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Review of “Nothing Was the Same”

Pitt houses Marxist Association

Don’t limit yourself to college cuisine

A new way to spend Friday nights: improv

In 2012, women earned an average of 77 cents for every dollar their male counterparts made. Over the last decade, the gap has remained the same, with little move towards equality.

The Women’s Studies group at Aquinas College held a bake sale on Valentine’s Day 2012 to show the effects of this gap: men were charged a dollar per baked good, while women were charged 77 cents. Since the 1990s, the wage gap convergence has slowed until the possibility of convergence remains almost nonexistent, com-pared to the trend of rapid acceleration in the 1980s.

But, as a Chatham graduate, this wage gap won’t affect you, right? Think again. A study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows that the wage gap between women’s salaries and men’s hasn’t changed since 2002 and remains at a gap of about 23 cents. Projections from the study predict that it will be at least 50 years before the wage gap closes if current trends continue.

There are other factors involved in the wage gap that may not be

based on actual bias or a lack of opportunities, but rather a matter of preference for different types of job fields, as Melanie Oates, a business and entrepreneurship professor at Chatham University pointed out..

In the United States, women hold less than 25 percent of jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, de-spite making up 48 percent of the total work force. Women who do enter STEM fields often leave because, according to an article in Forbes, there is more imperative for women to have a family and to balance a family and a career.

The balance between a career and family is often sacrificed in favor of family.

Part of the reason the pay gap exists at this level is because even though women are more likely to obtain a college educationthan men, many women obtain degrees in fields outside of the STEM fields and are more likely to have degrees in fields like the humanities or social work, fields that pay much less than a career in computer engineering or other “hard” sciences.

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Wage gap projected to last another 50 yearsDasha JollyStaff Writer

Photo credit: Kitoko Chargois

CommuniquÉVOL. 70, ISSUE 2 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHATHAM UNIVERSITY October 11, 2013

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Successful alumna, Gail Emery, shares advice to happy lifeShaina LittleStaff Writer

Chatham celebrates Chilean Independence DayAlice ShyStaff Writer

Chile is everywhere—the country not the food—and it is making its mark on Cha-tham’s campus. On Sept. 21 Chatham host-ed a Chilean Independence day celebration where there was authentic Chilean food, music, dancing and even alpacas.

Chileans celebrate their Independence Day, or Dieciocho on Sept. 18. The day cel-ebrates Chile’s break from Spanish rule and the beginning of their independence. For Dieciocho, Chileans often have parades, food, reenactments, dancing and music. Chatham’s Chilean Independence Day Celebration exposed Chatham community members to the Chilean culture.

“At first I came for to see the Alpacas but the music and dancers were very fascinating because it was unique to their culture.” first year Margie Schill said.

Chile was chosen for a reason, and Glob-al Focus coordinator, Dr. Jean-Jacques Sene and his colleagues choose this country be-cause it possessed certain attributes.

“The country must in be in the six re-gions of the world we pick from: The Far East, Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, This year brought us back to the Americas,” he said.

“When deciding on a country we look

for two characteristics. First it has to be an interesting country in regards to global un-derstanding, and secondly, there has to be a local population so students can interact with the people of this culture,” he contin-ued.

In preparation for this year’s Global Focus there was a lot of collaboration. Cha-tham faculty and staff worked with leaders of the local Chilean community to deliver an authentic taste of Chilean culture

“The Chileans have key people in their community, and we were lucky enough to meet early...even before the Year of Chile

started, and they were ready to give us a lot of time in the preparation. They even gave us access to their local newsletter, ‘Tertu-lia,’” Sene said.

The Independence Day celebration is not the only thing Global Focus has in store. On Oct. 24 in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, Global Focus will present the Mapuches, Chile’s indige-nous population. A Mapuche scholar and activist will also be present to discuss their lifestyle and history. For other events visit chatham.edu/globalfocus.

Ashy@chatham.edu

Gail Emery graduated from Chatham University in 1984 with a degree in math-ematics and business management. Emery held the position of student body president during her time at Chatham and continues her involvement today as the president of the Alumni Association. Also, she serves on the Chatham University board of Trustees.

Performing these duties mostly from her home base, California, Emery also runs her own business while raising two sons with her husband. Showing her Cougar pride, she and her husband celebrated their wed-ding reception on Chatham’s campus, in 1986.

Her company, Detailed Meetings, Inc., is a boutique meeting and event planning business, which has been running success-fully for ten years. Emery has worked with clients such as DirecTV, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and various others.

Detailed Meetings Inc. holds events such as board meetings, product launches,

conferences, and fundraising events for non-profit organizations. Connecting her business to her experience at Chatham, Emery’s work-study position in the Office of Development provided the framework for her non-profit fundraising; meanwhile, her position as student body president aid-ed in her love of event planning.

“When you start college you start with a clean slate,” she said. “You must own it and embrace it; this is your chance to focus on yourself. Grab every opportunity you can and enjoy it. It’s not up to your teacher or your parents to enable you to have a won-derful experience. It’s on you.”

Emery owned her experience at Cha-tham, and ended up with a wonderful family and successful business. She spoke about a small campus environment such as Chatham’s and celebrating the opportuni-ties that are presented to students in such environments.

Emery also spoke of the confidence that can stem from the opportunities provided by small campus environments. Elaborat-ing on her success, she explained that the

women who took their education seriously, expanding horizons through experience, usually live successful lives after college.

