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Vol. 92, No. 10

Gandhi’s grandson speaks of the importance of nonviolence in America Laura Bednar Campus Editor

Few names can be immediately recognized as people who have made a difference in the world. The name Gandhi is widely associated with peace, and his grandson, Arun Gandhi, delivered just that message to the John Carroll community.

As a part of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on campus, Mohandas Gandhi’s grandson came to speak on Tuesday, Jan. 26 in the Donahue Auditorium. Gandhi is the founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and has led successful economic and social reforms in India. After returning from India, he brought the institute to the United States to further the study of nonviolence and provide information about Mohandas Gandhi.

Director of the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion, Danielle Carter, explained the committee that plans the cultural awareness series contacted a booking agency to help us with the request for the possibility of bringing Arun to campus. “I think the message of peace and non-violence that Arun brings is related to everything that is happening in the U.S. related to the use of force by police officers and the response of the African-American community,” said Carter.

Gandhi began by explaining the connections between his grandfather and Martin Luther King Jr. “King and I were influenced by the same person,” said Gandhi. 1998 was the memorial of the 50th year of Gandhi’s passing and the thirtieth year of the passing of King. It was because of this coincidence that Gandhi decided to declare Jan. 30 until April 4 “The Season of Nonviolence.” Many communities have taken this season seriously and Gandhi has taken groups on legacy tours to see how people use nonviolence in other countries.

While living in South Africa as a child, Gandhi was beaten for his skin color. When he felt he wanted to retaliate, his parents decided to send him to his grandfather. At 12 years old, Arun Gandhi went to India to spend two years with his grandfather, Mohandas Gandhi, to learn the lessons of nonviolence.

Gandhi emphasized the importance of parenting and the influence parents have over their children’s understanding of violence and what it can do. “I don’t believe we are born violent. It is a learned experience and through parenting we plant the seeds of violence.” As a child, his parents did not punish him for

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Arun Gandhi addressed parenting, nonviolence and how to change.

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Student Union members sworn in at inauguration Mary Frances McGowan Managing Editor

Niehoff responds to African American Alliance demands Elissa Filozof Staff Reporter

Last week, the John Carroll University Student Union convened to review the highs and lows of their tenure in 2015, as well as welcome the new president, executive board members and senators with an inaugural ceremony.

Former President of Student Union, senior Cole Hassay, started the evening with an outgoing statement reflecting on the ways in which the former student leaders served the John Carroll community.

“I am pleased to report that this is one of the most productive years that Student Union has ever had. The Student Union Senate has passed over 60 bills this past year to improve the experience of John Carroll’s students,” said Hassay. He continued, “This unprecedented effort is all thanks to the dedicated senators that I have had the pleasure of working with over this past semester. They have worked hard – and continue to work hard – to make positive reforms on campus dealing with issues as far ranging from dining to parking to facilities reform.”

After Hassay’s address to former student leaders, President elect of Student Union, junior Will Hudson, took the podium to utter the first words of his presidential term.

“Welcome faculty and staff, student and alumni, friends and family. It is a distinct honor to stand before you tonight. I am truly humbled to serve as President of Student Union. I

The African American Alliance (AAA) of John Carroll University recently proposed a series of systematic changes to increase racial equality on campus in the form of a list of 10 demands.

On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the Office of the President issued an e-mail to all students informing them of the actions to be taken by the University in response to reported incidences of injustice on racial grounds, as well as the AAA’s demands. The black cultural organization, which had presented similar demands in November 2015 to the Rev. Robert Niehoff S.J. AAA continues to advocate for an environment of mutual respect and security between students of African-American and Caucasian descent.

AAA members feel there is a lingering spirit of racial divide at John Carroll. Their feelings are justified due to walking past racist graffiti on their way to residence halls and messages they perceived as threatening that were posted to Yik Yak, a mobile application.

Amid a larger wave of recent instances of racial strife across the country, Niehoff invited Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, who represents Ohio’s 11th District, to speak on Jan. 19 in the Donahue Auditorium of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology. The theme of Rep. Fudge’s speech was affordability, inclusion, and access to higher education.

“We open the spring term with a focus on the urgent questions of inclusivity on college

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See AAA, p.3

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Campus Briefs Ignatian Heritage Week

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Ignatian Heritage week continues until Jan. 30.

The schedule of events is as follows: On Thursday, Jan. 28, a lunch and lecture will take place at noon in the LSC Conference Room of the D.J. Lombardo Student Center and will focus on reflection and the call to justice.

At 3:30-4:45 p.m. in the LSC Conference Room, there will be an overview for faculty and staff on social analysis and how it relates to their work with students.

On Friday, Jan. 29, from 9-11 a.m. there will be a staff workshop on social analysis in the LSC Conference Room.

Then from 2-4 p.m. there will be a faculty workshop on social analysis in the Reading Room of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology.

On Saturday, Jan. 30, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. there will be a Frontiers of Justice tour, which is a historical and cultural immersion trip throughout Cleveland. To be part of this event, applications can be found through John Carroll’s website http://sites. jcu.edu/mission/pages/ignatian-heritage-week/

JCUPD Chief retires

Thank you for your service, Chief Peppard!

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Student Union President Will Hudson speaks of justice, compassion, faith want to begin by expressing my immense gratitude to my predecessor, Cole.

Not only for the indelible and important work that he has done for our student body, but for the guidance and friendship he has given me,” Hudson said.

He continued by thanking his doctors who helped him conquer cancer and who were in attendance that evening, as well as his mother.

Next, Hudson addressed his battle with bone cancer. “The hardest sacrifice to cope with, even if only temporary, was my separation from this school. Over the last two and a half years, John Carroll University has helped me to foster my values and form my identity... As the semester slowly passed, it [JCU] began to feel like home more than home felt like home.”

“After my diagnosis and realization that I would have to forgo the fall semester, I didn’t know if I would even recognize myself. I belong in the classroom, the student union office, in the cafeteria, on Warrensville sidewalks at 1 a.m.” Hudson went on to say, “I certainly did not belong on the operating table under my doctor’s knife, or in the chemotherapy suite.”

Hudson said, “I decided to return to John Carroll University and serve as Student Union President because it was what I was called to do. Cancer does not possess a brain, and it does not possess a soul. Therefore, it can defeat no man… the human spirit is the best anecdote. I cannot think of a better way to cure this illness than living the mission.”

Hudson continued by stressing his faith in JCU and the people who inhabit it. Hud-

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JCU Executive Board members. Pictured from left to right is Katie Cavasinni, Nicholas Baker, Patrick Bucyana, Will Hudson, Adrienne Metzger, Benjamin Goodman and Shannon Poppe. son urged that his administration will not be simply goals oriented, but “one driven by justice, compassion and faith,” as well as a community that “embraces mutual respect, openness and honesty.”

After Hudson’s address, the 2015 “Of the Year” awards were distributed. African American Alliance was named organization of the year, Daniel Mascio, former President of Beta Theta Pi fraternity received student leader of the year, Andy Costigan received advisor of the year for his role in Beta Theta Pi fraternity and “Seeds of Hope.”

Junior Madison Chickos received student senator of the year for her advocacy of women’s rights issues on campus.

For more information about JCU’s Student Union, attend their weekly meetings on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the Jardine room of the D.J. Lombardo Student Center.

JCU remembers the lives of two Jesuit priests -Compiled by Laura Bednar and Anthony Pero, Campus Editors

Fr. William Bichl, S.J. who was a priest at John Carroll University for 45 years, and Assistant Dean of Arts and Sciences for many years, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015.

Bichl joined the Society of Jesus in 1954 and was ordained a priest in June of 1967.

Fr. Bernard McAniff, S.J. stated that Bichl, “often delivered tough love by telling students to take a semester off in order to get their academic careers on track. He was open to readmitting the students later.”

His tough love was appreciated by alumni though, as McAniff said that several alums remember him kindly for this action.

Bichl was also remembered as acting as a father figure. McAniff said, “He served as a surrogate father figure for some students with absentee dads. ” In remembrance of Father Bichl, students, alumni, faculty, and staff can write special messages at http://sites.jcu.edu/newsroom/news-home-page/fr-william-bi- chl-s-j/

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After nine years of service as JCU Police Chief, Tim Peppard will be retiring. He graduated from JCU in 1968. Peppard explained he was retiring because “the timing was there.”

Before coming to John Carroll, Peppard was the police chief of University Circle police for 40 years.

Looking back on his time here, he said he enjoyed the quality of the students and the exceptional fairness of the officers he supervised.

Peppard plans to spend his time at his summer home on Catawba Island to relax and spend time with family and friends.

There will be a farewell gathering in his honor on Friday, Jan. 29 in the Jardine room of the D.J. Lombardo Student Center at 3:30 p.m.

JCUPD has begun searching for his replacement by holding meet-and-greets with potential candidates.

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Fr. William Bichl, S.J.

The Rev. Edward Glynn, S. J. the 23rd president of John Carroll University. He served from 1998 until 2005 passed away on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016.

He joined the Society of Jesus in 1955 and was ordained a priest in 1967. During his time as president, the capital campaign was completed, under which the Dolan Center for Science and Technology was built and the remodel of Shula stadium.

The Maryland Province Jesuits honored him in 2015 for celebrating 60 years in the Society of Jesus. He received degrees from Fordham University, Woodstock College, and Yale Divinity School.

He taught at Georgetown University and was a contributing editor and columnist for America magazine. He was also director of the Woodstock Theological Center and acting director of the Churches’ Center for Theology and Public Policy.

When appointed as president, he said, “I am proud to become part of John Carroll’s rich tradition of educational excellence and service to the community.”

All are welcome to attend a memorial mass for Glynn held on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 5:05 p.m. in Saint Francis Chapel.

Campus Safety Log

Jan. 25, 2016 At 1:34 a.m., an RA in Campion Hall called police to aid a vomiting male found in the first floor restroom. JCUEMS and UHFD were dispatched for the highly intoxicated 17-year-old guest.

Jan. 24, 2016 At 8:45 p.m., a wallet containing multiple false IDs was turned into lost and found.

These incidents are taken from the files of Campus Safety Services, located in the lower level of the Lombardo Student Center.

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Rev. Edward Glynn, S.J.

UHPD Crime Blotter

Jan. 15, 2016 At 9 a.m. on Miramar Blvd., there was a reported assault at Cleveland Heights High School at Wiley School. The victim was attacked by two juvenile females but did not require immediate medical attention.

Jan. 17, 2016 The manager of the Family Dollar on Cedar Rd. reported a shoplifter at 4:12 p.m. The female suspect stole merchandise with an undetermined value and fled in a dark-colored Lexus ES 250.

Incidents taken from the University Heights police blotter at Cleveland.com.

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campuses in America and here at John Carroll,” Niehoff’s e-mail read. “I invited Rep. Fudge to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to make the legacy shine even brighter on campus.” Niehoff explained, “I feel this urgency because the light of inclusivity has dimmed across the nation, and we are not, as Martin Luther King Jr. observed, facing up to the truth that all men and women are ‘caught in an inescapable network of mutuality,’ a network that must be just and loving.”

He acknowledged “campus protests across the nation have occurred because prejudice still resides in our culture and exclusionary practices still operate in our systems.” In reaction to the complaints and propositions voiced by members of AAA in his office, Niehoff said he was saddened to hear that the dreams they had for their collegiate experience have been diminished.

“These men and women are our students, and we cannot fail to support them as we do all of our students,” he wrote.

The President has committed himself to monthly meetings with Provost Jeanne Colleran, Vice President for University Mission and Identity Edward Peck, Vice President of Student Affairs Mark McCarthy, CSDI Director Danielle Carter and Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Terry Mills to discuss the University’s collective progress toward inclusive excellence.

