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Is a P-Fac strike really MANAGEMENT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Zoë Eitel MANAGING EDITORS Eric Bradach Ariana Portalatin the right move? DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR Brooke Pawling Stennett ART DIRECTOR Zoë Haworth Main line: (312) 369-8999 Advertising: (312) 369-8984 INTERIM AD & BUSINESS MANAGER Noah Kelly Campus: (312) 369-8965 Metro: (312) 369-8982 » ZOË EITEL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CAMPUS Arts & Culture: (312) 369-8967 Opinions: (312) 369-8968 CAMPUS EDITOR Connor Carynski Copy: (312) 369-8976 CAMPUS REPORTERS Tessa Brubaker Photo: (312) 369-8972 olumbia’s part-time faculty Permission/Reproductions: (312) 369-8955 Olivia Deloian General Manager: (312) 369-8955 union is planning a walk-out as Molly Walsh CI write this. P-Fac members in Faculty Adviser: (312) 369-8910 good standing voted Nov. 20–21 whether ARTS & CULTURE The Chronicle is a student-pro- to strike, and by the time this paper hits ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Jonathon Sadowski stands Nov. 27, the results will be in. ARTS & CULTURE REPORTERS Kendrah Villiesse duced publication of Columbia Miranda Manier College Chicago and does not Students like me who have adjunct necessarily represent, in whole or professors may have been warned of the METRO in part, the views of college admin- possible—if not probable—strike to occur istrators, faculty or students. METRO EDITOR Jackie Murray Nov. 29–30 and encouraged to join the I’m not advocating that adjunct pro- All text, photos and graphics are METRO REPORTERS Savannah Eadens the property of The Chronicle and picket line to support part-timers. Others fessors walk out of all of their classes for Blaise Mesa have no idea that their morning and the remainder of the semester—because may not be reproduced or pub- lished without written permission. afternoon classes that Wednesday and I really need to complete my classes to OPINIONS Thursday will be cut short or won’t have a graduate—but a bargaining tactic that has Editorials are the opinions of the OPINIONS EDITOR Tyra Bosnic professor at all: The picket line is planned been organized hastily—as this one seems Editorial Board of The Chronicle. Columns are the opinions of for 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. those days with to have been—may not leave the lasting COPY the author(s). the walk-out to occur some time during impression it intends. COPY CHIEF Lauren Carlton the same time period. The walk-out and proceeding strike COPY EDITORS Jay Berghuis Views expressed in this publi- This move to strike is an action by will show Columbia how much it would be Alex Swan cation are those of the writer the OurColumbia coalition of faculty, losing if all the adjuncts left or were laid and are not the opinions of The GRAPHICS Chronicle, Columbia’s Journal- staff and students who have voiced their off, and sure, that’s a frightening picture, ism Department or Columbia criticisms of Columbia’s direction and but it’s a picture administrators will soon GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Patrick Casey College Chicago. demands. The goal is to protest con- forget if they know the professors will be Samantha Conrad Amelia Detwiler Letters to the editor must include stantly rising tuition, cuts in student back in their classrooms for their 3:30 Jocelyn Moreno full name, year, major and phone resources—such as the closing of the p.m. courses. P-Fac needs to think bigger number. All letters are edited for open labs and limiting of campuswide than two six-hour demonstrations. PHOTOGRAPHY grammar and may be cut due to resources—and the changes to depart- P-Fac’s actions also put students in an a limit of space. SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR Kevin Tiongson The Chronicle holds the right to ments. It’s also to levy charges against awkward position: Should they show up to PHOTO EDITORS Erin Brown the college’s “bad faith bargaining” on class on Wednesday and Thursday if their Mackenzie Crosson limit any one person’s submissions to three per semester. P-Fac’s new contract, as reported Nov. 21 professors take part in the strike? Do they Monica Westlake by The Chronicle. cross the picket line to attend a class that MULTIMEDIA Though “the strike is a two-day show of may or may not have a professor? Do they solidarity to avoid longer actions,” accord- join the strike and receive an absence MULTIMEDIA REPORTER Brock Stillmunks ing to a Nov. 19 email sent to P-Fac mem- from their full-time professors? Sawyer Gaunt bers by the P-Fac Steering Committee So either this strike will push adminis- ADVERTISING and Bargaining Team, the short length of trators to recognize what Columbia would the planned walk-out and strike under- lose if adjunct professors were to be done SENIOR MARKETING CONSULTANT Micha Thurston MARKETING CONSULTANTS Kelsey Kennedy mines its effectiveness. Two days of miss- away with, or it will show them exactly Mariana Rodriguez ing morning and afternoon classes don’t who they need to replace with full-time seem like high enough stakes to make faculty or even graduate students. WEB Columbia administrators—who P-Fac Neither option is pretty, but that’s WEBMASTER Eric Eldridge claims have been ignoring and bullying where Columbia is at right now, and its members—jump into action. P-Fac and the administrators both OPERATIONS If the goal is to acquire media, student have to decide how far they will let this OFFICE ASSISTANTS McKayla Braid and parent attention for Columbia’s ongo- go before students are adversely Gabriel de la Mora ing issues, this may be exactly the right affected even more than they already Nicole Restrepo move, but the intention needs to be clearer. have been. SENIOR STAFF P-Fac members don’t want to incon- But hey, if a walk-out gets the col- venience or negatively affect students, as lege community to pay attention to GENERAL MANAGER Chris Richert Letters can be emailed to stated in the Nov. 19 email, but a strike campus issues, maybe The Chronicle FACULTY ADVISER Len Strazewski ASSISTANT FACULTY ADVISER Stephanie Goldberg [email protected] or mailed to: that already has a planned end date and should try it sometime since no one The Columbia Chronicle time is counterproductive. It frames the seems to know what the problems are, 600 S. Michigan Ave. issue to administrators as “I care exactly despite the 40-page weekly paper our Chicago, IL. 60605

this much,” with “this” being 12 hours. staff puts out. [email protected]

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Students filmed a scene in the practicum film “Blood Orange” at the Media Production Center, 1600 S. State St., Nov. 17 as part of their semester-long projects.

Johannsen said, “which is good because you teachers want to kick me out of class at have to problem solve and figure stuff out the end of the day. I don’t care if this boy Film students discuss on your own, but that is always the most I’m dating is upset [and] I can’t see him stressful part.” tonight. Things like that shows you it’s a practicum thoughts, Melero Bonnin is currently an assistant passion, it’s a lifestyle, it’s a part of you at director for the practicum film “Blood the end of the day.” experiences Orange” and said the process is like a full- Samantha Rabney, a sophomore cin- time job because it requires in-class col- ema and television arts major, said she » TESSA BRUBAKER Johannsen worked on two practicum laboration and shooting during weekends. was introduced to practicum when she CAMPUS REPORTER films while at Columbia, one as a line pro- Committing to the film industry can be worked as a location manager on a set ducer and the other as a producer. He said stressful and time-consuming, Melero as a requirement for her “Producing SARÓ MELERO BONNIN, a senior cinema his job as a line producer included budget- Bonnin said. While it is taxing for her I” class, which she called a beneficial and television arts major, said she had no ing the entire film and finding shooting to juggle her coursework and films, she learning experience. Sometimes she learns interest in being part of Columbia’s film locations. The college funds these films said her attraction to the process keeps more from hands-on experience than sit- practicum courses when she first came with $5,000 each, he added. her motivated. ting in a classroom, she added. to the college. But when she got involved “The number one challenge every film “I wouldn’t want to be doing anything Rabney said she plans to sign up for in her friend’s practicum production team, always faces is not having enough money,” else,” Melero Bonnin said. “I don’t care if practicum classes next year to gain more she became fascinated with the profes- in-the-field experience. sional filming process. Students learn more if they go out and “I was ready for that challenge to not actually experience the film-making do things my own way,” Melero Bonnin process, Melero Bonnin said. Her time said. “[I was] ready to be guided through with practicum is helping her become a different path.” more prepared to handle the film indus- In semester-long practicum courses, try, she added. film students work long hours to create “I love what I do,” Melero Bonnin festival-ready short films. Every element— said. “I wouldn’t be the person I am writing scripts, figuring out the films’ without it. I believe practicum is the budgets, shooting the film and post-pro- best thing a filmmaker can be apart duction—is done by students in classes, of if they wish to step outside of 2017 cinema and television arts alumnus Film students worked all semester in order to produce festival-ready productions, during which they their process and everything they’re develop skills through hands-on experience to prepare them for the film industry. Kyle Johannsen said. used to.” [email protected]

