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$2.50 city and suburbs, $3.00 elsewhere170th year No. 88 © Chicago Tribune

The City Council onWednesday approved ma-jor pieces of Mayor RahmEmanuel’s O’Hare Interna-tionalAirport overhaul pro-posal, giving him a key winas he heads into his re-election bid.

Aldermen clearedEman-uel to borrow up to $4 bil-

lion for his $8.5 billion planto add gates, concoursesand an updated interna-tional terminal at the air-port. And they approvednew lease and use agree-ments for the gates atO’Hare, which the mayorsays will allow the work tobe paid for using airportfees instead of broad tax orfee hikes onChicagoans.

“What we just did in thisagreement, in signing this

agreement, will both secureand strengthen the city ofChicago’s economy foryears, decades to come,”Emanuel said from the daisat the front of the councilchambers soon after thevotes.

“The decision and thevote today is, inmyview, forthe city of Chicago and thepeople of the city of Chi-cago, our boarding pass to abrighter and bolder future,”he said, adding, “This is awatershedmoment.”

Emanuel lands key O’Hare victoryCouncil backs $4B bond issue, gatelease deals to advance $8B overhaulBy John Byrne

and Bill Ruthhart

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Mayor RahmEmanuel, cen-ter, joins cityAviation Com-missionerGinger Evansand UnitedAirlines CEOOscar Munozat O’Hare forWednesday’snews confer-ence on theairline gate useagreements.

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MIAMI—We interruptthis Loyola basketball fairytale to bring you baseball’sopening day, realitywel-comed inChicago by theCubs,White Sox and bar-tenders, not necessarily inthat order.

Every team’s first pitchcomes aweek sooner thanusual this year,MLB’s earliest domesticstart ever, either to accommodate a newcollective bargaining agreement or com-

petewith incessantNFLdraft coverage.

TheCubs begin theirmarch toward a fourthstraightNational LeagueChampionship Series downhereThursdaywhere thesun always shines, a fittingsetting for a team that hasenjoyed nothing but blue

skies sincemanager JoeMaddon arrivedbefore the 2015 season. TheMarlinswill bethe opponent because everyWorld Series

contender should play aminor-leagueaffiliate before themajor-league seasonarrives.

TheWhite Sox counter by going toKansasCity,Mo., starting veteran JamesShields and giving theRoyals an extra dayof batting practice.Whatever happens,winor lose, SoxmanagerRickRenteriawillsound like your favorite uncle assuringeveryone everythingwill be all right.

And in a baseball city this summer, itwillbe.

TheCubs canwin theWorld Series. The

Sox can go .500.That’s the realistic ceiling for both teams

in 2018—and reachable too. Themost funquestion to ponder as the season begins is:Which ismore likely to happen? Is there abetter chance of both outcomes occurringor neither?Withmore optimism in the airthan usual— the residue of theRamblersfromRogers Park— let’s gowith both, atleast until the first injury.

Startwith theCubs,who find them-

Several White Sox players take part in a workout Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The rebuilding Sox face the Royals on opening day Thursday.

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DIAMONDS? OR ROUGH?Not many question marks for Cubs, while Sox try to jump-start their rebuild

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David Haugh

In the Wake of the News

ChicagoWeatherCenter: Completeforecast on back page of A+E sectionTom Skilling’s forecast High47 Low33

In the two decades sinceRicardo Rodriguez wasconvicted of murder, he hasmaintained his innocence.

This week, the CookCounty state’s attorneyagreed to drop the caseagainst him amid allega-tions that a discredited po-lice detective manipulatedwitnesses.

But instead of walkingout of prison a free manWednesday, Rodriguez was

taken into custody by fed-eral immigration author-ities, adding a new andtragic twist to his story.

Before he was sent toprison for a 1995 murder,Rodriguezwas a lawful per-manent resident. His statuswas revoked when he wasconvicted, his attorneyssaid.

Now he faces the pos-sibility of being deporteddespite being freed.

Rodriguez was broughttoAmericaasachildandhisfamily is all here, accordingto his sister, Maria Rodri-guez-Lopez.

She said the family has “areally big fear” that Rodri-

Out of prison andinto ICE custodyDespite case beingdropped, man nowhas no legal statusBy Gregory Pratt

andMegan Crepeau

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WASHINGTON—Presi-dent Donald Trump firedhis embattled Veterans Af-fairs secretary Wednesdayand tapped as his replace-ment atop the chronicallymismanaged agency thepresident's personal physi-cian, who gained promi-nence with his effusivepraise of the 71-year-old'sphysical andmental health.

The ouster of VeteransAffairs Secretary David

Shulkin, who has beenmired in scandal over hischarging taxpayers for lux-ury travel expenses and theinfighting among his senioraides, was made official bypresidential tweet.

Trump said he wouldnominate Ronny Jackson,50, a rear admiral in theNavywhohas served for thepast three administrationsasaWhiteHousephysician.RobertWilke,whoserves asan undersecretary at theDefense Department, willserve as acting secretary.

A biography released bythe White House showsJackson has no backgroundinmanagement.

Trump dismissesembattled VA chiefPresident pickspersonal doctor torun troubled agencyBy EmilyWax-Thibodeaux

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WhenOrbit SkateCenter closes after 46 years,morethan just another suburban pastime bites the dust.This is not a story about a roller rink closing. This isa story about amismatched,multigenerational fam-ily being pulled apart.Christopher Borrelli in A+E

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CUBS:With only theCardinals andBrewers toworry about in theNLCentral, a fourth straight postseason seems like a fait accompli,writes Paul Sullivan.Chicago Sports, Page 5

WHITESOX: James Shields says he feels better physically going into his 13th season.Hewillmake his eighth career opening-day start Thursday.Chicago Sports, Page 4

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HOWTHE PAPER GETS PRINTEDDemocrats are panicking over

retired SupremeCourt Justice JohnStevens’ comments on repealing theSecondAmendment.

You know they’re panickingwhenthey insist they’re not panicking.

It is one thing for the left to slowly,carefully,methodically gut theBill ofRights by using themedia and theirchildren’s crusade as proxies.

But it’s quite another thing to hon-estly declare your intentions aboutrepealing the SecondAmendment,which iswhat Stevens—aRepublicanappointee but a liberal— is advocat-ing. At least Stevens is honest about it,which iswhat you’d expect of a 97-year-oldCubs fanwho sawBabeRuth’s called shot atWrigley. But he’sdrivenDemocrats crazy.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant,yes, butwhat if you don’twant toadmit to theAmerican public—be-fore the 2018 elections— that shred-ding the SecondAmendment iswhat’s on themenu?

Youpanic and say, “That is notwhat Imeant, that is notwhat Imeant at all,” as you’re fixed upon apin as in theT.S. Eliot poem,which isexactlywhat Stevens’ op-ed inTheNewYorkTimes did to the left.

Stevens fixed themon a pin, likeinsects on a board. Anhonest pin, tobe sure, but a pin nevertheless.

So until Democrats can figure outan escape,without demeaning theretired justice, those bent on trashingthe long-heldAmerican right to beararms justmightwant to rememberhappier times.

Like those halcyon dayswhen theyhadn’t yet driven all themoderateDemocrats out of their party,whenJohnKerrywas running for presi-dent. Kerry, the impossibly rich libe-ral, a beneficiary of theHeinz ketchupfortune thanks to hiswife,was aworldly fellow, comfortable on ayacht. But hewas plagued by hisupper-crust demeanor.

Somepolitical brain decidedKerryshould go a duck huntin’ and demon-strate his love for the SecondAmend-ment. Andhe got all dressed up likeElmer Fudd.

All thatwasmissingwas the Fuddhatwith the ear flaps. But thatwouldhave ruinedKerry’s hair.

Somebody shot someducks—orperhaps an aide had themquietlystrangled—but eitherwayKerryproudly carried those dead ducksaround for news photographers, todemonstrate his reverence for theSecondAmendment and theAmeri-can right to kill someducks.

TheBill of Rights doesn’t exactlymention duck hunting, but liberalshave away of conflating huntingwiththe right to bear arms.

Kerry didn’t care.He even droppedhis patrician airs for the afternoonandwalked around like an anima-tronicOrvis catalog. And, he got someniceOhiomudonhis boots.

The photo-opmight haveworked,if Kerry hadn’t beenwearing obvi-ously stiff newgear,whichmadehimlook exactlywhat hewas: a liberalpolitician in store-bought huntin’clothes pandering for regular folks’votes inOhio by carrying a shotgunand a bunch of dead ducks.

Willwe ever seeDemocrats touch agun again in a photo-op?

Perhaps, but they’ll need a a safeemotional distance between any fakeSecondAmendment reverence andthat other recentDemocratic event:

That children’s crusade of the leftcalledMarch forOurLives,whichwas treated as somekind of sponta-neous happening rather than care-fully orchestrated theater.

In it, the young protesters heldsigns, spentGeorgeClooney’smoney,while demanding the governmenttake awayAmericans’ guns, because,in thewords of student leader andapprentice demagogueDavidHogg,stupid parents just can’t be trustedwith democracy.

“When your old-ass parent is like, ‘Idon’t knowhow to send an iMessage,’and you’re just like, ‘Giveme the (de-leted) phone and letmehandle it,’ ”saidHogg in an earlier interview.“Sadly, that’swhatwehave to dowithour government; our parents don’tknowhow to use a (deleted) democ-racy, sowehave to.”

Of course youdo. So just do it.That’s exactlywhat Stevens advo-

cated in hisNewYorkTimes op-edpiece.

Stevenswrote that hewasmovedby the demonstrations inWashingtonand othermajor cities, adding thatthey reveal broad public support forlegislation tominimize the risks ofmass killings by thosewith guns.

“But the demonstrators shouldseekmore effective andmore lastingreform,”wrote Stevens. “They shoulddemand a repeal of the SecondAmendment.”

Itwould be amore honest debate ifDemocratswould just drop the pre-tense and themealy-mouthing andthe business of carrying dead ducksaround and followStevens’ lead bydeclaring theywant to repeal theSecondAmendment. Andhave theircandidatesmake that position clear inthe upcomingmidterms.

ButDemocrats arewriggling onthat pin, saying they really don’twanttomesswith the SecondAmendment.

“Not if they’d like to keep theirjobs,” said one of CNN’smany leftists-in-residence, Symone Sanders, aformer press secretary for socialistpresidential candidate Bernie Sand-ers.

“This iswhat happenswhenDemocrats allow folks on the rightand theRepublicanParty to defineand frame the conversation,” sheexplained, though Justice Stevensisn’t exactly of the right.

And someof those young people inMarch forOurLives demandedAmerica get rid of its guns, but Sand-ers said shewouldn’t go that far.

“Children are very different thanelectedDemocratic representation.”

In otherwords, use the children’scrusade until you can’t. And insist youreally don’twant to gut theBill ofRights, until it’s done.

Listen to “TheChicagoWay” podcastfeaturing JohnKass and Jeff Carlinathttp://wgnradio.com/category/wgn-plus/thechicagoway.

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Contact Chicago Inc.:Kim Janssen ([email protected], Twitter@kimjnews); Tracy Swartz ([email protected], Twitter@tracyswartz); Phil Thompson ([email protected], Twitter@_phil_thompson)

CHICAGO INC.ByKimJanssen,TracySwartzandPhilThompson

Imprisonedformer Boling-brook cop DrewPeterson’s for-mer attorney Jo-el Brodsky en-gaged in “unpro-fessional, con-temptuous, andantagonistic be-havior” and resorted to “falseaccusations and inappropriatediatribes” and “acts of intimi-dation and harassment” that “cul-minated in an unhinged attack.”

And if the cantankerous, highlylitigious Brodsky — currently rep-resenting Chicago officer RobertRialmo in a high-profile policeshooting case—wants tomake anissueof that judgment, he can takeit up with U.S. District JudgeVirginiaKendall.

Kendall on Wednesday sanc-tioned Brodsky for bizarre court-roombehavior that includedfalse-ly accusing an expert witness ofinventing a son. In the ruling, shewrote that if left unpunished,Brodsky’s actions “would serve toundermine the integrity of thiscourt,” ordering him to pay a$50,000 fine, undergo angerman-agement training and take anethics course, and she referredhim to a panel that could bar orsuspend him from practicing infederal court.

Theruling came in a small,otherwise unremarkable lemonlawcase about aused Infiniti SUV.Three-quarters of the 200-pluslegal filings in the case concerned“disputes regarding Brodsky’s be-havior,” Kendall wrote, lamentingthat his previous run-ins withjudges and her own repeatedwarnings had not reined him in.“That stops here,” shewrote.

Brodsky did not commentWednesday, but his friend andlawyer Joseph “The Shark”Lopez said he may ask Kendall toreduce the fine, or appeal.

—KimJanssen

Judge dispenses$50K fine, ire tolawyer Brodsky

Brodsky

Boystown per-former Lila Staris known for por-traying Lil’ Kim,Jennifer Lopezand Toni Brax-ton, but she’salso trying toforge her ownpath as the “first

Latina trans rapper.”It’s unclear if anyone else has

laid claim to this title, though Staris making a strong case with herresume. She dropped a single,“The Truth,” and has performedon tracks by “RuPaul’s DragRace”alum Shea Coulee and Chicago-based Puerto Rican artist LesterRey (on a not-yet-released remixof “Ni Santa”).

“Lila is oneof thosepeoplewhois just so hardworking,” Couleetold the Tribune. “I think it’s onlya matter of time that she breaksthrough andhas amoment.”

Star is striving to be a triplethreat — rapper, actress and activ-ist. Sheplayed a transprostitute inlast year’s indie short “LakeshoreDrive.” She said she plays theleader of a group of activists in theupcoming ’70s-set film “AHistoryof Wise Men” and a trans womandesperate for sex reassignmentsurgery in “TranHeist.”

Star grew up in the HumboldtPark area until about age 8, whenher family moved to the AlbanyPark community, where she livesnow. SheattendedRooseveltHighSchool and briefly studied cosme-tology at Truman University, butsinging has long beenher passion.

Star — who considers herself“24 forever”because that’s theagethat she became legally female —is a mainstay on the pageantcircuit for female impersonatorsand trans women. Chicago fanscan often catch her at the Kit KatLounge and Supper Club, and atthe Baton Show Lounge in RiverNorth onApril 15 and 23.

—Tracy Swartz

Chicagoan aimsfor ‘first Latinatrans rapper’

Star

When Kris Bryant showedupat three fantasybaseballdraftparties in disguise, the unwit-ting fans not only believed hewas a pizza delivery guy namedKristio, they also thought theywere being filmed for a docu-mentary.

Before the setup, a scruffy-looking Bryant asked the ques-tion you’re probably all think-ing: “What kind of people fallfor, ‘Yeah, we’re going to film adocumentary on fantasy base-ball?’

“Thosearedefinitely thepeo-ple that are going to fall for mebeing a pizza delivery.”

Naturally, the Cubs’ thirdbaseman pulled off the prank,his third such gag with sponsorRed Bull. He filmed the bit twoweeks ago in Scottsdale, Ariz.

During one scene, ColeStechnij, a lifelongCubsfanand

Mesa, Ariz., resident whonamed his 4-month-old sonafterBryant, picksBryant forhisroster as a friend yells, “Reach!”

“And it’s absolutely not areach, and let me tell you whyit’s not a reach,” Stechnij says asBryant hands him a limited-edition Red Bull with Bryant’sface on it — which, of course,Stechnij doesn’t notice. “He’shumble enough to make adjust-ments every year, and he couldbe better thanhe ever has.”

Bryant points to Stechnij andsays, “That’s right. He’s a goodguy.” Bryant tells the video’sviewers, “The guy who pickedme had no clue, which makes itevenmore better.”

Another fantasy player chal-lenges the pick: “Has Kris Bry-ant hit 40 home runs yet?”

The very defensive “pizzaguy” protests, “The wind blows

in at Wrigley Field every game.Every game.”

Some of the fans recognizedBryant despite his long hair andbushy mustache, but he finallylet any stragglers in on the joke.“Who picked me?” he asksStechnij, who pipes up, “You’reKris Bryant?”

No one looksmore surprised,though, than the guywho calledBryant a “reach” earlier.

In 2016, the Cubs star playeda community college transferwho tricked his new teammatesinto thinkinghewas taking theirpositions. Last season it wasBryant who got pranked. Leg-endary Cubs pitcher GregMaddux looked like an ordi-nary sound technician when hethrewBryant some nasty curve-balls.

—Phil Thompson

The Cubs’ Kris Bryant, disguised as “Kristio,” delivers pizza at a draft party this month in Mesa, Ariz.

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CHICAGOLAND

People are uncomfortablewith the term “privileged.”

Several readers took offenserecentlywhen I differentiatedbetween privileged youths andunderprivileged youths in acolumn about theMarch forOurLives.

“Categorizing and general-izing of this type are just veiled

forms of discrimination and/or racism,” onemanwrote.

I’d like to take this opportunity to set the recordstraight.

If you are awhite person inAmerica, youwere bornprivileged. That’s just a fact.

It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It’s not anybody’s fault.There’s no need to get defensive about it.

The best thing to do is just acknowledge it.Being privileged does not necessarilymean that you

have a perfect life. It does notmean that you come fromwealth or that you always obtain everything youwant—or deserve.

It doesn’t give you a pass to be lazy and shiftless. Itdoesn’t automatically guarantee you success.Whiteskin nomore relieves you of taking responsibility foryour life, working hard and thinking smart than it doesfor peoplewith dark skin.

It justmeans that you have a head start over the restof us.

White privilegemeans that youwere bornwith aninherent advantage over every other race of people.Thewhiteness of your skin alone allows you to leavethe starting gate quicker and to run the racewith fewerobstacles.White skin comeswith certain other perks,too,many ofwhich are taken for granted.

American culture itself iswhitecentric. For example,as anAfrican-Americanwoman, I can rarely findmakeup thatmatchesmy exact skin tone. Thoughcosmetics companies have gotten a lot better at addingmore diverse colors to their lines, I stillmost often haveto buy two shades andmix them together to get amatch.

That’s just an inconvenience, though.Other issuesrequiremuchmore attention.

If youwere bornwhite, you are likely to earnmoremoney than anAfrican-American orHispanic co-workerwhodoes the samework. You aremore likely tobe considered for a promotion than a racialminoritywho is just as qualified. Numerous studies back this up.

Let’s be clear, though. This has nothing dowith aperson’s actual level of intelligence. It has nothing to dowith how talented or untalented someone really is. Ithas nothing to dowith the kind of human being some-one is. It is all about perception.

But the perceptionmanywhite people have aboutotherwhite people—whether it is conscious or sub-conscious— is that they are smarter,more ambitious,more dependable andharder-working thanAfrican-Americans.

“Privilege is hardwork and sacrifice. Thenwhenpaid for this hardwork…otherswhodo nothing getjealous and bring race into it,” awoman emailedme.

Not so.Black and brownpeople have no reason to be angry

withwhite people for being bornwhite.Wedon’t buyinto the adage that because someone happened to bewhite, they are smarter than the rest of us. Nor dowebelieve that everywhite person seated at the head tabledeserves a space there.

Whatwedo understand is thatwhite skin opensdoors that often slam shut in the faces of dark skin.That’swhatwehave a problemwith.

It is easy to blame the staggering unemploymentrates amongAfrican-Americans andHispanics on theirlack of education, training or individual initiative. InAmerica,we like to think that the dreamcan beachieved by anyonewhoworks hard to attain it. Butthat simply isn’t true.

The reality is that blacks andLatinos have nevergotten an equal shake.When affirmative action soughtto level the playing field,white people gotmad and putan end to it.

As a result, hiring discrimination based on raceremains alive andwell,meaning blacks andHispanicshave towork twice as hard just to get a foot in the door.

Last year, researchers atNorthwesternUniversity,HarvardUniversity and the Institute of Social ResearchinOslo, Norway, reviewedmultiple studies and con-cluded that the level of hiring discrimination againstAfrican-Americans had not changed in 25 years.

According to the data,whites receive on average 36percentmore callbacks than blacks, and 24 percentmore callbacks thanLatinos.When employers don’teven bother to call you back, thatmeans you don’t getthe job.

Until the country reverses itself andAfrican-Ameri-cans are sitting in all those glass offices at businessesandmajor corporations,white peoplewill never havetoworry about being discriminated against because oftheir race.

The subtle and sometimes overt biases against Afri-can-Americans begin long before adulthood. African-Americanmen, in particular, often spend a lifetimetrying to overcome tags that are placed on their backsas soon as they enter kindergarten.

Research shows that black boys aremuchmorelikely to be labeled as troublemakers thanwhite boys.According to aU.S. Department of Education report,black children—particularly boys— are nearly fourtimesmore likely to be suspended from school thanwhite children.

When youngwhite people get into trouble, adultsaremuchmore empathetic than they are toAfrican-Americanswho experience similar problems.

Just look at the opioid epidemic.When shooting upheroin became a crisis amongwhite kids, the countryrushed to embrace them, saying, “Don’tworry,we’regoing to figure out how to help you.”Moneywaspoured into counseling and rehab.

When black kids got hooked on crack cocaine in the1980s, America said, “Toss those thugs in jail.”Whenthereweren’t enough jails to hold all of them,wepouredmoney into buildingmore.

This iswhatwhite privilege looks like.As long as there’s a need to talk about race and class

inAmerica, I’ll continue to use the terms privilegedand underprivileged. Youmightwant to hold on to thiscolumn as a reference.

[email protected]@dahleeng

We need to recognizethat white ‘privilege’is still the problem

Dahleen

Glanton

Rare as it may be for theLoyola Ramblers to reachcollege basketball’s covetedFinal Four, the team mightbenefit from the advice oftheMaguire University Jol-lymen. They’ve been to themen’s college basketball fi-nals nearly 60 times.

And the Jollymen wouldbe most gracious givingadvice, except for this:Maguire University doesn’thave a basketball team. Infact, by conventional mea-sures, Maguire Universitydoesn’t exist.

But the school — such asit is — does take on addi-tional significance withLoyola’s extraordinary ap-pearance in the Final Fourthis year. Maguire was in-spired by Loyola’s last FinalFour trip in 1963.

It’s a story that starts in abar inwest suburban ForestPark namedMaguire’s.

At the time of Loyola’s1963 run, Maguire’s was apopular hangout for highschool coaches in the area,which made it a popularplace for visiting collegecoaches and scouts. Theaugust clientele informallyreferred to the establish-mentasMaguireUniversity.

One regular patron wasLoyola assistant basketballcoach Bill Shay, whosnagged eight or so ticketsto the 1963 finals inLouisville. He broughtalong a contingent fromMaguire’s, and the grouphad such an invigoratingtime — capped by Loyola’snational championship —that they decided to attendevery Final Four, looselyunder the banner ofMaguireUniversity.

More “students” enrolledand in about 1971, someonein the group obtained anapplication form to seekrecognition from the Na-tional Collegiate AthleticAssociation in its annualNational Directory of Col-lege Athletics, known as theBlueBook.

The schemers arethought to have beenMaguire’s regular Phil Far-rell and former high schooland college basketballcoach Bob Luksta, now 90.Luksta said he handed theform to Farrell and sug-gested he fill it out forMaguire University. Farrellsmiled at the idea.

“I just let it ride rightthere,” Luksta recalled thisweek from his Cicero two-flat. He wore a yellow andgreen Maguire UniversityBasketball T-shirt, printedwith its founding year, 1963.“When he’d get stuck, I’dhelp him with names,sports, whatever wasneeded. I guess it took offright from there.”

They needed a lot ofnames for the application—president, athletic director,coaches and assistantcoaches for baseball, track,basketball and football,even a sports informationdirector. Theyneeded to listschool colors, a nickname,won-loss records of varioussports teams andenrollment.

Fueled perhaps by bever-ages from the “university,”the two pals’ creative juicesflowed. Regulars of the tav-ern and relatives of regularswere listed in prominentpositions at the institutionof higher learning that borethe samename.

Maguire’s president was

Mel Connolly, a truckdriver. Gert Ireland, wife ofLoyola’s national champi-onship coach George Ire-land, was director of wom-en’s physical education.

When they came to a linefor assistant football coach,Farrell fixated on a Chicagopolice officer whose firstnamewas Sal.

“Phil says, ‘What’shis lastname?’ ” Luksta recalled. “Ididn’t know so I came upwith one — DeCopper. SalDeCopper.”

School colors were greenand white. Their nicknamewas the Jollymen. Awarethat they wanted MaguireUniversity to be inconspic-uous, Farrell and Lukstakept the teams’ won-lossrecords competitive but notgarish. Enrollment was1,600.

The ruse worked.MaguireUniversity becameamember of theNCAA andwas listed in the 1972-73registry, which brought theschool respect, eight ticketsto the following year’s Final

Four and, later, the NCAA’swrath, Luksta recalled.

Chicago Today sportswriter Bill Jauss, later aChicago Tribune sportswriter, shone the light oftruth on Maguire in theform of a humorous col-umn. Luksta recalled thatJauss, alsoaMaguire’s regu-lar, wrote the piece out offear that some other report-erwould scoophim.

The NCAAwas less thanamusedand rattled its saberbut notmuch else.

Journalism may haveended Maguire’s officialstatus after only one year,but the group of regularscontinued carrying the ban-ner of Maguire proudly to

every Final Four, movingthe “campus” to Kelly’s Pubin Lincoln Park afterMaguire’s closed in 1988and increasing itsenrollment.

Thegroupcreatedaweb-site, where prospective stu-dents can learn about ad-missions and graduation re-quirements; appreciate thesmiling,muscularbeer steinmascot; and buy T-shirts,sweatshirts and car mag-nets. They’ve coined amotto taken from legendarycollege basketball coach AlMcGuire, who is no rela-tion.

Joking to a sports writerabout the team’s ability toplay through hangovers,McGuire said, “They playhurt.”

“We play hurt” becameMaguireUniversity’smotto.

Today, the university hasa board of directors and aHall of Fame. It awardshonorary degrees in “brack-etology” to coaches whowin the national champi-onship.

Current“Chancellor”ArtDuffy, of Chicago, said hisemail list of students andalums includes more than1,000 names across thecountry. This year’sMaguire University contin-gentheadingtoSanAntoniototals 120 people, he said,and he’s getting calls frommore who want to join thegroup.

But the institution hasbecome more than a FinalFour party. Since 2010,Duffy said, Maguire hasembarked on philanthropicefforts that include donat-ing profits on the group’sgear sales to various chari-ties and hosting a “BurgerBash” thathas raised tens ofthousands of dollars forOperation Support OurTroops.

Luksta, one of Maguire’sfounding fathers, missedthe Final Four last year forthe first time and can’tattend this year’s either.

“It’s a little early to planfor next year,” he said, buthe remains hopeful.

When Duffy looks backto the hoax Luksta and hisfriends orchestrated in theearly days, he chuckleswithappreciation.

“You couldn’t get awaywith that today,” he said,“with the internet and com-puters and everything.”

But Duffy said he runsinto people all the timewhowant to create their ownmockuniversity.

“Everybody loves a prac-tical joke that doesn’t hurtanybody and is just fun,” hesaid, “and that’s what thisis.”

OnWednesday, beforehewas due to depart for SanAntonio the next morning,Duffy reviewed his fresh-man class and counted it at20.

“That’s a wonderfulthing,” he said. Interest inhisphantomuniversitycon-tinues to grow, he added.

“You’re only as good asyour incoming classes,”Duffy said. “I’m very opti-mistic.”

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Ex-basketball coach Bob Luksta, 90, is a founding father of fictional Maguire University, briefly recognized by the NCAA.

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Jollymen of ‘Maguire U’rooted in Loyola’s Ramblers1963 title spurreda bar-born prankthat lives on todayBy Ted Gregory

Chicago Tribune

Art Duffy, “chancellor” of Maguire University, visits its campus — aka Kelly’s Pub in LincolnPark. Maguire has fielded a team to attend the Final Four for decades, 120 strong this year.

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“You couldn’t get away withthat today, with the internet andcomputers and everything.”—Maguire University “Chancellor” Art Duffy, on the rusethat got the fictional Maguire University into the NCAAand qualified it for eight tickets to the 1964 Final Four


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The campaign workerwho filed a federal lawsuitagainst House SpeakerMichaelMadigan’s politicaloperation is now askingCityHall watchdogs to lookinto Ald. Marty Quinn, thebrother of the ousted politi-cal operative she accused ofsexual harassment.

Alaina Hampton sent aletterWednesday to JosephFerguson, Chicago’s inspec-tor general, and SteveBerlin, executive director ofthe city’s ethics board, ac-cusing the 13thWard alder-manof failing to takeappro-priate actions when shereported harassing texts ofhis brother, KevinQuinn.

Hamptonwants city offi-cials to reviewwhetherAld.Quinn failed to complywithethics and employmentrules.

“In my time working forAld. Quinn’s political or-ganization, I experiencedsustained and aggressivesexual harassment from hisbrother,KevinQuinn,overaperiod of 5months,”Hamp-ton said in the letter.

“I informedAld.Quinnofthe issueonFeb. 9, 2017.Ald.Quinn did not react appro-priately to address the mat-ter — and in fact, used hispower and relationshipsde-rived in large part from hisposition as an elected offi-cial to protect the perpetra-tor.

“As a result, I was forcedto leave my job, and wasretaliated against and pre-vented frombeinghiredas Ipursued future employ-ment as a result,” shewrote.

Ald. Quinn declined tocommentonHampton’s let-ter at Wednesday’s CityCouncilmeeting.Thealder-man previously has saidHampton indicated she

wanted discretion in thematter and did not wantKevin Quinn further repri-manded.

“I advised him that suchbehaviorwouldnotbetoler-ated, and that any furthercommunication with Ms.Hampton would result inimmediate termination. Hewas remorseful and ac-knowledged his poor judg-ment,” the alderman said ina statement lastmonth.

Hampton has said Ald.Quinn, whom she had con-sideredamentor,didaskhis

brother to stop sending herinappropriate texts, such asone that called her “smok-ing hot,” and the textingstopped.

But Kevin Quinn, whohad held state and politicalpositions with Madigan’s

operations for 20 years, wasnot ousted from the speak-er’s organization until lastmonth. That’s nearly threemonths after she wrote aletter to the speaker and hehad an attorney look intothe issue. Kevin Quinn hasnot commented on themat-ter.

In her lawsuit, Hamptonalsocontends thathereffortto stop Kevin Quinn’s un-wanted advances effec-tively prevented her fromgetting further work onDemocratic campaigns. She

says she was shut out whenshe tried to rejoin theDemocratic organization towork on aHouse race.

Hampton held a briefnews conference Wednes-day outside City Councilchambers and said shewants the city ethics agen-cies to “look into the truth.”

Shedidnotofferspecificson how she thinks Ald.Quinn violated the city eth-ics code. “That is going tobea question for the oversightbodies to determine,”Hampton said.

Hampton declined to saywhat punishment shewould like Ald. Quinn toface.

In her letter, Hamptonsaid the “widespread ac-ceptance and protection ofharassment and discrimi-nation in government of-fices cannot change unlessthose responsible are heldaccountable for their ac-tions and the devastatingconsequences for victims.”

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Ex-Madigan campaign worker seeks inquiry into city officialAld. Quinn accusedof not taking actionon sex harassmentBy Ray Longand John ByrneChicago Tribune QuinnHampton

AChicagomanwho spedoff from a traffic stop inKenilworth was arrestedseveral hours later in a trainat a Metra station in Ev-anston after abandoning hiscar and passengers, accord-ing to authorities.

Davontay Thomas, 20,was being held Wednesdayon charges of burglary, ag-gravated battery to a policeofficer and an attempt todisarm an officer after twoWilmettepoliceofficerssuf-fered minor injuries whileremovinghimfromthetrainWednesday morning, Wil-mette police Chief KyleMurphy said.

The incident beganshortly before midnightTuesdaywhenaKenilworthofficer pulled a car over forspeeding along SheridanRoad, Kenilworth policeChiefDavidMiller said.Thedriver couldn’t produce anyidentification, Miller said,and sped west on Kenil-worth Avenue. Officersfound the vehicle five min-utes later, parked on RoslynRoad at Melrose Avenue.The driver had run away,leaving four passengers, in-cluding a 4-year-old child,he said.

About 4:45 a.m. Wednes-day, a Wilmette officer dis-covered what Murphy de-scribed as “a substantialamount of blood” at an autorepair shop in the 1200block of Green Bay Roadwhere a rear window hadbeen broken. A short timelater, Murphy said, a Wil-mette officer spotted a manon a southbound Metracommuter train whomatched the descriptionfrom Kenilworth police oftheir fleeing speeder.

The train was stopped atthe Central Street station inEvanston and Thomas wasarrested about 5 a.m., butnot before struggling withofficers, said Evanston po-lice Cmdr. Ryan Glew,whose department assisted.The man suffered minorinjuries, Glew said.

Kathy Routliffe is a PioneerPress reporter.

Man fleescops, nabbedon train,police sayBy Elyssa Cherneyand Kathy RoutliffeChicago Tribune


Themurder trial of Chi-cago police Officer JasonVan Dyke will go forwardsometime this summer, theCook County judge presid-ing over the case insisted ata court hearing Wednes-day.

“I’m not going to say thespecific month, but it willgo to trial this summer,”Judge Vincent Gaughansaid fromthebench,notingthat he doesn’t want badweather to keep peoplefrom getting to the court-house. “Iwant theweatherto be the best. That’s some-thing we have a little bit ofcontrol over.”

VanDyke’s eventual trialpromises to be the mostclosely watched in CookCounty, if not the nation.Dashcam video of the offi-

cer fatally shooting teen-ager Laquan McDonaldwas released in 2015 bycourt order the same dayVan Dyke was chargedwith first-degree murder,sparking months of tur-moil and protests acrossthe city.

Local activists have ex-pressed frustration withthe lengthy pretrial proc-ess, but it is not uncommonfor high-profile CookCounty murder cases tostretch out for four to fiveyears before getting a trialdate.

And attorneys still seemto have several hurdles toclear before trial, includingthedefense’s attempt togetthe case moved to a differ-ent county. Attorneys as ofWednesday were still sift-ing through subpoenaedmaterial and submittingqualifications for proposedexpert witnesses. The de-fense is preparing an ani-mated video, the details ofwhich have not beenmadepublic and which prose-

cutors said Wednesdaythey had not yet seen. Andin the meantime, attorneysfor several newsoutlets aretrying to access paperworkthat Gaughan has shieldedfrom view — documentsthat normally would bemade public as a matter ofroutine.

There were signs atWednesday’s hearing thatGaughan has grown impa-tient with the pace of theproceedings.

Attorneys for the mediaoutlets asked Gaughan forpermission to view VanDyke’s court file in thejudge’s chambers so theycould determine exactlyhow many documents arebeing kept under wraps.The judge denied theirrequest, instead tellingthem to prepare for argu-ments next month aboutwhat should be released.

“Wehave to focus on thepath to get this thing totrial, and we can’t be look-ing at side streets,”Gaughan said. “Right now

we have a path. This maynot be the perfect path, butthis is the one right now.”

Defense attorneysWednesday filed their mo-tion for a change of venue—which could result in theproceedings being movedto a different county, orhaving out-of-county ju-rors selected to hear thecase in theLeightonCrimi-nal Court Building. Butwhen defense attorneyRandy Rueckert told thejudge that the defense’spolling expert’s report onthe change of venuewouldnot be available until May,Gaughan grew frustrated,telling them to have thenumbers by mid-April ormake their expert fly infrom out of state to testifyabout why his report isn’tready.

“I asked you to do thisthe beginning of February,”Gaughan said. “It’s unac-ceptable.”

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Officer Jason Van Dyke, shown in court Wednesday, fired a fatal 16 shots at black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014.

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Judge wants trial in McDonaldshooting to begin this summerHurdles remainto bringing murdercase against officerByMegan CrepeauChicago Tribune

A close ally of MayorRahmEmanuelonWednes-day countered a controver-sial plan for a police civilianoversight board empow-eredto fire thesuperintend-ent with a pair of proposalsfor a weaker board withoutthat authority.

The ordinance proposalsbyAld.ArielReboyras,30th,Emanuel’s handpickedchairman of the City Coun-cilPublicSafetyCommittee,envision an oversight boardthat is more advisory innature, as opposed to theGrassroots Alliance for Po-lice Accountability’s call fora commission that could setpolicy.

Under Reboyras’ propos-als, the members would beappointed by some combi-nationof themayor, theCityCouncil and other commis-sioners — rather than bypublicly elected councils ineach police district. NeitherofReboyras’ proposals givesthe board power to fire thesuperintendent.

The proposals wereblasted immediately by thealliance, which met forabout two years crafting itsversion of a communityoversight board, and whoseown proposal was officiallyintroduced to the CityCouncil on Wednesday aswell.Thealliance’sproposalwould give the communityboard the power to fire thesuperintendent, amongother differences.

“It’s a slap in the face,”said Mecole Jordan, coor-dinator for the group,speaking of the aldermenand the mayor. “Instead ofhaving a conversation abouthowwemove forwardwiththeordinanceasdrafted,weget two brand-new ordi-nances. I’m not sure wherethe community engage-ment piece happened there.Where is the legitimacy?Where is the buy-in fromthe community? This isbusiness as usual, and itcannot continue thisway.”

Members said they feltblindsided by Reboyras,who introduced his ver-sions to the City Council atthe same time other alder-men put forward the alli-ance’s proposal. The grouphad met with Reboyras foran hourTuesday, andmem-bers say they were notadvised of his plans.

In a brief interviewWednesday, Emanuel de-clined to say which policeoversight proposal he fa-vored or whether he couldsupport the recommenda-tion that a civilian board beable to fire the police super-intendent, saying he’d leaveit to the City Council todebate the proposals’ mer-its.

The mayor noted that inthe time that it took thecommunity group to makeits recommendations, thecity enacted numerous re-forms, including newpolicetraining and body camerasfor all officers.

“We’re not letting thegrass grow under our feet.We know what we have todo and theCityCouncilwillbe engaged,” Emanuel said.

The alliance of 13 organi-zations, which was fundedand supported by the city’sleading philanthropicgroups, beganmeeting afterEmanuel’s Police Account-ability Task Force issued areport in 2016 calling forcivilian oversight thatwould be designed withsubstantial input from thecommunity. At the time,Emanuel deferred to thealliance’s request to studythe issueandmakearecom-mendation.

The group’s report wasissued two weeks ago aftersome 100 meetings wereheld across the city withresidents. Aldermen Rod-erick Sawyer, 6th, andHarry Osterman, 48th,sponsored an ordinance, of-ficially introducedWednes-day,creating theCommuni-ty Commission for PublicSafety and Accountabilitythat would guide leader-ship,directionandpolicyonpolicing inChicago.

Under the alliance pro-

posal, the superintendentand command staff wouldcontinue to run the day-to-day operations of the de-partment, but the commis-sionwould have final say onpolicy decisions. More con-troversial was the recom-mendation that the com-mission be able to fire thesuperintendent, a decisioncurrently left only to themayor.

Under the alliance’s pro-posal, the commission’soversight would extend be-yondthePoliceDepartmentto the Civilian Office ofPolice Accountability,which investigates policemisconduct allegations, andthe Chicago Police Board,which decides discipline.

While the alliance pro-posal gives the commissionno authority to review indi-vidual disciplinary deci-sions by COPA, it wouldhave the power to hire andfire the head of that policeoversight agency as well asthe head of andmembers ofthe Police Board. Thosehiring decisions would besubject to City Council con-firmation.

InReboyras’versions, theoversight commissionwould not hire the head ofCOPA but would insteadsubmit three candidatenames. Reboyras, who asthe public safety chairmanhasgreat swayoverhowthefinal version will turn out,said he specifically disa-greed with the firing of thesuperintendent aspect ofthe alliance’s proposal. Re-boyras, however, said he didnot introduce his proposalat the behest of themayor.

“I don’t think he evenknows,” he said, referring totheordinance. “Idon’t thinkhe should have input on it.”

Reboyras saidhispropos-als were based on commis-sions set up in Los Angelesand Seattle. Jordan, fromthe alliance, however, saidher group had already ex-tensively reviewed the civil-ian panels in those citiesand incorporated some el-ements.

Reboyras insisted hewasn’t blocking the alli-ance’s proposal, but that hisgoal is “to see if we cancome up with a solution towork together (for) a com-prehensive ordinance to ad-dress all the issues.”

Meanwhile, Sawyer, oneof the sponsors of the alli-ance ordinance, said hewas“not at all” troubled by thefact competing versionswere introduced.

“The conversationstarted,” he said. “If it re-sults in us starting thisconversation and we cometo something we can allagree on, so much the bet-ter.”

Police reform has been acritical issue in Chicagosince 2015 when Emanuelwas forced by a judge’sorder to release disturbingdashcam footage of whiteChicagopoliceofficerJasonVan Dyke shooting African-American teen LaquanMcDonald 16 times as heappeared towalk away.

A Department of Justiceinvestigation concluded inearly 2016 what residentsand civil rights activistshave long decried — dec-ades of widespread civilrights abuses by Chicagopoliceagainst thecity’sAfri-can-American and His-panic residents. Emanuelcreated his police account-ability task force, whichissued its report and calledfor oversight.

Lori Lightfoot, whochaired Emanuel’s taskforce on police accountabil-ity, said she had yet to seethe Reboyras versions butthat anything that is“merely advisory” is notwhat the task force had inmind.

“What is unfortunate isthat the mayor sanctionedand approved the (alliance)process back in 2016,” shesaid. “To introduce two dif-ferent ordinances that arecompletely contrary to anyreal notion of actual over-sight by civilians … does atotal disservice. But nowcitizens have very starkchoices.SoI lookforwardtothe debate.”

Chicago Tribune’s Bill Ruth-hart contributed.

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Alderman: Don’tempower boardto fire top copCouncil gets rivalplans for policeoversight panelBy Hal Dardickand Annie SweeneyChicago Tribune

After talking formonths about taking onMayor Rahm Emanuel innext year’s election, for-mer Chicago PublicSchools CEO Paul Vallassoon will make it clearhe’s running, his electionattorney saidWednesday.

Attorney Burt Odelsonsaid he plans to file statepaperworkMonday to setup a “Paul Vallas for Chi-cago” campaign commit-tee. Vallas is “150percent”committed to running,Odelson said. “It’s fullspeed ahead,” he said.

Attempts to reach Val-las were not immediatelysuccessful Wednesdayevening. He’s kept a rela-tively lowprofile in recentweeks after the death ofhis 24-year-old son.

Starting in January,though, Vallas was sayinghewould get in the race ifhe could secure the re-sources needed to make arun. Emanuel is a prolificfundraiser, so taking him

on likely will be a costlyaffair.

Vallas was city budgetdirector under then-May-or Richard M. Daley be-forebeing tapped to lead anewly revamped schooldistrict. He has been criti-cal of Emanuel’s stew-ardship of city finances.Getting in the race, how-ever, could expose Vallasto his own criticism, giventhat he’s got a long publiccareer to examine.

It’s also unlikely to be aone-on-one contest, al-though that could favor achallenger ifmultiplecan-didates force Emanuelinto a runoff, as happenedin 2015.

Garry McCarthy, theformer police superin-tendent fired by Emanuelamid a growing scandalsurrounding the shootingof black teen LaquanMcDonald by white Offi-cer Jason Van Dyke, an-nounced his candidacylastweek.

Also saying they’ll run:Chicagoprincipals associ-ation President Troy La-

Raviere, who was fired bythe mayor’s administra-tion as principal of Lake-view’s Blaine ElementarySchool; businessmanWillie Wilson, who ran in2015; and tech entrepre-neurNeal Sales-Griffin.

Many view Emanuel asweakened by theMcDon-ald shooting and its after-math, and McCarthy andLaRaviere have been par-ticularly critical of themayor’s leadership. Odel-son, though, said Vallas’campaign won’t be fo-cusedonEmanuel andhisperformance.

“I look at it as taking onthe problems of Chicago,not (Emanuel),” Odelsonsaid. “He’s not in ourvision ofChicago.”

Emanuel campaignspokesman Pete Gian-greco said Vallas’ recordwould be a focus for themayor. Vallas’ “record ofleaving fiscal timebombs”at multiple school dis-tricts where he workedwould be an issue, he said.

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Paul Vallas served as Chicago Public Schools superintendent when Richard M. Daleywas mayor. Vallas plans to run against Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the 2019 race.

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Attorney: Former CPS chiefis going to challenge mayorBy Hal DardickChicago Tribune

A mother charged aftertwo of her children died ina Gary apartment fire hadher bail lowered Wednes-day in advance of her firstformal court appearancenextweek.

Kristen Gober, 33, wascharged Tuesday with twocounts of neglect of a de-pendent resulting in death,neglect of a dependent andpossession of marijuana,according toLake SuperiorCourt records.

Siblings KhristopherGober, 4, and KailaniGober, 2, died atMethodistHospitals Northlake afterGary firefighters rescuedthem Sunday from a fire atthe 54-unit LakeshoreDunes complex on ForestCourt.

Kristen Gober had aninitial hearing Wednesdaywith prosecuting attorneyAngela Brown, where shewas appointed a publicdefender, T. Edward Page,and her bail was reset to$200,000, court recordsshow.Hercasewas initiallyfiledwithout bail.

Kristen Gober is sched-uled for a formal appear-ance Monday morning inJudge Diane Boswell’scourt, where shewill entera plea, according to courtrecords.

A 6-year-old brother ofthe Gober children made itout of the apartment, as didan unidentified 8-year-oldboy who jumped safelyfrom the fourth floor onto ablanket held by neighbors,officials said. Gary Fire De-partment Chief of Opera-tionsMarkJonespreviouslysaid the fire, which dis-placed 113 residents, ap-peared accidental with nofoul play suspected.

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Court dateset, mother’sbail loweredin fatal fireBy Becky JacobsPost-Tribune


uel said, looking at theexecutives and airline em-ployees arrayed aroundhim. “But as someone oncesaid whowas an incrediblechief of staff to a president,‘Neverallowagoodcrisis togo towaste. It’s anopportu-nity to do big and boldthings you never thoughtpossible.’ ”

The eight-year projectwould be the single largestand most expensive termi-nal revamp in O’Hare’s73-year history.

The airport’s 55-year-old Terminal 2 would betorn down tomakeway fora new “Global Terminal”withwider concourses andgates to accommodate thelarger aircraft that embarkon international flights.Terminals 1, 3 and 5 wouldbe renovated. Two newsatellite concourses wouldbe built to the west of theexisting terminals and con-nected to the new GlobalTerminal by a pedestriantunnel.

All told, more than 3.1million square feet of ter-minal space would be add-ed — a 72 percent increaseover the current 4.3millionsquare feet. The amount ofspace for planes to park atairline gates would in-crease by 25 percent, andthe total number of gateswould jump from185 todayto roughly 220 upon theproject’s 2026 completion.

Emanuel’s expansiveplan faced initial opposi-tion fromAmerican, whichcontended the city hadmade a better deal for gate

Underscoring the im-portance of thedeal to him,themayor also scheduled arare White House-stylebill-signing event for themedia later Wednesday atthe airport with repre-sentatives of the airlines,forgoing his typical CityHall news conference rightafter the councilmeeting.

Emanuel was flanked byseveral airlineexecutives ina Delta Air Lines hangar —a location that suggestedneutrality in a previousspat between Americanand United Airlines overthe deal. He broke outspecial shiny pens en-graved with “O’Hare LeaseSigning Ceremony,” andgold-lettered glass paper-weightswere handed out.

“The most expensivepen ever,” United CEO Os-car Munoz joked as hesigned the paperwork.

“Speak for yourself,”Emanuel replied.

“I think I am,” Munozsaid.

After the signing, Eman-uel called the deal “a big,bold and break-the-moldplan that we are announc-ing and signing today.” Heeven quoted himself fromhis time as PresidentBarack Obama’s chief ofstaff, back when the presi-dent was trying to push hiseconomic agenda during arecession.

“We’re here today, tak-ing a big step forward in awaywehavenot in thepast,but only dreamed,” Eman-

access with rival United.ButAmericancamearoundearlier this month after thecity pledged to try to speedup the construction ofthree new gates for theairline atO’Hare.

Some bad feelingsmightlinger. After Munoz de-scribed United as “Chi-cago’s hometown airline”at the bill signing Wednes-day, American ExecutiveVice President Steve John-son took the mic and re-ferred to his company as“Chicago’s other home-town airline.” United isheadquartered in Chicago;American is based out ofFortWorth, Texas.

But Wednesday waslargely smooth sailing forEmanuelashetriedtoputabowonhis signature deal.

Ald. David Moore, 17th,was the lone City Councilvote against the bond issue.He had expressed reserva-tions about supporting itunless the big bond under-writing firms could showhim they were bringing inminority lawyers for apiece of the deal. “We haveto push these banks to dobetter and have more rep-resentation when theycome in here for these bigbonddeals,”Moore said.

Still, the full councilquickly approved it after itpreviously was debated atlength by a committee.

And in the face of skepti-cism fromblack andLatinoaldermen about the waycontracts and jobs will getawardedunder themassiveproject, the council created

an oversight commissionwithamissiontomakesureminority- and women-owned businesses get a bigenough share of thework.

Minority aldermen re-main concerned that blackand Latino residents willget short shrift in the con-tractor feeding frenzy. Butthey were mostly cau-tiously supportive of theprojectWednesday.

Latino Caucus Chair-man Ald. Gilbert Villegas,36th, called the O’Harework a “once-in-a-life-time” project and said thecommission would allowaldermen to monitor par-ticipation. Black CaucusChairman Ald. RoderickSawyer, 6th, said “a risingtide floats all boats” andpledged to make sure thebenefits will be spreadthroughout the city.

Emanuel is eager topoint to the O’Hare over-haul, which could create asmany as 60,000 jobs, as heseeks to bolster his imageduring his campaign for athird term in 2019 as amayor who gets big trans-portation projects off theground.Heemphasizedhisgoal to be known as atransit mayor at O’Hare onWednesday, talking upprojects at Midway Air-port, Union Station and theCTA Blue, Red and Purplelines to try to connect thedots onhis larger legacy.

And the sheer size of theairport projectwould likelyimprove his chances to getthe backing of labor unionswhose members would

benefit from it.“This is a huge step

forward for the city ofChicago,” said Ald. PatrickO’Connor, 40th, Emanuel’scouncil floor leader. Hepredicted the projectwould put O’Hare at theforefront of airportsworld-wide.

Also at the City CouncilonWednesday:■ Aldermen agreed to letCar2Go operate a free-floating car share programin parts of the North andNearSouthsides.Memberswould be able to pick up acar in one part of the zone,then park it anywhere inthe zone when they’re fin-ished using it. Alds. TomTunney, 44th, andMicheleSmith, 43rd, voted no be-cause they’re worried theadditional cars will furtherclog up their alreadycrowdedneighborhoods.■ Aldermen also agreed togive police and animal con-trol officers authority tobreak car windows to res-cue animals if it’s hot orcold outside.■ The council banned thesale of bump stocks andbody armor in the city.■ It gave the go-ahead forowners of theMerchandiseMart to project videos andartwork on the side of thebuilding at night.■ The council passed anordinance limiting the re-lease of condominiumowners’ private email ad-dresses and phone num-bers to their neighbors.

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After serving 24 years inprison for the murder of agang rival, Francisco“Smokey” Sanchez claimedto have found a new pur-pose in life as a violenceinterrupterwithCeaseFire.

But federal prosecutorssay his job with the contro-versial anti-violence groupwas just a facade. Instead oftrying to stop the unrelent-ing bloodshed on the city’sstreets, Sanchez had actu-allyresumedhisoldroleasaleader of the notoriousGangster Two-Six Nation,prosecutors alleged in acourt filing thisweek.

In fact, a sprawling fed-eral investigation into thegang’s activities capturedSanchez on undercoverwiretaps encouraging theverykindof violencehewassupposedly working to pre-vent, according to the 35-page filing.

Sanchez was recordedordering the jailhouse beat-ingof a gangmemberwho’dgotten out of line, makingpersonnel decisions in thegroup’s hierarchy, agreeingto provide guns to under-lings for use on the streets,and talking about the inten-tional shooting of a fellowTwo-Six member as puni-shment for an earlier inci-dent, according to the filing.

“N-----, you shoot at us,we shoot at you, you know

what I’m sayin’?” Sanchezwas quoted as saying in theMay 2017 conversation.

The details of Sanchez’sallegeddouble lifewere laidout as prosecutors askedU.S.DistrictJudgeJohnLeeto sentence him to prisonforhis conviction stemmingfrom the Two-Six probe —dubbed “Operation BunnyTrap” due to the gang’srabbit insignia.

Sanchez, 51, pleadedguilty to a single count ofpossession of aweapon by afelon after authoritiesraided his West Side homelast May and found a .45-caliber pistol hidden in afalse book on his bedsidetable. According to thecharges, he had a bullet-proof vest in his closet andthe written bylaws of theTwo-Six hidden in a vent inhis bedroom.Federal guide-lines call for up to aboutthree years in prison forSanchez when he’s sen-tenced onApril 9.

In quoting numerous re-cordings made during theinvestigation, Assistant U.S.Attorneys Timothy Storinoand Eric Pruitt saidSanchez’s words were notthose of someone dedicatedto stopping bloodshed, butof “a gang leader, a personwho … promoted and en-couraged violence in thecity of Chicago.”

Sanchez’s attorney, ScottLassar, said prosecutorscompletely misinterpretedwhat’s on the wiretaps. Hesaid the conversations re-flect Sanchez’s necessaryefforts tomaintainarapportwith the gang in order to

save lives.“Mr. Sanchez is trying to

relate to the gang membersso that they will come tohim to mediate deadly dis-putes,” Lassar, the formerU.S. attorney in Chicago,wrote in a 17-page filing thatasks the judge to sentenceSanchez to timeserved. “Heintentionally talks like agang member to gain theirtrust.”

Sanchez’s ex-boss atCeaseFire, Dr. Gary Slutkin,wrote a letter to the court inSeptember describingSanchez as one of the or-ganization’s most effectiveand reliable employees,someone who was so goodat saving lives that he’drecently been promoted towork with affiliated groupsin violence-torn countriesin LatinAmerica.

“He uses his past to helpstop killing today. And he isgreat at it,” wrote Slutkin, aUniversity of Illinois at Chi-cago professor and thefounder of CeaseFire’s par-ent organization, Cure Vi-olence. “I know he is out ofgang life asmuch as anyonecan know.”

Neither Lassar norSlutkin responded to callsfor commentWednesday.

Sanchez ishardly thefirstCeaseFire employee to beaccused of a crime. Since itsinception in 2000, thegroup has been controver-sial, especially in the eyes ofChicago police officerswhodon’t trust the CeaseFireworkers becausemanyhavecriminal backgrounds.More than a dozen havefaced charges ranging from

drug sales to domestic vi-olence.

After Sanchez’s arrestlast year, the Cure Violenceorganization released astatement calling it a “re-lapse” for him while de-fending his work with theprogram.

According to the defensefiling, Sanchez joined theTwo-Six gang at age 11 afterhis mother died and he ranaway froman abusive fosterhome. He was still a teen-agerwhenhewasconvictedin 1986ofkillinga rival gangmember and eventuallysentenced to 40 years inprison, records show.

Although he remainedactive in the gangduringhisfirst years in prison, by thetime Sanchez was releasedin 2008, he’d begun “mov-ing away” from the lifestyle,earning his GED andenrolling in college courses,his lawyer said.

“Most importantly, hegrew up, and began focus-ing on his future,” Lassarwrote.

Sanchez began workingas a violence interrupter forCeaseFire in 2010 and wasimmediately effective inmediating disputes on theSouth and West sides, ac-cording to Lassar.

Character letters writtenby community leaders —which were submitted tothe court in advance ofsentencing — describeSanchez as particularlygood working with at-riskyouth who gravitated to hisauthentic knowledge of thestreets and the issues oftheirdaily lives.Sanchezgot

involved in summer softballleagues and other activitiesin his Little Village neigh-borhood to keep kids occu-pied, brought them candyandT-shirts, evenoffered toescort themtoschool if theyfelt threatened.

“Hewants themtohaveabetter life than he had,”Slutkinwrote in his letter tothe court. “(Sanchez) is thefurthest thing fromadangerto the community, but onthe exact contrary an im-portant asset to his commu-nity and ... actually quite ahero right now.”

But while Sanchez wasenjoying success at Cease-Fire, by late 2014 he’d alsobecome a target of thefederal probe into the oper-ations of the Two-Six gang.That November, the fedswired up an informant whosecretly recorded Sanchezas they drove around theWest Side together talkingabout issues with fellowmembers who were incar-cerated inCookCountyJail,records show.

When the informant toldSanchez that a member bythe name of “Lil A” hadviolatedgangrules,Sanchezordered that other mem-bers in jail assault “Lil A” aspunishment, according tothe prosecution filing.

“F--- him,” Sanchez saidon the recording, accordingto the prosecution filing.“Whoop that n----’s ass.”

In May 2017, Sanchezwas recorded talking in hiscar to an unidentified asso-ciate about a “violation”that had been given to aTwo-Six member who’d

shot two of the gang’s ownmembers in a dispute.Sanchez said he was pre-sent at a block party whenthe gang punished themember by shooting him inthe arm.

“I was over there Sat-urday. This n----- stuck hisarm out and they shot himin the arm,” Sanchez saidonthe recording, which wascaptured on a bug placed inhis car. “N---- you shoot us,we shoot you, you knowwhat I’m sayin’?”

Other conversations cap-tured the respect Sanchezhad in the gang as an elderstatesmen — as well as thefear he instilled in the rankand file, prosecutors said.

Two members of theTwo-Six gang were cap-tured on recorded callsfrom Cook County Jail in2016 discussing efforts bylaw enforcement to getthem to flip on Sanchez.

“They’re tellingme to getclose to Smokey,” onemem-ber, identified as IndividualD, saidonthecall, accordingto the filing. “I would neverdo that toSmokey—I’mnota f----- idiot.”

After the other gangmember warned IndividualD that informing onSanchez could be danger-ous, Individual D agreedthat law enforcementwould likely be unable toprotect them. “I told them,I’m like, ‘You do realize hecan just show up at myhouse and kill me, right?’ ”IndividualD said.

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Feds: CeaseFire worker stayed active in gangAn ‘interrupter’ordered beating,prosecutors sayBy JasonMeisnerChicago Tribune

A man who prosecutorsallege fell asleep while driv-ing and struck a workerfrom Barrington in a ParkCity work zone in Novem-ber pleaded not guiltyWednesday to charges ofreckless homicide.

Nicholas Zaworski, ofPark City, is charged withtwo counts of reckless ho-micide, one of which isenhanced, alleging that hewasspeeding inaworkzonewhen he struck and killedMatthew M. Paulson onNov. 2, 2017.

He entered not guiltypleas to the charges throughhis public defender beforeJudge Mark Levitt in LakeCounty Circuit Court onWednesdaymorning.

Assistant State’s AttorneyDanielle Pascucci saidWednesday that the state isalleging Zaworksi, 24, fellasleep at the wheel whilespeeding in a work zone,causing the crash that killedPaulson just before 11 a.m.Pascucci said toxicologytests showed Zaworski didnot have drugs or alcohol inhis system at the time of thecrash.

The two counts of reck-less homicide filed againstZaworski carrydifferentpo-tential sentences. One of thecounts carries the standardrange of probation of two tofive years in prison uponconviction, but the en-hanced count — allegingthat Zaworski was speedingin a work zone — carriespotential sentences uponconviction ranging fromprobation to 14 years inprison, Pascucci said.

Lake County Coroner Dr.Howard Cooper said Paul-sondiedofmultiple trauma-tic injuries due to the crash.

According to Park Citypolice reports, Paulson, 29,waskilledwhenaChevroletdriven by Zaworski wastravelingsouthonGreenleafStreet near Lake Park Ave-nue and veered off the roadand onto the shoulder areawhere Paulson was work-ing. Cooper said Paulsonwas struck by Zaworski’svehicle and then pushedinto hiswork truck.

Following his death,Paulson’s older sister,Amanda Paulson, said hewas a journeyman linemanand also a foreman atHomeTowne Electric in LakeVilla. She added that hewasworking with a partner re-building a concrete traffic-signal manhole alongGreenleaf when the crashoccurred.

Man pleadsnot guilty infatal ParkCity crashBy Jim NewtonNews-Sun


shooting, near North andCiceroavenues,Rodriguez’sattorneys said.

“Nobody seems to havemotive tokill him, includingour client,” said TaraThompson, an attorneyrepresentingRodriguez.

The gunman fired atKemppainen and anotherman,who survived the inci-dent, court records show.

Guevara and his partnerclaimed to have received ananonymous tip pointing toRodriguez “under highlysuspicious circumstances,”according to the Exonera-tion Project.

Twowitnesseswho testi-

guez will be removed fromthe country.

“It would be a very biginjustice for them to do thatto not only my mother, butmyfamily,whohave triedsohard to prove his innocenceall these years,” Rodriguez-Lopez said.

Immigration attorneyscontacted by the Tribunesaid Rodriguez’s casesounds unique.

“A case with a convictionand then vacating a murderconviction, I haven’t heardof that,” said Erin Cobb, avice chair on the AmericanImmigrationLawyersAsso-ciation Chicago chapter’sboard.

In some ways, the on-going saga is an only-in-Cook County tale. Accord-ing to data compiled by theNational Registry of Exon-erations, awrongful convic-tiondatabasemaintainedbythe University of Michigan,at least 159 people havebeen freed fromprisonafterbeing convicted in CookCounty — a staggering sumthat ranks Cook Countyhigher than almost everystate for exonerations.

That figure doesn’t in-clude Rodriguez’s case,which Cook County JudgeJames Obbish tossed Tues-day at prosecutors’ request.

Recordsalso showRodri-guez has two convictionsfor cannabis possession.

Rodriguez’s case is the10th related to retired Chi-cago police Detective Rey-naldo Guevara that hasbeen tossed out sincemid-2016 following allega-tions that Guevara beat sus-pects and improperly co-ercedwitnesses.

Rodriguez’s uncle, JoseLopez, said his nephew’sordeal has been difficult fortheir family. Speaking inSpanish and sadly refer-encing Guevara’s history,Lopezsaid thedetectivehasdamaged so many familiesand nothing has happenedto him.

Rodriguez’s convictionstems from a drive-by inHumboldt Park, his attor-neys said.

A homelessman, RodneyKemppainen, who didneighborhood jobs for peo-ple in exchange for sleepingin garages, was killed in the

fied at trial had been unableto describe the murder sus-pect until Guevara showedthem a picture of Rodri-guez, the attorneys said.

Rodriguez did not con-fess to the killing, and thereis no physical evidencelinkinghimto thecrime, theattorneys said.

Oneof thewitnesseswhotestified against Rodriguezclaimed he was manipu-lated by Guevara, accordingto the attorneys.

In addition to problemswith the original identifica-tion of Rodriguez, the Ex-oneration Project found an-other witness who said

Rodriguez was not theshooter.

A spokesman for theCook County state’s attor-ney said the office couldn’tmeet its burden of proof inRodriguez’s case.

The spokesman saidprosecutors continue re-viewing Guevara investiga-tions on a case-by-case ba-sis.

“For decades the com-munity has known that De-tective Guevara was in-volved in wrongful convic-tions, and we are gratefulthat the courts are takingnotice and that Kim Foxx’soffice took action in thiscase,” Thompson said.

Guevara has repeatedlyrefused to testify substan-tively in court about thoseallegations.

Hewas forced to take thewitness stand last year at ahearing for inmates Gabriel

Solache and Arturo Reyes,only to deny he remem-bered anything substantialabout the case — leadingObbish to call his testimony“bald-faced lies.”

“(Guevara) has noweliminated the possibility ofbeing considered a crediblewitness in any proceeding,”Obbish said in witheringcomments from the benchlast year. “It’s a troublingday.”

Solache and Reyes weresubsequently released fromprison — but then wereplaced in ICE custody.

Both had entered thecountry illegally, anddepor-tationproceedingswere ini-tiated.

For much of Wednesday,the Rodriguez family didnot know whether RicardoRodriguez had been pickedup by ICE after being re-leased.

Hours after his releasefrom prison, the Depart-ment of Corrections con-firmed Rodriguez had beendetainedbytheDepartmentofHomeland Security.

Later in the day, Rodri-guez was able to call hisfamily to say he’d beentaken to an ICE facility inKankakee.

“He’s also hoping they dothe right thing, and they canget himout of there,”Rodri-guez-Lopez said.

Amid the anxiety overher brother’s case, she add-ed that her family alsowants to express condo-lences to the family ofRodneyKemppainen.

“Justice wasn’t done forhim,” she said, “or for us.”

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Maria Rodriguez-Lopez, with uncle Jose Lopez, holds a photo of her brother Ricardo, who was taken into ICE custody after being released from prison.

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“Justice wasn’t done for him or forus.”—Maria Rodriguez-Lopez, sister of Ricardo Rodriguez,referring to shooting victim Rodney Kemppainen

selves in themiddle ofwhatmust be considered theirgolden age. Spring-trainingsuspense revolvedmorearoundwhat practical jokewould comenext ratherthanwhowouldmake theteam. It says everythingabout the depth of theirrosterwhen third catcherChrisGimenez getting sentdown represented thebiggest development of theweek. Such are the prob-lems of baseball’s 1 percent.Itwas reminiscent of thegood ol’ days of theBlack-hawks,when fans andmediamemberswouldspendhours debating thesixth defenseman orfourth-line forwards.

