allowed SU to take a it’s ambitious, but I also believe organizations from hosting social Environmental Council presi- ter goals.” stance on divestment. According that the world needs to be setting events for a certain period of time. dent, and Christina Lee, executive Keisler said they ran into dif- to Harsoor, however, the report ambitious goals.” Senior Jimmy Abraham, presi- member of Green Action, also ficulty while drafting the report was designed to focus on opera- Senate now plans to present the dent of the Interfraternity Council, signed the resolution. because of the lack of avail- tional goals and not every issue resolution to administrators and emphasized the constructive nature The resolution originated as able information regarding the related to sustainability. go through it together to garner of such punishments. a report on green energy which University’s current energy “We didn’t want it to be about additional input. “A big thing that our council has was drafted over the summer. In use. The resolution calls for every single issue. We wanted to “I don’t think this is the end been trying to do, along with the September, Harsoor and Keisler the University to become more give both issues their full due,” step,” Keisler said. “It takes a WPA as well, is to emphasize the presented the draft to Senate for transparent “by equipping stu- Harsoor said. level of student engagement in fact that everything the councils feedback. During the process, dents and other members of the Harsoor also emphasized activism to keep this going… do, and really the FSL staff as well, they also reached out to Marieb Washington University com- the importance of encouraging We’re going to keep pushing the is specifically done for safety… and Lee as well as University munity with the information student engagement in climate- administration on this, not only it’s not a slap on the wrist for no administration for feedback. required to comment meaning- related issues. giving them the report but also reason,” Abraham said. “It is that The decision to set 2035 as a fully on the University’s energy “I’m hoping that people will working with the environmen- we are genuinely worried about goal for neutrality was inspired decisions.” see what needs to be done—that tal groups to keep pushing on people’s safety and that is why this by St. Louis’ pledge to become Keisler hopes this change they’ll see students are really it to make sure that this cam- happened.” completely dependent on renew- will allow students to be well- invested in it,” Harsoor said. pus becomes greener and more able energy by 2035 as well as informed enough to allow them to “And with the 2020 Midwest sustainable.” SEE GREEK, PAGE 2 S.A.R.A.H. hosts Domestic Violence Awareness Month panel

CURRAN NEENAN Consultants, said many Black resi- agencies. Miserocchi said. “[Forcing a of abuse. NEWS EDITOR dents in Ferguson are hesitant to The panel spoke at length about patient’s hand can] remind them Wolf Smith, executive direc- call the police, due to issues of dis- how to support survivors of inter- of power balances they experience tor of the St. Louis Anti-Violence The Sexual Assault and trust, even when threatened with personal violence that deviate from in their relationships already.” project, spoke about the self-per- Rape Anonymous Helpline at violence from partners. Watkins the societally expected norm of a Owens believes that sometimes petuating cycle of abuse wherein Washington University capped said she’s constantly meeting with cisgender, heterosexual married the best thing someone can do is survivors normalize their expe- off Domestic Violence Awareness Ferguson police captains to help white woman. Kristin Miserocchi, to sit with the survivor and make riences, and often project them Month with a panel centered on them build trust with the public. a staff psychologist at Habif them feel supported but, most onto others. According to Smith, issues of interpersonal violence in Megan Owens, the volunteer Health and Wellness, said mem- importantly, not alone. high rates of abuse in often small marginalized communities, Oct. 30. coordinator for domestic abuse bers of marginalized groups often According to Watkins survi- LGBTQIA* communities can The panel highlighted the shelter Alternatives to Living In refrain from seeking help for fear vors often prefer talking to people compound that effect, often barriers that marginalized commu- Violent Environments (ALIVE), of outing themselves. from similar backgrounds; they leading to thorny questions of for- nities face when utilizing available said undocumented immigrants According to Miserocchi, she can feel “judged” when talking to giveness and justice. resources and the institutions that affected by interpersonal violence tries not to make assumptions for people outside their community. “How do you allow people to keep those barriers in place. often don’t seek resources for fear her patients; she works with them Peter Hovmand, the leader of heal some traumas while their Several of the panelists shared of deportation and a healthy dis- to create their own conception of Washington University’s Sexual presence traumatizes others?” stories illustrating the barriers that trust of institutions informed by what violence means to them. Assault and Relationship Violence Smith said. “Do they have the right survivors from marginalized com- their interactions with Immigration “One of the most important Assessment Initiative, agreed and to heal in that space?” munities face. Huvona Watkins, and Customs Enforcement things I can do as a counselor is spoke of the need for people within executive director of Life Source (ICE) and other law enforcement to hold space for ambivalence,” a community who can spot signs SEE PANEL, PAGE 2