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» PHOTO ILLUSTRATION ERIN BROWN/CHRONICLE Development Office. For faculty and staff throughout the college Newsletter promotes who are unaware of Hawkins and the work she does, Bloyd-Peshkin said the letter makes it possible to community with soup understand what she and her office are working on. » CONNOR CARYNSKI recipes and a brief stint writing food “[Hawkins] is connecting with her CAMPUS EDITOR columns for the Windy City Times. readers personally and profession- Past recipes have included ally all in one, and I like that because THERE ARE FEWER things with Scotch broth, chicken and sausage our jobs are both personal and pro- greater contrast than a homey bowl gumbo and curried corn chowder. fessional,” Bloyd-Peshkin said. of soup and a stark office newslet- Hawkins said she decided to Hawkins said about 25 percent A recipe for baked potato soup was included along with the second “Letter from Ames” ter, but the two have blended in a personalize the newsletter after with a narrative about being a teaching assistant at Bowling Green State University. of letter recipients open the letter. fresh take on a tired practice. receiving results from a faculty Although responses to the letter Ames Hawkins, Associate survey distributed in fall 2016, Hawkins said she wanted to concerted and regular effort to were higher when it first launched, Provost of Faculty Research which indicated that faculty use the letter to create a space for keep faculty informed about the she still continues to receive five and Development and Associate wanted clearer and more fre- community, noting the traditional college’s academic developments or six emails after sending out Professor in the English and quent communication with the newsletter format would not have since he started in 2001. the letter asking questions or Creative Writing Department, has college’s administration. had the same effect. “I like it because you don’t get too thanking her. taken an unconventional approach After stepping into her position “A letter opens with some many emails in your inbox that are “I do take very seriously to business communication by Jan. 3, members of the Strategic thoughts that you have and are com- not asking for anything but are just that part of my job has to do incorporating short stories and Marketing and Communications municating to people, and I really upbeat and informative,” Causey with supporting that com- recipes in her office’s newsletter. Office suggested she start a news- do think about it as me talking to a said. “It’s fun and it feels like we munity of a really healthy, The monthly “Letter from Ames” letter. Hawkins decided rather faculty member about their work are in contact.” forward-thinking learning email incorporates Hawkins’ per- than simply listing events, she as an instructor,” Hawkins said. Associate Professor in the environment,” Hawkins said. sonal narratives that range from would write a monthly letter to Associate Professor in the Communication Department “One newsletter is not going to losing a wallet to the flowering of her audience that had personal Humanities, History and Social Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin said she solve [communication issues] a forsythia plant. Each newsletter content along with information Sciences Department Andrew enjoys how the letter creates an but it does signal that we are ends with a recipe, which she said about educational opportunities at Causey said the letter is the ongoing conversation about the thinking about those kinds

comes from owning countless the school. first time someone had made a work in the Faculty Research and of things.” [email protected]

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therapists—will help alleviate students would enjoy and help stress, she added. them relax. Finals bring stress, Columbia “Take it one step at a time, don’t “My personal hope is that these overwhelm yourself with every- events invite the students into a provides de-stressing thing, and if you are struggling space of play and a space of relaxing with anything, reach out to people and realizing that in general artists » OLIVIA DELOIAN and speak up,” Wikstrom said. are paid to play,” Hart said. CAMPUS REPORTER Although the college offers Hart said therapy dogs will come stress-relieving events like the to Columbia again Dec. 5 and are PILES OF HOMEWORK, projects and annual Therapy Dogs event, always one of the more popular the impending arrival of final Corpus said she often lacks time de-stressing activities. exams trigger an overwhelming to attend because of her heavy “Every time the dogs come on end of the semester for students workload. The college should make campus, you can see a physical collegewide. them available in each depart- transformation when they enter Already struggling with gen- ment, she added. the space and students really eralized anxiety disorder diag- WESTLAKE/CHRONICLE MONICA » The Library, 624 S. Michigan seem to like them,” Hart said. nosed in 2014, Katy Corpus, a Ave., holds De-Stress Fest at “The dogs bring home a sense of junior American Sign Language- the end of each semester; this family for people [because] college English interpretation major, said semester’s will include hot cocoa, is incredibly scary [as well as] it is her stress levels accelerate once therapy dogs, a stand-up comedy a vulnerable time.” finals roll around. One way she show, mini-golf and a murder Overall, Hart said she hopes is able to cope with stress is by Molly Hart, student engagement coordinator at the Library, said she hopes the mystery in the Library’s Gaming the events will allow Columbia communicating her issues to her De-Stress Fest provides a place of relaxtion for students during finals. Center running Dec. 4—8. students to relax, as taking it professors, she said. services, which have provided managing her anxiety disorder Molly Hart, student engagement easy through these breaks will “I openly tell [my professors] her with helpful resources and and even encouraged her to find coordinator at the Library, said result in benefiting students in what I deal with, and if I’m recommendations on how to cope aid outside of the college. De-Stress Fest happens in colleges their studies. struggling,” she said. “They’re with stress and anxiety. Wikstrom said she definitely nationwide and each library comes “My biggest thing that I open to understanding that life Allyson Wikstrom, a junior recommends the services at up with activities unique to their have to keep reminding myself happens sometimes.” cinema and television arts major, Columbia. If anyone is struggling community. With Columbia’s cre- during finals is to breathe,” Corpus said she recently started said the counseling services have with finals, talking to someone— ative background, the organizers Corpus said. “As stressful as using Columbia’s counseling also helped her immensely in as she has with the staff wanted to craft fun events that it is, it will end.” [email protected]

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» COURTESY GEORGE ZARR You know you know an , so

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Faculty members revisit Western serials in radio podcast » CONNOR CARYNSKI stitch them together afterward. Because CAMPUS EDITOR none of the actors know the complete story, it is exciting for them to hear the finished RADIO PODCAST SERIES “Hoofbeats in my project when it is released, he added. DEADLINE: February 2, 2018: Heart,” which is produced, directed, com- Marssie Mencotti, adjunct professor in posed and written by Associate Professor the Communication Department and voice in the Communication Department George of Ruby Buckaroo, said earlier in her career We invite faculty nominations from students Zarr, follows the escapades of smooth- as a voice actor, groups of actors would be talking Marshal Shiloh Brown as he travels present when recording but now everyone and from Columbia College Chicago peers. the Wild West in pursuit of “Bandit Queen is kept separate and their parts are strung of the Cowboys” Ruby Buckaroo. together later on. To nominate a faculty member, send an After working on more than 300 audio “The music is what is fascinating. We email to [email protected] and include the plays locally and internationally, “Hoofbeats all went in and sang our music with the in my Heart” is the first project Zarr has music director; then [Zarr] puts it together following information: worked on professionally that he has done on his own and it sounds pretty good,” entirely on his own, he said. Mencotti said. Starting with only the podcasts, Zarr said Debra Doetzer, adjunct professor in the •Your name and status (student or faculty) he had no audience in mind and initially Communication Department and voice of started building the show by creating the four characters on the podcast, said one of title song and then designing characters her most memorable moments working on •The nominee's name and department based on friends’ voices. “Hoofbeats in my Heart” was when she had “I wanted [the podcast] to be a musical to step in to voice a child because another because I’m a composer and like doing that,” actor was absent. Doetzer said she enjoys •Briefly explain how this faculty Zarr said. “What I zoomed in on were the being thrown into roles and enjoyed playing 1930s and 1940s singing westerns and a child because most people who first meet member made a difference in your the guys with the big ten-gallon hats and her do not think she can do that. Republic Pictures who make these serials “As a professional voice actor, you can educational experience or significantly for five bucks—they just knock them out— make a lot more money doing other things, contributed to student learning at and it made me laugh. I never watched this but we all did it because it was a fun proj- stuff as a kid. I had no interest in it, so it’s ect,” Doetzer said “We knew [the producers] Columbia. not being nostalgic. I mean it’s way before I weren’t millionaires and we knew that our was ever born—it was just funny.” time would be used well.” Zarr said he never created “Hoofbeats in Zarr said he hopes the podcast for- my Heart” to parody Western serials but mat of the radio drama will draw in uses them to guide the episode structure. a younger generation to his work and Although the episodes advance the plot, Zarr noted he has already amassed a follow- said he wrote each episode individually and ing of about a thousand people. will often develop the episode’s title before the “It was done and on the shelf for a actual content. while,” Zarr said. “I was saying, ‘What Nine of the 13 episodes, each approxi- am I going to do with this? I got some- mately 15 minutes long, have been released thing here.’ I do have other places it can O ce of the on the podcast’s website. Zarr said when he go, for sure Blackstone Audio. Some was working on the podcast about two years people are even messing around with Provost ago, he would call in all of the voice actors cartoons for this, but I had never played

separately to record their lines and then with podcasting.” [email protected]

NOVEMBER 27, 2017 THE CHRONICLE 7 8 CAMPUS REPORTER MOLLY» WALSH home for holiday break holiday for home International students find find students International Columbia has nearly 500 inter 500 nearly has Columbia said Obomanu Kevin Officer the U.S.” U.S.” the in time first their be might this times many as well as wellbeing for consider to their we have that things certain are “There said. Obomanu visa,” a non-immigrant on are they since situation special break. winter during Chicago in stay home, many c different six across ent countries differ 63 from students national tolerable. vacation monthlong the make to resources several has lonely, be can college but the break winter Columbia’s lengthy days, home for holi not going the are FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS campus ontinents, and although some go although and ontinents,

