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The chief political correspondent for New York Times Magazine does not usually have to deal with people refusing to answer his questions. In front of an audience of about 70 students and community members Thursday evening, journalist and writer Matt Bai said that in this election cycle, politicians have started to over- come the media that exists to keep them in check. He concedes that some of the blame lies with the media and how it has evolved over the past few decades but insists that it is a problem that needs to be resolved moving forward. According to Bai, his author- ity on political coverage is the reason so many people have come up to him asking not simply which candidate will win but what any of it means in an MICHAEL TABB | STUDENT LIFE election that is so remarkably 2009 graduates and Ist Lts. Michael Haft and Harrison Suarez present Chancellor Mark Wrighton with a United States flag Saturday afternoon to thank him for all “empty.” the University has done for them. “Mitt Romney has a five- MICHAEL TABB experiences beforehand as well, one out of 10 insider killings of attacks result from,” Suarez said. point plan,” Bai said near the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF but learning to think critically NATO troops have anything to do “Imagine an 18-year-old, 18-to- opening of his speech in May [at Wash. U.], how to evaluate a with the Taliban. 24-year-old kid coming over from Auditorium. “I don’t know if For two recent Washington situation, how to interact with a “So I’m 24 years old, and I somewhere else and telling you you’ve gone and looked at the University graduates, four years different culture in a successful go over to Afghanistan, and I’m how to do your job,” he added. five-point plan, but the five-point at the University may have done way, prepared us” advising a man who has been in “We had to take 18-year-old, tes- plan is like, we’re going to be more than prepare them to start a By serving as platoon com- the Afghan army for 30 years, tosterone-filled infantry marines energy independent; we’re going business. It may have helped them manders in charge of about 45 longer than I’ve been alive. He and turn them into trainers, advi- to have less debt; we’re going survive. young soldiers, Haft said they started off fighting the Soviets at sors, mentors of Afghans who to have the best schools in the First lieutenants in the U.S. didn’t speak their language, didn’t world. You know, this is sort of Marine Corps, 2009 Washington share the culture and all those like me coming to you and say- U. graduates Michael Haft and things.” ing, I’ve thought really hard. I’ve Harrison Suarez came back Suarez said that despite some thought about it. I’ve meditated to campus Saturday to thank resistance from soldiers early on, on this. I’ve got a plan for my Chancellor Mark Wrighton for they were able to make their town life. I know exactly what I want preparing them to serve their safer and keep their troops intact my life to look like: I’m going country in Afghanistan. as well. to invent something miraculous; Back in the United States a “We were fortunate; we I want to get rich; I want to live month before finishing their first brought all of our marines home, until I’m 120.” term of service, their plans for the all in one piece. So no amputees, Bai said that he can count on future include pressing the mili- no serious brain injuries. We were one hand the number of inter- tary to prepare veterans better for very lucky,” he said. views he has been denied as post-service and to start a busi- While military personnel often senior correspondent for the ness in Washington, D.C. return to campus, displays like Times Magazine. As one of very But they say it might not the one Saturday are uncom- few political features writers in have been possible without the 1st Lts. Michael Haft [left] and Harrison Suarez come back to campus after mon, according to Jim Craig, the country, he says politicians University’s preparation. returning from Afghanistan earlier this year. professor of military science for love speaking to him because, “A lot of these people aren’t were able to pass along their age 16. So in dealing with him, I the St. Louis area Army ROTC given that his stories stick to equipped,” Haft said. “They’ve discretion. need to be respectful of his stat- detachment. word counts of about 8,000, they never traveled outside of the Suarez noted that in ure, and I need to make sure that I “They haven’t come back, done can fully explain why they are country. They haven’t experi- Afghanistan, being able to respect honor him as a man. If I don’t do a ceremony and brought a flag, right. enced other cultures. They haven’t a foreign culture was not only that, or if I hadn’t done that, our but they come check in because “How do you get there? What read books about it. So this is how important but also necessary. He relationship would have suffered. they’re connected really well; difficult decisions do you ask Wash. U. prepared us…in our cited an August New York Times And I would have insulted him. people to make? That’s where four years here, very much our article that noted that only about And that’s what a lot of these SEE MARINES, PAGE 2 politics becomes relevant,” Bai said. But this year, both Romney and President Barack Obama University holds second month of sustainability since April declined to offer him inter- ADAM COHEN-NOWAK publicized, leading some to ques- Amid a controversial decision our community who are true views—Romney to explain how CONTRIBUTING WRITER tion its long-term significance. by the Student Union Senate to heroes of alternative transporta- his business background would But by specifically targeting pass a resolution encouraging tion,” Fischer said. “It’s a way to enable him to make a bureau- It may seem a bit ambitious bikers, this iteration of the sus- a plastic bag ban, the car-free engage people across the institu- cratic government more efficient, for the Office of Sustainability tainability challenge has had a effort aims to engage more com- tion in a meaningful way.” Obama to explain how his poli- to ask everyone at Washington more notable impact on campus. munity members in sustainable On Tuesday, Oct. 23, Big cies helped Ohio more than those University to dump his car for a Over the past week, the Office practices and spread awareness Sharks Bicycles will offer free of the swing state’s Republican month and bike to campus. But of Sustainability has installed a of the University’s impact on the tune-ups at the DUC Fixit sta- governor. this isn’t its first time attempting number of new Fixit bike tune- environment. tion from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Because people have stopped that this year. up stations, which provide tools Will Fischer, coordinator at In addition to encouraging trusting the media, Bai says, poli- “Car-Free Month,” a univer- to fix and tune bikes and even the Office of Sustainability, has people to use bikes instead of ticians no longer feel impelled to sity-wide sustainability initiative, places to hang them up while been an active proponent of cars, the University is also hav- answer their questions. But with- challenges students, faculty and working on them. alternative transit during his six ing teams of individuals work out answering their questions, staff at each of its four campuses Fixit stations are located at years attending and working at together to maximize calorie there is nothing to stop them to help reduce the University’s the Clocktower, South 40 bike the University. He biked each of burning and minimize carbon from spouting off lies, which var- carbon footprint by using alter- racks, north of Olin Library the four years of his undergradu- dioxide emissions. Signups for ious news sources have been only native modes of transit for the and the northeast corners of the ate career. the team Car-Free Challenge will too pleased to fact-check live. month of October. Danforth University Center and “We see Car-Free Month as remain open through this week. “Prior to this debate Tuesday The University’s last Car-Free Joseph B. Givens Hall at the Sam a great opportunity to show- Month in April was minimally Fox School. case and highlight members of SEE SUSTAINABILITY, PAGE 2 SEE NY TIMES, PAGE 2