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Reflections’ ‘Love Your Body Week’ celebrates acceptance, inclusivity JADEN SATENSTEIN also included program- Transition Coordinator theFLIPSIDE SENIOR EDITOR ming designed to equip at the Starkloff Disability THURS 31 FRI 1 SAT 2 SUN 3 students to love their bod- Institute Sarah Schwegel, a PARTLY CLOUDY SUNNY PARTLY CLOUDY MOSTLY SUNNY Reflections, a body posi- ies. Marie-Laure Firebaugh, St. Louis non-profit which 37/26 53/34 46/29 54/36 tivity and eating disorder clinical research coordinator works to support people awareness student group, at Washington University with disabilities in the work- began their Love Your Body School of Medicine’s Center place and other aspects of EVENT CALENDAR Week with a series of pan- for Healthy Weight and their lives, and sophomore els, discussions and other Wellness, gave a talk on how Payton Rule, an accessi- THURSDAY 31 events Oct. 28. to support a friend strug- bility advocate who has a Reflections focused pro- gling with an eating disorder neuromuscular disorder At the Table: Chef as Artist and Executive gramming on promoting or negative body image, called Charcot-Marie-Tooth Knight Hall, Emerson Auditorium, 7:30 a.m. inclusivity within the body noting ways to identify (CMT). Please join us at the gateway of innovation and inspiration for an insider’s perspective on acceptance movement, start- symptoms and talk about “I think there’s a lot of the business behind the culinary arts. We’re celebrating Olin’s new Minor in the Business of ing the week with a “Yoga the issue. stigma and stereotypes the Arts with a morning of insights on the drive, purpose and strategy poured into translat- for All Bodies” lesson, Oct. Sophomore Amy Lin, associated with disability 28. Organizers strove to cre- who attended the event, in general in society, so I ing a passion for the culinary arts into a successful business venture. ate an “inclusive experience found it to be a helpful really hope that we can just for all levels of ability” and conversation. bring more awareness to Gallery Conversation: On Ai Weiwei and Architectural Design debunk the idea that one “I think it was very infor- the topic of disability and Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 5:30 p.m. should exercise to change mative,” Lin said. “…How kind of break down some Igor Marjanovic, JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Professor and chair of undergraduate Archi- one’s body. you shape conversation was of those stereotypes about tecture in the Sam Fox School, and students from “Introduction to Design Processes I” According to Reflections intriguing, like how she said what a body should be or will join Sabine Eckmann, the Kemper’s director and chief curator, for a discussion of Ai member and Love Your you associate foods with how people with disabilities Weiwei’s art in relation to architectural context and human experience. In conjunction with Body Week co-chair sopho- ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ and I’ve view their own self-image,” the exhibition “Ai Weiwei: Bare Life.” more Layna Paraboschi, the never really thought about Rule said. group chose to emphasize that.” Rule hopes to stress that Workshop: Fake News, Propaganda and Misinformation an active lifestyle and body Junior Noa Steiner shared people with disabilities can Olin Library, Instruction Rm. 2, 4 p.m. positivity. Lin’s sentiments, noting she participate in popular physi- The second event of the was not previously aware cal activities such as sports, From the Fyre Festival to Fukushima daisies to “fake news,” mis-and-disinformation has week was a discussion-based that eating disorders have and said “We’re not really made its impact on both the personal and political. This workshop will help you spot fake workshop, held Oct. 29. Led the highest mortality rate of defined by our limitations of news and you’ll learn the tips and tricks needed to evaluate information more effectively. by Campus Life Graduate any mental illness. our bodies.” Assistant for Leadership and “I think it highlighted The week will culminate Film Screening: ‘Night of the Living Dead’ LGBTQIA* Involvement how we pick and choose in a day-long photoshoot in Brown Hall, Rm. 100, 7 p.m. Ilia Esrig, the discussion what we consider to be the Harvey Media Center, This 4th annual Halloween screening will seat 350. We will be screening a 4k digital res- included topics such as the important issues, and I think Nov. 1. Participants can toration of George Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’ (1968). It is free and open to the lack of representation of this is one of the ones that sign up through a document public. There will be popcorn and drinks as well. people of color in the beauty we recognize it hurts people accessible in the Love Your industry and how to make but we don’t always recog- Body Week Facebook event the body appreciation move- nize it in full,” Steiner said. description for 15-minute FRIDAY 1 ment more inclusive of all Reflections will host slots during which they gender identities. a panel on disabil- pose, either alone or with All Saints Day Mass at Medical Campus “When people say to love ity and body respect friends, with heart-shaped Bernard Becker Medical Library, King Center (7th floor), 12:05 p.m. your body, it’s not exactly today, Oct. 31, featuring signs displaying a variety of The Catholic Student Center at Washington University will have a special lunchtime Mass inclusive of people [whose Washington University messages, including “I am for the Feast of All Saints. bodies don’t] reflect the School of Medicine more than a body,” as well body that they identify as,” Assistant Professor of as a whiteboard so that par- Paraboschi said. Occupational Therapy ticipants can choose their Informal Cities Workshop Kickoff Lecture: Geeta Mehta Love Your Body Week Kathy Kniepmann, Youth message. Steinberg Hall, Steinberg Auditorium, 12:15 p.m. Launched in 2014, the Informal Cities Workshop provides Wash. U. students with an inten- sive, hands-on opportunity to grapple with frictions and interconnections that exist between the informal and the formal aspects of the city. The annual workshop consists of a keynote from page 1 lecture, which is free and open to the public, followed by a one-credit, weekend-long design GREEK charrette. Associate Director for review,” Sandoval-Sweeney for the provision of alcohol at The 2019 workshop, titled Collective Design in an Era of Climate Change, is led by Mehta Campus Life-Fraternity wrote in a statement to a dry event as “a slight mis- and lecturer Matthew Bernstine. The site is located in Varanasi, a city in Uttar Pradesh, Sorority Life Austin Sandoval- Student Life. communication.” Kramer India, which is believed to be one of the oldest living cities in the world and one of im- Sweeney declined to elaborate According to Abraham, hopes to use this warning as a mense spiritual, ecological and historical significance. The workshop is open to all Wash. on the details of the violations there are still aspects of Greek turning point going forward. of the four Greek organiza- life outside of social events “We do not recall having U. students; however space is limited to 40 participants. To register please contact Matthew tions beyond what was stated which members of Theta Xi ever been called to standards Bernstine at [email protected]. online, citing the integrity of and Sigma Nu can still enjoy. board before this and so we the conduct process. However, “Unfortunately, there are look forward to using this as Skin Temperature: Air Conditioning and Cross-Racial Identification in ‘Orfeu Negro’ he also stressed that the pun- people in the community for an educational opportunity to Umrath Hall, Rm. 140, 4 p.m. ishments determined by the which their sole motivation continue the ongoing conver- Julia Walker, associate professor of English and Drama, will present this talk. Her paper in- conduct council would encour- for joining a fraternity or a sation in KD about increasing vestigates the effects of air conditioning on the aesthetic response of audiences in mid-twen- age growth and improvement. sorority is the social events, in safety in the Greek community tieth-century theatres. With a focus on French director Marcel Camus’s film “Orfeu Negro” “All chapters that go which case it [social probation] and in our chapter,” Kramer (Black Orpheus, 1959) and its basis in Brazilian poet Vinícius de Moraes’s play “Orfeu da through a conduct process is obviously a bigger deal,” wrote in a statement to Conceição” (1956), she demonstrates how these works made complicated aesthetic appeals and are found responsible for Abraham said. “But I think Student Life. to audiences who were beginning to experience what it meant to “be in one’s own skin” in a violating policy, there essen- for the people who are trying The president of Theta Xi new way. This is a free event. tially always will be outcomes to get something out of it more declined to comment. The focused on chapter members than specifically social events president of Alpha Phi and having an opportunity to learn alone, it is not a huge deal.” the director of standards of ‘A Two-Way Mirror: Set Design and Social Reflection in Shanghai Cinema, 1937-1941’ and grow from the incident by Kappa Delta President the Women’s Panhellenic Busch Hall, Rm. 18, 5 p.m. way of an educational inter- senior Emma Kramer charac- Association did not respond to This talk examines how varied strategies of spatial configurations in Orphan Island cinema vention or risk management terized her sorority’s violation comment requests. conditioned the viewers’ experience of the diegetic world and their reflections on social reality. Using the “two-way mirror” model to complicate the meaning of contemporary relevance, the talk demonstrates the critical role of set design in determining the reflective quality of a film text. PANEL from page 1 SATURDAY 2 Smith also mentioned recommending resources, discussed,” Watkins said. their apprehension when so they know which groups Owens praised an increas- ‘Energy Storage - How Does it Work and How Can We Make it Better?’ recommending resources are safe for marginalized ing awareness in young Crow Hall, Rm. 201, 10 a.m. to survivors from the communities. people of what consti- Anders Carlsson, professor of Physics, will present a Saturday Science Lecture. The talk LGBTQIA* community, Panelists did share certain tutes relationship violence, will explain the how-to of some key energy storage technologies, describe current limits on lamenting that “there’s notes of optimism; Watkins while Smith mentioned an the technologies and point to promising directions for the future, including underground no such thing as a perfect said the #MeToo movement increasing acceptance of resource.” helped propel the discussion the survivorship of margin- thermal energy storage. “Many times, [survivors] of interpersonal violence alized communities. are looking for something we into the national spotlight. “Agencies are willing to Fall 2019 Undergraduate Research Symposium can’t provide,” Smith said. “It’s become something listen to me,” Smith said. Simon Hall, Rm. 1, 12 p.m. Smith often solicits feed- where no matter how you “They’re willing to hear that Join us and see the breadth of research being performed by undergraduates from all aca- back from clients after identify, this needs to be we are really important.” demic departments, programs and schools. Opening presentations begin at noon in Simon 1 followed by a poster session from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Olin Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

‘Garments in the Gallery’ Holmes Lounge, 1:30 p.m. Join the Sam Fox School’s Fashion Design program for this gallery-style fashion exhibition! See fall 2019 Fashion Design students work up close and on live models. You’ll also have a chance to speak with student designers and learn about their creative research and process.