TheCubs entered theoffseasonwith questionsabout the rotation, closerand leadoffman. Theyfinished spring trainingTuesday having answeredthemall, a credit to execu-tivesTheoEpstein and JedHoyer, aswell as outfielderIanHapp.Happmade theleadoff decision easy forMaddon by coming toArizona like aman con-sumedwith proving hecould do the job.Whetherhitting home runs or flash-ing speed,Happ emergedas theCubmost likely toenjoy a breakout season—andhis rookie yearwasquite a revelation.

Adding starter YuDarvish to the top of therotation and closer Bran-donMorrow to the back ofthe bullpen not only ad-dressed glaring needs butweakened theDodgers,making theCubs theWorldSeries favorites. And free-agent pitcherTylerChat-wood looks like a fifthstarter in nameonly.

Where’s theweakness?AnthonyRizzo appearspoised for anMVP season— ifKris Bryant doesn’twinit himself. The forecast forBryzzo: booming business.If JavyBaez plays 140games at second base, hewillwin theGoldGlove he

deserved last year. ExpectcatcherWillsonContrerasto be anAll-Star, shortstopAddisonRussell to restoreconsistency, Kyle Schwar-ber to improve his averageif not his power numbersandBenZobrist to acceptthe important role as every-body’s backup—unlessJasonHeyward struggles somightily again theCubshave no choice but to benchhim.

This is a teamno longercomplacent— thank you,JustinTurner— and onethatmixed up its coachingstaff to alter the chemistry.This is the best team in theNational League, the onemost qualified to unseat theAstros asWorld Serieschampions.

The same cannot be saidfor the Sox in theAmericanLeague. But give themacouple of years,when theirprojected lineup consists ofoutfielders Eloy Jimenez,Luis Robert andBlakeRutherford and an infieldof third baseman JakeBurger, shortstopTim

Anderson, second basemanYoanMoncada and firstbaseman JoseAbreu. OrwillMannyMachadomakethe South Siders’winternext offseason and signwith one of theAL’smostexciting young teams?Future catcher ZackCollinslooks forward to handling akiller rotation ofMichaelKopech, LucasGiolito,ReynaldoLopez, CarlosRodon andAlecHansen.

Sox generalmanagerRickHahnhas assembledsomany powerful youngarms andpromising posi-tion players, probablyenough to insure themagainst the kind of injuryoutbreak they encounteredthis spring. All those set-backs did for this seasonwas remind the Sox thatnothing is guaranteed.Baseball only assures usthatwe likelywill feelfoolish in the fall aboutwhatwepredicted in thespring.

But indulgeme a fewSoxpredictions anyway:Kopechwill get called up

by June 1 and be theAmeri-canLeague rookie of theyear. Jimenezwill be pro-moted by theAll-Star breakand, slowly, Sox attendancewill surge. Andersonwillstart fast and level off butenjoy a bounce-back year.Moncadawill start slowlybut gradually recover andshowglimpses of greatness.MattDavidsonwill hitwellenough to become tradebait by July. Abreuwill beAbreu, the quiet, consistentleader the Sox decide tokeep.

DisappointmentswillincludeCarsonFulmer,who isn’t long for the rota-tion, andAvisail Garcia,whom the leaguewill ad-just to after a terrific 2017.Oh, andRenteriawill smilethroughmost of a 162-gameseason.

Chicagoans should too.Baseball is back, and, for

a rare change, neither sideof town considers that awarning.

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Grounds crew manager Evan Fowler paints a logo behind the plate Wednesday at Kauff-man Stadium in Kansas City a day before the Royals will play host to the White Sox.

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A 16-year-old boyrobbedandshotamanandhis son who answered aphony online ad about acellphone, then was shothimself about a week laterby Chicago police investi-gating the attack, prose-cutors saidWednesday.

Anthony Brown, 16, ischarged with armed rob-bery with bodily harm,attemptedmurder and ag-gravated battery with afirearm. In a hearingWednesday afternoon atthe Leighton CriminalCourt Building, JudgeDavid Navarro denied bailfor Brown.

Thevictims, ages 19 and42, showed up in the 7200block of South MerrillAvenue in the South Shoreneighborhood around 1:25p.m.March 3, expecting tobuy an iPhone, officialssaid. Instead, Brown andothers tried to rob them,according to prosecutors.Brown pulled out a gunand shot the 19-year-old inthe hip and the 42-year-old in the hand, police andprosecutors said.

During Brown’s bondhearing Wednesday, CookCounty Assistant State’sAttorney Geetu Naik saidthe 19-year-old used anonlineapplicationtosetupa transaction to buy aniPhone X that was adver-tised for $700.After a briefnegotiation, the 19-year-old agreed to buy thephone for $600 and wasasked to meet the sellernear a church. The 19-year-old drove there withthree siblings and his 42-year-old father. Theystepped out of the car andwaited. When Brown andanother person got thereandtold themtheywantedto see the money, thefather asked to see thephone first,Naik said.

But Brown and theother person refused toshow the phone until they

saw the cash. As soon asthe father took out the$600, Brown drew a gunandpointed it at the fatherand son as the other rob-ber grabbed the money,Naik said.

As the 19-year-oldlunged at Brown, tackledhim to the ground andtried to take the gun,Brown got up and startedpulling the trigger, but thegun jammed, Naik said.The 19-year-old raced tothedriver’s sidedoorofhiscar as Brown continued topoint the gun.

At that point, the fathergot between Brown andhis son, held his hands inthe air and “begged’’ himnot to shoot his son, Naiksaid in court. After Brownfired one round, the fathertried to flee. Brown firedseveralmore times, hittingthe father in the left indexfinger and his son in thehip. Another round hit thefamily’s car. The assailantstook off running, and re-sponding police officerscould not find them.

Brownwasshotsixdaysafter the robbery andshooting by officers inves-tigating the attack on theman andhis son.

OnMarch 9, just before1 p.m., officerswere on thesame block ofMerrill Ave-nue when they saw avehicle circling the block,police and prosecutorssaid. Officers spottedBrown and another malewalking toward a car andthen walking away, and,believing another robberywas happening, began tofollow them. During thepursuit, Brown seemed tobe carrying something inhis pockets and “disre-garded multiple com-mands’’ to get to theground,Naik said.

When Brown began totug at his pocket whilerunningtowardtheofficer,an officer shot Brown inthe buttocks,Naik said.

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When North Koreanleader Kim Jong Un cametoBeijingthisweektomeetwith Chinese President XiJinping, it marked the firsttime that Kim is known tohave traveled outside hiscountry since becoming itsleader in 2011, and his firstmeeting of any kind withanother head of state. Butits true significance maybecome apparent only af-ter twomore summits.

The first, in April, willbring together Kim andSouth Korean PresidentMoon Jae-in. The second,should it take place, wouldpair the North KoreanleaderwithPresidentDon-aldTrump.

Experts say that Kimwas probably eager toshore up support fromChina, Pyongyang’s maintradingpartner andally, foradditional leverage inthosediscussions. He may alsowant to drive a wedgebetween the U.S. andChina, which have in thelast year joined forces toimplement draconiansanctions onPyongyang.

China, meanwhile, isstriving to remain centralto discussions, experts say.Beijing is about 500 milesfrom Pyongyang and doesnot want a war in itsbackyard. “I think (themeeting) shows somesense of urgency on bothsides,” said Go Myong-Hyun, a research fellow atthe Asan Institute for Pol-icy Studies in Seoul. “Ithink Xi Jinping nowunderstands that Chinawas being sidelined inthesediscussions thatweretaking place betweenNorth Korea, the U.S. andSouthKorea.”

China and North Koreaenjoy a strong historicalbond, with their Commu-nist roots and their allianceduring the Korean War of1950-1953. Yet their rela-tions have soured, espe-cially throughout last year,as Pyongyang tested morethan two dozen missilesand, in September, a nucle-ar bomb. Beijing fears in-stability andhas repeatedlywarned Pyongyang over itsprovocations.

In the Beijing meetings,Kim said his country couldpotentially denuclearize “ifSouth Korea and theUnited States respond toour efforts in good faith(and) create a peaceful andstable atmosphere,” ac-cording to the official Xin-huaNewsAgency.

Themeeting spotlighteda high-wire act for bothChina and North Korea inadvance of Kim’s plannedmeetingswith SouthKore-an and U.S. leaders thisspring.

“What does Kim JongUnwant? Let’s be clear.Hewants to break what ap-pears to be a united frontbetweenChinaandtheU.S.on the North Korea issue,”said Andrei Lankov, direc-tor of the research firmKorea Risk Group and aprofessor at Kookmin Uni-versity in Seoul.

“Kim has likely made alot of promises, not all ofwhich are going to be kept,in order to prove to hisChinese hosts that it’s inChinese interests not to beharsh to North Korea,” hecontinued. “I can imaginehim making promises tobehave himself for a while,at least as long as Trump isin theWhiteHouse.But it’salso possible that he’ll tryto terrify China by the

increasingly likelyprospect of an Americanmilitary operation in Ko-rea.”

Trump, in a morningtweet, reported he hadreceivedamessage fromXidescribing the visit andsaying Kim “looks forwardto hismeetingwithme.”

“In the meantime, andunfortunately,” he added,“maximum sanctions andpressure must be main-tained at all cost!”

Trump predicted thatKim may be comingaroundand“willdowhat isright.” But Kimwas clearlyusing the China appear-ance to strengthen his ownhand.Kimwants to includethe more sympathetic pos-

ture of China, while Xiwants to continue to playthe role of regional powerbroker.

In their meetings, Xiwas careful to treat Kim asan equal. Kim is likely tosimilarly parlay any meet-ingwith Trump as proof ofhis international stature —a gambit that Trump maynot be well equipped tocounter. Kim will likelydeclare that it is hisnuclearpower that has earned himtheworld’s respect.

Japan, which has takenan especially hard lineagainst North Korea andwas caught off guard byTrump’s announcement hewould sit down with Kim,has been left out of these

machinations.Amildpanicseems to be setting in toJapanese leadership as it isleft out not only of theTrump-Kim summit butalso Kim’s trip this week toBeijing. Asked about thetripTuesday,JapaneseFor-eign Minister Taro Konowas reduced to saying hehoped for an “explanation”fromBeijing.

Chinese and North Ko-rean media both madeprominent shows of thevisit, with the XinhuaNews Agency publishing a2,646-word article andNorth Korea’s Rodong Sin-mun running a photo fromthe meeting on its frontpage.

The agencies showedphotos of Kim and Xishaking hands against abackdrop of North Koreanand Chinese flags; posingwith their wives, Ri Sol Juand Peng Liyuan; toastingat a banquet; and speakingwith other officials at theGreat Hall of the People, alush-carpetedmeeting hallin Beijing.

Kim has made severalgestures in recent monthsto defuse tensions. Lastmonth, North Korea sent adelegation, led by Kim’ssister Kim Yo Jong, to theWinter Olympics in SouthKorea. The charm offen-sive paved the way to talkswith South Korean offi-cials, and later a historicoffer to meet Trump, whoquickly accepted.

The Xinhua NewsAgency reported that Xi,referring to theNorthby itsofficial name, the Demo-cratic People’s Republic ofKorea, said, “China is will-ing to continue to play aconstructive role in theissue of the peninsula andwork together with allparties including theDPRK to jointly promotethe relaxation of the situa-tion on the peninsula.”

By traveling on a train,Kim followed precedentsset by his grandfather andfather, North Korea’s twoprevious leaders.

Lankov, the professor,said that the three Kimshave all proven remarkablyadept at getting their waywith foreign governments.

“I’ve been studyingNorth Korea for 35 years,”he said. “I can assure youNorth Koreans have so farmanaged to outsmarteverybody. They were re-markably good at playingRussia and China againsteachother in the 1950s and’60s. They’ve outsmartedAmericans a number oftimes, and they’ve out-smarted South Koreanstoo. I don’t know why weshouldn’t expect theywon’t outsmart them onceagain.”

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‘Urgency’ sparkedhistoric meetingExperts: N. Korea,China likely soughtsupport, relevanceBy Jonathan Kaimanand TracyWilkinsonLos Angeles Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping met this weekin advance of Kim’s planned meetings with South Korean and U.S. leaders this spring.

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TOKYO — Increased activity at a North Koreannuclear site has once again caught the attention ofanalysts and renewed concerns about the complex-ities of denuclearization talks as President DonaldTrump prepares for a summit with Kim Jong Un inthe comingweeks.

Satellite imagery taken last month suggests theNorth has begun preliminary testing of an experi-mental light water reactor and possibly broughtanother reactor online at its Yongbyon NuclearResearchCenter.

Both could be used to produce the fissilematerialsneeded for nuclear bombs.

The findings come at a particularly sensitive time.Trump and Kim are planning to meet by May,according toofficials, anddenuclearizationwill likelybe the biggest topic on their agenda if they do meet.North Korea tested its biggest nuclear device to datelast September. Pyongyang claims itwas anH-bomb.

While the North hasn’t conducted any tests since,or test-launched any long-range missiles since Nov.28, the heightened activity at the Yongbyon complexcould be ominous.

According to an analysis in Jane’s IntelligenceReview published earlier this month, a testingprogram is now underway at the experimentalreactor, which means it could become operationalwith “little warning later in 2018 or in 2019.” It saidthe preliminary testing follows increased activitythroughout 2017.

The reactor was completed five years ago and isprimarily designed to generate electricity for civilianuse.But it couldalsobeused toproduceplutoniumortritium.

The Jane’s report cautioned that without inter-national inspections it’s impossible to tell for sure ifit’s being used to produce civilian electricity orweapons-grade material for bombs. The reactor hasbeen linked to the local electricitygridand isbelievedtobepotentiallyable topoweracityofabout50,000ifoperated at full capacity.

In a separate report posted on 38North, a websitethat specializes in North Korea news and analysis,experts said they have detected activity at anotherreactor in the Yongbyon complex, which is locatednorth of Pyongyang, that could be an even biggerconcern.

Imagery of Yongbyon’s 5-megawatt reactor sug-gests it was brought into operation recently. Thewebsite said that would mean “North Korea hasresumedproduction of plutoniumpresumably for itsnuclearweapons program.”

It said commercially available satellite imagery ofthe reactor revealed steam vapor plumes emanatingfromthegeneratorhall, alongwithriver icemeltnearthe reactor. Additionally, North Korean techniciansmight have stepped up efforts to conceal signs of thereactor’s operations.

New activity at N. Korea nukesite ahead of Trump summitBy Eric Talmadge | Associated Press

WASHINGTON—Presi-dent Donald Trump’s law-yer told attorneys repre-senting Paul Manafort andMichael Flynn last year thatthe presidentmight bewill-ing to pardon his formeraides if they faced criminalcharges stemming from aninvestigation into Russia’selection interference, ac-cording to three people fa-miliarwith the discussions.

The president’s lead law-yer at the time, John Dowd,was described as floatingthe idea of a pardon forManafort, Trump’s formercampaign chairman, andFlynn, the former nationalsecurity adviser, at a vulner-able moment for the twomen.BothFlynnandMana-fort had contacts with Rus-sians while advising Trumpand were under investiga-tion by special counselRobert Mueller’s team, butneither had been charged atthat point.

Mueller indicted Mana-fort on charges of tax fraudand money laundering inlate October. Flynn pleadedguilty in December to lyingto investigators and agreedto cooperate with theMueller probe.

Dowd insisted Wednes-day that he did not raise theidea of pardons with law-yers representing the twomen.

“I had no such discus-sions with them,” Dowdsaid in a phone interview.“We never talked aboutpardons. There was no rea-son to talk about pardons.No,ma’am.”

A spokesman, JasonMal-oni, and a former lawyer,Reginald Brown, for Mana-fort declined to comment.Robert Kelner, an attorneyfor Flynn, also declined tocomment. The outreachfrom Dowd was first re-ported by The New YorkTimes.

Theallegation thatDowdofferedtwokeywitnesses inthe Russia investigation alegal safety net comes amidMueller’s increasing focuson whether the presidentobstructed justice by seek-ing to blunt or shut downthe inquiry.

Legal experts said prose-cutors could view floatingthe idea of a presidentialpardon to people underinvestigation as a criminaleffort to obstruct justice.Raising such a possibilitycould be considered an in-centive for witnesses not tocooperate.

“I’ve only been askedabout pardons by the press,andhaveroutinelyrespond-ed on the record that nopardons are under discus-sion or under considerationat the White House,” TyCobb, the White Houselawyerworking on the Rus-sia investigation, said in astatement.

Trump, however, did ex-press a keen interest lastspring and summer in hispower to pardon, accordingto people familiar with thesituation. While inter-viewing lawyers as possiblecandidates to represent himin the probe, aides said,Trump asked his teamwhether he could pardonhis advisers, his familymembers and evenhimself.

One person familiar withthe outreach to Manafort’steam said Dowd over thesummer relayed to the for-mer campaign chief’s law-yers that a pardon was apossibility. A person famil-iar with the Flynn discus-sions said Dowd called Kel-ner sometime last year totell him Trump believedthere was no merit to thecase against Flynn and the“presidentwouldconsiderapardon.”

White House aides and

Trump’s legal advisers pri-vately expressed concernWednesday about the situa-tion and said Dowd mayhavementionedpardonsoffthe cuff and failed to recog-nize the sensitivity of thesubject at thatmoment.

What specifically Dowdoffered — and whetherTrumpapproved the idea—could now become part ofMueller’s investigation ofRussian interference withthe 2016 election andwhether there was any co-ordination with the Trumpcampaign.

The possibility of a par-don raises new questionsabout why Manafort hasrepeatedly refused to coop-erate with Mueller’s team.He faces a raft of seriousfelony charges and, if con-victed, faces decades inprison. Manafort haspleaded not guilty and hastold associates he believeshe canwin in court.

Manafort has beenunderintense pressure from thespecial counsel’s office.

On Tuesday, prosecutorsfiled new documents incourt revealing that the FBIhas assessed that a longtimeManafort business associ-ate had ties to Russianintelligence during the 2016campaign. The documentsdid not name the associate,but the description offeredmatched Konstantin Kil-imnik, a Russian nationalwho had worked as Mana-fort’s translator and officemanager inKiev,Ukraine.

Manafort has acknowl-edged having extensivecontact with Kilimnik dur-ing the five months heserved as Trump’s cam-paign chairman in 2016,including holding two in-person meetings with him.Emails that have been readto The Washington Postalso show that ManafortaskedKilimnik tooffer “pri-vate briefings” about thecampaign to Oleg Deri-paska, a Russian businessmagnate who is close to theKremlin. Deripaska’sspokeswoman has said hewas never offered suchbriefings.

The new informationunderscores why Muellerhas been so focused onobtaining Manafort’s co-operation. Manafort’s dep-uty, Rick Gates, who wasalso in contact with Kil-imnik while working forTrump, has already agreedto plead guilty.

Sources: Trumplawyer floatedidea of pardonsBut Dowd deniestalk to Manafort’s,Flynn’s counselBy Carol D. Leonnig,Josh Dawsey andRosalind S. HeldermanTheWashington Post

Sources say Trump attorneyJohn Dowd, top, floated theidea of pardons last year forMichael Flynn, above center,and Paul Manafort, above.

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WASHINGTON —Supreme Court justices,hearing argumentsWednesday in a Marylandgerrymandering case, sig-naled again they are trou-bled when politicians drawelection districts solely togive their party more seatsinCongress.

But they appearedequally frustrated over thequestion of what — if any-thing— the court should doabout it.

The Maryland caseseemed to most of thejustices to represent an ex-treme and obvious exampleofpartisangerrymandering,which, unlike racial gerry-mandering, has not beenoutlawed.

“What is this, exceptabout politics?” Justice El-ena Kagan asked a statelawyer for Maryland. Shesaid the Legislature underDemocratic control hadshifted 350,000 voters andtransformed a strong Re-publican district into onethat now reliably elects an-other Democrat to Con-

gress. “However much youthink is too much, this caseis too much,” she said tolaughter in the courtroom.

Others agreed. Chief Jus-tice John Roberts agreedthat the state has redrawnits districts “to prefer oneparty over another.”

But to a surprising de-gree, the justices stillseemed uncertain how torule. Roberts and JusticeSamuel Alito said legisla-tures have to redraw dis-tricts after the census, andpolitics will invariably playsome role in how the linesare drawn.

“This seems like a prettyclear violation of the Con-stitution in some form tohave deliberate, extremegerrymandering. But isthere a practical remedythat won’t get judges in-volved in every, or dozensand dozens of very impor-tant political decisions?”asked Justice StephenBreyer in a question thatwent largely unansweredand seemed to hang overthe argument.

Since the 1980s, the jus-tices have repeatedly criti-cized politicians for draw-ing election districts thatentrench their party inpower. But they have alsorepeatedly failedtorule thatsuch politically motivated

redistricting violates theConstitution.

This decade has seenmore extreme gerryman-dering, particularly inbattleground states such asMichigan, North Carolina,Ohio, Pennsylvania andWisconsin. Republicanswon sweeping victories inthe 2010midtermelections,and they used their powerto redraw election maps tomaintain control of theHouseofRepresentatives.Athree-judge federal courtstruck down North Caroli-na’s map as unconstitu-tional, but the SupremeCourt in January put thatdecision onhold.

Pennsylvania had steadi-ly elected 13 Republicansand five Democrats, but thestate Supreme Court struckdown the map in Januaryand had it redrawn. TheSupreme Court turneddown appeals from thestate’s Republicans leadersand refused to intervene.

Regardless of how thehigh court rules in theMaryland case or a stillpending case fromWiscon-sin, the rulings are unlikelyto affect the 2018 elections.The justices have said theywill avoid changing therules during an electionyear. But redistricting ex-perts warned that a failure

to rule against purely politi-cal gerrymandering couldtrigger even more partisanschemes after the 2020election. That year, whenPresident Donald Trump isexpected to seek re-elec-tion, “could be a wave yearfor Democrats,” saidMichael Li, a lawyer for theBrennan Center at NewYork University. If so, theycould use their control overthe election maps to giveDemocrats a decade-longadvantage inCongress.

As is frequently the case,Justice Anthony Kennedyholds the deciding vote, andhis comments Wednesdayshould give some cheer toopponents of partisan ger-

rymandering.He said it would be un-

constitutional for the stateto say by law that itwill give“a partisan advantage forone party” whenever itdraws new election dis-tricts.

“How is this case differ-ent?”KennedyaskedStevenSullivan, Maryland’s statesolicitor.

The law did not say itsintent was to ensure that aDemocrat won what hadbeen a solid Republicandistrict, he replied.

“So if you hide the evi-dence of what you’re doing,then you’re going to pre-vail?” Kennedy interjectedwith a tone of sarcasm.

The exchange suggestedthat Kennedy and thecourt’s four liberal justicescould form a majority, say-ing a purely partisan elec-tion map is unconstitu-tional.

He said the court mightwant to have all three cases— Maryland, North Car-olina and Wisconsin —brought back for a re-argu-ment in the fall. His com-ment seemed to signal thatthe justices have not agreedona ruling in theWisconsincase. But the strength of theevidence in the Marylandcase could force thecourt torule.

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Court signals problem withpartisan gerrymanderingBut justices alsoappear unsureabout a solution

Ashley Oleson, with the League of Women Voters of Maryland, joins others outside theSupreme Court, which heard arguments Wednesday in a Maryland gerrymandering case.

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By David G. SavageWashington Bureau

BOSTON — When Don-ald Trump won more than52percent of theTexas voteduring the 2016 election, hepocketed all 38 of thatstate’s Electoral Collegevotes just asHillaryClinton,whowonCaliforniawith 61percent of the vote, sweptup all 55 of that state’selectors.

It’s a winner-take-all sys-tem used by 48 states thatcritics hope to have ulti-mately ruled unconstitu-tional.

Advocates took their firststep last month by filingfederal lawsuits in fourstates — California, Massa-chusetts, South Carolinaand Texas — arguing thatthe practice of assigning allof a state’s Electoral Collegevotes to thepopularwinner,nomatter hownarrow, runscounter to the principle of

“one person, one vote” bydisenfranchising those whovoted for the loser.

The group behind theinitiative, the League ofUnited Latin AmericanCitizens, said the practicealso violates the constitu-tional rights of free associ-ation, political expressionand equal protection underthe law.

Luis Vera, an attorney forthe group, pointed to theTexas election, arguing thatthose who backed Clintonessentially saw their votesdisappear.

“When that vote actuallygets to the Electoral Col-lege, it’s just thrown away.It’s counted simply to bethrown away,” he said. “InCalifornia, it was the oppo-site.”

Vera said thegroupchosetwo Democratic-leaningstates and two Republican-leaning states — Clintonwon about 61 percent of thevote in Massachusetts,while Trump won about 55percent inSouthCarolina—to argue that the winner-take-all system harms vot-

ers of both parties.They also drafted local

residents to serve as plain-tiffs, including actor andcomedianPaul Rodriguez, aRepublican, inCalifornia.

In Massachusetts, thegroup tapped former Re-publican Gov. WilliamWeld, who made a cameoappearance in the 2016election as vice presidentialcandidate for the Libertari-an Party.

Their goal is to get thequestion eventually beforethe U.S. Supreme Court — along and uncertain roadwith no guarantee that thejusticeswould even agree tohear the case, let alone rulein their favor.

The group is hoping topressure states to adopt amore proportional distribu-tion of Electoral Collegevotes.

Under that system, forinstance, Trump would get52percent of the 38electorsin Texas, while Clinton,who garnered about 44percent of the Texas vote,would get about 44 percentof the electors. The remain-

der would go to third-partycandidates who reached athreshold or be divvied upamong themajor-party can-didates, again based on thepercentage of their vote.

If the proportional sys-tem of naming electors tothe Electoral College hadbeen in place during the2016 election, Vera said,Clinton — who won thenational popular vote bynearly 2.9 million votes —would have been electedpresident.

But he was quick to addthat the goal of the initiativeis not to benefit one partyover another.

The group is already get-ting pushback, includingfrom William Galvin, whoas theMassachusetts secre-tary of the commonwealthoversees state elections.

Galvin, a Democrat, saidhe suspected the pushmight be an effort by Re-publicans to help rig theElectoral College in 2020forTrump.

“This should be the sub-ject of a national discussion,not a lawsuit,” said Galvin,

who is named in the lawsuitfiled in Massachusetts. “Noone has thought throughthe implications. No one’sdone a statistical study.”

Galvin also said thatwhile there is a predic-tability to the winner-take-all method, there is lessclarity in trying to dole outelectoral votes based on themargin of each candidate’svote total in each state.

“When you start talkingabout what percentage didyou win Ohio by, thenyou’re raising questions,” hesaid. “This is clearly amath-ematical game.”

A spokesman for the sec-retary of state’s office inTexas said it couldn’t com-ment on pending litigation.An official with the secre-tary of state’s office in SouthCarolina said that it is pre-paring a response to thelawsuit and that the office isrequired to follow statelaws.

The lawsuit isn’t the firstto try to work around theElectoral College.

The National PopularVote initiative is hoping to

persuade enough states topass laws assigning all oftheir electoral votes to thewinner of the nationalpopular vote. The strategywould kick in when stateswith enough Electoral Col-legevotes toput a candidatein theWhiteHouse join.

Ten Democratic-leaningstates and the District ofColumbia have joined, rep-resenting 165 electoralvotes. States representinganother 105 electoral votesare needed to secure the270 electoral votes requiredtowin the presidency.

Eliminating the ElectoralCollege is far more daunt-ing, requiring a constitu-tional amendment.

Backers of both effortssay they want to ensurepresidential candidates seeopportunities to pick upvotes in every state.

That could mean thatresidents of Massachusetts,which hasn’t voted for aRepublican president sinceRonald Reagan and is large-ly ignored on the campaigntrail, could see more cam-paign rallies at home.

Critics sue to end winner-take-all electoral systemCases in 4 statessay it violates ‘oneperson, one vote’By Steve LeBlancAssociated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Thewinter calving season forcritically endangered rightwhales is ending without asingle newborn being spot-ted off the southeast U.S.coast, a reproductivedrought unseen for threedecades that experts saybrings the rare species astep closer to extinction.

“It’s a pivotalmoment forright whales,” said BarbZoodsma, who oversees theright whale recovery pro-gram in the U.S. Southeastfor the National MarineFisheries Service. “If wedon’t get serious and figurethis out, it very well couldbe the beginning of theend.”

Researchers have beenlooking since December fornewborn right whales offthe coasts of Georgia andFlorida, where pregnantwhales typically migrateeach winter to give birth inwarmerAtlanticwaters.

Trained spotters in air-planes who spend the sea-son scouting the coastalwaters for mother-and-calfpairs found nothing thisseason. They wrap upworkSaturday.

Zoodsmasaidshedoesn’t

expect any last-minute calfsightings. If she’s right, itwill be the first year whalespotters have recorded zerobirths since survey flightsbegan in 1989.

The timing could hardlybe worse. Scientists esti-mate only about 450 NorthAtlantic right whales re-main, and the species suf-fered terribly in2017.A totalof 17 right whales washedup dead in the U.S. and

Canada last year, faroutpac-ing five births.

With no rebound inbirths this past winter, theoverall population couldshrink further in 2018. Onerightwhalewas found deadoff the coast of Virginia inJanuary.

“It is truly alarming,” saidPhilip Hamilton, a scientistat the New England Aquar-ium in Boston who hasstudied right whales for

three decades. “Following ayear of such high mortality,it’s clear the populationcan’t sustain that trajec-tory.”

Right whales have aver-aged about 17 births peryear during the past threedecades. Since 2012, all buttwo seasons have yieldedbelow-average calf counts.

Scientists will be lookingfor newborn stragglers asthe whales return to their

feeding grounds off thenortheastern U.S. thisspring. That happened lastyear, when two previouslyunseen babies were spottedinCapeCodBay.

Right whale researcherCharles “Stormy” Mayo oftheCenter forCoastal Stud-ies in Provincetown, Mass.,said he was hopeful somecalveswerebornthisseasonoff theCarolinasorVirginia,where scientists weren’t

really looking.It’s also possible right

whales could rally with ababy boom next year. Fe-males typically take threeyears or longer betweenpregnancies, so births canfluctuate year to year. Theprevious rock-bottom yearfor births — just one calfspotted in 2000 — wasfollowed by 31 newborns in2001, the second-best calv-ing season on record.

Whale ofa problemworriesscientistsNo births spottedduring rare species’calving seasonBy Russ BynumAssociated Press

With future births uncertain, researchers say more needs to be done to prevent human causes of many right whale deaths.

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Shulkin’s ouster comesamid a broader shake-upthat began with Trump’sfiring of Secretary of StateRex Tillerson onMarch 13.The president also has de-cided to replace his na-tional security adviser, Lt.Gen. H.R. McMaster, withformer U.N. AmbassadorJohnBolton.

Shulkin’s firing had beenexpected for weeks as thepresident, who once con-sideredhimafavorite, grewdisenchanted with him af-ter a travel scandal andmonthsof infightingwithinthe senior ranks at theDepartment of VeteransAffairs spilled into publicview.

Shulkin, 58, went publicwith claims that Trumpappointeesonhisstaffwereconspiring to have himremoved. The power strug-gle centered on differencesover a shift to offeringveteransmoremedical carefrom private doctors attaxpayer expense, withconservatives at VA and inthe White House pushingfor more private care andShulkin favoring a moremoderate approach.

The next VA secretary islikely to favora shift towardmore private care, a goal atodds withmany traditionalveterans advocacy groups.

Shulkin, thesoleObama-era holdover in Trump’sCabinet, did not serve inthemilitary. But he enjoyedbroad support from tradi-tional veterans groups,which fear that more pri-vate-sector carewill lead todiminished resources forVA’s 1,700 medical clinicsandhospitals.

VA, the second-largest

federal bureaucracy, em-ploys 360,000 people andaccounts for $186 billionannually. Its sprawlinghealth care and benefitssystem, which Trumpblasted on the campaigntrail as a wasteful, ineffi-cient failure, serves 9 mil-lion former troops.

The VA secretary over-sees a health care andbenefits system beset bychallenges, in-cluding a suiciderateof20veteransper day, and ashortage of men-tal health thera-pists, doctors andnurses.

An internistwho came to gov-ernment with 30years’ experienceleading private hospitals,Shulkin led the VeteransHealth Administration for18 months under formerPresident BarackObama.

He delivered multiplelegislative victories forTrump during his first yearat the agency, from a billthat clears a fast path tofiringemployeesaccusedofmisconduct to measuresaimed at easing the backlogof benefit appeals.He over-saw creation of a 24-hourhotline for veteran com-plaintsandimprovedtrans-parency, postingwait timesfor medical appointmentsat each facility and otherquality-control measuresconsistent with many pri-vate sector hospitals.

“He also deserves somecredit for holding the shiptogether during these veryturbulent first 15months ofthe Trump administration,just keeping theVAmovingforward,” said Philip Cart-er, a senior fellow at the

Center for aNewAmericanSecurity, where he focuseson veterans issues.

Shulkin’s biggest weak-ness Carter said, was thathe didn’t connect with thepresident’s allies. “Thatwas always festering be-neath the surface — hewasan Obama holdover,” Cart-er said. “And stylisticallyhe’s not of the same worldas President Trump. He

never quiteclicked with thepresident’s innercircle.”

ThoughTrumpand Shulkin gotalong well formany months, themood inside theWhite House be-gan to change asShulkin clashed

with conservative appoint-ees over how to expandveterans access to privatemedical care, a programknown as Choice thatstarted in 2014 after revela-tions VA managers weremanipulating patient waitlists.

They believed Shulkinwas not moving aggres-sively enough to expandprivate care, and workedbehind the scenes to sowdoubt in the minds of thepresident and his top aidesafter VA’s inspector generalreleasedacritical investiga-tion in February into a tripthe secretary led to Europelast summer.

The report found “seri-ous derelictions” beforeand during the trip, muchof which was spent sight-seeing. It found thatShulkin improperly ac-cepted a gift ofWimbledontennis tickets for him andhis wife, who traveled withhimat taxpayer expense.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin and President Donald Trump got along welluntil scandal soured relations with the president and White House.

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Jackson

An attorney for StormyDaniels is asking a federaljudge in California for per-mission to depose Presi-dentDonaldTrumpandhislongtime lawyer MichaelCohen about the nondis-closureagreement thepornactress says she signed tokeep quiet about her al-leged affair with the presi-dent.

In documents filed earlyWednesday, Michael Ave-natti said hewas seeking todepose Trump and Cohenfor nomore than twohourseach to find out whetherTrump was aware of theagreement and whether heconsented to it.

Daniels alleges she hadsex with Trump in 2006after meeting him at acelebrity golf tournament,then signed the “hushagreement” in October2016, less than two weeksbefore the presidentialelection, in exchange for a$130,000 payment. Cohensays he made the paymentfrom his personal fundswithout Trump’s knowl-

edge and withoutbeing reimbursed.

The porn ac-tress’s lawsuitclaims the agree-ment was invalidbecause Trumpnever signed it. Inrequesting depo-sitions, Avenattisaidhe“intends toprove that theHushAgree-ment did not have a lawfulobject or purpose.”

“Rather, the Agreementand the $130,000 paymentmade pursuant to theAgreement, was for the‘purposeof influencing’ the2016 presidential electionby silencing Plaintiff fromspeaking openly and publi-cly about Mr. Trump justweeks before the 2016 elec-tion,” hewrote in amotion.

Avenatti is also seekingto issue no more than 10document requests toTrumpandCohen“onvari-ous topics relating to theHush Agreement.” A hear-ing is scheduled for April30 before U.S. DistrictJudge S. JamesOtero in theCentral District of Cali-fornia.

Attorneys forTrumpand

Cohendidnot im-mediately re-spond to mes-sages seekingcommentWednesday. TheWhite House hasdenied that therewas ever an affairbetween Trumpand Daniels,

whose real name is Steph-anieClifford.

Before the motion wasfiled, David Schwartz, anattorney and spokesmanfor Cohen, told “60 Min-utes” that he was “sure”Avenatti didn’t want todepose Trump. In a CNNdebate with Avenatti lastweek, Schwartz saidTrump wasn’t obligated tosign the agreement, whichcontained a line for hissignature, because hewas athird-party beneficiary.

TrumpandCohen’s legalteams are seeking to forceDaniels to settle the case inarbitration, which is re-quired under the terms ofthe agreement. But Ave-natti argues the mattercan’t be resolved “withoutfacts and evidence, andthus discovery.”

Daniels attorney asks federaljudge to depose Trump, lawyer

Daniels

By Derek HawkinsTheWashington Post

WASHINGTON—Pres-ident Donald Trump offi-cially received four foreignambassadors into theUnited States onMonday, aWhite House ceremonythat also was a reminderthat he has yet to sendmany U.S. ambassadorsabroad — to dozens of keydiplomatic posts.

Fourteen months intohis administration, for ex-ample, the United Stateshas no ambassador toSouthKorea asTrumppre-pares for a high-stakesmeeting with North Kore-an leaderKimJongUn.

Nor has the presidenteven nominated ambas-sadors to several importantalliednations in theMiddleEast, where tensions haverecently flared, includingQatar, Saudi Arabia and theUnited Arab Emirates. Thesame goes for Egypt andJordan, the only two Arabstates that recognize Israeland which are vitally im-portant todealingswith thePalestinians.

Also empty is the ambas-sadorship of Turkey, aNATO ally, where Presi-dentRecepTayyipErdogannonethelesshasbecome in-creasingly anti-Americanand is reaching out toRussia, as well as the job ofenvoy to the EuropeanUnion.

Of a total of 188 foreignposts, 56 are vacant, includ-ing in 46 countries and 10international organizationsnormally headed by an am-bassador, according to theAmerican Foreign ServiceAssociation, the organiza-tion that represents di-plomats.

Of the 56 open positions,17 have nominees awaitingSenate confirmation. Thatleaves the bulk of the tradi-tionally much-desired jobsjust waiting for Trump tomake a decision.

The vacancy rate isroughly twice that underthen-President BarackObama at this point in histerm, according to theasso-

ciation.Some in the White

House and elsewhereblame outgoing Secretaryof State Rex Tillerson andhis cost-cutting campaignfor the dearth of diplomats.Tillerson’sdefenderssayhewas following the tone anddirectives set by the WhiteHouse.

In the end, many law-makers saw the proposedreduction as too draconianand Congress actually ap-proved a small increase inthe department’s budget.Trump fired Tillerson onMarch 13.

Whatever the cause ofthe vacant ambassadorialresidences, veteran di-plomats say the voids crip-ple U.S. influence abroad ata time of heightened dan-gers in many parts of theworld.

“There is simply no de-nying the warning signsthat point to mountingthreats to our institution —and to theglobal leadershipthat depends on us,” Bar-bara Stephenson, formerambassador to Panama andpresident of the foreignservice association, said onthe group’swebsite.

She said the State De-partment’s diplomaticrankshadbeen“depletedata dizzying speed.”

Notonly isTrumpfailingto fill vacancies, but alsohisadministration has forcedsome ambassadors out and

spurred others to leave bychoice.

Stephenson’searlierpostin Panama is vacant nowbecause the most recentoccupant, John Feeley,abruptly quit this month,saying he could no longerrepresent the administra-tion. Trump had “warpedand betrayed” the UnitedStates’ “traditionalcoreval-ues,”Feeleysaidat the time.

The “current adminis-tration has little respect forthose who have served thenation apolitically for dec-ades,” hewrote in an op-edpiece published by TheWashington Post onMarch9.

The ambassador inMexico, Roberta Jacobson,is also stepping down, ef-fective May 5. No replace-ment has been nominated.

Filling the South Koreapost in Seoul has beenespecially fraught. TheTrump administrationnominated academic Vic-tor Cha, a pre-eminent ex-perton theregion, and thendropped him after he criti-cized a proposal thatTrumpwas floating to con-duct a pre-emptive “bloodynose” military strike onNorthKorea.

State Department offi-cials reject the idea thatAmerican foreign policy issuffering because of emptyambassadorships.

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Trump receives envoys,but U.S. posts go unfilledBy TracyWilkinsonWashington Bureau

While some blame former Secretary of State Rex Tillersonfor the empty foreign posts, there is a lack of nominees.

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WASHINGTON — In abipartisan reproach, all 22female U.S. senatorsWednesday urged theirleaders to bring to a votemeasures meant tostrengthen the hand of vic-tims of sexual harassmentonCapitolHill.

The Senate has declinedto take up any effort. TheHouse in early Februaryapproved a bill that gaveaccusers the right to freelegal assistance and re-quired lawmakers, ratherthan taxpayers, to pay forany settlement.

TheHousemeasure alsomade voluntary a now-mandatory mediationprocess that has been criti-cized by opponents as bi-ased against victims andunnecessarily protracted.

“The Senate’s inactionstands in stark contrast tothe bipartisan effort in theHouse of Representativesthat led to the passage ofbipartisan (harassment) re-form legislation in Febru-ary,” said the senators’ let-ter, addressed to MajorityLeader Mitch McConnellofKentuckyand theDemo-cratic leader, ChuckSchumer ofNewYork.

The letter cited a surveyshowing that 4 in 10 wom-en who are congressionalstaff members considerharassment a problem intheir workplace, and 1 in 6said they had been har-assed. The survey was con-ducted in July by CQ RollCall.

No sexual harassmentmeasures were included inthe omnibus spending billpassed last week by theHouse and Senate andsigned Friday by PresidentDonaldTrump.

“We strongly agree thatthe Senate should quicklytake up legislation to com-bat sexual harassment onCapitolHill,” Schumer saidthrough a spokesman.

An aide to McConnellsuggested that a bipartisan

measure was being framedbut was not yet close tobeing proposed.

“Sen. McConnell sup-ports members being per-sonally, financially liablefor sexual misconduct inwhich they have engaged,”his spokesman, DavidPopp, said.

The push to enact newmeasures to combat sexualharassment in the congres-sional workplace wasspurred in the fall whenseveral members were ac-cused of unwanted sexualacts.

Two Democrats, Sen. AlFranken of Minnesota, arising party star, and Rep.John Conyers of Michigan,the longest serving mem-ber of the House, wereforced out in early Decem-ber after accusations ofsexual misconduct weremade against them. InConyers’ case, former aideswere among the womenmaking accusations.

Republicans also cameunder fire: Rep. Blake Far-

enthold of Texas an-nounced that he wouldretire at the end of thecurrent term after newsbroke that a woman whoaccused him of harassmenthad received an $84,000taxpayer-funded settle-ment. Farenthold, who hasdenied wrongdoing, prom-ised to repay themoneybuthas not yet done so.

Another RepublicanHouse member, TrentFranksofArizona, resignedunder pressure from partyleaders inJanuaryafter twofemale aides said they feltuncomfortable when heasked them to serve assurrogate mothers for hischild.

The spate of accusationscame amid a national up-roar about sexual harass-ment and assaults.

Trumphas been accusedby more than a dozenwomenofunwantedsexualaggression. One, SummerZervos, is suing Trump fordefamation after he calledhera liar.Shesaysheforcedhimselfonherat theBever-lyHillsHotel in 2007.

During the campaign,Democrats pounced on theaccusations against Trumpwhile many Republicansbrushed them aside.Trump says he has neverharassed awoman.

TheHousemeasurepas-sed inFebruarywas seen asa landmark rewriting of theCongressional Account-ability Act, which becamelaw in 1995. The senators,including 16 Democratsand six Republicans, de-manded in the letter thattheir chamber follow suit.

“Survivors who havebravely come forward toshare their stories havebrought to light just howwidespread harassmentand discrimination contin-ue to be through CapitolHill,” the senators wrote.“No longer can we allowthe perpetrators of thesecrimes to hide behind a23-year-old law.”

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Rep. John Conyers, top, andSen. Al Franken were forcedout in December aftermisconduct allegations.

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BANGKOK — Thailand’smilitary government iscrushing the spirit ofBangkok’s nightlife amid anintensifying crackdown thatis forcing many bars andclubs to close early or in-definitely. With an electiontentatively set for February2019, the campaign appearsto be a last-ditch attempt bythe embattled governmentto impose social order andsalvage its legacy.

Since the army swept topower inabloodless coup in2014, it has intermittentlyenforced curfews and ar-cane regulations to rein inthe city’s rambunctious na-ture, but in the past year itsefforts appear to havegained vigor.

Bar owners say militaryofficials are barging intotheir premises demandingto see licenses they havelong operated without ordidn’t even knowexisted.

In the raucous coastalcity of Pattaya recently, ex-pats and tourists were in-credulous when authoritieswent into bars asking to seea license for those withdartboards.

The government main-tains it is simply enforcingregulations thatexisted longbefore it came to power.

Officially, all bars andclubs must close by 2 a.m.,according to 2004 regula-tions, a rule long ignored bypolice, often in return forbribes.

The crackdown has hadthe biggest impact on after-hours venues and fledglingbusinesses already grap-pling with high taxes onimported food and alcohol.

Last year, Dark Bar, abastionofundergroundmu-sic in Bangkok, was forcedto close after authoritiesimposed amidnight curfew,and Swing, which got goingafter 4 a.m., closed afterdrug raids.

Wong’s Place, a ricketyold drinking den where

revelers can smoke insideand drink till dawn, wasrecently ordered to startclosing at 2 a.m.

“It is the first time in 40years something like thishas happened,” said barowner SamWong, referringto the closing time and to arecent raid by army officersto check whether he has alicense to playmusic.

Wong, who would lever-age his tieswith local policefor leeway on the rules, saysthemilitary isn’t budging.

Anders Svensson, a DJand founderof anelectronicmusic events companycalled 52Hz Bangkok, saidthe military’s campaignrisks putting the brakes on athriving underground mu-

sic scene.“Bangkok has become a

much less spontaneous city,and in many ways a moreboring city than it was fiveyears ago,” he said.

Deputy governmentspokesman WerachonSukondhapatipak said themilitary set itself the task offorcing businesses to com-ply with the law and hold-ing Thailand’s youth tohighermoral standards.

He said disorderly youngThais, staying out late, hadprovoked the new mea-sures.

A palpable cleanup of thecity began after the death ofThailand’s revered mon-arch, Bhumibol Adulyadej,in October 2016, with street

activity subdued in the yearofmourning that followed.

In many bustling touristspots, street-food sellerswere moved from mainroads into side streets or tonew parts of the city, andmany roadside alcohol sell-ers who would appear aftermidnight also disappeared.The government said themoves are to create acleaner city.

Yet a campaign to hem inThailand’s freewheeling so-ciety is nothing new. Fugi-tive former prime ministerThaksin Shinawatra,loathed by the military andultraconservative politicalestablishment, launched asimilaroffensive in theearly2000s, setting bar and club

closing times at 2 a.m. andattempting to curb under-age drinking.

“The difference is thatyou could pushback againstThaksin’s social orderwith-out fear of military repres-sion,” said Thitinan Pong-sudhirak, director of theInstitute of Security andInternational Studies atBangkok’s ChulalongkornUniversity.

But the military appearsin nomood to back down asPrime Minister PrayuthChan-ocha seeminglymakes a tacit bid to remainprime minister after theelection.

Upon seizing power, themilitary boasted it wouldcure the recklessness and

rot it claimshad infested theShinawatra governments.

But with the formerprime minister, YingluckShinawatra, out of the polit-ical picture after she wassentenced in absentia lastyear for negligence over hergovernment’s loss-riddenrice subsidy program, themilitary has lost its primaryjustification for holdingonto power.

Frustrated civilians arestill waiting for an electionthey were promised wouldtake place in 2015.

According to nationwidepolls by the Bangkok Uni-versityResearchCenter, thegovernment’s popularityhas declined from an ap-proval rating of 62 percentafter its first six months inoffice to 56 percent in Feb-ruary this year.

“The military govern-ment is on the back footbecause its threemain coupaims are unfulfilled. Na-tional reconciliation after adecade of conflict remainselusive, political reform andthe new constitution arecrooked and biased towardmilitary interests, and graftremains widespread, in-cluding the generals’ ownundertakings,” Thitinansaid.

The government has alsofaced a barrage of criticismover its suppression of freespeech, its plans to buyexpensive submarines fromChina, andmost recently itshandling of a scandal in-volving Deputy PrimeMin-ister Prawit Wongsuwanand his supposed vast col-lection of undeclared luxu-rywatches.

Bar owners say they arelosing tourists to cheaperdestinations such as Cam-bodia andVietnam.

Jenjira Prasertsin, ownerof the Madrid bar in Pat-pong, Bangkok’s originalred-light district, said she’skeen for regulations to beimposed but businessesneed time to adjust. Untilthen, the city’s spirit is toodefiant tobesnuffedout justyet.

“People still party, just ithappens increasingly be-hind closed doors,” Svens-son said.

Lights get dim on Bangkok’s nightlifeSome worry aboutcity spirit as regimeenforces rulesBy George StyllisSpecial to TheWashington Post

Thai police walk past women enticing customers to enter a bar, as they patrol Walking Street in Pattaya, Thailand.

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approved what was then agroundbreaking paid pa-rental leave law, requiringprivate employers to offersixweeksof fullypaid leave.

Katy Tang, the supervi-sor behind the fur banlegislation, has successfullypushed to prohibit per-formances by exotic ani-mals and to forbid the saleofnon-rescue cats anddogsfrompet stores.

Mayor Mark Farrell saidhe plans to sign the legisla-tion.

About 50 clothing andaccessory retailers down-townwill be affected by thelegislation, said Jim Laza-rus, senior vice president ofpublic policy at the SanFrancisco Chamber ofCommerce.

Reselling vintage andused fur by outlets notusually in the business oftrading fur, such as second-hand stores, pawn shopsand nonprofits, will still beallowed.

SANFRANCISCO—SanFrancisco supervisorsvoted unanimously to banthe sale of fur, furtherburnishing the city’s ani-mal-loving credentials as itbecomes the largest U.S.city to approve the prohib-ition.

Animal welfare advo-cates around the worldcheerednews of lastweek’svote, applaudingthecity forits compassion and hopingthat the legislation willcatch on.

The ban takes effect Jan.1 and applies to apparel andaccessories featuring realfur, including coats, keychains and gloves.

An amendment addedlast week allows furriersand other retailers to sellcurrent inventory until Jan.1, 2020.

Wayne Hsiung, co-founder of animal rights

network Direct Action Ev-erywhere, said in a state-ment that “this historic actwill usher in a newwave ofanimal rights legislationacross the globe.”

Retailers in San Fran-cisco, however, balked atwhat they called anothersocial mandate at the costof their ability to make aliving.

“It should be a citywidepublic vote, it shouldn’t bedecided by the Board ofSupervisors,” said Skip Pas,chief executive of WestCoast Leather, which sellsfur-trimmed items butdeals largely in leather.

SanFrancisco,namedforthe patron saint of animals,hasareputationforastrongsocial conscience, often at acost to businesses.

Its boardbanned the saleof menthol cigarettes andother flavored tobacco,which voters will considerin June.

In 2016, San Francisco

Benjamin Lin holds up a fur coat at a San Francisco store. The ban is set to begin Jan. 1.

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Animal welfare groups laudfur ban in San FranciscoBy Janie HarAssociated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — Pros-ecutors and defense attor-neys made their finalpitches to jurors Wednes-day on whether the wife ofthe Orlando nightclubshooter knew in advance ofher husband’s attack andlater tried to obstruct lawenforcement’s investiga-tion, orwhether shewas aninnocent dupe of her de-ceitful spouse.

The fate ofNoor Salman,31, now lies in the hands of12 men and women herewho have for the pastseveral weeks listened totestimony about the grue-some attack that killed 49people at the Pulse night-club and Salman’s inter-views with the FBI im-mediately after it. Jurorsbegan deliberatingWednesday afternoon.

Salman’s husband, 29-year-old Omar Mateen,was killed by police duringthe attack, and his wife istheonlyone to face chargesin connectionwith it.

By prosecutors’ telling,Salman was a willing par-ticipant in her husband’splot — even if she was notthere the night of the at-tack, June, 12, 2016. Federalprosecutor Sara Sweeneytold jurorsWednesday thatMateen originally intendedto attack the DisneySprings shopping complex,but changed course afterseeing four officers in thenightclub area there.

Sweeney said Salmanknew of that plan and lateradmitted that, though shemistook Pulse for being atDisney. She said Salmanalso lied repeatedly, tellingthe FBI, falsely, that Ma-teen had deleted his Face-book account, owned onlyonegunandwasnotradicalin his beliefs.

“The defendant knewher husband was planninga terrorist attack on behalfof ISIS,” Sweeney said, re-ferring to the Islamic State.

Defense attorneys,though, countered thatSalman was a victim of herhusband’s manipulationand infidelity, and that shewas effectively bullied bythe FBI into admittingthings that were demon-strably untrue. They castSalman as an unsophisti-cated actor, who was par-ticularly malleable to thesuggestions of law enforce-ment.

Defense attorneyCharles Swift said Salmanadmitted Mateen hadshown her the Pulse web-site, and that the two hadscouted the club a fewdaysbefore the attack. But com-puter and phone evidence,Swift said, indicated thatneither of those thingscould be true — meaninglawenforcementmusthaveplanted the idea inSalman’smind.

“The interrogation,that’s where most of thiscase lies,” Swift said.

Jurors have been listen-ing to testimony sinceMarch 5 from witnesseswho were there the nightthe attack occurred, andpolice investigators whoresponded to the club andlaunched a massive effortafterward to determinewho might have played arole in it. Salman did nottake the stand in her owndefense.

Mateen pledged alle-giance to the Islamic Stateduring the attack, thoughauthorities have said hewas inspired, rather thandirected, by the terroristgroup. The FBI had previ-ously investigated him for10 months starting in 2013,but determined he was nota threat. It was also re-vealed this week that hisfather, Seddique Mateen,hadworked formore thanadecade as an FBI inform-ant, and he came underinvestigation after his son’sattack when investigatorsfound receipts for moneytransfers to Turkey andAfghanistan in his home.

Salman was arrested inJanuary 2017 — severalmonths after the shooting— and charged with aidingand abetting her husband’ssupport of terrorism andobstructing law enforce-ment’s investigation of theincident. A key issue in thetrial was what she said toinvestigators probing herknowledge of her hus-band’s plan.

Prosecutors said Salmanadmitted that she knew ofher husband’s interest inradical terrorism, and shewrote during an FBI inter-view, “I am sorry for whathappened. I wish I’d goback and tell his family andthe police what he wasgoing to do.”

Sweeney told jurorsTuesday that Salman “maybe simple but she’s notstupid,” and she did nothave to be a “genius” torefuse to go along with herhusband’smassacre.

“She’s cold, she’s callousand the only person shecares for is herself andmaybe her child,” Sweeneysaid.

Butdefenseattorneysar-gued she was effectivelycoerced into making thestatement, and they saidher frantic texts on themorning the shooting oc-curred asking her husband,“What happened?!” dem-onstrate she had no knowl-edge of his plot.

Jurors start deliberatingin Pulse nightclub trialBy Barbara ListonandMatt ZapotoskyTheWashington Post

Prosecutors say NoorSalman knew of husbandOmar Mateen’s plot toattack the Pulse nightclub.

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LONDON — Julian As-sange, the founder of Wik-iLeaks, has been barredfrom using the internet orreceiving visitors at the Ec-uadoran Embassy in Lon-don, where he has beenholed up for nearly sixyears, the Ecuadoran gov-ernment announcedWednesday.

In a statement, Ecuadorsaid it has suspended As-sange’s ability to communi-cate with the outside worldbecause he violated anagreement he signed withhis hosts at the end of 2017not tousehis communiquesto interfere in the affairs ofother states.

“The Ecuador govern-ment warns that the con-duct of Assange via hismessages on social mediaputs at risk the good rela-tions that Ecuador main-tains with the United King-dom, the European Unionand other nations,” thestatement said.

Earlier this year, Assangewas a supporter of separat-ist leaders in Spain’s Cata-lonia region who wanted tosecede.

The head of that move-ment, the former regionalpresident of Catalonia, wasarrested over the weekendin Germany. Spanish au-thorities seek his extradi-tion and return to Madrid,where he faces possiblecharges of treason and mis-use of public funds.

Assange sought refuge atthe Ecuadoran Embassy, lo-cated in one of London’smost exclusive neighbor-hoods, in 2012 to avoidextradition to Sweden,where he was wanted forquestioning about allegedsex crimes. Assange hasdenied the allegations.Swedish authorities havesince shelved their investi-gation on grounds theycould not get access to him.

Earlier this year, Assangelost two legalbids toquashaBritish arrest warrant thatwas issued after he skippedbail and fled to the embassy.

Assange has expressedfears that if he leaves theembassy, hewill be arrestedandextraditedtotheUnited

States for questioning overWikiLeaks’ role in publish-ing a trove of classified U.S.documents.

Assange was granted Ec-uadorancitizenship late lastyear, and the governmentsaid it has protected him.But in its communiqueWednesday, the South

American nation seemed tobe saying that enough wasenough.

This is not the first timehis hosts have cut off hisaccess to the internet.

In October 2016, the em-bassy temporarily deniedAssange internet access outof concern that WikiLeaks

was interfering in the U.S.presidential election. In thesummer of 2016, the anti-secrecy site publishedhacked emails from theDemocratic National Com-mittee.

The Ecuadoran govern-ment said it cut off As-sange’s internetTuesday.

Ecuador cuts WikiLeaks founder’s internet access at embassyByWilliam BoothTheWashington Post

Julian Assange has been staying in an Ecuadoran Embassy in London for nearly six years.

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LONDON—The formerRussian double agent andhis daughter who weretargetedwith a nerve agentmore than three weeks agomayhavecomeintocontactwith the poison at theirfront door, British author-ities saidWednesday.

Sergei Skripal, 66, andYulia Skripal, 33, werefound incoherent and co-matose, respectively, on apark bench at an outdoorshopping center in the qui-et medieval town of Salis-bury onMarch 4.

Prime Minister TheresaMay said earlier that inves-tigators concluded that itwas “highly likely” that

Russia was responsible —and that the nerve agenthad a signature that linkedto its chemical weaponsprogram.

Police did not saywhether the nerve agentwas delivered in person orby othermeans.

Police said traces of thenerve agent also have beenfound at other locations inSalisbury“butat lowercon-centrations to that found atthe home address.”

Viktoria Skripal, a rela-tive of the victims, saidtheir chances of survivalwere dim.

May condemned thepoisoning as a reckless,

hostile assault on Britishsoil. She said that as manyas 130 people could havebeen exposed to the nerveagent — though only one ofthem, a police officer, wassickened. He was recentlyreleased from the hospital.

“This shows the utterlybarbaric nature of this actand the dangers that hun-dreds of innocent citizensin Salisbury could havefaced,”May said thisweek.

In the aftermath of theattack, Britain, the UnitedStates and 25 additionalnationsexpellednearly200Russian diplomats and al-leged spies out of theirembassies.

Federal judge allowsTrumpforeign gifts case to proceed

WASHINGTON — Afederal judge WednesdayallowedMaryland and theDistrict of Columbia toproceedwith their lawsuitaccusing President Don-ald Trump of acceptingunconstitutional giftsfrom foreign interests, butlimited the case to hisinvolvement with theTrump International Ho-tel inWashington.

The ruling dismissedother sections of the law-suit that raised concernsabout the impact of for-

eign gifts to the presidentfromTrumpOrganizationproperties outside ofWashington.

Maryland and D.C.accuse the president ofviolating the emolumentsclause of the Constitution,which bans the presidentand other federal officialsfrom accepting gifts fromforeign governments aswell asU.S. states.

It was not immediatelyclear whether the Trumpadministration would ap-peal the ruling.

U.N. calls for $150million todeliver urgent relief in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria —Aid groups need $150mil-lion to provide urgent re-lief to a quarter-millionpeople recently displacedby separate offensives bythe Syrian governmentoutside Damascus and byTurkish-led forces in thenorth, a top U.N. Syriaofficial saidWednesday.

U.N. coordinator Ali al-Za’atari said some 80,000people have fled the gov-ernment’s offensive in theeastern Ghouta region

near Damascus, whereshelling and airstrikeshave killed some 1,600people in fiveweeks.

He said 50,000 werestill living in shelters thathave been stretched be-yond capacity.

Around 26,000 peoplehad returned to theirtowns after they were re-captured by the govern-ment, said KhaledHboubati, the head of theSyrian Arab Red CrescentinDamascus.

On final day ofEgypt’s vote forpresident, all eyes on turnout

CAIRO — Egyptian au-thorities have warnedpeople to vote or riskpaying a fine, as they lookto boost turnout on thethird day of a lacklusterelection that is virtuallyguaranteed to hand Presi-dent Abdel Fattah el-Sissia second four-year term.

El-Sissi faces only atoken opponent in thevote, which resembles thereferendumsheldbyauto-crats for decades beforethe uprisings of 2011

briefly raised hopes ofdemocratic change.

The government ishoping for high turnout tolend the election legiti-macy, and it staggered thevoting over three days,ending Wednesday night.Official results are ex-pected onApril 2.

The state-news agencyMENA quoted unnamedelection officials as sayingthat the lawpenalizesboy-cotters, with a fine ofaround$30.

Thousands ofGhanaians protestU.S. defense pactACCRA,Ghana—Thou-

sands of people havemarched in the streets ofGhana’s capital to protest adefense cooperation agree-ment with the UnitedStates that was ratified byParliament lastweek.

Protesters gatheredWednesday with signs thatsaid “Ghana not for sale.”

Many said theywould con-tinueprotestsuntil thegov-ernmentamends theagree-ment. Ghana and the U.S.have long had ties, butprotesters say the newagreement gives the U.S.too much and could makeGhana a target.

The U.S. will contributeabout $20 million to

Ghana’smilitary in trainingand equipment. The U.S.will also have access toGhana’s radio spectrumand airport runways andcan deploy troops.

Demonstrators said theydon’t want a U.S. militarybase inGhana. TheU.S. hassaid the agreement won’tlead to a base.

Poland signs$4.75 billiondeal to buyU.S.missile system

WARSAW, Poland —Poland signed a $4.75 bil-lion deal with the UnitedStates on Wednesday tobuy air defense Patriotmissile systems as it seeksto bolster its defensesagainst a resurgentRussia.

President AndrzejDuda described the dealfor the state-of-the-artanti-aircraft and anti-mis-sile systems as “historic”for his country and itsarmed forces.

The defense deal is Po-land's largest in almost 30years.

The system includes 16launchers and is compat-ible with technology usedby NATO and U.S. troopsbased in Poland, Dudasaid.

Parts of the system willbemade in Poland.

U.S. Ambassador PaulJones called the deal amilestone that brings theNATO member into afamily of 15 countries thatrely on the Patriot systemfor their airspace security.

Michigan State Uni-versity spent roughly$500,000 for apublic rela-tions firm in January totrack media coverage andsocial media activity re-lated to the case of dis-graced former sports doc-tor Larry Nassar, the Lan-sing State Journal re-ported Wednesday,according to documentsthe newspaper obtained.

The California Depart-ment of Justice onWednesday clarified thatits sanctuary state policiesdo not give state and locallaw enforcement agenciesthe ability to disregardfederal lawoncooperatingwith immigration author-ities — but they do setlimits onhow the agenciescan aid in immigrationenforcement.

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Thousands of people participate in a march in Paris on Wednesday in commemorationof Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor who was murdered last week in whatpolice believe was an anti-Semitic attack. Two suspects are in custody.

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U.K.: 2 victims may have beenpoisoned at their front door


I use ProtonMail, an encrypted email service. I also useSignal, an encrypted textmessaging and calling service. And Ido someonline research throughTor, a browser thatmasksyour online address so sites can’t track your physical location.I also useDuckDuckGo, a search engine that doesn’t storeyour searchhistory. ... Privacy is the right to choosewhichentities access information about you, control how thoseentities use your data, check the fairness of data-based deci-sionsmade about you, and correct errors. ...

One tool I use onmy laptop isDisconnect, a service thatshows you the third parties tracking you on every site.When Iwas reading articles thismorning about theTrumpadminis-tration,Disconnect counted 78 advertising networks, analyt-ics services and others trackingme onHuffPost; 24 trackersonTheNewYorkTimes site, and19 onTheWashingtonPost.

NatashaSinger, TheNewYorkTimes

(D)espite theunpopularwar inVietnamand the swirlingcultural revolution,RichardNixonwonunder-30voters in1972.RonaldReaganandJimmyCarter split youngvoters evenly in1980,whileReaganandGeorgeH.W.Bushcrushed itwith theyoung in ‘84 and ‘88. Bill Clinton carried the youthvote in1992and1996, but thenGeorgeW.Bush tiedAlGore in 2000with18-to 24-year-olds andonly barely lost the25-29bracket. Some-thing remarkable beganhappening in2004, though.

That’s the year JohnKerry carried the under-30 vote by 9points. And the next three presidential elections sawDemo-crats demolishing their opponentswith young people by 34,23, and19 points.While theGOP’s positionwith young votershas gotten better since 2008, the situation remains dire. Thereis simply no precedent for such a yawning gap in a party’sfortuneswithAmerica’s youngest voters over the course offour presidential cycles since pollsters started collecting thiskind of data. And it is an ominous sign about the future of theRepublicanParty.

