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VonDerrit Myers Jr. was killed by a police o!cer in the Shaw neighborhood in South St. Louis on Oct. 8, 2014. On the morning of Oct. 13, protestors marched from the Shaw neighbor-hood, north on Grand Av-enue and then turned onto SLU’s campus. "ey settled at the Clock Tower and thereby started a movement

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known as “OccupySLU.” "e phrase was soon trend-ing on Twitter and became a national conversation piece. Most protestors left by sunrise; however, around 25 (many of them SLU stu-dents) stayed for five days to argue their point and to create a platform to voice their objections to the sta-tus quo. Five days later, the administration and the pro-testors had reached a con-

sensus. "ey decided on 13 points that would determine the university’s course of ac-tion on remedying the issues presented; these became the Clock Tower Accords.

In light of recent events at the University of Missouri, it seems natural to revisit the Accords. Has SLU e#ectively implementing them, and if so, how and where have they been implemented?

When asked about the Ac-

cords, sophomore Michelle Mereles said, “Oh yeah, what happened to those? "ey were such a huge deal for so long and now it seems like no one even cares anymore.” Her comment illustrates a dissonance between the Ac-cords’ execution and student awareness.

One of the Accords called for the appointment of a Special Assistant to the Pres-ident for Diversity and Com-

munity Engagement. Dr. Jonathan Smith, a former Af-rican American Studies pro-fessor, was selected for the position. Since July 1, he has served as the President’s liai-son for all matters regarding issues of race, diversity and community engagement.

When asked which Ac-cords have been completely

Teacher Feature:

Nori Katagiri

First-year political science professor, Dr. Nori Katagiri, represents many of the char-acteristics that he says are pronounced traits in his na-tive Japan: He is humble, po-lite, devoted, works hard and he has sacrificed.

While students can see these traits, particularly his humbleness and devotion to international security, shine through as Katagiri conducts his “Introduction to Inter-national Politics” course, Katagiri’s sacrifice happened years ago when he came to the United States after high school with the desire to be di#erent.

“I grew up like a normal Japanese child, and noth-ing really special happened until I realized I wanted to change the course of my life,” said Katagiri. “Most Japanese children go on a very similar path of looking to get into good universities and get a good job in Japan. I wanted to be di#erent. So I started studying English, world his-tory, social sciences and I de-cided to ask for my parents understanding to come to

By EMILY HIGGINBOTHAMAssociate News Editor

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By TIM WILHELMNews Editor

Community panel assesses

local poverty’s many guises

"e public TV and radio talk-show host, Tavis Smiley, brought his nationwide tour, “Ending Poverty: America’s Silent Spaces,” to SLU on "ursday, Nov. 12.

While Smiley acknowl-edged the breadth of topics he discusses, citing health and financial literacy, he said, “I’m stuck, I can’t seem to get over this issue of pov-erty.”

“"is is part of a national conversation,” he said. "e tour meant to provide a “democratic space for con-versations about issues that matter in this country [and to] gain traction with influ-encers and stakeholders.”

He went on to assert: “I believe poverty is the new slavery in this country.”

Frustrated by politicians’ insistence on discussing in-come inequality as opposed to extreme poverty or eco-nomic immobility—in which people lack a springboard to move forward financially—he said, “"ere’s always go-ing to be income inequality.”

"e problem, he ex-plained, is that poverty ac-companies other crises: “Poverty, as you know, has so many tentacles.”

For this reason, in Chi-cago, he addressed poverty and youth crime; in Albu-querque, poverty and im-migration; and here, in a city reeling from last year’s con-flicts and protests in Fergu-son, race and crime.

Smiley gave the floor to Norman A. White, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Crim-inology and Criminal Justice at SLU, asking, “What does poverty have to do with it?”

White’s commentary fo-cused on poverty’s sociologi-cal foundations, particularly

“social challenges that make it di!cult for people to live and thrive, that contribute to the trauma of people’s lives,” he said.

He quickly brought up the police—where a “men’s club” mentality collides with a daily stress that begins as they get dressed to go to work. “We have probably the best trained police in the world,” he said. However, in-su!cient attention is paid to their mental health.

Colonel Jon Belmar, Chief of the St. Louis County Police Department, opened by saying that “Skepticism is probably healthy at some point. When that turns into cynicism, then we have a problem. When we become cynics, then nothing looks good to us anymore.”

Confidence, he believes, plays a formative role in an o!cer’s career. O!cers who ignore the help- and hope-seeking of the communities in which they work, he said, are “looking to lose it from the beginning.”

He pointed out that areas of 40 percent or greater pov-erty levels have grown by 130 percent. “"at’s not sustain-able,” he said.

James Clark, Vice Presi-dent of Community Out-reach for Better Family Life, Inc., stressed the impor-tance of jobs and the church within communities, as well as the link between parental neglect and juvenile delin-quency.

“"e system needs to re-calibrate itself to become more compassionate to those systematically stuck at the bottom,” he said. He il-lustrated poverty’s paradox:

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On Nov. 13, Saint Lou-is University gathered at Chaifetz arena to reveal the new logos for the University and Athletics.

For the past 18 months, members of the University have worked together to re-brand the Billiken image in an e#ort to promote market-ing.

According to an article posted by the University, en-titled “SLU to Unveil New Logos for University and Billiken Athletics,” the cur-rent fleur-de-lis logo and the Billiken were created over 20 years ago.

By modernizing the lo-gos, SLU hopes to seal its status as a leading university in the nation.

"e Billiken, for SLU, dates back to 1910. While many stories surround how it became SLU’s mascot, the most common ones tie the

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Billiken to John Bender. Bender, the football coach

at the time, resembled the Billiken. Soon, the football team was known as “Bend-er’s Billikens,” and it has de-veloped into the well-known Billiken students have come to know over the years.

At the unveiling cer-emony on Friday afternoon, the anticipation was evident among the students in the crowded stadium.

Students were invited to enjoy free refreshments, merchandise and other items during the ceremony. SLU President Fred Pestello was among the presenting members of the SLU com-munity at the event.

Following the unveiling ceremony, students were in-vited to a party at the SLU bookstore, which featured free pizza, ra$e drawings and sales on new merchan-dise featuring the new Bil-liken.

Junior Maddie Marcinc-

zyk, among the attendees, said, “I really like the idea of bringing the SLU communi-ty together to reveal the new logo. It’s great to be part of SLU’s history.”

She, like many, felt that this change of logo was a necessary part of SLU’s growth.

"e new fleur-de-lis fea-tures a simplified blue and white design, while the Bil-liken has a new facial design. In terms of color change, half of its face now is grey. For many, this is a welcomed design change.

Senior Mari Kerwin said, “"e new, simpler design of the fleir-de-lis looks fan-tastic. "e old one had too much going on.”

However, Kerwin and others were unsure how they felt about the new Billiken.

For many, the Billiken is a symbol of tradition. "is new alteration that will take time to get used to.

Marcinczyk added, “I

think the new Billiken will take some time to get used to. However, I am sure that with time, it will too be en-graved into our tradition.”

As explained in the Uni-versity article, the designs were created by Olson, a branding firm based in Min-neapolis.

Together with the help of SLU’s Marketing and Com-munications and Athletics Department, the new logos were shown to some stu-dents, sta# and others for input before the big reveal. "is culmination of ages and ideas produced the new de-sign.

While this is not the first time that the Billiken has experienced major changes, this certainly is a huge modi-fication for the fleur-de-lis.

"e design still features a shield, cross and crown to not only represent the Jesuit University, but to also repre-sent King St. Louis IX, whom the city is named after.

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“When you have … small pockets of poverty, you know exactly where they are.”

Chryl Laird, Ph.D., As-sistant Professor of Political Science and African Ameri-can Studies at SLU, targeted poverty’s structure and sys-temic nature. !ere exist, she said, “structural aspects that keep people impover-ished” and create a “capitalist underclass.”

Drawing on her research background, she observed: “We created the poverty conditions that we see.” She gave an emphatic challenge to misconceptions sur-rounding poverty: “!is isn’t someone’s choice.”

“Let us not play down the role of race and poverty,” said columnist Sylvester Brown, Jr. He referenced Ferguson, voicing frustration with the police’s handling of the situ-ation. He said to Belmar, “If you know that that situation emanated from a sense of frustration and poverty, you would have acted di"erently.”

Julia Ho, an organizer with Missourians Organiz-ing for Reform and Empow-erment, expressed her frus-tration with panels: “I’ve seen so many panels. … !ings haven’t really changed.”

She deplored the city’s priorities, citing the con-tested plans for a new foot-ball stadium. “If black lives matter, then our resources should reflect that,” she said.

She brought the tensions against Chief Belmar to a head, advising that he re-sign following his handling

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Poverty: Smiley deftly mediates public forum

MODERATOR: Public media host Tavis Smiley led a panel of seven people repre-senting academia, media, community activism and city institutions to discuss poverty.

Ryan Quinn / !e University News

of Ferguson and criticizing his absence from a public ac-countability meeting, failing to say “one goddamn word” explaining his actions.

Smiley interjected and warned that he would cut her microphone if she used profanity again, demanding “dignified” responses for all opinions expressed.

Finally, Dr. Faisal Khan, Director of the St. Louis County Department of Public Health (and self-de-scribed “professional-pub-lic-health troublemaker”), spoke in a measured, almost severe tone.

“Your ZIP code identifies your trajectory through life,” he said, evoking that ubiq-uitous St. Louis question: “Where did you go to high school?”