Department of Music Showcase 560 Music Center, E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, 3 p.m. This free showcase by the music department features student performances.

SUNDAY 3

Día de los Muertos and a Celebration of Hispanic Culture Missouri History Museum, 11 a.m. Visit the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park to celebrate Día de los Muertos on Nov. 2 and 3! Enjoy altars that represent a variety of Latin American cultural traditions, live music and dance performances, story sharing, art display, food and drink vendors, a photo booth, souvenir printmaking and a procession through the park. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 DORIAN DEBOSE & MATTHEW FRIEDMAN | SENIOR SPORTS EDITORS | [email protected] STUDENT LIFE 3 SPORTS

BY MATTHEW FRIEDMAN ATHLETE OF THE WEEK SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Justin Hardy reflrefl ectsects onon aa yearyear ofof basketballbasketball andand another another one one heating heating up up

Sophomore forward championships. The year team. It was a game that Draymond’s game inspired SL: Right. How Justin Hardy helped lead before I got here, they went maybe we came into and you on the court? do you work on the men’s basketball team 24-4 and were the number thought we were going to those little things? to a second-place finish 1 team in the country for win easily and we would JH: I don’t think he I mean, that’s not in the University Athletic a really long time. But just face a little adversity early. does anything particularly necessarily the Association last season. knowing that I could excel We were down big but well, but he’ll defend any kind of thing that Averaging 14.6 points per in that area on the court as then Nester and DeVaughn position on the floor and you often see people game and shooting .549 well as having a great edu- Rucker sparked the big he does the things it takes focusing on when from the field, Hardy was cation, it all just kinda fell comeback for us that day. to win. He takes charges they go to the park named to the DIII News into fruition together. We were just able to gut and is going to block out and shoot hoops. How All-Freshman team and out a really tough win on and rebound every time— do you work on that? won the UAA Rookie SL: I watched one of the road. And then the best he’s going to run the floor of the Year award. In the video interviews that part about the whole trip hard. And I think that’s JH: I think it’s a mind- the lead-up to the No. 7 you did last year and one was that we actually ended kind of where I fit in on set. It’s a mentality for Bears’ Wednesday night thing that stood out to me up getting snowed in that this team. I’m not the sure. Just every day, think- exhibition match against was how you talked with night. We were supposed greatest shooter, I don’t do ing that when I step on Division I Missouri State such passion about dunk- to fly back, but we spent anything particularly well. the floor, I’m gonna to do (the Bears lost, 76-59), ing. Do you remember two extra days [in] Boston But if I can do all the little everything I can to make Hardy and I sat down to your first dunk, whether just team bonding. Just things, they can put me on this team better. reflect on his experiences that’s just like ever or with being in a hotel and watch- the floor and it will make a with Wash. U. basketball Wash. U.? What did that ing the AFC championship big impact for us. SEE HARDY, PAGE 4 GRACE BRUTON | STUDENT LIFE and his expectations of feel like? together, unable to come what is to come. back to St. Louis—that JH: Yeah, my very first just was a great experience dunk was in warm-ups for all of us. Student Life: in a middle school game. What was it like to start There was nobody in the SL: You wear number all 25 games last year as a gym and I turn around 32. Is there any special freshman? and look at the person story behind that? behind me in lay-up lines Justin Hardy: It and I said, “I’m about to JH: The first number was a learning experience. dunk this one, watch this.” that I fell in love with was Obviously, I had played And I went up and I, you 10, but then I got put on Doing a Delicious a ton in high school and know, I tried it a hundred a team with kids that had I understood that I had times before and never already been on that team the capabilities of being gotten it clean. I went up for forever and someone Dessert Dissertation? a good basketball player right away and dunked it. else was number 10—hap- here, but I definitely didn’t One of my buddies ran pened to be my best friend. Extensive Research is Essential expect to step in right over to my mom when I went with [the number away and the level of she walked into the gym of] someone who I think impact that was expected to watch the game and he is one of the greatest bas- from me. Just coming in, goes “Justin just dunked!” ketball players in history we were a brand new team It was a pretty crazy expe- and went to my favorite with a brand new coach. rience. There are not a school—Michigan State, None of our guys had lot of eighth graders out since I used to live in East played a ton of minutes there dunking. Obviously Lansing—Magic Johnson, except for Jack Nolan last it wasn’t in a game, but it who wore 33 in college, year and we were all kind was still pretty cool. but 32 in the pros. I went of going through the expe- with his professional num- Stop by and study in person! rience of being a freshman SL: How tall were you ber, just as a tribute to his together. Coach [Pat] back then? career being a Michigan Just a mile from campus: Juckem—it was his first State Spartan. year, so no one had any JH: Same height as 1063 S. Big Bend Blvd. upper hand on what the I [am] now—I haven’t SL: Who are some bas- plays were or the system grown since eighth grade. ketball players who have that we wanted to run. So, [Justin Hardy is 6’5”] inspired you and how so? at some point I was kind of at an equal opportunity SL: You mentioned JH: Yeah, Draymond as anyone else out there. that memory of dunk- [Green] is definitely the So, you know, [for] the ing from middle school. guy I kind of modeled my freshmen, it was no excuse Do you have any favorite game around. He’s tough for not being ready to go. memories from last year [as] nails. He kinda came And I just got thrown into or from the two weeks of into a team that was pretty a good position where I practice that you’ve had so good. They had estab- was the beneficiary of Jack far this year on the basket- lished vets with [Stephen] OR... [Nolan] and Matt [Nester], ball team? Curry and [Klay] and they opened up a lot Thompson that were get- of doors for me and helped JH: We had a fun trip ting going, and they were GET me get put in the right to New York and Boston starting to become win- spots right away, and they last year. I kind of think ners, and Draymond came kind of did everything for it was a turning point for in right away, fresh out of me at the beginning of the our team. We really came college and didn’t really year just to get me in that together that weekend. We care about being a rookie, spot. played in New York on being a second-year guy. Friday night and went to a He came in and showed Delivered to your door SL: Gotcha. What nice team dinner [the night his leadership right away, made you choose Wash. before]. We just bonded and I think that’s applica- U? really well that night and ble in all facets of life. You 314-781-0300 then played really well the know, he wasn’t the star JH: I think it was the next day against NYU, player, but he wasn’t afraid school over the athlet- blew them out by 20. to let his voice be heard ics. Obviously, they have And then Sunday morn- and do the right things WINNER-BEST BITE a great basketball pro- ing we come around and along the way. gram and a great history we’re playing in Boston. here with two national And Brandeis was a tough SL: How has TASTE OF WASH U 2019