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NY TIMES FROM PAGE 1 COURTESY OF MICHAEL HAFT Michael Haft, 2009 graduate and first lieutenant in the U.S. Marines, spent several months deployed in Afghanistan, where he and fellow 2009 alumnus Harrison Suarez worked with local citizens to help the country develop its own military strength. SEE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AT WWW.STUDLIFE.COM/MULTIMEDIA

it’s kind of like a sports team,” Craig war, and there’s programs available to said. “They’re really connected to each help them, and some of them just don’t other.” know how to get to them.” Hosted at Washington University’s After struggling to get their chain of north campus, 11 schools participate command to adequately address the in the local ROTC program. Craig said problem, Haft and Suarez wrote an the University has 30 students in the article for the Marine Times to bring program, four of whom will graduate light to the issue. Haft said that while at the end of the year. they’ve fielded some criticism, they “[I have] no relation to these guys have also received a number of compli- personally, I just had heard there [were] ments, even from two two-star generals. a couple of lieutenants coming to give They conceded that it will take some something back to the University, and time to go through the bureaucracy and I’m here to support them. This is really address the problem, but they do plan all about these guys,” Craig said. to see it addressed. As Haft and Suarez approach the “When nonveteran unemployment end of their military careers, they hope is about half of veteran unemploy- to continue to help young soldiers. ment, we have an issue,” Suarez said. But rather than help them survive in “We’ve got a follow-up next week; Afghanistan, they hope to help them be we’re trying to bring this issue to light. successful back at home. It’s unacceptable for the military not to According to a 2011 report by the prepare these guys for life outside of Bureau of Labor Statistics, 29.1 percent the military.” of veterans ages 18-24 were unem- After they are officially discharged ployed, compared to 17.6 percent of next month, they plan to stay in D.C. nonveterans that age. and start a business capitalizing on “Guys who do one term—they’re Haft’s degree in entrepreneurship and really not doing well when they get Suarez’s in history and political sci- out, and it’s for a variety of reasons but ence. But they are still sorting out the part of it is that they’re not, I guess, details. being prepared to get back into the nor- “We’re still figuring it out,” Suarez mal world,” Haft said. “They’ve spent said. “We’ve got a couple of ideas.” years training and preparing for the COURTESY OF MATTBAI.COM Matt Bai, New York Times Magazine’s chief political correspondent, spoke with students in May Audi- torium on Thursday about prevailing notions of the media. night, it became apparent through some to that is interesting. And I’m not really SUSTAINABILITY FROM PAGE 1 of her comments that Candy—Candy that involved in politics or know too much Crowley from CNN is a terrific reporter— about it, but I’d gone to [watch] the debate Trophies awarded at the end of get such a good reputation on campus. was intending on following up on questions recently, which got me thinking more about the month include “Consistent & For many students, bikes may pose a from the audience so that she could ensure [it],” senior Erin Humphries said. Committed” to the team with the nuisance or even a danger as inexperi- they got answered,” Bai said. “And both Humphries said that one thing she got highest percent of car-free trips, enced or distracted riders sometimes campaigns, not one campaign, both cam- out of his speech was that, at least regard- “CO2 Destroyer” to the team with collide with pedestrians. paigns immediately fired off notes of ing the debates, she shouldn’t feel the need the greatest total car-free miles and “I’ve almost gotten run over several protest to the debate commission, insisting constantly to rely on the media to tell her “The Bowie” (“Ch-ch-ch-changes”) times by bikers speeding to class,” that they had not agreed to that. In fact, how to react. to the team with the greatest change freshman Talia Rubnitz said. Candy Crowley, as a journalist, was sup- “We look to [the media] for who won in commute. A celebration and award “Bikers simply need to let pedes- posed to sit there and say nothing.” and lost the debate, and I was kind of con- ceremony will be held Oct. 29 in trians know where they are and what Ultimately, Bai believes voters are smart cerned…with the way I was watching the Goldfarb Commons with light snacks side they are passing on,” Rubnitz enough to see through the pretense, but debate, curious who was going to win,” provided. added. “With this communication, he said that having the Commission on Humphries said. “I think it’s actually an “It’s a great opportunity for folks there will be fewer accidents, and peo- Presidential Debates take over for the interesting idea for me to insulate myself who have never tried a car-free mode ple will stop hating on the bikers.” League of Women Voters more than two from the media in that way so I can kind of of transit before,” Fischer said. On the other hand, junior Alisa Li decades ago has given political parties too form my own opinion.” In April’s Car-Free Challenge, 17 said she has never experienced a bik- much power over the process. Other students also said they were inter- percent of the 220 registered partici- ing accident. While Bai stressed throughout his speech ested to hear more about Bai’s journalistic pants reported to have only taken cars “I usually bike to the art school and the following roundtable discussion process and how it relates to his final pieces. to campus before the challenge. because it’s far away. It takes a lot less the importance of consuming a variety of “I guess the most interesting part is just Other University sustainability time,” Li said. “Sometimes I will bike media, he also noted that he personally to see what happens behind the scenes,” efforts include Green Cup, a four- back at night since it takes less time. isolates himself from other political edi- said senior Salma Eltahir, vice president week competition to reduce energy It’s definitely convenient.” torialists. That way, he can form his own of Controversy n’ Coffee, which organized consumption among residential col- The strained relations between opinions without specifically setting out to the event. “There is this show that every- leges, on-campus apartments and pedestrians and bikers on campus be contrarian. one sees of politics, and then there’s the fraternities scheduled to take place notwithstanding, many see biking as Although his speech was held at the behind-the-scenes stuff. So it’s kind of the this February. Offices on campus may an accessible means of reducing envi- start of fall break and at the same time as same thing with journalism. You read the attain green recognition by participat- ronmental impact. Although students a Cardinals’ playoff game, many students piece that journalists write, but you don’t ing in the Green Office Program. may not have a say in alternative were drawn by the atmosphere surrounding know the mindset that they were in, why This November, the University energy or environmental legislation, the election cycle. did they write it, the pride they took in it, will host climate change expert Bill Bear Bikes and some tuning stations “I read the New York Times every day, how it affected their career or not and what McKibben as part of this year’s lie just around the corner. so having someone who’s worked there for can we learn from the journalist rather than Sustainable Cities Conference. With additional reporting by Sahil a long time and could bring perspective his piece.” Alternative transit doesn’t always Patel. MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012 KURT ROHRBECK | SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR | [email protected] STUDENT LIFE 3

