Author to share research on chaplains who ministered to Nazi war criminals, Page 3 The Chautauquan Daily THE IDOL ING WA ID V R E Chautauquans dance under the disco ball during the Amphitheater Ball with the Ladies First Big Band on Wednesday evening. RUBY WALLAU | Staff Photographer www.chqdaily.com Seventy-Five Cents Chautauqua, New York The Official Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Friday, July 24, 2015 Volume CXXXIX, Issue 24 Dyson to explore cross-section of religion, culture, violence ALEXANDRA GREENWALD devotees as religion.” ing Holler if You Hear Me: Searching yond our religious blinders and our Staff Writer Dyson will give a lecture titled, for Tupac Shakur, Come Hell or High cultural beliefs,” Dyson said at the “The Terror that Religion Battles, The Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color Knoxville Area Urban League. “We Michael Eric Dyson has been Terror that Religion Brings,” at 2 p.m. of Disaster, Between God and Gangsta have to talk about these things, talk called the “hip-hop intellectual,” today in the Hall of Philosophy. Rap: Bearing Witness to Black Culture through them — not talk around and according to Maureen Rovegno, Rovegno said Dyson’s expertise and April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King’s them, not talk past each other, but to he’s bringing that perspective to the will give a new angle of vision on the Death and How it Changed America. engage in a conversation that opens week’s interfaith conversation. us to difference and forces us to “We wanted to put a different spin week’s theme. His most recent work is Born to Use “To the uninitiated, hip-hop Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic. grapple with the ways of life we’re on the week and to give closure [to not used to.” the discussion],” said Rovegno, as- seems to use excessive imagery of In addition to his work on hip-hop violence,” she said. and rap, Dyson has spoken and writ- Dyson has also encouraged these sociate director of the Department of kinds of conversations in regard to the Religion. “Dyson brings in the reali- Dyson is a professor of sociology ten on the importance of productive recent violence against black churches. ties of our culture through hip-hop, at Georgetown University and is the conversation about religion. DYSON which is experienced through its author or editor of 18 books, includ- “We have to be open-minded be- See DYSON, Page 4 John to speak on RIDING THE the plus-side of our irrationality IDOL WAVE MORGAN KINNEY Staff Writer “Irrational” may be a dirty word, but Leslie K. John wants to change that. “ ‘Irrational’ has such a negative connotation,” she said. “It’s called irrational because it strays from a standard economic mod- el, but who’s to say that is what is right?” John, assistant professor of business administration JOHN at Harvard Business School, gress were to raise taxes on will talk at 10:45 a.m. today tobacco so cigarettes were in the Amphitheater about akin to caviar, the United how individuals can lever- States might have fewer age irrational behavior to smokers. But in that situa- their benefit. tion, politicians might also John acknowledges peo- find themselves out of a job. ple make all sorts of irratio- This is where behavioral nal decisions each day, and economics and John’s par- those behaviors are often ticular research provides a deeply entrenched. This more palatable alternative. is partially why smokers Her approach is founded continue to smoke and why on a simple truth: People overweight and obese indi- hate to lose. In fact, people viduals maintain unhealthy hate losing so much, John diets. These behaviors are Provided Photo said, that it’s irrational. Ac- so entrenched, she said, “American Idol” finalists from Season 14: Nick Fradiani, Jaclyn “Jax” Miskanic, Clark Beckham, Tyanna Jones and Rayvon Owen. cording to John, if faced that traditional economic with the prospect of either factors like information (the losing or gaining a million fact that smoking can lead dollars, a person is going Top 5 finalists to showcase talents in Amp tonight to cancer) and taxes (puni- to be more upset about the tive excise tax on cigarette loss than they would be JAKE ZUCKERMAN | Staff Writer purchases) do little to curb happy about the gain. the behavior in question. The only exception to imon, Paula and Randy might be gone, but “American Idol” continues on, and so does its live per- “There’s a trade-off be- this rule of loss-aversion formances, one of which hits Chautauqua at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater. tween [making people an- is perhaps weight loss — a S “Idol” wrapped up its 14th season in May and began