Thanks to Emery’s successful business, she was the president of a group called Meet-ing Professionals International, the South-ern California Chapter; and has served on five international committees. She spoke to college and continuing education students about meeting and event planning. She also spoke in Monte Carlo about running a small business. Between her business, family, and volunteerism, Emery appears to be an extremely busy woman. When asked about how she balances work and family she replied, “balance changes with age.”

Emery provided an example of her bal-ancing act, explaining she may not have had time to sweep the kitchen floor, but she always made it to her sons’ games. Her sons remembering her at their games was more important than if the kitchen floor was swept. Through priorities, balance and perhaps a little luck, Emery graduated from Chatham to create her own fairytale ending.

Slittle1@chatham.edu

Roving Artist surprises

Sarah JugovicStaff Writer

Some Chatham University mysteries of an underground tunnel, forlorn coffee house and supposed hauntings may never be solved, but the great mystery of the Roving Artist of the Week program has met its reveal.

The Roving Artist of the Week, brain-child of the Student Activities and Stu-dent Affairs staff, features a weekly, nov-elty event highlighting an artisan who travels from one location to the next.

“The idea to do something differ-ent, by giving power to the students, inspired the idea of having a roving art-ist on campus,” said Stephanie Reyn-olds, Coordinator of Student Affairs.

To entice student interest in the weekly event, the arrival time, location, identity and craft of each roving artist is kept confiden-tial. However, the dates featuring the Roving Artist of the Week are shared through calen-dar updates, lawn signs, and social media.

Word of mouth typically reveals the whereabouts of the roving artist, but these details can also be discovered via Twit-ter. Reynolds and Zauyah Waite, Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, will tweet a teaser announc-ing the roving artist’s arrival on cam-pus. Students can follow Waite @zwaite, and Reynolds @Sreynolds05 on Twitter.

Each roving artist navigates around campus according to crowd flow and can be found anywhere from Café Ra-chel to the Athletic Field. The attrac-tions follow a common trend and of-ten coincide with other campus events.

“When I was sitting at dinner, this lady on stilts with a southern accent came up to our table and invited us to a circus,” said Gradu-ate student Ashley Lamb. “She deputized us with an awesome secret handshake that I will probably never forget. Only at Chatham.”

Interest and attendance at rov-ing artist visits has been growing ev-ery week, according to Reynolds.

Attractions in the past have been an air-brush tattoo artist, a caricature artist, Mike the Balloon Guy and a name artist. All attrac-tions are hand selected by the Student Affairs staff and hired through various agencies.

The program will last until Oct. 7, to kickoff the Dignity and Respect Cam-paign also sponsored by Student Affairs.

Though you will not find any hints here on the next featured Roving Artist of the Week Reynolds said, “You never know what you’ll find ‘roving’ around campus some day.”

Sjugovic@chatham.edu

Photo credits: Roselynn Moroney

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Ibaloch@chatham.edu

Pitt houses the Student Marxist AssociationIndigo BalochStaff Writer

When you first walk into the room and see club members passing out brownies and catching up like old friends, you might not realize just where you are, but this club is actually the Pittsburgh Student Marxist As-sociation at the University of Pittsburgh.

Since last Nov., the Pittsburgh Student Marxist Association has held occasional meetings at the Pitt campus. The group was founded by an organization called the Workers International League, and atten-dants come from all over Pittsburgh—stu-dents and non-students alike. The demo-graphic of the group is very diverse.

“We’ve had a pretty good response, so ultimately we feel like the current econom-ic crisis is hurting young people whether or not they’re in school,” said Andrew Wag-ner, club president and Pitt senior.

Member Matt Wiley can attest to that. Wylie, a 32-year-old student at CCAC with a bachelors from Penn State and a masters from the University of Phoenix, said he was homeless for a period of his life and was exposed to much of the inequality in the world. “Even though I was homeless, I was still in a privileged point where I still had family and things I could fall back on,” Wylie said. “A lot of people don’t have that. But I could pretty easily see that if I didn’t have that, I’d be totally lost, and there are so many people like that—or essentially victims of the economic system.”

The Pittsburgh Student Marxist Associa-tion is a very active group in which many of the members participated in Occupy Pitts-

burgh. Most recently they marched with UMPC workers and supported the Shaler Area School District teachers in their strike.

“Over the past year, maybe even since Occupy, you start to see things bubbling,” Wagner said. “Like again, the strikes at Wal-Mart, the strikes in the fast food industry. I think they’re a harbinger of things to come.”

The association’s flyers advertise an end to misogyny and destruction of the environ-ment—something you might not normally associate with Marxism. “We feel Marxists should be first in line to help against wom-en’s oppression,” Wagner said. Marxists feel that capitalism oppresses women in the workforce, and that the expectation for women to do housework and take care of the children can be a burden when the gov-ernment does not provide things like free preschool or daycare.

As far as the environment is concerned, Wagner said, “If you look, what’s going on, really since capitalism came back into its own, [has] been at the expense of the envi-ronment.” He believes the government has a way of running now, “where profits come way before any concern about the environ-ment.”

“We don’t have any control over what’s produced, how it’s produced, the processes involved,” Wagner said. “People whose only motive is profit are the people who make those decisions, and we really feel like those decisions should be made by everybody democratically.”

At their most recent meetings, the as-sociation has been going over the events in Syria. They feel much of what has hap-pened with the revolution and civil war was

sparked by poor living and working condi-tions. They have even been working along-side Pitt’s division of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). At the same time, however, they believe the West should not involve it-self in the civil war.