International Admissions “International students have a have students “International THE CHRONICLE CHRONICLE THE NOVEMBER 27,2017 NOVEMBER who who - - - ing college in a different country country adifferent in college ing us.” come to can they problems, any have they If well. doing they’re if see to just aweek a couple times them with [and] in check questions [their] city, answer the get around “We help them said. Carramate abuddy,” to assigned they’re and semester first of their beginning Columbia. at while U.S. the to former’s the transition assist to students current with students international pairs which gram, pro Buddy Student International a member of the and Organization Student International Columbia’s class. aJ-term or take Chicago around venture to opportunity the students international give classes from breaks said Heloísa Carramate Brazil from student international The cultural shock from attend from shock cultural The up the at sign students “The president of also is Carramate major and advertising Junior - - Pier’s Winter WonderPier’s Winter Fest. or Navy where he volunteers, Zoo, Park Lincoln at ZooLights as such celebrations, winter Chicago ious var enjoying also up money while save work to and continue he would Chicago. in prefer stay would to he but said family with break ter win spend to home Germany to back going is Bluesse Dominik major interpretation English are.” students tic domes our like just pains growing through going they’re and adults, they’re that “We understand said. Obomanu them,” we’re babying if as be it we don’t to want because too themselves find to them want but we beginning, the in them port said. Obomanu needed, is students for those support tional addi so overwhelming, be can Junior American Sign Language- Sign American Junior sup to “We do alot of things If Bluesse were to stay, he said stay, were to he said Bluesse If - - - - - tation for international students students fortation international orien college’s specific The said. Bluesse Chicago, as well lege as col the to transition easy an have they ensures and students tional said. Bluesse it weren’there if for my parents,” stay Iwould and wintertime, Columbia supports interna supports Columbia “Chicago has a lot to offer alot over to has “Chicago - - - come here.” here.” come to students [international] for possible as easy it as make Office]Education do a to lot work [atpeople that Global the the “All said. Bluesse helpful,” super was everyone Columbia, he added. campus, helped Bluesse meet people on “When I started here at Istarted “When

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materials did not represent ‘to the next level’ her correctly. “It was time for me to be able » TESSA BRUBAKER Watson, an on-air contributor to say, ‘This is what the Erica CAMPUS REPORTER for Windy City Live and The Jam, Watson brand is, this is what it said she first applied for the oppor- looks like, and this is who she is,’” SEVERAL COLUMBIA SENIORS tunity to have students rebrand Watson said. worked hard over the semester her image when she saw a post on Students who worked on the to rebrand comedian and 1999 the Columbia alumni Facebook project as a team included senior The graphic designers created three different logos for each of Watson’s different projects. alumna Erica Watson as a semes- page over the summer. Watson said graphic design major Brian ter project for their “Graphic she needed an update because she Lancaster-Mayzure, senior I have ever worked with in my “Our goal we set for ourselves is Design Practicum” course. thought her current promotional graphic design major Haley career,” Watson said. that we want this to propel her to Fischer and junior graphic design Watson said she was not sure the the next level,” Lancaster-Mayzure major Cecsily Bianchi. students would be able to design said. “She showed us some of her The three students created a everything she needed, but they peer group’s websites and it’s website, logos for her personal and tackled the tasks assigned without nowhere near this.” business brands, social media ava- any problems. Watson said these kinds of tars, email templates, a poster for Fischer said Watson granted courses at Columbia help pro- her tour and business cards. They them the creative freedom to pel students into the working are also creating an electronic design what they wanted as long industry after college. press kit on Watson’s website for as they understood the message “It’s important students get potential employers. she wanted to communicate. real hands-on practicum expe- “I had hired people before to do Throughout the course, rience while they’re pursuing graphic design work for me, and Lancaster-Mayzure said, they their degrees,” Watson said. students at Columbia have been learned a lot about project col- “Being a part of this made me » PHOTOS KEVIN TIONGSON/CHRONICLE PHOTOS » Erica Faye Watson, comedian and on-air contributor for Windy City Live and The probably the most polished and laboration in order to create even more proud to say I’m a

Jam, said this rebranding came at the perfect moment in her career before she professional graphic designers the designs. Columbia College graduate.” [email protected] went on tour with her one woman show called “Fat Bitch!”

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» JACKIE MURRAY AND JONATHON SADOWSKI their peers, testifying on the ups and downs METRO EDITOR AND ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR of job stability in the media. Former DNAinfo Chicago news editor JESSICA CABE MOVED across the country Lisa White, who was laid off from the site from Aspen, Colorado to Chicago in Sep- in February, crowd sourced $3,000 for the tember to take her dream job. Just two shutdown’s casualties. months later, she and all her coworkers Despite the strong reactions, DNAinfo’s found themselves unemployed when the closure did not come as a surprise to former beloved hyperlocal news site DNAinfo senior editor Justin Breen, who left the site shuttered without warning. Cabe was a in June after starting his own company, Lakeview beat reporter. BrEpic Communications. He had been with The news site’s billionaire founder and DNAinfo Chicago since it first opened in CEO Joe Ricketts “made the difficult deci- 2012 and oversaw its initial hires. sion” to shut down both DNAinfo and the “Am I surprised that DNAinfo is no more? recently acquired Gothamist websites in Absolutely not,” Breen said. “Businesses a Nov. 2 announcement that replaced all of need to make a profit to function, but it the sites’ content—homepage and articles was heartbreaking and shocking that it alike—for the day. shut down so quickly.” DNAinfo’s revenue failed to offset its Even so, Breen said “Chicago is the big expenses, Ricketts wrote in the announce- loser in this” because DNAinfo told stories ment. The nationwide closure put 115 peo- in a way that no other news publication ple out of work. did. It would cover stories that other out- DNAinfo had been part of Chicago’s lets would not touch; the final DNAinfo media landscape since 2012 and New Chicago article shared on the publication’s York’s since 2009. Gothamist was a net- Facebook page was “Man Shoots Himself work of city-focused blogs with branches In Penis During West Pullman Robbery, in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Prosecutors Say.” San Francisco and Los Angeles. It had been Breen recalled applying to other in Chicago since 2004. DNAinfo acquired news organizations with a list of Gothamist in March. unique stories, but DNAinfo was The DNAinfo staff is not being com- the only outlet those ideas fit. pletely thrown to the wolves: They will In the closure’s immediate be paid their normal salaries until Feb. 2, wake, headlines noted that 2018, and then get a four-week severance DNAinfo and Gothamist’s New payment and unused vacation time payout York newsrooms voted to union- after that, according to former Wicker Park ize just one week earlier. Ricketts and Bucktown reporter Alisa Hauser. is a notoriously anti-union con- The employees were taken by surprise as servative who threw his weight behind much as their audience when the announce- President Donald Trump during the 2016 communities ment came, Cabe said. The reporters presidential election; this drew harsh with the media 200 online and print news out- received an email with the announcement criticism that lead to unionization and to ensure all voices lets that serve various ethnic, reli- » SAMANTHA CONRAD/CHRONICLE as well as some additional information at the sites’ shutdown. are represented in gious and community members, she added. the same time Ricketts posted the letter However, Cabe said Ricketts himself journalism—said it was “The fact that we have a news ecosystem on the website, she said. showed up to debrief the newly unemployed clear Ricketts closed DNAinfo to avoid that is so robust shows that people are very “It happened out of nowhere,” Cabe said. DNAinfo Chicago staff the day after the dealing with a union. An institution voting hungry for stories,” Schultz said. When Ricketts sent the email, she was closing announcement. As he told the staff to have a union means nothing financially; Losing DNAinfo has not slowed filing a story. he had believed in the operation, Ricketts it is only a beginning of a conversation down Hauser’s reporting. She has con- The closure drew sharp responses from was on the verge of tears, Cabe said. about workers having more, she added. tinued to cover her beats through the the journalism community and still serves But that show of vulnerability did not “This was all a bullying tactic,” Schultz storytelling website Medium. Former as a source of coverage. The New Yorker redeem him in Cabe’s eyes, she said. said. “This was not to say that any exper- Englewood and Chatham reporter published an article chronicling “the unjust “It was hard for me to feel any sympathy iment on hyperlocal news is a failure. It Andrea Watson has done the same shutdown of Gothamist and DNAinfo” Nov. for Joe Ricketts,” Cabe said. “It was kind cannot speak to that at all.” on her blog. 14. Chicago Magazine got sentimental of insulting that he acted that way. It’s like DNAinfo’s demise creates a void in “If a [musical] artist gets dropped and published a list of DNAinfo’s top 10 when someone breaks up with you and they Chicago media, but its closing does not by their label, do they stop singing?” headlines of 2017. The Chicago Tribune cry while they’re doing it.” mean that Chicago neighborhoods do not Hauser said. “The platform went and Sun-Times gave misty-eyed elegies. Susy Schultz, president of Public have news outlets, Schultz said. The city away, so that means we all have to