DavidFaris, TheWeek

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING SCOTT STANTIS

After decades of failed attempts to re-make theChicagoPoliceDepartment intoa trusted organization, there is no reason tobelieve Sept. 1, 2018,will feel different inthe city. But keep that date inmind becauseit’s the first deadline for, yes, another effortto reform the police.

By Sept. 1, stateAttorneyGeneral LisaMadigan andMayorRahmEmanuelwillsubmit to a federal judge a proposed con-sent decree— the legally binding frame-work for overhaulingCPD training, super-vision, use-of-force tactics and other regu-lations to create the ethical, respected andeffective police force this city deserves.

Go ahead and be skeptical because ofChicago’s long history—wewon’t say“tradition”—of policemisconduct. “Abu-sive police treatment of citizens has been amajor issue for years,” saidU.S. Rep. RalphMetcalfe’s stunning report, “TheMisuse ofPoliceAuthority inChicago.” Thatwas inthe early 1970s. BeforeCmdr. JonBurge,who allegedly tortured suspects. Before

crooked Sgt. RonaldWatts,who stole fromdrug dealers and shook down residents ofSouth Side housing projects. Before somany other bad cops. BeforeOfficer JasonVanDyke,whowill stand trial for themur-der of LaquanMcDonald.

Whywould reforms stick this time?BecausewhileChicago’s had its share ofblue-ribbonpanels andheardmany prom-ises, thiswould be the first police reformplan implemented via consent decree. Itwould be overseen by a federal judge and itshould have teeth, assuming the final ver-sion is demanding and detailed.

Lastweek, a powerful coalition of com-munity groups and critics, includingBlackLivesMatterChicago, endorsed the path ofprogress toward a consent decree. Thegroups, including theNAACPandACLU,had filed lawsuits against the city accusingpolice of abusive andunfair treatment ofAfrican-Americans, Latinos, thementallyill and the disabled. But they agreed tosuspend their litigation in exchange for aseat at the table during negotiations over

that decree.The coalition groups signed amemoran-

dumof understandingwith the attorneygeneral’s office andCityHall giving thegroups the right tomake their case to thenegotiators aboutwhat should be con-tained in the consent decree. Once a draft iscompleted, the groupswill provide feed-back.

The Sept. 1 date is listed in thatmemo-randumas a court filing deadline for theproposed consent decree. The groups’leverage is the threat to reinstate the law-suits, which could derail completion oreffectiveness of the court order. Thinkabout it: Emanuel and theCPDwould havea hard time selling police reforms toChi-cago neighborhoods if the city is fighting incourtwith neighborhood groups that aredissatisfiedwith the consent decree.

After Sept. 1, the next importantdeadline is Jan. 1, 2019. Thememoran-dumsays the consent decreemust be final-ized by then. Other dates also loom:Madi-

gan leaves office in January,which adds tothe urgency of concluding a deal. ThenEmanuel faces re-election.Wepresumehewants the consent decree buttonedupwellbefore the campaign turns red-hot.

Chicagoans, too, shouldwant the decreebuttonedup as soon as possible. Chicagocops have the difficultmission of stoppingcrime and criminals. A rebuilt sense oftrust fromcommunities long alienatedfrom theCPD should open the flowofinformation from law-abiding citizenswhoknowwho’s breakingwhich laws. Thesooner reformenhances that relationship,the better.

Still, it’s best to think of the city as at thevery beginning of a long-termprocess.Negotiations could collapse. TheFraternalOrder of Police, in contract negotiationswith the city,will have a say. Once thedocument is completed, itwill take the cityyears to reorganize training, supervisionand oversight of theCPDand rebuild trustwith the public. First comes the Sept. 1deadline.

Emanuel, Madigan and a new CPD

A tradewar overCanadian newsprintsounds like one from the history books, notthe digital age. But it’s happening right nowand stands to hurt American consumersand cost American jobs.

PresidentDonaldTrumphas beenplaying politicswith free trade, threateninginternational pacts and pandering to spe-cific American industries,most notablysteel and aluminum.Nowhis adminis-tration is picking a needless fightwithCanada that has raised the cost of rawpaper dramatically and threatens to dis-rupt imports toAmerican publishers.We’re following this spat closely becausetheChicagoTribune spendsmillions annu-ally on newsprint.

Yet there’s alsomore at stake than news-print supplies— it continues an attack by atrade-phobicWhiteHouse on thewisdomof freemarkets and global competition.This is just the sort of protectionistmea-sure that theTribune, through its 170 years,has been exposing as economically self-defeating forAmerica. If thiswere a dis-pute overCanadianwidget imports thathurtwidget-dependent companies andconsumers inChicago,we’d be just asalarmed.

We’re concerned, too, about gettingTribune print readers their daily paper at afair price if this dispute is not resolved.Some small-townnewspaper publishers,already pushed to thewall by Internetcompetition, could be driven out of busi-ness.

Here’s the background:TheU.S. Com-merceDepartment,which saysCanadianpaper producers are harmingAmericancompetitors, has proposed adding anti-dumping duties of up to 32 percent onnewsprint and some other paper productsfromCanada. The claim is that these im-ports to theU.S. benefit fromunfair Cana-dian government subsidies.

ButU.S. publishers say theTrumpad-ministration ismisreading themarket-place, and using government power tobenefit a single papermill owner inWash-ington state.

“Whatwe’re seeingwith the newsprint

tariffs is not a government acting to try tobetter the economy for its citizens,”wroteDavidChavern, president andCEOof theNewsMediaAlliance, an industry group.Instead, that oneWashington company,North Pacific Paper (akaNorpac), is “look-ing to use theU.S. government to tax localand community newspapers across theUnited States in order to bolster their ownbottom line.”

Last yearNorpac asked theCommerceDepartment to punish theCanadian im-ports, but no otherU.S. newsprintmillssupportedNorpac’s claim, according toChavern. The newsprint industry isshrinking because of the internet, not for-eign competition. It also is regionallybased. Publishers and other print-focusedcompanies in theMidwest andNortheastrely onCanadian newsprint because thereare noU.S.mills operating in these regions.

Yet those newsprint customers now faceskyrocketing prices becauseCanadianmillswill pass on the cost ofU.S. tariffs.

The process already has begun: Al-though industry groups still hope to blockthe tariffs, theU.S. government is collectingduties at the border andnewsprint priceshere are up 20percent to 30 percent. Costincreases that steep are a direct threat tonews gathering by newspapers nationwide:Notmany readerswill volunteer to, ineffect, pay theTrump tariff.

To step back for a moment:Free tradein a globalized economymakes sense be-cause it rewards efficiency and thus en-courages specialization. For example, theU.S. has SiliconValley, Canada has vastforests. Each country benefits from theother’s products, as long as governmentsfollow the rules of fair trade. Yet Trump is

mistrustful, pulling out of a Pacific tradepact and seeking to renegotiate others,such asNAFTA, theU.S. agreementwithCanada andMexico.

Negotiations are fine, but slapping tariffson imported goods to protect jobs at specif-ic companies is unfair. In the case of news-print tariffs, theTrumpadministration iscausing significant harm toAmericannewspaper readers andweakeningAmeri-can companies already are under stressfromdigital competition. Jobs are at stake.

It’s not clear that the tariffswill stand.The International TradeCommission is setto conduct a final investigation,whichwillinclude a public comment period andhearings. This is an opportunity formem-bers of Congress to call out theTrumpadministration’s protectionism.

We add our voice to those protesting thistariff, and defending free trade.

Read all about it: Trump’s trade war on newsprint

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EDITORIALS


PERSPECTIVE

OP-ART JOE FOURNIER

Someday, elderlyAmericanswillreminisce about the dayswhen thefederal budgetwas in surplus, andtheir grandchildrenwill laugh in dis-belief. “Sure— and youwalked 5milesin the snow to school, uphill bothways,” theywill reply.

Itwas not so long ago—2001, to beexact—but the achievement nowseems like a relic of an ancient civiliza-tionwhose strange customswehavelong abandoned.We are about as likelyto see another balanced budget asweare to see another dodo.

In the past 17 years, the federalgovernment has spent about $15 tril-lionmore than it has taken in. Publiclyheld federal debt equaled 31 percent ofgross domestic product in 2001. Today,it’s 79 percent.

The blame is bipartisan.Deficitsemerged and grewunderGeorgeW.Bush. They eventually declined butpersisted underBarackObama. Be-cause of the policies adopted byDon-aldTrumpand the currentCongress,budget deficitswill onlymushroom.

The crucial step in this devel-opmentwas theDecember enactment

of a tax “reform” plan. Itsmain conse-quencewas to add at least $1 trillionin deficits over the coming decade—on top of the $10 trillion thatwasalready in the pipeline.

Republicanswho voted for theproposal insist itwill spur somucheconomic growth that itwill pay foritself.Whether they believe that ordon’t care is open to debate, but theclaimhas no basis in reality.

A poll of 38 economists by theUniversity of ChicagoBooth Schoolof Business found only onewhoagreed the tax planwill have a sub-stantial positive effect on economicgrowth. All agreed itwill enlarge thedebt.

The nonpartisanCommittee for aResponsible Federal Budget estimatesthat in 2028, the debtwill amount to93 percent of gross domestic product.Thatmeans the real burden on futuretaxpayerswill be triplewhat itwas in2001.

Nowwould be the ideal time toclose the fiscal gap. The economy isgrowing, corporations are profitableandunemployment is low— factorsthat boost revenue. If deficits areinevitable and possibly useful duringrecessions, they serve no goodpur-pose in the ninth year of an expan-sion. Surpluseswould serve a goodpurpose, by reducing the debt burdenandproviding room to adapt policy tochanging circumstances.

Themovement of the baby boomgeneration from the labor force to theretirement rollsmeans that outlaysare fated to grow, thanks to SocialSecurity andMedicare. Absent sig-nificant (andpolitically dangerous)cuts in benefits, revenueswill have togrow just to keep upwith obligations.

Instead, Congress and the presi-dent are deliberately reducingWash-ington’s incomewhile upping itsoutlays. It’s the equivalent of buying amore expensive house and then quit-ting your job—a formula for bank-ruptcy.

Wehave gotten used to a tide of redink flowing over the dam. Butwedon’t see that anymore—not becausethe red ink has stopped flowing butbecause the damhas disintegrated.The conventions that once served tocheck budgetary excess are suddenlygone.

WhenCongress approved andTrump signed a $1.3 trillion omnibusspendingmeasure lastweek, theyagreed that they didn’t knowwhatwas in the 2,232-page bill. Butwedon’t need to know the actual con-tents to see that it represents a his-toric disaster, anymore thanweneedto knowhowmany gallons ofwaterHurricaneHarvey dumped onTexas.

Itwas a bit incongruous to hearTrumpdemand that Congress givehim a line-itemveto. But then, Bushasked for one, and so didObama.

What all three have in common is anunwillingness to seriously attack thedeficit. Asking for a line-itemveto is ahollowgesture.

Because our leaders have chosen togo on spendingwithout taxingAmeri-cans to cover the full costs, revenueswill increasingly be used not to pay foractual programs but to service the debt.“Under current law, the federal govern-mentwill spendmore on interest thanit does onMedicaid by 2021 andmorethan it does on defense by 2024,” saystheCommittee for aResponsible Fed-eral Budget.

Once the tax bill passed, the argu-ment for spending restraint collapsed.Why contain outlays if the federal debtis going to explode regardless? Thespending billmerely confirms, loudly,that neither party has any use for fiscalresponsibility.

Our leaders realize that eventually,someonewill pay a price for this irre-sponsibility. And they know itwon’t bethem.

SteveChapman, amember of theTribuneEditorial Board, blogs atwww.chicagotribune.com/chapman.

Download “Recalculating: SteveChapman on aNewCentury” atchicagotribune.com/ebooks.

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The spending bill speeds ustoward national bankruptcy

Steve Chapman


PERSPECTIVE

When Iwas a kid, Sunday nightwasreserved for either “Mutual ofOmaha’sWildKingdom”or “TheWonderfulWorldofDisney.”

This past Sundaywe all gathered aroundour television sets towatch a porn star talkabout an adulterous encounter she hadwith amanwhowould become the presi-dent of theUnited States. Times havechanged.

Not since theBill Clinton-Monica Lew-insky scandal of 1998 has the sex life of apresident been ondisplay in such a publicmanner. On Sunday itwas StormyDaniels.Theweek before itwas former PlayboyPlaymateKarenMcDougal telling thenation, among other things, that she hadunprotected sexwithDonaldTrump.

WaltDisney andMarlin Perkinswouldhave blushed. Trump’s evangelical sup-porters give hima “mulligan.”

When the country learned thatClintonhad sex in theWestWing, evangelicalChristian leaders respondedwith heavydoses ofmoral condemnation. In a letter tohis followers, Focus on the Family founderJamesDobson argued that Clinton’s esca-padeswithLewinskymade himunfit foroffice. But he also told his readers that theyshould have seen this coming:

“Howdid our beloved nation find itselfin this sorrymess? I believe it began notwith theLewinsky affair, butmany yearsearlier. Therewas plenty of evidence dur-ing the first presidential election that BillClinton had amoral problem.His affairwithGennifer Flowers,which he now

admits to having lied about,was rational-ized by theAmerican people.”

TodayDobson is one of Trump’s strong-est supporters.He and other evangelicalleaders such as LibertyUniversity Presi-dent Jerry Falwell Jr. and prosperitypreacher PaulaWhitemake regular visitsto theWhiteHouse and regularly praisethe president.

So far theseTrump supporters— I callthem the “court evangelicals” because theymodel the flatterers at the courts of Renais-sance-era kings—have been relativelysilent in thewake of theDaniels andMc-Dougal allegations.

The court evangelicals do not condoneTrump’s behavior. But neither do they saythey think that his indiscretions are in anywayharmful to his presidency. They ap-pear to believe that Trump’s sins shouldnot be held against himbecause they oc-curred a long time ago and, unlikeClinton’ssins, did not occurwhile hewas in office.

Trump, they have said, is a changedman.Hedeserves forgiveness. Themanwhosaid he grabswomenby the genitals hasbeen born again, they say. All evangelicals,his defenders argue, should support himbecause he defends theirmoral commit-ments.

All of usmust dealwith the conse-quences of Trump’s sins now that he ispresident.Hemayhave been forgiven, butwewould be foolish to believe that his pastactions are not adding to an already coarsemoral culture— the kind of culture that thecourt evangelicals have been trying tochange for nearly half a century.

The bar forwhat is acceptable behavior

in public life has been lowered signifi-cantly. Our kids encounter unhealthyimages—on television, at the theater, atschool, on their computers and phones—at amuch earlier age thanmy generationencountered them.

While our country hasmade greatstrides in correctingmany of our past sins,we are arguably exposed tomore vulgarlanguage, sex and violence than at anyother time inAmerican history.

Let’s take pornography. I thinkmanyAmericans,whether they are religious ornot,would agree that porn has a negativeeffect on our culture.

I am sure therewill bemany— libertari-ans or some feminists—whodisagreewithme about the destructive nature of pornog-raphy, butmost followers of Jesus believethat pornography leads to sin. Christianswhowatch porn seek to gratify desires thatcan only be truly satisfied byGod and one’smarriage partner.

I know the court evangelicals agreewithme.Many ofTrump’smost ardent sup-porters are pastors. I am sure they havecounseled peoplewho are addicted topornography. They can tell stories aboutfamilies that have been torn apart by porn.They have seenmen squander their sav-ings or runupmassive credit card debt oninternet porn sites. Someof themost un-sung heroes of the evangelicalworld arethosewhoworkwithministries that helpmenwhose lives have beendestroyed bypornography.

Iwould imagine that the court evan-gelicals are disgusted that Stormy andKaren have replacedWalt andMarlin. But

therewas a timewhen opposing pornogra-phywas on the top of theChristian right’sagenda. Today,many conservative evan-gelicals have cast their lotwith a presidentwho, perhapsmore than any other politi-cian inAmerican history, has broughtpornography into the political and culturalmainstream.

If the court evangelicals are troubled bythe fact that the porn industry is gettingfree publicity every night on the news, theymust realize that they are partly to blame.Trump’s past sins (forgiven or not) havefoundhimout. Presidential charactermatters—past and present. The courtevangelicals should be ashamed of them-selves.

As the StormyDaniels interview airedSunday night on “60Minutes,” Texasmegachurch pastorRobert Jeffresswasleading his congregation on a “March forEternal Life” through the streets ofDallas.Members of First Baptist Church carried alargewhite cross and announced that thegospel of JesusChrist— themessagewecelebrate thisHolyWeek— is the onlyhope of the nation.

Sadly, I don’t think anyonewas listening.The goodnews of the gospelwill fall ondeaf ears as long as the hypocrisy of thecourt evangelicals continues.

TheWashingtonPost

JohnFea teachesAmerican history atMes-siahCollege.He is the author of the forth-coming “BelieveMe: TheEvangelical RoadtoDonald Trump.” (Eerdmans Publishing,June 2018).

Evangelical support of Trump has helpedpornography enter the cultural mainstream

By John Fea

When awomanwalked towork thismonth in the bustling southernChinesemetropolis of Shenzhen, she, likemanymillions of otherChinese, jaywalked,cutting across a side street to avoid adetour of hundreds of yards to a cross-walk.What happenednext, as docu-mented by thewoman, awriter callingherselfMaoYan,was an illustration of abrave newworld being born inChina.

Two traffic policemen approachedthewoman and told her that she hadviolated the traffic regulations of thePeople’s Republic of China. Eager to getto her job,MaoYan apologized andpointed out that therewas no fencing toblock jaywalkers like her. She hoped toget offwith a verbalwarning. The offi-cers, however,were intent on prose-cution. They demandedher identitycard,which is issued to all Chinesecitizens.WhenMaoYan said that shehadnot brought hers, they asked for herIDnumber.When she said she hadnotmemorized it, one officer snappedherpicturewith a camera phone. Secondslater, he read out her name, her ID cardnumber and date of birth.Using facialrecognition technology, he had identi-fiedMaoYan.

ThenMaoYanheard the clatter of aprinter fromanearby police kiosk. Oneof the officers entered the kiosk andreturnedwith a slip. “Itwasmy firstever traffic citation,”MaoYanwrote. Onthe citationwas a quick-response code

that she scanned to pay her fine via amessaging app calledWeChat that ismanaged byTencent, a privateChinesecompany.

MaoYanwas taken aback by theexperience andwhat she called “thestunning efficiency of the facial recog-nition technology possessed by ourtraffic police.” She shared her storywith friends,who told her shewaslucky that she hadnot crossed against alight. If she had, police could have puther face, her full name and severaldigits of her ID card number on a pub-lic bulletin board for everyone to see.“Jaywalkers have fewer rights thancriminal suspects,” shewrote, pointingout that inChinese news reports, sus-pects are often not fully identified andtheir faces are blotted out.

MaoYan’s Shenzhen is part of one ofthe great social experiments of human-kind— the use ofmassive amounts ofdata, combinedwith facial recognitiontechnology, shaming and artificialintelligence to control a population viamarriage of the state and private com-panies. Already on the packedhigh-ways of Shanghai, honking has de-creased. That’s because directionalmicrophones coupledwith high-defini-tion cameras can identify and ticket—again, viaWeChat—noisy drivers anddisplay their names, photographs andidentity card numbers on the city’smanyLEDboards. On some streets, if adriver stops by the side of the roadlonger than sevenminutes, high-defini-

tion cameras identify the driver and,again, issue himor her an instantticket.

In other parts of China, thetechnology is being used by the statesecurity apparatus to crack downonseparatism. InXinjiang,which hasbeen the site of a separatistmovementagainst Chinese rule, China’s policehave established a 21st-century policestate through an infrastructure ofsecurity technologywith high-defini-tion cameras, facial-recognitiontechnology, iris and body scanners atcheckpoints, the forced collection ofDNA, and themandatory use of appsthatmonitormessages on smart-phones. The focus of this campaign istheUighurs, a Turkic ethnic groupthat ismostlyMuslim.

But asMaoYan’s storymakes clear,this technology is bleeding into therest of China,where 95 percent of thepopulation isHanChinese. AndChi-na’s authoritieswon’t be contentwithtraffic stops. Their goal is behavioralmodification on amassive scale. Chi-nese planners have announced theirintention to tap the vast artificial intel-ligence and surveillance infrastructurecurrently under construction to gener-ate “social credit” scores for all ofChina’s 1.5 billion people.With a highscore, traveling, securing a loan, buy-ing a car and other benefitswill beeasy to comeby. Run afoul of the au-thorities, and problems begin.

SomeChinese businessmenwho

are benefiting from thismassive invest-ment in data have argued that theChi-nese are less concerned about privacythan people in theUnited States are.RobinLi, founder of Baidu, China’sversion ofGoogle,which routinelyshares its datawith theChineseCom-munist Party, argued over theweekendthat Chinese people don’t care thatmuch about privacy.

“TheChinese people aremore openor less sensitive about the privacy issue,”said Li, speaking at theChinaDevel-opment Forum inBeijing. “If they areable to trade privacy for convenience,safety and efficiency, in a lot of cases,they arewilling to do that.”

Coincidentally, Li’s remarkswerereleased by theChinesemagazineCaixin on the sameday that Facebook’sMarkZuckerberg issued an apology forreleasing user data to a political consul-tancy.

In her article,MaoYandidn’t seem toagreewithLi’s optimistic interpretationof the campaign. “Maybe,” shewrote,“it’s intimidation tomake everyoneafraid.” I think she’s right.Hours afterMaoYanposted her story onChina’sinternet, censors took it down.

TheWashingtonPost

JohnPomfret, a formerWashingtonPostbureau chief in Beijing, is the author of“TheBeautiful Country and theMiddleKingdom:America andChina, 1776 to thePresent.”

China’s surveillance state makes Facebook’sprivacy problems look extra-small

The Chinese city of Shenzhen is part of one of the great social experiments of humankind as the state uses massive amounts of data to police the population’s behavior.

FRED DUFOUR/GETTY-AFP 2015

By John Pomfret

“It’s really very, very, verytiny odds. I certainlywouldworry about things like

crossing the street farmorethan debris fromTiangong.”

—AndrewAbraham, an analystleading efforts to track the demise

of theChinese space stationTiangong-1,whichwas abandoned and is outof control and expected to drop out

of orbit thisweekend.

“It’s quite frightening. Out inthe stretch of these blue seas,we’re so far fromany humanactivity, there’s nothing outthere, andwe still leavetraces as a society.”

—Oceanographer Laurent Lebretonof theOceanCleanupFoundation,on theGreat Pacific Garbage Patch,

an accumulation of trash floating in thewaters betweenCalifornia andHawaii.

“This is an intolerablewayto treat amanwho foughtbravely for this nation.”

—EmmaLozano, aminister at LincolnUnitedMethodist Church, on thedeportation ofMiguel Perez Jr.,

aU.S. Army veteran detained and thentaken toMexico byU.S. ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement. Perez,

whowas raised inChicago since age 8,mistakenly believed he became a

U.S. citizenwhen he joined themilitary.

“Please tellMom thatI loved her. Pleasetell everyone thatI loved them.”—Vika, a schoolgirl in

Kemerovo, Russia, whowasone of 64 people killed in a firethat blazed through a crowdedshopping center. She passedthemessage in a call with heraunt, the last anyone heard

from the girl.

QUOTA B L E S


PERSPECTIVE

A life of crimeYoungmigrants, likeMiguel

Perez Jr.,who are sent back toMexico facemuchmore dangerthan one could ever imagine. I amfromSouthTexas, an area thathas felt the tightening immigra-tion restrictions due to a highimmigrant population, and far toomany of us knowof someonewhohas been recently deported toMexico.

ManyaBrachear Pashman’sarticle “Veteran ‘homeless,’ inhiding inMexico” notes just howhard lifewill be for Perez inMexico, since he has spent somuch time in theU.S., but it doesnot fully capture just howdanger-ous it has become for people likePerez to be inMexico. Since find-ing employment is hard for youngdeporteeswhohave few ties toMexico, they becomeprime tar-gets for recruitment into criminalorganizations.

Unfortunately, it is often thecase that deportees are facedwith

the choice of either living in totalpovertywhile avoiding the verypersuasive recruitment tactics ofcriminal organizations or justgiving up and joining one. So forthosewho are unaware of thestakes involvedwhendiscussingimmigration reform, know thatdeportation for some could be anentrance to an involuntary life ofcrime and even a death sentence.

—SamuelDavidGarcia, stu-dent,Harvard LawSchool, Cam-bridge,Mass.

Fatally flawedThis is in response to the

March 26 op-ed from8thDistrictcongressmanRajaKrishnamoor-thi advocating passage of anationwide three-daywaitingperiod on the purchase of hand-guns.He acknowledged that thethree-daywaiting period forhandguns hewants to pass na-tionally is already the law in Illi-nois, but a nationalwaiting periodis necessary because “fromChi-

cago or its suburbs, it’s easy todrive toWisconsin or Indiana tobuy a gun on the spur of themo-ment.”

He ismistaken. If Iwanted tolegally buy a handgun froma stateother than Illinois, Iwould haveto first pay for the firearmandthenhave a dealerwith a federalfirearms license (or FFL) ship itto another FFL in Illinois, a proc-ess that can take anywhere fromfour to seven days. Iwould thenhave to visit that Illinois FFL andfill out a federal form4473 andhave that FFL run themandatedbackground check. Because thephysical transfer of the firearmwould take place in Illinois, theIllinoismandatory three-daywaiting periodwould kick in.Krishnamoorthi's premise forwanting to add yet another law tothe thousands of firearms lawsalready on the books is fatallyflawed.

What disturbsme themost iswehave politicians such asKrish-namoorthiwanting to pass lawsabout subjects they knowverylittle about. If politicians, Demo-crats in particular,were serious inwanting to reduce violent crimeinAmerica they should bewillingto sit downwith thosewhohave

an actual understanding of thelaws governing firearms in-stead of demonizing them.

—Louis J. Berardi, DownersGrove

OnwardMarchMadness has reac-

hed its zenith. TheFinal Fourhave proved theirmettle andearned their place in the eliteof college basketball in 2018.Let us not forget that theseexceptionalmen’s basketballteams represent excellentAmerican universities.Here isa quick reference of themottosof those fine places of highereducation.

VillanovaUniversity: Veri-tas, Unitas, Caritas. (English:Truth, unity and charity.)

University ofMichigan:Artes, Scientia, Veritas. (Arts,knowledge, truth.)

University ofKansas: Vi-deboVisionemHancMagnamQuareNonComburaturRubus. (Iwill see this greatvision inwhich the bush doesnot burn.)

But the crown for themostchallenging standard set by amotto goes to LoyolaUni-

versityChicago: AdMajoremDeiGloriam. (For the greater glory ofGod.)

May the universitywith thatmost challenging ofmottos tri-umphover all.

—Michael Collins, Chicago

A tough choiceIn your editorial “Another time

bomb for taxpayers” about anadditional $1billionChicagoPublic Schools pension shortfall,you state how some residents“take the easyway out” andmoveout of state.

It is insulting to imply leavingthe state is an easy decision. Afamily’s choice to leave a placethat they have called home forperhaps a lifetime is no easy deci-sion. Itmust be a difficult deci-sion to leave family, friends, ca-reers all because politicians over-promised benefits to guaranteevotes.

Mywife and Iwill bemakingthis decision in the next six toeight years, and I do not foresee itbeing easy, but rather necessaryfor our financial sake. I just hopemyhouse still has some value.The easyway out, indeed.

—Steve Bail, Lake Forest

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There are fewpeoplewhounder-stand the plight of StormyDanielsquite theway I do. In 2013, BuzzFeedoutedme as thewomanwho ex-changed explicit textswithAnthonyWeiner, linkingme to the sextingscandal and changingmy life forever.

People tend to assume that thewomen involved in scandals like theseare reveling in the situation—or, asNewsweekwrote aboutDaniels,“making gooduse of herminutes offame.” If you do any interviews or doanything to profit, you’re seen as anopportunist, as countless viewersdeemedDaniels after her “60Min-utes” appearance Sunday. “Many ofthewomen thrown into the spotlightby an unwise liaisonwith a politicianhave gamely exploited their notoriety,”according to a piece inTheWashing-tonPost about how Iwas “enjoying”the attention.

What people don’t see are thestress, threats andharassment thatcomewith being associatedwith a sexscandal, especially if you’re awoman.There’s so little to be gained by reveal-ing the sexualmisconduct of a power-fulman, as I tried to do and asDanielshas done.

Weiner had been caught sendinggraphic photos onTwitter in 2011 andwas forced to resign fromCongress; in2013, he attempted a political come-back by running formayor ofNewYork. In between,we began exchang-ingmessages onFacebook and texting;it lasted less than a year.Meanwhile,an article came out about him inPeo-plemagazine, saying hewas a differentman after his Twitter scandal.Wewere texting at the time—he evenaskedme to read the article. If he hadrun for officewithout claiming to bereformed, I probablywould neverhave revealed ourmessages. But his“I’m a changed person” thing really hita nervewithme. It felt phony andwrong, and I felt guilty about beingpart of it.

Hewas a hypocrite, I realized, andsomeonewhoprobably shouldn’t be inany sort of position of power. It soundscheesy, I thought Iwas doing the rightthingwhen, severalweeks into hiscampaign, I sent our texts to the editorof thewebsite theDirty. (Consideringall the creepy stuff he didwith teenagegirls, including one as young as 15, Inowbelieve that evenmore strongly.)Mynamewas supposed to remain outof it.

No longer a personOncemy identitywas revealed by

BuzzFeed a fewdays later, though, I

was no longer a person. Iwas a head-line, a punchline, anything but a hu-manbeingwith feelings. I received abarrage of rape and death threats. Iremember one particular email: “Youdeserve to be raped, youmenace tomankind.” I had a cyberstalkerwhosomehowwas textingme from fakeemail addresses; the texts came allthrough the night. Iwas called a liarand a famewhore, despite the evi-dence I had and the fact that I neversought fame— Ihad turned over thosetextswith the promise of anonymity.

I saw in a recent article aboutDan-iels that reporterswent to her home-town, and I felt so bad for her, as Iknowexactlywhat that is like. Jour-nalists harassedmy friends, family andrandompeople frommypast. Peopleshowedup atmy apartment and slidbusiness cards undermydoor—and Ilive inmiddle-of-nowhere Indiana.Localmediawent tomydad’swork-place looking for a comment,whichwasmortifying. Reporters trackeddown thewomanmy father had beenmarried to for 25 years before Iwaseven born andwent to her house totalk aboutme. Theywent to a drive-thru taco stand and interviewedpeo-ple, asking for stories aboutme.Guysclaimed to have datedme. People I’dnevermetwere saying howhorrible Iwas.

IwatchedmaleTVpundits fromthe left and the right display theirmisogyny in full force. I consideredmyself very liberal before this scandal;IwatchedMSNBCday andnight. (Istill have liberal ideals but ammore ofa political orphan these days.) Afterthe news broke, I heardThomasRob-erts onMSNBC say Iwas “bats---.”My

dad calledme crying because of thingsa late-nightTVhost had said aboutme. I had to shieldmyself. I allowedmyself towatch only “TheDailyShow”—JohnOliverwas subbing forJon Stewart at the time, andhe didn’tmake the samepredictable low-blowjokes that the other comediansmade,so I felt safewatching that. Itwas hardnot towatch the news, because I hadbeen a political junkie.

The attacks onmy appearance hurt,though I had to try to brush themoff. Ihad been dealingwith an eating disor-derwhen Iwas talking toWeiner. Bythe time our textsweremade public, Iwas in therapy andhad a great psy-chologist. In the process of gettinghealthy, I gained a littleweight be-cause Iwas no longer starvingmyself.Iwas happywith how I looked. Butafter the scandal broke, everyonecommented that Iwas “somuch fat-ter” now.

I thought about killingmyself. Peo-ple sawme in interviewsmaking jokesand being self-deprecating. It probablylooked like Iwas having fun. But that’show I dealwith things. Yes, Danielsappeared on “60Minutes,” but thatdoesn’tmean she enjoyed it either.

Why Ididn’t hidePeoplemightwonderwhy I didn’t

disappear. But I couldn’t afford to gointo hiding andnotwork. I come froma low-income, poverty-level family.Hidingwas never going to be an op-tion, and neitherwas keepingmy jobas an administrative assistant at a lawfirm. I knew Iwouldn’t findwork in aconventional field now thatmynamewas associatedwith all this sexual

stuff. (Yes, SydneyLeathers ismy realname, the one Iwas bornwith.) Part ofme thinksmy lifewould be easier if Ichangedmyname— for job applica-tions, college applications—but then Ithink: It’smyname. I can’t imaginebeing called anything else. And it’sfrustrating to feel like I have to changemy identity. I didn’tmurder anyone,though sometimes I’m treated as if Idid. I never evenmetWeiner in per-son.

After the scandal, Iwas offeredopportunities in the adult-filmworld,and I took them. Sexwork has been away forme to pay formy associatedegreewithout student loans. Before Ifinishedmydegree, Iwas required todo an internship. I interviewed at alocal TVnews affiliate (I studiedbroadcasting,with plans to go intoproduction). Beforehand, aman fromthe station calledme and acted like hewas interested in hiringme, butwhenIwent in to the interview, he clearlywasn’t.He justwanted to gawk atmein person. I had such a hard time find-ing an internship that one ofmypro-fessors,whohas been so supportive,had to givemeone on campus.

Anymoney I’vemade from thissituation is notworth the extremepressure and scrutiny I’ve faced.Noth-ing compensates for the threats I’vereceived andhowunsafe I’ve felt, andI amconvinced that no onewouldenjoy the kind of “fame” that comeswith a political sex scandal.

When you’re talking aboutDanielsnow, please consider that she is aperson, not a punchline. She’s some-one’smother, someone’s daughter,someone’swife. Of course,weshouldn’t have to say “Think of yourdaughter!” tomake surewomen areviewed as people, but if that’swhat ittakes to spark compassion, thenmay-be it’s OK.Using “porn star” instead ofher name in headlines is dehumaniz-ing. Awoman ismore thanher porncareer. She is a humanbeingwhodeserves empathy and respect. Any-onewhobashes awomanwho takesher clothes off for a living but shrugsat shady politicianswho are in bedwith lobbyistsmightwant to examinetheirmisogyny.

Daniels is obviously very strong, asher cleverTwitter retorts demon-strate, so I’mnot suggestingwepityher.We should commendher. It takesbravery to put yourself on the line andchallenge rich, powerfulmen. Andconsideringwho she’s up against, weall oweher some gratitude.

TheWashingtonPost

Sydney Leathers is a freelancewriterand sexworker living in theMidwest.

I know what Stormy Daniels is goingthrough. I went through it too.

By Sydney Leathers

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Tariffs the Trump adminis-tration imposed lastweekhaveleft observers speculatingabout whether the U.S. is onthe brink of an internationaltrade war and economists de-bating the merits of free tradeversus protectionism.

Closer tohome, itmaycomedown to pepperoncini versusbattery packs as Chicago-areacompanies take sides in theescalating tariff debate.

The battle lineswere drawnwhen President DonaldTrump imposed import dutieson steel and aluminum andunveiled plans for tariffs on“about $60 billion” in Chineseimports annually. At the sametime,Congress is consideringaproposal to remove or reducetariffs on more than 1,600items — everything from theaforementioned peppers andbatteries to pimientos andnonskid rings for toilet brushcaddies.

V. Formusa Co., a 120-year-old Des Plaines-based Italianfoods manufacturer and dis-tributor, wants to see tariffs

removed on imported pepper-oncini, while Inventus Power,a Woodridge-based battery-maker, is fighting to keeptariffs in place to protect itsdomestic production.

“We’redefinitelyaffectedbyit,” said Bob Johnson, presi-dent of family-owned For-musa. “Wepay the tariff.”

The proposed tariff reduc-tions are part of a bipartisan,

V. Formusa employees mix ingredients to make gallons of Marconi-brand giardiniera at the company plant in Des Plaines on Tuesday.

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PEPPERONCINIVS. BATTERY PACKSArea businesseson opposite sidesof tariff tumultBy Robert ChannickChicago Tribune

Bob Johnson, president of Italian foods company V. Formusa, wants to see tariffs on imported goodsremoved. “Pepperoncini don’t grow here for some reason. So we pretty much have to import them.”

“There was a feeling that it was not theright time to do this, given what Trumpwas doing essentially in the opposite di-rection, that it would be sending mixedsignals. My guess is it’s going to be sit-ting around for a while, unfortunately.”—William Reinsch, a foreign trade expert at the Center forStrategic and International Studies, on the Miscellaneous TariffBill ActTurn to Tariff, Page 2

Walgreens will boost itshourly workers’ wages by $100million a year after similarmovesbycompetitors, companyleaders announcedWednesday.

The Deerfield-based drug-store chain will begin offeringthe higher pay this year, AlexGourlay, co-chief operating of-ficer for Walgreens Boots Alli-ance, said in an earnings callWednesday. Walgreens spokes-man Michael Polzin said hecouldn’tprovidespecific figureson exactly howmuch the movemight change employees’ pay.

A number of other retailersalso have announced biggerpaychecks for workers in re-centmonths.

Walmart announced in Jan-uary that it would increasestarting pay to $11 an hour forhourly employees at a cost of$300million.Targetalso raiseditsminimumstartingpay to$11anhour late last year and said itwould increase that figure to$15 an hour by 2020.

CVSHealth said in Februaryit would inject $425 millionannually into improving em-ployee benefits, also increasingstarting pay for hourly employ-ees to $11 an hour.

CVS credited the increase torecent changes to the tax codeunder the Trump administra-tion, which cut the corporatetax rate to 21 percent from 35percent.Walgreenshadalreadyplanned to raise wages beforethe tax changes – though thosechanges didn’t hurt the compa-ny’s plan, Gourlay said.

The company expects tosave more than $350 millionthis fiscal year as a result.

Thepay increase ismeant, inpart, to “ensure we remaincompetitive in the market-place,” Polzin said in an emailafter the call.

Walgreens’ announcementof higher wages followed asunnyquarter for thecompany.The chainbeat analysts’ expec-tations for the second quarterof this year, with adjusteddiluted net earnings of $1.73per share, compared with anaverage consensus estimate of$1.55, according to FactSet.

The company also has beenbuoyed financially by in-creased drug sales, due in partto partnershipswithpharmacybenefit managers, said JohnBoylan, a senior equity analystfor Edward Jones.

Walgreens’ recent acquisi-tionofmore than1,900RiteAidstores also has helped drive uppharmacy sales, Boylan said.

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Walgreensboostingyearly payby $100MBy Lisa SchenckerChicago Tribune

If you’re scrambling to get toSan Antonio for the NCAA FinalFour this weekend, don’t expectit to be cheap, especially if youplan on flying.

Local travel agents saythat forthe few flights to SanAntonio thatare left, prices have doubled com-paredwith the sametime last year.

Trips that involve leaving forSan Antonio on Thursday after-noon and returning on Tuesdaystartatnearly$1,000for the flightalone.And travel agents say itwon’tgetanycheaper thecloser itgets to Saturday’s semifinal gamepitting theLoyolaUniversityChi-cagoRamblers againstMichigan.

DepartFridayandyou’re look-ing at shelling out at least $1,400for a flight.

Ninety percent of San Anto-nio’s downtownhotel rooms, juststeps away from the Alamodomewhere the NCAA games will beplayed, are already booked.Moredistant hotel rooms are availablebut are filling up quickly, accord-ing toDavidGonzalez,directorofcommunications at Visit San An-tonio, the city’s tourismbureau.

According to San Antonio’stourism website, visitsantonio-.com, hotel rooms start at an

average of $86 per night roughly17miles away from the stadium.

The limited availability offlights andhotel rooms isnotonlythe fault of Loyola’s Ramblers.

“It’s Easter weekend, andmany of these flights werebooked long ago,” said GiselleLaborde, owner ofMenaTours&Travel in Chicago’s Anderson-ville neighborhood.

Not tomention it’sHolyWeek,a time of celebration for manyMexican tourists who visit SanAntonio to shop and celebrate.

Laborde said she has a clientwho was so desperate to get toSaturday’s Loyola game that hechartered a jet. She’s not clear onwhere he’s going to stay.

Travel agents said it might beeasier tomake thenearly 19-hourdrive and sleep in a van.

Each team in the Final Fourhas fanbases all over the country,said Lynn Farrell, president of

Windy City Travel. Farrell saidshe had a surge in clients lookingto snag flights andhotels, andnoteveryone’s been lucky. But fortravelers willing to pay, there arerooms to be had, she said.

Final Four weekends typicallysee the prices on available hotelrooms climb 100 to 200 percent,according to Carter Wilson, vicepresident of consulting and ana-lytics for travel consultancy STR,based inHendersonville, Tenn.

The Super Bowl, according toWilson, isevenmore intense,withhotel roomprices climbing 300 to700 percent ormore per night.

Wilson noted that many citiesare already busy this time ofyearbecause of spring break,PassoverandEaster travel.

“It’s expensive. Space is tight,”Wilson said. “They are getting apretty penny for hotel rooms.”

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Travel costs apretty pennyto Final FourBy Corilyn ShropshireChicago Tribune Facebook is making it simpler

for people to control how theirdata is used after a massiveprivacy scandal has shaken thecompany and caused its stockprice to drop 15 percent.

In the coming months, pri-vacy controls that are now in 20different places on Facebook’sapp will be merged into a singlepage, and will include what thecompany says will be easier-to-comprehend features that ex-plainhowthecompany isusingaperson’s data, the company an-nouncedWednesday.

Facebook will also create apage that makes it easier forpeople to download their data sothat they can more clearly viewwhat information the companycollects about them.

The changes come during acrisis moment after revelationsthat the data consultancy Cam-bridge Analytica had wrongfullyobtained the Facebook profileson at least 50 million U.S.Facebook users.

They also coincide withsweeping new privacy laws,which requiremore specific andsimplified to disclosures to con-sumers, which are about to gointo effect inEurope.

Facebook CEOMark Zucker-

berg is expected to testify inCongress nextmonth.

Meanwhile, Playboy Enter-prises says it’s pulling its Face-book presence. Playboy says it’sbeen difficult anyway to “ex-press our values” because ofFacebook’s strict content andpolicy guidelines, which includerestrictions on nudity.

Playboy says the alleged datamismanagement is the last straw.

About 25millionpeople inter-acted with Playboy’s Facebookpages.

A smattering of other compa-nies have made similar moves,including nonprofit Mozilla,which created the Firefoxbrowser,ElonMusk’scompaniesSpaceX and Tesla and GermanbankCommerzbank.

Facebook to simplifyuser privacy settingsBy Elizabeth DwoskinTheWashington Post

Facebook says it’s revampingusers’ privacy settings, mergingsettings now in 20 differentplaces into one page.

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Wisconsin, which in 1925became the first universityto dedicate an arm to patentlicensing, collected $106.5million through its founda-tion between2014 and2016,according to a survey by theAssociation of UniversityTechnologyManagers.Dur-ing the same stretch, Wash-ingtonUniversity’s programbrought in $45.7million.

Wisconsin’s foundation,known as WARF, is nostranger to litigation. In2015, Apple was told to payWARF $234 million forinfringing the school’s pat-ent on microprocessortechnology. A year earlier, aconsumer watchdog groupunsuccessfully tried tochal-lenge the validity of aWARF patent for stem cellsderived from human em-bryos.

The trial in Wilmingtonhas its roots in a collabora-tion between researchers atWashington University andWisconsin. In the early1990s, they worked to-gether on therapeutics for

For more than a decade,two Midwestern researchuniversities happily col-lected patent royalties afterpartnering in medical re-search. Now, their lawyerssit at opposing tables in afederal courthouse in Dela-ware, treating each other insomething less than a col-legialmanner.

WashingtonUniversity inSt. Louis is challenging theWisconsin Alumni Re-search Foundation, whichhandles licensing for theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, citing “shabbytreatment” by its formerpartner. It’s seeking morethan $38 million of theroyalties the foundationgetsfrom the sale of an AbbViekidney disease drug.

It’s rare foruniversities tosue one another, especiallywhen those institutionsjoined in a patent-licensingdealwith a corporation. Butthe value of patents, cou-pled with tightening reve-nue streams, is inspiringmore schools to fight for agreater share of royalties. Inanother case in the samecourthouse, Cornell Uni-versity is accusing a busi-ness partner of defraudingit in a settlement of a suitover patent royalties.

“It is striking how littlelitigation there is betweenacademic institutions,”Michael A. Jacobs, a lawyerfor Washington University,said in his opening state-ment this week. “This isbasically a case about shar-ing” — and about whetherthe foundation misled hisclient “through obfusca-tion,” he said.

Washington Universityand Wisconsin, both aca-demic powerhouses, bringin enviable revenue fromscientific discoveries.

conditions associated withkidney disease. The scien-tists jointly applied for apatent in 1995, and theschools signed an agree-ment in which WARFwould take the lead inobtaining the patent andlicensing in return for alarger share of any royalties,according to the complaint.

WARF licensed the pat-ent to Abbott Laboratoriesin 1998 for use in connec-tionwith the drug Zemplar.North Chicago-based Abb-Vie was spun off from Ab-bott in 2013. The lawsuit iscomplicated because thepatent is oneof almost threedozen tied to Zemplar, withroyalties distributed amongpatent owners.

Washington Universityclaims WARF breachedtheir agreement by under-valuing the patent wheninitially licensing it to Ab-bott, and that it was misledby WARF’s representationbecause it couldn’t gaugevaluation on its own. Jacobssaid that WARF toldWash-

ington University in 2013that the patent was “mean-ingless and largely irrele-vant,” though it assuredAbbott in 1998 that thepatent “directly supports”Zemplar.

WARF’S lawyer,RobertF.Shaffer, argued that Wash-ington University wants torewrite the “unambiguous”terms of the contract, inwhich allocation of royaltiesamong all patents in theportfoliowas fair.

“A deal is a deal,” Shaffersaid. “Theydidn’t askduringthe course of negotiations”for a particular method ofvaluation, he added.

Thedruggenerated$409million in sales in 2011,according to data compiledby Bloomberg. A repre-sentative for AbbVie, whichisn’t a party in the case,didn’t immediately respondto a request for comment.

Washington Universitypoints to a 2012 lawsuit inwhich Abbott and WARFaccused Hospira of infring-ing the same patent. In that

case,AbbottandWARFsaidthe patent was valuable,Jacobs said.

U.S. District Judge Jo-seph F. Bataillon seized onWARF’s reliance on thepatent in the Hospira case.“You guys made a big deal”about the value of the pat-ent previously, Bataillonsaid to Shaffer. “Now, youreapwhat you’ve sown.”

Shaffer called the deci-sion to use the patent in theHospira case “a litigationstrategic decision.” By then,Shaffer said, WARF hadbeen paying WashingtonUniversity for more than adecade.

Washington University’sshare, after an incrementalbenefit analysis, would be$1.2 million, Shaffer said.WARF paid $1.5 million inroyalties during the lifetimeof the deal, so WashingtonUniversity is “really notentitled to any more,” hesaid.

SusanDeckerandJanetLorincontributed.

Two universities take drug patent fight to courtWashington U. suesWisconsin overAbbVie royaltiesBy ChristopherYasiejkoBloomberg News

JIDDAH, SaudiArabia—When 21-year-old TalaMu-rad needs a lift home fromuniversity or a restaurant,she frequently turns to ride-hailing apps.

It’s not just convenience.In Saudi Arabia — in con-trast toeveryothernation—women are not allowed todrive.

That will soon change,and Murad can’t wait. Notonly is she planning to get adriver’s license, but she isalso planning to work forCareem, a regional servicethat competes here withSanFrancisco-basedUber.

But first she has to learntodrive.Her father is teach-ing her in their up-and-coming suburb of Jiddah,whose quiet, unfinishedstreets offer an excellenttraininggroundforanactiv-ity that technically remainsillegal until the governmentissues regulations for wom-en to obtain licenses.

“Slowly, slowly, enough!”he instructed her from thepassenger seat of the fam-ily’s old Corolla as Muradbackedup the other day.

“Like this?” she asked.“Yes, yes,” he said with a

laugh. “Godhelp us.”Women have been cru-

cial in the business plans ofride-hailing apps in SaudiArabia, an absolute mon-archy that for more thanthree decades has enforcedan ultraconservative ver-sion of Islam. Barred fromdriving, women make upnearly three-quarters ofUber andCareemusers.

Now that the restrictionis being lifted, makingwomen less dependent onthe services, the companiesare moving quickly to ad-just.

Less than an hour after aroyal decree was an-nounced in Septemberclearing theway forwomen

to obtain licenses this sum-mer, the company launcheda campaign to recruit100,000 female drivers, or“captains,” as Careem callsthem.

Uber has also announcedplans to recruit female driv-ers. In doing so, the compa-nies hope to tap into a newcustomer segment: reli-giously conservative wom-en who don’t feel comfort-ablegetting intoacarchauf-feuredbyamanwho isnotarelative or employed bytheir families.

Executives at both com-panies say they aren’t wor-ried about a potential dropin revenue from Saudi Ara-bia.

“We really see it as open-ing up the business more,”said Anthony Khoury,Uber’s regional generalmanager.

His counterparts at Ca-reem, which is head-quartered in United ArabEmirates, noted that thechange is coming at a timewhendemand for ride-hail-ing services is increasing

among Saudi men, in partbecause of recent hikes inthe domestic price for gaso-line.

“When you look at theoverall market, it’s a grow-ing pie,” said Abdulla Elyas,a Saudi national born andraised inGermanywhowasone of the company’sfounders.

Nearly 3,000 womenhave signedup todrivewithCareem, and the companyhas organized special wom-en’s-only sessions to beginteaching them how to useits technology platform.

Just over a quarter of thewomen already have li-censes from other coun-tries, but most still need tolearn to drive. Neither com-pany intends to teach them,but both are looking topartner with other organi-zations that are accreditedto do so.

Uberhasbeenorganizing“listening sessions” to so-licit women’s opinionsabout driving and plans toopen dedicated “supportcenters”where they can get

information and trainingabout its service. Althoughthe response has beenmostly positive, Khourysaid, some women haveexpressed reservationsabout driving men, for ex-ample.

Careem will allow onlywomen and families tosummon a vehicle with afemale driver, Elyas said.Other policies are still beingworked out, includingwhether to impose any kindof dress code. The compa-ny’s male drivers are notallowed to wear shorts andflip-flops.

Elyas said women willprobably be required towear the body-concealingrobe known as an abaya,which remains the norm inSaudi Arabia. But no deci-sions have beenmade aboutveiling. Most Saudi womencover their hair in public,andmany also conceal theirfaces. But foreign womenare not required to veil, andsome localsarebeginning tofollow suit in parts of thecountry.

Some of the details willdependonwhat thegovern-ment decides. It has saidthat women seeking li-censeswill be subject to thesame requirements as menand won’t need the permis-sion of a male guardian —which they do for otheractivities, including travelor study abroad.

But it is unclear whetherauthorities will restrictwomen’s ability to driveprofessionally in anyway.

Currently, there is no lawthat prohibits women fromdriving in Saudi Arabia, butthere are religious edictsissued by conservativeMuslim clerics. Some cler-ics have argued that allow-ing women to drive wouldencourage mingling be-tweenthesexesandcorruptpublic morals. One sug-gested that driving couldharm a woman’s ovaries, anotion ridiculed by manySaudis on socialmedia.

The government, howev-er, heeded the religious ob-jections andrefused to issuelicenses to women. The de

facto ban became a sourceof protest at home andopprobrium abroad. Somefemale activists were ar-rested for driving anywayand posting pictures ofthemselves behind thewheel.

The decision to allowwomen to drive is amongrecent changes pushed bythe Saudi crown prince,Mohammed bin Salman, tomodernize the kingdomand wean the economyfrom its historical depend-ence on oil production. The32-year-old prince is usinghis ongoing swing acrosstheUnitedStates to tout thechanges as he attempts towoo investors.

Saudi officials also hopethat lifting the banwill helpmore women enter theworkforce. The low pricefor oil has limited the gov-ernment’s ability to providethe public-sector jobs andheavily subsidized lifestylethat Saudi families havelong relied on.

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Saudi women hail opportunity to driveUber, rival look torecruit as ban inkingdom nears endBy Alexandra ZavisLos Angeles Times

Tala Murad, 21, a Saudi university student, receives driving lessons from her father, Midhat, in their neighborhood near the coastal city of Jiddah.

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HONG KONG — Highabove downtown HongKong’s bustling, traffic-clog-ged streets, a group of officeworkers was toiling awaynot on a corporate acquisi-tion or a public share offer-ing but on harvesting abumper crop of lettuce atopone of the skyscrapers stud-ding the city’s skyline.

It’s rooftop farming takento the extreme, and moreabout reaping happinessthan providing food.

The volunteers werepicking butter lettuce, Indi-an lettuce andChinesemus-tard leaf in rowsof lowblackplastic planters on a decom-missioned helipad on the480-foot-high roof of the38-story Bank of Americatower. The scenery: a vertig-inous panorama of glassoffice towers framed by lush

mountain peaks and Victo-riaHarbor.

“It’s pretty dirty, but still Ireally enjoy it,” said Cather-ineNg,oneof fivevolunteerswho work for the propertycompany managing thetower.

The farm is run byRooftop Republic, a three-year-old startup whosefounders are tapping grow-ing interest in organic foodand taking advantage of un-used roof space in thecrampedChinese city.

Hong Kong, with itsskinny office blocks andapartment towers and busy,affluent residents, mightseem an unlikely place forrooftop farming to catch on.The finance and trading hubhas rural suburbs, but farm-ing takes up only 1,730 acresof its land, and agricultureaccounts for 0.1 percent ofits economic output.RooftopRepublic’s founders

say the appetite for theirservices is growing amongHongKongerswhoareseek-ing a more sustainable life-style and concerned aboutwhere their food comesfrom.

“We have been gettingmoreandmore interest frompeople who want to growtheir own food,” saidMichelle Hong, one of thefounders. “A lot of it istriggered by concerns aboutfood safety and the realiza-tion that a lot of the foodthey consume might be lad-en with pesticides. I thinkpeople want to have morecontrol and alsomore trust.”

Hong Kong imports al-most all of its food, much ofit from mainland China.Public awareness about foodsafety in the former Britishcolony has risen after count-less food contaminationscandals on themainland.

Rooftop Republic has set

up on average one farm amonth since its foundingand now manages 36 cov-ering more than 30,000square feet,Hong said.

Plenty of other groups orindividuals have started cul-tivating their own rooftop

vegetable gardens, saidMatthew Pryor, a HongKong University archi-tecture professor who hascounted at least 60 andthinks there are a lot morehe doesn’t knowabout.

Pryor said the “rooftop

farms produce virtuallynothing” compared withHongKong’s consumption.

“What they do produce,however, is happiness, andthis social capital that theygenerate is enormous,” hesaid.

Hong Kong skyline farmsharvest crops of happinessBy Kelvin ChanAssociated Press

Urban farmers work at a rooftop vegetable garden of an industrial building in Hong Kong.Gardens are sprouting atop the cramped city’s high-rise buildings.

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decadeofwindandweatherdata that was applied to thePerth-Heathrow route hasshown that all three desti-nations would be reachablewith a standard passengerload, though flightswouldn’t begin until Qantaswins antitrust immunity fora joint venture with Ameri-canAirlines.

Oneworld alliance part-ners American and QantasinFebruary askedU.S. regu-lators for a second time forpermission to coordinatefares and schedules andshare costs and revenue ontrans-Pacific flights.

“We’re hopeful we couldget through that in sixmonths,” theCEOsaid, add-ing that the chosen service“could start as soon as thepeak season, which is at theend of the year.”

Chicago is an attractivedestination partly becauseit’s a hub for American, as isDallas, a route Qantas al-ready serves from Sydney.Seattle is the base of AlaskaAirlines, anotherof theAus-tralian carrier’s partners.

The new U.S. routes willbe introduced before Qan-tas considers adding more

Qantas Airways is evalu-ating direct flights fromAustralia to Chicago as thenext step in its plan to addmore ultra-long-haul desti-nations using an expandingfleet of Boeing 787 jetliners.

Fresh from launching thefirst-ever direct passengerservice to Europe — linkingPerth with London’sHeathrow hub — Qantaswill turn its attention to theU.S. with the next batch offour 787s due for deliverythis year, Chief ExecutiveOffice Alan Joyce said in aninterviewTuesday.

A new service fromMel-bourne to San Franciscostarting in September hasalready been announcedand 787s will also replace747 jumbos on Qantas’s ex-isting Brisbane-Los Ange-les-New York route. Butalso in the carrier’s thinkingisadirectBrisbane-Chicagoservice or flights from theQueensland city to Seattleor Dallas, Joyce revealed atthe Aviation Club in Lon-don.

The same analysis of a

direct European services,which will require bothsustained high bookings onthe 17-hour Perth flight andapositive trend in theglobaleconomy.TheLondonserv-ice relies on a higher-than-usual number of business-and premium-economyclass seats for its viability,and French or German des-tinations would need tooffer similar levels of high-yield demand.

Adding more EuropeanflightswouldrequireQantasto order more 787-9s from45 options the carrier holdswith Chicago-based Boeing.While the first of those haveexpired, the airline has beenable to extend them one at atime, giving it the ability toadd planes in short order,Joyce said. Delivery posi-tions for the Dreamlinersstart from late 2019.

A decision on the retire-ment of the final six 747s of11 that are to be replaced by787s could come this yearand would lead to furtherDreamliner orders. It’s alsopossible the jumbos, whichare among the youngest747s still flying, could bekept in service longer.

Joyce said he’s confidentthat Boeing and Airbus willbe able to eke out sufficientextra range from futuremodels to allowQantas to flyfromSydneyandMelbournedirect to London and NewYork as soon as 2022.

The CEO has describedthe routes as the “last fron-tier” of aviation, afterwhichall of the world’s majorcities will have nonstop airlinks. Options for makingsuch long flightsmore bear-able would include intro-ducing a new four-classstructure, with part of thecargo hold utilized forsleeping berths, Joyce said.“Nothing is off the table,” hesaid.

Qantas’s first Perth-Lon-don service landed in theU.K. Sunday after a 9,000-mile trip. Though not quitethe world’s longest flight —the record is currently heldby aDoha-Auckland serviceoperated by Qatar Airways— the route signals thebeginning of the end of theso-called Kangaroo Route,whichhasseenplanesmakethe journey from Europe toAustralia in a series of hopssince the advent of aviation.

Qantas Airways is a Oneworld alliance partner with American Airlines, who has hubs in Chicago and Dallas.

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Australian airliner Qantas eyesdirect flights to and from ChicagoBy Christopher JasperBloomberg News

From 1999 to 2015,there were 4.1 millionfewer people in the work-force because of opioidaddiction, the latest re-search to show that druguse is having a profoundeffectontheU.S. economy.

A study from theAmerican Action Forumfinds that the loss of theseemployees, ages 25 to 54,and theirproductivity costthe U.S. economy $702.1billion, or just under $44billion per year.

"It's a pretty big drag onthe U.S. economy," saidBenGitis, director of labormarket policy at theAmericanActionForum, aright-leaning think tank.

The number of peoplewho are not working be-cause they are dependentonopioidshas growneachyear since 1999. Nearly 1million people in theirprime earning years wereabsent fromtheworkforcein 2015 because of opioidaddiction, according tothe study.

Gitis' research showedthat the loss ofworkhourscaused the economicgrowth rate to slow by 0.2percentagepointsover the16-year period. The aver-age growth rate was 2percent during that timeframe, he said. But "esti-mates suggest had theseworkers been in the laborforce and not addicted toopioids, the growth ratewould have been 2.2 per-cent," he said.

Opioids killed morethan 42,000 people in2016, according to theCenters for Disease Con-trol andPrevention.

"Of course the opioidcrisis is a major healthissue. The overdose fatali-ties by themselves suggesthowbig of a problem it is,"Gitis said. "But it's also amajor constraint on oureconomy."

Gitis' research buildsoff that of Princeton Uni-versity economist AlanKrueger,whoestimated ina paper last year that theincrease in painkiller pre-scriptions could havecaused a 20 percent de-cline in workforce partici-pation among men and 25percent among women.Krueger noted that areaswith the highest rate ofopioid prescriptions regis-tered huge drop-offs inthe number of people intheworkforce.

Gitis took national datafrom 1999 and 2015 and,using Krueger's assump-tions, extrapolated howmany people would havebeen in the workforce ifnot for opioid addiction.

The analysis shows thatmore work hours werelost forwomen-6.4billion- than men, who weredown 5.7 billion hoursfrom 1999 to 2015.

The trend has persistedeven as the economy hasrebounded and employersin some parts of the coun-try are struggling to fillvacancies. In some places,employers say it isdifficultto find people who canpass a drug test. Somecompanies are even doingawaywith them.

"It's something we hearcompanies talk about allthe time, not being able tohave workers pass drugtests and being unable tosimplygetworkers toapplybecause they know theywon't pass the drug test,"Gitis said. "It was reallyimportant that we get asense of what the magni-tude of this could be."

Opioid addictionforced over 4Mpeople from jobsStudy: Numberhas grown eachyear since 1999By Katie ZezimaWashington Post


OBITUARIES

In 1974 eight OhioNationalGuardsmen were indictedon charges stemming fromthe shooting deaths of fourstudents at Kent State Uni-versity. (The guardsmenwere later acquitted.)

In 2000 President BillClinton told a news confer-ence he was appalled whenhe first learned his cam-paign had taken illegal for-eign donations in 1996 —contributionshecalledbothwrong andunneeded. .

In 2001 James Kopp, thefugitive wanted in the 1998slaying of Dr. Barnett

Slepian, a Buffalo, N.Y.,abortion provider, was cap-tured in France. (Kopp wasconvicted in 2003 of killingSlepian and is serving asentence of 25 years to life.)

In 2002 Israel declaredPalestinian leader YasserArafat an enemy and senttanks and armored person-nel carriers to fully isolatehim in his Ramallah, WestBank, headquarters.

In 2004 President GeorgeW. Bush welcomed sevenformer Soviet-bloc nations(Romania, Bulgaria, Slo-vakia, Lithuania, Slovenia,Latvia and Estonia) intoNATO during a White

House ceremony.

In 2013 Alaska U.S. Rep.DonYoung apologized afterusing a Hispanic slur todescribe the migrant work-ers his family once em-ployedformer Atlanta Pub-lic Schools superintendentBeverly Hall and 34 otherswere indicted on racket-eering and corruptioncharges in one of the largestcheating scandals to hit thenation’s public educationsystem. Also in 2013 morethan 200,000 gallons of oilspilled from a 64-year-oldpipeline and oozed into aresidential neighborhoodand waterways near May-flower, Ark.

ChicagoDaily TribuneON MARCH 29 ...

Theoretical physicist Pe-ter Freund conducted re-search into the smallestbuilding blocks of the uni-verse at the University ofChicago.

“At the most basic level,we’re trying to figure outwhat mathematical struc-tures cover thenatureof thephysical world,” said friendand colleague Jeffrey Har-vey, the Enrico Fermi dis-tinguished service profes-sor of physics at theU. of C.

Harvey said most peopleare familiar with moleculesmade up of atoms, thenucleusofwhich ismadeupof protons and neutrons.Those in turn are made upof particles called quarks.

“But you cankeep going,”Harvey said, “and ask arethose built of somethingelse or are there otherparticles that we haven’tdiscovered?”

While trying to under-stand the large story theuniverse has to tell, Freundtold tales of his own. Heentertained colleagues andstudents with stories ofgrowing up in Romaniaunder both German andSoviet interlopers. He alsowrote nonfiction booksabout 20th-century physi-cists and fictional tales ofheroes, scoundrels and or-dinary people, many draw-ing on his own experiencesand set in central Europe.

“He was always a story-teller,” said his daughterPauline. His fictional sto-ries, colored by his Roma-nian youth, always includedcorruption and crazy thingshappening, shesaid, anddidnot necessarily have happyendings.

Freund, 81, died of natu-ral causes March 6 in Bil-lings Hospital in Chicago,his daughter said. He livedformanyyears inHydeParkbefore moving about 15years ago to the Printer’sRowneighborhood.

He was born in 1936 inTimisoara, Romania. Hisfather was a doctor and hismother an opera singer.According to his family,during World War II, thefamily was part of a com-munity that avoided con-centration campsbybribinglocal officials.

Danger didn’t end withthe war, as Romania wastaken over by Soviet com-munists. Family lore has itthat in 1956Freundwasoneof a group of students whonarrowly escaped a firingsquad for demonstratingagainst Soviet rule.

Freund completed hisundergraduate studies inRomania, getting a bach-

elor’s degree in electricalengineering. Physics wasconsidered an impracticalsubject in Romania at thetime, but a teacher recog-nized hismath skills.

“One of his teachers inRomania gave him a bookon physics,” his daughtersaid. “He just fell in lovewith it.”

He and his parents leftRomania forAustria in 1959.By 1960 he had completedwork on a doctorate inphysics from the Universityof Vienna. He spent twoyears as a research assistantat the European Organiza-tion of Nuclear Research,known as CERN, in Switz-erland. He then moved totheUniversity ofChicago asa research assistant. Hejoined theuniversity facultyin 1965 and continued toresearch and teach thereuntil retiring in 2002.

Freund’sworkwasheavi-ly grounded in mathemat-ics.