“They’re not really motivated by human-itarian concerns. They really want to make sure that whatever government comes into power there, it’s under their influence. More so than anything else, they’re con-cerned about peace and stability in the re-gion so they can continue to get away with a lot in the Middle Eastern,” said Wagner. “They don’t want any of their oil produc-tion to be disturbed by conflict.”

“I think Marxism is the only philosophy out there that explains what’s going on in the world today,” Wagner said.

Chatham grad student, Valerie Lute has been going to the meetings since the be-ginning of the semester and feels that she has learned a lot through the meetings. She identifies as a leftist and wanted to under-stand more about Marxism. “I don’t really have a preference towards any specific brand of leftism so I wanted to learn more about Marxism,” Lute said. “On the left there’s many players; they’re just slightly different so it gets confusing if you want to support a particular organization.”

Wagner concluded, “It’s ideology that’s been kind of slandered, and whatnot, but if people approach with an open mind and there are people there to guide them through the questions they might have, I think it’s definitely a very enriching experience.”

New resources and updates at Jennie King Mellon LibraryAlice ShyStaff Writer

Have a research paper and don’t know where to start? Need a book but don’t know how to get it? Chatham JKM Library has some new features to help lessen your aca-demic woes.

This year some new features have been added to the inter-library loan service, Iliad. These changes were made to keep up with increased requests for library loan materi-als. The functions of Iliad are the same. Stu-dents can still search for the materials they want, but now borrowers can see when their request have been submitted, when the ma-terials have arrived and when they are due.

“We hope that in addition to providing students with the ability...to see what they have requested and when it ‘s due, it will

make the librarians be quick about deliver-ing the books to you,” said JKM Librarian Kate Wegner.

Books can be borrowed through Iliad, but students are urged to use EZ-Borrow. EZ-Borrow allows books to be kept for a whole term and books arrive in 2 to 5 days. EZ-borrow is easy to use; simply login with your last name and Chatham ID, and then search using a keyword, title or author. Click on your described title and hit request. A confirmation e-mail will be sent along with another when the book arrives.

JKM has received new online databases. One is the Oxford Islamic Studies Online. This is a database for everything Islam. There is information about Islam the reli-gion, Islamic people and their culture.

Another database is Oral History On-line. The database is excellent for retrieving

primary sources. It has a collection of audio, video and their transcripts. There are inter-views from members of the Black Panther Party and from immigrants arriving at Ellis Island.

Last but certainly not least is Mango Lan-guages. Mango is an interactive language tu-tor great for anyone who is traveling abroad and wants to know a few keywords and Phrases. Mango has French, German, Ital-ian and Pirate—yes pirate—for those sea-lov-ers.

For questions regarding the library’s new features, ask a librarian, and to access the databases visit library.chatham.edu.

Ashy@chatham.edu

Continued from page 1Assertiveness and a willingness to take

charge also plays a part in how women are perceived in the business and related fields.

A study of the Harvard Business School, the top business program in the country, where students are admitted only if they are the top students – showed that female students were lagging behind male students. In terms of academic performance, women were at or above the same level as their male counterparts; they were lagging because their participation in class was much lower.

To combat the problem, Harvard insti-tuted a remedial program for their female students to train them how to be more as-sertive in communication and in class. As-sertiveness, on a whole, dictates how people see you.

At Chatham, Dr. Oates said, students are encouraged to be more assertive. In her classes, quiet students are encouraged to speak louder and to participate in discus-sions. Assertiveness is a key point in being noticed in any field, and assertiveness leads to promotions and, hopefully, a larger pay-check.

While women still do not have the same average income as their male counterparts, some of it may not be because of gender bias, and may simply be because women are traditionally less assertive – and are still en-couraged to be less assertive and more pas-sive, rather than being encouraged to take charge or to enter math and science fields.

Perhaps, in time, the wage gap will lessen sufficiently so that parity in compensation exists.

Will it exist in our lifetime? That re-mains to be seen.

Djolly@chatham.edu

Wage gap projected to last another 50 years

Photo credits: Kitoko Chargois

Page 4October 11, 2013 FeaturesImprov show at Pitt begins new season

Indigo BalochStaff Writer

Two Buddhist monks walk into a broth-el. It sounds like the opening line of a joke, but it’s the opening line of a game. For the past 24 years, an improv group has made their home at the University of Pittsburgh. It is entirely audience-driven and the best way to spend your Friday night in Oakland.

You will find yourself in an industrial, black-walled theatre space with red plush chairs surrounding a floor-level stage. Usu-ally it takes place in the basement theatre in the Cathedral of Learning, but the uni-versity is doing renovations at this time. The host for this year—31-year-old former Pitt student, John Feightner starts off the show by explaining that you have just paid to perform your own show. At first glance it might sound like a scam, but by the end you are laughing far too hard to see it as a waste of money.

The way the show works is that anyone from the audience can volunteer to partici-pate for any game they wish. There are four

chairs on the stage, but there can be more than four people to a game. The host will explain the rules for each game and then ask for volunteers from the audience—there is never a shortage of raised hands.

Depending on the game, the host might ask the audience for suggestions, in terms of what situation the performers are in and how they are related.

For instance, they might be two Buddhist monks in a brothel. They might be divorced twins robbing a bank or a Pitt band mem-ber and leader having a private lesson in Mongolia. As the popular improv show “Whose Line is it Anyway?” explains: everything the per-formers do is completely off the top of their heads.