In addition to the policies and practices that are already in place. Niehoff will soon be implementing further actions regarding the ten demands raised by the AAA. The school plans to continue the progress with similar monthly conversations on inclusive excellence.

Other measures to be introduced in coming months include an improving of the Bias Reporting System. The goal of this system is to hold people accountable for discriminatory language and actions. The plans to update the hiring procedures incorporates the AAA students’ opinions in hiring a diverse faculty.

In addition to increasing attention to diversity of faculty and students on campus, AAA hopes to build strong relationships with the Student Union Programming Board and actions and keep the University aware of these acts of intolerance.

With the goal of creating a culturally inclusive and racially aware campus, demands of AAA bring more minority faculty members and hiring a counselor for minority students as also planning to be addressed. However, the matter of a specific area allocated for the group requires further examination.

Niehoff, who asserts that in the meantime the University is “looking at ways to attract a more diverse student body,” has furthermore contacted several prominent African American members of the Greater Cleveland area to advise the University with regard to racial issues. He plans to engage them on making pathways for our students and on ways in which John Carroll can contribute effectively to a more just civic society.

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misbehaving. Instead, they believed it was their mistake as parents and would do penance to reflect on what they had done wrong in raising their children. They even fasted while their children ate and Gandhi said, “Since our relationship was based on love and respect, I felt awful.”

“As a parent, I enjoyed his perspective on parenting. I am a nonviolence practitioner myself and I enjoyed seeing the legacy of Gandhi’s grandson,” said Mike Nicholson.

During his time with his grandfather, Gandhi told the audience of several lessons he had learned. “I was made aware of the importance of my grandfather’s philosophy,” said Gandhi.

The first lesson was to use anger constructively. Gandhi explained that anger is not evil and can motivate us to do things. Gandhi’s grandfather used the analogy of electricity. “Anger, like electricity is powerful and useful, but deadly and destructive if we abuse it,” said Arun. Gandhi was told to keep an anger journal and write down all of the things that angered him. But he had to write with the intention of finding a solution. The goal was to, “Channel anger for the good of humanity,” said Gandhi.

Another lesson he learned was two-fold. After returning from school with a short worn down pencil, he threw it away expecting that his grandfather would give him a new one. His grandfather questioned him about it and told him to go out and find the pencil that he had thrown away.

The lessons were that even the simple making a pencil uses Earth’s natural resources, and that is violence against nature. The second lesson was that people over consume resources and deprive others, which is violence against humanity.

Gandhi said that his grandfather had him write down what he did throughout the day that was physical violence and passive violence. He said that passive violence was more emotional and that, “passive violence happens more often and generates anger in its victim.” In turn, this victim seeks revenge through physical violence. Gandhi explained that passive violence is the fuel for physical violence.

The program ended with a question and answer session where audience members asked such questions as his thoughts on the black lives matter campaign and why there is so much conflict between black and white. To which he responded with, “There needs to be conversation and a consciousness on both sides.”

His message for the audience was to be the change you wish to see in the world. “We must do what is good for the world, not just the United States,” said Gandhi.

Junior Rachel Vadaj said, “One of the things I love about John Carroll is the opportunity to expand our knowledge and opinions with peers and people as influential as Arun Gandhi.”

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The audience filled every seat in Donahue Auditorium to hear Arun Ghandi, leaving people to sit in the aisles.

JCU Respect for Life group members trapped in snow Laura Bednar Campus Editor

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JCU students, as well as people from other buses, dug themselves out of the snow after sledding and holding a group mass on the side of the road.

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After attending the March for Life in Washington, D.C., members of John Carroll University’s Respect for Life group had no idea their journey home would elapse into 36 hours on a bus.

Thirty-eight JCU students along with two faculty advisors drove home from D.C. and were stranded ten miles west of Bedford, Penn. on the turnpike, I-76, when they drove into 18 inches of snow.

Respect for Life president, Halle Herringshaw said, “Everyone remained in high spirits and were able to make the time stranded go by much quicker. We watched movies, played games, played in the snow and talked to people from other buses.”

Students were stranded after leaving D.C. at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 22. “We thought we had beat the storm, but the snow-covered roads had caused several accidents and roadblocks, which is what got us stuck in the line of traffic,” said sophomore Emily Mullen.

“Due to the snow, there were semi-trucks that had to be removed one-by-one from an incline, where they got stuck,” Mullen said.

Many of the buses that were on the highway were also coming back from the march, so they decided to come together and hold mass on the side of the road, even forming an altar out of snow.

Eventually people from all of the buses began digging the snow out from around the stuck vehicles. “We started digging the snow out from around our bus and the buses around us with our hands, feet, posters and boxes,” said Herringshaw.

The students were able to clear enough snow for the buses to move. “Similar to Ignatius’ prayer of generosity, everyone was giving and not counting the cost,” said freshman John Tucci.

The group of John Carroll students returned back to campus at 2 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23.

Campus Calendar : JAN. 28 - FEB. 3 Thursday

“Resumania” from 12- 2 p.m. in the Reading Room and rooms 202 and 203 of the Dolan Center for Science and Technology.

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Labre at 4 p.m.

Students meet in the Campus Ministry hallway.

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SUPB “Lock-in” from Mass in the St. Francis Mass at 12:05 p.m. in the St. Francis Chapel.

10 p.m.- 8 a.m. in the Chapel at 9 p.m.

Jardine room of the D.J. Lombardo Student Center.

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“Cookies and Conversation” at 8 p.m. in Sutowski Hall, room 125.

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GYN clinic at the Student Health and Wellness Center from 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.

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New home in Columbus for 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards Kayla Navratil Staff Reporter

“Little Shop of Horrors”: A thrilling sensation Morgan Osheka Arts & Life Editor

MUSICAL REVIEW “Little Shop of Horrors”

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Hayley Williams (above) from the band Paramore was a headliner of last year’s Alternative Press Music Awards.

Held in Cleveland for the past two years, the Alternative Press Music Awards (APMAs) will be moving to Columbus. The APMAs honor the best in pop punk, alternative rock and other music genres.

Since the APMAs began in 2014, the awards show has formerly been held in large venues around Cleveland, including The Quicken Loans Arena and Voinovich Park.

Last year’s show featured top bands like Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Twenty One Pilots, Weezer and Panic! At the Disco.

This year, the APMAs will be held on Monday, July 18 at Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottentstein Center on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus.

According to Cleveland.com, the APMAs event, created in partnership with the annual Vans Warped Tour, will begin with a 2-hour-long red carpet pre-show with a 4-hour award ceremony following, proceeded by a VIP artist/industry after party. It is said that this year’s APMAs will surpass previous shows.

The APMAs, particularly last year, always receives some substantial social media attention.

The 2016 show had been featured in more than 900 million impressions across social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Vine and Snapchat, according to Cleveland.com.

To add to this media attention, Alternative Press is planning a three-day takeover of Columbus with many events that will lead up to the big awards show.

A major reason why it was necessary to move the award show’s location this year is due to the upcoming Republican National Convention.

The 2016 APMAs will take place on the same day as the Republican National Convention begins, putting the awards show in competition for hotel availability, venues and sponsorships.

In September, CEO and publisher of Alternative Press, Mike Shea expressed concern that the awards show would have to look for venues outside the city of Cleveland.

Shea admitted that hosting the award show in Cleveland would be a long shot, but he intends to bring the 2017 APMAs back to Cleveland.

Headliners for the 2016 APMAs are expected to be announced sometime in March.

Editor’s Note: Information from Altpress.com, Cleveland.com and Clevelandscene.com were used in this report.

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Cleveland Play House, celebrating its 100th season, presents “Little Shop of Horrors,” a twisted comedy musical about a man-eating plant named Audrey II. Seymour, a nerdy floral clerk, comes across a peculiar and bizarre new plant that might just be his ticket to fame and fortune to get him out of the dumps of Skid Row once and for all.

As Seymour tends to his new plant, Audrey II, he discovers a horrifying truth: Audrey II thirsts for human blood in order to grow.

Seymour must decide between fame, fortune and the girl of his dreams or saving the whole human race from his bloodthirsty plant.

With works by the award-winning composer Alan Menken, playwright Howard Ashman and director, choreographer and musical director Amanda Dehnert, “Little Shop of Horrors” came to life on the Allen Theatre stage with an all Actors’ Equity Association member cast and professional puppeteer, Kev Abrams.

In this production of “Little Shop of Horrors,” the street urchins, a five female group that enters the show to narrate or add dialogue between the main characters, also served as the musicians for the entire performance.

Playing the drums, keyboard, bass and guitar, these ladies provided a live rock band performance off to the side of the stage while interacting within each scene as part of the storytelling.

This was a new and different concept, to have the musicians as actors in the performance, but the transition worked well and added a concert-like feel to the show.

Ari Butler, who portrays the nerdy Seymour, brought quirkiness and spunk to the role with his squeaky voice, awkward clumsiness and zany dance moves. His transition from a meek floral clerk of a run-down flower shop to a scared yet more confident owner of a man-eating plant is intriguing as the audience watches what Seymour will do next as the story continues.

Larry Cahn portrays Mr. Mushnik, Seymour’s adopted father. Mushnik treats Seymour like dirt, always pointing out his mistakes, but when Seymour receives recognition for his discovery of Audrey II, Mushnik takes advantage of Seymour to receive part of his success.

Seymour’s love interest, his beautifully blonde co-worker Audrey, played by Lauren Molina, is a sweet girl who finds herself in an unfortunate abusive relationship with her dentist boyfriend Orin, played by Joey Taranto.

Molina’s portrayal of a rougharound-the-edges, doe-eyed girl who is down on her luck but dreams of a better life, is relatable and endearing. Taranto’s character, on the other hand, is just the opposite.

Orin, the semi-sadist and crazy dentist, proclaims his love for inflicting pain, but not without a little giggle gas. Taranto’s electrifying, wacky and over-the-top performance is incredible and frighteningly convincing.

In addition, Taranto portrays additional characters throughout the performance, using different accents, costumes and facial expressions, even dressing up as a woman, to

become completely different characters while adding more humor to the show.

As the performance continues, Seymour longs to be with Audrey, yet doesn’t realize that Audrey also dreams of living happily ever after with Seymour in a picture perfect world somewhere that’s green.

As Seymour tends to his new and ever-growing flytrap plant, Audrey II, he hopes that he’ll impress Audrey with his instant success.

Once Audrey II becomes a life-size plant, designed by Phantom Limb, a theatrical production and design company known for its work with marionettepuppetry, she sings, dances, shimmies and, eventually, eats people.

Eddie Cooper, the voice of the plant, and Kev Abrams, who becomes Audrey II and controls the plant puppet, work well together as a team to bring the plant to life. The construction and design of the plant is ingenious and clever in creating a lifelike plant controlled by a human from within.

Set design and costumes for the show were contemporary yet also conveyed a hint of rock and roll and gave a nod toward 1960’s fashion. The urban, poor neighborhood streets of Skid Row were depicted as run-down, dirty and musky, complete with trash lining the edge of the stage.

Small set pieces, including an oldfashioned cinema front and 1960’s advertisements along the walls of the floral shop, and a few 1960’s costume designs, particularly among the street urchins, stand out among the more modernized elements throughout the show.

“Little Shop of Horrors” is a theatrical classic with comedy horror and musical styles of rock and roll, doo-wop and Motown. The modernized and oldfashioned vision for this performance was entertaining and captivating.

The show, overall, is fun and horrifying, leaving audiences awaiting the fate of the Seymour and his man-eating plant, Audrey II. Editor’s Note: “Little Shop of Horrors” will be performing at the Allen Theatre in Cleveland Playhouse Square until Feb. 7, 2016.