He delved further into St. Louis’s geography of poverty, recalling people who advised him, upon moving to the area, to stay west of Highway 270 and south of Interstate 64. “!is is one of the most disgustingly segregated plac-es in the country,” he said.

He outlined a degen-erative cycle of poverty, ill health, unemployment and poverty, which contributes to institutionalized racism.

He said, “If you live in this region, you’d better be con-cerned about this issue.”

Smiley seemed genuinely impressed: “I’ve never been in one of these conversations where so much truth has been told.”

Following questions from the audience, I asked Smiley about his role as an inter-

mediary in potentially tense conversations.

“Being a good modera-tor, or being a good host or being a good reporter is about listening,” he said.

“You have to be a gener-ous listener, a charitable lis-tener. I’ve learned that if you listen well, the conversation will direct you where to go.

“Moderators tend to think they’re leading the conversation … You’re not leading, in fact, if you’re do-ing it right, you’re following. Because if you listen to what the person is saying, they will tell you where the con-versation ought to go.”

“I’ve found that tension is good for conversation … I can tell you one thing, no-body fell asleep in there to-night.”

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8:50 p.m. ATTEMPTED ROBBERYA student reported she was walking west in the south alley of 3700 block of Laclede, en route to The Standard Apartments, when she was approached by three subjects wearing dark col-ored hooded jackets. One subject was armed with a handgun. The subjects demanded her money and cell phone. The student continued walking and told the subjects she did not have money or a cellphone. The student reached a well- lighted area behind the Standard and told the suspects there were several cameras there; at which time the subjects ran off west and then south on Vandeventer, out of sight. St. Louis Metropolitan Police were contacted and are investigating.

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the U.S.” Once Katagiri arrived in

the U.S., he plunged into the world of academia, earning his B.A. from the University of South Carolina, a Master of International A"airs from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Penn-sylvania.

“Columbia was the place where I realized I wanted to study international security issues. Not just international relations, but also interna-tional security,” said Kata-giri. “I really benefitted from working and studying with good professors there.”

Katagiri says his interest in the field lies in the fact there are still so many ques-tions that haven’t been an-swered, particularly about terrorism, a topic in which he has not only researched, but experienced.

“When I was in gradu-ate school, that was when the unfortunate events of 9/11 took place in New York where I was located at that

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Katagiri: Learning over oceans and disciplines

AIR FORCE: Dr. Nori Katagiri stands before boarding an Army Blackhawk helicopter en route to a base in Tokyo. !e professor took multiple trips to East Asia during his time at the Air War College.

Courtesy of Nori Katagiri

time,” Katagiri said. “!ere are many puzzles about why, for example, terrorism hap-pens the way it does.”

Indeed, terrorism contin-ues to be a puzzle and salient issue that a"ects nations and peoples around the world, noted most recently by the attacks in Paris and Beirut, Lebanon.

While these attacks are devastating, Katagiri finds them as motivation to con-tinue his research.

“I was motivated to be part of the academic com-munity within the United States to make contributions to research and teaching about social and political is-sues like that,” said Katagiri.

“Even now, with the trag-edy in Paris and other places, there are still many ques-tions that we should be striv-ing [to find] answers to.”

After receiving his Ph.D., Katagiri found himself somewhere he didn’t com-pletely expect: the Air War College at the Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. !e Air War Col-

lege is a joint military gradu-ate school for senior o#cers and o#cials of the U.S. gov-ernment and international o#cers at the base.

“When I was on the job market, the Air Force was particularly interested in people doing international security … I think the Air Force is also interested in working on the role of air power in countering insur-gency situations like that. !at’s how I think they found me and my work somehow interesting,” said Katagiri about his start at the War College.

Katagiri spent five years of federal service at the base, teaching East Asia and North East Asia politics to colonels, lieutenant colonels, Navy captains and com-manders, which he admits is very di"erent compared to teaching civilian, under-graduate students.

“When I joined the air force, all of a sudden the stu-dent population changed to 40-45 years-old … who have nearly two decades of expe-

rience, combat sta" and sup-port, intelligence, various functions, they have a lot of confidence.”

He continued: “those o#-cers who get to go to war col-leges like that are very prom-ising figures who made a lot of sacrifice to the nation, to their family, and who are go-ing to be very successful.”

While Katagiri is cur-rently teaching at a civilian university, where the stakes are arguably much lower, he believes that teaching this information to college stu-dents is still very important.

Katagiri explained that in this age of globalization, it is critical to learn about na-tions and cultures outside of the U.S. border, saying: “Making sure that people in the United States have maximum opportunities to learn from foreign cul-tures, foreign studies [that] is something that we should be doing. !ere are just so many things that we can take advantage of and that’s why I think it’s important for us to study things like that.”

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implemented, Smith an-swered: “Accord one, the Accord dealing with an in-creased budget for the Af-rican American Studies Program and accord eleven, the Accord that demanded my position be created have both been completed.”

Students may not see these policies being put in place, but according to Smith, implementing these Accords will take some time.

“I’ve only been in this position since July 1—the progress of the Accords was in a bit of a stasis because it hinged on the appointment of the Special Assistant so that there could be a clear sense of accountability, re-sponsibility and priorities.”

He continued: “One of the first things I did when I started on July 1st was to make sure that I met with as many people as possible who are important stakehold-ers in the Accords. I’ve met with people in senior leader-ship, I’ve met with faculty, I’ve met with students, civic, community and corporate leaders, and members of the board of trustees, etc., all to really get an accurate assess-ment of where we are on the Accords.”

Meeting with everyone who has a stake therein, it has collectively been decid-ed the best course of action is “to create four working groups which will each be tasked with implementing small groups of similar ac-cords. !e four groups will focus on Race, Poverty and Inequality, Recruitment, Admissions, and Retention, Public Art and Aesthetics, and Community and Eco-nomic Development. Each group will have representa-tion from students, faculty or professional sta", at least one external stakeholder, and I will be a part of each working group as well. !e aim is to have broad, open participation.”

Accord six calls for a community center. Asked whether the university had begun building the center, Smith frankly admitted they had not. “!e Community and Economic Development group will deal with the Accords pertaining to the community center and the Center for Community and Economic Development. Our goal is to have those two entities be connected. !is is, of course, the accord that is granted the longest timeframe to be completed. If we had a site or a building

planned for the center al-ready, we would immediately be limited in the geography and the architecture of that space, which takes the com-munity voices out of the pro-cess of creating the space.”

!e seventh Accord, which some at SLU found controversial, promises to commission artwork upon which both sides agree. !e source of controversy was the misconceptions sur-rounding the Accord. When one thinks of art at SLU, one might picture statues and sculptures, which led many to assume the artwork would be a statue. Some feared it would be blatantly anti-po-lice or possibly depict Mi-chael Brown, which made some people uncomfortable. “!e main reason it became so controversial is that there were a number of interesting misconceptions about this Accord in particular from the beginning,” Smith said. “!at Accord simply says ‘mutually agreed upon com-missioned artwork, so it’s wide open, it’s vague. We es-sentially have never reached a place where we all mutu-ally agree on what the piece of art should be.”

According to SLU’s web-site, Kyle and Kelly Phelps were commissioned to cre-ate a sculpture that encapsu-lated OccupySLU. However, when asked if there had been an artist commissioned, Smith said, “Actually we’re going to roll that back. !e Public Art and Aesthetics workgroup is going to work through a creative process for commissioning the new artwork, and my hope is that it will be a much clear-er, transparent process with more voices involved, and it is impossible to say for sure what that might be.”

Mereles did not seem sat-isfied with the administra-tion’s advances.

“I can appreciate that the administration is trying to get things started, but even five months is a long time to still be in the process of just starting change. It definitely isn’t enough time to imple-ment the new policies com-pletely, but I feel like they should be farther along than they are,” she said.

Who is SLU accountable to? According to Smith, the fact that they gave their word is enough. He said, “It’s our word, it’s our commitment. !ere is no external agency or institution to whom we have to report, but we as a member of a larger commu-nity must be accountable to that community.”

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DANCE: !e pop/punk group brought tangible energy to Chaifetz Stadium complete with collosal beach balls, confetti, and an explosion of screaming fans singing along to every word.

By NATALIE RIOPELLEAssociate Arts Editor

Oh, middle school: the desolate land of unfortunate growth spurts and equally unfortunate haircuts. !e majority of my time spent there has become a memory better left forgotten. Except, of course, for the music that defined that era: punk rock. On Nov. 11, in our very own Chaifetz Arena, I time-trav-elled back to the late 2000s. Did you really? Yes, yes I did. With the help of headliners Sleeping with Sirens and All Time Low, I was ushered back to my days in middle school. Except this time, it really wasn’t so bad.

Opening for the two headliners of the Back to the Future Hearts Tour were One OK Rock and Neck Deep. I’ll be honest here: I didn’t see any of Japanese rock band One OK Rock and I caught maybe two of Neck Deep’s songs (they are a Welsh rock band), but that is the price one pays when one is fashionably late… Neck Deep’s sound was “harder” than their persona on stage, which came complete with sporadic head-banging and spontaneous coordinated-jumping interspersed with lots of standing. While they did have enjoyable amounts of swearing, I just couldn’t call myself a fan of their pas-sively-angry rock.

!en it was time for the big boys, one of the two headliners: Sleeping with Sirens. !ey definitely had more of a stage presence, with lead singer/front man

Kellin Quinn immediately bounding around the stage with a springiness I never thought possible in painted-on skinny jeans. Opening up with their power-anthem-meets-rock song “Kick Me,” Sleeping with Sirens’ energy made the crowd’s reaction immediate: it was time to get the heck into the music.