“The aim of theoreticalphysics is to embody inequations the behavior ofthe physical world,” saidfriend and colleague EmilMartinec, director of theKadanoff Center for Theo-retical Physics at the uni-versity. “In particular, whatprofessorFreundwas inter-ested in was in the area oftheoretical particle physics— finding the elementaryconstituents of nature andtheir basic interactions. Sothat gets at things likeelectromagnetism, gravita-tion, nuclear forces and soon.”

Martinec said the math-ematics involved “a certainsearch for simplicity andelegance.”

Martinec said there’s aprevailing belief that what-ever describes natureshould be elegant andbeau-tiful. “Somany of the thingswe take for granted aboutnature being beautiful are

consequences of the under-lying dynamics that pro-duce (for example) a flower.That search for someunderlying explanationdrives a lot of us.

“That was a lot of whatdrove him,”Martinec said.

Freund worked over theyears in arcane areas oftheoretical physics that in-cluded string theory, super-symmetry and supergravity,Martinec said.

In addition to his re-search, Freund was an ex-cellent teacher,Harvey said.“He was very engaged withstudents. He played an im-portant role in passing onthe history of science. Hehad a rare ability to do that.”

Freund was always awriter, his daughter said,but spent much more timewriting after retiring in2002. His first book was awork collecting storiesabout the famous physicistsof the 20th century called“A Passion for Discovery.”His fiction includes “Talesin a Minor Key,” “West ofWestEnd”and“Belonging.”

Freund’s books also in-cluded two physics text-books, “Introduction to Su-persymmetry” in 1986 and“Superstrings” in 1988.

In addition to literature,Freund had a deep love ofart and music, especiallyopera. He had what friendscalled a rich baritone voice,sang for fun, and also manyyears ago sang in a couple ofoperas with an Evanstonopera group.

“Hehadaboomingvoice,a charismatic guy, larger-than-life,”Harvey said.

Survivors also includehiswife, Lucy; another daugh-ter, Caroline; and fivegrandchildren.

Plans are being made fora memorial service at theuniversity this fall.

Graydon Megan is a free-lance reporter.

PETER FREUND 1936-2018

Theoretical physicistwas ‘always a storyteller’

Peter Freund, who grew up in Romania during World War II,retired from the University of Chicago in 2002.

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Beverly Goldstick nee Kramer, age 86. Beloved wifefor 66 years of Phillip. Loving mother ofGale Goldstick (Dr. Harry) Cohen, Caryn(Dr. Allan) Zelinger and the late CraigElliot Goldstick. Cherished grandmotherof Marissa and Brad Zelinger, Ilana

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Michael J. Giambrone Jr.age 65 Beloved husband ofElizabeth nee Strong. Dearest Dad of Dawn (David)McElroy, Christopher and Michael J. III. CherishedGrandfather of Cara, Connor, Cruz and Mahlia. FondBrother of Joseph (Marie) and the late Dominic(Carolyn) and Frank ( the late Susan). Many niec-es, nephews, relatives and friends. Funeral ServiceSaturday 10:00 a.m. AT Brust funeral Home 415 n.Gary Ave Carol Stream. Visitation Friday 3 to 8 PM.Interment Assumption Cemetery Wheaton. In lieu offlowers memorials to Jorneycare of Barrington ap-preciated 630-510-0044Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries

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Lori Jean Geraty, nee Linderman, 54, devoted andloving mother of Phylicia, Danielle,Jacqueline and Liana; treasured partner,fiancé and best friend of Don Chelmecki;beloved daughter of Merle and thelate Michael Linderman; dear sister of

Howard Linderman; adored friend of many. Chapelservice Friday 12:15 PM at Shalom Memorial FuneralHome, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights.Interment Shalom Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers,donations may be made to the Pancreatic CancerAction Network, www.pancan.org. For information,(847) 255-3520 or www.shalom2.com

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Marie Ann (nee Rago) Mirro, 88 of Arlington Heights.Beloved wife of the late Richard Eugene Mirro; lov-ing mother of Richard (Karen) Mirro, Jamie (Robert)Goray and the late Marie (Robert) Hollenbach;cherished grandmother of Carly, Christina (Michael)Feuerstein, Stefan (Lauren) Goray, Joshua (Amy)Goray, Tyler Goray and Alyssa Hollenbach; dearsister of the late Sara (late Pat) Spennachio and lateVincent James Rago. Forever remembered by hernumerous nieces, nephews and extended familyand dear friends.Visitation Saturday,March 31, 2018from 9:00 AM until the time of funeral service at 11AM at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N.Arlington Heights Road, (4 blocks south of PalatineRoad) Arlington Heights. Interment will be at MountCarmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL. In lieu of flowers,memorial contributions may be given to CancerResearch Foundation, 135 S. LaSalle, Chicago, IL60603 or Heartland Hospice, 2100 Sanders Rd #100,Northbrook, IL 60062. Funeral information and con-dolences www.GlueckertFH.com or (847) 253-0168.


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Richard J Maday age 89 of Des Plaines passed awaypeacefully at home March 22 2018Born February 13 1929 in Chicago IL to John andAngeline (Rozycka) Madaj He worked at ChicagoPress Corp until his retirement and was a memberof the Silver Feathers clubBeloved husband of the late Alice (Tarchedlo) for 531/2 yearsLoving father of Bernadine (David) Miller and Ronald;grandfather of Weston (Beth) MIller, Lauren (Chris)Donohue, Brent, and EmmeMiller; great grandfatherof Maya Pederson, Mason and Liam Miller; uncle ofmany nieces and nephewsSurvived by sisters Virginia Cwiakala and BerniceMadaj, and brother John MadajPreceded in death by sister Eleanore Turay, and 2brothers Irvin and Raymond MadajThere will be a memorial mass at 10:00 on April 7that St. Mary’s Catholic Church 794 Pearson St DesPlaines ILSign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries

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Margery Rose (Johnson)Longo, age 88, of ClarendonHills, IL, passed peacefullyon March 24, 2018. Born onMarch 28, 1929 in Oak Park,IL. Daughter of William andAgnes (Osterberg) Johnson.Devoted wife to the lateAnthony Longo for 66 years;loving mother of 14 children;

Beth (Dale) Hardiek, Dave Longo, Phil (Kathy) Longo,Matt (Penny) Longo, Ann Cilla, Gina (Tom) Meyers,Sarah (Pete) Malik, Tom (Candy) Longo, Jon Longo,Quyen (Doug) Nguyen, Alexcia Gonzales, Fred(Marianne) Longo, Marthony (Ben) Bert; 29 grand-children; 6 great-grandchildren. She is precededin death by her husband Anthony, daughter ChrisMarie, brother Owen, sister Barbara (Bromley). Shewas co-proprietor of Ace Hardware of ClarendonHills for 36 years, co-founder of The CompassionateFriends - West Suburban Chapter; co-founder of herlocal La Leche League chapter; was a licensed fos-ter parent; member of Open Door (biracial adoptionsupport group); member of The Prairie Club. Shewas a lifelong advocate for social justice throughher involvement in a variety of community, church,& governmental organizations. Her greatest pas-sion was being a mother to her large family andspending time at her cottage in Harbert, MI andfarm in Plato Center, IL Visitation is 4-8pm TuesdayApril 3rd at Adolf Funeral Home, 7000 S. MadisonSt., Willowbrook, IL. Funeral services will be held at10am Wednesday April 4th at Notre Dame CatholicChurch, 64 Norfolk Ave., Clarendon Hills. Interment:Assumption Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memo-rial donations can be made to The CompassionateFriends at www.compassionatefriends.org. Serviceinformation: 630-325-2300 or www.adolfservices.com.

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nee Kljucaric, age 94 passed away on March 23,2018. Beloved wife of the late Joseph AnthonyKorey. Loving mother of Lynn (Robert) Hennis andthe late Joanne (Richard) Sandberg. Devoted grand-mother of Kirsten (Chris) Santiago, Jennifer (Michael)Leopold, Alan (Jackie) Hennis & Robert Hennis. GreatGrandmother of Isabel, & Owen Santiago, Clover,Sage & Piper Leopold. Fond sister of the late QM3cMatthew Kljucaric, USNR. Visitation Monday 3-8pmat Kosary Funeral Home 9837 S. Kedzie, EvergreenPark. Funeral Tuesday 9am from Chapel to St.Barnabas Church for 10am Mass. Private intermentat St. Marys Cemetery. (708)-499-3223 or www.kosary.com.Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries

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Mildred “Millie” Honigberg, nee Krugel age 93, be-loved wife for 70 years of the late DavidHonigberg, cherished mother of Michele(Jim) Pockross and Sue Ellen Carter(Keith Abney), devoted grandmotherof Samantha Carter (Chris Moore) and

Jonathan Carter (Jamie Downing), loving sister ofJordan (Harriet) Krugel, dear sister-in-law of the lateEvelyn (Charles) Arbetman, fond aunt of Carla andRichard Kruk, Gary, Erica, Mitchell and Mary Krugeland Jeffrey (Sara) Arbetman and great-nieces andnephews David, Daniel, Cheryl, Jacob, Scott, Brittanyand Samuel and great-great niece and nephewsRina, Ayal and Daniel. Funeral services Friday 9:30AM at Westlawn Cemetery’s Mausoleum Chapel,7801 W. Montrose, Norridge. Interment to follow.Info Mitzvah Memorial Funerals, 630-MITZVAH(630-648-9824), or www.mitzvahfunerals.com

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Dr. Pamela Shrock, nee Shubitz, passed away onMarch 28, 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, FL at the ageof 81. Beloved wife of Peter Shrock. Loving motherof Aviva (Lou) Pinto, Kevin (Natalie) Shrock, Darryl(Pam) Shrock. Proud grandmother of Lauriane,Elana, Alexandra, Harrison, Caroline, Jonah,Benjamin and Sophie. Fond sister of Linda (the lateRichard) Becker, and brother, the late Basil Shubitz.Cherished cousin, aunt and great-aunt of many.Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, she was a longtime resident of Roslyn Harbor, NY and Evanston, IL.A lifelong learner and educator, she graduated fromthe University of Witwatersrand (RPT), University ofIllinois (MPH) and Northwestern University (Phd).She was a pioneer in women’s health issues andbecame one of the first Lamaze teachers in the U.S.She was also an international teacher trainer for theorganization, specializing her practices in childbirth,birth education and humane obstetrical practices,psychological issues of women and families, maritaland sexual therapy. A frequent world-wide confer-ence speaker, lecturer and author.Interment at Star of David Cemetery, Ft Lauderdale,Florida March 29, 2018 1:00pm. Memorials in hermemory to the Alzheimer Foundation www.alzfdn.org or JNF, www.jnf.org would be appreciated.Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries

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Marley Sackheim nee Trossman of Evanston.Husband Michael, sister Donna Richman of Arizona.No Chicago area services are planned. Memorial do-nations to Northbrook Symphony, 899 Skokie Blvd,Northbrook, IL 60062 or to a charity of your choice.Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries

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Cindy L. Ruginis of Downers Grove, formerly ofHinsdale. Beloved wife of Dr.Algis Ruginis; Loving motherof William and Amanda;Sister of Cherie (David) Wattand Cathy (the late Steven)Harvey-Slawkin, and Connie(Dana) Moses. Daughter ofthe late Dr. Gene and MaryHarvey. Visitation Thursday,March 29 from 3-8pm atAdolf Funeral Home, 7000 S.

Madison St.Willowbrook, IL. Family and friends willmeet on Friday, March 30, at Evangelical CovenantChurch, 412 S. Garfield St. Hinsdale for a 10am fu-neral service. Interment Clarendon Hills Cemetery.For information 630-325-2300, www.adolfservices.com or www.powellfuneraldirectors.com

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Millie Ponfil nee Appelman, age 88, loving motherand best friend of Jody (David) Bermanand beloved mother of Janet (Gary)Resnick; loving grandmother of Brent(Kinga) Berman, Keith Berman, the lateMax and Katie Berman, Aaron (Lindy)

Resnick, Elissa (Dan) Goodman and RebeccaResnick; great-grandmother/Mimi of Stuart andMeira Goodman and Elliot and Vivian Resnick;cherished daughter of the late Dave and the lateBecky Appelman. Chapel service Friday, 10:00 AMat Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W. RandRd., Arlington Heights. Interment Shalom MemorialPark. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be madeto the American Cancer Society. For informationor to leave condolences, (847) 255-3520 or www.shalom2.com.

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Eileen Veronica (Phelan) O’Connor, Ph.D., born onJuly 15, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, to the late NoraFitzgerald and the late John Phelan, passed away atage 77 on March 21, 2018 in Chicago. She was in thePsychiatric Nursing industry. Eileen was preceded indeath by her brother, John “Tim” Phelan; and sis-ters, Margaret Masterson and Kathleen Pepin. Sheis survived by her son, Martin O’Connor; daughter,Mary Eileen O’Connor; sister, Noreen Byrne; andgrandchildren, Martin O’Connor, Declan O’Connor,and Ronan McKane. The family invites donationsin Eileen’s name to Alzheimers Association alz.org.Special thanks to Peterson Park Healthcare Centerand Unity Hospice for their dedication and compas-sion. Friends and family are welcome to attend thememorial service on Saturday,April 21 from 11:00 to1:00 p.m. at The Castle - Beverly Unitarian Church,10244 S. Longwood Drive, Chicago.Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries

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Doreen Murray, 89, of Springfield (formerly ofChicago, IL, Dolton, IL, andTitusville, FL), passed away at11:30 a.m. on Sunday, March25, 2018 at Memorial MedicalCenter.

Doreen was born May 24,1928 in Chicago, the daugh-ter of Robert L. and ClaraFrances Bertha Sewell Burns.She married William John

Murray on December 20, 1947 in Chicago; he pre-ceded her in death.

Doreen was a graduate of Jones Commercial HighSchool in Chicago. She worked as an executive sec-retary for United Insurance Company of America,Aetna Bank, Aetna Mortgage, and OT Hogan FamilyFoundation. She enjoyed reading Danielle Steelenovels, watching the Game Show Channel and olderclassic TV shows and movies, and playing the wordjumbler puzzles in the Sunday newspaper.

Doreen was also preceded in death by her parents;siblings, Maude Fath and Robert and Fred Burns;four infant siblings; and son-in-law, Ron Wegner.

She is survived by her children, William “Bill” A.(Susan) Murray of Springfield, Kathleen L. Wegnerof Schaumburg and Robert “Bob” J. Murray ofSchaumburg; and three grandchildren, Ashton E.Moore of Lubbock, TX, Kathryn L. Murray of Dallas,TX, and Carrie L. Malwick of Springfield.

Funeral Ceremony: 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 30,2018 at Boardman-Smith Funeral Home, 800 SouthGrand Avenue West, Springfield, with Rev. JerryBoutelle officiating.

Visitation: Family will receive friends immediatelyfollowing the funeral ceremony until 7:00 p.m. onFriday, March 30, 2018 at Boardman-Smith FuneralHome.

Cremation will be accorded by Butler CremationTribute Center after ceremonies.

Graveside Ceremony: 12:00 p.m. on Monday, April2, 2018 at Camp Butler National Cemetery, 5063Camp Butler Road, Springfield.

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Wilensky, FredFred Wilensky. Beloved husband for 60years of Barbara (nee Feldgreber); lov-ing and devoted father of Jay (Dina) andSteven (Debbie) Wilensky; adored Zaideof Emily, Alison, and Carly Wilensky;fond father-in-law of the late SuzanneDreebin Wilensky; adoring brother of

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Donald L. Stanley, 83; U.S. Army Veteran; RetiredC.P.D.; Cherished husband of Shirleynee Bechtold; Cherished father of Laura(Rob) Ryndak and Donna (Tom) Persino;Loving grandfather of T. Alexander, Nick(Kayleigh), Kaitlin, Kelsey and Michael

and great-grandfather of Lillian; Dear brother of thelate John Stanley, the late Betty (the late Ron) Plachand his twin, the late Robert (the lateMarge) Stanley;fond uncle to many. Visitation Friday March 30thfrom 3:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Cumberland Chapels 8300W. Lawrence Ave., Norridge. Funeral service will beheld at the funeral home Saturday at 10:00 a.m.Interment will follow at Maryhill Cemetery. In lieu offlowers, please donate to Chicago Police MemorialFoundation www.cpdmemorial.org or RainbowHospice www.rainbowhospice.org. For info: www.cumberlandchapels.com or 708-456-8300.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOKCOUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE JUSTICE ANDCHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT CHILD

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IN THE INTEREST OFJ’Cole Gibbs Jaxson Gibbs AKA JaxsonGibbs AKA Jackson Gibbs

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NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU,Dolph Berry (Father),Unknown (Father), respondents, and to AllWhom It May Concern, that on February6, 2018, a petition was filed under theJuvenile Court Act by KIM FOXX in thiscourt and that in the courtroom of JudgeDiana Rosario in the Cook County JuvenileCourt Building, 1100 So. Hamilton Avenue,Chicago, Illinois, ON 04/17/2018,at 9:30AM in CALENDAR 7 COURTROOM G, or assoon thereafter as this case may be heard,an adjudicatory hearing will be held uponthe petition to have the minor declared tobe a ward of the court and for other reliefunder the Act.

THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THISCASE TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODYAND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TOTERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS ANDTO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TOCONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALLPARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THEPETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OFYOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS ANDAPPOINTMENTOF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENTTOADOPTION,YOUMAY LOSEALL PARENTALRIGHTS TO THE CHILD.

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BASEBALL 2018

Built to lastAs theWhite Sox continue the construction project,the Cubs hope their finished product is up to the task

Loyola’sMoser,Villanova’sWright share similar stories—and the samegoalNCAA tournament coverage, Pages 2-3

OPENING SHOT

Steve Rosenbloom

Jon Lester opens the season forCubs on Thursday, and if my mathis right, that lines him up to throw theplayoff opener. More Rosenbloom, Page 2

CHICAGO TRIBUNEPHOTO ILLUSTRATIONUSING TRIBUNE,GETTY PHOTOS

TheCubs open their seasonThursdaywith an extra springin their step. Everything is

fresh again, and the sting of last year’sdrubbing at the hands of theDodgersin theNational LeagueChampionshipSeries has subsided. Rich in talent anda year older, all theCubs really have todo is chowdownon the have-nots of theNL andhold their own against the otherwould-be contenders towin 90-plusgames and get back to the playoffs.

Paul Sullivan,Page 5

OPENER | Cubs (Jon Lester)at Marlins (Jose Urena)11:40 a.m. Thursday, WGN-9

Sixteenmonths after RickHahn traded one of baseball’sbest arms for a package that

included one of the game’s top prospects,theWhite Sox beginYear 2 of the rebuildwith a renewed sense of direction. ChrisSale is long gone, but YoanMoncada ishere to stay— andMoncada andthe Soxwould like nothingmorethan to accelerate the rebuildwith ahot start. First up: James Shields againsthis former teamatKauffman Stadium.

White Sox coverage,Page4

OPENER | White Sox (James Shields)at Royals (Danny Duffy)3:15 p.m. Thursday, NBCSCH

Moser, Wright havetraveled similar road

B efore they were Final Fourcoaches, Porter Moser and JayWright met 25 years ago over afeast in Las Vegas as up-and-

coming assistant coaches.Moser, now Loyola’s head coach, was

justa fewyearsremovedfromcollege inhisearly 20s,workinghiswayup the coachingladder on Tony Barone’s Texas A&M staff.Wright,nowVillanova’sheadcoach,was inhis early 30s on Rollie Massimino’s UNLVstaff after a five-year stint on his Villanovastaff, two seasons away from landing hisfirst head coaching gig.

“Two guys like Rollie Massimino andTony Barone, of course, their staffs aregoing to go for a big Italian dinner,” Mosersaid, recalling the meeting around TexasA&M’sgameatUNLVin1993. “Rolliehadahuge spread inVegas, andwewent there.”

Theymet again the following yearwhenthe teams played at TexasA&M.

“Tony tried to have it as big as youpossibly couldhave inCollegeStation,Texas,”Moser said. “But it paled in comparison towhatRollie had for us inVegas.”

The two haven’t crossed paths muchover the years, butWright’s journey— andcrossroads — should seem familiar toMoser. He could find clues about how tohandle his next step by studying Wright’sdecisions that have kept him satisfied atVillanova for 17 seasons, just two short ofMassimino’s tenure there from 1973-92that includes the 1985 NCAA champi-onship season.

Wright is making his third trip to theFinal Four since becomingWildcats coachin 2001, going for his second nationalchampionship in three seasons. Moser ison theother sideof thebracket,makinghisfirst trip to the grandest stage — also hisfirst NCAA tournament — in his seventhseason inRogers Park.

They won’t face each other unless bothwin Saturday in San Antonio. The No.11-seeded Ramblers will meet No. 3Michigan, and No. 1 Villanova meetsanother top seed inKansas.

But let’s startwith their similarities.If Moser is a self-proclaimed “Catholic

kid fromChicago,”Wright is aCatholic kidfrom Philly. AsMoser did, he also grew upin the suburbs of ametropolitan city that isobsessed with its own basketball lore andits pro sports teams.

Both earned their coaching chops fromlarger-than-life legendary mentors whohave passed away: Wright the esteemedMassimino, Moser the revered RickMajerus.

Wright and his wife, Patty, raised threechildren, who were all younger than 8when he took the job and grew up asathletes at local Philadelphia schools.They all have gone off to college now.Moser and his wife, Megan, have fourchildrenwho are now preteens and teensplaying school sports.

They both coach at Catholic uni-versitieswherebasketball is thedominantsport. (Loyola doesn’t have a footballteam.Villanova has anFCSprogram.)

Wright reached his first Final Four inhis eighth season at age 47.Moser is 49.

But the most striking similarity is thatasWright experiencedafter early success,Moser now is hearing the buzz that heshould look for his next gig. Loyolaathletic director SteveWatson had said ina Tribune report that the university hasbeen internally discussing adjustingMoser’s contract, which pays him$420,000 annually.

But the conventional idea in coachingcircles is to strikewhile the iron’s hot.

WhenWright coached theWildcats tothe Sweet 16 in 2005, Villanova had notbeen to the NCAA tournament in sevenseasons and had not advanced past thesecond round since Wright was anassistant onMassimino’s Elite Eight teamin 1988. He followed up with an EliteEight appearance in 2006.

It was hardly the perennial power it isnow, and suggestions were made that heshould find the next bigger, better job.

After the 2009 Final Four, he turneddown a job offer from Kentucky and heasked to be taken out of consideration forthe 76ers gig, preferring life a little moreunder-the-radar. Villanovahas a strong fanbase, but the city living and dying by theEagles alleviates the pressure on him thatwould be inevitable coaching a team that’sthemain show in a town.

“We’re lucky to even have (coaching)jobs,” saidWright, who has received raisesover the years and currently makes $2.5million. “There are only 300-something ofthose in the country. But to be able to do itin your hometown at the school that yougrew up as a fan of? Then to be able tocoachthere inyourhometown,yourwife isan alum, have your kids grow up aroundthis wonderful community, I mean, that’sthe whole thing. I always say, I think forme, Ihave thebest job incollegebasketball.It might not be for Porter, it might not beforBill (Self,Kansas’ coach), but forme it isthe best job in college basketball.”

Of course, the Big East — in whichVillanova plays — has more allure, moneyand influence with the tournament selec-tioncommittee as a conference that receivesmultiple bids, unlike what the MissouriValleyConference typically receives.

Those factors could swayMoser to leavethe program.

Moser arguably had a tough — somewould say nearly impossible — job inrebuilding Loyola, which had not been tothe tournament since 1985. But Moser hasexpressed similar affection for Loyola asWright has for Villanova because of itsfamiliarity and potential.

“It has been a grass-roots rebuild,” hesaid. “I’m blessed, so blessed that LoyolaUniversity, the administrators, the fanbases, they were steadfast on how I wassaying I was going to do it with good kids,good people.

“I’m blessed that the University had thesame vision, and this is the vision,” he said.“I said it so many different places I spoke:‘Can you imagine getting to the NCAAtournament, advancing? Can you imagineour university, Chicago? And I’m from theChicago area. I just kept on pounding thatvision.”

It’s similar to the vision Wright had atVillanova.

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Loyola’s Porter Moser, left, and Villanova’s Jay Wright first met as assistants 25 years ago. Now both are coaching in the Final Four.

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Loyola, Villanova coaches grew up in game under like circumstancesBy Shannon Ryan | Chicago Tribune FINAL FOUR

Alamodome in San Antonio

GAME 1No. 11 Loyolavs. No. 3 Michigan5:09 p.m. Saturday,TBS

GAME 2No. 1 Villanova vs.No. 1 Kansas7:49 p.m. Saturday,TBS

Championship: 8:20 p.m. Monday, TBS

3Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, March 29, 2018

NCAA TOURNAMENT

DickVitale has amessage forCubsmanager JoeMaddon.

“Tellmy buddy Joetomove over, the star ofstars in theWindyCityis Sister Jean (DoloresSchmidt) and PorterMoser— andhe isNo. 3,”Vitale told theTribunein a phone interview.“Sister Jean is the star

of theNCAA tournament andChicago. It’samazing. She captivatedAmerica, a98-year-oldwomanwho speaks aswell asshe does, has a smile on her face. I told afriend ofmine inDetroit, tell your (Michigan)Wolverines, it’s pretty hard to go upagainstGod,man.”

AdevoutCatholic, Vitalemet PopeBenedictXVI in 2011.He compared thatpapal visitwith the chance tomeet SisterJean in SanAntonio thisweekendwhenhe arrives at the Final Four to broadcastSaturday’s Loyola-Michigan game forESPN International.

“Meeting her is one ofmybucket-listthings,” Vitale said. “People at Loyola-Chicago need to getme over to Sister Jean.You’ve got to get that done forme.”

The image of Loyola enjoying someMarchmagic takesVitale’smind back to1977. BeforeVitale became “DickyV,” hecoached amid-major programat theUniversity ofDetroit from 1973-77, hisfinal season featuring a 21-gamewinningstreak on theway to earning a spot in the32-teamNCAA tournament field. Vitale’sTitans beatMiddleTennessee in the firstround before bowing out in the Sweet 16toMichigan.

“What Loyola’s doing is special tome,”Vitale said. “I knowwhat it’s like being theDavid always chasing theGoliath, alwaystrying to get people to schedule you. Iknow that feeling of excitement, theadrenaline, andwhat they’ve gonethrough over the years at Loyola so to seethis happening is just amazing.”

In vintageVitale fashion, he extolledthe virtues of Loyola playersClaytonCuster, Donte IngramandMarquesTownes.Hemarveled at the team’smentaltoughness.He praised the patienceLoyolashowedMoser.He tried explainingwhatLoyola is doing in the Final Four.

“Here is a bunch of kids playingtogether,with pride andpassion,withemotion and feeling, and you can go froma three-star player,which theywere, to bea five-star player on that one given nightand that’swhat they’ve been doing—they’ve played like five-star players,”Vitale said.

As surprising as Loyola’s run is, Vitalesays he saw it coming inDecember. Loyolafearlessly handled then-No. 5 Florida65-59—without BenRichardson,whowas injured.

“I keep notes and Iwrote a little onedown after seeing that game:Keep an eyeonLoyola-Chicago,” Vitale said. “Theysent themessage then. That stayed inmymind.”

Loyola’sNCAA tournament victoriesovermore athletic opponents such asMiami, Tennessee andKansas Statemadea deeper impression onVitale. A 14-gamewinning streak nowgivesVitale pauseevery time the analyst in him sees thematchupproblemsMichigan poses. Acareer ofwatching upsets that render evenVitale speechless tells himnever to countout a team like Loyola inMarch.

“Myhead says Loyola could be a littleover their head againstMichigan but,again, it’s not always about the head, it’sabout the heart, and those kids have a lotof heart,” Vitale said.

Vitale called fromhis favorite spot inLakewoodRanch, Fla., where hewas busychasing the goal to raise $3.5million at hisMay 11 gala to benefit theVFoundationforCancerResearch. After twohours ofeating and reading at his table, Vitale losttrack of the number of fanswho sharedthe sameFinal Four thought.

“All the fans I visitedwithwere saying,‘WehopeLoyola can shockMichigan,’ ”Vitale said. “They’reAmerica’s darlings.”

Just don’t remindVitale that thosedarlings needed towin theMissouriValleyConference tournament tomakethe 68-team field, one of severaladmissions by theNCAA selectioncommittee that rankled the broadcaster.He can rant forminuteswithout taking abreath onwhyOklahomadidn’t belong.

“I have a problemwith honoringmediocrity in somany cases over teamsthat have great years,” Vitale said. “It justfrustrates you. I see SaintMary’s 28-5,sitting.MiddleTennessee.Wehear aboutRPIs andQuadrant 1. I don’twant to hearaboutQuadrant 1.Whodoes Loyola get toplay inQuadrant 1? SaintMary’s?Whatmakes the tournament special iswhatLoyola-Chicago has done.WhatMaryland-BaltimoreCounty did toVirginia. That’swhatmakes the termMarchMadness. That’swhat is unreal.”

That’swhat still gets the 78-year-old’sblood pumping,whatmakes himeager tosee howCinderella adjusts to SanAntonio.

“Iwould simply say to Sister Jean,PorterMoser and all the kids atLoyola-Chicago: Enjoy themoment,”Vitale said. “They are all awesome, baby,with a capital A.”

InVitale-speak, there is no higherpraise.

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Vitale awaitsaudience withSister JeanBroadcaster eager to meetLoyola’s celebrity chaplain

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In the Wakeof the News

4 Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, March 29, 2018

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Shooting thebreeze in the visitors’ dugout with team-mates, coaches and staff during a clubworkout Wednesday afternoon, WhiteSox right-hander James Shields lookedback fondly on his two seasons with theRoyals.

The sound of it all, when things weregoing well at Kauffman Stadium, remainsamong his favorite memories. Shieldsrecalled having to step off the moundbefore a2014postseasongamebecausehewas caught off guard by the volume of theK.C. crowd. It was the kind of environ-ment he’s trying to help the Sox create.

He would also like to reconnect withthe good old days in another way. In thenineyears from2007to2015,Shieldswent121-89 with a 3.67 ERA. In 2016-17 he fellto 11-26 and 5.60.

Shields, 36, says he feels better phys-ically going into his 13th season. He willmake his eighth career opening-day startThursday.

“I’m just recovering a lot better,”Shields said. “The last couple years was asemi-struggle body-wise, but I don’t reallymake excuses about that. At the endof theday, I feel pretty good. I’m really happywithwheremybody’s at, andmy arm.”

Shields lasted only 5.6 innings per startwith the Sox in 2017. In his prime, he wasgood for nearly 62⁄3 innings per outing.SoxmanagerRickRenteriasaidhehopesthe mechanical changes Shields workedon late in 2017 and during spring trainingwill lead to longer outings. The Sox arerelying on Shields for leadership, but alsofor innings.

“We just want James to be James,”Renteria said. “I think he’s taken a lot ofcorrective measures to put himself in aposition to still pitch effectively. … Heobviously has the experience and themindset and thebulldog-typementality topitch. I think it’s important for us to havesomeone take charge in that regard. Wehope he’ll give us a good start, a littlelength.”

Multiple zones: Adam Engel won thecenter-field job inpart byhitting .383withfour home runs. He struck out 10 times in53 Cactus League plate appearances (19percent), an improvement from his 2017regular-season mark of 117 Ks in 336 PAs(35 percent). Mechanical changes toEngel’s swing made his improvementpossible, Renteria said, after Engel battedjust .166 last season as a rookie.

It’s now a matter of carrying thosechanges to the regular season and Engelconcentrating on his approach to oppos-ing pitchers, rather than worrying aboutswingmechanics.

“He’s not just a one-zone hitter now,”

Renteria said. “He’s able to adjust todifferent levels of thehitting area, andhe’sgetting to a lot of pitches. He’s had acoupleof at-bats in thespring that showedus he’s capable of adjustments. And wegave those at-bats a pretty good value,because they were important in terms ofwherehewas at in termsofhis approach.”

Sox acquire Pinto: The Sox acquired24-year-old right-hander Ricardo Pintofrom the Phillies in exchange for inter-national bonus-pool money. The Soxassigned Pinto, who had a 7.89 ERA in 25relief appearances for the Phillies in 2017,to Class-A Winston-Salem. The additionofPinto, aVenezuelanwhopitched for theWorld Team in the 2016 Futures Game,gives the Sox 39 players on their 40-manroster.

Good to go: Outfielder Nicky Delmon-ico and shortstop Tim Andersonsaidthey will be ready for the seasonopener. Delmonico had been nursing“thigh-hamstring” tightness, Anderson amildly sore left shoulder. Both werescratched Monday from the Sox’s finalspring game atTriple-ACharlotte.

Royals’ Perez out: Royals catcher Sal-vador Perez is expected to miss 4 to 6weeks with a torn MCL. The five-timeAll-Star suffered the injury when heslippedwhile carrying luggageTuesday.

Dave Brown is a freelance reporter for theChicagoTribune.

WHITE SOX NOTES

Shields takinglonger approachSox want veteran starter toincrease his innings pitched

White Sox opening day starter JamesShields, above, stays warm as managerRick Renteria speaks with Jose Abreuduring workouts at Kauffman Stadium,top, in Kansas City, Mo.

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By Dave Brown | Chicago Tribune

TheWhite Sox tradedmany of theirbest bullpen arms in order to stockpileprospects last summer. They had to piecetogether a newgroup this spring, usingsomeof the holdoverswho gainedexperience last season and also acquiringa fewveterans.

The Soxwill carry an eight-manbullpen into the season openerThursdayagainst theRoyals inKansasCity.

The final pitching staff was set Saturday,but the Soxhaven’t named a closer.

Here’s a look at the opening-daybullpen.

Nate Jones | RH | 32■ Soxhistory:Entering his seventhseasonwith the Sox.■ 2017 stats: 2.31 ERAwith sixwalks and15 strikeouts in 112⁄3 inningswith the Sox.■ What to know: Jones’ 2017 seasonwascut short because of ulnar nerve repositionsurgery in his arm. But the Sox’s longest-tenured player has been back on top ofhis gamewith 61⁄3 scoreless innings thisspring inCactus League play.He shouldhave the opportunity to build onhis threecareer saves.

JoakimSoria | RH | 33■ Soxhistory:Came to the Sox in athree-team tradewith theRoyals andDodgers in January.■ 2017 stats:4-3with a 3.70ERA, onesave, 20walks and 64 strikeouts in 59relief appearanceswith theRoyals.■ What to know: Soria has spentmostof his 10major-league seasons in theAmericanLeagueCentralwith theRoyalsandTigers.He has 204 career saves, butjust two in the last two seasons.Heshould be in the late-inningsmixwithJones.

DannyFarquhar | RH | 31■ Soxhistory: Signed aminor-leaguedealwith the Sox last July.■ 2017 stats:4-2, 4.20ERA, 28walks and45 strikeouts in 52 relief appearances fortheRays and Sox.■ What toknow:Farquhar has sevenseasons ofmajor-league experiencewiththeBlue Jays,Mariners, Rays and Sox.Hemade 15 appearances last year afterjoining the team inmidseason, posting a4.40ERA.

JuanMinaya | RH | 27■ Soxhistory:A2016waivers claim fromtheAstros, hemade hismajor-leaguedebut for the Sox that season.■ 2017 stats: 3-2, 4.53ERA, 9-for-10 onsave opportunities, 20walks and 51strikeouts in 40 appearances.■ What toknow:Minaya,whohas just51 career appearances,was givenmorehigh-leverage opportunities inAugustand September after the Sox tradedcloserDavidRobertson.He could be inthemid- to late-inningsmix.

Gregory Infante | RH | 30■ Soxhistory: Signed aminor-leaguecontractwith the Sox last spring.■ 2017 stats: 2-1, 3.13 ERA, 20walks and49 strikeouts in 52 appearances.■ What toknow:Agreat story ofperseverance, Infantewent seven seasonsbetweenmajor-league appearances, bothtimeswith the Sox.Hemade fiveappearanceswith the Sox in 2010,wasreleased by the organization in 2012 andreturned last season,whenhe earnedhisfirst career victory.

Hector Santiago | LH | 30■ Soxhistory:A late-round Sox draftpick in 2006, he rejoined the teamon aminor-league deal this spring.■ 2017 stats:4-8, 5.63ERA, 1.44WHIPand 51 strikeouts in 15 games, including 14starts, with theTwins.■ What toknow:The seven-yearmajor-league veteran started his Soxcareer as a reliever and starter from2011-13.Hehas pitched for theAngels andTwins since, but a back issue limited himlast year.Healthy again, hewill be a longrelief or backup option should one of theSox’s young starters stumble.

Luis Avilan | LH | 28■ Soxhistory: Joined the Sox in athree-team tradewith theRoyals andDodgers in January.■ 2017 stats: 2-3, 2.93ERA, 22walks and52 strikeouts in 61 appearances.■ What toknow:Hehas pitched for sixseasons with the Braves and Dodgers andalso has 11 career postseason appearances.He didn’t pitch for theDodgers in the2017 postseason because of an arm injury.

AaronBummer | LH | 24■ Soxhistory:The 2014 Sox draft pick(19th round)madehismajor-leaguedebut in 2017.■ 2017 stats: 1-3with a 4.50ERA, 15walks and 17 strikeouts in 30 appearances.■ What toknow:The youngster in theteam’s current bullpen setup, Bummervaulted four levels fromClassAWinston-Salem to themajors last year. Agood September and a solid spring haveearnedhim the roster spot.

ChicagoTribune freelance reporter FabianArdaya contributed.

New-look penhopes to offerplenty of reliefBy Colleen Kane | Chicago Tribune

ORLANDO, Fla. — Bears ChairmanGeorge McCaskey sat with reporters intheFlorida sunWednesday afternoon andspoke ofwhyhebelieves brighter days areahead inChicago.

The Bears went 5-11 last season andhave just eightvictories to theirnameoverthe last two years, but McCaskey pointedto new coach Matt Nagy as a reason foroptimism.

Speaking on the final day of the NFLmeetings at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando,McCaskey said his trust in general man-agerRyanPacedriveshis trust thatNagy isthe rightman for the job.

“The biggest reason is because Ryanbelieves in him so strongly,” McCaskeysaid. “He’s just very impressive from theget-go. You’ve seen it already — verydynamic presence, very confident leader,an innovator. We’re looking forward tohimdoing great things for theBears.”

McCaskey addressed a wide range ofother topics in the 22-minute interview.Here aremore highlights.■ The Bears’ timetable for returning to awinning record for the first time since2012 and the playoffs for the first timesince 2010 isn’t clear, given the potentialgrowing pains as a new coaching staff andsecond-year quarterback Mitch Trubiskydevelop together.

McCaskey knows there’s a balancebetweendesire towinandpatiencebuthealso didn’t back off his expectations.

“Thegoal every year is towin theSuperBowl,” McCaskey said. “You saw whathappened with the Eagles last year. Theycame together. They got it done. It’ssomething that we’d love to see, but weunderstandalso thatMattwill take timetogrow into his role and finding the rightcomposition of the team takes time.”■ McCaskey said he believes Pace hastaken responsibility for the busted signinglast year of quarterback Mike Glennon,whocollected$18.5millionandmadeonlyfour starts.

But McCaskey said they didn’t need tohave a specific conversationaboutmakingbetter free-agent choices this year.

“Ryan knows what’s expected of him,”McCaskey said. “I’ve told Ryan over theyears that eventually we should get to thepoint where we’re not very active in freeagency. He should be criticized by theexperts for not being more active in freeagency because we’re developing ourguys, rewarding our ownguys.”■ McCaskey hadhigh praise forTrubisky,saying he’s “so proud” to have him in aBears uniform.

“He knows that a lot of people arecounting on him,” McCaskey said. “Heseems to be stepping into that role andhandling it the way you would hope andexpect him to.”■ The Bears are bringing back orangejerseys as their third option this season,and they’ll likely wear them for twogames,with the dates to be announced.

“It’s what they call the alternate jersey,where they reverse everything out,” Mc-Caskey said. “(It’s the one) we last woresix years ago and famously wore forNathan Vasher’s 108-yard return, thatjersey.”■ The Bears and the NFL are planningextensive celebrations of their 100thseasons for 2019, though neither wasready to unveil detailsWednesday.

“Of course we want to celebrate ourgreat past, but we don’t want it to be justthat,”McCaskey said. “Wewant to look tothe future and the next 100 years andhowexciting that is going to be.”■ McCaskeyhopes tohostBrianUrlacherthis seasonatSoldierField tocelebratehisHall of Fame induction, perhaps for thepresentation of hisHall of Fame ring.■ TheNFL did not vote on a policy aboutwhether players must stand on thesideline during the national anthem thisweek, instead focusing on the socialjustice initiatives that emerged from suchdiscussions with players. McCaskey saidhe is excited about the funding of localinitiatives.

McCaskey,Paceand formercoachJohnFox had spoken to the team during aSeptemberweekendwhen the issue cameto a head because of comments fromPresident Donald Trump, and the Bearslocked arms on the sideline before thegame against the Steelers. McCaskey saidhis stance hasn’t changed.

“We also said that we would supportthem, whatever they decided to do, andstrongly encouraged them whatever theydecided todo todo it together,”McCaskeysaid. ‘”And that’swhat they did.”■ Bears ownerVirginiaMcCaskey, 95, is afanof theLoyolabasketball teamandtheirchaplain, Sister JeanDoloresSchmidt, the98-year-old who has become an NCAAtournament celebrity.

GeorgeMcCaskey said the family had adinner planned around Loyola’s EliteEight game time Saturday.

“I said, ‘Mom, dinner is at 5:30,’ ”George said. “Andshesaid, ‘Hmmm, tipoffis at 6:09, so I think I’m going to get roomservice.”■ McCaskey was succinct in his com-ments about how the league’s new catchrulewould apply to ZachMiller’s negatedtouchdown last season against the Saints.

“It was a catch under the old rule,” hesaid, “and it’s going tobe a catchunder thenewone.”

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BEARS

ROUNDTABLEGEORGE MCCASKEY

Chairmanoptimisticabout futureBy Colleen Kane | Chicago Tribune

WHITE SOX


CUBS

MIAMI — The batteries are recharged,thanks in part to falling short of a secondconsecutiveWorld Series title.

For the14holdovers fromtheCubs’2016championship team, the chance for re-demptionwitha retooledpitching staff hasinvigorated their spirits.

“I see a lot of hunger,” said AddisonRussell, one of several young playersseeking a more consistent season. “When-everwe step on the field, we’ll always havethe target on our back. We did come upshort last year, but we were coming offwinning a World Series. Trying to do thatagain, it’s a hard task to do.

“A lot of teams haven’t done that. Wehaveall thepiecesweneed, therightpiecesto go forward and give a good run at it.”

The mission starts Thursday whenleft-hander Jon Lester takes the moundagainst a depleted Marlins team trying toreplicate the rebuild Cubs President TheoEpstein embarked on six years ago.

Lester, 34, has been in this positionbefore.HisRedSox teamlost to theRays—and manager Joe Maddon — in the 2008American League Championship Seriesafterwinning the 2007 Series.

“I’m learning each year towhen you getolder, you’re fine-tuning things,” Lestersaid.

“Obviously losing to theDodgers (in the2017NLCS) I don’twant to say fueled guysin the offseason. But we had a normaloffseason. Guys weren’t flying around anddoing things. They could take their breakand get back towork.”

Since the start of spring training, theCubs have emphasized the importance ofgetting off to a fast start, especially aftertheir World Series “hangover” in whichtheir first-half malaise forced them toovercomea51⁄2-gamedeficit towin theNLCentral.

“Human nature is undefeated,” Epsteinsaid. “It’s really hard to get around that. Iadmire any team in any sport that canmanage to repeat.”

Lester, a three-time World Series win-ner, understands the mental and physicaldrain many of his young teammatesexperienced last season after helping thefranchisewin its first title since 1908.

“Us doing that after 108 years with thisorganization and the buildup drained a lotof guys,” said Lester, adding that thesubsequent endorsement deals, autographsignings and travel took a collective toll.

“Idon’t thinkwewereaspreparedgoinginto ’17 as we thought we were. And itshowed in our play, in our pitching, andweturned it on.”

Free-agent relieverSteveCishek, 31, hadenough faith in the young core to sign atwo-year contract inDecember.

“Whodoesn’twant tobe aCub?”Cisheksaid. “Youhave theopportunity toplay intoNovember.

“For me, now is the time. I was on theCardinals (in 2015) but didn’t make theplayoff roster, so it gaveme a little chip. Tobe able (to win a World Series) issomething I want to experience someday,andhopefullywe can do it.”

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This year it’s‘hunger,’ nothangoverAfter slow start last season,Cubs ready to pounce earlyByMark Gonzales | Chicago Tribune

MIAMI — The Marlins may have asmany as a dozen players participating inopening-day festivities for the first time.

Nevertheless, the Cubs vow not to takethe Marlins for granted. That was a trapthe Cubs fell into last season against someof the league’s feebler teams.

Losing road series to theGiants, Philliesand Padres made the Cubs’ missiontougher, and they realize they can’t takethedepletedMarlinsorReds forgrantedasthey try to get off to a fast start in 2018.

“We might have fallen into that trap of,‘OK, we’ll turn it on and be good,’ ” Cubsleft-hander Mike Montgomery said.“That’s a toughway to go about it.”

The Marlins open the season Thursdaywithout the traded outfield of GiancarloStanton, Marcell Ozuna and ChristianYelich. Cubs reliever Steve Cishek, whopitched for the Marlins from 2010-15,knows the motivation second-divisionteams possesswhen they play contenders.

“Anytime you’re a successful team andwin the World Series, everyone is comingafteryou,”Cisheksaid. “It’s abigdealwhenyoubeat theCubs. Iwasontheotherendofthat. I remember when I was with theMarlins when we weren’t so great. Wewouldplay teams thatwere supposed todomajor damage, andwe’d come awaywith aserieswin, and itwas a big deal for us.”

Especiallywhen all 30 teams—even theMarlins — are filled with optimism afterspring training.

“Maybe when you catch a team at thebottom of their division and out of a(playoff ) race in July, there’s not as muchcompetition on their side,” Cubs closerBrandon Morrow said. “It’s just humannature. Early in the year everyone is tryingto get off to a hot start, and it definitelyhelps to set the tone for the season. Thatway youdon’t have to play frombehind.”

Cubs write offno opponentByMark Gonzales | Chicago Tribune

MIAMI—FromJonLester’swaywardbounce throw toTommyLa Stella’sbounce house, theCubsgot through anotherspring trainingwith ahealthy diet of hardwork and comic relief.

JoeMaddonintroducedhis artwork.

New starter YuDarvish bondedwithcatcherWillsonContreras. IanHappwonthe leadoff competition. And the slimmer,trimmerKyle Schwarber didn’t fall off hisdiet.

Everyone had plenty of time to getready, and no onewas seriously injured.

Now theCubswill bounce into openingdayThursday atMarlins Parkwith anextra spring in their step, just like 29 otherteams entering the season. Everything isfresh, and the sting of last year’s drubbingat the hand of the Dodgers in the NationalLeagueChampionship Series has subsided.

In essence, theCubswill start at homeon the road. A large contingent of Cubsfans is expected to be inMiami, thanks tospring break and a generalmalaise due tothe offseason purge ofmost of theMarlins’stars by newownerDerek Jeter.

TheCubs are one of five defendingdivisional champions—alongwith theAstros, Dodgers, Nationals and Indians—expected to breeze through the seasonand get back to the playoffs.

Things happen, of course, and oneneeds to look back only to last year’s firsthalf as an example of falling short of greatexpectations. But theCubs figured thingsout after theAll-Star break, survived awild, five-gamedivision series against theNationals and signedDodgers stars YuDarvish andBrandonMorrowafter losingto them in theNLCS.

Rich in talent and a year older, all theCubs really have to do is chowdownonthe have-nots of theNational League andhold their own against the otherwould-becontenders towin 90-plus games.Withonly theCardinals andBrewers toworryabout in theNLCentral, a fourth straightpostseason appearance— something thatnever has happened to the franchise sincethe firstWorld Serieswas played 115 yearsago— seems like a fait accompli.

“One of our strengths is (we’ve been)four years together nowwith a lot ofsuccess,”manager JoeMaddon saidduring spring training. “I’ve been lookingat other teams put together in thisoffseason.Nice names. Really nice names.But howdo you get on the same sheet of

music quickly? It’s not that easy.”A soft schedule to open the season

should help theCubs get off to a hot start.The first six games are against therebuildingMarlins andReds, and after afour-game trip toMilwaukee they open atWrigley Field against the lowly PiratesandBraves.Next come theCardinals,againstwhom theCubswent 14-5 lastyear, turning the tables on their archrivals.

Sowhat could gowrong?They have noWorld Series hangover to

overcome, andneither theBrewers norCardinals signed JakeArrieta,whichmight have changed the dynamic of theNLCentral race.

The lineup is proven, even as it falteredin the postseason,while the rotation ofLester, KyleHendricks, Darvish and JoseQuintanamake up a formidable foursome.No. 5 starterTylerChatwood is thewildcard, but theCubs believe he’ll thrivewhile pitchingmost of his games at sealevel instead of at Coors Field.

“It’s a healthy competition,”Quintanasaid. “It’d be anhonor forme to be in arotation like this, nomatterwhat spot Iget. It’s really fun… andwe’ll have a reallygood team. It’s exciting.We really havehigh expectations.”

The bullpen is probably the biggestconcern, but only because there are so fewother things toworry about.MorrowreplacesWadeDaviswith a chance tobecome an elite closer,withCarl EdwardsJr. and newcomer SteveCishek ready tostep in in case of emergency.

Perhaps the biggest key isHapp,who goesfrombeing an afterthought inOctober toone of themore important cogs in

Maddon’s ever-changing lineup puzzles.Hewas the oddmanout in the postseason,getting only seven at-bats despite hitting24home runs after being called up inMay.

“Wehad some veteran guys that hadbeen there before andhad done it,”Happsaid. “They deserved to be in the lineup. Itwas a great experience forme towatchand learn from them.

“Everyonewhoplayed hadwon aWorld Series, and everybody that playedhad been through that entire thing before.So to see how they handled themselvesand that atmosphere and that type ofgamewas a little different. Itwas good toget that experience.”

The atmosphere this springwas laidback and lowkey, especially in relation tothe last threeMaddon camps.Heintroducedhis “art of baseball” themeearly on, hoping his playerswould beinspired by replications of familiarartwork that had someof his favoriteMaddonisms scribbled on them.

But he didn’t force his players to studythem, applyingwhat he called “the silverhammer approach” to teaching, leavingeveryonewith his own interpretation ofwhat the artworkmeans.

“I justwant (the paintings) to appear onthewall and theywalk by and they stopand they look,” he said. “Just like an artgallery.”

Will this season beMaddon’smagnumopus, orwill theCubs run out of gas inOctober again?

It all depends onhow the ball bounces.

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After a slow start last season, the Cubs bounced back and again won the National League Central. They should repeat this year.


Next stop: OctoberCubs look like safe bet toreturn to postseason forfourth consecutive year

PaulSullivanOn baseball

Jon Lester is part of a rotation that should take the Cubs to their fourth straight playoffs.

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SCOREBOARD

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLNATIONAL LEAGUE THURSDAYCubs -185 at Miami +170at New York -143 St. Louis +133Philadelphia -123 at Atlanta +113Milwaukee -123 at San Diego +113at Los Angeles-277 San Fran. +247Colorado -106 at Arizona -104

AMERICAN LEAGUE THURSDAYat Kansas City -160 White Sox +150at Baltimore -120 Minnesota +110Houston -160 at Texas +150New York -144 at Toronto +134Boston -164 at Tampa Bay +154Los Angeles -127 at Oakland +117Cleveland -165 at Seattle +155

INTERLEAGUE THURSDAYPittsburgh -119 at Detroit +109

NBApregame.com THURSDAYat Miami 13 Bullsat Detroit off Washingtonat San Antonio off Oklahoma CityIndiana 71⁄2 at Sacramentoat Golden State off Milwaukee

COLLEGE BASKETBALLTHURSDAY

Penn St 4 UtahNCAA FINAL FOUR SATURDAYMichigan 5 LoyolaVillanova 5 Kansas

NHLTHURSDAY

Winnipeg -170 at Blackhawks +158at Boston off Tampa Bay offPittsburgh -123 at New Jersey+113at Buffalo -118 Detroit +108Florida -160 at Ottawa +150at Nashville -155 San Jose +145at Minnesota -150 Dallas +140at Calgary off Columbus offEdmonton -128 at Vancouver +118at Los Angeles-240 Arizona +220

LATEST LINE

THURSDAY’S PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPSNATIONAL LEAGUE 2017 TEAM 2017 vs. OPPTEAM PITCHER TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERACubs Lester (L) 13-8 4.33 19-13 1-0 7.0 3.86Mia Urena (R) 11:40a 14-7 3.82 18-16 2-0 11.0 2.45StL Martinez (R) 12-11 3.64 17-15 0-1 5.0 9.00NY Syndergaard (R) 12:10p 1-2 2.97 2-5 0-0 0.0 0.00Mil Anderson (R) 12-4 2.74 14-11 0-0 12.1 5.11SD Richard (L) 3:10p 8-15 4.79 13-19 0-1 6.0 9.00Phi Nola (R) 12-11 3.54 13-14 2-0 15.0 1.20Atl Teheran (R) 3:10p 11-13 4.49 15-17 1-2 23.1 5.79SF Blach (L) 8-12 4.78 12-22 1-2 25.1 3.20LAD Kershaw (L) 6:08p 18-4 2.31 23-4 4-1 34.0 1.59Col Gray (R) 10-12 3.55 12-15 2-2 19.1 5.12Ari Corbin (L) 9:10p 14-13 4.03 17-16 2-1 22.1 4.03

AMERICAN LEAGUE 2017 TEAM 2017 vs. OPPTEAM PITCHER TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERASox Shields (R) 5-7 5.23 9-12 0-0 10.1 7.84KC Duffy (L) 3:15p 9-10 3.81 11-13 1-3 22.0 7.77Min Odorizzi (R) 10-8 4.14 13-15 2-0 20.1 3.10Bal Bundy (R) 2:05p 13-9 4.24 16-12 0-2 12.0 6.00Hou Verlander (R) 15-8 3.36 18-15 2-1 19.0 4.74Tex Hamels (L) 2:35p 11-6 4.20 13-11 1-1 10.0 5.40NYY Severino (R) 14-6 2.98 20-11 0-1 12.2 4.97Tor Happ (L) 2:37p 10-11 3.53 11-14 2-0 11.2 1.54Bos Sale (L) 17-8 2.90 22-10 4-1 40.2 2.66TB Archer (R) 3p 10-12 4.07 17-17 1-1 15.1 5.87LAA Richards (R) 0-2 2.28 2-4 0-0 8.0 1.13Oak Graveman (R) 3:05p 6-4 4.19 9-10 1-1 29.0 4.66Cle Kluber (R) 18-4 2.25 20-9 1-0 7.0 0.00Sea Hernandez (R) 9:10p 6-5 4.36 9-7 0-0 0.0 0.00

INTERLEAGUE 2017 TEAM 2017 vs. OPPTEAM PITCHER TIME W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERAPit Nova (R) 11-14 4.14 13-18 0-1 6.1 8.53Det Zimmrmnn (R) 12:10p 8-13 6.08 10-19 0-1 7.0 3.86TEAM REC-Team’s record in games started by today’s pitcher.VS OPP-Pitcher’s record versus this opponent 2017 statistics.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

LEAGUE PLAYOFFSsingle-elimination, first-round games:

CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALSFriday’s scheduleGrand Rapids at Raptors 905, 6Texas at Rio Grande Valley, 7Saturday’s scheduleLakeland at Erie, 2South Bay at Oklahoma City , 4:15CONFERENCE SEMIFINALSMonday’s scheduleGrand Rpds/Raptors at Westchester, 6Texas/Rio GV at Austin, 6Tuesday’s scheduleLakeland/Erie at Fort Wayne, 6South Bay/OKC at Reno, 8

NBA G LEAGUE

MLB

11:40 a.m.Cubs at Marlins WGN-9, WSCR-AM 670

2:30 p.m. Astros at Rangers ESPN

3:15 p.m. White Sox at Royals NBCSCH, WGN-AM 720

6 p.m. Giants at Dodgers ESPN, WMVP-AM 1000

9 p.m. Indians at Mariners ESPN

COLLEGE BASEBALL

6:30 p.m. Tennessee at South Carolina ESPNU

NBA

6:30 p.m. Bulls at Heat WGN-9, WSCR-AM 670

7 p.m. Thunder at Spurs TNT

9:30 p.m. Bucks at Warriors TNT

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

6 p.m. NIT final, Penn State vs. Utah ESPN2

8 p.m. Slam dunk, 3-point contests ESPN2

BOYS BASKETBALL: GEICO NATIONALS QUARTERFINALS

11 a.m. Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Univ. vs. Shadow Mtn. (Ariz.)ESPNU

1 p.m. Findlay (Nev.) vs. La Lumiere (Ind.) ESPNU

3 p.m. Oak Hill (Va.) vs. Garfield (Wash.) ESPNU

5 p.m. Montverde (Fla.) vs. Lone Peak (Utah) ESPNU

GOLF

11 a.m. LPGA ANA Inspiration Golf Channel

3 p.m. PGA Houston Open Golf Channel

NHL

7 p.m. Stars at Wild NBCSN

7:30 p.m. Jets at Blackhawks NBCSCH, WGN-AM 720

CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

9 p.m. Victoria at Vancouver NHLN

TENNIS

Noon ATP Miami quarters, WTA Miami semis ESPN2

Noon ATP Miami doubles semifinals Tennis Channel

6 p.m. ATPMiami quarters, WTAMiami semisTennis Channel

THURSDAY ON TV/RADIO

U.S. MEN’S SOCCERMay 28: vs. Bolivia, 6June 2: vs. Ireland, 1:45

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCEREASTERN W L T PTS GF GA

Columbus 3 0 1 10 8 3N.Y. City FC 3 0 1 10 8 3New York 2 1 0 6 7 1Atlanta FC 2 1 0 6 7 6Philadelphia 1 0 1 4 2 0New England 1 1 1 4 4 5Montreal 1 2 0 3 4 5D.C. United 0 2 2 2 5 9Orlando City 0 2 1 1 2 5FIRE 0 2 0 0 4 6Toronto FC 0 2 0 0 0 3WESTERN W L T PTS GF GA

Sporting KC 2 1 1 7 9 9Vancouver 2 1 1 7 5 6Los Angeles FC 2 0 0 6 6 1Minnesota 2 2 0 6 6 8FC Dallas 1 0 2 5 5 2Houston 1 1 1 4 7 4LA Galaxy 1 1 1 4 3 3Salt Lake 1 1 1 4 3 6San Jose 1 1 0 3 5 5Colorado 0 1 1 1 3 4Portland 0 2 1 1 2 7Seattle 0 2 0 0 0 4NOTE:Threepoints for victory, onepointfor tie.FRIDAY’S SCHEDULEReal Salt Lake at Toronto FC, 7SATURDAY’S SCHEDULEPortland at Fire, 5New York at Orlando City, noonLos Angeles FC at LA Galaxy, 2Vancouver at Columbus, 2AtlantaUnited FCatMinnesotaUnited, 7New York City FC at San Jose, 7D.C. United at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30New England at Houston, 7:30Philadelphia at Colorado, 8Montreal at Seattle, 9

NATIONAL WOMEN’S LEAGUECLUB W L T PTS GF GA

North Carolina 1 0 0 3 1 0Seattle 1 0 0 3 2 1RED STARS 0 0 1 1 1 1Houston 0 0 1 1 1 1Orlando 0 0 1 1 1 1Utah 0 0 1 1 1 1Sky Blue FC 0 0 0 0 0 0Portland 0 1 0 0 0 1Washington 0 1 0 0 1 2NOTE:Threepoints for victory, onepointfor tie.FRIDAY’S SCHEDULEUtah at Houston, 7SATURDAY’S SCHEDULEPortland at Red Stars, 7:15Sky Blue FC at North Carolina, 2:30Orlando at Washington, 2:30

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUECLUB W T L GF GA PTS

Man City 26 3 1 85 20 81Man United 20 5 5 58 23 65Liverpool 18 9 4 73 34 63Tottenham 18 7 5 59 25 61Chelsea 17 5 8 52 27 56Arsenal 14 6 10 55 41 48Burnley 11 10 9 27 26 43Leicester 10 10 10 45 43 40Everton 11 7 13 37 50 40Bournemouth 9 9 13 37 49 36Watford 10 6 15 39 55 36Brighton 8 10 12 28 40 34Newcastle 8 8 14 30 40 32Swansea 8 7 15 25 42 31Huddersfield 8 7 16 25 52 31Crystal Palace 7 9 15 30 48 30West Ham 7 9 14 36 57 30Southampton 5 13 12 29 44 28Stoke 6 9 16 29 58 27West Brom 3 11 17 24 49 20SATURDAY’S SCHEDULECrystal Palace vs. Liverpool, 6:30 a.m.Newcastle vs. Huddersfield, 9 a.m.Man United vs. Swansea, 9 a.m.West Brom vs. Burnley, 9 a.m.Brighton vs. Leicester, 9 a.m.West Ham vs. Southampton, 9 a.m.Watford vs. Bournemouth, 9 a.m.Everton vs. Man City, 11:30 a.m.

SOCCER

WESTERN CONFERENCECENTRAL W L OL SOL PT GF GA

WOLVES 38 21 7 2 85 216 180Manitoba 39 22 4 4 86 232 181Gr. Rapids 37 24 1 7 82 210 193Rockford 36 25 4 4 80 211 209Iowa 30 23 9 6 75 206 219Milwaukee 34 28 4 1 73 190 202Cleveland 22 35 7 3 54 163 226

2 points for a win, 1 point for anovertime/shootout loss.

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTSWolves 3, Iowa 1Bridgeport 6, Hershey 4Hartford 4, Springfield 3 (SO)Syracuse 5, Binghamton 1Toronto 5, Laval 1Grand Rapids 3, Texas 2 (SO)WB/Scranton 5, Providence 2Utica 3, Rochester 2 (OT)Rockford 4, Manitoba 3Cleveland 6, Stockton 0Bakersfield 3, San Diego 2

THURSDAY: No games scheduled.

AHL

Montini boys basketball coach Daryl Thom-as, aMcDonald’sAll-American at St. Josephwhowas an All-Big Ten forward for Indiana’s 1987national championship team, died Wednesdaymorning of a heart attack, Montini announcedvia its Twitter account.Hewas 52.

“It iswith aheavyheart thatweannounce thatour Head Basketball Coach, Daryl Thomas,passed away from a heart attack this morning,”the school said.

At Indiana, Thomas scored 20 points in theHoosiers’ 74-73winover Syracuse in thenationalchampionship game. Thomas got the assist onKeith Smart’s game-winning basket. Will Larkin

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Tarkus Fergusonscored 16 points and Godwin Boahen added 13points as UIC advanced to the CIT champi-onship game with a 67-51 victory at Liberty. TheFlames (20-15) will play Northern Colorado onFriday. UIC stretched a five-point lead to 56-37with a 14-0 run capped by Boahen’s 3-pointerwith 6:20 left. ... Former Northwestern forwardand assistant coach Tavaras Hardywas namedcoach at Loyola (Md.). Hardy, a Joliet native andformer Providence star, spent the last twoseasons as an assistant atGeorgiaTech. ... DePauljunior G Max Strus intends to declare for theNBA draft, though hewill remain eligible for hissenior season by not hiring an agent. Strusaveraged a team-leading 16.8 points and hit 813-pointers — second on the program’s single-season list — as a junior. Duke freshman FMarvinBagley III is entering theNBAdraft, heannounced on Instagram. Bagley led the ACCwith 21.2 points and 11.3 rebounds per game. ...Michigan State GMiles Bridges is skipping hisfinal two seasons of eligibility and entering theNBA draft. ... Texas junior G Eric Davis Jr.,decided to turn pro after being held out severalgames late in the season after a Yahoo Sportsreport raised allegations that he’d taken moneyfroman agent representative.

NBA: Lakers G Isaiah Thomas will haveseason-ending arthroscopic surgery on his righthip. ...Karl-AnthonyTowns scored a franchise-record 56 points in the Timberwolves’ 126-114win over the Hawks, surpassing Mo Williams’mark of 52 points. ... Sixers C Joel Embiidwentto the locker room in the second quarter againstthe Knicks after a nasty collision with teammateMarkelle Fultz, who was driving toward thebasket. ... LeBron James tied Michael Jordanwith his 866th consecutive gamewith at least 10points, finishing with 41 points, 10 rebounds andeight assists in a 118-105win over theHornets. Inthe loss, Kemba Walker became the Hornets’all-time leading scoring leader with 9,841 points,passingDell Curry.

NFL: The league’s new rule outlawing a playerfrom lowering his head to initially make any sortof hit with his helmet likely will be included inreplay reviews for officials. ... The Las VegasStadium Authority has signed the final docu-ments necessary to build the future home of theRaiders. The $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat stadium isscheduled tobecompletedbyAug. 1, 2020. ... TheBroncos acquired S Su’a Cravens from theRedskins for draft picks. ... The Jaguars acquiredQB Cody Kessler from the Browns for a 2019draft pick to be the backup toBlakeBortles.