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Seymour, a nerdy floral clerk played by Ari Butler (far right), tells how he came across a strange and unusual plant, Audrey II, to the street urchins (left), who perform as the on-stage rock and roll musicians.

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2016 Sundance Film Festival: Most anticipated films Anne Ertle Staff Reporter Filmmakers and fans of the theater are gearing up for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, which will take place Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Utah.

Sundance Film Festival is an annual event that draws talent and potential film buyers from all over the world.

Since 1985, hundreds of films launched at the Festival have gained critical recognition, received commercial distribution, and reached worldwide audiences eager for fresh perspectives and new voices,” according to the festival’s website.

It is a huge event for filmmakers who seek greater audiences, and the movies’ casts reflect talent both new and old. The festival was founded by Hollywood icon Robert Redford.

Movies that are successful at Sundance often go on to receive cinematic accolades, while many top executives will be in attendance, taking notes.

There are several films that are already being predicted to be the festival’s biggest hits, one of which is the film that will play on Sundance’s opening night, “Other People.”

“Other People” tells the tale of a gay comedy writer leaving his life in New York City to his return to his more rural childhood home to care for his conservative mother as her health declines.

The film is written and directed by Chris Kelly, a writer for “Saturday Night Live,” who drew from his own experiences for subject matter.

Past films that have filled the opening night slot include last year’s “Whiplash” and 2014’s “Twenty Feet From Stardom.”

Both films went on to be nominated for Academy Awards in their respective years, so Sundance organizers clearly have a lot of

respect for this film for it to have earned such a prestigious spot.

The festival will feature two documentaries on gun violence, “Under the Gun,” a documentary produced by Katie Couric, and “Newtown,” which focuses on the aftermath of the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.

In a more unusual premise, “Swiss Army Man” tells the tale of two friends, played

by Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano. Dano is fresh from his critically acclaimed role as Brian Wilson in “Love and Mercy” and will continue to push envelopes in this film.

In “Swiss Army Man,” which is billed as a “comedy adventure drama,” Dano is a hopelessly stranded man who discovers a dead body, played by Radcliffe. This unlikely pair develops a strong, if one-sided, friendship.

Fans of the cult 1995 hit “Welcome to the Dollhouse” will be pleased to learn that the film’s protagonist, Dawn Weiner, will return to the screen in “Wiener-Dog.” It is not necessarily a sequel to the film, although the same character (at least in name) does appear.

While the original “Welcome to the Dollhouse” Wiener was portrayed by Heather Matarazzo (who you might also recognize as Lilly Moscovitz from “The Princess Diaries”), “Wiener-Dog” has actress Greta Gerwig filling out the semi-titular role.

The movie follows the tale of several people whose lives are intertwined because of various encounters with wiener dogs.

Two separate films, deal with the 1974 on-air suicide of television news broadcaster Christine Chubbuck.

“Christine” approaches the subject as a drama, and it stars Rebecca Hall as Chubbuck. Michael C. Hall will portray the man for whom Chubbuck allegedly had unrequited feelings for.

“Kate Plays Christine” addresses the situation as a documentary/thriller, in which according to Sundance’s website, “Kate Lyn Sheil is cast in a ‘stylized cheap ‘70s soap opera’ version of Christine’s story, and to prepare for the role, Kate travels to Sarasota to investigate the mysteries and meanings behind her tragic demise.”

Both versions of Chubbuck’s story are receiving a lot of buzz, and event organizers say that the subject matter overlapping was merely a coincidence.

Finally, “Southside With You” chronicles the first date of future President Barack Obama and then named Michelle Robinson, although its Sundance description admits its use of poetic license. The film was shot throughout various Chicago locations Today’s Sundance hits could be tomorrow’s Oscar winners, so look for these films in the Netflix queues of the future.

Editor’s Note: Information from Sundance.org, USA Today and Variety was used in this report.

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Tika Sumpter (left) as Michelle Robinson and Parker Sawyers (right) as Barack Obama can be seen in the film “Southside With You,” directed by Richard Tanne, which tells the story about the first date of the president and his wife.

What is your New Year’s resolution?

- Compiled by Pakinam Moussa Staff Reporter

“If there’s anything I’d like to do better it’s keeping in communication with people. And to cook more Belizean food.”

- Andre Alamina, Senior

“Be as healthy as I can be, improve my spiritual life, and work on my social skills.”

- Hope Uwase, Freshman

“My new year resolutions are simple: Keep on doing what I have always done!”

- Patrick Bucyana, Junior

“To be more courageous, do different things and step out of my comfort zone.”

- Michalena Mezzopera, Sophomore

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Big second half propels JCU to win over Wilmington Brennan Betro

Jacob Hirschmann Sports Editor

Cleveland’s coaching carousel Nobody saw it coming. On Friday, Jan. 22 at 3:52 pm, Yahoo’s lead NBA writer, and one of the most respected writers who covers the NBA, Adrian Wojnarowski, tweeted out that the Cleveland Cavaliers fired David Blatt.

Twitter exploded. Nearly everybody who covers or follows the NBA was in absolute shock.

At the time of the firing, the Cavaliers were sitting at first place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 30-11 and coming off a double-digit victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

Then, all of a sudden, the franchise was set ablaze and the Cavaliers were without a head coach.

That was until eight minutes after Wojnarowski announced the firing on Twitter, when he reported that Tyronn Lue had been hired as the Cavaliers new head coach.

Lue was an assistant under Blatt and had essentially been promoted after the abrupt firing.

It was a weird 10 minutes. Just earlier in the day it had seemed like all was well in Cleveland, and while they hadn’t beat the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs yet this season, they had a stranglehold on the Eastern Conference and would almost assuredly make the NBA Finals for the second straight season.

When it first happened, I figured it was another classic mistake by a Cleveland sports team, and in all honesty, it may be, we really don’t know at this point.

After sitting on it for a few days, I see the rationale behind it. Blatt wasn’t going to coach the Cavaliers past this season, and honestly, the only reason he made it through the offseason is because they made the NBA Finals last season.

With that being the case, hiring Lue, one of LeBron’s “guys,” to coach the team for the remainder of the season and seeing if he can fix the haphazardness on and off the court seems reasonable.

Where the Cavs organization loses me is signing Lue to a multiyear deal before he even coaches one NBA game.

Coaches without any head coaching experience get hired. I understand that. The thing that gets me is that they could have easily slapped the interim tag on Lue and had him coach the season and see how it went without locking in $9 million to his contract.

With the firing of Blatt, the Cavs are now paying three coaches, as they are still paying Mike Brown’s contract. That’s ridiculous.

The Cavaliers are good, and they’re going to make the NBA Finals, no matter who is coaching them.

For the sake of the city, I hope the Cavaliers win the title, because if they can’t win the title with LeBron, who knows if they ever will.

Contact Jacob Hirschmann at jhirschmann16@jcu.edu

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The John Carroll University men’s basketball team’s season reached new heights as the team capped off one of the best two-week periods in program history.

After the Blue Streaks defeated the University of Mount Union and Baldwin Wallace University in back-to-back games, JCU is officially undefeated halfway through Ohio Athletic Conference play for the first time in program history.

JCU continued their winning ways on Saturday, Jan. 23, defeating the Wilmington College, 79-70.

The Fightin’ Quakers entered the Tony DeCarlo Varsity Center on the 23rd with one goal in mind: to knock off the top team in the OAC and the No. 5 team in the nation.

This was a Wilmington squad that,

while coming in at 3-11, was very experienced, with 10 of their 15 players being seniors.

Fast physical play was the tale of the tape as both teams ground it out in the paint and on the defensive end. The game stayed close through its entirety, as there was 14 lead changes throughout.

The main difference in the first half was free throws. Wilmington asserted themselves at the line, going 13-of-13 at the line. Meanwhile, JCU continued their struggles from the charity strip, shooting just 53 percent in the first half. The Quakers used that advantage, taking a two-point lead into the half, leaving JCU with just their third halftime deficit of the year.

In the second half the game, Wilmington cooled off from both the field and the free throw line.

The Blue Streaks took advan-

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1st 46 44

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Final 70 79

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Freshman forward Allen Stokes goes up for a shot over three Wilmington College defenders during JCU’s 79-70 victory over the Fightin’ Quakers on Saturday, Jan. 23 at JCU . tage. JCU’s 28 bench points and vigorous paint presence enforced by senior Simon Kucharewicz.

Kucharewicz contributed 17 of the team’s 34 points in the paint along with seven rebounds in 24 minutes on the court.

For the Blue Streaks, David Linane took charge as the court general, commanding the offense with his assertive style. The junior created for himself in the second half by slashing through double teams and hitting step-back jumpers. The point guard finished with 24 points while shooting 60 percent. He also put up five rebounds, five assists, and three steals on the night.

Behind Linane and Kucharewicz, the Blue Streaks rallied and

controlled the second half, winning the second frame by 11 points, and ultimately defeating the Fightin’ Quakers, 79-70.

JCU’s 79 points against Wilmington was the second fewest total they scored all season, only ahead of the 75 they scored against Capital University in a 75-74 victory on Jan. 4.

Heading into Wednesday’s contest against Heidelberg University, the Blue Streaks sit at 17-0 on the season and 10-0 in OAC play.

Editor’s Note: The John Carroll University men’s basketball team returned to action on Wednesday, Jan. 27 against Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio. Head to jcusports.com for a full game recap and box score.

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JCU squeaks out win in overtime thriller Andrew Orie Staff Reporter

Four quarters were not enough to determine a winner in Saturday, Jan. 23’s game against Wilmington College. In the end, John Carroll University women’s basketball team came out victorious, 77-76, pushing their overall record to 10-7 and 5-5 in Ohio Athletic Conference play.

The Blue Streaks could not buy a bucket to start the game, committing three turnovers and trailing 10-0 after the first four minutes.

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Freshman Bri Pittenger ended the drought with a three-pointer, sparking a 16-4 run by JCU to take a two-point lead.

Wilmington responded, outscoring the Blue Streaks by 14 in the second quarter. Much of that was on the shoulders of JCU, who came out of the gates cold once again, this time though, they didn’t put it together, and finished the quarter with just six points on 3-of-16 shooting. The scoring drought left the Fightin’ Quakers with a 14-point halftime lead.

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Freshman Bri Pittenger looks to outlet after corralling one of her five rebounds in JCU’s 77-76 win over Wilmington College on Saturday, Jan. 23 in Wilmington, Ohio.

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Streaks looked like a completely different team in the third quarter.

The offense played proficiently, cutting the lead from 16 all the way down to six, before Wilmington made a little run to end the quarter, extending their lead to 10 heading into the final frame.

Junior guard Katlyn Spahar was the driving force behind the comeback in the fourth quarter. During JCU’s 13-2 run, she scored nine of the 13 points.

Both teams traded baskets over the final few minutes, and 40 minutes were simply not enough to determine a winner. The Fightin’ Quakers and Blue Streaks entered overtime tied at 63.

In overtime, the Blue Streaks carried their momentum over from the fourth quarter and held on until

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the final buzzer, ultimately defeating the Fightin Quakers, 77-76.

Spahar led the team with 36 points and added four steals to her effort. The only other JCU player to score in double figures was Pittenger, who poured in 11.

After the game, Spahar talked about what keeps this team in every game.

“We played in fives games that we won where we had to come back from a double digit deficit which is unheard of,” said Spahar. “I believe that our fight is a major key to our success.”

Editor’s Note: The John Carroll University women’s basketball team returned to action on Wednesday, Jan. 27 against Heidelberg University. Go to jcusports.com for a full game recap and box score.

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Blue Streaks hit stride over weekend Honored seniors lead way in dual wins Garrow claimed wins in the 200 medley relay on both Friday and Saturday, narrowly beating out their opponents by mere seconds.