Daginella and clutch defense pick up second win for football DEREK SHYR Mitch [McMahon, tight well in the game. It seemed SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSend] rise up to the chal- right to put him in, and it lenge, and their leadership worked for us in the end.” On head coach Larry has been growing as well... Despite giving up more Kindbom’s 60th birthday, they’re just getting better than 300 yards on the the Washington University every day.” ground to Wabash, the football team fought hard At the beginning of the Bears’ defense made a sig- for 60 minutes, hoping to season, it was unlikely to nificant turnaround against reward him with a win. think that junior quarter- Denison, limiting the Big With only a minute left in back Eric Daginella would Red to 139 yards rushing the fourth quarter and the be leading the team for half and 188 yards passing. score 18-13 in Wash. U.’s of the season. But over “I think it was impor- favor, the Bears’ defensive the past two weeks, Dagi- tant for us to make good players knew that it was up nella has shown his ability first down stops,” junior to them to close the tight to be a good starter. He defensive back Tate Byers game against Denison played well against Deni- said. “We did that all day, University. son, completing 16 out of and it put the defense in On fourth-and-two at 30 passes for 197 yards and ideal third-down situations. the Wash. U. 33-yard line, two touchdowns, one to We were focused, and we, the Big Red went to its run- McMahon for seven yards most importantly, didn’t ning back, Sam Fioroni, to and another to sophomore give up any big plays.” keep its hopes alive. But wide receiver Ryan Lubat- In addition, the Red and Bears’ junior defensive line- kin for 19 yards. Green’s defensive line pres- man Jeff Stoecker saw it Daginella has not only sured Big Red quarterback coming and made a crucial controlled the ball well as Max Paulus throughout the tackle that stopped Fioroni a starter, throwing only game, forcing two sacks one yard short of the first- one interception in the past for 20 yards. Junior defen- down marker, giving the two starts, but he has also sive back Andrew Skalman Red and Green its second impressed with his uncanny made a crucial play in the win of the season. ability to extend plays. second quarter, forcing an “All Saturdays are spe- “His presence on the interception in the red zone cial days for me, but it was field is great, and he’s and stopping a potential especially nice to see us win looking very poised in the scoring drive. today,” Kindbom said. “We pocket,” Kindbom said. According to Kindbom, were competitive all day, “He’s improving each the defense has gotten and we knew it would be a game, and it’s not like he much better in terms of dogfight. It was fun to see just suddenly became good. communication, which us make big plays up to the He’s worked extremely has boosted the Bears’ last minute. It was really a hard to get to this point. confidence. treat.” He’s made several big time “There were so many Coming off of their bye throws so far, and he’s a excellent plays made on week two weeks before, the very courageous player. defense that kept us in the Bears opened the second He’s been a spark for this game. The defense’s con- half of their season with a offense, and he’s made this fidence has grown each stinging 34-14 loss against team better.” week,” Kindbom said. “I No. 15 Wabash College, On special teams, fresh- think that definitely showed giving up 479 yards of man kicker Alex Hallwachs when they went out and offense and converting only showed his accuracy and closed the game for us.” one out of 12 attempts on strength, drilling a 45-yard With three games left third down. While injuries field goal in the first quarter in the season, the Red and to key players including and another in the fourth Green hopes to continue senior quarterback Dan quarter from 36 yards out. their success against Carn- Burkett, sophomore defen- While there was a miscue egie Mellon University sive back Ryan Bednar and on a point-after attempt in next Saturday at home at junior defensive back Scott the second quarter, Hall- 12 p.m. Although Wash. O’Brien have hurt the team wachs’ two field goals U.’s chase for the play- MATT MITGANG | STUDENT LIFE this season, the underclass- turned out to be crucial to offs has ended, the team is men and backups have the Bears’ five-point lead in hoping to win the Univer- Senior wide receiver Drew Sexton plays against Coe College on Sept. 15. Sexton made five catch- grown tremendously in the the end. Senior punter Eric sity Athletic Association es to cover 50 yards to help the Bears defeat Denison University this weekend in Granville, Ohio. past few weeks, playing Chalifour made several conference. disciplined football that kickoffs and punts to put “The goal is to win ultimately led to the win the Bears’ defense in good every game we have left, against Denison. situations. but our guys are also fired “Guys are really step- “Alex has been kick- up to win the conference,” ping up everywhere,” senior ing very well in practice,” Small said. “Right now, defensive lineman William Kindbom said. “We have we’re focused on Carne- Small said. “It’s really cool competition every day, and gie and ready for the last seeing underclassmen like we felt that he would play stretch of the season.” buy sell trade

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FORUMSTAFF EDITORIAL Affirmative action still needed in America

he national discourse on affirma- discussion of affirmative action and its playoff baseball games at Busch Stadium, however, that the definition of educational tive action is fanatically negative consequences proceed. As geographically notice the fans in the expensive seats access must be updated to fit the times. No or intellectually inert or both. distant and legally irrelevant as the debate behind home plate wearing ties or North longer is a high school diploma sufficient T The debate stems from may be to Wash. U., a private institution Face fleeces and clutching Louis Vuitton to ensure viability in the modern work- University of Texas-Austin’s denial of that abides by entirely different rules from handbags and peering from behind Oliver force; nearly all jobs require some technical admission to Abigail Fisher in 2008. UT a school such as UT, affirmative action is Peoples frames—how many were black? school or college education. Today’s educa- has a “top ten percent” admissions guaran- a national issue. And at a school where Furthermore, today’s discussion of race tional reforms must improve minority and tee—the college admits students from the only seven percent of students receive Pell must include Hispanic and Asian popula- marginalized population’s access to higher top ten percent of every high school that Grants, six percent are African-American tions, which are far more prominent than education as well. ranks its students. In theory, this provides and four percent are Hispanic, the issue of fifty years ago. Overtly racially discrimi- There is only possible outcome we the University with students from impover- affirmative action can hardly be considered natory laws no longer exist, but American can see that with respect to all of these ished communities, fulfilling its desire for distant. society remains segregated. issues: the Supreme Court must not over- diversity. Texan students who rank below The three most obvious variables in Compounding racial prejudice is the turn Grutter v. Bollinger. Even supposing the ninetieth percentile may still apply, but Fisher v. University of Texas and affirma- plight of the socioeconomically under- the UT policy is reverse-discriminatory, their admission is contingent on a holis- tive action cases in general, which each privileged. The gap between the very rich that doesn’t mean all affirmative action tic appraisal, in which race is considered. side recognizes to differing degrees and and the poor has never been so wide, and policies must be abolished. The benefits Fisher, who ranked in the top 12 percent sometimes not at all, are race, socioeco- economic mobility has never been so low. of keeping affirmative action based on of her high school, sued after her rejection, nomic status and access to education. Any Socioeconomic status is a strong predic- race continue as long as racial divisions claiming minority students less qualified argument formed without addressing each tor of life expectancy, access to sufficient continue to exist. As socioeconomic sta- than she matriculated. of these is incomplete at best or intellectu- health care and especially education. tus becomes the predominant social ill, The Supreme Court deliberated the law- ally dishonest at worst. Traditionally, the American solution to affirmative action should concentrate on fulness of affirmative action in university Those who cite the election of Obama social inequality has been expansion of providing educational opportunity regard- admissions policies last week, hearing the as president in 2008 as evidence of a access to education. From Jefferson’s bill less of socioeconomic status, to the extent arguments of both sides. Supporters of post-racial America are delusional. for publicly-funded universal education, that it is possible to do so. And prominent UT stressed the merits of diversity and The ascension of an African American which intended to further enlighten the universities, as institutions instrumental to the virtues of rectifying inequality. The to government’s highest office evinces electorate, to the integration of racially- social change and mobility, should be at plaintiffs portrayed Fisher as a victim of undeniable progress since 1965, when segregated schools in the Civil Rights the forefront of that effort. Wash. U., as reverse-discrimination. Subscribing to affirmative action programs began after era, education has been an effective and one such institution with a student body either narrative reduces this complex issue the Civil Rights movement. Yet, Africans invaluable tool for improving the quality homogenous in both racial and economic to a false dilemma. Instead, the public American are far more likely to live in of American life. Following this example, diversity, should look to University of must acknowledge the difficulty in parsing poverty, be denied employment or be it is imperative to continue increasing edu- Texas-Austin’s commitment to diversity the variables and factors involved in uni- imprisoned. St. Louis provides numer- cational access to rectify the persisting as a standard—if not a model—and seek versity admissions. Only then can rational ous examples. When watching last week’s social imbalances. It is important to note, more ways to increase diversity on campus.

