ThurtenE Carnival 2016
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ThurtenE Carnival 2016
the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878 VOLUME 137, NO. 53 WWW.STUDLIFE.COM MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 STL BY METRO Soulard Farmers’ Market perfect for warm weather (Scene, pg 6) SOFTBALL Bears dominate with six wins over the weekend (Sports, pg 4) EDITORIAL CARTOON (Forum, pg 8) ThurtenE Carnival 2016 CATE JIANG | STUDENT LIFE Carnival goers ride the Ferris wheel at the annual ThurtenE Carnival. The carnival also features facades, constructed by pairs of Greek organizations, and was held in front of Brookings this weekend. For more photos from the carnival, see page 3. East St. Louis residents Architecture school to ban carcinogenic material by fall 2016 talk positive change, RORY MATHER CONTRIBUTING REPORTER Styrene, a white plastic that is mass produced and used in a variety of commercial items such as Styrofoam cups and takeout containers, is commonly used by students in College of Architecture for making architectural models. The material, however, is known to have harmful effects on humans. In 2014, the National Research Council signed off on the National Toxicology Program’s decision to characterize styrene as “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.” In accordance with this movement, the architecture school has taken its own steps to begin phasing out student’s use of the cancer-causing material. The school is discussing the health concern and exploring alternative materials, Dean of Sam Fox Carmon Colangelo told Student Life in an email. He added that a number of architecture schools have already banned the material and that Sam Fox plans to do so by next fall. Since word of styrene’s toxicity has spread, cities all across the United States have undertaken campaigns to reduce its ubiquity. As of June 2015, cities in 10 different states have officially banned styrene with three others considering to follow suit. Often, architecture students are required to sand, laser cut or melt styrene, which spreads particles of the material into the air. According to the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, inhalation of styrene can causes feelings similar to those of intoxication, and in serious cases, liver damage. Many current architecture students are excited about the removal of styrene mainly because of the various health hazards. Sophomore Eve Bobrow said styrene’s unhealthy effects can be heavily felt in the architecture studio. “When everyone is using it, you could definitely feel a difference in the air,” Bobrow said. “Sometimes I have to leave studio because I get such bad headaches. There were even times where I felt like I had chronic headaches because everyone was using styrene for their final models.” It’s not just the styrene itself that can cause irritations—in order to join two pieces of styrene, students have to use a solvent called Weld-On. The fumes from this solvent have similar effects as the styrene dust when inhaled, which has lead students and professors alike to nickname the solvent “poison.” Sophomore Kevin He described how the dangers of styrene were never detailed in full—even into his second year at Sam Fox. “When I came into the art school, the professors just told us that styrene was dangerous, but never told us about all the problems with it,” He said. “We never had a safety tutorial. I learned how to use styrene through trial and error and out of all the materials we use here, styrene puts us in the most amount of danger.” Bobrow noted that alongside the lack of information is a lack of proper safety equipment in case of an emergency. “One of the guys accidentally squirted ‘poison’ in his eye, and when he went to the wash his eyes out, there was no eyewash in the eyewash bottle,” Bobrow said. The ban may be an opportunity to expand creativity in the architecture school, He believes. “Sometimes I feel like instructors force us to use styrene,” He said. “Design and creativity is being limited by styrene, and I wish instructors would showcase other materials and how to use them.” Although some students are vocal about the banning of styrene, others are worried that it will negatively impact their work and productivity. Sophomore Sam Landay explained that it’s not uncommon for architecture students to put their projects before their health. “I like styrene because you can get it in so many different shapes and sizes,” Landay said. “It’s cheaper than wood and you can heat it to change its shape. You can do the same thing with other materials like wood, but it’s much more labor-intensive.” Even outspoken opponents of styrene admit the necessity of utilizing the material. “I definitely still use styrene,” Bobrow said. “In fact, my last model was made entirely of styrene. People aren’t penalized when using styrene, but it is definitely considered the standard. I know that if you don’t have styrene models in your portfolio, that looks weird in architecture.” Various other architecture faculty members contacted by Student Life declined to comment on their stance on the styrene ban. WU’s role in community KATIE MARCUS SENIOR NEWS EDITOR Residents of East St. Louis gathered to discuss their experiences living in a city prone to adversity and how they envision positive change manifesting in their dynamic communities on Thursday night Voices of East St. Louis, a subset of Project East St. Louis (PESL) that aims to amplify the voices of East St. Louis community members, hosted the panel, which included a current high school student, a health care professional, a mother and community organizer, a minister and an established grocer, all from the East St. Louis community. Organizers of the event noted that while last year’s panel focused on examining some of the issues in East St. Louis from an academic lens, the focus this year was to let community members share their experiences directly with students. Minister Greg Witherspoon, the first panelist to speak, worked for Anheuser-Busch for 10 years before beginning his vocational service at New Life Community Church in East St. Louis in 2010. He noted that although there remains room for improvement, he has seen a distinct shift in the cooperation within the community. “We’re seeing partnering like we’ve never seen before,” Witherspoon said. “We see community activists, store owners, parents, students, people beginning to say, ‘We are East St. Louis’, and there’s a new representation that’s starting to emerge in the city.” Jabari Conrad spoke on behalf of Bond Ave Fish and Poultry, a fourth generation grocery store currently owned by his father. The store has been housed in East St. Louis for over 70 years, where Conrad oversees its daily operations. He noted that a huge factor in encouraging growth is helping people discover and monetize their skill sets, a notion in line with the original industrialist ideals on which St. Louis was built. “The ability to maneuver, move and change and affect the growth of the community from within is something I’ve noticed to be not just a change but a good change, as far as the city’s concerned,” Conrad said. Another voice on the panel came from Bhagya Kolli, the director of nutrition services at East Side Health District and a leader in various public health initiatives in St. Louis that include access to fresh food, breastfeeding counseling and diabetes prevention. She shared her experiences teaching women and encouraging them to pass on the knowledge to others, which over time lead to multiple women pursuing nursing degrees and getting jobs within hospitals. “There’s so much talent out there. It just takes a little something to say, ‘You’ve got it. Use it,” Kolli said. Mother of three and East St. Louis community organizer Lettie Hicks emphasized the importance of identifying your passion and then taking action in a way that gets you excited. “In order to react, you have to act,” SEE PANEL, PAGE 2 Offstage: an interview with CHERUB LINDSAY TRACY SENIOR CADENZA EDITOR Before the spring concert last Thursday, I sat down with CHERUB duo Jason Huber and Jordan Kelley. They lounged on couches on the upper floor of the Pageant with their bulldog George, who immediately jumped on me. Over the course of the next hour, I got to know Jordan, whose relaxed eloquence surprised me, and Jason, whose childlike enthusiasm and joking consistently weaved through the conversation. They had a rhythm of speaking together and joking together, even sometimes finishing each others’ thoughts, and both were clearly grounded in genuine appreciation of their lives and their band. STUDENT LIFE: Fate has played a big role in how you guys met. How do you think fate in general has shaped CHERUB’s popularity and how you’ve developed? JASON HUBER: Even in releas- STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE ing the first record, we never picked SEE CHERUB, PAGE 5 CHERUB vocalist Jordan Kelley riffs during the bridge of one of the group’s songs. The band played an hour set preceeded by Wash. U.’s own DJ Alter. CONTACT BY POST CONTACT BY EMAIL CONTACT BY PHONE ONE BROOKINGS DRIVE #1039 #330 DANFORTH UNIVERSITY CENTER ST. LOUIS, MO 63130-4899 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] NEWSROOM 314.935.5995 ADVERTISING 314.935.6713 FAX 314.935.5938 2 STUDENT LIFE KATIE MARCUS | SENIOR NEWS EDITOR | [email protected] theflipside EVENT CALENDAR MONDAY 18 Lecture: “Thinking Inside The Box” Steinberg Hall Auditorium, noon Robert Cole, co-founding principal of ColePrevost, will deliver Ruth & Norman Moore Visiting Professor Lecture. Sponsored by Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series. TUESDAY 19 Filling