Sophomore Brian Hulseman enjoyed a fruitful weekend, winning the 800 Free and 100 Fly on Friday and the 200 Free and the 200 Fly on Saturday. Pacak also claimed first in four events.

Several young members of the squad showed signs of promise, too. Freshman Adam Bozsvai led JCU’s unheralded swimmers with an impressive win in the 500 Free, notching a time of 5:10.05 against Baldwin Wallace on Saturday.

The Blue Streaks capped off both meets with victories in the 200 Free relay. Freshman Tony Penk, junior Corey Kehm, Egan Paul and Kirtek recorded a time of 1:47.90 on Friday. The next day, the Blue and Gold sent the JCU faithful home on a happy note, as Kehm, Kirtek, Garrow and Pacak combined for a time of 1:31.86.

Joe Ginley Staff Reporter

It is all beginning to come together for the John Carroll University men’s swimming and diving squad.

The team’s veterans are performing, the underclassmen are thriving, and the Blue Streaks look like the squad to beat as the regular season draws to a close.

The Blue Streaks cruised to a dominant 140-31 win over Hiram College on Friday and secured a 146-71 victory over Baldwin Wallace University at Johnson Natatorium on Saturday.

The weekend wins over the Terriers and Yellow Jackets were true team efforts.

Nearly every member of the team earned points in some fashion.

JCU’s relay teams contributed plenty of points for the victors. Freshmen Alec Bryson, Egan Paul, Peter Neal and Jack

Joe Ginley Staff Reporter

The John Carroll University women’s swimming and diving team quietly collected six victories in eight dual meets, including weekend wins over Hiram College on Friday, Jan. 22 and Baldwin Wallace University on Saturday, Jan. 23.

Since starting the season at 0-2, the Blue and Gold have not lost a meet. The trend continued Friday during JCU’s 142-46 win over the Terriers.

The evening began with a dominant first place finish in the 200 Medley relay, as junior Margaret Zagrobelny, senior Lindsey Fano, junior Amanda Casamatta and sophomore Carly Adams combined for a time of 2:12.49.

Sophomores Emma Connell and Amanda Ailkhani paired up with freshmen Chloe Ruggerio and Sophie Kocheff to complete the 1-2 sweep with a mark of 2:15.69.

Senior Jane Verdi kept the Blue Streaks rolling in the 200 Free, leading a 1-2-3 sweep with a time of 2:20.51. Sophomore Teresa Prinster led another sweep in the 50 Free, as Connell and sophomore Alex Iosue followed close behind.

The quick turnaround did not impact the Blue Streaks on Saturday, as JCU dominated the Yellow Jackets, 155-82, in Senior Day at the Johnson Natatorium.

JCU’s four seniors led the way for the Blue and Gold at home. Verdi notched a narrow win in the 50 Free, while Fano took first in the 200 Breast. Ann Murphy contributed points in the 50 Free, too, and Sam Clark earned third place in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions.

Fano also played a major role in JCU’s 200 Medley relay and 200 Free relay wins. Adams, Crowley and Casamatta combined with the Colorado native to edge the competition in the 200 Medley.

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Freshman Adam Bozsvai swims the final stretch of the 500 Free during JCU’s win over Baldwin Wallace on Saturday, Jan. 23 in University Heights, Ohio.

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Four seniors (from left to right) Jane Verdi, Ann Murphy, Lindsey Fano and Sam Clark, were honored on Senior Night during JCU’s swim meet against Baldwin Wallace on Saturday, Jan. 23 at Johnson Natatorium.

THIS WEEK IN BLUE STREAKS ATHLETICS Men’s Basketball

Wrestling

Swimming & Diving

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JCU vs. Ohio Northern Saturday, Jan. 30 2 p.m., University Heights, Ohio

Cleveland State Open Saturday, Dec. 12 9 a.m., Cleveland, Ohio

JCU vs. Wilmington Saturday, Jan. 30 1 p.m., Wilmington, Ohio

JCU @ Ohio Northern Saturday, Jan. 30 3:30 p.m., Ada, Ohio

Streaks of the Week

Women’s Basketball

Katlyn Spahar Junior

The junior scored a gamehigh 36 points in JCU’s 77-67 overtime win over Wilmington College on Saturday, Jan. 23. Spahar has now scored 30 points or more in four different games this season for the Blue Streaks.

Men’s Basketball David Linane Junior After leading the team in scoring with 24 points, Linane helped keep the Blue Streaks undefeated with a 79-70 win over Wilmington College. The junior has now improved to a team leading average of 14.4 points per game on the season.

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Emmy Jenkins Senior

Jack Garrow Freshman

Lindsey Fano Senior

The senior set a program record in the 60-meter dash (8.02), beating her previous record time she set during the 2013 season. Jenkins finished third overall in the event, and helped the Blue Streaks finish fourth at the meet.

The reigning OAC Swimmer of the Week helped JCU claim victory in both the 200 Medley Relay and the 200 Free Relay over the weekend.

The freshman also added a victory in 200 Back with a winning time of 2:01.56.

Fano earned victories in the 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay in the senior day meet with Baldwin Wallace University.

The senior was one of four that was honored during the last home meet of the season.

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Citizens demand answers as Flint water crisis worsens Katelyn DeBaun Editor-in-Chief

Michigan governor Rick Snyder is facing harsh criticism and accusations of ignoring the present water crisis in the city of Flint, Michigan, located nearly 70 miles northwest of Detroit. The 100,000 citizens of Flint have been unable to drink the city’s water due to extremely high levels of lead.

Although this issue has just recently come to light, it has been ongoing for nearly two years.

In April 2014, the city of Flint ceased use of Detroit’s water supply and started using water from the Flint River in order to save money, as over 41 percent of Flint’s residents live below the poverty line, according to CNN. At the time, although the Flint River was known by its citizens to be dirty and was thought to be toxic, the Flint city government confirmed that the water was safe to drink, according to The New York Times. However, residents complained about the smell and color of the water until August 2014, when officials issued boil alerts when concerning levels of coliform bacteria were found in the water.

Additionally, it was discovered that water from the Flint River was so corrosive, it caused lead in the pipes to leach into citizens’ water supply.

Last January, Detroit offered to allow Flint to use its water again, but the city government refused and confirmed water from the Flint River was safe to drink in March 2015.

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The Flint River, pictured above, was used for the city of Flint’s water supply after switching from Detroit’s water supply in 2014.

However, a study done in September by doctors Since then, Snyder has publicly apologized at Hurley Medical Center found high levels of for the crisis, to little avail, as many of lead in the blood of children living in Flint, ABC Flint’s citizens are calling for his resignation.

News reported. Despite these findings, state Additionally, according to The Washington officials maintained the water was safe to intake. Post, the American Civil Liberties Union of However, Snyder acknowledged the discovery Michigan found that incriminating excerpts of lead and pledged to solve the problem. By had been removed from early reports on Flint’s October 2015, Snyder called for Flint to return water. to Detroit’s water supply.

On Saturday, Jan. 16, President Obama The New York Times reported that Snyder declared a federal state of emergency for declared a state of emergency in Flint in Genesee County and permitted $5 million in December 2015, which extended to all of federal aid to be allocated to Flint, according Genesee County on Jan. 5, 2016. to BBC News.

Although Flint’s residents have been calling for solutions to the water crisis for several months, the Environmental Protection Agency finally intervened on Thursday, Jan. 21, calling to action the state of Michigan.

The EPA’s regional director, Susan Hedman, announced her resignation on Jan. 21, after Michigan’s water quality director did the same weeks prior.

To illustrate the level of lead, a team of researchers at Virginia Tech released a study in the summer of 2015 examining the 90th percentile of homes in Flint and its neighboring cities. 10 percent of homes in Flint were noted to have over 27 parts per billion of lead, according to The Washington Post. The highest level noted was 158 parts per billion. To compare, the 90th percentile of homes in Detroit has just over two parts per billion, and the EPA considers five parts per billion cause for concern. At 15 parts per billion, the EPA recommends—but does not demand—that cities take action to star reducing the amount of lead in the water.

At the end of 2015, these researchers retested 30 homes, finding that the lowest readings of lead were about 200 parts per billion. Half of the homes tested exceeded 1,000 parts per billion, and some were over 5,000 parts per billion, falling into the EPA’s category of toxic waste.

Editor’s Note: Information from CNN, The New York Times, ABC News, The Washington Post and BBC News was used in this report.

Records smashed as snowstorm slams East Coast

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Brilliant sunshine and gently rising temperatures followed the mammoth blizzard that paralyzed Washington and set a single-day snowfall record in New York City, enabling millions to dig out Sunday, Jan. 24 and enjoy the winter.

The timing could not have been better: Most people stayed home as the heaviest snow fell the evening of Jan. 22 and all day the day before, enabling crews to clear roads and rails, then awoke to see grimy cities blanketed in lovely but unfamiliar terrains.

It was just right for a huge snowball fight in Baltimore, where more than 600 people responded to organizer Aaron Brazell’s invite on Facebook.

“I knew people would be cooped up in their houses and wanting to come outside,” said Brazell, who was beaned by multiple blasts of perfectly soft but firm snow.

But reacherous conditions remained: waist-high piles of plowed snow blocked Manhattan bus stops, forcing riders to risk waiting on streets, inches from traffic.

Judy Tenenbaum refused, and walked a dozen blocks to reach a stop where at least some snow was cleared.

“I decided, I don’t want to die,” she said, boarding a bus to the YMCA. At least 28 deaths were blamed on the weather, first in car crashes, and then while shoveling snow or breathing carbon

monoxide.

The storm dropped snow from the Gulf Coast to New England. The heaviest official report was 42 inches, in Glengary, West Virginia, but huge accumulations elsewhere stranded tens of thousands of travelers and forced countless others to change plans.

Broadway shows reopened after going dark at the last minute during the snowstorm. Museums remained closed in Washington, and the House of Representatives postponed votes until February, citing the storm’s impact on travel.

Flying remained particularly messy after nearly 12,000 weekend flights were canceled. Airports resumed very limited service in New York City, Baltimore and Philadelphia, which said it got an entire winter’s snow in just two days.

Wa s h i n g t o n - a r e a a i r p o r t s r e m a i n e d closed until Jan.22 after the punishing blizzard.

Amtrak operated a reduced number of trains on all its routes, serving many people who could not get around otherwise, spokesman Marc Magliari said.

As a sign of how much digging out remains to be done around the nation’s capital, public schools were be closed for two days in suburban Montgomery County, Maryland, which recorded some of the highest snow totals, including 38.5 inches in North Potomac.

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A citizen of Pennsylvania scrapes snow off of his car after the record-breaking snowstorm.

The storm dropped 26.8 inches in night, it may not have beat the city’s Central Park, the second-most recorded single-day record of 21 inches, set on Jan. since 1869 and just short of 26.9 inches 28, 1922. set in February 2006. But the 26.6 inches The Zoo was making hearts sing in that fell on Saturday was the city’s record other ways — even though the grounds for a single day. remained closed through Jan. 23, an online It appears to be Baltimore’s biggest video of its giant panda Tian Tian making single snowstorm, with a preliminary snow angels got more than 48 million total of 29.2 inches at the city’s airport views. topping its previous record of 26.8 inches Coastal cities saw some flooding, but during the “Presidents Day Storm” of no significant damage.

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The storm delivered bursts of thunder Washington’s records were less clear. and lightning, and winds reached a The official 3-day total of 17.8 inches hurricane-force 75 mph at Dewey Beach, measured at Reagan National Airport Delaware, and Langley Air Force Base, was impossibly short of accumulations Virginia, the National Weather Service recorded elsewhere in the city. An official said. From Virginia to New York, sustained total of 22.4 inches landed at the National winds topped 30 mph and gusted to around Zoo, but since some of that fell Friday 50 mph.