EDITORIAL CARTOON OP-ED SUBMISSION Our first times ADAM FLORES & SOPHIE TARAZI CLASS OF 2014 & 2015

o one forgets their first time. Or at least I didn’t. I was a little more than 18 and None half years old, but I was as giddy as a school girl. My freshman year room- mate was courteous enough to let me have the room to myself. As long as I told him when he could come back in. I was nervous. They say it’s easy, but can you really trust what everyone says? I didn’t want to make any mistakes. It’s embarrassing to have to start over. I took a deep breath and reassured myself that I could do it and do it right. So I sat down and got to it. I opened up the envelope and pulled out that thing that makes you realize that you are now an adult. The time had come and I knew I was ready. Before I knew it, it was over. With a few strokes of a pen I had officially voted. Breathing easy, I stuck the ballot back in the envelope, sealed it with my tongue and stared at my completed Illinois ballot. I had finally lost my vote-ginity. –Adam Flores

My first time? I could never forget. We were just fooling around, and then he asked me if I wanted to…you know. I was kind of nervous at first, but then I realized that it was bound to happen eventually, so why not? I mean, almost everyone else does at some point or another. I nodded, he smiled, and it only went uphill from there. It was just so natural, and I’m glad it was with him. After my first time voting, my opinion of civic duty had changed so much! –Sophie Tarazi

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YASMIN BOAKYE hatred because no one who will partici- NATALIE VILLALON equivalent of compensating for a Freudian CLASS OF 2013 pate in Fat Talk Free Week is fat. SENIOR FORUM EDITOR disorder with a large truck. According to one That’s fine. It’s a fair assumption to Gallup poll, Americans aren’t even number t’s Fat Talk Free Week again. make on a campus where the vast major- ast week, I was chatting with a few one in “having a favorable view of the United Let me begin by saying that ity of the student body appears to be friends and happened to bring up States;” that would be Japan. Simply reduc- because I have only encoun- healthy and active. I’m not asking for the state of the Chinese economy. ing the quality of a country to a bunch of I tered this event, sponsored by inclusion just because I am an outlier. LChina’s economy, which had been comparative statistics is only helpful to a the Reflections student group, through What I am asking for is a critical look experiencing double-digit growth for two limited extent. Certainly, I feel lucky to live Facebook invites and Underpass paint- at the ideals that Fat Talk Free Week is decades, has slowed. One of my friends posi- in America, a country with a relatively high ings, that I have absolutely no idea what promoting. By arguing that not speaking tively perked up, doing a little jazz-hands move standard of living and baseball. But when this event means to the people who about fat (whether it’s fatness, what that usually reserved for Super Bowl touchdowns our political rhetoric, not to mention domes- choose to sign the pledge and participate even means, fat in food, fat that cov- and sorority bid acceptances. tic policy, fails to address such findings, the in the activities. I can assume by the way ers all of our bodies) is a valid way of When I asked him about his reaction, he statistics cease to be trivia and become calls to that it is advertised that it is meant to combating body image issues, fat phobia replied, “I just don’t want any other country to action. feel liberating and transgressive, that it is reaffirmed all over again. I under- be on top.” This is a bipartisan issue. To generalize offers certain individuals a much needed stand that it’s a catchy slogan and that Don’t get me wrong; I want America to be broadly, as Shane says, “Democrats are more respite from the draining litany of inter- the idea goes beyond “fat talk.” But the a great country as well. However, American loath than Republicans to look squarely at the nalized body hate that many of us know discrepancy between the way this idea is “exceptionalism,” or perfection, is a myth. government debt crisis…Republicans are more very well. I find it difficult and somewhat promoted and the way it is presented on While we might be a world superpower, able reluctant than Democrats to acknowledge the reprehensible to argue against these ide- campus has bothered me for the past four to throw our weight around politically and rise of global temperatures and its causes and als, and I would never want to reduce or years—not just as a fat person on campus culturally, America has real domestic problems consequences. But both parties…prefer not to take this experience away from anyone. but also as someone who is critical of the that are put to the wayside. True patriotism is consider either trend too deeply.” Americans So I’ll try my best to offer a critique with way that women’s bodies are valued in not predicated on self-delusion and mindless live in a feel-good environment of slick the semi-sacred and intensely personal our media and our society. cheerleading but rather on seeing the flaws marketing and a mythos of greatness. It’s not nature of this event in mind. But fat people aren’t healthy, you say. of one’s country and seeking out substantive that voters willfully ignore problems with the With that said, I have to disclose that And Reflections/Fat Talk Free Week is policy solutions. economy or America’s educational system; it’s I—Yasmin, the writer of this op-ed, a supposed to be about being healthy. It In a recent article published in the New more that the depth and complexities of the senior at Wash. U., a woman, a human says so on the website! Again, I’m fine York Times, “The Opiate of Exceptionalism,” problems are glossed over. being—am fat. It’s true. It’s not a with admitting that I’m not a paragon of reporter Scott Shane addresses the “peculiarly Patriotism and nationalism are not new con- question; it’s not self-critique or self- health, and I’m fine with being excluded. American brand of nationalism” that favors cepts. All of us who identify as American have deprecation. It is what it is. Some people But reducing health—something com- optimism over directly addressing ugly social been inducted into the cult of Washington, are thin, some people are not, and some plex, something individual, something issues. Shane asks, “Could a presidential and the equation “World War I=nationalism” people, to the shame of America and the that cannot be determined based on candidate today survive if he promised to has gotten countless slobs through modern Western world, are fat. external factors alone—to “too thin,” wage a war on poverty, as President Lyndon European history. There’s nothing inherently What bothers me most about Fat healthy (looking), and fat is destructive, B. Johnson did in 1964?” He thinks it would wrong with expressing a love of one’s country. Talk Free Week is the not-well-hidden and simply wrong. So is the assump- be unlikely, and I agree. While the economy is But when defining what makes America great implication that the phrase “Fat Talk” tion that the main body image problem a favorite issue, the candidates focus on giving is based mainly upon abstract democratic ide- can stand in for “all of the statements that women face is thinness, or the lack the middle class a fair shake. Mentioning pov- als and references to bygone days of prosperity, made in everyday conversation that can thereof. I have friends who complain of erty is pretty much taboo, unless it’s mentioned we need to take a closer look at the reality of contribute to someone’s dissatisfac- not having curves (also known as fat) in a roundabout way, embedded in discussions our situation. In our age of ubiquitous flag tion with his or her body by reinforcing in the right places. I personally struggle of failing schools or, occasionally, obesity. pins and increasing paranoia about the rise of the thin ideal standard of beauty,” as with being a dark-skinned woman in a Most politicians tailor their platforms to the China, patriotism has been reduced to obsess- Reflections puts it on its Facebook page society that values whiteness. What does perceived needs of ordinary Americans—the ing over gross domestic product and hoping for this year’s event. Really? Is body it mean that Fat Talk Free Week doesn’t middle class. While this is a smart move politi- China falls apart. hatred so simple that it can be reduced encourage the open sharing of what it cally, blowing past issues like poverty because Now, all of this is not a reason to defect to to “fat talk?” Is it really as easy as telling means to be devalued or inadequate in they’re unsavory and require spending defeats Canada. Actually, Denmark might be a better women that shutting up about what they many different ways? Why is the main one of the main points of politics—namely, choice; it’s ranked first in “freedom from cor- feel about their bodies is the right way premise of Fat Talk Free not talking working to make the country better. ruption’ and “happiness” by Gallup. Denmark to “raise awareness about body image about body image problems? What does Let me rattle off a few statistics that could is doing pretty darn well, considering that it’s a issues?” it even mean to be fat? What does it probably be addressed: the U.S. ranks second pretty socialist country that Texas could swal- I don’t think this is what Reflections or mean to feel fat but be “not fat”? Who in childhood poverty and 31st in terms of low whole, no chaser. Deciding my entire life Fat Talk Free Week is looking to pro- decides these things? Why isn’t it us? perceived nocturnal safety for women. These based on rankings and polls is neither practical mote. In my imagination, the idea is that Why don’t we talk about these things? statistics, it should be noted, were compiled nor scientific, particularly given the statistical women who fall somewhere between thin My hope for the past four years has by Mark Rice on his “Ranking America” site, margin of error. The best I can do, and any and average are supposed to be able to been to start this conversation. Fat exists. drawing mainly on polls conducted by Gallup, of us can do, is to be aware of the shortcom- use Fat Talk Free Week as a chance, for Popular media likes to pretend it doesn’t. UNICEF and other reputable organiza- ings of America and actually work to improve a single week, to stop calling themselves Now what are we going to do about it? tions. Hell, America ranks 50th in erection them, either through our votes or, better yet, something they are not: fat. The assump- Let’s start talking next week. For now, length, leading me to speculate that perhaps through political activism. America deserves tion is that calling yourself fat is body it’s Fat Talk Free Week. Shhhhhhh. America’s involvement overseas is the national better. We deserve better.