Chatham first year Tah-mina Tursonzadah said, “I had an awesome time at the improv show because the people there were not afraid

Ibaloch@chatham.edu

Her Campus Chatham thrives in third yearLeiba EstrinContributing Writer

Mara Flanagan, whose strikingly dark hair frames her face, a pair of tortoiseshell glasses perched on her nose, often favors long flowing skirts. Flanagan is a junior ma-joring in arts management. A native Pitts-burgher, she said Chatham attracted her because students work hard to earn their grades, the professors and faculty are dedi-cated and the campus is beautiful. But most of all, the bond of Chatham girls attracted her. “The commitment to kindness is re-flected in every interaction,” she said.

In Fall 2011, Flanagan found a way to give back to Chatham with a Her Campus chapter. Her Campus is an online commu-nity designed for female students to inter-act, discuss, and be entertained by other female college writers. Founded by three fe-male undergraduates at Harvard, Her Cam-pus organizations have since popped up in campuses all over the country.

Her Campus provides a unique oppor-tunity for students to get their professional start, whether it be a career in event plan-ning, programming, photography, writing, journalism, public relations or marketing, to name a few. The Her Campus organi-zation at Chatham publishes almost every day during the semester and sporadically

throughout the summer months.Her Campus thrives on all things hip

and modern. The website, HerCampus.com, carries a distinct feminine and funky look that is also consistent and profession-al. Style, fashion, career advice, managing school tips, and student interviews are all part of what makes Her Campus online magazine so helpful, relevant and interest-ing to students.

Onastasia Youssef, the entertainment blogger and blog editor for Her Campus Chatham, has only positive things to say about the organization. “I have had the amazing opportunity to write movie and album reviews, celebrity news and music playlists, as well as editing other blog posts for our magazine,” She said. “Our team is simply spectacular.”

It would appear that Her Campus needs a team in order to succeed. Flanagan said she is fortunate to learn from each mem-ber and is impressed by the quality of the group’s work. The members in turn look to Flanagan with admiration and respect.

Amy Chau, director and manager of so-cial media at Her Campus, finds additional fans for the organization. “[Mara Flanagan] works hard to get Her Campus Chatham known to the community,” she said, “with homework and other activities, sometimes I wonder how she does everything. She is

Superwoman.”So how effective is the leader of Her

Campus? “She quickly took us from a newbie chapter to a Platinum Level Her Campus member,” Youssef said. Attaining platinum level status of Her Campus means that a chapter has earned the second high-est ranking within over 150 Her Campus chapters around the country. There are five levels of Her Campus: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Pink.

The Her Campus team holds between 10 and 20 core members. The production is a collaborative effort; each member choos-es to focus her energies either on writing, photography, event planning, or marketing.

Recently, Her Campus partnered with Teen Vogue for a Back to School Trunk Show celebration. The event provided stu-dents with opportunities to win coveted brand-name products like Asos, Jimmy Choo, Keds, and Vera Wang in return for students’ posting about Her Campus on Twitter and Instagram.

Her Campus Chatham constantly finds ways to team up with other organizations on campus. For example, “Her Campus Chatham and the Muslim Student Asso-ciation raised $300 to support a girl’s ed-ucation in Guatemala [last year],” Flanagan said. The two organizations will partner again, this time to organize a “Tie-Dye Cup-

a good time. Current host, Feightner, says when pick-

ing the games to play, “We pick the ones we think will work best with people who have never done improv before. The show is all about getting new people trying improv. So we’ll throw them a couple curveballs and see if they can do it, but mostly it’s tailored in such a way that anyone can jump on stage.”

Feightner has been going to the show since 2000 and says it began with theatre students who were interested in practicing improv. “It was never a real thing—they just kept inviting people, and people just started showing up to watch it,” Feightner said. “Eventually the theatre students ap-proached Pitt and asked if they could rent out theatre space for their ever-growing troupe and audience. They were approved and became the show it is today.”

Every Friday this year at 11 p.m. in the Heymann Theatre at Pitt, you can be part of this show for $3—you can even get in for free if you bring a flyer.

to show their creative side. I liked how open minded people were to everyone’s ideas.”

For those who have stage fright or have trouble coming up with material on the spot, there is no one forcing anyone else to get on stage (unless you bring a pushy friend). It is meant to be a fun, rewarding experience, and it was started for the sole purpose of entertaining people and having

cake Bake-Off.” The proceeds will go to an organization working to help educate girls in developing countries called She’s the First. Flanagan said that she is “looking for-ward to a year of fresh content and exciting surprises.”

Her Campus Chatham garners addition-al support in serving the students’ needs. The organization promotes campus events from other student organizations by includ-ing them on the site’s monthly calendar.

Last week Her Campus Chatham re-posted a video tutorial from the Cha-tham library about navigating its database. And earlier this year, when a Chatham stu-dent passed away unexpectedly, Flanagan posted an article on the Her Campus blog that another organization wrote in the stu-dent’s memory.

It is clear that the staff is proud of the organization. “It’s great to write about the things I am most passionate about and share with such a welcoming audience,” Youssef said. “If I can recommend just one artist or film that changes someone’s life and becomes one of their all-time favorites, my time on the magazine will have been a rewarding one.”