in the Puzzle Pieces: Personal Perspectives on Autism Seigle Hall, Room 109, 5:30 p.m. As part of Autism Awareness Week, the NightOff program is holding an informal panel discussion. Psychology professor Leonard Green will be talking about the awareness of autism and the vaccine controversy and Dr. John Constantino from the Medical School will talk about his research on the genetic basis of autism and the effect on non-spectrum siblings. WEDNESDAY 20 History Colloquium Busch Hall, Room 18, 3:30 p.m. “Rethinking the Long Reformation: Purity, Purgation, and Religious Refugees in the Early Modern World” Nick Terpstra, University of Toronto. Sponsored by the Department of History. POLICE BEAT April 10 Larceny—Complainant reported that she lost her wallet in Bears Den, which was later found and returned to her missing $80 cash. Disposition: Pending April 14 Larceny—Complainant reports his unsecured bicycle was stolen from outside Lee Hall. Loss to be determined. Disposition: Pending April14 Larceny— Complainant’s unsecured, unattended phone was stolen from his bag on the south side of Mudd Field. Loss $600. Disposition: Pending MONDAY 18 PARTLY CLOUDY 80 / 60 MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 TUESDAY 19 WEDNESDAY 20 AM SHOWERS 72 / 57 THUNDERSHOWERS 70 / 56 Fontbonne bests WU at capture the flag SAM SEEKINGS NEWS EDITOR Over a hundred Washington University and Fontbonne University students came together Saturday to participate in a capture the flag match between the two student bodies, with Fontbonne leaving as the victor in the competition. The match, which was organized by the Congress of the South 40, the North Side Association (NSA) and Fontbonne’s Residence Hall Association (RHA), allowed students to interact with their peers at nearby institutions in a fun, relaxed environment. The match contradicts what many students consider a long pattern of general apathy between the two student bodies. Organizers said they hope it will serve as the starting point for a growing relationship between the two schools. Jared Kramer, junior and NSA director of finance, noted that among the events organizers, feelings of camaraderie had been growing since the two groups met at the Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (MACURH) Conference. “So [CS40 Director of Development Poorva Jain] and I went to MACURH, and we met the Fontbonne student leaders there and just started talking to them,” he said. “We were talking about how we’re neighboring schools, but we never really get together or do anything, how we never really see each other, so the idea started naturally because we wanted an event where people could kind of meet our next door neighbors.” From this original inspiration, the three organizations worked together to make the event a reality, procuring funding from MACURH for the collaborative event. After initially planning a series of Olympic-style competitions, the organizers decided instead to host a capture the flag match to increase attendance. “Originally we were going to try to do some sort of Olympics thing, but because CS40 had already put on the Residential College Olympics earlier in the year, we didn’t really see a point in doing the same thing again, because people wouldn’t show up,” Jain said. “So we decided to do capture the flag instead.” In these terms, Jain believes the event was a success. “We went into this not knowing what was going to happen,” she said. “It could’ve gone both ways, but over 130 people showed up and we saw real interaction between Wash. U. and Fontbonne students.” Considering the success of the event, organizers are looking to continue collaborating next year. “Both schools came together, and a lot of students were asking why we don’t have more events like this,” RHA Vice President DeMarcus Davis said. “We’re actually all having another meeting next week about potentially having a zombie nerf war next year.” subsections: one designed for academic guidance and tutoring, one in the medical clinic and Voices of St. Louis, the third, which held the panel and focuses on advocacy. “They’re really receptive to [Washington University] people making long-term connections with the community,” Yang said. She said a main message throughout the panel was that change begins with understanding. “The panelists emphasized taking the time to listen to what people are saying instead of just forcing a solution on them,” Yang said. Junior Risha Shah, also a member of PESL, noted that while Washington University students have an ability to make a difference in the East St. Louis community, students that reach out may find that there is a lot to gain on both sides. “There’s a lot to be learned by going to communities where you don’t necessarily fit in immediately or you don’t have a lot in common,” Shah said. Sophomore Kourtney Kroll attended the event and was impressed by the content each panelist put forth. “They all had a unique message and perspective to give and that really came across well throughout the entire discussion,” Kroll said. “It really made me think about the types of impacts I want to make and how my time here can help me do that.” PANEL FROM PAGE 1 Hicks said. “You have to take steps towards that reaction.” She noted that while some may be complacent, keeping to themselves and not working for the sake of the community, significant change requires more than just going about your daily life. “If that’s all you’re going to do, what changes are you going to see?” Hicks said. Aspiring artist and current East St. Louis Senior High School student Andra Lang Jr. spoke of his experience attending public school in the community, and noted that a general lack of self-worth and ambition amongst students often holds people back from achievement—starting at a young age. He suggested that Washington University students looking to help encourage East St. Louis youth to dream big need to engage in real, empathic relationships with them. “First and foremost build their trust, and once you have that established, start to inspire them,” Lang said. Conquering the negative mindset, however, is no small feat, he added. “That’s going to be hard. You have to in some way break through all of that,” he said. Sophomore and PESL member Sarah Yang said that the enthusiasm for putting on the panel was clear from both sides of the engagement and was aided by the connections previously established by the group through its three Need an apartment ? Win Cardinals Tickets in may! Enter to win a pair of prime tickets. 12+ month lease must begin in April, May or June. A basement gastro pub with an Italian accent and playful attitude offering an intimate dining experience and a feast for the senses. 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Members from the surrounding community flocked to the annual carnival this weekend for food, games and rides. HOLLY RAVAZZOLO | STUDENT LIFE Sorority Alpha Episilon Phi and fraternity Theta Xi collaborated to build a arcade-themed full facade. The structure was one of three built by Wash. U. Greek life organizations for the carnival. SPB SPRING CONCERT AT PAGEANT STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE CHERUB duo Jordan Kelley (left) and Jason Huber perform on the Pageant’s stage Thursday night. HOLLY RAVAZZOLO | STUDENT LIFE HOLLY RAVAZZOLO | STUDENT LIFE CHERUB frontman Jordan Kelley sings to an enthusiastic Wash. U. crowd at the SPB-run concert. The Nashville, Tenn. duo, known for their song “Doses & Mimosas,” produces electro-pop funk music, using synths and a talk box for their signature sound. Washington University freshman Zach Alter (DJ Alter) opens for Cherub at the Pageant as part of SPB’s spring concert. ADJUNCT CELEBRATION RALLY STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE Michael O’Bryan, center, leads cheers outside Olin Library on the Wash. U. campus Thursday afternoon. The night before, adjunct professors reached an agreement with the University regarding wages and job security. STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE People rally outside Olin Library to celebrate an agreement between Wash. U. and adjunct professors. Attendees also used the time to show support for the Show me $15 movement. 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(WUSMI). Student Life is a financially and editorially independent, student-run newspaper serving the Washington University community. Our newspaper is a publication of WUSMI and does not necessarily represent the views of the Washington University administration. SPORTS 4 STUDENT LIFE AARON BREZEL | SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR | [email protected] MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 Baseball triumphs in extra innings against Chicago AARON BREZEL SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR It took 15 innings, 4 1/2 hours, six pitchers, 18 hits and one botched ground ball, but the Washington University baseball team pulled out a long-winded 6-5 victory over the University of Chicago Saturday afternoon, in the first game of a doubleheader. With bases loaded and one out, freshman designated hitter Wright Lindgren topped a soft ground ball down the third baseline. The third baseman had the ball tip off his glove and had to rush the throw home. By then, it was already too late. Senior center fielder Max Golembo scored from third to end the marathon. “I’ve coached some extra inning games and some, believe it or not, even longer than that,” head coach Pat Bloom said. “I think what it really tests is our guys’ mental toughness and their ability to overcome fatigue and overcome setbacks throughout the game.” There were plenty of setbacks. In both the 10th and 11th innings, the