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feature Adolescents roll high on unique mental health-care options Story by: Miranda Manier spoons—except for one, who raises “It provides this great opportunity effects of roleplaying and develops his forearms, covered in runic tat- for the player to take a step back and its own therapeutic and educational Design by: Patrick Casey toos, and summons his weapons to have some perspective.” roleplaying campaigns. himself. Or at least, he tries. This separation between player According to Johns, tabletop role- band of travelers wan- This was the beginning of a and character has various moni- playing games provide people on ders into a dusty tavern, Dungeons & Dragons quest led by kers, including the term “therapeu- the autism spectrum with an ideal A midday sunlight streak- Adam Davis and Adam Johns several tic avatar,” said Jack Berkenstock combination of clearly defined rules ing through the grimy glass of the years ago. Davis and Johns are now Jr., MHS, executive director of and a need for flexibility. windows. co-founders, executive directors and the Bodhana Group, a Pennsylva- Their weapons rest in a magically lead facilitators of Game to Grow, nia-based organization that advo- sealed chest at the door, out of reach, a nonprofit group in Washington cates and practices the use of ta- per the tavern’s rules. The travelers that uses roleplaying and tabletop bletop gaming as a therapeutic tool. murmur among themselves over games like Dungeons & Dragons as Another term is “aes- their dinner of piping hot soup— a therapeutic model. thetic doubling,” said this tavern’s alternative to alcohol. The adolescents who participate in Sarah Lynne-Bow- Spoons scrape bowls as they eagerly groups like those facilitated by Game man, author of dine, when suddenly, danger! to Grow struggle with various chal- “The Functions Skeletons burst from the floor lenges such as anxiety or trauma. of Role-Playing and windows, and Some also fall on the autism spec- Games: How Par- the weaponless trav- trum, like the player who attempted ticipants Create elers scramble to to summon his weapons. Community, Solve defend themselves Tabletop roleplaying games like Problems, and Ex- with chairs and soup Dungeons & Dragons create sce- plore Identity.” narios that often mirror players’ re- “They get to play al-life struggles, while maintaining a character, which a separation between the player and allows them to have the character, Davis said. some distance, per- For instance, when the tattooed sonally, from what is character was challenged to thwart happening. If their the attacking skeletons, the player character fails, it’s was distressed at his character’s less stigmatized than failure to summon his weapons. if they were to fail,” But after he was reminded that this said Lynne-Bow- was the character’s failure and not man, who uses role- his own, he was able to calm down. playing as an education This victory was then affirmed as tool in her classrooms the player’s own. at Austin Community The struggles are placed on the College, Richland College and characters instead of the players, but Ashford University. it is the latter who feel triumphant No matter what avatar the player when the characters succeed. chooses, the principle remains the “We [can] take times when same: Players are able to invest as players [are] feeling frustrated much of themselves into the char- [and] hitting their challenge acters as they please, letting them points [and] give those chal- experiment with various actions lenges to the character rather that might be helpful in confronting than the player,” Davis said. their own real-life challenges. Like the students participating in Game to Grow groups, young people on the autism spectrum suffering from anxiety or trauma are just a few groups who can be helped by playing tabletop games, according to the RPG Research Project—a group that studies the

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feature Dungeons & Dragons gives a dis- “For some people on the spectrum, “We didn’t force them to put them- involve silly and strange things. tinct outline of how to perform ac- it’s hard to read facial expressions,” selves into their character at all,” The stars [are aligned] right tions like attack, but also demands Robinson said. “So I will say things Berkenstock said. “It wasn’t like, for adolescents.” that players navigate specific social like ‘he gives you a very stern look,’ ‘Let me smack you in the face with Johns also explained that teach- situations. For example, when a and then I give them a very stern the therapy hammer.’ It was in the ing players how to translate skills non-player character­— or a char- look. I’ve vocalized it, I’ve acted it, background, so they could invest as learned in-game as their character acter controlled by the Dungeon and now they can create an associa- much as they wanted.” to their real-life experiences is a Master— lies to one of the players’ tion between that facial expression The children were confronted delicate balance. characters, Johns said he might and description.” with whether or not to destroy the “A lot of what we’ll do is have ask the player what behaviors, like Robinson has also designed sever- rampant street drug in the campaign, them think about aspects their avoiding eye contact, indicate that al tabletop role-playing campaigns despite components of the drug characters have that they would they are being lied to. The next time specifically for those on the au- acting as medicine for a non-player like to have,” Johns said, “or as- a non-player character lies to that tism spectrum, using the model to character. The players ultimately pects their characters have that player, the Dungeon Master might help participants with practical decided to alter the drug so it could they would like their characters mimic those behaviors, so the player life skills. One game’s narrative is still be used medicinally, but the to [change]. Then we ask them to, learns to read that body language. a mystery set in the 1940s in which non-player character still died. in their daily life, when they’re Similarly, Hawke Robinson, participants investigate clues that “We said to the kids, ‘What do feeling a challenge or a struggle, recreational therapist and found- involve tapping into various civic you think your loved one ... would say, ‘What would my character er of RPG Research, will explain resources, such as hospitals and fire think about your character’s deci- do in this situation?’” [email protected] physical actions when leading ta- departments. Another game has par- sion?’” Berkenstock said. “Again, bletop groups with those on the ticipants study public transit sched- not your decision. We allowed autism spectrum. ules and city maps of their hometown that separation. It wasn’t you to track down leads. that made that choice; it was that For children with anxi- character identity.” ety, Johns has found that According to Berkenstock, while Dungeons & Dragons people of any age could benefit from offers a repetitive expo- therapeutic roleplaying games, he sure to the participant’s has found adolescents to be the most fears. This builds confi- receptive to the model. dence over time, while “There’s something fantastic the therapeutic ava- about adolescence because there’s tar or aesthetic dou- still a lot of capacity and willingness bling technique lets to play and puncture the need to be the player step away cool,” Johns said. “That is really from the situation to important to embracing the play of prevent them from the experience. A lot of adults have getting too emotion- a larger challenge of embracing that ally involved. you’re playing a dwarf “When you’re experi- in a fantasy world encing anxiety, if you that might take a moment to think about the situation, your thoughts, feel- ings and options, you can be more success- ful,” Davis said. “Anxi- ety is something that floods, and when you’re flooded, it’s hard to think ratio- nally and listen to your emotions. There’s something really nice about [the abil- ity to pause things in the game].” Olivia’s House, a grief and loss center for children in York, Pennsylvania, had the Bodhana Group work with a group of chil- dren who had lost family mem- bers to drug abuse or drug dependency. Berkenstock conducted a tabletop cam- paign in which the chil- dren worked to break up a drug ring. NOVEMBER 27, 2017 THE CHRONICLE 21 arts & culture

audiofi l e Plain White T’s says ‘Hey there, Chicago’ » JONATHON SADOWSKI guest appearance on the Nickelodeon show The Chronicle spoke to drummer De’Mar I studied music performance. I went to the ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR “iCarly” are over, the band is still somewhat Hamilton about the anniversary show, new second semester of that year, 2003, and in the spotlight thanks to the ubiquity of album and his brief stint at Columbia. right after that is when I got asked to be a he Plain White T’s shot to the top “Hey There Delilah.” The band performed Plain White T. That was it. I was in a band of Billboard’s Hot 100 with its sac- the hit song at the Alternative Press Music THE CHRONICLE: What is in store for that actually got signed to Fearless before Tcharine folk-pop ballad “Hey There Awards in July and released a new track, the 20th anniversary show? Plain White T’s did back then, a band called Delilah” 10 years ago, followed by a short “Land of the Living,” in May. DE’MAR HAMILTON: It’s our 20th anni- Knockout. We played around the city and we string of hits including “Rhythm of Love” Now, the Lombard, Illinois-based band versary, which is crazy, so we were like, “OK, eventually started to play with Plain White and “1,2,3,4.” is recording a new album and preparing we need to do something for it.” We couldn’t T’s. We would hang out after their shows. Though the days of playing characters on to play a 20th anniversary show Dec. 2 at think of a better place than the Metro. It was One day, Tom [Higgenson, lead singer] asked the television show “Greek” and making a Metro Chicago, 3730 N. Clark St. one of the venues we started out at. We’re me if I wanted to be in the band. I told myself definitely going to play some old, deep cuts. that I would only be in one or two bands if We’re currently in the studio, so we definitely they asked me at the time, and [they were] want to try to bust out at least a couple new Fall Out Boy or Plain White T’s. That was songs too that we’re currently working on. all I would say yes to.