Lestrin@chatham.edu

Photo credit: Louis SteinParticipants in the midst of a game

Page 5October 11, 2013 VoicesGroup focuses on Palestine

May EliasStaff Writer

Any time during the week, in almost ev-ery state, an SJP meeting is held somewhere in one of 80 university campuses across the country. Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is a student organization that “works in solidarity with the Palestinian people and supports their right to self-determination,” according to the organization’s Points of Unity.

One chapter of the group is located at the University of Pittsburgh. Each Wednes-day night, somewhere in the huge city-cam-pus, “Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine” gather to discuss how their collective pur-poses as well as their individual scopes can be combined and successfully accomplished throughout the prospective school year.

The Israeli-Palestinian struggle began in the mid 1900s and resulted in the Israeli oc-cupation of the Palestinian lands in 1948, creating the state of Israel. As of today, the West Bank and Gaza Strip are two distant areas, which make up the Palestinian Terri-tories (PT) on the world’s map. They are the only remaining land under the Palestinians reign.

Today, the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories continues as Israeli settlements expand towards Hebron in the West Bank. Israel is holding Gaza under a blockade, and peace talks mainly revolve around lands possessions. Finally, people from both sides are the ones who are living the political as well as national tensions gen-erated by the conflict.

For the University of Pittsburgh’s SJP chapter to be effective and influential, at least one person has to be in charge of its progress. Leading the meetings, distributing the functions and putting things in order along with the other SJP members are only a fraction of Mahmoud Yacoub’s job as the president of Pitt’s SJP.

Yacoub is a 21-year-old Palestinian who has been in the states for his whole life. “My family has always been about activism, specifically my father. He used to adopt the children of widows from men who lost their lives to Israel,” he said. Yacoub’s goal is to make sure the group can run without him in the future, “we will build, as a family of activists, a foundation for our group that will last beyond our years.”

SJP members, who share the same ends, are no less willing to work hard towards ac-complishing these ends. In interviews with some of these activist members, I read a combination of enthusiasm, hope, confidence, aspiration and positivity between the lines.

Hadeel Salameh, a 20-year-old Palestin-

ian-American and a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, said that she feels the least she can do for her struggling family back in Palestine is to spread the word and be an active member of the Palestinian society from overseas. She also aspires to become an author so that she can write a series that talks about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that can change the views of millions and hopefully make a difference in some way.

“I’m kind of new at the whole thing of trying to be active, and all my ideas have just been ideas so far, so now I’m kind of putting myself up to the challenge, and SJP is going to be a start for me,” Salameh said.

Zachary Selekman, a 26 year old Native American and senior at the University of Pittsburgh, thinks there are a lot of mis-conceptions in the United States about the conflict and what’s actually happening. “Once I started learning about what’s really happening I felt like I had to do something, especially as an American because the U.S. gives so much support to Israel, uncondi-tionally,” he said.

He thinks educating other people is nec-essary and that once people stop being in-timidated, they will be encouraged to play a role in ending the occupation.

Mariam Abdelwahab, a 19-year-old Egyp-tian-American and a sophomore at the Uni-versity of Pittsburgh is the group’s new busi-ness manager. She said that people need to know that Israel is an apartheid state, and there are human rights violations there that have been going on for years, “so why would we just turn our face to it?”

Ranem Atia, a 20-year-old Egyp-tian-American and a junior at the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh said, “I’ve come to realize that we have to do something because we’re humans, not merely because we’re Arabs. It’s a goldmine of human rights problems of colonialism, racism, warfare and far more problems that are waiting to be solved, and if we look at one problem, we can be aware of another one, and so on.”

Her expectation this year is to get the word out.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a controversial topic among Israelis, Arabs and non-Arabs around the world. Some view Israel as the devil and Palestine as the victim, while others view it conversely. Some protest against the “continuous bru-tal Israeli occupation”, while others consid-er Israel’s actions as self-defense against the threat of “terrorism” from the Arab world.

Foodie on the half shell:

Olivia BealsStaff Writer

I miss my mom’s eggplant Parmesan so much! Or how about those omelets on Saturdays that your brother makes you? Or the special occasion of actually go-ing out to dinner? These are the types of things I miss about living with my parents.

We have this preconceived notion that a college student’s diet consists of Ramen, pizza and beer. Even if that is normally true, that does not mean it’s a good excuse! We all enjoy feeling good about our health and our body…and I am telling you that hot dogs and those lattes are not helping. There are many ways to lead a college-budget savvy, yet healthy diet, when you’re out on your own.

I have a lot of sympathy for most college students and their cafeteria situation, but after checking our Chatham’s, I don’t have much sympathy for you guys. I know it might appear small compared to other big school’s cafeterias, but the quality was pretty swell.

Your only responsibility is to make sure you pick the right things.

Some simple rules for cafeteria eating: 1. Make sure your plate is colorful! The more color, the more nutrient dense. 2. Only eat what you can take back to your seat in two hands. This helps us not to overeat! 3. Stay away from the dessert…you can do it. When was it ever okay to eat dessert for lunch and dinner at home every day? Sweets are delectable, but not every day.

They are what we call “empty calories”, meaning they fill you with melancholy and empty feelings inside…well, that’s not really what it means, but in other words, sure! It actually means that you are not receiving any nutrients from those calories. What a waste of time. Most junky desserts are like

a really bad boyfriend; they might be fun and irresistible at first, but in the end, they leave you with nothing but a tummy ache.