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MATT SINGER speculation at this point. a lot to unpack here. First years ago, especially after long insisted that once the new rule, still won’t (at CONTRIBUTING WRITER Though come on; if EA and foremost, yes, it is the former University of student-athletes are able to least not directly—they still Sports sees a way to make right move on the organi- Connecticut men’s basket- make money, the “student” won’t get any money from On Tuesday, one mas- money, you know they’re zation’s part. For a long ball star Shabazz Napier, in student-athlete will no television deals or ticket sively important piece of going to be... in the game. time, college students on directly after winning the longer be relevant. sales, for example). news dropped that could What actually happened athletic scholarships did 2014 national title, spoke However, this idea is As for DII and DIII and probably will change on Tuesday is slightly more not have the same rights about going to bed hungry plainly false. It has been schools like Wash. U., the future of amateur complicated. Top NCAA and privileges as their aca- over the course of the year a long, long time since nothing has really changed. sports in America. It has brass voted to begin a pro- demic counterparts. Being because he had no money academics came before Because athletes here are been a long time com- cess of changing the rules on a varsity team in college for food. That was over athletics at the Division I not on athletic scholar- ing. People all over the that currently prevent stu- meant you could not make five years ago. You know level. During their respec- ships, there are no rules Twitterverse rejoiced. For dent-athletes from making money in any way, and how long five years is? tive seasons, DI athletes preventing them from mak- the first time in what felt money. Once the new rule that is difficult as a college Five years ago, the UConn consistently spend around ing money on the side. like forever, the country is implemented, student- student. I will credit the men’s basketball team was 40 hours per week doing Additionally, DIII athlet- was united. A long over- athletes will be able to NCAA for at least doing actually good. activities related to their ics do not make anywhere due decision involving the profit off of their names, the right thing by getting Up until this point, sport. Varsity sports are close to the same kind of NCAA was finally made. images and likenesses “in a rid of the ridiculous policy. NCAA President Mark essentially full-time jobs. money as DI sports, so the Yes, that’s right. NCAA manner consistent with the Here’s my problem with Emmert, who looks like This makes sense, consider- situations are inherently Football is back! collegiate model.” it though. Anyone who the love child of Newt ing that football and men’s different. Well, maybe. You see, This move comes over a follows college sports Gingrich and Hermey the basketball are both multibil- The NCAA finally suc- if you saw Twitter on month after the California knows that the NCAA is Elf from “Rudolph the lion-dollar sports—college cumbed to mounting Tuesday, you likely would state legislature voted to the most corrupt, back- Red-Nosed Reindeer,” has football is the second most pressure and relented. have seen some posts about allow athletes at schools in wards sports organization been steadfast in his asser- popular sport in America, Which is good. But college the official return of EA the state do essentially the in America, and that any tion that student-athletes tailing only the National sports are still unfair to the Sports’ popular NCAA same thing. move they make is only in should not be able to profit Football League. The play- athletes and will remain Football video game fran- As is always the case their self-interest. This rule off of themselves. He and ers have never gotten a so until the players benefit chise. That is actually all with the NCAA, there is should have been changed the rest of the NCAA have slice of the pie and, under fully from their own labor.

Underclassmen football players and the leadership of upperclassmen

MIGUEL CAMPOS and the coaching staff. basis is upheld on and off how to be a part of the Man Up,’” Mattecheck said schedules. It’s always very STAFF REPORTER While the life of a football the field. team and how to lead the about the contributions of clear so that we don’t miss player can be busy, hectic “When practice is lacking team.” the coaching staff towards class.” The “stars” of the and stressful, the support a little bit, [the upperclass- Another senior who the player development. “If The hard work that is Washington University system the team provides men] will be like, ‘We have younger players see as a someone goes down and expected from the under- football team—the impact is central to ensuring that to step it up’ and it’s one leader is cornerback Justin gets hurt, something hap- classmen is balanced by players who routinely younger players can thrive thing to say it, but then you DiCarlo. pens, someone’s got to be the fun traditions that the make game-changing, at Wash. U. look out and you notice “He balances a heavy able to take their place and team has kept up over the exciting plays—tend to be The upperclassmen play now some pads are popping load because he does step in. So I think they’re years. There are various upperclassmen. This is not a substantial part in shep- and now everyone’s really ROTC, football, and obvi- really preparing us for that. traditions that take place surprising. The juniors and herding the younger players getting better,” sophomore ously school here and I just They do a great job of annually to make sure that seniors who play the most through their first years in linebacker Anthony Brown kind of admire how he gets showing us every rep, every the new players become minutes have earned their the program. The upper- said. “So it’s not as much everything done, how he drill, it matters.” close friends with one roles on the team through classmen are viewed as role about what they say, it’s goes about it with class— The coaches are aware of another. years of hard work and models and have the huge more about what they do, he was really helpful to me the rigor and workload that “Every Thursday, we’ll experience. Those upper- responsibility of instilling they live it.” and to all the underclass- comes with being a student do a position group din- classmen are the leaders the “play hard” mentality There is plenty to be said men showing us along the at Wash. U., and they make ner, so I’ll go out with all of the team, and they set that is expected to be dis- about the younger players way and outside of being sure that freshmen get the the receivers and quarter- the example for those who played during every game. and who they look up to the a great player, he’s a great chance to adapt to the col- backs,” Okmin said, adding will soon follow in their “Our catchphrase most due to the way they person,” freshman defen- lege environment while not that “there’s a special date footsteps: the freshman this year is ‘Leave No carry not only themselves, sive back Sam Mattecheck becoming overwhelmed night one, where we have and sophomores who play Doubt’—a lot of times but the team as a whole. said. with their responsibilities to bring a date, and it was limited minutes, but can be the seniors will come up “I’d say Johnny The coaching staff aims of being an athlete. fun.” found studiously observ- with a new statement that Davidson, the [senior] to make sure that the “The coaches have “Each position group ing the game and excitedly will repeat throughout the quarterback,” freshman younger players are absorb- always been very support- does their own thing,” tracking their team’s prog- year, that’s kind of their wide receiver Cole Okmin ing the information they ive of us—they are very Brown said. “For the ress up and down the field job to instill that culture of said of the player he looks will need when the time capable of working with linebackers, we go to a res- on Saturday afternoons. working hard all the time,” up to the most. “I got to comes for them to take up us,” sophomore linebacker taurant over in Dogtown Still in the early stages of sophomore running back meet him before I came to the mantle. Alex Harvey said. “The and the freshman have their football careers, these Matt Moore said. school—he’s the toughest “They push you day in travel schedule is always to read the history of the underclassmen are influ- The older players make dude on the team and his and day out, let you know known ahead of time so restaurant in front of the enced and supported by the sure that the work ethic that work ethic is unbelievable. this is going to be you in the that we can make adjust- restaurant. So it’s kind of upperclassmen on the team is to be expected on a daily He really sets the example, future; our theme is ‘Next ments when making our just fun stuff like that.”