Bears had a runner in scoring position with one out, only to ground into inning-ending double plays. In the 14th, Lindgren was thrown out trying to advance from second to home on a single by senior catcher Kyle Kozak. Had Bloom held Lindgren at third, the Bears would have had runners on first first and second with one out. However, Bloom cited scouting as the reason for the aggressive send. “We knew that the left fielder was probably the lesser of the three [outfielders] in terms of arm strength. He just happened to come up, get a hop and make a good throw,” Bloom said. “Give him credit for doing it.” In total, the Bears left 17 men on base in the game and went 1-7 with runners in scoring position from the ninth inning onward. It took a hit by pitch, a bunt single with an errant throw and an intentional walk to set the stage in the bottom of the 15th. Even Wash. U.’s decisive run was miscue-aided. “We had a lot of missed opportunities offensively, but we did enough defensively to continue to throw zero’s up and give our offense a chance to squeak one across the board,” Bloom said. Defense proved crucial on more than one occasion. In the 10th, junior Scott Nelson made a leaping grab on a wind-aided line drive to left field for the first out of the inning. Two batters later, junior Ben Browdy ranged to his right, made a diving stop and threw to first for the third out of the inning. Then in the 12th, Golembo made a full extension dive with two outs and the bases loaded to save at least two runs. In between those flashy plays, Kozak threw out a runner attempting to steal second in the 11th and picked a runner off second in the 13th. All of this defensive effort worked in support of a fiveman relief corps that put together seven innings of one-run ball in support of junior Brad Margolin who went eight innings, allowing four runs and collecting six strikeouts. After Chicago tied the game 5-5 on a wild pitch in the ninth, Chicago mustered just three hits and struck out five times in the final six innings. Sophomore Alex Truss pitched the final three and a third inning to earn his second win of the season. At the plate, the Bears struck first with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, with RBIs from junior first baseman Tate Maider, Kozak and Golembo. Chicago then knotted the score with a pair of runs in the fifth and a run on a throwing error by Margolin in the sixth. Junior shortstop Austin Darmawan gave the Bears the lead again with a triple to left center, scoring junior third basemen Spencer Egly. Both teams traded runs in the eighth before Chicago scored in the ninth to send the game to extra innings. Lindgren’s winning ground ball would have been a cathartic bookend for a tiring day, only there was still another game to play. Luckily for the Bears and their stamina, game two’s 11-1 victory over Chicago followed a much different script. Wash. U. hit .388 with runners in scoring position, and Nelson, now on the mound, gave the Bears a complete-game, seven-inning performance, allowing one run and one walk while striking out three. “Obviously we were all exhausted,” Darmawan said STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE Junior Ben Browdy covers first base in the Bears’ 15-inning win against University of Chicago on Saturday afternoon. The Bears won two of three games in the Alumni Weekend triple-header against University of Chicago. of the back-to-back games. “We played 15 innings before that and to have a pitcher come out and throw strikes like that is just huge. It’s all you need to do—it gets us pumped. He’s got to be tired too…To see him give all that he’s got is just awesome to see.” Nelson’s performance becomes even more impressive once you remember that he also played nine innings in left field. He relieved junior Christian Santos in the seventh inning, and then stayed on until the completion of the game. It’s not standard practice to send starting pitchers out into the field for extended periods of time only hours before they throw, but it’s fair to say Bloom did not realize Nelson would essentially have to play a complete game before heading out to the mound. Nelson’s complete-game start also helped preserve a bullpen that had to cover seven innings in the game before and could be called upon to pitch the next day, in the Bears’ third and final game against Chicago. The Bears scored three runs in the opening three innings but blew the game wide open in the fourth, with seven runs on six hits. After a single, walk and hit by pitch loaded the bases with one out, Darmawan, Golembo, Santos and Browdy strung together four singles to drive in six runs. A single by Maider, scoring Browdy, rounded out the scoring. The Bears would tack on another run in the fifth on an RBI ground out by Golembo before settling in for the 10-run victory. Santos made up for his 0-3 performance with six men left on base in the first game of the doubleheader by going 4-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Other notables for the Bears were Golembo, who collected a game-high three RBIs, Browdy, who went 2-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and Darmawan who scored four runs. In the final game of the weekend, the Bears were stymied for just six hits in an 11-2 loss. The two runs the Bears scored came on one swing of the bat, a two run shot to left field off the bat of Browdy in the bottom of the fourth. Meanwhile, senior Julian Clarke was tagged for 11 hits and six runs in six innings, for his fourth loss of the season. With the 2-1 weekend, the Bears improve to 22-13. Even after playing 31 innings of baseball this weekend, the Bears will not have much of a breather. They take Kelly Field again on Tuesday for a 3:30 p.m. game against Millikin University. Softball collects six wins against Greenville, Golf ends season Principia, Blackburn in dominant weekend with fourth place finish in final match ROHAN GUPTA SPORTS EDITOR SKYLER KESSLER | STUDENT LIFE Catcher Halle Steinberg slides into home plate in the Bears’ first game of their doubleheader against Principia on Friday evening. The Bears won the 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. games 11-0 and 8-0, respectively. AARON BREZEL SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Facing opponents with a combined 17-47-1 record heading into the weekend, the No. 18 Washington University softball team dominated and earned six victories. On Thursday, the Bears traveled to Greenville College for a pair of 9-0, 6-1 wins. The next day, the Red and Green shut out Principia College at home 11-0 and 8-0. Finally on Sunday, they were off at Blackburn College securing two victories, 9-0 and 10-2. Here is everything you need to know from the weekend. TOP PERFORMERS As one might expect, a lot of Bears had strong performances, but it was junior left fielder Hannah Mehrle who stood out, with a 12-21 weekend. After going hitless in her last two games from the previous weekend, Mehrle raised her average to 0.477, while collecting 10 RBIs and scoring six runs. When she wasn’t shutting down opposing hitters to the tune of nine hits and 17 strikeouts in 13 innings of work, sophomore Maggie Clapp also finished the weekend with nine hits and seven RBIs. The Bears’ workhorse, senior Annie Pitkin, only made three appearances in the six game weekend but still managed to tally 19 strikeouts in 15 innings, while only allowing four hits. Gauden and Anna McKee enlightened onlookers as they saw their first action on mound this weekend since the middle of March. In the second game against Principia, Gauden relieved Clapp in the third inning. She pitched three innings, allowing one hit and striking out five to earn the win. McKee relieved her for the final inning and struck out two. The Bears followed the same formula in their second game against Blackburn. This time, Gauden gave up two unearned runs in three innings of work, while McKee struck out the side in the sixth. PITCHING DEPTH ON DISPLAY OTHER NOTABLES With Clapp and Pitkin so dependable and consistent, it is easy to forget how deep the Bears rotation goes. Sophomores Mackenzie With eight games to play, freshman Taylor Arends (44), junior Janet Taylor (41) and Mehrle (39) are all within striking distance for the single season runs-scored record of 48, which was set in 2010 by Ashton Hitchcock. Pitkin finished the weekend with 206 strikeouts on the year, crossing the 200-strikeout threshold for the second straight year. Were the season to end today, Taylor would set the single-season on base percentage record with a 0.554 mark. Taylor tops that threshold thanks in part to her 22 walks, which also currently ties a single season record. UP NEXT Next weekend, the Bears will begin the first leg of an eight-game home stand to close out the season. This Saturday, it’s a doubleheader against Monmouth College (Ill.) for senior day. Last season against Monmouth, Pitkin set the single-game strikeout record with 18. The No. 14 Washington University golf team used a final round 307 to snag fourth place in its final match of the season at the 2016 Kathy Niepagan Spring Fling this weekend in Joliet, Ill. The Bears sat at fourth place in the 21-team field after posting an opening round 313 on Saturday. Still, the Red and Green had to work hard to maintain its standing in the tight field. When all was said and done, No. 11 DePauw University finished in third place just one stroke ahead of the Bears and No. 2 Wittenberg University clocked in at fifth, with just two behind. With the teams jostling for position, all three posted a 19-over-par 307 on Sunday to finish the tournament in the same order in which they had finished Saturday. Indiana Institute of Technology and host No. 27 Illinois Wesleyan University tied for first, six strokes better than Wash. U. Senior Connie Zhou led the Bears with an evenpar 72 in the final round. Zhou was one of just six individuals to shoot par or better in either round this weekend. Zhou, ranked No. 52 in the nation individually, tied for fifth with four others on the individual leaderboard with a weekend total of 149. The performance helped the three-time All-American earn All-Tournament Team honors in the final game of her Wash. U. career. Junior Jessica Wibawa (155) and sophomore Erin Drolet (158) also cracked the top-25, tying for 18th and 25th, respectively. Freshman Hanna Jia (165) finished 48th, while senior Erin Lawrence posted a season-best six-over on Sunday to finished tied for 55th in her final tournament at Wash. U. The Bears conclude the season ranked No. 14 in the country in head coach Ellen Port’s inaugural season. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 LINDSAY TRACY | SENIOR CADENZA EDITOR | [email protected] STUDENT LIFE 5 CHERUB FROM PAGE 1 the single from it. It wasn’t like “this is the song that everyone needs to listen to.”We kind of released the albums as a whole [and] then responded to what other people were responding to. Songs like “Doses & Mimosas”—we made a video for that because people were into it. So, it’s kind of one of those things where we reacted a lot to what was going on, as opposed to trying to steer things from the beginning, and it’s allowed us to really have some organic growth from the beginning, as opposed to trying to hold onto a radio hit or something like that. It’s allowed us to slowly build fan bases up from the beginning and because of that we have a bunch of really cool people that keep coming out to the shows to hang out with us. It’s really awesome. when to back off and when to push something. There definitely was a honeymoon phase when we first met. Probably after a year or two, we probably got on each others’ nerves for a while, trying to figure out what each others’ role was and battling personality-wise to a certain extent. After that, it was like we get each other now, and everything’s been super cool. It was never like at each others’ throats. We’ve always worked things out the day of the dispute; we don’t let things fester forever and then want to kill each other months down the road and bring up some s---. It was just a matter of understanding each other. We do have a lot of similarities and a lot of differences. JORDAN KELLY: Yeah, JK: Jason is more—not the first show we played in St. Louis was to like five people, like 3 1/2 or four years ago. anal—but more detailfocused. He’s very picky about things. JH: I remember that the pro- some things I don’t give a s--- about. life— JK: Which is one of those get arrested for f---ing tax evasion. moter felt bad for us, and he was like, “I’m not supposed to pay you, but I’m going to pay you something or else you won’t have gas money, and I know that.” But now it’s really cool! We come into town and play Old Rock House. We’re getting to play here at the Pageant tonight. We’re super stoked—it’s been a couple years of coming here to St. Louis; it’s been really fun. SL: What are your main differences? JH: Certain things— things where it’s not bad. I’m super passive about things, and sometimes it’s good to be lax, and sometimes, I end up being like “Dammit. I f--ing shouldn’t have been that lax about it.” SL: Jason, what kind of STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE Jordan Kelley of the musical duo CHERUB sings on stage at the Pageant Thursday night. The band headlined Social Programming Board’s spring concert. JH: Oh, dude, we would JK: I would have a really hard time. SL: Do you have a least favorite part of being on tour? things are you not relaxed about? JL: (immediately) Laundry. JK: Yeah, it’s been dope. JK: Everything. that at home anyways? SL: I know a lot of your JH: I’m not that uptight! JK: When you’re on tour, songs are based on real life experiences. What’s your brainstorming process—like in translating those experiences into music? I think of myself as a laid-back person. I smoke so much weed—I can’t be uptight! I’m pretty particular about our live show stuff and how things get done. One of the reasons why I’m super particular about that stuff is [that] in what we’re doing, there never really is a right answer. There are a million different ways to get one thing done. There might be five or six different right ways to do it, but the reason why I like to do it my way is so I know absolutely everything that’s going on, from start to finish. And if there’s some issue, I know right where to hop in to start fixing it...With that said, there are plenty of times where I won’t know what city we’re going to next and only know that because our tour manager put it in the calendar. And [we] keep our hands in every part of the process. the venues a lot of times have a washer and dryer, but everybody wants to do the laundry in the bus, so you have 12 to 13 people trying to hit up the dryer, so it’s always over-flooded. And you’re dirtier on tour. JH: I know our brainstorming process. This is one of my favorite things to say! In our new record, we were moved into a new studio space. So, it hasn’t been quite like this, but I used to wake up all the time—Jordan and I have rooms that connect with each other, almost like one of those little hotel doors. I would wake up all the time to hearing plunking around with some little samples and maybe some keys. And 15 minutes later it turns into a loop, and then a little baseline would come in with some chords. Then I would hear Jordan start singing nonsense to himself for the next hour or so. (Imitates Jordan) Not actually saying real words! JK: When you’re figuring out lyrics, you’ve got to. JH: A certain syllable would create a certain feeling, and you could hold onto that idea and start writing around it and stuff like that. A lot of it’s not necessarily done with intention on the way into it, but it’s about what is inspiring along the way and what just feels right. SL: How do you guys influence each other? How has that evolved and shaped your music? JK: A big thing for me and Jason is [that] we’re alike in a lot of ways, but we’re really different in a lot of ways. Making things work has been [about] understanding our personalities and knowing what our strong points and weaknesses are and JK: You hear about musicians being grown little kids, and it’s because they’re in a situation once they go on tour [where] if they start playing and getting enough of a pull [they] can literally start getting babied for everything. If you have a tour manager, it’s like your mom when you were 10 [years old]. JH: It’s like the movie “Spinal Tap”— “I just want bigger bread.” JK: It’s pretty crazy, to the point where, between our tour manager and business manager, I don’t even own a key to anything. JH: I have a lot of keys. JK: If things started going south and Ryan and Paul were to bounce out of my SL: Wouldn’t you have to do JH: Also, the 75 percent sick thing. People won’t get actually sick-sick. If you’re actually sick sick, you’ll quarantine yourself in a hotel room and get better. But you’re never quite 100 percent. You’ll always get the sniffles and a little cough. You’re a little run down, like you’re operating on 75 percent health. It’s just the nature of the beast. You have 13 people living in a tour bus for three months at a time. You’re constantly changing climates and allergens that you’re being exposed to. You’re working into the wee hours of the morning and sleeping during the daytime like a vampire. You put that all down on paper and it’s like, “Tight. You’re going to get sick.” SL: If you could give a piece of advice to yourselves when you [were] in college, what would it be? JK: Mine is bad. JH: Drop out and make more music! JK: I would’ve spent a and I would’ve dropped out way sooner. set. First of all, Japanese people are— JH: That and it’s fun for us. JH: I would say take your JH: Super punctual. weirdos! time and get the most out of it that you possibly can. You might not necessarily get everything inside of the classroom. The most valuable things I learned was the network of people and the skills and experiences I made. But I was also there for 5 1/2 years—definitely took my time. I worked on campus booking all of the events, like the Social Programming Board that booked us for tonight. I used to have that job at our school. JK: This ain’t his first rodeo. JH: Meeting all of those people and learning all of those things got directly applied to CHERUB in our first formative months and years. And the other thing is [that] it’s just so much fun. You only get to do it once, so just do the f--- out of it while you’re there. We’re still managing to find ways to pretend we’re in college, by playing at colleges and going out to to parties afterward and stuff, but if I had the chance to just hang out and throw more house parties, I’d definitely do that. JK: Jason likes house parties. If I’m blackout, I’ll have a great time at [a house party], but if someone asked me what I like to do, I wouldn’t be mentioning house party. SL: What’s been your favorite place that you’ve been on tour? JH: (immediately) Hawaii. JK: Hands down, for me, Tokyo. JH: Tokyo is a close second. Amsterdam! JK: Amsterdam’s a close month making all the contacts I did. So many people went to [Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)]. The networking was crazy, but what I got out of it was just debt, which luckily we’ve been able to pay off. third. In Tokyo, the first show we ever played was super nerve-wracking because we came with our gear. And it’s always