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SLAMSCENE presents Barocci exhibit en route to the National Gallery of London

MICHAEL TABB That’s not to say, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF though, that most of the pieces were pulled from While lying and some basement where deception seem to take they lay unwanted and precedent as today’s unnoticed. “These are means of getting ahead, in not just objects of art; the 16th century, poison- they are meaningful, used ing your rival’s salad altarpieces,” Judith Mann, might also have been an curator of the show, said. effective strategy. “They mean something But even after suffering to people. So you have severe intestinal illness to get the cooperation of supposedly due to a toxic the church because you’re bed of greens, Federico kind of invading that Barocci, a 16th-century space.” Italian artist whose work Mann, who speaks flu- is currently on display at ent Italian, made several the St. Louis Art Museum trips to Europe to procure (SLAM), did not let his the pieces, a difficult task bout of botulism stifle not only because of the his artistry. According to distance but also because Chris Naffziger, a research SLAM’s reputation is assistant who has been largely limited to modern working on the Barocci and German art. While exhibition for more than SLAM has previously four years, many 16th-cen- worked with institutions tury Italians believed that such as the Louvre and salad greens would cause the Prado, going to a disease, and if Barocci’s small church in Urbino fellow artists had chosen and suggesting it yield its to poison his salad, no one centuries-old masterpieces would have had any rea- is an entirely different son to expect foul play. task. Although the SLAM But ultimately, Mann isn’t known for classi- said, it isn’t the clergy that cal Renaissance art, the gets to decide whether museum devoted nine the pieces get to be flown years to compiling an to Chicago and taken by exhibition on the lesser- truck into St. Louis. “You known Renaissance artist. do talk to the priest,” she Born in Urbino, Italy, said, “but the way Italy is in 1526, Barocci moved to structured, it is the admin- Rome at age 22 and lived istrative head of the region there for four years before who makes the determina- the pope invited him back tion about the loan.” to paint several pieces After nine years of for the Vatican. Largely effort, the artwork will an altar painter, Barocci only be staying in the U.S. worked directly between until January, at which the high Renaissance and point it will be exhibited Baroque periods, and his in the National Gallery in exploration of media and London. That may make it styles is clear through the sound particularly impres- 134 works that the SLAM sive, but really, the exhibit managed to procure for is almost exactly what the exhibit that opened you would expect from a Sunday. 16th-century painter, and Barocci may have been an hour is probably long ill for the last 50 years enough to browse through of his life, but his work the exhibit and watch the COURTESY OF ST. LOUIS ART MUSEUM doesn’t speak much of this informational video with- 134 of Federico Barocci’s works, including “Rest on the Flight to Egypt,” are featured at the St. Louis Art Museum. The collection of bodily suffering. Using red out feeling as if you’ve paintings went on display on Sunday. as the base coat for most missed anything major. of his paintings, his fin- Not that you’ll necessar- most famous works didn’t chalk, they show incred- artists who do this with SLAM’s next exhibit of ished pieces have a vitality ily have seen everything. even make it to the show, ible breadth and novel male figures or females this kind is slated for that shines even through There are so many works but the exhibit really technique—at least, the never do,” Mann said of 2017. For most casual art some of the most dam- that it can begin to feel shines not with its finished curator said, assuming the other Renaissance art- enthusiasts, it’s still worth aged works in the exhibit, a bit claustrophobic at pieces but rather with its few drawings they have ist’s sketches. “[Then] he a visit, if only on a Friday such as “Annunciation,” times, and if you back up color studies and sketches from other Renaissance adjusts it, and that’s the afternoon when admission a piece on loan from the a few feet to take in a giant that show the artist’s artists are representa- way he works. He comes is free or during Parent’s Vatican missing its entire canvas, you may find your- process. tive of the time’s stylistic up with his mind what Weekend when campus bottom edge. The dam- self tripping over a poorly Where some norm. One of Barocci’s he’s going to do, and becomes overcrowded age may have happened placed bench. Renaissance artists drawings Mann pointed then he kind of corrects with lost family members. when Napoleon stole the Of course, you don’t may have left behind a out was of a studio model it based on observation in “Frederico Barocci: painting and took it to go to a Federico Barocci sketchbook, Barocci has drawn first as a man and the natural world.” Renaissance Master” will Paris, but it also may have exhibit expecting to see left behind about 1,500 then slightly adapted to be For Renaissance and be on display through Jan. just been left in a dirt- Raphael, unless perhaps drawings at varying stages a woman. Baroque art history buffs, 20. Admission is $10 for floor storeroom where it you’re confused by the of development. In every “For whatever reason, getting a Barocci exhibit adults and $8 for stu- could have suffered water fact that they’re both from medium from watercolor he feels compelled to of this size in St. Louis is dents on every day except damage. Urbino. Some of Barocci’s to acrylic to ink wash and include the genitals. Other little short of miraculous. Friday. Fitz’s newest flavors: A taste test