Sleeping with Siren’s mu-sic genre seemed to swing between pop/rock and rock/metal with every song. “Goals,” a “keep-trying” kind of song, felt light, while “Congratulations” (my per-sonal favorite) came in more like a metal song and actu-ally made me want to head-bang for a solid two seconds. Regardless of their genre, the band was into the per-formance and, subsequently, the audience was too.

And now, the band that

really brought me back in time: All Time Low. I don’t know how many hours I spent in middle school lis-tening to this pop/punk group of self-professed odd-balls, but their live perfor-mance certainly left nothing else for my preteen self to desire. With a translucent sheet blocking the front of the stage, the four band members entered—their shadows gliding along the sheet the audience’s only view. !en, while sing-ing “Say Hello,” the sheet dropped and tons of lights colored the stage as All Time Low cranked up the volume.

!eir set, brimming with old favorites (like “Weight-less” AKA the best All Time Low song ever) and plenty of songs from their new al-bum, “Future Hearts,” (check out “Cinderblock Garden”)

made sure that everyone in attendance could find something to sing along to. Between songs, guitarist and lead singer band mem-bers chatted with each other and the audience in an en-dearingly quirky fashion. In those moments, we—the band and the audience—were all simply a bunch of super sweaty friends, just gathered together to listen to some really entertaining music. It was sad when the show ended with “Dear Ma-ria,” but even as it came to a close, All Time Low filled the stadium with both nostalgia and the promise of growth.

So maybe middle school wasn’t my favorite, but when I made the trip back to that “bygone era” of pop/punk and insanely-skinny jeans, it was fondness, not ill will, that filled my memory.

Courtesy of K.C. Bailey / NetflixNEW SHOW: Aziz Ansari, a star of the hit NBC show “Parks and Recreation,” returns to the small screen with the show “Master of None,” which he wrote and produced.

By TOM BERGANStaff Writer

Do you like to laugh? Do you like Netflix, but maybe don’t want the “chill” part that is often associated with it? Well then, Aziz Ansari’s new made for Netflix series “Master of None” is per-fect for you. Continuing the streak of high quality shows that Netflix produces, it pro-pels Ansari past the shining ensemble role he held in “Parks and Recreation” as Tom Haverford, and into a role as the star and producer of this show. Not only does he do an adequate job, he thrives. Much like Netflix’s other phenomenal comedy show “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Master” follows Ansari’s character Dev as someone trying to navigate New York City in his late twenties.

!is role as an Indi-an lead is something that doesn’t happen often, and Ansari addresses it heavily in his show. !roughout the first five episodes, he strug-gles with finding work as an actor, and when he is cast it is almost always in a stereo-typical Indian role. He has a whole scene with fellow In-dian actor Ravi Patel about whether or not he should do “the accent” as they refer to it. As with many situations in this show, Ansari tackles a very real issue, but does it in a manner that is absolutely hysterical.

!e other side of the show that is prominent, be-sides Dev’s acting career, is his navigation of his love life. !ough the scenario of the main character having trou-ble finding love is incredibly common in shows, very few

can say they deal with it as masterfully as “Master of None”.

!e first episode features Dev watching his friends’ two boisterous children while she is at a meeting, and as expected, shenanigans en-sue. Rather than just having this be a pro-g r e s s i o n of events, there are f l a s h -f o r w a r d scenes of Dev imag-ining his future with his own children. !e scenes are crafted in a genius manner that not only push the plot forward, but do so in a hilari-ous manner.

!roughout the season Dev runs into a plethora of girls at di"erent events —one turns out to be married, one turns out to be crazy, and

another just isn’t interested at the moment. All run of the mill scenarios for com-edy shows, and yet “Master” makes it all feel so fresh.

It isn’t only Ansari that makes this show as great as it is. He is assisted by former

SNL mem-ber, Noel W e l l s , who is ex-cellent as R a c h e l —a woman Dev is in-terested in and who continually pops up t h r o u g h -out the

first half of the season. Also adding to the comedic gold that makes up “Master” are Eric Wareheim, who plays Dev’s buddy Arnold, who constantly gives terrible ad-vice, and Lena Waithe who is Dev’s scene stealing friend Denise. All of these actors besides Ansari are fresh

faces to the mainstream au-dience, and after viewing the show, you’ll find yourself asking “Why haven’t I seen them sooner?”

!e final breakout stars of the show are Ansari’s real life parents, Shoukath and Fatima. !ey are featured in a few episodes, and play a big part in one of the funni-est scenes of the whole show. Dev snakes his way out of helping his dad setup his iPad, and his father’s face is stern, while it goes to a flash-back showing how hard he worked to get to America. It had me dying in laughter as I binge-watched the show last week.

With only ten episodes at a half hour each, “Master of None” is the perfect length to help you procrastinate on that bio exam or English paper that you want to avoid at all costs. With “Maste of None”, not only will you avoid responsibility, you will be laughing the entire time you do so.

Ansari tackles a very real issue, but does it in a manner that is absolutely hys-

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AAA showcases SLU talent Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of

None’ is master of comedy

By KYLIE JENSENContributor

As SLUdents, we all at-tend our share of showcases, profit-shares and speakers, either out of genuine interest or coercion by our friends. What I have discovered is that an ordinary event will leave you impressed, but an extraordinary event will leave you changed. !e 10th Annual Asian American As-sociation (AAA) Showcase belongs to the latter.

On Saturday, Nov. 14, a long line of students, fami-lies and faculty formed out-side the Saint Louis Room for “a night on the red car-pet” featuring performances by Cherry Crush, SLU Kara-te and several other groups. After walking the red carpet and posing for paparazzi, guests indulged in Asian cuisine, including jap chae, mapo tofu, fried rice, bok choy and beef bulgogi. AAA then kicked o" the event with an advocacy presenta-tion featuring quotes and interview clips from Asian-American celebrities and the Model Minority Myth.

David Cheung, co-pres-

ident of AAA, commented on the importance of Asian-American advocacy, saying, “For years, Asian Americans have been a bit short handed in their access to lead roles in entertainment. Of course there were some exceptions, but traditionally, Hollywood has made it exceptionally hard for Asian Americans to play non-sidekick non-stereotypical roles. We hope that showcase helped SLU open its eyes to these issues.”

Following the advocacy presentation, the emcees, Eileen Huang and Derek Nguyen, took the stage to in-troduce the first performers of the night: Cherry Crush, SLU’s first o#cial Korean pop cover dance group. !e first number, “Call Me Baby,” showed o" the unity of the team while also highlight-ing several individuals in short solo sections. Cherry Crush had four other rou-tines throughout the night dancing to: “Pepe,” “Mental Breakdown,” “Never Ever” and “Bang Bang Bang.” With

Jonathan Hwang / Asian American AssociationKPOP: Cherry Crush dances to popular Korean pop songs.

Bond is back!e newest 007 install-

ment is no disappointment. Opening with a thrilling scene that takes place in Mexico City, Bond finds himself in the helicopter of the target he is trying to pursue, and kill. As Bond wrestles for control, the fate of not only Britain’s greatest special agent is in question, but also the thousands of spectators gathered for the celebration of the Day of the Dead. Nearly thrown from the helicopter, which twists, turns and c l i m b s at seem-ingly im-possible a n g l e s , Bond, of c o u r s e , survives, a n d t h a n k -fully so, b e c au s e the ac-tion scenes that follow are no less thrilling.

No Bond movie is com-plete, it seems, without beautiful women for Bond to pursue and protect. Bond finds them this time in the wife of the subject he first pursues and kills, and then in the daughter of another subject who he is asked to find and protect. So, wheth-er the wife of one assassin, or the innocent daughter of an-other, Bond keeps the audi-ence guessing who, exactly, he will sleep with next.

!e first is love at first

By PATRICK HYLANDSenior Staff Writer

sight, with Bond exchang-ing key information between kisses. !e second is more of a victory celebration at the pair’s survival after a terrify-ing attack on a train.

Perhaps, all Bond movies must toe the line between action and excitement, and what audiences are willing to take as believable. !e train scene in “Spectre” might leave some dissatisfied with how Bond and the women he is charged with protecting not only survive the attack by one vary large and de-termined enemy, but some-

how escape scrutiny or r e p e r c u s -sions for destroying a train’s worth of prop-erty. Spe-cial agents sometimes need to es-cape such scrutiny in order for

the movie to go on, or in this case, in order for the series to continue.

Speaking of that, Daniel Craig is noticeably getting older. He probably could not be faulted for making this his last appearance as Bond. Bond movies seem to come out in pairs, separated only by a few years; so, either the next one will be out soon, or perhaps the next movie in the series will feature an en-tirely new Bond. If the action in “Spectre” can be matched

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!e Night Before In theatersCurrently

Dead and CompanyScottrade CenterNov. 20, 7:00 p.m.

Movies

RoomTivoli !eatre!rough Nov. 24

Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian NutcrackerFabulous FoxNov. 30

!e MartianIn theatersCurrently

SpectreIn theatersCurrently

Suits & Boots with Brett Eldredge and !omas RhettChaifetz ArenaNov. 20, 7:30 p.m.

Glen Hansard!e PageantNov. 23, 7:30 p.m.

Roge Clyne & !e PeacemakersBlueberry HillNov. 20, 8:00 p.m.

!e Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2!e Moolah!rough Nov. 26

X Ambassadors!e PageantDec. 1, 8:00 p.m.