Maybe you have a little money to spend on some basics from the grocery store? This is when it gets scary. People freak out and buy weird looking soups that we’ve never heard of before, or pizza with six different kinds of meats on it (Oh gosh…does that exist?). Let’s calm down, every-one and make a grocery list for this week: Any kind of berry, Greek yogurt, nuts, your favorite veggies (like onion, mush-rooms, peppers), canned tuna or chicken, pasta, pita pockets, and maybe your favor-ite cheese (I love feta). These are healthy staples that can really last you a while.

Stuff that pita with some veggies, tuna, feta and your favorite vinaigrette, and you have just made a yummy lunch for yourself. Or throw together some chicken, veggies, and pasta, or the berries, yogurt and nuts? So easy, so exquisite, and oh so affordable.

These are steps to create a recipe for success. This is the best time in our lives to begin a healthy lifestyle because we can design it ourselves. We are on our own and independent adults now. To be the best, we must fuel ourselves with the best.

If the food served in your home wasn’t so healthy, tear away from that cycle, and become your own person with your own lifestyle. If you did come from a healthy lifestyle at home, challenge yourself and learn more about what you can do for yourself and maybe your friends. We have no excuses anymore. This is our life now and we control our quest of life. Cre-ate a lively and healthy one for yourself! The jaunt will be much more enjoyable.

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Don’t limit yourself to “college cuisine”

May Elias is an active member of the University of Pitts-burgh’s Students for Justice in Palestine. The next meeting of SJP will be held Wednesday, October 9 at Posvar Hall in front of room 1700 at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Director: Neill Blomkamp

Writers: Neill Blomkamp

Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley

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technology, character motivations and a de-scription of the film’s social tensions. It is a fascinating read and builds audience expec-tations.

These expectations carry into the begin-ning of the film. In the first shots, the cam-era sweeps over a ruined Earth and then ris-es toward Elysium. The camera moves with the rotation of Elysium, bringing to mind Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” After these first few minutes, this poignancy is lost in the rapid pace of the film.

Many issues arise in the world of “Elysi-um”: social breakdown, lack of resources and the use of pervasive technology. Instead of choosing a couple of these themes to analyze thoroughly, Blomkamp cursorily visits all these issues. Clues to this world are dropped in quick lines of dialogue, vanishing before audiences can digest the information.

Key exposition is rushed in order to get to the action. The film never really gives us a reason to care about this social struggle. Audiences are left understanding the how of this world, but not the why.

This rushed analysis is also detrimental to the film’s character development. Poten-

Waiting for Intermission: Review of “Elysium”Meaghan ClohessyStaff Writer Director Neil Blomkamp understands

that a good science fiction film is made by its social commentary. After all, he directed “District 9,” one of the better sci-fi films in the last decade, combining thrilling action with in-depth commentary on the film’s so-cial tensions. With the success of “District 9,” Blomkamp brings high expectations in his latest feature “Elysium.”

In a future crippled with overpopulation, the rich live in the space colony, Elysium, while the poor suffer on the ruined planet below. Max (Matt Damon), a factory worker who dreams of living in Elysium, suffers radi-ation poisoning and is given five days to live.

In the search to get a cure, Max becomes an unwitting hero in the destruction of the social hierarchy between Elysium and Earth. While this film shows promise, social com-mentary is rushed by trying to analyze too much in two hours. Audiences are only given a small glimpse of a clearly nuanced world.

Before watching the film, I glanced at a book of “Elysium” conceptual art. Complied by Mark Salisbury, the book offers a detailed portrayal of Blomkamp’s universe, including

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Music review: “Nothing Was The Same” a concise body of workKayla CopesStaff Writer

Rap Superstar Drake always has the world talking whenever he releases new mu-sic and this time was no different. Everyone was wondering what he was going to do af-ter releasing his double platinum, Grammy award winning album “Take Care.” The an-swer to that is to make another great album, which he did with his third album, “Noth-ing Was The Same.”

This album has Drake going into a differ-ent direction. None of the tracks sound like a typical Drake song and the rapper himself said during an interview that some people will wonder if it’s really him rapping on some of the songs.

One of those tracks is “Worst Behavior”. This song will be a definite hit for the clubs, and it finds the Canadian rapper boasting about how great he is and that before no one cared to listen to his music. That is defi-nitely not the case anymore. Drake switches up his flow from how it usually sounds, and it works.

tially interesting characters are reduced to stale archetypes. You have Max as the savior, Delacourt (Jodie Foster) as the villain fight-ing to maintain Elysium’s pristine image and Kruger (Sharlto Copley) as the rogue assas-sin. Pretty formulaic characters for a complex world.

The film attempts to give these characters depth, but it’s ambiguous at best. A prime ex-ample is the character of Julio (Diego Luna). Throughout most of the film he is built up as the stereotypical drug runner and black marketer, but suddenly he emerges as an anarchist poised to take down Elysium. This character change is treated as heroic, but it is a mystery where his motivations come from.

By the end of the film, audiences are ex-pected to rally behind Julio even though he has given us no reason to do so beforehand. Lack of character sympathy causes audienc-es to be disconnected from the reality of the film, watering down our overall enjoyment. Like many films this summer, “Elysium” failed to live up to the hype. Through rushed analysis, the book is forced shut on Blom-kamp’s world.

Mclohessy@chatham.edu

Another interesting technique that hip-hop fans will appreciate is the sample of part of Mase’s verse from The Notorious B.I.G.’s hit single “Mo Money, Mo Problems”.

One of the standout and possibly the best track on the album is “Too Much”.