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SCOTUS to review 4 Islamic State destroys immigration reform ancient Christian monastery

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Adding another highly contentious case to their 2016 docket, the United States Supreme Court announced Tuesday, Jan. 19 that they will review United States v. Texas, assessing the legality of President Barack Obama’s immigration reform orders.

Fourteen months ago, President Obama proposed to make it easier for the millions of people living in the United States illegally to remain in the country and acquire work.

Aside from individuals who had committed felonies and repeated misdemeanors, the Obama administration said that immigrants who resided in the United States for at least five years could apply for work permits, according to The Washington Post.

Saying that he wanted to “deport felons, not families,” Obama ordered the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to create a more encompassing one: Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, or DAPA. According to The Washington Post, the directives provided law enforcement officials with tactics and guidelines that aimed to improve militant deportation practices. Now, the president’s ability to make these sort of legal decisions is being put to the test.

Texas and two dozen other states believe that decisive immigration policy should be created within the walls of the Capitol building, not by a unilateral executive action.

However, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest stated the president’s actions were “clearly within the confines of his authority as President of the United States,” according to The New York Times.

The differences in legal opinion led to a series of lower court cases which consistently sided with the states, imploring the Obama administration to bypass review by the full Fifth Circuit Court and appeal the rulings to the Supreme Court in the hopes that the justices will uphold his authority before he leaves office.

The central legal question to be answered by the Court, according to The Washington Post, is whether Obama was legally sound when using his executive authority to bypass congressional gridlock, or if he has violated constitutional boundaries and has imposed restrictions that require approval from Congress. Additionally, the Court will be asked to decide whether the president’s actions have violated the Take Care Clause of the Constitution, which states that the president “shall take care that laws be faithfully executed.”

According to The Washington Post, the justices are also making the unusual decision to add their own questions to be answered in the case. These inquiries include whether or not the states have the legal standing to sue the government in this instance, whether or not the President’s orders were legally issued, if the orders were, more generally, legal in the context of past immigration precedents, and whether or not the president violated the aforementioned Take Care Clause of the Constitution.

The decision, which will be issued in June, will be just one of the controversial decisions to be made by the Supreme Court this summer, which include the likes of abortion rights, affirmative action, contraception and religious liberties.

Editor’s Note: Information from The New York Times, The Washington Post and Politico was used in this report.

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United States troops walk past the ruins of the monastery destroyed by the Islamic State.

Satellite footage obtained by The Associated Press on Jan. 20 documented the destruction of Saint Elijah’s monastery, a 1,400 year old Christian landmark located in Mosul, Iraq. The Islamic State terrorist group, also known by the Arabic word Daesh, claimed responsibility for the temple’s razing. It is believed that these actions took place in the Fall of 2014 subsequently after the Islamic State group annexed the city.

The decimation of the temple brought condemnation from the Obama administration and elicited a particularly poignant and upsetting reaction from the Christians being tormented and displaced by the Islamic State, according to The New York Times. While the Islamic State has conquered copious regions in the Middle Eastern countries Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group has wreaked havoc while targeting the Christian demographic.

When asked about the temple’s destruction, a local Catholic priest, Father Paul Thabit Habib, stated, “we see it as an attempt to expel [Christians] from Iraq, eliminating and finishing our existence in this land.” Father Thabit Habib went further to say that the monastery, a place of solidarity, was an integral worship site for both Christians and Muslims in the area, according to the Associated Press. A Christian member of the Iraqi Parliament, Yonadam Kanna, expressed that the attacks tear apart Iraq’s Christian identity. Kanna believes that this most recently found instance of the Islamic State’s hatred towards other ideologies could be one “of the most historical yet.”

These actions fall in line with the Islamic State’s method of operation, which revolves around annihilating any cultural and historical site that does not correspond with their intolerant, fundamentalist viewpoints. The Islamic State has erased countless religious monuments ranging from Buddhist tombs and artwork to Christian worshipping sites similar to Saint Elijah’s, according to the BBC. The organization, known for recording their notable attacks and killings on camera, have countless films destroying ancient, sacred and significant places of worship.

Saint Elijah’s prevailed through many years of violence before its toppling. The monastery sustained damage from a missile in 2003 and was even used as a military base by the Iraqi Republican Guard in the 1970s as well as the Americans during the invasion of Iraq in the 2000s. The American soldiers in the monastery used the ancient monument not only as a base of operations but, if so inclined, a place to worship. The United States controlled the area where Saint Elijah’s was located from 2003-2011, but eventually split from the monastery due to the army’s chaplains emphasizing that their spiritual and historical importance was too valuable to potentially compromise. In the late 2000s, American soldiers worked to restore the monastery, most notably the monastery’s damaged walls. Christians, Muslims, American troops and many more feel the loss of a pivotal cornerstone of culture and spirituality.

General Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director issued a profound critique at the Islamic State group, saying, “Despite their relentless crimes, extremists will never be able to erase history…

It also reminds us how terrified by history the extremists are, because understanding the past undermines the pretexts they use to justify these crimes and exposes them as expressions of pure hatred and ignorance.”

Editor’s Note: Information from The New York Times, the BBC and the Associated Press was used in this report.

Presidential candidates take aim at Iowa Caucus Robin Goist Staff Reporter

Both the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are focusing their efforts on challenging their opponents as the Iowa caucus approaches, which is considered the official start of the presidential nomination race, according to the Chicago Sun Times. On Feb. 1, registered party voters across the state will cast their ballots for their preferred candidate.

Recent polling of Iowa caucus Republican voters shows that Donald Trump leads Ted Cruz by 5 percent, according to a CBS News poll. The poll, published on Jan. 24, shows Trump in the lead for the GOP, holding onto about 39 percent of the votes, with Cruz in second with 34 percent. Marco Rubio comes in third with 13 percent, with the rest of the field falling in the single digits.

CBS News conducted a poll of Iowa Democrats, published on Jan. 24, showing Bernie Sanders with a slight lead of 47 percent over Hillary Clinton’s 46 percent. Former Governor of Maryland, Martin O’Malley, is

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Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Iowa two weeks before voting begins.

Press. polling at 5 percent.

At an appearance in Indianola, Iowa, the Perhaps to combat his increasing momentum, Hillary Clinton has been criticizing Sanders more former Secretary of State said, “Senator Sanders frequently, and calling attention to the issues on does not talk very much about foreign policy. which they disagree, according to the Associated But when he does it raises concerns because

sometimes it can sound like he has not really thought it through,” Associated Press reported.

According to the Washington Post, Trump spoke of Cruz by saying “He is having a hard time. He looks like a nervous wreck. He is going down.”

Cruz has not been silent about the top contender, saying, “He is getting more and more rattled. And each day engaging in more and more personal attacks,” CNN reported.

Looking ahead to the New Hampshire primary, CBS conducted polls among likely voters in each party. Trump still leads with 34 percent, followed by Cruz at 16 percent and Rubio at 14 percent. CBS News figures also show Sanders with an even greater lead on Clinton than in Iowa, with the candidates polling at 57 percent and 38 percent respectively. The New Hampshire, “first-in-the-nation” primary will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 9.

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Senate fails to pass vote pausing refugees Daniel May Staff Reporter

The United States Senate failed to pass legislation on Wednesday. Jan. 20 regarding further screening requirements for Iraqi and Syrian refugees. The proposal would have put more background checks in place and would have required individual sign-offs from three highranking federal officials before any refugee from Syria or Iraq could come to the United States.

The bill would have paused the resettlement of refugees until the Obama administration could certify that they were no longer a significant threat to national security. The bill needed 60 votes to pass.

When it came time to vote, there was no agreement on how to handle additions to the bill from the Democrats, including one regarding presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States. The final tally for the bill was 55 for and 43 against, which was five short of the three-fifths majority needed.

After the vote, Senate minority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) accused the Republicans of “pledg[ing] loyalty to Trump and his disgraceful policies.” He

United States ends search for Pancho Villa, 1917 After nearly 11 months of fruitless searching, American military forces are recalled from their search for the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, who was accused of killing 17 Americans in Coumbus, New Mexico.

After the U.S. government recognized Villa’s rival as leader of Mexico, Villa led a series of bloody attacks along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Villa was later pardoned by the Mexican government before begin assassinated in 1923.

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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) speaks to reporters after blocking a bill that would have paused the resettlement of Iraqi and Syrian refugees. went on to say that “as the front-runner of wonder that the citizens we represent the Republican nomination, Trump and his are concerned? No wonder dozens of proposals are leading the public debate in Democrats joined with Republicans to pass this balanced bill with a veto-proof our country.”

On the other side of the aisle, Republican majority over in the House.” senators raised concern about the difficulty Should the vote had received the in properly checking the refugees in three-fifths majorityand passed, President question due to poor or non-existent Obama pledged in an earlier address to record keeping. Senate Majority Leader veto the bill.

Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), in answer Editor ’s note: This story contains to the substantial number of Democrats information from Politico.com, The who voted for the bill, said, “So it is any Associated Press and The Hill.

TODAY IN HISTORY Vietnam War cease fire goes into effect, 1973

Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes, 1986

At 8:00 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time, the cease fire that effectively ended the 20-year-long Vietnam War went into effect.

Seventy-three seconds after takeoff, the United States Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven crew members aboard.

American forces evacuated the area, leaving enough supplies and military aide to last the South Vietnamese Army several more months.

The space shuttle experienced a malfunction in one of the engines, causing the shuttle to disintergrate over the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Canaveral.

Tensions between the North and South Vietnmanese continued until 1975, when the North Vietnamese army captured the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon, ending the Vietnam War and uniting Vietnam under Communist rule.

The disaster resulted in a 52 month hiatus of the shuttle program in order to fix oversights to ensure the safety of space shuttle crew members.

Editor’s note: Information from History.com and the Associated Press were used for this report.

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Video shows Islamic State planning Paris massacre The Associated Press

New video released by the Islamic State group on Jan. 22 shows the extremists who carried out the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris committing atrocities in IS-controlled territory while plotting the slaughter in the French capital that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured. The group also threatened to attack Britain.

The 17-minute video shows the extent of the planning that went into the multiple attacks in Paris, which French authorities have said from the beginning was planned in Syria. The video was provided online by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi websites.

All nine militants seen in the video died in the Paris attacks or their aftermath.

Seven of the attackers - four from Bel-

gium and three from France - spoke fluent French.

The two others - identified by their noms de guerre as Iraqis - spoke in Arabic. Seven of the militants were filmed standing behind bound captives, described as “apostates,” who were either beheaded or shot.

“Soon on the Champs-Elysées,” says Samy Amimour, who was raised in a Paris suburb near the French national stadium, as he holds a captive’s head aloft.

The Nov. 13 attacks targeted a packed concert hall, a restaurant, a cafe and a soccer match at the national stadium.

French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said the government is studying the video but would not comment on its contents. France’s Interior Ministry and the Paris prosecutor’s office had no immediate comment.

AP

French citizens lay a wreath at a memorial in honor of the victims of the Paris massacre last year.

The video was filmed before the men sneaked back into Europe and contains no footage shot by the attackers during the days of terror that began Nov. 13 and ended on Nov. 18 with the death of Abdelhamid Abbaoud, who was believed to be the leader of the attacks.

Instead, it was assembled from material shot before the men left for Paris, news video and amateur video. The video did not specify where the nine men were filmed, but it was believed to have been in IS-controlled territory in Syria. Abbaoud is seen simply speaking in a room One militant, Brahim Abdeslam, is seen at a makeshift shooting range. Abdeslam, whose brother Salah fled Paris that night and remains at large, blew himself up at a Paris cafe where he was the only victim. Salah Abdeslam is not seen in the video.