ALSO: Danielle Collins, the 2014 and 2016NCAA champion at Virginia, stunned No. 8 seedVenus Williams 6-2, 6-3 in the Miami Openquarterfinals. ... The Bruins gave a one-year, $5millionextension toDZdenoChara through the2018-19 season. ... A medical examiner deter-mined Zeke Upshaw, a swingman for thePistons’ G League affiliate, suffered a “suddencardiac death” after collapsing on the courtduring a game Sunday. Upshaw played atChicagoU-High, Illinois State andHofstra.

IN BRIEF HIGH SCHOOLS

Montini coach,ex-Indiana star diesTribune news services

LPGA TOURANA INSPIRATIONSite: Rancho Mirage, Calif.Course: Mission Hills CC (Dinah ShoreTournament Course). Yardage: 6,763.Par: 72.Purse: $2.8 million.Winner: $420,000.TV: Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m., 6-8p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday,4-8 p.m. (Golf Channel).Defending champion: So Yeon Ryu.Last week: Eun-Hee Ji won the Kia Clas-sic.Race to CME Globe leader: Jin Young Ko.Notes: Ryu won last year in a playoffover Lexi Thompson, whowas penalizedfour shots with six holes to play in regu-lation because of a rules violation Sat-urday— two shots for improperly mark-ing her ball, two shots for the incorrectscorecard.Next tournament: Lotte Championshipin Hawaii on April 11-14.Online: www.lpga.com

PGA TOURHOUSTON OPENSite: Humble, Texas.Course: GC of Houston (TournamentCourse). Yardage: 7,457. Par: 72.Purse: $7 million.Winner: $1,260,000.TV: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (GolfChannel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-2 2-3 p.m.(Golf Channel), 2-5 p.m. (NBC-5).Defending champion: Russell Henley.Last week: Bubba Watson won the DellTechnologies Match Play and Brice Gar-nett won the Corales Puntacana Resortand Club Championship.FedEx Cup leader: Justin Thomas.Notes: TheHoustonOpen iswithout a ti-tle sponsor for the first time since 1986.

... The winner of the Houston Open getsinto theMasters if he is not alreadyeligi-ble.Next week: The Masters Tournament.Online: www.pgatour.comWEB.COM TOURSAVANNAH GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPSite: Savannah, Ga.Course: Landings Club (Deer Creek GC).Yardage: 7,094. Par: 72.Purse: $550,000.Winner: $99,000.TV: None.Defending champion: New tournament.Last week: Julian Etulain won the Chiti-macha Louisiana Open.Money leader: Sungjae Im.Next tournament: North MississippiClassic on April 19-22.Online: www.pgatour.com/webcom

EUROPEAN TOURLast week: Bubba Watson won the DellTechnologies Match Play.Next week: The Masters.Race to Dubai leader: ShubhankarSharma.Online: www.europeantour.comPGA TOUR CHAMPIONSLastweek:SteveStrickerwon theRapis-can Systems Classic.Next tournament: Mitsubishi ElectricClassic on April 13-15.Schwab Cup leader: Steve Stricker.Online: www.pgatour.com/champions

OTHER TOURSWOMENJapan LPGA: Yamaha Ladies Open Kat-suragi, Katsuragi GC (Yamana Course),Shizuoka, Japan. Defending champion:Min-young Lee. Online: www.lpga.or.jp

GOLF: TEEING OFF THIS WEEKEND

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BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUEWhite Sox: Acquired RHP Ricardo PintofromPhiladelphia for international sign-ing bonus pool money. Placed LHP Car-los RodDetroit: Agreed to terms with LHP JairoLabourt on a minor league contract.New York: Announced RHP Jose MesaJr., a Rule 5 Draft pick, was returned byBaltimore and assigned him to Scran-ton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).Oakland: Optioned RHPs Trevor Cahilland Frankie Montas, INF Franklin Bar-reto and OFs Mark Canha and DustinFowler to Nashville (PCL). AnnouncedRHP Raul Alcantara clearedwaivers andwas sent outright to Nashville. PlacedRHPs Paul Blackburn and Ryan Dull, CJosh Phegley and INF Renato Nunez onthe 10-day DL, retroactive to March 26.Reassigned RHP Simon Castro, C BeauTaylor and INF Sheldon Neuse to minorleague camp.Tampa Bay: Placed RHPs Nathan EovaldiandJoseDeLeononthe10-daydisabled list.Recalled RHP Austin Pruitt from Durham(IL). Released RHP Daniel Hudson.NATIONAL LEAGUECincinnati: Selected the contracts ofINF-OF Phil Gosselin and RHP KevinQuackenbush. Reassigned RHP VanceWorley to minor league camp.Los Angeles: Optioned OF Andrew Tolesto Oklahoma City (PCL).New York: Assigned OF Tim Tebow toBinghamton (EL). Announced OF BryceBrentz cleared waivers and was sentoutright to Las Vegas (PCL).St. Louis: Selected the contracts of RHPJordan Hicks and C Francisco Pena. Re-called RHP Jack Flaherty from Memphis(PCL). Optioned RHP John Brebbia toMemphis. Designated INF BreyvicValera and RHP Josh Lucas for assign-ment. PlacedRHPsLukeGregerson,AlexReyes and Adam Wainwright on the 10-day DL, retroactive to March 26.San Diego: Sent RHP Rowan Wick out-right to El Paso (TL).

BASKETBALLNATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONPhiladelphia: Announced the G Leaguefranchise will move from Newark, Dela-ware, to Wilmington and will change itsname to the Delaware Blue Coats.

FOOTBALLNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUEArizona: Signed DL Moubarak Djeri.Cleveland: Traded QB Cody Kessler toJacksonville for a conditional 2019 sev-enth-round draft pick.New Orleans: Agreed to terms with TEBenjaminWatson on a one-year contract.CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUEEdmonton: Released CB Marcell Young.Signed OL Chauncey Briggs.

HOCKEYNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEBlackhawks: Recalled G Collin Deliafrom Rockford (AHL). Assigned G J-FBerube to Rockford.Boston: Agreed to terms with D ZdenoChara on a one-year contract extension.Colorado: Recalled GAndrewHammondfrom San Antonio (AHL).

SOCCERMAJOR LEAGUE SOCCERDallas: Agreed to terms with F Maxi Ur-ruti on a three-year contract.

ULTIMATE FIGHTINGCHAMPIONSHIPUSADA: Announced Amanda Lemostested positive for a prohibited sub-stance and accepted a two-year sanc-tion for her anti-doping policy violation.

COLLEGEBrown: Named Katie Reifert and AubreyMarsellis assistant volleyball coaches.DePaul: Announced junior G Max Struswill declare for the NBA draft.Duke: Announced freshman C MarvinBagley III has declared for theNBAdraft.Georgia Southern: Announced junior GTookieBrownhasdeclared for theNBAdraft.Hofstra:Named Rick Cole, Jr. director ofathletics.Loyola (Md.): Named Tavaras Hardymen’s basketball coach.Michigan State: Announced sophomoreF Miles Bridges will enter the NBA draft.New Jersey City: Named Shawn Tuckerassociate vice president and director ofathletics.Texas: Junior guard Eric Davis Jr. will en-ter the NBA draft.Toledo: Signed men’s basketball coachTod Kowalczyk to a two-year contractextension through 2022-23.

TRANSACTIONS

Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani isscheduled to make his major-league pitchingdebut Sunday against the A’s in the fourth gameof the season.

Ohtani also is expected tobe theAngels’DHinat least one of the first three games.

“He’s gotten into the mid-80-pitch range andshould be able to get over 90 if he’s throwing tohis capabilities,” manager Mike Scioscia said.“That’s plenty to get deep into the game.”

Power on power: The Yankees unveiled whatmaybe themajors’most anticipatedopening-daylineup, with Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stantonand Gary Sanchez to bat 2-3-4 behind BrettGardner.

Also, Tyler Austin will start at first base inplace of the injuredGregBird, and right-handerLuis Severino, 24, will be the Yankees’ youngestopening-day starter since 23-year-old LeftyGomez faced the PhiladelphiaAthletics in 1932.

Setback for Eovaldi: Rays righty NathanEovaldi went on the DL and will undergoarthroscopic surgery to repair loose bodies in hispitching elbow. He is expected to be part of theRays’ rotation after missing last season due toTommyJohn surgery.■ PitcherDanielHudsonwas released.

Extra innings: The Reds’ opener against theNationals was pushed back to Friday becauserain is forecast all dayThursday. It’s the first timesince 1966 the Reds have rescheduled theiropener because of the weather. ... The Dodgersoptioned OF Andrew Toles to Triple A. ... TheMets confirmed OF Tim Tebow will open theseason atDoubleA. ... Rangers 3BAdrianBeltreis starting his 21st season, the only activemajor-leaguerwith at least 20 seasons.

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Ohtani to faceA’s in Game 4Associated Press

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MEN’S NCAA D1 TOURNAMENT

FINAL FOUR; Alamodome, San AntonioSaturday’s national semifinals (TV:TBS)Loyola (32-5) vs. Michigan (32-7), 5:09Villanova (34-4) vs. Kansas (31-7), 7:49Monday, national championship gameSemifinal winners, 8:20 (TBS)

MEN’S POSTSEASON NITAt Madison Square Garden, New YorkThursday’s championship (ESPN2)Utah (23-11) vs. Penn State (25-13), 6

COLLEGE BASKETBALLINVITATIONALFINALS (best-of-3)N. Texas (19-18) vs. San Francisco (22-16)Game 1: SAN FRANCISCO 72-62 (Mon.)Game 2: NORTH TEXAS 69-55 (Wed.)Game 3: Fri at North Texas, 6

COLLEGEINSIDER.COMWednesday’s semifinalsUIC 67, Liberty 51N. Colorado 99, Sam Houston St 80Friday’s championshipUIC (17-15) vs. N. Colorado (25-12), 6

WOMEN’S NCAA D1 TOURNAMENTWOMEN’S FINAL FOURNationwide Arena; Columbus, OhioFriday’s national semifinals (ESPN2)Miss. St. (36-1) vs. Louisville (36-2), 6UConn (36-0) vs. Notre Dame (33-3), 8Sunday’s national championshipSemifinal winners, 6

WOMEN’S POSTSEASON NITWednesday’s semifinalsIndiana 71, TCU 58Virginia Tech 64, West Virginia 61Saturday’s championshipIndiana (22-14) vs. Virginia Tech (23-13), 2

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLINVITATIONALThursday’s championshipYale (18-13) at C. Arkansas (25-9), 7

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MIAMI OPENQF; at The Tennis Center at CrandonPark; Key Biscayne, Fla.; hard-outdoorMen#14 John Isner d.#19 Chung Hyeon, 6-1, 6-4

#5 Juan Martin del Potro d.#20 Milos Raonic, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3)Women#6 Jelena Ostapenko d.#4 Elina Svitolina, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)Danielle Collins d.#8 Venus Williams, 6-2, 6-3

TENNIS

2018 WOMEN’S ALL AMERICA SELECTIONS

FIRST TEAM (first-place votes, voting points)

A'ja Wilson, South Carolina, 6-5, senior, Hopkins, S.C.22.6 ppg, 11.8 rpg, 55.0 fg pct, 3.2 blocks (32, 160)Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn, 6-3, junior, Huntington Beach, Calif.17.9 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.7 apg, 53.1 fg pct, 46.2 3pt fg pct, 83.8 ft pct, 1.3 steals (30156)Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon, 5-11, sophomore, Walnut Creek, Calif.19.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 7.8 apg, 43.7 3pt fg pct, 1.6 steals (21, 134)Asia Durr, Louisville, 5-10, junior, Douglasville, Ga.18.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 42.5 3pt fg pct, 1.0 steals (19, 124)Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State, 6-1, senior, Carthage, Miss.19.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.5 steals (20, 123)

SECOND TEAMKalani Brown, Baylor, 6-7, junior, Slidell, La.

20.2 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 66.3 fg pct, 1.2 blocks (13, 118)Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State, 5-8, senior, Cincinnati

24.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 4.2 apg, 40.8 3pt fg pct, 1.5 steals (7, 108)Gabby Williams, UConn, 5-11, senior, Sparks, Nev.10.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 5.2 apg, 59.1 fg pct, 2.6 steals (8, 103)Megan Gustafson, Iowa, 6-3, junior, Port Wing, Wis.5.6 ppg, 12.7 rpg, 66.8 fg pct, 2.1 blocks (7, 74)Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame, 5-8, junior, Milwaukee20.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.6 steals (1, 74)

THIRD TEAMNapheesa Collier, UConn, 6-1, junior, O'Fallon, Mo.15.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.2 apg, 56.5 fg pct, 1.7 steals (1, 59)Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State, 6-7, junior, Brenham, Texas17.7 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 60.2 fg pct, 2.0 blocks (1, 42)Jordin Canada, UCLA, 5-6, senior, Los Angeles16.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 6.9 apg, 3.2 steals (0, 41)Lexie Brown, Duke, 5-9, senior, Suwanee, Ga.20.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.4 apg, 3.5 steals (0, 15)

Myisha Hines-Allen, Louisville, 6-2, senior, Montclair, N.J.13.9 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 53.1 fg pct, 1.1 steals (0, 15)

Honorable Mention (alphabetical order)Ariel Atkins, Texas; Kenisha Bell, Minnesota; Tashia Brown, Western Kentucky;Natalie Butler, George Mason; Bridget Carleton, Iowa State; Chennedy Carter,Texas A&M; Lauren Cox, Baylor; Sophie Cunningham, Missouri; Katelynn Flaherty,Michigan; Loryn Goodwin, Oklahoma State; Marie Gulich, Oregon State; RuthyHebard, Oregon; Kaylee Jensen, Oklahoma State; Maria Jespersen, South Florida;Brooke McCarty, Texas; Brittany McPhee, Stanford; Tinara Moore, Central Michi-gan; Teana Muldrow, West Virginia; Kia Nurse, UConn; Jaime Nared, Tennessee;Shakayla Thomas, Florida State; Morgan William, Missisippi State; Imani Wright,Florida State.

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WESTERN CONFERENCECENTRAL GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIVx-Nashville 76 49 16 11 109 245 193 26-8-4 23-8-7 18-5-2x-Winnipeg 76 47 19 10 104 255 200 30-7-2 17-12-8 13-8-2Minnesota 76 42 24 10 94 233 215 25-6-8 17-18-2 12-11-1St. Louis 76 43 28 5 91 212 198 24-15-0 19-13-5 10-10-3Colorado 77 41 28 8 90 241 224 26-10-2 15-18-6 11-10-3Dallas 77 39 30 8 86 218 210 25-12-3 14-18-5 11-13-0BLACKHAWKS 77 31 36 10 72 217 238 17-17-5 14-19-5 7-11-3

PACIFIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIVx-Vegas 77 48 22 7 103 256 208 27-10-2 21-12-5 18-4-3San Jose 77 44 23 10 98 238 209 24-11-3 20-12-7 21-4-3Anaheim 77 39 25 13 91 218 208 22-10-5 17-15-8 12-7-7Los Angeles 77 42 28 7 91 224 190 20-14-3 22-14-4 12-11-4Calgary 77 35 32 10 80 205 234 15-18-4 20-14-6 10-13-3Edmonton 77 34 37 6 74 224 250 17-18-4 17-19-2 14-9-1Vancouver 77 28 40 9 65 201 248 12-18-6 16-22-3 7-17-1Arizona 76 26 39 11 63 189 243 15-20-4 11-19-7 9-10-6

EASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIVx-Tampa Bay 75 51 20 4 106 272 213 27-8-2 24-12-2 16-7-2x-Boston 75 47 17 11 105 249 194 25-7-5 22-10-6 15-5-2Toronto 77 46 24 7 99 261 219 27-9-2 19-15-5 15-8-3Florida 75 39 29 7 85 229 228 23-11-3 16-18-4 14-7-2Montreal 77 28 37 12 68 196 245 18-13-8 10-24-4 12-9-5Detroit 77 28 38 11 67 199 239 15-15-8 13-23-3 6-15-4Ottawa 76 26 39 11 63 207 270 15-18-6 11-21-5 8-12-4Buffalo 76 24 40 12 60 177 250 11-23-5 13-17-7 11-9-3

METRO GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIVWashington 77 46 24 7 99 243 225 27-9-2 19-15-5 15-7-3Pittsburgh 77 43 28 6 92 253 233 28-8-2 15-20-4 16-7-2Columbus 77 43 29 5 91 222 211 25-12-2 18-17-3 14-10-3Philadelphia 78 39 25 14 92 234 232 19-13-6 20-12-8 12-7-6New Jersey 76 40 28 8 88 229 228 20-14-3 20-14-5 13-9-1Carolina 77 34 32 11 79 215 244 18-15-6 16-17-5 9-11-5N.Y. Rangers 77 33 35 9 75 223 248 21-15-4 12-21-4 9-12-3N.Y. Islanders 77 32 35 10 74 246 279 17-17-4 15-18-6 11-12-2x-clinched playoff spot; Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top threeteams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.through Wednesday

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTSTORONTO 4, Florida 3WASHINGTON 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 (OT)Philiadelphia 2, COLORADO 1Arizona 3, VEGAS 2THURSDAY’S SCHEDULEWinnipeg at Blackhawks, 7:30Tampa Bay at Boston, 6Detroit at Buffalo, 6Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 6Florida at Ottawa, 6:30San Jose at Nashville, 7Dallas at Minnesota, 7Columbus at Calgary, 8Edmonton at Vancouver, 9Arizona at Los Angeles, 9;30FRIDAY’S SCHEDULEBlackhawks at Colorado, 8Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 6Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 6Carolina at Washington, 6Los Angeles at Anaheim, 9St. Louis at Vegas, 9:30

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULEFlorida at Boston, noonOttawa at Detroit, 1Columbus at Vancouver, 3N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 6N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 6Montreal at Pittsburgh, 6Winnipeg at Toronto, 6Minnesota at Dallas, 7Buffalo at Nashville, 7St. Louis at Arizona, 8Edmonton at Calgary, 9San Jose at Vegas, 9:30TUESDAY’S RESULTSN.Y. Islanders 4, OTTAWA 3NEW JERSEY 4, Carolina 3DETROIT 5, Pittsburgh 2ST. LOUIS 3, San Jose 2 (OT)Nashville 2, Minnesota 1 (SO)WINNIPEG 5, Boston 4 (SO)DALLAS 3, Philadelphia 2 (OT)Columbus 7, EDMONTON 3VANCOUVER 4, Anaheim 1

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EASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONFx-Toronto 55 20 .733 — 7-3 W-1 31-7 24-13 36-9x-Boston 52 23 .693 3 7-3 W-5 24-13 28-10 30-15x-Philadelphia 44 30 .595 101⁄2 9-1 W-8 26-11 18-19 27-18New York 27 49 .355 281⁄2 3-7 L-2 18-18 9-31 15-31Brooklyn 24 51 .320 31 4-6 W-1 14-25 10-26 15-30

SOUTHEAST W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONFWashington 41 33 .554 — 5-5 W-1 21-17 20-16 26-19Miami 40 35 .533 11⁄2 6-4 W-1 23-13 17-22 27-19Charlotte 34 42 .447 8 6-4 L-1 21-18 13-24 20-26Orlando 22 52 .297 19 2-8 L-1 15-22 7-30 13-32Atlanta 21 54 .280 201⁄2 1-9 L-4 15-22 6-32 9-36

CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONFx-Cleveland 45 30 .600 — 7-3 W-1 25-11 20-19 32-15x-Indiana 44 31 .587 1 7-3 W-3 26-13 18-18 31-18Milwaukee 39 35 .527 51⁄2 5-5 L-1 23-15 16-20 24-23Detroit 34 40 .459 101⁄2 5-5 W-2 23-14 11-26 20-26BULLS 24 50 .324 201⁄2 2-8 L-6 15-22 9-28 18-26

WESTERN CONFERENCESOUTHWEST W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONFy-Houston 61 14 .813 — 10-0 W-10 31-6 30-8 38-8San Antonio 43 32 .573 18 6-4 L-2 29-8 14-24 25-20New Orleans 43 32 .573 18 5-5 L-2 22-16 21-16 22-24Dallas 23 52 .307 38 3-7 L-1 14-24 9-28 13-36Memphis 21 54 .280 40 3-7 W-2 15-24 6-30 18-28

NORTHWEST W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONFPortland 46 29 .613 — 7-3 L-1 25-13 21-16 28-17Oklahoma City 44 31 .587 2 7-3 L-1 26-12 18-19 25-21Minnesota 43 33 .566 31⁄2 5-5 W-1 28-10 15-23 30-16Utah 42 33 .560 4 7-3 L-1 24-13 18-20 28-17Denver 40 35 .533 6 5-5 L-2 27-10 13-25 24-23

PACIFIC W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONFy-Golden State 54 20 .730 — 4-6 L-2 28-10 26-10 30-16L.A. Clippers 41 34 .547 131⁄2 5-5 W-3 21-15 20-19 23-23L.A. Lakers 33 41 .446 21 4-6 W-1 19-16 14-25 17-28Sacramento 24 51 .320 301⁄2 4-6 L-2 13-25 11-26 11-35Phoenix 19 57 .250 36 0-10 L-13 9-29 10-28 13-33x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division through Wednesday

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTSCleveland 118, CHARLOTTE 105Brooklyn 111, ORLANDO 104PHILADELPHIA 118, New York 101MEMPHIS 108, Portland 103MINNESOTA 126, Atlanta 114Boston 97, UTAH 94L.A. Clippers 111, PHOENIX 99L.A. LAKERS 103, Dallas 93THURSDAY’S SCHEDULEBulls at Miami, 6:30Washington at Detroit, 6Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 7Indiana at Sacramento, 9Milwaukee at Golden State, 9:30FRIDAY’S SCHEDULEBulls at Orlando, 6Philadelphia at Atlanta, 6:30New Orleans at Cleveland, 7Phoenix at Houston, 7Denver at Oklahoma City, 7Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30Memphis at Utah, 8Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 9:30L.A. Clippers at Portland, 9:30SATURDAY’S SCHEDULECharlotte at Washington, 2

Detroit at New York, 4Toronto at Boston, 6:30Brooklyn at Miami, 7Golden State at Sacramento, 9SUNDAY’S SCHEDULEPhiladelphia at Charlotte, noonWashington at Chicago, 2:30Houston at San Antonio, 2:30Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 2:30Orlando at Atlanta, 5Detroit at Brooklyn, 5Dallas at Cleveland, 5Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5Utah at Minnesota, 6Milwaukee at Denver, 7Phoenix at Golden State, 7:30Memphis at Portland, 8Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 8:30TUESDAY’S RESULTSHOUSTON 118, Bulls 86WASHINGTON 116, San Antonio 106TORONTO 114, Denver 110MIAMI 98, Cleveland 79Portland 107, NEW ORLEANS 103Dallas 103, SACRAMENTO 97Indiana 92, GOLDEN STATE 81L.A. CLIPPERS 105, Milwaukee 98

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NCAA D1 TOURNAMENTFROZEN FOUR; St. Paul, Minn.National semifinals, April 5Ohio State (26-9-5) vs.Minn. Duluth (23-16-3), 5

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Generalmanager StanBowman’s planfor this year’s teamwas heavy onhopeandheavily reliant on his core of stars.With somuch of the salary cap devoted toveteran players—Toews,Kane,DuncanKeith, Brent Seabrook andCoreyCrawford— theHawkswould rely onthem to be their best selveswhile fillingthe rest of the rosterwith inexpensiveyoungsters and role players.

It didn’twork. Expecting it toworknext year,when all of those playerswill bea year older, seemsmore like a prayer thana plan.

“I think next year’s team is going tolook very similar to this year's team, notidentical,” Bowman said in February.“We're going to have some changes.”

The phrase “very similar to this year’steam” is probably not somethingHawksfanswant to hear. But Bowman’s ability tomake changes is limited by the salary capand the no-movement clauses he gavehisstars. Of the five playersmentionedpreviously, onlyCrawford—33 andinactive formuch of this seasonwith apuzzling injury—has no such restrictionin his contract.

TheHawks’ biggest need for the2018-19 season is not an acquisition fromoutside the organization.More thananything, they need their core players toreturn to form, to play up to theircontracts. Unless that happens, it’s hard tosee them improving enough to get back tothe playoffs.

Amash-up of a fewhighly paidveterans and a supporting cast ofyoungsters and role players can succeed.ThePenguins are a similarly constructedteam,with a bulk of their payroll going toa handful of stars. But the differencebetween themand theHawks is that

TheBlackhawks’core players got oldin the samewayMikeCampbell, acharacter inErnestHemingway’s “TheSunAlsoRises,”famouslywentbankrupt: Gradually,then suddenly.

Here’s how the last three seasons haveended for theBlackhawks:■ 2015-16:First-round elimination in aseven-game series.■ 2016-17:First-round elimination in ahumiliating sweep.■ 2017-18:Failure tomake playoffs. (Infact, theywillmiss the playoffs by acountrymile and finish last in theCentralDivision, just one year removed fromhaving the best record in theWesternConference.)

The effects of aging can be sneaky.Things that oncewere done automaticallyandwith ease begin to requiremoreeffort,more energy,more focus. Youadjust and compensate, and for awhile,you stave off the inevitable.

Then at somepoint, the bell tolls andyour youth is irretrievably behind you.

Next season, JonathanToews andPatrickKanewill be 30. Theywere stillteenagerswhen theymade theirNHLdebuts in the 2007-08 season, the last yearbefore this one that the Hawks failed toqualify for the playoffs. Over their 10 seasonsin the league, Toews and Kane haveplayed inmore than 120 postseason games,the equivalent of 11⁄2 regular seasons.

Toews andKane aren’twashed up byanymeans. Toews, despite his decline inproduction, is still a formidable player—or at least hewas the last timewe sawhim; he hasmissed the last five gameswith an unspecified injury. Kane,whilewell off the pace he set a couple of yearsagowhenhe led the league in scoring andwon theHart Trophy, remains one of thegame’smost dynamic performers.

But time is not on their side anymore.In terms of theirNHLcareers, they areplaying on the back nine. This is thebeginning of a seconddecade in a youngman’s league.

SidneyCrosby andEvgeniMalkin still areperforming like $10million-a-year playersdespite having passed their 30th birthdays.

ThePenguins also effectivelymade thetransition froman aging goaltender,Marc-Andre Fleury, to a tandemofyoungsters, 23-year-oldMattMurray and22-year-oldTristan Jarry. They found aterrific young defenseman,OlliMaatta,with the 22nd overall pick in the 2012draft. And, needless to say, theywill be inthe playoffs again and competing for theirthird straight StanleyCup.

Back inOctober, theHawks opened theseason spanking those Penguins 10-1.Brandon Saad hit for the hat trick,makingtheArtemi Panarin trade look like a smartgamble. Things seemedpromising for theHawks then, didn’t they?

But thatwas before theCrawford injuryinDecember. Itwas before an atrociousJanuary stretch, a 2-10-2 slide fromwhichtheHawks never recovered. Itwas beforeSaad’s inexplicable off year, a season inwhichhe hasmanaged only 34 points(fewer thanhalf asmany as Panarin’s 71)and become aminus player for the firsttime in his career.

At 25, at least Saad still has youth in hisfavor. It’s not inconceivable that he revertsto the productive two-way threat that hewas for the first five seasons of his career.

Canhis older teammates summon theiryounger selves and bounce back nextseason? It’s an open question. FatherTime—who,we should point out, is undefeated—has been stalking theHawks stealthilyfor some timenow.

Suddenly, it seems like he finallymayhave caught up to them.

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The Hawks’ biggest need for the 2018-19 season is notan acquisition from outside the organization. More thananything, they need their core players to return to form,to play up to their contracts. Unless that happens, it’s hardto see them improving enough to get back to the playoffs.Joe Knowles

On the Blackhawks

Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, left, and Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook, right, look befuddled Jan. 22 in a loss to the Lightning.Eight years earlier, the four Hawks stars posed for a photo promoting the 2010 Olympics, a few months before their first Stanley Cup.

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Cuprunover?


HOUSTON — Maximum con-tracts aren’t simply about genera-tional wealth in the NBA. They’realso about respect and status.

Zach LaVine is set to enter afascinating restricted freeagency thisoffseason, and he and Bulls manage-ment have emphatically stated a dealwill get done.

But does LaVine think he’s worththemax?

“There are things you work for,”LaVine answered diplomatically.“Max players are top of the line.There are a lot of dudes in the NBAwho haven’t been top of the linebecause of money situations or thecap is bigger or aweird offseason.

“You are what you’re worth. Obvi-ously,youcan’t saynotogettingone. Iseemyself beinganeliteplayer in thisleague. I’m going to work for thatevery day until I get there.”

LaVine is too savvy — and toomuch of an organizational guy — tonegotiate in the media. Reiteratingthathismain focus thisoffseasonwillbe on improving his game, he said hetrusts that the strong relationship hisrepresentation has with Bulls man-agementwill prove beneficial.

Bill Duffy, the head of LaVine’sagency, worked with Bulls manage-ment through the Jay Williamscontract settlement after Williams’career-ending motorcycle accidentin 2003.

“There’s a lot that goes into it,”LaVine said. “The agency and frontoffice, they’re both trying to get thebetter of each (other), but I think thissituation is a little bit differentbecause there’s mutual respect onboth sides and understanding.There’s nobadbloodbetweenus, so Ithink everythingwill go smoothly.

“I’m not stressed at all. Whateverthe number is or terms they’re goingto come to, itwill happen.That’swhyI have great agents. And we haverespect, communication and under-standing with the front office (so)we’ll let thatwork itself out.

“I can’t let it get to me. It’s notgoing to. I have to prepare myself fornext year and be ready to take on abigger role and help the team getbetter.”

It’s a strong possibility LaVine,who has embraced his role in therebuild as the main acquisition fromthe JimmyButler trade, is shut downfor the seasonbecauseofhis left kneetendinitis. If that happens, LaVinewill finish with an average of 16.7points in 24 games.

To some, that may not be a lot; toLaVine, itmeans plenty.

“I was able to continue to improveand show some of the things I’mcapable of doing,” he said. “Above all,Iwas just happy to get back and play.

“There are so many differenttimetables for coming off an ACL.Bulls fans know firsthand since(Derrick Rose) didn’t play the wholeyear. Jabari (Parker) came back amonth after me and is just gettingback into agroove. It’s always good toget back into the rhythm.

“It’s not (as if ) I want to miss anygames; I already missed enough.(I’m) just trying togetall thesorenessout and they’re just being extracautious. I’m always working. I’vebeen shooting, (plus doing) strengthwork (and) rehab to address thesoreness.”

It’s the life of someone who hasexperienced anACL tear.

“It’s something (I) have to workon,” LaVine said. “This summer willbe big because I’ll get an extra year ofworking out through it.

“You have soreness and little painshere and there from the surgery —that’s just how it is. You have to dealwith that. It gets better and it goesaway.

“There’s still scar tissue gettingbrokenup.Therearemovements Idothat my knee hasn’t done in a year.This is part of my rehab, just theadvanced stage.”

And the next step will involveadvanced contract negotiations.

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New dealnot mainfocus forLaVineGuard leaving that taskto agents, will zero inon physical improvementBy K.C. JohnsonChicago Tribune

BULLS AT HEATTV/radio: 6:30 p.m. Thursday;WGN-Ch. 9, WSCR-AM 670.Storylines: The Bulls get their firstlook at Dwyane Wade back in a Heatuniform. The Heat are coming off ablowout home win over the Cavaliers.Trending: The Bulls are 6-6 in thefirst of back-to-back games and willbe short-handed again. The Heathave won two of three meetings andwere led in scoring by Goran Dragiceach time.

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PEORIA,Ariz.—FelixHernan-dez finally got a semblance of aspring training start. He nearlyquadrupled his total innings com-pared with the rest of springtraining— from 11⁄3 innings to fiveafter delivering against the Cubson Saturday.

But is that really enough tothrow the first pitch of the firstgameof the2018 season in frontofwhat will most likely be a packedhouse at Safeco Field?

“I think so,” Hernandez said athis locker afterward. “I feel good.”

After just five innings?“Yeah,”he said. “That’s thekind

of guy I am.”He’s the kind of guy who has a

Cy Young Award — and maybeshouldhavea fewmore—with sixAll-Star appearances, two ERAtitles and the franchise record forcareer strikeouts,which is 48th alltime.

He’s the kind of guy who hasearned amoniker of “King.”

On Sunday, manager Scott Ser-vais officially handed Hernandezthekeys toopeningdayagainst theIndians on Thursday at SafecoField. It’s his 10th consecutiveseason-opening start, which onlysix other pitchers in baseballhistory have accomplished: RoyHalladay, Walter Johnson, SteveCarlton, Tom Seaver, Robin Rob-erts and JackMorris.

Hernandez was asked aboutthat and themeaning forhimafterhis Saturday start.

“That would be awesome,” hesaid, smiling and looking towardhis feet. “Itmeans I’ve beenhere alot— a long time.”

Servais beamed about Hernan-dez, saying this is the best spot inwhich he’s seen the ace pitchersince Servais took over before the2016 season. And that’s not justtrue on the field.

“He’shadagoodspring trainingother than he hasn’t thrown a lotof innings,” Servais said. “Every-thing elsewe’ve askedhim todo isoff the charts. I’m excited to gethimout there.”

Not that this is Cy YoungHernandez. Servais was quick topoint out that hitters will get him.He’s not superhuman these days.

But one meeting was particu-larly encouraging.

Servais asked Hernandez aquestion in front of the team intheir clubhouse: What completesFelixHernandez?

“Andhe lookedaroundand saidto his teammates, ‘It’s pitching inthe playoffs with you guys,’ ”Servais said. “He’s just in a differ-ent spot. I can’t really describe it,(but) when you’re around it everyday, it just feels different.

“I likewherehe’s at right now. Ireally feel he’s engaged with histeammates, and it’s very clearwhat the goal is here. And hewants to be a big part of it.”

But Hernandez knows he has alot of proving to do.

Saturday was a prove-it startagainst the Cubs, his first appear-ance since taking a comebackeroffhis right forearmFeb.26.Anditdidn’t start outwell.

Hernandez’s first pitch, a 91mph fastball, was outside, belthigh and just right for Ian Happ,who parked it over the left-fieldwall for a home run.

“That was the wind,” Hernan-dez said. “If that was in Seattle, itdoesn’t even land on the warningtrack.”

But he struggled with com-mand compared with his minor-league start the previous Tuesday.Here’s how he explained it: “Blah,blah, really bad. I threw ugly. Ithink Iwas too tense.”

That homer to Happ was theonly run Hernandez allowed in32⁄3 innings, but he used 28pitches in the first two, finishingat63 in front of 12,601 in attendance— the eighth-largest crowd in thehistory of Peoria Stadium, whichthe Mariners share with the Pa-dres.

The Mariners won’t let Her-nandez throw 100 pitches onopening day. They hope to keephim around 75 or 80 pitches orfive good innings before turning itover to the bullpen. He hasn’tpitched enough to be full goThursday.

But Servais, as he said earlier,has been just as impressed withhowHernandez is off the field.

“Felix has been a much differ-entFelix inmytimehereandwhatI’ve seen this spring training,”

Servais said. “From day one, wehad really clear expectations com-ing into this camp. Unfortunately,it got derailed a little bit when hetook the line drive off the elbow,but he hasn’t backed off his workand he’s engaging with his team-mates in the clubhouse.

“He’s beenmuchmore a part ofthe group. And (he) really justwants to be a contributor and dohis part for our season.”

And Hernandez was fired upfor his Saturday start — a little toomuchmaybe.

“Today was like (the) first timeout there in a long time,” Hernan-dez said. “Talking to (catcherMike Zunino), it was about tryingnot to be too quick to the plate.Trust the 85 percent you have andyou’ll be good.”

Hernandez had the toughestseason of his major-league careerin 2017, throwing 16 starts, hittingthe disabled list twice and finish-ing with a 4.36 ERA in 862⁄3

innings.His fastball topped out at 92

mph Saturday after he averaged

just over 91 over the last twoseasons, according to Fangraphs.Heaveraged94.3mphonthepitchin his CyYoung season of 2010.

And that first-pitch home runrekindled thoughts of last season,when Hernandez was dinged for1.8 home runs per nine innings.The next-highest total of hiscareer was a tie between his firstfull season in 2006 and 2016,when itwas 1.1.

“He gave up some homers lastyear in a year (when) a lot of guysgaveuphomers,” generalmanagerJerry Dipoto said in one of hispodcasts. “But we saw his strike-out rate go up because he startedadapting to his pitch selection.

“It’s not in his control, and insome ways it’s not in our control,how much he could take themound last year. The combinationof a long offseason, new trainingregimenandbetterunderstandingofwhohe is leadsus to (have)highhopes for 2018.”

The Mariners are not lookingfor Cy Young Felix. They’re look-ing for the same approach they

liked out of him last season, butthey want the bulk of 2016, whenhemade 25 starts — and even thatwas his lowest total since hishalf-season rookie year in 2005,when his fastball consistently ap-proached 99mph.

But Hernandez still has hisdive-off-a-cliff changeup, whichthe Mariners consider among thebest pitches in baseball, and Ser-vais said Hernandez has addedsome adjustments to his pitchesand how he sequences them todisrupt hitters.

“We’re not talking about Felix’sfastball as if it’s Jamie Moyer’sheater,” Dipoto said. “It’s movingforward at a crisp pace.

“Hehas succeededbecausehe’sconfident. We don’t want to takethat confidence away. We believein him, and he believes in himself.At some point the player adapts,and I really do think that whatwesaw last year from Felix is hestarted to adapt. He’s still confi-dent in himself and he knowswhat to do.

“2016 was a big adjustment for

him. In 2017, I think we sawwhatFelix can be capable of. If youextrapolate what he did over along season — the results arethere.”

And now, for the 10th consecu-tive season and 11th time in his13-year career, Hernandez willhave all eyes on him for openingday. Who would start the firstgame of a playoff series is adifferent question.

JamesPaxtonhada2017seasonthat certainly seems deserving ofsupplanting Hernandez for that.But for opening day — nothingwrong with giving Hernandez achance to prove he’s still got someroyalty left in his arm.

“With the track record Felixhas, he’s certainlyworthy of beingmentioned in that group,” Servaissaid of Hernandez’s comparisonwith the sixotherpitcherswith 10straight opening starts.

“We’vehadthe luxuryofhavingFelix here for his entire career.Hopefully he still has plenty left inthe tank and can get us in a goodspot as far as the playoffs.”

For 10th straight time, it’s‘King’ for an opening dayBy TJ CotterillTacoma (Wash.) News Tribune

Although he has pitched little this spring, Mariners veteran Felix Hernandez makes his 10th straight opening-day start Thursday at Safeco Field.

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Thad Levine’s office at Hammond Stadium in FortMyers, Fla., contains little decor.

His L-shaped desk is mostly empty save for hiscomputer and a 3-foot bookshelf that’s bare except for ahandful of books.

One is called “Managing the Millennials.” Levine saidhe has yet to read it, but hewill soon.

Levine, the Twins’ generalmanager, got the book aftera speaker give the Twins a presentation on how to betterconnectwith that generation.

“The sense I got was maybe they’re a little bit lesspatient and you have to be a little more creative in yourverbal communication,” Levine said. “It’s a lot morevisual learning, quick-hitting communication — theproverbial Twitter impact and Instagram impact on thatgeneration.”

In the post-Moneyball era of baseball, few advancedstatisticswillgive teamsacompetitiveedge.Everyonehasaccess to fielder-independent pitching, batting averageon balls in play and other deeper statistics. Everyone hastheir own versions ofWAR (wins above replacement) orprojections systems likeZIPS andPECOTA.

The data war in baseball, to hear Levine and Twinschief baseball officerDerekFalvey tell it, revolves aroundtwo fronts that really aren’t that exclusive to baseball —predictingwhich players aremore susceptible to injuriesand getting players to use advanced information toimprove their play.

What good are projections andWAR values if playersaren’t on the field to live up to those numbers?

Andwhat good is advanced statistical data if you can’tcommunicate it to the peoplewho could use it themost?

“We’re all trying to find competitive advantages,”Falvey said. “We’re all looking for an edge,whether that’sinanalyticsor themedical spaceorwhatwe’redoingwithroster construction, culture or otherwise. We’re alllooking for that advantage.”

Disseminating informationIf you walk into the Twins clubhouse after a game,

you’ll seewhy Levine has a copy of that book. You’ll hearvery little talking, just players fromthegenerationknownas millennials scrolling through smartphones. Attentionspans are short. You can send players in-depth scoutingreports on certain teams or pitchers, but odds are noteverybody is going tomake it through.

So the Twins front office has to adapt. Falvey said hehas guiding mantras for the team to streamlinecommunication.

“You can’t bring anything to a player that’s more thantwo or three bullet points,” Falvey said. “You can have a15-page dissertation on all of the reasonswhy that playershoulddo something, buthe can’t get that. If youcan’t getit across in two to three bullet points, try harder.”

Another rule Falvey has is “never bring a piece ofinformation to a player or a coach or a staff memberwithout a solution. Don’t just say, ‘Here’s all the data thatshows this is what you’re doing.’ And the player looks atyou like, ‘WhatdoIdowith that?OK, I’mbadat this.Nowwhat?’ ” Falvey said.

“The key is, ‘Well, how do I fix it?’ ... That’s a big nextstep.”

For instance, Twins outfielders have index cards intheir back pockets that contain information on whereopposing hitters usually spray their batted balls. Thecards are succinct, easily digestible and actionable.

“Everything thatwedo they try and explain it and giveus a reason why,” center fielder Byron Buxton said. “Wetry to take grasp of it as bestwe can.”

Said Falvey: “Some people think it’s all about the data.It’s not at all about the data. It’s all about the trust. If youcan build relationshipswith players and they understandthat deep down you want them to perform at their bestand you build trust, they’remore likely to be open to youbringing something to them to help them developmen-tally.”

Practical useAn important player in this funnel of information is

catcher Jason Castro, whoworks with the coaching staffto distill the reports from the front office into somethinghe and the pitchers can use. A lot of research goes intoevery series forCastro.

“When I came into (the league), we didn’t domuch inthewayofadvancedstuff,”Castrosaid. “Itwaswhatever Icompiledmyselfwatching video. The shift in the last fewyears really has been hugely beneficial for pitchers, justknowingweaknesses at any given timewith any pitch.”

Castro is the final step in the filtration process ofinformation that begins with a computer and ends withhim.

“If I had to probably put a number on it, I would saymaybe half of the stuff I get I relay to the pitchers,” hesaid. “I try to keep it as simple as possible for them toremember a few takeaways for every hitter. Even then, Idon’t expect them tomemorize everything or rememberany of that really.”

Castro said he has to be wary of providing too muchinformation, andwhen he’s calling pitches he sometimeshas to feel for how a pitcher is throwing that day or anopponent is hitting. In other words, numbers haven’tturned the players into robots. Baseball still has a humanelement.

Predicting injuriesOne very human element has remained elusive for

front offices to predict: injuries. This, Levine said, is thenext “goldmine” for the sport.

“It’s going to be monumentally impactful,” he said.“When you look at baseball, no different from most

sports, everyone is looking for those competitiveadvantages. I think a lot of themare theoretical. Very fewof themare real. Thatwould be real inmymind.”

Therearemanymetrics,butwhat ishardtotrack is justhow much a player will be available to live up to histraditionalWARvalues or projections.

“If you look at teams that havemade the playoffs, yearoveryear, anygivenseason, if thevariableyouknewat theend was (disabled list) days or percentage of DL days orrank of DL days among that group, you’d have a muchhigher likelihood to predict playoff teams,” Falvey said.

“If you can figure out a way to keep that number low,you give yourself a real shot to get there.”

Falvey said Twins position players stayed healthy lastseason, allowing them to exceed expectations. Accordingto the website mangameslost.com, the Twins were the16th-most-injured team in baseball last season, but theywere 24thwhen the site factored inwhowas injured andthose injuries’ impact on the team’s performance.

The Twins have reorganized how they handle teamnutrition, hydration and even sleep in an effort to keepplayers as healthy as possible.

“It seems crazy that we didn’t have the awareness tounderstand the360degreesaroundaplayer,”Levine said.“Effectively when that player was in our purview, wetried to handle himmore responsibly, but ... it’s really notup until four or five years ago that we started employingmore of an attentive eye toward nutrition, sleep studiesand traveling, for instance.”

Where else is baseball headed?Falvey said that when it comes to culling data and

statistics, a decade has closed gaps.“We know all the projections (systems),” Falvey said.

“Most teams are loosely based on similar types of math,but then you get to layer on more variables that we haveaccess to.”

Those layers include their own internal scoutinginformation and what types of statistics the Twins valueover others to form their own statistical stew. That’s howtheTwins’ numbersmight be unique in the league.

Falvey said Statcast, whichMLB has been using sincethe 2015 season, can revolutionize how teams analyzeplayers. Statcast tracks player movement and compilespitch data in ways previously unknown in baseball.“Launch angle,” “exit velocity” and other terms havebecome in vogue thanks to Statcast.

“Idon’t thinkevery teamhas fullywrapped theirheadsaround it,” Falvey said. “Not because we can’t digest thedata right now. It’s because we don’t have 10 years ofpreceding data or sample size for us to know how ittracks. It just doesn’t exist.We’re trying to learn fromthatas bestwe can.”

Eventually, teams will have a handle for the data. Butwill theybeable tocommunicatewhat theyget toplayers,andwill players be healthy enough to act on it in games?

Those variablesmight never change.

The Twins take their cuts against the host Cardinals in a spring training game in Jupiter, Fla. Twins executives are big on analytics but acknowledge stats can’t account for everything.

JEFF ROBERSON/AP

Injuries, attention spansescape reach of analyticsBy Chris HineMinneapolis Star Tribune

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Of all the frenzied races inSteven Spielberg’s “ReadyPlayerOne,” the closest one pits thedirector’smastery against thematerial’s banality. By awhisker,Spielbergwins it.

If you’re a fan of the 2011Ernest Cline best-seller, youwouldn’t use “banality,” butyou’d have to concede “famil-

iarity” as anacceptablesubstitute.We’re back inthe realmofYoungAdultdystopia, inthis case (asrevised byscreenwriterZakPenn,workingwithco-adapterCline), themiserablyovercrowdedyear 2045 in

Columbus, Ohio. There ourYoungHero,Wade, played byTye Sheridan, lives a life thewaymillions of his fellow citizens areliving it. They’re hooked on theirvirtual-reality devices andwiredfor hours andhours at a stretchinto themultistrandworlds oftheOASIS (Ontologically An-thropocentric Sensory Immer-sive Simulation), created by thelate tech genius played, thankGod, byMarkRylance.

The story is “Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory,” digitized.The sweetlymad inventor hashidden clues to three keys insidetheOASIS, andwhoever securesall three becomes heir to amas-sive fortune.Much of “ReadyPlayerOne,” and the artisticreason for Spielberg’s involve-

ment, concerns the ever-shiftingparameters and rules and envi-ronmentswithin theOASIS. Foran hour, “ReadyPlayerOne” isterrific funwith a necessaryominous edge. At its heart is a

‘READY PLAYER ONE’ ★★★

Pop culture saves the day inSpielberg’s dystopian visionByMichael PhillipsChicago Tribune

Tye Sheridan stars as Wade, competing in a virtual reality race for hislife in 2045 in “Ready Player One,” based on Ernest Cline’s 2011 book.

JAAP BUITENDIJK/WARNER BROS. PICTURES

MPAA rating:PG-13 (for se-quences of sci-fiaction violence,bloody images,some suggest-ive material,nudity andlanguage)

Running time:2:20

Opens: Thurs-day

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Back in 2014whenLordewasa newlyminted pop star onherway to selling 3million copies ofher first album, shemadeherChicago debut at theAragon.“Can you go back to being akid?” she asked. “Where does itstop? It’s something that keepsmeup all the time.”

Shewas all of 17.TheNewZealand singer is

now21, and she’s apparentlyhad a few sleepless nights sincethat first Chicago concert, be-cause the questions kept comingand the anxietiesmountingTuesday at theAllstateArena.The big housewas nearly full,but Lorde shrank it to amoreintimate scalewith a perform-ance that became increasinglypersonal as it unwound.

Opening in blue-tinted dark-ness, the pigtailed singerwasobscured for nearly half of theopening song. In “Sober,”whenthe buzzwears off, what’s next?Whereas herworld-conqueringfirst album, “PureHeroine,”wasabout her peers, the 2017 fol-low-up, “Melodrama,” turnsinward. That treacherous bridgebetween adolescence and adult-hood? Lorde, for this night atleast, was standing in themiddleof it.

Her songs brimmedwithinternal contradictions, often

Lorde performs Tuesday at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont.


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Lorde infuses her popwith anxious energyBy Greg KotChicago Tribune

Man of all seasonsBob Gendron reviews JustinTimberlake’s Tuesday show atUnited Center. Page 3

Turn to Lorde, Page 3

TheHouseHeads of Illinoiswillneed a new jam.And the JamSkatersofWisconsinwill need a newhouse.TheR&BSkaterswill look for a newrink to slow it down real nice. And theStriders,whoprefer a little hip-hopwith their R&B,will look for a newplace to coffin, and to toe jam, and toiceberg. TheFreestyle Skaterswillneed a spacious new room to shoot theduck. Andwhatwill becomeof theSkateDynasty of Peoria?Or the JBSkaters,whowish every nightwasJamesBrownNight?Wherewill they

go? Smiley fromOhio,who showsup tolaunchhimself into leaping 360-degreespirals?

What becomes of Smiley?AndMatthewEggleston, 24, of

Rockford,whodrives a semi allweek,but comeSaturday nights, his legswaveand curl and scissor like awindsock ina hurricane?

AndLindaZaleski, 62, ofNorth-brook,whoworks as a librarian, butweekends, spirals her arms outward,working inside lanes, to the thumpof’80s-era SwedishEDM?

WhenOrbit SkateCenter in Palatinecloses Saturday night—ormore likely,early Sundaymorning—after 46 years

as a community fixture and belovedstalwart of the crumblingMidwestroller-rink scene,more than just anoth-er suburban pastime bites the dust.Welose seven disco balls.We lose amas-sive 19,000-square-foot floor that onceheld 1,100 skaters.We lose neon tubenecklaces, and black-light space-themed carpeting, and 38 feet of sci-fimurals that could hold their own in aSpencer’s gift shop.We losemore thana “Dazed andConfused”-esque brick-facaded rec-centerlike teen hangout,sandwiched betweenArlingtonParkand aPostal Service processing facility.

This is not a story about a roller rinkclosing.

This is a story about a happy,mis-matched,multigenerational familybeing pulled apart.

“It’s brokenmyheart,” Zaleski said,“to the pointwhere I have neededconsoling. Friendswere calling: ‘Linda,are youOK?’ I’m like, ‘NO! I’mnotOK—OK??!!’ ” SandyFontana, of Palatine,carrying the same red,white and bluemetal case for her skates that shecarried in 1972, glanced across thewooden oval track: “It’s just a terriblefeeling.Wherewill the children go?Shameon the government for notworking on this!” Bill Siglasky,whohas

“The world could be on fire, but when I’m on the floor with these people here? I wouldn’t care.”—Nick Piel

Orbit Skate Center regular Jimmy Dean, of Lisbon, at the Palatine roller rink, which is set to close Saturday after 46 years in business.

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Rolling into the pastPalatine’s Orbit Skate Center closes Saturday, scattering its universe of enthusiasts

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By Christopher BorrelliChicago Tribune

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Dear Readers: Thisweek Iam running topical “BestOf” columnswhile I’m onbook tour,meeting readersofmymemoir, “StrangersTend to TellMeThings,”which is nowout in paper-back. I’ll be back nextweekwithmore answers andadvice directed toward afresh batch of dilemmas.Today’s topic is relation-ships.

Dear Amy: I’m a 28-year-old straightmale.Mybestfriend fromchildhood andI rent an apartment to-gether.He cameout tomewhenhewas 18. I careabout himas a brother.Werespect each other’sboundaries and I supportand accept him.

A couple ofmonths agomy girlfriend of four yearsended our relationship. Iwas crushed.During thattime,my best friend toldmehe needed to tellme asecret— that he had sexualfeelings towardme.Hewanted to know if I felt thesameway. I told him Iloved himas a brother onlyanddid not share anysexual feeling toward him.

After that night, Ithought everythingwasOKbetweenus. Thingswent back to normal, but acouple ofweeks ago hecamehomedrunk.Hecrawled into bedwithmeand tried to be sexualwithme.

I have been avoidinghim. I don’twant to be inthe same roomalonewithhim right now. I’mnot surewhat to do. I really do carefor him. I don’twant tolose our friendship, buthowdo I get the pointacross that I’mnot inter-ested in him sexually?What can I do about thisproblem?

—SadDude

Dear Sad: Crawling intobed and coming on sexu-ally to a sleeping person isassault. Unfortunately, likemany victims of unwantedsexual contact, you seem tobe blaming yourself andwonderingwhat you cando to repair the relation-shipwith the aggressor.

But he is the onewhohas disrespected and vio-lated you. An ongoingfriendship between thetwo of youmight be impos-sible. This represents ahuge loss for you,which iswhy youwould like to tryto repairwhat he broke.

What happened is notyour fault! It is his. Youshould think very seriouslyaboutwhether youwant tocontinue to cohabitwithhim.

If youwant to try tohave a friendship, you twowill have to talk about it.He should apologize andassure you thiswill neverhappen again. If it does, thefriendship is over, and youshould consider calling thepolice.— September 2015

Dear Amy: I aman 18-year-old girl. I have beendatingmyboyfriend fornearly two years.Myboyfriendmeans every-thing tome. Although Ihavemademistakes,we’vealways talked things out.

Last yearwe bothwentto university in differentparts of the country, so itwas likewewere having along-distance relationship.IwasOKwith it until Imetanother guywho gavemeeverything I have beenmissing.Wewere notreally dating but I had sexwith himmany times.

Earlier thisweekmyboyfriend found out andbroke upwithme. Itwasonly after hewas gone thatI realized he has always

been and alwayswill bemyeverything. I still love him.

Iwant himback, but hedoesn’twant to hear fromme. Please helpme, Amy.

—M

Dear M: Perhaps you’vestudied the famous“marshmallow test” incollege. In this study, pre-schoolerswere presentedwith a choice— they couldeat onemarshmallownowor eat twomarshmallows iftheywaited 20minutes. (Ifyou aren’t aware of thisstudy, there is somewon-derful video onYouTube ofchildren suffering throughit.)

This fascinating studydemonstrates the relativeability of people to delaygratification in order toreceive a larger rewardlater.

Youhave flunked the“marshmallow test”—bigtime. Youwere notwillingto hold out long enough toreceive a larger reward(staying in a loving, long-term relationship) later.

You sound as if you are alittle surprised that yourinfidelity has had such anextreme consequence.Why is that? Breaking up isthe foreseeable andnaturalconsequence of cheating.

My take is that you areprobably still too immatureto bank your twomarsh-mallows for later. You are18; you don’t have thefortitude to be in a long-distance relationship. Letthis be yourwake-up callin terms of personal ethics.When youmake an ethicallapse that hurts someoneelse, apologize and ask forforgiveness.—February2015

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Lolla passessell out; 1-daytickets go onsaleThursday

Eight days after going onsale, four-day passes forLollapalooza have officiallysold out. Fanswhowaitedto seewhat the lineuphadin storewill be able topurchase single-day ticketsbeginning at 10 a.m. Thurs-day.

Marking some of theslowest ticket sales for themega-festival in recentmemory, concert industryexecutives and consumerstold theTribune’s GregKotthat several factorsplagued this year’s rollout;fromgreater competitionfromother festivals, cost($335 for a four-day pass

plus fees), stale headlinersand security concerns aftera series of shootings atmusic events, including the2017mass killing at theRoute 91Harvest countrymusic festival in LasVegasthat left 58 dead and 851injured. Itwas then discov-ered that shooter StephenPaddock had bookedrooms at theBlackstoneHotel coincidingwithLollapalooza last year,fueling evenmore securityconcerns.

Charles Attal, co-ownerof C3Presents, theTexas-based promoter that hasstaged the festival since itmoved toChicago 13 yearsago, toldKot that slowsalesweren’t amajor con-cern—considering thatnotmuchpromotionwasdone outside of theChi-cago area.

The day-by-day lineupwill be announcedThurs-day at 8 a.m., a fewhoursbefore single-day ticketsbecome available throughtheLollapaloozawebsite.Daily ticket prices start at$120 (plus fees), or $38.38

per payment on the lay-away plan.

—Jessi Roti

Sweeney’s soloshowcoming toSecondCity e.t.c.

“SaturdayNight Live”veteran Julia Sweeneywillperformher one-womanshowon the SecondCity’se.t.c. stage nextmonth, itwas announcedWednes-day.

“Julia Sweeney: OlderandWider,” Sweeney’s firststand-up show in front of alive audience, recentlyclosed itsworkshoppro-duction in Judy’s BeatLounge at The SecondCity. “My show is observa-tional and strewnwithfunny stories,” saidSweeney in a statement.“I’molder and yes, aweebitwider, but I think you’lllaugh andhave a goodtime.”

“Older andWider” runsApril 24-May 30 at theSecondCity, 230W.NorthAve.

—MorganGreene

A+ENOTES

ATrump-loving “Roseanne” ismaking theNielsenratings great again forABC.

The reboot of the sitcom starringRoseanneBarrpremieredTuesday to an audience of 18.2millionviewers, according toNielsen data. The serieswas oneof prime time’s biggest hits during its run from 1988 to1997.

The only scripted network program to scoremoreviewers during the 2017-18 season is the post-SuperBowl episode ofNBC’s “This IsUs,”which had 27million.

The revived “Roseanne” reunited the cast of theoriginal series thatwas praised for honestly portray-ing the travails of aworking-class family.

The newversion received significant public discus-sion ahead of the premiere because of Barr’s outspo-ken support for PresidentDonaldTrump, andBarr’ssupport has beenwritten into her character on theshow.

The 18.2million viewerswhowatchedTuesday’sepisode topped the number for the final episode of theoriginal series inMay 1997— 16.6million—when theTV landscapewas far less competitive.

—StephenBattaglio, LosAngeles Times

CELEBRITIESTribune news services

John Goodman and Roseanne Barr are back in ABC’sreboot of “Roseanne,” which premiered Tuesday.

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More allegationsagainst Smiley:PBS saysmorewitnesses have de-tailed sexualmisconductallegations against talk-showhost Tavis Smiley,above,whowas suspendedinDecember and laterfired. In court papers, PBSsaid thewitnesses spoke toan independent investiga-tor and corroborated ac-counts. “Over a dozenindividuals reported thattheywere either subjectedto orwitnessed unwel-come, inappropriate sexualcomments or conduct orotherwise inappropriatebehavior byMr. Smiley,”the court filing said. Smileyandhis representativesstuck by their denials.

“Beetlejuice” musicalpremiere set:Producersannounced that amusicalstage version of the1988comedy “Beetlejuice”willhave itsworld premiere inOctober inWashington,D.C., at theNational Thea-tre. The showhas a scorebyAustralian composerEddie Perfect andwill bestaged byAlexTimbers,the director responsible forsuchBroadway projects as“BloodyBloodyAndrewJackson.” “Beetlejuice’s”book is by Scott Brown, aformer theater critic forNewYorkmagazine, andcomedywriter AnthonyKing.

CBS renewals:CBS’freshmandramas “SEALTeam” and “S.W.A.T” havebeen renewed for secondseasons. The dramas arethemost recentCBS showsto be renewed for secondseasons after “YoungSheldon.”

March 29 birthdays:ComedianEric Idle is 75.ActorChristopher Lamb-ert is 61. ComedianAmySedaris is 57.Model ElleMacpherson is 54.

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Forget about being a self-pro-claimed “man of thewoods.”JustinTimberlake emerged as aman for all seasonsTuesday at thefirst showof a two-night stand atUnitedCenter.

Taking advantage of a sprawl-ing stage that snaked end-to-endvia awinding pathway connectedto two satellite platforms, the37-year-old refused to stay in onemode for long. Parade leader.Spurned lover. Assertive dancer.Down-on-his-knees relationshipsavior. Bartenderwhohandedshots out to his large ensemble.Outdoors loverwho gatheredaround a campfire to play familiarsongs. Timberlake embraced anarray of roles, blurring the linesbetween entertainer, singer andactor.

Fittingly, the surroundingsoften resembled film sets— com-pletewithmobile visual screens,cutting-edge laser lights, faketrees, rotating bandstands and anilluminated dance floor straightout of “SaturdayNight Fever.”

Themilieu didn’t always jibewithprojected images of forests andmountains,which alsomade forstrange bedfellowswith thenightclub flash ofmaterial such as“Midnight Summer Jam” and“Montana.”

Nomatter. Timberlake, not twomonths removed froma shakySuperBowl performance and inthemidst of attempting to reclaima paramount spot in a popworldthat favors youth, seemeddeter-mined to convince the packedaudience that rusticism and elec-tro-spiked grooves could coexist.Despite a fewhiccups, he primar-ily succeeded during the breath-lessly paced first half of the two-hour show.The vocalist had helpin the formof a 15-piece bandeager to get down and a dancetroupe schooled in fluid choreo-graphy.

Even asTimberlake’s shouted,JamesBrown-inspired instruc-tions to his group cameoff asaffectation rather than impulsivecommands, therewas no denyingthe brass-punctuated pulse driv-ing “LoveStoned” orwah-wahstrut pushing “HigherHigher.”

Timberlake and company built“SexyBack” into a seamless hy-brid of hard rock and suggestiveR&B, and fusedLatin accents andcall-and-response choruses toturn “Senorita” into a rhythmmachine. The group’smomentumcarried over to a devotional, ifbombastic, “Mirrors,” sent upwith the kind of triumphantcrescendos designed to signal acostume change.

Absent fleet footwork, sleekbreakdowns or edgy funk, Tim-berlake’s later turns as an acousticguitar-strumming troubadourfailed to connect. In the same

manner the lament “DrinkYouAway” lacked any hint of heart-break, the sight of themusicianssitting beside an old-fashionedcampfire felt forced and overdone—not tomention ironic, given thearena’s air-conditioned confines.Mercifully, backup singer-ledcovers of tunes by the likes ofFleetwoodMac andLaurynHillremained brief.

Save for the country-lacedballad “Flannel” (which, yes,Timberlake croonedwhilewear-ing a plaid flannel shirt), the ill-fitting roots diversions stood aspoor trade-offs for truncated

renditions of “WhatGoesAround…/…ComesAround” and“RockYourBody.” For a singerwhodisplayed pride belting outthe disco-etched “Can’t Stop theFeeling!” and understood theeternal appeal of its carefreemessage, losing sight of slinkybeats and fun-loving soundsproved out of character—nomatter the frontier heritage im-plied by his last name.

BobGendron is a freelance critic.

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Timberlakeembraces anarray of roles

Justin Timberlake performs Tuesday at the United Center on a sprawling stage with satellite platforms.


Vocalist mixes rusticism, grooves at United Centeras he blurs lines between entertainer, singer, actor

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ToplayRosaDiaz, the smartand intimidatingly no-nonsensedetective on the Fox sitcom“BrooklynNine-Nine,” actressStephanie Beatriz transformsherself. She lowers her naturalspeaking voice, and because shestyles herself differently thanRosa,when she’s off the clockshe’s able towalk aroundwithoutattracting toomuch attention. “Iwear glasses a lot andmyhairwilllook different,” she said, “so un-less I’mwearing a leather jacket, Idon’t really get recognized.”

Before she landed the role fiveyears ago, “I actually used towearexactlywhatRosawears almostall the time, andnow I can’t be-cause it looks like I’mdressinglike the character I’mplaying onTV. I can’t do it!”

Getting cast on the showwas adeeplymeaningfulmoment,Beatriz said. She knew thatMe-lissa Fumero had already beenhired to playDetectiveAmySan-tiago on the show, and condi-tioned by years of seeingLatinastokenized on television, Beatrizwas convinced producerswouldn’t hire another Latina. “Iwas so excited forMelissa, but Ithought Iwas screwed. Becausegrowing up andwatching shows,Iwould just never seeLatinacharacters. Everyonewaswhite.If therewasLatinas, theywere atthemargins. Or playing stereo-types.”

She had convincedherself thatshewas out of the running—andwas beyond thrilledwhen she gotthe call telling her she got thepart.

Beforemaking themove totelevision, Beatriz did quite a bitof theater earlier in her career.When asked to share aworstmoment, she recalled an espe-ciallymemorable performance attheOregon Shakespeare Festival.

“At the Shakespeare Festival,everything is repertory, somost ofthe time you are in two or threeplays andunderstudying anotherone. You’re switching gears daily— sometimes you’re switchinggears between amatinee and anevening performance. You couldbe doing a contemporary play inthe afternoon and then ‘Cat on aHotTinRoof’ at night, so yourbrain is really switching all thetime. It’s like a scrambled egg.”

During a preview for theTen-nesseeWilliams classic, itwasone challenge after the next—“Even telling it I’mhavingPTSDflashes,” she said—but she camethrough it like a champ.

My worst moment …“Iwas at theOregon Shake-

speare Festival doing ‘Cat on aHotTinRoof.’ I think itwas 2009.I don’t know if you’ve ever seenthe play, but in the beginning ofthe first act, it openswithMaggieandBrick—andBrick is laying intheir bed andprettymuch saysnothing formost of the first act,he’s got a broken leg andhe’s laidup in bed, and it’s justMaggiemonologuing away. It’s some-

thing like a 25-minutemono-logue and I playedMaggie.