Drake gets very personal and goes into detail about his frustrations about try-ing to stay at the top of the rap game. Drake also talks extensively about his family issues on the track.

Another standout track is “From Time” which fea-tures up and coming R&B singer Jhené Aiko. The track is about a girl from Drake’s past and their relationship. Drake also talks about his relationship with his father.

The production is one of the highlights of this album. Drake’s producer, Noah “40” Shebib, did most of the production for this album and one of the

songs that showcases the great production is “Tuscan Leather”. Shebib sampled Whit-ney Houston’s single “I Have Nothing” and flipped the sample three times. Each time during the six minute and six second song Drake switches his flow to match the beat of

the song and it works every time.Listeners were most excited to hear the

Jay-Z assisted “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2”. On his verse, Drake talks about how everyone is talking about who is the best out and how he doesn’t care about it. He also talks about how he wants his re-spect as a rapper.

While Jay-Z talks about his wealth and gives listeners a list of people that he helped become millionaires. Another standout track is the deluxe edition track “Come Thru”. Drake on this song talks about an old flame that he wants to reconnect with. At the 2:19 mark, there is a beat switch up that finds Drake singing and asking the girl whom has been with her since they’ve been apart.

Other tracks include the top ten singles “Started From the Bottom” and “Hold On, We’re Going Home” which features a new group, Majid Jordan. In a recent interview, Drake said that his producer 40 challenged to make a concise body of work in thirteen songs. Drake accomplished just that.

Kcopes@chatham.edu

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Chatham Music Series: A night with composer Reza Vali

Carnegie Museum of Art: Killing viewers with surprisesKayla MentoStaff Writer

As many local Pittsburghers know, the Carnegie Museum of Art always has some-thing a little more than interesting to offer month after month. With the arrival of Car-negie International, most art museum lovers are gearing up for some thrilling exhibitions from artists in Germany all to the way to Ja-pan.

However, an exhibition that is relatively new to the museum in Gallery 16, a part of the modern art gallery, has been wowing its viewers a little more than some past exhibits.

This new exhibit, “I Don’t Like Mon-days” by Karen Kilimnik has the liberty of having its own room, painted all white, which adds to the eerie feeling. Kilimnik specializes in “scatter” art, which is a specific art style that grasps the viewer with its dar-ing factors and interactive tendencies.

Kilimnik was discovered in the early 90s

with this particular style and has continued to shock viewers and press everywhere from Philadelphia all the way to London accord-

ing to cmoa.org. Today, Kilimnik’s eerie and grasping

work of art is provided for viewers and press to talk about right here in Pittsburgh.

Kilimnik’s exhibit portrays the awful elementary school shooting massacre that took place at the Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego on January 29, 1979.

Being an art lover myself, I visited this exhibition. When I walked into the exhibit, first I was captivated by the music playing in the background and the targets displayed on the wall with acrylic red paint dripping out of the bullet holes drilled in the wall to re-enact the fake blood and the thirty-five rounds fired by the gunwoman, Brenda Spencer.

Brenda Spencer, at the time 16 was convicted of the shootings and tried as an adult. Her house was located just across the street from the school.

Spencer shot and killed a custodian and the principal and injured eight children and

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a police officer from her bedroom window. When a journalist called her and asked why she had done it, her response was, “Because I don’t like Mondays.”

This exhibit could not more accurately depict this massacre. Kilimnik captured the terror, sadness, and eerie quality of the mass murder by including pictures of Spencer, newspaper articles, and a boombox playing “I Don’t Like Mondays” by the Boomtown Rats in the background, which adds a lot to the feeling she is trying to give her viewers.

Kilimnik also included objects on the floor: a fake tommy gun, a teddy bear, a few bloody t-shirts, chicken wire, a lunch box, a wiffle bat and a wiffle ball, to add to the ex-perience. This exhibition is still on display to capture the audience and portray a sole decision made by Brenda Spencer on that cold January day in 1979. Spencer is still im-prisoned today age 51-years-old.

On Sept 19, the Chatham music season debuted its Chamber Music Series. The program featured Reza Vali’s “Calligraphy No. 5” (Version for Solo Violin), “Calligraphy No. 10 (Khoiasteh)” and “Three Romantic Songs (Hom-mage a J.B).” Also featured was Schubert’s “Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major ‘Military’ Op. 99, D. 898.” At the perfor-mance was composer Reza Vali himself.

Violinist, Cyrus Forough, began the evening with, “Cal-ligraphy No. 5,” a beautiful Persian inspired piece. Vali ex-plained how the Calligraphy songs are a series of “interwo-ven lines” and are a derivative of the Persian module system.

This system has a completely different way of tuning instruments than that of Western music, and Vali assured the audience Forough was playing the piece correctly and in tune.

Originally intended for guitar, Forough’s interpretation fully expresses the idea of pen on paper. One saw how his violin transformed into paper and his bow into the pen, which he stroked with stern precision. Furthermore, one heard the roughness of paper being scratched by the pen. Embellished with dissonant chords, the piece further illu-minated the idea of an eloquent script.

For Calligraphy No. 10, Forough was joined by cellist Mi-chael Lipman. Vali explained how Forough commissioned this piece, and he clarified the meaning of the title, Khoias-teh—majesty. This Calligraphy differed from the first in that it was a call and response.

Forough began and after a few measures Lipman would

Sarah WeinschenkerStaff Writer

also begin playing the same melody, echoing the first thought played by Forough. One of the most impressive aspects of the piece, was the fact Lipman learned it in two weeks. With the amount of ease in which he played, the audience would have never guessed.