According to the anti-Islamic State activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, Brahim Abdeslam and two other attackers were trained in Raqqa, the extremist group’s stronghold and the capital of its self-proclaimed caliphate.

In the video, as in other Islamic State propaganda trying to drive a wedge between European Muslims and their governments, the men say it is a religious duty to join them. They threaten more attacks in Europe, and the footage closes with one of the militants holding a severed head and footage of Cameron giving a speech - with a text in English warning that whoever stands with the unbelievers “will be a target for our swords.”

After months and months of putting off paying attention to the presidential race, the time has come to start paying attention. The Iowa caucuses are next Tuesday, and the New Hampshire primary is the next Tuesday.

These are the first time real people will go to the polls and caucus centers to voice their opinion and execute their constitutional right to vote.

So, why do these elections matter to people in Ohio (or whatever state you are registered to vote in)? We’ll see if Donald Trump has just crazy fans that go to his rallies and go nuts, or if he has people behind him that will actually go vote and caucus for him.

If Trump does not have people behind him who will go vote, then that would change the entire Republican race. It would open it up in all of the primary states after Iowa, including Ohio (or whatever state you are registered to vote in).

New Hampshire will also be an interesting state because all of the so-called “establishment” candidates, which include Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Chris Christie, hope to shine in this state so that voters will coalesce around just one of them. However, if you continue to have all four of those candidates in the race then Trump and Cruz will be the only two Republican candidates to realistically win the nomination.

To prove that theory, let’s tally up all of the averages of those four candidates according to RealClearPolitics.com averages of New Hampshire polls. If you add up all of their averages, it equals 38 percent. Donald Trump is polling at an average of 32 percent. That means if three of those four men dropout and voters can rally around one of those candidates in future primaries, then the “establishment” voters and candidates have a real shot of winning the nomination. None of them are going to drop out before the New Hampshire Primary, but if three of them do after that race then the “establishment” candidate will have a chance to win in future primary states including Ohio (or whatever state you are registered to vote in).

Iowa and New Hampshire are not going the way most people thought they would for the Democratic race. People thought Hillary Clinton would walk away with the nomination and winning Iowa and New Hampshire would not be a problem. Then, Bernie Sanders came along and turned the Clinton campaign upside down. Sanders and Clinton are neck and neck in Iowa. Each new poll that comes out has a different person on the top. And in New Hampshire, Sanders is leading by an average of 14.6 percent according to RealClearPolitics.com averages. If Sanders wins both of these states, then that opens up a chance for Sanders to win the nomination by winning other states, including Ohio (or whatever state you are registered to vote in).

As much as the general public does not want to pay attention to the harsh rhetoric between all of the presidential candidates in the 2016 election, it is time to start paying attention. These states matter to all of the future states because they shape the future of the election. It is every citizen’s responsibility to pay attention and vote in their states’ primary.

That also assumes you are all registered to vote, which I know as good American citizens, you all are.

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The housing market: either in Energy hedge funds make

recovery or relapse?

money while oil plunges Nicole Spindler

Business & Finance Editor

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Toward the end of December 2015, the housing market started to rapidly decline.

Jacqueline Witwicki The Carroll News

The effects of the 2008 housing crisis were felt on a global scale.

According to Forbes, the federal reserve lowered their interest rate to less than one percent.

This made it almost pointless to invest in treasury bills through the Fed, otherwise known as the Federal Open Trade Committee, but incredibly inexpensive to take out loans.

Looking for an alternate investments, investors began buying up mortgages of various ratings or qualities from investment bankers, who had procured those mortgages from lenders.

This system was effective until all of the demand for mortgages was filled. Everyone who could afford to take out a mortgage on a house already had. But the investors were still hungry for mortgages.

Due to this demand for investments in the private sector, lenders began to grant mortgages to risky and riskier candidates, removing safety nets such as proof of income and down payments.

Forbes reported that while these mortgages were far from a AAA investment, investors figured that, should an investor be unable to pay their mortgage and foreclose, the investor can sell the house and make their money that way.

As we can observe in retrospect, this plan did not work. So many people foreclosed on the mortgages that they could never have afforded in the first place.

This devalued the market as a whole, and supply became exponentially more abundant than demand.

This eventually led to the lenders, investment bankers and investors filing for bankruptcy busting the housing bubble all the way open.

This is how the market is currently doing: US News and World Report has disclosed that U.S. housing completions

jumped 5.6 percent month over month to close December at an annual rate of 1.01 million.

That’s the second highest total the metric has posted since 2008 and its best showing since September, according to U.S. News.

These positive figures can largely be attributed to new regulation requiring certain metrics be met before the issuing of a mortgage.

However, despite this positive year end finish for the housing market in 2015, a dip in November began to make investors and homeowners nervous according to U.S. News.

CNBC reported, the sales of existing homes jumped 14.7 percent in December compared to November, according to the National Association of Realtors, but not because the housing market is suddenly outperforming all expectations.

The jump in December had to do with the nearly 11 percent monthly drop in home sales in November, according to CNBC. After extensive observation, this drop can be attributed to bumps in the road as new regulations for the market take effect.

In this case, lenders are now required to grant borrowers with a specific form regarding integrative disclosures (TRID).

In addition, it is providing the borrowers with information regarding every aspect of their loan.

Due to this many individuals pushed back closing on a deal until after they had observed this form in November, pushing sales into December.

As new regulation begins takes effect in the market it is understandable that total stability will not be achieved. However, compared to the housing bubble and burst of 2008, the market is in a much more comfortable place.

Editor ’s Note: Information from Forbes, CNBC, and U.S. News were used in this report.

December’s plunge in oil prices has dragged down much of the energy sector with it.

However, some energy-focused hedge funds managed to avoid the struggle entirely and have profited recently.

Lansdowne Partners, one of Europe’s largest hedge funds with $22 billion, gained 14.8 percent last year in its energy-focused equity fund, according to Bloomberg.

In December, Lansdowne Partners posted gains of more than 25 percent.

For being a fairly new company, breaking even in the short run was an achievement last year.

While newer energy companies are gradually earning a profit, the price of a barrel of oil dropped 30 percent and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Energy Sector Index lost 21 percent.

Energy-focused equity funds fell nearly 10.7 percent last year, according to The New York Times.

Oil has fallen about another 21 percent in early weeks of 2016, trading below $30 for the first time since 2003.

The energy sector had a few strong performers despite the overall turmoil.

Landsdowne has succeeded by obtaining majority of its gains from short-run positions.

Bloomberg reported that other key drivers at the $140 million fund, were long and short bets on utilities, energy infrastructure and renewables.

In the United States, Brenham Capital Management, a Dallas, Texas-based equity hedge fund run by John Labanowski, gained 23.2 percent last year, according to an investor from Bloomberg.

The $824 million fund focuses on small

and mid-cap energy stocks.

Refinery stocks were a relative bright spot over the past year, though they were hit hard by the U.S.’s lifting of the crude export ban.

Many investors have said the end of the ban will eat away at U.S. refiner’s access to cheaper oil.

The McGinnis MLP and Energy Fund, which was focused primarily on refinery stocks, ended the year up 1.4 percent after a 10.4 percent plunge in December and wiped out most of the year’s gains.

One of the most profitable strategies during this struggle being used by some energy companies has been to bet against the price of oil and other commodities.

Since global supplies will continue to grow while global demand growth will slow, it could result in significantly lower crude prices than seen before.

Shorting strategies helped some commodity trading advisers post double-digit returns last year.

According to The Washington Post, the companies had half of last year’s profits being generated by short run positions in energy futures such as crude oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil.

So far in 2016, certain models are forecasting continued near-term declines for crude and the other devices within the energy sector.

Although it is important to note that these models can be quick to adjust when current conditions have been altered such as the environment.

The betting against energy and their stocks is temporary, according to The New York Times.

Eventually, once the market settles down, companies and stockholders can have opportunities to capitalize on one of the largest sectors in the world economy.

Editor’s Note: Information from Bloomberg, The New York Times and The Washington Post was used in this report.

AP

Cheap oil has hurt the energy sectory and several companies have recently shut down.

Boler Business : Why people should be concerned about cheap oil Nicole Spindler

Business & Finance Editor

The drop of oil prices below $30 per barrel seems great for consumers, allowing most to fill their car’s tank for $2 per gallon.

Some consumers believe this decrease in prices should help boost the U.S. economy, with people saving more on gas and spending more money elsewhere.

Currently, cheap oil is causing mayhem in the global stock market, with the stock market experiencing its worst start to a year ever.

There are several reasons why consumers should be concerned about cheap oil prices.

The first reason is that oil companies are dying. In the last decade, the U.S. energy boom was fueled by expensive drilling technology that was designed for higher oil prices and paid for with numerous amounts of debt.

Since the oil is currently cheap, those loans

are now much harder to pay off.

Bloomberg reported that last year alone, 81 oil and oilfield services companies filed for bankruptcy.

Many more are expected to succumb to financial trouble in the coming months if the prices of oil do not start rising.

Another reason is that big banks are bracing for losses. It’s never a good sign when the country’s financial lifelines are under stress.

Large U.S. banks such as JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, that help bankroll the energy boom are already setting aside billions to cover potential loan losses in the oil industry currently and in the coming months, reported Bloomberg.

High yield bonds in investing portfolios will not be looking good, either. Standard & Poor’s warned that half of all energy junk bonds are at risk of failing to meet specific

legal obligations. In addition, in 2015, the energy industry slashed 130,000 jobs and are continuing to cut more employees.

Cheap oil could signal trouble in the global economy. When economies are booming, they consume lots of oil and vice versa.

The drop in energy prices suggests the global economy is slowing down more than already feared.

A severe global slowdown would be very bad news for large U.S. companies, especially those who serve customers abroad.

Emerging markets are getting crushed. The oil crash raises the risk of a full-blown crisis in the emerging market world.

Many economies like Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and Russia are powered by energy exports, however they are all experience turmoil as well.

Bloomberg reported that Brazil’s longest

recession since the 1930s is getting worse and Russia’s currency just plunged to an all-time low.

The U.S. has deep trade relations with many of these countries, and that will undoubtedly take a blow and cause unwanted tension.

More trouble in the Middle East. The decline in oil prices adds a new element of instability to the Middle East.

Tensions are on the rise between OPEC leaders, Saudi Arabia and Iran, which can’t help the already unstable region.

The idea that cheap oil is a positive for the U.S. pivots on the consumers spending the money they’re saving at the pump.

It remains a bit of a mystery whether that’s actually happening at a significant level. On the contrary, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. retail sales actually fell slightly in December despite the fact that gas prices continued to fall at the end of last year.

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Marielle Buffamonte Business & Finance Editor

Are we ready for an interest rate hike?

As many of you may know, the Federal Open Trade Committee made a landmark decision to raise interest rates back in December.

For the last eight years, the United States has seen nearly nonexistent interest rates, and therefore inflation.

However, now the FOMC plans to raise interest rates to about 5.5 percent by the end of the year. They intend to gradually raise rates through three or four smaller successive rate hikes throughout the year.

Rising interest rate are usually indicative of an improving economy. The way that I see it, the rate hike could be both good and bad.

For some, a raise in interest rates could be very beneficial. Anyone selling their home would like to see a little inflation in the housing market, as it would yield a bigger return on the money.

Who wouldn’t want to sell their home, or any object really, for more than they bought it for?

Other markets anticipated to benefit from the rate hike include auto makers, retail stores, insurance firms and large country-wide banking firms.

On the other hand, raised interest rates could make it more difficult for those that already have a tight budget.

In 2015, the west coast primarily saw the highest inflation, with general commodity prices rising by approximately one percent.

This increase in prices also increases the cost of living. For those already struggling, a further increase in inflation may be detrimental.