Irving Berlin’s White ChristmasFabulous FoxNov. 17-22

WickedFabulous FoxDec. 9 - Jan. 3

Crimes of the Heart University !eatreNov. 20-21, 8:00 p.m. & Nov. 22, 2:00 p.m. AAA: Performances shine

each number, the group showed a di!erent side of themselves, from sassy to sexy.

"e showcase had many other great performances throughout the night. Wash-ington University’s Sen-sasians incorporated their own style into their a cap-pella covers of “Out of the Woods” by Taylor Swift and “Reflection” by Lea Salonga. SLU Karate impressed the audience with a routine fea-turing mock combat and board breaking. SLU’s hip hop crew, XQuizit, contrib-uted a well-choreographed hip hop number. "e night also included a fan dance and a fashion show, which

celebrated traditional Asian culture. AAA members Derek Nguyen and Alexa Lasam sang a cover of Brit-ney Spear’s “Toxic.” Finally, David Nasser and Anthony Ton, also AAA members, performed a guitar duo that would rival John Mayer.

After the event, George Kung, co-president of AAA, reflected on the evening, saying, “Being on the ex-ecutive board for the past two showcases has really allowed me to see the pas-sion and hard work that goes into the months of planning an event like this. "is year, we put on a performance with a message that I hope touched both the hearts and the minds of everyone who attended. To me, showcase

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types of punk music and one unforgettable night. "at is exactly what took place at "e Wonder Years’ headlin-ing show Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Pageant.

"e first band on the bill was You Blew It! A five piece hailing from Orlando, Florida, they kicked o! the evening with their emo flair of punk. Powering through seven songs in a mere 25 minutes, there was barely a moment to take a breath.

With the majority of the set coming from their phe-nomenal 2014 album “Keep Doing What You’re Doing,” which includes lyrics such as “You can always consider me a friend, just strictly in the past tense.” "e passion that is in their music bled over to the live setting with ease. Each song came with cho-ruses where up to three of the members were singing, and there was guitar talent to spare. Despite being first on the night, it was a truely incredible performance.

Next on the bill was State Champs, hailing from New York. "e crowd was incred-

By TOM BERGANStaff Writer

ibly stoked for their set, and showed way more interest than for You Blew It! "is was a bit unfortunate, because State Champs isn’t nearly as innovative with their music. "ough their set was enter-taining, it was filled with an-gry finger pointing, an overly energetic singer encourag-ing circle pits between each song and typical ri!s and progressions that have been present in pop punk since New Found Glory came onto the scene over 15 years ago. "en it was innovative, now it is uninspiring.

Much like "e Story So Far and Knuckle Puck be-fore them, State Champs is a relatively new band bound to blow up in the next year, and hopefully with that mo-mentum, they can take some risks in their next album.

"ird up were the veter-ans of the bill, Motion City Soundtrack. "ough this concert was billed as a co-headliner, they definitely still had the feel of being an opener. Coming o! of their ten-year anniversary tour of “Commit "is to Memory,” the album that cemented their status as pioneers of the pop punk genre, the

band is older for the genre, but still just as energetic. With a 70-minute set that was heavy on fan favorites, the crowd was significantly smaller than State Champs’, but twice as passionate.

Fans screaming every line of every song were all around, and they were first -hand reminders as to why the band has been successful for so long. "eir quirky ver-sion of pop punk was a fresh break after State Champs, and I couldn’t help but dance during their set.

Lastly was the main event; the “dinner and desert” as Motion City Soundtrack re-ferred to them while hyping up the crowd: "e Wonder Years. "ere are no words that could do their 75-min-ute set justice. Coming out and breaking right into the one-two punch of “Broth-ers &” and “Cardinals,” the crowd went ballistic. Lead singer Dan Campbell stood with arms outstretched while the song started, and then burst into pouring ev-ery ounce of passion that he had into the lyrics. "e band pulled heavily from their excellent 2015 release “No Closer to Heaven,” but also

played highlights from all of their albums. Tons of sweat was shed from those on stage and in the crowd alike, and the passion from both ends was obviously present.

With more mature lyrics and sounds than the average pop punk band, they truly thrive in a live environment. Josh Martin’s bass, Mike Kennedy’s crazy drumming and a trio of guitars played away while perfectly com-

plimenting Campbell’s infec-tious energy as a frontman.

"ough the band has graduated from the tiny ven-ues that they once graced, it has been incredible to see their progression along the way. As I mentioned, simply writing about them does not do them justice, for seeing "e Wonder Years is a reli-gious experience that must be exactly that, experienced live to be fully understood.

Yes, I am a fan of One Direction and Justin Bieber, and I welcome the hate that I get for loving these heart-throbs. Sometimes you just have to ignore your inner “pretentious music critic” so that you can have some fun.

So, along with every middle schooler in America, I was excited for Nov. 13 to roll around because both artists decided to release new albums. "e anticipa-tion was high for both, but for di!erent reasons.

For One Direction, “Made in the A.M” is their first album without their original fifth member, Zayn Malik. Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik formed One Direction dur-

ing the UK’s “"e X Factor” in 2010. Since then, they have become one of the big-gest names in music due to their catchy hits and army of fans. However, Malik parted ways with the group last March, shattering my heart and the hearts of thousands of tweens across the world. "e band, however, decided to stick through his depar-ture and created one more album before they take a two-year hiatus to explore di!erent paths.

“Made in the A.M.” is a perfect present to fans be-fore they take this extended break. Is the album a major leap of genius from their previous work? No, it doesn’t stretch far from their last al-bum “Four,” but that does not mean it isn’t good. “Made in the A.M.” is full of One Di-rection doing what they do

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best, singing pop-style, pup-py-love songs. “Perfect,” “Ol-ivia” and “History” are just that. "ey are cheery ballads about young love - like a ma-jority of their past singles.

"is is the type of music that will never leave your head - you will play this in the car, you will listen to this while you study, you will have these songs in your dreams - they are just that catchy. If you dont want that to happen, stay away from the songs “A.M.” and “Love You Goodbye”

For Justin Bieber, his fourth album, “Purpose,” marks a milestone in his fluctuating career. Bieber was discovered on YouTube and immediately flooded the charts with his angelic, up-beat hits. However, with rising stardom, Bieber began garnering an awful reputa-tion. He got arrested mul-tiple times with an assault charge and DUI, made his body guards carry him up the Great Wall of China, and I didn’t think there was any coming back for him when he visited the Anne Frank house and wrote in the guestbook that he hoped she would have been a “Belieber.”

Despite these cringe-worthy moments, Bieber has climbed his way up from rock-bottom, restoring his image by having a Comedy Central roast for himself, publically apologizing on multiple media outlets and giving an emotional perfor-mance of his single “Where Are You Now?” at the 2015

007: ‘Spectre’in the next Bond movie, Craig will not likely face much criticism if his streak continues. In a thrilling mountain top scene, Bond makes contact with the daughter of a former assassin he attempted to use as a source. Rejecting Bond’s warning, and assistance, the daughter has Bond forcibly removed from the building, only to be taken hostage her-self by the enemy. While the hostage tak-ers dart o! in a caravan of SUVs, Bond pursues in a sin-gle-engine airplane, which turns snow mobile once its wings are chopped o! by the mountain trees. Bond is later rewarded for his hard work when the same women ends up saving his own life.

"ose with a queasy stomach may find di#culty watching a particularly grue-some torture scene, in which Bond is subjected to drills that threaten to destroy his memory—supposedly com-ing within inches of wiping his brain of most of his life.

"anks to a special ex-plosive laden watch, Bond is able to remove it and then give it to Lea Seydoux’s char-acter, who then tosses it at the enemy just as it explodes.

Bond fans are not likely to be disappointed with “Spectre” which jumps from country to country, villain to villain, and woman to wom-an as quickly and seamlessly as anyone would expect. For the classic Bond experience, consider catching “Spectre” while it is still in theaters.

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Amy SchumerScottrade CenterOct. 21-Nov. 2

MTV Video Music Awards. Bieber’s album “Purpose”

has a similar pattern of re-petitiveness seen in “Made in the A.M.,” but not in a good way. When I started listen-ing to the album, I thought I was listening to one really long song, but it turned out to be three completely dif-ferent tracks. “No Pressure” and “No Sense” are hard to distinguish. "e biggest dif-ference is that “No Sense” is much worse. Most of the songs on the new album lack any sort of real hook. How-ever, there are some notable objections that almost make up for this.

“Love Yourself,” penned by song-writing pro Ed Sheeran, is a simple song that Bieber uses to cleverly dig at his ex. “Life Is Worth Living” is backed only by piao, and allows Bieber’s harmonic

voice to shine. Other songs, “Where Are You Now?” and “Sorry” rival One Direction in their catchiness and are understandably being played constantly on the radio. If Bieber had stayed away from lifeless beats, his album as a whole would be better.

One Direction and Justin Bieber both fall into a pat-tern of having albums that are filled with similar songs, however One Direction’s tracks are all enjoyable to lis-ten to, while half of Bieber’s put me to sleep.

Despite my opinion, “Purpose” and “Made in the A.M.” are battling it out for No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. Indus-try predictors are saying the albums are too close in numbers to make a guess for which will earn the coveted top spot.

is really about working to-gether to create a collective production that goes beyond just the boundaries of our organization.”

On Saturday, AAA did not just showcase talented performers, they showed the depth and diversity of the Asian American commu-nity in and around SLU. "e organization put on a phe-nomenal event that advocat-ed for the Asian American community through words and action. "e showcase celebrated Asian American culture in a way that raised awareness and combatted stereotypes. It’s fair to say that guests who attended the AAA showcase this year were impacted and im-pressed.