“As actors,we both had somuch riding on it. Especially forme, thiswas a role that I don’tthink anyone thought I couldplay. I know that therewas anall-African-American productionof the play inNewYork, but I hadnever seen a productionwherethe lead characterswere not castaswhite people. So I felt as ifmyperformancewas going to beheld under amicroscope in awaythat perhaps a different actress’sperformancewouldn’t be. Iwasputting a lot of pressure onmy-self tomake everything great. Iwas really nervous about it, and Iwanted everything to be perfect.

“Sowe’re doing a preview, andeverything’s going smoothly. Iglide onto stage in this beautifuldress, and the first thing thathappens in the play is thatMag-gie is talking about howherbrother-in-law’s kids— she callsthem the ‘no-neckmonsters’—spilled something onher andthat’swhy she’s in the room tochange. Brick is in the shower,and she’smonologuing and talk-ing about how she’s got to get outof this dress, and that’s how sheends up in the slip.

“So I reach back behindme topull down the zipper of this dress— and it’s stuck.

“I’m stuck in this dress. AndI’m alone onstage. And I’m like,‘Well, I have to get this dress off.’So I yank this beautiful hand-made dress— it’s basically a pieceof haute couture, this big, poufy,lacy thing and the lace had gottencaught in the zipper— and I’mjust ripping through this dress.Shredding it to get it off. BecauseMaggie has to be in the slip forthe play tomake sense.

“Meanwhile I’m in ’50s under-wear,which is this big torpedobra and a system that feels like acage— it’s a girdle and thigh-highstockings attached to a garter. It’sawhole thing. So I’m trying tocontinue themonologuewhileI’m ripping at this dress andfinally I feel the zipper pull awayfrom the fabric. If a dress couldscream, itwas a guttural rip! Iyank it downovermyhips, toss itoff and think, ‘All right, they’ll fix

it later. Not a big deal, it’s just onething.Nothing else bad canhap-pen.’

“ThenBrickmakes hiswayonstage on crutches and sitsdownon the bed listening to themonologue.Now, thiswas areally beautifullymodern pro-ductionwith a really interestingset. Instead of a dilapidated plan-tation-type house, itwas thisbeautiful pristinewhite setwith awhite fluffy dense carpet and amilkywhite armoire, a beautifulchair and awhite bed upstageand then a small settee down-stage, and all along the backwasglowywhite curtain.

“SoBrick’s on the bed, I’m stillyammering away asMaggie. Iwalk over to the settee and I openmymakeup box and I’m reap-plyingmakeup andpreening alittle bit for Brick as I’m talking,and I go to close the top of themakeup box and I slam it downonmymanicured hand— these1950s long red talons—and awhole fingernail just snaps off.And I’mnot just talking about thetop of it. Thewhole thumbnailcomes off. And I can’t scream, Ican’t do anything! I have to justswallow the pain and continuetalking. I can’t even tell you, itwas so painful— I hadmy thumbwrapped insidemyhand andwasstill just going along.

“And then I realize the nextthing I have to do is cross over tothe bed and removemy stockingsandput on a newpair. Andnow Ihad to do thatwithmyhandbleeding on thiswhite set! So asI’m crossing over, I see this lookof panic onBrick’s face, and I’mtrying to figure outwhat he’spanicked about, and I turnaround to putmy foot up on achair to takemy stockings off—and the chair is not there. Theyforgot to place the chair.

“Normally thiswouldn’tmat-ter, Iwould just turn and putmyfoot on the bed,which iswhat Idid. Butwhile I did that I’mthinking, there’s a part later inthe same scenewhereMaggiefully tries to seduceBrick andhepicks up the chair and uses it likea lion tamer to keepher away.Andhe has to do it— it’s in thescript. And both of us are com-

pletely panicked staring at eachother like, ‘What dowedo?Where is the chair?’

“So now,withmybleedingthumb tucked intomyhand, onestocking off, still talking, I gooffstage— I’m just sweating atthis point— I go offstage stilltalking, and I find a stagehandand I’m trying tomake a chairmotionwithmyhands and theycan’t figure outwhat I need! So Icross back behind the set. I findthe chair! I grab the chair! And Irun back around— still talking—comeback onstage and set thechair down!

“When I came charging backonstagewith a chair inmyhands,he had this look onhis face like,‘You (rock star)! I’m so glad youdid that!’He knew that hewastrapped because his character’swhole leg is in a cast.

“This all happened in the first20minutes of the show!

“Itwas like a disaster emer-gency, and I just letmy adrena-line take over. Youhave to figureit out because the showmust goon! Youdon’twant anyone in theaudience to know—Idon’twantthem to think they got anythingbut the best,most honest per-formance.”

How was the rest of the per-formance?

“I think it felt very electric.When things like that happen tomeonstage, you have to be soutterly present to fix the prob-lem.You can’t go through themotions at all. And there’s anecho of that for the rest of theperformance. Youwant things tofeel very alive and real and some-times you can get into a bit of apattern—and this shakes you outof that.Whenever somethingunexpected happens—or afreaking chair isn’t on set—whatever happens after that isgoing to be very electric andalive.”

The takeaway …“I’ll never forget the sound of

that dress ripping! They fixed itso that the lacewouldn’t getcaught again, itwas no big deal.

“But the takeaway is: Checkyour stage! Always check yourstage!Meaning, Iwas being a lazyactor.We can get lazy because alot of stuff is done for us— some-one lays out your costume at thetheater, and it’s all clean and tidy.You put on your ownmakeup, butsomeone puts yourwig on, some-one sets your props. There’s a lotof people backstage doing a lot ofwork for you to be able to goonstage anddo yourwork. Butyou still need to go and look andcheck your props. Look at yourdress, check the zipper. You get tothe theater an hour early, andyou’re doingwhat,wasting timetalking to people? Be a responsi-ble artist and don’t leave it in thehands of somebody else.

“But the brokennail, I couldn’tprevent that. Itwas a fluke.And ithurt so bad.”

[email protected]@Nina_Metz

MY WORST MOMENT

Beatriz persevered despite pain, bad luck

Stephanie Beatriz plays a detective on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

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By NinaMetzChicago Tribune

juggling opposing ideas andimpulses that gave her popsongs a bitter aftertaste. “TheLouvre”was emblematic, as itamplified the “violence” in herheart and vowed to “make ’emall dance to it.”

Thiswasn’t pop spectacle bynumbers. Itwas stark, personal,a littleweird—andmore engag-ing and relatable because of it.On a bare-bones stagewith themoodiest of lighting, her bandlittlemore than silhouettes,Lorde gestured anddancedwitha coltish awkwardness thatcontrastedwith thematurity inher big, confident yet confidingvoice. A transparent enclosureshaped like a box car leaned atprecarious angles above her,while dancers inside struckritualistic poses. The dancersoftenmovedwith painstakingdeliberation,much like thesongs.

All the accompaniment savefor a keyboard vanished asLorde sat center stagemidwaythrough the set. She deliveredan a cappella version ofKanyeWest’s forlorn “LoveLock-down” and thenmarried a cou-ple of self-lacerating songs: asnippet ofWest’s “Runaway”with her “Liability.” The rueful“Writer in theDark”morphedinto amassive audience sing-along, punctuated by a threat:“I’ll love you till you call thecops onme.”

Lorde endedher setwithwhat sounded like a celebratorykick. Itwas difficult not to getcaught up in the thunder of“Supercut,” only to hear it un-ravel. “Royals,” a celebration ofthe defiant outsiders of heryouth, sent another chargethrough the arena, only to getcaught in the emotional tangleof “Perfect Places.” The narratortries to hang on to the endlesssummer party for onemorenight, sustained by onemoredrink, onemore sniff. But thebig beats sputter, and the ques-tions once again squirmbackinto focus. “All the nights spentoff our faces/Trying to findthese perfect places/What thef--- are perfect places anyway?”

GregKot is a Tribune critic.

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Lorde at Allstate Arena.


Singerfeaturesstylish mixLorde, from Page 1


taught years of skatinglessons atOrbit, said: “Iwant to knowwhat idiot inCookCountywould allowthis to happen. Peopleforget, so it’s important thatsomeone says nowwhat itmeanswhen a communityloses a place this loved.”

Indeed, even as he said it—on aWednesday, around10:00 a.m.— a line hadformed at the box office.JohnMellencampbecametheGapBand,whichdrifted into “Electric Ave-nue.” The place got busy,though the office phonenever rang once because,saidmanager LeahRamir-ez, they took it off the hook:“It got frustrating— like 75calls a day, ‘Are you reallyclosing? Sad!’ Youwant tosay, ‘Wherewere you forthe past 40 years?’ ”

What killedOrbit?Sandra Levin,whohas

owned the rink since 1992with her 92-year old father,RichardKlotz, said the lasteight years of CookCountyproperty taxes “havemadethis business prohibitive.It’s already hard by nature,you don’tmakemuchmon-ey—you charge $5, $6, $7to skate and the bills nevermatch up. People see thisplace packed, but by thetime you paywages, costs—you’reworking to pay offyour property taxes.” Taxes,though,were just the deep-est of amillion tiny cuts:Levin andher staff point toshorter school vacations,and a flood that damagedthe floor in 2016, daylightsaving time and even cli-mate change— their skat-ing seasonwas sevenmonths, now it’s closer tofour. (“Peoplewould ratherbe outside longer,” saidDanielleMendoza, thehouseDJ.)

There’s also a problemharder to combat:

Inertia.WhenOrbit closes

March 31, it joins theAxleand theOakLawn and theSwank and the Fireside andDiscoWheels andMadisonGardens andNorthAvenueRollerway and theRainboandHotWheels and theLoop and theElmand theHub— the endless litany ofonce-formidable rinks intheChicago area that havelong since expired. In thatcontext, Orbit regulars say,losing their homehas cre-ated a last stand, a stage forthe one placewhere therefugees of somany de-funct rinks had converged.They refer to themselves astheRolling SkateMafia,and before this is all over,they plan one last run.

Nick Piel is a 46-year oldIT guy fromSchaumburg,long hair in back, little hairon top, thick owlish glasses,a physique that does notsuggest his elegance onwheels. “Theworld couldbe on fire, butwhen I’monthe floorwith these peoplehere? Iwouldn’t care.”

Last week, the Saturdaynight just before the finalSaturday night, the crowdspilled out the door, teen-agers and children andparents and couples andironic hipsters and seriousskaterswiggling ankles inanticipation, creepingtoward an overrun boxoffice. Inside, smoke andcold from the parking lotwafted in andmixedwiththe smell of popcorn.Mark

Basich, the generalman-ager, surveyed the hall.Hehad been through the clos-ing of a rink before:Hisfather ran the 60,000-square feet FiresideRoll-Arena inHoffmanEstates,which during its brief 10-year heydaywas listed byGuinness Book ofWorldRecords as the largest in-door roller rink in theworld. It closed too, 33years ago. “So do I feelnostalgic about this? Idon’t, but I’mnot nostalgicabout dinosaurs either.”

Fromwhere he stood,

watching the scene, thispenultimate Saturday,nothing had changed. Theworldwas as theworld hadbeen: Boys crowded intoBurgerKing-orange boothsand grabbed atmounds ofcheese fries. An air hockeytable pushed out tiny jetstreams. An Iceemachinechurned, and an organ,once themusic of choicefor older skaters, sat be-neath its tarp, as always. At7 p.m., lights dimmed, neonpulsed and a gridlock ofwaiting skaters spilled outon the floor in a stream, like

a faucet opening.HenryBolden, a long-

time rinkmanager, grabbedamicrophone in theDJbooth.

“Let’s hear you, Orbit!”The crowd roared and

Bolden, satisfied, curled anob on the console and thebass surged.Mendoza, theDJ, grinned, lowering thevolumedown again:“Really,Henry?”

By 8:30 the rinkwas ahighway of young and old,white and black, skinny andround and tall and short,the skilled and the stum-

bling. Itwas Lake ShoreDrivewith no pause, on anightwhen the fastestspeed in and out of con-gestion, copycats trailingclose on their bumpers. Aguy danced sideways. Asmall girl lost her balanceas aman clippedher un-knowingly, skating on.Everyonewas present.Lumberjackswho skatedlikeOlympians.Highschool athletes unable tostand. Backward skaters.Couples oscillating in time,arms curled across eachother’s backs. Franken-

steins, hands outstretchedto soften inevitable falls.Men in sleeveless hoodies,no shirts beneath.Wiscon-sinites on road trips. Trainsof teenage girls, in seamlesswaves, dipping and rising toRihanna.

EduardoKamhayi, ofHoffmanEstates, a fixtureof theRolling SkateMafia—meaning, basically, one ofseveral tight-knit regulars— rockedhis hips and sankdownon a leg, then sailedoff the floor, his face asheen of sweat. “Mymen-tor!” he said, spottingLindaEveritt, who started skatinghere 11 years ago, after shemoved fromSouthernCalifornia andwent insearch of a newhome rink.She’s a reservations agentwithUnited.Hehad beentaking his kids here fordecades before deciding toskate. She gave him tips.Nowhemoves like he’smaking up for lost time.

“We’re family,” Kamhayisaid.

“We are,” Everitt said.WhenSandra Levin

bought the rink fromone ofthe original owners, shewas newly divorced, no job,three kids, skating atOrbitherself to relieve stress. Sheencouraged the staff tobring their kids towork, asshe did, to save on day care.What she could not antici-patewas, decades later,becoming a caretaker oftheirmemories and friend-ships. SteveBarath, 46,grewup a block away.Hepointed into a corner:Hebreak danced there Fridaynights, and there, thatwas acoatroom,where kidsmadeout: “These people took allmy paper routemoney.”Hepushed onto the rink, be-neath an “Orbit” sign, itsletters shaped into a planetand circledwith travelingrings of golden lights.

It’s spoken for, by anOrbit amusement center inOhio.

The rental skates too,cluttered in plastic tubs—all being sold off. As for theregulars: Theywill not exitso smoothly. Some of theRolling SkateMafia expectto gravitate to theLombardRoller Rink, but they saythis through grimaces, as ifannouncing theywill sooncheat on their spouses.

They prefer not to thinkabout it.

The lastweeks have beena slowpuling away, of peo-plemaking vague plans tosee each other, someday,probably. For now theywould rather skate. At thestroke of 10 p.m., the floorbecame adults-only, astreamof 40-somethingsand elderly, kids in theirlate teens andparents intheir 30s.

DennisOszuscik, a floorref, in black-white stripes,put his hands in his pocketsand silently sang along totheWhispers’ “RockSteady,” circlingwith acomfortablewistful placidi-ty, soaking in every inchand second.Hours later—hours afterOrbit’s usualhours— several dozenremained, stillmoving fast,flowing into syncopatedpacks,working around andaround, left leg back, rightleg back, left leg back, untilthese packs drifted aparttoo, and skater by skater,they left. Then the lightscameup and itwas done.

[email protected]@borrelli

Skate Mafia in need of new homeOrbit, from Page 1

Roller skaters of varied abilities circle the rink while others watch from tables Saturday at Orbit Skate Center in Palatine.

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Orbit still draws crowds, but its owner and staff say prop-erty taxes and flood damage have taken a toll on the rink.

The rental stakes are being sold off, along with other fix-tures at the roller rink. Its regulars are losing their home.

Orbit, one of the last Chicago-area roller rinks, will shut its doors for good this Saturday — or more likely, early Sunday.

lovelorn teen boy lookingfor a real connection.Wade’s gaming avatar, asleek, blond, tattooed,boy-band-looking dudenamedParzival, longs toknow the supercoolArt3mis in the realworld,where she is plain ol’ super-cool Samantha, played byOliviaCooke.

If thewhole of “ReadyPlayerOne”were as fluidand exciting as the firstaction showcase,we’d havea classic. Driving theDe-Lorean from “Back to theFuture,”Wade/Parzivallearns the secret towinningthe dizzying championshipauto race. From there it’son to the nextworld, thenext race for the next key.

The forces of corporate evilconspire againstWade and,eventually, hisOASIS pos-se. BenMendelsohnpor-trays the sniveling face ofadversity, andhemakes fora surprisingly ineffectualantagonist. Ormaybe I’m atthe point inmy lifewhen IwantRylance to play everyavailable supporting role,not just one or two.

Themovie runs 140minutes,which feels over-generous for the amountand the quality of the nar-rative. Spielberg juices it,flinging the audience be-tween virtualworlds, andbetween virtual and realones. The visual refer-encing is relentless. Theholy hand grenade from“Monty Python and theHolyGrail” flies by; so do

KingKong, “TheBreakfastClub” andChucky from“Child’s Play.”

Spielberg’s control ofpacing, rhythm, actiondynamics and tonal jug-gling is so astute that thestory ofWadenever quitegets lost in all the fly-by

jokes and references.But there’s a big differ-

ence between amoviecontent to surf a tsunami ofnostalgia, and science fic-tion sturdy enough to in-vent tomorrow’s nostalgia,today. Lestwe forget, “E.T.,”“CloseEncounters of the

ThirdKind,” “A.I.” and“Minority Report,” to namefour of the director’sachievements, sampled allsorts of established literaryand screen classics. “ReadyPlayerOne” is a differentandmore disposable diver-sion.

But as I say: By awhis-ker, Spielbergwins the raceagainst his ownmaterial.

Michael Phillips is a Tribunecritic.

[email protected]@phillipstribune

A steady streamof pop cultureSpielberg, from Page 1

Olivia Cooke plays Samantha, whose gaming avatar is Art3mis, in Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One.”

WARNER BROS. PICTURES

Becoming, one of thehardest verbs to capture inany art form, is the big fishthe realist novelwasmoreor less invented to catch.MegWolitzer, long knownfor her sprawling, satis-fyingly funny novels, hasmanaged it a handful oftimes.

Hermost ambitiousnovel to date, “The Inter-estings,” traced a group ofprecocious high schoolstudents through lives thatwere, for better or forworse, only occasionally asinteresting as initiallypromised. Published in2013, “The Interestings”was lauded for sketchingthe slowgradations of itscharacters’ lives, theirperiodic lurches forwardalongwith their regressionsanddead ends and stale-mates.

“TheFemale Persua-sion,”Wolitzer’s 10th bookfor adults (she has alsowritten formiddle-gradeand young-adult audienc-es), aims just as high,merg-ing two subjects she re-turns to again and again:talented young peoplegrowing to adulthood, andwomen’s changing lives inthe aftermath of second-wave feminism.

GreerKadetsky, thesoft-spoken but ambitiousdaughter of aimlessMassa-chusetts hippies, longs forgreater things; she andherhigh-school sweetheartCory Pinto are describedearly in the book as “twinrocket ships.” ButwhileCory’s rocketmakes it toPrinceton, Greer, ham-pered by her parents’ (and

her) lack of follow-through,winds up at a third-tierliberal arts college, a disap-pointment that leaves herwith a permanent case ofstatus anxiety. At RylandCollege, Greermeets twowomenwhowill changeher life: Zee, a queer activ-istwho becomes her bestfriend, andFaith Frank, agorgeously agingGloriaSteinem-litewhose book“TheFemale Persuasion” isan enduring if dated classicof second-wave feminism.These four characters formthe compass points for adrama of becoming, al-thoughGreermattersmost,the other three serving,often unwillingly, as cataly-sts for hermoral devel-opment.

Wolitzer is at her bestwhendroppingwry butcasual observations. Thepages are pepperedwithlittle bonbons of accuracy

— “After college, sheetswould immediately shortento their normal length”—aswell asmore poignanttruths. These are particu-larly shrewdwhenGreerruminates on her relation-shipwith Faith,who be-comes hermentor andeventually gives her a job atawomen’s foundation: “Itwas awful to displeaseFaith, andwonderful toplease her. …Her approvalwas soft as velvet, and thedesire for that approvalwas, also like velvet, a littlevulgar.”Greer’s eventualliberation from this desire,alongwith her deliveryfroma certain ironcladaspirationalism, feels trueto life, and bittersweet.

For all its tongue-cluck-ing overGreer’s snobbery,though, the narrative itselfhas a strangely snobbishcast. To be given full narra-tiveweight, or even passing

approval, charactersmustbe either preternaturallygood or hyperintelligent,preferably both.Mean-while, the girlwhose poorreading skills Cory andGreer used tomock in highschool (really!) grows up tobe aworking-class nobody,and is treated callously byCory and the narrator alike.Froman author so good atimaginingwomen’s innerworlds, it’s a startlinglylimited viewofwhat non-precociousness looks like.

Moreover, theZee andFaith chapters feel some-what perfunctory,withlong stretches of expos-ition, so that years ofchangewhoosh by on gen-eralizations. Consider:“Thewar dominated con-versations, and everythingwas punctuated by the bestmusic she’d ever heard.”During these sections, onelongs to get back toGreer

andCory,whose evolvingconceptions of themselvesand each other over thecourse of their long-dis-tance relationship form theheart of the book.

More seriously,Wolitzer’s prose is oddlyresistant to intensity. Themain characters experimentwith heroin or casual sex,but never become ensnaredin nasty, brutish addictions;they sleepwithmarriedmen, but only by accident;they speculate on cash-flowproblems but never growevenmoderately desperate.This allergy to extremesblunts even the horrifyingfamily tragedy that disruptsCory’s rocketlike trajectorymidway through the book.This trauma feels gravelyout of proportion, not be-cause it is implausible, butbecause the narrative neverquite stretches to accom-modate it.

And yet, in the end,traumas large and small in“TheFemale Persuasion”get processedmuch likethey do in real life: over along time, through concep-tualworking and rework-ing, accompanied by adrifting and resetting ofintentions. AsGreer saysnear the end of the book,“It’sweird… theway some-times you’re in your life, butother times you’re lookingback at it like a spectator. Itkind of goes back and forth,back and forth.” By thispoint in the novel, the char-acters seem, despite theodds, to have becomewhattheywere always going tobecome. Ifwe never quitecatch them in the act,there’s still somethingsatisfying about seeingthemarrive.

AmyGentry is the author ofthe novel “Good asGone.”

BOOK REVIEW

Finding pathsamid changesin feminismWolitzer’s novel reaches satisfyingend despite missteps along the wayBy Amy GentryChicago Tribune

The ambitious new novel “The Female Persuasion” is Meg Wolitzer’s 10th book for adults.

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‘The FemalePersuasion’By Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead,464 pages, $28


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“Conan” (10 p.m. 11:30 p.m., TBS): Actor Sean Penn; actor Claudia O’Doherty.*“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (10:34 p.m., NBC): Actor Bill Had-er; singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett; Troye Sivan performs.*“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (10:35 p.m., CBS): Actress Emily Blunt;journalist JohnHeilemann; TV host AlexWagner; KaceyMusgraves performs.*“Jimmy Kimmel Live” (10:35 p.m., ABC): Former professional basketball playerKobe Bryant; comicMike Epps; Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds perform.*

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Today’s birthday (March 29): Shared assetsgrowwith care this year. Practice your skillsand professional opportunities develop.Summer home improvement projects lay thestage for family fun and flowering romance.Teamefforts reach a turning point before

bearing fruit thiswinter.Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is an 8.Maintain health andfitness routines despite a busy schedule. Encourage othersto participate, and delegatewhat you can. Underscore yourstatementswith feeling.Taurus (April 20-May20): 7. Relax, andplay the game. Stick tofundamental rules and strategies. Compile thedata so itmakessense. Fantasies prove flimsy. Seekout simple solutions.Gemini (May 21-June 20): 7. Authorize home improvements.Keep domestic routines and practices. Do laundry andwashdishes; ignored chores can accumulate. Don’t bend the rules.Cancer (June 21-July 22): 7.Write and express yourmes-sage. Dig deeper into a favorite subject. Read the backgroundstory to distill a summary.Make a persuasive case. Inviteparticipation.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 9. Get into a lucrative venture. Profitfromyour labors and stash your prizes. Education over-comes old fears. Take advantage of a lucky break.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): 9. Followpersonal priorities andenthusiasms. Dowhat you love, and it feeds your spirit.Dress for success. Practice and share your talents.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 5. Rest and reviewplans for upcom-ing action. Take a refreshing pause. Recharge batteries. Re-store health and energy levels. Process news and emotions.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 8. You havemore friends than yourealized. Parties, gatherings and social events provide funand business connections simultaneously. Go for substanceover symbolism.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): 8. Your goodwork reflectsyouwell. Your influence is rising. Check the fine print oncontracts and agreements before signing. No gambling.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): 8. Your studies and travels pres-ent newviews. Draw logical conclusions and express thempowerfully. Your experience and the structures you’ve builtgive you the edge.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): 8. It’s easier tomanageyourmoneywhenyou’re clearwhat youhaveandwhat’s expected.Awind-fall is alwaysnice. Steadydisciplinepayshigherdividends.Pisces (Feb. 19-March20): 8.Together, pursuea shareddream.Realitymayclashwith fantasy.Thingsmaynot lookas imag-ined.Don’t count chickensuntil they’rehatched. Stay inaction.

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Both vulnerable, South dealsNorth♠ K 7 4 2♥ A 7 6♦ Q 6 5

West ♣ J 10 2 East♠ 9 3 ♠ 10 8 6 5♥ Q J 9 5 ♥ 8 4 3♦ K 9 8 ♦ A 10 4 2♣A 9 8 3 South ♣ 6 4

♠ A Q J♥ K 10 2♦ J 7 3♣K Q 7 5

Somehands have all the tricks that you need tomakeyour contract, but you still have to figure out how to takethem. Some are very complicated, like the popular puzzlecube that appeared over 30 years ago and is still seen today.Today’s deal is not especially complicated, but it takes somecareful planning.

There appear to be nine easy tricks— four spades, twohearts, and three clubs. Should declarerwin the openingheart lead in his hand, however, hewill not be able to take

those nine tricksagainst properdefense. Say thathewins the king ofhearts and attacksclubs.Westwill holdup his ace until thethird round of the

suit and lead a diamond toEast’s ace for the heart return thatwill set up twoheart tricks for him. Southwill not be able totake four spade tricks unless the spades split 3-3. Declarercan cash the ace, queen, and jack of spades before leadingclubs, but the defense can still defeat him. Southwill cashthe king of spadeswhile in dummywith the jack of clubs,butWestwill hold up his ace of clubs until the third round ofthe suit and proceed as before. Southwill not have an entryto his hand for the third club trick.

Declarermustwin the opening leadwith dummy’s ace ofhearts. Then he can play off the three top spades in his handbefore leading clubs.He can discard a diamond on the kingof spadeswhile in dummywith a club and then continueclubs untilWest takes his ace.Hewill still have the king ofhearts in his hand to reach his third club trick.Making three!

—Bob [email protected]

The bidding:

South West North East

1NT Pass 3NT All passOpening lead: Queen of♥


JumbleUnscramble the four Jumbles, one letter per square, toform fourwords. Then arrange the circled letters to formthe surprise answer, as suggested by this cartoon.

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek. © 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.All rights reserved.

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Answerhere

Wednesday’s answers

Complete the gridso each row, columnand 3-by-3 box inbold borders containsevery digit 1 to 9.

Wednesday’ssolutions

Crossword 3/29

Across1 “... __ a puddy tat!”5 Bygone 26-Down rival10 Limit13 Small rodent14 Bold alternative16Have amortgage17 “... two fives for __?”18Helix-shaped pasta19 Pince-__20 Surprisingly little,

pricewise23 Picasso’s birth city24Desertlike27 Superfast32RR stops35Healthy drink36 Immigrant’s subj.37Maxim about frugality42Comic strip cry43 “Deadliest Catch”

narratorMike44View fromCatania

45 It’s learned the hardway

50Put away51 Split up54Confusing statements

... and a hint to thecircled letters

60MSNBC’s “Morning__”

62Add value to63Avian digestive system

part64Brewpub order65 School bud66 SingerHorne67 “Not __”68Bond and others69Macron’s state

Down1Nobelist Pavlov2Revered emblem3 Singer/songwriter __Ray Joel

4 Followed the crowd?5European dumpling6Not exactly hummable7 Post-WWII alliance8 Settled on a branch9HoChi __ City10Harmonious11 Leave open-mouthed12Candywith anEmoji

dispenser set15 VI xXVII21 Flat-topped cap22Editor Talesewith a

Doubleday imprint

25 “Show time!”26Co-founder of the

SkyTeamalliance28 Skin care name29 “That is sooo cute!”30Wasikowska of “The

KidsAreAll Right”31 Engine starter: Abbr.32DNA lab items33Unspoken34Call for an

appointment38Before, in ballads39 Scand. land40Temple athlete41 Squid appendage46Light opener?47Coinedmoney48 Pageant bands49Anesthesiologists’

work sites, briefly52White-plumedwader53 “StrawberryWine”

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Steady orrising at night

HIGH LOW

47 33

LOCAL FORECAST

■ The passage of a weakcold front overnight willreinforce north tonortheast winds beforedawn that will continue.

■ Post-frontal clouds and

light showers will persist a

good portion of the day.

■ Trending cooler in the

wake of another cold front.

Mostly cloudy with

occasional light rain. Highs

in the middle to upper 40s

with readings closer to 40

degrees right along the

Lake Michigan shoreline.

■ Rain should end from

the west later in the day,

becoming partly cloudy

with winds diminishing

overnight – lows 30-35. (Precipitation at 6 a.m. CST)

RAINSNOW

60s

60s 60s

NATIONAL FORECAST

70s

70s

70s

70s

80s

80s

50s

50s50s

Wednesday’s lowest: 6° 1 milewest of Monte Vista, Colo.

50s

30s0s-0s-10s 10s 20s 40s 60s50s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s

40s

40s40s

30s

Wednesday’s highest:

93° at Edinburg, Texas

Spokane53/40

Seattle57/45

San Diego71/56

Phoenix86/61

Portland61/42

Billings46/32

Omaha50/32

Dallas70/49

Houston86/60

70s

80s

NewOrleans

77/60

Atlanta74/56

Miami79/71

El Paso76/49

Albany52/49

Concord55/43

Detroit46/30

Minneapolis43/28

Boston53/46

Los Angeles79/55

Albuquerque64/40

Green Bay45/24

International Falls35/3

Salt Lake City58/43

Denver54/31Las Vegas

78/56

Pittsburgh64/42

SanFrancisco

68/46

Boise59/39

Bismarck42/17

Rapid City39/25

Cheyenne42/25Reno

68/38

Des Moines49/30

Charlotte79/62

Orlando88/66

Buffalo51/37

Washington77/61

Washington77/61

Oklahoma City55/40

Oklahoma City55/40

St. Louis48/37

Wichita52/34

Kansas City55/34

Little Rock69/45

St. Louis48/37

Wichita52/34

Kansas City55/34

Little Rock69/45

Indianapolis54/35

Cleveland50/35

New York53/49

Louisville66/43

Indianapolis54/35

Cleveland50/35

New York53/49

Louisville66/43

Chicago47/33

Jackson73/52

Nashville70/47

Birmingham70/52

Chicago47/33

Chicago47/33

Jackson73/52

Nashville70/47

Birmingham70/52







HIGH LOW

51 31

HIGH LOW

38 30

HIGH LOW

45 28

HIGH LOW

46 24

HIGH LOW

47 37

HIGH LOW

44 31

FRIDAY, MARCH 30 SATURDAY, MARCH 31 SUNDAY, APRIL 1 MONDAY, APRIL 2 TUESDAY, APRIL 3 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4

Abundant sunshine allows

temperatures to reach into

the lower 50s by afternoon.

Clouds increase at night

with a chance of a

rain/snow mix toward

morning. Southwest winds.

Mostly cloudy with occasional

light rain or rain/snow mix

early, becoming partly cloudy

in the afternoon. Windy, cool.

Highs peak early in the mid

40s – falling in the afternoon.

Gusty SW winds shift north

midday. Cold overnight.

Partly sunny and chilly with

a brisk northwest breeze.

Highs struggle to reach the

upper 30s. Cloudy

overnight.

A little sun early but clouding

over fairly quickly with a

chance of rain spreading into

the area from the south and

west. Still cool with highs in

the middle 40s. Clouds and a

chance of rain overnight.

S/SE winds.

Cloudy, gusty N/NE winds

with occasional light rain

possibly becoming mixed with

wet snow at times. Highs in

the low/mid 40s. Precipita-

tion ending in the afternoon.

Becoming partly cloudy at

night.

Mostly sunny but continued

cool - high temperatures in

the mid 40s. Clear skies

overnight. Brisk winds out

of the northwest gradually

diminish toward sunset –

becoming light and variable

overnight.

Chicago Chicago

Chicago Chicago

Chicago

Chicago

SOURCES: Frank Wachowski, National Weather Service archives THOMAS VALLE / WGN-TV

NORMAL HIGH: 53°

April to open with the coldest Easter Sunday in 40 years

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

April 16

March 27

April 5

April 20

March 31

CHILLIEST EASTER IN 40 YEARS POSSIBLE THIS SUNDAYForecast for this

Easter Sunday

RECENT EASTER SUNDAY

DAYTIME HIGHS IN CHICAGO:

RANGE IN EASTER

TEMPERATURES

WARMEST

COLDEST3388°°19°

85°

(1895)

(1977)April 1, 2018

■ ColdestEaster Sundaysince 1978 (33°)

■ Of 147 Easters in Chicago 59% had precipitation, and 15% had snowfall

■ It will rankamong thechilliest 10%of Easters

73°

63°

66°

79°

59°

OUROURCES:CES: F nknknknkOOUR nk

CHICAGO AREA TO BE BRUSHED

BY WET SPRING STORM

Thursday/Thurs. night

rainfall probabilities

LATE WEEK/ EARLY WEEKEND

SNOWSTORM FRI. NIGHT/SAT.

7 a.m. to 7 p.m. SaturdaySaturday rainfall chances

Projected

southward

movement

of cold late-

season air

Forecaststorm track

LATE-WEEK/EARLY WEEKEND STORM

TO TUG COLDER AIR INTO CHICAGO

LATE-WEEK/EARLY WEEKEND STORM

TO TUG COLDER AIR INTO CHICAGO

Forecast

high temps

Chicago’s

coldest

Easter

Sunday in

40 years!

EASTER

SUNDAY

SAT.

A.M.

SAT.

EVENING

SUN.

A.M.

Chicago

7 P.M.SUN.

7 P.M.FRI.

7 P.M.SAT.

COLD AIRA.M. FRIDAY

2”

4” 8”+SNOW

7700%%

5500%%

3300%%

70%

50%

30%

RRAAIINN

CHANCES50%

50%

70%

90%

50%

SEVEREWEATHERRISK

SLIGHT

Chicago

32°

20°

35°

Chicago

40°

35°

32°

LOCATION HI LO

CHICAGO DIGEST

LOCATION HI LO

PLANET RISE SET

BEST VIEWING TIME DIRECTION

POLLEN LEVEL

SOURCE: Dan Joyce, Triton College

CHICAGO AIR QUALITY

SOURCE: The Gottlieb Memorial HospitalAllergy Count, Dr. Joseph Leija

LAKE MICHIGAN CONDITIONS

CHICAGO PRECIPITATION

PERIOD NORMAL

SOURCE: Frank Wachowski

O’HARE MIDWAY

CHICAGO SNOWFALL

PERIOD

WEDNESDAY TEMPERATURES

THURSDAY RISE/SET TIMES

Aurora 53 34

Gary 48 39

Kankakee 51 40

Lakefront 46 38Lansing 52 39

THURSDAY PLANET WATCH

Midway 53 39

O’Hare 54 39

Romeoville 53 39Valparaiso 53 37Waukegan 47 30

2018

THURSDAY FRIDAY

Wind N 15-25 kts. NE/SE 6-16 kts.

Waves 4-7 feet 3-6 feet

WED. shore/crib water temps 40°/39°

WEDNESDAY PEAK POLLEN LEVEL

Wednesday’s reading Good

Thursday’s forecast Good

Critical pollutant Particulates

Sun 6:39 a.m. 7:13 p.m.

Moon 5:19 p.m. 5:54 a.m.

March 31 April 8 April 15 April 22

Tree Moderate

Grass 0

Mold Low

Ragweed 0

Weed 0

WED. (through 7 p.m.) 0.00” 0.09”

Month to date 1.59” 2.22”

Year to date 7.77” 5.74”

WED. (through 7 p.m.) 0.0” 0.0”

Season to date 32.9” 35.4”

Normal to date 34.8” 35.8”

Mercury 6:47 a.m. 7:57 p.m.

Venus 7:30 a.m. 8:44 p.m.

Mars 2:24 a.m. 11:27 a.m.

Jupiter 10:52 p.m. 8:52 a.m.

Saturn 2:32 a.m. 11:46 p.m.

Mercury Not visible

Venus 7:45 p.m. 10.5° W

Mars 5:45 a.m. 22.5° SSE

Jupiter 4:00 a.m. 31° S

Saturn 5:45 a.m. 23° SSE

WORLD CITIESOTHER U.S. CITIES

FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO FC HI LO

MIDWEST CITIES

FORECAST (FC) ABBREVIATIONS: su-sunny pc-partly cloudy cl-cloudy rn-rain ts-thunderstorm sn-snow fl -flurries fr-freezing rain sl-sleet sh-showers rs-rain/snow ss-snow showers w-windy na-unavailable

Acapulco pc 83 73Algiers pc 76 56Amsterdam pc 48 37Ankara rn 51 35Athens su 67 51Auckland sh 74 58Baghdad pc104 66Bangkok pc 92 79Barbados sh 84 76Barcelona pc 60 47Beijing pc 67 45Beirut rn 65 56Berlin sh 46 30Bermuda pc 68 63Bogota ts 63 50Brussels sh 51 38Bucharest pc 57 38Budapest sh 52 41Buenos Aires su 84 61Cairo pc 73 56Cancun pc 85 74Caracas sh 79 62Casablanca sh 65 52Copenhagen sn 34 30Dublin sh 45 38Edmonton pc 16 5Frankfurt sh 46 30Geneva sh 54 36Guadalajara pc 86 50Havana su 88 65Helsinki pc 33 16Hong Kong pc 78 70Istanbul sh 50 42Jerusalem sh 61 44Johannesburgsu 75 56Kabul pc 73 44Kiev sn 37 32

Kingston pc 84 75Lima pc 72 65Lisbon cl 58 46London rn 49 39Madrid pc 59 41Manila pc 90 77Mexico City su 81 54Monterrey su 87 61Montreal sh 51 40Moscow pc 32 10Munich sh 46 35Nairobi ts 75 60Nassau pc 81 69New Delhi su 99 70Oslo pc 35 13Ottawa sh 47 36Panama City pc 92 74Paris sh 54 40Prague pc 48 31Rio de Janeiropc 87 73Riyadh su100 75Rome pc 66 54Santiago su 90 55Seoul su 67 45Singapore ts 88 77Sofia su 58 37Stockholm pc 38 23Sydney pc 83 69Taipei pc 78 67Tehran pc 86 68Tokyo su 62 44Toronto rn 44 35Trinidad pc 87 72Vancouver sh 47 45Vienna sh 51 39Warsaw rs 45 33Winnipeg pc 27 7

Abilene pc 63 39 su 70 54Albany rn 52 49 sh 51 33Albuquerque su 64 40 pc 71 46Amarillo pc 58 36 pc 70 47Anchorage pc 36 23 su 36 20Asheville cl 70 54 pc 59 34Aspen pc 42 26 pc 50 31Atlanta sh 74 56 pc 66 42Atlantic City pc 56 49 rn 59 39Austin su 84 53 su 76 56Baltimore sh 68 60 rn 63 42Billings pc 46 32 sh 51 15Birmingham ts 70 52 pc 67 43Bismarck pc 42 17 ss 29 4Boise pc 59 39 pc 65 42Boston cl 53 46 sh 61 39Brownsville pc 89 64 cl 84 65Buffalo rn 51 37 sh 44 31Burlington sh 54 42 sh 47 29Charlotte pc 79 62 sh 75 42Charlstn SC pc 74 62 rn 69 50Charlstn WV sh 74 48 sh 51 34Chattanooga sh 69 53 sh 61 39Cheyenne pc 42 25 pc 55 28Cincinnati rn 63 42 sh 52 34Cleveland rn 50 35 sh 40 34Colo. Spgs pc 51 29 pc 62 39Columbia MO sh 50 34 pc 56 43Columbia SC pc 84 64 sh 77 46Columbus rn 61 38 sh 49 32Concord cl 55 43 sh 56 32Crps Christi su 89 62 su 81 66Dallas pc 70 49 su 72 54Daytona Bch. pc 83 63 sh 86 61Denver pc 54 31 pc 65 37Duluth su 39 20 pc 34 24El Paso su 76 49 su 83 55

Palm Beach pc 80 69 pc 82 66Palm Springs su 92 64 su 94 64Philadelphia sh 68 58 rn 61 38Phoenix su 86 61 su 91 64Pittsburgh rn 64 42 sh 46 31Portland, ME cl 48 40 sh 54 34Portland, OR pc 61 42 sh 61 43Providence sh 58 47 sh 62 39Raleigh pc 80 62 ts 73 43Rapid City rs 39 25 pc 58 15Reno su 68 38 pc 73 40Richmond pc 82 62 rn 69 39Rochester rn 50 38 sh 45 31Sacramento su 81 48 pc 81 50Salem, Ore. pc 62 39 sh 62 43Salt Lake City su 58 43 pc 66 48San Antonio su 89 56 su 81 57San Diego su 71 56 pc 74 57San Franciscopc 68 46 pc 66 50San Juan pc 79 72 pc 79 72Santa Fe su 56 33 pc 62 39Savannah pc 79 63 rn 71 51Seattle cl 57 45 sh 55 43Shreveport sh 77 52 su 72 51Sioux Falls cl 43 28 cl 50 22Spokane cl 53 40 sh 59 35St. Louis rn 48 37 pc 56 41Syracuse rn 48 39 sh 43 29Tallahassee cl 77 65 rn 75 50Tampa su 83 65 pc 82 64Topeka sh 54 31 pc 63 48Tucson su 82 53 su 87 57Tulsa cl 57 38 su 67 51Washington fg 77 61 sh 65 41Wichita sh 52 34 pc 64 49Wilkes Barre sh 51 50 sh 54 29Yuma su 90 61 su 94 65

Fairbanks ss 34 12 pc 33 9Fargo pc 38 14 ss 27 11Flagstaff su 60 28 su 65 32Fort Myers pc 86 64 su 85 67Fort Smith sh 63 41 su 68 47Fresno pc 81 55 pc 84 56Grand Junc. pc 60 37 su 66 41Great Falls pc 46 31 rs 46 9Harrisburg sh 61 55 sh 60 36Hartford sh 57 49 sh 58 38Helena pc 51 36 sh 50 16Honolulu su 83 69 pc 83 69Houston pc 86 60 su 79 59Int'l Falls cl 35 3 pc 24 8Jackson ts 73 52 pc 69 46Jacksonville pc 84 64 sh 81 58Juneau su 44 27 pc 39 25Kansas City sh 55 34 su 60 48Las Vegas su 78 56 su 82 60Lexington rn 67 44 sh 54 35Lincoln pc 50 31 pc 60 40Little Rock rn 69 45 pc 69 45Los Angeles su 79 55 su 80 57Louisville rn 66 43 sh 56 37Macon pc 80 59 cl 75 44Memphis rn 66 46 pc 63 46Miami pc 79 71 pc 79 68Minneapolis pc 43 28 cl 42 28Mobile ts 75 59 pc 77 51Montgomery ts 77 57 pc 72 44Nashville rn 70 47 pc 61 38New Orleans ts 77 60 pc 76 57New York sh 53 49 sh 62 40Norfolk pc 81 64 ts 72 44Okla. City sh 55 40 pc 68 52Omaha pc 50 32 pc 58 40Orlando pc 88 66 pc 89 64

IllinoisCarbondale rn 54 39 pc 57 39Champaign rn 48 32 pc 52 37Decatur rn 49 33 pc 53 38Moline pc 51 28 pc 53 38Peoria rn 48 32 pc 52 39Quincy sh 50 33 pc 55 40Rockford pc 49 27 pc 51 37Springfield rn 51 34 pc 55 39Sterling pc 50 28 pc 52 37

IndianaBloomington rn 56 36 sh 54 36Evansville rn 59 38 pc 56 38Fort Wayne rn 48 31 sh 50 32Indianapolis rn 54 35 sh 52 34Lafayette rn 48 31 sh 50 34South Bend rn 45 28 sh 48 33

WisconsinGreen Bay pc 45 24 pc 48 29Kenosha sh 44 28 pc 48 35La Crosse pc 47 26 cl 51 36Madison pc 47 24 pc 50 34Milwaukee cl 43 27 pc 49 36Wausau pc 40 23 cl 42 29

MichiganDetroit rn 46 30 pc 48 33Grand Rapids sh 50 28 pc 48 33Marquette cl 32 19 ss 33 17St. Ste. Marie pc 36 20 ss 37 22Traverse City sh 39 25 pc 45 29

IowaAmes cl 45 28 pc 53 39Cedar Rapids pc 48 27 pc 52 38Des Moines cl 49 30 pc 55 42Dubuque pc 50 27 pc 52 37

THURS./FRI. THURS./FRI. THURS./FRI. THURS./FRI. THURSDAY THURSDAY

DearTom,Why does air pressure

never cause problems?—Vince Pamelo

DearVince,Air pressure, ameasure

of theweight of air, isdetermined by the amountof air extending upward tothe top of the atmosphere.A barometermeasures thenumber of inches ofmer-cury (in a vertical tube)thatweigh exactly thesame amount as the airpressure. The average airpressure at sea level is29.92 inches ofmercury, orabout14.7 pounds persquare inch.

Air pressure is a benignweather phenomenon inthe sense that its effects onthe humanbody areminorwithin the limits that airpressure varies (belowabout12,000 feet). Chi-cago’s air pressure ex-tremes are 30.98 inches(Feb. 16, 1989) and 28.70inches (March12, 1923).The difference, 2.28 inch-es, represents only aboutone poundper squareinch, or an elevationchange of 2,160 feet.

ASK TOM

Write to: ASK TOM2501 W. Bradley PlaceChicago, IL [email protected]

WGN-TV meteorologists SteveKahn, Richard Koeneman, PaulMerzlock and Paul Dailey, plus BillSnyder, contribute to this page.

Weexperienced lighteasterlywindsWednesdayacross theChicago area,with the occasional breaksin clouds allowing thelate-March sun to raisereadings into themid- andupper 50swell inland,while lakefront locationsbraved upper 30s.

A cold frontwillmovethrough before daybreakThursday,with reinforcingnorth-to-northeastwindsexpected to prevail areaw-ide through the daylighthours alongwith cloudi-ness, occasional light rainand temperatures rangingfrom the 30s again alongthe lakefront to themiddle-upper 40swell inland.

Much below-normaltemperatures are expectedto continue throughnextweek, starting offwithperhaps the coldest Easterhere since1978—evenabundant sunshinewill beunable to boost Sundayreadings out of the 30s.

Brisk northeast winds, with light rain ThursdayNORMAL HIGH: NORMAL LOW: RECORD HIGH: RECORD LOW:THURSDAY, MARCH 29 52° 33° 88° (1986) 9° (1887)

Hear TomSkilling’sweatherupdatesweekdays 3 to 6 p.m. onWGN-AM 720 Chicago.

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Change the look of yourroom with vibrant colorsand bold patterns PAGE 4BEDROOMSWAKEUP

Master modern farmhouse style with these essentials PAGE 2

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Modern farmhouse design is oneof this year’s hottest trends, and forgood reason. The style combinesthewarmth of a traditional farmhomewith a streamlined,minimalaesthetic. And the result is not onlystunning— it’s timeless. There arelots ofways to achieve the look, butincorporating a fewessentialswillhelp you capture the core of thedesign and create the space you’reenvisioning.

Open shelving. Openor visibleshelving is an important aspect ofthis design. It lends itself to a cozy,make-yourself-at-home feeling.Homeownersmost commonlyinstall floating shelves in a rawwood grain or a cleanwhite,withorwithout visible brackets. If yourkitchen alreadyhas cabinets, youdon’t need to pull themout to getthis look. Simply remove the doorsor replace themwith glass doorinserts.

Whites and neutrals. This stylemarries clean lineswith cozy tex-tures and accents. Choosewhite,black andneutral colors that keepthe space airy andminimal. Incor-porate clean-linematerials likebead board, shiplap and subwaytiles. For accents like throwpil-lows, use hand-hewn textures suchas burlap.

Barn doors. Barndoors can go alongway in anchoring your theme.Install themas sliding doors for

pantries or bathrooms in either asleekwhite finish or a rustic paintcolor. You can evenuse a re-claimedbarn door tomake a table.

Farmhouse sinks. Thequintes-sential farmhouse sink is alsoknownas an apron-front sink.These are deeper than other sinks,and you can find them in bothsingle anddouble-basin styles.They are typicallymade fromporcelain.However, stainless steeland copper sinks are popular inmodern farmhouse designs.

Windows and natural light. Totruly achieve themodern farm-house style, incorporate lots ofnatural light. Yourwindowsshould let in asmuch light aspossible. Keep themclean; cutback on shady trees; and swapdark, heavy curtains for lightwindow treatments. If youhavean opportunity to resize or recon-figure yourwindows, considerfloor-to-ceiling fixtures in livingspaces and rows ofwindowpanesin the kitchen. This softens thebarrier to the outdoors andmaxi-

mizes natural light.

Reclaimed wood. This is a sta-ple feature of the style, and youcan incorporate it in a number ofways. One popular installation is abeamed ceiling, constructed usingreclaimedwoodwith its grainproudly exposed. Another greatinstallation is a plankwall,whichyou can either leave raworwhite-wash for the look of painted barnwood.Otherwise you canusereclaimedwood in accent piecessuch as tables and benches.

Antiques. Sprinkle these spar-ingly andpurposefully. This styleleans towardminimalism, so youdon’twant to litter your shelvesand counterswithmemorabilia.Vintage light fixtures, such aswiry pendant lightswithEdisonbulbs, are a perfect choice foroverhead lighting. Industrialstools, vintage signs, porcelainjugs and functionalMason jarsalsomake great accent pieces.

The increased demand for thisstyle can be attributed tomuchmore than aesthetic tastes. Intoday’s fast-paced culture, home-owners need their houses to beboth an escape and a comfort.Clear, defined surfaces andneu-tral tones are calming. Familiar,earthy textures are grounding.Andnatural light allows us toconnect to the outdoors as ourbusy lives keepus inside and awayfromnature.Now that youhavethe formula, you canmake anin-homeoasis that is uniquelyyours.

7 essentials to master modern farmhouse styleBy LaurenWhiteHomeAdvisor

The modern farmhouse style — a hot trend this year — embracesreclaimed wood, lots of natural light and neutral colors to create anoasis for our busy lives.

DREAMSTIME

TheRachio intelligent sprink-ler controller has a number ofmerits— for one, chances are itwill save youmoney on yourmonthlywater bills.

NowRachio has just launchedan even smarter systemwith theRachio 3 smart sprinkler control-ler andRachio 3wireless flowmeter (www.rachio.com).

The sprinkler controller sys-temconnects to yourWi-Fi net-work tomanage your lawnwater-

ing. You controlwatering days,how long each zonewaters,scheduling (odd, even, everythree days, et cetera) ormanuallywith a user-friendly app.

During the app setup, it auto-matically finds a localweatherstation,which determines theamount of rain in the area andwhetherwatering is needed.

Whilewatering, Rachio’swa-ter-saving feature breaks up thewatering schedule by zone, sozones right next to each otherdon’t go off consecutively. Thismaximizes your soil’s absorption

rate by not flooding it.When a leak is detected, you’ll

be alerted via the app, and theflowmeter automatically shutsdownwater supply, protectingagainst landscape damage, flood-ing andwastedwater.

Other new features includebuttons on the unit for controllingthe system (Rachio 2 is buttonfree, controlled only via app),upgradedweather intelligenceand easy-press connectors for 14-and 18-gaugewiring.

I’mnot an electrician nor aplumber, but installing theRachio

2was as simple as plugging in alamp.TheRachio 3 is the same.

Presale discounts are availablethroughApril 13. Regular pricingwill be $249.99 for theRachio 38-zone, $379 for the 16-zone and$99.99 for the flowmeter.

FINDS

Smart sprinkler units can save water, cashBy Gregg EllmanTribune News Service

The Racio app lets users controltheir watering, scheduling whenand how much to douse lawns.

The Rachio 3 smart sprinklercontroller can monitor a localweather station to check rainfall.

RACHIO

Tip of the day

Invest in garage storage:Formost homeowners, thegarage is the black hole oftheir home’s universe. Un-wanted items fromall areasof the house are stored,stacked and forgotten.

In pursuit of garage or-ganization, cabinet-basedstorage systems are themostpopular place to start. Cabi-nets have shelves,whichprovide a home for yourtools, paints, camping equip-ment and other belongings.Once everything has a place,itwill be easier to keep thegarage clean.

The other big benefit ofinstalling garage cabinetry:doors. The spacewill lookneaterwhen you’re able tohide yourmess behind apiece of particle board,wood or stainless steel.

—HomeAdvisor

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Colored, textured andpatterned comforters andduvets are telling a drama-tic bedtime story thesedays.

“Bedding acts as a narra-tor to set the tone of theroom,” saidAnthropologie’shome textiles buyerBrit-tanyPeacock. “As the focalpoint of the room, the bed isa natural location for a popof color or pattern.”

Taking their cue frommanufacturers andhigh-enddesign projects, con-sumers aremoving awayfrom the pale colors thatonce dominated bedroomdecor and toward vibranttones andpatterns, said JoyCoulter ofCoutureDesignsinNewAlbany,Ohio.

“In themore upscalemagazines, I am starting toseemore bright colors,

especially inmaster suites,”she said. “Thenew trendsseem to be getting awayfrom somuchneutral andgray. People are tired ofhaving justwhite bedding,and they’re ready to trysomething bold.”

LouiseTraficanti, cre-ative director forEasternAccents, a bedding com-pany inChicago, thinks thathomeownerswere decorat-ingwithmutedpalettes forseveral years in response tothe economic downturnand their own financialconstraints. Things havebegun to change, she said.

“Over the last two years,we’ve been really pushingmore color, and seeing ourcustomers respond enthusi-astically to patterns anddesigns,” she said.

More color in the bed-roomalso is a reflection ofhowmuch timepeoplespend there, addedChrisChapin, co-founder at

CompanyC, a home fur-nishings company inCon-cord,N.H.With the bed-room functioning as a placetowatch television, read abook or use technology, it’snot surprising that peopleare craving livelier looksrealized through florals,prints and geometric pat-terns in dramatic colors,she says.

“Peoplewant color andsome excitement in theirlives. Color can representwhat someone’s passionateabout,” she said. “Youwalkin, you feel good.”

Thedesire to decorate inaway that tells your storyalso has helpeddrive theuse of color, Traficanti said.“As people getmore expres-sive about their ownper-sonality,” they are choosingmore interesting colors andpatterns for a “more cu-rated look,” she said.

Eclecticism is in and“matchymatchy” is out,addedAndrewHoward ofAndrewHoward InteriorDesign in Jacksonville, Fla.A roomshould look as if “itgrewover time— that itwasn’t bought on the same

daywith all the fabricsperfectly coordinating.”

Thepractice of buyingbedding in a bag—a com-plete set of sheets, comfort-er, bedskirt and shams— ison thewane, Coulter said.

Texture and layering alsocontribute to the bold look,Chapin said. Increasingly,customers aremixingquilts,waffle-weave blan-kets, rich throws and otherfabric pieces to create aninteresting look, she said.

Going boldwith yourbedding is also one of themost affordableways to

change the look of a room,said SuzyCacic, an interiordesignerwhoblogs atBetterDecoratingBible.com.

“Bedding is an easywayto dress up your bedroomwithout having to stick to acommitment like paintingyourwalls or purchasingnew statement furniture,”she said. “Leaving yourwalls neutral andplayingup your decoratingwithaccessories such as yourbedding is an easy andcommitment-freeway tobring in some great style toyour space.”

Eastern Accents’ Tropical Dreams Bedset by CelerieKemble gives off a lush island feel (easternaccents.com).

EASTERN ACCENTS

Anthropologie’s Floral Bedding Collection by artist Lillian Farag is vivid and playful (anthropologie.com).ANTHROPOLOGIE

Go boldat bedtimeComforters, duvets get dramatic

ByMelissaKossler DuttonAssociated Press

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Is it too early to startplanting trees and shrubs?Iwould like to get an earlystart on garden improve-ments this year.

—Monica Jackson,Grayslake

It is OK to start plantingtrees, shrubs, perennialsand ground covers in earlyspring, as long as the soilconditions permit. Forinstance, there are someshady areas inmy gardenthat still have frost in theground—avoidworkingthe soil in any areas thatare still frozen or toowet.The structure of the soilcan be damaged if you digwhile the soil is toowet.

The soilwill take longerto dry out after snowandrain because it’s cooler inspring. Oneway to check ifthe soil is dry enough toplant is tomake a golfball-size ball of soil in yourpalm. Press your thumbonthe ball. If the soil crum-bles or breaks apart, thenthe soil is fine towork. Ifthe soil sticks together,then it needsmore time todry out before you beginplanting.

When you buy plantsthis early in the year, it isbest to purchase those thatare in a similar stage ofgrowth as establishedplants growing in gardens.Plants that are brought infromawarmer gardeningzone or greenhouse can befurther along in foliage orflower development; thoseleaves or flowers can bedamaged by freezing tem-peratures outdoors. (Youcan likely count onmorehard freezes yet to come intheChicago area.)

For example, if youwereto purchase a hosta in fullleaf and plant it now, thefoliagewould surely bekilled by a frost. The plantmay resprout later as theweatherwarms up, but itwould be put under con-siderable stress,which

would affect its perform-ance in the garden. It isfine to plant dormant pe-rennials now— if there is aslight bit of newgrowth(similar towhat youmaybe seeing in your perennialborder) in the container,then you can usemulch tohelp protect it from thecold.

Install bare root plantmaterial as soon as you canafter it arrives in themail.Unpack plants, andmakesure the packing aroundthe roots ismoist. Store theplants in a cool placewhere theywill not freezebefore planting. It is a goodidea to soak the roots oftrees and shrubs inwaterfor a short time beforeplanting. Donot let theroots dry out. Prune onlybroken branches and rootsbefore planting. There isno need to prune to com-pensate for transplantshock.

The freeze and thawcycles occurring at thistime of year can heavenewly installed plants thatwere grown in small con-

tainers out of the ground.Mulch your newplants toprevent this fromhappen-ing. I generally use aboutan inch ofmulch for newperennial and groundcover plantings and 2 inch-es for trees and shrubs.

Plant cool-season annu-als, such as pansies andprimulas that can tolerate alight frost, in earlyApril.Monitor theweather, astemperatures that dropinto the low20s can dam-age even themore cold-tolerant annuals, such aspansies. Temperatures thatgo down to 25 degreeswilllikely damage the flowerson pansies— the plantsshould survive, but theirspring flower displaywillbe severely affected. It isOK to plant somepansiesin a pot outside nowandbring the pot insidewhenvery cold nights are predic-ted.

TimJohnson is director ofhorticulture for theChicagoBotanicGarden inGlencoe.

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What to do before youstart your early plantingBy Tim JohnsonChicago Tribune

In early April, plant cool-season annuals such as pansiesand primulas, pictured here, which can tolerate a lightfrost. But monitor the weather.

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Spring is closer than youthink, andwith all thatwinter stuff cluttering upyour garage, it’s time tothink about bringing orderto your space. These tipswill help you keep yourgarage organized for good.

Think like an organizer.The rightmindset is themost important tool you’lluse in organizing yourgarage. Before you create anew storage system, gothrough your belongingsanddecidewhat youwantandneed to keep. Are youstoring old paint you’llnever use again? Electron-ics that you thought you’deventually repair? Be hon-estwith yourself, and ruth-lessly pare downwhat youdon’t need.Decluttering isa liberating process. Andyou’ll be surprised by theamount of space itwill free.

Prioritize by size.Thebiggest stuff should receivethemost consideration.Freezer, secondary refrig-erator, lawn tractor— theseitems take up themostspace and are hardest tomove.Determinewherethe big stuff goes andworkaround it from there.

Maximize wall space.Hang trimmers, extensioncords, long-handled toolsand even bikes on simplehooks to free floor spaceand assign each itemadedicated place.Mount apeg board on thewall toneatly store tools. (It helpsto drawan outline of eachtool so you can easily seewhere it belongswhen it’stime to put it back.) Takecare tomount these hooksonwall studs to ensurethey’re secure.

Raise the roof. Use over-head storage tomake themost of otherwisewastedspace.Many garages havebuilt-in attics or high-pitched roofs that lendthemselves perfectly toskyward storage. If youdon’t have a second levelfor storage in your garage,consider installing a ceil-ing-mounted storage unit,hanging shelves or build-ing an entire overhead loft,completewith ladderaccess.Many off-the-shelfstorage solutions can stashyour entire family’s bicyclecollection, camping gear orholiday decorations allabove your parking space.

Spring for shelves.Deepshelves are amust—whether they’re in custom-

built cabinets or a simplestand-alone rack. Ideally,garage shelves should be atleast 24 inches deep andstrong enough to hold theweight of your storedbelongings andmore. Keepthe items youuse infre-quently in the back and thetools and equipment youusemost frequently in thefront for easy access.

Put safety first.Storehazardous items such asengine oil, paints andhousehold cleaners safelyand out of reach of littlehands. Andwhen youdecide to get rid of them,be sure to dispose properly.Follow the instructions onchemical containers forsafe disposal, and checkwith your localmunicipal-ity regarding rules forpotentially toxicwaste.

Hire a professional or-ganizer. If organizing yourgarage sounds like toooverwhelming a task totackle on your own, con-sider hiring a professionalorganizer. A pro canhelpyouwith everything frompurging your belongings tocreating amulti-solutionorganization system thatwill help youmake themost of your space foryears to come.

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How to spring forward witha more organized garageBy Paul F.P. PogueAngie’s List

Organization professionals recommend hanging tools on a wall or pegboard — anddrawing an outline to remind you where they go.

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Unless you live in theAtacamaDesert, you needto dealwithwater in andaround your home. Even ifyou live in an arid climatewhere rain only falls a fewmonths of the year, youhave to protect your home.

Every spring I getmoremessages aboutwet base-ments and crawl spacesand soggy soil in the yard.I’ll share a few stories I gotrecently onAsktheBuilder.com.

Sara lives in the greaterWashington,D.C., area. Afewweeks ago, a horriblenor’easter causedwater toleak over her basementwall. She described it as aminiatureNiagara Falls.

Sara lives in a brick-veneer home that’s only 30years old. She has onlybeen in the home for a yearand didn’t have a leakageproblembefore the storm.As youmight imagine, shewas quite distraught.

I explained to Sara thatthe ferocious storm lashedher housewithwind-driven rain. The force ofthewind, coupledwith theweight of thewater crash-ing against her brickwalls,drovewater through thebrick/mortar interfacemuch like you’d hammer anail into a soft piece ofbalsawood. Thatwaterthen ran down the back ofthe brick and found awayinside her basement.

The builder and brick-layerwhobuilt Sara’shomedidn’t install theproper flashings andwa-ter-containmentmem-

branes to dealwith thiswater. It’s a known fact inthe industry that brickwalls leakwater. I sharedwith her a clearwaterrepellent and a secretmethod to apply it thatshould stop almost allfuturewater from leakinginto her home.

Aman inNewJerseylanded onmywebsite andwas desperate.He’s build-ing a newhome, and thesame storm that pum-meled Sara causedhisbasement to flood. Thebuilder had yet to installthe sumppump, and all the

water that cascaded downfrom the roof soaked intothe fluffed-up soil aroundthe foundation.

The photos the home-owner sentmewere dis-tressing. Thewater thatpoured into his basementthrough the sumppitwasfilledwith silt. The floorandwallswere coatedwiththe brown film. I pointedout that if the builder hadinstalled a deep layer ofstrawor a layer of feltpaper on top of the gravelthat covered the founda-tion drain tile, the siltwould have nevermade it

into the basement.Backfill soil aroundnew

homes gets fluffed up, andwater flowing into the soiltransports the small siltparticles until they hit afilter or barrier or the soilself-compacts. If the silt isnot stopped, it can clog thegravel covering the draintile and, in theworst case,clog the drain tile.

The homeowner isgoing to dig a test pit alongthe foundation to seewhathappened. It’s possible thefoundationwas notwater-proofed and the drain tilewas not installed correctly.

Finally, I heard fromErica,who lives on theWestCoast. She’s dealingwith a few issues, not theleast ofwhich iswater thatdrips fromher roof andsplashes up onto herwoodsiding. She also toldmethatwhen there’s a heavyrainstorm,water flowsoverland down the hillbehindher andhits herbackwall.

Gutters at the bottomofroofs are a greatway tominimizewater issues on ahome. A 1-inch rainstormdrops about 1,870 gallonsofwater on the roof of an

average three-bedroomhome.Gutters and gener-ous roof overhangs canpreventwood siding fromrotting because of all thiswater.

The overlandwater thathits up against Erica’s homecan be prevented by ensur-ing the top of the founda-tion or house slab is highenough so the groundaround the entire home canbe sloped away from thesurrounding naturalground. All too often build-ers put houses too deepinto the ground, causingdrainage nightmares.