EMILY SYBRANT soda, Fitz’s developed admit the coffee drinker in cola added, nor is it a cola and the sweetness of cane variety of flavor combina- SCENE REPORTER the unique flavors, which me was excited. drink with coffee added. sugar hit you on the very tions before settling on a came onto the market last With the first sip, I was Alter said that the main first sip. Though Fitz’s final product. Although known for month. pleasantly struck by how challenge in developing sodas are traditionally low “We were sometimes its classic root beer, craft According to Michael sweet the drink actually a coffee cola was coffee’s in carbonation, the ginger too sweet; we were some- soda company Fitz’s is Alter, founder and CEO was—perhaps my palate tendency to become bitter beer has a slightly higher times way too spicy. It was stepping outside the box of Fitz’s, the flavors are was expecting the sharp- if misused. level than the classic root really just going after it with its newest flavors: not only unique, but “off ness of a cup of coffee. “It’s a really fun drink. beers. For me, one of the and having many, many Kaldi’s Coffee Cola and the spectrum. They’re Though I never would No one really knows what most pleasant sensations different tastings with [Pi] Pi Ginger Beer. on the fringe side of the have pegged it on my own, a coffee cola is, which is of Pi Ginger Beer is the until we finally settled on Though the flavor flavor world.” coffee and cola are made part of the fun of making aftertaste—a spicy tingling it,” Alter said. profiles are unexpected, to go together. it,” Alter said. in the back of the throat To highlight the sodas, Fitz’s has pulled off KALDI’S COFFEE COLA This drink is all about while sweetness lingers on Fitz’s will be selling a the combinations quite A coffee-flavored craft proportions—there PI GINGER BEER the tongue. St. Louis variety pack, well. In doing so, Fitz’s soda was an obvious is just enough robust Though ginger beer is Fitz’s goal for the packaging Fitz’s Root honors two St. Louis choice for a collaboration coffee flavor, balanced not a Fitz’s invention like ginger-beer flavor was Beer, Kaldi’s Coffee Cola staples, Kaldi’s Coffee between Fitz’s and Kaldi’s and complemented by the Coffee Cola, Fitz’s to produce a soda that and Pi Ginger Beer. The and Pi Pizzeria. Through Coffee. the sweetness of Fitz’s reinvented the beverage was gingery but not sodas are also sold at all collaboration between I wasn’t really sure what renowned natural cane- through its partnership overwhelmingly spicy. Pi Pizzeria locations, all the establishments and I would experience when I sugar cola base. It is not with Pi Pizzeria. Throughout development, Kaldi’s Coffee locations many iterations of each ventured to taste it, but I’ll simply a coffee drink with Tangy notes of ginger Fitz’s experimented with a and Fitz’s. MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012 ALANA HAUSER | SENIOR SCENE EDITOR | [email protected] STUDENT LIFE 7 A fall staple returns Recap of the Soulard Chili Festival

EMILY SYBRANT | STUDENT LIFE Patrons enjoy the Soulard Chili Festival in St. Louis on Saturday. 17 restaurants participated in the event in its second year, including Pointer’s Market and K Hayden Personal Chef Services.

EMILY SYBRANT a fundraiser for the Lift out to be one of the best While several of the had the full-flavored spicy This year’s proceeds SCENE REPORTER for Life Academy, St. I would try all day. It was vendors offered a sweet- taste. have not been tallied yet, Louis’ first charter school. zesty with chunks of meat and-spicy chili, my My personal pick for the but Executive Director Fall has arrived in For $12 at the door (or in an almost stew-like favorite came from 1860’s best overall chili, however, and founder Marshall St. Louis. Bright leaves $7 online), I was given a consistency. Hard Shell Cafe & Saloon. was the chili served by K Cohen estimates that the are commencing their tasting card to try a chili Pointer’s Market was Most of the chili dishes I Hayden Personal Chef event will see a profit. mass exodus from tree sample from each vendor. another vendor that ate were overpowered by Services. The chicken “Everybody wanted branches. People are While several of the offered a particularly sugar, but this version’s with Andouille sausage to participate in it for a beginning to pull out stands offered a more distinctive experience with sweetness complimented chili stood out to me in good cause. It’s a bet- the first sweaters of the traditional chili experi- its two chili samples— the spicy nature of a tradi- both flavor and unique- ter turnout. Everybody season. And of course, the ence (one of my favorite smoked pulled pork tional chili. ness. The chili was creamy had a blast,” chef Kenny crisp, cool weather in St. traditional chilies was Big chili and Tex-Mex chili While most of the with a little spice and Hayden said. Louis means the return of Daddy’s thick, creamy lasagna. In the smoked vendors served chilies wove in elements of a “We’ll definitely be chili. The city kicked off chili), the chili festival pulled pork chili, the with some type of meat, a comforting chicken soup. back next year,” said the season in style with also offered a wide array smoky flavor of a barbe- couple of vendors catered This is the second year Roxanne Williams, Saturday’s Soulard Chili of unusual flavors. cue was front and center, to the vegetarian crowd. for the Soulard Chili general manager of Joe’s Festival. One of these unique highlighted by a hint of One such restaurant was Festival. Though it lost Chili Bowl. “We have From classic home-style flavors was a venison, barbecue sauce. Though Joe’s Chili Bowl, a restau- money last year, the festi- been lined up all day long. chili to Tex-Mex chili lasa- wild boar and beef tongue the Tex-Mex chili lasagna rant that just opened in val is gaining popularity. It has been very, very gna to white bean chicken chili, created by chef John was more Tex-Mex than City Garden. Its vegetar- Since last year, the festival cool. There were some- chili, I tried as many Johnson of Lumiere Place chili, I thought the dif- ian chili stood out to me has doubled its number of times five to 10 people unique flavors as I could. and River City Casino. ferent spices worked well in its freshness—it was vendors and increased the in line. And everybody is In total, 17 restaurants Though I was a bit appre- with the pasta and ricotta brighter and lighter than number of attendees from buying and enjoying and participated in the festival, hensive, this chili turned cheese. a traditional chili but still 700 to 1200. trying the chili.”