Will the new album be in line with the How was playing the 2017 Alternative sound of “Land of the Living”? Press Music Awards? [“Land of the Living”] being on the new album To get to do [“Hey There Delilah”] there is still a little bit up in the air. The funny thing surprised us. You’re sitting around in about that song is we actually had that song this award show the whole time, and and we recorded it all before we re-signed to there’s all these artists playing and it’s Fearless [Records]. We’ve been discussing: Is our turn. We go to play “Delilah” and this going to go on the album? What are we the whole room stands up and sings the going to do? Do we go back and re-record it? song. That’s pretty crazy … to have the We’re still figuring that out. I can say the new only song everyone in the entire room stuff is in a new direction, for sure. knew. That was pretty cool. Plain White T’s will play a 20th anniver- sary concert at Metro Chicago, 3730 N. What was it like when you were at Visit ColumbiaChronicle.com for the

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» ALEX SWAN » LAUREN CARLTON » JAY BERGHUIS Column: Special COPY EDITOR COPY CHIEF COPY EDITOR editions—especially “Metamorphosis” (S1 E2): “All Too Well”: Knitting: ridiculous While the series’ opener excellently With lyrics full of metaphors and im- Knitting is the perfect craft to pick up in » JONATHON SADOWSKI drops us into Clark Kent’s high school life agery, this song sounds like what heart- your free time since it’s easy to set down ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR prior to becoming Superman, the second break feels like. This poetic song has at and restart at any point. It’s functionally episode sets up multiple subplots: Lana least one lyric everyone can relate to. My one repeated motion, so knitting can be ontinuing a disturbing trend of Lang’s lack of interest in her popularity, personal favorite: “Time won’t fly, it’s like learned in a matter of minutes with the overpriced, overblown and/or Lex Luthor’s growing unhealthy fasci- I’m paralyzed by it.” aid of YouTube tutorials. Coversized special edition enter- nation with Clark and Clark’s indecision tainment items, Taylor Swift’s latest over telling Lana his secret. “Clean”: Embroidery: album, reputation, was released Nov. 10 with a pair of Target-exclusive maga- This track uses a metal-based percussion Most people think of embroidery as an “Gone” (S4 E2): zine/album bundles. instrument with an echoing tone along- intricate, difficult craft, but in reality, it’s With $19.99 in damages, the maga- Season 4 heralds Lois Lane, who is both side melodies that complement Swift’s easy—provided you start with simple de- zines include poems, pictures, “hand- a source of levity and a heartwarming, heartfelt lyrics, which compare losing signs. Even learning one stitch at a time written” lyrics—and of course, a copy of no-nonsense explorer. After helping with someone you love to recovering from an will allow you to create beautiful work. If the album. Both magazines have differ- Clark’s amnesia the previous episode, addiction. The chorus repeats, “When I you can trace, you can embroider. ent content, incentivizing Swift’s fans she allows him to assist her this time in was drowning, that’s when I could finally to shell out $40 just to get the complete a hunt for Chloe Sullivan, her cousin and breathe.” After listening to this song, it’s Watercolors: reputation experience. Clark’s best friend. hard to not feel ... clean. Now hold up. Before you get your I started this craft with no ability and still enjoyed creating paintings despite pitchforks out, I must confess: Yes, I “Lexmas” (S5 E9): “All You Had To Do Was Stay”: own many gimmicky specials, limited lacking a strong skill set. As long as you editions of films, CDs, board games and This episode’s storyline poses a huge You wouldn’t know it from the up-tempo aren’t attempting hyper-realistic por- video games. However, I don’t encour- “what if?” with Lex Luthor viewing what instrumental, but this song is actually traits, you’ll be fine figuring out how you age purchasing them; nor do I appreci- his life might be like if he weren’t prone quite sad. It explores a breakup from the like to paint and play with colors. Plus, ate it when they exploit fans. to manipulation and violence. By the end, perspective of “I gave you everything I it’s a forgiving medium, which makes it My beloved “Star Wars” pulled this he doesn’t change his ways because he had, and all you had to do was stay, but beginner-friendly. same stunt back when “The Force fears losing control. you left.” Swift sings, “People like me are Awakens” first saw home release. The gone forever, when you say goodbye.” Scrapbooking: “Nemesis” (S6 E19): film launched on Blu-Ray April 5, 2016, Scrapbooking is the perfect craft for “Holy Ground”: with three “collectible” cover variants Clark and Lex are trapped in a collapsed someone who wants a creative release from Best Buy, Target and Walmart— tunnel filled with kryptonite, dependent This song makes the list solely because of without dedicating loads of time to plus the standard cover. And let’s not on each other—despite their hatred—to its lyrics. Some of my favorites are: “Back learning foundational artistic skills. forget later that year when there was survive. Meanwhile, Lana has just dis- when you fit in my poems like a perfect Anyone can cut paper and glue it in place, yet another special edition of the film covered her pregnancy by Lex was staged, rhyme,” and “we block the noise with the but scrapbooking is a valuable way to released on 3D Blu-Ray, retailing at and she mirrors his iciness, content in sound of ‘I need you.’” preserve memories. $30 just for good measure. letting him stay six feet under. Releases like “The Force Awakens” “Haunted”: DIY: and reputation just seem to be preda- “Homecoming” (S10 E4): tory of hardcore fans who are willing When you lose a loved one, you don’t DIY may not be a craft in the classic sense to cough up exorbitant amounts of It would have been perfectly fine if the always forget them right away. Swift of the word, but it can definitely provide dough for five copies of the same series ended here. Lois convinces Clark expresses the feeling of having someone the same kind of inspiration and creative product with questionable benefits. to go to their high school reunion, and the exit your life, yet still being reminded energy that traditional art does. Creating Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going nostalgic rush hits him and the audience of them with the repeating line: “Can’t something permanent and tangible that to go watch my Target-exclusive copy hard. There are no external villains and breathe whenever you’re gone, can’t turn can be used as decor or furniture is satis-

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Just when everyone was starting to I’ve been fairly dissatisfied with Fall Out After years of giving up hope that Selena I tried a pretzel bun for the first time last get frustrated with me for caroling Boy’s post-hiatus catalogue, but even I can Gomez and Justin Bieber were going to week, and I think it’ll be my last. While it Christmas music in November, Sia deliev- admit it’s put out some catchy work and get back together, the impossible actually made the burger look more appealing and erd the best early gift I could imagine: decent music videos. The video for “Hold happened. These two icons I grew up lov- appetizing, the unique bun ended up being her debut Christmas album, Everyday Me Tight or Don’t,” released Nov. 14, is a ing together were spotted kissing. After nothing more than an illusion because the Is Christmas, released Nov. 17. The first humdrum Día de Los Muertos-themed Chris Pratt and Anna Faris’ tragic split taste is anything but. The bun’s bitterness song,“Santa’s Coming for Us,” is a perfect sequence with little variety. It wouldn’t over the summer, I thought love was dead doesn’t taste good when combined with mix of her creativity and Christmas have been out of place for a “Hips Don’t forever. This photo brings me hope that the saltiness of a burger. I’m sure there are sounds. Now I won’t have to only listen to Lie”-era Shakira video, so it’s not as if it’s anything can happen. Why do I care so some restaurants that can make a pretzel Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe” on repeat to offensive. It’s just average with a lack of much? I don’t know, but you have to admit, bun appetizing, but this first experience satisfy my Christmas pop music fever. action or narrative. they’re cute together. doesn’t encourage me to find them.

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A lesser-known key factor in the success On the Nov. 16 episode of “Late Night with During hip-hop artist Drake’s Nov. 15 For some reason unbeknownst to me, my of a film is its musical score, which has Seth Meyers,” his popular “Closer Look” concert in Australia, he stopped per- Chase Freedom Unlimited credit card the ability to make or break the plot. In segment examined rampant bipartisan forming in the middle of a song to scold received a credit line increase that is the case of DC Comic’s “Justice League,” cases of alleged sexual harassment in and threaten a man in the audience who twice as much as I had before. This is both released Nov. 17, the musical score broke Congress, and effectively took down was inappropriately touching women. In a blessing and a curse. With the holiday the plot. As action scenes intensified members who have turned a blind eye. the viral video on Twitter, Drake is seen season in full swing, there are presents and emotional scenes unfolded, the Meyers stressed the need to hold everyone telling the guy, “If you don’t stop touching to be bought—both for others and myself. background music did not align, leaving accountable regardless of party affilia- girls, I’m going to come out there and But last time I had access to more capi- audience members confused and uncom- tion, from Al Franken and Bill Clinton f---k you up.” Maybe Drizzy should be tal, I bought nearly $100 worth of Harry fortable. The heroic ballads mixed with to Roy Moore and Donald Trump, and nominated for U.S. Senate. If that’s what Styles merchandise with birthday money modern rock songs were just not cohesive rebuked those who have avoided doing so. it is going to take for creepy guys to leave instead of saving toward arguably more with the film’s message. Seth Meyers continues to be amazing. women alone, he has my vote. important needs—like rent.