mishandled whenever we fly. The first show we played was at a festival named Summer Sonic. JH: I got a lot out of school. JH: Summer Sonic! JK: I would say make as JK: There [were] probably many contacts as possible, about 3,000 people for our JK: We meet a lot of JK: Super punctual—we JH: Our options are [to] sit were running late because there was a line check. S--was just going wrong for that set. But the thing about it was [that] while we were sound checking, all 3,000 people just [stared at us]. there bored in a hotel room and watch the same set of pay-per-view movies that you can see every time— JH: In silence! ple, make new friends, see a new place and get into something weird. That sounds way way more appealing to me. I’d rather take the opportunities that we are so lucky to have. I don’t understand how there are people that don’t do that. It’s so much fun. People are so delightfully weird! And we’re included in that—everyone’s a weirdo. There are so many different types of weird that you’ll get to encounter; it’s awesome. JK: And [they] don’t talk, as a respect issue. But as an American, where people don’t shut the f--- up at all during the whole show, it was like, “What is going on?” They were whispering. It was very odd for sure. But Tokyo definitely, for the cultural experience, was my favourite. SL: It sounds like you hang out with your fans a lot. How did that originally start? JK: For $17.99... JH: —or go meet new peo- JK: And whenever you’re started because we didn’t have any choice. traveling, you’re always wondering what the locals do. And all locals come to our shows, so why the f--- would we not listen to them? JH: We were playing shows JH: The worst case scenario to five people—no friends. is it’s a really s---ty time, but then that probably ends up making for a really great story later that we laugh about, so everybody wins. JK: Well, it originally JK: Which one of you motherf---ers is letting us sleep on the couch? I think unintentionally that’s how it started, but me and Jason, in general, are very appreciative of people supporting us and allowing us to make this our living. The least we can do is meet everyone who buys a ticket to a show and has fun at it. We always say like, “We have the day off tomorrow, and we’re trying to hang out and go to a bar.” And people are like, “Yeah right!” We f---ing for real like to go to a bar after the show. Are you guys 21? We like kicking it with people. We don’t feel forced to. It’s just the least we can do. JK: It’s usually super whack. SL: How do you see yourselves shaping with the music industry? JK: There’s a piece missing when you stream an album. You don’t get the smell of the booklet or the whole vision behind it, with the art that goes into it. I think, as a musician, it makes me put music out more frequently, which can be a good or a bad thing. Quality over quantity for us. It’d be tight to put out like three albums in a year. 6 STUDENT LIFE SCENE NICK KAUZLARICH | SENIOR SCENE EDITOR | [email protected] MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 Through the city by metro: Taking a day trip to Soulard HANUSIA HIGGINS STAFF WRITER Many Washington University students visit the Soulard neighborhood only once per year—in the drunken haze of Mardi Gras. But Soulard has much more to offer than cheap beads, and it’s easily accessible for anyone with a U-Pass. As the oldest neighborhood in St. Louis, it’s a mix of historic red brick residences and thriving nightlife. On a sunny Saturday, I hopped on the metro to go there and get out of the Wash. U. bubble. To start my journey, I took the blue line eastbound to the Civic Center station and then walked to the adjacent transit center to find the No. 30 MetroBus. The No. 30 MetroBus is a dedicated route between Civic Center and Soulard, but—because it was delayed when I got there—I decided to walk instead. The 25-minute walk was quite pleasant in the perfectly sunny, 70-degree weather. My first destination was the famed Soulard Farmers’ Market, which was amazing. Yes, I might be biased as a farmers market lover, but this market sells everything from produce and poultry to mini donuts and margaritas, and it’s open Wednesday through Saturday. I was struck by the friendliness: vendors I met were happy to chat about their products, and many offered free samples. Later, when the market was winding down, one produce stand offered to sell me eight tomatoes, nine kiwis and a banana for $3, as he tried to clear out his stand. Of course, I took the deal. If farmers markets aren’t your thing, simply head south to see what else Soulard has to offer. There are plenty of restaurants interspersed with houses in this neighborhood, which is surprisingly peaceful—during the day, anyway. When I was there, the line at Bogart’s Smokehouse stretched way out the door, but every block brought a new deli or cafe. If you’re looking for more familiar cuisine, Mission Taco Joint has a location on nearby Lafayette Avenue. (Hint: their veggie “Taco of the Month” for April is insanely good). And, if you end up in Soulard either early in the STEPHEN HUBER | STUDENT LIFE A Soulard sign stands outside Mission Taco on Lafayette Street. The Soulard neighborhood is home to a farmers market, restaurants and several bars. HANUSIA HIGGINS | STUDENT LIFE Fresh produce sits out at the Soulard Farmers’ Market on Saturday afternoon. The market offers fresh produce and other foods on Wednesdays through Sundays year-round. Travel time from Danforth Campus to Soulard: 40 min Travel time from Soulard to Danforth Campus: 37 min morning or late at night, the John’s Donuts storefront is right across the street from the farmers market. Another notable feature of this area is the parks. Spread throughout the neighborhood, most of them are quite small, but they function well for physical exercise or even for getting some schoolwork done. I stopped in Pontiac Square Park for a while, and it was a fantastic place to meet a lot of dogs. If dog-petting (or dog-spotting) is your objective, I definitely recommend this spot. Further south in Soulard reside the Anheuser-Busch brewery and the haunted Lemp Mansion, both local St. Louis landmarks. The brewery offers free tours (with product samples included), and the Lemp Mansion is a ghostly experience best undertaken at night. Speaking of night, I didn’t get to witness Soulard’s renowned nightlife scene when I visited at noon. However, I did see a sign on one of the red brick houses claiming, “What happens in Soulard stays in Soulard.” Once it was time to return to campus, I whipped out my trusty Google Maps app and found that the No. 73 MetroBus was soon stopping nearby. I walked a few blocks to the bus stop, passing yet another park, boarded it and rode to the Union Station stop. From there, I took the westbound MetroLink blue line back to campus. With arms laden with bags of tomatoes, kiwis, tangerines, flowers and mini donuts, I’d say it was a successful day at Soulard. Wash. U. alum, deputy press secretary talks about White House experiences, offers guidance for job-seeking students ZACH KRAM STAFF WRITER Eric Schultz’s political career began with a series of small, seemingly anonymous steps: planning Washington University’s Residential College Olympics, answering Camry Corolla Prius V Prius C phones in the office of an unknown freshman U.S. senator and following around a campaign opponent, as a self-described Yaris Prius Lift Back RAV 4 Tacoma 0% Financing Available • Excellent Trade-in Values COLLEGE GRADS WELCOME HERE Congrats, college grads! Start your new life in a Toyota! 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In both his Assembly Series lecture and an interview with Student Life, Schultz emphasized the importance of building relationships and staying positive while working in politics. The communications job is long in the making, though perhaps inadvertently, he said. As a Wash. U. student, he served as speaker of Congress of the South 40 and lived with a Student Life editor, and the two “would quarrel and argue back then about the paper’s coverage of CS40,” Schultz said. “I had no idea at that time that that would be a signal of things to come.” Schultz interned for Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after his freshman year of college and volunteered for Hillary Clinton’s first senatorial campaign the following summer. In the grind of that highprofile race, the stalwart intern focused on opposition research and was offered a full-time position through the November 2000 election. The decision to accept was a difficult one, Schultz said, because it meant having to give up a prospective semester abroad. Instead, he took that fall off and stayed on with Clinton, who won her election by 12 points. “I remember calling [Dean of Students] Justin Carroll asking for what he thinks I should do,” Schultz remembered, “and he was like, ‘Eric, on campus, we’ll all still be here when you get back. Go do this once-in-a-lifetime experience.’” It turns out the experience wasn’t once-ina-lifetime. In the 14 years since Schultz graduated from Wash. U., he has worked for the failed presidential campaigns of John Kerry (2004) and John Edwards (2008), the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and, since spring 2011, for President Barack Obama. With the 2016 election season in full swing and Wash. U. preparing to host a presidential debate in October, Schultz sees the current environment as especially fruitful for students aspiring to follow his political path. From his own experience, he recommended that anybody interested in working in politics start now, with an internship or an entry-level job on a campaign or in a politician’s