The building code inmost statesmandates thatat least 6 inches of founda-tion be exposed above thesoil around a home. Theground around the homemust then tilt away fromthe foundation and fall atleast 6 inches in the first 10horizontal feet of run.

This creates a swale ortrough sowater doesn’tcome crashing against thehouse. It’s important torealize these dimensionsareminimumstandards.It’s best to havemore fall sowater never runs up againstthe foundation.

I’ve created a free down-loadable document that hasthe sealer Sara needs, ahand drawing of howdraintile and gravel should beinstalled along a founda-tion, a drawing of howhighto place a foundation orslab to prevent flooding,and lots of links to otherhelpful stuff you need tokeep your homedry. Just goto go.askthebuilder.com/B1239 to getthe free PDF.

How you can win battle against waterBy Tim CarterTribune Content Agency

In a close-up view of a mortar joint between two layers of brick, note the tiny cracks where wind-driven water can seepinto the wall and cause damage.

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One of themost excitingparts of buying a brand-newhome is picking outthe cabinets, flooring, fix-tures and finishes tomakeit your own.Going into adesigner showroom is likebeing a kid in a candy shop,and there’s a lot to choosefrom.

Homebuyers need tokeep inmind, however, thatit all comeswith a price tag,and themodel home thatmade them fall in lovewiththe development featuresthousands of dollars’worthof upgrades. The standardor “included” version of ahome can lookmuchdif-ferent.

Howdo you create thehomeof your dreamswith-out breaking the bank?Youwill need to decidewhat’sworth spendingmoney onandwhat canwait. To dothat, consider how longyou plan to stay in thehome. If it’s a starter homethat you plan to sell in afewyears, get only theupgradeswith a good re-sale value.

Before you talk to de-signers, create a priority listandhave a budget.Mosthomebuyers spend anaverage of 12 percent of thecost of a homeonupgrades.

Be sure to askwhetherupgrades can be includedin themortgage.

Although it’s a nice aimto have everything perfectby the time youmove intothat newhome, it’s rarelypractical.Many cosmeticthings can be done laterand probably for lessmon-ey, but be sure to check thehomewarranty: Youwon’twant tomake changes thatwill void the builder’swarranty.

Make the upgrades forwhichwaitingwould notonly costmoremoney, butalso cause a lot of head-aches— things such ascabinetry, countertops andelectrical.

If you’re buying a two-story home, the stairs oftenset the tone in the entry-way.Many standard homeswill comewith carpetedstairs that have plywoodunderneath, so if you planonhaving hardwood floors,now is the time to addhardwood stairs.

Also, add any electricalconnections you think youwill need. This includeslighting, outlets, built-inspeakers and alarm sys-tems. Youwon’twant any-one tearing into thewallsof your newhome. This isalso true for insulation.Getting the highest R-valueavailablewill savemoney

in heating and air condi-tioning in the long run.

Don’t get caught up inthe glamand glitz of select-ing upgraded lamps, hard-ware range hoods or evenpaint colors. These thingscan be easily replaced, andyou’ll havemore choicesthan the builder can offer.If the backsplash is abudget-buster, considerleaving it out for now so itcan be easily added later.

Themost importantthing is to do your home-work. Comewith a list andhave a pretty good idea ofyour topwish-list items, aswell as amust-haves list.Then try your best to stickto it.While fulfilling thatwish list is often themostfun part of buying a newhome, navigating thebudget and identifyingneeds versuswants canalso cause their fair shareof headaches.

Don’t be afraid to addthe items you feel are nec-essary, and realize thatevery $1,000 in optionsadded to the price of thehomeoften results in $6 to$8more permonth in amortgage. Instead ofspending your cash onhand, including it in yourmortgage can give youmore flexibility and aslightly larger taxwrite-offlater.

Be shrewd about pre-moveupgrades on a new house

If you’re buying a brand-new home, pay to upgrade features if waiting would not onlycost more, but also cause headaches — such as cabinetry, countertops and electrical.

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THURSDAYPunchBowl Social(310 N. Green St.312-809-9551) offers $6well drinks, $8 punch, $7select cocktails, $2.50tacos and $9 burgerswith fries from 3 to 6 p.m.

FRIDAYGet immersed in Frenchculture from 6 to 8 p.m.at 20East (20 E. Dela-ware Place 312-397-3633)with a language lessonandmacaron-makingdemonstration includingtwo glasses of wine, bitesandmacarons to takehome for $30. Tickets:nightout.com

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LOLs for ladiesA perfect way to celebrateWomen’s HistoryMonth: “She thePeople” is Second City’srecent show that has been critically acclaimed, and it was created entirely by women castand crewmembers at the comedy club. The show, which plays at 8 p.m. Thursdaythrough Sunday until May 27 at UP Comedy Club (230W. North Ave.), skewers a slew ofmodern issues that affect women (and everyone else) while still leaving you laughinguntil you cry (andmaybe crying until you laugh?). Tickets: $26-$43. secondcity.com

Don’t be a simpEverybody’s favorite “Simpsons” podcastcomes to Chicago, as “Everything’s Com-ingUpSimpsons”will host a live show at8:30 p.m. Friday at Thalia Hall (1807 S. AllportSt.). Chicago’s resident wrestler, CM Punk, willbe the special guest on hand to discuss hisfavorite “Simpsons” episodewith hosts AllieGoertz and Julia Prescott. WOOHOO! ClassicSimpsons Trivia Chicagowill host “Simpsons”-themed trivia as well. It’s like a variety show,only “Simpsons”-ified. Tickets: $20. thalia-hallchicago.com

Pivot the auxiliary cordAuxCordDJs is something like a DIY DJ set,seizing the power of the aux cord to turnanyone —musicians, writers, local celebs —into a DJ for the evening. This weekend’s showis something special, as Pivot Gangwill workon the boards, including Saba, Joseph Chill-iams, MFnMelo, Squeak, DamDam, Dae Daeand FrshWaters. Check out what should be astellar soundtrack from the Chicago hip-hopcollective, andmake your way to the dancefloor starting at 10 p.m. Friday at theMid (306N. Halsted St.). Tickets: $10-$20.themidchicago.com

Ladies firstBump and Grindcore is celebrating womenwith its March party, dubbed Ladies to theFront: A Celebration of the Women inRap. DJs Rae Chardonnay and All TheWayKaywill handle themusic, full of legendarywomen like Queen Latifah, Da Brat, NickiMinaj, Cardi B andmanymore acts, spanninggenerations of hip-hop, beginning at 9 p.m.Friday at Beauty Bar (1444W. Chicago Ave.).The evening also features photos by Glit-terGuts, custom nail art by Beauty Bar’s nailteam andwill be hosted bywriter and Tribunecolumnist Britt Julious. $5 cover.do312.com

Get your grape onDon’t whine; be happy, because you have theoption to wine instead. The former River NorthWine Festival has rebranded to become theChicagoWine Fest, although it will return tothe same spot at Moe’s Cantina (155W. KinzieSt.) from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Sip vino frommore than 35 different wineries worldwide,enjoy a little something from the continuouscheese plates andmaybe use the photo boothto help you document the day, in case youcan’t remember. Tickets: $50+.chilifeevents.com

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‘THEGENTLEMANCALLER’ATRAVENTHEATRE6157 N. Clark St.773-338-2177Catch apreviewof PhilipDawkins’ dramabasedonthe true story of a 1944sexual tryst betweenplaywright TennesseeWilliams andnewspapercriticWilliam Inge.8 p.m. $29-$32. Tickets:raventheatre.com

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LARRYBROUTMANATCITYLITBOOKS2523 N. Kedzie Blvd.773-235-2523Theauthor andphotogra-pher shares stories aboutthemakingof “ChicagoEternal,” his illustratedbook exploring 32 localcemeteries and thenotable people buriedthere. 6:30p.m. Free.

‘WON’TYOUBEMYNEIGHBOR?’ ATDAVISTHEATER4614 N. Lincoln Ave.773-769-3999TheDOC10film festivalopenswith a screen-ingofMorganNeville’sdocumentary aboutFredRogers followedbya celebration of “MisterRogers’ Neighborhood.”7-9:30p.m. $12-$16. Ticketwaitlist:doc10.org

NOLIMITSMUSICFESTIVALATLOGANSQUAREAUDITORIUM2539 N. Kedzie Blvd.773-252-6179Local bandsCherryGlaz-err, Bruce andBronte Fallperformat a benefit forOver theRainbowAssociation. 6 p.m.-midnight. $30. Tickets:otrnolimits.com

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CHEFNIGHTATKIZUKIRAMEN&IZAKAYA1482 N. Milwaukee Ave.773-270-4150Chef Kevin Yupaystribute toCubs pitcherYuDarvish andhis home-townofOsaka, Japanbymaking 50bowls of aspecial DarvishRamen($15) andpairing itwithOsaka sake. 6 p.m.

‘ASHESOFLIGHT’ATBATEYURBANO2620W. Division St. 312-767-8821UrbanTheater Companypresents an adapta-tion ofMarcoAntonioRodriguez’s playwhere ayoungman returns to theNorth Side of Chicago toreunitewithhis estrangedfamily. 7:30p.m. $15-$20.Tickets:bit.ly/ashesofli-ght

VINTAGEGARAGECHICAGO5051 N. Broadway312-505-6373The show that bringstogether vendors sellingfurniture, clothing, jewelry,art and vinyl kicks off itsseventh season. Apprais-als take place fromnoonto 4p.m., so bring yourvintage items. 10 a.m.-5p.m. $5. Tickets:vintageg-aragechicago.com

TINONTINCOCKTAILCLASSICATRAISED1 W. UpperWacker Drive312-795-3444Watch six Chicagobar-tenders compete to createdrinks using sustainable,local andnatural ingredi-ents and vote for your fa-vorite. The second annualevent also features beertastings and spirit samples.4:30-8:30p.m. $20. Tickets:tinontinchicago.com

CARNIVALEUNIVERSITY:CAIPIRINHASATCARNIVALE702W. FultonMarket312-850-5005Learn how tomix threeversions of Brazil’s nationaldrink and try yourworkpairedwith light bites.6-8:30p.m. $40. Tickets:eventbrite.com

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5411 Empanadas2850N. Clark St. 773-755-5411

TheBYOB spot’s baked empanadas are$2.75 each, so try a few from the list offavorites including shredded beef slow-roasted inmalbecwith onions, carrotsand rosemary, and crispy baconmixedwith goat cheese and thin slices of dates,both ofwhich you can dip in their house-made chimichurri sauce.

Al’s Beef3420N. Clark St. 773-935-2333

Get someballpark style farewithoutactually setting foot inWrigley Field byordering a one-third-poundPolish sau-sage toppedwithmustard, relish, onionsand sport peppers and servedwith a sideof fries for $6.50. You can also opt for thechain’s namesake Italian beef sandwich,servedwith asmuch gravy as youwant($5.65-$8.95).

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theRedLine at this neighborhood classicknown for fast food favorites like aChi-cago-style hot dog ($3.29), Italian beefsandwich ($5.99), bacon cheeseburger($6) andFrench fries ($2.45).

Dimo’s Pizza3463N. Clark St. 773-525-4580

For nearly 10 years, this spot has beensatisfying theweirdest of late night crav-ings by serving up quirky slices likeChicken n’Waffles ($4.50)madewithmozzarella,melted butter, creme fraiche,fried chicken, house-mademini-wafflebites andhoney, alongwith seasonaloptions like theWhite Pie ($4.50) featur-

ingwhipped ricotta, roasted garlic, basil,Italian seasoning and olive oil. Completeyourmealwith an order of their newtruffle or seasoned fries ($4.50 or $3.50).

Rockit Burger Bar3700N.Clark St. 773-645-4400

When the restaurant reopens forCubsseason onApril 9, they’ll be sporting anew, simplermenu including a jumboChicago-style hot dog ($8) and a five-ounce burger toppedwith lettuce, to-mato, onion andAmerican, cheddar,Swiss or pepper jack cheese ($10). Bothoptions comewith your choice of Frenchfries, sweet potato fries or truffle fries.

Wrigley BBQ3555N. Broadway 773-472-1227

Pregame at theBYOBcounter-servicespotwhile packing in a brisket or pulledpork sandwich, servedwith a side of cornbread ormac and cheese ($8.95), or asix-piece order or smoked or fried jumbochickenwings ($9.95). Drench yourmeats in one of their numerous vinegar-based, sweet or spicy sauces.

Si-Pie Pizzeria3477N. Broadway 773-360-1862

With a new location opening at 3349N.SheffieldAve. onApril 4, you’ll soonhavetwoplaces to grab a giant slice of pizzaand a 16-ounce fountain drink for just$5.50. That deal always applies to sau-sage, cheese, pepperoni and veggie piz-zas, but depending onhowmany piesthey’re turning out that day, you snag aslice of one of their signature pies like thekabob pizza toppedwith beef, lamborchicken shawarmaplus green peppersand onions, or theMediterranean pizza,where the samemeats are pairedwithmushrooms, romaine lettuce, pepper-oncini and garlic sauce.Nomatterwhatyou pick, add on one of their belovedgarlic bites for $1 or get three for $2.75.

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Wrigleyville’s TacoBell is closing thissummer tomakeway for a climbing gym,which is decidedly not somewhere youcan eat before aCubs game to avoid con-cession standprices. It’s also not a placeyou can visit after a day of drinking leavesyou craving a chalupa. Luckily, the re-development aroundWrigley Field hasn’tshut down all the options for budget bites.Check out one of these seven spots offer-ingmeals for $10 or less and save yourmoney for another round of beer.

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Cubs hoping clubhousechemistry stays samedespite changes

TheCubs reportedly handed out 1,908World Series rings last year, seeminglyrewarding anyonewith a passing relation-shipwith the organization.

But only 25menwere on the actualrosterwhen the drought ended in 2016,and that groupwill always be linked forending the 107-year drought.

As catcherMiguelMontero put itwhenhewas booed upon returning toWrigleyFieldwith theBlue Jays last summer:“They cheered a lot of big hitswhen Iwashere, andwhether they hateme or loveme,they’re going to rememberme forever.”

Amazingly,with JakeArrieta signingwith thePhillies and JustinGrimmgettingreleased and catching onwith theRoyals,only 13 players remain from thatWorldSeries roster as theCubs prepare to openthe 2018 season.

Clubhouse leaders includingArrieta andDexter Fowler left via free agency,whileDavidRoss retired and JohnLackey appar-ently has done likewise. The only pitchersremaining are starters JonLester andKyleHendricks and relieversCarl Edwards Jr.,MikeMontgomery andPedro Strop.

It’s hard to believe you can lose thatmany key players and retain the sameclubhouse chemistry, butmost of thechampionship core remains.

“That’s theway the game goes some-times,” shortstopAddisonRussell said. “Ithinkwehave the core thatweneed, theplayers thatweneed right now tomake apretty good run for the postseason.Wemayhave lost a fewpieces, butwe pickeduppieces I think are going to be very vitalfor our success down the stretch.

“They all seem like they’re professionals,theway they carry themselves, and aregreat guys in general.Having guys like thatwillmake things easier now thatwedon’thave the JakeArrieta or theLackey in thelocker room.We can definitely go the dis-

tancewith the guyswehave.”TheCubs aren’t going to lose their joie

de vivre. They showed it again duringspring trainingwhenAnthonyRizzowentout to his position before the start of thegame against the Indians at CashmanField,while the rest of the starters re-mained in the dugout andmadehimwait.

There’s no doubt YuDarvish andBran-donMorroware quality players and seemto fit inwell in theCubs clubhouse. But theedginess of Arrieta andLackey can’t beeasily replicated.

Arrieta basicallywas the conscienceof

the clubhouse, saying things that no oneelsewould dare to utter in public, aswhenhe said after theCubs passed theBrewersin July “we expect to remain in first” therest of the season. TheCubs backed upArrieta’s boast andwent on towin thedivision.

At the start of spring training, Lesterwasanointed by JoeMaddon as one of theleaders of the 2018Cubs, a processMad-don said occurred “organically.” Lesteralreadywas one of those guys, thoughtypically he did it behind the scenes, suchas arranging a party for the teamat aWrig-leyville bar after the 2015 clincher or get-tingGrimma suite at theNCAAnationalchampionship football game in January soGrimmcouldwatchhis belovedGeorgiaBulldogs.

Thiswill be is Lester’s first seasonwith-out eitherRoss or Lackey in theCubs club-house. The three formerRed Sox team-mateswent through thewars together,including the 2013 championship inBos-ton, the fried-chicken-and-beer episodeand the end of theCubs’ championshipdrought.

Lester conceded at the start of camp it

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Hey,batterbatterWHAT YOU NEEDTO KNOWABOUTTHEWHITE SOX ANDCUBS GOING INTOTHE 2018 SEASON

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It’s the start of another baseball season,andChicago’s two ball clubs are in verydifferent places. To get a handle onhowtheCubs andWhite Sox are doing, turn toTribune sportswriter Paul Sullivan tobreak down the narratives surroundingeach team.

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was “weird” to bewithout Lackey, histeammate formost of the last decade.

“It’s fun, it’s just a different timenow forme,” Lester said. “I get to see nowwhat‘Lack’ got to see for so long, being one ofthe older guys.”

FormerCubRyanDempster,whoplayedwith the three on the ’13 champs, saidLesterwon’t suffer fromempty-nest syn-drome.

“We’ll have tomake surewehave areunion and bring themall in,”Dempstersaid. “But that’s the nice part about thisteam. It’s one tight team. Lester has peopleover to his house after a game, and every-body’s there. Just because those guys aregone, there are other guys here. I’maround, andRossy comes around.He’s gotbuddies.”

Some young playerswill have to step upand bemore vocal in ’18. Ormaybe not.Russell said he’s not going to change hispersonality.

“I’m always going to be the kind of per-son I am, stay humble and go aboutmybusiness,” he said. “For themost part, it’sprettymuch the same guys.We’ve reachedan (understanding)where everyone knowsthey can be themselves— ‘Don’t shy awayfrombeing yourself, frombeing an individ-ual.’

“It’swhatwewelcomeover here in theCubs organization. If you (be yourself )you’ll fit right in. …Thepersonalities in ourclubhousewill be prettymuch the same.”

White Soxmay be in race tobottom, but fans don't seemtoo concerned

As theWhite Soxwereworking out atCamelbackRanchduring spring training,players unionheadTonyClarkwas on theother side of the valley discussing the “raceto the bottom.”

Clark didn’t namenames, of course, butthe Sox are considered one of the so-calledtanking teams that avoided spending onbig-name free agents thiswinterwhilethey continued to rebuild. Instead of tryingto contend, the Sox and several otherteamswere seemingly content to endure alosing season to compete for a better draftpick and strengthen the organization fromthe bottomup.

It’s not a particularly novel idea. TheCubs andAstros had the samebasic planandwoundupwinningWorld Series titlesin 2016 and ’17, respectively.

But the number of tanking teams seemsto have grown, andClark saidThursday heknewat the start of the offseason some-thingwas amiss “whenwe started to hearpublic commentary fromclubs suggestingtheyweren’t as interested in competing,and/or theywere focused in on a race tothe bottom.You start to see those types ofcomments, then you start to question theintegrity ofwhat’s really going on.

“I know I’ve said it nowa few times, butthat type of commentary not being in the

forefront of the public or the private dia-logue iswhen you really start to questionwhat’s happening. So I’d say that’swhenthemotor startedmoving a little quickerthan it had been.”

There’s little doubt the “race to the bot-tom”means fewer teams spendingmoneyon free agents, less lucrative contracts forsomeof the bigger-name free agentswhosigned andno contracts at all formanyplayerswho are stillwaiting for a phonecall.

But the onlyway itmatters is if a team’sfan base stops going to games or paying anyattention to thembecause they’re fed upwith the lack ofwinning, or perhaps thelack of trying towin. If that fan base buysinto the rebuild, there’s really nothingwrongwith tanking a fewyears for the sakeof long-term success.

As long as a team is open about its plan,as Cubs PresidentTheoEpsteinwaswhenhe came toChicago in 2012, and asWhiteSox generalmanagerRickHahnwaswhenhe announced the start of the Sox rebuildafter the 2016 season, there should be littlecomplaining about the lack of spending inthe free agentmarket.

Hahn said before the start of springtraining he didn’t carewhat outsiders saidabout their plan.

“Our focus is on putting theWhite Sox inthe best position towin a championship,and regardless ofwhatmay be happeningin baseball at amacro level, I know that this

path puts us on the best course to do it,” hesaid. “That’swhatmy concerns are, notwith any outside criticismor scrutiny ofthat process.”

Sox fans upsetwith the plan can gowatch theCubs or perhaps tune out base-ball altogether. Fromwhat I’ve heard thelast fewweeks fromSox fans following theteam inArizona, that attitude is almostnon-existent.

The Soxhave a fewobvious holes, andthere are still some free agentswho couldmake this teambetter in 2018, includingstarterAlexCobb and closerGregHolland.

But no one expects the Sox to changetheir tune and fork outmoney at the lastminute just for a fewmore victories, know-ing the future is brightwith young playerssuch asYoanMoncada, LucasGiolito andReynaldoLopez on the big-league club andprospects such asEloy Jimenez,MichaelKopech, Luis Robert andDylanCease.

Sox fans are as hopeful as they have beenin years, even if 2018 isn’t going to be theyear they turn things around. The lack ofSox spending doesn’t seem to bother them,even if the strange free agentmarket upsetsthe union andplayers in general.

I askedClark if hewould describe themood of the players as “angry,” as one agentsuggested before the start of spring train-ing. Clarkwouldn’t go that far but said:“The groupwehave now ismore focusednow than they’ve ever been. And that inand of itself changes the conversation.Regardless ofwhere you’re at in theschemeof things, and regardless ofwhatyour individual experience is,whether it beagitation or however youwant to charac-terize it, the guys are engaged in a fashion Ihaven’t seen before.”

But as long as fans buy into the conceptof rebuilds, and as long as it keepsworkingin some cities, the players unionwon’t getmuch sympathywhether right orwrong.

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Chicago White Sox Yoan Moncada duringspring training.

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In the story, I referred to theCubs usinga nickname— the old “lovable losers”moniker. I am, after all, awriter invested inimbuing storieswith color. Imight also beaWhite Sox fan invested in poking fun atthe team from theNorth Side of town.

Whatevermy intention,many readerswere not amused! The slight, 125-wordstory elicited no fewer than 30writtenresponses fromCubs fans, expressingeverything frombemusement to genuineoutrage. Some suggested thatwewrite aretraction for using the term, others sug-gestedwe apologize to theCubs organiza-tion. If I ever need to reference theCubs’record or playoff resume from the last fiveyears, I need to look no further thanmyinbox.

Wehere at RedEye always enjoy havingfun and interactingwith our readers, butthe volumeof the readers’ collective re-sponse got uswondering: Is it still appro-priate to invoke the “lovable losers” nick-namewhen talking about theChicagoCubbies in 2018?

Rest assured, Cubs fans:No one thinks Iwas correct.

“Is lovable losers appropriate?No, abso-lutely not, and the citizens of Chicagowereright to berate you,” said sports historianJackM. Silversteinwith a laugh.

Doug Sohn—one-time founder andowner ofHotDoug’s, lifelongCubs fan andcurrent owner of aHotDoug’s stand in theWrigley Field bleachers— totally agreed.

“Tome, that’s history,” he said. “Thatjust isn’t germane to the team’s currentsituation.”

Silverstein is also aCubs fan, but givenhiswork, he naturally took an academicapproach to the nicknamequestion.

“(Lovable losers) is inappropriate for acouple of reasons.No. 1 is the obvious one.We justwon theWorld Series, andwewentto theNLCS three-straight years ... It justdoesn’t fit,” he said. “The second reason

why it’s inappropriate is because itwaskind of always inappropriate. Itwas de-meaning, and itwas amarketing gimmick.”

Silverstein looked through the news-papers.comarchives and said the firstreference he found of the termwas in 1963,when itwas applied to theNewYorkMets,fresh off their infamous debut season inwhich they lost a still-record 120 games.Like the team’s “Amazin’Mets” tag, “lov-able losers”was a facetiousway to refer-ence a bad ballclub.

Perhaps itwas by proximity in their“rivalry” as baseball’s twomost consistentlosers during the ’60s and ’70s, but some-how, the “losers” tagmade itsway over toChicago’sNorth Side. The first time aChi-cago publication used the term to refer-ence theCubswas in 1977,when anunattributed column about both theCubsandWhite Soxhaving surprising seasonsused it to juxtapose their history againstthat season’s success

The next time the termappeared inprintwasn’t until 1982,when theTribunepurchased theCubs and changed the frontoffice and teammanager. Even in these36-year-old references, the conversation isstrikingly familiar: “Will theCubs alwaysbe our lovable losers?” reads one headline,while a blurb in another issue reads,“What’s in store for theChicagoCubs nextseason, now that newmanagement hastaken over and vowed to change the image…of baseball’s lovable losers?”

“Yeah, Imean, (theCubs)were not—PHIL GREER/TRIBUNE FILE

Tony Melone paints a new logo on a wall at Wrigley Field on March 27, 1987.

Can we stillcall the Cubs‘lovable losers’?ASSESSING THE NICKNAME’S PLACE IN HISTORY

By Adam Lukach | REDEYE

Severalweeks ago, theCubs announced asweet (and salty) newpartnershipwithGarrett Popcorn.Naturally, RedEye cov-ered the collaboration between these twoChicago institutions.

ED WAGNER JR./TRIBUNE FILE

Ryne Sandberg, left, Rick Sutcliffe and theCubs won the NL East in 1984, earningtheir first playoff berth since 1945.

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(laughs) ... Post-’69, therewere a lot ofyears there, really until ’84,when theywould just fight theMets for last place intheNLEast every year, and people didn’tgo,” said Sohn.

Silverstein argued the application of theterm to theCubswas enabled by formerteamowner PKWrigley,whowas fa-mouslymore of a businessman than abaseballman.

According to the Society of AmericanBaseball Research’swebsite,Wrigley oncesaid, “Our idea in advertising the game,and the fun, and the healthfulness of it, thesunshine and the relaxation, is to get thepublic to see ball games,win or lose.”Basically,Wrigley thoughtwinning didn’tmatterwhen it came to selling a day in thesun atWrigley Field.

“If you startedCubs history in ’84, Idon’t think thatwewould be called thelovable losers,” said Silverstein. “So there’s’84, five years laterwewere in the playoffsin ’89, nine years laterwewere in theplayoffs in ’98, five years laterwewere inin ’03. 2004 and 2001 are basically playoffseasons that ended before the playoffs … IknowaYankee fanwould never be like,‘Oh, remember that yearwe almostmadethe playoffs?’ But aCubs fan does say that… It’s not likewewere theBuffalo Bills.”

Whatever the applicationwas then, itclearly doesn’twork now. Both Silversteinand Sohn agreed that theRicketts era hascaused a sea-change, top-to-bottomamong the organization.

“Prior to theCubs, I think the greatexamplewas theBlackhawks,” Sohn said.“For years, theywere consideredmaybetheworst-run franchise in all of profes-

sional sports. Theywere horrible. And themoment— I even think itwas as hewasexhaling his last breath—whenArthurWirtz died, the fortunes of that teamandthe image of that team instantaneouslychanged. I literally think as hewas exhal-ing his last breath, Rockywas signing thecontract to put the games back onTV.Allof a sudden, itwas like ‘Whoa, this is nowthe best-run franchise inChicago.’ Andsince theRicketts family took over theCubs, just like that, everything changed.”

Silverstein takes it a step further: “LouPinella used to have ‘Cubby occurrences’…Those teamswere saddledwith historythat had nothing to dowith them. I feelthis iteration of theCubs…did not feelthat burden. They did not feel they them-selveswere afflicted by any kind of curse.That afflictionwas on the fans, not them.They had a power.”

And if the players had bucked the bur-den of that nickname (or theBillyGoatcurse, orwhatever affliction theCubsmayhave had), the fans’ response tomy invo-cation of the nickname shows they’reready tomove past it aswell.

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Revolution,whichhad nine draft han-dles at the ballpark last year,will see amarked expansion at Sox games in 2018and beyond: 38 draft handles, plus eightmore taps at the bar inwhatwas previ-ously a private event space only occa-sionally open to the public.

Whatwill be dubbed theRevolutionBrewing#SoxSocial TapRoomwill beopen to all ticket holders andwill sport asocialmedia focus, including awall ofscreens displayingWhite Sox socialmediachannels, ample outlets for fans to chargetheir phones and a designated spot forselfies.

Thanks to a two-yearmarketing deal,Revolutionwill bewell-represented in the#SoxSocial TapRoom,where tapswillpour several beers ready-made for base-ball, including the brewery’s flagshipAnti-Hero IPA, Fist CityChicagoPaleAle,Rev Pils ChicagoPilsner and SunCrusherHoppyWheatAle.

Taphandleswill also be reserved forbeers unimaginable in aChicago ballparkeven five years ago: Revolution’s rotatingseries of “Hero” IPAs (first up:GalaxyHero), beersmade at Revolution’s brew-pub onMilwaukeeAvenue andDeth’s Tar,an imperial oatmeal stout aged in bourbonbarrels that’s a bruising 14.8 percentalcohol. Ballpark priceswere not yet avail-able.

“A barrel-aged beer and a rotating pubbeer?That’s really bringing the experi-ence to the fans,” saidDonnBichsel, Revo-lution’s director of sales andmarketing.“Having that experience at a ballpark—that’s the exciting thing for us.”

Teaming upwith theWhite Sox is thehighest-profilemarketing deal to date forRevolution,which has grown swiftly sinceopening as a brewpub eight years ago. IntheBrewersAssociation’smost recentrankings, Revolution has become thenation’s 40th largest craft brewery and

REVOLUTION BREWING

The Revolution Brewing #SoxSocial Tap Room, shown here in a mock-up, will pour several beers ready-made for baseball, includingthe brewery’s flagship Anti-Hero IPA.

White Sox,Revolutionteam upfor bar atballparkBy Josh Noel | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

TheWhite Soxhave embraced the craftbeer revolution, and now they’re embrac-ingRevolutionBrewing,whichwill op-erate a branded bar along the left field lineatGuaranteedRate Field for at least thenext two seasons.

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50th largest brewer overall. As a partner oftheWhite Sox, Revolutionwill be able topromote the relationship not only in theballpark, butwhere people buy beer—including bars, liquor stores and grocerystores.

WhileWrigley Field’s beermenu re-mains dominated byAnheuser-Busch(despite a late season incursion byLaguni-tas last year), theWhite Sox continue toembrace a progressive beer lineup. Thelaunch of a “Craft Kave” last year featuredmore than 75 craft beers inwhatwas previ-ously stockedwithMiller products andcalled theBullpen Sports Bar.

Despite fewer fans in the ballpark in2017 than 2016, theCraft Kavemademoremoney than its predecessor concept, saidBrooksBoyer, senior vice president of salesandmarketing for theWhite Sox. Thelesson is clear, Boyer said: Peoplewantoptions. They’ll be getting evenmore ofthem in 2018, not onlywith the expandedpresence of Revolution, but alsowith aCraft KaveExpress on the 500 level ofGuaranteedRate,where 40 to 50 craftbeerswill be available.

“I’mnot breaking any newshere, butWhite Sox fans like to drink, andwe’veheard over and over that people appreciateawider selection,” Boyer said. “That led usto bemore proactive in the amount offlavorsweprovided.”

OtherChicago-area breweries thatwillbe represented atGuaranteedRate in 2018will includePipeworks, Pollyanna, OffColor andBaderbrau.

ButRevolutionwill be the dominantbrand, thanks to a partnership hatched lastyearwith aminormarketing deal thatRevolution knew itwanted to expand asthe seasonwore on. At the same time, theWhite Soxwere looking to expand its#SoxSocial Lounge,whichwas housed in aspace too small for its popularitywith fans.

“Oddly, it all came together at the same

time,” Boyer said. “Our social (media)peoplemade it clear theywere cramped,andRevolutionwas looking for some-thing that could be theirs.”

As a result, Revolution gets its highest-profile partner to date, and theWhite Soxget a local, ascendant brandwhose beerand logowill be dotted through the park.

Of Revolution’s 38 draft handles be-yond the#SoxSocial TapRoom, 18will beAnti-Hero and 14 SunCrusher, a summerseasonal that debuted last year. Thisyear’s versionwas released lastweek andwill continue to be brewed throughAu-gust. Additional Revolution tap handles inthe ballparkwill feature Fist City andRevPils.

But the heart of its presencewill be theRevolutionBrewing#SoxSocial TapRoom,whichhas a capacity of 250 people— slightly smaller thanRevolution’s spa-cious taproomonKedzieAvenue. A patiooverlooking the field has room for anoth-er 60 people.WhatwereMiller Lite-branded tables on that patio in recentyears—when the spacewas called theMiller Lite Extra BaseClub—will bereplaced by used bourbon barrels toreflect Revolution’s growing barrel-agingprogram.

Bichsel saidRevolution is “very ex-cited” to be in its dealwith theWhite Sox.He also described himself as “a die-hardCubs fan”whowas in the standswhentheCubswon the 2016World Series inCleveland. Teaming upwith theWhiteSox is “painful forme,” he joked. But theSouth Sidewaswhere the opportunityarose, and brewery executiveswerethrilled to grab it.

“We like to saywemake beer for every-one,” he said. “We’d love to be a partneron both sides of the city.”

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Brooklyn Boulders100 S.Morgan St. 312-268-0002Featured class: Intro toClimbing. Thosenew to climbingwill feel comfortable inthis small group setting as they learn tech-niques andhow to navigatewalls. $49 for a45-minute class.Other classes offered: learn the ropes,

personal training, climber core andVinyasa yoga.Details: For complete calendar and tick-ets, check outbrooklynboulders.com/chicago

The Pursuit Supply Co.4316W. Irving ParkRoad, 312-985-6652Featured class:CoffeeRoastingBasics.Have a hard time becoming an earlyriser?Dive into theworld of home coffeeroasting, fromgreen beans to a cup of Joe.$30.Other classes offered: beer brewing,winemaking, black andwhite filmdevel-oping, fermenting and pickling food andcomposting.Details:For complete calendar and tick-ets, check outpursuitsupply.com

Japanese AmericanService Committee4427N. Clark St., 773-275-0097Featured class: Ikebana

Turn the beautiful spring flora into yourown artistic creationwith Ikebana, theJapanese art of flower arrangement thatdates back to the seventh century. $140 forfour classes.Other classes offered: cooking, Japaneselanguage, ink painting, calligraphy, origamiand Shubu-Kai, Japanese classical dance.Details:For complete calendar and tickets,check out jasc-chicago.org

Chicago PrintmakersCollaborative4912N.WesternAve., 773-293-2070

Featured class: ScreenPrinting: PostersandTees. Study the basics of silk-screen-ing for posters orT-shirts. Bring yourcreativity andwhatever youwant to printon; all othermaterials provided. $120 fortwo classes.Other classes offered: relief printmak-ing, printmaking techniques for collectorsand advanced relief printmaking: colormethods.Details:For complete calendar and tick-ets, check out chicagoprintmakers.com

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Class acts GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND TRYSOMETHING NEWWITH THESE 10 CLASSES

By Hannah Steinkopf-Frank | REDEYE

LENNY GILMORE/REDEYE FILEAnthony Campobasso rock climbs at Brooklyn Boulders.

As theweather getswarmer, now is theperfect time to explore a newhobby andfinally shake off thewinter blues. Fromcoffee roasting to iPhone photography toflying trapeze, here are10 classes to try outthis spring and summer.

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the photography power of your smart-phonewith a focus onnature images. $99for three one-hour classes.Other classes offered: botanical paint-ing and art, garden design, gardeningtechniques, yoga and tai chi.Details:For complete calendar and tick-ets, check out chicagobotanic.org

The iO Theater1501N. Kingsbury St., 312-929-2401Featured class:Comedic Storytelling. iOTheater’s comedic storytellingworkshopis the perfect place to turn your personalstories into crowdpleasers,whetheryou’re performing onstage or over cock-tails. $53 for a three-hour class.Other classes offered: improv, talkshowportfolio,musical improv, videoproduction andwriting comedy videos.Details:For complete calendar and tick-ets, check out ioimprov.com

ReBuilding Exchange1740WWebsterAve., 773-252-2234Featured class:Make It Take It: YardGames.What’smore impressive thanwinning a gameof cornhole?Making thewooden backyard activity yourself! TheRebuildingExchange offers a variety ofwoodworkingworkshops using re-claimedmaterials. $100 for a three-hourclass.Other classes offered:woodworking101, andMake It Take Itworkshops inbenches,wine racks andmirrors.Details:For complete calendar and tick-ets, check out rebuildingexchange.org

Trapeze School NewYork5917N. Broadway, 773-484-8861Featured class: FlyingTrapezeClass.Never fulfilled those dreams of joiningthe circus?TheChicagoTrapeze Schoolwill have you flying in the air. This coursehas a focus on safety as students of all

skill levels learn how to take off. $50 fortwohours during theweek, $60 after 5p.m. onweekdays or $65 onweekdays.Other classes offered: silks, trampoline,balancing and acrobatics and Spanishweb.Details:For complete calendar and tick-ets, check out chicago.trapezeschool-.com

Old Town Schoolof FolkMusic4544N. LincolnAve., 773-728-6000Featured class: Introduction toUkulele.Themusic venue and education centeroffers a variety of creative classes for stu-dents of all ages and skill levels. Ukulele isa greatmusical entry point, aswell as aneasily portable instrument for summerparties. $202 for eightweeks ofweeklyclasses, 80minutes each.Other classes offered: beginningmusictheory, hip-hopdance, vocal techniquesand improv comedy.Music classes fordrumming, banjo,mandolin, harmonicaand other instruments.Details:For complete calendar and tick-ets, check outoldtownschool.org

The Chopping Block4747N. LincolnAve., 773-472-6700Featured class:GrillingBootCamp.Wantto impress friends and familywith yourgrilling skills? This two-day intensiveworkshop coversmarinating and grilling avariety of standardmeats aswell asmoreadventurousmeals such as grilled babyoctopus, pizza and cinnamon apples. $475for twodays.Other classes offered: clean eating,bloodymary brunch, dim sumandhow tobluff yourway throughwine.Details:For complete calendar and tick-ets, check out thechoppingblock.com

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But “brewpub” is amightyweak de-scriptor for the sophisticated, unique syn-thesis of this Ravenswooddestination.

The beers, by co-founder andheadbrewerMichael Carroll, are creative quaffsthat incorporate such ingredients as beets,pears, toasted fennel and jasmine rice (thecreations change regularly).

There’s also a remarkablewine list,overseen by co-founderCraig Sindelar, anda terrific sommelier in thewell-traveledRichardRichardson (Alinea, A10 andmore).

The clever cocktail program is run bybar leadChris Vicic,who,whenmywifemadeher temporarily-without-alcoholstatus known, accommodatedherwith acouple of bright, nicely balanced, ad hocmocktails.

The newish executive chef (on boardsince July) is IanDavis, and remember thatname. The 33-year-old has a glitteringresume that listswork at JeanGeorges andMomofuku (where hewas chef de cuisine)inNewYork, andBlackbird andTru inChicago. At Band of Bohemia, he’s creatingvisually stunning yet highly approachabledishes thatwork hand-in-glovewithCar-roll’s creative urges.

Inwhat surely is a sentence that neverwill be uttered again, Sindelar praisedDavis’ beer-friendlywork: “He’s got a newcarrot lasagna coming out,” he said, “whichwill go greatwith our newbeet beer.”

Theremay indeed be food-beer affinitiesinDavis’ dishes, but they exist in someback-of-the-mind realm, undetectable

without somehint fromBand of Bohemia’somniscient servers. Davis’ stand-on-their-own compositionswould impress even ifbeerwere not part of the equation.(Though, at this place,where’s the fun inthat?)

At his simplest, Davismanages tomakesmoky pieces of sturgeon on toasted sour-dough sing,with the help of huckleberryjamand just-this-side-of-liquid egg yolk.Overlapping sheets of nearly translucentkohlrabi hide a treasure of heirloomcar-rots andhazelnut-pistachio crumble.Tightlywound strips of lobster tagliatelle

Ian Davisis a chefto watchSTUNNING BUT APPROACHABLE DISHESWORKWITH BREWPUB’S CREATIVE QUAFFS

By Phil Vettel | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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The fried eggplant at Band of Bohemia is served on naan brushed with Old Bay butter,along with Old Bay aioli and pickled sport peppers.

Band of Bohemia describes itself as thecountry’s “firstMichelin-rated brewpub,”and the restaurant indeedmakes variousbeers on the premises, and does have oneor twomenu items thatmight pass for pubfood.

The kitchen team is led by executive chefIan Davis, who has been on board sinceJuly.

The baked ‘foie-laska.’

Spiced duck with crisped rice and bok choy.

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are gracedwith king crabmeat andmatsu-takemushroombutter, in a bit of richness-on-richness indulgence.

More in-depthwork pairs cornmeal-fried eggplantwith rounds of in-housenaan brushedwithOldBay butter, abettedbyOldBay aioli and pickled sport peppers.A thick cube of suckling pig rests in a brothmade frommilk inwhich the pigwasbraised, fortifiedwith clams, oyster leafand poblano in amost improbable surf andturf.

The baked “foie-laska,” a seared andcross-hatched slab of foie gras blanketed bya torchedmeringue of duck-eggwhites andpears, surrounded by vanilla-pear foam,nimbly balances sweet and savory notes;this is the sort of dish forwhich dinerswillclamor.

Main courses include duck in two forms.There are the circular ravioli of spinach,ricotta andduck confit, toppedwith heartsof palm and grated pecorino, a fine entree.And then there is the superstar entree:duck breast coatedwith toasted curryspices, presented in long rectangleswithcrisped-rice cubes, dots of coconut pureeand scorched bok choy; this dish is sensa-tional.

Iwas alsowowedby the chicken, dustedwith guajillo spice and lime and served

with a deep anddark ancho-pasillamole,dots of horchata and sesame, andmezcal-infused sesame crumble, and by beautifullypreparedmonkfishwith chestnut puree,saffron pearl pasta andBrussels sproutleaves.

GeorgeKovach offers somenifty des-serts, chief among thema tuffet of fermen-ted-banana cheesecakewith guava-pas-sionfruit gelee, coconut sorbet,macadamiacrumble and finger lime, a dish so prettythat the intrusion ofmy fork felt briefly likedesecration. I had fewer qualms about the“foie-sicle” (they do love foie gras here),mostly because the combination of foie,blackberry,white chocolate andwhite-chocolate crunchwas served, as I supposeit should be, on a stick.

WhenBand of Bohemiamade its debutin late 2015, themenuwas explicit in itsfood-beveragematch instructions. Today,the restaurant’smissionwell-established,Sindelar andCarroll are content to letservers handle that task,which they dowith considerable grace.

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Kiah Bacon, left, and Keyesa Green sit at the lively bar at Band of Bohemia.

Band of Bohemia4710 N. Ravenswood Ave.; 773-271-4710www.bandofbohemia.com

Tribune rating: ★★★

Open: Dinner Tuesday-Sunday, brunchSunday

Prices: Entrees $25-$45

Noise: Conversation-friendly

Ratings key: ★★★★ outstanding; ★★★excellent; ★★ very good; ★ good; no stars,unsatisfactory. The reviewer makes everyeffort to remain anonymous. Meals are paidfor by the Tribune.

For dessert, fermented-banana cheese-cake.

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MUSIC | REYKJAVIK CALLING at MARTYRS’In partnership with Martyrs’, the Icelandic-American concert known as Reykjavik Calling incollaboration with WLUW will feature Iceland artists JFDR and Sturla Atlas and will be joinedby US artist Ethan Butler.

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FILM | SHORTFISH at MUSIC BOX THEATREThe Icelandic film industry’s premier festival, Stockfish, is screening its short film programon Saturday, April 7 at Music Box Theatre. The short film division of the Stockfish festival,aptly dubbed Shortfish, focuses on highlighting up-and-coming Icelandic filmmakers.

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DRINKS | COCKTAIL KICK-OFF at THE DAWSONIcelandic mixologist Teitur Ridderman Schiöth will be teaming up with Reyka brandambassador, Trevor Schneider, to serve delicious cocktails made with Iceland’s favoritespirits, Reyka and Brennivín at The Dawson.

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DESIGN | ICELANDIC DESIGN at MARSHALL’S LANDINGThis year at Taste of Iceland in Chicago, the Iceland Design Center presents: Iceland’s ThrivingDesign and Architectural Scene. Join Halla Helgadóttir, Managing Director of the IcelandDesign Centre, at Marshall’s Landing for a discussion on Icelandic design and architecture.

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Taste of Iceland is taking over Chicago for a four-day festival of Icelandic cuisine,art and culture. The interactive celebration showcasing the best of Iceland will offerattendees an experiential glimpse into the inspirational elements of Icelandic culture.

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The colorful new spot is the latestcollaborationwith Japanese baristaextraordinaireHiroshi Sawada,with adecidedlymore polished vibe than itsWest Loop counterpart.Whereas theWest Loop spot is hip, industrial and

spacious, thetinier SawadaMatcha is amoderncounter-serv-ice spotwith a

low-slung couch and limitedwindowseating. (Ostensibly, itwill serve as alounge forHogsalt’s RadioAnaga iza-kaya, located behind some curtains andset to open any day now.)

While the Instagram-famous,matcha-fueledMilitary Latte, an artful green tea

and espresso drink, is the signature offer-ing, don’tmiss theBlackCamoLatte($5.95).

Forgoing grassy, vibrantmatcha, theBlackCamoLatte instead uses hojichatea, a green tea roasted over charcoal, asthe base alongwith espresso.WhereastheMilitary Latte is pleasantly balancedbetween the grassy tea, earthier espressoand light kiss of vanilla, theBlackCamois nuttier andmore aromatic, the tea’sscent seductivelywafting off the creamy,silky foam.

Elsewhere on themenu, you’ll findother tea-driven drinks, like thematchacortado ($4) and pour-over teas. If you’relooking for a snack, a rotating dozenmacarons are available, as arematchadoughnuts fromanotherHogsalt proper-ty, DoughnutVault.

If you can take amoment of your dayto sit and savor a cup of tea-infused java,there’s no better place than this tiny spotin the shadowof theMerchandiseMart.

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SAWADA’S BLACK CAMO LATTE

Fans of perennially popular SawadaCof-fee are in luck:HogsaltHospitality hasquietly opened a sister spot inRiverNorth, dubbed SawadaMatcha.

drink thisBy Joseph Hernandez | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Sawada Matcha's artful black camo latte replaces matcha tea with a charcoal-roastedgreen tea called hojicha.

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“Iwanted to focusmore onharderanimals,” Gerali said. “Mydream is toopen up a sanctuary so if animals aredeemedunadoptable forwhatever reason,Iwant them to be able to have a place togo.”

Gerali hasn’t had a chance to openhersanctuary quite yet, but Alive just cele-brated its 10th year and plans are under-way to set up a new facility in SalemLakes,Wisconsin by 2019, in addition tothe nonprofit’s existingRoscoeVillageshelter. Gerali and her teammostlyworkwith animals that are older, thatmighthavemedical or behavioral problems, orthatmight be pregnant or consideredferal. Last year, Alive launchedTheHutch,a rescue program focused on findinghomes for rabbits, aswell. The group alsooffers assistance programs like vaccineand spay/neuter clinics andworkswithChicagoAnimalCare andControl to stepin andhelpwhen families are consideringsurrendering their pets.

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TheOldTownSchool of FolkMusicinstructs thousands of students aweek,but you don't need to be enrolled inbanjo lessons to enjoy the variety ofunexpectedmusical performances theLincoln Square location has to offer.Don't let the “folk” fool you:Weeklyconcerts at one of the school’s twomainauditorium spaces run the gamut fromflamenco dance parties set to Latinrhythms to contemporary classical fromIndia. (Pro tip:WorldMusicWednesdayshows are free.) The laid-back vibe likelydates back to the school’s early years atthe height of the 1960s folkmusic re-vival, and today that low-key atmos-pheremakes it the perfect place for anoff-the-beaten-path performance thathits an artsy but accessible note.

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ThroughoutMarch, Smartbar has beenhosting its fourth annualDaphne festival, amonthlong event that spotlightswomen,female-identifying andnon-binarymusi-cians in electronicmusic. Thisweekendwill be the final portion of the event, andThursday’s party is a particular standout:Fluxxxus—another inclusive local party—will play host for the evening, featuring setsfromHijo Pródigo,Miss TwinkUSAandCDVR (which is pronoucned “cadaver”).Be a live body on one of the city’s bestdance floors. $5. 10 p.m., 21+. Tickets:smartbarchicago.com

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Kyle DixonandMichael SteinAthenaeumTheatre2936N. Southport Ave. 773-935-6875

KyleDixon andMichael Stein are onehalf of theAustin-based electronic groupSurvive, better known as the composers of“StrangerThings.” The nostalgicNetflixseries became a runawayhit in 2016, andthatwas in large part due to Survive’s eeriescore.Heavily inspired by the ’80s synthwaves of Jean-Michel Jarre and JohnCar-penter, the duo brings the nostalgic soundtoChicago. $34-$44. 8 p.m. Tickets:athaneaumtheatre.org

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Beyond the GateBohemianNational Cemetery5255N. Pulaski Road 773-539-8442

Now in its fifth year, EmptyBottle’sBeyond theGate concert series showcasesmusicians Julie Byrne, BrettNaucke andSamWagster. In celebration of the springequinox, this performance take place in thehistoric BohemianNational Cemetery.Julie Byrne’s finely tuned compositionsheadline this celebration of experimenta-tion and creativity. $20. 8:30 p.m., 21+.Tickets: emptybottle.com

MONDAY

DanAuerbachRiviera Theatre4746N. RacineAve. 773-275-6800

Whenhe isn’t keeping busy fulfilling his

duties as theBlackKeys’ frontman,DanAuerbach isworking on a laundry list ofsolo projects. The album“Waiting on aSong” is his latest independent endeavorand a first for his new label, EasyEyeSound.His newwork ismore of the same,but in the bestway possible: a concoctionof pop rockwith a twinge of country andsoul influence. $40. 6:30 p.m., 18+. Tickets:rivieratheatre.com

TUESDAY

A$AP Ferg, Denzel Curry,Jay IDKHouse of Blues329N.Dearborn St. 312-923-2000

Second toRocky, Ferg is one of themostprolific rappers in the entireA$AP collec-tive, andhismixtape from last year, “StillStriving,” proves that he is yearning to bethe best. Rhyming by his side is one of thebest lyricists in the game,Denzel Curry,and up-and-comer Jay IDK. $35-$40. 5p.m. Tickets:houseofblues.com/chicagoEfrainDorado is aRedEye freelancer. Red-Eye reporterAdamLukach contributed.

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Dear Anna,I'mbisexual. I

met a guy.We'regoing steady. Can Ibe in a stable, long-termheterosexualrelationshipwith-out losing part ofmyself?—Anon.

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is that you shouldnever feel likeyou’re losing anyparts of yourself inany relationship.

You are awhole person loving anotherwhole person.

That said, bisexuals do face challengesthatmonosexuals (straight or gay) don’toften have to contendwith.Namely thatwe’re largely invisible to the broaderworldand especially sowhen inmonogamousrelationships.Woo! TeamBi!

I’vewritten roughly 1,400 essays andadvice columns on bisexual identity, butam still often presumed to be either a les-bian (because I’m long-termpartnered to awoman, and, you know,wrote a bookwithlesbian in the title), or straight.

So, lesson one: Assumepeoplewillmisidentify you based onwho you’rescrewing, but don’t take it personally.Whether you speak up to these peopleand/or correct them is up to you. Youmight decide you don’t have any f---s left togive on certain days, and that’s fine. Chooseyour battles! Theworld is trying enoughwithout having to defend one’s sexualidentity all the time. But, Iwill say, that ifit’s a personwho is important to you,speaking up is helpful in the long run. Thisdoesn’t have to involve a speech. A simple,“I’mbi, actually” is fine. Or name-droppingan ex-girlfriend in conversationwill help

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Lesson three, the hardest one: Stay con-nected to peoplewho affirm your identity.“I think the thing that is so painful to lose isaccess to the queer community,” saidA.V.Flox, a pansexualwomanmarried to aman. “The answer tomehas been to showup for the queers. That's howyou stay incommunity.”

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Restaurant reviews andprofiles fromTribune food critic Phil Vettel, staffreporters and freelancewriters. No starsindicates a restaurant has been profiled butnot reviewed, and does not reflect onquality of dining.

Ratings key:★★★★ outstanding;★★★excellent;★★ very good;★ good.

GOLDCOAST

BoothOne ★★★Helmedby veteran chefDougPsaltis, BoothOne is something of aresurrection of the famedPumpRoom.Scan through themenu, and you’ll findsuchnods to the past as steakDiane, seven-vegetable salad, salmon asiatique and cur-ried chicken brochette. But you’ll also spotdishes the old PumpRoomneverwouldhave touched— snapper ceviche and tunasashimi, for instance—andmodern up-dates (the crabLouie salad is nowa lobsterLouie and comeswith jalapeno crema) thatmight have been viewed as sacrilege yearsago. Open:Dinner daily, lunchMondaythroughFriday. Prices: Entrees $22-$43.1301N. State Parkway, 312-649-0535.—PhilVettel

Maple&Ash ★★★This steakhouseknowshow to cook andhow to have fun.Standards such as French onion soup arenicely rendered, and pastry chef Aya Fukaioffers someof themost beautiful (anddelicious) desserts you’ve ever seen.Open:Dinner daily; downstairs bar open lunch anddinner daily. Prices: Entrees $18-$54. 8W.Maple St., 312-944-8888.—P.V.

MargeauxBrasserie★★Chef/restaura-teurMichaelMina has landed inChicagoat lastwith this glamorous, 1920s-inspiredbrasserie inside theWaldorf Astoria. It’s aspricey as theGoldCoast addresswouldhave you expect, but superb quality andgenerous portions ease the sting, as do themore casual barmenu and its bargainhappy-hour specials. Look to cookedseafood appetizers (roasted oysters,moules frites) to start, andmake room inthe budget for the splendid lobster bouilla-baisse.Open: Breakfast and dinner daily.Prices: Entrees $28-$59. 11 E.Walton St.,312-646-1300.—P.V.

NicoOsteria ★★★Newchef BillMon-tagne has done luxury-level (CChicago)andneighborhood-level (Snaggletooth)restaurantwork inChicago, and at thiswell-establishedGoldCoast seafooder, he’s

trying to do a bit of both, positingNico as aplace to drop in for a glass ofwine andsmall pasta, aswell as a legitimate diningdestination. Pastas are indeed drop-inworthy, particularly the tagliolini tossedwith uni butter, and higher-endmaindishes such as “whiteNegroni” halibut andwhole-baked branzino displayMontagne’sdeft touchwith subtle flavors. Factor inLeighOmilinky’s desserts and breads, andNicoOsteria has few, if any,weaknesses.Open breakfast, lunch, dinner daily; weekendbrunch. Prices: Entrees $17 to $42. 1015N.Rush St., 312-994-7100.—P.V.

Somerset★★★ LeeWolen gives hisseasonal American cooking a less formal,more rustic touch in thisGoldCoast new-comer in theViceroyChicago (neeCedarHotel). Fans ofWolen’swork at Boka know

to look for signature ingredients such asoctopus andwhole-roasted chicken (thelatter served Sunday-supper style,with twoside dishes), but keep an eye out also forbeef tartare, tossed in amayomixedwithits rendered fat. The ever-reliableMegGalus contributes stellar desserts, such ascaramel-apple tartwith burnt-cinnamonice cream.Open: Breakfast, lunch/brunch,dinner daily. Entrees $23-$55. 1112N. StateSt., 312-586-2150.—P.V.

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CaféMarie-Jeanne ★★Runbyhusband-wife partnersMichael Simmons (chef ) andVal Szafranski (front-of-house), CafeMarie-Jeanne is an intensely personaloperation, onewhose easygoing attitudeand excellent kitchenworkmake the

Humboldt Park spot a neighborhood treas-ure. Don’tmiss the duck frites dish,whichmixes sliced duck breast and roasted legpieceswith duck pate and plenty of duck-fat fries.Open: Breakfast, lunch and dinnerWednesday-Monday. Prices:Main courses$12-$35. 1001N. CaliforniaAve. 773-904-7660.—P.V.

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A10★★★Named for amotorway thatconnects Italy to France, A10 offers tradi-tional-with-a-twist Italian andFrenchdishes fromYusho chefMatthiasMerges.Small plates include bar-food riffs; largeplates shinewith interesting accompani-ments.Open: Dinner Tuesday-Saturday,brunch Sunday. Prices: Entrees $14-$30.1462E. 53rd St., 773-288-1010.—P.V.

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BRIAN CASSELLA/TRIBUNE FILESnapper ceviche at Booth One.

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Ceres’ Table★★This accomplishedrestaurant is respectful of Italian regionalcuisinewithout being tradition-bound.The all-Italianwine list is budget-sensitivewhen it needs to be; that and the under-$9cocktailsmake this an attractive place toimbibe.Open:Dinner daily, brunch Sunday.Prices: Entrees $15-$32. 3124N. Broadway,773-922-4020.—P.V.

Ella Elli ★★This restaurant is a sexyspace filledwith curvy pendant lamps andhandsome couches, but it’s not all looks:ChefNolanNarut is putting out somedestination-worthy plates, including ri-cotta gnocchi, sourdough slatheredwithavocado and everything seasoning, andbaby carrots drizzledwith harissa-spikedlemon vinaigrette.Open: Dinner daily.Prices:Main dishes $14-$27. 1349W.Cor-neliaAve., 773-935-3552.—MichaelNa-grant

Entente ★★★TyFujimura (Arami) hasanother hit restaurantwith this cozyLakeview restaurant,which opened in late2016 and features the talents of chef BrianFisher (previously at Schwa and, believe itor not, Saved by theMax). The delicious,robust food (don’t pass up the gorgeousoctopus andpork loin entrees, nor theprettiestwedge salad in town) is abettedby a robust beverage programandwhip-smart, engaging service. The small, two-room space has an appealing, comfortablerusticity, but it can get pretty noisy.Open:Dinner Tuesday-Saturday. 3056N. LincolnAve., 872-206-8553.—P.V.

mfk ★★★With just 28 seats,mfk is toughto get into butworth the effort. Bo-queroneswith shaved fennel should bepart of anymeal you assemble, and theplatters— anotable fish stew starringcobia collar and a surprisingly painstakingchicken ballotine— are superb.Open:Dinner daily, lunchTuesday-Sunday.Prices: Entrees $20-$24. 432W.DiverseyParkway, 773-857-2540.—P.V.

Sal’s Trattoria ★Allen Sternweiler(Butcher& theBurger) is the chef behindthis Lakeview charmer, so popularwithyoung families in the neighborhood itwillneed a stroller valet long before it needsone for cars. A single-page, budget-con-sciousmenuoffers the usual suspects, plusefforts such as calamari under a profusionof tomatoes, lemon and capers; offbeatdaily crostini (blueberry-sage jamwithgoat cheese, for instance); and a gorgeousspinach-arugula saladwith pear, pancettaand gorgonzola.Open: Dinner Tuesday-Sunday. Prices: Pasta andmain courses$15-$25. 2834N. Southport Ave., 773-857-1401.—P.V.

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Boka ★★★Chef LeeWolen (ex-ElevenMadisonPark) brings an excitingmenu toa restaurant that’s been aChicagomain-stay formore than a decade.While theingredients are familiar, the execution is

beautifully complex. Cocktails are first-rate, too.Open:Dinner daily. Prices: Entrees$22-$33. 1729N.Halsted St., 312-337-6070.—P.V.

ChopoChickenChopoChicken inLin-coln Park looks similar to dozens of otherquick-service joints popping up aroundtown that hope tomimic the success ofChipotle (at least before all the healthscares). The shtick: a short, Peruvianmenuof four or five proteins that you canendlessly customizewith toppings to yourliking.Open: Lunch and dinner daily.Prices: $11-$13. 2460N. Clark St., 773-666-5925.—NickKindelsperger

DeQuay ★Chef and ownerDavid deQuaydips into his heritage for this 42-seater; themenu is principallyDutch-inspired,withthe occasional nod to Indonesia. Thehearty foods are particularly good; Indone-sian representations aremild, occasionallyto a fault. Very affordablewines and inter-esting, genever-heavy cocktails highlightthe beverage program.Open:Dinner Tues-day-Sunday. Prices: Entrees $18-$28. 2470N. LincolnAve., 872-206-8820.—P.V.

Naoki Sushi ★ChefNaokiNakashima,who for years has overseen the sushi atShaw’sCrabHouse, is helming a smallspot. Themenuprovides the sushi basics,

allwell-executed, but the specials, oftenincluding awhole-fish presentation, arewhere you’ll get the truemeasure of thechef’s talent.Open:DinnerWednesday-Sunday. Prices:Main dishes $16-$29. 2300N. Lincoln ParkWest, 773-868-0002.—P.V.

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Daisies★★1⁄2Chef Joe Frillmanhas suc-ceeded in creating simple, satisfying farefrom local produce. Youwillwant to orderall the pastas, including stracci, tiny nap-kin-like noodle shreds strewnwith per-fectly toothsomepeas and tender lamb.There is also a cornflake chicken,which is

BRIAN CASSELLA/TRIBUNE FILESeared rushing water trout with braised short rib agnolotti at Ceres' Table.

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sort of like a Japanese chicken katsu or aGerman schnitzel, where the cornflakecrust acts like a panko breading andmakesfor a superior and epic chicken nugget.Daisies is the ultimate in dad food— sim-ple dishesmade great.Open:DinnerWednesday-Sunday. Prices: Entrees $15-$19. 2523N.MilwaukeeAve., 773-661-1671.—M.N.

DosUrban Cantina ★★★ In a 100-seatbrick-and-oak space, Topolobampo alumsBrianEnyart and Jennifer Jones crank outirresistibleMexican-inspired dishes thataren’t afraid of a little influence from Italy,theAmerican South orEasternEurope.Desserts are terrific, there’s a budget-consciouswine list and cocktails include afirst-ratemargarita.Open:Dinner daily.Prices: Entrees $16-$21. 2829W.ArmitageAve., 773-661-6452.—P.V.

Giant ★★★ JasonVincent (ex-Night-wood) is operating an eclectic 44-seaterwith co-chef BenLustbader and partnerJoshPerlman (beverage honcho). Theonly common element in amenu thatembraces liquefied sea urchin in friedpasta, sweet-and-sour eggplant andpecan-smoked ribs is that everything’sdelicious. The dining room is cheerfullynoisy and unpretentious.Open:DinnerTuesday-Saturday. Prices:Main courses$16-$19. 3209W.ArmitageAve., 773-252-0997.—P.V.

Mi TocayaAntojeria★★DianaDavila,the opening chef at Cantina 1910, is backwith her ownplace, serving her own styleofMexican food that’s creative, but stillrooted in tradition. Try the “peanut buttery lengua,” crisped cubes of braised beeftongue in a complex anddelicious sauce ofpeanuts, cured tomato and chile de arbol.There are also four tacos on themenu,generously portioned andwell-made.Open:Dinner Tuesday-Saturday. Prices:Small plates $8-$13, large plates $24. 2800N. LoganBlvd., 872-315-3947.—P.V.

Quiote ★★This bilevel Logan SquareMexican restaurantwants to be yourround-the-clock dining destination—your localmorning cafe, casual lunch-hour taqueria, trendy neighborhood din-ner spot and even late-night bar. Itmostlysucceeds,with considerably good tacosand someof the best tortas in the city. Thebasementmezcal bar is a great place todrink.Open: Breakfast, lunch, dinner andlate-nightWednesday-Monday. Prices:Tacos $4; tortas and entrees $11-$24. 2456N. CaliforniaAve., 312-878-8571.—N.K.

Ugo’s Kitchen andBar★Ona stretch ofArmitageAvenue inLogan Squareincreasingly populatedwith someof thehottest restaurants in town (OsteriaLanghe,DosUrbanCantina andTable,Donkey and Stick), Ugo’s iswonderfullyuntrendy.Highlights of the vaguely Italianmenu include the chicken livermousse,the spreadable pork rillettes and anythingfried. Build ameal out of these appetizers,and you’ll leave happy.Open:Dinner

Wednesday-Monday. Prices: $8-$15. 2833W.ArmitageAve., 773-698-8984.—N.K.

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Acanto ★★A redesign givesAcanto amore casual look than its former life asHenri, and the pasta-heavymenu ismorebudget-friendly, thoughpricier dishes,such as veal breast, areworth themoney.A heavily Italianwine list and good cock-tailsmake this a fine place to bend anelbow.Open:Dinner and lunch daily.Prices: Entrees $14-$38. 18 S.MichiganAve., 312-578-0763.—P.V.

Cherry Circle Room ★★Aquiet alterna-tive to theChicagoAthletic Association

hotel’s relentlessly crowded rooftop bar,CherryCircleRoom is also one of themosthandsomedining spaces in the city,withleather,wood and clubby good looks.Executive chef PeterCoenen’smenurecalls steakhouse classics in his refinedtakes onCaesar salad and tuna tartare,even though there’s just one steak on themenu. Roasted leg of lamb for two andduck for one are highlights, andKristineAntonian’s superb desserts deliver anexciting finish.Open: Breakfast, lunch anddinner daily. Prices: Entrees $16-$38. 12 S.MichiganAve., 312-792-3515.—P.V.