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PURPOSE: Bieber’s first single from his new album, “What Do You Mean?” became his first No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit.

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ROCK: After bands You Blew It!, State Champs, and Motion City Soundtrack, !e Wonder Years finally took the stage.

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CHEER JEER FEAR BY LAUREN TONDL, ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITORWHO TO CHEER:

AARON RODGERSA!er the Packers’ loss to the Lions, Aaron Rodgers geared his post-game interview towards a fan who yelled out a Muslim slur in the moment of silence for Paris. “I was disappointed in the fan that said that. "at kind of prejudi-cial ideology puts us in the position we are today as a world,” he said.

WHO TO JEER: ALDON SMITH

Oakland Raiders’ linebacker Aldon Smith was suspended for a year without pay for substance abuse. Smith pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run, drunk driving and vandal-ism in September. He has been arrested #ve times since 2012, and won’t be able to apply for reinstatement until 60 days before the suspension is up.

WHO TO FEAR:DEMARCUS COUSINS

Sacramento Kings center Demarcus Cousins received his third Western Conference Player of the Week award a!er a three-game win streak and 32.5 points and 11.0 rebounds on average. He scored 40 points against Brooklyn, 19 of these in a row. "e Kings were 0-4 without Cousins, and since his re-turn from his injury, they’re now 4-7.

Men’s Basketball rolls over Hartford 85-68

Women’s basketball topples SEMO 67-52

By LEXIE VASOSSports Editor

By LAUREN TONDLAssociate Sports Editor

PAINT: Junior center Sadie Stipanovich pulls up for a jump shot in the paint. !e Billikens have started the season with a 2-0 record, which has not occured since 2006-2007 season.

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FINISH: Sophomore forward Milik Yarbrough takes the ball in for a layup and dominates a Hartford defender.

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Saint Louis University women’s volleyball fell three sets to one to Dayton at home on Saturday, Nov. 14. !e loss in the regular sea-son finale means SLU will finish with a 21-9 overall record and a 10-4 A-10 re-cord, good for the second seed in the A-10 conference tournament. SLU finished behind Dayton, which ran the conference table to fin-ish 14-0 and 23-5 overall. SLU and Rhode Island were competing for the second seed, which comes with a first-round bye, but Rhode Island’s Nov. 13 loss left them with a 9-5 A-10 record, behind SLU.

!e Billikens took on Dayton hoping to avenge an

away loss earlier in the sea-son, which the Billikens had also lost three sets to one. SLU fought Dayton close in the first set behind junior outside hitter Danielle Ry-gelski’s seven kills, but ulti-mately fell 25-22. !e Bil-likens stormed back in the second set to top Dayton 25-19, behind a team hitting percentage of .519.

After the break, sopho-more outside hitter Nenye Okoro recorded six kills, but the Billikens fell in an-other close set, 25-23. Day-ton then clinched the match with a 25-17 fourth set win, despite Rygelski’s five kills on fourteen attempts with-out an error, for a .357 attack percentage.

Despite the loss, there were several standout Bil-

liken performances. Okoro and Rygelski both recorded double-doubles, as Okoro tallied 14 kills and 18 digs, while Rygelski scored 19 kills and 10 digs. !e match also saw senior middle blocker Megan Gilbert put up 10 kills on 16 attacks with only two errors, for an e"cient .500 attack percentage. Se-nior setter Meredith Boe put up 43 assists in the match.

!e match also marked this season’s senior night for the Billikens. Gilbert, Boe and outside hitter Nicole Sni#en were all honored pri-or to the match. Gilbert and Boe were standouts for SLU in their four years of eligibil-ity. Gilbert is among the top attackers in SLU volleyball history, while Boe is one of SLU’s all-time assist leaders.

As some of SLU’s most decorated players wind down their collegiate ca-reers, a new crop of talent prepares to craft their own story at Chaifetz Arena. Head coach Kent Miller con-firmed the signings of defensive spe-cialist Kate-lyn Bright of W i l d w o o d , M i s s o u r i , outside hit-ter Morgan Goodman of Cedar Hill, Missouri, and middle block-er Lauren Mershon of Min-netonka, Minnesota. All have won various volleyball

honors for their club and high school teams and will make up a part of SLU’s next generation of volleyball tal-

ent.Pr ior

to their arrivals, however, SLU will c o m -pete in the 2015 A - 1 0 co n f e r-e n c e tourna-m e n t . D a y t o n will face

o# against the winner of the George Washington vs. VCU match, with George Washington as the fourth seed and VCU as the fifth

The match also saw senior middle blocker Megan Gil-bert put up 10 kills on 16 attacks with only two errors, for

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seed. !ird seed Rhode Is-land will play against sixth seed Duquesne, with the winner of that match going against SLU. While Dayton will be favorites for the tour-nament, SLU also boasts a strong team and will expect to compete to win the title, which comes with an auto-matic place in the NCAA tournament.

Last year, the Billikens faced Duquesne in the first round of the A-10 tourna-ment and won 3-1. !ey are 4-0 against the Dukes in the past two years. Although they did not face VCU in the conference tournament last year, they do pose a great-er challenge for SLU. !e Rams have a 3-0 lead over the Billikens in the past two years they have played.

!e women’s basketball team came out on the front foot in their season opener on Nov. 14 beating South East Missouri State 67-52 - breaking their five-game los-ing streak in season openers and showing everyone that this is going to be a champi-onship season.

!e Billikens had a slight lead at the end of the first quarter, 11-9. Halfway through the second quarter, SEMO found some energy and led 19-15. Sophomore forward Maddison Gits put an end to the Redhawks scoring spell by scoring a la-yup with five minutes left in the second quarter. Sopho-more guard Jackie Kemph put in a free throw to make it 19-18 Redhawks. Freshman guard Jordyn Frantz made a crucial rebound and con-nected to Gits for another layup to take the lead back, 20-19.

SLU kept this lead through the rest of the quar-ter and led at half, 29-23. !e Bills had a 14-4 run to take the momentum.

!e women came out strong in the third quarter, when senior guard Jamesia

Price drove to the basket to put in a layup. She was fouled and successfully con-verted on the three-point play. !ey earned their first double-digit lead of the game, 33-23.

Within the next three minutes, the ten-point lead turned into twenty. How-ever, SEMO fought their way back at the tail end of the quarter to make the score 52-37 going into the fourth quarter.

SEMO reached within 12 points at the onset of the quarter, but SLU continued to push its o#ense to keep the lead. SLU continued to widen the gap and finally finished the strong o#ensive performance by taking the win, 67-52.

Kemph led the way for the Billikens with 15 points and five assists, the highest of the game in both catego-ries. Price posted 11 points, and junior center Sadie Sti-panovich recorded a dou-ble-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds. Gits posted a career-high 11 points.

!e Billikens also domi-nated the defensive side of the ball. Senior forward Denisha Womack collected nine rebounds, while junior forward Olivia Jakubicek

snatched six rebounds, and four of them were o#ensive rebounds.

Head coach Lisa Stone was impressed with her team’s performance, espe-cially the reserves. “!e start of the second half was very good,” she said. “We had good momentum, our defense tightened up and we did a better job on ball screens. I credit our bench. Maddie Gits and Jordyn Frantz came in and gave us a big spark, and they had good production on o#ense.”

However, she knows the team has a long way to go if they want to be the cham-pionship team that they’re striving to be. “We didn’t play as clean as I’d like, but it’s a W,” Stone said. “We’re short of our o#ensive goal of 70 points a game, but we’re nearly there. It demonstrat-ed that we have a long way to go.”

!e Billikens continued to impress on Tuesday night with a win against Tulsa at Chaifetz, 82-73.

!e women got o# to a rocky start in the first quar-ter, not scoring until almost two minutes in, and falling 11-2 three minutes in. !e

!e SLU Men’s basketball team had their home season opener on Nov. 15 against Hartford. Sophomore cen-ter Austin Gillmann lined up for the tip and won the possession for the Billikens. SLU got on the board first as senior guard Ash Yacou-bou scored on a turnaround jumper in the paint. !e Bil-likens made a quick defen-sive stop on the other end and regained possession. Junior forward Mike Craw-ford drained a three to ex-tend the Billiken lead to five. Hartford was able to get on the board in the next posses-sion, but the Bills quickly re-sponded with an easy layup from Gillmann. SLU con-tinued to push the ball up the court and earned a 16-2 lead after sophomore guard

Marcus Bartley banged in a three, but then the o#ense went cold and allowed Hart-ford to claw their way back into the game. With a 16-15 Billiken lead and 11:57 left in the half, freshman cen-ter Matt Neufeld scored his first collegiate point on a free throw. He then added two more on a floater to give the Billikens some breathing room. !e 18-15 lead for the Bills was short lived, as Hart-ford stormed down the court and drained a three to tie the game. Hartford’s comeback breathed some life into the Billiken o#ense. While SLU eventually battled ahead for a seven-point lead, the half ended with a score of 37-32.

Hartford did not let up on the gas pedal to start the sec-ond half, cutting their deficit to just a basket. !en, Yacou-bou backed down his defend-er in the paint and made a

beautiful shot. !e Billikens pulled away from Hartford with 18:52 left in the game, and they never looked back. Although Hartford would pull within single digits with under 15 minutes left to play, the Bills scored seven quick points in order to maintain their cushion. !e Billikens extended their lead to dou-ble digits and maintained it for much of the rest of the second half, although Hart-ford did make a brief run with four minutes left to pull within nine. !e Billikens kept the Hawks at bay with good shooting from the free throw line. !e game ended in a 85-68 victory for the Bil-likens.