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election alone has increased students’ basis. Those in power on a crusade to strip Fighting for a better future is stress. The University of California away rights don’t want constituents to Los Angeles’ Institute for Democracy, know what is happening, and information Education and Access published a can be the greatest tool in pushing for vital amid political turmoil report in October 2017 on the effects the action. But there’s more to mobilizing for presidential election had on students. a better future than just being informed. uring a tumultuous time in From high schoolers choosing colleges Nearly 80 percent of the 1,535 teachers Cynicism runs rampant in times of current events, it’s easy to worry to graduates finding a job, young adults surveyed said some of their students were political tension, and many are left feeling Dabout the country’s future. are tasked with making decisions that concerned about their well-being or the hopeless and unsure what to do. There must In a Nov. 1 poll by the American will influence the rest of their lives. well-being of others because of current be a rallying cry to fight for what is right. Psychological Association, 63 per- These decisions are stressful enough, but events, including developments in immi- Young people have social media at their cent of 3,440 respondents said the students are also at the mercy of the nation’s gration, environmental and LGBTQ issues. disposal to spread messages of solidarity nation’s future is a source of stress. leaders and the consequences of their actions. What’s going on in Washington is and provide resources to their peers. Those results are understandable. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has enough to make anyone want to ignore That gesture by itself can be a turning Americans have seen violent demonstra- limited the rights of transgender students everything around them for the sake point in viewing the future less bleakly. tions by white nationalists and counter in public schools, rescinded guidelines of their sanity. For students, it’s espe- Besides social media, there’s an array protesters, an ongoing feud on Capitol Hill for colleges and universities on handling cially tough. Finding a balance between of methods for people to have their voices over health care and multiple devastating campus sexual assault and overturned a being informed and caring for oneself heard: writing letters to representatives, mass shootings. Amid these conflicts, it ban that prevented those who defaulted on can be imperative for mental health. participating in demonstrations, attend- feels as if there are no solutions in sight. their student loans from paying high fees. A 24-hour cycle of anxiety-inducing ing meetings held by local officials and For students, the future and what it Besides threats to equal and accessible news is tiring. It’s not selfish to take a break, pushing for more political change. holds are always a looming presence. education, President Donald Trump’s but it is dangerous to do so on an extended To see a better future, we must work for it.

who is more devoted to order than tutoring young, blind, deaf and mute The past is never dead, but to justice” was a larger roadblock to Helen Keller. The film ends after Sullivan racial equality than actual Ku Klux is successful in helping Keller commu- Klan members because of moderates’ nicate, but there is much more to Keller revisionism should be pushback against demonstrations. that didn’t make it to the big screen. movement has become a national force The “white moderate” still exists today, Along with co-founding the American in the push for racial equality. Climate and the road to justice hasn’t been paved Civil Liberties Union in 1920, Keller spent change and the oppression of Native over. When violence has erupted during her life working for radical causes. She Americans reached national attention largely peaceful protests in the country, saw a relationship between living in pov- with protests against the Dakota many critics often say, “Why couldn’t they erty and developing a disability, making Access Pipeline at Standing Rock. have protested like Dr. King?” The ques- her a staunch leader in fighting economic These movements will go down in tion is posed as if the American public’s inequality. She also advocated for birth con- history, and it is vital that their legacies attacks against civil rights leaders then trol and was an ardent supporter of the labor remain intact. People today have done aren’t nearly identical to the criticisms of rights movement and other leftist causes a disservice to past revolutionaries and the Black Lives Matter movement now. that put her on FBI surveillance. we cannot make the same mistakes by In 1966, 63 percent of the public had More than one in five adults with mischaracterizing current movements. a negative view of King, according to disabilities lives in poverty, accord- After the fatal October 2014 shooting of an archived Gallup poll. ln August 2017 ing to a January 2017 report by the COMMENTARY Laquan McDonald, activists started the survey by the Harvard-Harris Poll found Rehabilitation Research and Training hashtag #ReclaimMLK in January 2016 that, out of 2,051 participants, 57 per- Center on Disability Statistics and » TYRA BOSNIC to combat the rewriting of one of the most cent have a negative view of the Black Demographics. Keller’s activism must OPINIONS EDITOR notable human rights figures. Lives Matter movement. For decades, be highlighted as Medicaid is under Martin Luther King, Jr. is a famous those who stand for equality have been constant threat thanks to the current merica is seeing another historic victim of historical revisionism within vilified for their actions, even by those administration, and the voices of dis- era of political dissent. current dialogue. Since his assassination who claim to stand against racism. abled people continue to be silenced. A The day after President Donald nearly 50 years ago, the Black Lives Matter Revisionism doesn’t only come from dis- It is a necessity for us to look back Trump’s inauguration, the Women’s movement’s critics have used his impact to tortion. Complete omission of radical acts by on the leaders who came before us March on Washington, D.C., became distort his legacy, despite the movement historical figures contributes to a corrupted in an accurate light in the fight for one of the largest protests in recent aiming to finish what he spearheaded. view of fights for human rights as well. equality, or else we will find ourselves history with about half a million people In his 1963 “Letter from Birmingham The 1962 biographical film “The falling into a similar cycle of denying

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Secret, Nike, H&M and Forever 21 also have a history of allegedly using sweatshops and abusing their employees. These factories’ practices are also anti-feminist. They exploit their largely female workforce while making a profit selling clothing with feminist messages. » BROOKE PAWLING STENNETT Seventy-five million people make DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR clothes for brands across the world, and 80 percent are women, accord- ing to a July 26 Forbes article. These Church of England is doing women encounter sexual assault, cor- COMMENTARY poral punishment and verbal abuse while making little to no wages. something right about gender identity Zara quickly responded, stating it is Fast fashion working on a proposal for a hardship fund hen National Geographic costs more than for the employees affected by the situation, released its historic January according to a Nov. 3 Refinery29 article. Wissue titled “Gender Revolu- Despite Zara’s quick response, tion,” the country went into shock. I can market price there is no excuse for not paying distinctly remember sitting in the library workers. If the public hadn’t been for reading hour as a kid and flipping » KENDRAH VILLIESSE ARTS & CULTURE REPORTER involved, those workers would still through a National Geographic magazine lack a paycheck. This should teach to pass the time. Along with some other other brands that workers will take a American kids, we learned interesting ith new collections released every stand against unethical practices. facts about animals, and ran home to tell week, it is hard to resist the urge Rana Plaza, home to many brand our parents all about it with pride. Wto buy a cute new top from Forev- manufacturers, shone a spotlight Imagine, then, what that one gender legalized gay marriage, suicide attempts er 21. But shoppers often don’t pay attention on sweatshops after collapsing identity cover on a well-distributed mag- dropped 14 percent for gay, lesbian and to the manufacturing process. April 24, 2013, killing 1,134 and azine said to the kids who picked it up bisexual teens, according to a Feb. 21 Fast fashion describes clothing pro- injuring more than 2,500 others. because it looked intriguing. A new world Associated Press article. duced by retailers who take trends off the After this wake-up call,17 compa- was opened to them because National The study’s researchers implored poli- runway during fashion shows and quickly nies—including Nike, Patagonia and Geographic made the statement that it’s cymakers to become aware of the impact create a cheaper, lower quality version H&M—agreed to follow the transpar- OK to question your gender identity. marriage equality would have on youth’s to sell to consumers the next week. ency pledge, according to an April 30 Now, think about what it would be like mental health and how the law could cre- But this comes with a cost. While shop- NPR article. The pledge is aimed at if America followed in the steps of the ate a more tolerant society. The lead author, ping at fashion retailer Zara, customers providing ethically sourced products Church of England, which sent out an Julia Raifman, even told the Associated from Istanbul found something unusual by encouraging brands to identify advice book to almost 5,000 schools Nov. Press laws that have the greatest impact in the garments, which were tagged and provide other information about 13, encouraging children to explore their on gay adults could make LGBTQ kids feel with messages from the factory workers the clothing manufacture processes, gender identity. more hopeful for the future. saying, “I made this item you are going to according to the Human Rights Watch. The book, “Valuing All God’s Children,” It isn’t so far-fetched to think, then, buy, but I didn’t get paid for it,” according However, there are still many says clothing and activities don’t mean that if we took a page out of the Church of to a Nov. 3 Associated Press article. brands not publishing their informa- anything in terms of a child’s identity, England’s playbook, the same could be said Most fast-fashion retailers rely on tion, including Urban Inc., Forever according to a Nov. 13 New York Times for gender identity. sweatshops where employees work 21 and American Eagle Outfitters. article. Children, it says, should have the The problem is that society needs to get long days without a break to create Transparency is necessary to prove they freedom to wear what they want and play behind the idea. It is disturbing that we’re hundreds of garments for our pleasure are sourcing their garments ethically. with any toy they’d like. Boys can wear still at a point at which people are comfort- yet barely make enough to live on. Sweatshops cannot be ignored, and tiaras and girls can play with trucks. able with children dying every day. People Major fashion brands such as Victoria’s ending them needs to become more While it’s important that National who suppress their true gender identity are important to feminists. Women are mak- Geographic made that statement and especially vulnerable. Between 38 and 65 ing little to nothing for a garment and in reached the important age groups, we percent of transgender individuals experi- return are sexually harassed, assaulted still need to reach kids with important ence suicidal ideation, according to NAMI. or worse. Designers and consumers alike messages like this, and sending out advice I wrote a feature for The Chronicle need to face this problem by finding a books similar to the Church of England’s almost a year ago about gender neutral balance between fairly priced garments to schools would be a major step. parenting, for which I talked to parents and workers’ basic human rights. It’s no secret that LGBTQ kids have a who were raising their children with Most college students can’t afford higher risk of experiencing a major mental the idea that they could be whatever expensive brands but still want to illness—almost three times more likely, gender they wanted to be. They be conscious of how their clothing according to the National Alliance on expressed specific fears: their children is manufactured. We constantly Mental Illness. If we as a society give them walking into a bathroom and being told see headlines, but the discussion more options to comfortably and openly they don’t belong there or suppressing » AMELIA DETWILER/CHRONICLE stops and the problem remains. In explore their identities, that number can their feelings to fit in. order to make a change, we need to potentially decrease. But the principle consensus was that acknowledge the problem and keep the A research study conducted between parents just want their children to be discussion going. If we keep having 1999 and 2015—before the marriage happy no matter what. So, the question the conversation, brands will begin to equality act was decided June 26, remains: Why is society so comfortable [email protected] listen and source its products ethically. [email protected] 2015—found that out of 32 states that had in letting other people’s children die?