HARDY from page 3 I don’t have to have the position to win and I want exhibition at] Missouri because they took it to glamour or the glory of to bring others along with State. It’s going to be an us twice last year and it hitting big shots or cross- me on that path too. experience of playing in a didn’t settle well with us. ing someone up and big stadium with a lot of We talk about it every day making them fall to the SL: What are you people there against some in practice, how we want floor. But [it’s] just the most excited for this really talented players. to come out ready to play. mentality that I will do season? But I also know that our everything it takes to make team is really hungry to SL: The game against sure I put my team in a JH: I think [our get down and play Emory Missouri State seems like it’ll be a lot of fun—good luck! My last question now: You were the UAA Rookie of the Year last year—that must be pretty dope. What was that like?

JH: It was pretty cool. GRACE BRUTON | STUDENT LIFE I don’t play the game for Fall is here Sophomore forward Justin Hardy goes up for a layup against awards. It’s nice that I Carnegie Mellon. Hardy won the UAA Rookie of the Year last and it’s time get some personal recog- season and was named to the DIII News All-Freshman Team. nition, but none of that comes if we aren’t a good come when your team players from those teams to layer up. team. All these awards wins, [then] some good get recognized for it. So as cool as it was to be Rookie Large variety of Baja hoodies, of the Year, we have a Cracked Screen? lot higher goals than just blankets and more. get[ting] some personal achievements or scoring Phones Fixed FAST! points, right? Like we’re Come check out our CBD selection coming out. We want to Bring your be really good, put some Brands we carry: Ws on the board and then, BeLeaf Life Oils - Missouri Grown! • Eclipse WashU ID when our team ends up in the Final Four or national Green Roads • Homegrown Hemp • JustCBD • Koi for a discount on repairs and championship, [or] wins Organabus • Pinnacle Hemp • Rescue • Select CBD it all this year, those per- accessories! sonal accolades will come Open Monday through Saturday, 10am to 9pm • Sunday 11am to 8pm and we’ll all feel good Let's Get Technical about the people winning 6303 DELMAR BLVD IN THE LOOP them. www.sunshinedaydream.com In The Loop...6273 Delmar Blvd. This interview was edited (314)805-1052 [email protected] for length and clarity. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 JADEN SATENSTEIN | SENIOR SCENE EDITOR | [email protected] STUDENT LIFE 5 SCENERelationTips

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Cute, last-minute couples Halloween costumes It’s that time of the year Party Animals Cartoon Network’s and pacifiers from the one) and you’re good again: midterms. In the Chowder is one of the nearest grocery store. to go! Childhood midst of your growing Go crazy, go stupid this most iconic cartoons of Have a happy Halloween, nostalgia evoked. test anxiety and wonder- Halloween as party ani- our childhood and this baby bears. ing whether or not you mals! All you need to do is is the hill I will die on. Mario and should drop out of college, pair of animal masks with So Chowder and Panini Donkey and Luigi you remember it’s also fancy clothes. Did someone would be a cute pair to Dragon from Halloween. Do you have say jungle fever? dress as! All Chowder Shrek Last but not least, a costume? No. If you’ve needs is a purple sweater, we have Nintendo’s found yourself in this posi- Ariana Grande purple pants, and a Continuing our onesie most iconic duo. For tion, have no fear! I’m here and Pete Davidson matching hat. And Panini theme, another couples these costumes, wear to save you with a list of just wears a high ponytail costume idea is Donkey matching overalls cute, last minute couples Yes, I am aware Ariana and a yellow dress. Alexa, and Dragon! Just go to with a green sweater Halloween costumes. Grande and Pete Davidson play “Panini” by Lil Nas Target and get a dragon and hat combo for are no longer together, X. onesie and a donkey one- Luigi and a red Sandy and Danny but for the purpose of sie (or a horse onesie, if sweater and hat from Grease Halloween this couples Gumball and they don’t have a donkey combo for Mario. GRAPHIC BY HN HOFFMANN costume would slap. For Darwin Is “Grease” one of the Pete Davidson you just best movie musicals of need trendy clothing, and Did I watch too much our time? Yes. Are the for Ariana Grande you can Cartoon Network as two leads a couple? Yes. channel your fierce alter a child? Yes. Which is So naturally, my first ego with sky-high heels and why my next suggestion couples costume sugges- the iconic high ponytail. is Gumball and Darwin tion is Sandy and Danny from “The Amazing from “Grease.” All Danny Chowder and World of Gumball.” needs is black jeans, a Panini Gumball wears a beige white T-shirt and a leather sweater and grey trousers; jacket, and all Sandy needs trousers are super in style is a tight black outfit, and right now, but if you don’t you’re ready for a night have a pair you can just of Summer (Halloween?) wear jeans. And to dress Lovin’. Ps: It’s a bonus if as Darwin you literally you guys can sing. just need to have green high tops. But to make it Cowfolks more clear who you are, you could add a predomi- This simple costume nantly orange outfit. only requires that you and your significant other Babies have flannels, cowboy boots and cowboy hats. Dressing as a baby is If you want it to be extra perhaps one of my favor- cute, you guys could wear ite Halloween costumes matching flannels, and ever. All you need are you’ll get to have a fun matching onesies, and to Halloween with the yee to make it even cuter you your haw. GRAPHIC BY HN HOFFMANN can get stuffed animals

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Celebrate Halloween by stopping by the College Office for sweet treats and dogs in costumes!

Thursday, October 31 3:30-5:30pm Cupples II, lobby 6 STUDENT LIFE GRACE BRUTON | SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR | [email protected] THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 PHOTO Bend and clap: ‘Legally Blonde’ raises the bar

GRACE BRUTON | STUDENT LIFE Student performers sing, dance and act in the Performing Art Department’s production of “Legally Blonde.” “Legally Blonde” will show this weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Edison Theatre. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 JADEN SATENSTEIN | SENIOR SCENE EDITOR | [email protected] STUDENT LIFE 7