Five different ways to pumpkin

ALANA HAUSER the seeds from inside the though. Avoid using canned filling to create a pocket, flavor should cover any treat. Add one cup of that SENIOR SCENE EDITOR pumpkin, wash them off pumpkin and puree your crimp the edges and coat taste of spinach, but you’ll homemade pumpkin pie and lay them out in a bak- own pumpkin innards for the tops with a beaten egg. still get its rich nutrients. filling and two teaspoons Pumpkins act as great ing pan. Sprinkle some salt a fresher and richer flavor. Cook for 20 minutes and of ground cinnamon to a canvases on which to carve over the seeds, melt some Start by cutting your pump- enjoy! PUMPKIN AND NUTELLA cookie recipe that usually images of Mitt Romney butter and cook for around kin into quarters and then Literally almost every- makes about two dozen. and his binders full of 45 minutes. Pop those bake the sections at 350 PUMPKIN SMOOTHIE thing tastes 10 times as Although cookies are often women or Amy Poehler babies in your mouth when degrees for about an hour Since fall in Missouri delicious when it is dipped best right out of the oven, dressed up as Tina Fey you are done and get ready and 20 minutes. Coat the still consists of 80-degree in Nutella. Cut up the these sweets taste better dressed up as Amy Poehler, for a “Ratatouille”-esque quarters with a little butter days, sometimes a smoothie pumpkin into small cubes after sitting in the fridge for but their uses don’t stop flashback to your childhood and brown sugar. Once can be pleasantly refresh- and bake them like you a few hours. there. Rather than throwing kitchen full of momma’s cooked, cut off the outer ing, and why not make it a would for the empanadas. out your pumpkin leftovers roasted seeds’ aroma. layer and puree the rest for pumpkin blend? Combine Once they are cooked, ALTERNATIVE FOR THE and innards, consider cook- Add some chili powder or fresh pumpkin filling. Then one cup of almond milk, sprinkle some cinnamon COOKING-CHALLENGED: ing them into some of the paprika to spice up the dish add two eggs, one cup of one tablespoon of cin- sugar on them, stick For those of you who treats below. Jack-o-lanterns a bit. sugar, and one teaspoon namon, one tablespoon of them with toothpicks and can’t cook, head over to and pie don’t have to be the of salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract, 1/2 cup of dunk them into a bowl of Boosters Cafe and order a only uses of this favorite fall PUMPKIN EMPANADAS ginger to four cups of your vanilla yogurt, a banana Nutella. set of pumpkin pancakes. fruit. This is often overlooked pumpkin mixture. Using and a touch of whipped You may not feel that sense amid the incessant “I need Pillsbury empanada dough, cream with 1/2 cup of the PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE of accomplishment fol- ROASTED SEEDS pumpkin pie now” screams spoon a small ball of the pumpkin filling. Throw CHIP COOKIES lowing a successful baking If you aren’t a cooking that begin to fill the air as pumpkin mixture onto each some spinach in if you Turn your traditional session, but you will defi- connoisseur, this should be fall arrives. Don’t forget circle of dough. Fold the want and blend everything chocolate chip cookie nitely leave the restaurant your go-to move. Scoop up about pumpkin empanadas, dough over the pumpkin together. The pumpkin recipe into a seasonal satiated. 8 STUDENT LIFE GEORGIE MORVIS | SENIOR CADENZA EDITOR | [email protected] MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012