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Surazon Nushusin, left, and Mohammad Miah are Rohingya refugees who come to the cultural center to learn English every week. A volunteer English as Second Language teacher helps them practice numbers and colors using toy cars. North Side cultural center unites

Rohingya refugees together This Rogers Park location is the only Rohingya Culture Center in the world. It is funded by the Zakat Foundation, a Muslim organization. » SAVANNAH EADENS and preserve their language and culture, Rogers Park has become a Chicago hub for Program benefits and Medicare in the U.S., METRO REPORTER and voice opposition to the genocide against other Asian groups, said Laura Toffenetti, a Toffenetti said, but because they cannot read Rohingya by the Myanmar government. volunteer and board member for the center. the letters and notices that come in the mail, NASIR ZAKARIA IS one of hundreds of The Rohingya are a Muslim minority in Rohingya have an unwritten language, many of them lose their benefits. Rohingya, a stateless Indo-Aryan people Myanmar whom the United Nations calls and most are illiterate and have never Sana Sultan, a Rohingya who was born from the Rakhine State, Myanmar, who the most persecuted minority in the world. attended school, Toffenetti said. The and raised in Dubai and came to the U.S. found refuge in Chicago’s North Side. After In 1982, the Myanmar government stripped Rohingya are given permanent status in the in 2016, is the center’s translator and case- immigrating to the U.S. from Myanmar in the Rohingya of their citizenship, which led U.S. and are allowed to apply for citizenship worker. She said she assists fellow Rohingya 2013 and settling in Rogers Park, Zakaria to Rohingya homes and lands being seized, after five years, but they have to write and make doctor appointments, enroll in school said he could not sit idly while his people schools and businesses closed and people speak English, Toffenetti added. and fill out forms for food vouchers. The suffered from horrendous persecution. beaten, imprisoned and killed. The U.S. government is currently accept- cultural center feels like home, Sultan said, Zakaria founded the Rohingya Cultural Zakaria said he grew up in a world where ing 54,000 Rohingya refugees into the coun- because she gets to speak her language. Center, 2740 W. Devon Ave., in April 2016 it was like “living in a dark area.” try, which is not enough, Toffenetti said. “[The center] is doing good now,” Sultan with assistance from the Zakat Foundation, There are only about 2 million Rohingya in “The challenges [the Rohingya] com- said. “People are happy to come here. They a Muslim organization that provides an the world, and most are refugees in neighbor- munity faces are that they only started have a place nearby they can find help.” annual grant to pay rent, utilities and ing countries, such as Bangladesh, Thailand arriving [in Chicago] in 2012, so there’s not Despite finding a home in Chicago, Zakaria’s salary. and Malaysia, according to Zakaria. that established group to get them jobs and Toffenetti said the Rohingya are still “The Rohingya [had] no place to learn “We love peace in our country, ” Zakaria housing,” Toffenetti said. “The languages burdened by the overbearing stress English, no place to sit down together, so said. “The government try to say [we are] they speak are rare, and there aren’t a lot about their family members who are we made a place for everyone to meet here,” bad people [because we are] Muslim. They of translators available.” still in Myanmar. Zakaria said. [discriminate] not only Muslim but any As a volunteer, Toffenetti helps with “My parents and family are in The Rohingya Cultural Center has a [non-Buddhist] religion. They want to keep casework and English as Second Language [Myanmar], I am worried because I will three-fold mission: to provide Rohingya [Myanmar] a Buddhist country.” classes for the center, but she is not a call tonight, and they are OK, but how refugees support and education, create a The Rohingya Cultural Center is the per- translator. A majority of Rohingya receive about tomorrow? Are they alive?” Zakaria

haven where the Rohingya can celebrate fect place for Rohingya to settle because Supplemental Nutrition Assistance said. “This is always a cry from my heart.” [email protected]

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» ERIC BRADACH MANAGING EDITOR Politicians are supposed to unify, not divide t’s no secret that the U.S. has been rampantly evolving into an increas- Iingly divided partisan political envi- ronment, and the constant scapegoating by our elected officials will only heighten an already growing wave of prejudice and hate crimes. According to the FBI’s Nov. 13 Hate Crimes Statistics report, the horrendous offenses slightly increased in the U.S. to 7,321 in 2016 from 6,885 in 2015. On college campuses, they increased from 8.3 Fortunately, Brochu was expelled from percent of all hate crimes in 2015 to 9.9 the university, banned from entering the percent in 2016. campus and charged with third-degree While the uptick may not seem like a criminal mischief and second-degree news headline to panic over, it highlights breach of peace. Now, after requests from a growing trend of political polarization police, she has been charged with a hate and bigotry that has run amok over the crime, intimidation based on bigotry last decade. Just as it seemed society was or bias charges, according to a Nov. 2 pulling away from intolerance, it has come Huffington Post article. back in full throttle. It will be another year Unfortunately, that rationale isn’t pres- before official FBI hate crime statistics ent in the nation’s highest office, which is are released, but the nation’s polarized splintering the country. society and continuous hateful political President Donald Trump has repeat- rhetoric suggests it will rise again, plagu- edly pointed the finger at others to ing educational institutions and endan- further his divide and conquer political gering students’ safety. agenda. Whether it’s placing blame on a In an Oct. 30 Facebook video, Chennel visa program for the Oct. 31 terror attack Rowe—a black University of Hartford at in New York City where eight people were Connecticut student—said she had always killed or blaming transgender individuals felt unwanted by her white roommate, for costly military spending in July, he Brianna Brochu, when she moved into never skips an opportunity to create a their dorm room in August. Soon after, larger schism. Rowe said she started getting sick with These are not new tactics, and while severe throat pain, to the point where it Trump isn’t a tyrant, the tactics have been became difficult to speak. employed by tyrants throughout history, Rowe said she decided to move out and such as by Adolf Hitler during World War as she was leaving, a neighbor approached II and Vladimir Lenin during the Russian her and showed her Brochu’s latest Communist Revolution. And though both Instagram post where she gloated about Republicans and Democrats have her successful attempts to drive Rowe out used these tactics, Trump has taken it of the dorm room. to a new level. “Finally did it yo girl got rid of Trump swore an oath to defend and her roommate,” Brochu said in the preserve the union, and he has done Instagram post. “After 1 1/2 month of nothing but the opposite. spitting in her coconut oil, putting moldy All types of bigotry—race, ethnicity, clam dip in her lotions, rubbing used gender identity, sexual orientation and tampons on her backpack, putting her religion—will always infect society, toothbrush places where the sun doesn’t but it’s incumbent upon our elected shine, and so much more I can finally say officials to lead their constituents

goodbye Jamaican Barbie.” away from it and rather, toward unity. [email protected]