office. “When current undergrads get the advice to go get internships [and] go get pragmatic experience, I think that’s dead on because I think not only are you building skill sets and experiences, but you’re also building relationships, which are pretty fundamental,” Schultz said. As any college advisor who has proselytized about the importance of networking can attest, those relationships can serve as crucial building blocks for a later career. In Schultz’s case, that development manifested when he received a position in Schumer’s Washington, D.C., office post-graduation and bounced from there to Kerry’s presidential campaign. His connections were solid, he thinks, because of how seriously he took each assigned task while working low-level jobs. “Campaigns are true meritocracies,” he said. “What I mean by that is good people, who are talented and do their jobs without a sense of entitlement, always rise to the top.” A political science major at Wash. U., Schultz also minored in writing, and he added that any students interested in a political career would do well to strengthen their rhetorical skills. But most of all, he said, jobs and opportunities come to those who craft positive relationships—even with partisan opponents or rivals for a certain position. “You should always remember that there will be another struggle, another fight, another issue to resolve tomorrow, but that your honesty and your credibility and your respect for one another should always rise above all that,” Schultz said. “Your relationships around the table and in the room are going to last much longer than whatever you’re working to resolve at the moment.” *** I admit that my desire to interview Schultz was not entirely borne of journalistic magnanimity. Rather, I wanted to expand on a syracuse.com profile of Schultz that revealed that my favorite television show, “The West Wing,” had partially inspired him to his current position, as the Aaron Sorkin political vehicle aired its first few seasons while Schultz watched attentively from his dorm room on the South 40. When I asked Schultz about the show whose plots he lives out on a daily basis, he leaned forward and asked, “OK, so can we have a conversation about this? Do people still watch ‘The West Wing’?” Apparently, yes, because at his Assembly Series lecture later in the day, multiple students asked similar questions about the accuracy of various television depictions of life in SEE SCHULTZ, PAGE 9 MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 STUDENT LIFE 7 Summer Meetups 2016 Career Camp: August 25 Report Your Summer Plans! Join alumni across the country at a Summer Meetup! Career Camp is for the classes of 2017, 2018, and 2019. This event provides an opportunity to reflect on your summer and college experience and then create a career action plan for the following year. You’ll choose the sessions right for you throughout the day. You may choose to: Already set for this summer? Let the Career Center know what you’ll be doing! Take < 30 seconds to tell us what your plans are for a chance to win a $100 prize! Report by June 1 to be entered. • Identify your interests and explore options within those areas • Understand how to select and apply to the right graduate, medical or law school • Explore career paths and network with industry professionals • Build professional skills, such as resume and cover-letter writing, interviewing and networking • Connect with an advisor to support you throughout the year • Create an individualized action plan for the year ahead Still looking? It’s not too late to find a great internship for this summer. Log on to CAREERlink and search our database of organizations searching specifically for WashU students like you! Stop in the Career Center (DUC110) anytime Mon-Fri between 10-5 for resume and cover letter help on the spot. Or make an appointment with one of our advisors by calling 9355930 or online at: careercenter.wustl.edu. We’re here to help! Summer Meetups are a program developed by the Career Center and Alumni Relations where students learn about a specific industry by visiting with alumni in their city. These are excellent opportunities to engage alumni to learn about industries, career paths, and build connections. St. Louis: Architecture, at Bond Architects, June 16, 2016, 5:00 pm CST DC: Lobbyist + Public Policy, at Lars Etzkorn Law, June 20, 2016, 6:00 pm EST Chicago: Marketing, at OptionsCity Software, June 24, 2016, 11:30 am CST St. Louis: Finance, at Gentsch Capital & Advantage Capital, June 27, 2016, 5:30 pm CST Take advantage of this unique program to clarify your plans and use the year ahead to set your next summer goals. 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Despite the surprise, we at Student Life are glad to see SPB trying out new models for its programming. As we’ve said before, we love the Gargoyle, but the move to the Pageant still shows that SPB cares about innovation rather than strict tradition. So, how did this experiment pan out? The Pageant, after all, is a considerably different venue than the Gargoyle. Not only is it larger, but it also lacks the musty, stale air that makes the Mallinckrodt Center basement so lovable. One of SPB’s goals was to raise attendance levels in order to improve the standing of the event itself and to bring down cost per head. However, attendance hovered around 300; well within the usual levels for Gargoyle concerts and certainly not pushing The Pageant’s max capacity of 2,300. But that doesn’t mean the move was unsuccessful. More attendees does not a good concert make. The quality of the artists and their performance ability is integral in the equation. A band, for instance, might not be as interested in playing a smaller venue like the Gargoyle. Cherub, in fact, said as much in their interview with Cadenza (read more on Pages 1 and 5). Jordan Kelley, one half of the electro-indie duo, said, “It might make a big difference that [the show is] at a proper venue instead of like, ‘We are the school theatre.’ It’s a different vibe. They have a proper PA here.” Not only does it seem that Cherub was interested in the move to the Pageant, but the band’s interests may have pushed SPB to switch venues sooner than expected. Hopefully, that kind of thinking indicates that more bands will be willing to come to St. Louis if we provide an appropriately professional atmosphere. To Cherub’s point, the Pageant certainly has more professional facilities than the Gargoyle. While it may cost more to rent, there are time-tested lights, professional sound equipment and general facilities already in place. So this past week’s concert had its advantages and disadvantages. Hopefully this test round will be instructive in planning future events on a Pageantbased model. Looking forward, SPB is already working to make more changes. For instance, the programming group said they will focus more on student talent come spring 2017. That’s an admirable goal, as the campus music scene is underappreciated and underutilized. No doubt student groups will jump at the chance to play a show at the Pageant. But a student talent focus may also run contrary to SPB’s other stated goals. Without a big name headliner, it will be increasingly difficult to draw a large crowd. If SPB is struggling to increase headcount now, imagine doing so with lesser-known acts. Lower attendance also means higher cost per head. Where does SPB make up the difference? Most likely with a lower cost per artist, as student bands cost much less than a touring act ever will. Hopefully, SPB can strike a happy medium between student focus and professional focus. This semester’s bill, for instance, draws in music fans while also exposing them to student talent. Other incentives, like free beverages (in the past, shows at the Gargoyle have included this) or partnering with a nearby restaurant like Piccione for post-concert events, could help increase attendance under the new Pageantbased model. If SPB can work out the kinks and focus its goals, the semesterly concert series could become stronger than ever. Just don’t ever bring Macklemore back to the Pageant. It didn’t work out so well the first time. POINT-COUNTERPOINT Point: Wash. U. students need to step back, take care of themselves PETER DISSINGER FORUM EDITOR Y ou may have heard the motto, “At college you can only choose two of these three things: work, play and sleep.” Well, I’d argue you can get all three if you play your cards right. I am a loyalist to the 15-credit schedule and a dedicated advocate of “work-life balance” at Washington University (and for that matter, college in general). A standard academic schedule is an ideal way to maintain relationships with a network of good friends, get a decent amount of sleep (or, enough to avoid sleep deprivation) and maintain involvement in extracurricular activities. Wash. U. students tend to take a lot of classes in their time here—whether it is necessitated by their major, personal initiative or the motivation to graduate early, most of us will at some point end up taking more than 15 credits in a semester. Whether or not this is a cultural component of life at Wash. U., it’s easy to become consumed by your academic schedule. Take sophomore Jorge Gutierrez, a good friend of mine. A biology major on the pre-med track, Jorge is currently taking 19 credits, which include Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology, Computer Science 131 and Ancient Medicine. He wanted to get ahead on his graduation requirements and work toward his major while also pursuing interesting classes at Wash. U. Unfortunately, Jorge described the semester as a nonstop game of playing “catch up” on homework and tests. He’ll be the