Between the Calligraphy pieces, Forough, with Sung-Im Kim on piano, performed Vali’s Three Romantic Songs. Vali introduced the piece by discussing how it paid homage to Johannes Brahms; Vali pictured Brahms and Schuman (one of Brahms’ closest friends and fellow composers) waltzing in a very clumsy manner.

The meter in the second and third movement, Molto Allegro and Tango Johannes, further exemplified this idea. Like Forough, Kim played with magnificent precision and control, but she also demonstrated a very passionate style.

The concert concluded with Schubert’s “Piano Trio No.1 in B-flat Major.” The piece progressed in a typical Schubert fashion: constantly modulating from major to minor. While previously Forough’s sound was hard and gritty, here he played with a much more legato sound (but still within his style). However, one of the most enjoyable aspects of this piece was watching the musicians play off of each other and seeing the pure enjoyment on their faces.

With three wonderful musicians present and one com-poser, a lover of music couldn’t have had a better time. Hearing first hand from a composer is one of those once in a lifetime opportunities. If you’re looking for a classical-ly entertaining time with talented musicians, check out the 2013-14 Music Season here at Chatham. All events are free for Chatham faculty and students.

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horoscopesElizabeth SawyerStaff Writer

Virgo (August 23-September 22): “Nobody puts baby in a corner!” (Dirty Dancing)

Libra (September 23-October 23): No wire hangers, ever! (Mommie Dearest)

Scorpio (October 24-November 21): “Momma always said ‘Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.’” (Forrest Gump) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21): “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!” (Wizard of Oz)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19): “Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it.” (The Lion King)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18): “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)

Pisces (February 19-March 20): “If you love someone…you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by.” (My Best Friend’s Wedding)

Aries (March 21-April 19): “Stop trying to make fetch happen; it’s never going to happen.” (Mean Girls)

Gemini (May 21-June 21): “If you build it, s/he will come.” (Field of Dreams) Taurus (April 20-May 20): “Keep your friends close but your enemies clos-er.” (Godfather: Part II)

Cancer (June 22-July 22): “We’ll always have Paris.” (Casablanca)

Leo (July 23-August 22): “Fasten your seatbelts! It’s going to be a bumpy ride” (All About Eve)

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How do you feel about J.K. Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” being made into a film?

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“Well, I read that book when I was little, when she first came out with it, and I thought it was really cool... I feel like some people might be disappointed in it. It’s kind of a like a guide, like a handbook...I think it would be really hard to make into a movie since it was so tiny, but I think it would be really cool.”– Anna McDevitt, Junior

“I don’t know. I think it could be cool. I think this is a much better decision for a way for her to continue with the Harry Pot-ter universe rather than, you know, writing about books about Harry’s kids or some-thing and like continue the saga because I feel like it’s done”– Erika Ramsey , Senior

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Lauren PlummerStaff Writer

All Chatham students, faculty, staff and Chatham community members are encour-aged to attend a yoga class taught by Hallie Arena in the AFC dance studio on Thurs-days. These classes are donation based, and each month has a designated fund to which 100% of attendees’ generous donations will be given.

Hallie Arena, a Chatham University alumna, has been teaching sweat and smile filled yoga classes in the AFC dance studio every Thursday. For the month of Septem-ber, all donations went towards the Student Emergency Fund. Under the direction of Zauyah Waite, vice president for student affairs and dean of students, the fund pro-vides students with limited financial assis-tance when they are unable to meet instan-taneous, necessary expenses because of a temporary hardship related to an emergen-cy situation. All of September’s donations helped benefit students in need during a personal, hard time.

Each month the Give What You Can Yoga class will benefit a new organization.

According to Arena, Oct. donations will be for Relay for Life, Nov. will be for St. Jude’s Hospital, and Dec. will be for the Pittsburgh Food Bank.

“The idea was to make yoga affordable for everyone on campus and in the Cha-tham community, but still be able to give back to the community,” Arena said. “One hundred percent of the donations are given to the organization or fund; even if a stu-dent contributes 50 cents, they are still mak-ing a big difference.”

“This is the first year for the program and I really hope it can continue,” Arena said. “Donations have gone down less and less each class, but hopefully the students will continue to benefit from the practice and will be able to give what they can in

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support of these causes and organizations.”Arena completed her 200 level Teach

Training through South Hills Power Yoga in July 2013 and began teaching immediately. Throughout the summer, Hallie taught the “Free Yoga in the Park” in Schenley Plaza and currently teaches a PED course at Cha-tham three days a week. Along with teach-ing the Give What You Can Yoga classes at Chatham, Arena also teaches at South Hills Power Yoga in Dormont, PA.

“I started practicing yoga about five years ago, but it took nearly two years for me to begin to even enjoy the practice, let alone feel the benefits of it once I stepped off my mat,” Arena said. “Every time I leave my mat and finish a practice I’m inspired to be a better person; and I wanted to be that person to inspire others.”

For more information on the Give What You Can Yoga times and dates, check mychatham.edu under Happenings. Be sure to grab your mat and a few bucks, and join Arena for her next class! Give what you can to the community, and you will not only ex-perience an hour of an exhilarating yoga ses-sion, but a sense of care for others as well.

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Swimming and Diving:

Saturday Oct. 12, 12 p.m.Thomas More CollegeCrestview Hills, KY

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Tuesday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m.Bethany CollegePittsburgh, PA

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