its national tour in promotion of the sea- gryand effectiveness,” she perennial thorn in the ir- son’s five top finalists: Nick Fradiani, Clark Beckham, Jaclyn “Jax” Miskanic, Rayvon Owen and Tyanna said. “If you are able to rational dieter’s side. Pre- Jones. For the five performers, the tour is both exciting and nerve-racking. raise the prices, you’re go- sented with either gain- “It’s a new kind of pressure and a new kind of feeling that I’ve never experienced,” Miskanic said. “It ing to change behavior. But ing a doughnut or losing a really feels rewarding after all the hard work this season and after all the relationships we made and all it’s a really strong-armed, pound, many people will the times we had. It’s like a victory lap, and it feels really really good.” hard, paternalistic way of make the hedonistic choice. changing behavior.” See IDOL, Page 4 In other words, if Con- See JOHN, Page 4 IN TODAY’S DAILY Like and follow us online! /chqdaily @chqdaily @chqdaily Introducing The psychology of Upgrading Healthy and pickleball money infrastructure unhealthy religion Fitness, Tennis centers combine Ariely delivers his second County works toward integrated Rabbi Gewirtz delivers to debut new sport at morning lecture of the week sewer system and plant Wednesday’s Interfaith Lecture Chautauqua improvements Page 2 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 HIGH 79° LOW 61° HIGH 82° LOW 65° HIGH 81° LOW 63° TODAY’S WEATHER Rain:0% SATURDAY Rain: 30% SUNDAY Rain: 40% Sunset: 8:47 p.m. Sunrise: 6:04 a.m. Sunset: 8:46 p.m. Sunrise: 6:05 a.m. Sunset: 8:45 p.m. Missed a story in the Daily this summer? Find it on our website using the search bar at the top of any page. www.chqdaily.com Page 2 The Chautauquan Daily · www.chqdaily.com Friday, July 24, 2015 NEWS Tennis, fitness centers combine to offer pickleball COLIN HANNER Briefly Staff Writer Though not played with NEWS FROM AROUND THE GROUNDS actual pickles, or involving pickles in any capacity, pick- The Briefly column appears on Page 2 daily and is intended to leball will debut in Chautau- provide space for announcements from Institution-related orga- qua through an inaugural nizations. If a meeting or activity is featured that day in a story, program from the Chautau- it should not be repeated in Briefly. Submit information to Laura qua Tennis Center. Scherb in the Daily’s editorial office. Please provide name of orga- Matthew Johnson, a Lake- nization, time and place of meeting and one contact person’s name wood resident and a student with phone number. Deadline is 5 p.m. four days before publication. at Berry College in Georgia, The Chautauqua Prize presentation is a staff member at the Ten- nis Center and the pickleball Phil Klay, author of the 2015 Chautauqua Prize-winning coordinator at Chautauqua Redeployment, will present his book at 1:30 pm Saturday in Institution. While working at the Hall of Philosophy. the Lakewood YMCA, John- son was introduced to the Boys’ and Girls’ Club Carnival — all kids welcome game and fell in love with it CAITIE McMEKIN | Staff Photographer The Boys’ and Girls’ Club Carnival is from 9:30 to 11:15 while playing with seniors. Matthew Johnson, a staff member at the Chautauqua Tennis Center, instructs Chautauquans in the a.m. today at the Club campus. Any kids on the grounds, “The atmosphere is much game of pickleball. including those who don’t attend Club and/or are too like tennis,” Johnson said. young for Club, are welcome to participate There will be 20 “It’s a really good lifelong back and forth. They must WATCH /chqdaily @chqdaily activity booths, including the popular Kid Wash, bake sales sport to play.” let the ball bounce on each and bounce houses. Proceeds go to the Chautauqua Fund. Though tennis courts can side before they are allowed be converted into pickleball School of Music events to volley, though players are courts, the pickleball program not allowed to volley to each At 10 a.m. today in Fletcher Music Hall, Aaron Berofsky takes place on the Turner fit- other from either side with- will be giving a violin master class. There is a suggested ness center hardwood gym in 7 feet of the net, which floor, where tape is laid down fee of $5 to attend. stands 3 feet tall. Roberto Plano will give a piano master class at 2 p.m. on to recreate an official pick- Equipment, which includes today in Sherwood-Marsh Studios. There is a suggested fee. leball court. Two adjoining a slightly larger pingpong Student chamber music groups will give a recital at 2 courts are used during the paddle and a whiffle ball, is p.m. today in McKnight Hall. Proceeds will benefit the hour-and-a-half-long sessions, Chautauqua Women’s Club Scholarship Fund.