Finding comfort on and off campus: WU food groups that build community CALEB LIU flying back home. CONTRIBUTING WRITER Home Plate is a program founded by Risa Wrighton Despite the cramped that has been pairing size of Lopata House’s Washington University stu- basement kitchen, it feels dents with host families in nothing but cozy when the St. Louis since 2001. These Culinary Arts Society takes students spend two to three over. People laugh and chat nights a semester in small as they stand at stations, groups arranged by com- each individual essential to mon interests and hobbies, the creation of the perfect enjoying free homemade homemade dinner. dinners, stimulating table One pair works on shred- conversation and other fun ding the chicken, another activities with hosts. on making guacamole. “I’m so grateful for my Two unlucky girls are family,” junior Jessica relegated to cutting the Zhang said when asked onions. It’s all in good fun, about Home Plate. It’s though, and soon enough, given her the traditional a magical aroma arises family dinner experience from the medley combina- she was never able to have tion of dishes. at home. Even more notable than “I never really ate meals the fact that this is the typi- with my actual family in cal Culinary Arts Society high school due to different cooking night is that essen- schedules, and when I did, tially no one knew each it was such a pain getting other beforehand. This my little brother to eat is no mistake. The club’s without an iPad,” she said. president, senior Shannon For others, food is a way Gurley, believes that food to relieve stress and make is the perfect way to con- friends. Justin Kransdorf, nect with strangers. a senior from New Jersey, “Food is memories, and has been an avid Home so you share part of your- Plate participant for four GRAPHIC BY HN HOFFMANN self through food,” Gurley years. school now, when you’re Miller, Wash. U.’s new that publishes recipes, Spoon chapter, sopho- says. “It is something He fondly recalls his here,” Kransdorf said. dietitian, believes that food restaurant reviews and more Laurel Levinsohn, that I originally bonded first experience with the “...It’s hard to run away is meant to be comforting. everything else relating to said. “…When you’re first with with my father, and program: a chance to from work or schoolwork As long as there’s balance, food for college students by becoming friends with cooking with him made “hang out with their dog” that you have. So actu- even fried chicken and college students. In regards people, you’re not going for some of my favorite and spend “a great couple ally getting off-campus to mac and cheese are fine. to food writing, not many to be like, ‘Oh, want to memories.” hours off of campus to that really plays into that Equally important, she publications cater to the come sit in my room and All over campus, there destress, relax and have a mindset and mentality says, are the relationships budget and convenience chat?’ I think that food is are ways to get involved really good meal.” when you step it away from that arise from food. needs of a college student, so relevant for people that and find communities and Getting away from the it all.” “We dine around our and Spoon fills that gap. we always form our social organizations dedicated Wash. U. bubble is another The students involved in dinner tables with our Wash. U.’s chapter is interactions and connec- to building unity through big plus, according to these programs have vastly families,” Miller said. “… composed of a group tions around food. It’s food. The Culinary Arts Kransdorf. Students have different interests, different As part of the Wash. U. of passionate students always the centerpiece.” Society has themed cook- the opportunity to connect classes and different friends campus, you create new dedicated to making people So when you’re home for ing nights about once with community members and yet they’ve all found friendships…when you more comfortable with Thanksgiving, don’t rush a month, ranging from and become intimately comfort and a place in eat and you go with your food in the environments out of that giant family Mexican to campfire food acquainted with their city. the Wash. U. community classmates or roommates, around them, especially dinner even if the turkey and welcoming students Who wouldn’t want to through food. that’s how you develop those of Wash. U. and St. is dry. Don’t neglect the cooking levels. For many escape responsibilities, Of course, one doesn’t new relationships now that Louis as a whole. importance of 2:00 a.m. others, it’s even possible to eat a delicious meal and have to make a commit- will hopefully last you the “Food is so relevant to waffle runs at Bear’s Den combat homesickness and explore St. Louis, all in one ment to a food-related rest of your life.” society, especially in terms with your friends. And recreate that homey feeling night? group. Food can be power- Spoon University is of socialization,” the photo when someone asks to grab of family dinners without “Your home is your ful in and of itself. Rebecca a national organization director of Wash. U.’s lunch? Say yes.

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2019 8 STUDENT LIFE TYLER SABLOFF & KYA VAUGHN | SENIOR FORUM EDITORS | [email protected] THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 FORUM STAFF EDITORIAL On homesickness and finding a sense of campus community

ith Parent you are away from them. family, your old friends and home life that others have differing circumstances of chat with you and talk you & Family Parents, even ones that are of course your pets. Don’t may not be as positive as those around you, reach out through the process as a Weekend not your own, can give a feel like there is anything yours is. to those that are not able to way to spend time together Wand sense of home that is hard wrong with you for feeling With the holidays just see their families when they no matter the distance. If Thanksgiving Break fast to come by on a college this way; you are not the around the corner, it is nat- most need to, be willing to there are any activities you approaching, many have campus. To have this family only one. Don’t be afraid to ural to count down the days listen and to learn about always did with your family home on their minds. For setting year-round, consider vocalize your feelings with leading up to them, yet it is others’ backgrounds. or friends from home, invite some, this may come in the trying Home Plate to eat your friends, as you may important to not treat the We as an editorial board people here to do them form of excitement as they homemade meals with local be surprised by how many time between then and now have come up with a few with you. Consider having know they will be with their families. people can relate. You may as burdening days that only tips in order to alleviate a “Friendsgiving” to help loved ones soon, and yet For many, going to col- feel better, also, just know- exist to be crossed off your homesickness. Most obvi- solidify the family you can for others, these events may lege is the first time they ing that others feel similarly. calendar. It is important to ously, call the people that form on campus. The pain make them more acutely have lived away from home. However, not everyone remember that not everyone you are missing. Even if of missing home cannot aware of just how homesick Being somewhere new and does get homesick, and that gets to go home for breaks they are busy and cannot go away if you don’t allow they are. surrounded by strangers can is perfectly fine too. Family and that the less populated talk at the time, simply yourself the chance to If your parents are visit- be understandably stress- is not always a safe and campus may make the reaching out and letting embrace where you are. Get ing this weekend, consider ful and cause a longing welcoming environment longing for home more them know that they are out and explore St. Louis: inviting some of your to go back. If the pain of and college may, in fact, acute for those that stay. missed can mean the world Go to the Art Museum, friends whose parents will this feels overwhelming, be a refuge. Looking down For international students, and help bring you together. explore downtown, eat not be around to share consider calling Uncle on people who express not the holidays that are most If there is a certain dish a at the Hill, walk around in some of your activi- Joe’s or seeking out other wanting to communicate important to them may not family member makes that Cherokee Street. There is so ties. Parents tend to love mental health resources with their parents or not fall during any break at all, means a lot, ask them for much to do around the city, getting to know who you on campus. There is no wanting to go home is keeping them from their the recipe or even see if you just have to be willing spend your time with while shame in missing your misguided. Realize that the families. Be aware of the they are willing to video to look for it.