Furthermore, over the course of the past eight years, the stock market has greatly benefitted from low interest and inflation rates.

Some predict that higher inflation could mean some slight troubles for the stock market.

Officials from the Fed, however, have clearly stated that the volatility of the stock market will not change the course of the scheduled rate hikes, as the markets do tend to fluctuate frequently.

These statements are in efforts to quell rumors that the Fed may cut rates again after the first one or two hikes due to an unsustainable market. It is the belief of the Fed that the economy is strong enough to withstand the rate hike.

I’m not so sure.

I take the stance that I’ll believe it when I see it.

I would be more than thrilled to see the rate hike as a success, but I can’t help but to wonder about those who will not benefit at all from the raised interest rates.

Until more data is collected, it remains to be seen if this rate hike will actually be for the better.

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Top ten highest grossing films of 2015 1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens $ 879, 110, 994 2. Jurassic World $ 652, 270, 625 3.Avengers: Age of Ultron $ 459, 005, 868 4. Inside Out $ 356, 461, 711 5. Furious 7 $ 353, 007, 020

6. Minions $ 336, 045, 770 7. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 $ 280, 302, 457 8. The Martian $ 227, 616, 581 9. Cinderella $ 201, 151, 353 10. Spectre $ 199, 270, 555

Information from Box Office Mojo

Marielle Buffamonte Business & Finance Editor

The results are in. 2015 brought some big winners to the screen and some even bigger losers.

Last year, almost 700 movies were released. However most of these will go unknown to most people.

As one might imagine, some movies do exceptionally well, while others just seem to flop.

The film industry generates a mass amount of revenue every year that often goes overlooked by those analyzing the economy.

In 2015, the film industry made $11 billion, according to HollywoodReporter.com. As it

turns out, this is a new record. Previously, the all-time record for yearly box office sales was $10.9 billion in 2013.

This new record is mostly attributed to ever increasing movie ticket prices, as attendance has been declining to an all-time low.

The average price of a movie theatre ticket in 2015 was $8.35. This is the most expensive that movie tickets have ever been, which may be a direct result of the afforementioned steady declining movie attendance.

Along with rising ticket prices comes rising concession prices. The Star reported the average movie-goer spent approximately $5.18 on snacks every time that they went to the theatre. This figure has risen 2.6 percent since 2014.

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According to IMDB, The highest grossing film of 2015 was “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” This film made $879,110,994.

This blew away the next highest grossing film, “Jurassic World,” by more than $2 million.

According to Box Office Mojo, the lowest grossing film was “Confession of a Child of the Century,” which made a whopping $74, and was shown in theatres for approximately one month.

Although film is a broad industry full of hits and misses, one can’t help but to acknowledge the vast expertise than can be found in this field.

Editor’s Note: Information from Hollywood Reporter, IMDB, The Star and Statista was used in this report.

Economic disturbances hurt world economies Joey Kukral Staff Reporter

As the 2016 year begins, and calls for economic readjustments, policy experts attempt to assess how to move forward in a fluctuating global economy due to several, recent economic disturbances.

China maintains the integral role in molding the world economy, even as the United States is juxtaposed in the variety of markets it possesses.

Stock indexes – representing the corresponding supply and demand of the firm’s goods and services – indicates how lucrative that firm stands in the current market.

Due to depressing prices of oil and lowered profits of the respective companies, world markets are losing substantial return.

Oil and economic readjustment in Chinese markets are igniting a bear market response from investors in Europe and the United States.

Global stock prices were in freefall for much of January.

Substantial banks in Scotland and Europe encouraged a fire sale wave in expectation of corporate losses.

Quantitative easing has lowered interest rates and has exacerbated risky trading, further destabilizing the global market scene.

The present situation is familiar to the global instability of 2007 wherein poor returns shocked the markets into a selling frenzy in hope of saving their initial capital investment.

However, the striking difference between 2007 and the financial markets of today is that 2007 markets were built on an asset-bubble of housing prices, whereas today fragile oil prices and a changing Chinese economy are the foremost culprits.

Fragile oil prices are a result of United States effort to regain energy independency.

Fracking for natural gas has given the United States leverage, giving them new exports in the lucrative energy market.

However, this deflates the oil price because of the rush of new oil supply.

In an astonishing short period of a year, global prices of oil have decreased from $53 to $34 dollars per barrel according to The New York Times.

Similar to a changing Chinese market, fracking has indirectly destabilized energy stocks.

For nearly three decades, Chinese manufacturing markets have dominated global trade.

Appeasing American demand, Chinese goods satisfied the consumption binge omnipresent in a materialistic American culture.

However, in the purview of former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, as China’s robust manufacturing sector continues to dump goods in the world market, inadequate consumer demand is pressuring Chinese officials to recalibrate their economic approach.

Rather than encourage investment and expansion, China is aiming to equip its economy with a capacity to consume.

Doing this would require Chinese consum-

ers with more leverage to buy: fiscal policy by Chinese officials should envisage more spending or less taxation in order to achieve this reality.

The economic transition to attain this reality is throwing global markets into a mini-spiral.

Movement of capital is causing chaotic changes in relative stock prices, thereby putting expectations on American markets for stability.

President Obama asserted in his last State of the Union address that the American economy is the strongest in the world.

The International Monetary Fund predicted the American economy to perform at 2.8 percent this year according to The Washington Post.

Currently, economic analysts’ hopes of American consumer strength to stabilize the system will continue to build as Chinese markets attempt to readjust.

Editor’s Note: Information from The New York Times, The Washington Post and Ben Bernanke’s “The Courage to Act” was used in this report.

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Chinese Investors follow stock prices closely in Beijing on Friday, Jan. 22.

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Not too big, not too small

School has started once more after a semester of controversy that began with of a list of demands by a student organization, John Carroll University’s African American Alliance (AAA), demanding changes to the University. For a school with fewer than 4,000 students, important issues were brought to the attention of the administration.

Despite being a small campus, the University was able to respond to these issues in a timely and accountable manner. Additionally, more student parking spots have been added in order to satisfy the student body and allow more students to park. The Rev. Robert Niehoff, S.J., met with members of AAA in an attempt to alleviate some of their frustrations with the current social climate on campus. Since then, he has made a commitment to meet with several university administrators on a monthly basis to make progress toward “inclusive excellence.”

This is the beauty of JCU. We have just under 4,000 undergraduate students, which allows the faculty to give individual attention to the students who request it. Organizations are heard quickly. These are just a few benefits of small universities. Simultaneously, we enjoy many benefits that larger scale universities receive as well. We are able to attract high profile guest speakers such as Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, who met with

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poet Sergey Gandlevsky; The New York Times bestselling author Isabel Wilkerson, among others. JCU also brings a sense of notoriety that follows

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AAA last week; Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mohandus Gandhi; Russian

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alumni beyond their undergraduate years and into their careers. We also enjoy access to Cleveland, a booming metropolis that houses well-known landmarks such as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Playhouse Square, the Cleveland Orchestra and so much more.

As we start another semester, it is important to remember that we have the best of both worlds. While the University isn’t perfect and problems do arise, we must take advantage of the positive aspects of our campus. They

–Sen. Ted Cruz in response to Donald Trump’s negative campaign tactics before the Iowa Caucus.

are unique to our campus and make JCU a great place to learn. We all came here for a variety of reasons; as we continue down our undergraduate path, we must remember those reasons.

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Hit: Pope Francis and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met at the Vatican on Tuesday Miss: Mosquito-borne virus Zika is plaguing 23 countries and has reached the United States Hit: Nintendo’s next console is rumored to be compatible with the Playstation 4, PCs and smartphones Miss: “Star Wars Episode VIII” has been delayed until the end of 2017 Hit: Tina Fey returned to “Saturday Night Live” to make fun of Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald Trump Hit/miss: Six Cleveland cops were fired for their involvement in the 2012 deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams Hit: Panic! at the Disco’s album “Death of a Bachelor” reached the top of the Billboard charts Hit/Miss: The Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers are going to the Super Bowl Miss: The Browns, once again, are not Hit: On the bright side, neither are the Steelers Hit: Very mild temperatures are being reported for next week Miss: There are still 52 days until Spring

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Noelle Saluan

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When that beautiful crystal ball dropped in the middle of Time Square, I did not make a New Year’s resolution.

I did not want to tie myself to an idea that would soon be forgotten when we flip the page of a calendar to February. Rather, I decided to make a change in my life.

As a fresh new year has begun, I feel myself longing for a lifestyle of the past, a lifestyle that boasts a sincere appreciation for the human art of communication, conversing face to face in a genuine and understanding manner.

Far too often, I have noticed the alarming reality that our ability to communicate to one another is slowly fading; being diminished under the crushing pressure social media blankets

our lives with. We are obsessed with our technology, feeling “naked” if we leave the house without our phones.

We depend so heavily upon these means of communication to keep us connected to the people that mean the most.

Feeling that a simple one word text keeps the relationship alive and well is quite an absurd concept. But has the thought ever occurred to you that our iPhones and iWatches will always be there when we return?

The people we are blessed enough to have in our lives can’t always say the same.

A French artist by the name of JR once said, “The more social media we have, the more we think we’re connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.” Forget the idea of what a twenty-first century relationship entails; the constant snapchatting, texting and liking each other’s Instagram posts only barely scratches the surface of coming to really and truly know a person.

We have come to vicariously live through the filtered lenses of what “relationship goals” are and what our life should look like.

This may be more than enough

for some people, but when we look back on our lives what are the experiences that we will even have to remember? If you’re anything like me, this is not how I would want to reminisce on the past.

So, I propose a change. Let’s fall in love again with the absolute joy we feel when surrounded by the people that mean most to us.

The charming and delicate curve of a smile and the lovely chime of a laugh trump a quick and thoughtless text any day. We should want to captivate each other in a deeper conversation, a more personal and honest interest.

Taking the time and making the effort to live in the moment while creating beautiful memories is vital aspect of our very existence.

The experiences you have and the people you share it with will mean more than how many likes you got on a staged Instagram photo.

This year, I vow to make a change. It’s out with the new and in with the old.

Contact Noelle Saluan at nsaluan18@jcu.edu

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“To explode an object using nothing but your mind.”

“To squeeze your stomach muscles.”

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Absquatalate: To leave abruptly

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Katelyn DeBaun Editor-in-Chief

In less than a year, a new president will take the White House and the country by storm. At this point, it’s obviously too close to call, although most of us have our favorites.

I can’t stress enough just how important it is to vote. You may hear that it doesn’t matter, since the Electoral College casts the votes that count, or that one vote doesn’t make a difference. Please shut all of that nonsense out and go vote this year.

More importantly, vote informed.

Don’t blindly vote along party lines.

Don’t vote for someone just because people you know are voting for that candidate. And for the love of Christ, do not vote based on what the media tells you.

I’m not saying that everything you hear is a load of malarkey. It’s still important to take on what news outlets are reporting. What I am saying, however, is that you should do some work beyond this and do some research for yourself.

As I’ve been watching the election coverage, I’ve also been watching the trends of demographics.

Statistically, millennials tend to favor Bernie Sanders. Last week, The Boston Globe stated that our generation favors him 2-to-1. I’ve got no problem with that; I think Bernie is a pretty swell guy myself.

The thing is, though, while they love Bernie, many of these same people absolutely abhor Hillary Clinton.

Now, if I saw some logic or rationale behind this, I wouldn’t really care much; the beauty of our country is that everyone is entitled for their own opinion. But I have yet to see any really solid reasoning for the contempt millennials have toward Hillary Clinton.

From what I can tell, there are two reasons the feeling of disdain millennials have for Clinton. The first is that her husband, former president Bill Clinton, signed the

McGowan’s Manifesto: Tamir’s life matters

Mary Frances McGowan Managing Editor

Two seconds was all it took.