Gayle’s Best Ever Grilled Cheese Far-mersmarket favoriteGayleVoss panini

presses grilled cheese sandwiches at hernewpermanent home in theBlock 37pedway. Follow your nose to find butter-browned slabs of sourdough stuffedwithfatty farmcheese and seasonal ingredi-ents, plus lobster grilled cheese onFri-days only. Dunk themall in a fragranttomato pesto soup.Open: Breakfast andlunchweekdays. Prices: Sandwiches $6 andup. 108N. State St., pedway level, 312-285-2202.—LouisaChu

Pearl Brasserie★★With veteran chefandpartner JasonPaskewitz joined bycocktailwhiz (and generalmanager)SteveCarrow, it’s easy to see how this5-month-old operation could be a hit.Sitting onWacker near theCivicOperaHouse, Ogilvie andUnion Stations, PearlBrasserie is a great pre-dinner or pre-commute option, but it’s strength is beingthe best Saturday-night hidden secret intown. Paskewitz’s cooking remains strongas ever, but hismenu is simpler andmoreaffordable—dinner is presented in athree-course, $35 format, and lightereatersmay order a la carte, but the three-course option is an excellent value,withchoices like Berkshire pork chop, beauti-ful in taste and texture, aided by rose-mary-scented jus, apples, savoy cabbageand lardons.Open:DinnerMonday toSaturday, lunchMonday to Friday. Prices:Three-course dinner, $35. 180N.WackerDrive, 312-629-1030, pearlbrasserie.com.—P.V.

Revival FoodHall Featuring 14 impres-sive food stalls and a cocktail bar, Revivalis easily the best place to eat lunch in theLoop. Try hot chicken sandwiches at TheBudlong, poke bowls at Aloha andmore.Open: Lunch and early dinnerMonday-Friday; bar until 9 p.m.Monday-Friday.Prices: Entrees $8-$15. 125 S. Clark St.,773-999-9411.—N.K.

Steadfast★★Themost ambitiousrestaurant to hit theLoop in a long time isa small-platesAmerican spot. There’s alot to love: the complex cooking of chefChrisDavies, the superb bread anddes-sert frompastry chefChris Teixeira, andimpressive charcuterie.Open:DinnerMonday-Saturday, lunchMonday-Friday.Entrees $24-$39. 120W.Monroe St., 312-801-8899.—P.V.

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TheAlbert ★ Just off the lobby of theHotel EMC2, theAlbert has yet to achievethe genius of Einstein, but is aworthyaddition to the dining scene. The arts-meets-science decor is highlighted by acollection of thousands of science booksin high-mounted bookcases. Similarlydramatic are the plates fromchef Bran-donBrumback’s kitchen (look for theaguachile-style kampachi crudo, quinoa-coated octopus anddry-aged duck), andVanarinKuch’s gorgeous desserts.Open:Dinner daily, brunch Saturday-Sunday.Prices: Entrees $24-$44. 228E. Ontario St.,312-471-3883.—P.V.

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BlueDoorKitchen★★Art Smith’s TableFifty-Twohas been transformedwith arevampeddecor and a remademenuunderchef ReyVillalobos. You’ll still find suchT52 staples as fried chicken andhumming-bird cake, but newdishes, including anexcellent Brussels-kale salad, reflect aMidwestern slant (and are a littlemorehealth-focused).Open: Lunch and dinnerdaily.Prices: Entrees $16-$44. 52W.ElmSt.,312-573-4000.—P.V.

GTPrime★★★GiuseppeTentori (alsoGTFish&Oyster) turns his back on steak-house conventions in his second restau-rant. There’s no rawbar, no oversize po-tatoes, and steaks are served in preciselytrimmed slices, rather than doorstop-sizedslabs. The star entree is theCarnivoreplatter (beef filet, beef strip loin, venison,wagyu), starters range from foie gras ter-rine to gnocchiwith sweetbread “crou-tons,” and desserts include simple dough-

nuts and an artistic apple cake.Open:Din-ner daily. Prices: Steak $14-$56. 707N.WellsSt., 312-600-6305.—P.V.

Il Porcellino ★Take Italian-Americanfood,make itwith top-notch ingredientsand finishwith bargain prices (for theneighborhood, at least). That’s the recipefor the latest fromMelman siblingsRJ,Jerrod andMolly, overseen by chefDougPsaltis.Housemade pastas, $17 or less, arethe stars, particularly the gnocchi Bolo-gnese.Open: Dinner daily. Prices: Pastas$15-$17, entrees $22-$30. 59W.Hubbard St.,312-595-0800.—P.V.

NOBLE SQUARE

Temporis ★★★Twoyoung veterans ofLesNomades run this 20-seat dining roominNoble Square. From the outside, it’sbarely noticeable as a restaurant; inside,you’ll be delighted by courses like rabbitthreeways (rack, tandoori-spiced loin,confit leg) and foie gras ice creamdomes

sprinkledwith guava salt, all part of a 10-course, $125menu.Hiddendownstairs, ahydroponic garden supplies chefswithmicrogreens and other basement-to-tablegoodies.Open: Dinner Tuesday-Saturday.933N.AshlandAve., 773-697-4961.—P.V.

NORTHCENTER

Kitsune ★★★This latest effort fromElizabeth chef/owner IlianaRegan is, likeevery other concept she’s opened, intimate,highly personal and as adorably precious asthe cartoon-y figurines she employs asdecoration. The 24-seat spot offers dishesrooted in Japanese flavors, but incorporat-ing the local, foraged ingredients Regan isknown for. For example, chawanmushi, asavory Japanese custard, comeswithshredded Jonah crabmeat and overlappingcoins of local radish. Don’tmiss the thicklysliced porridge bread servedwith house-cultured butter.Open: Dinner Tuesday-Saturday, brunch Sunday. Prices: Large

plates $16-$26. 4229N. LincolnAve., nophone.—P.V.

PILSEN

HaiSous ★★★ Itmay seemodd to travelto Pilsen to experienceChicago’s bestVietnamese restaurant. You’ll get over it. Atthe brilliantHaiSous, Thai andDanielleDang offer a pleasant (if occasionally noisy)115-seat dining roomwith excellent serviceandprice-conscious drinks, all in service toThaiDang’s skillful cooking and appealing,cliche-freemenu.Open: Dinner daily.Prices: Large plates $16-$25. 1800 S. Car-penter St., 312-702-1303.—P.V.

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Band of Bohemia★★★ In a sprawlingbrewery loadedwith offbeat furnishings,find amenu so focused on suds that appe-tizers are listed by beermatch. Yet there isalso a greatwine list to browse, not tomen-tion forward-thinking dishes (vegetables

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get exceptionally good care here). Thisplace does a lot of thingswell.Open: DinnerTuesday-Saturday. 4710N. RavenswoodAve., 773-271-4710.—P.V.

RIVERNORTH

ArbellaDrinks reign at the latest projectfrom the teambehindPeruvian power-houseTanta. Themenu is divided by coun-try or region;mezcal plays heavily intodrinks in theMexico section,while you’llfind pisco and rum inCuba. The short listof food hops around the globe, too. Butbeware: Cobbling together enough smallplates for ameal can be deceivingly expen-sive.Open: Dinner and late night daily.Prices: $8-$15. 112W.GrandAve., 312-846-6654.—N.K.

Beacon Tavern★★This project byBillyLawless (TheGage, TheDawson) is tuckedinto a plaza justwest of theWrigley Build-ing. Seafood is a focus,with shrimp toastcoated in truffle butter and a prawn saladthat pops thanks to peppadewpeppers, butthere’s also a towering burger. Don’t skipthe cheddar bay biscuits, a tongue-in-cheek homage toRedLobster.Open: Lunchand dinner daily. Prices: $12-$40. 405N.WabashAve., 312.955.4226.—P.V.

BoardingHouse★★★There are cutetouches on themenuhere, such as friedpolenta planks, but chef TanyaBaker’s bestefforts aremarvels of seamlesslymatchingflavors, such as honey-glazed chickenwithCalabrian chilies. Owner andmaster som-melier Alpana Singh naturally offers astellarwine list.Open: DinnerMonday-Saturday. Prices: Entrees $22-$34. 720N.Wells St., 312-280-0720.—P.V.

Dolce Italian ★★A little bit of SouthBeach shows up inRiverNorthwith theopening ofDolce Italian, a concept thatoriginated inMiami. Thin, Roman-stylepizzas are a strength, alongwith pastas(such as a sweet-pea tortelli).Open: Break-fast, lunch, dinner daily. Prices: Entrees$19-$39. 127W.Huron St., 312-754-0700.—P.V.

Katana★★★Aconcept that originatedonLA’s Sunset Strip, Katana combinesnightclubby visualswith ambitious, high-level cooking, highlighted by the dishesemerging from the sushi and robata bars.The a la cartemenuoffers a dizzying arrayof choices, and one can opt for an omakase(chef’s choice)menu for $175. Beverageoptions are long and deep, including animpressive sake selection curated byman-ager (and “sake sommelier”)Dila Lee.Generalmanager and veteranChicagorestaurateur JasonChanputs a local faceonwhatmight otherwise seem like animported operation.Open:Dinner daily. 339N.Dearborn St., 312-877-5544.—P.V.

Portsmith ★★★TheDanaHotel inRiverNorth has beenhome to a few shrug-worthy restaurants over the years, but inPortsmith, a restaurant operated by theFifty/50 group (Homestead on theRoof,Steadfast,more), theDanahas a restaurant

worthy of attention.NewEnglandnativeNateHenssler offers seafood dishes thatare thoughtful and delicious, skirting theusual clichés; there’s no lobster roll on themenu, for instance, but there’s a crabmeat-stuffed baowith herbedmayo. Pastry chefChris Teixeira follows the fishy themewithdesserts inspired by coastal citiesworld-wide, and a bread program that offers noriciabatta and bonito-flake sourdough.Open:Breakfast, lunch, dinner daily. Entrees $29-$62. 660N. State St., 312-202-6050.—P.V.

River Roast ★★Well-known chefs TonyMantuano and JohnHogan are behind thisriverfront restaurant. The sized-for-tworoasted entrees are the stars, including aninsanely good chicken.Open:Dinner daily,lunchMonday-Friday, brunch Saturday-Sunday. Prices: Entrees $22-$25, entrees-for-two $39-$42. 315N. LaSalle St., 312-822-0100.—P.V.

Texican ★★This restaurant fromchefKimDalton, formerly ofDodo, brands itself

as Tex-Mex, but it isn’twhat you think.Take theTexicanKingRanch casserole, asoulful lasagnawith crispy layers of ElMilagro tortilla sandwiching perfectlybraised chicken breast; or the breakfasttacos that overflowwith creamy scrambledegg curds and salty bits of queso fresco.The chili,made from top round and fivedifferent chiles, is the best I’ve had inChi-cago.Open: Breakfast and lunch daily.Prices: Entrees $7.50-$10. 869N. LarrabeeSt., 312-877-5441.—M.N.

SOUTHLOOP

Acadia ★★★★ChefRyanMcCaskey hasquietly turnedhis SouthLoop restaurantinto one of the finest inChicago. The five-and 10-course tastingmenus include hom-ages toMcCaskey’s belovedMaine; in thefront lounge, a barmenu includes oysters,chickenwings and a seriously good burger.Open:Dinner Tuesday-Sunday. Prices:Five-coursemenu $115, 10-course $175. 1639

S.WabashAve., 312-360-9500.—P.V.

UNIVERSITYVILLAGE

Jade Court ★★★The restaurant is hometo arguably the best Chinese food in town.The owners areEddyCheung andhisdaughter, Carol,who owned and operatedPhoenix restaurant for 20 years. Themenuis typical ofmost Chinesemenus—dozensof poultry, pork, beef, seafood andnoodledishes—but theway to order, as itwas forin-the-knowPhoenix regulars, is to askwhat the kitchen is up to that evening.Typhoon lobster, one ofmanyHongKongspecials available here, is stir-fried andbriefly deep-fried, the seafood redolent ofgarlic, aromatic chiles and fish flakes.Open:Lunch and dinnerWednesday toMonday.Prices:Main courses $13.95-$26.95. 626 S.RacineAve. 312-929-4828.—P.V.

WEST LOOP

BadHunter ★★Greens and grains rule atthis almost-vegetarian restaurant, thoughskewers of chicken thigh or charred sirloinwill keep any carnivore companions happy.The drink list is notable for its clever cock-tails and painstakingly sourcedwines.Open: Lunch and dinner daily; brunchweek-ends. Prices:Main courses $14-$20. 802W.Randolph St., 312-265-1745.—P.V.

Blackbird ★★★★PaulKahan’smaster-piece offers both an a la cartemenu and atastingmenu (9 or 10 courses). The latter,which is built around a single animal andchangesmonthly, offers the best insightinto the chef’s art. Pastry chefNicoleGui-ni’s sweets follow seamlessly.Open:Dinnerdaily, lunchMonday-Friday. Prices: Entrees$30-$42, tastingmenu about $115. 619W.Randolph St., 312-715-0708.—P.V.

Bonci ★★★This Roman import servespizzawith a light-as-air crust that’s toppedwith hundreds of different high qualitytoppings, from traditional tomato sauceand cheese to ’nduja, burrata, potato andfreshmint.While serving someof the bestpizza inChicago, this ismostly a to-gooperation,with no tables and only a fewcounter seats.Open: Lunch and dinnerseven days aweek. 161N. Sangamon St.,312-243-4016.—N.K.

CityMouse ★★From the team that cre-atedGiant, in Logan Square, comes thiscasual, brunch anddinner restaurant in theAceHotel in the FultonMarketDistrict.Executive chef Patrick Sheerin overseesthe eclecticmenu, ranging from seriouslygood pastas to offbeat dishes such as friedartichokes buried under pork ragu andfried cheddar bites toppedwith caviar.During daytimehours, the brunchmenufeatures griddle cakes, a double-patty bur-ger and a “gas station” breakfast sandwich.The open-to-the-lobby is lively and loud,and there’s a delightful outdoor patioequippedwith fire pits.Open: Brunch anddinner daily. 311N.Morgan St., 312-764-1908.—P.V.

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Cruz Blanca ★★Cooks heap freshlygrilledmeat and tortillas on a paper-cov-ered platter forDIY assembly at RickBayless’s long-awaited taqueria. The spotis also a brewerywith food-friendly beers.Open: Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday.Prices: Entrees $13. 904W.Randolph St.,312-733-1975.—N.K.

DuckDuckGoat ★★★Reservationsstretchmonths in advance for a shot atStephanie Izard’s sometimes playful,always balancedChinese plates. Noodledishes are amust, and the Peking duck isamong the city’s best. Cocktails are excel-lent,which is fortunate, because you’llhave one or two if youwalk inwithout areservation (not a bad strategy).Open:Dinner daily. Prices: Entrees $16-$58. 857W. FultonMarket, 312-902-3825.—P.V.

Elske ★★★Danish ismore a state ofmind than ofmenu atDavid andAnnaPosey’sWest Loop restaurant, named fortheDanishword for “love” and aswarmasa lingering hug. Fans ofDavid Posey’swork at Blackbirdwill find his creativityflowing freely. Choose the six-coursetastingmenu or order a la carte, save roomforAnnaPosey’s desserts and prepare tobewowed.Open: DinnerWednesday-Sunday. Prices: Tastingmenu $80; a la cartedishes $15-$22. 1350W.Randolph St., 312-733-1314.—P.V.

La Josie★★The kitchen is led by execu-tive Saul Chavez, aMercadito vet.He andhis crewdish up supple, house-madetortillas thatwaft splendid corn perfume.The fillings include a silky veal cheekbarbacoa and tender cochinita pibil, fea-turing a sinus-clearing habanero salsa thatgives you a serious chile high. The carbon-flecked al pastor is crispy, juicy and rid-dledwith smoky pineapple. It has a seri-ous case for best al pastor inChicago.Guacamole, too, is inspired. Chef/ownerPepeBarajas is not yet a big star just yet,but his vision and execution of a gourmetMexican experience onRandolphmeanshe’s about to be a household name.Open:Lunch and dinner Tuesday-Sunday,week-end brunch. Prices: Entrees $14-$35. 740W.Randolph St., 312-929-2900.—M.N.

The Loyalist★★One flight below theacclaimed Smyth restaurant lurks JohnandKaren Shields’more casual spot. It’sdark enough towork as a lounge andoffers amenudeep enough to entertainserious diners. Startwith biscuitswith’nduja butter, and know that the cheese-burgermight be the best of its kind inChicago.Open:Dinner Tuesday-Saturday.Prices: Entrees $16-$27. 177N.Ada St.,773-913-3774.—P.V.

Smyth ★★★★This is a triumphanthomecoming for chefs John andKarenShields,whoworked together at CharlieTrotter’s beforemaking a name for them-selves inVirginia. Choose between the 8-or 12-coursemenu ($135 and $195, respec-tively) and sit back for an onslaught ofdishes of extraordinary complexity. It’s a

joyous experience.Open:Dinner Tuesday-Saturday. 177N. Ada St., 773-913-3773.—P.V.

WESTTOWN

Arami ★★★The reverencewithwhichsushi chefs handle rice here is reasonenough to visit, but this is one of the rareJapanese restaurants inwhich the hotdishes are even better than the sushi. Payattention to the cocktail list, and don’t skipthe black-sesame shortbread and salted-miso ice cream sandwich.Open:Dinnerdaily. Prices:Maki rolls and entrees $15-$17.1829W.ChicagoAve., 312-243-1535.—P.V.

Boeufhaus ★★Five of the seven entreesinvolve slab beef cooked in cast iron pans,but callingBoeufhaus amere steakhousemight be an oversimplification. Chef BrianAhern takes French andGerman influen-ces to create a variety of disheswith fi-nesse. Yet the steaks are indeed the stand-outs, in particular the 55-day dry-agedrib-eye.Open: LunchTuesday-Saturday,dinner Tuesday-Sunday. Prices: Entrees$26-$60. 1012N.WesternAve., 773-661-2116.—K.P.

Heritage Restaurant &Caviar Bar★★ChefGuyMeikle is out to take themystery, and sticker shock, away fromcaviar in thisHumboldt Park spot.Morethan a half-dozen roes are available eachday, costing as little as $10 for an a la cartenibble to $145 for a full-blownplatter ofosetra,whitefish and tobikko caviarswithaccompaniments. Elsewhere on themenuyou’ll find odes toEasternEurope fare,

including pierogi and pelmeni dumplings,pork goulash and roast duckwithCzechbread dumplings. Partner JanHenrichsencreated the fascinatingwine list (whichsources fromCroatia, Slovenia and theRepublic ofGeorgia, among other regions)and thewhimsical, seasonal cocktailmenu. Pastry chef AlanKrueger veersfrom rustic (hand pies) to creative (pop-corn semifreddo) to classic (souffles).Open: Dinner daily, brunchweekends; en-trees $16-$35. 2700W.ChicagoAve., 773-661-9577; heritage-chicago.com—P.V.

Tempesta★★Everything aboutTem-pestaMarket inWest Townpacks apunch. he shophas room for only a delicounter, a couple of refrigerated cases offood and a few tables, but the owners havestuffed it to the breaking pointwith astaggering amount ofmeat, cheese, gelatoand other goods. Tempesta is taking ’nduja— a spreadable spicy sausagemade by theother family business, ’NdujaArtisans inFranklin Park—alongwith other finecuredmeats at its disposal, and craftingsomeof the best sandwiches inChicago,like theDante,which features six differentkinds ofmeat.Open: Daily, lunch and din-ner. Prices: Sandwiches $10-$13. 1372W.GrandAve., 312-929-2551.—N.K.

WICKERPARK / BUCKTOWN

AnimaleConceived by Italian-trainedchefCameronGrant and ownerAldoZaninotto (both of Logan Square’s OsteriaLanghe), Animale traffics inmeat. You’llfind so-called “off cuts”—sweetbreads,tripe and oxtail, for example—next to a

smattering of lovely pastas and sand-wiches.Open: Breakfast, lunch and dinnerdaily. Prices: Entrees $11-$44. 1904N.West-ernAve., 872-315-3912.— JosephHernandez

TheDeltaChicago aboundswith tamales,but TheDeltamanages to set itself apartby servingMississippiDelta tamales, adistinct style that, if itweren't completelyobvious by now, originated in theMissis-sippiDelta (basically, the northwest partof that state). They differ fromubiquitousMexican tamales in that they are con-structed fromcornmeal instead ofmasa(nixtamalized corn), and cooked in a liq-uid instead of being steamed. The regularred hot tamales ($5) come three to anorder and are astoundingly tender, allwithout a trace of grittiness, eachmorselsoaked in a spicy red tomato and chilebroth. Also checkout the catfish (grillednot fried),which is finishedwith corian-der, parsley, dill, tarragon, chives andmarjoram.Open dinner and late night,daily. Prices: Entrees $5 to $18. 1745W.NorthAve., 773-360-1793.—N.K.

Pork&Mindy’s JeffMauro, the star of“SandwichKing” onFoodNetwork,picked his nativeChicago for his firstrestaurant;more likely than not, he’ll bethe guy taking your order ormaking yourmeal. A lineup of sandwiches featuresmokedmeats, house-made sauces andPigCandy,Mauro’s name for brown-sugar-glazed bacon.Open: Lunch anddinner daily. Prices: Sandwiches $8 and up.1623N.MilwaukeeAve., 773-799-8759.—MarissaConrad

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CyranoA sharp, lean, nine-person trans-lation of the classic French love story keepsthe poetry but ditches the pretension tocreate awork full of energy. In 17th centuryFrance, a great swordsmanwith a beautifulsoul has a huge nose thatmakes him feeltoo unattractive to be loved.He enlists ahandsome soldier to speak hiswords oflove toRoxane, the beautifulwomanCy-rano loves. 8 p.m., TheaterWit, 1229W.BelmontAve., $30, 773-975-8150

Soundscapes and Percussion Composi-tionThis lecture andperformance byLisaSchonberg and the SecretDrumBand ispresented by InternationalHouseGlobalVoices PerformingArts andLecture Series.Lisa Schonberg is a composer and percus-sionistwith a background in ecology andentomology.Her practice uses field record-ing,writing andmusic composition. 5 p.m.,InternationalHouse, University of Chicago,1414E. 59th St., free, 773-753-2270

HangManTheGift Theatre presents aworld premiere about aman’smysteriousdeath in a Southern town. 7:30 p.m., TheGift Theatre, 4802N.MilwaukeeAve., $30-$40, 773-283-7071

Anarchy: Burn It DownAnarchy is acompletely sung, completely improvisedrock opera featuring some ofChicago’sfinestmusical improvisers. Anarchy per-formswith keyboard, guitar and drumsand a special guest joining themeveryweek. 8 p.m., TheAnnoyanceTheatre, 851W. BelmontAve., $12, 773-697-9693

pHComedy and TheAnnoyance Pre-sent: CollegeNight pHComedy andTheAnnoyance teamup to bring you a night ofamazing college improv. 10:30 p.m., TheAnnoyanceTheatre, 851W. BelmontAve.,$6, 773-697-9693

FRIDAY

Dontrell,WhoKissed the SeaFirst FloorTheater presents a hero’s quest about an18-year-oldwho ventures into theAtlanticOcean in search of a lost ancestor. 7:30 p.m.,TheDen, 1333N.MilwaukeeAve., $10-$20

Merchant onVeniceApresent-day re-imagining of Shakespeare’s “TheMerchantof Venice,” set onVeniceBoulevard in asection of theLosAngeles areawherehatred and intolerance amongHindus andMuslims has grown to a boiling point. 7:30p.m., TheGreenhouse Theater Center, 2257N. LincolnAve., $25 general admit; $20students, seniors, groups, 773-404-7336

Organic Theater –WhyDoYouAlwaysWear Black?This originalworkweavestogether thewomenofAntonChekhov’splayswho confront the joy, despair andabsurdity of being awoman in 19th-cen-

turyRussia and themodern backwardnessof contemporaryAmerica. This productionis directed by companymemberAnnaH.Gelman, and devised by the ensemble. 8p.m., TheGreenhouse Theater Center, 2257N. LincolnAve., $25; $18 students and sen-iors, 773-404-7336

TheGreat Show-DownHosted by a differ-ent character everyweek, TheGreat Show-Down sees a group of six comedians getwhittled downby the audience until onlyone remains standing. 10 p.m., LaughOutLoud ImprovTheater, 3851N. LincolnAve.,$12 adults; $5 students, 773-857-6000

TGIFDance PartyThis is a Latin, swingand ballroomdance party,with a highenergymix ofmusic, open to beginnersthrough advanced dancers, singles andcouples. EachFriday night startswith twohalf-hour lessons and then the dance flooropens up for social dancing the rest of theevening. 8 p.m.,May IHaveThisDance,5246N. ElstonAve., $15 before 9 p.m.; $10after 9 p.m., 773-635-3000

SATURDAY

Roots in theAlleyHoney andBlanca aretwin fish out ofwater inChicago until theystumble into theCeibaNetwork, an onlinegamewith realworld consequences. Ourhero sisters struggle to level up in amyste-rious digital underworldwhere they dis-cover something strange to them—aherit-ageworth fighting for. In his newplay“Roots in theAlley,” Lucas Baisch reinventstheMayan creationmyths of the PopolVuh, provoking questions about historyandheritage. 4 p.m., VittumTheater, 1012N.Noble St., $12-$17, 773-342-4141

TimelessMagic SeanMasterson’s Time-lessMagic is amagic show interwovenwith the story of the souvenir coin thatSean’s great uncle received fromamagi-cian at Chicago’s ColumbianExposition of1893. 2 p.m., TheaterWit, 1229W. BelmontAve., $15, 773-975-8150

Indie Comedy Open Mic and Day Drink-ing Indie stand-up openmic takes place on

Saturdays at 4 p.m. atNorthBar.4 p.m.,@North Bar, 1637W.NorthAve., free, 773-697-3563

AndyGrammer 6 p.m.,House of Blues, 329N.Dearborn St., $30.50-$32, 312-923-2000

SUNDAY

The Spitfire GrillThe SpitfireGrillwill beperformed environmentally and acousti-cally in theWindyCityCafe, a breakfastrestaurant just around the corner fromChicagoDramatists. 7 p.m.,WindyCityCafe, 1062W.ChicagoAve., $30, 312-492-8010

Hot, Pink, or Ready to BlowPompeiimeets “Heathers” in this ’80s-themedcomedy by theNewAmericanFolkThea-tre.NewPompeii sacrifices three virgins tothe local volcano, but it fails to satisfy—that’swhen three ’80s teenage girls comein.Watch as they attempt to save them-selveswith the idea to get laid or die trying.6 p.m., TheDenTheatre, 1331N.Milwaukee

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How I Learned toDriveThis PulitzerPrizewinner and pioneering drama exam-ines pedophilia and sexual abuse ofwom-en. It follows a youngwoman, namedL’ilBit, fromage 11 to age 18 andher friendshipand sexual affairwith her uncle. This pro-duction is directed byKaylaAdams andfeatures ElizabethBirnkrant and JohnMossman. 3 p.m., TheArtisticHome, 1376W.GrandAve., Chicago, $20-$28, 866-811-4111

Magic Tree House: Showtime withShakespeareClimb into amusical timemachinewith Jack andAnnie and travelback to ShakespeareanEngland. This is ahitwith kids and grown-ups alike, and isbased on the book series byMary PopeOsborne.Discover howhistory is shapedby thosewho learn to overcome their fears.10:15 a.m., Apollo Theater Chicago, 2540N.LincolnAve., $19 plus, 773-935-6100

Animales NocturnosWhen anew lawgives citizens the power to turn in anyonethey suspect is an undocumented for-eigner, that pesky upstairs neighbor thinkshe’s found the cure to his troubles. Play-wright JuanMayorga presents an enig-matic piece on immigration, skewedpowerstructures and the inherent loneliness ofbig cities. In SpanishwithEnglish super-titles. 6 p.m., AguijonTheater, 2707N. Lara-mieAve., $10-$25, 773-637-5899

MONDAY

We’re GonnaDieA singer takes the stage,backed by her rock band compatriots, toshareYoung JeanLee’s life-affirming showabout the one thingwe all have in common:“we’re gonna die.”Drawing from truestories of people’s experienceswith trage-dy, despair and loneliness, this personaland rejuvenating playwith livemusicreminds us that in our darkest,most iso-latedmoments,we are not alone. 8 p.m.,1700Theatre, 1700N.Halsted St., $18, 312-335-1650

Buzzed Spelling BeeCompete anddrinkfor three rounds and try to spell for a shotat prizes. 8 p.m.Monday, ElboRoom, 2871N.LincolnAve., Chicago, free, 773-549-5549

Dirty DittiesBimBamBoompresents“DirtyDitties.” This 45-minutemusicalproduction presents amix of original andclassical songs about genitals, carousingand sexual prowess (or failure thereof ). 8p.m., The PlaygroundTheater, 3209N.Hal-sted St., $10, 773-871-3793

Bughouse!LiterateApe presents Bug-house!, a 75-minute showdesigned tointerrogate concepts, proselytize truth, anddissect popular thought through a lens ofskeptical artistry. 7 p.m.,Haymarket Pub&Brewery, 737W.Randolph St., $10, 312-638-0700.

Student JamAnight forAnnoyance stu-dents to jam. 9:30 p.m., TheAnnoyanceTheatre, 851W. BelmontAve., free, 773-697-9693

TUESDAY

OpenMic HipHop 10 p.m., Subterranean,2011W.NorthAve., free, 773-278-6600

ChicagoUndergroundComedyOriginalstand-up performedby aweekly group ofrotating comics. 9:30 p.m., BeatKitchen,2100W.BelmontAve., $5, 773-281-4444

MINt:Music ImprovNightFour en-sembles of improvisers, together for fourmonths, doingweeklymusic improv sets.Opportunity for good ol’ community-in-song. And if youwant to throwyour hat in,they have auditions every fourmonths.There are no restrictions for trying out.7:30 p.m., TheAnnoyanceTheatre, 851W.BelmontAve., $10, 773-697-9693

Super HumanThese humans are superfunny. Comewatch this group of seasonedpros take the stage for a night of extremecomedy. 9:30 p.m., TheAnnoyance Theatre,851W. BelmontAve., $6, 773-697-9693

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a variety comedy showwith opening actsranging from improv, sketch, stand-up andmusical acts. Themain team,Ratas, iscomposed of four spicy Latinaswhowill bedoing a sketch/improv set inwhich theywill poll the audience in aword or phrasethat they’d like to learn before the show isup. LasRataswill then use thatword/phrase in their improv set repeatedly sothat theword is retained by the end.Help-ing the public assimilatewithLatino cul-ture one showat a time! 8 p.m., TheAnnoy-ance Theatre, 851W. BelmontAve., $8, 773-697-9693

WEDNESDAY

StandUp StandUp:WeeklyWednesdayComedy Show StandUpStandUp fea-tures the best local and national comedyacts, drink specials and a casual, relaxedatmosphere. 7:30 p.m.,Whiskey Business,1365N.MilwaukeeAve., $5, 773-698-7362

DeadMeadow 8 p.m., BeatKitchen, 2100W. BelmontAve., $12, 773-281-4444

LiveMusicEveryWednesdaywewel-come a local band to theLogan stage. 9p.m., LoganBar&Grill, 2230N. CaliforniaAve., free, 773-252-1110

CinderellaThe king and queenhave in-vited all the young ladies of the kingdom toa ball andCinderella can’twait to go. Buther stepmother and stepsisters give her somany chores she’s sure to be left behind.Whatwill happenwhenCinderella’s FairyGodmother grants herwish to attend theroyal ball? Find out if dreams really docome true in thismagical tale. All CKCproductions feature professional actors,colorful scenery and costumes, sing-alongsongs and plenty of audience participation.10:30 a.m., BeverlyArts Center of Chicago,2407W. 111th St., $12, 773-205-9600

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Joinus on the hunt for your dearest stuffedanimal, Knuffle Bunny, in this comedicmusical adaptation of theCaldecottHonorbook byMoWillems. After losing thebeloved rabbit at the laundromat, a desper-ate dad, amerrymomand toddlerTrixielearn the power in communicating, evenwhen there are nowords.With stage de-sign inspired by illustrations straight fromthe book, this treasured tale is anECTaudience favorite. 10:15 a.m., Apollo Thea-ter Chicago, 2540N. LincolnAve., Chicago,Tickets start at $19, 773-935-6100

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Movie listingsWant to catch something on the big screenthisweekend?Here’swhat’s in theatersfromblockbusters to independent films.

Ratings key:★★★★ excellent;★★★ good;★★ fair;★poor.

OPENING

Ready Player One Steven Spielbergadapts Ernest Cline’s novel about a teen(Tye Sheridan)who enters a virtual-realitygame in hopes ofwinning a prize thatwouldmake him thewealthiest human intheworld. First, though, hemust defeat anevil corporation and stop awar.

AcrimonyTyler Perry directs as awife(Taraji P.Henson)who tires of her hus-band’s (Lyriq Bent) cheating anddecides toget revenge.

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Annihilation★★1⁄2 Theplot sounds like astraight-ahead “Predator” scenario, butwith aweirder variety of predators and apredominantly female ensemble. An extra-terrestrial life formcrash-lands by a light-house somewhere along the Florida coast.The resulting, amorphous phenomenon,called “The Shimmer” (“AreaX” inVan-derMeer’s novel) invites exploration andhuman intervention, since itmaywelldestroyEarth aswe know it. A dozen sepa-rate teams on a dozen separatemissions,however, have gonemissing once inside thetranslucent Shimmer. It doesn’t quite falltogether in that transportingway of top-flight science fiction. The occasional joltsare jolting, all right, as themission encoun-ters a speedy, hungry albino alligator and,later, amutated bear-beast (the lattermakes for a particularly grueling attacksequence). But themovie feels torn be-tween styles and intentions. It’s trippierthan “ExMachina,” andwriter-directorAlexGarlandmakes a valiant go of its con-cerns, but “Annihilation” feels like a short-story amount of story pulled and twistedinto feature length.—Michael Phillips,ChicagoTribune

Black Panther★★★1⁄2 “Black Panther” inbrief:Wakandawas blessed by amagicalsubstance called vibranium.Themetalprovides superhuman ability, and turns theking of themoment into BlackPanther.KingT’Chaka expires andhis son,T’Challa, is crowned. There are two an-tagonists: Andy Serkis is vibranium fantaticUlyssesKlaue, andMichael B. Jordan is theAmerican black ops ace known asKillmon-ger.He’s got ambitions for the throne, and abelief in getting stunningly advancedweaponry in the hands of oppressed peo-ple of color throughout theworld.MayMarvel learn its lesson from “BlackPan-ther”:When amovie like this ends upfeeling both personal and vital, you’ve donesomething right.—M.P.

GameNight★★1⁄2Most of the truly greataction pictures (this isn’t trying to be one of

them) are spicedwithwit. A lot of our bestcomedies (and “GameNight” is not tryingto be one of those, either)move like crazyand take the pursuits and evasions seri-ously, or at leastmock-seriously, so that theaudience can, too. Sowhere does this en-semble effort, led by two extremely adroitleading performers (JasonBateman andRachelMcAdams), fit into the equation?“GameNight” itself is not a long night; it’sreasonably snappy. But co-directors JohnFrancisDaley and JonathanGoldsteinplace amisjudged emphasis on keeping theviolence and the action “real,” so at itsmostroutine and generic, themovie forgets it’ssupposed to be a comedy.—M.P.

Gringo★1⁄2 Amild-manneredmiddle-management stooge gets lost, only to findhimself, south of the border, in themostlymiddling action-comedy “Gringo,” directedbyNashEdgerton (brother of Joel). DavidOyelowo tests out his comedy chops asHarold, a nice-guyNigerian immigrantscraping by and scrapping for his slice oftheAmericanDream,which involves aninattentivewife (ThandieNewton), a tinydog, amountain of debt and a couple oftruly abusive, criminal individuals asbosses. Living the dream.—K.W.

Isle of Dogs★★★ “Isle ofDogs,” isworthseeing and often very droll, aswell as ex-actingly, rigorously, fastidiously composed,stop-motion frame by frame. Before theend, however, the script starts chasing itstail and its limitations becomemore appar-ent. Several critics have alreadyweighed inon the perceived cultural appropriation

going on in “Isle ofDogs.” Just as limiting:WesAnderson’s relative disinterest in thefemale characters,who exist only in rela-tion to how they feel about themore prom-inentmale characters, human or canine.—M.P.

The Leisure Seeker★1⁄2 There areAlzhei-mer’smovies that cut to the quick, like“Still Alice,” and then there areAlzheimer’smovies that pander to theworst sort ofcheaplymanipulative old-folks cutesiness,like “TheLeisure Seeker.”Maybe if therewere one crumbof genuine flavor in thisstale cheese, it could have passedmuster,but this is ersatz curd, dressed up by thepresence ofHelenMirren andDonaldSutherlandwithout doing credit to either.— JayWeissberg, Variety

Love, Simon★★★1⁄2 “Love, Simon” is auniversal story, even if you’re not a gayteenager. The challenge of figuring outwhowe are and standing comfortably inthat identitymight begin in high school,but often lasts a lifetime. As Simon so aptlysays: “Nomatterwhat, announcingwhoyou are to theworld is pretty terrifying.”—SandyCohen, Associated Press

Pacific RimUprising★★ JohnBoyega ofthe “StarWars” franchise takes the leadingrole here aswell as a producing credit.Heplays Jake, thewastrel son of the Idris Elbaworld-saver in the first picture.Honestly,that’s already enoughplot, except to sayJake cleans uphis act, and becomes trainerof the young cadets prepping for the nextbig showdown.CharlieDay andBurn

Gorman return as thewonky Jaeger-mei-stersNewt andHerrmann, and one ofthem figures prominently into the destruc-tive riddle of the rogue Jaegerwreckinghavoc inAustralia. Thismovie getsaround!—M.P.

Red Sparrow★1⁄2Rising ballerinaDo-minika (Jennifer Lawrence) suffers anonstage injury.Her incestuous-mindeduncle (Matthias Schoenaerts) has a newcareer inmind for her:He blackmails herinto attending “Sparrow” school,whichtrains a newgeneration of sexuallyma-nipulative spies. The faculty head trainsher youngwomen andmen in the art ofseduction.Much of “Red Sparrow” con-cernsDominika’s primary assignment:Cozying up to anAmerican agent andlearning the identity of the apparent dou-ble agent in his employ.Half of the “RedSparrow” audiencewill spend part of therunning time fighting offmemories of“Salt” and “AtomicBlonde” and theBlackWidow storyline from “TheAvengers.”The other half,meantime,willwonderwhen spymovies becamequite so puni-shing.—M.P.

The Strangers: Prey at Night ★1⁄2TeenageLuke (Lewis Pullman) andhisyounger sister, Kinsey (BaileeMadison),aren’t somuchpeople as pawns.During astopover on theway to dropKinsey off atboarding school, they’re stalked by thesame trio of psychopathswemet 10 yearsago.MomandDad, played byChristinaHendricks andMartinHenderson, getdispatched fairly quickly. One sequencetakes place in and around a neon-lit swim-ming pool,where theMan in theMaskgoes after Luke, injuring him.Thewholething has the air of a knockoff of some-thing thatwasn’t very good to beginwith.—Michael O’Sullivan, TheWashingtonPost

TombRaider★★ “TombRaider” turnsLara into a punching bag and an onlooker.Moviemakersmay believe such gruelingviolence to be obligatory, a natural preludeto the usual digital fakery.Here it has thecondescending effect of telling themaincharacter to shut up and take it like aman.Here’s hoping the sequel tries something alittlemore enlightened. Alicia Vikander isa fine LaraCroft.Moviewise, however, shecould use a better set of clues.—M.P.

AWrinkle in Time★★1⁄2Meg andheryounger, “different” brother, CharlesWal-lace (DericMcCabe), livewith their physi-cistmother (GuguMbatha-Raw) inLosAngeles.Meg’s father (Chris Pine), aNASA scientist, has beenmissing for fouryears.Mr. andMrs.Murry had been on theverge of cracking the secret of the tes-seract, enabling humans tomagicallyzwoop to other planets, newdimensions.Megan learns the ropeswith the guidanceofMrs.Whatsit (ReeseWitherspoon),Mrs.Who (MindyKaling) andMrs.Which (OprahWinfrey). ZachGalifianakispops up as theHappyMedium, a seerwhopoints theway to themissing father.—M.P.

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Run this townThenext fewmonths of Chicago raceseason.

BunnyRock 5K atMontroseHarbor601W.MontroseAve.Don a pair of bunny ears and get pumpedup by ’80s rockmusic at this lakefront race,which also features anEaster egg hunt andpetting zoo for kids.When: 9 a.m.March 31Entry fee: $40-$45 atbunnyrock5k.com

WorldHealth Run at Lincoln Park1650N. StocktonDriveThe first-time 5K race and one-milewalkraisesmoney for health initiatives aroundtheworld .When: 8:30 a.m. April 7Entry fee: $37-$45 atworldhealthrun.org

Chi TownHalfMarathonatMontroseHarbor601W.MontroseAve. 224-757-5425Run a 10Kor half-marathon to raisemoneyfor Special Olympics and then celebrate atthe finish linewith a Portillo’s hot dog, beerand livemusic.When: 7 a.m. April 7Entry fee: $80-$100 atallcommunityevents.com

Chicago Lakefront 50KGeorge CheungMemorial Race at Jackson Park6300 S. Lake ShoreDrive 847-648-8843Run three loops along theLakefront BikePath at the South Side race,which finisheswith ameal of red beans and rice.When: 7:30 a.m. April 14Entry fee: $55-$65 at chicagoultra.org

Runners for Research 5KRun/Walkat the Chicago Fallen Firefighterand ParamedicMemorial Park2301 S. Lake ShoreDriveThe fifth annual race supports theAmeri-canAssociation forCancerResearch.When: 7:30 a.m. April 14Entry fee: $25-$50 ataacr.donordrive.com

5Kto1KNeighborhoodRun1000W. FultonMarketRun through the FultonMarket andWestLoopneighborhoods at the fourth annualrace,which endswith a party at Federales.When: 9 a.m.April 15Entry fee: $50 at eventbrite.com

Wintrust Lakefront 10Miler & 5KatMontrose BeachWilson andLake Shore drivesChoose your distance and run,walk or jogbefore celebratingwithLagunitas beer,food andmusic.When: 9 a.m.April 21Entry fee: $39-$65 atcaralakefront10.com

Walk&Roll Chicagoat Soldier Field StadiumGreen1410MuseumCampusDriveRunorwalk 5K, skate 10Kor bike 15K atthe fundraiser for theAmericanCancerSociety.

When: 8:30 a.m. April 21Entry fee: $15-$20 at chicagoevents.com

Quid Pro Run atWashingtonPark Refectory5531W.Russell DriveRunorwalk 5K to raisemoney for theCookCountyBarAssociation Foundation’sLegal Clinic.When: 9 a.m. April 21Entry fee: $40 at runsignup.com

RaceAgainst ExtinctionEarthDay 5K at Lincoln Park2430N. CannonDrive 617-312-6268Run,walk or skate at the second annualpet-friendly benefit for theWorldWildlifeFund.When: 10 a.m. April 22Entry fee: $30 at active.com

Breakthrough for Brain Tumors Run&Walk at Soldier Field StadiumGreen1410MuseumCampusDriveRunning in nine cities across the country,the 5K raisesmoney for theAmericanBrainTumorAssociation.When: 9:30 a.m. April 22Entry fee: $30-$40 at abta.org

WildwoodPACEarth Day5K and 2K FunRun/WalkatWildwoodPark Field House6950N.HiawathaAve.Explore the neighborhood and then stickaround to help clean up the park andmulch trees.When: 8:30 a.m. April 22Entry fee: $10-$30 at active.com

RavenswoodRun 5K4550N.HermitageAve.The bells at All Saints Episcopal Churchsignal the start of this 5K run.When: 8 a.m.April 29Entry fee: $45-$49 atravenswoodrun.com

Cinco deMiler atMontroseHarbor601W.MontroseAve.

CelebrateCinco deMayowith livemaria-chimusic, piñatas and breakfast tacos, DosEquis and otherMexican food anddrinksat the finish line of the five-mile race.When: 8:30 a.m.May 5Entry fee: $44-$49 atcincodemiler.com

Don't TellMe to ‘SlowDown’at NorthwesternUniversity1841 SheridanRoad, Evanston 704-654-5611The first-time fun run andwalk celebratesNational StutteringAwarenessWeek.When: 8 a.m.May 5Entry fee: $25-$30 atwestutter.org

Run to Remember at Gold StarFamiliesMemorial & Park1410 S.MuseumCampusDrive 312-499-8899TheChicagoPoliceMemorial Founda-tion’s 14th annual 5K run andwalk kicksoffwith a helicopter flyover.When: 8 a.m.May 5Entry fee: $35-$45 atgive.classy.org/run2remember2018

Be TheMatchWalk + Run at Grant ParkBalbo andColumbus drivesThe annual 5K and 1K run andwalk raisesmoney for bonemarrow transplants forpeoplewith blood cancer.When: 8:30 a.m.May 6Entry fee: $30-$35 atbethematchfoundation.org

Race toWrigley atWrigley Field1060W.Addison St.Run throughLakeview and endup at theWrigley Fieldmarquee at the 13th annualbenefit forCubsCharities,which includesa post-race beer.When: 8 a.m.May 6Entry fee: $44-$53 at race-cubs.com

Near NorthHealthMother’s Day5KRun/Walk at KomedHolmenHealth Center4259 S. BerkleyAve.

Follow the route along the lakefrontthrough theKenwood,Oakland andBronzeville neighborhoods.When: 8 a.m.May 12Entry fee: $20 suggested donation atrunsignup.com

SusanG. KomenRace forthe Cure atMontroseHarbor601W.MontroseAve. 773-444-0061CelebrateMother’sDay at the 21st annualbenefit for breast cancer research.When: 9 a.m.May 13Entry fee: $35-$50 atkomenchicago.org

Universal Sole FourMileClassic atMontroseHarbor601W.MontroseAve. 773-868-0893Runorwalk along the lakefront to raisemoney forChicagoRun.When: 7 p.m.May 17Entry fee: $35-$45 atuniversalsole.com

World Vision’s Global 6KforWater atMontroseHarbor4400N. Lake ShoreDrive 888-511-6548Runorwalk the distancemost people inthe developingworldmust travel to getwater to raisemoney to improvewateraccess.When: 9 a.m.May 19Entry fee: $50 at teamworldvision.org

Night Nation Run at Soldier Field1410MuseumCampusDriveThe runningmusic festival featuresDJs,dancers, glowgear giveaways, lights showsand selfie stations.When: 8 p.m.May 19Entry fee: $60 atnightnationrun.com/chicago

StemStep5K at Humboldt Park1301N.HumboldtDriveThe fundraiser for community science,technology, engineering,math and athlet-ics program is expected to draw 1,000runners.When: 8 a.m.May 19Entry fee: $27-$30 at stemstep5k.com

Move for theKids at Soldier Field1410MuseumCampusDriveRunorwalk 5K along the lakefront at the14th annual benefit for theAnn&RobertH. LurieChildren’sHospital of Chicago.When: 11 a.m.May 20Entry fee: $40 at luriechildrens.org

Chicago SpringHalfMarathon& 10K atMaggie Daley Park337 E. Randolph St.Take in views of the skyline andLakeMichigan on your run.When: 7 a.m.May 20Entry fee: $65-$115 atchicagospringhalf.com

Soldier Field 10Mile at Soldier Field1410MuseumCampusDriveThreewavesmakes the race perfect forrunners of all levels alongwithwalkers.The event endswith a party featuringmusic and food.When: 7 a.m.May 26Entry fee: $79-$89 at soldierfield10.com

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AriesMarch 21-April 19Thismight be one of themostdramatic weeks of the year foryour love life so buckle up:

Change is coming. Youmight run off andhave a one-night stand or sudden affair withsomeone. If you’re in a relationship, it’s pos-sible that you’ll be tempted to stray fromyour partner ... or that you already have, andnow it’s time to pay the price.

TaurusApril 20-May 20Youmight be tired of all the se-crets in your love life or youmightbe tired of keeping your love life a

secret. If you’re involved in a clandestinerelationship for one reason or another, this istheweek you’re going tomake it come out ofthe closet. Even if your partner isn’t on board,you know it’s time to shake things up.

GeminiMay 21-June 20Your love lifemight need someTLC this week. It might be due tosexual incompatibility or your

partner’s unwillingness to dive into anythingthat’s truly intimate. If you’re not getting anythen youmight feel as though it’s time tomove on.

Cancer June 21-July 22Amajor shakeup at home thisweekwill likely threaten the emo-tional harmony you feel with your

mate. This could be a family emergency thathappens, and if so, youmight not get thetype of support you need from your partnerwhen you need it. Another possibility is thatyour partner will be the one having theemergency, and you’ll have to be the onethere to put out any fires.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22Difficult communication betweenyou and your partnermight needto happen this week, whether you

like it or not. Although youmight not cometo an agreement, youmay still be able tosalvage your relationship simply becauseyou’ll both bewilling to do the uncomfort-ablework of having this conversation to-gether. It might simply be amatter of a deci-sion you need tomake that is not exactlyclear-cut.

VirgoAug. 23-Sept. 22Perhaps you and your love havebeen tip-toeing around sharingwhat you both truly need from

each other sexually. If this is the case, all of asudden you’ll find that your inhibitions seemtomelt away. You’ll have no trouble tellingyourmate exactly what you need, even if it’sa bit experimental. Guesswhat? Your partnerwill be up for it — you have nothing toworryabout.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22Your partnermight act in an un-usual way, sparking a real oppor-tunity for you both to feel alive

again in your relationship. Enjoy it while itlasts because by Saturday, youmight feelhypersensitive and emotionally reactive.This probably hasmore to dowith a familysituation than your love life, but your poorsweetheart is the one likely to be on thereceiving end of your hysteria.

ScorpioOct. 23-Nov. 21Youmight be the only sign thisweek that is in a happy placewhen it comes to love and ro-

mance, so you better enjoy it! Youwill noticethat your partner has ramped up his or herenergy to please your senses. Don’t be sur-prised if you come home at night to candlelitdinners, romanticmusic playing in the back-ground, and sweetmassages followed byincredible time in the bedroom.

SagittariusNov. 22-Dec. 21If you’re single then you can lookforward to someone shaking youout of your isolation and possibly

straight into your heart. Thismight not beanythingwith staying power, but you’ll cer-tainly enjoy the passion between you that isaroused. Live in themoment and have noregrets!

CapricornDec. 22-Jan. 19If you’re in a relationship, thentheremight be a shakeup be-tween you and your lover. It might

havemore to dowith some domestic dramathat distracts you from experiencing anypleasure together. Another possibility, how-ever, is that you and your sweetheart willmake a snap decision tomove in together.It’ll be quite an exciting ride!

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18An unexpected short trip withyour lovermight be exactly whatyou need to spice things up in

your relationship this week. The two of youmight wake up onemorning and decide tohop into your car, call out sick fromwork,and drive somewhere romantic and fun. Gofor it. You’ll have no regrets! After Saturdayit’ll be a great time to introduce a new love toyour family for the first time.

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20You and your partnermight havea fallout this week due to finances.Early in theweek you couldmake

a decision that isn’t exactly responsible. Infact, it might be a foolish risk and eventhough your partner is warning you againstit, you seem tomove straight toward it. Beforewarned: It won’t endwell.

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ACROSS1 Cut short5 Dissolves10 __ for; picks14 __-and-mighty; arrogant15 Move about stealthily16 Peddler’s wagon17 Fear of heights19 The Bee Gees, for

example20 Greek letter21 Signs of aminor

accident23 1, 2, 3 and 424 __ in a bluemoon;

seldom26 Ascend28 Error remover31 Unchanging34 Youth35 Morley’s family37 Pistols40 Kardashian and Delaney42 Releases43 Dinner in a sty44 Slender45 Provide a home for47 As sly __ fox48 Cuts of beef50 Whispered confidence52 Male animals54 Paper towel brand55 Boone or Sajak56 Populous Israeli city60 Boo-boo64 Dayton’s state66 Clavicle68 Housetop69 Author Mark70 Out in the __; visible to all71 Camp shelter72 Pitcher Koufax73 Hornet’s home

DOWN1 Informal talk2 Well-to-do3 Mean guy4 Snapshots5 Letters on a

speedometer6 Eat away at7 Part of the ear8 Jacob, to Esau9 Strip of wood10 Fall month: abbr.11 Choosy

12 Attempts13 Oliver or Sharon18 Window pieces22 Took a load off25 Arts and __27 Big __; semis28 Antlered animals29 Word attached to road

or way30 Great respect31 Looks for

32 Alder or aspen33 St. Francis’ home36 Campus group38 Sniffer39 Falling-out41 Air pollution46 At no time49 Bit of soot51 Element whose symbol

is C52 Wear

53 Lake near Reno54 Legitimate57 Play divisions58 Midwest state59 Caramel-topped custard61 Thick cable62 Singles63 Monthly charge65 Many a time67 Not __ longer; nomore

1812:An earthquake devastated Caracas, Venezuela, causing an estimated 26,000 deaths, accord-ing to the U.S. Geological Survey.1917:The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win the Stanley Cup as they defeatedtheMontreal Canadiens in Game 4 of the finals by a score of 9-1.

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ACROSS1Clinton’ssuccessor,for

short4“__tothewiseis

sufficient”9ActorHartman13Golfholeaverages15PoliticalactivistRalph__16LeMansevent17Eve’sman18Old__;hag19Baker’sneed20Coasts22Hospitalfurniture23Injustabit24Femininepronoun2619th-centuryU.S.

president29Agreeable34ActorTyrone35As__asanape36“Swing__,SweetChariot”37Grewolder38Makesfunof39Floatingsheetofice40Regret41India’scurrency42Waterbirds43Tiedtoarope45Havingantlers46Unusual47Vealorvenison48Suitor51Adorn56Charitablegift57Lineoftravel58Lion’sden60Towardshelter61PompeoorCorby62Jealousy63Beimpudent64ActressWinger65“We’reoffto__the

Wizard...”

DOWN1Student’savg.2__up;pressesintoaball3Scottishhillside4Newsprogramhost5Make__;attack6Smell7France’sCoty8Highboys9Examinescarefully10“...I__adream...”(MLK)

11Frosted12Camera’seye14Drunk21Bitter25Horse’sdinner26Take__;undo27Rottenfellow28Bird’snoise29Walkedthefloor30Befondof

31TV’s__Funt32Slipknotloop33Roughwoolenfabric35ActressLange38Assassinated39Likerichsoil41__asabeet42Objective44Dwellings45U.S.statecapital

47Parking__;coindevice48Pasturecries49SingerFitzgerald501950ssingingbrothers’

name52Internalspy53Futuretulip54Without55Beecolony59Deliloaf

1942:DuringWorldWarII,CongressgrantedAmericanservicemenfreefirst-classmailingprivileges.1998:TheFoodandDrugAdministrationapprovedthedrugViagra,madebyPfizer,sayingithadhelpedabouttwo-thirdsofimpotentmenimprovetheirsexualfunction.2013:LawyersforColoradotheatershootingsuspectJamesHolmessaidhewouldpleadguiltytotheattackthatkilled12peopleandservetherestofhislifeinprisontoavoidthedeathpenalty.(Prosecutorsrejectedtheoffer,butHolmesendedupbeingsentencedtolifeinprisonanyway.)

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ACROSS1 Go by, as time5 Doe’s mate9 Plato’s “S”14 Beach resort in Venice15 Party hat’s shape16 Infant’s ailment17 Fancy19 Not sleeping20 __ for; request21 Skelton and Buttons22 Ice skate supports23 Years lived24 Play area behind a

house26 Singing voice30 Make inoperable35 Workers’ group36 Commanded38 Thin39 Passage near the nasal

cavity40 Stop __ dime41 Mr. Eastwood42 Garden tools43 Setting for “The King

and I”44 From this time45 Bugs47 Walk unsteadily49 __ up; devours51 Bullfight shout52 Actress Hedy56 Tried and __; dependable58 Mrs. in Madrid61 Step __; get out of the

way62 Down-to-earth64 Actor Tony __65 Costa __66 Freeway division67 Retailer’s pitch68 Unwrap69 Actor Stoltz

DOWN1 Tearful request2 Feels sick3 Pierre’s state: abbr.4 Weep5 Window covering6 Frog’s cousin7 Nervous8 Seventh letter9 Overcooksmilk10 Dubuque, __11 Pleased

12 Voice amplifier13 High cards18 Liver and heart22 Soft cheese23 Waken25 Gomez __; role for John

Astin26 Cold rice with fish27 Potato salad ingredient28 Forest trees29 Woodwind player

31 Assert without proof32 Human __; mortal33 Knight’s spear34 Go into37 Santa __, CA41 Alpine cottage43 Night twinkler46 Trix or Kix48 Tropical bird50 Undress52 Boys

53 “Stat!” in the office54 Skirt for Twiggy55 Sculptor’s tool57 Marathon58 Sign of an old injury59 Raja’s wife60 Sir Guinness62 Expert63 Suffix for text or infant

1898:The U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, ruled 6-2 that Wong, whowas bornin the United States to Chinese immigrants, was an American citizen.1979: America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside theUnit 2 reactor at the ThreeMile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania.2017:President Donald Trump proposed immediate budget cuts of $18 billion from programs likemedical research, infrastructure and community grants so that U.S. taxpayers, not Mexico, couldcover the down payment on the border wall.

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ACROSS1NicknameforElizabeth5Gandhi’snation10Kiltwearer,usually14Lupino’snamesakes15Lunchhours16Shelteredbay17Scalpproblem18Autographs20Puppetorauctionsuffix21Complainchildishly22Watchful23Nimble25Guacamoleorsalsa26Maximum28Steamboatinventor31__Dane;verytalldog32Telegrams34Split__soup36Dryerresidue37Plato&Carvey38Gushforth39“Arewethere__?”;cry

fromthebackseat40Energetic41Teemingcrowd42Museumguide44Under__;notacting

freely45Cerealgrain46Locations47Sir__Newton50Bodiesofwater51__story;ployfor

sympathy54Exchangeletters57U.S.coin58Shadetrees59Gotup60Eager61Prescribedamount62Tribalpole63Wagers

DOWN1Liversecretion2AdamsorFalco3U.S.statecapital490˚fromENE5Slapintheface6Racket7Boxers&pugs8Hostel9Asclear__bell10Carveastatue11Apple’scenter12Fight__;quarrelabout

13Examination19Cointosscall21Clenchedhand24Billyornanny25Clubmember’sfees26Unsightly27Endeavored28Wearattheedges29Unreasonablysevere30Essentials

32WheretoapplyCompoundW

33Penfluid35Astounds37Fenderblemish38Tendertothetouch40Tranquillity41Shacks43Sandpapergrade44Crown

46Goodjudgment47Likeapetitfour48Flyalone49Upin__;angry50Flueresidue52Leaveout53Cribsandcots55Tookachair56Infavorof57Smallamount

1943:WorldWarIIrationingofmeat,fatsandcheesebegan,limitingconsumerstostorepurchasesofanaverageofabouttwopoundsaweekforbeef,pork,lambandmuttonusingacouponsystem.1951:TheRodgersandHammersteinmusical“TheKingandI”openedonBroadway.1962:JackPaarhostedNBC’s“Tonight”showforthefinaltime.(JohnnyCarsondebutedashostthefollowingOctober.)1992:Democraticpresidentialfront-runnerBillClintonacknowledgedexperimentingwithmarijuana“atimeortwo”whileattendingOxfordUniversity,adding,“Ididn’tinhaleandIdidn’ttryitagain.”

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ACROSS1 Rips off5 Dirtiness10 NFL officials14 “Once __ a time...”15 “Bye, Pierre!”16 Way out17 Choices19 Actress Delany20 Set foot in21 __ go; very active23 Droop24 Meander26 Granny Smith or

McIntosh28 Penitentiary31 Guarantee34 “__ a Rock”; 1960s song35 Fate37 Magnetmetal40 Magazine title42 Money, slangily43 Manufactured44 Neighbor of Wyoming:

abbr.45 Grown-ups47 Tricycle rider48 Basement50 Says52 Bea Arthur TV role54 Smokey or Yogi55 “__ you can eat”; buffet

ad phrase56 Child’s school

composition60 Rising to a great height64 Cabbage dish66 Asian nation68 Carry69 __ crow flies; in a straight

line70 Walk in the __; easy task71 Eur. language72 Baffling riddle73 Totals

DOWN1 Trick2 Ready for business3 Leave suddenly4 Derisive smiles5 Too heavy6 Common expression7 Roaring beast8 Circus shelter9 “Pipe down!”10 __ as a beet

11 Try the patience of12 Ultimate13 Put on, as a play18 Thief22 Parisian water25 “__ Farm”; novel by

Orwell27 Overly proper28 Craters29 Bug spray30 Spotless

31 Western author LouisL’__

32 Peddle33 Museum piece36 Malt shop order38 Stench39 Trawlers’ needs41 __ out a living; got by46 Follow stealthily49 Actor Bruce __51 Scout groups

52 Ship poles53 Put upwith54 __ way; incidentally57 Jacket fastener58 Mediocre59 __ and crafts61 Germanwife62 Semester or quarter63 Hairy oxen65 Get hitched67 That lady

1923:The Cunard liner RMS Laconia became the first passenger ship to circle the globe as it arrived inNew York.1964: The original version of the TV game show “Jeopardy!,” hosted by Art Fleming, premiered on NBC.1981: President Ronald Reaganwas shot and seriously injured outside aWashington, D.C. hotel byJohn Hinckley, Jr.; also woundedwereWhite House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agentTimothyMcCarthy and a District of Columbia police officer, Thomas Delahanty.

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PUZZLESFORFRIDAY,MARCH30

ACROSS1PriusorLexus4“...No,itisn’tverypretty

what__withoutpitycando”

9Epiphanyvisitors13Isindebtedto15Juliet’slove16Limburgercheese’s

claimtofame17Goodbuy181960sdance19Gospelwriter20Italianstaple22Watches23Insultingremark24Summerblower26Baconportion29Landscapeorportrait34Coloradoresort35Jumbled36None__soon;justin

time37Robinorraven38Likeapriceycoat39Impartial;just40Lamb’scry41ActorJamesEarl__42Untrue43Fearless;brave45Formedintoaspiral

shape46“Don’tjudgeabookby__

cover”47Chilly48ActorGarrett51Quarantining56Ina__;furious57Plato&Carvey58AM/PMdivider60Above61Chrisoftennis62KellyorWilder63Tiestheknot64Writingtables65Allow

DOWN1Fish-and-chipsfish,often2Fillswithwonder3“Asyesow,soshallye__”4ActressBea__5Pisa’sfamousstructure6Disregard7Vanedirection8Informed9Second

10“Romewasn’tbuiltin__”11VPAl__12Angers14Reducedpricessharply21Secludedvalley25Mostcommon

conjunction26Templeleader27OftheEast28“Jack__couldeatno

fat...”

29Yearned30Woodsplitters31Know-__;smartaleck32Ruckus33Punctured35Skimpyskirt38Off-kilter39Comingupshort41Fastplane42Linearmeasure44Passengers

45Seashores47ActorGable48Forehead49Talkwildly50Elderly52Keepforlater53Dollarbills54Christmascarol55Nolongerhere59Hairbonnet

1923:ThefirstU.S.dancemarathon,heldinNewYorkCity,endedwithAlmaCummings,whohaddancedwithsixconsecutivemalepartners,settingaworldrecordof27hoursonherfeet.1943:“Oklahoma!,”thefirstmusicalplaybyRichardRodgersandOscarHammersteinII,openedonBroadway.1995:Mexican-AmericansingerSelenaQuintanilla-Perez,23,wasshottodeathinCorpusChristi,Texas,bythefounderofherfanclub,YolandaSaldivar,whowasconvictedofmurderandsentencedtolifeinprison.

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Easter Fools’ DayEaster is on April 1 this year, markingthe first time since 1956 that the cele-bration of Jesus’ resurrection overlapswith the official day for tricking yourgirlfriend into thinking there’s a bearoutside. So howwill people celebrate?Tech companiesmay be hesitant toroll outApril Fools’ Day pranks on areligious holiday, but your uncle host-ing Easter brunchmay not care asmuch. Beware of booby-trapped eggs,things wrapped in foil and anyoneoffering Peeps, ever.

Shaggy, Sting and the queenwalk into a birthday partyQueenElizabeth II is still theworld’s most famous 90-some-thing (sorry, Sister Jean), andVanity Fair reports her 92ndbirthday party performers willinclude Kylie Minogue, Sting, TomJones and, yes, Shaggy. All themusicians have one thing incommon: They’re fromCommon-wealth countries, made up ofBritain and its former colonies.Who planned this? It wasn’t me.

The digit: 21That’s howmany seconds it would taketo finish the shortest possible game ofMonopoly, according to a professor atthe University of Notre Dame. The two-player gamewould take only four turnsto complete, essentially requiring thefirst player tomove around the boardvery quickly, buying Park Place andBoardwalk and setting up houses there.The second player then hits a stroke ofbad luck and gets sent to Boardwalkthrough a “Chance” card. But where’s thefun? Three-hour games build character.

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