U. S. history and civics should be a required college class

TYLER SABLOFF questions taken from the that as the baby boomers department from ever tak- required to take a basic col- history class at Wash. U. SENIOR FORUM EDITOR U.S. Citizenship Test. The age out of public service, ing a class focusing on U.S. lege writing class because the could help to correct false results were striking: only the younger generations, a history or civics. institution feels that learning accounts of history that are ne of the pri- 36% of those surveyed were majority of whom do not If institutions like Wash. to write properly is a neces- commonly taught (like that mary purposes able to get a passing grade have a baseline understand- U. want to achieve the goal sary enough skill to require Native Americans “agreed” of institutional- of over 60% on the test. ing of U.S. history and of producing graduates all students to learn. I would to move off their land and Oized education Of the missed questions, government, will have to who are not only qualified argue that universal suffrage onto reservations or that the is to create productive some of the common trends take their place. If we want to work in their respec- and the overarching impact Civil War was fought over members of our civic soci- were pretty egregious. 60% to make sure that the next tive fields, but will also be that government has on all “states’ rights”) that warp ety. And part of being a didn’t know which countries generations don’t follow productive and engaged people means that civics perceptions of historical functioning member is the U.S. fought in WWII, this same trend, we should citizens of the U.S., students should be treated the same. context. being engaged in the politi- 57% didn’t know how many begin requiring students at should be required to take a Teaching history is par- It really concerns me that cal process by exercising Supreme Court justices every level to take a basic basic U.S. history and civics ticularly important because for all the money students the right to vote. Civics is there are and 37% believed U.S. history and govern- class. This doesn’t have to our perceptions of it shape pay to go to Wash. U. and probably the most impor- Benjamin Franklin invented ment class. be a super in-depth class how we view the current similar institutions, very tant subject in which every the lightbulb. There also Most won’t take it upon that works through complex state of the world. I have few will graduate having individual should be well existed a massive age gap themselves to become edu- political theory, analysis always felt that the way his- learned anything about informed. Not everyone will in the results. Of those over cated on these topics. Most of government function or tory is taught—by chapters the government they live need to know how to do cal- the age of 65, 74% passed, public schools offer basic meticulous historical detail. that begin and end—is under, the one that affects culus, but everyone needs to while only 19% of those U.S. history courses which It would just need to look at much of the reason as to their everyday life functions. know why they should vote under the age of 45 passed. focus on dates and memo- overarching historical topics why many have skewed Civics should be a priority and how to make informed There’s nothing good to rization of facts rather than and trends and explain the views of social politics. The for all students in order to political decisions. say about this; these results synthesis. Rarely in these necessary details of our way that American slavery be well versed enough to About a year ago, the are unacceptable. According courses are functions of government and how it and the Civil Rights move- vote and participate in poli- Woodrow Wilson National to this study, if every government ever spoken operates. ments are taught, with little tics confidently. If you’re Fellowship Foundation pub- American were required to about in any significant Making space in the vari- consideration to the linger- paying for an education, no lished the results of a survey take the Citizenship Test, detail. The mere existence ous school curriculums for ing racial tensions that have matter the field, part of that that tested American’s only a third would actually of major programs in a three-credit graduation continued to exist, leads should be on how to be an knowledge of basic U.S. qualify for citizenship. And colleges and universities requirement seems fea- people to believe that racism active and engaged par- history and the functions the age disparity is par- keeps most students not in sible. In the College of Arts in America can be marked ticipant in the democratic of the government using ticularly concerning given a political science or history and Sciences, students are with specific end dates. A process.

Why I didn’t want to go to WILD this year DAKOTAH JENNIFER the affinity for the music. worried I will see a non- all people. such a simple thing to ask, people feel unsafe to see STAFF WRITER The dislike stems mostly Black person boldly saying I ended up staying for all right? So why did I con- or hear a white or brown from my own opinions on the N-word, and I won’t of WILD. As I laughed, stantly find myself in this person say it—so I ask, is it almost didn’t go to culture, lyrics and race, and know what to do. My jumped and only slightly same place? Why couldn’t really worth causing pain, WILD. When it was the fear that is couched natural inclination is that moshed to A$AP Ferg’s it matter just a little more danger and discomfort to announced that A$AP there. I am afraid of being I should speak up, say “Plain Jane,” I tried not to to everyone? Why couldn’t say a word you can easily I Ferg was performing, confronted with the searing, something, anything. But look at anyone but the four they put in the effort? skip? And if your answer I all but decided I wasn’t radiating feelings of anger, often, I can’t take the stress friends surrounding me. I But that’s just it—it isn’t “No,” then we have a going to stay for the main disappointment, hopeless- or confrontation. Arguing enjoyed the moments of is so easy not to say the much bigger problem. act. My first two WILD ness, pain and betrayal. And about society and politics pure bliss I had, but then, of N-word in the song. I know, I don’t know how many experiences were a highlight that is all avoidable—I don’t is something I know well. I course, as it almost always it must be so hard to skip times I have to tell you. And of my first year— I wanted go, or I look down when I can argue about Jim Crow, goes, I looked to my left one word in a song, but it I have come to believe that to have fun, I wanted to be know the word is coming. I the Thirteenth Amendment, into the crowd and saw a must be done—not only people will do whatever a part of the festivities, I ignore, I hide, I let my fear the NRA, but once it comes boy reciting every word because it means so much they please when they’re wanted to dance with my drive my plausible deni- to that word, I am lost on of the song’s post-chorus. to the people around you, alone, but when they aren’t, friends and see people I ability. I know it happens what to do. If you know not I was hit with the feeling but because the word itself those tendencies still slip hadn’t seen for weeks, but I though; the resounding to say the N-word in every- again, a bit obscured by carries weight you are not out. It’s not hard to omit was afraid. echo of the word still rings day life but you don’t omit it the pure joy I had just been equipped to carry. It is so the word, it’s just not easy, I have always disliked out, but at least, then, I in the lyrics of a song, there enveloped in, and I tried not simple. The N-word has a and that fact is too much for when white people’s don’t know who it is. is a problem. I, for one, to let it stop my fun. I knew, long, oppressive history, some people. So to who- favorite artists are Black At WILD, at house don’t want the responsibility then, that my choice to skip and the fact that it is now a ever needs to hear this: Say rap artists. I don’t dislike parties and at frat par- of educating every person WILD would have been the part of Black joy does not something else! Be aware rap music myself, though ties especially, I’m always who would rather enjoy the right one, and that made mean it can continue to of your surroundings! And it isn’t my favorite genre, scared of looking up dur- full recitation of the song my body feel heavy and create joy for everyone else. please, just omit the word and I have nothing against ing rap songs, constantly than ensure that safety for my mind race. It seems like It makes so many Black from the song.

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DORIAN DEBOSE be more traditional comedy In the beginning of his set, SENIOR EDITOR or would it be more like his it seemed like he was feeling show. It would wind up being the audience out. He told Most of the crowd in front a slightly underwhelming mix the audience stories about of me were jerks. Charlie, of both. his drug usage and shouted my friend and ex-roommate, David Gborie, a writer out ridiculous punchlines to arrived at 4:30 p.m. to get a for “The Eric Andre Show,” pretty normal premises. At close spot. Around 50 people opened the show and did a one point, I asked Charlie were in line at that point. Two great, traditional set of stand- if Eric Andre was funny or hours later, as we filed into up comedy. Gborie was sharp if he was just loud. Later in Graham Chapel, nearly three and did a nice job priming the the show, as he settled down, times that number entered crowd for more comedy. A his strength as a performer before we did. I am not couple in front of me really and writer shined through exempt from the jerks part of enjoyed his jokes about indie periodically. the crowd; I arrived at 5:40 rock music. “The specificity The best example of this p.m., got a ticket, then mean- of Fleet Foxes really made was a bit that he did about dered to the front of the line that one land,” they said. police brutality and reggae. to stand with Charlie. But the However, Gborie’s comedy The premise was plausible excitement was understand- was not a good primer for and relatable, the punchline able. We were there to see the Andre. The most excited per- was poignant and hilarious. NEIL AGARWAL | STUDENT LIFE immaculate, the absurd: Eric son for Eric Andre to perform By the end of it, he had the Eric Andre delivers a set fllled with provocative jokes and audience participation for the Andre. was Eric Andre. As soon as audience reeling. That section Social Programming Board’s Fall Comedy Show in Graham Chapel on Monday, Oct. 28. I didn’t know what to the announcer introduced was excellent, but it left me was, in fact, “a little faded.” I stood up to leave and be funny, but it also high- expect for Andre’s perfor- Andre, he was at the front, wanting more. Andre also closed the started moving towards the lighted that Andre’s strength mance on Monday. I had screaming and high-fiving stu- There was a lot of crowd show with crowd work. He back when the lights dimmed is as a writer of sketches and seen “The Eric Andre Show,” dents. The first words out of work. Andre asked the crowd asked for audience member’s again and the screen flashed absurd premises as opposed a spoof of talk shows like Andre’s mouth were, “Satan if they had ever walked in on phones and sent their parents “Encore?” I quickly filed back to stand-up comedy. “Space Ghost Coast to is back tonight!” Andre was their parents having sex and messages completed using into my seat as Andre came Leaving the show, I was Coast” that was somehow a ball of chaotic energy, then maintained a conver- autocomplete. It was a funny back out and announced pleased, but not blown away. more ridiculous. I would have from start to finish. His set sation with an audience bit, but ultimately the phone a fifth season of “The Eric A person behind me told his loved to see a live taping of was not as tight as Gborie’s member as she talked about was doing more work than Andre Show” and that he was neighbor, “This was better the show, but he was coming was. He told too many jokes walking in on her parents Andre. He ended the show starring in a “Jackass” style than I thought it would be. here to do stand-up. The about Bill Cosby and Louis having sex on Father’s Day. by FaceTiming the mother prank movie next year, of I was ready for an hour of question lingering as I found C.K.; he did not shy away The biggest laugh in that sec- of a student and having her which he showed the crowd a Pizza Ball, so this was pretty my seat was whether Eric from racy topics. But he tion came when the audience say goodbye to the audience “never-before-seen clip.” The good.” He hit the nail right on Andre’s performance would was—undeniably—funny. member confirmed that she for him. movie seemed like it would the head.