As a team, SLU shot 52.8 percent from the field. Crawford led the team on o#ense with 17 points, with Reynolds, Yacoubou and sophomore forward Milik Yarbrough contributing 16, 13 and 13 points respec-tively. Junior forward Reggie Agbeko led the Bills on the boards with a total of eight rebounds, all of which were defensive. Yacoubou and Yarbrough also came down with an impressive rebound count for the game. Coach Crews commented on the performance from his team, stating “I thought that at the start of the game, our guys did a good job. !ey defend-ed, rebounded and made some simple plays, and we really got o# to a good start … We handled the ball pretty darn well. Seven turnovers and that is better than what we have done, so that was good to see and we were able to punch the ball pretty good inside tonight, so that was nice to see too.

!e Billikens continued their regular season sched-ule at SIUE on Nov. 18. SLU won the tip, but SIUE began the game with a 7-0 run.

!e Billiken o#ense cut the deficit to three, 9-6. Lat-er, Roby tied the game at 19 with a three from behind the arc. Crawford then followed

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Junior guard Mike Craw-ford scored a game-high 17 points in their season opener against Hartford at Chaifetz last Sunday. The Billikens won 85-68. Craw-ford hit two of the three Billiken three-pointers of the night, and he was 7 for 8 from the free throw line. He almost surpassed his career-high of 19 points, which he earned last sea-son against Texas Pan-American. Crawford net-ted an impressive 15 points against SIUE and was the second-leading scorer of the game. He went 6 for 6 at the free throw lineand grabbed three rebounds, acting as a key player in the 70-60 win against the Redhawks.

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up with two free throws to extend the Billiken advan-tage, 23-29. With 4:21 left in the first half, Crawford bur-ied a three to make it 26-21. Reynolds lead the team in points at hall with ten, fol-lowed by Yacoubou with 8. !e Bills entered the locker-room with a 32-25 lead.

SIUE pulled within three, 38-35, with 15:04 left in regulation. SIUE hit a three coming out of the media timeout to tie the game at 38, but Yacoubou responded with a quick layup to regain the two point lead. SIUE took a 43-42 lead with 12 minutes left in the game. !e Bills missed multiple close range shots, and the posses-sion eventually resulted in a traveling call on sophomore forward Milik Yarbrough.

Agbeko tied the game from the free throw line and a floater form Yacoubou al-lowed the Billikens to regain the 45-43 lead. Another lead

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Women’s: Team starts 2-0

After a long 26 years, the FIFA World Cup Qualifi-ers made their electrifying return to St. Louis, as the US Men’s National Team played on Nov. 13 in front of a crowd consisting of 43,433 fans. !e Americans had possession early, but St. Vincent made a quick play and got a shot o" that sailed wide of the goal. O" a quick play, St. Vincent pushed the ball up the left side of the field before cutting to the center. St. Vincent forward Oalex Anderson beat USA goalkeeper Brad Guzan to the right to give St. Vincent a surprising 1-0 lead.

Team USA quickly launched a counter attack, with midfielder Michael Bradley feeding the ball into the box for defender DeAn-dre Yedlin, who assisted for-ward Bobby Wood in the ty-ing goal in the 11th minute. !e national team built o" this momentum and began an o"ensive onslaught. In the 16th minute, midfielder Fabian Johnson got the ball to Wood, who launched a shot that rocked just wide of the St. Vincent goal. Brad-ley had an open look in the 22nd that was blocked by St. Vincent keeper Kenyan Des-mond.

A foul committed by St. Vincent on forward Jozy Al-tidore just outside the box in the 29th minute granted the US a free kick outside. John-son sent the ball toward the wall, which deflected o" a St. Vincent player before flying into the back of the net, giv-

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ing team USA the 2-1 lead. !e men’s team was not

satisfied with a one goal lead and kept the pressure high. Team USA was granted a corner kick in the 31st min-ute. Johnson sent the ball into play, looking for mid-fielder Jermaine Jones, but an attempt by St. Vincent to disrupt the play resulted in a deflection in Altidore’s di-rection. Unmarked Altidore had an easy header from the back post to extend the US lead to 3-1. !e US had a few good looks in the remaining minutes of the first half, but were unable to take advan-tage of any, as the half came to an end with a 3-1 US ad-vantage.

!e US began the second half with the same hunger for the back of the net that they showed in the first. In the 51st minute, another corner kick allowed the Americans to extend their lead. John-son’s corner was flicked on by Wood near the six-yard box, resulting in a perfectly placed ball for defender Geo" Cameron to head into the right post.

Another goal for the men’s team came shortly af-ter in the 58th minute, when Cameron pushed the ball up to Altidore, who fed it to for-ward Gyasi Zardes. Zardes’ composed finish allowed the US to take a 5-1 lead over St. Vincent. Altidore would finish the scoring for team USA with some fancy foot-work in the box, which beat a St. Vincent defender and allowed Altidore to tuck the ball into the right-hand cor-ner. !e game ended in a 6-1

victory for the US.In his postgame interview,

USA Coach Jurgen Klins-mann commented on the win. “Six goals is a nice thing to have and to show the fans. It is obviously important to start with three points into the qualifying campaign. It’s a long tournament that we have ahead of us. We expect ourselves to get through this group, get the necessary points one at a time or one game at a time. All togeth-er, it will be 16 games that we have to master and this was the first one tonight, so a nice performance by the group and good energy from the players. !ey always try to add another one against a team that was basically put-ting a wall around their 18-yard box.”

St. Louis native and Saint Louis University soccer alum Tim Ream was a start-ing defender for the national team. Ream summarized the emotions of the night by stating “Over 43,000 fans, it was special. I have used that word over and over, but it is something that you won’t ever forget. It was exciting, it was fun, it was a terrible start to the game, but it was a great finish and I am glad we can send the fans home hap-py…I left 30 or so (tickets)… a lot of my friends and family bought tickets ahead of time because they just wanted to see the game.”

!e national team contin-ued their qualifying schedule with a tie against Trinidad and Tobago. !ey will play Guatemala with the date yet to be announced.

STRATEGY: Sophomore guard Miles Reynolds carries the ball down the court and prepares to put the o!ense in gear.

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Bills closed the gap slightly by the end of the first quar-ter to make in 23-18 in the Golden Hurricanes’ favor.

!e second quarter was tight between both squads, but Tulsa pulled ahead at the break, 37-35.

Suddenly, it was déjà vu for the Billikens in the third quarter of play. Womack put one in to put the Billikens up 39-37, and the rest was history. SLU had a nine-point lead by the end of the third quar-ter, 62-53.

However, the women were tested in the middle of the fourth quarter when Tulsa went on a 10-4 run to make the score, 66-63. Gits and Womack put in a layup a piece to si-lence the Golden Hurricanes and take back a comfortable lead to finish the game with a win.

Stipanovich and Womack both had strong o"ensive performances, both putting 16 points on the board. Price contributed 14 and Kemph followed with 13. Kemph also had a career-high 14 as-sists and registered her sec-ond career double-double.

Another crucial part of the win for the Billikens was their consistency at the free throw line. SLU went 17-22 while Tulsa shot only 7-14.

!e win marks a big step

in the program’s history. !e women’s team is now 2-0 for the first time since the 2006-2007 season.

Stone commented on the game. “I’m very pleased with the win over a qual-ity, well-coached team,” she said. “We gave up 73 points, which is uncharacteristic of us, but we also scored 82 points, which is also pretty uncharacteristic.”

She applauds the team chemistry that is hap-pening on the court a m o n g s t her play-ers. “We had 25 as-sists on 29 made bas-kets, which s h o w s t r e m e n -dous team

chemistry.”Stone also notes the im-

portance of the third quar-ter. “We talked at halftime about the third quarter being our quarter, and it was. We really dug in defensively and got our o"ensive rhythm go-ing a little bit better.”

!e team is looking for-ward to going on the road with a positive start to the season. “We played Mercer last year and they beat us on our home court, so this gives us a good opportunity.”

!e women travel to Ma-con, Georgia, this upcom-ing Sunday, Nov. 22, to face Mercer at 1 p.m. !e Bil-likens are on the road again Wednesday, Nov. 25, at Indi-ana State University at 5 p.m.

We talked at half-time about the

third quarter being our quarter, and it was. We really dug

in defensively...

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change took place with eight minutes left as sharp shoot-ing from behind the free throw line by SIUE allowed them to take a 48-47 lead. Gillmann tied the game at 50 with a beautiful three from the top of the arc.

!e Billikens capital-ized on free throws on the next possession, making the score 52-50 with six minutes left to play. Speed and preci-sion by the Billikens resulted in a 59-53 lead with under four minutes left in regula-tion. !e Bills continued with driving the ball into the paint and decent shooting from behind the free throw line. !ey held on to defeat SIUE 70-60.

Yacoubou led the o"ense with 22 points as well as the defense with 15 rebounds, the third double-double of his career. Other notable performances included Crawford’s 15 point and three rebound contribution.

!e Billikens will return to Chaefitz on Nov. 21 to play St. Francis Brooklyn.

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Why bring this up? "e holiday season is fast ap-proaching, which means that talk about the supposed “War on Christmas” or the “War on Christianity” will ramp up again, thanks to Bill O’Reilly, the dozen or so GOP candi-dates le# in the primary race and your uncle Jed — whose rants and raves can be count-ed on to ruin "anksgiving

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“War on Christmas” chat-ter boiled over early this year, stemming from the recent controversy — yes, an actual controversy — over Starbucks’ new holiday cups. "ese par-ticular cups feature no Christ-mas designs on them, but instead o$er a solid, red back-ground with the Starbucks logo featured prominently in the middle. Good God, what’s next? Sacri%cing Christians to the lions again?