On that still, stark, afternoon, a y o u n g b o y n a m e d Ta m i r Rice went outside to play. One may wonder what was run ning through his head in the final minutes of his life. As he played with his toy gun, did he feel powerful, a feeling that young boys who looked like him and lived where he lived seldom felt? As he paced the park alone, was he feeling the first tremors of a middle school crush of a girl at school? Did he imagine the way she smiled at him, the way she let him borrow her pencil in class? Did he dream of the man he wanted to become, the career he wanted

to have? Or did he think of his mother, how she worried about him out of her ceaseless maternal love?

All of a sudden, though, his unknown reveries were replaced with confusion and terror as a Cleveland Police squad car barreled onto the grass next to him.

Before an emotion could be processed by his young brain, less than two seconds after the officer left the car, young Tamir Rice was shot in the abdomen, and the dreams that once filled his head went black. As his young sister rushes to his body in terror and grief, she is handcuffed and thrown carelessly in the back of a squad car as her brother bleeds out, alone.

This summer, I looked the pain caused by Tamir Rice’s death in the eyes. While working as an intern for Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, I talked to constituents who were absolutely heartbroken for their community and frustrated by government leaders’ lack of action.

Of course, the police brutal-

ity and violence that they faced was nothing new. While the rest of the city was just waking up to instances of police brutality, it had been their reality for years.

The death of Tamir, though, shattered their numbness to violence and tears that had dried back to honest, visceral emotion.

For four months, I witnessed East Cleveland community members who were shaken and frustrated, even at times void of hope. It did not take long for their pain to become my pain.

As I drove home from Warrensville Heights to my home in Brecksville each day, I was sick to my stomach knowing that my brothers and sisters in East Cleveland were living in fear as I fell asleep peacefully in the suburban comfort that was my home. I felt that Tamir’s death was completely unnecessary and that his, and so many unnamed lives like his, could have been saved. There is not a day that goes by that I do not feel the weight of those I spoke to this

summer pressing deep into my bones, and as each ounce of disappointing news hits Cleveland airwaves regarding the death of Tamir Rice and his assailants’ lack of repercussion, my heart sinks.

On the day the Cleveland community and our nation was told that the police officers who killed Tamir would not be indicted, I was not surprised but deeply saddened. I watched my television with glazed eyes as the county prosecutors performed a circus act of gun demonstrations and talked in circles.

For the readers who believe that the excessive use of force necessitates from victims themselves, I must tell you that you are incorrect. Our problem stems from our country itself and the exceptionalism that allows police personnel to practice their job after a mere 19 weeks of training compared to most European countries’ four year programs, making American folks more likely than another group of people to be killed

Voting smart Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) nearly 20 years ago, and Hillary Clinton didn’t oppose it while she was First Lady. DOMA was overturned over the summer when the Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage constitutional. Since leaving the White House, the Clintons have reversed their position on same-sex marriage, largely supporting it in the last few years. However, many millennials today are aggravated that, during her time as First Lady, Hillary Clinton didn’t oppose DOMA, which has been brought up and helped along by the media time and time again.

I’m sorry, but this is real life, not an episode of the hit television show, “Scandal.” It could be indescribably disastrous for a first lady to oppose the president.

Moving on, millennials also dislike that Hillary Clinton isn’t a warm and fuzzy individual. The media tends to frame her as stone-cold and out of touch with our generation.

Personally, I’m not bothered by this in the slightest; I’m more concerned with the policy plans of our candidates’ rather than how personable they may be. But because the media makes a point to frame Hillary Clinton this way, it’s apparent that more and more people are buying into it.

I’m not saying there aren’t reasons to dislike Hillary; of course there are. And Hillary isn’t the only one to fall victim to the phenomenon of media perpetuation of particular attitudes (those are columns for other days).

Don’t vote against Bernie because he’s a socialist, and the media tells us that socialism is basically the same thing as communism (it’s not).

Don’t vote against Chris Christie just because the media paints him as perpetually angry. Don’t vote against Jeb Bush because the media says that he will merely be George Bush 2.0.

The media serves an important purpose. But for such a highly contested race, it’s absolutely crucial to turn off the television, log off of social media and do your own research. Educate yourself.

Contact Katelyn DeBaun at kdebaun16@jcu.edu

by their alleged peacekeepers.

Something must be done.

While public officials and regular folks alike try to explain away the death of a young boy, I am left wondering why in the world we are justifying an event which is in my mind, one of the most egregious acts of coldblooded violence our country has ever seen.

As the same people who justify Tamir’s death clamour on about their supposed belief in the sanctity of all life, I ponder why some lives are so beloved in our country, and some are killed and left for dead. Tamir was a human being, a child, who was stripped of his life and future, as if to say that his life did not matter. It is time that our city and our country acknowledge that Tamir’s life did matter, and deaths like his are never excusable. The dead cannot speak for themselves, so we must do it for them.

Contact Mary Frances at mmcgowan17@jcu.edu

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A little love for the land

Already-broken New Year’s Resolutions

1. Going to the gym 2. Quitting smoking 3. Going to every class 4. Reading every textbook chapter 5. Netflix rationing

6. Getting eight hours of sleep 7. Your diet 8. Straight A’s 9. Be more polite Ben Gebhardt Editorial & Op/Ed Editor 10. No social media

For Christmas, my friend Collin during class

—Compiled by Ben Gebhardt, Editorial & Op/Ed Editor, and Marielle Buffamonte, Business & Finance Editor

Madeline’s Montage: Football brings healing

Madeline Sweeney Editorial & Op/Ed Editor The blinds are closed, and the lights are off; it’s dusk.

It’s funny how such a somber setting becomes lively with screaming fans and stadiums filled with all colors of the color spectrum.

I didn’t grow up a fan of the NFL, but when I moved to Cleveland it became important that I got involved. I had to be able to join into the smack talk and football conversations with my roommates and friends if I was going to survive watching the games on Sunday nights.

It turns out there is something to be said about the truly exciting American game, football.

Whenever I visit loved ones in Columbus, evenings such as these are not hard to come by, but this past Sunday night as we watched the New England and Denver followed by Arizona and Carolina games, there was something missing.

Losing someone close to you is overwhelmingly sad, because suddenly there’s a white elephant in the room where he or she used to be.

I sat in her chair and watched the game, remembering just a week or so ago that my place was sprawled out on the couch or on the floor with the dogs, and that this was her seat – far from the opening and closing d o o r, n e a r e s t t o a s t a n d i n g lamp and fold-up table where she worked on her crossword puzzles.

We rotated throughout the night. I got up and moved to the dogs, another sat down and I silently remembered this was where she spent countless hours cheering on The Ohio State Buckeyes and watching her phone as pictures of her great grandchildren appeared over text messages.

Although nobody really

talked about it, I could sense the straining feeling of wanting from the hurting hearts in the room. We cracked a few Natty Light beers and looked to the television screen. Even though there was a certain sense of vacancy, football conversation carried on through the night.

“I really hope Cam Newton goes to the Super Bowl.”

“You’ve never seen Tom Brady on Saturday Night Live!”

“Peyton Manning is such a great guy.”

“He fumbled!?!?!”

“Tom Brady is the worst quarterback of all time” (ignorant).

The hilarious comments and high-volume bickering brought forth laughs and emotions that otherwise may not have been present, and it was because of simple, championship football games.

Halftime lead to little comments here and there about the one who had passed away, short stories began slipping out, and suddenly her lost giggle was found among us all.

Nerves tingled as split fans of the Patriots and Broncos waited the last few seconds of the game. It’s 18-20 with seconds left. Will Tom Brady get his fifth Super Bowl ring or will it be Peyton Manning, who is surely on his way out of the NFL? Congrats, Manning. It was a great game and brought joy to an unsettling time.

Cam Newton, no question the MVP of the Panthers vs.

Cardinals game, flipped his way to victory, 49-15. His big smile was contagious, and his performance initiated positive, normal energy.

This weekend proved to me that something as simple as a football game has the ability to bring people together.

Although there are times of sorrow where life changes quite drastically, this game acts as a distraction, a cheerful sense of unity, and a way to connect people no matter the circumstances.

As we grieve this week for the loss of someone incredibly beautiful and inspiring, we remember all the times sat together, wrapped in heated blankets and warm conversation, listening to Mana’s laugh as it blended with the sounds of the game.

Contact Madeline Sweeney at msweeney16@jcu.edu

got this fancy new camera from his parents, and with it, a newfound love for photography.

Accordingly, last Saturday, my group of friends and I cruised around the city so that Collin could take some cool photos and give the camera a test run. At first, it did not go so well.

Collin, for some reason, felt that there were a couple of photogenic, urban-chic sites along Ivanhoe Rd. that would make for some good pictures—he was wrong.

I am not from Cleveland, nor are any of my friends. None of us know the city particularly well, and we, like most outsiders, kind of know it for its Rust Belt, “Mistake on the Lake” reputation—a sort of habitual, albeit loveable, underdog. Personally, I love Cleveland. People not from here don’t really get it, though. For instance, when I tell someone that one of the reasons that I transferred from the University of Pittsburgh to JCU was because I prefer Cleveland to Pittsburgh, they almost always give me a funny look that screams “you’re kidding, right?”

Granted, the Steel City fancies itself the Portland of the East, but I will

rant about that fallacy some other time.

But driving along Ivanhoe Road (I am not too sure where exactly we were), the “Mistake on the Lake” moniker seemed to ring true. Cleveland is notorious to outsiders for its violence and for its poverty, for the Cuyahoga River catching fire and for sports teams losing.

But then we went to Uptown and University Circle, and saw a snowcovered Cleveland Museum of Art and all of the beautifully constructed buildings surrounding it. We (probably unwisely) walked atop the frozen Wade Lagoon, took some cool photos, and went exploring the surrounding areas.

It was also freezing outside, and as the late afternoon sun continued to recede, we tried to find a building to duck into and warm ourselves.

We wandered into University Circle United Methodist Church. I didn’t think that it would be open at 5:00 p.m. on a Saturday, but we tried the front door, and it was open.

The four of us wandered in and found a dark chapel. There was just one light on in the whole place, coming from the church’s small office. We went over and found a middle-aged man tending to some papers. We said hello, apologized for the intrusion, and asked if it would be okay to take a couple of photos of the church. Now frankly, I was expecting him to be flustered—which he was. I also expected him to ask us to leave.

But he didn’t. On the contrary, he seemed delighted to show us his church and he gave us an incredibly detailed, 45 minute tour of all of the old chapel’s best features, telling us about

the origin and the history of every stained glass window and statue in the cathedral. Unfortunately, due to my fiercely secular upbringing, a lot of what he said went right over my head—but what did stick with me was this guy’s love for and knowledge of Cleveland.

John, the man from the church, knew so much about the town. He knew all of the local Cleveland companies that helped to build or add to the Church, and he was really happy to give Collin some destinations to check out on future photography trips.

John’s tour was great. He lit the place up, let Collin take pictures, taught us a lot about the town, and even let me try playing the gigantic organ—it was a lot of fun. But John’s tour wasn’t only a great time for those aforementioned reasons.

Seeing John talk about Cleveland made me remember why I have grown to love the town, too. It has some really beautiful areas, an interesting history, and a great culture.

One time, when I was being interviewed for an internship downtown, the interviewer asked me to “sell Cleveland to an outsider.” It was easy for me, but its funny, I didn’t feel as if I had to sell Cleveland. With places like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, major league sports teams, beautiful areas like uptown, and above all, people that love “the Mistake on the Lake” as much as John does, Cleveland sells itself.

Contact Ben Gebhardt at bgebhardt18@jcu.edu

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