WhateverCADENZA happened to...Rider Strong? ELENA WANDZILAK and quick-witted best He graduated from around a group of young CONTRIBUTING WRITER friends. Shawn Hunter epit- Columbia University adults trying to relive their omized this role. Slightly in 2004 with a degree youth by playing Dungeons We all remember Rider less goofy and more rebel- in English and went on & Dragons. Strong, best known for with-a-cause than the more to receive a Master of Though he has popped his role as Shawn Hunter recent Ron Weasleys of the Fine Arts degree from up in episodes of differ- on “Boy Meets World.” screen, Strong had to prove Bennington College. During ent shows throughout He was the best friend, that this character was an that time, along with his the years, from “Law & the sidekick, the bad boy important one in order for brother Shiloh, he wrote Order” to “Bones,” Strong who dealt with all the crap the show to do well. With and directed a short film, can also be found tweet- necessary for a comedy/ the help of Strong’s impres- “Irish Twins,” which pre- ing up a storm on the drama/family series about sive comedic timing and miered at the 2008 Tribeca Internet. @onthestorm’s kids growing up. From knack for serious acting, Film Festival and won the bio reads “Actor. Now living in a trailer park to “Boy Meets World” aired Jury Award and Audience director. Sometimes author. dealing with the death of for seven seasons and is still Award at the Woods Hole Whatever: I make believe his father, Shawn went shown on ABC Family and Film Festival. Also in 2008, for a living.” Well, Strong, through more trials than MTV2. he helped create a cam- you made me believe. You any other character. He So whatever happened paign ad for presidential made me believe in friend- dealt with death, loss and to Strong? Only 21 when candidate Barack Obama, ship in the ’90s, and you’ve bouts of alcoholism, but the show went off the air, which was chosen as “the proven that they can last— he always managed to be Strong could have easily funniest ad” in the “Obama by retweeting Danielle the perfect best friend. The stepped away from being a in 30 Seconds.” The ad, “It Fishel, aka Topanga, in ying to Cory Matthews’ child star to become a real Could Happen to You,” September after a reunion yang—Shawn Hunter was one. He had the looks and was the first political com- dinner. To Rider Strong the perfect sidekick. the chops to do more than mercial aired on Comedy fans: Keep a look out for Maybe it’s a personal just a teenage series, so Central. More recently, Strong’s short films and thing, but my favorite char- where did he go? In short: Strong directed a short film his support of President acters on television series To college and then behind entitled “The Dungeon Obama. To Rider Strong: are always the attractive the camera. Master,” which revolves Keep being you. COURTESY OF DAVID SHANKBONE Welcome to ‘Cabaret’: Act Two of our Q&A GEORGIE MORVIS I get kicked out of the club with this German Jew, who of times. But Sarah did all the day. It should be something that SENIOR CADENZA EDITOR cause the owner, who I’ve is also living in the board- the Sally lines, and I did all Cadenza: Anyone else is celebrated, and you come sort of been involved with, inghouse, but then it all gets the other parts, and I did the want to jump in? to the cabaret, and you say, Our ongoing coverage gets mad. So I show up at swept up right from under Fräulein Schneider and she Palay: I struggle. I’m very whatever the rest of society is of the Performing Arts Cliff’s place, which is Fräulein her feet because it’d be too did all the other parts, and good at time management, saying, “I’m going to do what Department’s performance Schneider’s boardinghouse. risky. But she’s strong. She’s a there were a lot of scenes but I try to do everything 100 makes me most complete of “Cabaret” continues with We describe her as sort of a spitfire. where I was Schneider and percent, which is impossible. I and fulfills my humanity the the second part of our Q&A whirling dervish. She just kind Anna Richards: I’m play- she was Schulz, and we had really care about the show, but most.” session with the cast (Pete of comes in and takes over ing Fräulein Kost. She’s a great chemistry! But if I had to I also care about my classes Palay: I think that some- Winfrey, a senior, playing and is exciting and captivat- prostitute, like Ariel said, and steal a role I would steal Sally. and being a student. Times thing that hits home with the Emcee; Sarah Palay, a ing. She’s a lost soul and is so we have a lot of scenes I love the song “Cabaret,” and that I would spend doing this show for me is that we junior, playing Sally Bowles; very young and is looking for together where we’re in dis- I love singing low. A lot of this things for myself or lounging all know what happened Ariel Saul, a junior, playing somewhere that validates her, agreement and they are kind is about singing to me, and I around or seeing friends or in Nazi Germany, and I’m Fräulein Schneider; and Anna and she finds that in the club of antagonistic towards each love the stuff that Sally sings, eating a meal might be trun- Jewish so I have history from Richards, a sophomore, play- and the play. other. She’s a funny character; and it’d be a different accent cated and sacrificed for other my family that dates back ing Fräulein Kost.) Ariel Saul: I play Fräulein she’s sneaking soldiers in and from the German one. things. But it’s really worth to then, but I think what I Schneider, who is the owner out of her room throughout Richards: I would steal the it in the end, to spend these never realized and what a lot Cadenza: So who are each of the boardinghouse that the whole play, but she turns Emcee, absolutely, 100 per- past two months doing this, of people never realized was of you playing in the show? pretty much all of the char- out to be a Nazi sympathizer cent. It’s my dream role. And because it’s just an unmatch- how tumultuous Germany Talk about any big choices acters in the play stay in, or and sings this very brazen, what this show has shown able experience. was during that time, and you’ve made with your have stayed in, other than the nationalistic anthem at the me, unlike other “Cabaret” Saul: I don’t have nearly how much people who lived characters. Emcee. end of the first act that kind shows I’ve seen, is how deep as much stuff going on as in Berlin were affected by Pete Winfrey: I’m playing Palay: What about Ernst? of brings everyone at this and integral he is to the show. Pete, but boy does “Cabaret” what was going on in Nazi the Emcee, so he is the Master Saul: He has stayed there party together and creates this Obviously, he narrates and take up a lot of time. There Germany, and it’s a survival of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat in the past. That’s how they moment where some of the moves the story along, but he are times I would be, like, story for everyone. Everyone Club, a club in Berlin in 1930s met, in my mind. He had other characters really start also plays such an impor- “Oh, no, ‘Cabaret’ eats up is scraping by for survival, and Germany. He facilitates all such a great time that he to realize how prominent this tant part in kind of leading my whole life, and I don’t it’s really sad, and it’s the story the singing and directing in recommended all these new movement is in their friends the performers through the have time to do anything.” of these people who were in the play and makes sure the boarders to me. Anyway, and neighbors and fellow crazy drama of showing the Don’t get me wrong, I love it. Berlin, and they’re not Nazi audience is getting every- pretty much everyone has Germans. She brings this audience just how horrible There’s nothing else I’d rather sympathizers—they’re just thing. And that’s sort of one stayed in my boarding house, theme of the intimateness and tumultuous Germany be doing than being in the trying to live their lives—and of the challenges with the and I try to keep everyone of the Nazis into the world. is. He’s so very deep and so theater, being in rehearsal. It’s the rug gets swept up from character. He’s interacting in line. She’s tragic, too. All She lives with them; she’s very integral, and he watches what I like to do the most, and underneath them, and what with the audience as much as she wants to do is survive, just a prostitute, but she has just about every scene. He’s it’s great to spend all this time do you do? everyone onstage, which can but she’s so broken from the all of these frustrations with important, but he’s fun and doing it, and when it’s over, Saul: I picked two. They’re be really difficult at times. He’s war and broke, so she settles Germany and she’s selling shows you all the different I’m excited to have my time connected, though. What I’m basically the man pulling the for less than she deserves all her body, so she has a lot of aspects of the cabaret and the back, but there’s going to be going to say is more con- strings behind the entire pro- the time. She does this with problems so she’s ready for a drag and the kick lines and the a huge post-show void, and nected to performance than duction. I don’t feel like what Sally, with Cliff, with Fräulein change. It’s really complex, scariness of Germany. that’s always the case with me. actual story line or thematic I’m doing is too crazy for this Kost…that’s an interesting and she represents just how Cadenza: Pete, how do And I think that comes from things, but one of the biggest role because the role is just dynamic. She’s a prostitute many people in Germany you balance being the lead putting yourself into some- reasons I do theater is to nuts, but he’s a very sexual, living in the boardinghouse, were desperate and willing to in a musical, the Edison thing 100 percent. When it’s entertain, and I really hope the very campy, manic, lonely— and they both hate each other follow Hitler. Theatre intern and president over, it hits you really, really audience is entertained, which all those things to their most because Kost can’t do her Cadenza: If you could steal of Thyrsus, along with your hard in the end. That’s going I can’t see how they won’t be. extreme. business in the boardinghouse, someone else’s role in the classes and personal life? to be not very fun, but all good I mean, objectively, the show Sarah Palay: I’m Sally and I don’t want the reputa- show, whose role would it be? Winfrey: It’s hard things have to come to an end. in itself is very entertaining Bowles! Sally is crazy, but tion of having a prostitute in Palay: I would play Pete’s sometimes. You just have to The way I cope with it and regardless of our performance, she’s awesome. She is a my boardinghouse, but she role. prioritize and say that this is my schoolwork and being in but it’s also sad and moving performer at the Kit Kat Club, needs a place to do her busi- Saul: No, Herr Schulz. realistically what I can get a sorority and my social life is and scary. I want the audience and I meet Cliff and become ness and I need the money. Palay: Well, Ariel and I done, and this is what I can’t basically I don’t sleep as much to be shocked. I want people very captivated with him, and She falls in love, finally, at 50, have a long-running joke that get done, so a lot of the times as I should. That sucks, but I’d to be surprised. [Our direc- I would play Herr Schulz, it’s just putting the things I rather be doing theater. tor] made a good point that and she would play Fräulein know I can get done and that Cadenza: What do you nobody is surprised when they Schneider. I care about first. And a lot of want the audience to get out come to the theater any- Saul: Because the night time it’s just sacrificing time of the show if they could only more, and I think if we can before callbacks Sarah and I that would have been spent get one thing out of it? What surprise people, that would be got together to read through freely otherwise. So weekend is your number one goal as an awesome. the script. Even though we mornings I’ll be doing work actor with “Cabaret”? Richards: What I would ended up not needing it, we before rehearsals. It’s just find- Winfrey: I guess one of want people to take away just sang the songs a bunch ing time where there is time in the main things I’ve been from my character specifically thinking about is one of the and what I’ve been learning themes of the show and the about her is just as a Nazi cabaret in general, which is sympathizer, how real this just complete self-acceptance. whole Nazi movement was People come to the cabaret and how desperate everyone with all of their [expletive]- was in Berlin—that they were ed up sexual fetishes, all of willing to just cling onto this everything that has been Hitler figure, like I said earlier. repressed by the rest of society It’s just all very real. and in this case by Nazis. There’s one monologue that “Cabaret” is playing at the Sally has where she says, “I Edison Theatre on Friday and think people are people, Cliff,” Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27, at 8 and you shouldn’t be ashamed p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 28, at 2 of having these homosexual p.m. Tickets are available from the tendencies that you repress. Edison Theatre Box Office. MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012 STUDENT LIFE 9

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