Songs that make me feel like the UDIO HILES: witch I want to be when I grow up

LYDIA MCKELVIE masterpiece that leaves the song to cover, so for some of “Nighttime Hunger” GRAPHIC BY JOSH ZUCKER STAFF WRITER listener with more ques- that, check out Vocal Rush’s tions than answers, with its cover from “The Sing-Off ” Overcoats Do you like wearing black, deceptively simple lyrics and or a version from one of the chanting in dark languages, lingering outbursts of emo- many Wash. U. groups that This more upbeat and hanging out with cats and tion. This song, haunting and have covered it over the years! modern song is for those frightening men? Then I have guttural, is perfect for letting chic city witches going out good news for you! Being a loose and making all of this “NFWMB” with their ghoul-friends on witch is always a valid post- fall into the sea. In other a Friday night. “When the grad plan and an even more words, great for a girls’ night! Hozier darkness comes,” the mem- issue for Carlile in valid Halloween costume. bers of this cool coven take this song—when love comes These songs will help you feel “Bottom of the Honestly any of Hozier’s the town and find their next in and seems to threaten the like the witch you’ve wanted songs could be sung by victim. Electronic and hyp- power and independence she spot on the playlist to to be all along. River” someone in love with a notic, this is the kind of song holds dear, she has to make some good old-fashioned Delta Rae witch, but this song has an that might play at a nightclub a choice. To be honest, I feel witchery. A classic piece “Big God” especially witchy vibe. It was exclusively for Halloween her. Cuffing season can be of cinema that hits my If you’re looking for a released as a single in tan- monsters. like that sometimes. Southern heart heavily, Florence and the more vengeful witch vibe, dem with his recent album, “Oh Brother, Where Art Machine this song is perfect for the “Wasteland Baby!” (which I “Raise Hell” “Didn’t Leave Nobody Thou?” includes some aforementioned frightening still haven’t gotten over and wonderful Southern If anyone is the Supreme of men. Delta Rae sings as a probably never will). It’s a Brandi Carlile but the Baby” Gothic-esque mystical here, it’s Florence Welch. To super scary, super Southern song about a tragic love—an From the “Oh elements, not the least of see some real witch vibes, witch who’s been caught in infatuation with a dangerous Not every witch is a city- Brother, Where Art which are the river witches watch the music video for her ritual. It’s loud, brassy woman that might just eat slicker, though. Some prefer a that play a narrative role this song and fall under and unapologetically chilling. the singer alive. If that isn’t simpler way of doing things, Thou?” soundtrack as sirens. Honestly, they’re Welch’s spell. Clocking in It’s also popular with the a some seriously sinister witch in the country where they inspiration for all of us at around five minutes, it’s a cappella community as a energy, I don’t know what is! can’t be bothered. That’s the I have to give the final aspirants to witchhood.

A Halloween lover’s movie guide: Spooky films for a spooky good time

SABRINA SPENCE are in the air and there’s no enjoy a ghost or two. something that might make SENIOR CADENZA EDITOR better way to celebrate the you jump a little. Plus, the spookiest of holidays than Anything Tim Burton characters have buttons for When it starts to cool with a Halloween movie eyes; what could be cooler? down and the leaves change, marathon. I’ve picked out I think it goes without the pumpkins and the skel- some of my Halloween saying that Tim Burton has The “Halloweentown” etons come out. The sounds favorites, so sit back, relax permanently left his mark movies and vibes of Halloween with some candy corn and on Halloween. Whether it’s “The Nightmare If you remember Before Christmas,” watching the Disney “Frankenweenie,” Channel Original Movie “The Corpse Bride” or marathon of all of the “Beetlejuice,” there’s “Halloweentown” movies, absolutely no way that you then you understand why I can go wrong. Each of included the whole fran- these movies will forever be chise and not just the titular remembered as Halloween movie, “Halloweentown.” hits. I don’t think I’ve ever Once you watch the first gone through a Halloween movie and fall in love with without watching at least the story of a teenager one of these movies. learning t s hat she comes from a line of witches, “Coraline” there’s nothing stopping you from watching all four of Some people don’t like them. “Coraline,” and that’s understandable, but it’s a “Hocus Pocus” fantastic movie. It holds the right amount of fun and the Evil witches, magic right amount of creepy to cats, threats of immortal- to ever hit the silver screen. “High School Musical”— be the perfect Halloween ity—this movie has it all. It might have something also directed this stunning movie if you don’t want to “Hocus Pocus” is one of to do with the fact that classic. be too scared out of your the most memorable and Kenny Ortega—the mind, but are still up for perfect Halloween movies man who brought us SEE MOVIES, PAGE 10 10 STUDENT LIFE ISABELLA NEUBAUER & SABRINA SPENCE | SENIOR CADENZA EDITORS | [email protected] THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019

MOVIES from page 9 The “Twitches” movies series “Sister, Sister,” witches who save the Charlie Brown special. not the Great Pumpkin these two movies showed world. Naturally, you can’t have is real is the wholesome “Twitches” and me that the witches, prin- Halloween without “It’s animation everyone “Twitches Too” are two cesses and heroines I saw “It’s the Great Pumpkin, the Great Pumpkin, needs on Halloween. It’s Halloween movies that on TV didn’t have to be Charlie Brown.” The a break from the spooky I watched as a kid that I white women; they could Charlie Brown” story of the Great and the scary and pares absolutely loved. Starring look like me. Just two Pumpkin is sweet, and Halloween down to the Tia and Tamera Mowry strong black women liv- There’s nothing that the Peanuts gang’s quest simple, good-natured, fun of the acclaimed TV ing the dream—princess screams “holiday” like a to figure out whether or time that it is.

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