People were legitimately mad about the new holiday cups. Social media exploded over the lack of speci%c ref-erences to Christmas — al-though Starbucks as a com-pany has no obligation to celebrate Christmas — and the cup is still red and green, the colors of Christmas. Fox News host Kelly Wright lik-ened Starbucks’ new holiday cups to “Ebenezer Scrooge [trying] to Bah Humbug Christmas.” Donald Trump even went so far as suggesting a boycott of Starbucks, an idea

that garnered applause when he suggested it at a campaign rally. Is this really happening?

If we are not a Christian nation, and if freedom of re-ligion is explicitly granted by our Constitution, why then do people feel that others must bend to their will when it comes to which holidays to celebrate, or how we celebrate them? It is an egocentric, me-%rst attitude that goes against the spirit of the holidays.

"ankfully, the Starbucks controversy died down last week, but not before renewing conversation about the com-mercialization of Christmas. For years, people complained about the holiday season be-coming more about shopping, presents and Santa Claus than about the birth of Jesus. Now, people complain that Star-bucks does less to commer-cialize Christmas than other businesses. Can there be any winners here?

Christmas decorations are put up earlier every year. Some stores have their Christ-mas trees up before Hallow-

een is over; others wait until early November. But regard-less of when the tinsel is draped across the shelves, or the ornaments are hung from the trees, the fact still remains that Christmas has passed the point of no return when it comes to commercialization. It has even gotten to the point where "anksgiving is being a$ected.

For years now, the day a#er "anksgiving, Black Friday, has marked the beginning of the holiday shopping season. But over the past few years, stores have opened earlier on Black Friday. First it was 4 a.m., then midnight, then 10 p.m. on "anksgiving. Now, many stores are beginning sales on "anksgiving a#er-noon, before many families would otherwise get a chance to enjoy a meal together.

Target and Macy’s will open at 6 p.m. Best Buy and Toys “R” Us open at 5 p.m. J.C. Penney opens at 3 p.m. Meijer and Kmart are opening at 6 a.m. Walmart will be open 24 hours. Staples and REI are two

Takeaway from Mizzou: Be careful what you try to take away"e on-campus protests at

University of Missouri in early November garnered massive media attention as students rallied against racially biased incidents on campus and the lack of action from the ad-ministration in addressing them. "e protests started when student Jonathan But-ler began a hunger strike on Nov. 3, vowing that he would not eat until then-president Tim Wolfe resigned. Butler was joined in solidarity by student-activist group, Con-cerned Student 1950, which helped further the protests by setting up a temporary tent circle on the school’s quad.

"e media spotlight did not envelop the campus, how-

ever, until black members of the school’s football team an-nounced that they would not practice or play until Wolfe resigned, thereby putting the university in a %nancial bind — Mizzou would be %ned $1 million if it had to forfeit its next game, against BYU.

Pressure mounted, and Wolfe resigned on Nov. 9. "e protesting students claimed a major victory. But, for bet-ter or worse, the story did not end there.

Tangles between protest-ers and members of the media became the new focus of cov-erage, as protesters demanded a “safe space” free from media presence, despite the fact that they were camped out in a

public space, at a public uni-versity.

"e most widespread ex-ample of this con&ict came when Tim Tai, a student pho-tojournalist on assignment for ESPN, was pushed and shoved while trying to take pictures of the tent circle, fol-lowing Wolfe’s resignation.

Tai asserted his First Amendment right to be pres-ent in the space and to take photographs; but students and faculty members — director of Greek life Janna Basler and assistant communication pro-fessor Melissa Click — taking part in the protest yelled at him and prevented him from entering the quad. Some even physically pushed him away.

Much of the immediate re-sponse to the barring of media from the quad was outrage. Members of the media were angry that their rights were being unfairly restricted, and student protesters were mad that the narrative shi#ed away from their hard work to coun-ter the racism on campus.

"e %ery response to the actions of Basler and Click, however, was warranted. As faculty members, they should be held to a higher standard. "ey, more than anyone, should understand what can and cannot be done on a col-lege campus, especially Click, who had an honorary title in Mizzou’s journalism school, a title which was since revoked.

In the heat of the moment, people got carried away and made a mistake. It was unfor-tunate, and it should not have happened. "e faculty, espe-cially, should not have been involved. But that does not deserve to be the lasting take-away from everything that happened at Mizzou. Lots of good happened, and it should not be outweighed by the bad.

It is understandable that there was frustration on both sides, and a resolution could have been worked out be-tween the sides, ahead of time, in order to prevent the situ-ation from escalating. Mem-bers of the media could have requested speci%c times to conduct interviews and take

pictures, and the protesters could have worked to make that happen. "at way, both sides would have gotten what they wanted, without con&ict.

Reporters and photog-raphers have a duty to cover stories without interfering with the events in progress. A compromise beforehand could have allowed the entire event to go o$ without a hitch. Unfortunately, that did not happen, in this case; perhaps it will next time.

Our hope is that this was a learning experience to all involved and that this kind of con&ict can be prevented in the future. A little talk from each side can go a long way in preventing con&ict.

of the only big-name retailers to remain closed on "anks-giving. Sure, everyone loves a sale. Some rely on them in order to a$ord gi#s for their loved ones. But, at what cost do these sales come? Shop-ping or family time — we should not have to choose.

"ese big-box retailers are not only impacting the holidays of their customers. Employees are a$ected, too. "anksgiving used to be a day o$, a day reserved for family time. Now, as stores compete for revenue, employees are being forced to skip family dinner in order to keep their

jobs. "at is not fair, and it is not right. What does it say about these companies that they are willing to hold prof-its in higher regard than the holidays of their employees? When you think about it, is that anything more than busi-ness as usual?

So, big-box stores, open late "anksgiving night if you must — but do not interrupt prime family bonding time with pure commercialism. A few extra hours of shopping is not worth the harm and stress you cause customers, employ-ees and their families.

Choose people over pro%t.

10 November 19, 2015 OPINION & EDITORIALS

Governors’ responses show dark side of humanity

To the governors of Ala-bama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Il-linois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ne-vada, New Jersey, North Car-olina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming: Shame on you.

In the days following the Paris terrorist attacks of Nov. 13, the world has seen hu-manity at its best. !ousands, if not millions, "ooded social media with statements of sup-port and prayer. World lead-ers at the G20 summit held a moment of silence, while sporting games, ranging from international soccer to the WWE to the NFL, followed suit. France saw its citizens unite in support, as twitter hashtags were used to o#er safe places to sleep for peo-ple on the streets, and many moments of beautiful love toward Muslims and refu-gees have been exhibited, the world over.

Sadly, though, in the days following the Paris terrorist attacks of Nov. 13, the world has also seen humanity at its worst, and America at its worst.

To the governors listed above, again: Shame on you.

In the days since Nov. 13, these 26 governors have made o$cial statements declar-ing that their state will seek all legal recourses available, to bar the settling of Syrian refugees; they have written the State Department, asking to not have any refuges sent

their way; or they have simply stated that they were not in support of resettlement.

What these governors are doing is legally absurd, logi-cally inaccurate and morally horrifying. To begin with, state governors, or even state governments, have no ground to bar the federal govern-ment from admitting certain groups of people.

In terms of legal speci%ca-tions, two acts and decisions are important. In the 1941 case of Hines v. Davidowitz, Justice Hugo Black wrote: “When the national government by treaty or statute has established rules and regulations touching the rights, privi-leges, obliga-tions or bur-dens of aliens as such [i.e. r e f u g e e s ] , the treaty or statute is the supreme law of the land … No state can add to or take from the force and e#ect of such treaty or stat-ute” (parenthetical added by writer).

Furthermore, under the Refugee Act of 1980, it is the president who may admit those facing “persecution or a well-founded fear of persecu-tion on account of race, reli-gion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”

Unfortunately, though, state governors can allocate or refuse funds in such a way that it would prevent refugees from accessing education-, living- and work-related aid. Furthermore, while attempt-ing to bar Syrian refugees would likely result in discrim-ination suits, states can simply inform the government that they do not have the capac-ity to accept any refugees.

Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, where this strategy is being employed: Shame on you.

With the exception of Charlie Baker of Massachu-setts, all have o$cially cited security concerns as the mo-tivation behind their opposi-tion. Hence, they are looking for solutions in the wrong areas.

To enter the U.S. as a refu-gee, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees %rst veri%es that the refugee has a relative in America or that the U.S. makes the most sense for resettlement. !en, screen-ings are performed by the National Counterterrorism

Center, the FBI’s Terror-ist Screening Center and the Depart-ments of State, De-fense and H o m e l a n d Security. A %nal state department i n t e r v i e w veri%es that the applicant is, indeed, a

refugee in need. !e process usually takes 18-24 months.

According to Time, “Of-%cials say it’s the most inten-sive vetting process of any group that arrives in the U.S.,” and the UN screening alone involves “in-depth refugee interviews, home country reference checks and biologi-cal screenings, such as iris scans. Military combatants are weeded out.”

To enter the U.S. as a tour-ist, on the other hand, one must simply %ll out a non-immigrant visa application form, form DS-160, and then schedule one interview at an American consulate, where a passport, the DS-160, a photo, and a fee are all processed.

!ere are clearly easier ways to enter this country

for a human wishing to cause harm, yet no one is advocat-ing that we increase security measure there, as well.