first person to tell you that his was the schedule from hell, and it kept him from really enjoying his semester. This kind of class-loading doesn’t just hurt your performance in classes—it has a pervasive impact on the rest of your life. The average Wash. U. student is involved in student groups outside the classroom. With meetings for those organizations, the intensive levels of studying that the majority of Wash. U. classes require and a constant schedule of exams, projects and quizzes (see the “midterm season” phenomenon that dominates Wash. U.), how can you possibly get enough sleep to get through the semester? Jorge was quick to validate my hypothesis—on average, he gets about six to seven hours of sleep a night and is forced to use weekends to catch up on sleep (and homework). It’s easy to see how an intense class schedule can make having a healthy, balanced semester nearly impossible. But, besides the high potential for sleep deprivation (and a messy, unnatural sleep schedule), most of us enjoy spending time with our friends as an outlet from the intense, nonstop pace of Wash. U. life. While I can’t speak from experience, the math simply doesn’t add up. If you are taking a lot of classes, balancing extracurriculars and trying to sleep, I can’t imagine how it’s possible to maintain close relationships. Jorge also reiterated how challenging it has been this semester to balance 19 credits and a healthy social life. He says that the best he can expect is to catch up with friends over dinner, and that as the semester has gone on, he has had less and less time to hangout with people on weekends. Mostly, he tries to catch up on sleep and work ahead, which usually turns out to be an impossible task. At some point in a heavy academic semester, the stress of constantly working and the lack of sleep these students get will have negative effects. Whether that means giving up an extracurricular, dropping a class or foregoing hangouts with friends, something will give. Worse, a college student’s mental and physical health can’t possibly hold under that much stress. The consequences of sleep deprivation are welldocumented in scientific literature, and academic stress is a known pressure on students’ mental health. The financial concerns of attending Wash. U. are an incredibly valid reason for scheduling 15-plus credit semesters. I don’t deny that it’s necessary for some people to load their schedule so that they (or their parents) can lessen the financial burden of going here. However, your mental health (and happiness) are extremely crucial to your success at college. Creating a work-life balance at a college that actively struggles to promote such a culture is challenging. Taking an average schedule may only be part of a much more complex solution to achieving a healthy lifestyle at our University. However, the positive effects of having the time to do things you want to do outside of the classroom makes this argument stand as a valid alternative for students looking to achieve a work-life balance. OUR VOICE: EDITORIAL BOARD Staff editorials reflect the consensus of our editorial board. The editorial board operates independently of our newsroom and includes members of the senior staff and forum section editors. Editor-in-Chief: Noa Yadidi Associate Editor: Wesley Jenkins Managing Editors: Maddie Wilson Senior Sports Editor: Aaron Brezel Senior Scene Editor: Nick Kauzlarich Senior Cadenza Editor: Lindsay Tracy Senior Forum Editor: Sarah Hands Copy Chief: Aidan Strassmann Director of Special Projects: Noah Jodice Forum Editor: Peter Dissinger Counterpoint: Get the most out of your time and money at Wash. U. WESLEY JENKINS ASSOCIATE EDITOR $ 185,868. That’s the cost of Washington University as a member of the class of 2018. Pretty high, right? Actually, scratch that. $185,868 is the cost of attending this University if you didn’t pay for housing or food and if tuition never increased, which of course it does every year, and if you didn’t have to pay for books or a cap and gown and if you literally only went to class and never joined a different student group. If you’re a member of the class of 2018, or any class for that matter, you shouldn’t expect to get out of this University without putting at least $250,000 down. The traditional college mindset advocates for relaxed exploration: Try out a lot of different things you might want to do, but don’t overburden yourself, because this is the last stage of your life before the real world. Work hard, play hard and just don’t stress. That mindset doesn’t exist at Wash. U. This is the land of double majors and premeds and highly motivated people with a chip on their shoulder; students work harder, play a little bit and stress every minute of the day. But that’s not a bad thing. Considering the price tag and the sheer amount of opportunity here, why shouldn’t we overburden ourselves? While tuition shouldn’t be the sole motivating reason, taking on too much because you enjoy what you’re doing and want to make the most of your time is a perfect use of time. Tuition and room and board is what gets you in the door: It’s up to you to not waste that time. That doesn’t mean taking 21 credits every semester; it could mean the normal 15, but also joining two or three groups and taking leadership positions in others. During my time at Wash. U., I’ve been one of those people who does too much. Wanting to double major with a minor and graduate early to save my family a little bit of economic stress, I’ve purposefully taken more credits than average each semester. That said, I didn’t want to just do academics, so I’ve joined a few different groups based on my interests. Peter argues on the other side of the page that this lifestyle is too stressful and hurts outside relationships, and honestly, he isn’t wrong. I haven’t slept much since being here and seeing my friends has definitely required more of an effort than it did in high school, but it’s all doable. I can’t reconcile having to pay over a quarter of a million dollars to be here and not doing all I can to lessen that price tag while making the most of it. Demonizing the students who think the same way I do because it’s not a lifestyle you agree with is frankly unproductive. If you want to take a more balanced schedule and have more time for fun, that’s your choice and I understand it. Personally, I know I can do more and still balance everything else and that’s my choice. $185,868 is too much money for me to justify slacking off, and somehow that’s still an understatement. EDITORIAL CARTOON WESLEY JENKINS | STUDENT LIFE YOUR VOICE: SUBMISSIONS OUR WEB POLICY We welcome letters to the editor and op-ed submissions from our readers. Submissions may be sent to letters@studlife. com and must include the writer’s name, class and phone number for verification. 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You’re with each other sometimes 12, 14, 16 hours a day—and when you’re traveling, you’re with them around the clock, sometimes for over a week—so you learn that we’re a family, and I think that came across in the show as well.” Schultz’s model character from the show was C.J. Cregg, and he said his visit back to the Danforth Campus was reminiscent of an episode in which C.J. attends a school reunion. But he demurred when asked whether Josh Earnest, real-life White House press secretary, or C.J., his “West Wing” counterpart, is better at the job. “C.J. was talented,” Schultz said. “Josh is, I think, one of the best press secretaries I’ve ever seen in the White House.” And although “The West Wing” is off the air and now lives only in Netflix binges and with a robust online fan base, it—and its successors in political television—still serves as a guide to realistic life in D.C. “There are many moments in a day where sometimes I feel like I’m on a TV show,” Schultz said. “Unfortunately, sometimes it’s more like ‘Veep.’” (Thankfully, Schultz told the Assembly Series audience, his life has never mimicked a “House of Cards” episode). He offered the example of a senator who recently enacted a slapstick moment that could come straight from the zany comedy’s script. While walking on a sidewalk in D.C., Schultz said, this senator had an unfortunate encounter with a sandwich board sign. “She’s on the phone, she’s on her Blackberry, she’s doing lots of things and she walks right into the sign,” he said. “The sign collapses. And she’s all taken aback, and she turns to her staff and she’s like, ‘How did you let that happen?’ [She] walked into a sign!” But don’t worry about how he gets around, Schultz added. After all, for him, “Travel on Air Force One is not as burdensome as regular commutes.” Art in the Lou: Contemporary art and drone warfare at the Kemper COURTESY OF JEAN PAUL TORNO Installation view of ‘To See Without Being Seen: Contemporary Art and Drone Warfare’ at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (Jan. 29–April 24, 2016). DANIELLE LEVENTHAL ART EDITOR The Kemper Art Museum’s current special exhibition, “To See Without Being Seen: Contemporary Art and Drone Warfare,” includes pieces from international artists that critique drone warfare. Through the use of videos, photography, online art and installations, the artists share their distressful findings on this secretive practice by our government and military. The exhibition is a learning experience on the United States’ use of unmanned aerial vehicles to collect information about the lives of others globally and to track, monitor and target individuals. Furthermore, the art in this show reveals some of the imaging and technology behind this constant surveillance. Last Wednesday night, Chris Woods, author of “Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars,” spoke in Steinberg Auditorium, in conjunction with the drone exhibit. His recent book is an expose into the world of drone warfare, and his work as an investigative journalist reveals the conflict of drones and national security issues. Woods won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism in 2013 and has worked on many cases of U.S. drone strikes. In the very last few minutes of Woods’ lecture, a fire truck roared by outside of Steinberg on Forsyth Boulevard. It was ironic timing, as Woods had chosen to end with a silent video of Mosul, Iraq, a city known as an Islamic State (ISIL) headquarters, that was attacked about four weeks ago by the U.S. Woods explained that the city is still under occupation by ISIL and has been for over two years. More than 2 million civilians reside in Mosul, and it has been bombed more than anywhere else in our war against ISIL. “I thought I’d show you the reality of the city strikes,” Woods prefaced the video by saying. “This is what we do.” The coalition’s own propaganda video filled the screen, showing the effect of the bomb dropping on the city from a bird’s eye view. Although the video itself was silent, the unplanned wailing fire engine outside of the art school could not have had more perfect timing to encapsulate the danger and immediacy of the issue he shared with the Sam Fox School audience. The bomb was dropped on Mosul University, where plenty of innocent students and professors work. The art in the Kemper exhibition similarly acts as a wake-up call to its visitors. In the first section of the show, entitled “Bringing the War Home,” artists disclose what it’s like to be in a “home” where drones are omnipresent, always watching from above. The daily paranoia that comes with living in a targeted area is expressed through the artists’ use of vertical perspective or the automatized bird’s eye view of the U.S. military drones on top of our own cities. A total of 12 large black and white photographs span the first wall of the exhibition. Although titled “Blue Sky Days,” Tomas van Houtryve’s photojournalistic works evoke anything but pleasant outdoor vibes. The pieces are taken with drone cameras, providing the viewer an understanding of the drone’s field of vision, the issues with its limited perspective and the high, yet rarely addressed, chances that our drones kill innocent civilians in these “targeted” attacks. The name of the piece was inspired by a 2013 quote from a Pakistani boy who preferred gray skies and feared blue-skied days, since clear skies meant high visibility for the drones flying above his city and higher chances of death that day. Woods’ talk touched on a lot of the interviews that he, too, was able to conduct in writing his recent book. But rather than quoting civilians who spotted the drones above them, he learned from former CIA agents and intelligence generals, who anonymously spoke out against the effects of drones. While we may target dangerous individuals and are made to believe that these are precise strikes protecting our country, it became clear from Woods’ many interviews that even the special forces drone operators and high-ranking officials admit that what we’re really doing with these drones is killing many innocent people. The secrecy of these side effects and the fact that none of these deaths are formally apologized for by the government is a point that comes up both in the artwork and in Woods’ research. “What kind of message is it where we never acknowledge or apologize for the innocents we kill, no matter how noble our war ends,” Woods asked of us. In the second section of the exhibition, titled “Tracking and Targeting,” artist James Bridle attempts to publicize the true consequences of drone strikes with his project “Dronestagram.” Bridle follows the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and reports satellite images of the drone strike locations from Google Maps onto his live Instagram account. The information about these strikes is broadcast on social media through his use of visual evidence and captions which unveil the number of civilian casualties. The images themselves are as blurry and warped as the messages that the government rarely admits to the public. Bridle’s dissemination of the truth on a constant feed fights against the blockedoff nature of these military activities. Visitors at the exhibition can sit in the installation space and view these images individually on the big screen or scroll through the “Dronstagram” account on the Kemper Museum’s provided iPad. A theme of perpetuating these images that are usually so cloudy to the public continues into the third section of the exhibition, called “Countersurveillance.” Mirroring the photojournalistic installation of bird’s eye-view works by Tomas van Houtryve, at the entrance to the exhibition, a similarly ubiquitous and wall-to-wall layout of photographs brings the show to a close. Shinseungback Kimyonghun’s “Cloud Face” is a collection of photographs of clouds, identified as human faces by the face detection software that drones use to target individuals. The soft, beautiful sky landscapes that fill these compositions are the opposite of what a human’s vision would identify as violent and dangerous. Kimyonghun’s work hits the nail on the head in terms of showing how erroneous drone strikes can be. How can a computerized algorithm act in place of a human’s judgment when other humans’ lives are at risk? The drone age is so prevalent in our world, yet so hidden from our contemporary understanding. Experience the eyeopening installations and immersive videos for yourself by visiting the exhibition before it closes next week. “To See Without Being Seen: Contemporary Art and Drone Warfare” is at the Kemper Art Museum until next Sunday, April 24. Is your Itsy Bitsy Teeny Wheeny Polka Dot Bikini ready for Spring? VISIT THE OLIVE LINK INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT Try Sugaring Hair Removal, its the new natural wax! 8780 Big Bend Blvd Suite B - Webster Groves DINING & SHOPPING E AST OF I-170 AND OLIVE BLVD. theOliveLink.com www.HealthyBeautySolutions.com Text for appointments today 314-803-0784 10 STUDENT LIFE MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 Caroline Yoo 2017 | Fine Arts: Photography I was the Worldwide Photography Intern at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, CA. Enjoying some downtime Liberty in North Korea My passion: human rights activism My career goal is to be at a point where I can sustain myself off of the money I am making from my images and can wake up in the morning knowing that I love going to work and doing what I do best. My goal: Getting started... Bringing my story to life... My internship take-away... I was proactive. I think the internship game is all about what you make it. You could sit back and watch Netflix or you could spend those two hours searching for an internship. Jen Meyer in the Career Center helped me get ready for my interview. It was over the phone and I was a bit worried but she gave me tips about what to watch out for in the interview. For my experience at Paramount, I saw the email from the Career Center saying that the deadline for the Paramount internships was ending soon. I had been applying for multiple photo editing internships at other companies and thought, why not also apply to Paramount? My experiences this summer really drove home that I need to be on the field working with my camera. With Paramount, I learned so much more than I could ask for about the ins and the outs of the film industry and what it is like working for a huge corporate company. But I also learned that experiencing photography through a Mac screen - editing and organizing - isn’t the same as being out on the road, or on a set with just me and my camera. I had thought that if a job included anything related to photography, it would bring me satisfaction simply because I love the art. Yet the biggest thing I learned is that I want to be the one taking the photo instead of being the one editing it. Don’t box yourself in too early in the search. Just because you know you want to do something, shouldn’t mean that you only look for opportunities in that field. I knew I wanted to be a photographer since 10th grade but my first internship at college was at a non-profit working as a travelling representative. It had nothing to do with photography but I learned the most about myself at that internship. It was also the thing that made me stand out from all the other candidates when applying to my next internship because I wasn’t one of the others who only did photography. Do things that you want to do and things that you love to do even if that might not be what is technically on your career path. Caroline’s advice: “It really is about being proactive. Do whatever you can do make the most of your experiences and always be on the lookout for more opportunities.” FROM PASSION SPRINGS PURPOSE This Week’s Opportunities Rocket Internet KAA Design Group EC Pro Writing and Editing Maryville Technologies Google Slalom Consulting Copper Hinge New York City Council Schlesinger Associates PASS Security NOVUS International Joeb Moore & Partners WayUp AT&T Brilliant Earth Summer Meetups JUN 16: St. Louis: Architecture, Bond Architects JUN 20: DC: Lobbyist + Public Policy, Lars Etzkorn Law, PLLC JUN 24: Chicago: Marketing, OptionsCity Software JUN 27: St. Louis: Finance, Gentsch Capital & Advantage Capital JUN 29: Silicon Valley: Finance, Marketing, Product Development, & Sales at Facebook JUL 15: Silicon Valley: Product Development, Omnicell JUL 17: New York: Advertising, The One Way Ticket Show For more information visit careercenter.wustl.edu