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A September 2017 report by the will make sure to develop relation- tripled in four years, from 2011– Chicago looks to education Center for Disease Control discov- ships with patients in order to pre- 2015, according to the National ered that doctors in the U.S. are vent further problems. Sometimes Institute on Drug Abuse. over-prescribing opioids, contrib- doctors spend hours with patients, The best way to fight opioid to battle opioid addiction uting to the causes of addiction. he added. addiction is education and under- Patients will eventually run out “Addiction is not [a] crime. standing rather than the crimi- » BLAISE MESA of their prescriptions, Benedetto [This is] a healthcare issue rather nal justice system, according to METRO REPORTER Chicago’s fatal opioid-related said, which can lead to complica- than a criminal justice issue,” experts. By removing the stigma overdoses rose to 741 in 2016, tions such as withdrawal. This said Patty McCarthy Metcalf, surrounding addiction, people WITH THE HELP of additional fund- which is 315 more than 2015, sensation can cause an addict to executive director at Faces and will be more willing to talk about ing, Chicago will focus on educa- according to an October Chicago turn to other drugs like heroin, a Voices of Recovery, an addiction their experiences and seek help, tion to counter the city’s growing Department of Public Health cheaper drug that may produce a recovery organizing based out of according to experts. opioid addiction problem. Epidemiology report. similar high. Washington, D.C. “Public awareness is a huge step As part of Mayor Rahm “Opioid addiction is a disease. At Brightside From 2002–2015, opioid-related to eliminating the stigma of addic- Emanuel’s 2018 budget proposal, It’s not a matter of moral failing, Clinic, doctors deaths nationwide have tion in communities,” McCarthy the city will invest an additional strength of character or will- been steadily increas- Metcalf said. “Addiction to opioids $500,000—bringing the total to power,” said John Benedetto, ing, and heroin-related is preventable [and] treatable, and $2.95 million—in opioid preven- doctor at Brightside Clinic, a deaths have almost there are millions of Americans in tion and education. The proposed treatment center in Northbrook, long-term recovery.” funding will support another Illinois. “Overuse of opioids cre- The new, navigable website is 500 participants in recovery ates chemical brain damage that a progressive step with its homes and Medication Assisted needs to be [treated] by a medicine hot line, education on what Treatment—a combination of until the brain can heal.” opioids are and prevention medicine and counseling to treat Opioids are commonly used as information, which can help and prevent addiction. painkillers. People can become reduce addiction, according to Chicago also launched the web- addicted to opioids when they are Leonard Jason, a psychology site OvercomeOpioids.com in the over-prescribed, which creates professor at DePaul University. last week of October, as a resource more receptors in the brain and “We have a major catastro- that provides information on how can cause people to make impul- phe occurring,” Jason said. to prevent, recover and understand sive decisions, such as abusing the “We have to be a proponent of

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“CPS gets a bum rap, [but] I’m below average nationally.” to see more growth,” » INFORMATION CEPA REPORT CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS students constantly amazed by our stu- CPS is no stranger to fund- said James Pellegrino, are learning at a faster rate than dents,” said Christopher Gamble, ing battles, which have led to co-director of Learning 96 percent of their counterparts, principal at Hannah G. Solomon numerous teacher strikes and Sciences Research but problems persist in meeting Elementary, a neighborhood school school closings, including 50 Institute at the University national educational standards, in Peterson Park. CPS schools that closed in 2013. of Illinois at Chicago. “If you according to local experts. The school recently won national Teacher strikes have been shown want more improvement [from A Center for Education Policy recognition with a Blue Ribbon to have a negative effect on a stu- CPS], you’d be asking an incredible Analysis at Stanford University award from the U.S. Department of dent’s growth, especially on math amount from those students.” report, published Nov. 1, showed Education for its performance, as scores, according to a 2011 Bureau Earlier this year, a statewide CPS students’ standardized test reported Oct. 9 by The Chronicle. of Economic Research report. education funding bill was passed scores, from grades three through The Stanford report also showed “Each year, [budget cuts] take a in an attempt to bring financial » SAMANTHA CONRAD/CHRONICLE eight, improved more than the CPS’ improved test scores were not little chunk out of us,” Gamble said. stability to every Illinois school Despite CPS students fail- average students’ test scores the result of test-aligned instruc- “Our staff has been kept intact, but district, as reported Sept. 5 by The ing to perform at the national nationwide from 2009–2014. The tion but were linked to the curric- the money for technology and new Chronicle. Without an adequate average, they are out-perform- test scores also improved regard- ulum being taught. textbooks is being chipped away.” budget, CPS schools may not be ing other large urban districts, less of the students’ ethnicity. Despite all CPS students learn- If a long-term solution is not able to give students the proper according to the report. The drastic improvement in CPS ing at faster rates than most stu- found, future budget cuts could resources for their future, accord- “We still have work to do to students’ test scores, coming from dents nationwide, the report also put Solomon Elementary’s staff ing to Gamble. get them to the levels of aca- both public and charter schools, indicates that students between at risk, according to Gamble. “The challenge will always be: demic achievement needed for was district-wide, Rebecca Hinze- third and eighth grade are still With reduced funding for Do we have the resources neces- college and career,” Pellegrino Pifer, postdoctoral research fellow below the national average for technology, schools may miss sary [to continue to improve]?” said. “We should celebrate and

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» PHOTOS MACKENZIE CROSSON/CHRONICLE year, we fixed up 1,500 bikes locally How do bikes become a tool between children’s and adult bikes. of civic engagement and empowerment? How has Chicago been as a It is a great place for people to come place to cultivate your work? together as they are doing some- It is a great city to ride a bike thing mechanical and helping local because it is flat and effortless. Chicagoans. They are belonging There are a lot of people who want to something bigger than them. a new bike, so there are a lot of old It is a good ethos. The whole vol- bikes available and people who unteer scene at Working Bikes is want to volunteer. The urban envi- just great because they do it out of ronment is a perfect place to do a the goodness of their heart. What bike project. makes us a special nonprofit is we are self-funded, so we don’t need How have you seen the impact to solicit grants. We are not com- of your work? peting with other nonprofits to try Our foundation president went to to get scarce grant money. We are Uganda and brought back photos self-funded through selling bikes from women’s groups we have given in our retail store. We sell about bikes to in the last year. It brought 1,000 a year, donate about 6,000 a tears to my eyes to see the photos year to developing countries and fix of the women. I feel so strongly up about 1,500 bikes locally. about women’s empowerment in developing countries and one of How has Working Bikes these women had formerly been evolved since you started? Chicago couple Amy Little and Lee Ravenscroft operate Working Bikes, a nonprofit that has donated more than 50,000 bikes a prostitute and now she is a bike We have grown and now have worldwide since 1999. Bikes give residents of impoverished countries mobility and independence, Little said. mechanic. That is the most moving employees and a volunteer sys- example of how it can empower life. tem. We went from a tiny » SAVANNAH EADENS spent time in Central America. I to have any particular skill except There are great local stories, but storefront in the basement of METRO REPORTER was a Peace Corps volunteer, and knowing how to ride a bike. I feel particularly strongly about one of my apartment buildings he spent time in Nicaragua. We women as the key to world peace to a 22,000 square foot ware- my Little and Lee both knew that a lot of bikes were Why is mobility so important and development. All of these house. Because I do a little bit Ravenscroft started being thrown away [in the U.S.] that in places like Nicaragua? women learned to be bike mechan- of real estate, I did not want AWorking Bikes in 1999, a could be useful in Central America. Of course people make less money ics, and they had a self-sufficient to be caught in gentrification nonprofit dedicated to recycling So, we started collecting bicycles. in developing countries, if they business to save enough money to and have to move out of the bicycles as well as supporting cul- Lee also saw a lot of bikes going to make any formal money at all. As import another shipment of bicy- building, so we were actually ture and both international and the junkyard being ground up and a Peace Corps volunteer, I walked cles. It is making them a living help- lucky enough to purchase the local bicycle projects. The mar- made into steel to be recycled, and 10 kilometers a day, and a bicycle ing their community and keeping building where we are located

ried couple and 30-year Chicago he believed bikes could be used for would have gotten me places much them out of prostitution. in right now. [email protected] residents think bicycles provide a greater purpose than just steel. So quicker. Most people don’t live in an mobility and opportunity to citi- we started going to the scrapyards, urban environment—they live in zens of impoverished countries. collecting bicycles and bringing the country or outside of towns so Since its inception, Working them home. Before we knew it, we transportation is a natural [neces- Bikes, 2434 S. Western Ave., has had a basement full of bicycles. sity]. Bikes give you independence. redistributed more than 50,000 bikes worldwide to South and Of all the things that impover- How does your bike charity Central America, Africa and ished countries need, why did work in Chicago differ from the Chicago. Little, the nonprofit’s you see bicycles as a necessity? international projects you do? vice president, spoke with The We believe in bicycles for transpor- In Chicago, [we give bikes to] vet- Chronicle about the inspiration tation. Bikes were being thrown erans, the homeless, refugee reset- she and Ravenscroft found in their away, and people were leaving bikes tlements and kids. The difference humanitarian work and how the in alleys. We had tried donating is that we fix the bikes up with vol- organization has evolved in the last sewing machines a few years ear- unteers in our shop and then make 18 years. lier. Lee sent sewing machines to sure the people getting the bikes are Nicaragua and we were involved coming through a program with a THE CHRONICLE: What in a project that sent carpentry social service agency or through a inspired you and your husband equipment to Nicaragua as well, but school. They request a bike, and we to start Working Bikes? bikes seemed much more useful figure out what size they need, and AMY LITTLE: We both had as transportation. You don’t need it is tailored to the individual. Last

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