What U.S. governors are doing is at its best racist, and at its worst, inhumane and tragic – a clear signal to the world that our elected lead-ers cannot separate thousands of ordinary humans from a twisted and violent few who share similar national origins or faiths (although no one can truly consider the faith that ISIS practices as true Islam).

What has been the most horrifying, though, has been the response from several presidential candidates. Re-cently, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush stated, “!ere are a lot of Christians in Syria that have no place now ... !ey’ll be either executed or imprisoned, either by Assad or by ISIS. And I think we should have — we should fo-cus our e#orts as it relates to the Christians that are being slaughtered.”

Any teenager with In-ternet access can %nd scores of documentation detailing how Muslims are also being slaughtered, and there is no conceivable way that Bush is not aware of this. By saying that America should only ac-cept Christians, he is saying that not only should we turn a blind eye to thousands fac-ing bombs, bullets, chemical weapons and scores of other horrors that we can not even imagine, but that we inher-ently believe that someone’s religion should be the divid-ing line of who we extend our care and our hands to.

While the French presi-dent, only days a&er his na-tion was attacked, rea$rmed his country’s commitment to continue helping refugees, America began to shut its doors.

To everyone who has pub-lically and legally contributed to that: Shame on you.

[S]tate governors can allocate or re-fuse funds in such a way that it would prevent refugees from accessing

education-, living- and work-related

aid.

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Defend, expand ‘gray zone’ by combating

Islamophobia

We’ve been here before.For many of us, 9/11 may

be nothing more than a dis-tant childhood memory, but there are many other times we’ve felt the collective fear and uncertainty engendered by random, senseless acts of violence: the Boston bomb-ing, Charlie Hebdo, Sandy Hook.

For those of us living abroad, the reality of the Paris attacks was even more pro-nounced. My roommate was in Paris at the time, as were several other friends. Just the other week, I had stayed at a hostel a few blocks from where the %rst shootings oc-curred.

My friends and I stayed glued to our phones that night, as the facts came fran-tically rolling in: At least 18 killed in a shooting in Paris. Explosions heard, unclear if linked. Now it’s 31 killed, at two locations. Four attackers. No wait, six. !ree locations. Over 100 held hostage in a nightclub. Body count hits 43. Eight attackers. More explo-sions. !ey killed the hostag-es. Jesus Christ, they killed the hostages.

It was a horrendous night. But, as with every terrorist attack, the tragedy in Paris will ultimately be de%ned by our re-s p o n s e . We must take care to temper our emotional o u t r a g e with ratio-nality and an appre-ciation of political realities. While grief, anger and shock are natural, we cannot allow them to un-dermine our compassion.

Unfortunately, if the past few days are any indication, we are doing just that.

Since last Friday, more than two dozen U.S. gover-nors have vowed to keep Syr-ian refugees out of their re-spective states, claiming that ISIS operatives could poten-tially enter posing as refugees and carry out attacks on U.S. soil. !is fear is based partial-ly on the fact that a fake Syr-ian passport was found near the body of one of the attack-ers in Paris.

It’s worth noting that the number of refugees the gov-ernment plans to admit over the next year is only 10,000—an absurdly small amount, relatively speaking. !ere are four million Syrian refugees worldwide; the number of asylum seekers in just Germa-ny, which has a quarter of the U.S.’s population, is expected to exceed 800,000 by the end of the year.

Furthermore, people en-

tering the U.S. under refugee status are subject to more scrutiny than any other type of incomer. Syrians speci%cal-ly must undergo an additional layer of screening before they are admitted. Overall, the process generally takes 18 to 24 months. Terrorists wish-ing to strike America could certainly %nd a much quicker and easier way to do so.

!e idea that we should turn away Syrian refugees for being “potential terrorists” is completely ludicrous, not to mention immoral. !ese are people who have been forced from their homes, travelled thousands of miles, witnessed some of the worst atrocities humans are capable of—only to %nd they are unwelcome and suspected of supporting the very people they’re trying to "ee.

Besides, by turning away Syrian refugees, we aren’t do-ing ISIS any great disservice; on the contrary, we’re giving them exactly what they want. !ey’ve said as much them-selves.

In a 10-page editorial published in the English-lan-guage ISIS magazine Dabiq, a spokesman for the group calls for the destruction of “the gray zone,” which they de-scribe as the area occupied by moderate Muslims between the West and Islam. In other words, they want to drive a wedge between average, or-dinary Muslims around the world and their respective so-cieties, forcing them to "ock to ISIS.

!e reality is that fear, ha-tred and pre ju d i c e towards Is-lam is pre-cisely what these ter-rorists want and expect from us. It is what breeds dis-a f f e c t e d , marginal-ized indi-viduals and communi-

ties that feel threatened and undervalued by their own society — exactly the kind of people ISIS recruits.

If we want to truly put an end to Islamic terrorism — not simply dismantle an orga-nization, but attack the prob-lem at its roots — then we must make a conscious e#ort to defend and expand “the gray zone” by putting a stop to Islamophobia.

Let’s start by embracing the principles enshrined on our Statue of Liberty and wel-coming the “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

In the days following the tragedy in Paris, an image circulated online containing a quote from beloved child-hood icon Mister Rogers. It says: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always %nd people who are helping.’”

For the sake of the refu-gees, I hope there are people out there willing to be the helpers. Because right now it’s sure as hell not us.

If we want to truly put an end to Is-

lamic terrorism ... we must make a con-scious effort to de-fend ‘the gray zone’ by putting a stop to

Islamophobia.

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Alexander Hanel

Kyle Smith

New SLU logos distract from university’s true mission

I recently learned of some of the habits of a former SLU president, Fr. Paul Reinert, SJ. Reinert, I was told, would oc-casionally eat meals with stu-dents in the residence halls. He would leave Jesuit Hall and mingle with his constitu-ents, unnoticed – just another man in a collar. (Because there was no Internet in those days, Reinert’s face was not plas-tered on Facebook posts and Parent Updates and school-wide emails; he was not the victim, as so many university presidents across the country seem to be, of powerful com-mercialists, people obsessed with a school’s external im-age.) And he would, on these jaunts, listen to what students had to say. !ey opened up to him, o&en unaware that he was the president, unaware that their criticism was meet-ing the ear of the very man who executed the actions they disliked. Reinert loved this. He kept a low pro%le. He lis-tened. It was all about hearing the students.

!is story has become es-pecially pertinent in light of the recent unveiling of SLU’s new logos. Like an NBA team

with 20 straight losing seasons trying to refresh its image and fan base, the university displayed its new look to the world on Friday, Nov. 13. Mar-keting their own marketing, SLU made public the fruits of more than a year of planning and consultation at an over-hyped, ill-attended event at Chaifetz Arena. (When SLU athletes are forced to be pres-ent, one can tell that turnout is expected to be low.) Gone, sadly, are the days of a humble SLU — a Fr. Rein-e r t - l i k e i n s t i t u -tion that k n o w s that pres-tige comes f r o m w i t h i n , not from branding or font type.

!ough not the primary emphasis of this article, I must devote a paragraph to lambast the new logos: !ey are not impressive. !e Billiken is still a tad creepy; extensive plan-ning, preparation and money were not needed to make this creepiness “%ercer,” as some have described it. And the crest redesign is a mystery; far from being complicated, the old logo, with its “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,” was a testament to SLU’s academic prowess. We have some very meaning-ful Latin phrases, the fruits of the great Jesuit educational

tradition, and we’re not afraid to use them, it said. But now, with the new clip art-like im-age, SLU has professed its de-sire to have its logo be more easily transferred across mar-keting media. It is less a state-ment of SLU’s educational purposes than a sign (sadly) of its commitment to com-mercializing and competing, in a marketing universe.

But, don’t take me too seriously. A&er all, I gladly profess that I don’t really care

for or much about the new logo; I wasn’t at Chaifetz on Friday. But I do care about the reasons behind the change — what they say about SLU, what values they profess and espouse.

Didn’t Jesus say that the %rst shall be last and the last shall be %rst? Educational institu-tions attempting to meet the demands of the Internet age — constant exposure, relent-less image making — can easi-ly run contrary to this mantra.

Many worthy things have happened at SLU in the past couple of years and months — the university bought back its hospital, for instance. And faculty members have recent-ly been extended an increase in holiday time o#, by the administration. But when it was revealed that the new lo-

It is less a state-ment of SLU’s edu-cational purposes than a sign (sadly) of its commitment to commercializing and competing in a marketing universe.

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Paul Brunkhorst

gos were the result of months of planning and consultation with a professional PR %rm that has many big, notable clients, it occurred to me that SLU may be overly concerned with its commercial image and not su$ciently apprecia-tive of its less-showy call to serve others and teach. We’re not selling Hot Pockets or chewing gum; we’re learning to be men and women for others. !is is a university. Our “brand” is the Society of Jesus – a quiet, low-key, Rein-ert-esque type of academic rigor that speaks for itself, is honest and doesn’t need to be protected by advertising %rms, like the one hired by SLU, that also promote big-time corporations.

!is is not the time to lose hope, though. Some of the Facebook comments about the new logos have been particularly alarming — and amusing. One person prom-ised that the trust fund that she had set up for her grand-children to attend SLU would now be used to pay tuition at Marquette. And a man threat-ened to withhold donations until SLU reverts back to the old logo. !ese people are go-ing too far, perhaps, by mis-taking the medium for the message. And the Fr. Reinert-dining-with-the-students-type-of-SLU is still out there, behind the grinning imagery. But SLU’s newest façade of marketing fodder seems an unfortunate distraction from this ideal.

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